• Cloudstash@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Masspopulation will continue to be stupid, exactly what your government wants. Focus on the hard work!

  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    46·
    9 days ago

    Might depend on the material. I have -3.5dpt on both sides and my glasses have half the width and glare. Or are those some random units again?

    • Redjard@reddthat.com
      41·
      8 days ago

      I assumed he’d estimated it based on how distorted the face appears behind the glasses. I do that all the time.

      At this angle it’s hard for me to do that, since I usually use the edges of the face to estimate it. negative glasses pull the line inwards, positive outwards. I can reliably tell when someone is wearing fake glasses (0 strength) for example, and probably estimate strength within 30% of the actual value.

      If the image was higher res maybe I could estimate this case too. Or this professional optometrist is just a lot better at it than I am.

      Strong negative glasses: (Note the faces contours in the glasses appearing well inside the faces contours around the glassed)

      Fake glasses:

      Positive glasses:

      PS: Searching for generic terms yields 100% fake glasses, so I took a specific person I remember having strong glasses for myopia.

      • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        8·
        8 days ago

        Just looked in the mirror… Checks out! :)

        Thanks for the explanation. And yeah, on the op picture you can’t see any of that clearly, so he needs to have serious practice for that statement.

      • DaGeek247@fedia.io
        6·
        8 days ago

        This is so cool. Thank you for sharing how to do that.

        At this angle it’s hard for me to do that, since I usually use the edges of the face to estimate it

        This is a screenshot of a photo, but you can still see the left side offset if you zoom in. The original photo likely has much better quality to see it with.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        PS: Searching for generic terms yields 100% fake glasses, so I took a specific person I remember having strong glasses for myopia.

        Just love it thanks

        • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
          11·
          9 days ago

          Going for “I see you” with a plausible but bullshit unit name but yours works too. Maybe they keep getting into accidents and landing in the ICU because of poor eyesight.

          • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            4·
            9 days ago

            Aaah… So ist not the original prescription, rather the hit count. Like snipers carve lines in their rifle.

            Now it all comes together!

  • Emopunker@feddit.org
    24·
    8 days ago

    Hi, Feddit admin here. I would like to apologize for B-TR3E’s behavior and have given them a temporary instance ban for their misbehavior not only here but on other comms as well.

    Their misbehavior was brought to my attention and it was enough to take action since we expect our users to behave regardless of which instance they are on (at least when it comes to common courtesy).

      • SCmSTREnglish
        13·
        8 days ago

        Guy is a social media actor shorts comedian and is pretty based. So not only would he not say something like shitty that, he wouldn’t say it publicly. On yt he has 1.27m subscribers.

          • SCmSTREnglish
            3·
            8 days ago

            Him being an actual eye doctor makes his skits so, so much better.

    • DaGeek247@fedia.io
      3·
      8 days ago

      My reading of it following the ethans point of view first. People are different. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • null@lemmy.orgEnglish
    13·
    8 days ago

    I’m putting on my needs context hat and standing next to the needs context sign.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 days ago

      White? Or is it the background for the time left in the quarter you meant? The scores appear to be white on blue and white on black. Not sure why they did the WNBA logo to be on orange though. The shot clock being on red makes sense to me as it is the “imminent danger”. (Probably could just do black on white for it though)

  • sangeteria@lemmy.ml
    9·
    8 days ago

    This interaction truly tickled me in a way that I had to comment lol, even if it’s not furthering the convo. Great post!

  • jeffep@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 days ago

    Great response, given that the alternative was to double down and take the lifelong commitment to the path of misogyny

    • lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
      55·
      8 days ago

      i think he is referring to the strength of her prescription. a -1 or -1.5 diopter prescription is mild - i.e. her glasses aren’t strong enough for the person she offered them to. misogyny was not intended

    • Buffy@libretechni.caEnglish
      11·
      8 days ago

      What? I think you missed what he is saying like the reply to him. He was talking about her glasses not her looks. If he doubled down it would have just been him explaining what he meant and that would be that.

    • Uruanna@lemmy.world
      9·
      8 days ago

      It is fair to be confused and not know that he’s really talking about the prescription if you don’t know what that is and you don’t know Dr. Glaucomflecken is an actual ophthalmologist from his comedy Youtube shorts.

    • Hozerkiller@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      I’m assuming you are talking about Ethan but I’m not sure how misogyny or shitting on someone talking about glasses are the only 2 options?

      • jeffep@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 days ago

        Oh dear I should really be more careful with irony in written text or else feel the wrath of the mob! 😅 I meant that calling her a -1 can be interpreted as pretty offensive and Ethan pointed that out. Now the other guy saw the issue and corrected his comment with a follow up. I just meant that he did that in a really good way. He could have also chosen to never admit a mistake and just become a misogynist now.

        • Hozerkiller@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          8 days ago

          -1 was obviously about her glasses. The screenshot is basically going “look at this idiot who didn’t realize that” nobody did anything misogynistic in the screenshot and being heavyhanded in labels like that make it easier for actual examples of misogyny to be dismissed.

          • nile_istic@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 days ago

            I think what Jeff is pointing out is that it isn’t uncommon for someone to be misinterpreted as a misogynist and, when called out, decide to lean into the misogyny rather than away, even if it wasn’t their original intention. In this instance, it’s a miscommunication that the OP handled in a way that made me laugh out loud, but I think Jeff is right, that there are also people who, in the same situation would have responded something to the effect of “I was talking about her vision. Maybe if you women weren’t all so [insert twitter-typical misogyny here]”, etc etc. Obviously that isn’t what happened here, but it has been known to.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          3·
          8 days ago

          I’ve never seen a double whoosh before. It’s one thing to not get the joke, it’s another thing to not get the joke after the joke has been explained to you.

  • B-TR3E@feddit.org
    5·
    9 days ago

    You might have phrased this a lot better by keeping your stupid mouth shut. Take that as general advice.

      • B-TR3E@feddit.org
        1·
        8 days ago

        Look, I was a bit slow understanding a joke, so were 90% here. I got it and made another joke about it, that 90% here did not get because they were busy voting the “evil guy” down and making spiteful comments about somebody seemingly not the sharpest knive in the drawer. I got the joke. Took me three minutes. You, OTOH, will be the small minded, cowardish piece of shit that you are for all your life. Your mentality attacking anonymously out of the crowd, looking for a “victim” that momentarilly has no lobby is what we see from people like the ICE. I’ve got a pretty wife I have been married to for more than two decades, she’s got more character under her toenail than you’ll have all your life. So I still might “die alone”, right, asshole. But I still prefer it to living a life like yours.

          • B-TR3E@feddit.org
            2·
            8 days ago

            Yes. As intellectual a reply as I expected from people like you. But maybe I am a bit too hard, Did you get retention again, sweetie? Ate up the other kids crayons, again?

            • Krauerking@lemy.lol
              3·
              8 days ago

              Their hand quivers, and they can feel their legs shake, “Maybe this is the time” they think to themselves, if they can find the courage that is.
              Maybe it will end like a meet-cute and the future love their life will get out their car and help them out and pick them up and send them on a glorious adventure.
              Or maybe it will just sever their spine and it will be over.
              But! The driver will remember them and their face for the rest of their life, their death having given meaning to their existence as the driver will go on to travel the world and have the adventure of a lifetime in response to this random stranger they collided with. Knowing that even if its not personally lived but that the adventure was had by their presence…

              But their daydreams are snapped out by the sound of a car horn and the engine roaring past.
              The moment is gone but the heart still flutters and the adrenaline pumps through their veins, less than the first time they thought about this but enough to still feel the rush of life they don’t live. “There is always the next car,” they think, “maybe, this time I will try yelling at them.”

    • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
      144·
      9 days ago

      My understanding is that the Dr. was referring to her glasses prescription, but the numbers he provided were misinterpreted as some sort of rating on her appearance (or perhaps basketball performance).

      He didn’t intend to cause that confusion, which is why he acknowledged that his choice of wording was not ideal. I hope that clears things up.

        • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          I’m not sure how to interpret this since I don’t wear glasses. I can’t tell if your response was intended as a compliment, insult, joke, or something else entirely.

          Full disclosure, I’m on the spectrum so there is likely something that is going over my head. I can only hope that your comment was given with positive intentions and was intended to evoke positive feelings in the reader.

          • db2@lemmy.world
            4·
            8 days ago

            It’s not that deep, just a reply with text from the post. There’s nothing to unpack.

            • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
              3·
              7 days ago

              Thanks for the clarification. Given the context of how this comment thread has developed, I didn’t know what to expect.

      • B-TR3E@feddit.org
        25·
        9 days ago

        Sir, I am well known to understand each and any joke. Immediately and at any time of night or day. If this is intended to be an insult to my intellectual capabilities, I demand satisfaction.

        • chicken@sh.itjust.works
          66·
          9 days ago

          But you see, my good fellow, you’ve shown nary a bit of proof for this supposed intellect. How could I, an internet user of honor and integrity, accept such a duel when I know not if my actions will be akin to bullying a simpleton?

    • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
      44·
      9 days ago

      Just FYI, they’re indicating the glasses prescription in diopters. A -1.5 means minor correction to myopia by 1.5 diopters. Someone took the -1 and -1.5 as a hotness scale, but the guy is a sort of famous optometrist and was commenting on the lens correction factor, not hotness.

      • B-TR3E@feddit.org
        31·
        9 days ago

        Wearing -6.5 and -6 myself as well as a cat on my shoulder that keeps waving it’s tail before my eyes and considering that it’s almost 3am here, you might excuse that the joke hit in here with some delay…

        • bobzer@lemmy.zip
          75·
          9 days ago

          “I’m too tired to get the joke but I can still make an incredibly aggressive post attacking a stranger on the internet”

          Maybe someone else should be keeping their mouth shut…

          • B-TR3E@feddit.org
            1·
            8 days ago

            If you, or anyone else in the lynchmob here had intellect enough to get a joke I might find the time to give you a seriously aggressive reply. But as things are, I don’t think you’re worth my time.