Because they have no souls–not yet, anyway.

My toothbrush at least gets a small stand,and it costs way less.

“I don’t belong here,” the headphones must think.

A person’s hand holding an Xbox One controller.

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Video Game Controllers

It’s probably for the best that mostvideo game controllersdon’t have cords anymore.

They treated controllers like they were Wii motion controllers long before that technology even existed.

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But we’re all rough on them.

So why am I more likely to remember where I put a BIC pen?

Your Current Bad Phone

This is always one of our more saddening relationships with technology.

It sees you walking by the Apple store window like thathackneyed meme with a guy looking at another woman.

It sees you put it away quickly when using it around friends, so they don’t stare.

“You still got it, old man,” the awful dialogue usually goes.

It knows the ways of the world.

Or maybe it’s just an old, bad phone.

I don’t know.

Go ahead andget a new oneif you want.