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If you haven't heard the term "glasshole" before, you must not have been online much ten years ago. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-h
by caslon 3y ago
If you haven't heard the term "glasshole" before, you must not have been online much ten years ago.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-handling-the-end-of-google-glass https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-ha...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-term-glasshole-explained-linguists/316015/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-glass-advice-smartglasses-glasshole https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-gl...
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasse...
It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. This is because they recorded video footage in public wherever they went, in a way that initially didn't notify the people around them.
It's a pretty scummy move (and I say this as someone who loves Meta's VR products), and I don't think it really needs to be explained beyond how well it was explained in the article.
- morkalork 3y agoI'm of the age where I agree with it being weird and scummy but I can't help but believe that popular perception will eventually drift. There's kids today who've probably been recorded in some manner or another nearly 24/7 since birth. Everything from internet enabled baby monitors, Alexa/Google home, to nest/wyze home security cameras. What's one more on a person's head?
- RockRobotRock 3y ago>It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. Okay, so maybe 10k people.
- rexpop 3y agoMany more people discussed it than participated in it, directly. That is how the term gained popularity.