Quick question re: Lasik

[TVC15]

I was wondering today if I could just get Lasik surgery in one eye, so I could legitimately wear a monocle.  Would this be an ordeal, like those furries having to seek out seedy cosmetic surgeons to make them look like cats and shit.  I just want to be able to wear a monocle so I can say like "My word!" and I promise to hold a tea cup and or a cane at all times.

[Crushed]

Just do it on only one eye.

[MrAngryFace]

ive had glasses since i was 10, kinda cant imagine not having them

[TVC15]

Lasik was the best investment of my life.  Why not just get the standard lasik done on each eye and wear a non-prescription monocle? 

I strive for honesty in all things.  I would be ashamed to wear a clear glass monocle.

[Joe Molotov]

What if you wore two monocles? I can only imagine how awesome that would be.

[TVC15]

I also want his facial hair:



My goal with this plan is to buy a BMW and cruise around an indian reservation while wearing my monocle and saying "my word!" and seeing how long it takes the indians to murder me.

[Cormacaroni]

Surely no-one wore monocles because they were only short-sighted in one eye? Wasn't it just because they were too filthy poor to afford spectacles? 

I think TVC can certainly apply this logic and feel good about his monocle-wearing. Unless of course he would now see it as a brand of filthy-poordom, which would probably defeat his stated purpose.

[MrAngryFace]

You would also need to dress for a monacle; you cant just slap one on with your t-shirt

[Crushed]

Surely no-one wore monocles because they were only short-sighted in one eye? Wasn't it just because they were too filthy poor to afford spectacles? 

People didn't get custom prescription glasses and contact lenses in those days, dude.

[Bildi]

You would also need to dress for a monacle; you cant just slap one on with your t-shirt

The thought of such fashion faux pas brings gray hairs to my head.

[TVC15]

Surely no-one wore monocles because they were only short-sighted in one eye? Wasn't it just because they were too filthy poor to afford spectacles? 

When I first started wearing glasses, when I was a wee, drunken 10 year old, only one of my eyes was bad, and the other lens in my glasses was just plain glass.  Well, plastic, or whatever sort of polycarbon thing they put in em.  I'd imagine that's how it is for others as well.

[Cormacaroni]

Surely no-one wore monocles because they were only short-sighted in one eye? Wasn't it just because they were too filthy poor to afford spectacles? 

People didn't get custom prescription glasses and contact lenses in those days, dude.

...and? I'm just suggesting that one lens is cheaper and simpler to make than two, so monocles probably came before spectacles. I have no idea. Please don't assume any part of this conversation is intended to be a serious discussion of the history of opthalmy.

[Eric P]

why not just read the excellent magazine Monocle in public?

http://www.monocle.com/

[DJ_Tet]

When I was a child I used to dream of two things...


wearing braces and wearing a monocle.



Braces were absolute hell, 10+ years, but well worth the effort.  I had forgotten about my love of monocles, though.  One of my eyes is significantly worse than the other, so I will anxiously follow this thread.  On another aside, I might actually be able to afford lasik on ONE of my eyes, so there's that.

 


The question remains, how exactly does a monocle fit, and how comfortable are they?  At one time they served a purpose besides fashion I'd imagine, what's the story behind the monocle?

Eyepatches and monocles are just things you never see anymore, it's too bad.