That would be ideal, but a problem arises when there isn’t complete silence in the background. Noisy neighbors, housemates, cats running around in the hallway at 3 in the morning. The fan noise mutes it to some degree, and then you begin to register the fan as silence-adjacent.
Wait, can people sleep with the noise of a fan in the background? I like complete darkness and complete silence.
Because this is not an option for 99% of people. Even if you are in the sticks you get the bugs making noise.
I absolutely need the fan noise since it’s steady and keeps me cool
That would be ideal, but a problem arises when there isn’t complete silence in the background. Noisy neighbors, housemates, cats running around in the hallway at 3 in the morning. The fan noise mutes it to some degree, and then you begin to register the fan as silence-adjacent.
My wife. Drives me nuts.
I have tinnitus so I can’t sleep without a fan or noise-maker.