>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 nece

>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.