LmB@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down112
arrow-up1139arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarecerothem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 days 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-squarea_gee_dizzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoWearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days 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
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
Wearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses
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