A Reminder

WEARING EARPLUGS IN PUBLIC IS NOT RUDE.

This goes to everyone who is ashamed by it and everyone who shames it. 

Let me say it again, WEARING EARPLUGS IN PUBLIC IS NOT RUDE.

It CAN be, if you’re doing it to intentionally be malicious or send a hateful message, but most of the time, people wear earplugs because it makes them more comfortable. 

So what if you have to wear them at a kid’s singing performance or talent show? So what if you have to wear them at a concert, or play, or in the movies? It’s not disrespecting the hard work people put into those things. Think about it. Which is worse: Wearing earplugs and being able to enjoy whatever is happening, even if it is muted, or being horribly uncomfortable or even in pain for the entirety of it and not getting to appreciate it at all? 

Which is better for the people behind the work and the people enjoying it?

So don’t be ashamed of wearing earplugs in public. And don’t shame people for it. Thanks.