Glasses are seen as a sign of intelligence because intelligence correlates with having a good education - and (especially historically) so does being able to afford glasses.
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I mean most countries have insurance and eyeglasses are free.
I did say "historically"
The thing about stereotypes is they tend to persist for a long time, even after they are no longer true (if they even ever were)
I'm pretty sure I'm a few cases at least it's because academics don't consider eye health and start at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision
Follow-on showerthought: you can only really fail a test that is designed to determine if you need glasses by cheating on said test.
That feeling when you accidentally memorize the eye chart and then are uncertain about whether you are seeing the letter clearly or just seeing what you expect to see.
Isn't that why they change it up?
Was about to comment this. You can't really fail an eye test, the desired result of the test is to determine how good your eyesight is, so the only way to fail it is is incomplete or incorrect data.
It's not like a maths test where the desired result is, say, 80% or higher.
I sometimes looked myself in the mirror... like I got so used to seeing my reflection in glasses, that if I ever like go without glasses... say if I get lasik, then I'd look so weird...
I literally had this thought earlier today... like... do people who get lasik still wear fake glasses so they look good aesthetically speaking? Or as you said, "to look smart"?
I've worn glasses since age 21. I had a roommate for a while who didn't wear glasses, but decided he wanted them to hide a scar on his eyebrow that he got in a motorcycle accident. So, he got a pair with clear lenses. People wear fake glasses for reasons other than correcting their vision.
I always take my glasses off before looking in mirrors. I'm more attractive when I'm slightly blurry.
It's one of those things that's too subjective and heavily depends on a person.
I know a person who got lasik just because she hated glasses. I, myself completely avoided wearing glasses as long as possible and still do if not necessary aka i don't need to see clearly further than a meter. But at the same time i go around wearing sunglasses almost every time I'm out and it's just daytime.
I know people who wear fake glasses just because they like how it makes them look.
But at the same time i go around wearing sunglasses almost every time I'm out and it's just daytime.
Same. They could be called dayglasses, as far as i am concerned
Pretty much, actual sunglasses would need to be even stronger, especially during summer or clear winter day with snow.
I think people decide they don't want to look smart a lot of the time when they get lasik. They just want to look "normal intelligence" and "hotter"
Does looking smart even help in a lot of things? well, job interviews I suppose. The main way to look smart is to sit up straight, dress formally and be polite
Your sentence consists of three parts, and all of them are wrong.
I once asked my optician about this whole numbers game, as I have a great memory for numbers and after finishing the left eye, they take the same fucking numbers for the right eye. She told me they only use it for verification, the actual measurement of your eyes is done with that device you need to look into before. But yeah, the number game is still useless most of the time...