Bluetooth headsets - Cool vs Stupid and Pretentious

I remember when I had to walk to school with just flour bags on my... wait wrong story. I remember when people would give me dirty looks for walking down the street talking on my cellphone. That would be 10 years ago. Now people give me dirty looks if I don't! I think headsets are still in that "new and strange" category and all wearers must be killed as they unclean gaijin.

Is it the headset or is it we sense the need to impress? I don't know. I do like the new bluetooth headphones, no one obsesses about headphones - can I use those and still maintain my dignity? Anyone? Anyone?

And to the EMT, sorry but it's not the fact of only having one hand free, it's the attention. Someone talking on a cell phone, with or without a headset, is effectively drunk driving.