Besides the annoyance alone (which from afar, on TV, is very very high. I cannot watch the matches with my sound on), they apparently cause significant hearing damage in a very short amount of time.
Being in the stands for one game with them will permanently damage your hearing, from what I have read. I like the enthusiasm. I dislike the permanent injuries. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6/15/2010 12:40 PM, G Money wrote: > > I do. I like them. > > > > Then I suspect you are in a small minority. I do wonder if there is a > difference to the sound in a large open arena compared to what is > captured on television. But the sound is fingernails on chalkboard to > me when I have tried to watch a couple of World Cup segments. Then > again, I've had trouble dealing with cicadas the couple of brief times > I've been exposed to them. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
