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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by romwell on Saturday December 18, 2021 @04:24AM (#29603110)
>Very. In the end you're carrying a high energy density power source on your head that would love to just catch fire. Don't they teach kids anything in chemistry these days?

I just love how this comment appears in the same thread as this one:

>That sort of paranoia doesn't help. In fact it may cause psychosomatic symptoms (nocebo effect).

Anyway, if it's common knowledge, there's no harm to put a big label warning about it on the instruction manual, right?

Last time I checked, passing chemistry isn't a requirement for purchasing Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones, which spontaneously catch fire and cause chemical burns.

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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by krisoft on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:38AM (#29604033)
> I just love how this comment appears in the same thread as this one

Yes. One says “yes lipo batteries can have thermal runaway” and the other comment says “don’t twist yourself into knots by worrying over this one time bad exposure”.

They talk about two different things in two different way. Your comment makes it sound as if they are somehow contradicting each other? They don’t.

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