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For me, it's sorting through clean laundry. It takes forever so music keeps me focused.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

You should be a mayor!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Washing the dishes

Hanging the laundry to dry

Cleaning the litterboxes

Mowing the lawn

Painting the walls

Driving

Working

Literally any time consuming, monotenous task I encounter

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Cleaning the house

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Washing dishes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Writing documentation

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Cooking. Everyone knows: When there's a dance party going on in the kitchen mealtime is coming.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Working out with weights

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Taking any form of public transportation. The sheer noise and bustle is way too much for me without headphones and a good playlist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I honestly don't mind it normally, but I need the noise cancelling headphones for the losers that blast their shitty soundcloud-tier music off their phone speaker

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fill in the blank: I cannot complete the task(s) of __________ without listening to music.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Meta. Spooky.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Working out. I hate the silence otherwise, usually podcasts or music depends on mood and exercise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Not going insane while driving

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Nothing, maybe except for listening to music if you want.

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Coding. I need to get into the "zone" where I just type it all out and that somehow doesn't work in complete silence.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Vacuuming/housework, and working on cars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what? why? how does the music help? what happens if you don't listen to music?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You can focus on the music and maybe people don't like sex sounds. I guess πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Or it is a boring task and the music is the most entertaining part of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Being an Uber driver. Literally un-doable for me without Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Runnngi / jogging

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Taking a crap. Here Comes the Boom by P.O.D. gets the boys from the south movin’

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Shopping, especially when walking to the supermarket.

Going for a walk in general, actually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

mowing the yard without noise cancelling ear buds. it's way too loud without them. but the music gets me to a meditative state. i look forward to it every week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Exercise on the elliptical. Ideally I find songs with a moving tempo, but not too fast, and I can sync up my elliptical running to the beat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Mowing the lawn

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Anything. Music makes everything easier to do for some reason

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I can't think of a thing I need music for, but if you mean you can't do it WELL without music than I say cardio.

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Housework, I want something energetic.

Showering, I want something emotional.

Marking Essays, I want something instrumental.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago