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I think that will fade. I don't know if you remember how mocked the airpods were when they first came out ("They look like q-tips"). All it'll take is a few cel
by atestu 2y ago
I think that will fade. I don't know if you remember how mocked the airpods were when they first came out ("They look like q-tips"). All it'll take is a few celebrities spotted using one and they'll turn cool in no time.
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- mft_ 2y agoYou're not wrong, but I think there's at least a couple of orders of magnitude of awkwardness between the Airpods and the the Vision Pro that will have to be overcome, before the VP becomes mainstream.
- Terretta 2y agoImagine the first person wearing bell bottom jeans. Some folks just DGAF, and next thing you know ...
- nine_k 2y agoThere were times when going to an office wearing a T-shirt felt crazy, like going to an office while wearing a bikini, or wearing a clown attire, would be now. It changed maybe in late 1990s. Things like these change very slowly, then suddenly, once the views of the perceived majority around most people change enough that the people start to see the new state as proper and confirmant, a new norm.
- asdff 2y agoairpods at least had the equivocal wired headphones normalizing that look for a decade before they appeared.
- ks2048 2y agoI don't think it will pass, but I think subsequent versions will be slimmer and less mock-prone. In 10 years people will look back at the first version the way people look back at the first bulky cell phones.
- righthand 2y agoAirpods aren’t cool though, the majority don’t wear them nor can they afford them.
- samatman 2y agoYou appear to be a bit unclear on what cool means.
- kibwen 2y agoAir pods are about as cool-looking as a hearing aid. At best, they're utilitarian.
- righthand 2y agoAre you sure you’re not conflating cool with elitism?
- TillE 2y agoZillions of people are out there wearing cheap AirPod knockoffs too. I don't think any ear buds are "cool", but certainly nobody cares, it's perfectly normal.
- DidYaWipe 2y agoI don't recall the AirPods ever being mocked. Why would they be, after years and years of almost identical-looking earbuds being sported in public? But long before that we had DoucheTooth (or BlueTool, whichever you prefer) earpieces. Now those were mocked.
- doublepg23 2y agoYou can check out Reddit threads around the launch https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/51yazy/this_is_what_airpods_look_like_from_the_front/ https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/51yazy/this_is_what_...
- SoftTalker 2y agoAirPods also make you look like a dork.
- mihaaly 2y agoDepending on your circles. In many doing what a celebrity does means squat, or backfires. Better watch our peers.