I can't fucking stand the endless abuse of car horns.
well you better never come to Vietnam then, they have redefined the use of the horn to an absolutely insane level. I'm not really even sure what they are hoping to accomplish with the horn usage because it is used so frequently by everyone that it no longer is anything anyone pays any attention to anymore. It's kind of like when those annoying car alarms became something that everyone had - they sound of them became so common that nobody was even looking at the cars that were potentially being broken into anymore.
Some coffeeshops here also blast the music like a nightclub and I just don't get it. Isn't a coffeeshop supposed to be the opposite of that like the Starbucks appeal where they have some light jazz or something like Norah Jones playing in the background? I never go into those places but just by walking by the place it gets me in a huff. Events here are ruined by MC's that feel the need to talk all the damn time and overly powerful speaker systems that just ruin the entire event. God help you if you ever set foot into a Vietnamese wedding. That was the loudest experience of my life. And places that feature "live music" means that it is a pub that I will not be going to. If I paid money for a ticket to see Metallica I understand why it is loud but some random-ass band that I've never heard of? I now hate your band forever because you have ruined the ambiance of an otherwise peaceful environment.
Haha, I could keep going for 1000 more words. We are grumpy old men and you know what? That is fine with me!
Exactly how this side of the world seems. Armenia was insane with it, Georgia seems to be the same. They'll spam that thing over and over even if the person they're trying to get moving can't move. Like even if the light is red, they'll complain. Even if there's the tiniest gap they could close in the traffic, they'll slap that horn and let that person now a few inches could be gained.
That's exactly what they should be, but it's so hard to find such places now. Each place feels the need to be a nightclub at this point. The same with restaurants to the point where you can't even hear the waiter and have to ask them to repeat themselves. I've stopped going to such places, if I notice there is noise I just find another place.
I totally feel this with live music in public. I haven't seen much of that here, but in Armenia again it was insane, one small street had a ton of them, alongside those cafes booming rap music. Completely overwhelms your senses. You can't think, you just feel the need to escape the area. It's rarely anything actually peaceful like you said before, but instead someone with the loudest amp just screaming into a mic with awful gain. Oh! AND CLOTHING AND GROCERY STORES. Holy shit, you can't enter a single clothing store without music thumping into the ground anymore. I'm buying some bread (or a shirt), I don't need a performance. I don't need your Spotify playlist on max volume. It really makes me question who is in control of such things, do they really think this creates an atmosphere that encourages people to take their time and look around at various products, or just leave as soon as possible?