Re:Don't buy AR glasses
by neonnoodle on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:32PM
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> I guess what I'm saying is this: Remember the jabra headset dorks from the 2000s? We made fun of them for being dorks.
Yeah and now people walk around with Bluetooth headsets on everywhere, 24/7. I don't live in SV (thank God) but I'm afraid that mere fashion won't be enough to shut this trend down. Some people don't care about looking like dorks, and when they wait long enough, the stigma dies down.
Re:Don't buy AR glasses
by ryukoposting on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:56PM
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My point in the parent comment was that it isn't just fashion this time.
But, to my point, fashion alone was enough to stretch out the normalization of bluetooth headsets by a decade. As of 2020 or so, we were still memeing on "airpods everywhere" people, not that they could hear us.
> we're entering a new conception of the public sphere and personal space/human dignity
I think the Bay Area is entering a new conception of yada yada yada. I think some folks who live here don't realize the sheer strength and scale of the reality distortion field. That which is cool in the Bay is frequently very, very uncool elsewhere.
AR glasses, both in purpose and aesthetics, are inextricable from the attitudes and politics of SV. Public opinion of SV has tanked since 2023 in a way I've never seen before.
I guess what I'm saying is this: Remember the jabra headset dorks from the 2000s? We made fun of them for being dorks. We're going to make fun of AR glasses people for being voyeurs, fascists and ICE accomplices. The social pressure against these things will be immense.