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All of the people whining about the tone of this are way off base. These glasses are a joke because they are too large for the human head. They are visibly crushing the ears of the wearers. They are so large that if you bend your neck or back to look at something they will fall off.

But it's making fun of people who wear glasses

No it isn't. I've had to wear glasses with thick ass lenses since the age of 5 and I am telling you with my 50 years of glasses-wearing experience that these glasses are stupid because they were very clearly designed by people who don't have to wear glasses. Defending these is like saying that people who laugh at bicycle wheels with rounded corners are being shapeist.

It's not about the fashion, or the technology, or even the social applications. It's because these are not ready for market and anyone who makes the mistake of buying them is going to regard them as a $2000 paperweight by the end of week 1.



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