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Previously posted in mildly interesting a year ago, doesn't qualify anymore: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18714104

Probably disintegrating, I don't know. But now I'll finally have to buy new ones. Currently there's 6 oozing points in total. 3 are minor, one is now inactive (the 2024 pimple), one I taped over, but it's starting to overflow, and one near the jack is major.

I now cannot plug them in without getting sticky residue everywhere. Also the rubber on the outside is starting to crumble a bit.
I am a cheapskate, but this may be their end.

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 84 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Given that:

  1. The statue of Mother Mary cries;
  2. These earphones are weeping;

You are witnessing divine signals from heaven above, and can charge people money to make the holy trek to witness your hallowed earphones.

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 days ago

Its Jesus's earwax!

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't the weeping statue just sewage?

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t really appreciate your blasphemy

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My bad, I had the wrong silly cult icon in kimd thrre... But I mean, if Jesus tears is sewage then what blasphemy?

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why would you still use them after the first day you knew this was happening?

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 8 points 5 days ago

Op is why we have safety labels like "Don't inject bleach"

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If it’s leaking from the inside, it may be that the polymer never properly cured and is still liquid on the interior. You could try returning it as defective, or just shell out for a new cable

[–] Hypocrite9554@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shell out he says

These look worse than knock off iphone 4 buds

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago

You Deal w ts for over a year???💀

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I would try two things.

  1. heat gun the goo a little (get it up to like 150F or so) and see if it the sappy liquid runs and you can maybe clean it and drain it easier at temp

  2. get some shrink wrap to seal up the ends. That might help for a while if you can get it tight.

I'm not familiar with those headphones but sometimes manufacturers will put grease or goo inside the cables to reduce straining and folding of the wires.

It looks kinda like rosin in the photo. I wonder if something inside the device was saturated in rosin and its just leaking down the cable?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

It is the era of device

Get something newer as overtime the older rubber like materials tend to break down.

[–] Quills@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Whaa, a follow up on the pimple headphones!? Ouch, yeah that looks even worse now, crazy that you kept using them even after all this time, yeah, that looks like replacing time indeed.

If it didn't sound like a possibly very unsafe idea I'd say i wonder how much it would degrade and how would it look if you sealed it on some kind of bag and left it there for a very log time haha

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

If it's anything like the Aliens movie, then it's a droid.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I gotta question.

Is badge502 on Lemmy?

Ah well. He’s been giffed.

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

The 7Hz x Crinacle Zero 2 and the Truthear Gate or Hola (worse but a little cheaper) are both pretty good and around $20. Might be worth considering for a good replacement.

People also like the Moondrop Chu II, but they have bad QC and I don't like the frequency response (too V-shaped), so I wouldn't recommend them.

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think it's infected. You better take them to Dr. Dre.

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Beat me to it.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

dr dre is dead, he's locked in my basement.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago
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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 112 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You clearly left out the main thing anyone would need to troubleshoot this issue... what kind of music are you listening to. Obviously low quality music will wreck headphones no matter how good they are.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

probably Psalm 69 by Minstry, I made the same mistake in high school, my headphones didn't leak anything, but several lesser demons briefly manifested. I just went back to listening to White Zombie, and it all calmed down.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago
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[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago

I think cancer treatment will be more costly than a new pair of earbuds or whatever your next cheap accessory that is leaking unknown chemicals.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 week ago

Bro just clean your ears bro

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] pewpew@feddit.it 35 points 1 week ago

It's just going trough puberty

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Try isopropyl alcohol 70%. The stuff you use for disinfectant in the first aid aisle. Soft rubbery plastics do this over time. The alcohol will strip the soft material that is disintegrating and leave the smooth plastic behind.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Problem is, it leaks from the inside.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

pffffftttt i dont buy it... no way youve had a pair of earphones for a year

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[–] AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago

Oh boy!!! Just what I was looking for. How much for a pint of certified organic cable syrup? Can you guarantee it's less than 1% earwax by weight? If so I can go as high as tree fiddy.

My usual source on FB marketplace is playing hard to get. They said 'I know what I've got and I won't take less than a dub'. What a scammer LOL. Unless that syrup is gold plated I ain't paying 20 bucks for a pint, smh.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This happened to the outer rubbery (soft plastic) housing on my bike U lock. For like 10 years it was great, then one first-ride-of-spring I grab it, and it's like the entire thing was dunked in a pot of honey.

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