Do you wear glasses?

[rckoltrane]

Nearsightedness, pretty severe. Paired with astigmatism. Though I wear contacts because I can’t find glasses frames big enough. Been wearing the same old pair since 2011 for around the house though.

 

[Tone C]

i absolutely hate contacts. they hurt my eyes.

I tried them in the mid 90s. Hated them.

Couldn't see print when working under fluorescent light which was an issue.

My peripheral vision was off , would walk along and smash my hands into street lights and similar

Managed to lose a lens at one stage, it somehow rolled over the back of my eye and it came back into place an hour later.

Hated having to put my fingers into my eyes to put them in/ out.

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

I tried them in the mid 90s. Hated them.

Couldn't see print when working under fluorescent light which was an issue.

My peripheral vision was off , would walk along and smash my hands into street lights and similar

Managed to lose a lens at one stage, it somehow rolled over the back of my eye and it came back into place an hour later.

Hated having to put my fingers into my eyes to put them in/ out.

yeah i ultimately found them not worth it. i still have some one a day just in case

do fighters wear em?

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I'm short sighted and have astigmatism. I'm not that blind but I do wear contacts every day and glasses at night.

 

[GSP_37]

They said you can get COVID on your eyeballs, so was wearing sunglasses indoors, which I think lead to not trying to focus and may have weakened the vision in one eye.

 

[GSP_37]

My new main reading glasses are by M+ and have a metal frame and plastic stems. The nose pieces are plastic and wiggle around making a glass sound which I don't like.

I'm planning to buy another metal pair for outside on the road use and maybe a slight higher magnification.

 

[TCE]

I have very good vision, never had to wear glasses. I'm sure the time I hit my mid 40s or so, my eyes will start winding down.

 

[HHJ]

Since I was 12 I think. I dont need them for reading but im near sighted and it gets worse with age. Cant see shit. Wanna get lasik

 

[GSP_37]

My new main reading glasses are by M+ and have a metal frame and plastic stems. The nose pieces are plastic and wiggle around making a glass sound which I don't like.

I'm planning to buy another metal pair for outside on the road use and maybe a slight higher magnification.

This M+ pair, my second main pair, is my second broken pair of reading glasses. The frame is metal, is decently wide, lens size about medium, but the shit quality plastic temple/stem broke.

Went around trying to find a decent replacement, but very hard to find quality metal frame, metal temples and wide enough for my Sherdog sized large in charge head. Ended up buying 3 pack of Equate Walmart all metal glasses, but very narrow frame, no spring hinge, lenses smaller than M+ glasses. Did some kitbash Frankenstein swapping of metal temples onto M+ frame, but screw is too short or something. One side folds normally, but other side doesn't and seems to randomly eject the screw. Need to find a longer screw.

The Equate pairs are not usable until I can find some hard to find longer temples with bow out curves to compensate for the frame being so narrow. Seems like these reading glasses are made for little people or children. I don't trust the plastic ones anymore.

 

[GSP_37]

Was comparing my 5 or so different reading glasses and it's crazy the widths of the frames vary so much and they don't really have sizes stated on the packaging like L, XL, XXL. You have to bring a ruler when you buy reading glasses. The most recent all metal Equate ones I bought are too damn narrow and when I put it on, I'm afraid it's going to poke me eyes since it's so narrow, so not much point in trying to swap out the temples unless I can find some that make a gradual curve out instead of abrupt right angle near the hinge.

My clear plastic Equate pair is decently wide enough.

 

[aerius]

Was comparing my 5 or so different reading glasses and it's crazy the widths of the frames vary so much and they don't really have sizes stated on the packaging like L, XL, XXL. You have to bring a ruler when you buy reading glasses. The most recent all metal Equate ones I bought are too damn narrow and when I put it on, I'm afraid it's going to poke me eyes since it's so narrow, so not much point in trying to swap out the temples unless I can find some that make a gradual curve out instead of abrupt right angle near the hinge.

My clear plastic Equate pair is decently wide enough.

Lemme help you out a bit with how to size glasses. It's all pretty straightforward once you know the number system and get your face & eyes measured up in front of mirror.

Glasses Measurements: How to Find Your Size | Warby Parker

Find the right frame size by learning how to take and read glasses measurements. Hint: if you have glasses already, check the insides of the temples!

www.warbyparker.com

 

[Fishmonger]

does doing the ok sign while flipping my hands upside down over my eyes count?

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I do, I wear contacts most of the time though, changes your life once you can get used to fingering your eyeball

 

[-Magua-]

I do.
Have a bit of astigmatism.
Far sighted right, Near sighted left.

Edit;
Metaphorically loosely similar to left hemisphere & right. Left is more certainty & detail based on routine, & right hemi, more intuitive, long term pattern recognition. Don't mean there's a correlation, just a silly metaphor.

Either way, I think I’m seeing things just fine; put glasses on… & yeah not so much.

 

[ocfightfan]

No, not at all. I remember years ago finding one of my eyes getting tired while reading and going to see an optometrist about it. I got a prescription and the glasses but never could get into wearing them. I also stayed away because I read somewhere that when you start using them your vision gets weaker over time and you need stronger and stronger prescriptions. Some people do really need them but if your eyes are relatively healthy they are a crutch that makes you weaker.

More recently, in the last six months in fact, I've noticed wild swings in my vision both short distance and long distance. I've had times when my long distance vision was bad and reading street signs while driving was a problem but seeing up close was fine. Then it flipped and my up close vision was bad to the point where it became hard to unlock my combination lock at the gym but my long distance vision was shockingly good.

I found out the reason why. I quit drinking in April and turned up diabetic. My blood sugar was messing with my vision. It may sound strange but it's been a rollercoaster ride as I work my way back to normal a1c and the only thing that explains all the ups and downs is blood sugar. I'm currently in the pre-diabetic zone and will probably be back to a consistently healthy state by the end of the year. If my vision is clear at both ranges then I think that proves my hypothesis.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

I started wearing glasses this year. I was getting headaches when I was using the computer at work and I was using a magnifying glass to read blueprints so it’s not a shocker.

I wish I had have gotten them long ago. I don’t have a strong prescription and I’m fine without them but they make everything much more clear.

 

[My Spot]

I can see fine without them but I'll get a headache because of an astigmatism on my left eye.
I had lasik in 2008 but was back to wearing glasses 2-3 years later. Oh well.

 

[TheNinja]

I do b/c nobody would hit a guy with glasses on.

 

[Fishmonger]

I do b/c nobody would hit a guy with glasses on.

 

[Loiosh]

No but I need them now. Getting old sucks.

Yeah.

I need glasses to read now, and for fine detail work.

What's far more disconcerting is the fact my night vision is getting worse, which might mean an end to my driving.