re:support center
i don’t think a support center can help, technologically, with this shit. i think a real support community is more well equipped, but i was assuming that you were baiting. sorry for that.
i don’t have sight or recognition problems. or any specific issues that glass would help with. so, this is coming from someone who, though an ally, does not purport to have the capability to understand the myriad of obstacles there. at the same time, i do have close friends that i interact with daily who have severe sight problems or mobility problems, or problems with coherently interacting with people in a “normal” way. i’m one of them too. a lot of disabled folks are (historical) King Ludd supporters (because he doesn’t actually exist, just like we don’t) but that is a crazy tangent.
i’m not opposed to the way that glass’ functionality can help people. i’m glad to hear that there’s better tech in the pipe cuz glass sounds like shitty alpha tech anyway. i’m sure that friends of mine got the hot tip on that shit. usually, people that form communities, help each other out, and recognize how their struggles intersect are not looked upon kindly by law enforcement, etc. once they find a bit of collective power. a whole fuckin lotta times, they and their friends end up being actively surveilled (actually true, details irrelevant, but understand my google rage here!)
that is specifically why i feel the urge to punch someone who’s wearing google glass and to create a culture in which google glass and surveillance culture is NOT OK. because it literally physically effects the support networks of people who have no one to rely on but one another.
i appreciate you coming at me with real shit. i sure wasn’t making any good faith effort. fucking solidarity shaddack
