Every fucking day. I hate it so much!
Also, when I had a lawn, I had an electric mower, electric leaf blower, electric edger… Because I’m not an asshole. I also like having less maintenance. Why is that so fucking hard?
I know the world has much bigger problems to focus on right now but I dream of time when loud ICE engines are banned at least in residential zones.
The need for leaf blowers is induced by covering almost every bit of ground with asphalt. Otherwise the leaves would just… you know… be fine and rot in peace. It’s second level estrangement from nature.
You have a valid point but also having walkable sidewalks is an important thing. You’d need at least a bit of concrete/asphalt to make sure everyone, especially those with disabilities, can move around.
Making sure the leaves are out of the way allows pedestrians to walk safely (no hidden sharp objects, no slipping on wet leaves, etc.) and makes sure those on wheelchairs are also able to pass.
Not sure why raking isn’t more popular though. I’m tormented by leaf blowers in the morning at 7:30.
Raking isn’t more popular because it’s slower and way more work. Blowers are excellent for snow removal too (when it’s the light and dry kind).
I’d be mostly ok with it because of noise canceling headphones, but when the neighbors rev it up and down and up and down, the headphones can’t keep up. When the other neighbor’s lawn service comes, they use it on high speed for 7.5 minutes, then go away and I barely hear it.
Wake up
Sun is shining
Birds are singing
Have tea on porch
Watch the squirrels frolicking in the leaves
Despite everything, it’s all going to be okay
Oh, hiya neighbour
Doing some yard work?
BWARRRARARARRRGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHow could you possibly have fun with one of those oversized hair dryers?
I have an electric leaf blower and it’s pretty quiet. Some students, earlier this year, found a way to make the blowers quieter - https://engineering.jhu.edu/news/hearing-is-be-leafing-students-invent-quieter-leaf-blower/
I’m sitting outside, and I hear at least three leaf blowers going in my neighborhood.
Prescient
There’s actually a really interesting story about the leaf blower wars in LA: https://pca.st/episode/c2e284af-5c3f-4416-b6b8-4d9610b80c70
What is it with Lemmy and their cult like dislike of leaf blowers. It’s so fucking odd. People low, people drive cars, people drive louder cars, people drive motorcycles and loud mopeds. People blow leaves off of their front porches. It’s wild that normal life things like this set Lemmy off so hard when others don’t.
For people that get to work from home or work off shifts and sleep in the day they are annoyingly loud, and seem like they are in constant use due to everyone doing yard work at different times.
You’ve only heard people complain about leaf blowers on lemmy? Seems like a very common annoyance in my general experience, and this is about the time of year when they come out in force, so it’s not surprising people are going to complain.
Also, leaf blowers are pretty damn high on the noise/utility ratio. MFers in my neighborhood will be out there for half an hour blowing around grass clippings after mowing, when the wind is gusting 20mph.
Then let them blow. Why are people getting so wrapped up on a nothing issue. “OMG I bought a house/rented an apartment around people and the people noises are bothering me! These people are the worst!” Instead of “if I wanted peace and quiet I’d move somewhere with peace and quiet instead of complaining about the people I live close to doing people stuff.” Seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Edit: I bought a house on a postage stamp in the middle of the city. My neighbor decided to get a motorcycle this year. Ok, it’s a little loud sometimes. But, it’s the city. Also, my dogs bark sometimes when I’m taking a shit in the morning so I have to rush to bring them inside, and sometimes that’s like 5 minutes of barking at 06:30. I honestly am worried about my neighbors being annoyed by it. So, sure. My neighbor can have a motorcycle. It’s a free world. Other people can blow leaves. My dogs will bark. Getting annoyed by noise and judging people on it, especially when there’s a legitimate reason for it, is absurd. Get upset at the guys making their cars louder or music and cruising relentlessly. But, their dogs barking a little when let out, their motorcycles just turning over before they roll out, or them mowing or blowing leaves? Seems like people are thin skinned when it comes to living in a society here.
And other people are thin-skinned when it comes to reading other people’s opinions on the internet 🤷♂️
I just hate the pollution, leaf blower is literally do not fully combust their fuel and some of the fuel is atomized in the exhaust. Which is why they have that distinctive smell because you are literally smelling the unburnt fuel. Given that the task is 80% of the time just a waste of time of people pointlessly blowing leaves in the direction they would have naturally ended up from the wind (not collecting or piling them just moving) and I get annoyed by it.
Especially when you have those people that are out doing it literally every single goddamn week during fall. If it was an electric leaf blower then whatever the noise doesn’t bother me I’m just tired of fucking smelling it
