It is a fad, as were the Walkmans, albeit one with legs. Methinks the biggest danger is not this obsession thing, but the damage that kids will be doing to their hearing cranking them up....
Oh, it's much better than a Walkman.
Take it from a middle aged woman who's been around since 8 tracks, LOL!
The ease of finding a song you want to play is unbelievable!
You do have to stay on the teens about the possibility for ear damage, but that's with any form of player that uses earphones.
| Methinks the biggest danger is not this obsession thing, but the damage that kids will be doing to their hearing cranking them up....
What about the cars? Yesterday I'm sitting here by the window and I hear this THUMP THUMP THUMP. I look out and there's this all-black Sumthinorother with tinted windows sitting at the light. Right while I'm looking at it, the doors pop off the thing and the people go flying right out into the street. They could turn those things down, too. |
It's not a fad, it's a cultural shift.
Remember the book "Tipping Point"?
That point at which a technology or attitude or anything reaches critical mass...and from that point on, there is no going back.
Cell phones. Computers. Internet. Regular workouts are part of a healthy life, not something to laugh at (when the jogging craze first strarted, joggers actually had people THROWING things at them!), but now runners are part of every landscape.
Anyway, you cite the Walkman...how does a fad last 25+ years? That's not a fad, that's a new way of doing things. Fad? Pet Rock.
As for your comment on wrecking hearing with too-loud volume...you are right.
WHAT? Oh, their hearing. Yeah, they should use Koss headphones and tube amps like I did back in the 60's. Crank that thing up, put on Light My Fire, and I could almost stand the fact that I was in an Army barracks.