• xpinchx@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If you’re pounding one out that won’t really save you. He probably games with headphones and just doesn’t want to get jump scares by mom.

    I always had a desk and a bed and I made a point to never have my back towards the door when I was at my desk for the above reason.

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      1 month ago

      I used to almost exclusively listen to any kind of audio through headphones. I had a microphone near my desk configured so that it would pass through the vibration of footsteps directly to my headphones. I was rarely startled, no matter what sordid activity I was undertaking.

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        1 month ago

        I swear the footsteps trigger a Pavlov response in me at this point. I can even tell who it is by the footsteps