New York Times on the "cult of brown noise" aficionados

It’s always nice to find out that other people share your fondness for something odd and you had no idea of a larger community.

I came across brown noise in my “white noise” app. Like many others have found, actual white noise is far too harsh to be relaxing but when I came across brown (even over other tweaked versions like pink and blue noise) it was a revelation. Immeditately soothing and now my brain is trained to basically shut-off when I turn on the brown noise. For someone who has always struggled falling asleep it’s a life changer.

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