Ethics of Sampling Train Noises

I have a serious question about the ethics of sampling. I'm not concerned about the legality, as in this instance I am not concerned about the money. I was on the train a couple of days ago and sitting in front of me was a low-functioning autistic guy. He's making noises throughout the whole train ride. However, some of his noises sounded very interesting melodically, and some of them sounded like good adlibs. I pulled out my phone and secretly recorded his "noises" (I don't know the politically correct term). Anyway, as I'm listening to them they sound really dope. Is it ethical for me to sample a low-functioning autistic person?

A Reddit post presents a supposedly serious question about secretly recording an autistic passenger’s vocalizations on a train because they sound musically interesting and could make good adlibs. The punchline is the absurdly insensitive collision between music production ethics and exploiting someone’s disability for samples, making it an uncomfortable, darkly satirical reaction meme. EN: A Reddit post presents a supposedly serious question about secretly recording an autistic passenger’s vocalizations on a train because they sound musically interesting and could make good adlibs. The punchline is the absurdly insensitive collision between music production ethics and exploiting someone’s disability for samples, making it an uncomfortable, darkly satirical reaction meme.

• @eternalclassic / 26260 2023-01-11