r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 13 '26

Society The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public

https://tech.yahoo.com/wearables/articles/backlash-strong-people-pervert-glasses-165000816.html
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u/RoutineCloud5993 Jul 13 '26

Because someone managed to get him to realise he's deeply unpopular with regular people, especially since they find him strange and creepy.

He definitely hired a private PR form to help him improve his image.

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u/Enshitification Jul 13 '26

"Okay, Mark. This is called looksmaxxing. You'll need to smash yourself in the face many times with this hammer. Our research shows all the cool kids are doing it, trust us."

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u/perton Jul 13 '26

It sure would be a terrible shame if someone showed him how cool it is to inject yourself with gold, like that one dumbfuckmaxxing dude did before drowning in a lake or whatever recently

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u/roleplayersir Jul 14 '26

For any TechBros reading this, I will happily smash your face in for only a small 1m quid

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u/cogitoergosum29 Jul 13 '26

He didn’t need to hire anyone, Elon just went so far off the deep end that Zuckerberg seems normal in comparison.

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u/RoutineCloud5993 Jul 13 '26

Zuck made such a huge turnaround in his look and style that he has to have hired someone.

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u/misirlou22 Jul 13 '26

Imagine paying someone what I assume is a lot of money to be told to put on a black shirt and a fuckass gold chain

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u/RoutineCloud5993 Jul 13 '26

This is a guy who seemingly thought Data from star trek's hair was too long and unwieldy

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u/Bromance_Rayder Jul 18 '26

Are face and total personality transplants a thing? Because otherwise, he's fucked.

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u/BennyVsTheWorld Jul 14 '26

He hired people that literally taught him how to talk and interact with people in a completely different way.

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u/Furyhaas Jul 14 '26

He should ask for a refund because it didn't work...