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Maybe this is generational, but I really don't care about the amount of minor jingles and tones I encounter on a daily basis, and I certainly don't see why it's necessary to publish this kind of a hostile rant about it. I guess the writer was trying to be over the top and funny, but really just comes off as unhinged and a bit obsessive, like the type of person you have to walk on eggshells around at work.

I mean, my rice cooker is from Japan and plays "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" when it starts. Was that a requirement of mine when I bought it? No. Does it bother me? Also no. It's kind of cute, actually.

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Sound sensitivity varies by person. It's not generational.

It's an absurd feature. Cars have had gauges for things like fuel for decades and decades, as a driver you know how much you have left, the car does not have to signal this in any other way.

Same with other newfangled annoyances where the car is trying to have an opinion, like "lane assist" and speeding complaints.

If the car is having an opinion on things like this, then the manufacturer should carry some of the burden when there is a crash because they are actively trying to take responsibility and influence the driver.

Noises on home appliances is something else, and while they can be annoying they can also help blind people access their functions.

You are saying that you don't care. There are people who care. He does and brings in good reasons why the defaults shouldn't be spurious alarms and noise.

I had a 2011 Toyota and there are so many beeps. It's annoying because they are just noise pollution at that point. I don't mind actual alarms, like my fridge door beeps when I leave it ajar.

My complaint about BMW, at least the one that I drove a few years ago, is that the warning sound for a passenger who hasn’t put on their seatbelt is the same warning sound as when the engine is about to catch fire and explode.

You sound like the programmers who just shrug off with "It's just a warning!" a plethora of production bugs to come.

My rice cooker does the same, but my microwave beeps a harsh tone until I open the door, which is very annoying.

The rice cooker gives me a notification and requires nothing from me.

The microwave sounds an alarm that requires me to attend to it like an emergency.

Do you have kids? I'm younger and don't, and could still empathize with the author having his children disturbed by annoying device sounds. I bet its awful.

"I don't have X problem. People who say they have X problem are the type of people you have to walk on eggshells around."

Imagine how your comments would sound if X were something like racism or unwanted sexual advances instead of noise.

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