Headphones, earbuds, none are safe from the hands of the Audio Junkie. One side of the headphone/earbud doesn’t work? Put it in the drawer, not in the trash because “what if” it’s needed if the new pair gets lost or broken? Technology nowadays is so expensive for great-good quality, and inexpensive for meh quality, both of which are great for those who have access to them. But the Audio Junkie? No, no. See, they are also the Audio Assassin, able to kill 2 “high quality” headphones in the span of 5-8 years just by listening to music on a constant basis for hours at a time, and 3 gaming headsets for constant use and accidental droppings. How has our junkie earned this title? From their parents, of course. They’ve had the same pair of headphones for over 8 years, sure they barely use them, but that’s no excuse. If they can make their headsets last that long, so can our junkie. True? False! Headphones are designed to last for a decent amount of time; however, they are meant to be eventually replaced like many other things. Sometimes these headphones are advertised to have a longer life span than what that person got out of it. Our junkie for example had a pair of headphones that were brand new, completely fine one day and then all of a sudden in a few weeks the audio began to cut out and act weird. Well, that shouldn’t be happening, especially when the headphones were over 50$, but it did. After that, the headphones started working but the audio jack for calls and a mic stopped working and began to cut in and out constantly making them sound like a busted-up robot stuck in a bad 80s dance party. Did they get rid of these headphones? No! They went in the drawer because “just in case” they might need them, due to that “what if” portion that scratches their brain. 2 fallen soldiers are placed inside drawers, one that lasted from middle school to high school, and then another pair that lasted from high school to last year. Now, the junkie won’t deny that both headphones were of good quality, and they got many years out of them, but that hasn’t stopped their parents (father) from making fun jabs. Where the true “assassin” title comes in, is the gaming headsets. One died of old age as they had the headset from their 12 birthday to the beginning of high school. Afterwards, the new headset died a little over a year ago, and finally the previous headset from their current that randomly died out of the blue, despite being barely used. Has our junkie thrown out any of these broken sets? No! Even the busted robot mic is still somewhere in their room, probably under a dresser or something. Why? Simple: “what if”. And yes, our Audio Junkie is me. I am the Audio Assassin.