Pretty funny! But the reason so many people need glasses is because we spend all our time indoors, reading. People in the past were outside working all the time and they didn’t need glasses as a result.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Is that true? I feel like it simply wasn't an option, so people didn't get them.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

My understanding is that being nearsighted is a relatively new phenomenon that is largely due to being indoors a lot. Farsightedness in old age has been around since humans have been humans.

I took a quick look and Wikipedia partially bears this out re: nearsightedness.

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