On a new pair of headphones that are no laughing matter:

 On a new pair of headphones that are no laughing matter:

I recently got a new pair of headphones, and they're great, with one small flaw. When I buy something that I want to last I do my research. I compare every Reddit post and review site about what's the best on the market. I try to set a budget, and then I always end up upselling myself because I want the best. Well, I found the best with all the bells and whistles. I ordered it, and they arrived (weeks later. A day before I would have gotten a refund in fact, but that's not the point of this post.) I tried them on and they were, well, fine. They were fine. They worked, they needed a bit of breaking in to be comfortable, and there was a bit of delay with the audio from watching videos, but I could live with it.

I started watching things online while wearing them, I am practically dedicated to late-night comedy shows, and then something strange started happening. Videos would randomly pause while I watched. It was simple enough to unpause them, but I couldn't find the reason for the disruption. One of the many features of the expensive headphones was a tap-to-pause function, but I wasn't tapping on them. I investigated further.

After I watched more videos while wearing them, I discovered that they paused specifically after something funny happened.

What?

Did my headphones have a sense of humor?

That's when I figured out my headphones had one more feature I didn't know about. They pause while I'm talking. Only, I live alone. The only time I make noise is when I laugh at something I watch. And this pauses the video.

So now when I watch something, I'm careful to laugh quietly. The headphones are listening.

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