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I've been wearing Glass inside and outside regularly since April last year. I've met one single person during that time who asked me to take it off - a CEO at a startup who said they had sensitive meetings going on in the office that couldn't be recorded. I've met one single person who acted like Glass was rude and said not to record him. I've met dozens and dozens of people who were super interested, wanted to know all about it, and wanted to try it on: http://neatocode.tumblr.com/post/50125618850/outside-glass-o...

Many even asked for pictures of themselves wearing it. This thing where you think it is rude and the public hates it? It's all in your head. If you have a friend with one, ask to wear it around a bit. You become a minor celebrity with people stopping you constantly, happily, wanting to know all about it.

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I've probably been up close with thirty glassholes in the last year. Never, not even once, have I indicated to any of them what I thought about their rudeness. The closest I've come was just silently removing myself from the situation. It's very hard to believe that this possibility has not occurred to you.

People aren’t going to ask you to take it off. They’re just going to silently decide that you’re an asshole.

Just like those jerks talking on cellphones in public in the 90s.

When someone does not create a confrontation scene, it does not mean that he approves...

Only a very small minority of people will actually come and break your glasses, so yes, you can get away with it being a glasshole, most of the time.

And that arrogance will make people to think bad about you, you are not being polite.

Hi. I am the first person you have met that will politely ask you to remove your recording device in my presence.

Nice to meet you!

Do you ask people to take the batteries out of their cellphones?

If not, why not?

Because they don't point them at my face, constantly.

There's a mic, a wide angle lens, and an internet connection.

How do you know they're not constantly recording what you say?

Because they don't point it at my face, constantly.

You don't need to point a microphone at somebody's face to record them, nor do you need to point a camera lens at them to record them.

And they may well be doing that, and that would make them assholes.

What do you not get about this being subjective and based on cultural and behavioural expectations?

Jesus...

If they hold them up in my face (without a good reason such as me saying/doing something where recording/photos are plausible and expected), I'd ask them to put it away, and probably knock it out of their hand or walk away if they didn't within a reasonable timeframe.

I'd do the same for google glasses.

If your response to a camera is violence, the problem lies with you, not the owner of the camera. I dearly hope you actually follow through on your violent threats one day, so that you can spend some time in jail gaining some perspective.

Unfortunately for glassholes, I live somewhere where that would be considered an acceptable response to being filmed without consent.

I don't believe there is any first-world nation where such behavior would not be considered criminal, so I can't see that being "unfortunate" for anyone wealthy enough to have Glass in the first place. Enjoy your shithole, I guess?

Criminal? To knock a camera out of someone's hand if they refuae to stop filming you?

Not likely to get much in the way of a prosecution out of that in most of Europe.

Would that be why there are no paparazzi in Europe? Oh wait...

Papparazzi would most likely sue at that point, not a criminal charge. A random glasshole on the street is unlikely to find a lot of sympathy from the police.

I didn't realize Europe was so much more violent than the US. I'll be sure to steer clear of that barbaric continent.

Cool, one less glasshole.

I haven't really thought about it until this article but wearing glass while talking to someone might be about as rude as wearing dark tinted sunglasses and talking to someone while swiping around on your phone.

If its sunny out you can generally get away with it, but most the time even outside, unless its a close friend, I'll raise my glasses so I can make eye contact. Having glass in between you might be a thing for good or maybe we'll get past it. Time will tell.

I think we'll eventually get over it, but that is what we're up against for now.

I won't ask you to remove it. I'll just avoid you.

Another comment already made this point, but I'm pretty sure most people found it rude and just didn't want to say anything. This weekend I met/saw at least 5 people with Glass on. I didn't tell them to take it off, I just avoided them. You should consider this as a strong possibility.

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