It is like being in a crowd made up of the one guy in a line who keeps complaining about the line louder and louder, forcing everyone else to overhear his impromptu stand-up about how much it sucks, because only he can rescue everyone from the injustice.
But what would happen if demagogic nationalists in China, an ever-louder force, took an interest?
After hemming and hawing for more than a week about the need to convene a special session of the State Legislature immediately, Florida's Republican Senate president and speaker of the House said today that the sound of the ticking clock had simply grown too loud, forcing them to act.
Even as President Obama gets ready to address the nation on Tuesday night, he must remember that ultimately his actions will speak louder than forced sound bites like "whose ass to kick".
He was feared by all with his loud, brute force and street version of justice.
I would set challenges to speak my internal thoughts out loud, to force my hand up in the classroom, to volunteer to be a leader even though I was more comfortable in the shadows.
A military handbook released at the same time as the announcement outlawed the use of a broad range of torture techniques - including the playing of loud music, forcing prisoners to hold uncomfortable poses and simulated drownings - by military personnel.
Thin walls and a loud stereo forced me to listen to my brother Fred's Country music.
In truth, they're quite different propositions: while Connolly's a loud and colourful force of nature, Bridges is a creature of vivid monochrome.
The device consists of a black box that emits a pulsing noise several times a second over a 15m radius, loud enough to force children to leave the area within minutes.
Fuelled by a constant flow of iced coffee, Leonard Podolak is a loud and relentless force of nature, carrying his laptop around to treat housemates to his favourite YouTube clips, banjo glued to his arm, shouting, "I'm a Cheatham County chitlin-cooking lover... .. at the top of his voice to anyone within earshot.
