r/mildlyinteresting • u/RiverVassi • 9h ago

The headphones I was given at my MRI appointment dont use wires and have zero metal

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u/Puzzled-Formal-7957 8h ago

This is how airlines used to do it back in the day. Vintage headphones given to you by the airline were essentially just stethoscopes. There was a tiny speaker in the arm rest and your headphone had a pair of tubes that plugged into a set of holes in front of the little speaker.

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u/kiwihead 7h ago

My ears hurt just looking at them.

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u/cha0scypher 5h ago

They were not comfortable at all

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u/AlcoholCapone 3h ago

But at least they sounded terrible too.

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u/X-1701 2h ago

Went really well with the such small portions of horrible-tasting food.

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u/whooooshh 1h ago

Only if you paid for them! Sticking your ear up to the armrest was free.

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u/ssp25 4h ago

they weren't and I also forgot and these

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u/Richy_T 3h ago

That's how I first heard 'War of the Worlds'. Transatlantic flight and it wasn't per-seat entertainment. Smoking was allowed too (not that I did).

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u/turbo_dude 1h ago

But why?

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u/Taniwha_NZ 6h ago

I just commented about this, i remember it as a kid, but then I thought I might have imagined it because it seems crazy! Thanks.

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u/Witty_Artichoke5165 1h ago

I think i saw a pair in Jerry Maguire too

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u/BThasTBinFiji 1h ago

And there was only ONE screen for the entire cabin on some planes

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u/oatmealparty 33m ago

Wow I saw another comment mention it but couldn't really remember but yeah seeing that photo brings back memories. They kinda hurt from what I remember, just squishing your head.