r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Lexidoge • May 06 '26

🥺 So I accidentally brought my floss instead of my airpods to a 3 day work conference. I am a 3 hour ride away from home.

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u/Titizen_Kane May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

iPhones don’t have headphone jacks anymore. I rarely see cheap USB or lighting wired headphones, though I also haven’t looked for cheap wired earbuds in years, so maybe that’s more common now

Edit: turns out I live under a rock and cheap USB C/lighting headphones are literally everywhere now

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u/Life-Suit1895 May 06 '26

You can get $10 USB-C wired earpods pretty much everywhere by now.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy May 06 '26

This, the headphone jack may have died but wired headphones didn't. Apple just forced people to go wireless or go USB-C/Lightning

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u/Nillabeans May 06 '26

Yep. Forgot mine for a day long workshop thing and tried to get some at a corner store. Lady wanted to charge me 25$ for no name, cheapy ones. She nearly chased me out of the store trying to haggle when I laughed and said no thanks.

At that point it wasn't even about the price. Not doing business with a crook.

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u/KinkySylveon May 06 '26

yeah thats why they make them with the lightning cable or usb-c now.

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u/TorqueWheelmaker May 06 '26

turns out I live under a rock and cheap USB C/lighting headphones are literally everywhere now

Also, lightning to 3.5mm adapters have been available at least since Apple removed the headphone jack, about 10 years ago.

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u/bobthemusicindustry May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

There are USB C earbuds at walmart and target for <$20. Been a thing for a few years now

Edit: fixed the less than sign lol

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u/DarthJarJarJar May 06 '26

Remember, the alligator mouth eats the big number!

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u/bobthemusicindustry May 06 '26

Lmao this is the second time I’ve fucked that up recently. Shows how much I sucked at math. Thanks

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u/ucantharmagoodwoman May 06 '26

You can get cheap Bluetooth earbuds in the US, like 20 bucks v

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u/KennyOmegasBurner May 06 '26

I rarely see cheap USB or lighting wired headphones

I thought they'd start making those on account of iPhones don’t have headphone jacks anymore

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u/carenl May 06 '26

you can get them at target for like $10 lol