Does anyone remember when their grandparents were wearing those dark, blocky sunglasses over their glasses?

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AllenKll@reddit

I wore them from time to time.. after eye surgery... and when I couldn't find my prescription sunglasses.

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RazzleP@reddit

I always called them "Graminators" and I'm sure one day I will wear them without shame. But not yet. Not yet.

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Objective-Badger8674@reddit

That's amazing. We called them "Terminator Shades" and now I'm sad that I still wasn't able to come up with "Graminators" myself 🤣🤣

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My friend dubbed that commercial with the dude doing the rap over some beats (basically had a tape with some beats on the ready along with another blank tape ready to record both when the commercial came on). We used to cruise fri and sat night and periodically pop this in and watch everyone around us in their cars laugh uncontrollably 😂

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itgoesineasy@reddit

My dad got a pair of them after he had his eyes dilated at the eye doctor for. He wore them for a while and my mom told him he looked like an old man in them. They went in the trash.

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Winter-eyed@reddit

Did anyone wear those outside of the V the Final Battle cast?

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aldoraine000@reddit

Bring back the 80s Vallon wrap arounds!! The Vallon Ski Aviators were the best back in the day.

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Melodic_War327@reddit

Get off my lawn. I used to wear these.

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Livid_Discount9140@reddit

Yelllha Hellllya

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familyguyfan937@reddit

Blue Blockers...loved that commercial in the 90s

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Prestigious-Bee4302@reddit

https://youtu.be/s9SRyeDNPBk?si=poSWiw-qX2Ys-PwD

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Potential-Yoghurt245@reddit

I scratched the lens of my left eye and had to wear those for a fortnight. As my eye was so sore and didn't like the light

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cpbaby1968@reddit

I’m wearing them now and for the foreseeable future.

I had cataract surgery on my right eye last week and will be getting it on my left eye in 2 weeks. You have to wear the blocking glasses or you’ll burn your retinas.

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seesha@reddit

My mom now wears them

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Prestigious_Carpet28@reddit

When I was little I would always ask if they made them in red.

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Left_Guess@reddit

Was this pre transitions?

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Typical-Actuary-7499@reddit

I remember and I remember being a little shit about it but now I regret that

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HousesRoadsAvenues@reddit

My late client, a woman who was 91, had a pair of those. She would wear them driving (!!). I used to call them her "Geri glasses". She laughed.

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duncanofnazareth@reddit

Yes. Yes I do remember. My mind has not turned to mush yet.

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Build1975@reddit

I have those in my car. They're brilliant. I actually only discovered them a couple of years ago.

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Narrow-Accident-1136@reddit

I call them geezer glasses

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hu_gnew@reddit

For me they're geezer goggles

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hu_gnew@reddit

The ones they gave me after cataract surgery have little windows in the side to preserve peripheral vision.

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Demostecles@reddit

I used to wear these in my 20’s.

If I bought prescription sunglasses, they were always promptly lost.

These solved that problem during top down driving, though they were much more streamlined.

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PureWishbone7694@reddit

Right?

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PureWishbone7694@reddit

I still do. From my 40s to current. Better than anything else

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UraTargetMarket@reddit

Yeah, I want a pair of these. And it’s my parents and not my grandparents. Anyway, where do I get them?

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hu_gnew@reddit

Walmart Optical sells them. You can get them with yellow lenses if you like (improves night vision).

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HolyRavioleigh@reddit

Same. I'm past the point where I care if someone on the Internet might think I look like a dork.

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Coffee4MyJeep@reddit

And you can find polarized ones in the fishing section. ;)

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shortmumof2@reddit

Google fit over glasses

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NotARobotDefACyborg@reddit

My mom had two pairs of them. I use them after going to the eye doctor if I’ve had my eyes dilated.

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Impossible_Jury5483@reddit

Blueblockers

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BEESANCH@reddit

The one guy in the ad said to “…take it from him, because he was a hip-hopper. Yeah. Go get you some blue-blockers.”

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BEESANCH@reddit

The one guy in the ad said to “…take it from him, because he was a hip-hopper. Yeah. Go get you some blue-blockers.”

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BEESANCH@reddit

The one guy in the ad said to “…take it from him, because he was a hip-hopper. Yeah. Go get you some blue-blockers.”

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BEESANCH@reddit

The one guy in the ad said to “…take it from him, because he was a hip-hopper. Yeah. Go get you some blue-blockers.”

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BEESANCH@reddit

Yup. My Grandfather, especially, was a regular user of those things back then. I started using them in my late teens, for driving on bright days. Problem with them is they seem to accumulate scratches just by sitting in a drawer and… existing.

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

Yes and now my husband does 😎

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More_Law6245@reddit

Oh the RayBan equivalent for the pensioner demographics

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Max_Sandpit@reddit

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synthesizersrock@reddit

Yes! And they are back and getting served to me as Instagram ads (just cooler colors.

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sirli00@reddit

Yes. Used to buy them at chemists

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SixInTheStix@reddit

Why do you call it the chemist? They aren't making the medication there.

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sirli00@reddit

In my country we call the pharmacy The Chemist

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Lynerd@reddit

Our junior high bus driver was an older Boomer woman about 300 lbs and she wore these supershades and the kids would sing 🎶 we all live in the yellow submarine, yellow submarine, driven by Doreen 🎵 ad nauseam on the ride home. She would flip her shit every time. It was a time

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MorningBrewNumberTwo@reddit

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Piccoroz@reddit

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kevbayer@reddit

My parents did. Especially my mom.

If I didn't have the darkening glasses, I had clip on sunglasses for my glasses.

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LondonIsMyHeart@reddit

You mean the ones my dad is still wearing?😅

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VCSabertooth257@reddit

Grandparents? I wear them. Way cheaper than prescription sunglasses.

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bratch@reddit

I went through 2 pairs of these, but then my wife's son got me a bitchin' pair of blue Oakley's. She was very happy about the replacement, heh.

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jhwilson5577@reddit

Yeah! We called them “Bug Eyes”

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spider_speller@reddit

My in-laws wore these. I got some when we went to Egypt because our friends living there suggested them (lots of sun, blowing sand). I didn't find them that comfortable, so I didn't wear them after that.

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oldschool_potato@reddit

Blue blockers!!

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silas-j@reddit

the sun blue blockers

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trukkd@reddit

Terminator X!

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dehydratedrain@reddit

I can't wait to send this to my (under 50) husband.

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DrHoleStuffer@reddit

Hater blockers

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Gh3tt0fabs@reddit

These are dope

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Ldghead@reddit

My Raybans are so wraparound, they may as well be these.

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nerfherded@reddit

I got the ones that are not so big and blocky, mine kinda look like classic Ray Ban Wayfarers. I like them.

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WHYohWhy___MEohMY@reddit

They go over your glasses? Link please?

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nerfherded@reddit

https://a.co/d/0bQWZ8e8

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WHYohWhy___MEohMY@reddit

Hmm. Wasn’t expecting them to be so stylish and thanks for not rickrolling me! You the man nerf!

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nerfherded@reddit

Same thing, on sale

https://a.co/d/08tQayta

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nerfherded@reddit

You lose a tiny bit of peripheral vision because the frame isn't transparent like the bigger ones, but it hasn't been a problem for me. They look nice imo and fit well over my glasses, which are full-sized round "schoolboy" tortoise shell hard frames.

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Lvrgsp@reddit

ALL THE TIME....

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Szarn@reddit

Tbf gramps was blind. Had a guide dog and everything

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sabrinasphere@reddit

I got a pair of these and love em. Love them so much I don’t even care about looking old in them.

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Cute_Marzipan_4116@reddit

Wait you guys don’t wear these now?

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Neakhanie@reddit

I think those giant ones in the photo are designed like that because it was thought they would/Could prevent macular degeneration. It wasn’t just to have sunglasses over regular prescription glasses. It was to eliminate as much light as possible from as many angles as possible.

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tragicsandwichblogs@reddit

I thought they were a post-cataract surgery thing.

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Neakhanie@reddit

Dunno, there were hella lot of people wearing them back in the day. Does everybody get cataract surgery when they get old?

But in any case, they were medicinal in some way and not just sunglasses over prescription eyeglasses.

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the_kid1234@reddit

Yes, pretty much. And for old people those were their first sunglasses.

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TheReadyRedditor@reddit

They’re the exact ones my husband was given after his cataract surgeries.

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Kjb72@reddit

They remind me of that Maxine comic strip.

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GhostFour@reddit

Anybody want to invest in a shipping container full of "Blue Blocker" knock offs from China? If it's all cyclical, maybe we can hit on the next big thing. Probably should order a batch of slap bracelets and ThighMasters while we're at it.

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revdon@reddit

Try marketing them to cosplayers of Visitors from V

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Fianna9@reddit

She still does

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Metasketch@reddit

Literally just bought some

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WickedTinker@reddit

Don't get into a fight with Keith David

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Metasketch@reddit

They Live, They Laugh, They Love

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zuuzuu@reddit

I made fun of my mom for wearing them but when she passed my dad gave them to me and from the first time I put them on I was sold. They're awesome and I don't care how they look.

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rubbish_heap@reddit

I will forever associate them with Public Enemy's DJ, Terminator X.
https://hip-hop-music.fandom.com/wiki/Terminator_X

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PoisonMind@reddit

I was thinking Kool Moe Dee.

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cugamer@reddit

The reason why old people wear those kinds of things is because they're old enough to know that their own comfort matters more than what random strangers think.

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G-force4470@reddit

Correction! If someone, like myself, has migraine headaches.....it's a NECESSITY 😩😭🥴

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MichiganGeezer@reddit

You're still old though. 🤣

(Dating G-force IRL.)

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Impressive-Safety191@reddit

BINGO! I got a pair for free after my LASIK and they double as protection on windy days… the sand blowing around sucks! I couldn’t care less what people think.

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spinners_888@reddit

I wear them when I'm out running in the summer with my prescription glasses

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Liontamer67@reddit

Ummm used to work with ophthalmologists and they still give these out after cataract and glaucoma surgery (and other eye surgeries). I’ve got baby cataracts per my ophthalmologist I see now.

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Shell-Fire@reddit

Oh! Just FYI. I have a freckle in my eye!

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Routine_Reputation84@reddit

Lame tech. My modern pair has a sensor that notifies 911 when I fall and can’t get up

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Shell-Fire@reddit

Those are MINE. Give them back-NOW!

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Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit

We need those at work! The lights plus the sun blind us! I wear dark glasses…not these! I haven’t given up my style yet!

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iknowyouneedahugRN@reddit

I have a pair of the "modern" ones. They are very helpful when I'm driving, that is, when I remember to take them out of my bag before stashing it in the back. I really should just get a pair for each vehicle, like reading glasses in every room.

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beyondplutola@reddit

I think Chevy gave these away with every non-fleet Caprice Classic purchase.

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boyracer93@reddit

I got those cool shades after my cataract surgeries. Real dick magnets.

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Turbulent-Local5054@reddit

Real Dick Magnets is my new band name 😂

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boyracer93@reddit

Lol definitely Midwest emo

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everythingisalright@reddit

I actually just bought really cute, fashionable ones on Amazon. It’s not so much about age, I just have horrible eyesight and I’m too poor for prescription sunglasses.

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Turbulent-Local5054@reddit

I found the cute Amazon ones last summer. They are so awesome! I need my regular progressive/trifocals to even see shit. I always feel like I don’t get enough light in most prescription sunglasses to see well (due to cataracts forming, I’m 60) and I really hate the self-darkening ones. The cute ones solve many issues for me.

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drewcandraw@reddit

My neighbor's grandfather wore those. My dad called them Roy Orbisons.

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RevBeardman@reddit

Yes. And now I own a pair (or three).

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GlayNation@reddit

Yeah

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XYZ2ABC@reddit

I had to take mine off to see this post

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LividJudgment2687@reddit

They look like a prop from the original V tv series

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changed_later__@reddit

RIP Rowdy Roddy

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thatsnotgonnaendwell@reddit

My parents wear them. They both have macular degeneration. Sun protection is super important for slowing progression.

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snoe_kone@reddit

I wear blublocker star shield that looks like those.

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MundaneWiley@reddit

my dad wears these now

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Not_High_Maintenance@reddit

You mean my dad?

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Got_Bent@reddit

I have a pair from the lab. Their laser proof and that funky neon green color.

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mu9937@reddit

I'm wearing them now.

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Different_Cat106@reddit

☝🏻This Thankfully, I'm not, but my mother is. My grandparents have been dead for 20 years. Born in 75. WTF

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apoptyGin69@reddit

After eye dilation appointments always.

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im_dead_sirius@reddit

I do think my parents are grand, yes.

Anyway they didn't do that for long.

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Ball-Blam-Burglerber@reddit

I wear them often. Have been since I started driving.

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aharryh@reddit

Yes, Mum and Aunts all still do.

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homeland1972@reddit

My grandmother wore them all the time. Her eyes were super sensitive to the light.

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Happy-Philosopher188@reddit

I just bought these!

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IndgoViolet@reddit

My husband still does. He bought a box of 20 after looking to replace his broken pair a decade ago and is slowly working his way through them. Best blue blockers to fit over your glasses on the market. Dorky as hell, but he's 98% cataract free at 67.

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Mindes13@reddit

Not as bad as those muscle glasses from the 80s that have come back as vipers

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krush_groove@reddit

Remember? My mother bought me those. Still haven't given them away, I probably should. Or not, I'm about that age now.

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Aware-Owl4346@reddit

I’ll be honest, they gave me a pair after eye surgery years ago. And I still keep them in the car.

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xmo113@reddit

I have a backup pair in case my prescription sunglasses break 😆 🤣

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judgeejudger@reddit

I had to wear some when I had an eye infection from the beach. My kids dragged me mercilessly 😂

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AmRevPat@reddit

I still do!

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Ennuiology@reddit

Oooh I want some!

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LikeToKnow84@reddit

When I had an exam before getting a new pair of glasses in 2013, I was told to wear this for the first hour, since they’d had to dilate my eyes for testing and didn’t want me to get my eyes scorched.

I took it in stride. I just figured: “Guess I’m gonna look like the Korean Roy Orbison until dinner.” 😂

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Ill_Ocelot7191@reddit

My Grandma wore them when I drove her home from Lasik surgery. But would not have been caught dead in them otherwise.

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

I had a teacher that wore these. Everyone called her the terminator.

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SabrinaFaire@reddit

I just bought some fit over sunglasses. They do not look like that though, they look like real sunglasses.

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bellybbean@reddit

My mother-in-law at my wedding! It was an outdoor wedding. She didn’t like me.

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julmcb911@reddit

Are you implying that MIL chose to wear them because of YOU?

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Displaced_in_Space@reddit

They're also given to people when they develop cataracts and are under treatment for them.

They're not generally a fashion choice; they're a prescribed medical equipment thing.

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Hairy_Butterfly_5384@reddit

They're for migraines. They block the light from all angles.

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EggCzar@reddit

Grandparents? I had these

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ConsequenceNational4@reddit

I see old folks with these still today.

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Friday_arvo@reddit

My 43 year old brother wears them. He is (lvl1) autistic though. I tell him he looks like nana. Always goes down a treat. Haha. (We make fun of each other all the time). He’s a practical man with simple needs 😂

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monstermack1977@reddit

I had a pair of those as a kid. I wore glasses and flip up sunglasses didn't exist for my glasses. So I was all robo 3rd basemen with those on.

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Awkward-Initiative28@reddit

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Inner_Speaker_335@reddit

My mother-in-law has for years. Still does, even indoors sometimes. Diabetes and two strokes wreaks havok with your vision over time.

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Your ridiculous may be someone else's eyesight.

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magicpenny@reddit (OP)

If they’re medically necessary they should definitely be worn, without a doubt. That’s not really what I’m referring to. I just recall my grandparents wearing them thinking they were stylish. I remember myself and my cousins always laughing at grandpa and his clunky over-the-glasses sunglasses. The newer versions are much more sleek and stylish. I’m just amazed that things I thought would never come back, but have. These and the mullet were two things. I never saw making a return.

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Did they say they were stylish? Or were they just practical?

Now what amazes me are people wearing clothes that look like they should be in the rag bag. Back during the baggy pants revolution, I asked a kid who gave him his pants as they looked 3 sizes too big. He told me what he had paid for them.

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DaoFerret@reddit

Same thing happened when “distressed clothing” went through fashion.

I looked at it and thought “damn. My GAP Jean jacket from the 90s is in better shape than that shit”

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Oh I know.

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No-Country6348@reddit

My grandparents both wore them out of necessity, they never thought they were stylish.

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fm4139@reddit

I used them after a recent eye surgery but rather use the clip ons that you can lift up when go indoors.

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Cthulwutang@reddit

i see those when i leave my ophthalmology appointments. i’m among the younger patients there haha.

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elphaba00@reddit

I got a pair when I got my cataract surgery. I was among their younger patients for that

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NegScenePts@reddit

How the fuck do you propose I shade my eyes from the sun while driving then? Can I borrow 500 for prescription sunglasses?

The new styles are way better than the old blocky ones, I like them.

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librarykerri@reddit

My mom always used clip on sunglasses. She probably still does.

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CountHonorius@reddit

Absolutely. These are driving essentials.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

I'm looking at modern versions on amazon because of some comments here. Many are much smaller now. They don't look like they have enough room to fit over glasses.

I have prescription sunglasses and a clip-on for a non-prescription pair. The clip-on is good as it looks the same as the glasses shape.

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_ism_@reddit

i've bought a lot of what amazon offers for fit-over lenses and while they weren't great, they were good enough to throw in my car as backups or don't mind if i lose it at the beach pairs. seriously use them all the time

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DaoFerret@reddit

Solar Shield work well.

my M.i.L. uses them all the time, so I’ve gotten to see and try them on even though I don’t use them.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

I could see them as a backup for sure. My clip-ons only fit that one pair of glasses. That pr also has transitions tint but that doesn't help when driving, hence needing clip-ons.

An optometrist office gave me a thin plastic to slip behind lenses for the drive home after dilating my eyes. It's not dark enough but cuts the glare while not being huge.

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Expensive_Rest_6773@reddit

I just got my first pair yesterday!! LOL

They look ridiculous, but I don't give a shit. made driving much more pleasant today

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beatricetalker@reddit

Same, I wear them when driving.

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Vonnegut_butt@reddit

I’ve had a pair for a year and I wear them all the time while driving. I don’t care if I look stupid. (But I do refuse to wear them outside the car)

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Azimuchi@reddit

The only method of recognizing Terminator X.

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Darth_Paratrooper@reddit

Gave me a good chuckle

FIGHT THE POWER 👊

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biffbobfred@reddit

If Flavor Flav is the Sun…. Yeah you need these indoors.

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Brading105@reddit

Locs

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biffbobfred@reddit

Locs were different. LA style.

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THENHAUS@reddit

TERMINATOR X

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biffbobfred@reddit

Terminator X he only speaks with his hands…

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bessa100@reddit

The blinder glasses!

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Aromatic_Location@reddit

You mean my bad ass terminator of a grandmother. Hell yeah I remember.

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biffbobfred@reddit

Terminator ~~X~~ Nana Buck Waylon’

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biffbobfred@reddit

Terminator X only speaks with his hands

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HitlerPot@reddit

Remember?! My mother in law was wears those things constantly.

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openedmind41@reddit

Makes me think of the deadpool movie.. lol

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Scrotchety@reddit

Punker grannies!

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4158264146@reddit

Yeah, they were just being hip. These glasses were made popular by Terminator X from Public Enemy.

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fridayimatwork@reddit

Where are the new kind I need them

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percydaman@reddit

Same

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magicpenny@reddit (OP)

I’m not trying to be a commercial or anything, but the ones I saw were from a company called Saint.

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Ianthin1@reddit

Advertised? I wore something similar for years before I splurged on the prescription sunglasses. They have been "back" for 10-15 years. It's just now the actually have some style to them.

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magicpenny@reddit (OP)

The newer versions are definitely much, much better looking than these. I’m not sure I could bring myself to wear them just out of principal to not be like my grandparents. The newer ones I could definitely wear without shame.

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CousinBarnabas1967@reddit

Used those up north to help with snowblind glare; use them now in the desert for sand glare.

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noiseguy76@reddit

Worked well on wheat fields in July as well.

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Athrynne@reddit

I had magnetic clip on sunglasses in the 90s.

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CountHonorius@reddit

They scratched so quickly tho

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CountHonorius@reddit

They're great for driving!

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SanchoPliskin@reddit

https://i.redd.it/yabvtwlih7vg1.gif

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DidelphisGinny@reddit

I LOVE Blu-Blockers! So hardcore!!!!

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Far_Oven_3302@reddit

My everyday carry.

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digital_mystic23@reddit

😂👆 that’s dope!

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Maru_the_Red@reddit

I use them. I wear prescription glasses and it's a lot easier to wear the over shades than fight to take the snap on kind on and off.

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JoyDVeeve@reddit

I wore those back in the day and here's me with my current over the glasses sunglasses

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Uhhhhh I wear those.

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Personal_Anxiety2232@reddit

I still do.

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Those actually have a medical purpose. They are used after cataract surgery.

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

Blueblockers!

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joseph_juicebox@reddit

I put em on as a shocker, man I love these blue blockers.

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LibertyMike@reddit

I've been wearing over the glass sunglasses for years now. They aren't as clunky as the ones you have above, but they ain't what I'd call cool.

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vinegar@reddit

I have a slightly less geriatric version of these and I wear them all the time. Over my glasses, nfg. Got them at cvs.

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KurtStation68@reddit

When some of my uncles wore them I'd laugh, just because of Terminator old person. Maybe I'll be like that in about 10-20 years if I'm still alive.

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sweetygirl77@reddit

I wear these on my commute to work and have no shame. I drive on the highway directly at the sun, these sunglasses are awesome.

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gonzo-gramps@reddit

Calabria 3000 fitovers

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Infuryous@reddit

They may be fugly, but they work great.

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discoprince79@reddit

Blu Blockers!

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Elegant-Ferret-8116@reddit

I need a pair of these

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likeijustgothome@reddit

I wear these TODAY. I don’t have to remember them. They are propped up on my forehead right now. This classes are incredible as they completely cover the eye. They are special night nice for people with a sensitivity to bright light,

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Upset_Peace_6739@reddit

I need to get a pair - just got prescription sunglasses and they don’t block anything.

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MNPS1603@reddit

I’m a 49 year old man and I kind of want a pair! Regular sunglasses don’t do enough for me.

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kirradoodle@reddit

My husband uses them. He flies RC planes, which requires looking up into a sunny sky and turning around and around to follow the plane. You need good total-coverage sunglasses for that.

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MichiganGeezer@reddit

Geezer Goggles! My girlfriend needs those too because we're the geezers now. 🤣

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Panthera_014@reddit

what was funny was my buddy getting Lasik at age 30 - and wore these for the first few days!

I called him Grandpa the whole time....

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Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit

I had several pair when I was younger and still wore glasses. I had astigmatism and couldn't afford prescription sunglasses. So when I found these, I got one just to see how well they worked. They were much better than I expected but kept sliding down. I shopped around, found some that didn't, and bought 4 pair so I could keep one in my car, my mom's car, and one in my purse, The last pair was a backup if one of the other three broke.

I live in Texas and having a good set of shades for your eyes is pretty much essential.

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Arkhus9753@reddit

Hey! Don’t disrespect the over-the-glasses sunglasses! I wear them after getting injections in my eyes for wet type macular degeneration. Yes, I am that old.

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_ism_@reddit

I just got diagnosed with macular dg! I'm 45 and i've been noticing i NEED these for my photosensitivity for years already. Driving without them is not possible on a sunny day

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Doublestack2411@reddit

Yeah, but weren't these for medical reasons? I know my grandma wore these, but she had eye problems.

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MyDearBrotherNumpsay@reddit

It's for when the optometrist puts drops in your eyes to dilate your pupils to examine them. Your eyes can't adjust to daylight for a few hours. So they give you these dope ass sunglasses.

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_ism_@reddit

those are the disposables of these. they look the same on front but have flimsy arms. it feels like you're wearing 35mm film strip on your face.

These are solid though i've brought these with me for dilations and they were like 'yeah you can use yours'

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ForswornForSwearing@reddit

And for cataract operations. I'll be wearing them for a week or two (or more) in July.

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aran_maybe@reddit

I feel attacked. Or maybe I was a grandma at age 16.

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SoCalSuburbia@reddit

I was a teen then too and thought they were cool! Then I found out that old people wore them and got teased for wearing them. Later I graduated to clip-on shades. Today, I get prescription sunglasses.

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_ism_@reddit

I own these. They still sell them. I need more protection than clip-ons, and can't afford prescription shades or transitions. I can't do anything without my regular glasses and I'm very light sensitive. They are not optional for runs or driving.

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Helpful-Intern-677@reddit

They’re for people who’ve had cataract surgery

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earthtobobby@reddit

Don’t forget your fanny pack!

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

My wife asked a fella yesterday if he had any skittles in his. Blank stare. We are not cool anymore.

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425565@reddit

I have a pair...they aren't stylish, lol, but they fit over my glasses, and cut out all the sunlight.

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Top_Condition_6390@reddit

Yesterday.

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JohnyWhoops@reddit

Blue Blockers!!!

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Head-Major9768@reddit

😎just bought the “new”kind! I love not having to put on my regular glasses when going indoors or getting my prescription shades out when the sun. Laziness > vanity.

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Techchick_Somewhere@reddit

What ones did you buy? There’s a site I keep seeing on instagram but I’m worried is a scam site.

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Head-Major9768@reddit

https://www.amazon.com/Myiaur-Polarized-Glasses-Sunglasses-Protection/dp/B0GKNXZRBX There are instructions on how to measure your existing glasses to insure proper fit.

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percydaman@reddit

Got a link? I would love something more modern that clips onto my glasses instead of totally covers them.

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Head-Major9768@reddit

The ones I purchased are covers, not clips. Link in comment below.

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StOnEy333@reddit

I just saw an ad the other day for the modern version of these that do in fact look a little more normal and “cool”. I almost ordered, but decided I wasn’t quite ready for them.

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Rahawk02@reddit

Remember them ? I was just given them after cataract surgery. Which was awesome by the way. I see colors that never existed before and I can look up and see Mars and craters on the moon but can’t see 6 inches in front of my face anymore

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lyidaValkris@reddit

I still wear something similar, but more attractive than this. It's expensive to have prescription sunglasses, and a pain to change them all the time. I just slip my sunglasses over.

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

They're not ridiculous. I have a pair of Solar Shield sunglasses that fit over my regular glasses and I love them. I think they look good too. They've also been around forever because I've been using them since the early 2000s.

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Lizbeth-73@reddit

Hey! I wear these!

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Ambitious_Stuff_910@reddit

I was always scared of old people who wore these!!!! Like I wasn’t sure if they were blind/couldn’t see well.OR they didn’t have eyeballs

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zalurker@reddit

My mom had a prescription pair she wore over her normal glasses. She'd been diagnosed with Wet Macular Degeneration and was told to always wear them in sunlight.

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ResJudicata_HL@reddit

My mom too. And I was just diagnosed with it. Looks like I get to wear the cool glasses now…sigh.

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zalurker@reddit

Good luck. At least they've made lots of progress in treating it.

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BeebsMuhQueen@reddit

I was just talking to my husband about my grandma wearing these back then…a couple days ago lol. (I bought a sun visor, and was telling him how much better and protective UV hats are these days to better protect the eyes and less tacky looking than 80s visors)

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TechnicolorTechbot@reddit

I wear these now. Cheap plastic ones from Amazon for around $10. So much easier/cheaper than maintaining 2 or pairs of Rx sunglasses. (One in each car.)

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Witty-Atmosphere-211@reddit

My mom does but she has Lupus and the sun bothers her

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The_Spectacle@reddit

they look like the 3D glasses that came with the Sega Master System

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Diela1968@reddit

You mean the ones your eye doctor gives you when your eyes get dilated?

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HRShovenstuff1@reddit

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

Overglasses? I use these , great for driving

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Shit, my dad was wearing these a year ago. My mom has the auto darkening lenses.

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Ceorl_Lounge@reddit

To this day I think of "V" every time I see wraparound sunglasses. So if you start wearing those and having a hankering for Guinea Pigs check to make sure you aren't an alien lizard person.

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Forest_of_Cheem@reddit

I have some that I wear over my glasses. I got them on Amazon last year. This year when I updated my prescription, I got a regular pair and a pair of sunnies. I have terrible eyes (I wear progressives), and my chronic illnesses have made my eyes very sensitive to light.

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nigevellie@reddit

I wear these.

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SbIrish574@reddit

Blue blockers..... get you some 😆 🤣 😂

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Responsible_Name1217@reddit

The wife has 3 pair. :(

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No-Profession422@reddit

I was given those the last time I had my eyes dilated.

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Carrollz@reddit

The only reason we aren't seeing these more still is thanks to transition lenses. I always wore big sunglasses before my aging eyes demanded progressives and if I didn't have transitions I would 100% be getting myself a pair of these.

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PissedCaucasian@reddit

Don’t they still do that?

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MarchOk5420@reddit

My Dad's brand was called Solar Shields and yes, he looked ridiculous.

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1043b@reddit

My dad still wears these on the regular. He also has a pair in yellow for nightime driving.

NGL I wore them when I had a migraine in the car, they were great

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designocoligist@reddit

I have the yellow ones they work great for night driving

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digital_mystic23@reddit

Naw, but I remember Kool Moe Dee! 😂😁

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

How ya like me now?

Weird to think he had an almost twenty year career that ended in 1994. Ol' Mohandas Dewese was doin' it before almost anyone.

If we're going back to early '80s rap, I gotta tip my hat to Kurtis Blow, the illest of the ill (at the time).

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TheFoxtail1977@reddit

My grandma had to wear those in the early 80s due to glaucoma. She drove around in her light blue Chevy Sprint and could be seen clear as day while chain-smoking with all the windows sealed. All my friends and classmates in elementary school teased me relentlessly saying Grandma looked like a space alien. My grandma was pretty much my caretaker too, which made it suck worse. My grandma was also the housekeeper of the priest's rectory for a Catholic Church. Very small town south or Door county in Wisconsin.

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KerrAvonJr@reddit

BluBlockers!

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plathrop01@reddit

Hell, my parents wear them now when driving during the day.

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squarebody8675@reddit

I’m never getting that old😫

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theShpydar@reddit

I have a pair that my Dad had left over from his cataract surgery. I keep them in the car; since I wear glasses, it's nice to have them when hitting a drive where the sun is right in front of you.

As a kid, I wished I had a pair of these, since I was a huge fan of "V". 😁

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ReddituserXIII@reddit

Yoko Ono specs. Ugh

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

Yes, I called them Glaucoma glasses. And because of that, I'll probably end up with a pair at some point LOL