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Meet the Siren Kings – New Zealand's loudest subculture.

Since 2010, self-proclaimed Siren Kings have been strapping sirens ordinarily used for tsunami warnings onto their bikes and cars to play music as loud as they can. While they say their love of sounds is a form of creative self-expression and community building, their neighbors say it’s 3am and they can’t sleep.

Local investigators, ‪@TheDepartmentofInformation‬, set out to meet these Siren Kings, hear from their sleepless neighbors, and try to figure out why they’re playing Céline Dion in the middle of the night.

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2 months ago | [YT] | 942



@cultAx

Roaming around with that big a$$ siren wtf is this some South Park or boondocks episode 😂

2 months ago | 215

@MaxelWong

They bored AF over there huh?

2 months ago | 215

@bradleybaker9588

South Park literally did a spoof of this a decade ago, also talking about loud bikers

2 months ago | 37

@r8chlletters

Loud sound should be limited to emergency warnings. Invading people’s listening space and damaging their hearing is not only a health risk it is also offensive. I hope there will be laws to defend the rights of people who need sleep, who need their hearing protected and who need to accomplish things with normal volume around them.

2 months ago | 69

@Josh5.

It's one thing to have a cringey phase as a kid but there is adults who clown around doing this lol

2 months ago | 105

@bassonthemark8191

Soon to be the tinnitus kings.

2 months ago | 32

@skiddin31

Never in my life have I herd or seen any of this subculture and I live in nz.

2 months ago | 1

@stuckinaboxhere

This reads like an Onion article

2 months ago | 3

@SkinnyEatWorld95

This is one of the goofiest trends I've ever seen. Loud and obnoxious.

2 months ago | 42

@macd6453

That's only in the morning. You sposed to be up cooking breakfast

2 months ago | 1

@mattyb808

This might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen if not the most it’s definitely up there on the list.

2 months ago (edited) | 9

@alexbaum2204

This isn’t community building. This has absolutely nothing to do with community whatsoever. Even their “community” is simply protection in numbers. This is all about ME, ME, ME, LOOK AT ME culture.

2 months ago | 4

@ProfessorOfCookies

Everyones a siren gansta till a brick flies at ya xD

2 months ago | 5

@juelzmafia5072

Florida does it with real cars..

2 months ago | 2

@drsavage4290

Just a bit more sirens? 😂

2 months ago | 8

@wadesprings3281

More cow bell.

2 months ago | 1

@vdd1001

Can't wait to not be able to hear when I'm 40

2 months ago | 1

@дякую321

Typical Broccolis...

2 months ago | 22

@joeygauvin2765

If I took the time and money to travel around the world to see the Shire and I run into this guy I would be so pissed.

2 months ago | 3

@madtownangler

Obviously there are no cops around.

2 months ago | 1