One day it was too silent, the air was too clean, there was no obnoxious sounds, exhaust, or dust particulates in the air. So, a guy invented leaf blowers.
One day it was too silent, the air was too clean, there was no obnoxious sounds, exhaust, or dust particulates in the air. So, a guy invented leaf blowers.
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What is it with Lemmy and their cult like dislike of leaf blowers. It’s so fucking odd. People low, people drive cars, people drive louder cars, people drive motorcycles and loud mopeds. People blow leaves off of their front porches. It’s wild that normal life things like this set Lemmy off so hard when others don’t.
For people that get to work from home or work off shifts and sleep in the day they are annoyingly loud, and seem like they are in constant use due to everyone doing yard work at different times.
You've only heard people complain about leaf blowers on lemmy? Seems like a very common annoyance in my general experience, and this is about the time of year when they come out in force, so it's not surprising people are going to complain.
Also, leaf blowers are pretty damn high on the noise/utility ratio. MFers in my neighborhood will be out there for half an hour blowing around grass clippings after mowing, when the wind is gusting 20mph.
Then let them blow. Why are people getting so wrapped up on a nothing issue. “OMG I bought a house/rented an apartment around people and the people noises are bothering me! These people are the worst!” Instead of “if I wanted peace and quiet I’d move somewhere with peace and quiet instead of complaining about the people I live close to doing people stuff.” Seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Edit: I bought a house on a postage stamp in the middle of the city. My neighbor decided to get a motorcycle this year. Ok, it’s a little loud sometimes. But, it’s the city. Also, my dogs bark sometimes when I’m taking a shit in the morning so I have to rush to bring them inside, and sometimes that’s like 5 minutes of barking at 06:30. I honestly am worried about my neighbors being annoyed by it. So, sure. My neighbor can have a motorcycle. It’s a free world. Other people can blow leaves. My dogs will bark. Getting annoyed by noise and judging people on it, especially when there’s a legitimate reason for it, is absurd. Get upset at the guys making their cars louder or music and cruising relentlessly. But, their dogs barking a little when let out, their motorcycles just turning over before they roll out, or them mowing or blowing leaves? Seems like people are thin skinned when it comes to living in a society here.
I just hate the pollution, leaf blower is literally do not fully combust their fuel and some of the fuel is atomized in the exhaust. Which is why they have that distinctive smell because you are literally smelling the unburnt fuel. Given that the task is 80% of the time just a waste of time of people pointlessly blowing leaves in the direction they would have naturally ended up from the wind (not collecting or piling them just moving) and I get annoyed by it.
Especially when you have those people that are out doing it literally every single goddamn week during fall. If it was an electric leaf blower then whatever the noise doesn't bother me I'm just tired of fucking smelling it
And other people are thin-skinned when it comes to reading other people's opinions on the internet 🤷♂️