if something really is as bad as someone says then why does everyone do it?
Remember when everyone smoked and we were taught that it was good for our health?
underscores@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I’ll teach you a trick: if something really is as bad as someone says then why does everyone do it? I would say like the majority of young people on public transportation are using earbuds for their daily commute and they’re obviously not deaf
Anyways I’ve played guitar and used earbuds since like 12 and my ears are certainly not in a good place.
Listen to music at comfortable levels and don’t max it out even if it feels like you want to.
I’m far from deaf though.
howrar@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The harm in OP’s example is immediate.
howrar@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I was under the impression that hearing loss is usually a gradual thing.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
That’s absolutely insane logic. “Everyone’s doing it, it must be fine, right?” You know how many incredibly cancerous and harmful materials were once in common use by everyone?
underscores@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
you’re right now that I think about it doesn’t make sense to say that, consult experts is better advice
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Boom! Take THAT, anti-vaxxers!
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
there was a kids toy with ACTUAL radioactive material in it. Might have been uranium or maybe plutonium.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Bad logic, yes, but it stands in this case because the harm is immediate, not in some future decade. Given such widespread use, headphones must be OK or doctors would have been sounding the alarm decades ago after seeing young people with blown out ears.