wait, you're telling me you can turn the volume down?

File this one next to the woman who [successfully] sued McDonalds because the coffee she spilled on her lap was too hot: A guy in the States is suing Apple because it is possible to listen to their iPods at a volume that will cause hearing damage.

That's right, even though every iPod comes with a warning sticker that says "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume", that's not enough for this guy. The lawsuit claims iPods are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings".

The weirdest part? "Mr Patterson's lawyer, Steve W Berman, told Associated Press news agency that his client did not know if he had suffered hearing loss but that that was not the issue." [Read the full article]

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