Stupid Questions September 2016

pepe_prime

This thread is for asking any questions that might seem obvious, tangential, silly or what-have-you. Don't be shy, everyone has holes in their knowledge, though the fewer and the smaller we can make them, the better.

Please be respectful of other people's admitting ignorance and don't mock them for it, as they're doing a noble thing.

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Please be respectful of other people's admitting ignorance and don't mock them for it, as they're doing a noble thing.

To any future monthly posters of SQ threads, please remember to add the "stupid_questions" tag.

Do you think it would be easier for you to untangle your earphones if the cord had a color gradient? Maybe something like the jack end is violet and the bud end is red, and it goes through the entire visible spectrum along the length of the cord. Could also be something like a grayscale gradient. I imagine it making it easier for me to simulate untangling strategies. Surprisingly there are basically no earphones that look like this even merely for aesthetic reasons.

Also, I'm already aware of ways to prevent tangling.

If money is not an issue, wireless headphones is probably at the top of my improve my life for less than $50 list.

You don't have to worry about untangling, putting away or unplugging.

I recommend the ones that sit on your neck like these

3Elo10y

While being aware of various ways to solve this problem. Mine is to fold the cable in half, then half again, then half again until it's small enough to go into a pocket. Then store it somewhere where it will not get moved around very much, and be encouraged to tangle. The only disadvantage is that this doesn't always suit the twist of the cable, so the cable will sometimes twist around itself a few times, but never form a knot (in my experience). You might find that owing to manufacturing process, multicoloured cables are a bit of a pain to make. We usually make very long rolls of wire with identical sleeves. Then cut down the wire to make relevant size pieces. This idea would require doing things differently.

2pepe_prime10y

That's an interesting idea and yes, I think it would help. It seems you can find cable sleeves in this style, though I'm only seeing them in bulk.