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[phamos]

it has been noted by many journalistic outlets, both mainstream and otherwise, that the white earpods that come with your ipod have taken on a status symbol role in this city. i must admit, at the beginning, i was always a little tickled to see someone wearing the earphones on the subway, thinking, "they have the same thing i do!" but that was mostly because i wanted them to succeed so my apple stock would go up. now, they've become so ubiquitous that all i can think is, "man, get some decent earphones! those ones are shit." because they ARE. they're really uncomfortable and the sound is crap. so i just contentedly listen to my music on my fancy-present-from-segev headphones, aware that no one knows i'm using an ipod, and not really caring.

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How bizarre

[murderousclouds.livejournal.com]

I think I threw mine away. You're right; they're utterly crap.

[(Anonymous)]

they're not all bad - but then the ones I was using before aren't good at all so I guess it's all about what you compare it to. I read an article somewhere about people being targeted by muggers because of the distinctive headphones... London it was I think... Someday soon I'll get some nice headphones.