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[kaijyuu]

Earbuds are pain incarnate.

[Steelmagic]

Oh good, I'm not the only one who can't stand earbuds.

[Frumple]

All my earbuds are ones i got free from an airline. They are atrocious.

I thought airlines charged like $15 for those things.

Seriously, just put out $25 or so for a decent set of headphones. Lasts longer, sounds better.

Ehhn. It's been rare I have even good headphones last more than about three years (and the, like, one that did did so by dint of what are apparently called cable ties. It was in three pieces by the end.). El-cheapo earbuds are like maybe five bucks, sometimes less, and tend to last me a good 1-2 years before something happens to them. 25$ for 3 years vs 10-15 *shrug*

S'nice to be able to stick 'em in your pocket, too. Not very easy to do that with a decent set of headphones.

Earbuds are pain incarnate.

It took a good year or two before they stopped hurting, yes. Some folks just have tiny ear holes, too. Poor folks.

[Descan]

I only get keyboards and such when my old ones break. Thus, I can't really afford to shop around for a decent deal.

Also, Canada.

[Max White]

Earbuds are pain incarnate.

Why would you use them when actual headphones are more comfortable, give a better sound, and make you look like a hipster kid?

[Sirus]

Earbuds are pain incarnate.

Why would you use them when actual headphones are more comfortable, give a better sound, and make you look like a hipster kid?

See, this man gets it. Though I don't know about the "hipster kid" part, plenty of modern headsets look like headphones.

[Parsely]

Earbuds are pain incarnate.

Why would you use them when actual headphones are more comfortable, give a better sound, and make you look like a hipster kid?

See, this man gets it. Though I don't know about the "hipster kid" part, plenty of modern headsets look like headphones.

My headphones as well as my earbuds make my ears start to hurt after a while. :c

[Max White]

Do you have those crappy little headphones that clip onto your ears, or the big soft cushion ones?

[Aklyon]

Do you have those crappy little headphones that clip onto your ears, or the big soft cushion ones?

Hey, decent quality ear clip headphones can be a pretty good compromise between the portableness of cheap earbuds and the sound of big headphones.

Crappy quality ones are about as useful/comfortable as ear buds though, bleh.

[Kadzar]

I like to use the earbuds that came with my phone. They fit very nicely and are quite comfortable since they are shaped like an actual ear hole, rather than just some perfectly round thing that most earbud manufacturers seem to think ears are like. Unfortunately, the left side has stopped working, and I can't find anything like my current ones for sale anywhere, so I don't know what to do.

[Parsely]

Do you have those crappy little headphones that clip onto your ears, or the big soft cushion ones?

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[Flying Dice]

Yep, shaped earbuds are actually pretty comfortable.

[Putnam]

I am angry.

I have a few reasons to be so.

None of those reasons are sufficient for the anger I'm feeling.
Maybe it's all of them?

[Xantalos]

What are the reasons?

[Frumple]

... stuff can synergize, yeah, especially if it's stacked up close to each other.