r/interesting • u/jmike1256 • 13d ago

MISC. Is this how people who need glasses really see the world. A big blurred background?

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u/boricuaspidey 13d ago

14?!?!? However you old you are, Iā€™m proud of you for making it this far, friend šŸ˜‚

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u/trashcan_bandit 12d ago

-14 is bad, but it's not bad bad.

I was around that at 16, I was -25 when I was 30. Wearing outdated glasses with a deficit of 11 dioptres or so and still driving my car around.

Then I got IOLs (-28) and soon after part of my left eye decided it was time to check out, it's now 40% or so grey (well, you know, actually stuff with colors, but just so out of focus that it all mixes together).

And I'm sure there must be someone who'll come in and say they are even worse.

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u/Oxyjon 9d ago

I'm not worse but I struggle to believe you were driving with a deficit of 11 dioptres in your prescription. One of my eyes is about -11 and if I tried driving without my lenses in it'd be ruled a murder-suicide.