Grown men wearing AirPods give anyone else the ick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you rather they have whatever they are listening to just on speaker for everyone to hear?

Exactly my thought!

I wear AirPods when I walk so that I don't disturb others. I listen to audiobooks and am learning a language. If anyone wants to judge me, that's on them.

I think this response teases out the male personality type that does this, which makes it ick. Having AirPods in your ear all day so you can pretend to "read" countless books is ick. A male putting a piece of electronics in his ears to avoid the world around him is ick. It's just not masculine behavior.

ICK ICK ICK

[Anonymous]

I'd vote for any candidate who promised to imprison people who say ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you rather they have whatever they are listening to just on speaker for everyone to hear?

Exactly my thought!

I wear AirPods when I walk so that I don't disturb others. I listen to audiobooks and am learning a language. If anyone wants to judge me, that's on them.

I think this response teases out the male personality type that does this, which makes it ick. Having AirPods in your ear all day so you can pretend to "read" countless books is ick. A male putting a piece of electronics in his ears to avoid the world around him is ick. It's just not masculine behavior.

You have real problems and need psychiatric help. Seriously. What kind of men have you come in contact that it’s not “masculine behavior”?

[Anonymous]

Ugh can we ban the phrase “gives me the ick?” Along with “[unexpected event] wasn’t on my bingo card.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does it affect you at all?

I didn't say it affects me, I said it's difficult to explain why it gives me the ick. My theory as to why is maybe it seems juvenile or feminine? I am not totally sure. Nonetheless it's ick.

You know what I find gross and unpleasant? People who say or write "gives me the ick". Do you have adult words you can use instead? I bet you say "yummy" and "comfy" a lot too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd vote for any candidate who promised to imprison people who say ick.

With additional time for excessive use of comfy, yummy, or most words that sound like you're speaking to a toddler. ALso, a death sentence for "preggers".

[Anonymous]

Looks like people walking around with tampons in their ears. People wouldn't be caught dead with them in public or it weren't an apple product.

[Anonymous]

My husband is a law firm partner who runs a giant group. He’s in them for many hours a day listening to various conference calls because the clients want him on the calls. He’s making more than $10M/year, so I’ll refrain from telling him that the OP thinks he’s “juvenile.”

[Anonymous]

I think everyone here has read about your law firm partner husband and his salary by now. We get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you rather they have whatever they are listening to just on speaker for everyone to hear?

Exactly my thought!

I wear AirPods when I walk so that I don't disturb others. I listen to audiobooks and am learning a language. If anyone wants to judge me, that's on them.

I think this response teases out the male personality type that does this, which makes it ick. Having AirPods in your ear all day so you can pretend to "read" countless books is ick. A male putting a piece of electronics in his ears to avoid the world around him is ick. It's just not masculine behavior.

What? Where does it say that? I often wear airpods when i take my walk. There are too many people using speakers, and that's rude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone here has read about your law firm partner husband and his salary by now. We get it.

It doesn't matter if he's not an equity partner like my DH. (But I'm not a size 0, so nowhere near 10M)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whether it's a dating profile photo or randomly during the day. There's something juvenile and/or feminine about them, am I right? Or maybe it's just men who seem to have them in their ears all day (doing what, listening to NPR or podcasts all day? like they can't just enjoy some silence and their own thoughts). I can't explain it but it gives me the ick.

It's funny that you, who gets "the ick," is pointing out alleged juvenile behavior.

[Anonymous]

Why are AirPods feminine? I can see the argument for juvenile (if by juvenile you mean under 50 I guess…?) although most kids I see these days are wearing those huge noise canceling headphones. AirPods are just basic and not gendered to me. They make my ears hurt so I don’t use them but no, OP, they don’t give me the ick on other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like people walking around with tampons in their ears. People wouldn't be caught dead with them in public or it weren't an apple product.

Yes, there's something to be said about the mere optics too. With women, longer hair covers them up. Everyone sees men wearing them. And women are delicate and flightly, not expected to be fully aware of their surroundings. It's just so un-masculine and timid for a man to walk around all day oblivious of his surroundings. And even worse, seeking to avoid and hide from his environment. You need audio books to walk down the street or grocery shop? I'm sorry but it's ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are AirPods feminine? I can see the argument for juvenile (if by juvenile you mean under 50 I guess…?) although most kids I see these days are wearing those huge noise canceling headphones. AirPods are just basic and not gendered to me. They make my ears hurt so I don’t use them but no, OP, they don’t give me the ick on other people.

Juvenile in this context would be under college aged; so 22, not 50.