Also porn artists and sex trade workers wear them for eye protection.
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
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Cheating on a vision test to not get glasses when you clearly need them is like the ultimate dumb thing to do.
Hence, glasses are a proof you are not totally a dumb fuck.
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.
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
Don't think that's true.
https://opto.ca/eye-health-library/reading-myths-debunked https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/eye-health-myths-and-facts https://news.uthscsa.edu/myth-or-fact-can-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-hurt-your-eyes-will-wearing-glasses-weaken-your-eyes-test-your-knowledge/
I guess maybe "a few" could be true but that's probably true of anything, like ants damaging vision, and so glasses are a sign of having ants
Wearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses
I mean most countries have insurance and eyeglasses are free.
eyeglasses are free
I fucking wish! My glasses are the sixth most expensive thing I own after my bike, my computer, my bed, my phone, and my TV!
Actually might have been more expensive than the TV, not sure.
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)
Follow-on showerthought: you can only really fail a test that is designed to determine if you need glasses by cheating on said test.
Last time i went to the eye doctor, the nurse told me "thats incorrect, try again" as if my eyes could magically focus on the letters.
Who "tries again" on an eye test? The letters are blurry or they're not. Its not a multiple answer quiz
Like other tests, you should retake the eye test until you pass. Then you win!
I was hoping for a prize when I won
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.
"I know the first one is an E, but I can't read it"
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"?
Well, for my own anecdotal evidence: My Rx is strong enough that my glasses pull my eyes inward a bit, and when I wear contacts, my main complaint is that my eyes look a bit too far apart. So in that case getting lasik and wearing glasses without an Rx would probably still result in that still being the case.
I'm 60. When Lasik first became available I considered getting it. But, I thought it's new, and no one knows what will happen to the eyes of people who have it twenty years from now. So, I didn't get it.
I'm glad I didn't get it, because a few years later, my glasses, which were not specifically safety glasses, nonetheless saved my eye from a piece of flying metal. Since then, I always get the polycarbonate lenses, and I'm happy to wear glasses. My prescription isn't especially strong, though--I don't wear coke bottle glasses.
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...