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Astigmatism (slrpnk.net)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 70 points 11 months ago (6 children)

This is going to surprise a few of you. Left with and right without:

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  • [–] 55 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Wait, the lens flare effect is because of my astigmatism?

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  • [–] 43 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago*

    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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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Mine are more like crosses which leads me to ask, why are they different?

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago*

    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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