# My cat doesn't want me wearing using my Sony ear buds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590 "2012-05-30T22:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/1 "2012-05-30T22:28:48Z")
When I’m stretch out on the couch, odds are I have a laptop sitting on my lap and my cat lying on my chest. I also use a couple of different sets of ear buds depending on what’s handy, and my cat has decided one of them is ok, but the other is totally unacceptable. The one she doesn’t like is a Sony pair. It’s a bit larger than a normal pair, and has a small silvery bar to hold an over-sized bass amp, both of which are outside my ears. Whenever I have these on, my cat reaches up her paw and knocks them out of my ears. She doesn’t want to play with them – she shows no further interest in them after she’s knocked them out of my ears. I’ve lost track of how many times this has happened. The other pair of buds I have is a conventionally sized pair from Klipsch which fit pretty much entirely inside my ear, and she couldn’t care less about them. Maybe she thinks the Sony ones make me look too nerdy. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/2 "2012-05-30T22:37:42Z")
Maybe the bass bothers her? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/3 "2012-05-30T22:54:35Z")
Nah, once she knocks them out of my ears the sound would get louder. If the sound bothered her, she’d try to hammer them in farther. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/4 "2012-05-30T23:34:35Z")
I don’t know why she’s doing it, but the mental image is cute. 😛 “Stop being such a hipster, mom.” ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/5 "2012-05-31T00:58:43Z")
She may be thinking those small silver balls are attacking your ears. Once she has batted them down they are no danger so she ignores them. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/6 "2012-05-31T03:33:43Z")
Does she bat them out if you’re not listening to anything? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/7 "2012-05-31T04:06:50Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Does she bat them out if you’re not listening to anything? Hadn’t thought about it, but yes she’s done that. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/8 "2012-05-31T05:24:01Z")
I have pet rats who have similar policies about nail polish and Band-Aids. Just Not Allowed, apparently. At least she doesn’t chew the cords. I’ve had cats and rodents who both think headphone cords are uncommonly delicious. It gets annoying very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/9 "2012-05-31T11:20:39Z")
Cats naturally attack bass. ---
**Author:** ![Mopal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mopal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mopal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/10 "2012-06-05T12:51:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’ve lost track of how many times this has happened. So the question is: Are you a slow learner or just extremely stubborn? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-doesnt-want-me-wearing-using-my-sony-ear-buds/623590/11 "2012-06-05T14:51:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > When I’m stretch out on the couch, odds are I have a laptop sitting on my lap and my cat lying on my chest.. Am I the only one who’s puzzled by the geometry here? When you’re laying flat on the couch, you don’t have a lap…You just have your legs in straight lines. And if you’re comfortably laying on a soft couch with a soft fuzzy thing happily purring on your chest , why do you want the hassles of balancing a rigid metal box on your legs? Set it on the floor or something. So you can enjoy the cat playing with your ear buds.