There’s no truly reliable ways, but here’s a solid piece on how to give yourself the best odds, from Kenji at Serious Eats.

Jesus, sounds like the people in my former apartment complex who complained about the train that went by at night. The complex that had train tracks running right by it...

That idiot: “I’m moving next month.”

Neighbors: “Oh, thank God you decided to fuck off on your own.”

As a freshly removed Austinite, FUCK THOSE PIECES OF SHIT, GO ELSEWHERE.

I live in a rural area near a race track. Some new farmettes popped up, and people moved in and immediately started bitching about the noise. The noise they were fully aware of when they moved there. Local officials told them to fuck off. Shame that not every area can stand up to the professional whiners like that.

I will admit that I get annoyed by the ice cream truck jingle too, but I get over it and go on with my life. I know that a lot of people are fine with it, and some are happy to hear it. It is almost as if living in a society occasionally requires us to tolerate things that are not for or about us. Weird, I know.

I had to turn the volume on my computer way up to hear that ‘jingling’...the sound of her moving around in the car were many times louder.

Eh. Assholes be assholes. In Austin we’re dealing with the deluge of people moving into “the live music capital of the world’s” downtown area and complaining so hard about said live music the city enacts noice ordinances that within a year cause some of the most cherished venues in the city to either relocate or close.

True story, I dated a guy who lived down the street from the ice cream truck depot in the West Village. Around 5pm, every summer evening, they all roll out as an adorably coordinated sugar-fueled cheer army. The jingles were always delightful because even though they were loud, they just sound like happiness.

Whatever. I would’ve done the same thing and you’re the type of guest I would enjoy. Her party sucked because most of the people she invited are judgmental and hypocritical assholes.

Lol I think you sound like fun at parties!

Once at a dinner party (lots of wine, beer, etc) I got picked on for my Diet Coke. ( I don’t drink alcohol.) I got up and walked around the table and showed each drinker how their alcohol of choice had a specific health warning label. The next five minutes were nothing but silverware noises on plates. The hostess…

now you’ve gone too far.

1 : a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between

Am I the only person in the world who caffeine doesn’t affect? I enjoy coffee immensely but it doesn’t “wake me up” or anything of that sort... I regularly have a cup of coffee right before bed and I still sleep like a baby...

Why did they lose points for potatoes?

This lawsuit doesn’t seem to have merit. The equivalent of blocking someone on twitter is leaving during a conversation. The president still has the right to never communicate with a person. Also, blocking a person on twitter doesn’t stop them from freely communicating on twitter. It blocks them from freely…

My wife works CPS and I HATE it. The only thing I hate more is pieces of shit like this ‘Mother’ and ‘Step-father’ who give CPS a reason to exist. I could never do that job ‘cause 1 day of encountering these fuckers and I know I’d lose it and take matters into my own hands.

So this is what they call a Zoomba?