So, as I have previously discussed, music is very important to me. I normally get my daily allotment of tunes while riding the bus to and from campus. I do try to respect my fellow commuters though. Therefore I must use headphones to use whatever music playing device I have on hand. I just recently had to buy a new pair of headphones. This makes the 5th set I have bought in the last 3 years.
I understand that our current stage of technology pushes cheap and replaceable products. That doesn't make this cycle suck any less. At a point I realized that this break-and-buy method became a process for my headphone choice. I first started with big flashy headphones, and they broke. I then bought a pair of less flashy, equally as large headphones, and they broke. Next up were smaller, weird-shaped headphones, and they broke. After going through all these I bought the smallest, simplest set of headphones I could find. To be fair they did end up lasting the longest out of any pair I have had (about a year). But they still broke due to simple wear and tear.
So, needing tunes, I was once again forced to buy a set of headphones. I have now decided that my process for these purchases will be to find a pair like my last ones that costs the least amount possible. Quality is obviously not a concern, as they WILL break. If I assume they will break, then I can feel good about buying cheap ones.
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