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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

Nah. My wife is legally blind without her prosthetics. She's rather stay blind than use these.

[–] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (11 children)

What do you mean she is blind without her prosthetics? Isn't she still blind with the prosthetics or do they help with vision somehow?

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Glasses to help see are prosthetics. People can be legally blind when not wearing their corrective lenses.

[–] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok that's fair. I've just never heard of glasses referred to as prosthetics and assumed you meant some kind of artificial seeing device. Which is suppose is what glasses are but I was hoping for a more high tech answer.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

(the account you just replied to isn't the account with the blind wife who uses prosthetics)

[–] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Oh wow maybe I need prosthetics too

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

While this is correct, I AM, in fact, someone who wears glasses and knows some stuff about them and their uses.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, no shade on you, I just didn't want the other person to think they'd heard back from the other other person.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Real question: do other lemmy viewers not show usernames on posts or do a lot of people just not read them? Cause I’ve deffo had other instances of people not realizing they were talking to someone else.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 1 points 20 hours ago

I think folks just don't read them. I use Connect and it shows usernames.

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