Woman Attacked In San Francisco Bar For Wearing Google Glass

First time accepted submitter Martin Blank writes "Sarah Slocum, an early adopter of Google Glass, was bar hopping with friends in San Francisco when a few people in the bar took issue with the eyewear when she was demonstrating it to another patron even though she wasn't recording. When she felt threatened, she informed them that she would start recording. Two of them approached her, yelling and throwing a bar rag at her, and ultimately ripping the Glass from her face and running from the bar with it. She gave chase and eventually got the Glass back, but her purse was gone when she returned to the bar. This physical level of hostility is unusual, but discomfort with Glass is common, especially among those who don't understand how it works. Given that much more hidden spy cameras are available for far less than the $1500 cost of Glass, what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?"

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Re:Not generally accepted!?

[Zero__Kelvin]

"A number of us here have pointed out that people wearing Google Glass are so annoying to people around them that they risk being punched."

You are forgetting one thing. I find people who punch me because I am excercising my right to wear Google Glass in public highly annoying, and they risk getting their ass kicked so royally that they will wish they died. A little bit later, I might still be annoyed and hunt them down for a second round of fun. The assumption to date that anyone wearing Google Glass better watch out is false. If I'm wearing Google Glass when you're around, you better watch the fuck out, because if you so much as open your ignorant trap to me about it, I just be annoyed enough that I decide not to wait for the further annoyance of you punching me. I might go straight for beating you to within an inch of your life. Keep that in mind next time your thinking of opening your ignorant trap about being "annoyed" by the lawful behavior of others.