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The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Specifically identifying the “pervert glasses” as “pervert Meta Ray-bans” would kill these products even faster. Associating Ray-bans with perversion would surely be a deal breaker.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

"Pedo glasses" has the least syllables. Doesn't have to be accurate just has to make people feel disgusted at themselves for wearing them.

Start posting "No Meta Sunglasses" signs around playgrounds, schools, and water parks.

Trench Coats and unmarked vans are already synonymous with sexual predators. We got this.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can we not dilute how horrific pedophilia is with overuse in an unrelated situation?

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I don't want "pedo" to become as diluted as "rape" is now please.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 23 hours ago

not really, since Zuck has hanged out with epstein among others in a picture, and likely more than once.

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 23 hours ago

The "Rape Bans"

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Pedo Raybans has the same number of syllables

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oakley makes them now as well. Ray-ban and Oakley are owned by the same company.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All sunglasses are owned by Luxottica

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

All prescription glasses are owned by Luxottica. Remember when the DOJ broke up gouging monopolies?

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

close to it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 23 hours ago

woulndt it be pretty obvious if someone is wearing those glasses, plus its not like the camera is hidden.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

It would likely invite a lawsuit of some sort.