More importantly , make the right kind of friends . It ' s easier as you get older to figure out who willwon ' t stick around in your life later on . It ' s a lot harder to figure that out when you ' re 18 or 19 . <| sep |> Uhh unlike Apple i ' m not gonna compare your ear to a vagina . Instead , think about comparing it to your nose . They ' re extremely similar in the ways that they deal with dust , germs , and other debris that gets into your orifices . They coat the inside with a sticky , gooey substance that is easy to remove if cleaned regularly that catches debris and other shit before it can build up and create blockagesEar wax builds up because it does not naturally flush out of your ears . You need to clean it yourself , like you clean your nose and fingernails . One of the biggest reasons earwax gets so easily built up , even when people do clean their ears , is because most people don ' t know how to properly use QTips to clean their ears . They stick in it , swab it around , and call it done . Realistically , that just pushes the earwax farther into your ear where it then builds up .