[atestu]

I think that will fade. I don't know if you remember how mocked the airpods were when they first came out ("They look like q-tips"). All it'll take is a few celebrities spotted using one and they'll turn cool in no time.

[mft_]

You're not wrong, but I think there's at least a couple of orders of magnitude of awkwardness between the Airpods and the the Vision Pro that will have to be overcome, before the VP becomes mainstream.

[nine_k]

There were times when going to an office wearing a T-shirt felt crazy, like going to an office while wearing a bikini, or wearing a clown attire, would be now. It changed maybe in late 1990s.

Things like these change very slowly, then suddenly, once the views of the perceived majority around most people change enough that the people start to see the new state as proper and confirmant, a new norm.

[Terretta]

Imagine the first person wearing bell bottom jeans. Some folks just DGAF, and next thing you know ...

[ks2048]

I don't think it will pass, but I think subsequent versions will be slimmer and less mock-prone. In 10 years people will look back at the first version the way people look back at the first bulky cell phones.

[SoftTalker]

AirPods also make you look like a dork.

[asdff]

airpods at least had the equivocal wired headphones normalizing that look for a decade before they appeared.

[DidYaWipe]

I don't recall the AirPods ever being mocked. Why would they be, after years and years of almost identical-looking earbuds being sported in public?

But long before that we had DoucheTooth (or BlueTool, whichever you prefer) earpieces. Now those were mocked.

[doublepg23]

You can check out Reddit threads around the launch https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/51yazy/this_is_what_...

[mihaaly]

Depending on your circles. In many doing what a celebrity does means squat, or backfires. Better watch our peers.

[righthand]

Airpods aren’t cool though, the majority don’t wear them nor can they afford them.

[samatman]

You appear to be a bit unclear on what cool means.