09/03 - MTC FF Saturday!

[Kerek]

 

[coffeeowl]

They cost too much.

True dat!

I gave up contacts ages ago

I'm a helpless blind man left for dead without my glasses but whatever

I need mine for computer, reading and arty stuff. I get headaches without.

 

[kryss]

I've never done it but the online ordering stuff they have now is pretty cheap.

This ^ I got two pair (high quality) for around $140, lenses and frames.

 

[Starslip]

I've never done it but the online ordering stuff they have now is pretty cheap.

Yeah unless you stupidly let them talk you into getting a pair at the optician's place cause they make you feel incredibly guilty and you have problems saying no...

Not that I recently had that happen or anything.

 

[Deleted member 526]

I put off turking all day. now I'm like I might as well not turk because the amazon day change is going to be in 1 hour 40 minutes anyways.

 

[coffeeowl]

This ^ I got two pair (high quality) for around $140, lenses and frames.

Costco has decent prices. I have a prism for my astigmatism so the price of lenses kill me.

 

[Pippa]

I think I'm heading into reading glasses territory

Pass the Ensure

 

[catnapped]

Yeah unless you stupidly let them talk you into getting a pair at the optician's place cause they make you feel incredibly guilty and you have problems saying no...

Not that I recently had that happen or anything.

That's funny...neither did I....

 

[Starslip]

This ^ I got two pair (high quality) for around $140, lenses and frames.

That was the plan. That was the plan...sigh.

 

[kryss]

Costco has decent prices. I have a prism for my astigmatism so the price of lenses kill me.

Yeah, costco is great for that. I bought my contacts there and it was $40 for a 6 month supply! That's insanely cheap.

 

[Kerek]

This ^ I got two pair (high quality) for around $140, lenses and frames.

Yeah unless you stupidly let them talk you into getting a pair at the optician's place and make you feel incredibly guilty and you have problems saying no...

Not that I recently had that happen or anything.

They messed up my exam last time and my prescription was way off, so being in the store to know that and getting it fixed right away was helpful, but if I had a prescription I trusted I'd do that.

Reading a menu at a restaurant while waiting for your glasses to get made is incredibly hard, though.

 

[VGB]

I need mine for computer, reading and arty stuff. I get headaches without.

I'm embarrassingly close to being legally blind

without my goggles its all just blobs of color outside of a 6" range

 

[Deleted member 526]

has anyone noticed you have a harder time seeing things close to you after turking for a long time? or is that just me?

 

[kryss]

Reading a menu at a restaurant while waiting for your glasses to get made is incredibly hard, though.

If I don't have glasses/contacts on I can't see anything clearly unless it's two inches away from my face. I tried to drive one time w/o anything and I almost died. lol

 

[Deleted member 526]

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lol no

 

[Starslip]

They messed up my exam last time and my prescription was way off, so being in the store to know that and getting it fixed right away was helpful, but if I had a prescription I trusted I'd do that.

Reading a menu at a restaurant while waiting for your glasses to get made is incredibly hard, though.

I was actually really impressed with the guy who did the exam, he aimed a flashlight at my eye and told me to try and focus on the E while he flipped lenses, basically nailed my prescription just by watching my eyes focusing. So much better than the "how about this? or this? this one or this one?"

 

[Kerek]

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[coffeeowl]

I'm embarrassingly close to being legally blind

without my goggles its all just blobs of color outside of a 6" range

That's rough. I was born with a pinched optic nerve. Used to have to wear eye patches to 'strengthen' my weaker eye. Not the cool pirate kind either. Luckily I had an amazing eye surgeon who fixed much of the problem. But I will always need glasses and someday soon the dreaded bifocals.

 

[VGB]

That's rough. I was born with a pinched optic nerve. Used to have to wear eye patches to 'strengthen' my weaker eye. Not the cool pirate kind either. Luckily I had an amazing eye surgeon who fixed much of the problem. But I will always need glasses and someday soon the dreaded bifocals.

the dream for me is to get lasik eventually

if I do that with mturk money that's like a double whammy of 'fuck you' to life

 

[Pippa]

What are the robots on the Members Online?

I've never thought to ask