Got my mince pies tested on Tues. I need varifocals :'(

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 14:29, archived)

You *need* reading glasses
- they're trying to sell you varifocals as a solution to that.

They probably hide this in the small print, innit, lol.
( Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 14:33, archived)

I'm on varis
Initially I bought readers from Boots but when I also couldn't read the display boards at Waterloo I knew the game was up
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 14:48, archived)

I got varis cos I couldn't read while using distant lenses
wtfayboa?
also by mine online from china at less than a 1/4 of specsavers prices
(piss and shit, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 14:50, archived)

^by curious

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:37, archived)

I *have* reading specs that I wear all the time.
And no offence, but I'll take an optician's professional recommendation over the opinion of some internet rando.
(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:06, archived)

he's a wizard, can't you read?

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:29, archived)

he's not a wizard he's a very naughty boy*


*spastic cunt
(piss and shit, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:35, archived)

Oh yeah, my mistake!!

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:40, archived)

I have verifocals too.
They are far more convenient than multiple sets of glasses. But it's still a convenience rather than a necessity.

Anyway, reading glasses make you look more professorial and scholarly, and pull hot students.
( Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:17, archived)

My long and short vision are both fucked now, i have to be able to read road signs and dashboard info when driving
it's a very common situation
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:27, archived)

Yeah but mine are reading lenses in proper frames tho

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:29, archived)

And that’s why you lost your job as a Primary School teacher

( Cheers Cheers, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:52, archived)

I'm told* one should NOT google "pthc" either


* Told right here on beethreeteeay
( Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 17:17, archived)

Alright, captain placid

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 17:38, archived)

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography?
or child porn?
(piss and shit, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 20:03, archived)

Dunno what that first one is but it sounds sexy af

( Cheers Cheers, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 20:41, archived)

Can't use them in my job. Not that I've got one. But if I'm looking to wire something on the ceiling I need magnifying to look up. Shit coming down ladders too vari

( mongychops, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 15:36, archived)

what a pain

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:09, archived)

I just have 2 pairs of glasses

( mongychops, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:14, archived)

I'd be forever losing them

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 16:53, archived)

I've got the straps. I'm an old cunt. Fyi 2 weeks in sharm is too many, going Cairo next week

( mongychops, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 17:52, archived)

I have a mate who's a diving instructor in Sharm
From what I gather there's not too much to do apart from fanny about in the sea.
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 17:55, archived)

Sounds awful.

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 29 Jan 2026, 18:19, archived)

It is. Like a shit Butlins . Sand niggers get gobby too

( mongychops, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 19:16, archived)

oh dear

( Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Thu 29 Jan 2026, 21:23, archived)

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(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Fri 30 Jan 2026, 6:35, archived)