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crimsonpoodle@pawb.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Your ability to hear a pin drop depends on the surface on which it's dropped

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Your ability to hear a pin drop depends on the surface on which it's dropped

crimsonpoodle@pawb.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    It’s much easier to hear a pin drop when you drop it on an amplified microphone.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Or when you’ve got super mega ears

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        How do you get super mega ears is it DLC?

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          gotta kill a few people

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    Can we pause for a second and think about how amazing our ears are? You can literally hear a needle drop in another room.

    What’s the power level involved in that? Couple of micro watts? Plus the square cube law and you end up with nano or even pico watts reaching your ear.

    And your ears dynamic range is literally from a needle drop to a chainsaw at full throttle.

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      And your ears dynamic range is literally from a needle drop to a chainsaw at full throttle.

      As long as you don’t spend a lot of time with that chainsaw, that is.

  • Not Chad McTruth@lemmy.world
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    i heard a pin drop on my bed one time all the way from the other room

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      • Not Chad McTruth@lemmy.world
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        well technically i heard the pop and the water rushing out but i think it counts

        • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          i figured the punchline would come eventually

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          Clever girl…

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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    That’s the landing, does the drop make a sound too?

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      Depends if it’s dropped in a vacuum or not.

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