# I irrationally hate Bono and Lenny Kravitz because they wear sunglasses indoors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475 "2019-01-27T09:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/1 "2019-01-27T09:25:04Z")
I do. I’ll never get over it and I’ll never change my mind. Fuck anyone who wears sunglasses as part of their image. Except ZZ-top, I guess I never cared if they did for some reason. And don’t give me some excuse about Bono’s sensitive eyes. It doesn’t make a difference to me. But I don’t know why. There are plenty of pop stars that I don’t particularly like but I don’t have a visceral reaction to them like those two I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/2 "2019-01-27T09:32:40Z")
How do you feel about Roy Orbison? Or the Blues Brothers? Ray Charles? Stevie Wonder? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/3 "2019-01-27T09:32:57Z")
That’s because it is classic douche behaviour, and you’re projecting it onto known pretentious celebs. Makes perfect sense, if not strictly objectively fair. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/4 "2019-01-27T10:31:53Z")
> [@nate](#): > > I do. I’ll never get over it and I’ll never change my mind. Fuck anyone who wears sunglasses as part of their image. Except ZZ-top, I guess I never cared if they did for some reason. > > And don’t give me some excuse about Bono’s sensitive eyes. It doesn’t make a difference to me. > > But I don’t know why. There are plenty of pop stars that I don’t particularly like but I don’t have a visceral reaction to them like those two I mentioned. I’m confused. Why should there be even the tiniest skerrick of doubt in your post that you are completely justified, rational, and well on top of the moral high-ground riding the tide of history? Say no to to louche douches! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/5 "2019-01-27T10:38:49Z")
Bono does’t have “sensiive eyes”, he has a full-blown medical condition called glaucoma. And he tried to find a good compromise by getting glasses that do keep his eyes visible. [U2's Bono Sheds Light On Why He Wears Sunglasses All The Time: 'I Have Glaucoma'](https://www.medicaldaily.com/u2s-bono-sheds-light-why-he-wears-sunglasses-all-time-i-have-glaucoma-307525) A neighbour of mine does wear mirror sunglasses in the house, during conversation, even. It’s like talking to a smug bug-eyed insect. I told her I do not want to talk with her when she does that. So we don’t talk anymore… ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/6 "2019-01-27T13:18:55Z")
While I am no fan of Bono or U2, I am also a Glaucoma patient. My eyes are very light sensitive. I wear tinted lenses too. Mine aren’t quite as expensive or fashionable as his. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/7 "2019-01-27T13:24:04Z")
It might ease your burden if you instead hated Lenny Kravitz for what he did to American Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/8 "2019-01-27T14:28:19Z")
Do they wear them at night? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/9 "2019-01-27T14:41:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > It might ease your burden if you instead hated Lenny Kravitz for what he did to American Woman. Amen. Recently, I got suckered into some magazine Top 50 list, this one being covers better than the original. Number one was “All Along the Watchetiwer.” OK, that’s a classic on these lists. That’s fair. Number two was “American Woman.” I stopped reading the rest, disgusted I even took the click bait. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/10 "2019-01-27T14:48:47Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Do they wear them at night? No, that’s Corey Hart. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/11 "2019-01-27T14:54:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > It might ease your burden if you instead hated Lenny Kravitz for what he did to American Woman. Allow me to offer [this defense](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/ac/1a/c9ac1a95d0dab106107f425c5aeda82e.jpg) of that cover. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/12 "2019-01-27T15:00:04Z")
I almost never see the artists whose music I’m listening to. Once in a while on a YouTube video, but that’s about it. So their appearance rarely figures in to my attitude towards them. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/13 "2019-01-27T16:07:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Allow me to offer [this defense](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/ac/1a/c9ac1a95d0dab106107f425c5aeda82e.jpg) of that cover. Removing the sound certainly improves Kravitz’ abomination! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/14 "2019-01-27T17:55:41Z")
[Relevant _Pearls Before Swine_ Sunday comic](https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/01/29). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/15 "2019-01-27T18:44:22Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > How do you feel about Roy Orbison? You are not allowed to hate [The](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/TravWilb1Cover.jpg) [Traveling](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D2059595531030969&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftravelingwilburys%2F&docid=prEyC4QPi1ea4M&tbnid=0voJFQ3WBz_QBM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwivASg9MD0..i&w=718&h=586&safe=off&bih=833&biw=1280&q=traveling%20wilburys&ved=0ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwivASg9MD0&iact=mrc&uact=8) [Wilburys](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fa1-images.myspacecdn.com%2Fimages04%2F7%2F55f7342a8416486d89bafb546fd5037e%2F600x600.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmyspace.com%2Ftravelingwilburys&docid=x5LFKNh8D1rUnM&tbnid=xTNnyVOeMP_AmM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwjDAShRMFE..i&w=600&h=600&safe=off&bih=833&biw=1280&q=traveling%20wilburys&ved=0ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwjDAShRMFE&iact=mrc&uact=8). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/16 "2019-01-27T18:58:05Z")
I wear some form of tinted glasses everywhere, due to light sensitivities. I sympathize with Bono. Lenny Kravitz is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/17 "2019-01-27T19:31:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > It might ease your burden if you instead hated Lenny Kravitz for what he did to American Woman. Before Lisa Bonet married him, she posted nude on the cover of “Rolling Stone.” Their daughter Zoe recently did the same thing, posed in the same way. She’s the spitting image of HIM, not her! :o ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/18 "2019-01-27T19:48:10Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I wear some form of tinted glasses everywhere, due to light sensitivities. I sympathize with Bono. Same here. I try to find the most normal, less douchey models I can find. Still, it’s so tiring having to listen to the occasional, actual douche who has to prove how cool and hip they are by telling me how uncool and unhip I am with their judgemental comments. Tools all of them, self-important tool to boot. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/19 "2019-01-27T20:04:19Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You are not allowed to hate [The](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/TravWilb1Cover.jpg) [Traveling](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D2059595531030969&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftravelingwilburys%2F&docid=prEyC4QPi1ea4M&tbnid=0voJFQ3WBz_QBM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwivASg9MD0..i&w=718&h=586&safe=off&bih=833&biw=1280&q=traveling%20wilburys&ved=0ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwivASg9MD0&iact=mrc&uact=8) [Wilburys](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fa1-images.myspacecdn.com%2Fimages04%2F7%2F55f7342a8416486d89bafb546fd5037e%2F600x600.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmyspace.com%2Ftravelingwilburys&docid=x5LFKNh8D1rUnM&tbnid=xTNnyVOeMP_AmM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwjDAShRMFE..i&w=600&h=600&safe=off&bih=833&biw=1280&q=traveling%20wilburys&ved=0ahUKEwjZt7m2zY7gAhXFyoMKHeCaDA4QMwjDAShRMFE&iact=mrc&uact=8). I love me some Wilburys. 😃 Roy Orbison didn’t originally wear dark glasses while performing. He did need prescription glasses, and, early in his career, he performed wearing [normal glasses](https://www.flickr.com/photos/solapro/3251694345). He misplaced his usual glasses on an airplane, and wound up having to perform while wearing his prescription sunglasses. Various sources I’ve read suggest that he liked the look (and that he was uncomfortable with how his eyes looked), so he stuck with the dark glasses. In addition, Orbison was extremely introverted and uncomfortable in public, and I suspect that wearing dark glasses helped him with that. His fellow Wilbury, Jeff Lynne, has worn dark glasses in public since the mid '70s, and I don’t think I’ve seen a picture of him from later than around 1980 in which he wasn’t wearing them. Like Oribson, Lynne is pretty introverted, and I think that it’s part of why he wears them, too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475/20 "2019-01-28T00:38:57Z")
I’ve always wondered if tinted contacts could help with light sensitivities. Anyone know? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-irrationally-hate-bono-and-lenny-kravitz-because-they-wear-sunglasses-indoors/828475.md?page=2)