• @xpinchx
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    2042 months 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.

    • @toynbee
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      502 months 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        I swear the footsteps trigger a Pavlov response in me at this point. I can even tell who it is by the footsteps

        • Track_Shovel
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          222 months ago

          Pavlov

          As in you instantly lose an erection, because you’ve been conditioned to associate footfalls with a ruined orgasm?

        • @toynbee
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          92 months ago

          I used to be able to do that, too! These days, I live with two people: an adult wife and a toddler. Their gaits are pretty easily distinguishable.

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            • monsterpiece42
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              By nature noticing these things repeatedly either comes from hypervigilance or having sensory differences that make you hear footsteps when others would not.

              Obviously there are exceptions like if you live on a floor lower than someone or something.

        • @toynbee
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          52 months ago

          Honestly, that was some 25-30 years ago. It was pretty simple to setup back then, but it might not be the same now, especially in Windows.

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          I forget the type of mic but there are mics specifically designed for picking up vibrations from surfaces (I googled it, they’re called surface mics ffs, could probably use a cheap normal mic without a pop filter tho)

          If those use USB or 3.5mm, or can be made to, then plug them in and on windows check the “listen to this device” checkbox and boom, you’ll hear what’s coming through that mic. Adjust the sensitivity to your needs, done

          On other OSs you can do it too just as easily but I don’t remember what my Linux distro calls it and if you’ve installed Linux you have enough info from my comment to figure it out methinks

    • CaptainBlagbird
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      82 months ago

      Same for me at work. But I use a mirror from Aliexpress.

  • @foggy
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    1362 months ago

    Fap with one eye ooooopen

    Gripping your tube sock tiiight

    Exit porn…

    Enter mom…

    Move your hand

    And hope your boner doesn’t stand

  • @shalafi
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    122 months ago

    “And when we hide porno, we go all out. It ain’t behind the refrigerator or under the bed. No, we become Batman when it’s time to hide some porno.”

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      Seems like new musky brand coming up

  • nifty
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    22 months ago

    To eat yogurt