Yeah. I realize that some people use them as hearing aids and some use their phones hands free and have to be available for phone calls, but there are some contexts where I find the Airpod thing weird.

I have lots of friends with teen/tween kids, and there are some who are never seen without AirPods. They will post pictures of family events/outings, or even major vacations and the kids will have AirPods in. Like, are you so disengaged from your family/the surroundings that you need to tune them out with music/videos/whatever? This trip to Asia is a once in a lifetime opportunity (and one most of us never get), and you’re gonna have your AirPods in the whole time? Maybe they aren’t listening to anything. Maybe it’s more like a fashion statement, but I just find it weird.

I have a coworker a few years older than me whose boyfriend is kind of a douche and he is also never seen or photographed without AirPods.

I’ve never used AirPods, so maybe they’re different, but I do use other Bluetooth earbuds and I find they’re constantly falling out. I don’t use them unless I’m sitting still in a contained area where I can find them if they fall. For working out and other activities, I have Shockz bone conduction headphones and big over the ear headphones. If I just wore my earbuds everywhere, it would take 30 seconds to just loose them. Maybe AirPods fit differently. I’ve been actually meaning to try them and see.

As a kid, I did use my Walkman, discman, basic MP3 player for the bus, airplane, and breaks between classes at school. Sometimes the batteries would die and I’d keep the headphones on to prevent people from bothering me on the bus or in the airport. I can’t imagine using them at a restaurant or while walking around with my family on an overseas vacation. I remember once being at my grandma’s house. The adults were talking/playing board games at the kitchen table and I was on the sofa reading. I put my Walkman on, and my mom instantly told me to take it off because it was rude.