06-22-2011, 06:20 PM
.....WHINING....don't you just hate that......??
.....that is just the worst ever.....don't 'cha know it......I can't tell you the number of times, I hear people, just go on and on complaining about this....and that....and telling anyone within earshot about all their troubles......it just annoys the heck out of me....and ruins my day......
Science Confirms It: Whining Is The Most Annoying Sound Ever
.....Finally, empirical evidence has arrived that whining is one of the most annoying noises ever. (As if you needed proof.)
In fact, childish whining is more distracting than the screech of a high-pitched table saw, according to a new study. To test people's tolerance for various sounds, scientists asked them to do math problems in silence, and then while listening to talking, "motherese" (aka baby talk), whining and machine noise. Just to make sure words weren't throwing the test-takers off, they recorded the speech in a foreign language.
The results? Whining tripped up subjects with their subtraction more than any other sound. "You're basically doing less work and doing it worse when you're listening to the whines," said study co-author Rosemarie Sokol Chang, a professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz. "It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, everybody's equally distracted." Surprisingly, the other sounds made no difference to the participants' mathematical prowess......
would you like some WHINE......with that cheese.....??
.....that is just the worst ever.....don't 'cha know it......I can't tell you the number of times, I hear people, just go on and on complaining about this....and that....and telling anyone within earshot about all their troubles......it just annoys the heck out of me....and ruins my day......
Science Confirms It: Whining Is The Most Annoying Sound Ever
.....Finally, empirical evidence has arrived that whining is one of the most annoying noises ever. (As if you needed proof.)
In fact, childish whining is more distracting than the screech of a high-pitched table saw, according to a new study. To test people's tolerance for various sounds, scientists asked them to do math problems in silence, and then while listening to talking, "motherese" (aka baby talk), whining and machine noise. Just to make sure words weren't throwing the test-takers off, they recorded the speech in a foreign language.
The results? Whining tripped up subjects with their subtraction more than any other sound. "You're basically doing less work and doing it worse when you're listening to the whines," said study co-author Rosemarie Sokol Chang, a professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz. "It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, everybody's equally distracted." Surprisingly, the other sounds made no difference to the participants' mathematical prowess......
would you like some WHINE......with that cheese.....??
