Had trouble watching a subtitled film on TV the other day; had to switch to the iPad so I could be closer to the text.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:03 (nine months ago) link
oh god i just don't know why they put things in that fucking tiny print, it's impossible, if i get too close i'm farsighted and i can't read it, and if i get farther i'm nearsighted and i can't read it, there's like one subpixel of space where it's halfway legible. like i'm sorry, was this put together by robert walser in an insane asylum*? is your hobby engraving the bible on a grain of rice? are you brainwashed by capitalism into believing that you are personally responsible for the deforestation of the amazon?
* wow apparently i'm just going with the deep cuts today, thanks for tuning in, next up is "too many hopes" by pilot from their 1976 album _morin heights_
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:12 (nine months ago) link
I keep trying to just rub my eyes to make text less blurry and easier to read at smaller sizes. Sometimes this works…
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:15 (nine months ago) link
Discord text is hella small. Ageists
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:16 (nine months ago) link
am going to need reading glasses soon I think. I thought I might already need them because have been having trouble reading v small print like on medication leaflets since last autumn, but noticed if I take off my glasses (which are for myopia not reading) then I can still manage it. but presumably that won't work for too much longer.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:20 (nine months ago) link
Another place they put really small text is on the backs of smoke detectors. Seriously…how do they expect elders to be able to read the legend that shows what the beeps and colored lights mean…
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:54 (nine months ago) link
wait ... the backs? As in the part that gets affixed to the ceiling or elevated surface? I am confused. ... also in aging eyesight anecdotes, if I need to refer to text on a piece of paper, I now have to put it on the side where my "strong eye" is, because if I put it on the other side ... you guessed it, blurry!
― sarahell, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:38 (nine months ago) link
Never posted in this thread and now it's too late :(
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:39 (nine months ago) link
happy birthday? i haven't got that much longer here myself, tbh
― sarahell, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:40 (nine months ago) link
Do you need help finding the sequel thread?
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:42 (nine months ago) link
how do they expect elders to be able to read the legend that shows what the beeps and colored lights mean…
It means your house is on fire.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link
Next one is here: This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:57 (nine months ago) link
Oh I know where that one is, I just saw this one bumped today and was mourning my lost early middle age
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:04 (nine months ago) link
Sara yea the backs! We had one that wouldn’t stop beeping (of course at 3 am) so I had to tear it out of its wiring on the ceiling. Safe and fun
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:13 (nine months ago) link
I don't want to go to the other thread.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:19 (nine months ago) link
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:20 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
my near sight started to go a few years back and experience as follows:
varifocals now dont have a line or anything fyi they ask you to focus on a dot and do something clever with the shaping of the lens itself
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:23 (nine months ago) link
I’m putting it off for as long as possible and pretending it will never happen
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:23 (nine months ago) link
Turning 50 that is
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:24 (nine months ago) link
I got too old for this thread a few months ago. But just saying that feeling for the first time when you realise you can't read small text anymore is so deflating, it's a much worse feeling than an itch you can't scratch. It's like solid mass turning into a mirage and taking the piss out of you. I've got used to it now but it is still rage inducing that they have such small text on the printed stickers on prescription drugs boxes.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:27 (nine months ago) link
i had my readers on my night stand, but now they travel to the couch, the kitchen counter, etc. looks like i need another pair or two.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:30 (nine months ago) link
this has been happening to me too. i take a picture of it with my phone and then zoom in :/
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:31 (nine months ago) link
lol
the worst is directions on pills / supplements / multivitamins. like, i can't understand how i could have ever read them without a magnifying glass.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:33 (nine months ago) link
i would take this vitamin a supplement but i can't find my glasses to find out what the right dose is
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:35 (nine months ago) link
on the other hand, it's pretty fun to do a milhouse voice "my glaaaasssesss, where are my glaaasses" every time i can't find them
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:36 (nine months ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!)
not to one-up you but i lost the first 43 years of my life
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:46 (nine months ago) link
I can read small print, no bother, without glasses. Then again, if I wear my normal glasses, no chance.
(Am a "60's" representative, just passing through)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:52 (nine months ago) link
Have you considered printing out the smoke detector instructions in large print? This being the 40+ thread where we grew up with paper manuals for things…
― sarahell, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:11 (nine months ago) link
I still have “the manuals folder” …
― sarahell, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:13 (nine months ago) link
I have gone from no glasses at all to cannot read at all without glasses in about 5 years, not sure if it's just that my eyes have adjusted to them or if it will get worse
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:14 (nine months ago) link
still take them off to see long distance, but driving with the satnav on means perching the things on the end of my nose, the solution would seem to be varifocals I guess, don't even turn 44 until Sunday.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:18 (nine months ago) link
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:20 (nine months ago) link
Can’t find it on the App Store but plenty of copy cats
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:25 (nine months ago) link
I went to the Apple Store and the staffer in his 20s opened up my air pods case and read the tiny serial number inside the flip cover. I was like what is this magic
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 21:26 (nine months ago) link
I was pleasantly surprised by the effectiveness of readers. And the cheap price tag!
I kept thinking, Crap, I don't want to go back to the optometrist and pay $350 for glasses.
― pplains, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:47 (nine months ago) link
I had been doing readers for a long time, but they were getting annoying. They'd break often and I didn't like doubling up when I wore my regular glasses. Finally got progressive lens glasses and bifocal contacts, big improvement. I highly recommend them.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 14:20 (nine months ago) link
i just struggled to read a fish food label for 5 minutes because of the small type
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 14:21 (nine months ago) link
Tell me more about bifocal contacts, please. This is different than doing two different contacts for near/close correction? I tried that one and didn’t last an hour.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 15:14 (nine months ago) link
the thing that complicates things more is my astigmatism... it's one of the things that makes me a bad driver, my peripheral vision is trash. you know how you're supposed to flick your eyes to the side to check your rear and side views? yeah i always just turn my head. YES I KNOW THIS IS BAD.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 20 July 2023 15:58 (nine months ago) link
Can contacts correct a bad astigmatism these days? Asking for a friend from another thread.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 July 2023 16:06 (nine months ago) link
Not sure about "bad astigmatism," but I have contacts that correct mine
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 20 July 2023 16:16 (nine months ago) link
I have two astigmatisms and my contact lenses are designed for it and help me see but other than that lol
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 July 2023 16:26 (nine months ago) link
i hated contacts even before transition, these days having big femme glasses is kind of a must for me haha
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 20 July 2023 17:12 (nine months ago) link
My 10 yo looked at my phone and said “why is everything so big?” I was like, “I’m old”
― calstars, Friday, 21 July 2023 23:58 (nine months ago) link
2023: the year vision broke
― calstars, Friday, 21 July 2023 23:59 (nine months ago) link
2023: What The Fuuk Does That Say
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:46 (nine months ago) link
2023: Putting my readers on to see my GTA crew's Discord channel.
― pplains, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:51 (nine months ago) link
hi there, i am both 40 and also have experience trying several different contacts to correct my bad astigmatism in my right eye. in short: there are many different brands that claim to do it, and in my experience they all suck. at least for me, they end up irritating my eye, in some cases even making it bloodshot, but usually just feeling uncomfortable, making me blink a lot, lots of taking it out and cleaning it and putting it back in, etc.
after years of wearing just one contact (on my non-astigmatic but just plain bad vision left eye), i finally got glasses a few years ago and will likely never go back
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:55 (nine months ago) link
i've never read this thread, but i'm gonna guess it involves lower back pain
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:56 (nine months ago) link
― calstars, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:41 (nine months ago) link
PS4 team set up so we can make our farmville drug and weapons deliveries without being griefed by the 13-year-olds.https://mcceoteam.com/
Don't reveal too much about yourself. The guy who admitted he was 34 is now referred to as "Grampa".
― pplains, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:52 (nine months ago) link