Enough With the Earbuds
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate the question: Is it wrong to expect your spouse to pull out his earbuds when you're speaking?
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at 10:54 AM
This week, Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe discuss whether it's OK to keep the iPod earbuds in while your spouse is speaking to you. Listen to Episode No. 16 using the audio player below or by opening this player in a new tab.
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Sharing Passwords
Email Gone Astray
Must I Tell Facebook I'm "In a Relationship"?
Can I Ignore a Tweet Directed at Me?
Hiding Your Party's Guest List
Declaring Your Love on Facebook
How Late Is Too Late to Text?
Can I Split a Check With Groupon?
Can I Use My Phone at a Dinner Party?
Should I Return a Missed Call?.
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Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society. You can email him at farhad.manjoo@slate.com and follow him on Twitter.
Emily Yoffe is a regular Slate contributor. She writes the Dear Prudence and Human Guinea Pig columns. You can send Dear Prudence questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Subscribe to Emily Yoffe's Facebook page.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.