[sdrabing]

I've always thought it was strange that so many people just watch TV for noise. Any love for silence anymore?

[ghaff]

Back when I'd sometimes be on group trips rooming with other people, the nails on blackboard thing for me was when the first thing someone would do in a hotel room was turn on the TV. Admittedly, my brother does it at his house as well.

[Spivak]

For me background noise is good for mind silence so I think people agree with your end but need different means to get there.

[Apocryphon]

Silence is unnatural. Most of humanity's ancestors grew up in the wilderness that was replete with noises.

[antihipocrat]

A forest on a still night is much quieter than most urban areas.

[Apocryphon]

Yes, but not silent.

[ghaff]

There's nature not-silence--or a computer-generated version of same--and there's TV (or even music for the most part). Also tons of sounds in my house even if I don't put something on but mostly want to work without added inputs.

[Terretta]

Exactly. Some steady sounds mask the intermittent sounds that are otherwise more interruptive.