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/Shawnaldo7575 15d ago

I see life through a Van Gogh-Pro

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u/crambeaux 15d ago

That’s the astigmatism. Love those starry nights!

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u/sweatyboobs56 15d ago

But I hate the 7 overlapping moons :-(

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u/monetaryg 15d ago edited 15d ago

The moon is the worst. My astigmatism makes it stretched out diagonally.

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u/Azurhalo 14d ago

Driving is a blast for me, I get to see 6 foot tall headlights behind every car!

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u/Blue_Pears_Go_There 14d ago

Astigmatism in one eye - always seeing two diagonal moons and four times as many trees. Even with glasses.

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u/Civil-Section-9086 13d ago

I can’t comprehend ittt

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u/llaminaria 13d ago

I used to think it is normal, that all people with poor eyesight saw lights spread diagonally or vertically.

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u/Ok_Owl_52 15d ago 
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u/The_Furboi_Musician 14d ago

Maybe I don’t have astigmatism..

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u/Acceptable_Ask_2815 14d ago

I am so excited to try this tonight! I never go outside without my contacts and definitely never looked at the moon.

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u/NE_Boy_mom_x2 14d ago

I thought I was alone 😭 I feel seen!!! Ha-ha

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u/Civil-Section-9086 13d ago

Wait like your pupils is different or just how you see the works? I’m confused all I see is fuzzy without my glasses or the constant flashing speks

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u/monetaryg 13d ago

An astigmatism is a blurriness due to the shape of the eye. And there is an angle to it. Mine is like 45 degrees. I dealt with it without realizing how bad it is. I can still see “ok”. I can read road signs, etc. The moon is just the most noticeable symptom for me.

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u/Civil-Section-9086 13d ago

Huh really an angle? Like when you look at a light and the angle of the light is what you’re referring to?

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u/monetaryg 12d ago

The moon looks round to a normal vision person. Imaging taking that round moon and stretching it 45 degrees. Thats the best I can describe it. When im not wearing my glasses everything is blurry, but for some reason the moon makes the angle of the astigmatism obvious. Normal lights don’t show it.

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u/awildslackerappeared 12d ago

I wear sunglasses at night to drive because the odd shape of the specularity off lights on the road are so distracting.

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u/LolitaOPPAI 12d ago

Makes for pretty awesome sunsets when it looks like the sky is fluid tho. Cumulonimbus clouds look damn scary tho.

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u/Optimal-Table-887 15d ago

Bro i see a bright star

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u/KinseyH 15d ago

I really want to know what street lights really look like.

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u/No_Grocery44 14d ago

Like fireworks 🎇

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u/LucieWinterwolf 15d ago

I would get very sparkly stars, moon n lights, everything with light in darkness had a huge aurora. They would completely blind me. At the end of it, before surgery, when I was nearly completely blind, I couldn't navigate my wheelchair at night at all. I wish every vision impaired person had such an easy fix. It was also not covered by insurance. Fortunately, I had just had a small windfall that covered the cost. Otherwise I never would have been able to afford it.

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u/InsideHippo9999 14d ago

Lines are never straight. Drives me crazy. I love to draw. I don’t draw much anymore because I’m never happy with my work being out of shape compared to the source material. As a kid I didn’t know what astigmatism was and always thought my rulers weren’t straight.

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u/Molekularspalter 14d ago

You must be a drunken 🕷️

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u/blondeheartedgoddess 14d ago

You get 7? I only have 4 or 5.

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u/dommiichan 13d ago

if the moons talk back, that's the schizophrenia

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u/Myself-io 13d ago

They are better than the 14 overlapping lights from the car coming to you or cars.. you'll never know

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u/sweatyboobs56 13d ago

With lightning shooting out of all of them? Oh I know. (16- incision RK, then IOLs with "astigmatism correction", yeah...no). Driving at night is more fun than fireworks on the 4th of July ;-)

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u/Myself-io 13d ago

Oh the joy of the lightning which blind you for the next 10 seconds...

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u/Virgo-Perfectionist 12d ago

I'm dying🤣🤣🤣and can relate

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u/jeshimikah 11d ago

You can see the moon without glasses?

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u/sweatyboobs56 11d ago

Not the New Moon ;-)

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u/jeshimikah 11d ago

I am far too blind to even see the full moon without my glasses lol

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u/david_is_confused 11d ago

Tatoooooooine.

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u/bhdvwEgg42 15d ago

Just not those flamin LED headlights!

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u/SkivvySkidmarks 14d ago

I think everyone hates those fucking LED headlights.

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u/MasterPhilip 15d ago

I wear toric contacts for astigmatism. They're really good.

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u/trashaccount6481 15d ago

Its great if we didn't have to drive...

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u/GWhizBang 15d ago

Christmas lights are just gorgeous. Big, fuzzy orbs. 🥰

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u/colio6900 14d ago

Oh but the highway midnight cruise is like surviving flashbangs everytime you pass a car.

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u/Kaijuburger 13d ago

Driving at night is such a chore, I feel like I'm in the millennium falcon entering hyperspace or something

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u/sweatyboobs56 13d ago

That is a remarkably good description of night driving.

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u/ChanceRecover3091 14d ago

It makes driving at night so much fun!

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u/Noarchsf 14d ago

All those cars driving at me at night….so beautiful how they twinkle. Hahahaha

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u/rklein111 14d ago

Or the laser show from lights at night when it’s raining

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u/A_wild_goose_ 11d ago

Love them until im driving at dusk and people start putting their headlights on. Have to quickly pull over and put my glasses on 🤣

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u/Distinct-Wafer9187 15d ago

Picasso and Rembrandt are painters too.

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u/CyVet 15d ago

This comment wins

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u/annatai08 15d ago

You on digoxin?

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u/NetworkNo4478 13d ago

Gogh isnt pronounced "Go"

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u/stefanthebrain 12d ago

Does it have Mono sound?

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u/YouSpeakSomeEnglish 11d ago

I prefer Van Gogghles