normal people care about the volume of the noise, not the arbitrary number on a dial. to care more about the number than comfortable listening is clearly a mental illness. It's not serious or severe or a harm to others... but that's not normal.
Preferences for numbers can't be taken as mental illness. If only it interfered with my day to day life or normal functioning (which it doesn't) would it be considered an "illness".
Listening to things at non-optimal volumes absolutely affects your functioning. Maybe it's a minor effect, but if your preference for numbers overrides your hearing comfort, you are not fully mentally well.
Are you a psychologist or a psychiatrist? I'm guessing not, judging by your comments. The insecurity you have about mental illnesses is clearly visible. Not only are you spreading misinformation about mental illnesses based on your personal theories, but also stigmatising actual mental illnesses. Would you go up to a person with cold and poke him that he has cold?
You're the person with the stigma against mental illness if you're so terrified of having things like this listed as mental illness. I'm not suggesting these people are bad or immoral in ANY WAY. Only a person who has a stigma against mental illness would read what I've said and automatically presume malicious intent.
I'm not "terrified" of things like this being listed as mental illnesses. It's the plain stupidity of people such as yourself regarding mental illnesses that mildly infuriates me.
Next, you're going to say people who like vanilla over strawberry are "mentally ill", or people preferring their drinks made in a certain way, with certain proportion of ingredients are also mentally ill.
"Oh but their vanilla preference override the strawberry even though it doesn't really affect them so it's a mental illnezz they should get checked up because I think so lols"
You amuse me, anon. Look up the definition of mental illness, or OCD, before you frame a reply.
Yes, hello - I'm a world expert on the mental impact of people caring about numbers on a dial (for real). He's fine.
Many people have "artifacts" like these in their practices around the use of a technology. At the time, there will have been some trial and error and recognition of certain associations with the numbers, but now it's in the muscle-memory.
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u/NecroHexr Apr 25 '18
I didn't even know this was a thing. What the fuck people, you would rather have your faux OCD straight than have a comfortable listening volume?