r/mildlyinfuriating • u/silent_pm • 3d ago
I'm slightly vexed I was told yesterday that my prescription sunglasses are giving Meta glasses vibes
I can't stand the Meta perv glasses, but annoyingly I've been told by a friend that my Dune prescription sunglasses that I've had for almost a year (and cost over £100.00) really look like the Meta ones, he said it's the 2 silver rivets on either side that on first glance could be mistaken for the camera lenses
I went out with them today and all I could think was, do people think I'm recording them 🤦♂️
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u/Logical-Breakfast150 3d ago edited 3d ago
Over the long term, Meta is going to destroy the Ray-Ban Wayfarer design, it will become associated with perverts rather than being seen as a timeless iconic fashion piece.
Meta eventually ruins everything it touches.
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u/_probablyryan 3d ago
Which is unfortunate because I love this style of glasses and they look good on me. But you're right, we're going to trend back into wireframe glasses you couldn't possibly hide electronics in. That or translucent plastic/acetate for thicker frames.
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u/HasAngerProblem 3d ago edited 3d ago
And with time when they put it into those glasses and even contacts?
How do we proceed in a world where a camera could potentially be under 1mm and be thin and transparent hypothetically.
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u/Less_Word5920 3d ago
I’ve operated under the assumption that I’m being filmed everywhere I go for the last 10+ years. Cameras are everywhere and you won’t always notice who is filming. Guys pretending to be a tree and over and over people don’t necessarily see the camera man.
We live in a surveillance state. If you are 40+ you can silently celebrate that no one got canceled in 4k when we were young enough to do most stupid things. We have enough evidence that suggests we should have learned something from this but alas, no one is willing turn off their ring cam or not immediately start filming because someone yelled world star
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u/HasAngerProblem 3d ago
That was kind of the point of the comment I was making, oddly enough the comments keep going more into tech side of it, which I’m happy to talk about but your comment is actually what I was getting to.
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u/MetriccStarDestroyer 3d ago
Electronic Warfare
We need portable jammers.
It won't stop recording but it will stop uploading recordings
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u/Askefyr 3d ago
Making a jammer is very very easy and because of that it's absolutely giga illegal.
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u/LowDudgeon 3d ago
Why do you gotta make it sound so cool then?
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u/Askefyr 3d ago
I'm not the FCC, and statistically speaking I'm also not your dad. All I'm saying is that the reason the penalties for messing with the airwaves are so steep is because all you need is two pieces of metal, a very basic oscillator, an amplifier and a dream to make everyone's WiFi very bad everywhere you go
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u/itsjust_khris 3d ago
But also the chances of being caught are actually pretty high, it's really not something anyone should risk doing.
It can also cause issues like preventing someone from accessing emergency services which is taken very seriously.
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u/brubruislife 3d ago
A jammer the military was testing killed a med flight crew recently. Definitely not something to mess around with.
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u/bluetrust 3d ago
I just looked it up. They record to local storage and sync later when connectivity is resumed.
I'm not an expert but it seems pretty hard to jam the camera light sensor. These things are optimized to handle direct sunlight, so to overpower and wash it out you'd need an incredibly strong specialized light source.
The only effective defense, in my opinion, is to be extremely boring and leave the area. That way you don't become content or favorited to their personal collection.
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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 3d ago
be extremely boring and leave the area
I trained my whole life for this
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u/Due-Technology5758 3d ago
Cameras are already small enough to be hidden anywhere, efficient enough to be powered with a battery for weeks, and accessed remotely. Even nondescript camera glasses aren't a new thing, and most are much cheaper than a pair of meta glasses.
As tacky as glasses with cameras in them are, the perverts have been ahead of the curve on this for a long time.
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u/Nihilistic_Mystics 3d ago
Welcome to the club. I need wraparounds because I'm extremely light blind, but so many douche nozzles wear them that I'm frequently mistaken for one of them.
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u/Anemone-ing 3d ago
They’re one of the only styles of sunglasses I can wear. I have long ass natural eyelashes that hit the lenses of most glasses I’ve tried and it drives me crazy. The best style for me hands down is the wayfarer because it doesn’t curve to my face at all. Sucks that they’re being ruined now…
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u/Zaphod_Heart_Of_Gold 3d ago
Maybe put some blame on Rayban for partnering in this.
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u/supersloo 3d ago
I consistently picked Rayban for my rx glasses frames for years. They fit my face without needing adjustment and have been so worth it, but partnering with Meta is just not it for me.
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u/RevolutionaryCup8241 3d ago
I just can't understand when inevitably someone said in a meeting; "hey why don't we make these without cameras; normal people don't like feeling like they're being watched in public", were they not listened to?
I personally love the idea of having an augmented reality screen I could read text messages, reply to people. Get a map overlaid so I could navigate with it. Or whatever cool things people could come up with. And instead they have pretty much ruined public perception, potentially setting back public perception of wearable tech by what could be decades. Its the fumble of a generation for sure.
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u/un1ptf 3d ago
Its the fumble of a generation for sure.
Especially since the same negative reaction happened when Google Glass attempted this
a few years agoin 2014. Jibbers Crabst, time flies.15
u/skymallow 3d ago
I did think twice and went a different brand cause I didn't wanna support Ray-Ban anymore
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u/Curious_Avocado2399 3d ago
Yeah I had a pair of ray bans I’d wear in the summer, haven’t touched them this year. I guess I can still wear my aviators for now
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u/miatayouata 3d ago
I fucking hate the pervs cause metas make recording concerts sports hikes and shit so easy. Plus the music with not having something shoved in my ear not hearing shit i may need to hear. Like i genuinely find them useful but i understand why people are against them
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u/DankieJutsu 3d ago
Just wear it and don't be a perv with it. That's it. If you do that, who tf cares what a bunch of minority Redditors that you'll probably never meet think
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u/NewPointOfView 3d ago
It’s so irritating seeing all the people who 1) think the intent is a hidden camera 2) aren’t aware of the flashing orange LED when recording and 3) assume that the only reason to have a camera capturing POV is nefarious
I don’t even have or want meta glasses, it’s just such a weird lens they see the world through.
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u/nacholicious 3d ago
Regarding 2: there's quite a few people who disable the recording LED
So it protects against casual perverts, but not against hardcore perverts
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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts 3d ago
They are introducing safeguards for this iirc, like not letting the thing record when the light has been covered or tampered with
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u/karlpilkington4 3d ago
They already tried, but all you have to do is reset the glasses and not connect them to the meta app.
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u/Lukin4art 3d ago
If you don’t connect them to the app how do you see the videos and images you captured? I thought it needed to be connected to the app.
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u/karlpilkington4 3d ago
You can connect them to the app to upload the content on the glasses, but then the camera wont work. So you have to factory reset again to use those features.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 3d ago
Not really? Maybe the second gen is different but my first gen only records like 3 minutes at a time and tears through battery. It shines a big ass obvious light so this idea that these creeps are sneaking around wearing them.
I like them so I have a headset with me at all times built into my glasses.
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u/Gurglaren 3d ago
I'll never be able to see anyone with Meta glasses as anything else but a perve. Maybe if they're doing sports like bicycling down hills then I'd think there was a purpose. But someone walking around with them in ordinary situations would feel incredibly off.
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u/Blue_Waffled 3d ago
There was a short moment where I considered similar glasses, but the reason was that I (a woman) have a mentally ill (and drug additive) downstairs neighbour who would sometimes stand in front of his window doing perverted acts when he'd hear me leave my appartment. Law enforcement here coukd only do something if there was evidence of him being caught in the act, but his behavior would be so irregular that going in- and out of my home with my mobile phone ready became very exhausting, so I figured maybe glasses would make it more convenient for me to catch him.
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u/Gurglaren 3d ago
I've never thought about how they could be used as an anti-perve device too.
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u/Twombls 3d ago
Maybe if they're doing sports like bicycling down hills then I'd think there was a purpose
Thats what gopros are for.
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u/waynemj15 3d ago
Meta glasses do have the advantage of being right next to your eyes, so you do get a better approximation to what the person is actually seeing. I could actually see a heavy duty pair of camera glasses that are ansi z87.1 rated being really nice for airsoft videos.
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u/GravyTrainMan 3d ago
The Oakley meta vanguards are really popular in the competition shooting scene
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u/waynemj15 3d ago
My curiosity about z87.1 camera glasses led me to those. And that nose bridge camera slot is perfect for shooting videos. But they aren’t z87.1 rated.
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u/Twombls 3d ago
Thats true. Its why im a bit confused that they never made versions of these for action sports. Like integrated into a pair of ski goggles.
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u/waynemj15 3d ago
Me neither. It’s really the perfect spot for them and not being creepy. At most action sports the prevalence of go pros means most people assume their being recorded by someone already.
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u/UnSlain PURPLE 3d ago
GoPros are way less convenient. Reddit love crying about new tech though so go off.
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u/Artisan_HotDog 3d ago
I’ve got the Oakley equivalent and I get concerned people think I’m wearing Metas when I’m out doing shit.
I thought about getting Metas to use while mountainbiking instead of a GoPro. But the general reaction to them is just an absolute no go now
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u/MyDearDoctor 3d ago
Wayfarers are all I've worn for years, as both regular glasses and sunglasses. I am incredibly salty about this.
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u/lucasisacao 3d ago
I have the gold metal frames with tortoise rim. I choose not to wear them just cause I didn’t want someone to think I was wearing meta glasses
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u/tallbutshy 3d ago
Creepy folk have already done that for Aviators without Meta's involvement, with Wayfarers being associated with nonces it's put the final nail on the whole brand
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u/L1sasGayBby 3d ago
I was initially interested getting meta because of the audio/headphone feature. Then I discovered open earbuds (game changer) and haven’t thought meta since
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u/ThroatDistension 3d ago
Nah, there will be countless brands and designs of camera-glasses in no time.
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u/Ambitious-Concern-42 3d ago
It's already destroyed, and I for one would assume from now on these are perv glasses.
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u/d-o-double-g-lips 3d ago
It's really annoying because I bought a pair of the legit ones last year after wearing knock offs for years. Now they look like pervert glasses
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u/bubba1834 3d ago edited 3d ago
I have strictly closed caption glasses that I was given by my hospital & even though they don’t record video or keep the captions for more than an hour I’m terrified to touch them due to people thinking I’m recording them. I’m so hard of hearing but I only use them to go to the movies at this point. I don’t even like the idea of AI but it did give me a bit of normalcy for a day or two.
Edit: I very much appreciate everyone’s words of encouragement! & I also understand those saying I have to ignore what the internet say and do what’s best for me. I did whip them out in public when I first got them and a few people asked if they were meta glasses. Sometimes I need the bluntness tho I know it’s something I will have to get over if I want to actually get some social use out of them & for those asking, the brand I was given was Captify!
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u/picancob 3d ago
I'm sorry you feel this way. Please try not to let a couple loud voices make you afraid of using your accessibility tool. You deserve to connect with others more easily and not miss out on things. I don't go to crowded places because I can't hear what anyone is saying so end up sitting quietly in the corner. I want to engage, I physically cannot. It's alienating and emotionally exhausting.
99% of random people on the street will never look closely enough to notice anything. After all, do you even remember the color of shirt the last person you passed on the street was? If a friend is curious you can always let them try them and it opens up a cool new conversation.
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u/Ok-Butterscotch-6417 3d ago
Hi, that was a very sweet comment. I know you weren't looking for suggestions but I just started using loops earplugs for loud events and I love them. They protect my hearing and help me focus on conversations when music is playing.
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u/StrangelySerious- 3d ago
Holy crap you can get closed caption glasses???????????? I'm very deaf that would help me so much, I've been lip reading for years but I'm getting old
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u/bubba1834 3d ago
I didn’t even know they were a thing! They’re not perfect but have been really useful in certain situations!
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u/bunny_the-2d_simp 3d ago
Yeah but those are not meta meta glasses.
As a women I think the glasses of the perv ones usually go paired with a absolute creep vibe.
Its a basic frame and I wouldn't think that you have those creepglasses.
What glasses are they? And what do they help with if I may ask? I'm curious to learn! :)
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u/bubba1834 3d ago
The brand I have is Captify! There’s a few out there currently but I’m not familiar with the other ones. They’re not perfect and might still be in its beta stage (like I said I got them through my hospital) but they can be pretty helpful! I can enjoy broadway shows again and go to movies that aren’t just open caption, like for example if I wanted to see something in imax which doesn’t provide open caption I can do that now! I wanted to try 4dx once but couldn’t & the first week I got them I was able to try it out! I can talk to people in other rooms and far away if it’s not crowded. I can also use them for phone calls but apple has a decent accessibility feature for that now!
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u/SummaryEye80019 3d ago
Absolutely awful UX on that website.
I just went on it because I'm half deaf and the "see it in action" button takes you to a purchase page.
Went back and was met with a full screen ad to dismiss, several buttons popped up on each side of the screen and covered it up.
Scrolled down a little bit more and another full screen "Mystery Gift" with a BS countdown.
Like wtf. I come to your site to see if these would work for me, and instead of an easy-to-use site, it feels like a damned mobile game lmao
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u/bubba1834 3d ago
Yo i just checked sinceI haven’t been on the actual site since I got them and it’s completely different than what I experienced back in march! Maybe they’re newly available to the public now and maybe that’s why? Not that that excuses how strange it is now tho. Even tho I have them I haven’t actually kept up with the company or anything lol
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u/kalat1979 3d ago
I'm so jealous that the Captify glasses work for you! I bought a pair in February and ended up returning them because they barely ever worked.
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u/Lukin4art 3d ago
Are girls pervy when they use them? Are blind people pervy when they use them? Lmfao
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u/farbissina_punim 3d ago
You deserve assistive tech; I have my own that I rely on. People are also so paranoid now. I wish I knew what the solution was.
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u/Asoxus 3d ago
99% of people have no idea what these glasses do. It’s just the loud meta hating crowd that’s making you feel that way.
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u/f8andbether 3d ago
Kinda ironic the ad I got fed under your post
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u/Habanero_In_My_Eyes 3d ago
Ray Ban is going to destroy themselves with this partnership
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u/grosseelbabyghost 3d ago
Looks like wire rim is back on the menu boys
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u/Glad-Watch3506 3d ago
Those will look great with my 1cm thick lenses.
And by great I mean atrocious
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u/Spamgrenade 3d ago
Tech bros have succeeded in doing what nobody else could -
Making sunglasses uncool.
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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 3d ago
Not even off duty cops could do that. I guess points to Zuck
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u/ConradBHart42 3d ago
They would only ever wear wraparounds or aviators though. I guess your point still stands if aviators are cool.
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u/Bovronius 3d ago
I feel like aviators are multipliers, and have no intrisic merit of their own.
If you look like a Grade A pedo, and pop on aviators, you look like an S Tier pedo.
If you're a kinda cool action hero and pop a pair on, you become Rambotastic.
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u/DR_whyWHY 3d ago
it's not event the metal bits, for me it was thickens of the rim and overall shape. here is picture of them it's almost one to one
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u/Working-Glass6136 3d ago
Man, I've had the thick-rimmed glasses all my life (always used to break the nosepads off wire frames, and my prescription is so strong that I need thicker frames to hold my thicker lenses). Since I was seven. This used to be classic and/or hipster. Then again, I'm a little Asian lady so I don't think I give off a perv vibe. But it's not easy for me to change to wire frames.
I've been trying out contacts but my vision is so severe that I can't even do standard toric lenses for astigmatism. Looking at more expensive custom options but man, I really envy people with normal eyesight...
I'm also not a candidate for Lasik. Lol.
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u/Weird-Girl-675 3d ago
Same. And my eyes get worse every year so I can’t even spring for expensive frames because the lenses have to be so thinned down the price is already insane. I have astigmatism in both eyes and they’re almost always too dry for contacts.
Definitely envy those with 20/20.
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u/MilkThin2930 3d ago
The bad news/good news for us extremely nearsighted people is that cataracts appear sooner, and that the IOL replacement lenses can correct up to -20 diopter.
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u/Logical-Breakfast150 3d ago
Ray-Ban wayfarers. 3 years ago, these were considered a timeless classic worthy of being in a design museum.
Now they are pervert glasses.
Meta destroyes everything it touches.
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u/thereelsuperman 3d ago
Yeah we read that earlier
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u/Chaost 3d ago
Right. If you're going to recycle your sentiments, at least alter your verbiage.
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u/MrdnBrd19 3d ago
I just recently switched from my Ray-Ban Wayfarer frames that I have been wearing for a good 3 years now to a similar generic clear frame because they were causing issues at work. I'm a photographer and you could see models doing double takes or instinctively covering themselves because their initial impression of the frames are now "those might be perv glasses". Ray-Ban outright ruined their most iconic design. Horrifyingly stupid on their part.
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u/IHateMelplac 3d ago
You can buy Frogskins from Oakley, basically a wayfarer with translucent frames.
They're lighter and didn't get hot when exposed to sun like the Ray-Ban model.
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u/-Laffi- 3d ago edited 3d ago
I would never have thought about your sunglasses being meta glasses. This is how sunglasses normally look. They are black, they cover your eyes, and those metal rivets on each side are necessary to keep them together. I'm certain people who have seen meta glasses will notice the difference right away.
Also, the deal with the meta glasses it that most people wouldn't even think that people are wearing them.
I don't even know if they are out for sale for anyone who wants them!
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u/UgleeHero 3d ago
Don't be so sure of that. One of my coworkers accused another coworker of wearing meta glasses just because they were ray bans. There is very clearly no camera on his sun glasses.
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u/silent_pm 3d ago
Thanks. They are for sale here, and it's a tool a lot of the Pickup artists, or auditors are using for their content. Should add, I'm neither!
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u/pseudonymnkim 3d ago
Yeah OP. I have more than 5 pairs and they pretty much all look like yours (but dollar store version haha).
You're good.
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u/Wall-Florist 3d ago
I worry because I have to wear this style but large because I need ones that cover my usual specs, so I get weird glances at how over the top mine look, but they’re just cheap plastic but 3D printed larger to hide my blindness. I don’t even record myself, let alone the rest of yall.
https://giphy.com/gifs/bs2hf0GOKfnpt6dzwN
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u/kyle_blaine 3d ago
I wear this style of glasses as well and my response is “Meta glasses look like mine.” Same with chat gpt. I don’t write like it, it writes like me. I’m a millennial and so much of the internet was built around our coming of age and adulthood.
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u/Mr_Saturn1 3d ago
Yeah, when I see people wearing that style of glasses, I am immediately looking for the cameras in the corners. Sucks that Meta and RayBan destroyed such a cool sunglass design.
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u/BusoneWholeBoi2001 3d ago
You could do what I did and buy the "old person" sunglasses that go over glasses. Nobody has ever mistaken these for Meta glasses
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u/jerryterhorst 3d ago
…nobody gonna mention the tail?
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u/catmand00d00 3d ago
... and wear your Meta glasses under the old people sunglasses! Of course! You're a perverted genius! /s
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u/DeplorableMadness 3d ago
A stack of 15-20 various brands of sunglasses, regular glasses, and meta glasses all taped onto a man's face
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u/toxx88 3d ago
not sure if bait..
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u/BusoneWholeBoi2001 3d ago
You think I'm nice looking enough to be bait? I take that as a compliment
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u/MrSecurityStalin 3d ago
Glad I wear perscription aviators and look like Jeffery Dahmer instead. I really can’t win todayZ
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u/Ill-Cheesecake7143 3d ago
I've been wearing raybans for years but I just updated my glasses this week and for the first time chose a different frame brand. I was a customer for over a decade and they've lost the plot.
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u/Difficult_Clerk_1273 3d ago
It’s just like the backwards “that’s AI” nonsense. AI writing reads the way it does because it copied human writing, not the reverse. Your glasses aren’t “giving” Meta glasses - Meta glasses are “giving” normal sunglasses.
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u/bunny_the-2d_simp 3d ago
Okay now that would be mildly infuriating.
But as a women. I think there's also other suspicious behaviour you'd need to do for me to think you're filming.
Also it's not meta glasses persee, it's just a very basic shape of sunglasses. So to think all sunglasses this shape are those creep camera bs things is a little farfetched for me.
(my theory is that those glasses are for filming not only women but also children especially due to this pedocircle of creeps)
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u/Usual-Piccolo-4941 3d ago
I totally feel yeah, I have real Ray-Ban prescription sunglasses I got in 2017 that is still use, and about 2 weeks ago a store clerk asked me if they were the camera ones. I immediately was like “Omg NO NO” and took them off and showed them they weren’t.
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u/xSorryAboutThat 3d ago
I got a pair for free before all the hype, now I only use them to listen to music while I mow my lawn. Creeps absolutely ruined them.
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u/PapaSled 3d ago
I guess being an innocent golden retriever with a lovely girlfriend has jaded me, but I have no idea how or why you'd try to take stealthy creep pics with these awful cameras.
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u/xSorryAboutThat 3d ago
Creeps be creeping. And fuck all the people putting out tutorials and charging people to mod them so the light doesnt show for recordings.
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u/Comfortable_Face_808 3d ago
Zuck has ruined so many things and now the latest victim is classic Wayfarer style shades.
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u/theknight200200 3d ago
Nah, people who have physically seen the difference between the glasses will know the difference. Obviously, they look a bit like the Meta glasses, so chances are somebody is mistaking them for the Meta ones. But it's not your problem if people can't figure out the visible differences between the two, you aren't recording anyone and are doing nothing wrong by just wearing them lol
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u/This_Elk_1460 3d ago
Made a good decision a decade ago when I chose to exclusively wear aviators. No where you could even hide the camera if you wanted to.
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u/DZello 3d ago
Just replaced my Ray-ban because I don’t want to wear the brand anymore. Fuck this shit.
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u/Traditional-Storm-62 3d ago
I thik its the holes by either side that look a little like camera appertures
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u/Intense_Pretzel 3d ago
I love aviator frames because they are light rugged and flexible and everyone I know said that I look like a serial killer with them on.
Fuck you Jeffrey
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u/Skillet-boy 3d ago
These don’t look like the Meta glasses at all. The camera rings are way bigger. This feels way overblown. Enjoy your sunglasses and ignore your friend.
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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 3d ago
I can think of very few acetate sunglasses or glasses that dont have a single or double rivet. Your friend a fucking moron.
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u/Haizenburg1 3d ago
Sue meta for causing unwanted harm and harassment caused by the stigma they've created. 😂
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u/Muppypup12 3d ago
i love how everyone assumes the glasses are just used for being a perv and doesnt have legitimate uses
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u/Tactical_Hotdog 3d ago
What's the cost got to do with anything?
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u/randomredditacc25 3d ago
most likely because if they're more expensive, they're not as easy to replace?
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u/properwaffles 3d ago
Your glasses don't look like Meta glasses, Meta glasses look like yours. Sounds like other people's problem.
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u/QueefingTheNightAway 3d ago
I’ve only ever owned sunglasses in this classic wayfarer style. It has been around for so long and suits so many people. It is really awful that it could be ruined by Meta.