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I'll add it to my list
He probably does curls in the squat rack.
Off Topic, I'm surprised any lame ass public gyms have squat racks anymore. Since ya know, squats are bad and all.
Wait nevermind...you're from Jersey, they have some legit gyms there, however all I really know about it is Jersey Shore, I'd think more douche bags do curls in the squat rack or while gazing in to the mirror at their biceps.
brandocommando9
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filobedo
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Music on the course does not bother me if it is not so loud but many dgers I know that play music listen to garbage. I played a round earlier this year and the guy playing it had Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Nickleback, Avett Brothers and some pop music/country/emo thing on his playlist but it was at a reasonable volume like Milton did as Bill Lumbergh's request.
>>You need to get over yourselves and stop thinking that you have any power of influence over anyone else<<
It is the people playing audible music on the course who are putting themselves above others, and a trait of immaturity to be honest. For what reasons can these people not wait until they're back in their car to play music out loud, or keep it to themselves via headphones? There's a reason. Having lived more than a few decades, I see it as the young human male version of strutting around like a peacock with his feathers on display. LOOK AT ME. There's a reason why you don't commonly see masters and grandmasters doing this at the Disc Golf course.
The guy playing his music out loud, though, will claim that he just really enjoys the music and that he's in that moment there enjoying it. Most of us truly intrinsically "dig" some sort of music. Walking out into a public area and pressing "play" takes it a step beyond that. It's not about simply enjoying music; it's an advertisement. There's the addition of the outside audience at this point, and so long as surrounding park-going people can hear, they have no choice but to take it in whether they agree to it or not. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT <I>MEEEEEEE.</I>
True, it may not be against any sort of ordinance in the park and nobody can truly tell them to turn it off, however do realize that at best, most people begrudgingly tolerate it but don't truly want to hear it; they're being polite, more polite than the guy playing the music out loud in the first place. It's not unlike bad body odor in that regard. Nobody's going to tell them they should maybe clean their ass once in a while.
It is the people playing audible music on the course who are putting themselves above others, and a trait of immaturity to be honest. For what reasons can these people not wait until they're back in their car to play music out loud, or keep it to themselves via headphones? There's a reason. Having lived more than a few decades, I see it as the young human male version of strutting around like a peacock with his feathers on display. LOOK AT ME. There's a reason why you don't commonly see masters and grandmasters doing this at the Disc Golf course.
The guy playing his music out loud, though, will claim that he just really enjoys the music and that he's in that moment there enjoying it. Most of us truly intrinsically "dig" some sort of music. Walking out into a public area and pressing "play" takes it a step beyond that. It's not about simply enjoying music; it's an advertisement. There's the addition of the outside audience at this point, and so long as surrounding park-going people can hear, they have no choice but to take it in whether they agree to it or not. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT <I>MEEEEEEE.</I>
True, it may not be against any sort of ordinance in the park and nobody can truly tell them to turn it off, however do realize that at best, most people begrudgingly tolerate it but don't truly want to hear it; they're being polite, more polite than the guy playing the music out loud in the first place. It's not unlike bad body odor in that regard. Nobody's going to tell them they should maybe clean their ass once in a while.
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And this is utter nonsense. The folks with the tunes are simply providing tunes for themselves in a context where such adds to their experience. That's not placing themselves above anybody else. When we're out in public, all the other people out there have no obligation to conduct themselves according to our expectations of appropriate behavior--they don't have to ask us for permission for everything they do, nor clear it with us when they do it.
Now, that's not to say there aren't any boundaries to public behavior. In the context of music, excessive decibels are certain an issue, and one that is addressed by law in most jurisdictions. So if we hear somebody's tunes who happens to be 300 yards away, that's a situation where we can address the excess noise. Somebody on the next fairway over playing tunes and singing along badly? Nah.
And there's nothing immature about it. Indeed, the only guys whom I can bring to mind readily having tunes on the course via boombox are older than I am (so grandmaster or senior grandmaster) and I'd laugh at anybody suggesting they're immature in any fashion. The music isn't overly loud and can't be heard more than a short distance away. Conversation is always possible, even when sharing a tee with them. There's absolutely nothing disruptive about the music when they're playing the course, so to claim they're somehow immature or irresponsible or other such nonsense is so much fart gas.
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This thread is shaping up to be EEXXAACCTTLLYY like the other one...
Awesome.
Awesome.
At the most I have only been able to hear music on the course for 10-20 seconds at a time. I have never heard music so loud and pervasive that it comes across as you describe. It has always been in passing. I think you exaggerate in the sense that your description makes it sound as if someone has installed loudspeakers throughout the course and the loud offensive music can be heard in every corner of the course. I highly doubt this is the case and it sounds like you have other concerns besides the music.
Unless the course is on private land and has a rule prohibiting the playing of music, you really have absolutely no right to complain unless it breaks some type of ordinance. Nobody is stopping you from bringing earplugs to block out the music. You sound very entitled. It's a public park, you are going to hear and see things. Get over it. If you can only play in an isolated purified situation, go look for a private course whose rules are in line with your preferences.
I just had a thought. The only Advanced tourney I have a W is the Sioux Passage open many moons ago. There was a minority race group of people blasting music that I didn't understand. By blasting, I mean it could be heard across the entire course for pretty much the entirety of one of the rounds, somewhat tolerable on one side of the course, make your ears bleed on the other side.
So I guess my answer is maybe I prefer my music loud and obnoxious, it may have helped me get the win, and my comment beforehand about at least having the courtesy to play your music loud enough that I can hear it across the course wasn't just said in jest, it may have had more truth to it...
So I guess my answer is maybe I prefer my music loud and obnoxious, it may have helped me get the win, and my comment beforehand about at least having the courtesy to play your music loud enough that I can hear it across the course wasn't just said in jest, it may have had more truth to it...
>>You sound very entitled. It's a public park<<
The default setting is "natural" for sounds in the woods of a public park. Music from speakers is an artificial input. It is the one playing the music from speakers who is acting entitled, not the other way around. They are the ones pouting if it's suggested that others might not want to hear their music. If it's truly just for the enjoyment of music, then the polite thing to do is wear headphones...or have better than gnat-like patience and wait an hour or two until being back in the car or at home.
Out-loud music from speakers may or may not be within the boundaries of park guidelines, but it is still bratty and impolite while out in the course. Know that the next time you're doing it.
The default setting is "natural" for sounds in the woods of a public park. Music from speakers is an artificial input. It is the one playing the music from speakers who is acting entitled, not the other way around. They are the ones pouting if it's suggested that others might not want to hear their music. If it's truly just for the enjoyment of music, then the polite thing to do is wear headphones...or have better than gnat-like patience and wait an hour or two until being back in the car or at home.
Out-loud music from speakers may or may not be within the boundaries of park guidelines, but it is still bratty and impolite while out in the course. Know that the next time you're doing it.
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Recently played a 5-some round where one of the guys asked if we minded if he played some music, we looked at each other and then half heartedly said sure (no one wanted to be that guy that said no, and he didn't catch the less than enthusiastic agreement). Three holes later his batteries died and 4 of us were happy again.
I don't miss the lack of courses and Disc selection we had 25 years ago, but I do miss the better culture, at least how I've observed it over the years. Out-loud music on the course is just a symptom of what this rapidly growing sport has drawn out of the woodwork. Oh well. I still love playing the game.
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25 years ago I had a radio that was probably a good two cubic feet in mass. No idea what youre on if you dont remember boomboxes.
...and if I had been playing that boombox and someone wanted to whine at me 25 years ago, I would have laughed at their silly ass too. Youre exactly the fool I was talking about in my first post; I can just imagine you railing at all the jitterbug kids and their nifty transistor radios at the beach 50 years ago.
No rule, no law being broken, but YOU get to decide. Utterly fascinating.
Nope, I wouldn't say a word, like most people putting up with those who are brash and impolite. It's funny how those who wish for no music are the ones being painted as the aggressors. Ha!
I don't remember boom boxes on Disc Golf courses in 1990. It's only been recently with lightweight super-technology that this has become such a widespread social faux-pas.
I don't remember boom boxes on Disc Golf courses in 1990. It's only been recently with lightweight super-technology that this has become such a widespread social faux-pas.
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Neither do I, and I started playing in the mid 80s. And I REALLY LIKE MUSIC.
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I hate our culture...
Show me a public place where different groups of people come to hang out, and I'll show you a place you can't just "do whatever you want" because it's a "public place"
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I agree with your post.
Obviously, some of us grew up in a different place and time.
This is the age of entitlement.
And some call that social progress...
On the other hand it occurs to me that some people just use these and other forums to act like self-important tough-guy posers.
More's the pity.
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I'm a 49 year old man who has learned to accept the fact that the world doesn't revolve around me. You can always stay home if you don't feel like dealing with other people. You can always buy land, make your own course and set your own rules. Or accept the fact that most courses are in public parks. If you can't deal with hearing music for 10-20 seconds, you have the patience issues.
For the record, I don't play music when I play, unless it is early morning and no one else is on the course. If I hear someone else's music, I am still thankful that I am playing the game I love and grateful that there is a place I can do it.
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