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?

I dunno.... wearing them can be quite of a headache in and of themselves. Especially if you're a female. I'm sorry, but I have NEVER heard a man say he thought glasses were "sexy". All the comments I have heard in real life are of the "speccy git" variety. If you're a woman in glasses, you're a geek, an old maid, or ugly.... maybe even all three. Look at Hollywood. The ugly girl wears the glasses. Never mind the fact that she has gorgeous hair and a perfect body; if she wears glasses, she's ugly. That sort of attitude carries over into real life, unfortunately.

When I was wee, I thought the world was fuzzy. I also didn't know what I looked like without glasses because if I didn't wear them I couldn't see myself properly.

I have one good eye (used to be 20/20, it's getting worse, now it actually needs a -.5 prescription), and one bad eye (-3.5ish), so I've always just used my dominant eye.

Hopefully I'm getting that laser surgery for Christmas.

I'm hella pissed now though b/c my cateyes have lost a rhinestone!! The pair I had before this were vintage and none of those rhinestones ever fell out. This new set of frames is "new" and already falling apart. Bah.

(or not, as it just means her overly strong myopic eyes have got weaker with age. But hurrah anyway!)

i also knew the curse of elementary school bifocals

I got contacts starting in 9th grade and everything changed for me: sports better, girlz better, etc. but now it's like what's the point? I look like Rowan Atkinson without glasses anyway so screw it, I'm sticking with my little tiny Brecht-in-the-cafe-1924 glasses until they pry them off my still-smoking skull

to make matters worse they were those giant metal-frame ones with coke-bottle lenses you only ever see inveterate computer programmers in dirty golf shirts and ill-fitting dockers wearing these days

This is an "almost always" type of thing. Unless the frames are awful, glasses are HOTT.

I want a pair of really emo chunky black frames. I just need to save a bit of cash. Decent frames are so expensive!

Would love laser eye surgery but have heard too much negative stuff about it that I'm prepared to risk my eyesight for that much money.

Still, it was odd finding it and knowing he'd been sitting at my desk on my PC in MY ROOM and... *shudder*.

(major hassle = "seeing" a movie at the theatre)

I'm sick of them. I feel like they make me look even uglier, I'm tired of the way they feel on my face, I want to wake up and look around at things and be able to see what the time is or similar. I wish to God I could have eye surgery, but my eyesight is so bad that they currently can't correct my eyesight via even the most current technological advances. As for contacts -- I thought they were a bad idea when it took me two hours just to put one of them on, and the taking off part took nearly forever as well.

*big massive sighs*

How do you deal with putting them on when you've got tiny little eyes? What are your tips, suggestions, ideas, etc.? Also, my eyes are v. easily irritated. I have to wear sunglasses when the sun is out or my eyes get teary and I'm rendered blind for several minutes.

Help here would be much appreciated.

Like oops, I had a real bad time getting started with contacts because of course, you aren't used to sticking things in your eyes. In my case, my eyeballs are huge with respect to the size of my head, so my contacts are huge also. I literally have to wedge them into my eyes, but I'm used to it enough now that I can just pop them in and out with no reflex reaction.

Two years ago! Ouch.

Six years on, this prediction has proved false.

Since I spend like 50 trillion hours a month either reading or using a computer, this state of affairs is a total mystery to me. And I LIKE glasses too. Sigh.

i really like boys in glasses. i met a guy that was ok looking a few weeks ago. then he turned up last weekend wearing glasses and i thought he was really really cute. it's like magic.

(btw switching to contacts aged 17 was one of the major turning points in my life! they make a huge difference in so many ways!)

I wore contacts for a while, but glasses are easier for now.

I did buy a backup pair of glasses a little while ago and ended up trying to wear these for a day while my lenses were irritating me. The near-vertigo loopiness of the lenses (and these were "specialized" lenses, too) had me grabbing walls and countertops while I negotiated around my apartment. Nuh uh. Contacts it is...

One of the main reasons I shy away from getting any: just plain fear, even though there are ones specially for astigmatism, these days.

In my case, my eyeballs are huge with respect to the size of my head, so my contacts are huge also.

At least, I'm not alone in that, then: I've always been told I've a big head.

I like wearing contacts, but I haven't got around to updating my prescrip in two years. I'm just a lazy bastard.

http://art-ificial.com/glasses.jpg

PS: i forgot your CDs today, i told your wife to leave me a scathing message for me at home.

I do.

i heard she's gonna kill you with her hate

Also... contacts. Ok. Will *finally* try to follow that advice. Perhaps next month or so.

But with all the close-up work and reading I was doing, I needed to wear my glasses full-time by 18. I started not being able to recognize people without my glasses. After my first semester at university, I got soft contact lenses. They were great! I could see everything and was free of clunky frames.

Dee, I urge you to try contacts. Initially I, too, was scared of putting something directly on my eyeball, but I got used to it pretty easily -- less than a week. And the immediate benefits certainly outweighed the early trepidation.

Because I kept tearing my lenses, I switched to disposables in 1990. It was much cheaper and more sanitary than regular soft lenses.

Since coloured lenses are only slightly more expensive than clear disposables, I splurge and have fun with it. I like to do a David Bowie effect and wear one green/blue lense in one eye and a clear one in the other (natural colour is hazel).

Half the time I wear glasses to give my eyes a rest from contacts. It reduces the potential for irritation and infection. Plus, I do think that certain types of myopia can be reversed or prevented from worsening if I don't wear visual correction all the time. Does this make me as mad as George Bernard SHaw? My optometrist said I became myopic because of all the reading and computer work I did -- my eyes had to focus so much on things up close for 10-12 hours a day that they became unable to focus on things further away. Makes sense to me. So, he advised that I not wear visual correction when I'm in for a long stretch of reading or computer work as such habits will worsen my myopia. So glasses are better (easier to remove) when I'm holed up doing a lot of reading. When I am active or going out to a potentially violent gig, I'll wear contacts. Following my optometrist's advice seems to have worked because prior to following his advice, my visual acuity was worsening dramatically every year I was checked. But I have been able to keep the same prescription for nearly 10 years now.

I have superlightweight lenses, but I'm still conscious of the weight of the frames on my nose and ears. 8 ( I'm considering lasik surgery, but I'm scared of the potential complications.

But can't deny the dominant convention that glasses are unsexy (cf. Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire): A family friend told me that when my mother was at university, she was too vain to wear her glasses even though she really needed them. As she was supposedly the most beautiful girl at school, people thought she was being stuck up because she ignored them in passing. She wasn't ignoring them on purpose -- she simply couldn't see them. This is funny to me because I think my mother is hardly vain now. And she always wear glasses. She isn't interested at all in wearing contacts.

And knowing contacts can cause serious eye infections has now put me right off them anyway.

Anyone ever considered lasik etc correction?

My best friend and both his parnents had lasik surgery performed on them. Pretty happy with the results for the most part, but he says every once in a while there's a lil blurry spot, as if he is
wearing a dirty contact.

your opinions on these?

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see also:

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or

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http://userpic.livejournal.com/9770186/480800

this is me in my current ones.

Recently this is happening less, but I've also started to get tiny across-the-forehead-beind-the-eyes headaches in frnt of computers.

I am scared to have an eye test because I am broke and cannot afford glasses.

The thing that I'm a big fan of is getting standard issue NYC FAP indie glasses, but in different colours. I'm wearing pretty blue turquoise ones that match my eyes at the moment!

I need new ones. Mine are thin burgundy frames, and the frames are oval, and I dont think quite suit my face (which is quite wide and almost squarish). I think I'd suit a wider, narrower pair, sad to say I think I'd suit obvious emo glasses.

I'm a bit cross with the trendiness of glasses lately, as I was saying on LJ the other day either kids these days wank too much, or a hella lot of people are wearing 0 prescriton frames for the look. Which makes me mad, cuz I got teased for my glasses in school, and I have no choice - I have to wear them, I'm as short sighted as Mr Magoo :(

Old pic of me but one that shows the glasses/face ratio nicely:

http://people.connect.net.au/~trace/me.jpg

I tried contacts once and they didn't work out. I was working in a restaurant at the time and the combination of the contacts and heat whacked my eyes. I looked like a Star Trek bad guy my eyes got so blood shot. I flushed them down the toliet and went back to the specs.

The inexplicable thing about my eyes is that they have lowered my perscription both of the last two times I went to get new glasses. Either someone screwed up my perscription making my glasses a couple of times back or quitting smoking dope has improved my eye sight. It is one or the other.

This feels really silly. Has anyone else heard of this or was he pulling my leg?

::realises minefield of Freudian slips and Danbait and backs away slowly::

virtue...haha...

What's all this glasses=hott shit? It's not they're unhott, but I don't think it's ever been a factor. Lurved a girl in contacts once.

The preceding is one of the finalists in "least true statements ever"

i discovered i needed glasses when i was learning to drive and kept crashing into things. turns out i've got one bad eye and little depth perception.

unfortunately, the other eye seems to be getting worse as well, so i should probably get in the habit of wearing them more...

I have a pair of dark red emo glasses (so dark that they look black except in direct light), I love them.

My girlfriend wears my old pair of Christie Brinkley glasses to increase the cuteness factor sometimes, which I'm a fan of (they're tantalizing it says so on the inside of one of the earpieces).

"...and here's where they flipped the lid of my cornea back!"

This is the only successful thread I've ever started!

Gummy worms?

Are you short-sighted or long-sighted?
nearsighted, I call it.

When did you start wearing glasses?
2 1/2 years ago

Ever tried contact lenses? Or prescription sunglasses?
Not yet

Glasses hide my eyes, which are like my only good "asset".

Stupid people never stop talking. Dumb girls with glasses is FALSE ADVERTISING.

i needed glasses since ten, got them about sixteen, got a decent pair (finally) age 23, which cost half a month's pay.

but damn they are smooooth..

you know it ain't worth it...

Heh, I've been thinking that about my new pair that I got last week! They REALLY look good and others have said that as well. Hope to get a photo up here soonish.

I still have my last pair with me. I still think they're beautiful. But maybe it's best that I had that procedure done. It is kinda nice not having to deal with glasses all the time. This is an improvement from the time immediately following the procedure, when I was sick with sepia-toned nostalgia over the thought of not wearing glasses anymore.

(I am kinda praying I get presbyopia when I'm 50, though, so I can get to wear glasses again. *sighs* No hope. ;) )

however, yeah, i do need to wear them at night.

That's EXACTLY how I felt the first month after undergoing the LASIK, Trayce! I felt completely naked and indecent not wearing glasses and didn't exactly know how to handle that. Now, I still on occasion feel weirdly incomplete, as if I forgot to put on a vital article of clothing, but a lot of the time I manage to forget about that sort of thing.

I'm suprised that the old no-passes-glasses rule still applies - some of the HOTTEST women I've ever been involved with have worn glasses.

I think I'm going to go rimless. Boy, that sounds dirty.

in between i played sports with RECSPECS

people are weird

yeah, pretty much.

These are the ones I got a couple of months ago, except mine are black.
Kenneth Cole - Sacred Temple

So I'm guessing that for the first time in my life I need glasses. (My dad was about my age when he first got glasses, too.) I'll probably make an optometrist appointment soon. I kind of like the idea of having glasses, but I can't picture myself wearing them. I think I need a haircut for it to work.

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I was going for "pretentious literary fop," but people just kept comparing me to Harry Potter.

The wife says that I look fine with them on, so I guess that's all that counts. I still don't wear them at work or when I play. It kinda helps the stage anxiety when I can't see the audience.

Not being able to read the mile markers was my first clue too, jaymc.

i've been wearing reading glasses for about 15 yrs now. a few weeks ago i started getting headaches because my glasses felt too tight on my head, so i went to Lenscrafters to get them adjusted, and the dude broke my frames! he tried getting out of it by saying they weren't usually held responsible for broken glasses during readjustments, but they decided to replace them. so i get new frames and it's been almost 2-3 weeks since i stopped wearing my glasses so i could get my new ones. i used to go 30minutes at the computer without my glasses and i'd get killer headaches. now i go all day without wearing them and i'm pretty much fine. What the Fuck?!

I've heard of this happening in older people quite a bit, actually. And come to think of it, it's mostly been women. Maybe menopause sharpens the senses?

Sigh, not I.

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do you know how laser surgery works? apparently they scrape the flesh off your eyball to make the focal length correct. (i'm unclear how this works for farsightedness.) i'm nearsighted enough that i'd have to have a really thick eyeball membrane for them to consider it feasible. icky!

Oh bollocks. 12 years ago I lost my glasses at a Carter USM gig, and somehow I have repeated the experience tonight. I'm wearing contacts, but they suck. Oh somebody give me some glasses, please.

Haha, how was Carter anyway? Did you take over Tom E's ticket?

Yeah I did. It was great, until I lost my vision! All that matters is I was up the front when they played After The Watershed.

i just got glasses! now i look like velma from scooby doo.

I thought I wanted new glasses of the rimless kind, but it turns out they look pretty dumb?

(I didn't actually get them, just tried on some frames)

i look like velma from scooby doo.

see now this is hot.

i am a glasses-wearer, i guess. it's been a strange transition. having never worn them for my first 33 years, i now can't even look at a computer screen without them. i've even started to forget that i'm wearing them, at least until they fog up (supernerdy feeling)

laurel helped me pick them out. she called the look "german architect," but no - i'm pure velma.

But do you have orange sweaters?

i have one.

cool, lauren!

i need laurel to help pick glasses out for me too i think
i also need to go to eye doctor

picking out frames = awesome. wearing them, not so much. i keep tripping because it looks like the floor is slanting

i think i have some fun astigmatism going on here ow
MY EYEYEYEYEYEYEYES

Getting glasses for Lauren was so fun! Of course she already had a stack of ingeniously rad frames to choose from, I just told her which ones I liked best. Then *I* tried on a bunch of frames but didn't buy any. u_u

can you get glasses/contacts just for night time? My vision is great in the day but everything gets blurry at night , esp when driving.

A full-time glasses wearer here, since age 10. I also wear contacts sometimes. My right eye is -6.50, and my left is -6.25. Without some kind of corrective lenses, anything farther than six inches away is a total blur. I like wearing my glasses, and it's a good thing I do being as blind as I am.

I wore a broken pair today because my brother accidentally picked up my contact lens case and it was my last pair of lenses. they're 6 years old and extremely oily, bent, and turning green on the nose guards

glasses all the time here.

I'm supposed to, but don't.

We'll have none of that. Get some frames that suit you and you'll be suaver than ever.

i just got new glasses, something like this

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only the 3rd pair i've had. the first 2 each lasted about 7 years. when i went for the most recent eye exam the doc gave me a little pitch on lasik. which is appealing to some degree, except i really don't mind glasses, and they're such a part of my face at this point it would feel like having plastic surgery.

since 4th grade - they used to call me "The Fly"

We'll have none of that. Get some frames that suit you and you'll be suaver than ever.

-- Ned Raggett, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:40 PM (Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:40 PM) Bookmark Link

I actually have a nice-looking pair and, by my own estimation, look good in them, I just can't stand to wear them. I probably need a new prescription anyway.

Actually, I certainly need new glasses. One of the lenses is scratched.

See, there you go. Trade up.

ILX 2001: Do you wear glasses?
ILX 2007: guys, how do i meet "cougars"?

well I've been through a pair and moved on to yet another pair since posting here in Sept 2004. I wear them full time, have done for a number of years. I quite like them, never felt like I needed to go contacts.

i think mine count as 'emo'

Mine probably would count as emo except that they're prada thus definitively not emo

mine are boots yo

I get through a pair a year it seems. Was going to get a pair in LA but couldn't be fucked with the hassle from the sales assistant so ended up walking out. I'M JUST LOOKING! FUCK OFF! So I'm still having to wear contacts every day which is a pain in the arse.

so has anyone heard of MENDAR, some german eyewear co? i found this pair i LOVE.

is anyone else into those clear frames they make now?

nono MENRAD

Menrad is kind of an awesome name!

i just got some new glasses. they are bright RED.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2131400663_2e6d433c41.jpg?v=0

(i was trying to take a picture of some knitting i had just finished but cat wanted in the picture. for realz. he was yelling)

aaah so fucking cute. your glasses are completely great.

i know isn't MENRAD hilarious? i thought it was some cheap thing like MEN are RAD but it's some cool German company.

is that some kind of goliath cat, or does it just have really bushy fur?

i wore my glasses out for the first time in months, driving at night, bad move. not used to not having peripheral vision and my prescription is old so i was getting a lot of 'starbursting' (i think they call it) with the street lights . i was paranoid that they were crooked too. glasses...ahhhh fooey!

i think i may need to get an eye test of some kind. im fine in the day but at night when im driving everything is blurry.

tell me this: are optometrists as dodgy as some dentists and mechanic where if there isnt a problem theyll probably make one up? can you wear contacts if you only need glasses for certain things, not all the time?

i use daily disposables for going out and sports, but if i'm driving i need to wear glasses. it would probably be different if i had proper contacts, not sure.

the optometrists i've been to seemed pretty straight up?

i really want new frames because my current pair has gotten kinda scratched up (and i've had them for a few years), but when i stopped by the eye clinic i couldn't find a single one i liked as much.

can you wear contacts if you only need glasses for certain things, not all the time?

I know you can get weighted contacts for the "reading glasses" correction part of bifocals, but otherwise contacts are always there in front of your normal lenses so always correcting. If things are blurry at night though, your day distance vision probably needs correcting too but you aren't noticing it. Night blurriness is how I know when my prescription needs updating. Optometrists are more likely to sell you on designer frames/lens coatings/etc and a few specialized tests (field of vision comes to mind, but I have to get that every few years because my mom has glaucoma), though I had one opthamologist who was big into iridology and homeopathy in an MLM kind of way.

In the opticians I've been to, the optometrist has not been the one shilling the actual glasses and presumably gets paid regardless of how much or little commission the sales staff get for their enthusiastic hyping of price-doubling anti-scratch coatings. I don't really know, but I have THE FEAR of dentists for just that reason, but at least a) an optometrist picked up on a potentially serious but not yet eyesight-affecting problem with my mother's eye and told her what she should do about it, and b) my other half has eye tests every year and gets a clean bill of eyesight every time.

Mind you, having said that, I have just remembered that they do like to write your prescription utterly illegibly or even adjust all their prescriptions so that they can fudge it and sell you the right thing but your prescription is expensively worthless at any other optician, so, fuck it, maybe not.

That's true spacecadet - it's the opticians that sell the frames etc. They are all in the same office where I go, but yeah, 2 different groups of people to pay.

I've got to get contacts for yardwork/gardening. I don't mind getting drenched in sweat, but the being blind because every eyeblink splashes more sweat onto my glasses is a pain in the ass.

i wear glasses

After years of contacts exclusively, then contacts + glasses for reading, then contacts + glasses for reading + glasses for computering, I gave up on contacts all together about 3 years ago. A combination of too much air travel (v. drying) and working outside in the dust and wind (and having to round up the correct pair of glasses if I wanted to actually see anything that was closer than arm's length away). I had lined bifocals for awhile, and moved to progressives a year ago. LOL OLD EYES

i have to wear my glasses while riding my bike, which is fine and sometimes great if like riding through a zone with dust or many flying insects that could otherwise go in eyes, but holy crap how awful is it to ride at night while it's raining! for this alone i wld get contacts. but i feel like that wld be giving in to the fact that my vision isn't super great and that contacts wld make it great all the time!

since 5th grade

i bypassed the hard sell from the optician by bringing in vintage frames for him to work on. that said, i'm not sure how much of a hard sell you can get from an optical shop - as aps said, extras are things like lens coating. not really big money.

contacts are such a pain in the ass that wearing them for just a few hours a day doesn't seem worth it , but then i've never given myself time to really get used to the process.

it's true, they are, it doesn't, I haven't either.

it's curious about Lauren wearing glasses as she used to have apparently the best eyesight of anyone I knew. she had some terribly nifty phrase like 'you can spot them at 40 yards, or 50 if you're me'.

Jonathan Lethem has a story about a crazy encounter in an optician's, called, um ... 'The Glasses'? - in Men & Cartoons, which I think is a really OK collection.

i think i need reading glasses. should i go to an optometrist or just buy some from a pharmacy?

robyn is painfully otm re: the bike/glasses situation.

If you don't need correction, just magnification, buy them from the pharmacy or Target or somesuch Bell.

I lost my glasses and am running out of contacts. This could pose a problem soon! Eek!

amazingly, I have just found lauren's memorable self-description, which is from ... 18 November 2004, a couple of weeks into the 2nd Bush administration, and I trust that she will be more honoured than alarmed to see it reproduced here:

You'd never know to look at him that he spends his weekends heaving muskets about. Not like those renaissance fayre people, who in general can be spotted fifty feet away (by me; from 40 feet for the average person).

my mom has about 50 pairs of drugstore reading glasses because she always misplaces them and buys new ones (oh, mompaws) so i will probably just borrow a pair of hers and see if they work.

do they just ... make things bigger?

Yes, they are just magnifying lenses.

what are the rules with tortoiseshell?

the rule is that tortoiseshell is hot

awesome

which ones?

1/
http://saltoptics.com/picture/GLASSES_BIG_PATH/oslo2.jpg

2/
http://saltoptics.com/picture/GLASSES_BIG_PATH/oslo3.jpg

3/
http://saltoptics.com/picture/GLASSES_BIG_PATH/oslo4.jpg

in black

http://saltoptics.com/picture/GLASSES_BIG_PATH/oslo1.jpg

i love 3, but it depends on your skintone/hair color

i like the top colour but i can see the bottom pair looking great too
xposts meh abt black

http://img.skitch.com/20080703-n3s2d543d2ypb6fwtisf2w5rpn.jpg

(I like the top colour best too)

I would go for 1 or 4.

looool thx for diagram

i would say #1

4

I think 4 would be too suffocating for czn.

my glarses:

http://www.visionfashion.pl/fotki/a621_1.jpg

i def say #3! you will look german!

poop colored #3 is a no-no.
I say #1

1 it is

see you soon!

i am worried abt yr poop if it is striated in such ways

should I change my diet?

I was about to say #1 as well...glad that was the consensus.

Here's my current glasses:

http://www.framesdirect.com/cdimages_lg/versace-3071-eyeglasses450.jpg

and my sunglasses, which are also prescription:

http://www.framesdirect.com/cdimages_elg/persol-2747S-sunglasses-562-3C.jpg

Question time:

I cannot see without my glasses. I do not like swimming in the sea when I can't see. How feasible would goggles on top of glasses be while swimming? Will they fog up? Do I need super-high-tech goggles?

Ask your optomitrist - I'm pretty sure you can get prescription goggles.

update: apparently they look middle class so I'm not getting them

they only look middle class if everything else you wear and say is middle class

hahahahaha

middle class?

cozen, are you buying glasses on the internet? or have you tried them on? moe than any other product you can't buy glasses without trying them!

I wear glasses all the time. I don't have cool frames like the ones pictured above, though. I tried to get some like that a couple of years ago but they kept making me feel funny like they were lopsided no matter how many times I went back to the shop to try to get them adjusted. Then they just out-and-out broke one day and I gave up and stuck with my not-as-cool-but-sturdier frames. I know I should get some new ones, but I've been putting it off forever. The wire frames I have now are actually blue if you look closely, though the paint has worn off in places over time.

I went through a contacts phase and will never, ever go back.

cozen, did you go to Niche? they have an amazing selection and they give really superb service and advice.

I sometimes put on my glasses when I am having trouble reading, which is why I got the things, but then after reading a bit with them on sometimes I realize I was expecting them to give me enhanced reading comprehension.

I sometimes feel I'm a better reader when I'm wearing my glasses cause more of the page is in focus...and maybe my brain is subconsciously reading the other words on the page when I'm not

<3 Abb. I've heard tell of people saying "what? I cant hear you. oh wait" and putting their glasses on.

abbbottt are yr expectations based on top secret m0rm0n glasses?

looooool
I don't think they'd let a woman touch the Urim & Thummim.

my current frames are my fave i've ever owned, but i've had em for a year and i want a new look. considering contacts.

the Urim & Thummim

wau tell us more

I've heard tell of people saying "what? I cant hear you. oh wait" and putting their glasses on.

i'm sure i could find my way better with my eyes closed than with them open and my glasses off. it's like without my specs my other senses get worse too.

http://www.mormonthink.com/img/trans3.jpg

xp yes but you are upside down on the planet iirc

sweet vest, joe

Just spent a $600 bill on my eyes, yowch. But now I have work glasses, away-from-work glasses and a new eye doctor.

what do you wear? i sport these (or cheaper knockoffs thereof)

http://www.makilaban.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gold-and-wood-eyeglasses.jpg

That's steep! I usually spend around £150 on a couple of pairs.

ne1 ever try out warby parker?

http://www.coolframes.com/get_image.php?fid=24396&color=&alt=

These are close to what I got for computer work. I tried bifocals briefly and they were awful. I'm nearsighted and was having a tough time reading papers in hand and my screens at the same time. So the new doc set me up with short/wide lenses in frames that made it easy for me to look down below the glasses at work in hand, and also with a slightly different prescription, optimized for the exact distance I sit from my monitors (40 inches).

They did an extra pressure test to confirm the first pressure test, and then did another test to figure out why the hell I don't have glaucoma based on the pressure tests. Turns out I have extra firm corneas?! The doctor said that different eye hardnesses wasn't even a known thing until Lasik came along. Some people with firm corneas have been misdiagnosed as having glaucoma, and people with squishy corneas have glaucoma and haven't had it diagnosed. (I might have that backward, not sure.) Anyway, the extra tests added to today's tab.

i know many people who've spent way more than that on eye test, frames and lenses! certain prescriptions are really expensive!

i wear glasses almost all the time now, starting a month ago when i got new glasses.
tho i went out the other night without them and it was kind of nice being in fuzzy world again. la de da.

My bifocals cost almost $1,000, although at the place where I got my prescription filled last year, I did get a second pair free. (Kind of useless unless I break the first, but...)

one time i lost a contact on july 4 and watched the fireworks both sharp and blurry, which i totally recommend

wmc my dad got those like progressive bifocals -- there's no line, it shades into it as you look down -- and is totally into it. although it was a bitch at first because they were not properly calibrated to where they sat on his face.

a few years ago i asked my opthadude what he thought about laser surgery and he paused and said, 'in your case, only if you have an extraordinarily thick eyeball.' ;_;

I haven't visited a real optometrist in like 6 years, although now that I'm covered again under parents' health insurance I might do so. haven't really noticed any wanting in my vision though.

kind of weirdly, my eyes just "got better" and I stopped needing glasses (that were for distance) in about 2007 and haven't worn them since. beginning to have the opposite problem recently though, which is so alien that I'm really, really hating it.

Wore contacts pretty much exclusively for yeeeears until last year when I decided it'd be good to have glasses in my current prescription, since my old ones were looking pretty old and were from two prescriptions ago.

Now I think I wear glasses half the time, contacts the other. Can't imagine going without both, unless I don't drive and move my monitors really really close at work.

I have the standard issue hipster frames. You know the ones, sort of square ovalish ones made of black plastic.

I got new ones last month that was around $600 for everything too WMC. It's an expensive business this not being able to see very well.

sometimes i try and go without wearing my contacts or glasses for a lil bit around the house and then realize that i'd be completely fucked post-apocalypse

u know it http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

I own over 20 pairs of glasses; I have a problem. A GORGEOUS problem!

lol

From here on I think I'll go your route and just get tons of cheapies. I love love love the $$ ones I got but having many pairs does sound p fun.

I get spoiled by the good lenses with uv coating and stuff, though!

most glasses are made in china these days, no need to pay $600 imo

Yeah the ones I get aren't. They design and make them all in the store. That's part of the reason I love them so much. Also, their customer service is exceptional. They fix anything free of charge and are pretty amazing.

my dog ate my $300 pair of glasses as easily as anything else. That was the last time I bothered to spend big cash on one pair; my next $$$ pair will be once my kids graduate from high school, probably (I have no kids at this present time!)

These work-desk glasses are fantastic.

I only need glasses for driving and watching television, so I also go the cheap route.

However, recently one pair of my glasses – the good non-reflective ones – got seared? Like there are these spots on the lenses now that I can't rub off, almost like they've been burned into the lens. Does this sound crazy?

I had that happen with a few of my cheap ones; I figured maybe ...hairspray ate at it? I keep mine in the bathroom so it's a possibility. Dunno. My favourite pair of glasses fell to that. :(

I always thought plastic frames were dorky, but since i switched to them i no longer get zits on my nose. way cool. http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

Ha, I doubt it was hairspray, but at least we're on the same inflammable track.

lol pleasant plains uses hairspray

i've worn glasses since 7th grade

hahaha yeah that was just what I assumed had happened to mine, I can see how YMMV ;)

However, recently one pair of my glasses – the good non-reflective ones – got seared? Like there are these spots on the lenses now that I can't rub off, almost like they've been burned into the lens. Does this sound crazy?

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:53 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is just the lens coating coming off

O_O

-O_O-

Ah. That makes more sense, I guess. Wonder if there's a warranty, but it's been more than two years.

protip: when they say not to use windex, don't use windex

oh wait for real? I use windex all the time. O_O

Even though they said to use dishoap. I never listen!

windex contains ammonia, which may/may not be harmful to the coatings on the glass

my current glasses have lots of scratches in one lens - at night, I get vague blurriness from the light being diffracted around by the scratches.

I just used tissue or one of those fancy cloths from Walgreens.

And bleach.

I dunk my glasses in my cigar box

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/SMH.gif

even a lot of the cleaning sprays are bad. use water. also pro tip: don't use toilet paper or kleenex to buff the lenses, they'll scratch like mufucking crazy

soft t-shirt seems to work ok

those little microfiber glasses-cleaning cloths work about perfectly

Yeah but I loose them all the time - it's maddening.

lose

ugh

i use toilet paper, haven't noticed it causing scratches.

Letting four year olds play with them causes scratches.

Usually pay 100 quid for two pairs.

i paid £6 for mine (i.e. nominal handling fee + p+p) on some special deal at lensway.

toilet paper is bad cause the stuff is designed to dissolve in water

also cus if you werent careful you could smear poop on your glasses

good pt

glass half-poopy kinda guy

should i join the wire frame revolution? i have like, browline glasses and sometimes people say they look good but these days they're feeling a little 2009

choose the frame shape and type that best suits your face and you'll look your best in them. leave fashionable frames to fashionistas.

Might I recommend a pair of monocles.

but aimless, i am a fashionista

then, by all means follow the trend!

― Darraghmac, Friday, 17 September 2004 02:45 (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

triggered

wire frames are not on trend in my town as far as I can tell, with the possible exception of aviators. Wire frames would make me feel like a child.

I dunk my glasses in my cigar box

― dayo, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:18 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Good post

treeship i am pretty sure you would look best in baby glasses like aaron sorkin

https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/fashion/daily/2017/03/27/27-sorkin.w700.h700.jpg

on friday a rubber nose protection piece fell off the bridge of my glasses. I tried to superglue it back on and got it all over the lens which has (and my hamfisted attempts at scraping it off) completely rendered them unusable. They were my only distance pair so until thursday I have to use my reading ones which is quite disorientating. Guy in specsavers: superglue and glasses - never the twain should meet because it is about the worst shit to get on a lens.

i had a pair of wood-textured frames for a while and joined the wire frame revolution this year. i bought a pair of round silver frames, kind of garcia- or lennon-like. they’re nice, lighter and more subtle than the thicker frames

Not so long ago I found my oval wire frames from back in the 90s. They have clip o purple mirror sun lenses, not quite duwayne wayne flip ups but close. I feel like I should get some new lenses....

Need tips on keeping lenses clean if you have them, at the moment I buy a big box of alcohol wipes (Zeiss ones) but I'm kinda dissatisfied.

the spray bottle they sell at lens crafters is really good. i use that and a paper towel. the actual wipes always leave streaks for me.

I stick to soapy water and microfiber clothes. Most cleansers ruin the anti-glare on lenses that they seem to put on all the time now.

I wish I could wear wire frames. My lenses are now -10.5 (I see above that 15 years ago my eyes were -9.5 so that's not bad for deterioration) and I have to get sturdy enough frames to hold the lenses.

I just got a pair of Warby Parker glasses. They are fine, kind of reminds me of the glasses I wore as a 3rd grader that my mom made wear bright blue croakies on them because she was afraid they would fall off. ~$200 as opposed to the >$450 I typically have to spend on new glasses.

huh didn't know that about the anti-glare. my old glasses ended up having that stripped off them--maybe this was why

Same thing happens to computer screens if you use the wrong chemical to clean it.

i'm thinking of these as an alternate. will still wear my clubmasters sometimes, but i don't think i want to be a vintage 50s/60s guy every day.

https://i.warbycdn.com/s/l/7ea6d99b236fb70b2a9d4f6636c63726cdb91011/1500x750.jpg?quality=80

i honestly kind of like the aviator frames but i think they have douchey connotations

using reading glasses as distance glasses is so wrong, feel like mr magoo squinting at ppls blurred faces and then closer things like hedges and walls, whilst walking about have a lucien freud painting clarity to them.

xpost Those are nice. I last got my eye exam at the WP in soho. The doctor there was really awesome.

I kind of wish they wouldn't put any coating on glasses (anti-glare, anti-scratch) but I guess they have to.

i think the coating is helpful for staring at screens all the time. somehow it can reduce eye strain--i am not up on the studies though

I've requested no anti-glare for my replacement glasses, cleaning them is a pain and never noticed any benefit - just the extra cost.

I got some glasses I like so I'm at about a 50/50 glasses/contacts ratio, by day. Over the past 20 years I've probably worn contacts 99% of the time, so big change!

I like the anti-glare stuff and got some sort of magic lens where there's a slight difference in the bottom portion -- not bifocals, just something that's likely woo but supposed to help with close focusing.

the blue light blocking junk is, depending on what article you read, somewhat useful or 99% bullshit. the blue light from screens isn't actually the type of blue light that's harmful according to a more robust article I read, but if it makes you feel better, go with it

for cleaning, I have a couple really nice microfiber cloths and do a more robust cleaning every once in a while with dish detergent and hot water

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.