Poll of the Day > How good is your vision?

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I noticed that a lot of people in the LASIK topic commented about vision problems and was wondering whether that was representative of the whole or if just attracted respondents with vision issues.

I know there's this whole stereotype about geeks and nerds wearing glasses, but I didn't really believe that was grounded in reality because most of the geeks/nerds I know don't wear them.

Also, if there's a possible reason for your vision problems (rather than just some genetic issue), I'd be curious to hear it.
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Despite both parents and my younger brother needing glasses, I still don't need them.
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20/20 near and far
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I can see through the lies of the Jedi

Quite poor. I have a fairly rare eye condition that essentially removes my depth perception. I've worn glasses since I was three, and they help, but my vision will never be perfect.
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Shite without glasses.
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It's kind of shocking that I don't need glasses given the number of vision problems in my family. Both of my sisters need glasses, my mom needs them, my aunts and uncles on both sides need them, but I don't and my dad didn't.

My eye exams aren't perfect, but they're usually saying something like I'd benefit from glasses but it's such a marginal difference that glasses are probably more trouble than having to squint for a second once in a while.
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Kana posted...

I have a fairly rare eye condition that essentially removes my depth perception.

Kinda curious about the condition itself. What's the name of it?
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My eyesight's quite poor. I wear glasses.
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Last eye check I had 20/16 in both eyes.
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I've had LASIK for about 7 months. Pretty great so far. No problems.
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I'm not sure, haven't had an actual eye exam since high school. It was perfectly fine then, although I do think I may be near sighted. When on the road everyone else is reading signs from way further than I can lol.

I had to renew my license last year, and they had me do a simple "read this chart" one, and they did I got them all. So I assume that my vision is fine, at least for relatively close things.
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I wore contacts since I was 15, switched to glasses full time this year. much cheaper and makes my mornings less painful on average...
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Near perfect but i have trouble noticing and looking something in general
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I've been wearing glasses since I was in elementary school, its terrible. All of my immediate family wears glasses or contacts and a lot of my extended family does as well.
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Something like 0.5/200
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It's absolutely garbage. I've had glasses since second grade and worn contacts since eight or ninth grade.

Lokarin posted...

Something like 0.5/200

So...legally blind?
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Zero_Maniac posted...

Lokarin posted...

Something like 0.5/200

So...legally blind?

Idk what the legal limit is, but without my glasses I can't see past about 6 inches.

I mean, i can "see" in the sense that I can perceive giant blobs of colour, like I can discern a car from the road, but that's about it.
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Lokarin posted...

Zero_Maniac posted...

Lokarin posted...

Something like 0.5/200

So...legally blind?

Idk what the legal limit is, but without my glasses I can't see past about 6 inches.

I mean, i can "see" in the sense that I can perceive giant blobs of colour, like I can discern a car from the road, but that's about it.

Unless that car is the color of the asphalt? Heh, car camo!
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if you look through wax paper, that's essentially emulating my right eyes vision.

legally, i'm not supposed to even drive

my left eye is super fucking perfect though, and my brain has adapted enough that i do have depth perception. it's really weird.
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20/275 or so
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Zeus posted...

Kana posted...

I have a fairly rare eye condition that essentially removes my depth perception.

Kinda curious about the condition itself. What's the name of it?

Refractive amblyopia. It's often called "lazy eye", but the form of it that most people think of is strabismus amblyopia (that's the one that gives you the bugged-out eye). Basically, my left eye just literally doesn't send as much visual information to my brain as my right eye does. If I cover my right eye, I can't see anything at all past blurry shapes. It's possible to have both refractive and strabismus, but luckily I never had the bugged-out eye thing.
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Kana posted...

Zeus posted...

Kana posted...

I have a fairly rare eye condition that essentially removes my depth perception.

Kinda curious about the condition itself. What's the name of it?

Refractive amblyopia. It's often called "lazy eye", but the form of it that most people think of is strabismus amblyopia (that's the one that gives you the bugged-out eye). Basically, my left eye just literally doesn't send as much visual information to my brain as my right eye does. If I cover my right eye, I can't see anything at all past blurry shapes. It's possible to have both refractive and strabismus, but luckily I never had the bugged-out eye thing.

i've heard about people correcting "lazy eye" by wearing an eyepatch over the good eye but i'm guessing that doesn't work for your thing?
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I wear contacts/glasses. Without them everything is blurry beyond 10 inches. I did drive from San Antonio to Houston with only one contact in once and had no problems.
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acesxhigh posted...

i've heard about people correcting "lazy eye" by wearing an eyepatch over the good eye but i'm guessing that doesn't work for your thing?

I actually did that for a while when I was a kid but it didn't seem to help and I was just miserable because I couldn't see anything so my mom stopped making me do it >_>
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Legally blind if I'm not wearing my glasses. ^.^;;
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I've worn glasses since I was 9 - I'm nearsighted.

My parents suspected it as far back as when I was 5. Apparently, I couldn't see airplanes in the sky, but I sure as hell could see the Goodyear blimp flying overhead.
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Clear as mud, although I have gotten by without them whenever I broke or lost my glasses, just sucks because I can't recognize people like 15 feet away so when I was out and about I wouldn't notice it was a friend until they said something.
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Need glasses to clearly see a few feet away. And getting worse.
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20/25.

I got glasses recently, but i dont actually need them. It makes tree branches in the distance sharper, and that's about it.
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Good in general as I don't wear glasses or contacts. However these GAD symptoms I've been getting consist of slightly blurred vision at times. I assume that due to muscle tension.
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