What a Difference Eyeglasses Make …

• bean
  April 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pm

  Hm. Maybe its because I’ve worn glasses all my life, but I don’t see people who are nearsighted as being smarter than others. The facial hair on the example above would make me see him as a pervert no matter what glasses he wears.

• Evilbeagle
  April 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pm

  I wear glasses for driving, TV, and computer use, but generally keep them off the rest of the time. I have found that being a petite female, I am taken more seriously when I have them on. Glasses really do change a person’s look and thus, the perception that people will initially have. It may or may not suggest greater intelligence, but it definitely sends a visual cue that commands more respect because of the stereotypes we are fed through movies and TV. I have learned to play on this over the years.

• Viola
  April 21st, 2008 at 1:17 pm

  I’m told I look smart all the time. Librarian look, I guess.

• Viola
  April 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm

  ETA: Sure fooled them.

• Thespian24601
  April 21st, 2008 at 2:09 pm

  I love my glasses, but I also love my contacts. It’s strange how just that much on someone’s face can change their entire look. I wish they would do it with real life people instead of cartoons though. They might get some better results. I do love the hard-easy one haha.

• Ali S.
  April 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  Sweet Mummra this is so true! When I don’t wear my glasses I end up looking like a thug because of my goatee and big build. However, when I do wear my glasses I end up looking learned, smart, and geeky. So, that is why I avoid wearing my contact unless I’m playing sports. I want to be free!

• J of The Sandhills
  April 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm

  contact lens providers can do the same thing. with glasses, mild mannered Clark Kent. with contacts, Man of Steel, Superman. oops..copyright issues

• heather
  April 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm

  Mine just make me look like a nerd. then again I AM a nerd…

• joanne
  April 21st, 2008 at 3:11 pm

  I look like a squinty watered down version of myself without the glasses.

• empty-minded
  April 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pm

  The guy in the ad reminds me of Curly Howard. Of course when curly put on glasses they were usually coke bottle lenses.

  I think the motto “The clothes make the man” could easily be adapted to “The glasses make the person”.

• ted
  April 21st, 2008 at 6:46 pm

  So, truck drivers are stupid?

• Badjuk
  April 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 am

  In Poland truck drivers are stupid, but richer than professors

• MoonCake
  April 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 am

  @joanne: that’s almost exactly what i was going to say about myself! hilarious, right?

  my best friend growing up always told me i looked blind and lost without my glasses. i figured out why, too.. when my glasses are off, i end up looking at something other than the person’s face. i can’t make eye contact because i can’t tell if they’re looking back! i also look like a deer in headlights, like i’m almost waiting for my eyes to magically focus and be normal… it’s funny. i feel naked without my glasses! i don’t even know if i’ll ever get lasik either, because i just like wearing plastic on my face.

• Oomi
  April 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm

  You just reminded me of my upcoming eye dr appointment, ty!

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