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  Honestly, count out 10 knocks in your head. It doesn't seem that weird.
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  Did something fall on the floor? Maybe a bird flew into the window? Am I hearing things?
  It’s not considered weird. It’s confusing. >
  
  This. A single knock can't be discerned from an accidental noise. This is why we knock more than once. >
  
  *throws two rocks at someone's door >
  
  *makes two birds fly into someone's window* >
  
  Worst superpower ever >
  
  Pretty bad till exactly two birds “accidentally” fly into you >
  
  Also that'd be funny to do to your friend all the time. Three knocks and they check and see three birds, cries in anguish >
  
  You could be Birdman/Birdwoman for so many reasons >
  
  3  knocks are the correct minimum number, enough to establish a pattern, and direction, and get attention. >
  
  I consider 1 knock to be an accident, 2 knocks to be a courtesy for a door you're going to go through anyway but want to alert the occupants first, and 3 knocks to be an actual "request" for entry. >
  
  The two knocks is like what you get at the doc office when they come in. >
  
  or when you have a package delivery just notifying you it's there but you don't have to come to the door >
  
  I knock 0 times and stand at the door. People think it's weird too. >
  
  Knocks 0 times, rings doorbell instead >
  
  10 times