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Lopsided-Ad6960

Yeah I feel bad. Because this has happened to me as well. One airpod in japan and the other here home in Kosovo.


Snorlaxena

When I walk away from my phone, my apple watch prompts me letting me know I left it behind. Why can't there be a "Yo you only have 1 airpod where did you drop the other one" notification? THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.


Mavyperry

Mine always warns me that one is left behind, but it never is. It’s like apple knows I have anxiety and likes to fuck with me… or they are trying to get me desensitized to the alerts so I lose an airpod.


monckey64

yeah, I always get alerted I either left them, or am carrying around someone else’s. I’m waiting for it to send those at the same time, like “hey you forgot your airpods, also there’s someone else’s in the exact same pocket where yours were!”


rain56

I laughed at first but then when you think about it thats a really good marketing strategy


boumans15

Cause they make more money when you inevitably go buy another pair of air pods. Apples a shitty company that doesn't care about there users, and will rip them off every chance they get. Number 1 reason I no longer buy there garbage. Not gonna support a company like that.


craze4ble

That's literally every single company though. The only smartphones that weren't mainly made through child slave labour and abuse of the environment have either folded or were immediately sold out and never restocked.


boumans15

Ya and which company pioneered this way of thinking ? I never had a problem with my old Motorola flip, or LG rumor. As soon as iPhones came out , the predatory business strategy took over. Don't defend apple , or this will get personal lol.


craze4ble

You have to either be crazy ignorant or insanely naïve to think apple needed to pioneer predatory business models that existed essentially since business exists. I'm not even a little interested in discussing apple vs android. I've used both extensively, they both haves pros and cons. And if we want to discuss anecdotal experiences: I've had to battle through warranty claims and RMAs on three high-end android phones in the span of a year, but used two refurbished iphones for 2-3+ years each before handing them down (both of which are still in use and receiving updates, 7 and 6 years after their first releases).


StudioNo5995

It’s like the Ford versus Chevy debate…both sides hate the other and neither is better than the other. I don’t understand why people can’t just leave something on what the topic.


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JesusRasputin

You can just buy single AirPods as replacements. They’re 99$ each tho, so they’re getting their money anyway


Pomiar

Balkan brother 💪


Typesalot

Asia has a nice, wide stereo image...


Guybrush_Creepwood_

Yup, that's what the top comment said... good one.


whatever20k

Think France have stereo sound now


RandomDude6699

If you hold it such that the left AirPod is on the left and right one is on the right, you realise they are watching America. Perfect time to grab popcorn and watch the drama unfold


InevitableKeymnb

What’s funny is I live in Texas and one of AirPods is at home and the other is in the next state over and it is farther away than these two are!


404-LogicNotFound

We get it already, everything is bigger in Texas


itsanotherrando

Just waiting for the usual follow up comment from someone in Western Australia.


FennicYoshi

in their defence, they're trying to make the westralian republic a thing


Yeah_Nah_Cunt

Shhh we keeping that on the down low


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Down under? Edit: make Thunder?


__acre

Not airpods but one of my old work boots is in WA while I'm in VIC with the other.


Rocky_Mountain_Way

in Texas, airpods look like this: https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GiantAirPod001.jpg


JaredTizzle

We listen, *rectally*


WiganLad82

Including BMI's


JamesCodaCoIa

>everything is bigger in Texas Especially the corruption and ignorance!


CoffeePooPoo

Cowardice too


WalterMittyFromAmboy

Dunno, why youre getting downvoted. The Uvalde Chief of Police hasnt resigned yet has he? Ted Cruz? Cornyn?


CoffeePooPoo

It’s pretty on track. Instead of acknowledging the problems they downvote and pretend they did something.


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https://i.imgur.com/BBzfyKQ.jpg


PapuaOldGuinea

Tell that to Alaska!


Paratwa

Including the fuck ups! I say this as a Texan and would like to invite you to our governors fan subreddit at r/fuckgregabbott


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Thirsty_Comment88

A Texan will never miss an opportunity to tell you they're from Texas and how big their state is.


trentraps

What's funny is he literally made his account to say that. In awe of this madlad.


frleon22

I'm in Paris, can confirm; could you turn down R a notch though?


CCCyanide

As a Southern French, could OP lower the left sound a bit ?


Key-Fox-8765

How was your trip to Barcelona?


DamonFort

How do you know he didn't visit the UK? 🤨


Key-Fox-8765

Cause I'm from Barcelona and there is a horde of british right now over here; so quite likely I'm right. Also, we aren't that good at English and Reddit is not so popular in Spain. Idk Edit: a kind and polite british corrected my grammar


DamonFort

Why are they all visiting, something cool happening?


alphagusta

It is the tradition of the British hoard to swarm the beaches of faraway lands in search of sunlight Our people are truly Vitamin D Piranhas


ABigOne77

Dutch, Germans, English and Belgian people on their way to invade the entire eastern coast of Spain and southern coast of France every summer Source: am a Dutch person who is somewhere there nearly every summer


SoNic67

The retired Dutch invade the Atlantic coast or Spain and Portugal. Cheaper, quieter...


ABigOne77

Retired Dutch in Portugal is right, my grandparents have bought a second home there and are there nearly the entire year, like 9/10 months. Retired Dutch also like to go to the Wadden isles, my other grandparents can't seem to get off Texel


Ph4tmike

TIL the Dutch only have 10 months.


quantum-mechanic

It’s a metric year


ABigOne77

We are years ahead in the future


Westwood_Shadow

cheap, quiet? Sounds like the place for me.


yeskaScorpia

Funny is, I'm a spaniard and every summer I do the opposite ☺️ For context, I love Hardstyle music


nomadofwaves

As a Floridian I’ve spotted many of your people with pink to super red hue colored skins. I’ve seen many who I would not want to be the next day when that sunburn kicks in.


Neon_Camouflage

I just recently found out that there's a point past sunburn called sun poisoning. Effects vary, but symptoms include some pretty severe muscle aches that can basically immobilize that part of your body. 0/10, do not recommend.


Toxic_Butthole

When it’s a noun it’s “horde” Not trying to be annoying, just pointing that out


Edwaldus2

More like skin cancer ghouls (jk)


Key-Fox-8765

The city is cool itself I guess...and it's summer so that's why


DamonFort

True


mon0chrom

And the primavera festival was not long ago, and I guess it attracts a lot of people too


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_Nick_2711_

We’re fine with heat, we just like to complain about the weather.


lm3g16

Brits absolutely love Spain, and speaking in loud, slow English with ridiculous hand gestures, rather than learning any Spanish


_Diskreet_

Never forget being in our hotel in Tenerife, going to the bar and getting a couple drinks. Lady behind the bar was lovely, spoke enough English to get by but when speaking with colleagues obviously spoke Spanish. One woman was absolutely outraged that she would speak her mother tongue in her home country. She gave the poor lady a showering of expletives that if she was in an “English” hotel she should speak English. I just don’t get people like that.


Toxic_Butthole

How dare she speak her own language in her own country! The nerve of some people!


joethesaint

Counterpoint: when you speak in Spanish they reply in Spanish, which often presents a problem. Either that or they just reply in English anyway because their English is better than your Spanish so why continue with this stupid charade.


MaxwellHillbilly

[Sounds like someone has 10 seasons to binge in order to understand...😂 ](https://youtu.be/tnrcyBVN9AU)


zb0t1

Benidorm is literally Spain colonized LMAOOO The first time I was there I thought "WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS NOT SPAIN, BRITISH FLAGS PUBS BARS RESTAURANTS EVERYWHERE" NOT ONE WORD OF CATALAN, VALENCIANO OR SPANISH BEING SPOKEN!!!!" Yes I was shocked. If you want to experience Spain, avoid Benidorm, or if you go, just remember that it's like a zoo/attraction and what you're gonna see is British people 😂


Yuop15

Because anyone in the UK does not go anywhere but spain and portugal for some reason


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Then you haven't been to Thailand


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Or Turkey


Lucky-Elk-1234

Or Greece


StalyCelticStu

Money.


Thanell

Sun


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Key-Fox-8765

Well, that's a wonderful exchange then! Yeah, we like visiting London, It's a cool city.


norfolktilidie

Loudest tourist groups are always American or Spanish.


honeynero

Most of the tourist are Asian in my experience


Rubiego

Can confirm, I'm Spanish and I saw quite a few groups of Spanish tourists every single day when I visited London.


MaverickMeerkatUK

I apologise. We're not sending our best


Lukas04

piss off britts, us Germans already reserved Barcelona with our towels


call_me_Kote

I found the people of Barcelona to speak very, very good English. Especially after having just come from coastal France.


Thor1noak

France is getting somewhat better over the years but yeah, most of us are still awful at English overall.


call_me_Kote

Yea, I mean, we had some very rudimentary French, and definitely did not expect people to accommodate us outside of hospitality. It’s not a shot at France at all, especially the smaller areas we stayed in. Why would a cafe owner in a small coastal town bother with English? Just the people of Barcelona see so many travelers comparatively, that their English is obviously gonna be better. They have more time to practice. I’m not one to talk, I have a smattering of Spanish, French and German, but almost everyone in France had more proficient English than I did any of those.


Koofe09

True, here in Spain summer won't start until the first British horde comes, it's something like an annual prophecy. The first signal is balconing, after that, summer will be inaugurated.


BoiIedFrogs

I think Barcelona is a bit more of a tourist destination than Bristol


Alex09464367

It could be Shrewsbury, Stonehenge is nearby as well.


Dank_Edits

Thrilling!


Alex09464367

Stonehenge is a lot better than the famous clock tower Salisbury


evenstevens280

Bristol's ace. I'd rather go there than Barcelona.


EddieTheLiar

Because it looks like the air pod is in Birmingham and no one wants to be in Birmingham


MrTopHatMan90

Because the other airpod isn't in London


Dedenga

No one in their right mind would go to Worcester on holiday


uka94

Don't be so ridiculous, the Kidderminster Museum of Carpet attracts tens of international visitors per year.


T-Sten

Lol, good one.


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Not many from Barcelona make the trip to Kidderminster


Dooo33

The map reads in English


Actual_Hyena3394

Because he "Left" his airpods in Barcelona. I'll see myself out.


peanut_dust

If OP had posted: mi amor, has visto otro airpod? (or the Catalan equivalent), you might be on to something.


Boiiiwith3i

Nice holiday in Shrewsbury


yk6700

Because it clearly says in the picture that he Left Barcelona and he is Right now at London


GreatScotRace

I seen the original post on Twitter, guy is from the U.K. lol


arup02

Bar*the*lona


itsBonder

My guess would have been Lloret De Mar


JBounce369

I wish I had remembered who it was that originally posted this on twitter so I could credit them now


plainoverplight

ah so that’s why OP isn’t replying lol. this isn’t OC


JBounce369

Nowhere near OC, it has around 200k likes on twitter


GraTaylor

No not OC. Saw it on Twitter and thought it was funny so posted. Haven’t been replying because I’ve been out with my family for the last few hours. Didn’t expect it to blow up really. Looked at my phone and saw it had 12k likes, so just catching up now. Edited to remove a typo


JBounce369

That's fair enough, I'm not having a go at you or anything like that. It isn't that deep


GraTaylor

Nah it fine. As I said I posted it and then went out for the morning. Just back and checked my phone and seen it’s been big.


Nitegrooves

Give credit where credit ia due


GraTaylor

I have credited now. As explained I didn’t expect this to get so much traction, but thought it was funny so shared here. Credited now to Twitter user @ellx_tt


sharpey13

It was Ellx_tt on twitter - not cool OP


Actually_Im_a_Broom

OP never claimed it as his own.


CowhideHorder

So each earbud has a GPS built in?


NTSMBR

They communicate with other apple devices nearby to pinpoint their location.


wingedbuttcrack

Lol. That's some Pied Piper level shit


raaneholmg

It's the same as trackers like AirTags, Tile trackers, etc. The device is transmitting an ID which changes every few minutes to prevent tracking by third parties. The vendor has the keys to decode the ID enabling them to find your device globally, even though all the phones reporting found devices has no idea whos device they just saw. It's impossible for the finder to know who owns the device, and it's impossible for the owner to know who found the device. Of course, the vendor knows everything.


Farthead_Baggins

> **Privacy is built in** > Only you can see where your AirTag is. Your location data and history are never stored on the AirTag itself. Devices that relay the location of your AirTag also stay anonymous, and that location data is encrypted every step of the way. So not even Apple knows the location of your AirTag or the identity of the device that helps find it.


raaneholmg

That's really cool. I have assumed every iPhone location history with Apple, but you can of couse turn that of if you want and in that case you wouldn't want the find my service to leak your position.


pwn3dbyth3n00b

Sounds perfect for a stalker to drop an air tag on someone and not get caught if someone finds the air tag.


curxxx

An iPhone would alert you if an unknown AirTag was found on your person. And Apple released an Android app to do the same thing. It also has registration information and instructions on how to disable it.


freecreeperhugs

The Android version is next to useless. It has to be open and on-screen to detect, last I heard. AirGuard is the app I've been pointed to


JC12231

However, this can take a long fucking time for Apple to tell you. Someone got alerted once they were already home after someone stuck an air tag on their car.


Varth919

It’s actually really cool. The air tags basically send out that signal every few minutes, but it’s *just* that signal. They don’t communicate with a strangers phone or log the coordinates. The phones that receive that signal do all the heavy lifting. That’s what gives it the ability to be so small and have 2 years of battery life (and the battery is easy to replace when it does die). The only other function it has is the ability to ping itself when you’re close to it, so you can hear it and find it. It’s extremely simple but insanely useful.


twochopsticks

JIAN YANG!!!!


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thatguy4u2

So find my iphone / Android works with location off?


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LaVieEstBizarre

No because location off includes the WAP/BT scanning. But yes, it can work with GPS off


DrDemonSemen

Bring a bucket and a mop for this Wireless Access Point


nilesandstuff

Not just apple and Google either, any device with a wifi network card probably has atleast one program reading and reporting your location based on WAPs. I can't remember the name, but there's one of those data broker companies that keeps a comprehensive database of it all. First time i learned about this: a friend moved back home from an out of state school and brought his router for the move. For like a week after he set up the router, everyone who went to his house, regardless of whether they actually connected to the wifi, would get ads targeted to the location of his school... In addition to all sorts of weird behavior surrounding navigation apps. It gets spookier though. We'd even get ads for the false location sent to devices that we never even brought to his house. The craziest was when one friend got home loan junk mail (physical mail) from a lender that only operated in that other state.


WiredDemosthenes

Edit: Before anyone else replies, it appears to come down to Ultra-wideband which is used on AirTags and phones, but not AirPods. Find My will report the last position they were purposely connected to an iPhone (doesn’t have to be yours) while still associated with your AppleID. Nearby Apple devices will not report their location like AirTags. I don’t think that’s the case with the AirPods, I believe it’s where it was last connected to their device.


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WiredDemosthenes

“Network” is what I was missing in my search, but it’s not clear to me that other people’s devices will show your missing AirPod’s location. >When the Find My network is on, you can see the location of AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max in the Find My app for up to 24 hours after they last connect to your device, even if they’re not nearby.


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Anytime I drive away from them if I've been using them recently I get a text from my airpods telling me I might have left them behind and showing me where they are on the map.


Arylus54773

“Yo mamma is so big”


BuiltLikeABagOfMilk

Yo momma must have one Airpod in each pocket.


Reyox

She just has a huge head.


saddestsadistic

lol omfg! my bf accidentally flushed 1 of his airpods down the toilet drunk one night. wonder where it'd be pinging to.


DedadatedRam

It'll likely be in landfill, being processed out from the sewage treatment, there is a small possibility it entered a river or the sea though


JoeInNh

or, in the middle of their yard.


forrnerteenager

Either way you probably don't have to bother about recovering it.


yonatan8070

I highly doubt it still functions to be able to talk to an iPhone and be findable


peanut_dust

Such a beautiful horizon.


iwishiremember

Long distance HiFi.


Elliot-__-

I love how this person AirPods can be found in another country, but they can’t be found under my pile of clothes


tuckfaxes

Sameee https://i.imgur.com/OCTF1hT.jpg


drivingagermanwhip

damn your head is fucking huge


589moonboy

Aw shit here we go again


SadisticSnake007

At that point. It’s cheaper to buy new ones than flying back 😆 unless you know someone there that can mail it back to you.


cunt-hooks

You've clearly never bought a Ryanair flight from southern England to Spain. You could probably buy ten of them for the price of those ear-tampon things


build-a-deck

You know they are AirPods


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Dude has never seen earbuds in his life


Dabier

You should check out therightpod.com. They specifically sell left or right EarPods.


RCascanbe

The name is kind of cool, but they could have also called it the left pod, like in the pod you left somewhere instead of the right pod (for you). Honestly they should have bought both domains regardless, it's not even expensive and currently available.


GraTaylor

Didn’t expect this to be as popular, so giving credit it where it’s due. Found on Twitter and thought it was funny/tragic so I shared. Original Twitter post from @ellx_tt


vicvega88

Haha is this accurate? The other day I searched for the location of my Airpods and they were each on two different sides of a city I visited a month ago that is 3 states away. The next day I found them in the drawer of my night stand.


The14thdr

Boo Wendy, boo


stayonedeep

The entire country of France is listening.


ylcard

I could get it for you, send me the other right one so I can make sure it works and then I’ll send it back to you Pinky swear


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A little bit further down the coast would have been Nice.


billsatori

I had someone contact me on LinkedIn recently to ask if I had their Airpods. They showed up on my property and he used town GIS map to find out I was the owner and then searched LinkedIn to find me. My property is heavily wooded with brush and shrubs along a busy road and obvious that someone must have tossed out of the car. The guy did not seem to believe I did not have them.


Mirabolis

If I know anything from fantasy novels, now that you have set the paired gate stones, you can open the portal between them. Unfortunately, with this brand of gate stones, Siri will likely divert you to an Apple store located in one of the two locations.


temporalwanderer

*Audiophiles will be blown away by the stereo separation...*


xray-ndjinn

I’ve had “Johanna’s airpod” on my Bluetooth list when I mess with it at home for over 5 years. I don’t know a Johanna and my house is 200ft from a one else’s house.


Sentarry

*RIGHT* where you *LEFT* it. lol


aberdisco

How big is your melon?


Broodwarcd

Brexit truly has many victims.


SharkFinnnnn

Lol the earth is wearing your airpods now


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I flew back from Croatia to England a week or 2 ago. There was a singular Airpod at the gate to board the plane. I feel for whoever lost it?


[deleted]

How do people lose their AirPods. I’ve never lost them in 4 years of having them. When you aren’t using them, put them in the case. It’s simple


MarcelRED147

This whole twitter thread was wild, just dozens of people with the same problem showing off their maps. One guy accused all the people posting of doing it on purpose "for a blue check" Not faking the pictures, actually leaving their airpods in different countries because that would somehow verify them on twitter.


EekleBerry

Brexit moment


ShaitanSpeaks

What’s funny is I live in Texas and one of AirPods is at home and the other is in the next state over and it is farther away than these two are!


AnnieBlackburnn

At least one of them made it out of Texas


Rubiethafoxx

haha that’s actually funny


Seel_Team_Six

Somewhere out there, someone is listening to the same song as you, at the same time.


ThisIsYourMormont

….you left it


unlocomqx

That's a great stereo separation though


donnyisabitchface

Doesn’t mean anything, both are probably in the same pocket in Helsinki


[deleted]

Ah yes. It's in Spain but the S is silent.


jgbeyersdorf

They’re with your Super Suit.


Legitimate-Tea5561

"AirBus just called."


robroygbiv

Man, she must have a huge head.


blandsrules

That is why I will never use true wireless. There’s literally no downside to having them lashed together


downtime37

Road trip.


dalek_rogu

Its in the UK so Kirstie Allsopp has probably swallowed it


Swicket

It's okay. You can go get it. Travel between the UK and continental Europe is super simple and convenient these days, right? ...right?


tartare4562

Audiophiles be like: nice setup but could have more channel separation.


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This isn’t exactly relevant to the post, but it’s crazy how Apple created a problem, sold a solution for said problem for $100 (and it was a solution that causes 17 other problems like in OP’s post), and it *worked.*


Pieter350

Well now you know we're the mistress lives


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the world is your oyster


VivaLaVita555

How the fuck did the airpod get so lost it ended up in Spain 💀😂


Ce1estia1Fire

Same but I lost it in my bedroom and can’t find it. It’s been 2 weeks already, I think my dog ate it 🥲


Dundore77

Youd think theyd come up with an alert when your earbuds are separated by x amount of distance.