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[freeformschooler]

I kept breaking earbuds - like 3 in a row, which made me very sad, because I loved my earbuds - until I figured out the all-too-vital secret:

When you pull it out of the computer or anything else, don't pull by the wire. Ever.

[Dutchling]

Of course you don't 

[Frumple]

How do you people break so many of these?

How do we break them? Stepped on, slept on, sat on, crushed with chair, ran over by car(s), chewed to bits by dog, wires gnawed through by cat, wires gnawed to uselessness by self, wires twisted over long period until no longer function, fall apart for no discernible reason (outside of shoddy construction). I don't think I've lost any to fire yet. Maybe one or two sets lost to summer heat (Leave in car in Florida summer, lucky if not puddle). List goes on, really.

Usually they either get stepped on or crushed by a chair in a moment of inattention, often after they slide/get knocked off wherever they were; second most common cause is what Dutch did. Most (cheaparse) earbuds last about 3-4 months for me, occasionally a bit longer. Comes out to maybe $15-20 spent on earbuds yearly, as opposed to dropping $60+ on a single (large, somewhat clumsy) headphone set that'll last maybe 2-3 years, if lucky. Cost analysis is easy for me

[Flying Dice]

Also don't ever carry your mp3 player in a tight pocket that bends the wire as it comes out. And don't fall asleep with earbuds in. And don't get the wire caught in doors/on random crap. (Seriously, it seems like half the things in the world were deliberately designed to snag wires and forcefully yank earbuds out of your ears.)

[freeformschooler]

It's worth noting that a lot of earbuds are made cheaply and are very susceptible to any kind of damage no matter how carefully you treat them.

[Aklyon]

Trying to figure out how this is even supposed to work is a wtf for me today. Truean?

[Flying Dice]

Trying to figure out how this is even supposed to work is a wtf for me today. Truean?

I'm no lawyer, but it appears to work on a foundation of batshit insanity.

[jc6036]

Trying to figure out how this is even supposed to work is a wtf for me today. Truean?

I'm calling WIFOM on this, MPAA!

[Darvi]

InsaneTrollLogic

Trying to figure out how this is even supposed to work is a wtf for me today. Truean?

I'm calling WIFOM on this, MPAA!

Jc6036 has been killed! He was a pissed off internet user!

[alway]

Another valid reason for choosing headphones over earbuds are ear infections. Particularly if you were to wear them for about 12 hours a day, as I typically do with headphones.

[Furtuka]

There is a vampire embedded in a sewer wall in my adventure mode game. What is this

[alway]

There is a vampire embedded in a sewer wall in my adventure mode game. What is this

The probably didn't know how to slay a vampire and settled for the next best thing. "Try to get out of this coffin you bastard!" *pours 10 feet of concrete around the vampire*

[Siquo]

Fuck it, if I didn't like it here so much I'd be moving there.

[Akura]

Fuck it, if I didn't like it here so much I'd be moving there.

Fun fact: the Vikings called it Iceland to get people to go to Greenland(named for the same purpose), so that people would think Iceland was the frozen hell that Greenland actually is.

[GlyphGryph]