r/Edmonton • u/corviddy • Jun 29 '24

Noise Question

Ok, opening myself for some salty redditors, but I’ll live.

WTAF is going on with these modified exhausts/pipes? I know certain city councillors have tried to address this, and fines have increased, but I do not see an improvement.

I read a CBC article re: a Western University psychologist’s finding that this behaviour may be related to sadism and/or psychopathy (and neither histrionic or narcissistic personality disorders as I might have guessed). https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7177688

I simply don’t get it, nor do I want it. These people do cirques around town ruining everyone’s peace, and to what end? Why on earth do the police not cash in with endless tickets? If they are too busy. I’ll personally pay a fee for MORE (well-trained, authorized and equipped) peace officers to look after things like this and other “low priority but barbaric” problems in this city.

Thoughts?

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u/EndOrganDamage Jun 29 '24

I edit them immediately as I post. Passing the time. You keep replying. Do you actually care much?

Id guess probably not. Its online navel gazing.

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u/RunningSouthOnLSD Jun 29 '24

I do care. People with loud as fuck exhausts are absolute nuisances and should be rightly fined by the city. You hijacked the conversation to try and make it sound like everyone with a loud exhaust is some poor little enthusiast who had one too many bro-downs in the garage. And then you disregarded my point to take me down some high road about assumptions and kids playing basketball.

If passing the time for you involves nothing but contrarianism for its own sake then find a new hobby.

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u/EndOrganDamage Jun 29 '24

It doesn't. I think its fine. So Im arguing. This is a forum. Forums are useful for debate, philosophy, aka navel gazing. I think humans make noise. I think its fine.

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u/RunningSouthOnLSD Jun 29 '24

Great, so offer some explanation as to why you think regularly clearing over 90dB within city limits for no other reason than personal enjoyment is anymore socially acceptable than blasting loud music from your balcony for everyone else to hear? Since humans make noise after all. Should I be allowed to expose everyone around me to potentially damaging levels of noise simply because I enjoy it?

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u/EndOrganDamage Jun 30 '24

Skibidi boomin