Every time I see a trendy wretch of the unwashed masses gallavanting around with his iPod, I can't help but scream, "THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" and run crying to my room. However, I did recently realize that there's at least one good thing that the iPod has brought us—some well-earned quiet.
You see, in the old days we had to listen to everyone's crappy music blasting through their $2 headphones. iPods, on the other hand, come with those cram-them-down-your-ear-canal headphones that result in minimal exposure of noise to innocent bystanders who hate, say, the White Stripes or Maroon 5. iPods have reduced crappy noise pollution by nearly 30%.
In fact, research shows that...oh hang on, my cell phone is ringing, let me get it. Hey man...not much, just writing a trainsaw article...something stupid about iPods, it's not very funny...no, nothing planned...maybe 6 or 7:00...are you serious? That sounds awesome...yeah...yeah, okay...what about Jason?...he is?...someone needs to slap that whore...hahaha...yeah...okay, I'll call him...k, see you then.
Steve!...hey, what's happening?...yeah, Nick's having a...yeah, you heard?...I think it sounds awesome...yeah probably about 7...exactly...hey is Jason over there?...yeah, that figures. Give her a punch in the face for me...okay, peace out.