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lukantoday at 10:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Outside I sometimes have headphones on without music, just so people do not approach me ..

But with your wife, doesn't eye contact work as communicating need for talk? Body language?


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collinmcnultytoday at 1:56 PM

Sometimes I’m washing dishes and she walks into the room and doesn’t immediately know if there’s sound in my ears. It’d just be a nice little affordance to be able to proactively signal that.