A Woman on a NY Subway Just Set the Tone for Next Year
This is what's coming in 2026
A few weeks ago, a man got on the New York subway wearing his expensive Meta AI glasses. They cost $300, but give users super powers—for example identifying total strangers, and taking quasi-surveillance videos.
It’s a step below Superman. But it’s the best that Mark Zuckerberg can offer right now.
A woman on the subway wasn’t impressed. She stepped up to this tech-loving bro, and grabbed his glasses. Then she broke them in two with her bare hands.
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He smugly told her that she would soon “be famous on the Internet.” But she didn’t flinch and just stared him down.
In the aftermath, he posted a protest video on TikTok—asking for help in finding this anti-tech vigilante. And he called her a “Karen”—which seems to be the new way of saying bitch.
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But the response was the opposite of what he expected.
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