That feeling when you accidentally memorize the eye chart and then are uncertain about whether you are seeing the letter clearly or just seeing what you expect to see.

Was about to comment this. You can't really fail an eye test, the desired result of the test is to determine how good your eyesight is, so the only way to fail it is is incomplete or incorrect data.

It's not like a maths test where the desired result is, say, 80% or higher.

Last time i went to the eye doctor, the nurse told me "thats incorrect, try again" as if my eyes could magically focus on the letters.

Who "tries again" on an eye test? The letters are blurry or they're not. Its not a multiple answer quiz

I'm pretty sure in a few cases at least it's because academics don't consider eye health and stare at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision

I assume there's also a bit of not feeling embarrassed to wear glasses.

I mean most countries have insurance and eyeglasses are free.

I always take my glasses off before looking in mirrors. I'm more attractive when I'm slightly blurry.

It's one of those things that's too subjective and heavily depends on a person.

I know a person who got lasik just because she hated glasses. I, myself completely avoided wearing glasses as long as possible and still do if not necessary aka i don't need to see clearly further than a meter. But at the same time i go around wearing sunglasses almost every time I'm out and it's just daytime.

I know people who wear fake glasses just because they like how it makes them look.

I'm 60. When Lasik first became available I considered getting it. But, I thought it's new, and no one knows what will happen to the eyes of people who have it twenty years from now. So, I didn't get it.

I'm glad I didn't get it, because a few years later, my glasses, which were not specifically safety glasses, nonetheless saved my eye from a piece of flying metal. Since then, I always get the polycarbonate lenses, and I'm happy to wear glasses. My prescription isn't especially strong, though--I don't wear coke bottle glasses.

Friend of mine got lasik. She said she liked the aesthetic of glasses though and was going to get clear pairs to wear occasionally.

But she never did.

She missed glasses before she got rid of them. But not after.

If that makes any sense.

Well, for my own anecdotal evidence: My Rx is strong enough that my glasses pull my eyes inward a bit, and when I wear contacts, my main complaint is that my eyes look a bit too far apart. So in that case getting lasik and wearing glasses without an Rx would probably still result in that still being the case.

I've worn glasses since age 21. I had a roommate for a while who didn't wear glasses, but decided he wanted them to hide a scar on his eyebrow that he got in a motorcycle accident. So, he got a pair with clear lenses. People wear fake glasses for reasons other than correcting their vision.

I think people decide they don't want to look smart a lot of the time when they get lasik. They just want to look "normal intelligence" and "hotter"

Does looking smart even help in a lot of things? well, job interviews I suppose. The main way to look smart is to sit up straight, dress formally and be polite