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In the title text, a bystander is eventually fed up with the annoyance and smashes the glasses to the ground. If they were an actual ''Google Glass'', they would have cost a fortune to replace, regular glasses are much less costly. | In the title text, a bystander is eventually fed up with the annoyance and smashes the glasses to the ground. If they were an actual ''Google Glass'', they would have cost a fortune to replace, regular glasses are much less costly. | ||
− | The "OK, ''Glass''" keyword is not useless outside of ''Glass''; In the ''Android/iOS'' app ''Google Now'', "OK, ''Glass''" is also valid instead of "OK, ''Google''" to initiate a voice command. While | + | The "OK, ''Glass''" keyword is not useless outside of ''Glass''; In the ''Android/iOS'' app ''Google Now'', "OK, ''Glass''" is also valid instead of "OK, ''Google''" to initiate a voice command. While it's likely that Cueball uses this app, it's not entirely true. Just because he holds a smartphone in his hand, doesn't mean that he is using it. |
This is another strip in the [[My Hobby]] series. | This is another strip in the [[My Hobby]] series. |
Revision as of 05:51, 18 December 2013
Glass Trolling |
Title text: Plus, when someone finally grabs your glasses and stomps on them, it costs way less than $1,500 to replace them. |
Explanation
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Cueball is checking tomorrow's weather and says "OK, glass" while he is only wearing regular glasses. Apparently this is even more annoying to the bystander than if Cueball actually would wear a Glass.
In the title text, a bystander is eventually fed up with the annoyance and smashes the glasses to the ground. If they were an actual Google Glass, they would have cost a fortune to replace, regular glasses are much less costly.
The "OK, Glass" keyword is not useless outside of Glass; In the Android/iOS app Google Now, "OK, Glass" is also valid instead of "OK, Google" to initiate a voice command. While it's likely that Cueball uses this app, it's not entirely true. Just because he holds a smartphone in his hand, doesn't mean that he is using it.
This is another strip in the My Hobby series.
Transcript
- My Hobby:
- Cueball: Ok, Glass, check tomorrow's weather.
- Cueball: Ooh, snow!
- Off-frame-bystander: Oh my god, it's somehow even more annoying than if you had it.
- Saying "Ok, Glass" before everything while wearing regular glasses.
Discussion
In google now, you can use "OK glass" instead of "OK google".--Mralext20 (talk) 05:23, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
- I have a problem with the sentence "It's likely that Cueball uses this app because he holds a smartphone in his hand" independent on whether this app exists or not -- simply by the fact that the title is "Glass Trolling" -- there would not be much "Trolling" involved if the "Ok, Glass" actually made sense in the context -- so my take is that Randal is NOT aware of the App referenced, and that the "Ok, Glass" is in context where no meaning of "OK, Glass" makes any sense, such as when using an old fashioned "feature phone" or a iphone, windows phone or simply just an Android phone which no "Ok, Glass" capabilities -- I vote to strike this part of the explanation Spongebog (talk
There are actually privacy activists who call for grabbing such gadgets and destroying them by stomping on them. Google for "#camover" in combination with "google glass" to find hints. --Kigana (talk) 08:58, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
I don't know, aren't dioptric glasses correcting more complicated problems like astigmatism also costly? -- Hkmaly (talk) 09:55, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
- Speaking in gross costs, yes. My new glasses cost well over $400 USD. Thankfully, due to decent vision insurance, I only paid $53 for exam ($10), frame/lenses ($20) and the upcharge (discounted) for polycarbonate lenses. Context: I have heavy astigmatism (especially my left eye) plus farsightedness. --BigMal // 108.162.216.57 13:37, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
- Will people who need to wear glasses be able to wear Google Glass? Or would that be a problem? PheagleAdler (talk) 06:55, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Made a major edit to the article, it is now much clearer and more informative IMHO. Feel free to tweak. --141.101.98.135 20:31, 16 December 2013 (UTC) (actually User:NeatNit, cba to log in)
Using : OK, glass! on a smartphone medically is a symptom of "ejaculatio praecox". 108.162.231.222 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I'm not native speaker, but it's "it's likely that ..., it's not entirely true" English? Wouldn't "it's likely that ..., it's not necessary true" be better? -- Hkmaly (talk) 16:39, 22 December 2013 (UTC)