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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

You would not have ruined your eyes in the first place back then because no evil tablets and other artificial garbage bad for the eyes

[–] gt5@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My eyes were shot long before tablets were ever a thing

[–] PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah I'm in my 40s now and could barely see aged 5. I had glasses that were so thick even getting them in high index the lens sticks out of a chunky frame.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

... Bad eyesight has existed for all of human history. It's far from a new thing.

[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

I have an astigmatism in both my eyes.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We have discovered nearsightedness is caused by a lack of sunshine during childhood. The amount of bright light you're exposed to determines when your eyeballs stop growing/adjusting and if you don't get enough you end up near-sighted.

[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

That's a factor sometimes, but plenty of people are just genetically nearsighted.