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Did you throw your headphones in your bag again, and now they're a tangled mess? You can avoid this. Complete this process after every use, and your headphones will never be tangled.
Steps
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1After every use of headphones, grip the earbuds in your palm with your right or left hand.
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2Use your opposite hand to wrap the cord around the four fingers that you gripped the earbuds with. Leaving about two inches unwrapped.
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3Remove the headphones from hand with unwrapped hand.
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4Hold the headphones with index finger and thumb. It will look like a figure eight.
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5Using the excess cord, wrap it in the middle of the figure eight.
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6Stick the last inch of the cord through the loop you just made. Now they're secure enough to put in your bag without getting tangled.
