I got mine because I couldn’t read the blackboard despite sitting in the front row. I think that means I only noticed I needed glasses because I was already a geek — which might explain part of my refusal to get contacts despite many people telling me to as a teenager.
And now that I know I *can’t* wear contacts, we have entered an era where some people wear fake glasses. I like to think of it as a karmic reward for resisting peer pressure.
I got my glasses because I got dizzy every time I sat on a swing. No, really. My mother is a orthoptist (basically, a specialist working with eye-doctors) and has a professional focus on those kind of things, so the first conclusion is usually “they need glasses”. In my case, it turned out correct. In my brother’s case, it turned out he has dyslexia and the glasses were neither necessary nor helpful.
Exactly the same story here. Front row, couldn’t see jack (first mildly blurry, then foggy) – eventually I realized I -might- need glasses. Once I did I liked how I looked with them, so no matter how many people (mother included) tried to sway me to get contacts, I stood firmly by my glasses. 16 years later history has proven me right.
That probably doesn’t work for stronger prescriptions (last time I asked, contacts simply weren’t an option for me). Or immediately (how long does it take from realizing you want contacts to actually getting ones that are right for you?)
Or are you suggesting that they were wearing contacts under those glasses all along?
Makes men look more… refined. Intellectual even. Weather or not that is hot depends on the type of girl you’re trying to attract. Then again I’ve had some really trashy girls fawn over me (note: I wear glasses) – just goes to show tastes can vary wildly even within distinct social groups.
I know for a fact that I am not the only person out there who was disappointed when Westley from “Angel” switched to contacts in the later seasons. I mean, Alexis Denisof is hot regardless. But with glasses? Oh yes please! 😀
I remember the day when I realized Geek Chic was in. I said to my (non-understanding) husband, “Holy crap. That one Roomies strip about the glasses is real now!”
Not sure why Danny would care. of all this stuff I’ve read thus far, “geek” is not something he has demonstrated. Hell, Joe is geekier than him and therefore a higher stake in the matter.
Well, just because he’s not part of the subculture doesn’t mean he can’t be attracted to members of it. Some geek guys go for cheerleaders and some geek girls will go for jocks; I don’t see why Danny can’t be attracted to geek girls without being one himself.
I was at a very geeky burlesque show at Hal-con like that. Guy comes out, black dress pants, black dress shoes, high-collared, snug, long black trench coat, firmly buttoned, black fedora, and one of those medieval bird-like doctor’s masks. And I’m, like, “Ooh, baby, yes!” And he takes off the trench, but it’s okay, he has a black dress shirt, tie, and vest, but because this is a burlesque show, nope. “Fine, but leave the hat on–nope.”
“Okay, the mask, at least? PLEASE leave the mask on? You are hitting every one of my fetishe–nope.”
I mean, it was a burlesque show. I knew what to expect. But I was still soooo disappointed, lol.
“Hey, guys, the burlesque show was super fun! Especially the Agent Carter one and the skinned Pokemon lady at the end with the light-up hula hoop! 😀 “
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Glad to know I’m not the only one that hated when they did this.
pbbblt, I started wearing glasses BECAUSE I hated how I looked without them =p
I started because I couldn’t read the flavors of ice cream at a shop. It was four feet away from me.
I got mine because I couldn’t read the blackboard despite sitting in the front row. I think that means I only noticed I needed glasses because I was already a geek — which might explain part of my refusal to get contacts despite many people telling me to as a teenager.
And now that I know I *can’t* wear contacts, we have entered an era where some people wear fake glasses. I like to think of it as a karmic reward for resisting peer pressure.
I got my glasses because I got dizzy every time I sat on a swing. No, really. My mother is a orthoptist (basically, a specialist working with eye-doctors) and has a professional focus on those kind of things, so the first conclusion is usually “they need glasses”. In my case, it turned out correct. In my brother’s case, it turned out he has dyslexia and the glasses were neither necessary nor helpful.
Exactly the same story here. Front row, couldn’t see jack (first mildly blurry, then foggy) – eventually I realized I -might- need glasses. Once I did I liked how I looked with them, so no matter how many people (mother included) tried to sway me to get contacts, I stood firmly by my glasses. 16 years later history has proven me right.
Huh, you’re right, glasses are seen as a more attractive thing…I hadn’t noticed that shift before…
clearly you have never worn prescription eyeglasses!
It’s always interesting in those shows how the girls in question don’t actually seem to need those glasses they so casually dispose of.
Contacts.
That probably doesn’t work for stronger prescriptions (last time I asked, contacts simply weren’t an option for me). Or immediately (how long does it take from realizing you want contacts to actually getting ones that are right for you?)
Or are you suggesting that they were wearing contacts under those glasses all along?
“I’ve just always worn glasses for the heck of it! I could see, all along!”
I know! Girls don’t need to see, they need to be seen
Glasses on girls raise hotness level by a factor of 2.7. It’s SCIENCE!
It’s not the glasses. It’s the overalls and pigtails!!!
Ruth doesn’t have pigtails?
Whoa whoa whoa. Pigtails are sexy!
I….agree with Danny. What evil have you wrought, Willis!?
That girls in glasses are hot is just so self-evident that even Danny can see it.
Not just girls.
I’ve proven totally incapable of judging hotness in dudes, so I’ll take your word for it.
Makes men look more… refined. Intellectual even. Weather or not that is hot depends on the type of girl you’re trying to attract. Then again I’ve had some really trashy girls fawn over me (note: I wear glasses) – just goes to show tastes can vary wildly even within distinct social groups.
I know for a fact that I am not the only person out there who was disappointed when Westley from “Angel” switched to contacts in the later seasons. I mean, Alexis Denisof is hot regardless. But with glasses? Oh yes please! 😀
Also Daniel from Stargate.
Geek chic is in, but then ya got that one group of people that ruin it by calling it “fake geek chic”.
I wish to firmly place myself in the “Glasses are hawtsome” supporters.
I’ve been in that camp for years.
REJOICE!
I remember when. “Guys don’t make passes at girls that wear glasses”. Good God, I’m older than dirt.
You date back to Dorothy Parker?
I remember that old saying being true from my personal point of view right up to the late 1970s then my eyes were open to the truth..
Guys don’t make eyes at girls with tie-dyes.
I never got why rhyming things were more commonly upheld as true.
It’s a crime not to rhyme.
If that’s a shock,
fear Roadblock!
Wow. That was prophetic.
Testify! Jim Hines did a blog post a few months back about how he’s welcomed Thick Framed Geek Glasses back into his life.
I remember the day when I realized Geek Chic was in. I said to my (non-understanding) husband, “Holy crap. That one Roomies strip about the glasses is real now!”
True story…
This is so weirdly prescient. Especially considering that geek chic is the actual term popular today.
Not sure why Danny would care. of all this stuff I’ve read thus far, “geek” is not something he has demonstrated. Hell, Joe is geekier than him and therefore a higher stake in the matter.
Well, just because he’s not part of the subculture doesn’t mean he can’t be attracted to members of it. Some geek guys go for cheerleaders and some geek girls will go for jocks; I don’t see why Danny can’t be attracted to geek girls without being one himself.
I was at a very geeky burlesque show at Hal-con like that. Guy comes out, black dress pants, black dress shoes, high-collared, snug, long black trench coat, firmly buttoned, black fedora, and one of those medieval bird-like doctor’s masks. And I’m, like, “Ooh, baby, yes!” And he takes off the trench, but it’s okay, he has a black dress shirt, tie, and vest, but because this is a burlesque show, nope. “Fine, but leave the hat on–nope.”
“Okay, the mask, at least? PLEASE leave the mask on? You are hitting every one of my fetishe–nope.”
I mean, it was a burlesque show. I knew what to expect. But I was still soooo disappointed, lol.
Sometimes less isn’t more…
Aaaaand I’m Joyce. Welp.
“Hey, guys, the burlesque show was super fun! Especially the Agent Carter one and the skinned Pokemon lady at the end with the light-up hula hoop! 😀 “
Oh, god, I had forgotten where this bit came from. Thanks!
Originally posted:
November 11, 2004