#astigmatic

[it-grrl]

💜🚨💜 BWOOP BWOOP ATTENTION @CLEOLINDA THERE IS A BABY PALLAS CAT 💜🚨💜

[cloudysarts]

Sosososos the bill having a hard time reading just imagine.... the axolotl gets him a appointment to the eye doctor LIKE BRO THE WAY HE WOULD HAVE THE HARDEST TIME TRYING TO READ THE LETTERS

(this anon is referring to this comic i made, check it out for context!) (edit: you can find some more glasses!bill doodles here too!)

THIS IS SO REAL. bill 100% fought the theraprism staff who were trying to get him to the eye doctor in the first place for MONTHS. they kept telling him it would improve his quality of life but he is NOT HAVING IT. he only eventually agreed to go ON THE CONDITION that he doesn't have to get saddled with any medication. turns out, he doesn't need any.....just glasses :)

glasses bill is so real to me. thank you for sending this ask, i was looking for an excuse to doodle him <3

kind of personal, but i have severe astigmatism, and didnt know that until i was 18. the first night after i got my glasses, i looked up at the sky, and i realized that i could suddenly see WAY more stars than usual. and i remember tearing up, because i thought the sky was boring and star-less for everyone, but turns out they were just too far away for my nearsighted-ness to see. and i love projecting so i couldnt ignore the mental image of bill realizing that the stars-- that he already loved-- were even better when he could see them properly, without being medicated or having to squint.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[homoquartz]

it's just rude

[nomsfaultau]

New Ranboo design! Their skin is made of two liquids that repel each other, resulting in a perfect split down the middle that self adjusts along the vertical axis to always face the camera.

[misfitmiska]

I feel like Klapollo as a ship has the potential of being so messy and complicated but only one of them realises that. :p

(I’m sorry the text is very small, you can click the images to see better ;—;)

[mionemymind]

Wanda: Babe, do you think you can drive tonight?

Y/n [With the worst astigmatism on planet earth]: Oh - so you don't love me and want us to die. I see.

Wanda: First off...you can't see. Matter fact, take a look at those cars for me

[defunctdrone]

I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024), dir. JANE SCHOENBRUN

[jadelemonadee]

okay i redrew him for a second time are you happy (as if i didn’t do this with my own will)

og (jan 2024) + first redraw (april 2024)

[infiniteorangethethird]

Disability pride month hot take perhaps but myopia (aka near-sightedness) should be considered a disability and glasses should be free and accessible to anyone who might need it

[trans-bucky-barnes]

Endless gifs of Bucky Barnes [16/∞]

[tamapalace]

Christmas looks so much prettier 👓🎄

[snackugaki]

glasses and gadgets gang

[plo-koons-favorite-padawan]

“‘And do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on,’” Cody breathes, finishing the line. “Fuck.”  

PhD student Cody from @biscuityskies’s UNREAL vampire Obi-Wan AU fic (link below)

what dreams may come (13401 words) by biscuitysguise Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi

This fic literally has everything!!!

Ref under cut

[orange-orchard-system]

Gonna be the change I want to see in the world today. Time to talk about astigmatism.

So people usually know astigmatism from that one "astigmatism versus normal vision" post about artificial lights (like car headlights or street lamps) having a lot of extra glare if you have astigmatism – something which makes it hard to actually see the object causing that light, especially at night. Which is true! But that's not all astigmatism is.

Astigmatism is a visual condition (problem with your eyesight) in which your eye isn't as round as it should be, and as a result, light isn't reflected into your eyes the right way. This makes your vision blurry – and unlike farsightedness or nearsightedness, it's blurry at all distances! This also results in seeing a lot more "glare" or "haze" from artificial lights, which is what inspired those comparison pictures I mentioned earlier. This causes a lot of problems at night, when there's no natural light to help out your eyes, and you have to rely on artificial light to get around or just... do things in general.

Can you guess what other common situation also involves a lot of artificial light, which means it may be harder to navigate if you have astigmatism?

That's right! Using any type of screen also means staring directly at a lot of artificial light, and let me tell you, ouch! The strain that puts on your eyes when you have astigmatism is not fun! Using a screen when you have astigmatism is a lot more difficult, and I've gotten plenty of headaches from doing so. This is what led me to seek help, since it was causing me to struggle in classes I was otherwise keeping up with just fine. If you struggle with seeing/reading/understanding things when they're on a screen, but everything seems fine when you look away from the screen, you may wish to consider asking an eye doctor about astigmatism.

A more well-known sign about astigmatism is the "overlay" we see all the time. The best way I can describe it – and the way I described it at my eye doctor appointment – was that it's like everything you see has been duplicated, shifted over a little, and made half transparent. (There's a great video by Antonio the Optometrist on YouTube with examples!) This was my second big sign that I had astigmatism, and let me tell you, seeing the world without that overlay is wild! It took me some getting used to. Especially when it came to suddenly being aware that I now had much better perception of where the edges of things were.

"But wait," you might be saying. "Does that mean astigmatism can be treated?" Yes! You can get glasses specifically to help with astigmatism – and if you already have glasses, you can get the adjustment for astigmatism added into your next pair! Other than that, it can help to strain your eyes less – use more natural light, turn down the brightness on your screens, and use physical media over digital media more often. Also, maybe don't drive at night as much, assuming you do. Just as a practical habit.

Astigmatism is more than just "street lights have a starry glare to them", and I know of plenty of people who didn't think they had astigmatism because they chalked up that glare to just the natural reflection of light from their glasses, not knowing there were more signs they could have been on the lookout for. So, I hope this helps somebody out there – even if it's just knowing more about what astigmatism is!

[gonzophotography]