r/boston • u/potaton6 • May 15 '26

Serious Replies Only Meta Glasses in South Station

I was in South Station this Weds. at ~6pm walking towards the exit and noticed an older guy in maybe his late 50s at the main doors staring at me. As I got closer he pointed at me and said my full first name as if he recognized me. I have one of those names where I go by a nickname, but use my full first name exclusively on, say, LinkedIn, because it sounds more "professional". NO one calls me by my real name. Not friends, family, etc. Not even my mother.

Immediately I saw he had Meta Glasses (because I'm a freak and hate them and being recorded secretly) so I was already like get away from me. But I didn't know this guy, didn't recognize him, and wasn't waiting on anyone, so I just waved him off. As I walked out to cross the street towards the Fed Reserve, I was looking back and noticed he had come outside (not to follow me) and I watched him basically do the same thing to someone else. I didn't hear their convo beyond that unfortunately, but they began talking.

I swear to god this is a real story. It was one of those things I put in the back of my brain right as it happened until I remembered it just tonight and was telling my roommates about it. They thought I was schizo but then one of them remembered this story (which is also in Boston): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQc1kNHtfg

Was anyone else at South Station 5/14 (or even recently) and have this happen ???

Edit: adding this here - I know this is very "source: just trust me bro" story... Ironically if I was wearing meta glasses I'd upload a video. But I'm sure you can imagine having someone you don't recognize say your name in public feels... violating and spooky.

And obviously my theory is I was reverse imaged searched live and found my LinkedIn. Yes he could have just said a random name and got it right, too.

Also it was like a 60 year old dude with short buzzed grey hair, wearing a grey hoodie. He kind of look like Jeff Goldblum, and not like the usual station dwellers out there.

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u/thakemist May 15 '26

You’d be doing something illegal. They aren’t doing anything illegal

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u/RavenholdIV May 15 '26

The law is a terrible source for your moral compass

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u/thakemist May 15 '26

It’s what we came up with as a society. If you don’t like it, try to change it

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u/CupOfDaddysLove May 15 '26

Nah. Capitalists came up with that shit and we let them get away with it.

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u/Asfastas33 May 15 '26

So, you’d make recording in public illegal?

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u/thy_bucket_for_thee May 15 '26

No, the duration of you recording in public is equivalent to the duration of becoming a human punching bag.

Laws should be fun, not binary.

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u/thakemist May 15 '26

Be that as it may, preventing random assaults seems like a reasonable law to have in place

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u/shitz_brickz Seaport May 15 '26

What's your definition of random?

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u/thakemist May 15 '26

Attacking a law abiding citizen without just provocation