How bad is your vision without glasses/contact/surgery? It can't be worse than

Sacr3D · March 16, 2007, 3:30am

-3.50 on my left and -4.00 on my right, bleh …

Ne0phyte · March 16, 2007, 3:35am

Man, I could NEVER understand how people could not need corrective lenses. My dad is 62 and barely ever wears his glasses. I think it’s strange that people maintain perfect vision for so long o_O

I didn’t start wearing glasses til I was in 10th grade. I hated wearing them and never wore them except for when I drove at night, but now I have contacts and wear them every day and feel awkward as all hell without them. My vision is only -1.75 and -2.00 in each eye, but that’s a whole… number down from what they were a year or two ago. It scares me that it’s only gonna get worse

Veib · March 16, 2007, 3:40am

My right eye is -4.50 and left eye is -5.00. I just checked the numbers from this card I got when I got my glasses, and apparently these are six years old now. And considering I can still see, I guess it’s pretty safe to assume my vision has stopped getting worse. Yay.

Hoonyo · March 16, 2007, 3:55am

what the hell do those numbers mean?

i can’t read the board during lectures unless i sit in the front row.

Veib · March 16, 2007, 4:07am

I have no idea how the 20/140 stuff works, but for the +/- numbers:

= nearsight, can’t see far well, concave lens

= farsight, can’t see near well, convex lens
Number = thickness of the lens. Bigger number = thicker lens = worse eyesight.

Hoonyo · March 16, 2007, 4:11am

thanks. can someone else tell me what is that 20/40000 stuff?

MOD · March 16, 2007, 4:20am

20/20 ftw

io · March 16, 2007, 4:25am

20/xx is based on a 20 foot measurement. i.e., 20/40 means at 20 feet you can see what a person with normal vision can see at 40 feet.

white_shadow · March 16, 2007, 4:32am

Cool, that might be compensation. Both of my eyes are 20/15.

This one south american tribe I saw on Discovery Channel on average had 20/10 superb vision!:wow:

ethnic_scrap · March 16, 2007, 5:01am

If I’m in front of the pc, I can’t read the text on the screen, my eyes have to be within 8 inches of the monitor to read anything of it. (normal size text btw)

I don’t get the hate against glasses, I’ve been wearing mine since I was 11 and I couldn’t imagine life without them. Sure I broke a pair or two while playing bball in high school, and sure it further proved the stereotype of geeky asian kids with glasses, but the pair I have now (rayban frames ftw!) is freakin awesome. And you know how people buy frames with no prescription lenses so that they can look cool and sophisticated? Yeah fuck you.

Hoonyo · March 16, 2007, 5:04am

All right. Thanks for clearing that up. A person with 20/40 vision would be nearsighted then?

DropKick_Murphy · March 16, 2007, 5:13am

im fucking blind. i cant see shit without my classes.

Jaldaboath · March 16, 2007, 5:15am

You should wear them to post, just a suggestion, ok?

I just removed my glasses and tried to read the above post. Had to get 2 inches close to make out the letters

IIRC I have -6 both eyes and without glasses I won’t leave my bed, let alone my house, I kinda like being able to see cars so I don’t get run over.

Panicked · March 16, 2007, 5:22am

-1.75. I’m 17, and it’s getting progressively worse.

Hyperhal · March 16, 2007, 7:28am

I have bad eyesight, I just never wear my glasses for some reason. I know I should, but I’m always either forgetting them or just don’t feel like wearing them. Its funny because in school I’m all like:

Hallways walking to class
Person: Hey Dawain!
Me: Uhm, hi?(Who is this person?)

In class
Me: Gets up and gets 5 inches close to the board to copy down the work
Teacher: Dawain thats not even funny

Hey, thats just how I am. <_<

system · March 16, 2007, 7:40am

-8.5 and -9.5 w/astigmatism assist=pretty fucken blind. Wouldn’t drive without my contacts or my glasses (only wear around the house until I can afford some stylish ones).

Kayin · March 16, 2007, 7:42am

I don’t mind having bad vision personally. Myself and quite a few others say I look better with my glasses on.

Other · March 16, 2007, 7:47am

And So Scythe, of the Death, spoke mightily from the Heavens, “Get Corrective Eye Surgery, Scrubs”. Ramen.

P.S. I can’t see past my hand. I want eye surgery but my prescription changes too much.:sad:

PsychoSquall · March 16, 2007, 7:49am

You gotta look at the bright side… ugly people don’t look as ugly.

Azrael · March 16, 2007, 9:40am

Holy shit. Guys, don’t put down the controller!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070315/sc_livescience/studyplayingvideogamesimproveseyesight;_ylt=AiOZw00MbeLCj5AY511lrCbMWM0F

Study: Playing Video Games Improves Eyesight

LiveScience.com
Thu Mar 15, 5:20 PM ET

Playing “Gears of War,” “Lost Planet,” “Halo” and other action video games that involve firing guns can improve your eyesight, new research claims.

Sedate games like “Tetris” don’t work.

People who started out as non-gamers and then received 30 hours of training on first-person action video games showed a substantial increase in their ability to see objects accurately in a cluttered space, compared to non-gamers given the same test, said Daphne Bevelier of the University of Rochester.

Most aspects of vision have to do with the size of one’s eye and the thickness and shape of the cornea and lens. But some visual defects are neural in nature, said Bevelier, author of the new study on vision and video games published in the journal Psychological Science.

First-person action games helped study subjects improve their spatial resolution, meaning their ability to clearly see small, closely packed together objects, such as letters, she said. Game-playing actually changes the way our brains process visual information.

“These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it,” she said, in a prepared statement. “That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life.”

The finding suggests that playing first-person action video games could be a useful rehabilitation therapy for people with certain vision problems, she said, such as amblyopia (or lazy eye) and the simple effects of aging.

Another study has showed that playing certain virtual reality games that involved physical motion helped stroke victims improve their ability to walk eventually.

Mom’s been wrong all those years.