What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Several months after the prescription was initially written and I'm still trying to get these new fucking glasses sorted out. They hurt my eyes. Regrinding the prescription and adjusting the frames has done nothing so now it's time to go yell at the eye doctor to figure out what the fuck.

Wow ... I'm having the exact same issue. I can't tell if it's just my eyes getting shittier (I have lazy right eye) or if the prescription isn't right. The glasses don't help much, wearing them while sitting at my computer hurts my eyes more than helps and I still can't read for shit at a distance anymore. I really hate it...

[cidbahamut]

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My only consolation is that I'm still 100% functional without them. The only reason I even have them is because my eyes were hurting from 16 hours a day in from of a computer screen so I went in to get my eyes checked. They were like "here are some eye-drops and the weakest prescription ever". So when the glasses make my eyes hurt worse, it's not the end of the world to take them off.

[Aksannyi]

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LASIK

This wasn't directed at me but I found out that I'm not a good candidate for LASIK, first of all, I'm allergic to the numbing eyedrops (it caused me to pass out, yeah, that was awesome), and secondly my eyesight is still changing.

I fucking need new glasses though, these have a big fucking scratch on them, I just can't be fucked to go.

[Mezlo]

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That just sounds like a recipe for disaster.

lolololol... That's our Cid...

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This wasn't directed at me but I found out that I'm not a good candidate for LASIK, first of all, I'm allergic to the numbing eyedrops (it caused me to pass out, yeah, that was awesome), and secondly my eyesight is still changing.

I fucking need new glasses though, these have a big fucking scratch on them, I just can't be fucked to go.

My wife got LASIK 2 years ago, it's the best decision she has ever made according to her (besides marrying me of course.) If I stood 10 feet from her, my face would be blurry, she couldn't even tell how many fingers I was hold up at 15 feet. Now, her vision is 20/20. It truly was a life changing event for her.... I highly recommend it for anyone that has a stronger backbone than Cid.

[Aksannyi]

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Wish I could, but even if they'd let me, it's $4500 for both eyes and well, that's half of what I still owe on my truck so lolnope.

[cidbahamut]

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The risks vastly outweigh the minimal benefits it would have for me. It also costs a bit. It'd be like throwing away money Mezlo. You want me to throw away money? I thought you were in the "grrr, be financially responsible" camp.

[Mezlo]

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If you're fine without glasses then you don't need it, that's for sure. It is an investment. But, since you use glasses now, i'll bet you as your eyes get worse, evertually you will find yourself needing them more and more. That's the time you'll need it. So yes, be financially responsible and start putting away money now.

[cidbahamut]

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Actually I'm just the most lucky son of a bitch ever. My entire family is near-sighted to the point where they can't function at all without their glasses. I'm only just now getting diagnosed with ever so slight near-sightedness. As you get older your eyes actually shift towards being far sighted, so as I get older I'm actually likely to go back to not needing glasses at all. So yeah, I think I'm just going to hoard my money instead of blowing it on surgery I won't ever need.

[Malacite]

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I was told when i was 12 or 13 by a specialist that I might go blind one day... and I actually did one day in highschool after exhausting myself during gym class. It was the scariest thing I'd ever experienced (well, next to nearly suffocating to death that one time in the snow...) and just the thought of it still terrifies me. Specifically, not being able to see a certain someone ever again


But alas, there's no money in cures, only treatments - otherwise I probably wouldn't be dealing with my shitty eyesight or asthma anymore.

[DakAttack]

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I had 20/20 up until my early 20s. I just realized one day that I couldn't read anything at the front of the class while sitting in the back.

[Mezlo]

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Eyes just like every other part of your body get worse with age, unless your Cid. It's just something everyone needs to come to terms with...

[Malacite]

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Yes and no. There's a difference between natural decline from aging (something we're on the verge of fixing forever, actually) and suffering from uncommon (me) or rare ailments, the latter being really shitty. I'll be 28 this spring and I'm already spooked about being blind by my 40's...

[Fliegar]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

A good 50% of the people I work with have been laid off, including my boss and 2 of the 3 managers. I still have my job, but my co-workers were like family, so it really sucked. Apparently this happened nationwide today for the company.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

That sucks.

Plenty of money for those fancy pensions for MPs though. And China, let's not forget how Harper's selling out the Country behind closed doors.

[Aksannyi]

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That really sucks Fliegar. :/ Job security is sketchy for nearly everyone.

I have no peeves today. I had a great day yesterday and I'm leaving work early to go to Dinsey. I just have to get through four and a half more hours of work.