Nope but that's because I always have headphones plugged in! That has saved me the embarrassment several times.
I don't think so, I usually have my computer muted. However, there's been many an embarrassing moment with my phone ringing out loudly at the wrong moment, when I thought it was on silent.
Never - our clever IT-Head-Chef had sound disabled for all workers :(.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.