# White noise is stealing my brain.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059 "2004-10-01T16:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059/1 "2004-10-01T16:36:27Z")

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The dehumidifier.

The fan on the external hard drive.

The fan on the desktop P.C.

The fan blowing air through the otherwise stultifyingly dense office air.

Incredible amount of white noise for such a small room.

I detest the stuff.

Earplugs?

Black noise?

Soundproof housing for all computers using fans?

AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059/2 "2004-10-01T16:37:03Z")

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Put on some (low-volume) music and chill, my man. 😉

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**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059/3 "2004-10-02T08:08:53Z")

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Wait for the next power failure and revel in it. 😃

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059/4 "2004-10-02T08:17:03Z")

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> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> Black noise?

No no no. That’ll just mix with the white noise and create grey noise, which is even worse than white noise.

What you need is some black _metal_. Round up some Dimmu Borgir, Rotting Christ, and maybe some Marduk. Play it as loud as you can until someone complains, then turn it down _just_ enough to placate them.

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**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-noise-is-stealing-my-brain/267059/5 "2004-10-02T16:15:37Z")

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Weird. I love white noise, and can’t sleep without a fan. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ah.