the nerd truth has arrived



the nerd truth has arrived, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

My glasses broke. And i just had new lenses put in them.

Oliver Peoples of Soho, where i bought them during the dot com boom, told me that:

1) the frame isn’t available anymore because frames have to change every 2 years because they are fashion

2) they only expect their good plastic frames to last 5 years if you’re lucky.

Made to break. Nice business model.

In the meantime, they are ducktaped together and hold for about an hour at a time if I’m lucky.