Post #4791252 · Elektrine

2026-09-13 18:34 UTC

As a disabled dude, that very quickly can turn into ‘they shouldn’t mind wearing pink triangles (or anything else that I arbitrarily decide)’. While to you it may seem like nothing, to me, I’ll throw hands and won’t stop until one of us isn’t moving - I fucking despise the fact that I need my cane to struggle hobbling along, that I am partially blind, need assistance from others regarding most things, etc, and wanting me (‘they shouldn’t mind’) to broadcast that even louder for all to see, shame and mock even more than they already do (some people are fucking bastards), fuck you. I’m already in a bad way and your solution is to shun others for something they suffer from and can’t control is abhorrent. Trying to gain assistance should not require (more) social stigma and embarrassment. I’m annoyed by these glasses too, and we do need a real solution, but that is abso-fucking-lutely not the solution to go with. I hate my disabilities, and struggle with depression and suicidal ideation because of them. I’m sure it wasn’t your intention when you wrote this, but be better, please. We are normal people too, at our core.

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@BassTurd@lemmy.world 2026-09-13 21:35

I empathize with your condition, but glasses that record everything and everyone and shares that data with one of the worst companies in the world make it everyone’s problem. I understand how these can be beneficial to you and others in similar situations, but sacrificing everyone else isn’t the right answer. What I would be okay with is if a medical provider created a similar product that doesn’t record but has the ability to do the positive things that Meta glasses do and have them available only to those that get medical approval. I would even be okay if they recorded to a private, secure and encrypted place that is regulated and the data controlled like HIPPA so it couldn’t be sold or used to train LLMs. If this is the only solution, then everyone should have to identify they are wearing a recording device. It would single out people with disabilities, it would be everyone that used them.

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@mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2026-09-14 06:37

I’m sorry meta has ruined this for disabled people, but I don’t think it’s wise to put much faith in them; they’re using you to justify their shitware. Like, you’d never want to faceID everyone in your POV constantly, right? But meta keeps putting it into their api’s. geeky-gadgets.com/meta-smart-glasses-face-recogni… Then they say they’d never do that, but, shit man, it’s meta… those things could cause brain cancer and you know meta would still try to make it happen.

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