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I choose non-isolating because I can't stand the sound of my own heartbeat and my breath resonating through my sinuses. The isolation also just tends to make me feel paranoid about my surroundings. It's just completely unnatural to feel isolated that way.

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It's probably in part a consequence of not growing up using headphones/earphones when walking or doing other things outside. But I just can't get used to being cut off from what's going on around me even absent isolating earphones.

I don't really feel comfortable walking in the woods. I basically can't imagine walking in a city with earphones in.

I feel like the generation of people not fully aware of their surroundings is a mugger/pickpockets dream come true.

Thats why you turn on music once you put the earbuds in...

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