Normalizing glasses that look like Facebook perv glasses isn't something I would want.
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2026
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Glasses that have cameras should require red led to be on at all times by law (when turned on).
Ya I don't mind being filmed in a public setting. But you know ppl be weird with that shit
I worn glasses that made me look like a pervert long before it was a trend
This pervert erasure will not stand, man!
The most wild feature about my sunglasses are that they have air pockets in the arms so they float if dropped in water.
that's actually pretty cool
I got one of those foam things that stick to the arms and make it float
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But of course it does something. It blocks light, and let a man stare at boobs discreetly.
Hey, don't be sexist... They also let women stare at boobs discreetly
You're right. Women also like to stare at boobs.
Another use case I failed to mention: staring at butts.
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my socks also lack video recording or generative AI integration. perhaps i should sell them to eBay
They'll go for more if you don't wash them before selling.
Not if he sells the water he used to wash it as sock juice
That's cool. Way cooler if they were polarized though.
I took the time to read the fine print, and these glasses appear to sense the vector of reflected light and specifically filter out waves with a horizontal orientation. The processimg power needed to do this will mean these must have an uncomfortably large battery or require frequent charging.
Polarization is kind of just magic. Which means these sunglasses might actually require mana points to use.
Fortunately it’s that awe inspiring battery technology where the power can be remotely stored and transmitted over millions of kilometers.
Will these work for the upcoming eclipse?
I assume you are joking but just in case you aren't: no, regular sunglasses are never sufficient for protecting your eyes from an eclipse.
DuckDuckGo should apply this lesson to their search engine!
I maintain that this should be the default behavior and the AI be opt-in
I would argue a good 99% of what we experience in life should be opt-in and yet here we are. Use of AI, companies getting our data, etc is all opt-out meanwhile organ donation is opt-in. Wtf.
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I have a pair of prescription, self darkening lenses in cheap frames that look like the DDG ones, and no one has ever given me a second glance when I wear them in public places.
On an only semi-related note, photochromics are super dope and are definitely one of those technologies that make me feel like I'm living in the cool future we were promised.
While we're talking about glasses technology, it seems like oil resistant coatings have finally gotten really good. My eyebrows are pretty oily and would smear on the top middle corners of my glasses all the time. But my latest pair just has a tiny bit of smudging there. I can press them against my face and wiggle my eyebrows right against them and it's still only a bit smudged.
I thought that too for a while, but the shine has worn off of photochromics for me because all the ones I've owned have lasted grand total of about a year or in some cases less before they've worn out and no longer darken in the sun. The longest lasting chunk of the stuff I've ever managed to own was the visor on my motorcycle helmet, a Bell Qualifier DLX, but that also had the tradeoff of never actually getting dark enough to be useful so I had to wear normal sunglasses under it anyway which really rather defeats the purpose.
Instead when I'm feeling particularly cyberpunk these days I bust out my old pair of CTRL shades. They have their own inherent drawback though, in that even though I managed to score my pair free through my job at the time I'm still afraid to do anything heavy duty while wearing them lest I break the damn things. That's because it'd cost me $300 for another pair.
That's totally fair. Ive never owned a pair since there isnt really a reason if you dont need prescription glasses so I didnt realize they could wear out so fast, but the concept and material science is really cool nonetheless
People give me second looks, but that's more because they're sexy AF.
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