Your nuanced hobby and aesthetics is reduced to “stupid loudness” in people’s minds because the primary interaction other people have with it is “I am being subjected to stupid loudness”, yes.

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Dezvous 20 hours ago | parent [-]

If they're really bothered by temporary noise that much, they should just invest in some ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones.

	▲	blargey 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Spoken like someone that never even had to try. Neither of those can physically mitigate spikes of noise from engines, exhausts, or subs, and will only cause more harm if the noise floor is low. Why spend three paragraphs insisting on the innocence of your motives when you’re just going to fall back on “fuck you suck it up” when pressed on the consequences of your actions?