# My new roommate can die and I wouldn't care **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155 "2022-05-08T21:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/1 "2022-05-08T21:43:19Z")
He was explaining to the nurse why my request that he turn down his TV volume at night was unreasonable, as was my suggestion that he wear headphones like I do to not annoy others. Through her he basically told me to go to Hell. He’s 93 and he watches Fox News all night. I have not asked for a spare pillow to smother him. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/2 "2022-05-08T21:53:56Z")
Turn yours on to MSNBC? I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/3 "2022-05-08T22:11:32Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Turn yours on to MSNBC? CNN. I think after 9pm and until 8pm tv sound in shared rooms should only be earphones or pillow speakers, facility wide. Or turn the tvs off completely if not willing to use headphones or a pillow speaker. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/4 "2022-05-08T22:19:27Z")
I’m surprised the place you live doesn’t have rules about that. It seems exceedingly unfair to expect anyone to tolerate that kind of rude behavior. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/5 "2022-05-08T22:20:35Z")
I just can’t reconcile in my mind the desire, at that late late late stage of life, to be a jerk, just to be a jerk. At 93 he should be making peace with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/6 "2022-05-08T22:24:09Z")
Total war? OK… [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=babies+crying+10+hours](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=babies+crying+10+hours) I have that ready for the flights where people get WiFi and start Zoomin’ and WhatsAppin’. One of the greatest inventions of our times are noise cancelling headphones, IMO. Put them on and play the crying babies full blast on another device. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/7 "2022-05-08T22:24:13Z")
You last roommate turned his TV off, and look what happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/8 "2022-05-08T22:30:30Z")
Point. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/9 "2022-05-09T00:16:41Z")
I’d prefer something I’d enjoy, like ABBA or girl groups of the 80s, like Bangles. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cv6tuzHUuuk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-crgQGdpZR0/maxresdefault.jpg "ABBA - Take A Chance On Me (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/10 "2022-05-09T02:01:16Z")
The best and cheapest solution is ear plugs. I like Macks foam. They’re inexpensive. It is unfortunate that your roommate is allowed to make noise late at night. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/11 "2022-05-09T05:36:41Z")
Isn’t this also disturbing to residents in other rooms? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/12 "2022-05-09T07:15:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The best and cheapest solution is ear plugs. > > I like Macks foam. They’re inexpensive. > > It is unfortunate that your roommate is allowed to make noise late at night. It is. Are you ambulatory at all? If so, wait until he’s asleep, then tune the TV to your preferred station (at a volume level you can tolerate), and reverse the batteries in his remote. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/13 "2022-05-09T09:29:44Z")
As others have suggested, play something of your own, and you have to do it loudly. Not for revenge (that’s a side benefit), but to annoy the staff. Hopefully, they will propose a reasonable noise restriction that all can live with. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/14 "2022-05-09T10:11:57Z")
As someone who spent most of a year in a nursing home a few years back - you have my sympathies. I had a gem of a roommate. Old Tom was addled, but otherwise a sweet old man. Previous to Tom, one roommate I had kept the AC on until my nose all but broke off. Another made racist and sexist remarks to me when the nurses left, thinking because I was a white male I’d be OK with that. I find earphones, and earplugs, invaluable to keeping the constant coughing and moaning of the residents down to a dull roar. I cannot recommend them enough. It applies to hospital stays as well - the machines are deafening. EDIT: Something like [THESE cheap foam ones](https://smile.amazon.com/Sleeping-Reusable-Cancelling-Reduction-Airplanes/dp/B08SWMYVC4/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=2J102OM4OV6Y9&keywords=earplugs&qid=1652091136&sprefix=earplugs%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSVk5UVE3QjczTDU0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzUxMjQyMUY1RDQ1UkRIRjlUVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzg4NjQ2VzY5VzdXOERVNE5YJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==) work well for me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/15 "2022-05-09T17:26:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Are you ambulatory at all? If so, wait until he’s asleep, then tune the TV to your preferred station (at a volume level you can tolerate), and reverse the batteries in his remote. I like the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/16 "2022-05-09T17:51:01Z")
Uh, Mike? You didn’t care about the _last one_ who died! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/17 "2022-05-09T17:51:47Z")
Was that the one with the hip-hop music that was too loud? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/18 "2022-05-09T17:56:06Z")
How many roommates have to die before someone puts the pieces together?! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/19 "2022-05-09T18:40:10Z")
That sounds like a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/20 "2022-05-09T23:25:28Z")
I agree. What’s on early that will drive him nuts? PBS? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155.md?page=2)