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2015-06-04 04:38:09 pm

red chamber dream

hah fuck that

i don't care too much how my glasses look because i usually wear contacts when i'm not at home. main thing for me is comfort ... i get headaches easily if the frame isn't wide enough

DJGrenola

2015-06-04 04:42:33 pm

i used to wear contacts. couldn't really justify the ongoing expense though. plus they're a hassle, especially back in the day before you could get disposable ones

arkarian

2015-06-04 04:49:27 pm

red chamber dream

i don't see it as a choice since i have to wear sunglasses outside

DJGrenola

2015-06-04 04:49:49 pm

yeah I have some prescription ones

DJGrenola

2015-06-04 04:51:13 pm

annoyingly I've lost 2 pairs of glasses while wearing the sunglasses though :/ at least one of them got stolen from my bag I'm pretty sure, but the joke was kind of on the thief since I think they thought they were stealing some fly sunglasses and they just got my specs instead

DJGrenola

2015-06-04 04:52:22 pm

(they were in a ray-bans case)

arkarian

2015-06-04 04:53:23 pm

red chamber dream

haha

i've always worn like $10-20 sunglasses, don't see the point in paying more because they're just going to get trashed and the function is exactly the same

Opium

2015-06-04 05:06:10 pm

I have to take my glasses off when I drive so I can put my sunglasses on. I used a clip on before, but it ended up scratching my lenses over time and I had to get new glasses. I need them the most when I drive. I've heard of transitions lenses for a long time but I never got them because I read that UV light is what makes them turn darker, and glass filters out most UV light, and the ads never show people using them to drive, and I read in the fine print that they don't work as well when you're in a car. Naturally I assumed that they would be worthless for driving. But then I talked to two people who have them and they said they work just fine in the car. Dammit I have to get them now.

DJGrenola

2015-06-04 05:09:42 pm

I think I did my driving test in sunglasses .. can't remember but I do recall having a five minute internal debate on whether I should wear them or go for my normal glasses instead

Opium

2015-06-04 05:23:02 pm

I can read just fine without my glasses. Anything more than 6 feet or so away gets blurry though. I can't read street signs. Eye doc says I have astigmatism.

arkarian

2015-06-04 05:34:39 pm

red chamber dream

i can't read anything more than a few inches in front of my eyes, definitely have severe astigmatism

BioSpark

2015-06-04 11:15:14 pm

Quote from Opium:

But then I talked to two people who have them and they said they work just fine in the car. Dammit I have to get them now.

mine actually don't work as well in cars, so that definitely sucks. otherwise they're pretty convenient.

Opium

2015-06-05 12:47:10 am

Do they work well enough in the car to function as sunglasses?

arkarian

2015-06-05 01:13:02 am

red chamber dream

i don't want transition lenses, don't like how they look

BioSpark

2015-06-05 01:14:53 am

Quote from Opium:

Do they work well enough in the car to function as sunglasses?

if your eyes are really sensitive, sunglasses are better. my eyes sometimes hurt just walking outside.

Quote from arkarian:

i don't want transition lenses, don't like how they look

because they're not as dark?

arkarian

2015-06-05 01:16:03 am

red chamber dream

i just don't like how normal glasses look with dark lenses

Poision Envy

2015-06-05 01:35:22 am

Club 27 Goals

that's really weird you guys are all talking about this, my girlfriend just went in to the eye doctor today to get some glasses.

Quietus

2015-06-05 04:25:26 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Quote from BioSpark:

if your eyes are really sensitive, sunglasses are better. my eyes sometimes hurt just walking outside.

Mine are like this. I have nearly always worn them for driving, as I think that if I were to get the sun glaring at the right angle while I'm driving, I'd be practically blind, and that can't be good.

Opium

2015-06-05 03:27:39 pm

Just came out of my basement. Tornado warning is over. People to the NE of me are in for some shit though.

DJGrenola

2015-06-05 05:40:03 pm

something I've never had to deal with

arkarian

2015-06-05 05:52:37 pm

red chamber dream

we got a fucking crazy lightning/hail storm last night, was pretty fun to watch

i hadn't heard of a tornado warning though

Opium

Edit history:

Opium: 2015-06-05 05:55:56 pm

2015-06-05 05:55:21 pm

The sirens went off about 8 times in SE Aurora today. There were 3 tornado warnings today that I know of. One is still in effect, but it's east of town by now.

Opium

2015-06-05 06:06:27 pm

Fuck they just fired them up AGAIN

BioSpark

2015-06-05 06:59:14 pm

it's weird living in seattle after so many years in illinois. used to get heavy thunderstorms and tornado warnings all the time, now there's just a light drizzle every other day

Poision Envy

2015-06-05 07:25:39 pm

Club 27 Goals

Not sure if I ever talked about it, but I have this weird phobia of the sound of those long drawn out siren sounds. The kind that usually play in video games like when a nuke is coming or when some other kind of horrible thing is coming for the city. I've gotten a lot better about it in the last ~5 years but it still triggers this weird chill and I can't help but focus on it if it's playing in a song or something. Unfortunately it plays a lot more often than I'd like in dubstep/electronic type of music.