Comments on: My opia http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/ Mon, 21 May 2012 21:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: debbie http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4145 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:03:40 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4145 well, as your friend and a former optician, i'd say that some of your lens choices were worth the investment. anti-reflective coatings might seem like one of those extras the salesperson is just trying to tack on, but reducing glare improves your vision. plus, people can see your eyes and not the light bouncing off of them! extra thin is always worth it, too, but the anti scratch seems like a scam because the anti-reflective coating would basically take the place of this (do the same job). anyway, i want to see picture of the new specs! well, as your friend and a former optician, i’d say that some of your lens choices were worth the investment. anti-reflective coatings might seem like one of those extras the salesperson is just trying to tack on, but reducing glare improves your vision. plus, people can see your eyes and not the light bouncing off of them! extra thin is always worth it, too, but the anti scratch seems like a scam because the anti-reflective coating would basically take the place of this (do the same job). anyway, i want to see picture of the new specs!

]]> by: Editrix http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4138 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:21:05 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4138 Mr. Vee: I <em>almost</em> wish you'd wear your glasses out in public more. Perhaps some additional peer pressure would convince you to replace them! Ms. Cee: I may have to get my next pair o' specs in Brooklyn! Mr. Bee: Expect ANTM posts beginning in late September! Mr. Vee: I almost wish you’d wear your glasses out in public more. Perhaps some additional peer pressure would convince you to replace them!

Ms. Cee: I may have to get my next pair o’ specs in Brooklyn!

Mr. Bee: Expect ANTM posts beginning in late September!

]]> by: Ezra http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4126 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:27:20 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4126 Never feel bad about the anti-scratch. That is an investment. Extra-thin? Less lens to scratch! That's practical. Anti-glare, if you have to feel suckered about something, that's the one to feel suckered about, but still, there are worse things to feel bad about. Write it off as a present to yourself for coining the word "Frinkifying". When I read the post title, I thought this was going to be about America's Next Top Model (opiate?). Never feel bad about the anti-scratch. That is an investment. Extra-thin? Less lens to scratch! That’s practical. Anti-glare, if you have to feel suckered about something, that’s the one to feel suckered about, but still, there are worse things to feel bad about. Write it off as a present to yourself for coining the word “Frinkifying”.

When I read the post title, I thought this was going to be about America’s Next Top Model (opiate?).

]]> by: Paula http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4124 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:35:20 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4124 My optician's assistant, Stacey, is a zaftig blonde Brooklyn bombshell who shoots from the hip about what looks good and what doesn't, and she doesn't seem to push the more expensive frames either. I consider myself lucky in this regard, although I wear my glasses only inside my apartment so it doesn't much matter. My optician’s assistant, Stacey, is a zaftig blonde Brooklyn bombshell who shoots from the hip about what looks good and what doesn’t, and she doesn’t seem to push the more expensive frames either. I consider myself lucky in this regard, although I wear my glasses only inside my apartment so it doesn’t much matter.

]]> by: 2fs http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4118 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:18:26 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4118 Hey: if they work for Elton John... Hey: if they work for Elton John…

]]> by: Mr V http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4114 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:27:19 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4114 I think one of the issues is that the mere fact that I own the glasses you've never seen intrinsically renders my opinion untrustworthy. I think one of the issues is that the mere fact that I own the glasses you’ve never seen intrinsically renders my opinion untrustworthy.

]]> by: 2fs http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4100 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:34:32 +0000 http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2006/08/my-opia/#comment-4100 Rose and I simply make it a deal that we always accompany the other on glasses-shopping expeditions. Of course, we both wear them. If I recall, Mr. V. either doesn't, or wears them only for reading or such (I don't recall seeing him wearing them). But it's definitely easier with someone else there advising you - even if (like me) you actually can see fairly well without glasses. A second, trusted opinion is always a good thing. Rose and I simply make it a deal that we always accompany the other on glasses-shopping expeditions. Of course, we both wear them. If I recall, Mr. V. either doesn’t, or wears them only for reading or such (I don’t recall seeing him wearing them). But it’s definitely easier with someone else there advising you - even if (like me) you actually can see fairly well without glasses. A second, trusted opinion is always a good thing.

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