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What's obviously missing from school is education about actual life concerns - health (including sexual, at least in some countries that pretend that sex doesn'
by blunte 7y ago
What's obviously missing from school is education about actual life concerns - health (including sexual, at least in some countries that pretend that sex doesn't happen), financial, social, etc.
It's not difficult to understand that ears are complex and sensitive. Just a little physical education could help illustrate to children that preserving their ears is of some importance. The problem is not non-isolating earphones. The problem is ignorance.
Also, I mentioned social education. Regarding non-isolating "earbuds", god help us, please educate people that those not wearing the earbuds probably do not want to hear your crappy music; and if you turn it up loud enough to drown out the ambient noise, then you will be essentially providing a narrow band public performance of whatever you are listening to.
Meanwhile, for less than $200 you can have some exceptional Shure in ear headphones that provide pretty flat and efficient response while simultaneously blocking out as much ambient sound as active (more expensive and battery operated) headphones do.
- velp 7y agoAgreed, but for most of the country, $200 is an unbelievable amount of money to spend on earbuds. Even among many of my tech friends, the thought of spending more than $30 on a thing that they will inevitably lose or break is stupid. And this is coming from a guy with ~$1000 headphone setup at work..
- Groxx 7y agoSure, but over-ear headphones and in-ear earbuds start far, far lower than that. Like, "$12 and available at any Walmart" style "far lower". edit: heck, they go down to $5, though I'll definitely grant that in-ear ones were not very common until a few years ago. now they're absolutely everywhere: https://www.walmart.com/ip/In-Ear-Earphones-Wired-Earbuds-Noise-Isolating-Headsets-with-Microphone-Heavy-Deep-Bass-Earphones-Ear-Buds-Fits-for-All-3-5mm-Interface-Device/552979242 https://www.walmart.com/ip/In-Ear-Earphones-Wired-Earbuds-No...
- arprocter 7y agoAirpods are $160 and Shure 215s are $100 on Amazon
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- sutterbomb 7y agoI have mild tinnitus and am 90% certain it came from my summers growing up and mowing lawns with shitty earbuds cranking shitty rock music off a shitty “skip proof” CD player Walkman kinda thing Wish I had ever even considered that might not be good for me
- majewsky 7y ago> What's obviously missing from school is education about actual life concerns Years ago, there was a tweet (by a German high school student) that put this very succinctly: "I have no idea about the job market, budgeting, investing, insurances, pension plans. But I can write a poem analysis. In 5 languages."