http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/entitled Questions tagged with 'entitled' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:50:13 -0800 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:50:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/71074/The%2Dperfect%2DiPhone%2Dheadset Does the perfect iPhone headset exist yet? Has it been announced? Specific definition of "perfect" inside the thread. Obviously this is a "Waaah, I want everything to be just right" post, so be prepared to play along. Sometimes I feel guilty putting this much effort into the search for what is essentially a frivolous luxury product, but whatevs.<br> <br> I use Shure e2c earbuds, and my pair were going on the fritz and near death. I'm completely spoiled for their sound quality, though, so since this pair was already about to conk out, I sliced the plastic around the jack off so that they'll plug into the stupid, stupid recessed headphone port. Problem solved, for the three further weeks they lasted before dying. (I find the Shures wear out after a little over a year of use, but I can deal with that, since I use them hard -- I wear them to the gym, running, outdoors in NYC winters, etc. -- not the kinds of things that carefully engineered earbuds are expected to live through.)<br> <br> So. Time to replace them. But in a perfect world, I wouldn't give up the iPhone headset's microphone and music/call controls in order to get dramatically improved sound. Shure makes headsets for the Treo, but they haven't released an iPhone version that I know about -- just an adapter, which doubles the length of the headphone cord and is therefore not even close to acceptable for my purposes. The V-Moda duo hypes its iPhone compatibility, but it doesn't have call-answering functions. Has any manufacturer of high-quality in-ear headphones (it's the in-ear that's key, I can't stand the amount of sound that leaks in around Apple's buds) announced a full-featured iPhone headset yet? Is there even (gasp) one already for sale somewhere? I'm willing to pay around $150 for this, since Shure e2cs alone cost a little under a hundred. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.71074 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:50:13 -0800 earphones entitled headsets iphone wishlist logovisual http://ask.metafilter.com/62946/How%2Ddo%2DI%2Dlose%2Dmy%2Dsense%2Dof%2Dentitlement How do I lose my sense of entitlement? Far from having "immigrant mentality," I have the "entitled white boy" mentality, and I'd really like to lose it. When I was younger I never had to work too hard because people ascribed to me a high level of aptitude I never really earned. Now that I'm out in the Real World I'm having a hard time mustering the success that a nattering little voice in my head says I deserve, but I lack the drive to achieve it, having been handed so much without any effort on my part.<br> <br> So.<br> <br> How do I silence the voice that say I deserve everything so I can muster the ambition to actually earn it? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.62946 Fri, 18 May 2007 16:37:11 -0800 ambition entitled success whiteboy zenmind lekvar