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  Is this satire?
context: I do pay attention it’s like watching my life with a soundtrack >
  
  Exactly. My socially awkward ass wants to feel like the main character sometimes >
  
  Yeah, no. Really not interested into hearing other people's conversations, just want to get where I want to go without any hassle or annoyances. If I want to interact with people, I'd just go to a park, a meet up group, join a club or a mall. An open space where I can explore and leave. You can experience life and people in more than one ways, public transit isn't the only way. Plus public transportation can overall be a crappy experience for many depending on the people. Most people just see it as a means to get to one place from another and get one with their day. >
  
  You spelled enhance incorrectly >
  
  Gotta keep situational awareness in times like today >
  
  If I didn’t have my headphones I would go insane in the train. Crying babies, people screaming on the phone in all languages, someone constantly looking for something in a loud plastic bag, headphones so loud I can hear it through my own… >
  
  Is this normal? To go insane because you're subjected to the sound of other people living their lives? >
  
  I mostly just wear headphones so people don’t bother me.
  I don’t even listen to anything half the time. I just was tired of getting harassed by crazy fucking bums all the time >
  
  here's the thing. i hate people >
  
  No thanks. I’d rather listen to music and not have to talk to strangers as my one break before I go to work to talk to strangers for 8 hours. >
  
  Fuuuck no. I use public transport regularly and like... In the last 5 years only once I didn't have my headphones with me. And that was because i was together with my mate and we talked about random shit all the way. Listening to music as I watch the scenery go by is my public transport experience >
  
  Take my upvote, this is certainly unpopular. >
  
  For me it’s the small stack of needles crammed between the seat and the window on my left and the asshole who won’t cover his mouth when he coughs on my right. Public transit is ass. >
  
  I don't take public transit anymore, but when I did I did not want to hear other people's noise. I always carried at least one pair of headphones with me at all times. >
  
  I hate to hear people talk. Its fucking annoying >
  
  
  Life is literally happening all around you and I don’t see the point of tuning out and distracting yourself with music. It’s quite an inspiring experience.
  
  Yeah this is exactly why they block everything else out, you might be enjoying your time in life but others are not and that person could potentially be one, and getting away by removing themselves from the surrounding world with music is how they'd cope with it. It's not the public transit that's the problem for them, it's just another cog in the machine for someone who is in this position. >
  
  Oh thank goodness. Was worried you were gonna try to say that headphones are inferior to just publicly playing your music. Interesting opinion regardless, I think it depends on why you listen to music. Some want the escape from their reality so they’ll put the headphones in and just vibe. >
  
  Personally, I need headphones/music in public because there's too many other sounds and I get overwhelmed if I don't have one that's louder than the rest that I can focus on. It's part of my autism.
  Alternatively, I used to also use it as a distraction from being alone with my thoughts back when I was in the clutches of major depression.
  While I used myself as an example here (as they're the only experiences I can truly talk about), I'm sure there are others who do/have done the same. 
  All of this is to say that sometimes, there is a point to it. >
  
  Especially the kids playing their music on loudspeaker is amazing to take in… >
  
  I don't want to listen to anybody's music. I don't wanna hear phone conversations. I don't wanna any noise except the sound of the bus or the voice inside my head while I'm reading which sucks when people talking really loud at 8 in the morning or 6 pm, whatever time really. Talk on the phone at home, Wear the damn headphones. No one wants to listen to your crap music or hear about your stupid life or listen to your games. I've also been trying, sometimes I forget though, to put my headphones in my purse so if becomes annoyingly loud, then I can at least put my headphones in to drown them out. Get noise isolation guys, it's a life saver except the part where you can barely hear the bus say what stop you are on. >
  
  Yea im just not the kind of guy that LIKES to pay attention to and interact with people around me. I put my headphones in, tune out, and hope no one interrupts me >
  
  I just wanna get to work, I’m not here to “ experience “ what life is like outside my room and my office lol. >
  
  Yeah listening to people talk bollocks and talk at full volume on their phone on fucking speaker or people watching tiktok at full volume. I fucking live for that shit... >
  
  I see public transit as nothing more than necessity I use only if there aren't other alternatives. I don't want to see other people lives - it only makes me annoyed and depressed. Just like I don't like getting into awkward situations. I don't want to hear cheap bus falling apart on terrible roads we got here as it only reminds me of miseries of everyday life
  If I want to see density of society I do it on my terms - not play roulette rather interaction with everyday world will end up getting me depressed or not. So in situations like public transit I prefer to cut myself of reality at any cost, so time passes and I can do something I actually enjoy (for example relaxing music) >
  
  i see taking public transit as an opportunity to get shit done, check my email, go over what i need to get done for the day/wk, & other shit on my phone but also to relax w/ music sometimes. >
  
  That's the time I have to listen to podcasts or ebooks. I don't care about the daily ambience of transit and people's muttering, get enough of that at work but willing to put up with it because I'm paid to. >
  
  Whenever I take the bus is either at half past six in the morning or after a long day of lectures and honestly the last thing I'm waiting for is the 'bus experience'. To be left alone and listen to some music while staring out the window makes the half an in the bus somewhat bearable. >
  
  Is this satire? >
  
  Why romanticize public transport? It genuinely sucks. Enjoy wearing your headphones and not listen to the creepy guy jacking off behind a dirty newspaper in front of you. The ride is to get from point A to point B, nothing else. >
  
  Sounds like the op just has a bad taste in music >
  
  This is an absolute perfect post for the sub and it's a damn shame that popular opinions are consistently voted to the top here while posts like these get no traction >
  
  People like to subscribe to their own narrative 🤷‍♂️
  It’s like people don’t understand you can have an opinion but also accept & respect other peoples opinions…. The world isn’t black and white
  This isn’t /r/changemyview >
  
  People like you are why everyone hates each other.
  Life isn't ruined if that's how the person likes to enjoy life. You enjoy hearing the world, other people may prefer to just look at it, and to others, the public transit system isn't a representation of "life" in the slightest.
  Everyone's definition of life is different, let people enjoy it the way thy  best see fit. Your word isn't law and you aren't some hero trying to save people from lack of experience. Some people are sensitive to loud and excess sounds, that's why they wear headphones. To them, public transit without something to drown out the unbearable is LITERALLY ruining their life. Likewise, you're no better than anyone just because you're "disconnected", because you "stopped to smell the roses".
  You are literally just you, living your life the way that is most comfortable to you. I'm not giving up my comfort to make you feel like a hero for not "ruining" my public transit experience. 
  Additionally, people who wear headphones ARE a part of your public transit experience in the same way a person reading a book on the train, drawing, or talking/texting on their phone, is. The silent individuals whose communication is now dwindled to their body language makes up a portion of what you experience, whether they're listening to music or just sitting there. Ragging on those individuals for then wearing headphones doesn't make sense. >
  
  Listing to jerk offs that think I need to their phone conversation is a total no go!
  Did the bus for 14 months and no way in hell I would do it again. Takes longer and sitting next to random people that live on the streets with their dirty pants and shoes.
  I had my clothes touch by oil and mud on my professional work clothes complete mess!
  I had 400 dollar shoes get ruined in less than 2 seconds with a fifty random sitting next to me.
  Not to mention with everyone freaked out about germs now why in the heck would anyone be on mass transit now. Should be call super spreader rides. >
  
  i like this. we should learn to detach from constant distractions in our fast-paced lives and appreciate the little things!! >
  
  This is inspiring as hell! >
  
  It’s a reason I don’t run with headphones.  The experience of my surroundings and the safety of being familiar with those surroundings >
  
  Y'know. I agree. I often wear headphones on transit after so many years, and you really get a better sense of the society around you. Even sometimes get into conversations. >
  
  And loud people ruin that experience >
  
  Some people just want alone time and listen to music, and some people like you can’t except that. >
  
  This is definitely the worst opinion I've experienced, take the upvote >
  
  Agree. Public transit is the one place you regularly sit for 40 minutes and do nothing. It can be a meditative experience, and I think the people saying others annoy them need that most. >
  
  Who even wears headphones on public transit anymore these days? Seems like everyone just plays music as loud as they can over their phone's speaker. >
  
  I do pay attention it’s like watching my life with a soundtrack >
  
  Exactly. My socially awkward ass wants to feel like the main character sometimes >
  
  Yeah, no. Really not interested into hearing other people's conversations, just want to get where I want to go without any hassle or annoyances. If I want to interact with people, I'd just go to a park, a meet up group, join a club or a mall. An open space where I can explore and leave. You can experience life and people in more than one ways, public transit isn't the only way. Plus public transportation can overall be a crappy experience for many depending on the people. Most people just see it as a means to get to one place from another and get one with their day. >
  
  You spelled enhance incorrectly >
  
  Gotta keep situational awareness in times like today >
  
  If I didn’t have my headphones I would go insane in the train. Crying babies, people screaming on the phone in all languages, someone constantly looking for something in a loud plastic bag, headphones so loud I can hear it through my own… >
  
  Is this normal? To go insane because you're subjected to the sound of other people living their lives? >
  
  I mostly just wear headphones so people don’t bother me.
  I don’t even listen to anything half the time. I just was tired of getting harassed by crazy fucking bums all the time >
  
  here's the thing. i hate people >
  
  No thanks. I’d rather listen to music and not have to talk to strangers as my one break before I go to work to talk to strangers for 8 hours. >
  
  Fuuuck no. I use public transport regularly and like... In the last 5 years only once I didn't have my headphones with me. And that was because i was together with my mate and we talked about random shit all the way. Listening to music as I watch the scenery go by is my public transport experience >
  
  Take my upvote, this is certainly unpopular. >
  
  For me it’s the small stack of needles crammed between the seat and the window on my left and the asshole who won’t cover his mouth when he coughs on my right. Public transit is ass. >
  
  I don't take public transit anymore, but when I did I did not want to hear other people's noise. I always carried at least one pair of headphones with me at all times. >
  
  I hate to hear people talk. Its fucking annoying >
  
  
  Life is literally happening all around you and I don’t see the point of tuning out and distracting yourself with music. It’s quite an inspiring experience.
  
  Yeah this is exactly why they block everything else out, you might be enjoying your time in life but others are not and that person could potentially be one, and getting away by removing themselves from the surrounding world with music is how they'd cope with it. It's not the public transit that's the problem for them, it's just another cog in the machine for someone who is in this position. >
  
  Oh thank goodness. Was worried you were gonna try to say that headphones are inferior to just publicly playing your music. Interesting opinion regardless, I think it depends on why you listen to music. Some want the escape from their reality so they’ll put the headphones in and just vibe. >
  
  Personally, I need headphones/music in public because there's too many other sounds and I get overwhelmed if I don't have one that's louder than the rest that I can focus on. It's part of my autism.
  Alternatively, I used to also use it as a distraction from being alone with my thoughts back when I was in the clutches of major depression.
  While I used myself as an example here (as they're the only experiences I can truly talk about), I'm sure there are others who do/have done the same. 
  All of this is to say that sometimes, there is a point to it. >
  
  Especially the kids playing their music on loudspeaker is amazing to take in… >
  
  I don't want to listen to anybody's music. I don't wanna hear phone conversations. I don't wanna any noise except the sound of the bus or the voice inside my head while I'm reading which sucks when people talking really loud at 8 in the morning or 6 pm, whatever time really. Talk on the phone at home, Wear the damn headphones. No one wants to listen to your crap music or hear about your stupid life or listen to your games. I've also been trying, sometimes I forget though, to put my headphones in my purse so if becomes annoyingly loud, then I can at least put my headphones in to drown them out. Get noise isolation guys, it's a life saver except the part where you can barely hear the bus say what stop you are on. >
  
  Yea im just not the kind of guy that LIKES to pay attention to and interact with people around me. I put my headphones in, tune out, and hope no one interrupts me >
  
  I just wanna get to work, I’m not here to “ experience “ what life is like outside my room and my office lol. >
  
  Yeah listening to people talk bollocks and talk at full volume on their phone on fucking speaker or people watching tiktok at full volume. I fucking live for that shit... >
  
  I see public transit as nothing more than necessity I use only if there aren't other alternatives. I don't want to see other people lives - it only makes me annoyed and depressed. Just like I don't like getting into awkward situations. I don't want to hear cheap bus falling apart on terrible roads we got here as it only reminds me of miseries of everyday life
  If I want to see density of society I do it on my terms - not play roulette rather interaction with everyday world will end up getting me depressed or not. So in situations like public transit I prefer to cut myself of reality at any cost, so time passes and I can do something I actually enjoy (for example relaxing music) >
  
  i see taking public transit as an opportunity to get shit done, check my email, go over what i need to get done for the day/wk, & other shit on my phone but also to relax w/ music sometimes. >
  
  That's the time I have to listen to podcasts or ebooks. I don't care about the daily ambience of transit and people's muttering, get enough of that at work but willing to put up with it because I'm paid to. >
  
  Whenever I take the bus is either at half past six in the morning or after a long day of lectures and honestly the last thing I'm waiting for is the 'bus experience'. To be left alone and listen to some music while staring out the window makes the half an in the bus somewhat bearable.