kashmir Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 I ALWAYS have my headphones on when I'm not with other people or not in class. Walking from place to place, on the bus, waiting for class to start, etc. When you see a person, maybe of the opposite sex, with headphones on, is that a universal symbol of "I don't want to be bothered," thus you stay away from them or pay no attention to them?
belladonna Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 haha! I've actually been thinking about this lately too. I've been on the bus a couple times and checked out a some cute guys but they always have headphones on. And sometimes I notice a guy checking me out on the bus but I'll have my headphones on so why would he talk to me? I won't start talking to a guy with headphones on. It's awkward. I might make eye contact or smile but if he wants to talk he has to take those off!
pinkelephant Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 stop being anti-social, bro stop telling people to stop doing something.
zenith Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 stop telling people to stop doing something. stop being so sensitive
confused_2008 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 stop being so sensitive stop being so argumentative /worthless post
zenith Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 stop being so argumentative /worthless post have you got anything useful to say?
confused_2008 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 have you got anything useful to say? When kids these days play music with earbuds or headphones on, the loud sound is delivered directly into the ear and can damage the tiny hair cells that line the cochlea, the snail like portion of the inner ear that converts sound waves into what we actually hear. These hair cells, all 30,000 of them, are critical for sending sound energy to the brain. Exposure to sound above the safe level of 85 decibels damages the hair cells over time. The louder the sound, the quicker the damage. Because noise-induced hearing loss can happen slowly and is difficult to notice at first, it's particularly dangerous. The hair cells can take a little beating and recover, Oyler says, but if they die, there's no way to bring them back. When some of the hair cells die, it first affects high-frequency sounds -- the consonant sounds in speech, for example. If you take out all the t's, p's and hard "s" sounds, you end up with muffled speech. Sorry to derail your thread kasmir.
zenith Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 ^^^^^ great post! Kashmir, although you may enjoy listening to music, I think using headphones all the time can be anti-social, bad for your ears and make you less approachable
Author kashmir Posted January 23, 2009 Author Posted January 23, 2009 ^^^^^ great post! Kashmir, although you may enjoy listening to music, I think using headphones all the time can be anti-social, bad for your ears and make you less approachable That's exactly what I'm looking to hear. And I already have permanent hearing damage in one ear from playing in a band, so meh...the headphones won't kill me.
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