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Comment author: knb 10 May 2013 09:33:37PM 9 points [-]

LASIK surgery is now pretty cheap, and depending on how much you spend on new glasses, optometrist appointments, contact lenses etc., it might actually pay for itself eventually. It should also save you time and effort, and might make you look better.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 18 May 2013 11:44:19AM 2 points [-]

Seconded. I had NO IDEA how much discrimination I suffered for wearing glasses until I gave them up. Contacts might be a better alternative if you expect to be wearing Google Glasses in a few years anyway though.

Comment author: moreati 19 May 2013 10:24:42AM 4 points [-]

I had NO IDEA how much discrimination I suffered for wearing glasses until I gave them up.

I'm intrigued. What was the nature of the discrimination? How did you know glasses/not-glasses was the cause? Any specific examples?

Comment author: MichaelVassar 24 May 2013 11:51:19AM 8 points [-]

The most basic is that as far as I can tell, I had never been hit on while wearing glasses, and that started happening regularly.

Comment author: moreati 06 July 2013 09:03:37AM 0 points [-]

Reading failure, "never been hit on" is very different to "never been hit". It sounded wrong when I (mis)read, and I didn't notice.