This feels like a roundabout rubegoldbergian conclusion. I’ll take it. However, what if you want to phrase it like a noun in the form of “The possible possibility” or “The maybe-not necessity/not necessarily necessary necessity/uncertain necessity”? Can’t say “The maybe possibility” or “The maybe necessity” now can you? And what about as an adjective? “It’s maybe possible”? It’s maybe not necessary"? These are too either boggled or clunky.

Thanks for this info! I wasn’t aware of this technology. However I still am not sure if I really understand it or what you mean, though I might. As far as I can understand, DACs are a converter from digital to analog sound. In the context of 3.5mm headphones and USB C, it would involve plugging the 3.5mm cable of the headphone into the converter, and plugging a cable on the other end of the converter into your USB C port such as on a smartphone. Is that correct?

While I appreciate this option and the advantages it provides, audio quality isn’t my priority (comfort, basic usability, functionality & suitability for my use-cases is), and as far as enabling me to use 3.5mm headphones with USB C ports, I already have more straightforward converters for that (DAC converters I looked at seemed chunky & would add weight, tho could be worthwhile for audio improvement), and while DACs might be better for this, I don’t think they would preclude the inherent trickiness and fraughtness (for me) of needing to use a converter, having those converters break/malfunction (though higher quality ones may last longer, but the connection seemed unstable in all the ones I tried, on multiple USB C phones over the years), and not being able to charge or have the phone plugged in while using headphones.

So I think sadly this doesn’t solve my problem. Thanks tho!

Tbh I don’t really understand how anyone comfortably uses wired USB C headphones since it means you can’t charge the phone or have it plugged in to do anything at the same time. If that’s the route we’re going, I might advocate for 2 USB C ports. But that’s not the main reason for me, and I understand my situation/use case doesn’t apply to most people. In fact I still have to deal with that problem anyway, on top of others.

I require a specific kind of headphones that don’t touch my ears due to a medical condition combined with massive ears. It’s very painful and harmful for me otherwise. It’s almost impossible to find headphones like that, in fact I haven’t been able to, but the only ones I’ve been able to find that are big enough to be comfortable enough and not cause major issues are all expensive/professional studio wired over ear headphones. If I find one that is either Bluetooth (wireless) or USB C that works for my ears, I would get it.

So my solution has been to use firstly USB C to 3.5mm adapters, which break constantly and surely create more waste than I personally would with a headphone jack part of a phone, and never work well and keep disconnecting, and also don’t let me charge etc at the same time. For that problem I tried ones that split a USB C port into another USB C port + a 3.5mm jack, but they worked even worse. Ultimately what I settled on are 3.5mm Bluetooth dongles/adapters that work a little better and don’t break as much (though their charging cables do), and still let me charge the phone. However it still creates extra waste (and uses extra energy to charge) and doesn’t work well and isn’t ideal, and I’d always rather be able to just plug it into the phone directly.

I’m also somewhat into audio editing and music production, and for that purpose I believe that most professional studio headphones and industry standards are still using 3.5mm, but I could be wrong about that and I know it is shifting rapidly toward wireless or USB C, and I also haven’t been really prioritizing sound quality since my main priority is comfort/usability.

Hey thanks, I really appreciate this info. I actually forgot that earlier Fairphones used to have the headphone jack. As far as I can tell, Fairphone 3 and 3+ were the last ones to have it, and the 3+ appears to be an upgrade from the Fairphone 3, so I guess if I wanted the most modern one possible I would go for 3+… i am a little confused and worried about operating system compatibility though, e.g. it says it comes with Android 9 and can be upgraded to Android 13, but can reach Android 15 with lineageOS (I don’t know how to do that or if I need to get a certain model pre-installed with it), and the latest Android version is 16 so I guess 15 would be ok, would last me a while at least before apps start to become incompatible… Also the difficulty remains of actually obtaining the phone, especially if it needed to be a particular kind.

I will also look into Volla and Shift, hopefully I can find something that works, and if not, well I’ve been told a lot that the Sony Xperia phones are one of the only ones still using a headphone jack consistently, so I might just have to get a secondhand version of that one and if anyone judges me for it I’ll have to ask them to take my word for it that I didn’t buy it new 😅

Please dont hate on me, I think my question is reasonable. And I still support Fairphone, and I dont want to debate over why they dont have a headphone jack. And please dont try to convince me to use a phone without a headphone jack, have done so for years and it’s terrible for my purposes and leads to many many adapters breaking.

No, I don’t crave it, it’s an unpleasant experience for me personally. So I feel like dreaming about it is less about “I miss this feeling” and more like if you had some traumatic thing happen and then kept reliving it in your dreams. Thats what it seems like anyway.

I see… does the non concrete contain perception of sensations which are usually physical but can be simulated (like pain, nausea, queaziness, etc)?

That could all be true, but I should clarify when I said I felt like crap I meant physically (mentally as well, sure). As in, how you feel if you’re really sick and unwell. Nausea, queaziness, headache, pain, lightheaded, etc.

It’s emotions and feelings as well (anxiety, stress, depression, disorientation, nausea, pain, etc) Just saying

I should have probably mentioned I have tactile dreaming, meaning I feel physical sensations including pain in dreams, and my main reason why I feel “tormented” (or even tortured) by these dreams is not so much from a psychological or philosophical point of view (although there is that as well), but because in addition to feeling anxious, depressed, confused & disoriented in these dreams, which are all unpleasant experiences for me, I also feel “physically” unwell, nauseous/ill/sick, and in bodily pain as well in some cases. These are all things I felt when I had these experiences IRL, and yes I am possibly negatively affected more physically by substances than other people, which is part of why I decided it wasn’t for me.

I can deal with it if I have to, but since it happens quite often and makes going to sleep something I dread, I would rather prevent it happening if possible (and maybe that just takes a lot of time, I don’t know).

I have tactile dreaming, meaning I experience physical sensations including pain in dreams, and in dreams like this I feel really physically unwell/nauseous and uncomfortable. It also happens recurringly, not just once, so I’d like to get to the bottom of how to stop it happening.

Why isn’t it clear that DID exists? I thought it was accepted as a scientific consensus that “enacted” identities were genuinely perceived by the individuals experiencing & reporting them, which is why DID is still included in the DSM to this day.🤔

Yes it is actually, thank you!

Maybe the pronoun “they” works? “I’m wondering if they can…”

I use “they/them” for any animal/sentient being (whether or not they’re human) rather than “it” in order to avoid objectifying them, but I recognise this is not standard English. I also use “who” instead of “which” (A monkey/dolphin/dog/goat who (…) rather than a monkey which (…), etc) and basically any of the personal pronouns or words you would use for a human rather than an object (or I guess typically nonhuman animals). It’s a deliberate deviation from grammatical rules/traditional language for the sake of aligning with my personal beliefs & ethics about animal rights/vegan stuff. You can just ignore that part though because it’s just a force of habit, I actually forgot that would seem weird since it’s normal to me, the real confusion I had was with the overall sentence structure & how to phrase it; it still doesn’t sound right to me whether you use “it” or “they”.

I use “they/them” for any animal/sentient being (whether or not they’re human) rather than “it” in order to avoid objectifying them, but I recognise this is not standard English. I also use “who” instead of “which” (A monkey/dolphin/dog/goat who (…) rather than a monkey which (…), etc) and basically any of the personal pronouns or words you would use for a human rather than an object (or I guess typically nonhuman animals). It’s a deliberate deviation from grammatical rules/traditional language for the sake of aligning with my personal beliefs & ethics about animal rights/vegan stuff. You can just ignore that part though because it’s just a force of habit, I actually forgot that would seem weird since it’s normal to me, the real confusion I had was with the overall sentence structure & how to phrase it; it still doesn’t sound right to me whether you use “it” or “they”.

We are capable if we stop being selfish and go vegan

Is there Life on Maaaaaaarrrrrrrr-a-Lago… ((song)[https://youtu.be/AZKcl4-tcuo?si=0JktuCh_EH-T0T5w])

I misread the question.

By everyone, I mean nonhumans (nonhuman animals).