#cheap prescription sunglasses

[missygoesmeow]

i adore sharing media i love with friends and having them go insane over it :) is this how jesus felt when he spread the word of god?

[spookyboywhump]

you’ve just made me discover a website with cute glasses frames and cheapish prices???? hell yeah

Hell yeah! I had some of these recommended to me a while back, I bought the ones from lensmart but I’ve also been looking on sllac, zenni optical, glasses USA and eye buy direct! There are tons of options out there :)

[inazuma-fulgur]

So what your saying is depicting the real experience of people wearing glasses is too bothersome and not profitable so let us rather join the optometrist store hellhole where glasses don't exist, I think I've heard that somewhere else already

Where our current filming techniques are optimized in a way that makes filming specific groups of people inconvenient and therefore makes them undesirable to have on screen

That is not something I would defend

can we talk about how literally 64% of people wear glasses, and yet we NEVER see them in movies/tv unless it's on some nerdy or uncool character? why do we adhere to such a weird beauty standard that subconsciously makes us feel bad for,, not being able to see???

[softgrungeprophet]

also i think i may be a "wire rim glasses for life" person now

[starrypawz]

I misplaced my sunglasses recently, I am currently waiting for replacement sunglasses by all laws of the universe this will mean once the new sunglasses show up the old ones will reappear right?

[prescriptglasses]

Point to Consider on Purchasing Best Men’s Prescription Glasses

The best men’s prescription glasses will not merely provide the eyes protection from the sun but also there are glasses that come with paired shades which easily stops the sun from reflecting off the water into your eyes. The best thing about is that you will also be able to look through the water with these glasses.

[ms-demeanor]

So I have vision insurance again which means I was able to go to the optometrist and get glasses through insurance for the first time in 11 years (instead of paying out of pocket and getting glasses from zenni) and here are my notes:

It's *NOT GREAT* that Luxotica is mentioned by name on the insurance card printout

I know everything got more expensive in the last ten years, but frames also got a lot more expensive and for some reason there was a huge gap in prices - my insurance covered $130 for frames and the office had a bunch of frames for $70 and a bunch of frames for $150 but basically no frames between those two price points.

When you say "I can't afford to go over the allowance" on XYZ thing they are not even *considering* the cost of progressive bifocals. So I was like "no coating, cheap frames, no extras" and then they were like "okay so the progressive bifocal is going to be over a hundred dollars more" and I was like "how much is the bifocal with a line" and they were like "oh that's only $15 but we don't consider that appropriate for your age, we recommend this other kind of lens" and it doesn't matter what you consider age appropriate for me, I can't afford that so we're not doing that.

The seventy dollar frames are all kind of trash. Super thin, super bendy, and not in a good "flexible fit" way but more in a "if you fall asleep in these you will wake up with broken glasses" way.

They wrote down my reading prescription wrong? For the last ten years I've been slowly creeping up from +.25 to my current +2.50; they told me it had increased but the printout said +.75 so either my prescription has been wrong for a while or they missed the 2 at the front of that number and my glasses are going to show up with a low magnification. (I noticed after I'd left the office but before the glasses arrived).

Given all of that, with insurance: $25 for a pair of glasses, which included the office copay.

So then of course I went to zenni and ordered glasses anyway because I've been wearing the same frame design for seven years and want another pair that look exactly like that.

Progressive bifocals WERE the most expensive part of the order, and because my prescription is stronger they are getting progressively more expensive - initially the upgrade to bifocal cost something like $30 for a lower magnification, now they're $85 for the stronger prescription.

And that's it, that's the expensive part. Fifteen dollar frames, five dollar anti-reflective coating, total for bifocals was around a hundred dollars; I got a pair of single-vision sunglasses for under $20.

Part of the reason I decided to spend more at zenni than at my optometrist's office was because I was able to get good, sturdy frames that I know fit my face and will survive mosh pits and me falling asleep on them without cracking. In order to get the same thing at the optometrist's office I would have had to pay thirty dollars more for lenses as well as forty more for frames so I would have walked out of there paying more for a pair of glasses with frames that I wasn't super excited about (there was a pair that was *okay* but not great that were similar in construction to my current frames but more bulky and square) than I did for glasses that I know I like and a pair of sunglasses.

I did end up paying less out of pocket for the visit than I would have without the insurance, and $15 for a pair of back-up glasses isn't bad. But it was all-in-all a frustrating experience.

However: I've been wearing the same pair of glasses for three years and the anti-reflective coating is worn away in some places and they're so scratched that they're impossible to actually clean in some places and large bastard looked through them last week and was like "OH! No wonder you can't tell when you need to clean your windshield! You don't get to drive at night until those are replaced" so no matter what glasses I'm wearing next week they're going to be an improvement.

[dragonheartstring360]

Some notes for anyone writing a character with glasses, from someone who wears glasses everyday:

- glasses need to come off before changing a shirt, unless it has a really big collar. Otherwise, glasses will get ripped off by said shirt collar.

- weather will affect how well you can see out of them, especially rain. Raindrops will dot glasses and it’s like trying to drive a car in the rain without working windshield wipers. Snow sometimes does this too, but not as bad, and lots of dust kicking up will make glasses dirty and foggy. If it’s humid enough (talking like swampy, Deep South levels, weather app says “90-100% humidity”), glasses will fog up when you step outside. If it’s crazy windy, glasses can fly off and the character should hold onto them or take them off and put them somewhere safe. They’ll usually get dirty or break in a pants pocket, so maybe have character carry around a sturdy glasses case if needed.

- not all materials are good for wiping glasses off. Some shirt materials just make it worse.

- if your character’s glasses are super dirty or smudged, they will be able to see it 24/7 as they look around and it’s annoying af.

- although glasses can keep things from getting in a character’s eyes (like something that’s been sprayed), it doesn’t protect our eyes all the time, especially if it’s coming at an angle or there’s a large amount. For that, you’d need actual safety glasses or goggles (and yes, they do make prescription goggles, but they’re not cheap).

- speaking of waves, for the love of god, DO NOT have your character swim with their glasses on. At best, they’ll get wet and they won’t be able to see. At worst, if they’re forced underwater or an ocean wave smacks them in the face, they’ll fly off and/or break.

- a crack in glasses is actually annoying af and makes it very hard to see.

- if a character’s face is wet, like from sweat or a ton of rain, their glasses will continuously slide down their nose and they’ll need to keep pushing them back up.

- lots of liquids other than water will make glasses opaque.

- glasses should be fitted pretty well to a person’s head. So if the character’s face is dry or there’s a moderate amount of wind, the “legs” that go behind their ears should be tight enough that they don’t just constantly fly off or slip down their nose. If they do, they’re too big (but obviously something a tornado will make them fly off).

- although I hate the whole “they took off their glasses and now they’re a ✨ model ✨” trope, people do tend to look very different with glasses on vs off - especially a character like Harry Potter who constantly wears their glasses. It’s not unrealistic that people who don’t know the character well (or even those who do, but just aren’t as quick) won’t recognize them at first without their glasses.

- as far as I know (correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve never been able to do this), if a lens pops out of the frames, it can’t be popped back in by non-professionals without the right tools. The glasses are just done for.

- if your character has contacts in (or this is a psa for anyone who wears contacts), DO NOT have them rub their eyes. The contact will pop out and they’re very translucent and tiny, so trust me, it will just fall and be lost forever.

- being able to see clearly out of one eye and not the other (like with a broken/missing lens or a contact falling out) causes headaches.

- glasses are expensive af in the US (idk about other places). One time when I didn’t have vision insurance, an eye exam and two frames with lenses (I have blue eyes and very extreme light sensitivity, so have to have prescription sun glasses as well as regular glasses) cost over $900USD. If you want the special frames that become tinted and basically turn into sunglasses when you walk outside, it will cost extra.

- speaking of those lenses that become tinted when you walk outside, they take awhile to fade back to normal after you go back inside. Your character needs to be prepared to still be “wearing” sunglasses for the first 5-10 minutes after they walk inside.

- if a character is wearing contacts, they can wear normal sunglasses. If not, they’ll need special prescription sunglasses to be able to see. You cannot wear prescription sunglasses with contacts in or you won’t be able to see anything. Ever tried to look through your friend’s glasses and everything’s weird and warped and giving you a headache? That’s what it will look like.

- not exactly glasses related, but people with lighter colored eyes will always have worse light sensitivity than people with darker eyes. I have very blue eyes and looking up at the sky on a sunny day will literally make me see stars, and especially if I’m driving towards the sun while it’s setting, I have to have my sunglasses on or I literally will not be able to see and tears will be leaking out my eyes the whole way home.

- speaking of prescription sunglasses, unless your character can see pretty far without their glasses or they’re far sighted, you cannot just take prescription sunglasses off and still be able to see, especially while driving. You just have to deal with it and keep the sunglasses on and look like a Matrix wannabe if it gets cloudy or starts raining, or you have to do the super speedy Dance of Death where you’re still watching the road in front of you, taking off one pair of glasses and putting the other on super fast (which usually requires you to use your mouth to open and close things).

- GLASSES ARE FRAGILE. Seriously, a very petite person could sit in them and snap them in half. They’re not something you want your character just throwing around.

- there are varying levels of how well someone can see. There’s farsightedness and nearsightedness. Some people don’t have that much trouble and can see pretty far, so only wear their glasses as needed. But some people (aka moi) can genuinely only see a few inches in front of their face. Like if I ever lost my glasses or they broke, I’d be done for. I wouldn’t be able to work or drive or do anything around the house.

- glasses need to be replaced about once a year because of possible prescription changes or sometimes lenses losing their strength and becoming harder to see through. Trying to tough it out after long enough will give your character headaches/migraines and sore eyes from eye strain.

- some mascaras (especially thick ones) will smudge glasses when the character blinks. Same with false lashes (although they’ll brush instead of smudge). Usually less intense mascaras and shorter fake lash lengths are better.

- eye makeup is harder to see with glasses on.

- please, please, PLEASE stop using the whole “omg look how much prettier/more attractive they are without their glasses” trope. Not everyone’s eyes can handle contacts and some people prefer wearing their glasses. And it makes those of us who prefer glasses or have to wear them feel like shit, especially because there aren’t a lot of characters with glasses in media who don’t become the butt of a joke (ie the one wearing glasses is the “ugly duckling” for it like in princess diaries, or like Velma from scooby doo always losing them and patting around, or people who wear glasses will always be some sort of dorky/insufferable know it all).

- glasses come in all shapes, sizes, and colors and can be used to actually enhance a character’s style! Some of them even have magnetic frames that click in place over the simple pair, so have fun using glasses to build your character’s style.

- edit to add: no one ever purposely falls asleep with their glasses on. You will crush and break them when you roll around. However, if a character does accidentally fall asleep with them on, a love interest gently taking them off so they don’t wake them up and setting them on the table next to them can be a super cute moment.

- whoops thought of some more. Hair products, especially hairspray, can be a bitch to get off glasses and doesn’t always just rinse off with water. If they’re spraying anything, including dry shampoo, the glasses have gotta come off and get out of the line of fire first.

- hair can and will get caught in the little hinge by the legs and we do occasionally not notice till we take our glasses off and rip a hair out of our heads.

- be careful when you comb or brush, cuz if the glasses legs get caught in the brush or comb, it will be ripped off our face.

Hope this helps! May the writing gods bless your work 🤓

[thebibliosphere]

Have you found any replacement fashionable blue light glasses yet? I got a cheap pair but they look like welding glasses.

No, but I haven't been looking since I got my red-tinted prescription glasses that block blue light better than the typical yellow-ish anti-blue light lenses.

If you don't mind wearing shades indoors, you might find some cool looking red tinted UV rated sunglasses, just make sure they're also rated for UVA and UVB protection.

I got my brother this pair a while ago (link), and he really likes them for preventing his problems with blue light.

[that-disabled-princess]

GO HOME, TUMBLR, YOU'RE DRUNK. For the THIRD TIME, here's my post. Let me show my goddamn knees, Tumblr.

Happy happy disability pride month to my fellow disabled folks! Since it's disability pride month, I figured I'd take the opportunity to flaunt my cane! (All sticker credits are under the cut.)

No one in my household knows about my cane--they give me enough shit for being disabled as it is--so I'm going to be proud online :D

I had to buy a cheap one off Amazon because I'm a broke teenager with no job, but it works well for me! I absolutely love my cane--it is so handy, and has saved me from many a bad flareup while out shopping. I can stay out longer without worrying so much about my knee, which is frankly amazing. I'm so happy I can do that now.

I fucking adore stickers, I have quite a few on my laptop and water bottle, and had so much fun putting them all on my cane. (What you see on my cane barely scratches the surface of the sheer number of stickers I have.) I had so much fun putting my personality onto my cane with stickers and crochet.

My doctor and I still don't know what's going on with my knee, and she advised going to an orthopedic, so that's our next step. Hopefully we can get some answers as to why my joints are fucked up.

I'm also disabled in other way besides chronic knee pain--chronic migraines, ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, chronic hand pain from an injury. I wear prescription sunglasses to help with the migraines and sensory issues!

Happy disability pride month! 🖤❤️💛🤍💙💚🖤

Spadey sticker from @mostlymaudlin

"Love yourself" sticker from a garage sale

Appa sticker from unknown (I cannot find who the seller was)

Frog "Be you" sticker and rainbow axolotl sticker from YunaartDesign

"Queer" sticker from blackfernpdx

"I'm a book dragon, not a worm" sticker from a garage sale

Rainbow crochet caterpillar charm by me!

[bengesko]

Hey folks~

I'm sorry to ask, but as you know, my partner's car was stolen last week, and though the car itself was recovered, the degenerate hooligans that stole our car made off with a lot of the contents. The more important things- like the kiddo's comfort plushie, fav outfit, and her toothbrush- were replaced, but my items have not been replaced yet.

This includes both my glasses and sunglasses (which are prescription, and I need them to drive, especially during Portland's rainy season, which is ramping up).

My SIL paid for tires for my car, and we're now using it to take the kiddo to school, and SIL to work.

There's just a few things that I need help with, and would greatly appreciate it.

Prescription: 15$ (Doc agreed a weekly dose of dexamethasone will help a great deal, but OHP won't cover it.)

Windshield wipers: 20$ (Rainy season is starting, and my wipers are 2 years old and cracked from sitting in the sun.)

Sun/Glasses: 40$ (Thanks, Zenni, for being cheap)

Total needed: 75$

(I currently have 20 bucks to my name, and that has to go towards my phone bill. I'm doing surveys on Prolific to make some of this money, but the approval time of my funds varies from researcher to researcher.)

I am currently full on commissions (If I take anymore until my current queue is full, I'll get overwhelmed) But I can do tarot readings at a discounted rate if anyone is interested!

I work with an heirloom Rider-Waite deck that's been in my family for four generations, and a Marigold deck. I also do rune casts by themselves, or as a supplement to the tarot reading.

I'd be happy to do these (even a large spread like a Celtic Cross) at a reduced rate!

My paypal

[marmotsomsierost]

Finally updated my contact prescription and excellent bonus, the corneal dystrophy is much less visible and i can actually be corrected to 20/20 again. Slight annoyance; everything is big and bendy again. My phone is weirdly concave and flat surfaces are too. I know it'll go away but 🎶it's been awhile 🎶

(Also the doc brought me a glasses case (which i had asked for) and the 'sorry we blew up your pupils' sunglasses (which i had not - sidenote, the retinal imager thing? Fuck yes i would rather pay the $40 than be destroyed all day). I took the glasses case but said i don't need the sunglasses bc i always have glasses in the car. She pointed out that i was wearing contacts and my prescription sunglasses would be less helpful; i said oh, no, i always have a big plastic pair of cheap sunglasses in the car that'll fit over my glasses in case i forget my sunglasses. She went 'huh.' I went 'yeah the dangerous $1 aisle at target is great for that.' Now, are the cheapo sunglasses polarized? No. Which sucks, but better than being blasted by the Great Unfeeling Glowy Orb. She thought that was pretty entertaining too.)

[trivialbob]

Sheila and I and another couple drove US 35 through Wisconsin and along the Mississipi River today. I like the small towns that dot the route. For lunch we stopped in Stockholm, WI at the Humble Moon Folkstead and Saloon.

If it's Sunday and there's an NFL game on anywhere in the world I'm contractually obligated to order a bloody Mary. Here I am trying on someone else's nice sunglasses as I enjoy a bloody made with horseradish vodka. It came with a beer chaser too! My own non-prescription sunglasses have a little distortion. These Maui Jim shades made me think I was wearing prescription lenses. They were so nice.

This restaurant saves trees by having a single menu, handwritten on small sheets of padper. We ordered at a counter and passed around the list. Sheila and I each got a cheeseburgers with fried onions (hers had mayo too) and side of fries. The meal was excellent.

The four of us sat in the patio area which had a few of these propane heaters. Sheila ansd I are thinking of getting one for home. Had the heaters not been enough, there was a barrel of clean blankets we could have used to sit on or under.

Other ways to indicate "his" and hers," including an explanation if the first word wasn't enough of a hint:

For dessert we crossed the street to the Stockholm Pie Shop and General Store. A slice of pie wasn't cheap (like what is these days), but it was huge. We shared one slice.

From Stockholm we motored further south to Nelson, WI where we bought beef sticks and ice cream at the creamery there.

I started the 90 minute drive home. After a short time I asked Sheila to take over because I thought I might fall asleep. Excellent lunch, a cocktail, followed by a sugar rush. It took a lot out of me.

[jett-roid]

Nobody asked but here's a list of stuff that I bring with me when I go out. All stuff that helps me cope and feel more secure and confident when out and about.

My phone. Has an AAC app on it just in case, haven't used yet due to anxiety and complex feelings about it

My school jacket which is a comfort item that also happens to have 4 pockets which I use completely (I've got stuff like small stim toys, my wallet, pads, etc., in them)

My sunflower lanyard

My communication cards which are attached to my lanyard

My noise-cancelling headphones

My prescription sunglasses and the cool tinted add-on lenses that connect to the main frame with magnets

My crossbody bag that I call my "accessibility bag" because I can. Specifically a crossbody bag for easy access to what I bring

What I have in my bag

Bottle of water

Snacks

My glasses case

Mini bag full of stim toys (tangles, pop-its that can turn into bracelets, a chewy, rubber bands, monkey noodles, bubbler pen)

A notebook and small pencilcase

A cheap LCD tablet

An umbrella

Chewing gum

Painkillers and anti-inflammatories

An eye mask

A mask

A wire for my headphones (connects them to my phone like wired headphones) incase they die

Some bracelets that I made, plus other jewellery like rings because sometimes I spontaneously want to wear them

My small orca plushie named Bóinn that is literally my daughter and nobody can tell me otherwise. She's my little portable emotional support animal :]

[savetheghost]

save do you have any tips for managing migraines

uhhhhhh lessee

personally i have prescriptions for it cause mine screwed my brain up but obvious ones like proper rest + maybe log what you eat and see if theres any correlation + general put nutrients in your body stuff which is actually kind of hard to keep track of

i have some REALLY WEIRD scent based triggers so i have to stay away from ammonia-like scents and eucalyptus cause those will put my ass out flat IMMEDIATELY, thats not an everyone thing but maybe note if theres sensory stuff around you that might be a trigger

for me warm toned lights and screen tints are way better than cool tones/white light and if youve got light colored eyes wear amber tinted sunglasses outdoors

water + salty snack > pedialite > gatorade and depending on caffeine sensitivity maybe moderate that cause it can either help or hurt, kinda depends on the person, but water and saltines will get you electrolytes and its cheap as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck even if it doesnt taste as great as gatorade

sunlight on your skin and not in your eyeballs

also vitamin d just in general helps but its way better to actually use the sun for that than trying to digest it so like just 10ish minutes in the sun is what my neurologist recommended on top of taking 2000mg tablets

thats what ive got off the top of my head

[doueverwonder]

It's probably too late but I've saved money by getting my eye prescription from the eye doctor and ordering glasses online myself through sites like zenni or eyebuydirect (my preferred option). They offer transitions, and prescription sunglasses and yes they come with the prescription lense. I'm talking perfectly good prescription eye glasses for like, $15. I have multiple pairs of glasses now both for fashion and as back ups. It's real easy

i did order them off one of those sites, it was still like $97 (which I know is cheap compared to the $300 for my last pair) but its still stupid that they cost more then $20 all together for something I literally can't function without y'know?