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I have a pair of nice bluetooth headphones that I really liked and then I got a pair of cheaper ones to use whenever my good ones were charging. The nicer pair have these soft flexible ear tips that are comfortable and shape to my ear. The cheaper pair have a more rigid texture with a slightly larger tip.

Sometimes i fall asleep with the cheaper pair in and after a few months, I'm noticing that my nicer ones don't fit as nicely anymore. My ear holes have actually been stretched and gaped by those cheaper headphones to the point where I use the cheaper ones more than my nice ones because the nice ones don't fill out my ruined whores of ear holes anymore.

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[–] VoodooAardvark@lemmy.zip 35 points 3 months ago
[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 15 points 3 months ago

looks confused from behind my cans that cover my entire head

[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you friend zoned the soft flexible one and gave it up for the rigid texture with the larger tip?

A tale as old as time…

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Side note: I see your spiffing Brit username reference and it amuses me 😄

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I had to look up spiffing brit lol. I made up reanukeeves on my own but I can understand why it would be an easy pun to come up with

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

SLUT!!

** points exclusively at them ear holes **

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I feel like Cersei walking through King's Landing and everyone is staring at my hotdog down a hallway ear holes

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Similar experience except it was disposable earplugs that stretched me out and left me sore after too many one night stands... Found a pair of nicely sized Loop earplug knockoffs that know how to treat me nice and gentle all night long so my hole stretching nights are happily behind me

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I used to wear earplugs for work a lot. Taking the plugs out after a couple hours felt sooooo good.