Question What distractions do you face whilst reading?

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  1. Raven Evernight

    Raven Evernight But they never just accepted me for the way I was…

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    What distracts you whilst reading for me it’s the fact I live right behind a primary school so I hear kids screaming and shouting all day the fact all my neighbours are having building work done on their house really loudly the fact I live near a church and sometimes I can hear the church bell ringing ( honestly thought I was crazy for a bit cause of that cause there’s an abandoned church next to by house) also the fact police cars drive by my neighbour with their sirens on loudly as well as the tram stop near by house and the fact my religious neighbours gather their church friends over on Sunday to sing loudly and play drums so please tell me you lot also have problems reading cause of noise too please!!!
     
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    Shizukani Chronically stressed

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    I get distracted by every little thing. So I usually read with earphones on or just stay in my bedroom.
     
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  3. Raven Evernight

    Raven Evernight But they never just accepted me for the way I was…

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    I do the same thing but I always get headaches if I listen to music too long
     
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    Shizukani Chronically stressed

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    I see I see :hmm:
     
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    Ha-Ha A chance to love you, protect you, Shen Anxin.

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    I have neighbors who like to play music loud enough for everyone in 10m radius to hear, in their house. And it can’t be helped I’m next to the epicenter. Incredibly difficult to deal with.
    Sometimes vendors pass by and howl so loudly I get startled. Lot of kids in my neighborhood so you can hear their shouts and the noise is never ending.
    At night time, everything outside is quiet but many a times my sister’s typing and even the noise of her laptop’s fan annoys the heck outta me.
    These are all I remembered at the moment.
     
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    rhianirory Well-Known Member

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    my neighbor who moved in across the street last month practices playing the drums every single day from 1pm to 3pm in their garage with the door open. he hasn't missed a day yet, even when it's raining and cold.
    my neighbors next door stand around in the driveway right next to my bedroom talking shit about forty minutes before they finally get in the car leave at least three times a week (I don't want to listen to their secrets, arguments, and bitching about others but they talk so loudly it's nearly impossible to drown them out; and really, the driveway isn't the best place to be talking about the rash on your dick to begin with).
    my family insists I socialize with them for a set period of time and it usually includes going for a walk before I'm allowed to go back to reading.
    and I have a needy cat.
     
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  7. ATrueStory

    ATrueStory Villainesses, Historical Shit, Noble Circuses

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    Does work count?
    Does a vocal, needy and not a lap cat Siamese cat count too?
     
  8. amaliajun

    amaliajun [Gloomy White Cat]

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    My little sister :blobangery:
    We share a bedroom. She watches youtube loudly anytime except when she has online classes. Blame the phone's dolby speaker :blobexpressionless: I wanna broke the phone :blobcurse: I can't sleep after reading novels as she watch it until she fell asleep which is around 3 am. My phones and laptop are pretty old and the speaker can't contend for a revenge.
    Other, maybe my cat :blobsnow:
    He will distract me for food or to open the door or window at night so he can go out as he's like a stray cat who loves to wander around the neighborhood.
     
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    Bobasis Weeeeee

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    My sister yelling at me to pick up her charger that’s right next to her .
     
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    Ruyue Well-Known Member

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    xQc and league of legends
     
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    Mahou-nii-sama Ultimate Cannon Fodder

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    Internet. Back when having a wifi in a house wasn't that common, I used to read 2-3 books without distractions. Now, I see something unfamiliar in a book, I google it. Got interested in a topic they be talking about in the book, I google it.
     
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  13. Martialegg

    Martialegg [World's most powerful Egg] [HazyPrecise's Senpai]

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    I already did. :D
     
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    lazilygrinningcat Cookie Thief

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    My mother. I usually read novels after midnight, and she would suddenly come in my room without my notice and slap my head, telling me to go to sleep.
     
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    Sudden errands and when I'm called to eat.
     
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    Yakinori Human

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    Being called to do something, noise, and when someone suddenly sent a message to me. I always feel like I have to reply to them asap even though what they messaged me is not important.
     
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    The fact that I have a test coming that I didn't study for :notlikeblob::notlikeblob:
     
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    Get distracted by movie, show beside me or a good songs
     
  19. Violet Blaze

    Violet Blaze Step Red Sibling | Holy Blaze

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    Distracted by called to do task, eating and noisy people beside me
     
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