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12 things anyone who grew up with glasses knows to be true
1. As a child, needing glasses was a fate worse than death
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“B-but… NERDS wear glasses!” Yeah well, guess what? You’re a nerd now.
2. You bullsh*tted your way through the “One or two?” test
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“So which lens is better: One… or two?”
“Ehhh…” SWEATIN.
3. And you weren’t much good at the air puff test, either
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You still aren’t, and that’s because it’s bloody torture.
4. But not to worry, your classmates would organise little sight tests for you too
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Thanks guys!
5. When they weren’t stealing your glasses right off your face, that is
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“WOW YOU ARE BLIND.” That’s sort of rude to blind people. I am merely a bit short-sighted, but okay…
6. Your first pair probably looked like this
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Stylish!
7. And they opened up a whole new world to you
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Look at all this detail! All this colour! So crisp, so clear.
8. Yet still, you forgot them ALL THE TIME
Squinting at the blackboard like:
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9. Or sat on them
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Sure, you got a case with them… But god knows where that went.
10. You imagined that if you took them off everyone would realise you were actually gorgeous
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Like in She’s All That!
11. But you just had to deal with them until your parents let you get contacts
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12. You see people wearing glasses for fashion now and think “PFFT. Interlopers”
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You did the time with glasses. You deserve the fashion cred.
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