• 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”?

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      8 hours ago

      I always take my glasses off before looking in mirrors. I’m more attractive when I’m slightly blurry.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      9 hours ago

      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.

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        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

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          Pretty much, actual sunglasses would need to be even stronger, especially during summer or clear winter day with snow.

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      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