What's the best petty revenge for a neighbour that constantly plays loud music but doesn't answer the door when you try asking them to turn it down?

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.

intensely_human,

Dedicate an hour a day to simply knocking at their door, until they answer it.

lapommedeterre,

Take them to court for excessive noise.

SocialMediaRefugee,

I once had to tell the Indian couple above me to turn down their insanely loud Bollywood movie fest. When they came to the door the wave of noise that came out was like standing next to a speaker at a Motorhead show. I don’t know how they could stand it. They did turn it down finally.

This is the same couple who, based on the noise, sounded like they would take all of their pots out of the cabinets every night and drop them on the floor followed by a bag of marbles. Every, damn, night.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Have you tried being louder? Maybe they can’t hear you over the loud music.

SocialMediaRefugee,

WHAT!?

Bytemeister,

Figure out which WiFi network is theirs, and then set up like 50 with the same name.

Pour your leftover chicken juice in any and all vents for their home. Heck, get a syringe and shoot it in their lock.

You can buy live spiders in bulk. Use your imagination with this one.

FringeTheory999,

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    Kolanaki,
    @Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

    Are you OP’s neighbor or something?

    FringeTheory999,

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    ImFresh3x,

    Playing loud music once in a while is fine. For an occasion. Doing it all the time is harmful to others. Public health is mental health. And it’s a right people are entitled to. People need quiet sometimes to rest, to read, to do homework, to have quality time with loved ones, to prepare for the work ahead. Constant noise is proven to be a health hazard that takes years off your life.

    nytimes.com/…/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html

    You should stop expecting everyone to put up with your awful behavior, and buy some headphones. Shared space isn’t just your space. You’re the Karen.

    FringeTheory999,

    You should try going in your house and watching TV. It’s a subtle revenge, but it’s the only one that will yield a result that doesn’t end with you red faced and embarrassed, Karen. if the cops didn’t step in it was probably during the day, and thus not a violation… The neighbor doesn’t have to answer his door just because you knock on it, and you can get fucked. take home lessons: 1. get fucked Karen. 2. don’t point cops at anything you don’t want to die you cretin. It’s dangerous dipshit.

    lemonlemington,
    1. The police spoke with them regularly and it was always after midnight. 2. Not everyone lives in N America where you have the freedom to be killed by your police or a small child.
    FringeTheory999,

    cops are cops wherever you go. they’ll kill you too, just ask Mark Duggan. It doesn’t matter what continent you’re on.

    Nefrayu,

    Not all police forces are trigger happy idiots like those in the US. Many forces aren’t even routinely armed. Police officers calling to a house about a noise complaint in the UK aren’t going to be carrying guns.

    Duggans shooting stands out because it is rare, whereas in the US it is routine. Don’t project America’s problems on to the rest of the world. Just because your police forces are batshit insane doesn’t mean that is the case everywhere.

    FringeTheory999,

    every police officer in every country is armed with a weapon of some sort. A cudgel is a weapon.

    Nefrayu,

    Again, the police in the UK and most of Europe are far better trained than those in the US. There aren’t going to have a baton out waiting for someone to open a door.

    i challenge you to find some reports of UK police killing people on routine callouts unprovoked. Then compare that to the what seems like a weekly occurrence of such incidents in the US and control for the population difference.

    Here’s a list of all police killings in the U.K. to help: …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcem…

    There is little to no chance a person would be killed or even injured by the police calling to their house over a noise complaint in the UK. It just doesn’t happen. You simply can not presume that America’s dysfunction is replicated everywhere.

    ImFresh3x,

    You’re the guy that talks in the theater, leaves popcorn and soda all over the seat, etc. We know who the dipshit is here.

    Also. The cops don’t just kill pepper for no reason in most of the world. Sorry you live in such a shithole. But it’s not as universal as you hope.

    FringeTheory999,

    And you’re the guy that calls dangerous thugs to your neighbors house because you don’t like his tunes. I’m sitting pretty in comparison. even if the made up bullshit you said were true. Don’t call cops to peoples homes asshole. You’re just causing trouble, and your lucky no one has died.

    ImFresh3x,

    Cops aren’t dangerous thugs where I live. Maybe you should move. Not everywhere is like where you’re from. OP is in the UK. Police brutality in most places isn’t like it is in Florida.

    FringeTheory999,

    every cop in every country is two things: 1. a thug who is willing to commit violent acts. 2. a dangerous authoritarian.

    ImFresh3x,

    Find me data that says interacting with the police over a noise complaint in the UK takes more years off your life on average than not being able to sleep. Idiot

    You’re just a wannabe social anarchist. It’s ok to do anything harmful to others, and there should never be recourse for the victim, right….

    No one can be this stupid. Has to be trolling.

    FringeTheory999,

    Lol. couldn’t get it all out in one go? I’ll give you a few more minutes to gather your thoughts, in case you think of something else witty you’d like to edit in. Try not to call your brute squad on a barking dog while you’re thinking.

    ImFresh3x,

    It must be really scary for you in this world.

    FringeTheory999,

    some day you’ll understand the difference between fear and anger. today is not that day.

    Nefrayu,

    So are you going to produce any data to show that calling the police to someone’s house in the UK put them at a non negligible risk of being killed or injured by those police, or are you not?

    Are you just going to keep assuming that America’s issues are universal rather than accept that America is broken?

    FringeTheory999,

    Lol. I readily accept that america is broken. but cops are the same everywhere. I believe you had some riots about that a while back. The only difference is armaments. An authoritarian is an authoritarian. there were over three hundred police caused deaths in england and wales between 2021 and 2022, not too shabby for such a tiny place. on top of that there were over 1500 cases of police abuse in london just last year, that’s mostly beatings, rapes, and other forms of sexual assault. no matter how you want to splice the numbers the odds of a person experiencing violence or death are higher when a police officer is present. So any situation where you willfully involve law enforcement makes violence more likely. So don’t call them unless you want someone to be hurt or killed. That’s just basic safety.

    Zozano,

    RIP banned from /c/unpopularopinion lol

    FringeTheory999,

    Hmmm. you make some mighty fine points there son. Looks like you were following me all over the place. I’m always happy to meet a fan. it wasn’t a ban though, which was a shame. They just took down the post. A ban from a community like that would look great on my mantelpiece. Feel free to keep following me around if you like.

    Zozano,

    I thought your post was funny, they should have kept it up. It says from my notifications that you have a community ban.

    In any case, its a sign this place is too much like reddit, as you said. Mods on a power trip can’t stand people using the community for its intended purpose.

    FringeTheory999,

    We’ll if that’s the case I wish they’d have sent me a notification. I collect bans from hate subs. Sucks not having receipts. I mean, I blocked the community, obviously, but I don’t think that would stop mod notifications. I wonder if it was because my opinion was unpopular.

    Nefrayu,

    but cops are the same everywhere

    You have yet to demonstrate this

    I believe you had some riots about that a while back.

    No, I didn’t have riots. I don’t live in the UK anyway if that’s what you’re inferring.

    there were over three hundred police caused deaths in england and wales between 2021 and 2022

    Why lie? The number is 217. A number that includes all sorts of things, including people dying of natural causes in police custody or dying shortly after police contract, for example in a traffic incident of their own causing. What’s the comparable number for the US? We know that US police shot over 1000 people dead last year. That’s just one type of killing and given the population difference between the UK and USA it would put them at an equal rate, but that is ignoring the fact that the UK number is for all deaths, not just direct killings. The number of fatal shootings in the UK in 21/22 was 2.

    So don’t call them unless you want someone to be hurt or killed. That’s just basic safety.

    Only if you live in a 3rd rate country that doesn’t have a proper police force. I’d have no issue calling the police on someone if they were causing a disturbance and I’d have no fear for their safety. Similarly I’d have no fear for my safety if the police were called on me.

    Projecting America’s problems onto other places is absurd and demonstrates a complete lack of awareness of places that aren’t America. You need to look outside your bubble and stop pretending that everywhere else is as shitty as the US. Also stop looking at situations as being black or white, presuming all cops are bad is stupid. Thinking in absolutes is not a good way to live your life.

    liu_sasso,

    My sister had this problem. I’m not a tough guy but I parked my car outside their house and blasted Hooker with a Penis so loud it blew out my speakers. And stared at them uncomfortably. They ended up moving

    ShittyRedditWasBetter,

    Sure you did Buddy 🤣

    I bet you that old ocular pat down scared the shit out of them!

    some_guy,

    The sunglasses prevented them from knowing. Also, they couldn’t tell how scared OP was. Oh, I’m not supposed to tell them that part?

    GreasyTengu,
    @GreasyTengu@sh.itjust.works avatar

    You blast music right back, but not just any music. Blast Wannabe by the Spice Girls, but make it just a loop of the intro, like 10 hours of “So tell me what you want, what you really, really want I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want”

    ohlaph,

    Start mowing your grass, leaf blowing, etc. first thing in the morning, as early as legally allowed, for hours. If he asks you to stop, just ignore him.

    ultratiem,
    @ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

    Pleas don’t bring innocent people around you into with that nonsense.

    Anticorp,

    I knew someone once who salted insults into someone’s lawn. That shit never grows back either.

    HonoraryMancunian,

    Piss disc.

    Evolushan,

    DdP

    intensely_human,

    foorp

    DirigibleProtein,

    Cricket balls/bricks/Molotov cocktails through the windows

    Delphia,

    Thats just regular revenge.

    Thcgrasscity,
    @Thcgrasscity@lemmy.ca avatar

    If its a house and its summer tonnes of birdseed in their yard, handfuls upon hand fulls. Then let the birds do the work.

    AlpacaChariot,

    What would this achieve? Lots of birds? A bit of bird poo? I don’t think I’d even notice if someone did that to me

    FlashMobOfOne,
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    Most homeowners I know would be very bothered having their entire house, yard, deck, and driveway covered in bird shit. It’s less effective if you live somewhere that gets regular rain, though.

    AlpacaChariot,

    Birds shit on everything anyway, no?

    I’m in the UK so yeah, pretty much constant rain lol.

    FlashMobOfOne,
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    It makes sense that the impact of this wouldn’t register as much with you, in that case.

    Its effectiveness is very much relegated to specific geographical areas. :D

    intensely_human,

    The bird seed affects the position of the birds see

    Thcgrasscity,
    @Thcgrasscity@lemmy.ca avatar

    The neighbor i did it to his fence on the one side luckily not mine, the tree, the swing off the tree and the entire roof of his house was just covered in bird shit by the end of summer. I did have some friendly fire on my house but not to the point i had to get it professionally cleaned. Seen alot of beautiful birds around that summer, and i dont even remember what the sumbitch did to piss me off just enough.

    Delphia,

    Id theres a lot of feral cats in the neighbourhood a d they have a garden buy a shitload of catnip seeds and absolutely saturate their yard.

    Come spring time its a nightly cat gangbang in their yard.

    Anticorp,

    It’s really the rats that would be the nuisance. Wherever bird seed is, rats aren’t far behind.

    surewhynotlem,

    Spell something on the lawn in birdseed. Sure, birds this year. But next year the extra fertilizer will cause the grass to grow greener in that word.

    shinigamiookamiryuu,

    Spam their phone. They won’t hear it.

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