Annoying Vuvuzelas Explained

For more Discovery News, visit http://news.discovery.com/videos/#mkcpgn=ytdsc1 | Vuvuzelas let the fans be heard during soccer matches in a big way during the 2010 World Cup. James Williams finds out if the sounds this instrument makes are really that annoying - and why.

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[TheSteelyMan]

Let me play for you the song of my people.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT

[Tyranus1]

It doesn't take a fuckin scientist to figure out that these are annoying.

[ivinyo16]

annoying? speak for yourself.

[KonijNx2]

@QuickManEXE Agreed. That's exactly the problem, if they were just blown when goals were scored and other instances like normal they would be tolerable. But the individuals that have them seem like children, that have a lot of fun making a lot of noise constantly.

And of course since there's so many in the crowd, at any given time there's a large number of people blowing through them so the noise never ceases. They're incredibly obnoxious.

[QuickManEXE]

The reason why the vuvuzelas were bad at the world cup wasn't because they were loud, but because they blew them non-stop and for no reason. I've had my hockey vuvuzela/blowhorn for over 10 years and i blow it on a goal or big hit or end of game and have gotten almost no complaints... maybe 2 or 3, in over 10 years, 6 different levels and over 15 different arenas.

[TheFryingPan16]

I broke mine by beating things with it

[MisterBeaucoup]

@crizbees1 There's a huge difference between being completely silent and being so loud that it causes hearing loss. No one is complaining about crowds singing and chanting.... it's just the vuvuzelas that are a problem

[lumpfish99]

they are only annoying because they remove the atmosphere and the crowd songs....

[crizbees1]

All of you people are a bunch of whiny pussy's and are probably the ones who have turned a great Fútbol crowd into a quiet golf crowd. Lame. But that's what society does, Take the fun out of everything

[Kurrency21]

lets call a fucking professor to ask why their annoying.

wtf?

[smoogirl]

@burzin420 They did pointless research to see if animals felt pain. This is just the tip of the ice berg for pointless science :|

[TejasM14]

Most annoying sound ever. I am glad that it has been banned from most European football.