Comment on ENHANCE
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 week agoI have worn glasses since kindergarten, I don’t get why people dislike them so much that they rather shove plastic in to their eyes than wear glasses.
Glasses are fantastic, not only do they correct your vision, they also protect your eyes against rain, wind and dust.
Contacts gives you full field of vision, and they don’t get dirty. If you are lucky you only have to take them off and on for switching once per month and can sleep with them. I am one of those, and can buy the cheapest contacts too.
In other words, always good vision, with full FOV
Ahh, yes! But try opening an oven!
I have done so, many, many times, never had any issue in the last decades
Sorry, dude, i was making a joke. I appreciate that there are mitigations for this now, like anti fog lenses.
It’s fine, we all have had different experiences.
It’s kind of interesting. This really seems to be a recurring"people with glasses" -thing. I have family members with glasses who almost consequently open the oven, get their glasses fogged up, and go like; “who turned off the lights?” Personally I don’t stick my head into the steam coming out of the oven, because it stings the eyes like a motherfucker, when you aren’t wearing “safety glasses” all the time.
Laser surgery is also an option.
I switched to contacts when I got a job where I am required to wear safety glasses. Contacts + the normal plastic glasses is just easier to deal with than having to get and replace prescription safety glasses.
Depending on the safety glasses I find they fit better behind the other glasses. Unless they are ski type.
I can understand that, it is a special usecase.
When you get to -7 like me the limits of physics start to apply and the closer you can get the lens to the eyeball, the less distortion you have so you can still read text and stuff which is pretty hard with glasses.
Good point, when I made the commend I forgot about medical issues like that, and only considered the issue a fashion one, sorry about that.
I have keratoconus, so unfortunately glasses aren’t an option for me. I have to wear these rigid plastic contact lenses to correct for my corneas which bulge outwards kinda like little cones.
I am sorry to hear that, I made my earlier comment without considering medical issues like this.
I should have been more clear on what I meant, sorry for the confusion.
No worries, just thought I’d provide a viewpoint as someone who has no other option than contact lenses.
Trust me, if I could I would much rather wear glasses, be far more comfortable than using the small plunger I need to use to get my lenses out.
Peripheral vision mainly
As I noted, I have worn glasses since kindergarten, and that had never been an issue.
I agree that they are pretty great, but if you use VR headset, they are fucking annoying.
Another good point, well made!
Glasses are mildly inconvenient when it’s cold, somewhat inconvenient when you have to wear headgear that don’t take it into account, and very inconvenient when you have to move your head a lot or look down a lot. Anyway, I took the laser instead of the plastic bit that costs a lot and gets lost easily.
…and I keep wearing glasses anyway because the sun is still a thing that exists outside, anyway.
In what way do you find glasses inconvenient due to cold?
Sure, there used to be an issue with glasses foggin up, but with anti fog coatings it is bot an issue I have experienced in decades.
Regarding headgear, I can see that being an issue.
Last time I had to wear glasses was during the heavy phase of covid, and wearing masks caused a LOT of fogging up. I’m sure that exact same reason made a lot of people aware of proper glass treatment.
I reckon it’s the cleaning.
I’ve never used contacts because the idea of touching my eye squicks me out (even if it’s something meant to go there, just – no.), but having your eyelids do all the cleaning and never having to worry about them getting dirty or scratched is probably something a lot of people appreciate.
Me, I’m happy just using a microfiber cloth and being careful.
But then they miss out of the amazing feeling of washing your glasses in hot water and dishsoap, and put in on clean and warm glasses radiating heat onto the eyes for a few seconds
BugleFingers@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I got corrective eye surgery cause glasses were an annoyance on everyday life. Can’t see from some peripherals, weight on your nose and ears, annoying when you lay down, cuddle etc. They bump about, and fall off if you’re active (such as parkour and flipping). Also forgetting or relying on them to see was always irritating, they fog up, smudge, etc. Just generally a hassle I did not want to deal with any longer. They also break, are expensive, and potentially need multiple pairs if sensitive to sunlight, have different prescriptions, or need safety glasses.
I’m sure they’re fine for most people but they suuuuuucked in my case.
Mac@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Yeah, i hate glasses. I would much rather put my semi-permanent contacts in my eyes a couple times a month.