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I think I need glasses....
« on: May 12, 2015, 04:24:40 PM »
My odometer is creeping towards 40... and lately I've noticed I have to really bear down on the screen to focus on what I'm reading and typing.  Headaches are becoming fairly common after a day at the desk and I am noticeably fatigued after a day of BBSing and working.  Reading at night on my iPad puts me to sleep immediately and I've had to increase the font size to read comfortably.  The last straw was noticing two birds in the sky flying in perfect formation next to each other until I squinted and looked again to realize it was one bird...    Anyway... tomorrow I go get my vision checked for the first time since grade school to the best of my recollection.  I assume I'm going to need some sort of corrective lenses... glasses... me... the kid... getting old. 

As someone with what I thought was perfect vision throughout life.. never having to deal with glasses... this is a big step.  Now I need to figure out what I am going to wear on my face that doesn't make me look even goofier and less attractive than I already am.  So guys...  have you gone through this? Do you wear glasses? what's in style?  Hellp...

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2015, 04:32:32 PM »
In the last 40 years they have invented several things to correct vision besides glasses.

Off the top of my head:
-Contacts
-LASIK surgery
I think what my friend Mitch is trying to say is that true love is blind.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2015, 04:33:24 PM »
glasses are super fashionable right now. Only get glasses if you want to be a 39.5 year old super babe.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2015, 04:34:39 PM »
I'm so sorry.  My prayers are with you and your family :cry:

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2015, 05:05:33 PM »
I'd say probably just off yourself. Your life is basically over anyway
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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2015, 05:17:36 PM »
'Clams is going to BadGene you to near death then rub his T's&P's in the wound.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2015, 06:27:06 PM »
i was in 5th grade when i had to get corrective lenses.  so first of all eff you.  but secondly i hate wearing glasses and only wear contacts and i love them.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2015, 06:32:19 PM »
Don't worry The1BigWillie, technology has come along way since ole ben ji was wearing rec specs to his 5th grade bball games.


Just get the 30 day night/day contact things, super simple. Basically disposable contacts you can sleep in and wear for a month or 2 then throw away.

You will need a pretty studly pair of glasses for when your eyes get dry. Maybe see what leonardo dicaprio wears these days and buy a pair that looks like that?

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2015, 06:41:31 PM »
Sounds like your body is catching up to your 50 yr old personality
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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2015, 06:45:28 PM »
do not get those 30 day contacts that ben ji is talking about unless you want your eyes eye booger infested after 2 weeks of not taking those things out.  i wear the 1 day contacts, fresh pair every day, no dry eyes here  :Woot:

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2015, 06:47:22 PM »
If a racist goes blind, how hard is it for that person to continue being actively racist?   We might find out  :surprised:
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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2015, 06:51:20 PM »
Only get glasses if you want to be all #swagteam

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2015, 06:52:38 PM »
do not get those 30 day contacts that ben ji is talking about unless you want your eyes eye booger infested after 2 weeks of not taking those things out.  i wear the 1 day contacts, fresh pair every day, no dry eyes here  :Woot:

Woof, putting new contacts in every day? Sounds like a pain.

I wear mine for about a week, leave them out for a couple day, then put them back in for a week. No one really wears them for 30 straight days do they?

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2015, 06:54:40 PM »
I'm too big of a pussy to do contacts  :frown:

So I just raweye it
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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2015, 06:56:35 PM »
do not get those 30 day contacts that ben ji is talking about unless you want your eyes eye booger infested after 2 weeks of not taking those things out.  i wear the 1 day contacts, fresh pair every day, no dry eyes here  :Woot:

Woof, putting new contacts in every day? Sounds like a pain.

I wear mine for about a week, leave them out for a couple day, then put them back in for a week. No one really wears them for 30 straight days do they?

i posted this in the animal thread i think but, yeah some people do.  which is why i wear a new pair everyday

http://www.people.com/article/amoebas-eat-eyeballs-contacts

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2015, 07:39:17 PM »
They are anerobic. Just give your eyes and contacts so oxygen from time to time guys.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2015, 07:56:23 PM »
I can wear them for two or three months if I want to.  But after the eye doctor kept yelling at me I wear them for a month, then wear glasses for a week, start over.  They have a little machine that counts cells or something that tells them if your eye balls are getting enough oxygen, probably just make sure you have a good score on that.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2015, 08:07:24 PM »
TBT, LASIK bro. You work on computers all day everyday.  Just do it.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2015, 08:14:28 PM »
TBT, LASIK bro. You work on computers all day everyday.  Just do it.

eventually i want to get it done, what if i get it now and my eyes arent done getting worse?  will i have to get them done again later  :ohno:

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2015, 08:19:50 PM »
if you get it at your age you'll probably have to do it again in 20 years, but that doesn't really seem like that big of a deal
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« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2015, 08:27:30 PM »
that is true. it will also probably take 5 min and I can watch holograms 10 min later

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2015, 08:30:13 PM »
If you had 20/20 as an adult (over 25), and now don't, odds are you'll have to get surgery every 5 years, not 20.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2015, 08:41:29 PM »
Got eye lasered at 35, and doc said it will last me until 45.  He said after that, the eye muscles are basically hot garbage and will need glasses to read or drive or something regardless.

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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2015, 08:49:51 PM »
Lots of people with really awful genes exposing themselves ITT.
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Re: I think I need glasses....
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2015, 09:05:05 PM »
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