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Headphones are STILL smug and alientating. I wear them all the time because I like listening to music on the go. However, I still think, objectively speaking,
by drcode 13y ago
Headphones are STILL smug and alientating.
I wear them all the time because I like listening to music on the go. However, I still think, objectively speaking, they are silly and off-putting. Just because they are so common now doesn't mean we have to deny their intrinsic nature.
- chubot 13y agoRight, headphones still aren't appropriate in many situations. You can wear them on the subway (although a pretty small minority of people do). But try showing up to a meeting at work with headphones on. Or to a family gathering. You would instinctively take them off immediately. The presence of headphones is still a social cue, and the presence of Glass will always be one too. It's not going to become just a neutral thing like wearing eyeglasses.