The Buscemi Eyes, courtesy of Twitter
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley’s a stomping ground for upper-middle class white men with overpriced toys. They could be sweethearts for all we know, but, more often than not, we’re not inclined to care because they’ll probably make more money and be happier coding some stupid niche app than many of us will ever be.
Like many of the other things we don’t need, Google Glass is a symbol of futuristic luxury, a marker that you, sir, are a discerning consumer who demands only the best. Except not really, it just shows that you’re an early adopter who’s more than willing to drop $1,500 on what’s basically a beta product just to say that you were the first one to have it, even if it doesn’t actually work yet.
In comes White Men Wearing Google Glass, a Tumblr blog as flawless as the plastic lens they’ll use to check their emails and Instagram photos of food and stuff. Making explicit the relationship between wealth, assholeness and white men, everyone on this Tumblr looks suitably goofy if they’re not in a stock photo.
Cool glasses, bro.
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Vidal Wu is an intern at Toronto Standard. You can follow him on Twitter at @vidalwuu.
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