• Final Remix@lemmy.world
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      That’s just the way things look. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      You can’t convince me there’s people without the amazing starburst effect, just like you can’t convince me there’s people completely devoid of internal monologue.

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        there’s an infinity of human experience, and I can’t put myself in everybody’s shoes, but I can at least pretend

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          Okay, pretend to have astigmatism for so long, it’s just the way the world is to you. Then make about a ⅛ to ¼ -assed effort of making a joke comment saying that you can’t believe other people don’t get so easily blinded by things.

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            don’t worry, i also have astigmatism that also doesn’t go away with my glasses, and i guess mine is just very mild because i find it very pretty if a little inconvenient. but also the biggest thing i drive is a bicycle, and i usually take the tram or bus so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

            also yes i sort of accidentally intentionally missed the point. I’m sorry, I do that a lot.

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      Mine doesn’t look exactly like the image on the left. It’s more of an X pattern.

      And that’s WITH glasses or contacts.

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        Ooooh look at Mr. Fancy pants over there with his special astigmatism. Meanwhile we’re all stuck with the regular astigmatism.

        Joking aside, that’s pretty interesting.

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          I’m not an eye doctor - just a guy with astigmatism in both eyes… But my understanding is that astigmatism can happen in multiple ways because it is due to the eye being non-spherical, etc.

          Meanwhile, there are limits to what glasses or contacts can do to correct this. Only so many ways a lens can bend light at one time.

          I think that’s what leads to people seeing different things, even with glasses on, when it comes to visual distortions like starburst patterns around lights.

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      I just found out this is a thing that can be fixed, lol. I thought it’s just annoying part of life.

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      With glasses the lights just hurt with darker glasses hard to see, without one see the one on left. All hard choices.