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Title: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: etiolate on January 03, 2007, 08:17:19 PM: I have avoided it and never thought I really needed it, but the DMV is a bugger so now.... I am a glasses wearer. As if I didn't look nerdy to begin with.
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Post by: Christopher on January 03, 2007, 08:17:44 PM: tsc tsc
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Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:20:54 PM: I wear contacts. :shh
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Post by: Vizzys on January 03, 2007, 08:26:17 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:20:54 PM
I wear contacts. :shh
me too
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Post by: Flannel Boy on January 03, 2007, 08:27:01 PM: I've been wearing glasses for nealy 20 years. :(
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Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:28:08 PM: I've been wearing glasses for nearly 30 years. :'(
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Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:33:39 PM: Quote from: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:28:08 PM
I've been wearing glasses for nearly 30 years. :'(

My dad wore glasses for nearly 40 years...

then he got lasik.
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Post by: etiolate on January 03, 2007, 08:35:14 PM: Noone is ever charging their lazors for my eyes.
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Post by: whiteACID on January 03, 2007, 08:35:38 PM: Contact wearer here also
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Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:36:56 PM: Quote from: whiteACID on January 03, 2007, 08:35:38 PM
Contact wearer here also
:-* :heartbeat
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:41:28 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:33:39 PM
My dad wore glasses for nearly 40 years...

then he got lasik.

I used to think the same thing as etolate - no way is anyone pointing a fricking LAZER at me eyeballs! - but man, if there's one thing I wish I could change about myself, it's this fucking magic eye...

I dunno. I have benefits nowadays so I might give it a shot.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:44:31 PM: My dad got it a while ago when they still had to cut stuff around the eye...I think they've progressed a great deal since then. And my dad hasn't really had any major problems since. My uncle had it done too.
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Post by: TVC15 on January 03, 2007, 08:48:01 PM: I was considering Lasik, but I have really sunken eyes with dark circles around them and I can't really do anything about them, so having slightly tinted glasses actually makes me look better.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:49:39 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:44:31 PM
And my dad hasn't really had any major problems since.

What about minor problems? Those can be a lot of fun too.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:50:23 PM: Quote from: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:49:39 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2007, 08:44:31 PM
And my dad hasn't really had any major problems since.

What about minor problems? Those can be a lot of fun too.

Well, I think he had to get some special eye drops a couple of times. I'm not really sure.
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Post by: Saint Cornelius on January 03, 2007, 08:51:58 PM: Oh shit, I can deal with that. As a full-fledged stoner, I'm used to putting drops in me eyes. :badass
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Post by: Wobedraggled on January 03, 2007, 09:01:28 PM: Lasik for the WIN
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Post by: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 09:12:43 PM: I've worn glasses since I was 10, ill never go back.
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Post by: DJ_Tet on January 03, 2007, 10:35:23 PM: I have been wearing glasses since 11th grade, and fuckloads of braces before then. Yeah, I hated high school.

Contacts aren't bad, but as a stoner my eyes get irritated with them. I've been a glasses only guy for about 10 years now, and I doubt I'll go back. I'm due to get new glasses, but I hate getting them. I'm of the school of thought that they just make your eyes lazier and lazier. Maybe one day I'd consider Lasic, but I don't know.

My mom's business parter got that shit in the early 90s and has/had halos at night. Of course he was an idiot for being one of the first, and I don't think he regretted it, but yeah. That's gotta suck.
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Post by: Bacon on January 03, 2007, 10:38:13 PM: I wear glasses sometimes. When I'm not, I wear one contact in my left eye.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:39:43 PM: They dont make your eyes lazy :p Mine leveled off years ago and the doctor said as people get older their eyesight can often get a little better. People who's eyes go straight to hell and require bifocals and what not have it in their blood, nothing can be done.

Now wearing glasses that aren't enough, afaik THAT can cause problems.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: cloudwalking on January 03, 2007, 10:41:31 PM: I got tired of contacts. Glasses are easier and give me a lot more character, I think I look pretty plain without them. They're like a fashion accessory to me, rather than a tool to correct my vision.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:42:43 PM: Just get glasses that fit your face and arent boring and youre set
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Post by: DJ_Tet on January 03, 2007, 10:45:01 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:39:43 PM
They dont make your eyes lazy :p Mine leveled off years ago and the doctor said as people get older their eyesight can often get a little better. People who's eyes go straight to hell and require bifocals and what not have it in their blood, nothing can be done.

Now wearing glasses that aren't enough, afaik THAT can cause problems.

Hmm, perhaps I'm going about this problem ass backwards. I'm quite sure that the next time I get glasses it will be like seeing anew again. Of course, over the course of 13 years this is only my third prescription, so whatever.

I'm susceptible to infomercial advertising. There is one called the See Clearly method that supposedly teaches your eyes how to get stronger. I'm sure it's a scam but I'd love to have 20/20 vision again :(

The worst thing about glasses, especially in the south (and as a sweater), is that mine fog up when it's humid or, I'm sweating. That and rain make me hate wearing glasses sometimes.
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Post by: CrystalGemini on January 03, 2007, 10:51:21 PM: I wear contacts AND glasses. I switch between them depending on the circumstance (what outfit I'm wearing, how tired I am, how many hours of sleep I've had...etc.). I almost always wear glasses when I'm at home though.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:52:50 PM: Eye exercises probably have more to do with preventing the actual condition of lazy eye, but straining your eyes themselves causes headaches and doesnt actually provide significant, if any, improvement in vision.

Each time I get new glasses I get a new perscription, but the difference between each is smaller each time. There ARE some people who just end up with shit eyes, thats kinda a part of growing old.

As for the fog up shit yeah thats annoying. I BELIEVE there's a special coating you can get on your glasses for a little extra that prevents fogging.
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on January 03, 2007, 10:58:02 PM: I am getting new frames soon, what style should i get?
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Post by: DJ_Tet on January 03, 2007, 11:01:31 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:52:50 PM
Eye exercises probably have more to do with preventing the actual condition of lazy eye, but straining your eyes themselves causes headaches and doesnt actually provide significant, if any, improvement in vision.

Each time I get new glasses I get a new perscription, but the difference between each is smaller each time. There ARE some people who just end up with shit eyes, thats kinda a part of growing old.

As for the fog up shit yeah thats annoying. I BELIEVE there's a special coating you can get on your glasses for a little extra that prevents fogging.

I wasn't talking "lazy eye" per se, I was merely suggesting that glasses make your eyes "lazy" making your eyesight worse over time. Lazy eye is completely different (I had one corrected at age 2), my bad on using "lazy" terminology.

But yeah, it's probably an old wives tale anyway.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 11:02:35 PM: Also, if youre nearsighted you should read books and whatnot without your glasses on, i guess reading books with glasses on while youre nearsighted messes with your eyes. Least thats what ive always been told.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: etiolate on January 03, 2007, 11:03:08 PM: I was first prescribed glasses when I was in elemantry school, but I hated wearing them and wearing them made me feel funny/off-kilter. Instead I just tried working on my eyes, tried focusing and eye exercises. I went back to an opthmologist years later and my eyes were 30/20, which is just fine.

What I have now is mostly for reading and driving.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: DJ_Tet on January 03, 2007, 11:12:55 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 11:02:35 PM
Also, if youre nearsighted you should read books and whatnot without your glasses on, i guess reading books with glasses on while youre nearsighted messes with your eyes. Least thats what ive always been told.

Yeah I usually read without my glasses just cause I can. That was another thing I hated about contacts, when you take them off you can really tell that something has been on your eye all day. Although I've heard horror stories of glass/hard contacts back in the day, these breathable soft ones today (or 10 years ago) still starved your eyeball all day. You could feel your eye breathe as you took off the contact, I didn't like that feeling.
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Post by: Himu on January 03, 2007, 11:25:57 PM: GLASSES ARE AWESOME. Don't be ashamed! They make us look sexy! :badass
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Post by: Vizzys on January 03, 2007, 11:26:54 PM: Quote from: Himuro on January 03, 2007, 11:25:57 PM
GLASSES ARE AWESOME. Don't be ashamed! They make us look sexy! :badass

someone lied to you!
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Post by: Mupepe on January 03, 2007, 11:30:32 PM: Contacts

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Not Jodie Foster either
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Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: Himu on January 03, 2007, 11:38:50 PM: Quote from: Viz on January 03, 2007, 11:26:54 PM
Quote from: Himuro on January 03, 2007, 11:25:57 PM
GLASSES ARE AWESOME. Don't be ashamed! They make us look sexy! :badass

someone lied to you!

Nuh uh! Cloudwalking looks sexy as hell because of her glasses!

I have a glasses fetish! :-[
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 03, 2007, 11:58:26 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 11:02:35 PM
Also, if youre nearsighted you should read books and whatnot without your glasses on, i guess reading books with glasses on while youre nearsighted messes with your eyes. Least thats what ive always been told.
Fuck really? No wonder my eyesight is bad.

edit: I can't see shit unless I put the book really close to my eyes, so I have no choice at this point.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 04, 2007, 12:02:26 AM: No no what I was told was that reading with powerful glasses on tends to cause your eyes to draw towards the center. However say for example I play Gunpey on my PSP, well after 20 minutes of that it takes a full minute for my eyes to adjust to any other distance haha. Everythings a freaking blur cause I was so focused.
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Post by: BobbyRobby on January 04, 2007, 12:15:48 AM: I'm supposed to wear glasses, but I just don't bother. maybe sometimes at night for driving.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on January 04, 2007, 12:42:01 AM: Sunglasses?

At Night?

Eh....come on, you wear your sungla...fuck it.
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Post by: Vizzys on January 04, 2007, 12:42:59 AM: My futures so bright I gotta wear shades.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on January 04, 2007, 01:18:48 AM: Glasses are a pain in the ass whenever I do any sort of physical activity. Pretty much why I got contacts.
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Post by: brawndolicious on January 04, 2007, 01:27:20 AM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 03, 2007, 10:39:43 PM
They dont make your eyes lazy :p Mine leveled off years ago and the doctor said as people get older their eyesight can often get a little better. People who's eyes go straight to hell and require bifocals and what not have it in their blood, nothing can be done.
Now wearing glasses that aren't enough, afaik THAT can cause problems.
I had astigmatism since I was 3 and wore glasses until I was 12 and a half when over the summer I didn't wear glasses and when I put them back on to go back to school, they felt like shit and the doctor said that my eyes "healed" back to 20/20. I liked glasses but that just made me mad.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: etiolate on January 04, 2007, 02:23:54 AM: (http://www.mapored.com/etiolate/goj.jpg)
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Post by: Vizzys on January 04, 2007, 02:26:37 AM: lolz
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Post by: brawndolicious on January 04, 2007, 02:31:55 AM: Looks good. Should get black frames.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on January 04, 2007, 02:43:11 AM: Man throw away some cups while youre at it lol
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Post by: Himu on January 04, 2007, 03:05:01 AM: He looks like a collector if you ask me. And a sexy one at that.
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Post by: xnikki118x on January 04, 2007, 03:54:26 AM: Quote from: BobbyRobby on January 04, 2007, 12:15:48 AM
I'm supposed to wear glasses, but I just don't bother. maybe sometimes at night for driving.

Same here. My prescription is very close to my eye doctor's actually, and he doesn't wear glasses or contacts in the office, he only wears them to golf. :lol
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Post by: CrystalGemini on January 04, 2007, 03:58:29 AM: I have two pairs of glasses.
My "sassy" glasses I usually wear with outfits:
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2844/glassesso5.jpg)
And my "wear at home when nobody's looking at me" glasses:
(http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1355/picture113ay0.jpg)

My prescription is 375/20 on my right eye and 325/20 on my left eye so I really do need them. :P
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Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on January 04, 2007, 04:02:50 AM: www.jizzonmyglasses.com (http://www.jizzonmyglasses.com) ;)
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Post by: Vizzys on January 04, 2007, 04:54:08 AM: Girls look sexy with glasses but thats just my personal preference.
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Post by: etiolate on January 04, 2007, 06:46:22 AM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 04, 2007, 02:43:11 AM
Man throw away some cups while youre at it lol

It's much worse than it looks.
Title: Re: I am now a member of the four eye club
Post by: etiolate on January 04, 2007, 06:47:53 AM: Quote from: CrystalGemini on January 04, 2007, 03:58:29 AM
I have two pairs of glasses.
My "sassy" glasses I usually wear with outfits:
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2844/glassesso5.jpg)
And my "wear at home when nobody's looking at me" glasses:
(http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1355/picture113ay0.jpg)

My prescription is 375/20 on my right eye and 325/20 on my left eye so I really do need them. :P

The dark glasses look good on you and natural. They offered me up some dark thicker rims and were like "these are sort of in style" and I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EMO FRAMES!!!!! So I got almost nonexistant frames.