Over 25 and want to feel ancient? Try this...

DeLukin
DeLukin Posts: 2,757
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
This made me feel REALLY old. It emits a sound that normally only people under the age of 25 can hear. For best results, listen to it with someone who is either older or younger than you (my kids looked at me like I was crazy when I couldn't hear it!)

http://trainhorns.net/sound/
I smile, but who am I kidding...
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    edited March 2009
    I'm 29...I heard it. Like a high pitched screeching. In addition, I lost 20% of my hearing in my left ear from an accident when I was a kid...and I still heard it.
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I'm 28 and I could hear it.... odd though cause my hearing is fucked.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    30 and I heard it.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I'm beginning to think this is some kind of trick...aka virus?
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I'm beginning to think this is some kind of trick...aka virus?
    Maybe it should be 'over 35...' - I'm 36 with good hearing and I swear I can't hear it.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • redmosquito10
    redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    no i've heard of this before, which i guess doesn't really mean anything about whether its not a trick, but i feel like it was from a credible source or something. im 21 and can hear it, which to be honest was a relief. i think im gonna check this weekly until i cant hear it, and then mark that as the day on my calendar when my childhood officially ends and i can embrace all the feelings of being old and bitter i already have. cant wait
    "Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    I'm 33 and I hear it. Lucky me :lol:
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    I am 26 and I heard it.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    i'm 31 and heard it, but like ChangeInWaves, my hearing sucks.
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I had to turn the volume way up on my speakers but I could still here it.

    Came across as a very low buzzing sound though, I don't really see how it could be annoying.
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    I don't really see how it could be annoying.
    it makes me feel like my eardrums will explode!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Keiran
    Keiran Posts: 393
    I'm Jeff's age (you do the math - lol) and with my computer volume all the way up, I hear a very faint high pitched tone.

    What sound do you young'ens hear and is it loud or muted?

    I know I'm going blind, but I really hate to think I'm going deaf too!
    I wish a guy like Eddie, would like me.
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Came across as a very low buzzing sound
    Nope, you didn't hear it.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    I don't really see how it could be annoying.
    it makes me feel like my eardrums will explode!

    yeah, it didn't sound/feel good, but i heard it. i'd be good if i never heard that sound again! 8-)
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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    I am 20 and i could hear it. I was afraid i wouldn't be able to. Phew. I'll take it as a sign to start protecting my ears more too.

    I've heard stories of kids using this same frequency for their phones in class so they could receive texts and calls while their teachers wouldn't be able to hear it.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    I've heard stories of kids using this same frequency for their phones in class so they could receive texts and calls while their teachers wouldn't be able to hear it.

    those darn crafty kids with their gadgetry! 8-)
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
    www.cluthe.com
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    how do you know we're not cheating by turning up our speakers? i am 49 and i could hear it.

    i have had 3 hearing tests in august and i have hearing loss in both ears. i heard it, but did not reply that i heard it in case it is spyware.
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    iluvcats wrote:
    how do you know we're not cheating by turning up our speakers? i am 49 and i could hear it.

    i have had 3 hearing tests in august and i have hearing loss in both ears. i heard it, but did not reply that i heard it in case it is spyware.
    From what I've heard from others the sound is an annoyingly high pitched squeal - if you had to turn your speakers all the way up to hear it you probably didn't... try listening to it in the same room as someone around or below age 25. That's when things get freaky.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    DeLukin wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    how do you know we're not cheating by turning up our speakers? i am 49 and i could hear it.

    i have had 3 hearing tests in august and i have hearing loss in both ears. i heard it, but did not reply that i heard it in case it is spyware.
    From what I've heard from others the sound is an annoyingly high pitched squeal - if you had to turn your speakers all the way up to hear it you probably didn't... try listening to it in the same room as someone around or below age 25. That's when things get freaky.

    ugh, I am deaf :( I just tried again and I did turn it to a very high setting to barely hear it. I may be deafer than the average old person due to all the concerts I've been to. Just started wearing earplugs the past 10 years.
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    28 and can hear it.

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