'If You Wear Google’s New Glasses You Are An Asshole'

[onehandle]

Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has developed a brilliantly concise definition of an asshole: "A person who demands that all social interaction happen on their terms." He was inspired by the assholes who talk in Amtrak's quiet car, but this reasoning also perfectly explains why those who use Google's new wearable computer are assholes, by definition.

Google Glass is the gadget all techies at South By Southwest are talking about this week. Glass is a wearable computer eye piece, which allows you to snap photos, read the news and do Google searches all while looking like an extra from the dance club scene in the Matrix. Glass is not yet publicly available, but Google is graciously allowing select geeks to purchase it early for $1,500, if they write them an essay about why they deserve one.

Glass has sparked much excitement and controversy. Having a computer strapped to your face is the second-greatest geek dream after robot sex. Critics have pointed out the privacy implications of Glass, for which one of the first apps is a program that lets you identify your friends in a crowd based only on what clothes they are wearing. A Seattle bar has already banned Glass, half in jest. Is Glass The Future of Computers or a Privacy Nightmare? I am not concerned with these questions. Instead I'm concerned with a much finer point: People who wear Google Glass in public are assholes.

Wearing Google Glass is functionally the same as living with a smart phone held constantly at eye-level. I've never seen it done, but I think most of us would be comfortable labeling anyone who walked around holding their smart phone at eye-level an asshole, and not just because it looks even stupider than Glass. The smartphone eye-level guy is an asshole because most of us 1) value the undistracted attention of those we're speaking to and 2) don't like to be filmed or photographed without our knowledge. If you come up to me with a smartphone held at eye level and demand that I interact with you like you're not being an asshole, you are an asshole. You are demanding social interaction on your wholly weird and unsettling terms. This does not change if the smartphone is tiny and strapped to your eye and made by Google. In fact, you thinking that this excuses your asshole behavior just makes you that much more of an asshole.

http://gawker.com/5990395/if-you-wear-googles-new-glasses-you-are-an-asshole

There is a growing groundswell to 'pre-ban' Google Glasses. Offices, Entertainment Venues, Restaurants, Courtrooms, Schools, more...

I think Google didn't think this through.

[quinnox]

1. "Google is graciously allowing select geeks to purchase it early for $1,500, if they write them

an essay about why they deserve one." You can't make this up.

[msanthrope]

5. PT Barnum sales model. nt

[Goblinmonger]

2. Does nobody see the irony of the definition?

developed a brilliantly concise definition of an asshole: "A person who demands that all social interaction happen on their terms."

So my social interaction needs to happen on YOUR terms, then, asshole?

[Sheldon Cooper]

4. That's what you took from this?

Wow.

[Goblinmonger]

6. It seemed pretty obvious on first read.

This guy doesn't like that other people define their social interaction the way they want rather than the way the author wants.

[randome]

8. Right on.

Calling anyone an asshole based on how they use technology is rather self-centered.

[bananas]

113. Glaringly obvious.

I noticed the hypocrisy right away.
The author isn't just an asshole,
he's a hypocritical asshole.

[TroglodyteScholar]

14. Yes, that's right...it's either your terms or my terms!

No place for social norms in your reasoning, huh?

[Goblinmonger]

18. That's not what that definition gets to.

That person wants to define an asshole by them not meeting their terms.

Are social norms always right? Do social norms never change? Are you pissed when people text you rather than calling and leaving a message?

[TroglodyteScholar]

28. I make no claim that social norms are always right.

But there IS a place for them.

If I ask someone to call me and they text instead, depending on the circumstances, yes, I may be irritated. It's shows a wilful disregard.

This really boils down to two things in my mind: respect and privacy.

If you choose to interact with me in a way that, by definition, involves only giving me some small portion of your attention, that is disrespectful. Period. You, the asshole, are saying, "You're not worth my full attention."

If you approach me with a device on your face that may be recording me, analyzing me in order to identify me, sharing information about your interaction with me, etc...there is not even an opportunity for me to give consent. You, the asshole, are saying, "I don't give a shit whether you're comfortable with this."

[MattBaggins]

15. Apple fanbois

now if this was a butt plug with an apple logo on it they would be singing it's praises and telling us how revolutionary it is.

[theKed]

86. And that they invented rectums

then proceed to sue anyone making products related to them

[petronius]

46. The key word there is "all" - an asshole demands "all" interactions occur on his/her

terms. The author doesn't make that demand (or any demand, really).

Of course, there probably are no (or very few) genuine assholes by a strict reading of that definition, so really there's a sliding scale of how close to "all" a person must be before they become an asshole. It's a nice conceptual definition, but not an operational one...

[demwing]

52. Why do we toss out insults so quickly?

It waters down the impact. Plus, the author's personal definition of what constitutes an asshole may not meet my high standards. Not everyone is fit to be titled "asshole." That's a prime insult!

To paraphrase a quote from the movie The Incredibles: "When everyone is an asshole, no one is an asshole."

[lumberjack_jeff]

69. Good observation.

If we can't agree on the terms, I'm not obliged to socially interact with you.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

87. What if everyone present are naturally assholes?

This tech makes assholes into "know it alls".

[sibelian]

106. Yeah....

See, probably what the writer thought was that people should model their social interaction on social terms rather than his alone. But if you insert a re-interpretation of his words into the discussion you can certainly make it *look* ironic, I guess.

[wtmusic]

108. +1

bingo.

[Sheldon Cooper]

3. The creep factor of this is off the scale.

How can anyone think that normal people will be happy to talk to them while they're wearing these? 'Asshole' is a pretty good word for them.

[stevenleser]

35. The technology is going to be built into more normal looking glasses and sunglasses. nt

[backscatter712]

63. Creeper-glasses?

Imagine a pedophilic creeper wearing these, with a few illegal apps running on them, walking around a shopping mall, looking up the kids, while looking at the kids.

[SamReynolds]

120. I watch TBBT on occasion.

Dr. Cooper would not for a moment find anything 'creepy' about someone wearing the internet in their glasses. In fact, I'm pretty sure he'd be the first in the group to wear a pair. Then he'd wonder why everyone was treating him 'strangely'.

[Scuba]

7. "Having a computer strapped to your face is the second-greatest geek dream after robot sex."

Nailed it.

[quinnox]

10. indeed

robot sex is the geek fantasy that can't be topped.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

90. Bill Maher talked about this....

All those visions we had of robots doing household chores and rebelling and it turns out the Japanese have them saying, "Ooo! You so big! You monster!"

[Victor_c3]

93. except maybe by sex with a real person....

I grew up a fat nerd. I know what I'm talking about.

[Xithras]

151. Nope.

People say no. People get tired. People may not be into the things you want to try. People talk. People get offended.

The geek dream of robot sex has less to do with "screwing a machine" than it has to do with screwing something that is 100% willing and subservient. It's fantasy sex, and the fantasy never says no. You'll never find a human (and SHOULD never find a human) that will do that.

[jpak]

9. I REALLY want one now

[Skittles]

11. gawd, people already look stupid fingering their handhelds

now they'll have the certified idiot glaze

[quinnox]

12. I would feel a strong urge to "accidently" trip anyone I saw

wearing that contraption.

[Skittles]

13. forget that

no doubt they'll be tripping themselves

[stevenleser]

39. You won't know. The versions will be out that look like regular glasses/sunglasses. nt

[SayWut]

54. Generation IV will look something like this,

and posses the same technology and special features via the preinstalled apps.

[ThoughtCriminal]

117. And you get into the longest fistfight in history

if you refuse to wear them.

Just don't run out of chewing gum.

[petronius]

109. Actually, you've gone a ways toward making me favor these things:

considering how frustrating it is to walk across campus and dodge students doing the 'eyes down texting stroll', at least with these they'll be looking up...

(But I will definitely share your urge to trip the oblivious, which I have to resist on a daily basis as it is. )

[JaneyVee]

16. Ironically, people who wear glasses can't use these.

[RoccoR5955]

19. Not true

There is a model that will allow folks who wear glasses to use them.

[JaneyVee]

26. I heard there wasn't a version yet. Good news. I would wear these, occasionally.

[Goblinmonger]

21. Don't think that is true

The Google woman who demos them in a video on YouTube has the device on a pair of glasses.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. This just HAPPENS to have been posted by a well-known Apple shill.

Pathetic.

[stevenleser]

37. As soon as apple puts out a version, it will be cool. nt

[Throd]

78. Same dicks, different logo.

[Blue_Tires]

73. +1000

In all seriousness onehandle, if you work for Apple, send me a PM because I need a job....

[Quantess]

20. Is everybody going to go around in google glasses 5 years from now,

the way people currently go around finger-fucking their smartphones all over the place?

I'm not sure I like this idea.

[quinnox]

24. "...finger-fucking their smartphones all over the place?"

you guys are killing me in this thread!

[Arkana]

22. No, but it does make you look like a DragonBall Z nerd.

"HIS POWER LEVEL...IT'S OVER 9000!"

[JHB]

34. +1

[backscatter712]

150. It is a Scouter! n/t

[JBoy]

23. If you punched one of these glass-wearers in the face

Would the glass-wearer's video get uploaded to Youtube before the glasses broke?

That would be a useful feature.

[bowens43]

79. guess that would make the puncher the asshole.....

[reformist2]

25. There is going to a backlash against all this whiz-bang technology.

The main reason? It's becoming too much. Nobody wants to communicate with thousands of "friends" 24/7 about every piece of "breaking news."

[bowens43]

80. yes, just like the backlash against the horseless carriage

[reformist2]

99. An increasing number of people don't own cars, you know.

[arcane1]

110. backlash against the horseless carriage = global climate change

[L0oniX]

27. Next up ...Google auto windshields ...and bathroom mirrors. n/t

[AlbertCat]

41. Google auto windshields

Yes... and you though texting while driving was bad....

[Revanchist]

45. I wouldn't mind a google auto windshield

That can display your speed so you don't have to glance down, GPS, and traffic alerts. Sounds like a useful device to me.

[L0oniX]

122. ...with Google ads for Valvoline along side of your oil light or Shell beside your fuel gadge. n/t

[KittyWampus]

139. Loonix> this was the direction my thoughts went. Even more people will die in cars

[Javaman]

29. the ultimate assholeishness behavior that "I can't wait for" regarding these glasses...

people wearing them while driving.

[lumberjack_jeff]

31. Depends.

It's arguably better than trying to interact with your gps interface.

Heads up displays are a feature.

[JHB]

38. Yes. in some situations a wearable display is useful...

...but it's not being marketed for those situations.

[Javaman]

111. HUD are fine, but this is not a HUD for driving...

It's a HUD for anything but driving.

It will be on the scale of those people who follow their GPS directions without paying attention to the actual road and wind up driving into a swamp.

The very last thing people will be doing is using it for driving.

Hell, every morning and afternoon during my commute, I can't even begin to tell you all the fools that text, read (news papers, books and iPads) yak endlessly on their phones and scarf down full course meals. All the while drifting all over the lane AND getting angry when someone has the temerity to blow their horn and wake them up.

No, the glasses will be a hell of a lot worse, hands down. They will be so focused on what ever display is up on the glasses (ebook, video game, and god knows what else) they will forget what the hell is right in front of them.

[lumberjack_jeff]

118. You're probably right. n/t

[KittyWampus]

140. it's a good thing Google has also developed cars that drive themselves in traffic >>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Javaman]

144. ooo, you maybe on to something...

it's all part of their master plan!

[KittyWampus]

145. I'd say they've certainly found a human weakness and are exploiting it.

[Javaman]

146. Yes, they have found out that humans by nature are lazy. LOL nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

30. All publicity is good publicity. n/tr

[mike_c]

32. oddly, I thought the same ten years ago about people who hold phone conversations...

...in public, on cell phones. Now it's ubiquitous. I can't walk across campus without listening to people breaking up with their significant others or begging their mechanic/landlord/doctor/utility company to give them a break and let them make payments. Gee, we've come so far....

[Paladin]

33. If The SXSW Geeks Are Enthusiastic About It, It's Asshole Material. (nt)

[Octafish]

36. Remember Steve Martin's ''The Jerk''?

It's like that.

[onehandle]

42. That was the very first thing I thought of when I read about Google Glasses.

When people start getting injured and worse by Glassholes, I expect 'Opti-Grab' type lawsuits to come quickly.

[Octafish]

53. LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

What a waste it is to lose one's lunch all over my keyboard.

[KamaAina]

71. "Glassholes" FTW!!

[Scuba]

77. Bless you child, for this gift.

[WilliamPitt]

55. Thread win.

[Iggo]

61. "Opti" for your eyes, and "grab" for where you grab it.

[Arkana]

66. Yes, but you also have to be born a poor black child.

[KamaAina]

72. In Mississippi.

[Zoonart]

40. Adverts

Just another way to have advertising in your field of vision 24/7. it can't be good for your brain to divide your attention constantly. It will confuse your synapses the same way 3D glasses screw up your rods and cones. Jeebus, people... stop diddling yourselves to death.

[Initech]

43. Google glasses. What you think you look like:

What you actually look like:



Any questions?

[onehandle]

47. LOL! Google better start increasing their bribes to politicians.

They will need protection like the GOPNRA got for guns to save them from the slew of lawsuits that will come.

[Initech]

50. Yup. There's only one person who can effectively use an HUD and that's Iron Man!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

62. Love it!

[Arkana]

68. As long as I get to call my glasses "Jarvis", I don't care.

[MynameisBlarney]

44. I think it's a pretty bad idea

as far as privacy goes.

And as far as how it makes Glass users look?
Well...I seem to remember people being called "Bluetools" not that long ago.

[SayWut]

48. Simple solution, have the glasses equipped with bright flashing wig-wag lights and a ships klaxon,

anytime the device is in a recording or picture taking mode.
Now you've been duly warned that your space, privacy is being violated and you can choose to opt out.

I'd put this device on a Segway, high expectations level of fail.

[kairos12]

49. If you can't see well they will be marketed as Mr. McGoogle Glasses

[randome]

51. Most everyone on this thread (including the writer of the article) make assumptions.

That only social networking in crowded cafes is how these can be used. But I see other uses. Hands-free recording while fixing a car engine for eventual upload to some DIY site. Hands-free recording of pollution cleanup efforts while keeping abreast of one's Twitter feed. Etc.

Many uses exist for these glasses. To focus on one aspect seems (pun) short-sighted.

[Sirveri]

136. Forcing employees to wear them so you can monitor their work habits?

I'm not sure the potential for evil outweighs the benefit here... but maybe I'm just getting old...

[bunnies]

56. I hope they protect the eyes from mace...

because thats exactly what would happen if that dude came at me. creep.

[stevenleser]

141. No it wouldn't, because there will be versions out that look like regular glasses/sunglasses.

And that is what will make it into the mainstream.

[backscatter712]

57. I'm going to start calling Google Glass wearers "Gargoyles"...

taking inspiration from Neal Stephenson's book Snow Crash.

[onehandle]

58. 'Glassholes' is the popular label online. nt

[Blue Owl]

70. Or in England, "Glarseholes"

n/t

[Throd]

59. So now I have to pay for a "The Clockwork Orange" experience?

Thankfully, I'm not important enough to need this shit.

[Iggo]

60. I'm pretty sure they're assholes whether they wear them or not.

[Jim.Rob58]

64. I give it one week before the first report of someone being shot for their glasses! n/t

[onehandle]

65. $1500+ tech device on your exposed face. Good point. People have killed for far less. nt

[skypilot]

112. Or beaten to a pulp...

...for walking into a public bathroom with them.

[Posteritatis]

134. And there'll be cheers here when it happens. (nt)

[Robb]

67. What an embarrassing thread.

[NewJeffCT]

75. you beat me to it

five years from now, something like Glass will be widely used and some people on DU will complain that people who wear them are rude, obnoxious, etc.

Me, I just think it's the next step towards the Borg-ification of our society. Resistance is Futile.

[bowens43]

83. resistance is futile.....

[Apophis]

115. Haha.

Yep.

[NewJeffCT]

74. 15 years ago

the same article could have been written about people with cellphones - "anybody that needs to have a phone with them 24/7 is an asshole... anybody that needs to carry a computer around in their pocket or purse all the time is an idiot and an asshole...anybody that needs 24/7 access to email is an asshole."

[Throd]

84. 15 years ago people had an attention span beyond 3 seconds.

I'm not a Luddite. My career depends on computers, the internet and instant communications.

I believe the reason most people are voicing objections is that this will raise the obnoxious cellphone asshole to an even assholier stratum.

[MadrasT]

92. 15 years ago?

I still think people like that are assholes.

[JI7]

128. it's not the use of those products in itself that makes an asshole

it's the ones who do it in a public in a certain way which makes them an asshole.

[KittyWampus]

143. And 15 years ago far fewer people died as a result of texting while driving. It's a societal problem

that is going to get even worse.

15 years ago many, many people still smoked. They still didn't care about global warming. They still wouldn't support gay marriage.

[bowens43]

76. this guy really is a moron..... probably still listens to a transistor radio....

jump of your buggy and join us in the 21st century

[meegbear]

81. Too bad they're not iGlasses ...

then they'd be the most awesome product ever (til the next most awesome product) and only an asshole wouldn't wear them.

Christ, do you shill for tobacco and oil companies too?

[darkangel218]

82. Google glasses arent going to last.

After they see how many accidents they cause.

[sakabatou]

85. For people like me who have brain damage, this might be helpful.

[ceile]

89. if you're serious- it depends.

too much stimuli is a no-no for people w/ concussion, brain injury etc. this would need to be used very sparingly and certainly not during a recovery period.

[backscatter712]

94. I suppose it depends.

I've never had brain damage, and I use my smartphone as my second brain.

For people with memory problems, this gadget could be useful for displaying reminders, looking up info, & such. Of course, set up in such a way that it's not counterproductive for those who can't handle the stimulus for medical reasons.

[sakabatou]

95. That's what I'm talking about

For me, it isn't reminders, but navigation and face recognition. I would like to have those.

[ceile]

102. face recognition would be terrific

Many people that have brain injuries have serious problems w/ face recognition. That could be extremely helpful to numerous populations I'd imagine.

[backscatter712]

147. Face recognition does get better all the time.

Though I'm still having trouble getting my smartphone's face-unlock feature to work reliably - it recognizes my face when it's lit in specific ways, but if my face is lit the wrong way, or it's too dark for the camera, or I get a haircut, or I shave my stubble, it frequently fails.

[sakabatou]

148. A 3D map of a person's head?

All I want is a damn name to show up when I see a person.

[backscatter712]

149. Maybe. Computer vision is a hard problem.

That picture your smartphone or glasses snaps and digitizes is nothing more than a long string of numbers to your computer, representing brightness values for a grid of pixels.

Then you've got to run some algorithms to try to derive meaning from those numbers. There's color-conversion, contrast-enhancement, noise mitigation, edge-detection, shape/feature recognition, translation rotation and scaling iterations, attempts to fit 2-d coordinate data into a 3-d representation to see how it compares to a reference image or data derived from it.

Not. easy. I have a computer science degree, and I've written code to make attempts at computer vision. The fact it works as well as it does is amazing.

[theKed]

88. Man, if I had $1500

I'd buy a pair strictly *because* apple fanboys would think I'm an asshole.

[Arkana]

124. If they let me shoot lasers out of my eyes,

I will run to my nearest electronic store, grab the first salesman I see by the lapels and scream "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

[onehandle]

125. They work with Apple products. Everybody will think that they are Glassholes. nt

[theKed]

127. Supposedly.

To date, the only people calling them ass/glassholes are apple shills.

[bike man]

91. I've only recently recovered from the trauma involved with the demise of rotary dial phones.

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And now this.

[Posteritatis]

135. I *really* want a rotary dial cellphone. (nt)

[Enrique]

96. you're not supposed to wear it to bars

from the commercials it looks like it's mostly for skydiving and luging

[DeschutesRiver]

97. Why would I care if someone thought I was an asshole? I live around repubs, and many would say

that they find that I "demand social interactions on my own wholly weird and unsettling terms" just because of the liberal positions I support that they find abhorrent and disgusting. So fucking what? So I'd say the same thing to this guy. This piece of tech can be highly useful, but all he is focusing on is him, him, him, him, did I say him?

He is presuming a lot about the person he is interacting with, and stupidly so. He is probably being filmed now without his permission and not having someone's full attention just due to other technology. I am not sure why this piece of tech bothers him so very much more. When he talks on a phone, the other party can be recording him, but I doubt if he calls them an asshole for owning a phone merely because it is capable of being turned on and used as a recording device. Really, if the person he interacts with is professional and polite, they won't be using their tech while talking with him, whether it is a hidden camera on his earpiece, a smartphone, google equipped glasses, a tablet, whatever.

If not, then he is just dealing with a person whose method of interacting is also one that I wouldn't stand for, and he needs to stop interacting with them. But he is saying that merely by owning, wearing or holding such a thing, that I am an asshole unless I quit doing it at his demand. Even if I am not using the equipment to which he objects.

That isn't going to happen. Why would I let someone else tell me what tech I can use? His problem is not with tech but with morons who want to both talk with him and do other things with their tech at the same time. Why he puts up with that is beyond me - I don't, no more than I put up with my conservative fundie neighbors telling me that this or that position that I hold makes me a jerk. Awww...poor things better stop talking to me!

This guy needs to rearrange who he does business or social things with to people who are not idiots. And that doesn't mean he has to deal only with those who own no technology. He just needs to quit giving those with whom he socially interacts permission to be distracted when they are with him. And if he matters enough to those people, they will stop that behavior.

The only thing that makes anyone an asshole in this scenario is if they force their tech views on someone else, which is what he is doing with his assumptions. Oops. Like someone would not buy something useful simply because someone else would apply peer pressure and call them names until they rejected some new piece of tech. I agree with a previous post that I also remember the first cell phones - heard a guy in the produce dept loudly asking his wife about something, looked and saw this giant thing in his hand. People thought it was just the rudest thing ever, and that there was no way this cell phone thing would be anything less than disastrous and that the detriments would definitely outweigh the benefits. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen and figured that like all else, we'd all figure out a way to minimize the detriments (with the exception of rude people), and that is how it did work out. I look forward to some way of getting info by looking out into thin air, and I am an older person who is happy that it is coming while I am still kicking (though, no, I don't need to do it at the same time that I am interacting in person with someone. And I still have a dumb phone). To each his own, I guess.

[Tien1985]

131. I'm with you.

Why would I care if someone thinks I'm an asshole?

I bet he's one of those who doesn't get that people aren't UNintentionally ignoring him for their devices. If I want to talk to you, I'll put my phone/tablet/dongle down. If I didn't put it down... Take a fricken hint...

[MattSh]

98. And then there's this...

Just a little humor everybody!

[onehandle]

101. 'Ok Glass, take a picture.' I predict an uptick in broken arms at strip clubs. nt

[CosmicDustBunny]

100. The bluetooth cyborg ear thingies are bad enough. The goggles are just one more step.

[WCGreen]

103. Does it make the girls look better at closing time...

Google Goggles...

I kid, I kid...

[Kelvin Mace]

104. All technology is a double-edged sword

I can think of lots of uses i could put these glasses to in my daily life. But, there are also tons of way they can be abused.

Playing with radiation can lead to MRIs or bombs. A GPS can be used to spy on you, but is damned useful in helping people find you if you crashed your car someplace secluded. Antibiotics are life-saving, until they are misused. Computers are invaluable at stock trades, until someone figures out how to game the system. Scanners and printers are incredibly helpful in producing high quality documents, until someone decides to go into counterfeiting/forgery.

Wearing the glasses does not make you an asshole. What you do with them might.

[randome]

105. well said.

[Posteritatis]

133. And how other people react to them might for them as well. (nt)

[sharp_stick]

107. But the slap bracelet watch

that's going to save Apple dammit, everyone buy the slap bracelet watch...pleeeeease.

[Liberal_in_LA]

114. k&r

[LAGC]

116. Thank God Apple didn't invent it.

We'd all be hearing about how we're all assholes for NOT wearing one.

[SamReynolds]

119. I don't see what the fuss is all about.

Is it like taking a calculator to a math quiz? So what if someone wants to carry around in internet link hand-free? They want to record me? I'm flattered! There is no way I behave when interacting with people that I would ever be personally ashamed of. I think the people that get all bent out of shape over someone having a normal conversation on a bluetooth are the ones with the filtering problem.

I don't ever see myself getting one, but if I wanted one why should I care about what some technophobe thinks about my using it? It's none of their business.

[stevenleser]

142. Some people think it is cool to rail against the latest tech. They think it makes them edgy

or interesting. I'm old enough to where it just seems like the 10,000th retelling of the same joke.

"Anyone who gets a personal computer is an asshole"

"Anyone who needs a portable personal computer is an asshole"

"Anyone who needs to take their music around with them is an asshole"

"Anyone who wants a digital portable music device instead of a walkman is an asshole"

"Anyone who needs a tv bigger than 27" is an asshole"

"Anyone who needs a flat screen TV is an asshole"

"Anyone who needs a flat screen TV bigger than 27" is an asshole"

"Anyone who wants a smartphone is an asshole"
.
.
.
etc. Again, not interesting or edgy. Just trite and predictable.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

121. The author is such an Apple Fanboi that if they were iGlasses he would swoon for them

These devices are coming. Only a matter of time.

[colsohlibgal]

123. Wait Till Glasses Give Way To Contact Lenses

It's coming - not too far off according to Michio Kaku - then we won't know who will have them.

Everyday life is changing faster and faster. Those who live long enough will eventually be a stranger in a strange land.

We're less than 40 years ahead of when most had 3/4 TV channels with no way to record them. Now - most of us can watch, with a couple of clicks, any of thousands of things and that's not even taking DVDs into account.

[Shivering Jemmy]

126. That Internet thing is just for losers living

In their parent's basement. It will never catch on.

[tridim]

129. Get used to it. Undetectable implants are coming soon.

I bet they will be more popular than cell phones.

[backscatter712]

132. Get ready for the eyePhone!

[onehandle]

138. $1500

[Hosnon]

130. At this point I think DU deserves a direct answer from you:

Are you or are you not on Apple's payroll?

And quit hating innovation just because Apple didn't think of it.

[onehandle]

137. I used to be Google's #1 fan. But they have lost their way.

With backstabbing, theft, corruption, and collaboration with the feds to spy on Americans.

They are the top lobbyist from the tech sector. 10x anyone else in $.

You can go back a couple of years ago and find posts where I boosted them greatly.

This has nothing to do with Apple.

Mark my words, there will be a Huge public backlash against 'Glassholes,' who are online, at all times, logging and recording everything they look at, to be uploaded to the world's biggest data spy and ad spammer.

Google Glasses, btw, will be compatible with Apple products, so anyone can be a Glasshole.