Noises we LOVE and hate....

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If you're in this 5%, we'll never see eye-to-eye. Or is it ear-to-ear? Someone polled 1,000 Americans to find out what our favorite and least-favorite SOUNDS are. And 5% . . . or 1 in 20 people . . . said nails on a chalkboard doesn't bother them at all.  (???)

 

 

It's the most universally hated sound. But 12% said it's only a little irritating, and 5% said "not irritating at all." Here are the ten sounds we hate the most . . .

1. Nails on a chalkboard. 79% find it "somewhat" or "very" irritating 

2. Chewing with your mouth open, 76%.

3. Loud talking, 74%.

4. When someone smacks their gum, 68%.

5. Snoring, 67%.

6. Slurping, 64%.

7. FARTING, also 64%.

8. Burping, 58%.

9. Teeth-grinding, 55%.

10. When someone clicks their tongue really loud, 54%.

The sound we find the most relaxing is RAIN. 80% of people agree a rainstorm is "somewhat" or "very" relaxing to them. Here are the ten most relaxing sounds:

1. Rain, 80%.

2. Singing, 57%. I assume they mean GOOD singing.

3. A baby laughing, 55%.

4. Water droplets, 50%.

5. A ticking clock, 36%.

6. A car engine humming, 33%.

7. A person humming, 33%.

8. Laughter in general, 30%.

9. Pages turning in a book, 29%.

10. The sound of a pencil on paper, 28%. 

(YouGov)


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