Do you wear glasses?

I'm sure my eyes were fucked up from taking acid. Anyone else had that?

Still using the same pair of glasses. I desperately need a new pair, but have been too unmotivated to get them. (I think breaking my current pair might expedite the process, though.)

Nearsighted as a mo-fo. I blame in on comic books & all those horror novels with horrbly condensced text. And reading with improper lighting. And excessive Nintendo / TV / PC use. Maybe on scrambled porn, too. I can see big objects fine enough, but the details are crap. For instance, I'm typing this message sitting about 4 feet away from the screen (a 19" screen - 1152 * 864), and there's a slight corona around the letters on the screen.

The idea of sticking something in my eye scares me. Though, with soft contacts & disposable contacts so prevalent, maybe I'll give them a shot. But I seriously need a new pair of glasses.

Glasses are great, I really think that they give you a different perspective on the world, and give you a different perspective on yourself, and your own vulnerability. I'm not sure I entirely trust people who don't wear glasses.

And no, they've never hindered my ability to get laid. Though when I wanted to get laid, I'd always take them off- not to make myself more attractive, but to make potential dates look less *unattractive*. Hah!

And I can't say I make passes at girls who wear glasses, but only for lack of trying. I would certainly like to make passes at some girls who wear glasses. In fact my first girlfriend wore glasses, and at some point in our relationship she started wearing them less, which was kind of a disappointment.

You've never worn glasses, have you? The eye doesn't focus on the lense, silly, the eye still focuses on the object, like a person without glasses would. Honestly, after you've worn glasses for a few minutes, you don't even notice you have them on. I've been known to fall asleep with my glasses on, I notice them so little. They only time I look at them is when they're *not* on my nose.

Are you sure though, Kate? Isn't the eyeball actually focussing on the lense? I don't mean you're consciously staring at the lense, but isn't the eye really seeing the lense rather than the outside world?

Glasses = totally a result, since I had announced aged five that my ambition was to have glasses and braces for my teeth. I achieved my ambition in full aged 11, when I had to have a corrective plate for my teeth, and life – frankly — has been stagnant when not downhill ever since.

Not-so-small mark finds glasses sexy — and major tooth hardware tho you rarely see it on adults (Jaws in the Bond movie, not my tye physically, but the teeth = two thumbs up). Also leg irons rowr.

All you are doing by looking at something is pointing your eyes in the direction of the thing and adjusting your eye's own internal lens so that the light passing through it is bent in just the right way for an image to be formed on your retina. This process of forming an image is normally known as focussing. Short sighted people can't quite stretch their lenses enough to be able to focus on distant objects because their eyes aren't quite spherical. Now, all the lens in your specs is doing is bending the light a bit to make up for your retina not being in quite the right place. If you were looking at/focussing on the lens itself, anything significantly behind it would appear blurred, and so would make the problem worse. You can see this yourself by making a mark on the glasses and focussing on that rather than the background image.

mark s is bored of sitting still for 15 mins w/o tv, book or bulletin board, and cannot be bothered to scrabble around for glasses — and is anyway kind of embarrassed, for some perplexing reason, as if suddenly his manhood might be called into question if he used glasses for this studliest of tasks. He gazes hopelessly at his reflection: all he can make out is that saf has not by mistake shaved him bald. "great," he says, with immense feigned satisfaction...

well, not really. it's paperclips. but now i have vision coverage, or will shortly. so i may get a nice pair. maybe.

i wear them around the office when i want to look impressive, as i explained to a co-worker today. when i want to appear like i know what i'm talking about (when i don't!), like when i was talking to this co-worker about invoices. i came back like ten minutes later because i had another question and she asked where my glasses were, and i told her about the whole "impressive" thing, which she understood. i went on to say that, when i'm feeling eccentric, which is far too often nowadays, i tell people that that guy was my twin, you can tell us apart because he wears glasses and i don't. the new co-workers really seem to be taking to me.

and i like girls with glasses. i have since 4th grade with jodi and courtney. i don't SEARCH out girls with glasses, i don't discriminate against girls WITHOUT them, but when i discover that a girl DOES wear glasses, her stature is only increased in my estimation.

oh, and about glasses harming your eyes, it's true. IF IF IF you wear them WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO. like if i were sitting in front of the computer wearing them, that'd be bad because i'm short-sighted. you SHOULD wear them, though, when you're 'sposed ta.

who'd you get that off, George Bernard Shaw? (IIRC it was him who had all those loony theories about you could "train" yr myopic eyes to start seeing right again, persisted with lecturing on these theories long after all evidence had come in that he was TALKING OUT HIS TROUSERS-SEAT & had in fact gone damn near blind himself). But if that actually has got some basis in normal-people science, tell me about it. The "psychedelics do yr eyesight in" theory is definitely mere superstition tho', i know many trip-enthusiasts who can see even better than they ever could "before".
Me tho, I got lousy eyesight - same deal as a couple other people here said, until I was 14 I thought it was normal not to be able to see the blackboard from my favoured pos. @ the back of the classroom. Boy it was *so great* when I found out the world didn't really look like that.

Girls with glasses are fantastic because you can do the take-them-off my-god-miss-jones-you're-beautiful routine. Also there is something sweet about the clumsy clack of frame against frame.

The last time I went to the hairdressers I was given a book to look at called THE MAN BOOK. They really are proving grounds. I desperately searched through for anyone with specs but to no avail, increasing impatience of hairdresser, I eventually just randomly said oh that one, pointed at a group of about four and resigned myself to a random cut.

i infrequently spend a lot of money on glasses. Every 2 and ahalf to tthree years. I buy a really good set of frames and lenses, of course this means I've only bought two sets since I started buying glasses for myself. i also bought a pair of prescription sun glasses about 4 years ago which are cool but now so batterer that they tend to fall off a bit too easily. But its so important to get the right frames cos more than any other fashion item, you always have them one they're as much a part of you as an earlobe or a nose or somehting.

Faces are impoverished without glasses, you two eyed gits.

Contact lenses, what's the point there then?

Why is almost everyone I know short-sighted, though? Is there some correlation between being great and being myopic? And why is it so common anyway? Why has natural selection fucked up so badly? Did we not *need* to spot approaching sabre-toothed tigers back in the day?

The book-fed shall defeat the (worse) tigers of culture...

I am still not totally used to them so I only wear them at the movies etc. - would need them to drive too, but I rarely ever do since living in the downtown core. I like them though, they're cat-eye shaped in this steely light blue flexy frame that just rocks and I got the ultra light, non-glare, scratch resistant *everything* package for the lenses. My style theory on glasses is that they should either be as inobtrusive as possible OR totally obvious. None of this halfway crap. Anyway, photographic evidence is rare but I do have one bespectacled pic of me and my mommy hanging out in the pub - my ulterior motive being to state yet again, Gloria Estefan my ass. (insert winky face here)

Sheesh, I can't win.

No, I'd rather go for that dodgy, laser corrective-surgery than wear bins.

I hate the idea of pulling a perfectly sighted person. It seems unfair that when we wake up they get to look blurry so probably better than they should whereas they can see me with crystal vision.....

There are times that I wish I could go back in time and slap my younger self...

I have gradually gotten used to them, but I have to confess that since I've gotten my glasses my dating life has been the pits. I've only went out with one guy, and that didn't last very long. I'm now 29. I'm not sure why some of these guys are saying that girls with glasses are sexy.... to me, that is absurd, because frankly, I've yet to see that in my case. I was dating a LOT when I wore contact lenses. Now that I can't wear them anymore, my dating life is lousy.

And to the wanker who said that he would never date some "four-eyed speccy" (I believe that was Nick).... did it ever dawn on you that some women can't help the fact that they wear them? It's certainly not MY decision to wear glasses, and to hear a man be so cruel about it really bothers me. Suppose you suddenly went bald, or lost a limb. How would you feel if you asked a woman on a date and she told you she would never date some "bald, stumpy guy"? It's something to think about.

Sorry if it makes you cross, yes, glasses are sexy. Spectacles? Not so much.

So what is it about glasses that some of you find attractive? To me, they're just a necessity. I see men with glasses and I don't really think of them as "sexy", I just think "He has bad eyesight", LOL.

Why do I get the feeling that me and Nicole are weird dopplegangers?

the main gotcha for me is remembering that the "glasses wipes" that are in a few bins at work are for laboratory goggles, not eyeglasses. they're alcohol wipes! don't use those more than rarely on glasses with a coating. that's my psa on glasses wipes.

I really need to start wearing my glasses more (my eyes have been deprived of oxygen so I have ghost vessels), but they are so uncomfortable. There is no sweet spot. They are either smushed right against my eyelashes or about to slip off my nose.

finding a pair of glasses that fits really well is a pain in the ass!

I wanted to find a pair similar to a previous pair (which now have a broken non-standard hinge rip glasses) that were the all-plastic no-nosepad ones but I was talked into the idea that no-nosepad frames are no longer in style so I'm back to nosepads. Overall really like them but I have a red spot on one side of my nose from nosepad ;_l

they are too tight in that case, mh.

I think I need asian fit glasses. Warby Parker's low bridge ones were bad for me.

I think my face just isn't level enough tbh

as a teen i used to think my ears were crooked bc glasses always looked crooked. but then that stopped happening. i think it was because i stopped falling asleep wearing my glasses. or else my face evened out

Has anyone tried Zenni glasses? A friend just ordered some. They seem kind of in the Warby Parker vein but I am liking their selection a little more and cheaper?

I ordered Zenni once. They’re fine but somewhat discernibly cheap and maybe a little harder to pick out something stylish. My current pair are from Moscot and I picked them out at the optometrist and I like them a lot more.

Hmmm, I may be into the cheap frames. My lenses are already so heavy that lighter frames might be good. Just like I prefer to wear my $8 sunglasses over the ones that are pricey. The cheapo ones don't slide of the top of my head because they are so light. (also I wear them while swimming when it's sunny).

Yeah I mean at like $20-40 a pair tops probably there’s not a lot to lose

I've had a pair of Mykita frames for over 6 years and they look the same as the day I got them. I want new glasses because I want to change up my style a little, but it's kind of hard to justify when these are perfectly fine (and weren't cheap). I'm almost tempted to continue wearing them just to see if they last me the rest of my life.

I just used one of the super cheap online places just to try it out despite seeing a hundred times online that it's super bad for people with a strong prescription. I got prescription sunglasses for like $30 total and these are totally fine. Like I wouldn't wear them to do anything serious and for hours on end (also they will probably break somewhat easily if I am not careful) but yeah, these are working for me. I am -9.50 and -10.25 in each eye.

and to think I'm still smarting that they couldn't fit my prescription lenses into the sunglasses I picked out. I'm only -3!

imo sunglasses are meant to be semi-disposable

yeah the frames I picked out were $6 and the lenses were a lot more but then there was also a discount coupon code. There is probably half a centimeter of lens sticking out on the side but it's dark so not as noticeable.

Update: in about a month or two it'll be 16 years since my LASIK surgery and I still see crystal clear; am much less nostalgic about the act of wearing glasses and am hoping to stave that off for as long as I live tbh with you. Had terrible double astigmatism in both my eyes before the surgery but now I'm probably holding steady at 20/25 vision. The procedure's absolutely nothing compared to any other kind of surgery you can have and I've had at least three others in my life. Getting operated on under both my arms (with a total of 100 stitches, 50 per arm) hurt like a motherfucker. LASIK was a breeze so long as I remembered to use the post-procedure eyedrops as directed. I'm still glad eyeglasses have become fashionable, though; that saves kids from the humiliation I had to grow up with.

I think about getting lasik. Maybe one day. I worry about it not being corrected enough and I still will have to wear glasses. My eyesight is so bad and contact lenses are so easy.

I thought I had humiliation about having coke bottle glasses growing up (but I was prolly lucky and people (other than brothers) were normal to me). I still hate wearing glasses; I look like a totally different person and most people don't recognize me.

My prescription sunglasses - two pairs; Oakley and RayBans - are definitely NOT disposable! The Oakley's are scratched to shit from bike accidents now, but still very usable. The RBs are only a few months old.

tbf my recent strategy for NOT losing or destroying sunglasses has been to buy nicer or more expensive ones and I've been much better about keeping them in good condition and in my possession

luxottica can bite me, though. one of the worst vertically-integrated scams out there

I appreciate being near-sighted a lot more now that I'm aging and my eyeballs are squishing back towards far-sightedness. Like, if I have my glasses on and something is too small to see, I just push them up and move closer and it's totally clear. Can't do that with contacts in!

Started wearing glasses about 3 years ago. Never gotten quite used to glasses. Always take it off when reading or near a computer or when people are near to me.

I need a check-up (should've done it a year ago just can't face it) as I think it has gotten worse in the last few months.

I’ve had gigantic coke bottle glasses my whole life and don’t mind them or find them inconvenient at all rly, but have long been tempted to get lasik largely for the convenience of being able to buy sunglasses for $2 and not having to give a shit about them.

The main thing that keeps me from doing it tbh is that I’m worried that I won’t like how I look without glasses, I feel like I wouldn’t recognize myself and might freak out a bit, like when ppl get face transplants.

I suppose if I really can’t handle it I could always get a pair of fake glasses like celebs wear to look smart.

I've worn glasses since I was 10 and have always liked them. My correction is relatively minor and has yet to start nosediving with age. I'd feel quite odd about myself if I stopped wearing glasses.

My kids don’t like it when I take my glasses off.

I wore them from age 7 through 25 regularly. Wear mostly contacts now. Don't even know where my glasses are atm

Yeah since I was seven. My eyes are suitable for lasik except for my prescription (atm they’d have to take away so much tissue that it would be tricky if I needed further surgery or something went wrong) and the size of my pupils in dim light (they dilate to a size beyond what’s covered by surgery). So I carry on with glasses & lenses.

I have astygmatisms in both eyes due to my bad nearsightedness.

Had fuckin coke bottles in grade school

Went to the optometrist early this year to get new glasses. While I was ordering, the guy was like "I noticed that you got [brand] lenses last time. They have a new product and we think it's really good for people who spend all day staring at their computer screens. It helps filter out the blue light that can damage your eyes. And your insurance will cover the entire cost." So I'm like "sure."

Ten days later my glasses came in, but after a week of wearing them, I was feeling weird and a little disoriented. At some point, I looked down over the top of my lenses at a white notepad on my desk and realized that with the glasses on, I was seeing it as more of a beige! I looked around at other white things and they were similarly off. The white porcelain of a toilet was kinda mayonnaise colored. Fluffy clouds in the sky looked more like smog and the sky was more grey than blue.

I pretty much had a meltdown and wrote an email to the optometrist freaking out, but didn't hear back from them all weekend. I called again last Monday and they were happy to replace the lenses, they'd just need another week or so to get them back in. The woman I spoke to said that she had definitely had other customers say they didn't like the color perception with the lenses. Finally got them replaced today and I feel so much relief now.

Anyone else ever deal with something like this?

These ones, right here:
https://www.essilorusa.com/products/crizal/crizal-prevencia

I've had those and they were fine, although there is an element of magic beans going on regarding the hype about blue light and the supposed benefits of blocking it

I'm glad they worked out for you! I dunno, that shit got real psychological for me.

I am -9.50 and -10.25

i'm not sure you will be a lasik candidate -- i was told i'm borderline in the -6 to -7 range. but yeah, disposable contacts are so easy, and i'm spooked by a friend's v. bad lasik experience

!!

these are my thick new prescription sunglasses.

https://i.imgur.com/Hrh6QXv.jpg

i love them.

I like those frames!

$6.95 without the discount!

i mean obviously the lens is like double the thickness of the frames but whatevs.

that photo played weird tricks in my mind and for a sec looked like a granite font in a church until i saw the writing.

disposable contacts are so easy

hard disagree, but maybe my eyes are naturally drier than yours or something?

my frames of seven years broke while i was driving today :(

thinking of checking out one of these cheap online retailers. lmk if anyone has recommendations. my eyes are both at -3.00

If you have your prescription and interpupil distance, Zenni Optical are a cheap and very good quality option. I typically get inexpensive and simple frames but my prescription (different powers each eye, different barrel/astigmatism) usually costs about $15 a pair with anti glare coating. They last a couple of years easily. And at that price I can dick around with the prescription and make close up or distant sets for detail work, TV watching etc.

I tried out Warby Parker earlier this year and like them so far.

thanks! i'll check those out.

I became near-sighted in my mid-20s and have worn glasses for more than 30 years. I now have to use bifocals for reading. I tried disposable contacts about 15 years ago, and while I liked the unlimited field of vision they offered, by the end of the day my eyes felt as though they had sand in them. I also developed several tear duct infetctions.

As for making passes, I submit to you the People's Exhibit A:

https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/2380990/851full-lisa-loeb.jpg

if you have vsp or otherwise have insurance, i'd recommend into at least looking how much it'd cost to get quality lenses from a reputable brand such as zeiss or crizal with the full bevy of anti-scratch, anti-glare, etc. coating and comparing that with the prices you see online. (you can still save money by getting a cheap frame.) it might be comparable after insurance kicks in.

ime the cheap online shops just aren't as good in terms of lens coatings. it also sounds like your prescription isn't bad enough to warrant getting fancy lenses like the high refractive index lenses, i'm not sure if that's helpful or a hindrance to your search.

that's good to know. i'm going to order a cheap online pair anyway, because i've been working with my glasses taped up all days and it's a bummer; if the lenses turn out to be subpar, it can't hurt to have a $30 back up pair sitting around.

As for making passes, I submit to you the People's Exhibit A:

I just learned last week that she had her own eyewear line, thanks to Rob Harvilla's podcast.

Is that Jessica Alba or Lisa Loeb in that pic?

Getting my first pair of reading glasses tomorrow. Ordered the frames that Michael Caine wears in The Ipcress File.

those look cool. i've been wearing the same glasses for so long that i'm apprehensive about changing it up at this point, but also kind of intrigued by the possibility of a new look.