The Glasses Group

[Lunamor she/her]

Are you in possession of terrible eyesight? Do you wear glasses? Do you need somewhere to rant about/take pride in (whichever works!) said eyewear? Then this is the thread for you! I hereby found the Glasses Group!

[+Invocation]

I have yeehawed my way into this group with bleach-stained retinas.

For context, the reason I first got glasses was because I got sprayed in the face with bleach.

Edited July 20, 2019 by Invocation

[old man moomba he/him]

Prescription Sunglasses.

Y/N

[Lunamor she/her]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Dapper said:

Prescription Sunglasses.

Y/N

...M?

[old man moomba he/him]

Huh?

[Lunamor she/her]

6 minutes ago, Dr. Dapper said:

Huh?

I meant maybe 

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

I have a super low prescription glasses, for very minor nearsightedness. I can essentially live without them, but they do improve my quality of life. I also happen to think I look good in them.

[AonEne he/him]

GLASSES ARE AWESOME WOO

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

38 minutes ago, AonEne said:

GLASSES ARE AWESOME WOO

Agreed!

 

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Anyone with contacts?

[Lunamor she/her]

6 minutes ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Anyone with contacts?

*growls*

()

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

*exerts superior-ness by looking everybody in the eye and flaunting my contacts*

[AonEne he/him]

Dude, contacts are scary. They TOUCH YOUR EYES. 

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

I’d love to get the kind that make your eyes all white or all black; I could freak so many people out, hehehe....

[+Invocation]

8 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

*exerts superior-ness by looking everybody in the eye and flaunting my contacts*

Begone. Contacts are horrible. *shudder* Putting something directly directly on your gooey eyeballs.

[Silva]

As a person who has tried contacts, I can assure you that glasses have many advantages.

First off, you're not as exposed. Things thrown at your eyes are deflected before they hit you.

Secondly, do you know how many things could grow on a contact lens and harm your eye? There are lots of things that can go wrong. Eyes were not designed to be poked. There is a reason you blink when anything comes too close.

Thirdly, less hassle. Glasses you can just put on your face. Contacts take washing hands, dealing with solution...and then you can't even fall asleep because your eyes need to breathe!

Fourthly, your eyes need to have access to oxygen. Contacts prevent that. And sure, they make them so it won't be as harmful, but you still can't sleep in them. If that's not a sign of something bad being narrowly avoided, I don't know what is.

Fifthly, astigmatism. Contacts don't help with that, unless they're toric and even then can't solve the issue perfectly because of how they work. They don't offer perfect vision for all.

Sixthly, and finally, I don't know about anyone else, but I love my blurry vision. That might seem strange, but it's true. I like seeing the world a way that probably no one else does.Wearing contacts...that's like saying I didn't want anyone to know about that--hiding the fact that I don't see the world in the same boring way people with "better" vision do.  My fuzziness is different from your fuzziness and you'll never get to experience it exactly the same way.

17 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

*exerts superior-ness by looking everybody in the eye and flaunting my contacts*

*looks Truthless in the eye right back, flaunting her glasses*

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

1 hour ago, Silva said:

As a person who has tried contacts, I can assure you that glasses have many advantages.

First off, you're not as exposed. Things thrown at your eyes are deflected before they hit you.

Secondly, do you know how many things could grow on a contact lens and harm your eye? There are lots of things that can go wrong. Eyes were not designed to be poked. There is a reason you blink when anything comes too close.

Thirdly, less hassle. Glasses you can just put on your face. Contacts take washing hands, dealing with solution...and then you can't even fall asleep because your eyes need to breathe!

Fourthly, your eyes need to have access to oxygen. Contacts prevent that. And sure, they make them so it won't be as harmful, but you still can't sleep in them. If that's not a sign of something bad being narrowly avoided, I don't know what is.

Fifthly, astigmatism. Contacts don't help with that, unless they're toric and even then can't solve the issue perfectly because of how they work. They don't offer perfect vision for all.

Sixthly, and finally, I don't know about anyone else, but I love my blurry vision. That might seem strange, but it's true. I like seeing the world a way that probably no one else does.Wearing contacts...that's like saying I didn't want anyone to know about that--hiding the fact that I don't see the world in the same boring way people with "better" vision do.  My fuzziness is different from your fuzziness and you'll never get to experience it exactly the same way.

*looks Truthless in the eye right back, flaunting her glasses*

1. True

2. Probably true, but it’s never happened to me or anyone I know yet

3. The hassle part is unfortunately very true... it only takes about a minute though

4. Also true

5. I actually have astigmatism, but my contacts work fine. They definitely offer the best vision, for me at least, and I’ve never noticed a problem with blurriness.

6. Huh, I’d never really thought of my vision like that! That’s really neat, thanks for giving me that view! Personally, I just wear contacts because I literally can’t read anything over about 5 feet or so in front of my face, and I just like not having anything on my face.

Eye think that I see what you mean now. Your viewpoint has let me become your pupil, and I can’t think of any more eye puns.

[Snipexe he/him]

5 minutes ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Eye think that I see what you mean now. Your viewpoint has let me become your pupil, and I can’t think of any more eye puns.

You really need to expand your vision.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

This has been an eye opening experience for me. 

[Kidpen he/him]

I wear contacts sometimes and glasses sometimes. Depends on if I feel like getting them in and if I'm going to a 3D movie or swimming or something.

Also can people share their prescriptions if they know them? I'm always curious. 

[+Invocation]

1 hour ago, Kidpen said:

Also can people share their prescriptions if they know them? I'm always curious. 

OD - -1.00 sphere, -1.50 cylinder, 180 axis

OS -.75 sphere, -1.50 cylinder, 165 axis.

[blackout8444 he/him]

I wear glasses, and I have an additional anti-contacts argument to add.

On 7/21/2019 at 7:29 AM, Silva said:

As a person who has tried contacts, I can assure you that glasses have many advantages.

First off, you're not as exposed. Things thrown at your eyes are deflected before they hit you.

Secondly, do you know how many things could grow on a contact lens and harm your eye? There are lots of things that can go wrong. Eyes were not designed to be poked. There is a reason you blink when anything comes too close.

Thirdly, less hassle. Glasses you can just put on your face. Contacts take washing hands, dealing with solution...and then you can't even fall asleep because your eyes need to breathe!

Fourthly, your eyes need to have access to oxygen. Contacts prevent that. And sure, they make them so it won't be as harmful, but you still can't sleep in them. If that's not a sign of something bad being narrowly avoided, I don't know what is.

Fifthly, astigmatism. Contacts don't help with that, unless they're toric and even then can't solve the issue perfectly because of how they work. They don't offer perfect vision for all.

Sixthly, and finally, I don't know about anyone else, but I love my blurry vision. That might seem strange, but it's true. I like seeing the world a way that probably no one else does.Wearing contacts...that's like saying I didn't want anyone to know about that--hiding the fact that I don't see the world in the same boring way people with "better" vision do.  My fuzziness is different from your fuzziness and you'll never get to experience it exactly the same way.

*looks Truthless in the eye right back, flaunting her glasses*

7. 

Edited September 22, 2019 by blackout8444

[AonEne he/him]

Well if this is what we're doing now then I gotta agree

[Eluvianii he/him]

Glasses also provide a super power. It doesn't work with every pair but I can hold mine at a distance from my face and use them as a telescope. It's really useful.

[Brightness Warrior she/her]

Mine can do that too.