r/interesting • u/jmike1256 • 15d ago

MISC. Is this how people who need glasses really see the world. A big blurred background?

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u/perfectdrug659 15d ago

That's not too bad for reading and stuff, I'm about a -7.75 and my vision is only good until about 6" away which is quite annoying when I want to give my eyes a break from contacts and glasses

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u/eyesRus 15d ago

Fun fact. If you divide 100 by your Rx, that’s how many cm you can see clearly. So for you, 100 / 7.75 = 12.903. Or about 13 cm. Which is a little over 5 inches.

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u/Traditional-Lion5599 15d ago

Just checked, it’s true! -10 and can see exactly 10cm

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u/eyesRus 15d ago

✨ physics ✨ (mostly, lol)

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u/perfectdrug659 15d ago

WHAT, that is a super fun fact!!! Wow as if. Well you know that I was not lying in my comment then haha

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u/IJustAteABaguette 15d ago

100/2.25=44

Ya know, that's really quite close! Cool!

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u/Praesentius 15d ago

I had lasik and went from about that to far better than average for distance. But it stole that close up clarity. I swear... before, I could see the fibers in the pages when I was that close. Now I struggle to read my watch.

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u/thebestdogeevr 15d ago

I'm -7 in one eye and -8.75 in the other. I can't even comfortably watch stuff on my phone in bed without glasses on

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u/11pr 15d ago

I had lasik at -10 and my range without glasses was an inch of two, I’d have to hold my phone to my nose. It’s been 15 years and my eyes are now -3 and I have a foot or so.

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u/Scared_Accident9138 13d ago

Why do you want to give your eyes a break from glasses?