--- title: (comic) Silent listener | daily.dev description: A workplace comic strip about the social dynamics of wearing headphones at work, humorously calling out the unspoken rules around being a 'silent listener' in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: (comic) Silent listener | daily.dev og:description: A workplace comic strip about the social dynamics of wearing headphones at work, humorously calling out the unspoken rules around being a 'silent listener' in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NyL5cJnwa.png og:image:alt: (comic) Silent listener og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # (comic) Silent listener **[Work Chronicles](https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles)** · 1 min read · 29 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A workplace comic strip about the social dynamics of wearing headphones at work, humorously calling out the unspoken rules around being a 'silent listener' in the office. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [\(comic\) Deep work](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-deep-work-s0vqci0lx) · Work Chronicles · 40 upvotes · 3 comments - [\(comic\) Fun introductions](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-fun-introductions-k21xro3ve) · Work Chronicles · 31 upvotes · 1 comments - [\(comic\) Unprofessional behavior](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-unprofessional-behavior-dtar3ibo8) · Work Chronicles · 23 upvotes · 0 comments - [\(comic\) The courage to question](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-the-courage-to-question-g59ovliyo) · Work Chronicles · 41 upvotes · 3 comments - [\(comic\) Decibel-based Performance Calibration](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-decibel-based-performance-calibration-efztnbxbn) · Work Chronicles · 12 upvotes · 1 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"(comic) Silent listener","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa"},"datePublished":"2026-07-15T16:22:54.014Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:56:37.675Z","description":"A workplace comic strip about the social dynamics of wearing headphones at work, humorously calling out the unspoken rules around being a 'silent listener' in...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/32c6373b430e27435d4d41d685ee5021?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/32c6373b430e27435d4d41d685ee5021?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Work Chronicles","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Work Chronicles","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--V5O-tAlc--/f_auto/v1714799471/logos/workchronicles","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-silent-listener-nyl5cjnwa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":29},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Work Chronicles","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"(comic) Silent listener"}]} ```