How many of you wear glasses? - Page 4

*BubblyShell22* · 06-30-2014, 09:13 AM

For Donnie wearing glasses, it would be different if he wore them in other media or if he just wore them to read or something, but to me, this incarnation of him is just doing it to try to differentiate him as the "smart" one. That's just my two cents though.

*Netkeeper* · 06-30-2014, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pennydreadful

So a fair few of us use glasses... is anyone starting to come around to the idea of BayDonnie wearing glasses because they themselves wear glasses?

*raises hand* Guilty. It bugged me at first but I'm actually warming up to it.

It never bothered me. What DID bother me were the particular frames, as they looked like they came straight out of the 80's or earlier, as opposed to looking more modern. Like okay, I'm not opposed to Donatello sporting big, thick coke-bottle lenses, but at least make them look pleasant. If the frames HAVE to have rims [and when they're being placed over a purple mask, rimless is really the only way to go] make them black. The particular frames BayDonnie has look hideous, but they'd look hideous on anybody.

Nah, my problem lies in him having goggles, too. One or the other, take your pick, but don't go with both.

Type 97 Chi-ha · 06-30-2014, 12:06 PM

I've worn them since I was little.

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 06-30-2014, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Netkeeper

It never bothered me. What DID bother me were the particular frames, as they looked like they came straight out of the 80's or earlier, as opposed to looking more modern. Like okay, I'm not opposed to Donatello sporting big, thick coke-bottle lenses, but at least make them look pleasant. If the frames HAVE to have rims [and when they're being placed over a purple mask, rimless is really the only way to go] make them black. The particular frames BayDonnie has look hideous, but they'd look hideous on anybody.

Nah, my problem lies in him having goggles, too. One or the other, take your pick, but don't go with both.

I think he is wearing those frames because he probably found them in the sewers, polished them up and modified them to fit his head.

musashi-kamiizumi · 08-11-2014, 06:19 PM

Me! I don't care if Donnie wearing glasses is a nerd stereotype. I loved it, and it made me feel a little better about my own glasses in relation to a face mask.

musashi-kamiizumi · 08-11-2014, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

I think he is wearing those frames because he probably found them in the sewers, polished them up and modified them to fit his head.

I personally think it looks like he found 2 magnifying glasses and taped them together in the middle then added a piece to keep them on his head.

*Netkeeper* · 08-11-2014, 06:22 PM

Hi, you're cute as heck, hope you don't mind me saying.

musashi-kamiizumi · 08-11-2014, 06:23 PM

Aw, thank you, darlin'

*Cascadia* · 08-11-2014, 07:14 PM

I wear both glasses and contact lens. My eyesight is pretty near-sighted and has been bad all of my life. Recently, my eye-sight has reversed and improved.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 08-11-2014, 10:37 PM

Geez, now I don't feel so bad about being so darn "blind". I'm SEVERELY nearsighted (-8.5 in one -9 in the other) and I've worn glasses since I was in third grade. I used contacts for a few years in middle and high school, but eventually the cost of replacement and the difficulty of keeping them clean got to be more than I was willing to mess with. Plus, my eyes are so bad that it's hard to get contacts in my prescription anyway. But it's nice to know I'm far from being the only one here who needs specs.

As for Donnie wearing them- I don't see why it should be an issue. I like the idea of him having poor eyesight. Maybe it's because he spends so much time staring at screens? Or maybe he was just naturally nearsighted when he mutated? It's just really different- and kind of neat, IMHO.

*Cascadia* · 08-12-2014, 10:37 AM

My vision used to be -8 in one eye and -8.5 in the other eye but I still wore contacts. Now, they are -6.5 in both eyes. I do not know if it is due to better technology or something that I have been doing. `

As for Donnie having glasses, it did not bother me and it was certainly different.

*ssjup81* · 08-13-2014, 07:17 PM

I wear glasses and have since I was about 4.

*DarkFell* · 09-19-2014, 05:45 PM

I do. Not really crazy about it but oh well. I can do contacts too and still I miss my 'trial pair' because it sucks not seeing a damn thing clearly while wearing costume makeup or whenever I cosplay -due to not wearing my glasses- but I manage without getting hurt so that's definitely a plus.

Hakase · 09-21-2014, 12:38 AM

I wear glasses occasionally. I'm near sighted about a -1.25 on my right eye and -2.50 on my left. I only use them when I drive or in class though.

*shuriken* · 09-24-2014, 11:23 AM

Yup. been wearing a combination of glasses and contacts for the past 13 years or so. (since I was 12 so more than half of my life.)

Eco Sass · 09-24-2014, 11:57 PM

I have to wear them, my vision is horrible, i cant read the top line at the optometrist's office, that is what i get for sitting so close to the TV haha

*Netkeeper* · 09-25-2014, 01:20 AM

My mom works in an Optometrist office and she sat me down in the chair a few days ago to see if I needed another exam. I don't, but when I took off my glasses for ***** and giggles, I couldn't even see the big E.

*BubblyShell22* · 09-25-2014, 09:30 AM

When I do the exam, I can read up to the third line with my glasses on, but this last time, I missed a few letters, and that never happens, though sometimes they would give me a little contraption with pinholes in them, and I'd look through one and read it. That usually helped, but I did it without that this time. Still, I'm good to go, so that's fine with me.

pandaderek · 10-12-2014, 02:31 PM

I think I need a monocle because my left eye is perfect, but, my right eye's vision is going bad. That, or it's a tumor (in my head, I have Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice screaming, "IT'S NOT A TUMOR"...also, holy crap, I spelled Schwarzenegger correctly)

*Mzx10484* · 10-12-2014, 03:20 PM

No glasses. I had to wear glasses as a child and it was not very nice. In my youth I got rid of them !

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06-30-2014, 09:13 AM	#61
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	For Donnie wearing glasses, it would be different if he wore them in other media or if he just wore them to read or something, but to me, this incarnation of him is just doing it to try to differentiate him as the "smart" one. That's just my two cents though. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

08-11-2014, 06:19 PM	#65
musashi-kamiizumi Thug Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 94	Me! I don't care if Donnie wearing glasses is a nerd stereotype. I loved it, and it made me feel a little better about my own glasses in relation to a face mask. __________________ My hobbies include laying on the floor, working out, crying, inexplicable bursts of rage, and extreme isolation.

08-11-2014, 06:22 PM	#67
Netkeeper tactical blackquill Join Date: May 2014 Location: Texas, but not for much longer Posts: 3,645	Hi, you're cute as heck, hope you don't mind me saying. __________________

08-11-2014, 06:23 PM	#68
musashi-kamiizumi Thug Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 94	Aw, thank you, darlin' __________________ My hobbies include laying on the floor, working out, crying, inexplicable bursts of rage, and extreme isolation.

06-30-2014, 12:06 PM	#63
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	I've worn them since I was little.

08-11-2014, 07:14 PM	#69
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	I wear both glasses and contact lens. My eyesight is pretty near-sighted and has been bad all of my life. Recently, my eye-sight has reversed and improved. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

08-11-2014, 10:37 PM	#70
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Geez, now I don't feel so bad about being so darn "blind". I'm SEVERELY nearsighted (-8.5 in one -9 in the other) and I've worn glasses since I was in third grade. I used contacts for a few years in middle and high school, but eventually the cost of replacement and the difficulty of keeping them clean got to be more than I was willing to mess with. Plus, my eyes are so bad that it's hard to get contacts in my prescription anyway. But it's nice to know I'm far from being the only one here who needs specs. As for Donnie wearing them- I don't see why it should be an issue. I like the idea of him having poor eyesight. Maybe it's because he spends so much time staring at screens? Or maybe he was just naturally nearsighted when he mutated? It's just really different- and kind of neat, IMHO. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

08-12-2014, 10:37 AM	#71
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	My vision used to be -8 in one eye and -8.5 in the other eye but I still wore contacts. Now, they are -6.5 in both eyes. I do not know if it is due to better technology or something that I have been doing. ` As for Donnie having glasses, it did not bother me and it was certainly different. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

08-13-2014, 07:17 PM	#72
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	I wear glasses and have since I was about 4.

09-21-2014, 12:38 AM	#74
Hakase Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 114	I wear glasses occasionally. I'm near sighted about a -1.25 on my right eye and -2.50 on my left. I only use them when I drive or in class though. __________________

09-24-2014, 11:23 AM	#75
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	Yup. been wearing a combination of glasses and contacts for the past 13 years or so. (since I was 12 so more than half of my life.) __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

09-24-2014, 11:57 PM	#76
Eco Sass Mouser Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States Posts: 8	I have to wear them, my vision is horrible, i cant read the top line at the optometrist's office, that is what i get for sitting so close to the TV haha

09-25-2014, 01:20 AM	#77
Netkeeper tactical blackquill Join Date: May 2014 Location: Texas, but not for much longer Posts: 3,645	My mom works in an Optometrist office and she sat me down in the chair a few days ago to see if I needed another exam. I don't, but when I took off my glasses for ***** and giggles, I couldn't even see the big E. __________________

09-25-2014, 09:30 AM	#78
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	When I do the exam, I can read up to the third line with my glasses on, but this last time, I missed a few letters, and that never happens, though sometimes they would give me a little contraption with pinholes in them, and I'd look through one and read it. That usually helped, but I did it without that this time. Still, I'm good to go, so that's fine with me. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

10-12-2014, 02:31 PM	#79
pandaderek Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 280	I think I need a monocle because my left eye is perfect, but, my right eye's vision is going bad. That, or it's a tumor (in my head, I have Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice screaming, "IT'S NOT A TUMOR"...also, holy crap, I spelled Schwarzenegger correctly)

10-12-2014, 03:20 PM	#80
Mzx10484 WEM Super Starfinder 200 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 2,085	No glasses. I had to wear glasses as a child and it was not very nice. In my youth I got rid of them !