My apologies if this is the wrong forum…it’s part rant, part opinion seeking, but not really either, so I figured MPSIMS would do. Oh, and while I’m caveating, apologies to any vertically-challenged, cranially-challenged folks out there.
So, I broke my broke my sunglasses at my son’s baseball practice the other day. I’m looking to replace them. Problem is, it seems that all sunglasses are made exclusively for midget pinheads. WTF? Does it totally wreck the sunglasses manufacturer’s profit margin to add a few milligrams more plastic? Or am I simply a Gulliver in a world of midget pinheads? I don’t think so. I’m only a somewhat big guy; 6’1”, 185 lbs. I realize that the mean size is somewhat less than that, but they make shoes and clothes for bigger people, why not sunglasses?
OK, I’m exaggerating a little. I did find exactly two pair of sunglasses that fit, but one was one of those thug pimp things with faux gold chain link trim and the other pair was some sort of Sally Jesse Raphael nightmare.
So, is this some kind of conspiracy to make big fat-headed Americans buy extremely expensive sunglasses just to find a pair that fits? If so, I’m screwed. I cannot buy $100 sunglasses; I always break or lose them. I tried to find a pair at the dollar store. I tried a pair of black wraparounds on, and my eyelashes were brushing the inside of the lenses. I pull them down on the bridge of my nose a bit and they pull my ears out so I look like Alfred E. Newman. Grrrrr.
So, is there such a thing as a pair of sunglasses under $20 that fits my fat American head and doesn’t look like a pimp or something?
I just got a new pair at the drug store and realized, after wearing them for about half an hour, that they are uncomfortably tight. I guess the fashion for them these days is to fit very snugly.
I have a hard time finding them small enough! Of course, I’m looking at women’s glasses, and I do have a tiny head, but still… they’re always not only too big for my face and too loose, but the arms usually extend *way * past my ears. Of course, that comes in handy when I push them on top of my head to hold my hair back, so I won’t complain too much.
I need to trim my eyelashes for most sunglasses. It drives me crazy, having them rub against the lens. And I’m a dude, it’s not like they are extra long or mascaraed or anything.
Weird, I was wondering why they made all sunglasses for giant boulderheads. I have trouble finding a pair that fits me right - a lot of styles almost make me look like a baby wearing adult sunglasses. The nosepieces are too low and the earpieces go back too far.
Oh, OK, so I have a big fat Charlie Brown head, is that what you’re saying?!?
I have you know my hat size is only…oh, yeah, this isn’t the 1940s, I don’t know my hat size, but I do fasten three or four of those bumpy things on my baseball cap.
I’d thank you if you gave me the $99.50 to buy the cheapest pair shown on that page. Of course, that’s not too :eek: compared to the $179.50 also shown on that page. I am not a cheapskate by any means, and I don’t mind paying extra for truly good quality, but good God, there’s no way in hell a fucking pair of sunglasses is worth that.
Get a metal frame, with adjustable nosepads. Ask a local optician to adjust them to stop the problem. It’s a very simple procedure requiring a fairly simple tool. You can try it yourself if you VERY CAREFULLY pull the nosepad arms straight toward you with needlenose pliers (although optical tools work way better). An optician is unlikely to break them.
Oddly enough, I have to do this WAY more for guys than I do for women. And little boys especially, with their angelic caterpillar lashes
Good optically correct sunglasses are worth every penny. My hubby has natural 20/15 vision, and he’s got several pair with a retail over $150. It’s my fault of course. Of course, I pay for them, and I kiss a** for discounts. His “bestest” pair retails for about $279. They have optical quality glass photochromic polarized lenses, tinted perfectly for driving, with antireflective coating on the inside surface. He actually referred to an “eyegasm” the first time he drove on a hot, sunny, humid day with them.
Date an optician! We give cool sunglasses as gifts
Oh. Didn’t realize they were glasses. I have 20/20, so I just want sunglasses.
While I’m sure sunglasses that expensive are lovely, I wouldn’t buy them. I brake them and lose them and I don’t carry any expensive things around because, well, I break them and lose them.
I have the same problem of having a large skull and that I break/lose my sunglasses regularly. I agree that quality frames and lenses are worth every penny, but only if you are the kind to really take care of them. I am not that kind of a person. I can’t carry around multiple glasses cases nor do I want to keep a pair in the car, a pair at work and a pair at home. So I guess I’ll just squint and have a permanently furrowed brow. lol.
I can try on an entire drugstore’s worth of sunglasses and not find a pair that fit.
I have had the same pair for a number of years now that actually straddle my cranium without trying to saw through it, and I guard them with my life.
And I agree with you about price. I found out the hard way that a $60.00 (in 1990 money) pair of special ski glasses are no more difficult to lose than a cheaper pair. I have a low maximum I am willing to spend, which I occasionally adjust for inflation. It’s currently in the neighborhood of $12-15.
We hate it how you belittle our skinny heads. How dare you pick on us after coming out coneheaded at birth. It's a rare condition that affects one in every 500,000 people called Hellraisers' Syndrome. Our people are a very vocal people, and after years of Big and Tall Terror, we decided to strike back.
Sunglasses were a logical base of operations for us.
Retract your statements immediately!
Thanks,
Gunther P. Johnson Esq.
p.s. …um…can you get that jar from the top cabinet? that’d be much appreciated…
