slappin the invisible nuance button: i think its rude if its really loud and other people are also in that room sitting right next to you or are trying to talk to you, but its fine if you're just chilling in the shared space alone or if you have it high enough to hear but not enough to bother someone

^ this

it depends on the comfort levels and also how loud you need it to hear it. my roommate just lets videos blare as he paces through the house, but i'm not gonna tell him not to if i'm in my room and have no intentions of entering the shared space and can simply turn a fan on to drown it out

that is a very fair point of nuance

i also gotta side on nuance bc its also like, how much are you interfering w the proceedings etc

I will accept Nuance, It just drives me mad.

Yeah the nuance. But also I hate when people do this on the bus and stuff ugh

bus? we are in too small a space for this. bad. plus the even bigger issue is that then someone ELSE might start playing a video and then it becomes a nightmare

I think if someone is watching their phone without headphones in a shared space during a Family Activity like dinner or something, that IS rude

because they're opting out of the activity and making it hard for other people to participate too

YEP. YEP

yea many adventures in people blasting videos or music at a time on the buss. hell

yep

nuance button: what ajax said + it depends on what people in your home have expressed + it depends on if there's competing sound

playing a video on your phone while someone's trying to watch a movie = rude

The unanimous "Yeah"