We’ve tried the usual of calling police (three times), inviting them over to hear how loud it is (they agreed that it was very loud), asking to at least reduce the bass, blasting our own music (not sustainable) and so on. Sometimes it works for a day but inevitably it’s back to the usual.

Hoping for some petty revenge ideas to complement the other efforts.

Research frequency that literally makes people feel ill, nausea… set up. Wear ear plugs and leave for a while.

No idea if this has ever worked.

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I’m a sound engineer and I had awful neighbors. So I tried that to calm the monster of a kid my upstairs neighbors failed to raise.

I tried every pure frequencies from 12 000 kHz to 20 000 kHz with 1000 Hz steps at absurdly loud volumes.

The problem here was the air in our different apartments acting as an isolant, the material between our apartments, and the fact that this kid and his parents where deaf fucking morons.

In the end, the proper solution was to move. That worked as intended as I don’t hear them anymore.

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I’m sure this idea was very impractical.

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That is a difficult one. Maybe you can boost the volume when he sleeps? In that case he sees/feels what you’re experiencing. Just make sure your other neighbour doesn’t hear it.

Another thing you can do is create a device with a timer that hits the wall every now and then. I saw someone made it for his neighbour and it hit the wall about every 30 minutes so his neighbours couldn’t sleep…

The best way to get a (petty) revenge is by fucking with someones sleeping pattern. If done correctly you will bother him for the whole day!

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How is there always an xkcd for something?

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Apartment or House?

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It’s a typical old European terraced house (tall, thin with neighbours on each side)

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Like attached row housing or just really close together?

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Like this kind of attached where the front door is on the pavement

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liquid ass

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Yup, put a little old stink bomb under their door!

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I use 3-4 bottles of that stuff per month

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Relevant user name

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I’m a fart fetishist

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