Wondering How To Talk To A Woman Who's Wearing Headphones? Don't.

Do not pass "go." Do not collect $200. Do not approach the woman in the headphones.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that if a woman’s got headphones on, she doesn’t want to talk to you.

However, some misguided piece in The Modern Man suggests that, yes, women who have chosen to put something over and/or in their ears that actively prevents them from having to hear anything else do want to talk to random men ― they just need some nudging.

The piece was originally published in 2013, but has received renewed attention on social media after this Aug. 29 tweet:

Below is a sample piece of terrible advice from author Dan Bacon to men looking to talk to women with headphones:

THIS. ADVICE. IS. GARBAGE.

You know what a woman wants when she’s got her headphones in? To be left the hell alone. She’s probably listening to a sweet podcast or a great jam and doesn’t want to have it interrupted by a stranger miming the act of headphone removal in front of her face.

This isn’t a rom-com. You’re not John Cusack.

After this abomination of an article was recently resurfaced, people had a lot to say about it on Twitter:

Now, there’s a very good chance this article and the entire Modern Man site is simply poorly-written parody. Some of the other pieces of garbage the site has produced include:

The only safe assumption here is that this is satire because if it’s not...

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