How Many Members Wear Glasses

[03myersd]

I just started wearing glasses and it has got me wondering, just how many programmers out there wear them? Its a common stereotype, but I always assumed it to be way off the mark.

I wonder just how many do wear them....

[penagate]

I have a slight astigmatism in my right eye which bothers me at distances over about three metres, however my left eye is fine.

I should wear glasses for things like lectures, but since covering my right eye and squinting through my left fixes my vision entirely, I haven't bothered getting them.

[03myersd]

Maybe I should have put

"Should wear them but don't"

on the poll...

[visualAd]

Mainly for driving.

[visualAd]

Some people here wear contacts and use it as an excuse not to stay out beyond 11pm.

[mendhak]

I wear contacts (which counts as wearing glasses), but I find contacts better because I can use it as an excuse to get rid of unpleasant company after 11PM.

Oh and I'm almost blind.

[CodedFire]

Ive only found out i need glasses a while ago too! I chop between them and contacts if im going to be at a screen all day! Funny thing is i blamed the headaches on air fresheners for years!

[Arrow_Raider]

I wear glasses. Without them on, I can read small text that is 7 inches from my face, further than that and it is too blurry to read.

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Mad dad used to be long sited - he could see like a pair of binoculars.

[System_Error]

I wore glasses years ago, but I switched to contacts. My eyes change too much to have glasses.

For those who have contact lenses, what is your prescription number? Mine's -4.5.

[schoolbusdriver]

I don't, but should for reading in poor light. The small print on some curry tins is beyond me - made worse because it's usually 1 point dark orange print on a purple background. Peripheral vision (nearly 180 degrees) and long sight is good - I can easily make out 2mm thick twigs on trees over 50 feet away. My eyes are over 55 years old. My liver's still good . I expect things to go downhill from here

[Atheist]

I do, but I'm thinking of getting contacts. But they seem to be such a pain in the ass to put on/take out.

[visualAd]

You are not meant to put them up your arse.

[03myersd]

Well I didn't think I needed glasses. I only went to the opticians because I was getting headaches when I was reading. I thought if the worst came to the worst I would get them from reading only.

I'd always assumed I could see everything as clearly as everyone else, but now I have glasses to wear constantly.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I've never worn them. At some point I will, but hopefully not for another ten to fifteen years. My vision used to be excellent, now it's just better than average.

[CodedFire]

That was what happened to me, its mad because no i realise im blind!

[mendhak]

I've never worn them. At some point I will, but hopefully not for another ten to fifteen years. My vision used to be excellent, now it's just better than average.

So good, in fact, that you can peer into your future.

[Atheist]

You are not meant to put them up your arse.

It may not be right, but its not wrong either

[wossname]

Fact:
95% of contact lens wearers will experience the lenses sliding around into their skull and severing both optic nerves at the same time. This leads to rapid explosive internal bleeding causing their heads to explode. This also causes severe shrapnel injury to anyone within 25 feet of the myopic narcissist. The optical orbs in question will be jettisoned to safety at the time of detonation.

Unless you have a new Donor Opt-Out card from the NHS, in which case your skull and close friends will be safe... for now.

[lintz]

I wear sunglasses

[Arrow_Raider]

I would never wear contacts. I cringe at the idea of taking things in and out of my eyes.

[chemicalNova]

Perfect vision here. Not for long.. I have been smoking since I was 13..

chem

[BillGeek]

What's smoking gotta do with eye sight? I still have 20-20 vision after smoking for about 4 years now.

[chemicalNova]

What's smoking gotta do with eye sight? I still have 20-20 vision after smoking for about 4 years now.

What doesn't smoking have to do with eyesight.. all over Australian smoke packets are pictures of peoples blind eyes, gangreen-looking feet, yellow fingers, dead babies.. etc. To deter people from smoking..

The picture on my current deck is a brain cut in half with a blood clot dripping out of it.. I'll take a picture when I get home..

chem

[BillGeek]

Jeez... I thought it's bad when they tell us "Smoking is Addictive" and junk like that...

[oceanebelle]

I don't wear glasses (just normal glasses for protection against UV Rays). Although I can say that my eyesight has deteriorated a bit but I can still see fine so no need.

[timeshifter]

I wear glasses because I haven't had the money to get an eye exam and get an updated contact prescription. Once I really start rolling in the spare cash, I'm hoping to get LASIK... kick the problem altogether... I can't stand glasses. It looks too smart. It's not me.

[Arrow_Raider]

I'd rather not have someone make cuts into my eye.

[timeshifter]

Lasers. How cool is that?!?

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I am due to have have radioactive retinal discharge surgery soon.

[zaza]

I am due to have have radioactive rectal discharge surgery soon.

Colonel Adam, the rear guard are reporting that they are fed up of being the butt of your assinine jokes.

[mendhak]

You've rect all our fun.

[timeshifter]

The very bowels of my being quiver in response to that assumption.

[illebille]

I started wearing one contact (for my right eye) when I was 15 or 16.
But I stopped wearing it, for about 3-4 months now. I should be going to the oculist, but I can't find the time to do that, so I just keep walking around without contants. It only gives me a bit of a problem when it's dark and raining.

[BillGeek]

oculist

What's an oculist?

[illebille]

What's an oculist?

eye-specialist : the guy who says you should start wearing glasses and makes a fortune out of it.

[Davadvice]

i just got my first pair at the weekend.

it's an age thing !!

only for reading and the PC.
dav

[CodedFire]

Is that not an optician.

[Davadvice]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oculist

yup thats it

[capsulecorpjx]

I just started wearing glasses and it has got me wondering, just how many programmers out there wear them? Its a common stereotype, but I always assumed it to be way off the mark.

I wonder just how many do wear them....

It's not a wrong stereotype. Frequent viewing of video screens (in combination with eye genes) causes people to develop bad vision.

So recently, a lot of people, but especially programmers need corrective lenses. I think the number of people in the U.S. that uses corrective lenses is as high as 1/3.