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[–] n3m37h 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Cool, can I sue over damaged hearing because you are a total POS?

85db or above can cause hearing damage, and every 10db is a doubling of sound so that would be 8x louder than 85 db threshold.

Also for reference, a jet engine is 140db

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

At 85 dB you'll have hearing damage from long term exposure without hearing protection. Normally considered 8 hours a day 5 days a week. So 2000 hours in a year. Higher sound levels have a lower threshold so shorter times. 120 dB is the threshold of pain, so immediate hearing damage. Also, dB are a 10x log scale. So every 10 dB is an order of magnitude increase. So the siren is actually about 3000x louder than when you should start wearing earpro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My first thought also. Not only am I not tipping, I am suing for the painful, immediate and permanent hearing loss.