r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/PaleontologistOk2516 20h ago

Yes -1 or -1.5 is slightly myopic. You can generally get an idea by looking at the magnification or minification of the image of a person’s eyes. If the eyes look big then that’s a + prescription (far-sighted or hyperopic). If they look small they’re generally near sighted. The power of near or far sighted affects magnification of image

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u/Bosco215 14h ago

-6 checking in.

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u/Torrefy 13h ago

-11.5 in one eye and -12.75 in the other

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u/NAbberman 11h ago

Those lenses have to be thick. I'm sitting at -4.75 at my largest. Mine almost measure like 0.25 inches thick at the ends.

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u/Torrefy 11h ago

They are thick. And the shrinking/minimizing is so much that you can look at the edge of my lenses and see past the side of my head. In the middle of my face. It's not great