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Photo: Google Glass + Beats By Dre = Enlightenment
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 8, 2013
Modified May 8, 2013
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They walk amongst us, these Cowboy Cyborgs who transcend the dull ephemerality of smartphones and blaze trails to new frontiers of laser-guided solipsism. But Google Glass fails to cover two very crucial orifices. This gentleman solves the problem with another fashionable, if more ubiquitous device.
Cut to 2034 press conference with Mayor-For-Life Mikhail Bloomborg and NYPD Commissioner "Deth" Ray Kelly
Kelly: Overall crime would have been down, if it wasn't for these people who think they can wear their Google Glass WITH their Beats By Dre. Where do they think they live, Battery Park City?
Mayor: Beep Bloop Bloop
Reporter: Commissioner Kelly, can you comment on reports that you were seen riding Larry Page's Flying Cloud Dragon over the Hudson last night?
Kelly: This press conference is over.
[SMOKE BOMB EXPLODES]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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