Where's my duct tape and mini tool
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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I am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.
I wear a sleep mask on flights and once my IEMs go in they don’t come out until we’re about to land. In short, I don’t see or hear shit.
IEMs?
Ear buds where the cost goes to quality and isolation as opposed to gimmicks/Bluetooth/functionality.
Airpods are amazing for casual use.
IEMs (with a cable, of course) are amazing for music.
It's what musicians use on stage to hear what everyone is doing (iems and individual mixes are so accessible these days, used to be super $$$$ per iem mix).
They range from budget (1 driver per bud) to decent (3-5 drivers per bud) to esoteric (like 16 drivers per bud).
Most have modular cables that disconnect at the earbud (so when the cable breaks you are paying thousands for a new set. Or to get custom cable lengths).
And all decent brands can be custom moulded to your ear, so you go to a hearing specialist, they will cast your ear, and you send that to the manufacturers and they will send you moulded IEMs. They are very comfy.
Some brands have a DIY moulding process, but I wouldn't trust myself!
If you are into live music & loud gigs, even loud clubs, I really strongly recommend you get a moulded set of earplugs with 10db attenuation. They are for musicians and have as flat a response as is possible, and will take the edge off any hearing damage.
In-Ear-Monitors. I envy your ignorance. I was once like you. Now I'm broke.
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Can't wait to see adds for prostate exams or erectile malfunction on a plane when I get older.
Psssshhhhh, you won't see them. It's a 3 hour plane ride where you have no responsibilities, surrounded by people that by this point in the day you already can't stand.
At that age, you're telling me you WON'T fall asleep???
"At that age"
Buddy, how old do you think people are when they're supposed to start checking for prostate cancer?
Just a few hours away from returning back to the dirt in the ground surely?
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Nothing that some Self Adhesive Vinyl can't fix. They'll have to deal with getting it off the screen afterwards too. Want to fine me for it? Then tell me where you got the data, because I didn't consent to you having my data.
Calling into United:
Hey I see you charged me $400 for a replacement screen? Tell me, where did you buy the targeted ad data you used to display ads on that screen? Oh, an agency that I signed terms and conditions for at some point? Shit, alright then.
I mean, fuck United tho and they will not be getting and damn money from me.
You probably did/do consent at some point, but nobody reads the fine print.
The little guy always wins!
In david and goliath, david won. In the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise won. Rey Mysterio vs the 2006 Royal Rumble, Rey Mysterio won.
Hmmmm, you may be onto something!
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Can it ever just stop?
Yes, for a monthly subscription!
We tried that in the 80s already. Here's how it went down.
1980s comes along, and people had been seeing commercials on tv for years. So along comes this new concept. Now you can PAY to watch tv.....without ads. GREAT!
So people started paying for this new "cable tv". Then the cable operators were like "I know they're paying to not see ads......but what if we STILL showed ads, and STILL took their money????"
So that happened.
Then after some decades Netflix came around, originally with liscensed tv shows from all over tv.......except now you could PAY to watch them, without the ads. And then they drastically lost their liscensed content, and produced their own original content.
After a few decades, Netflix said "I know they're paying not to see commercials.......but what if we STARTED showing commercials, AND raised prices every few months."
Man, I can't wait for the next guy to charge me money to not see ads. Only to inevitably show me ads a few years later....
What if I were to buy back all my own DVDs and watch them? Would I need to voluntarily show myself ads later?
Don’t worry the TV you are watching it on got you covered. https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tv/how-to-exit-samsung-tv-plus-fix-how-to-disable-samsung-ads-fix/td-p/9352840
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