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two ears, one mouth, and the power to ignore everyone in the room.
means A device worn over or around the head combining earphones with a microphone, used for listening and speaking on calls, in games, or at work.
from A transparent compound of "head" + "set," both from Old English roots — "hēafod" for the thing on your shoulders and "settan" meaning to place or fix. "Set" had long meant a matched group of fitted things, so "headset" naturally came to mean the gear set upon the head. It rose with the telephone and radio age, when operators and pilots needed both hands free, and later got drafted into the worlds of music, calls, and gaming.
- call center
- early models freed operators' hands at switchboards
- open mic
- hot ones leak your every breath to the team
- gaming uniform
- the unofficial helmet of staying up till 4am
- posture cost
- the band quietly flattens your hair forever
logitech g pro x — wireless gaming headset with 50mm drivers, top-rated for esports tournaments since 2020
sony wh-1000xm5 — noise-canceling over-ear headset with 8-hour battery, released 2022
corsair virtuoso rgb — wireless pc gaming headset with haptic feedback, launched 2019