People absolutely have to part of the in-group. Television advertisements work. I know several people with listening devices in their home. Each time it's be

People absolutely have to part of the in-group. Television advertisements work. I know several people with listening devices in their home. Each time it's been demonstrated to me, you know what they do? They ask it to tell me the weather. That said, the headphones do make sense. Seems everyone is trying to avoid any sense of being around other humans as often as possible. Better to isolate yourself from the outside world when you're forced to go about whatever rat-race life you live than be forced to interact with society.