Edit: What do you judge them for?

    • @DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
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      19 hours ago

      I asked for Beats back when i was a teen for my birthday. They were fairly new still and everyone thought it was so cool i had a pair. Eventually they got old and I replaced them with Audiotechnica headphones that were a fraction of the price and holy shit I never knew how poor the sound quality of Beats were before that moment lol.

    • @shadshack@sh.itjust.works
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      322 days ago

      I used to work retail and was helping a college aged guy pick out some new headphones. He was deciding between some Beats and some Bose headphones. I literally asked him “do you want something that sounds good or looks good” and was amazed he actually said “looks good”. So I reluctantly sold him the Beats.

      • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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        92 days ago

        Sometimes the headphones are just a public statement of “Don’t talk to me please.”, and the music is just secondary. In that case, the looks may win.

        • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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          62 days ago

          I mean, if your intent is to be ignored, why would you want the supposedly “cool” one, then? Seems antithetical, like they’re just a douche who wants to look cool and use it as an excuse to ignore people they don’t want to socialize with.