Grown men wearing AirPods give anyone else the ick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How are you this stupid

[Anonymous]

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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.

How does OP or you for that matter, know if he has the airpods in all day? She's describing random men she sees outside. She has no idea what they're listening to or how long they're listening to it.

Imagine if a guy posted "Grown women walking around without makeup/without their nails done/not smiling/etc. turns me off." He'd be crucified and rightfully so. Women don't exist to provide visual entertainment for men. Likewise, men don't exist to live out some romance novel fantasy of what men should look like.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read on this board. I hope OP is no older than 15, that would excise the post somewhat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How does OP or you for that matter, know if he has the airpods in all day? She's describing random men she sees outside. She has no idea what they're listening to or how long they're listening to it.

Imagine if a guy posted "Grown women walking around without makeup/without their nails done/not smiling/etc. turns me off." He'd be crucified and rightfully so. Women don't exist to provide visual entertainment for men. Likewise, men don't exist to live out some romance novel fantasy of what men should look like.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read on this board. I hope OP is no older than 15, that would excise the post somewhat.

You don't see grown men walking around all day with AirPods in? Street, metro, office, gym, coffee shop, grocery shopping, and even in their dating profile photos. I know they're wildly popular but it's a little ick for a grown man to wear them all day. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

This is the dumbest comment ever. If you actually know or live with someone and they have air pods on every waking hour that’s not really someone I want to live with. Other than that why would you possibly care.

[Anonymous]

“A little ick” is not the most grown up phrase around.

I don’t like the way they look on anyone but I don’t give them a second thought and neither should you, OP. They’re just…headphones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.”

Come on, can’t you just be normal and say everyone can wear air pods instead of making this a weird convoluted way to brag about your husband?

[Anonymous]

It's ok she's not able to tell her HIGH POWERED husband a thing with those things stuck in his ears, so she's telling us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has to be a troll. Men listening to audio books are “ick”? Man, if this is a woman posting this, what has the world come to?

He's not listening to audiobooks. He's rocking out to Party In the USA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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".

Don't forget littles, hubby and gah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.”

He may be a douche, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How are you this stupid

Yer dumb. It's satire.

[Anonymous]

If you are in social settings wearing airpods every time, it's antisocial but not "ick" (except the person on a call talking loud to be heard while checking out with a cashier and ignoring everyone around them).

Wearing them while working solo, working out, running errands or alone is fine. Don't wear them to family reunions (don't let your kids do that either), school functions, social get togethers or while interacting with anyone else (like cashiers, reception, coaches or teachers).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How does OP or you for that matter, know if he has the airpods in all day? She's describing random men she sees outside. She has no idea what they're listening to or how long they're listening to it.

Imagine if a guy posted "Grown women walking around without makeup/without their nails done/not smiling/etc. turns me off." He'd be crucified and rightfully so. Women don't exist to provide visual entertainment for men. Likewise, men don't exist to live out some romance novel fantasy of what men should look like.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read on this board. I hope OP is no older than 15, that would excise the post somewhat.

You don't see grown men walking around all day with AirPods in? Street, metro, office, gym, coffee shop, grocery shopping, and even in their dating profile photos. I know they're wildly popular but it's a little ick for a grown man to wear them all day. Sorry.

I'm a very feminine woman and I don't wear them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.”

Come on, can’t you just be normal and say everyone can wear air pods instead of making this a weird convoluted way to brag about your husband?

He's not even equity partner. She has to compensate somehow

[Anonymous]

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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.

In that case, definitely not juvenile. AirPods are mostly for the 30s/40s white collar crowd. Teens/20s are wearing the big padded nose canceling headphones. And I still don’t get how listening to music or audiobooks or podcasts is “feminine”.