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Oh my God, just when I thought these things couldn't look more ridiculous.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!
Oh my God, just when I thought these things couldn't look more ridiculous.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!
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Man Turns to Body Modification to Keep AirPods Held in Place
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I have to admit. I've been coming here for news daily since 2008. But quality has seriously been slipping as of late. I'd love to blame Tim Cook on the problem but I gotta lay this one at the feet of the team of bloggers running the site. LOL
Honestly the worst looking set of earbuds I've seen in a very long time. I'm glad some people like them, but Apple could have done an infinitely better job with these. Doesn't seem like typical Apple aesthetic at all. If they came in black, that would make them look a little less terrible. Just the whole Q-Tip vibe of these things is ... weird.
Sorry, the title was meant to be, "Man turns to complete idiocy in desperate grab for attention."
Naw, Jony Ive may have checked out from giving an F, but I wouldn't call it idiocy. He's just tired.
Meh. I'd be impressed if he'd had magnets surgically implanted in his ear canals and the EarPods just snapped into place, MagSafe style. 
(But I did learn a new word today: "gauged". So not a complete waste)
(But I did learn a new word today: "gauged". So not a complete waste)
Eh, this modifications-on-the-outside stuff is for amateurs - if he had real courage, he'd drill a hole through straight from one ear to the other, to slip some steel cable through to secure the earphones to each other. They say we only use 10% of our brain anyway, what's a few neurons, for fashion.Meh. I'd be impressed if he'd had magnets surgically implanted in his ear canals and the EarPods just snapped into place, MagSafe style.
So, is that you not commenting? Seems like a lot of words for no comment.
To be fair, this blog post was just a bit of pre-holiday fun, given how low the general mood has been in the forums lately. (And yes, obviously it was a 'slow news day'.)
Apologies if it offended anyone. We'll leave the tongue-in-cheek stuff to other tech sites in future.
Turns out, the less interesting stuff Cupertino gives, the more the community will have to fill in!
At topic: that's bro joke material at the bar if I've ever seen some, but hardly something that needs to show up in people's news feeds that are eagerly awaiting good news from a company they are heavily invested in some way or another.
Or I'm just being overly cynical today, but going by the other comments apparently I'm not...
Glassed Silver:ios
I agree this isn't exactly front page worthy material. However, You opened the article to read it (Knowing what the title stated), you commented twice and you obviously contributed to a news article in which your claiming isn't news. That seems to be a double standard in some respects.
As a girl with a tragus piercing who both loves Apple but frequently has earphones falling out left right and centre when I run (occasionally)....this post was both informative and brightened my day. Not sure I'm quite ready to make the commitment to going full out with the ear gauging right now though! MR is great for the info but occasionally, it's just good to have a little post that makes you smile. A
The majority of user reports suggest Apple's AirPods fare pretty well at sitting securely in the average lug hole, but at least one owner has had issues with them falling out of his ears. Fortunately he found an effective, albeit unusual, solution.
Andrew Cornett recruited a pair of stretched ear piercings to accommodate the stems, allowing his modified lobes to act as little holders that ensure his AirPods always stay in place.
As with individual pain thresholds, prices vary at piercing studios for opening holes in flesh, but all Apple Stores across the U.S. charge a consistent $69 to replace a lost AirPod, regardless of whether or not they're still under warranty.
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Hi Tim,
I apologise for being rude - I guess I exaggerated in my two replies. I lost a bit of the humor part of the article, and maybe the fact that the humour was too subtle and the article seemed to be taken seriously as a front-page article made me overreact.
Just keep in mind that, though there is a huge downbeat sentiment in these forums, we actually love this site and Apple as a company no matter how let down we might feel.
Keep on posting fun stuff, and as a suggestion, just make it a bit more obvious it is a joke, fun-infused post so that we may not take it as seriously. It could be either a very distasteful article from a website desperate for click-baits or it could be a lighthearted fun post about the Apple world. Maybe that line is too thin and some people - and I am not alone in that - might have taken it the wrong way.
Apart from that, keep up the good work. We love what you guys write. And I truly mean it.
Best,
B
You're the kind of person who doesn't understand nuances in communication, aren't you? Thanks for the pedantic (but missing the point) feedback.
Heh.
Someone should create a reference medical chart of the human body, showing Apple related mods. E.g.
What else?
Someone should create a reference medical chart of the human body, showing Apple related mods. E.g.
- Earlobes enlarged for AirPods
- Kidney sold to pay for iPhone in China
- Tatoo removed for Apple Watch pulse sensor
- Fingertips sanded down to use iPad mini (per Jobs)
What else?
Relax, it was a joke. You're the kind of person who doesn't understand sarcasm, aren't you?
With the Airpods, technology is closer to implanting a similarly functioning device, once the self charging is figured out.
The looks and color and size of the device would be a mute point.
Other concerns would exist.
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I've always said that wrist and internal body devices should get recharged each night wirelessly under an electric blanket designed to radiate power with/without heat
Yep, mostly. Although not sure the size would be completely moot, depending on where it's put!
noRelax, it was a joke. You're the kind of person who doesn't understand sarcasm, aren't you?
