Grown men wearing AirPods give anyone else the ick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Air pods are NOT FEMININE

I’m still waiting for OP to explain this.

[Anonymous]

My boy child keeps ear buds in bc they help them concentrate. It could just be an ADHD or ASD thing too.

[Anonymous]

90 replies, probably 80 of which are dorky men triggered by being called ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90 replies, probably 80 of which are dorky men triggered by being called ick.

+1000

[Anonymous]

This is such a dumb thing to care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90 replies, probably 80 of which are dorky men triggered by being called ick.

They are so easy to get riled up.

[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.”

Is he masculine, though, or just rich?

My favorite dcum poster is this lady. Whatever the discussion, she can find an opportunity to bring up her HHI of 10M+

My dream is that she's the same lady that only values equity partners

[Anonymous]

My husband goes for walks/rides the metro with them in and listens to nerdy comedy podcasts (sometimes political ones!). I don't think he cares what you think.

[Anonymous]

Yuck.

makes me think of sweaty, hairy, waxy ears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90 replies, probably 80 of which are dorky men triggered by being called ick.

Not a man, but triggered by a grown woman repeatedly saying “ick” or “the ick”. Extreme secondhand embarrassment.

[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.

I don't see the connect between airpods and masculinity.

I think you have a screw loose OP. You are the problem.

(I am a female who don't even have airpods and really think nothing of them)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not every fleeting thought you have needs to be posted online.

Like yours?

That pp didn’t start a whole thread with theirs.

[Anonymous]

I'm a woman and I wear mine quite a bit during the day. While I'm working I'm listening to music or on calls, otherwise I'm listening to audiobooks while doing things around the house. It would never occur to me to judge a man for doing the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Not a man, but triggered by a grown woman repeatedly saying “ick” or “the ick”. Extreme secondhand embarrassment.

+1000. The OP may be too old for Longfellow Middle; however, she should have left saying things like "He gives me the ick" behind once she was old enough to go to McLean High.

[Anonymous]

You are an odd one, OP.