I heard you can simulate this effect with a few beers, and I wanted to make the holiday season special by feeling solidarity with the visually impaired, Your Honor.
I have astigmatism and I read “Christmas is so much prettier when you have Afghanistan”
Had you never seen regular photos of a lit up Christmas tree?
You mean when the photographer squint’s his eyes?
i have a small level so i don’t really get this
Yup.
Less glare was nice, but the main goal was getting rid of my afternoon headaches.
Wait
You aren’t supposed to see the stars ?
^ My first reaction when I got glasses
Same man, wait you guys can still see the street lights glass when they’re turned on?
I remember when I discovered what astigmatism was when I was hanging out with some friends, complaining about how hard it was to see at night with one of them while our other friends stared at us in mounting horror as we all discovered that light is actually not supposed to be spiky.
I mean, it is. Everyone else just doesn’t get to see it!
Hooray! Astigmatism superpower activate! *Removes glasses like I’m Superman*
here is my messages from the first time I got glasses a few months ago
Hilariously, my app rendered your post like this:
and I thought that was the intention until I tapped on it to expand the original.LMAO the app has a sense of humor!
I love going to holiday light displays and just let my eyes relax and everything is all spiky with halos around, and it’s all quite overwhelming but really pretty.
I do hate driving at night, though.
Sounds like a good trip
That day you put on your glasses at night and are like, “whoa! I can see!” is a game changer.
“How could instantly improved vision not be at the top of everyone’s todo list”
I wear glasses and I still see this at night
Does that mean something is wrong with my eyes other than astigmatism
It’s normal to see some halo around a light at night. What isn’t normal, is to see a distortion of the light as depicted in OP’s image.
If you see that the light is distorted more on one axis, that means you have some kind of astigmatism.
I have a little bit of astigmatism and it is nowhere near what OP’s picture depicts.
As a long time glasses wearer, no it does not mean there is necessarily something wrong with your eyes. Glasses can cause visual aberrations. Lights at night always look a bit like puffballs to me no matter my prescription. Not sure if it’s just because my prescription is a bit stronger than most or what. Something about contact lenses makes this go away entirely, but I prefer wearing my glasses for comfort.
That, or your glasses are dirty.
Ok so
That was unnecessary
But thank you, I forget to do that regularly
Hey buddy try scheduling an eye appointment next time funds are available, would be a natural next step (at least in an equitable world)
Funds aren’t a problem, it’s actually thinking about it and doing it.
So I guess I’m going to get an appointment scheduled lol
Oh thank goodness
Today’s eye appointment scheduling day! People on Nextdoor have always recommended somebody or other. Costco’s got opticians, same as Target sometimes I think. Good luck hope it’s easy!
Astigmatism can worsen over time. If you’re having trouble, it’s probably time to update your prescription
Get polarized lenses
Prescription glasses expire as our eyes are constantly changing. You should get your eyes checked every two years minimum.
My prescription stopped changing in my late 20s.
I’m almost 40 so I know that time is coming to an end.
I made it to 47 before I needed reading glasses. Distance vision is just barely impacted now at 49.
Yep, that’s when the nearsightedness and farsightedness start kicking in. That’s the age I had to get my first bifocals.🤓
Yeah, my optometrist didn’t even sugarcoat it - went right to “and of course these will be progressive lenses”. WHAT?
You know it’s been about that long. That’s good thinking
Paging Doctor Lemmy (might be off today)
ICL surgery was fucking fantastic for me. If your insurance covers it, I highly recommend! I had a bad astigmatism in my right eye, and now I see 20/20 in both eyes! Fucking game changer.
I had ICL surgery with strong astigmatism and nearsightedness - I feel like I cannot see details of trees and fine lines like I did before with my glasses. It is honestly more than a little disappointing. I wonder if I gave the right verbal cues to my optometrist when they got the refraction measurements prior to making the lenses.
That super sucks! I had to go in a second time right around the month mark to have one of the lenses corrected because it shifted slightly. In and out in ~10 mins. Do you think that could be a possible option for you?
Me too!
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