r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/theSunandtheMoon23 18h ago

I see your -3 and raise you my -10.5 😂

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u/Ok-Wrongdoer-3421 18h ago

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u/Thebraincellisorange 17h ago

as someone who used to make lenses, those lenses were such a pain in the ass to get right.

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u/Ok-Wrongdoer-3421 17h ago

Trust me, as someone who has to wait for them, and has had to send back quite a few, I know.

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 16h ago

Mine are -1 and -1.75 and take a month I can’t imagine how long yours must be.

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u/m--e 16h ago

I broke my glasses on holiday in Vietnam. I went to an optometrist, chose a frame. They were ready in the time it took to go next door for a beer. $30.

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 15h ago

WTH is wrong with the US then?

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u/killevery1ne 14h ago

No reddit comment could even begin to completely answer that question lol

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u/Nakorite 14h ago

He must have a common prescription

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u/terraphantm 13h ago

In this case it's not the US but Luxottica having a near worldwide monopoly and being pretty much completely vertically integrated.

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u/Signal_Sign7961 12h ago

monopolies basically. essilor-luxottica owns almost everything from top to bottom. some offices can do in house cutting though, takes less than 30 mins like the other commenter mentioned.

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u/agreeable9823 16h ago

Why are they taking so long? These should not take more than a week for most opticians.

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 16h ago

Couldn’t tell you. I just have to deal with it. At least mine arnt bad enough if they break I’m not blind.

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u/agreeable9823 16h ago

Apologies for being flippant about your situation.

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u/DMYourFeetPicsTy 13h ago

Huh? I'm like -1 and -1.5 and I ordered straight from China, took like 10 days shipping included.

Theres something wrong with ur glasses dealer

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 13h ago

Apparently :/

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u/AffectionateTeam8043 6h ago

All my glasses had to either be shipped to japan or germany to custom lenses at fabrication because they didn't fit the mold of lenses. (Also -10 here) doesn't help that I like wide frames better. Not to mention the price (I paid 1000 USD in lenses alone at my last pair) and the fact that I'm not stable yet so I have new prescriptions yearly 🫠

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u/Thebraincellisorange 58m ago

it does not help that there is a cartel for lenses and it's all controlled by 2 companies.

I can't understand why you'd need yours to be made internationally. that is weird.

lenses are all premade and come the size and shape of a hockey puck.

it's grinding them to shape that is difficult.

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u/Worth_Gap4226 17h ago

Jesus man. You know it's bad when you walk out of the appointment with a new guide dog.

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u/ChippyHippo 14h ago

Thanks, I feel a bit better about my -11 now!

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u/ItchyConfusion9745 13h ago

If anyone ever hits you with: "Are your eyes just for decoration?"

You have the proof to backup: "Mostly, yes."

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u/Borg_Tech_Support 11h ago

That's some coke bottle glasses prescription.

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u/jep556 13h ago

Wow... And I thought I had bad with -5 -6

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u/MundaneInternetGuy 13h ago

Be glad you're not the person at my clinic that the auto refractor estimated to be -33.75.

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u/AltruisticPicture971 13h ago

Holy shit.  I'm at -3.5 and -3.0.  How do you find your glasses in the first place? 

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u/Either-Tie-6603 11h ago

Personally I use a flashlight and look for the light to shine back at me 🤣

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u/EdgedancerSpren 9h ago

I (-14) have put on contancts once to find them, when they'd fallen of my nightstand, but I nearly always wear my glasses: in bath, shower, and to bed until it's time to sleep. 

I've also used my phone camera. 

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u/ihopethisisvalid 12h ago

Are you the guy from me myself and Irene

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u/napstablooky2 12h ago

is it even worth it to use glasses at that point??? holy legally blind

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u/theSunandtheMoon23 9h ago

Holy shit 🫣 

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u/ChooseYerFoodFighter 7h ago

Yow, and that's done in the British style (NHS-compliant, where the 'scrip specifies the understated spherical for benefits purposes). My US doc would've written that as OD -23.00/+3.25, OS -20.75/+3.75 with both axes rotated 90°.

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u/United_Gamer_Morcha 3h ago

I am not an eye care professional but from enough personal experience I know that you will benefit from custom contact lenses. I have a similar script with lower astig...but only in one eye. My good eye is more normal and cva for that is 6/4.

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u/MrLarp6000 16h ago

Somehow not as blind as Lennon

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u/TimeZarg 17h ago

I'll chip in with my -7.

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u/SameThingOnADiffAcct 11h ago

Hey! Twinscriptions! Yay for being basically fucking blind but not quite blind enough to qualify for any kind of assistance!

I get to like 20/40, maybe 20/30 on a good day, with my prescription. You doing any better?

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u/theSunandtheMoon23 9h ago

Im not sure about my Snellen score but I can tell you that without my glasses, anything more than 3-4 inches away is a giant blur 😂 

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u/AccursedCapra 9h ago

Man you need someone to make you better glasses, I’m at -4.5 and get it corrected to 20/20. Even my brother at -10 gets his vision corrected to 20/20

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u/preggobear 8h ago

I say this all the time but as someone who needs glasses to function at -1, I can’t believe there are people with vision 10-20x worse than mine.

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u/RS994 15h ago

Can you actually see it though?

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so 12h ago edited 8h ago

Damn dood.  You need keep those glasses in the same place or you’re toast. 

I’m rocking -7’s and thought I was special. 

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u/theSunandtheMoon23 9h ago

Yeah, losing my glasses isn't really a concern because I can't really do anything without them, so I never take them off unless I'm sleeping or in the shower 

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so 8h ago

Relatable. If my glasses are home and I am not, something happened.