# I got new glasses, and lost a friend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013 "2010-01-07T07:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/1 "2010-01-07T07:10:12Z")
I got new glasses yesterday. I was IMing with a friend and mentioned this. She said what kind? I said Malcolm X glasses, and showed her [this link](http://tellmewhyimwrong.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/malcolm-x-2.jpg). She paused for a minute–long enough for a google image search apparently–and came back with, “You mean like [this](http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/entertainment/07/04/30_tomarnold_lgl.jpg)?” DEE-friended. ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/2 "2010-01-07T08:15:42Z")
LOL ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/3 "2010-01-07T08:28:11Z")
No . . . that was no friend. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/4 "2010-01-07T13:35:55Z")
That’s not malcom X. That’s Denzel Washington. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/5 "2010-01-07T14:23:27Z")
Although, to play the Devil’s Advocate, one could argue that a true friend will tell us the truth. Perhaps she wanted to make sure you were aware that those glasses are coming back with the middle-aged has-been comedian set and didn’t want you to be caught unaware. I mean, if you got the at Pearl Vision, you could still return them. Perhaps she was doing you a favor, letting you know that your choice may not have been the wisest. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/6 "2010-01-07T15:50:06Z")
Is it just me, or is the friend’s response clever as hell? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/7 "2010-01-07T15:57:35Z")
It’s not just you. **lissener** , your friend was doing you a favor. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/8 "2010-01-08T02:25:47Z")
Watch it…we’re all going to be on Lissener’s ignore list after this thread. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/9 "2010-01-08T02:42:46Z")
Hey, I like those glasses. My 97-year old great-uncle has them too, and he looks real spiffy! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/10 "2010-01-08T02:51:08Z")
Sorry, but you are getting Tom Arnold glasses if you’re getting Malcolm X glasses, pretty much. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/11 "2010-01-08T03:41:08Z")
Were you actually going for [this](http://www.broadwayworld.com/columnpic/drew.jpg)look? Remember, it’s the smile that makes the look work. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/12 "2010-01-08T04:27:09Z")
Which of those two pictures do you most resemble? Just asking …😛 ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/13 "2010-01-08T04:34:21Z")
He’s the one in those glasses with a “well worn” Hermes scarf and a cane constructed from frozen kittehs. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/14 "2010-01-08T05:18:02Z")
What did she google to find that picture? I can’t make it come up, but I have safe search turned on. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/15 "2010-01-08T05:28:04Z")
Good to know I wasn’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/16 "2010-01-08T05:32:03Z")
Geezus Krist, Malcolm is sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/17 "2010-01-08T05:48:38Z")
> [@keturah](#): > > He’s the one in those glasses with a “well worn” Hermes scarf and a cane constructed from frozen kittehs. I have no idea what this is referencing, but the idea of a cane made from frozen kittehs makes me laugh out loud. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/18 "2010-01-08T06:34:06Z")
Just be glad she doesn’t think you look like [this](http://www.toomanymornings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carol_channing.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/19 "2010-01-08T06:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Just be glad she doesn’t think you look like this. The GOOGLES…THEY DO NOTHING!!! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013/20 "2010-01-08T07:12:45Z")
Maybe the manufacturers will do what **Mambo** did with their [Loud](http://www.rubberchickenforthesoul.com/molotovcitybklrg.jpg) [Shirts](http://www.rubberchickenforthesoul.com/dayofthedeadbklrg.jpg) which were taken off the market because the company felt that they didn’t suit their image because “although the Loud Shirt line has had a great run, now days it’s being seen as only being worn by middle aged guys at BBQ’s.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-glasses-and-lost-a-friend/524013.md?page=2)