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If their shit is in the back yard, just wait until they're gone then snip the speaker wires. If they fix it, do it again and put glue/solder in the speaker wire plugs.

If it's in the house, spray paint 'turn that shit down' on the lawn.


I'm not going to vandalize their stuff, not for holier than though reasons but for getting decapitated by someone who has nothing to lose reasons..

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I did have a Gandhi/non-violet brainstorm with my wife during last nights celebration and our favorite idea was projecting hard core pornography onto their house (our kitchen has the perfect line of sight) when they party. I actually went as far as digging up an old projector from storage but unfortunately NO SIGNAL on all inputs put the kibosh on that ill advised and inebriated idea.
 
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I'm not going to vandalize their stuff, not for holier than though reasons but for getting decapitated by someone who has nothing to lose reasons..

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I did have a Gandhi/non-violet brainstorm with my wife during last nights celebration and our favorite idea was projecting hard core pornography onto their house (our kitchen has the perfect line of sight). I actually went as far as digging up an old projector from storage but unfortunately NO SIGNAL on all inputs put the kibosh on that ill advised and inebriated idea.
Yeah but then they know where it's coming from. Stay anonymous.
 
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lol! I mean...my guess would be "livin'", but I love this dig. I'm going to use it.

I'm a regular ol' archie bunker with the zingers when I'm pissed off (he was from working class queens too after all). I don't know, coming from slumdogs makes me feel a little less guilty about it, garbage people from my homeland (like my dad) at least know the value of good lawn care and curb appeal, why cant you? little sympathy for people who are not considerate of others, like the cab drivers who pee themselves, rub curry under their pits and never shower ... your cousin's a fuckin' phd, try harder bruh..
 
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it wouldn't be a slacker post without it LOL
Bruh I admit my flaws and actually try to work on them by acknowledging that. I did not say “I’m not a racist , I have Latin friends...” my best friend until I met gringos in hs and he despised me for that was Latin, I helped his dad build an illegal chicken coop even... i have my biases sure but I do have genuine respect for a culture that can turn pig guts into al pastor tacos, a dish of exquisite simplicity and taste when done right. But yeah Must be nice to be so pure, squeaky clean asshole and all.
 

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Just make sure you are sober when you do this....otherwise it might end up getting you or someone else hurt.


i'm not going to fight with them, everyone's edgy with being quarantined and simple traffic incidents are turning into fist fights and stabbings around here. but i see your point, in the grand scheme of things. im just scared of stab stab and there's like literally 24 guys there, i'm outnumbered my wife is a piss poor ninja



For these reasons among others I suggest calling the police rather then attempting to handle things yourself.

Best not to start a pissing contest with a neighbor ... you don't crap where you eat!
 

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Bruh I admit my flaws and actually try to work on them by acknowledging that. I did not say “I’m not a racist , I have Latin friends...” my best friend until I met gringos in hs and he despised me for that was Latin, I helped his dad build an illegal chicken coop even... i have my biases sure but I do have genuine respect for a culture that can turn pig guts into al pastor tacos, a dish of exquisite simplicity and taste when done right. But yeah Must be nice to be so pure, squeaky clean asshole and all.

i know i know, it's all good

you just have a penchant for these types of posts haha. i always find them to be a better discussion than what usually washes ashore here at ATOT.

when people threw loud parties next to my old apartment, i didn't have the guts to call them out or call it in, i just put up with it. was too scared to do anything about it.
 

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Bruh I admit my flaws and actually try to work on them by acknowledging that. I did not say “I’m not a racist , I have Latin friends...” my best friend until I met gringos in hs and he despised me for that was Latin, I helped his dad build an illegal chicken coop even... i have my biases sure but I do have genuine respect for a culture that can turn pig guts into al pastor tacos, a dish of exquisite simplicity and taste when done right. But yeah Must be nice to be so pure, squeaky clean asshole and all.

dude, you're not supposed to make pastor with pig guts. It's regular old belly meat and shoulder filets, thinly sliced, marinated/seasoned, expertly stacked on a rotating meat stack, and slowly cooked over hours.

sounds like those that you know that use pig guts in their recipe are from the same sort of neighborhoods that you deride....I mean, it's used for menudo, right? But hey...if what you're saying is that they can still make some version of pastor with guts, I guess that's all right?
 

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That's what I had to do. I had over 20 police complaints filed against my previous neighbor, and I'm about as laid-back of a person as they come! But things were really kinda rotten...I would have friends over for dinner & our utensils would literally be dancing around our dinner table from the subwoofer vibrations. It was ridiculous. I discovered that eviction laws can be really, really difficult to actually get people with problems removed...so I eventually just moved.

Currently I'm renting. I'd like to buy a house, but ngl I'm also kinda worried about new neighbors. My current neighbors are awesome & I have zero problems with any of them, which is a big selling point for me, even though I could really use the space (and a garage!). One of the biggest reasons I'm hesitating to move is because I had such a bad experience previously & am enjoying such a good experience now, kinda don't wanna rock the boat lol.


Its amazing how a couple unpleasant living situations makes you appreciate it when you do find someplace decent.

I'm renting myself at the moment and am in the same situation.... near-silence any time after 9-930 pm even on weekends and the landlords are nice people. Even barking dogs rarely disturb the quiet for more then a couple minutes at a time. The only bummer is the occasional crack-of-dawn landscaper-attack.

A comfortable home-base is the single most important thing for me at least when it comes to peace of mind, especially these days and for obvious reasons!
 
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Its amazing how a couple unpleasant living situations makes you appreciate it when you do find someplace decent.

I'm renting myself at the moment and am in the same situation.... near-silence any time after 9-930 pm even on weekends and the landlords are nice people. Even barking dogs rarely disturb the quiet for more then a couple minutes at a time. The only bummer is the occasional crack-of-dawn landscaper-attack.

A comfortable home-base is the single most important thing for me at least when it comes to peace of mind, especially these days and for obvious reasons!

Ideally I'd like a few acres to put some distance between me & the neighbors. That way if they have yappy dogs, are into loud motorcycles, rebuilding engines, playing rock & roll music all night...it won't bother me lol.

But for now, especially as I'm working from home more often, having it quiet is invaluable to me. That makes me feel old. Get off my lawn! lol
 
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dude, you're not supposed to make pastor with pig guts. It's regular old belly meat and shoulder filets, thinly sliced, marinated/seasoned, expertly stacked on a rotating meat stack, and slowly cooked over hours.

sounds like those that you know that use pig guts in their recipe are from the same sort of neighborhoods that you deride....I mean, it's used for menudo, right? But hey...if what you're saying is that they can still make some version of pastor with guts, I guess that's all right?

Oh, I'm culinary illiterate. I've had it both ways and like both (belly/shoulder vs like a gyro, ground meat which i assumed were cheapie pork cuts). What I like about the gyro style is when it's crispy and pure salty/fatty/crunch. Brooklyn and Corona have outstanding tacos from different regions but I'm no expert. I really appreciate cultures who take low end ingredients delicious, it wasn't a dig.
 
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i know i know, it's all good

you just have a penchant for these types of posts haha. i always find them to be a better discussion than what usually washes ashore here at ATOT.

when people threw loud parties next to my old apartment, i didn't have the guts to call them out or call it in, i just put up with it. was too scared to do anything about it.

I admit, I did over do it with the "what's with white/midwesterners?" posts, because it was a bit of a culture shock seeing so many differences whenever i visit, but i've concluded it's my in laws whom are the assholes not the midwest. and plenty of cool poc midwesterners (prince!), just so many corny christians i ran into, but that's the clique i was in not representative of the entire communities so apologies for being reductive . my issues with race are that i was mad sheltered growing up and raised by racist homophobes. i still love em, but i got a lot of shit backwards (my wife came from the same, lots of unlearning going on).

yeah, i don't have the guts at all. i did put on my mask (scary respirator) and stared at a bunch of kids through the chain linked fence... i'm hoping it contibute just a bit to the bass actually being down a bit.

i'll continue to make noise complaints. and my wife thinks renting out the whole lot, letting the kids run around the whole thing and throwing the occasional party is a cool idea. i'll blast punjabi music. i'm not even punjabi but i think it'll make a good 40% of my neighbors snicker and take my side. I'll stop the second they stop. Already found the speakers, bose s1 and tripods so I can aim them accordingly. i'm a bit of an alexandre dumas fan, and it seems kinder than getting grandma deported...
 
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Dig an underground tunnel from your house to their house. When they are all asleep, crawl through the tunnel and go full Rambo.
 
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You should talk to them about harvesting the wasted heat from their crematory to cheaply/freely heat your house!
Sadly, they don't have one. Neighbors got all butt hurt when they wanted to add one. I told the owner to tell them to eff off but he caved.
Your wife complains about "the dead" all the time.
So you're the one sending those dried up raisin dick pics.
 
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lol! I mean...my guess would be "livin'", but I love this dig. I'm going to use it.

My rub would be about priorities. I can't afford to entertain dozens of people at least twice a week, but if I did I'd sure as hell make sure we got some basic linens from target before food and drink for 30
 
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I was going to suggest Satanic death-metal and a 1000-watt PA system cranked up to "11" myself but hey whatever works!

:cool:

Oh, that's on the list too! I was having my own way too powerful computer speakers (klipsch!) house party on saturday night when their music was especially repetitive and for some reason really fast, like running at 3x speed . the folk music and bass line going that fast makes it impossible to think of anything and makes me have to pee.. seriously it was like the chipmunks singing one bar of macarena over and over again in dizzying fashion, how the fuck is that appealing to anyone? so we blasted our terrible nu-metal mix (my house cleaning mix to be frank) - korn, deftones, even limp bizkit.. i know, limp bizkit - nothing to brag about

the punjabi music is a mind game of sorts - i don't really want to piss off the other neighbors, they didn't do anything. but i think they'd appreciate just a bit the catchy bangra jams from the majority of their homelands cloaking the sound of that fucking ragaeton beat that's like a jackhammer of awfulness to the soul . and modern punjabi music is pretty cool, they adapt (like all great cultures do!) so there's hip hop and pop influences meaning it's easy to head bop too whether you know the language or not (i'm not that kinda indian, south indian so i could blast the slumdog millionaire soundtrack if i wanted to be ethnic, that MIA track is fire though). Actually my music of choice would be that time in the early 2000s when indie rock was very danceable (the killers, the white stripes, etc. etc.).
 

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I'm renting myself at the moment and am in the same situation.... near-silence any time after 9-930 pm even on weekends and the landlords are nice people. Even barking dogs rarely disturb the quiet for more then a couple minutes at a time. The only bummer is the occasional crack-of-dawn landscaper-attack.

best apartment complex i ever lived was one where the average age of renters was 78

so much peace and quiet
 
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