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points by drusepth 2 days ago | 0 comments
People still occasionally wear Vision Pros in public, so I don't think the normal social etiquette applies here.

That said, truly not caring what strangers at a coffee shop think about you is probably a great step toward a great life.

[–] paimapi 2 days ago
To a certain extent, yes. But you could apply that same logic to people who do indecent exposure. At some point, if you're setting up for 4+ hours in a tiny coffee shop with a laptop replacement and you're not buying more than just a cup of joe, you're doing a net-bad for your community by making that coffee shop and thus cheap community spaces less viable.

If you want to do it in a Panera or SBux go ahead but not in a local shop. Being conscientious is actually a good thing, believe it or not.

[–] chrisco255 2 days ago
There are plenty of local shops that are large, have plenty of seating, and don't mind you staying for several hours. It's up to the shop to enforce rules if it doesn't want people camping or using laptops or if it wants to require purchase.
[–] recursive 1 day ago
I've never seen someone wearing a VR headset in public. I'd do a double take for sure.

> That said, truly not caring what strangers at a coffee shop think about you is probably a great step toward a great life.

To an extent. But this is also how we get people watching social media clips at full volume in the cafe/bus/hiking trail. Which is a great step towards diminishing the life of everyone around you.

[–] drusepth 1 day ago
> But this is also how we get people watching social media clips at full volume in the cafe/bus/hiking trail. Which is a great step towards diminishing the life of everyone around you.

There's a very important distinction to be made between not caring what people think about your choices, and making choices that impose upon other people. Setting up a portable desktop at a coffee shop isn't imposing any more than hanging out at the same table with a laptop is. Blasting loud music from it is still a terrible thing to do.