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>this sounds ridiculous, but my ear cartilage is sensitive, so I can't wear earbuds and over-the-ear headphones are only comfortable for an hour or two Can't y
by Arizhel 10y ago
>this sounds ridiculous, but my ear cartilage is sensitive, so I can't wear earbuds and over-the-ear headphones are only comfortable for an hour or two
Can't you get some full-size headphones which don't even touch your ears? That should eliminate that problem. I don't think it's too unusual to find it uncomfortable to have stuff pressing onto/into your ear cartilage for hours a day.
- ergothus 10y agoThose are the over-the-ear ones I was talking about. (I look pretty dorky with my on-the-runway looking headphones) They DO touch the ear, though they don't crush it, which is why I'm usually good for a couple of hours. > I don't think it's too unusual to find it uncomfortable to have stuff pressing onto/into your ear cartilage for hours a day. The ubiquity of earbuds says otherwise. I'm genuinely jealous of people - they can listen more places, with less inconvenience, and with less expense. Still though, this is my flaw, not theirs.
- Arizhel 10y ago>The ubiquity of earbuds says otherwise. I never said that everyone was like this, but from what I see, it's usually young people wearing earbuds, and not necessarily for that long either. How many people do you see wearing earbuds for 8 hours straight? I think if you were to take a poll of the general populace, you'd find that a significant fraction (probably even a majority) would be very unenthusiastic with the idea of wearing earbuds for 8 hours.
- laughfactory 10y agoAny kind of headphone bothers me, even the ones which are large enough to not touch the ear itself. The only thing I can comfortably wear for longer periods of time is earbuds, but even so I don't like listening to music for long stretches of time. I prefer nothing in, or on, my ears and silence for getting shit done.