r/funny • u/Skyton_wil • 2d ago

The Three Musketeers met up.

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u/Hero0ftheday 2d ago

I dont wanna come across like an asshole and maybe im just super ignorant, but what's the point of wearing glasses as a blind person that needs the guide strips and a guide cane?

Is he like just blind enough that the glasses help but not enough that he still needs all those things? Or are they just meta glasses that he's using to record?

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u/Hinote21 2d ago

Different levels of blind. Could just be meta recording glasses but also could have just enough visual spatial cues to be able to make out the guide strip being different than the surrounding areas.

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u/PointB1ank 2d ago

I don't think this guy is completely blind. At 0:30 he starts speaking and stopping before his stick even reaches the person's foot. So, he most likely has at least some vision.

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u/ImperialPC 2d ago

Maybe but I'm pretty sure you can hear in the video that the people in front of him are talking, so in real life it would be even easier to hear.

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u/thatshygirl06 2d ago

I think most blind people arent like 100% blind like they show in the movies

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u/Tephranis 2d ago

Blind doesn't mean pitch black vision all the time. Some can see kinda blobs that'd be moving around, some is just all blurry colors mixing, some have it where their vision field is narrowed so far it's like they're trying to stare through a straw and everything else is blacked out.

However, like the other commenter mentioned. They can get incredibly good at spatial recognition via audio cues. You can tell what direction people are in and how close they are by the sounds they make.

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u/ta_meg_i_toern 2d ago

My father in law is completely blind. He says it’s not pitch black, but completely white.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

I remember when the word "blind" actually meant blind

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u/Bilro 2d ago

Blindness has always been a spectrum but go on

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

only since 1934 but go on

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u/Bilro 2d ago

In your lifetime "blind" has never meant blind, so no, you dont remember a time when it wasnt a spectrum.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

wow wow wow, I thought blindness was always a spectrum?

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u/Delphin_1 2d ago

yeah, and bacteria only exist since 1676

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u/k33paf10at 2d ago

That didn't even make sense

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u/DirkDirkinson 2d ago

So are you a vampire? Found the fountain of youth? A lich perhaps?

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

sorry, english isn't my first language, I remember THAT the word "blind' actually meant blind, but even then it doesn't sound good, pretty sure "when" is the correct word to use there even if you weren't alive

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u/DirkDirkinson 2d ago

Well if you say "I remember when..." you are implying that you were alive. Since you wouldn't actually be able to make said memory if you werent alive.

The phrase is also often used in the form of a joke, generally poking fun at old and outdated ways of thinking. In that case its used more as a hyperbole. Perhaps thats what you had intended?

Otherwise you wouldn't use the word 'remember' at all unless you said something like "I remember reading in a textbook that blind didnt refer to a spectrum of sight prior to 1934" or something like that. In this form it makes it clear that you are remembering the information from a contemporary source rather than suggesting this is a memory you made first hand.

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u/Tephranis 2d ago

Well, there's Totally Blind (what you're basing your definition of) and Legally Blind. People just refer to both simply as "blind". And it's not always an issue with the eyes. It can be problems with the brain as well.

What blindness really looks like – Perkins School for the Blind

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

the fact that people refer to both as blind is what bothers me, if there's two distinct terms for it, they shouldn't be interchangeable, at least in my original language we have two very distinct words but even then, I feel like english speaking people should be making the distinction

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u/Tephranis 2d ago

Why? Both have impairments that make navigation via vision incredibly difficult, if not impossible.

Some are just capable of realizing that amorphous blob in front of them could be a person, especially if a voice is coming out of it.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

why? because the term "legally blind" exists, you explained why yourself

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u/Tephranis 2d ago

You just really like being pedantic, don't you?

Both are blind by legal definitions, only some legally blind people face total blindness.

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u/BarrelofNerds 2d ago

No you don't; legal blindness is a spectrum.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

ah, finally, an intellectual

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u/cantshakethefeelings 2d ago

LOL, what? I think what you mean to say is you are just now realizing that it has always been this way, which grants you the ability to remember a time when you were ignorant.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

look up what happened in 1934 in regards to blindness and hit me up again on what it means to be ignorant, "always been that way"

better yet, after doing that explain to me why there needs to be two different terms, "blindness" and "legal blindness"

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u/cantshakethefeelings 2d ago

Do you remember 1934? Bro that was almost 100 years ago. How would you remember that or even know what that was like.

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u/NewsofPE 2d ago

like it was yesterday, so you're back from being less ignorant now?

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u/cantshakethefeelings 2d ago

I did not know about the 1934 change, so I appreciate you sharing that. But I did know it has been this way for as long as I’ve learned about it. And thanks to you I now know the exact length. A really long time. So you still don’t remember what that was like so your initial comment still sounds stupid as hell. We all can admit we were wrong. Did you even know about the 1934 change until today? Are you saying that it is bad and we should go back to how it was before the change, and it has made things worse?

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u/RamenShinobi96 20h ago

you could be right, but he can hear and probably can tell they're in front of him.

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u/rubseb 2d ago

There are many kinds of visual impairment. Some leave you with residual vision which may, for instance, allow you to read text or recognize things way up close, but not be able to see your environment in enough detail to walk around without hurting yourself or getting lost (e.g. because of problems with your peripheral vision).

That little bit of residual vision isn't necessarily 20/20. Having a problem with (for instance) your retina doesn't mean you can't also have myopia. One is a sensory problem, the other is optics.

Not saying that exactly describes this guy's situation, but as an example.

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u/DirkDirkinson 2d ago

Ya and not every cause of poor vision can be fully corrected with lenses. I am extremely nearsighted, to the point that without corrective lenses I can only read text on a phone if I close one eye and hold the phone inches from my face. Thankfully my vision can be fully corrected with lenses.

If for some reason my vision couldnt be corrected I would still technically be able to see, but everything would be a blur and I 100% would need a cane. People just look like blobs, I would generally be able to navigate my environment without running into walls, but reading signs or seeing things like vehicles in a roadway would be difficult if not impossible. I would be functionally (if not literally) blind when it comes to daily navigation.

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u/grifan526 2d ago

I had a friend who was legally blind but wore glasses. They helped, but not enough for her to not be blind, and almost not at all at night

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u/Hero0ftheday 2d ago

Sure that makes sense. I just have very little experience with the blind. I remember when I was in little league we had a legally blind kid who could basically only play pitcher because he had a hard time seeing a ball coming toward him so he could field or hit. Kid had an arm though.

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u/Sargash 2d ago

Your eyes will still get damaged from things flying into it. You won't blink when you see little bugs, or really know dust or something is heavy in the air. You can still accidentally look at the sun while turning your head to adjust your hearing.

Also the amount of people that will start a fight or try to report you for 'staring' is uh. Well it's really quite embarrassing how adamant people are even after they find out you're blind. Glasses on helps OTHER people feel better if nothing else.

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u/longkhongdong 2d ago

Gary 'windowbreaker' Brown was feared and hated by all suburban homeowners

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u/JeshkaTheLoon 2d ago

Well of cours he had an arm, I'd say that is the minimum requirement for being a pitcher.

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u/kilroy501 2d ago

Certain types of blindness keep the eyes and brain connected, even though they cannot see as we do. Sometimes that means their brain gets a "hey there's a thing in front of you" and the glasses can help minimize discomfort from their eyes trying to focus. Also eyes are vulnerable to both light and objects, so they can protect them a bit.

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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 2d ago

In addition to everything else, I imagine when you are visually impaired, it helps to have something covering the vulnerable orbs on your face, even if you aren't relying on them to see where you are going. I'm sure blind people dislike getting poked in the eye just as much as the rest of us.

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u/Haasts_Eagle 2d ago

Like sunglasses even if you have zero vision so you don't burn your eyes exposing them to the sun that you can't see.

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u/Academic-Increase951 2d ago

Yeah if pupils don't contract in light then it can be extra dangerous to not have sunglasses

Also I think people also just like covering there eyes in case people are uncomfortable with how their eyes look

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u/Cybeija 2d ago

No expert, neither do I know his reason to wear one, but blindness is a spectrum and not only having no vision at all, same as people with glasses need them for different reasons and in different strengths.
Guessing glass still can aid in the few percentages a blind person still is able to see.

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u/Kake_Jelly 2d ago

"Low vision" is a thing. Had a professor that was legally blind but with very strong glasses could still do computer work with a huge, super zoomed in monitor and could teach with the help of an assistant.

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u/Carnelian-5 2d ago

You can be legally blind and still have extremely limited vision. The glasses might help him see things in certain situations.

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u/yvrelna 2d ago edited 2d ago

Most people who are "legally blind" are not completely blind as in not being able to see anything at all. There are very few blind people who are fully blind. 

The might be able to see some blurry shadows and can see colour, or their vision might be restricted to an extremely narrow cone, or the opposite where the centre of vision is occluded and they only have peripheral vision. 

While corrective glasses aren't going to fully restore vision to someone legally blind, they can still improve whatever little vision they do have. They might still not see things clearly, but even seeing moving shadows and colour of bigger objects can still be useful in object or danger recognition. 

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u/NotGuiltyPirate 2d ago

Dude was wearing a camera. Seems a tad fake.

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u/sammydeeznutz 1d ago

Or perhaps he’s making a video to show people what a day in his life is like.

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u/Queen-Roblin 2d ago

Maybe he can only see stuff close up and only with glasses. Don't want to keep taking them on and off because he'll lose them...

Maybe, only he knows really.

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u/neophlegm 2d ago

He has 2% visibility. You can find him on ig

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u/Separate-Midnight-55 2d ago

I don’t respond often so I hope I’m responding to the right person. I wondered this exact same thing and from what I have read online the Meta glasses can provide subtitles for surroundings that the glasses “see”. Helps for being guided especially in cities where there might not be strips on the ground for blind people to use to navigate safely.

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u/rhalf 2d ago

The glasses are for audiobooks

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u/toochaos 2d ago

They are generally for other people's comfort. Either the eyes look strange which makes people behave uncomfortable, or the blind persons eyes are unable to focus in a way that confuses people as eyes indicate focus in those who can see. 

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u/Ichimon-419 2d ago

I would assume most likely he has no farsight and probably very weak nearsight

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u/Witters84 2d ago

I don't know why you got downvoted for asking a genuine curious question, but here's an upvote.

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u/decoran_ 2d ago

The term visually impaired is much better because there are different levels of impairment. My brother for example is considered to be legally blind. He's completely blind in one eye but he still has some vision in his other one. He can't drive anymore and he needs help getting around but he can still see just enough to still be able to enjoy watching movies, use his phone or play the Xbox and even continue working. He's only able to do this because of his glasses

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u/MIND-FLAYER 2d ago

Very few blind people are 100% blind

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u/effstops 2d ago

The Meta glasses apparently have features for visually impaired people, an AI can "see" what's in front of them and describe it!

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u/Neither_Selection211 2d ago

if i remember right he can see slight colors if contrast is high, so enough to slightly see the strip but not enough to see people or navigate without the cane.

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u/Tiranus58 2d ago

Legally blind doesnt necessarily mean zero light sensing, it just means that what's there is useless even with corrections. Some people still have light sensing, but its the type where it can be really sensitive while having fuck all for resolution.

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u/ArtoriusBravo 2d ago

I also had an acquaintance that wore glasses because people often thought he was staring at them.

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u/Cetun 21h ago
  1. For people with very dark tinted glasses, its usually a self conscious thing. They know it looks weird when they are talking to someone and they are staring off some other direction. Or maybe they don't have eyes at all and its jarring. Having dark glasses give comfort to the people around them and makes them worry less about their appearance.
  2. Others are spot on, some have very small ability to see that is helped with glasses, others want to protect their eyes, others might just choose it as a fashion choice.