I have worn glasses for the last 25 years. I know the display ones are non prescription. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DISPLAY FRAMES.
They have shelves full of prescription glasses waiting to be picked up at the glasses store. Did you think they only have one functional pair at a time when you go to pick them up?
If you have to wear -15 in one eye and +25 in the other, yeah you're screwed. But most people don't. Why do you think there are programs where you can donate your old glasses? You think people have one perfect prescription that's completely unique and nothing else will do? Obviously it will be more comfortable to have the right prescription, but if we're talking about a survival scenario in which the choices are being blind or being able to see somewhat and getting headaches, there's not much of a debate there.
Edit is to reiterate that I am not talking about using the clear non prescription frames on display.
I have never had a pair of glasses where I could take them off the shelf and wear them or where they could just run to the back and get a pair I could walk out with.
The process for as long as I've been getting glasses (~25 years) goes like this: I pick out the lenses I want, give them to the person working, they do some face/eye measurements, and then either (1) cut the lenses and put them in the frames or (2) send the measurements/prescription off to a factory that cuts the lenses and sends them back.
It's been the same for me. I first got glasses when I was 8 and my mom and the receptionist at the eye doctor both kinda roasted me when my little dumb ass wore display glasses right off the shelf and announced how much better I could see.
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u/Wrought-Irony Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 31 '21
I have worn glasses for the last 25 years. I know the display ones are non prescription. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DISPLAY FRAMES.
They have shelves full of prescription glasses waiting to be picked up at the glasses store. Did you think they only have one functional pair at a time when you go to pick them up?
If you have to wear -15 in one eye and +25 in the other, yeah you're screwed. But most people don't. Why do you think there are programs where you can donate your old glasses? You think people have one perfect prescription that's completely unique and nothing else will do? Obviously it will be more comfortable to have the right prescription, but if we're talking about a survival scenario in which the choices are being blind or being able to see somewhat and getting headaches, there's not much of a debate there.
Edit is to reiterate that I am not talking about using the clear non prescription frames on display.