Anti-Teen Sound

[krel]

So maybe I'm the last person on earth to hear about this, but the BLOGOSPHERE has informed me that there exists something called an Anti-Teen Sound. Someone designed a particular sound at a particular frequency that is painful for people under 25 or so, but completely harmless to people older than that.

An article about this sound, and how it's

Comments

[jowyblight]

Didn't hear anything.

[milami_sinthya]

God that was worse than nails on a chalkboard.
This is coming from someone who can get chased out of a room by a TV on "line" with nothing connected or playing. Or certain air conditioning systems. The list of stupid electronic noises goes on and on.

On the more positive (maybe?) side, a similar technique has been installed in cellphones. There is a "ringtone" that is a really high pitch like that, so in theory teachers (generally over 25) can't hear it but the cell owner (in schools, generally under 25) can. My friend, a HS math teacher, HATES it. She is 22 and can hear the "ringtone" clearly :P.

[krel]

Yep, people have been using this as their ringtone pretty much ever since the first devices were released.

Which is pretty much awesome.

[littlethousand]

Eh, it wasn't that bad.

[anniefelis]

I didn't hear anything, but at the same time I felt weird and annoyed, like I was getting the effects even if I couldn't hear it...and I'm 29. I guess it doesn't work as well as they'd hoped.

[anniefelis]

I can't hear it, but my husband can and he's 34. And it doesn't annoy him so much, so I really think their squeaky sound fails.

[doomgaze]

Not painful, but it's rather annoying.