#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Do you wear glasses? What kind do you wear? How long have you had them? Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10267 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Technically I'm supposed to as my left eye is something like 20/80. But my right is perfect 20/20 so I've never bothered. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 17582 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I got glasses when I was in third grade, and contacts when I was in 6th I think. I wear my contacts every single day and only wear glasses at night after I take them out Link to post Share on other sites
Holko 5193 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I've worn glasses since I was 6, my eyes finalised at -2.5D/-4.5D, which is pretty bad, especially the diference between the two eyes. Glasses were always my only option, I can't even think about putting some things in my eye. Now after 14 years I had intra/femtoLASIK eye surgery done about 1.5 months ago and it's really awesome to see properly for the first time. My sight now is better than 120%, after 5 minutes of no pain (just slight discomfort), a day of light sensitivity, and a load of money spent on it. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2382 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I considered Lasiks but after ripping my nose off, the glasses and fake mustache hide the scars. Link to post Share on other sites
Bespin 3967 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I wear glasses till the 4rth grade I think. I can't live without them, I'm totally shortsighted. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I’ve had mine for 8/9 years. It’s actually the same pair but I’ve had the lenses replaced a few times. I got raybans with my prescription during the spring for the rare occasion we get sun . Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 4967 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Contacts through the day. Glasses in the evenings. Link to post Share on other sites
Brónach 368 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yes Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10267 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 My wife wears glasses only. She doesn't wear contacts ever because she has a weird thing about touching her eyeballs. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Im sort of similar. I tried contacts but I didn’t like them. It may have to do with the shape of my eyes though. i wish I could wear them as I’m a bit sick of wearing glasses Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 4967 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 9 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: My wife wears glasses only. She doesn't wear contacts ever because she has a weird thing about touching her eyeballs. We all do, it's instinct! Seriously though, I very nearly gave up with contacts during my trial period. I was literally spending half an hour in the bathroom either trying to put 'em in or get' em out. That would be an hour each day messing with my eyeballs in the mirror. They were tender and streaming after each attempt, it was really horrid. So yeah, I almost concluded that lenses just weren't for me. But a week later I seemed to make a breakthrough with them and I realised I'd stopped automatically flinching every time my fingers made contact. It became easy! Now I can maul my eyes with kitchen utensils and everything, it doesn't bother me. Takes me 5 seconds to whip my contacts out. Any wearer will probably say removing one's lens is even satisfyingly pleasurable. Bilbo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeping Strings 830 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Been wearing them since I was a kid, I think my eyesight started to deteriorate after a bout of measles or something? The new pair I got earlier this year are my first pair of varifocals. Contacts look like hassle. Laser eye surgery looks ... hmm. Link to post Share on other sites
Dixon Hill 4213 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Not anymore. Got the laser shit done. So far eyes haven't melted. Link to post Share on other sites
Fancyarcher 339 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I've been wearing glasses since the fourth grade. 7 minutes ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: Not anymore. Got the laser shit done. So far eyes haven't melted. Nice! I've always wanted to get laser-surgery, because keeping track of glasses can be so hard sometimes, but I've never had had the money or means to do so. It's damn expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie 690 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Nope, only reading glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 5963 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 The true story is that I couldn't see things very well in The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland anymore and I knew my vision was deteriorating, although I've had issues seeing in the dark for a while. So I've been wearing Tennant-esque glasses mainly in the dark and while driving. Link to post Share on other sites
nightscape94 956 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I'm nearsighted, so I need them for driving primarily, but I do have them on during work because it's hard to see stuff at a certain distance, especially if I'm looking at someone else's computer. I take them off in my office or I'll have them up on my forehead when I'm walking around. I'll also wear them to the movies or watching TV. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Penna 1269 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Worn glasses since early teens (slightly short-sighted). Initially just wore them for class, and watching stuff in the distance, but I started wearing them routinely. I tried contacts maybe 5 years ago, but my eyes are too defensive and I never succeeded in getting one in. Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I do, but not for long periods of time, as they have a tendency to clink when I walk around. Link to post Share on other sites
Deleted 309 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 As you guys know I have and wear glasses. I have pretty bad astigmatism that's why I have to wear them. With out them everything is very blurry and I can hardly see and have to squint my eyes. I'd say I'm close to being blind with out my glasses,; I should have worn them all the time since being young but I didn't like how they looked on me. I am not sure what my eye site numbers are. I haven't had an eye exam in a few years. I need to get another one though at some point. I got to get me a new pair of glasses anyways. I've had these ones for quite a few years. I don't remember when I had gotten them but I had to get a new pair because my old ones had broken and weren't fixable. I don't remember the name but I got these at Walmart. These also came with magnetic sunglasses that you clipped onto the glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6915 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 20/20 Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10267 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: 20/20 With Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs! Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Trent B said: These also came with magnetic sunglasses that you clipped onto the glasses. Very Ed Rooney Link to post Share on other sites
mrbellamy 4286 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Got glasses at 6, contacts at 15. Prescription is -6.0 in the left eye, -7.0 in the right, which is terrible, but I've met people with worse. My routine with them is pretty normal, I just wear glasses in the morning/night and for lazy days at home or running errands or whatever. At work and socially it's usually contacts but sometimes I don't feel like putting them in. Link to post Share on other sites
KK 2786 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I don't. But my eyes have been going to shit lately, so should probably get a pair. Link to post Share on other sites
JoeinAR 1398 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Not when I am sleeping. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 5 hours ago, KK said: I don't. But my eyes have been going to shit lately, so should probably get a pair. Havent I seen you on FB wearing specs? I could have sworn... Link to post Share on other sites
KK 2786 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 There is a picture of me wearing my friend's specs as a joke I believe, yes. But I don't have any of my own. Link to post Share on other sites
BLUMENKOHL 1041 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Sometimes. I'm at 20/25 and 20/40. For the foolish Europeans: It means the following. When I stand 20 feet from an object, I see it as well as someone with perfect vision would standing 25 feet from that object. That's my left eye. In my right eye, when I stand 20 feet from an object, I see it as well as someone with perfect vision would see it standing 40 feet from that object. Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6915 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 That sounds like hell. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2382 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I think I'm going something like 20/200 without glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
Cerebral Cortex 2158 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 9/26/2017 at 11:41 AM, Disco Stu said: Technically I'm supposed to as my left eye is something like 20/80. But my right is perfect 20/20 so I've never bothered. Maybe just wear a monocle then? Jurassic Shark 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 17582 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I was do for new glasses this year but all the covid restrictions made trying on new frames problematic so I'm waiting till next year I guess. I only wear them at night after I take out my contacts anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Holko 5193 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I wore glasses from age 6 to 19, then got lasik. Or was it 20? I really don't even know the year anymore, I'm so used to it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 17582 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Huh. Every once in a while I remember that lasik is a thing that exists and wonder why I haven't done it yet. Did you have any side effects? Link to post Share on other sites
Holko 5193 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Nope. It was the kind where it's all lasers, no razorcutting a service hole on the cornea, went fine and fast, vision was a little blurry for a day as it should be, perfect for 3-4 years now. The really mindblowing thing was seeing how many little individual bubbles the foam in the bathtub is made of! Maybe my eye gets dry a bit more often or I just notice it more since then. Jay 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveMc 2196 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I have a face that needs glasses on it to look human, so I'll probably wear them for life. I'm not extremely nearsighted, but I have not been able to read at a distance since I was 14, and objects got blurred in the distance shortly after that. I'm at -2.25 both eyes. What's cool I guess about myopia is that small objects at close range are much more clear and distinct for me than for others. I'd probably make a good jeweler or something. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 17582 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I dunno what my glasses numbers are, but for contacts I'm -8 on one eye and -8.5 in the other Link to post Share on other sites
Holko 5193 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 My glasses were -2.5 and -4.5 by the end so the difference between the two was also a problem. Link to post Share on other sites
Maglorfin 195 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Been wearing glasses (-2.25 on both eyes) for more than 20 years now. Occassionally, I also wear contacts but not very often, mainly for those occassions where they are far more practical (concerts, sports etc.). On 10/31/2020 at 11:25 PM, SteveMc said: What's cool I guess about myopia is that small objects at close range are much more clear and distinct for me than for others. I'd probably make a good jeweler or something. I totally second that! Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 5993 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 9/27/2017 at 5:15 PM, KK said: I don't. But my eyes have been going to shit lately, so should probably get a pair. How did that turn out? Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2454 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 -3.50 / -3.75 Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Does anyone wear either bifocals, or varifocals? I've thought of buying a pair of varis, but I'm not sure how I would get on with them, while driving. Anyone had any experience of this? Link to post Share on other sites
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