Counterpoint: wires really suck and are not fine. AirPods Pro are great, I can a...

phrotoma · 2026-03-14T10:58:39 1773485919

Some years ago I commuted to work by subway in a city that had turnstiles at all transit stops. Having earbuds unceremoneously ripped out of my ears by spinning metal arms sent me straight to bluetooth and I have never looked back.

Wires suck.

reg_dunlop · 2026-03-13T22:56:29 1773442589

counter counterpoint:

A wire sitting on a table does not suck. 2 people can gather around that table and still, the wire does not suck. As soon as 1 person picks up the wire and starts doing something with it....now an interaction with a wire sucks.

But that's not the wire's fault.

gruez · 2026-03-13T23:04:53 1773443093

>now an interaction with a wire sucks.

>But that's not the wire's fault.

So... "it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden deceleration"?

reg_dunlop · 2026-03-14T13:01:00 1773493260

I believe that's a straw man fallacy.

My assertion is that an inanimate object becomes a problem when a human interacts with it.

Your attempted logical argument is that a law of nature is the same as an inanimate object.

I am not contesting that an inanimate object is the same as gravity.

I'm saying that humans make bad decisions with simple things and whine about inanimate objects and that's a very real first world problem.

nkko · 2026-03-13T22:50:06 1773442206

was listening to music while coming with groceries and simultaneously juggling stuff to open the doors and change the track with Siri (the only use for Siri I have)