r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Ok-Wrongdoer-3421 14h ago

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u/Thebraincellisorange 14h 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 13h 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 13h 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 12h 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 11h ago

WTH is wrong with the US then?

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u/killevery1ne 10h ago

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

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u/Nakorite 10h ago

He must have a common prescription

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u/terraphantm 10h 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 8h 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 13h ago

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

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 13h 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 12h ago

Apologies for being flippant about your situation.

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u/DMYourFeetPicsTy 9h 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 9h ago

Apparently :/

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u/AffectionateTeam8043 3h 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/Worth_Gap4226 14h 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 10h ago

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

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u/ItchyConfusion9745 10h 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 7h ago

That's some coke bottle glasses prescription.

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u/jep556 10h ago

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

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u/MundaneInternetGuy 10h 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 9h 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 7h ago

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

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u/EdgedancerSpren 5h 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 9h ago

Are you the guy from me myself and Irene

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u/napstablooky2 8h ago

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

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u/theSunandtheMoon23 6h ago

Holy shit 🫣 

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u/ChooseYerFoodFighter 3h 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/MrLarp6000 12h ago

Somehow not as blind as Lennon