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I recently got totally bitchin glasses, first pair to. I'll try and get a picture on here

Woo glasses! I've had some for around 15 years, give or take a couple. Can't really remember when I first had them.

I can't function without my glasses, and I mean that almost literally. 20/80 vision isn't really a good thing to havem even if it gets corrected to around 20/40 or so.

4ish in my right eye, 3.5ish in my left, to answer the question that this topic seems to be edging towards. I don't really remember, since it hasn't changed in a long while. I'm hoping to laserify my face when I can.

I am myopic. :(

/me eagerly awaits using contacts

I have got working eyeballs!

:D

Spawn of Yanni wrote:4ish in my right eye, 3.5ish in my left, to answer the question that this topic seems to be edging towards. I don't really remember, since it hasn't changed in a long while. I'm hoping to laserify my face when I can.

That only works with short sightedness (Holy shit that's a word), when you're short sighted the lenses in your eye are thicker and you can laser them away to correct it but if you're long sighted the lens is thinner and lasering it would only make it worse. This is also why older people tend to wear glasses more often, the lenses in the eyes gradually get thinner (All information from a tutor where I work), due to this I'm not having laser eye surgery because in theory my eye sight should eventually auto-correct for a while (then I get long sighted).

Also no idea of the numbers but I'm short sighted.

Oh, haha, I totally meant negative numbers there.

I don't know what eye numbers mean what, I'll check it out tomorrow if I remember.

Negative is short-sighted, which is what I am.

My brother is 25/20 in both eyes. I want to beat him. I'm like...20/50, on average.

Go contacts, man. They literally changed my life.

(-2.75 right, -4ish left)

ǝʎn1ɔuı wrote:I'm like...20/50, on average.

That's ridiculously good! That means you see objects that are 50 feet away as though they were only 20 ft away!

My right eye has an astigmatism, which I had previously thought meant my retina was peeling off the back of my eye before my optometrist told me it actually meant I have a lump of extra tissue on my lens. Anyway, my right eye is worse than my left. I don't know what my vision is like without my contacts; I just know that I'm legally blind as it pertains to driving a car. My prescription is in the neighborhood of -6 in my left eye and -6.5 in my right.

Tsukatu wrote:

ǝʎn1ɔuı wrote:I'm like...20/50, on average.

That's ridiculously good! That means you see objects that are 50 feet away as though they were only 20 ft away!

Wait what.

I also have high astigmatism. I hate it. I can't see anything. I would consider lasik but I'm skeptical of any negative long term effects or the possibility that if they mess up I might just go completely blind.

I'm quite nearsighted. I thought about going to contacts, but science shows that I look smarter with glasses on.

ǝʎn1ɔuı wrote:

Tsukatu wrote:

ǝʎn1ɔuı wrote:I'm like...20/50, on average.

That's ridiculously good! That means you see objects that are 50 feet away as though they were only 20 ft away!

Wait what.

That's what that figure means, doesn't it?
20/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 20 feet away.
30/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 30 feet away.
15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

But you've got some nutty 20/50 thing going on. I'm seriously impressed. You should be a sniper or a fighter pilot or something.

Tsukatu wrote:That's what that figure means, doesn't it?
20/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 20 feet away.
30/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 30 feet away.
15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

But you've got some nutty 20/50 thing going on. I'm seriously impressed. You should be a sniper or a fighter pilot or something.

Nah, it's the other way around.

bok_choy wrote:

Tsukatu wrote:That's what that figure means, doesn't it?
20/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 20 feet away.
30/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 30 feet away.
15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

But you've got some nutty 20/50 thing going on. I'm seriously impressed. You should be a sniper or a fighter pilot or something.

Nah, it's the other way around.

Really? I've only ever heard the second number be 20. At one point, my vision with contacts in was 13/20, which the optometrist told me meant that I could see objects 20 feet away with as much clarity as a person with "perfect" vision would have at 13 feet.

Tsukatu wrote:

bok_choy wrote:

Tsukatu wrote:That's what that figure means, doesn't it?
20/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 20 feet away.
30/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 30 feet away.
15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

But you've got some nutty 20/50 thing going on. I'm seriously impressed. You should be a sniper or a fighter pilot or something.

Nah, it's the other way around.

Really? I've only ever heard the second number be 20. At one point, my vision with contacts in was 13/20, which the optometrist told me meant that I could see objects 20 feet away with as much clarity as a person with "perfect" vision would have at 13 feet.

Well, I'm no optometrist, but the internet seems to agree that it's generally 20/x where lower x is better.

Tsukatu wrote:

bok_choy wrote:

Tsukatu wrote:That's what that figure means, doesn't it?
20/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 20 feet away.
30/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 30 feet away.
15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

But you've got some nutty 20/50 thing going on. I'm seriously impressed. You should be a sniper or a fighter pilot or something.

Nah, it's the other way around.

Really? I've only ever heard the second number be 20. At one point, my vision with contacts in was 13/20, which the optometrist told me meant that I could see objects 20 feet away with as much clarity as a person with "perfect" vision would have at 13 feet.

Isn't "20 feet away as though they were at 12 feet" the theoretical limit of any lens the size of the human pupil?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_limit

Nah, see, I've done zero online research before stating my case and therefore my argument is untainted by it. I'm afraid I can't accept the sources you guys gave because they're impure. Good try, though.

I just got back from the opticians for my yearly check up (I don't need new glasses :D). He says the best eye sight you can get to is considered to be 20/10 but there are cases of 20/8 vision. That would objects 20 feet away as if it was 10 feet and away and 8 feet away respectively.

Luminaflare wrote:I just got back from the opticians for my yearly check up (I don't need new glasses :D). He says the best eye sight you can get to is considered to be 20/10 but there are cases of 20/8 vision. That would objects 20 feet away as if it was 10 feet and away and 8 feet away respectively.

YEAH SO TSUKATU SEE YOU'RE WRONG

Tsukatu wrote: 15/20 means you see objects that are 20 feet away as a normal person would see it 10 feet away.

Actually, Tsukatu was already wrong some time ago, :D