Originally Posted by
Daniel4
I'm thinking now of getting a loud air horn not because of motorists but because of pedestrians in the park trail. No matter how many times I ring my bell or even yell out "excuse me!" I get no reaction until I'm almost right beside them. I don't know if they are all wearing earbuds or something but maybe the hoods on their parkas are contributing to more sound insulation.
Probably the former. Even when they're not hooded, they seem to be deaf.
20 years ago, 1995:
- mobile phones were only just starting to become common ('least here in Australia), could not run "apps" and were hideously expensive
- portable music players were limited to playback of cassettes, maybe CDs, or radio reception
- tablet computers mostly existed in science fiction movies
There's a generation today who can't seem to fart without reaching for the nearest device to tweet to the world about it.