Throwing stuff at 'institutionalized' sources of noise?

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I just can't bear 'society', I swear... as if people's hobby to kick balls into my flat isn't enough, apparently there are 'state-approved', 'totally legitimate' sources of noise... of course, the Spanish Inquisition was state-sanctioned too. So, what about throwing stuff at them? Will never exactly solve the problem, I realize, but I really don't know what other options there are... I've recently done it with the 'Agent of Death' (in the form of some guy with 'tools' that supposedly cut leaves... by making more noise than the Twin Towers probably did while coming down)... not only were there no other options, I absolutely couldn't communicate to them due to the noise, of course (they conveniently had mufflers... who cares about anyone nearby eh, I guess... no one cares about anyone else after all, that seems to be the general rule in 'society').

Now I'm thinking of doing it with ice cream vans... I've had... much more than enough... summer after summer after summer... as if being alone for at least 165 hours a week isn't enough, as if having balls kicked against my flat (just so someone arrogant like goldfish21 here attempts to justify it) isn't enough... I can't bear society... I can't bear my life... I've even tried to phone one ice cream van owner (there are about FOUR who keep going around across different times of the day... sometimes one after another... unless someone thinks I can't bear just a single instance in a day) who was totally aggressive, telling him, I think rationally, that if every business had a similar model life would be beyond unbearable, if it's not already... and somehow, despite forcibly invading my consciousness just so capitalism and obesity would continue on ruling, I'm always supposed to be in the wrong for complaining about these people... I just hate the world and wish everyone would leave me truly alone.

Advice
- Learn meditation: This will help you to become aware of the states of anger, frustration and violence inside that all people have. Then it won't bother you as much.
- Get earplugs and or noise-cancelling earphones. When things are bad try putting those in.

- Get your own space. I found that this has improved things a lot. I've tried to do up the house to make it noise proof. You can get double glazing, thermal plasterboard, thick underlay.

- Sometimes the noise really is to blame. I know that icecream trucks really are an institution and that isn't going to change. Where I used to live there was this guy and he would go around 365 days of the year selling icecream. Once I heard him in the snow! Nobody wanted any icecream but he would go out for these two overweight customers every time, I really felt sorry for them. Icrecream companies really need to accept it as a seasonal trade and keep it down to a small number of trips. I think you can get things changed but remember that you have a noise sensitivity issue and it doens't affect all people.

Taxi drivers are a bit of a menace for me as well. They show up and start blowing the horn but this just affects everyone. They have an SMS system to tell customers they've arrived so why even bother?

The worst noise issue for me is the motorbike rockstars and boy racers who think it's okay to disturb the entire neihbourhood. This really does affect everyone and is antisocial behavior. The answer is legal limits on the decibel limit of cars. I don't know where we are with that or what the rules are. I keep praying for electric cars to take over but then we'll have the drones to deal with instead

But it is a difficult time everywhere. People are struggling and may not be sensitive to concerns about noise.

I understand. Noises agitate me immensely. I want to be able to sit in my living room without having to endure the sound of boisterous kids bouncing a basketball over, and over, and over again. And I know that they must preform lawn maintenance that requires loud equipment like weed-wackers, and so I try to be tolerant, but must they do it so excessively and without moving on to the next area for such a long period of time? And don't even get me started about the inconsiderate people that drive by/park with their sub-woofers blasting at volumes that could liquefy brains!! ! I despise them most of all!

I very much so long to pull a Rick Wakeman or Richie Blackmore on the subwoofer cars, and throw tomatoes or bags of flour at them. Instead I have thought of a reprisal toward my local targeted vehicles that's oh so much quieter but should leave entertaining results for a long time to come (at least until they get rid of their car or completely gut the interior). The main challenge is going to be how to keep all my little tiny friends off of ME long enough to introduce them to new spaces to colonize.