I guess he's talking about burning in headphones but mistook playing white noise for playing silence

He must also think that falling trees in the middle of a forest don't make noise.

That's still stupid because burning in headphones makes then sound better, not improve their noise blocking.

But with his "improved" headphones he can't hear you.

Hey don't knock it until you try it. What if he is right, then what?

#49 if nothing with eardrums is around who's to say it does? Also, theoretically, listening to white noise at a high volume will cancel out more noise then off headphones. It just won't be silent.

the laws of sound and motion, for every action their is a reaction. hence the tree fell and it made noise hitting the ground.

oh congrats on finally finishing your 5th grade science worksheet #72

Wait, what did anyone say about falling trees being silent?

And one day he'll come up with something so ******* crazy, some billionaire will throw money at him to continue his research. While OP's stuck with student loan debts. If you don't know anything, experiment, it'll get you somewhere you never expected to be.

Or farting in public/ taking a loud shut on a public toilet.

calm down satan

Yeah me too, I really don't understand what his brother was thinking.

lol, same here

WTF = Why the face?

I could have sworn that was going to end with "genius".

Please never say that again.

I know it's from a movie and everything but I try to refrain from saying "retard". I used to say that all the time, but I dated this girl who's brother was a little special. She pretty much trained me to stop using that term. It's pretty damn rude for someone to say such a thing, I was young and dumb, but I grew out of it. It's just something people should realize it's not a word you just toss around. Trust me, my vocabulary is anything but clean, that's just something I'll never say anymore. Not trying to patronize you or anything, just giving you my input.

My younger brother has Down Syndrome and wears a shirt that says "I may be handicapped but you're retarded". He finds it hilarious. Some people don't take the word so seriously.

It's from a movie. Relax. I understand not to bring it up in normal conversations. Thanks for your input mcfeeli. I'd never say it in public or anything like that.

Perhaps you lost the moral high ground when you referred to the little brother as being 'a little special'? Where I come from that is just as patronizing as saying 'retard'...

I never said I was an upstanding citizen with morals that reach the sky. And I wasn't criticizing anyone. Like I did say, I know it's from a movie and I wasn't trying to come off as a self righteous twat. I don't know what galaxy you're from but I never thought "special" and "retard" were on par with one another. I ain't here to tell you what's wrong or what's right because I'm no prime example myself, I just thought I'd put my 2 cents in there.

Your brother sounds ******* awesome.

it makes TOTALLY sense.

oh bah, I had just woke up and I combined "that makes total sense" and "that totally makes sense". My mistake for commenting before I was awake

Well see in my house that means my moms trying to pay attention to the news but she's cooking in the kitchen and can't see the tv...

Yes; like a filing system.

Nova - Raising the volume of nothing gets you more nothing, is that what you're saying?

Let's simplify it. Turning up the volume multiplies what is recorded. If silence (nothing) is recorded you are multiplying the volume by 0.

There are nearly always background noises.

Are you by any chance OP's brother?