I have some cheap white ear buds I use for my computer, phone, etc. But you know what I find humorous? Back in the old days, you would always get a small ear piece with the purchase of a transistor radio. It was so you could listen, with one ear, what was going on the radio or tape deck. They weren't the best, but adequate if you were really jonesing for that baseball game without disturbing anyone else, or at night when you wanted to be quiet.
You wanted those big head phones that covered both ears and had those long 8-12 ft coiled cords so you could dance around or, if your equipment was far away, you could lay on your bed without having to worry about being close.
Now, we are back to the small ear pieces; granted the sound is like those big head phones. I just find it amusing of the similarity to the old style. For that matter, its just another Star Trek invention. Think about the ear piece that Uhura used to wear. Think about those flip cell phones. And the old hard square plastic computer disks. Their tri-corders are our PDA, and the PADDS, are our tablets now. All these were shown in Star Trek first. Take that Star Wars!
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