Personally I don't see why people wear them - I just play my music as loud as I want and say fuck those people cause I'm alpha dog.

Reality is, I just don't find them to be comfortable to wear. Most don't move with me, and doesn't feel natural, not even going to comment on the feeling of some just raping my earhole.


your thoughts?

5/24/2013 12:21:39 AM

i too, rather breathe in the sounds than have them fed into my head directly

5/24/2013 12:30:10 AM

no

[Edited on May 24, 2013 at 12:38 AM. Reason : but I can understand how poor people might feel this way]

5/24/2013 12:37:57 AM

I don't hate them. I don't like earbud style phones for comfort reasons. The only benefit I have found is they are more compact and don't fall off your head like cup style headphones, but you shouldn't be out walking or running or riding your bike or skating or doing anything active in headphones anyway. Blocking out one of your main senses is not a good idea in those situations. I do enjoy wearing big cushy headphones at work. Blocks out the shop noises and allows me to listen to my music at a comfortable volume.

5/24/2013 12:46:31 AM

Quote :

"doesn't feel natural"

having things on or in your ears doesnt feel as natural as how your ears naturally work?

shocking

5/24/2013 12:56:37 AM

headphones - good
earbuds - bad

5/24/2013 5:18:41 AM

I don't like the isolation - I actually get very anxious when I wear headphones, especially in a social environment. Sucks, because I bought some Sennheiser RS 170's for use at work that I have difficulty using. I'm actually thinking about buying a cheap 2-channel mixer and a microphone (yeah, I know - crazy) just so I can hear the outside environment while using these.

I think it's because my job involves working with computers, and sometimes I tend to talk out loud to myself when working on a problem - something I do not want my coworkers to hear. Wearing headphones makes this much harder to suppress because I can't hear myself.

5/24/2013 8:01:42 AM

"ComputerGuy"

Quote :

"I'm alpha dog"

DOES NOT COMPUTE

5/24/2013 8:09:35 AM

perhaps he's alpha among the non-alphas

is that possible

5/24/2013 8:15:01 AM

I have these

got them so I could jog w/o the wind blowing them off my ears



[Edited on May 24, 2013 at 8:23 AM. Reason : ]

5/24/2013 8:22:37 AM

King of the Dipshits

5/24/2013 8:24:28 AM

I wear headphones when I mow/work outside. I can't stand earbuds. The several I have tried start to hurt after a couple hours, and I haven't found any that will stay in my ears.

5/24/2013 9:01:51 AM

No

5/24/2013 9:02:52 AM

Quote :

"I think it's because my job involves working with computers, and sometimes I tend to talk out loud to myself when working on a problem"

This is exactly why I wear headphones(ear buds) at work. I have my own problems I'm trying to think through and you out loud thinkers are annoying.

5/24/2013 9:36:06 AM

ftw to eliminate the hum of the plane or the shrieking of some toddler

5/24/2013 9:58:25 AM

I have to wear glasses constantly, and wearing headphones presses my ears against the frame of the glasses, in turn pressed against my head, so that gets painful after a while

5/24/2013 10:31:35 AM

^ this is true. when I wear sunglasses out in the yard I get the same thing. to me it's not as bad as the ear pain caused by earbuds, plus I don't have to constantly stop what I'm doing to put them back in.

5/24/2013 10:37:55 AM

Quote :

"cause I'm alpha dog"

lol

5/24/2013 10:43:58 AM

I love my skull candies. They are great for snowboarding and cards. Way more comfortable that ear buds.

5/24/2013 12:23:55 PM

It's cheaper to get great sounding headphones than great sounding speakers, so I'm a fan.

Got a pair of these
http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U

Plus some cheaper JVC flats and about 8 pairs of cheap earbuds scattered around so that I can find some whenever I might need them. The soft tip kind, not the iPod kind, those don't fit my ears.

5/24/2013 5:23:44 PM

I wear my Beats By Dre all the time. I have to beat the women off of me.

5/24/2013 7:19:11 PM