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What’s the best way to make a tiny gadget harder to find? Make it wireless and paint that sucker black. Rumors are circulating that the new Apple AirPods will soon come in a sleek and slimming jet-black colorway, meaning you will have to use your bat senses to locate the little buds once you remove them from your ear.
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With the option of a wireless charging station and a juice-life that allegedly lasts twice as long as the previous incarnation, you may be able to find your missing AirPods by blasting your favorite tune and squinting your ears. Touting a price tag of $160, you can file this under expensive items that you’ll most likely have to buy twice. Add it to this list of eight things that are perpetually getting lost.
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Black Airpod
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Keys
It's always when you're super late and something really important is happening that your keys are nowhere to be found. Cue the freak out.
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Remote Control
As mammals, we can live without a remote control for up to six weeks.
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Grandmas Birthday Present
Grandma has really been stepping up her game since the days of Hallmark cards with a fiver stuck inside. But for some reason, we just can't seem to hold onto Nana's gifts.
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Grandma
We don't know where she went. She was right here a minute ago. Don't call mom. She'll be back, right? She's old enough to take of herself anyway.
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Wallet
On a date? Running some errands? That moment when you realize you've lost your wallet is like a kick in the nuts. Our solution: phase out your wallet altogether and lose your important stuff in small chunks.
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Good Taste In Music
It's OK, we've all been there. But just remember, a really bad music recommendation can ruin a friendship and even tear families apart.
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Half A Pair Of Socks
Always. No matter how hard we try, socks just aren't meant to have only one partner.
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Sanity
There are countless means and ways for why we lose the plot. Sometimes life is just a little more fun in crazy town. Our recommendation: give it a nice PR spin and call it whimsy.
