Originally Posted by Burning Down

Actually, it's worse to be a classical musician, playing in orchestras professionally. Over time the average hearing loss for a classical musician is about 50%. It's less for rock musicians and general listeners. I read this in a journal article I looked up for a school project, and if I find it again I will try and reference it here.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.