LmB@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoGlasses are seen as a sign of intelligence, yet they are earned by failing a vision test, and they even let you look at the answers firstmessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down17
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareGlasses are seen as a sign of intelligence, yet they are earned by failing a vision test, and they even let you look at the answers firstLmB@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarecerothem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 hour agoI’m pretty sure in a few cases at least it’s because academics don’t consider eye health and stare at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoDon’t think that’s true. https://opto.ca/eye-health-library/reading-myths-debunked https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/eye-health-myths-and-facts https://news.uthscsa.edu/myth-or-fact-can-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-hurt-your-eyes-will-wearing-glasses-weaken-your-eyes-test-your-knowledge/ I guess maybe “a few” could be true but that’s probably true of anything, like ants damaging vision, and so glasses are a sign of having ants
minus-squarea_gee_dizzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoWearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses
I’m pretty sure in a few cases at least it’s because academics don’t consider eye health and stare at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision
Don’t think that’s true.
https://opto.ca/eye-health-library/reading-myths-debunked https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/eye-health-myths-and-facts https://news.uthscsa.edu/myth-or-fact-can-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-hurt-your-eyes-will-wearing-glasses-weaken-your-eyes-test-your-knowledge/
I guess maybe “a few” could be true but that’s probably true of anything, like ants damaging vision, and so glasses are a sign of having ants
Wearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses