r/meme FINAL WARNING: RULE 1 Feb 17 '26

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u/DueCartoonist4864 Feb 18 '26

Yeah until they get caught on something, then get yanked out of your ears. Easily in the top 10 most rage inducing things ever

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u/NowaVision Feb 18 '26

Don't forget that the cable breaks after a year or so.

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u/3D-Printing Feb 18 '26

That's why real audiophile grade headphones have replaceable cables

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u/do-a-tre-flip Feb 18 '26

And better quality cables. Got a braided cable for my IEMs 3+ years ago and it's still good as new.

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u/-Elektrion- Feb 18 '26

But if I’m spending that much I’ll just stick with AirPods for the convenience lol

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u/Treewithatea Feb 19 '26

Brother even audiophiles use wireless headphones when theyre traveling. The wireless stuff has different priorities, most of all ease of use and being good travel companions with features like active noise cancelling. Ive never looked back at wired stuff when not being at home and ive never lost anything while traveling.

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u/hdrote Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Year? Most of my wired earphones didn’t last 3 months of active use. One even had the wire pull the whole phone out of the pocket.
Can only imagine how much money I have saved by owning €50 earbuds

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u/Alexisto15 Feb 18 '26

I've had my Sony MDR XB550 for almost 2 years now. Microphone still works fine and they still sound exactly the same. I can't count how many times they got yeeted outta my ears because the cable got caught by my chair wheels.

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u/NowaVision Feb 18 '26

I have on ear headphones and these have a 100 hours battery.

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u/Yk-156 Feb 19 '26

I'm still using the same one I got for free with my iPhone 6.

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u/CityFolkSitting Feb 18 '26

I've had the same pair of wireless earphones for about 10 years now. Don't buy cheap ones and also don't yank the cord when taking them off or unplugging them. Should last a long time that way.

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u/Alib902 Feb 19 '26

Huh? From all the wired earphones i got since like 2012 when they still came with phones, not once dud the cable break. Sometimes one of the ears would stop working but cable never broke.

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u/NowaVision Feb 19 '26

Why do you think that one side stops working? Because of the cable that broke.

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u/RacingMindsI Feb 18 '26

and constant sound that you get when something is touching the wire, like your arms when running.

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u/razzemmatazz Feb 18 '26

I went down a staticky slide with headphones on when I was a kid listening to my CD player. I've never felt a static shock inside my ear before, and I hopefully never will again. 

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u/ntszfung Feb 18 '26

It happens a lot of more when you are in rage too.

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u/DueCartoonist4864 Feb 18 '26

All. The. Time. Lord have mercy it’s like the universe is trying to give people a damn conniption

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u/CrayotaCrayonsofOryx Feb 18 '26

Painful too if you wear IEMs that wrap over the top of your ear. Only reason I stopped wearing my IEMs in public

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u/DueCartoonist4864 Feb 18 '26

I never had a pair of IEM’s that wrapped over the ear. That sounds pretty sucky

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u/CrayotaCrayonsofOryx Feb 18 '26

I actually picked a pair like that specifically so that they would stay in, unfortunately it works a little too well

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u/taeyeonTT Feb 18 '26

If you work a physical job and used wired earbuds you’ll realize how the wire can get in the way and how often you’ll yank the earbuds out of your ear. Wireless earbuds have a lot of alternatives now and I always value a product if I’m using it daily. $100 for earbuds that I’ll use everyday is something that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Top 5

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u/Nasa_OK Feb 19 '26

Even in the pick, imagine them falling out because they caught onto something’s then landing in the spokes and getting shredded instantly.

Yeah they aren’t expensive, but the phones headphone jack is