• Omega@discuss.onlineOP
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      13 days ago

      My eye sight is so bad I can only see 15cm in front of me correctly, and I can’t enlist in the army.

    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 days ago

      was trying to figure out what the stats are on vision impairment, and found this:

      https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-finds-most-americans-have-good-vision-14-million-are-visually-impaired

      A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study has found that although 94 percent of Americans aged 12 and older have good vision, the remaining six percent, or 14 million, are visually impaired.

      So 6% of Americans are visually impaired, and of those, 3/4 can be corrected with glasses.

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        that is a fairly blunt assessment. ‘Correction’ is not a binary after all.

        After cateracts surgery I’ve got 20/80 vision in my better eye. Technically both eyes.

        HOWEVER.

        I have no useable depth perception. The retina on my left eye is swiss cheesed with holes and scarring from birth defects. My right retina has a major deflection in it and I ‘won’ the lottery in having it detatch post cateracts surgery (a nominally single digit percentage chance of happening) and thus needed further surgeries to correct.

    • Omega@discuss.onlineOP
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      11 days ago

      I don’t think that’s relatively minor to most

      Public transport would count for USians, maybe cheap flights for Asians

      • Professorozone@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Pleeeeeeaaasse. It’s just one tiny little private jet and maybe one little tiny pilot to fly me. I hate traveling by air so much. What could be less minor? I think you should reconsider.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    Wish I could whistle but I guess I just gotta practice. Also my friends can do that thing where you can move your pectorals but I can’t do that

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    13 days ago

    The thing that gets people to get out of the house and do things with other people.

    Not like a vehicle, or transportation but the other thing

    • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
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      13 days ago

      I’m a shut-in and I’ll say it doesn’t help living in a sparse area with only a bike*. I usually just ride on the trail to a very close bridge, sometimes I go to the closest town over and buy a few things from the produce section from the local grocery store and that’s it.

      Admittedly, I probably still wouldn’t be very social in a denser place (money, but also other issues).

      * I don’t want to drive, though lots of ditches around here and there is no north/south trail. So it is a factor.

    • Omega@discuss.onlineOP
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      11 days ago

      Make an OK symbol with your middle finger

      Move every finger except your index finger to your palm as close to your wrist as possible (in a comfortable manner)

      Adjust your thumb so it is on the edge of your middle finger closer to your pinkie (this is to cause more friction between your middle finger and thumb)

      Press down with your middle finger and then move your thumb, as quickly as possible, to around where your index finger is

      If it works, it’ll cause some burning on your finger and a loud noise, you can massage your palm where the middle finger hits if it’s still muffled, it’s likely stiff.

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      12 days ago

      Which finger do you use other than your thumb? I use my rong finger, but I’ve seen others that use the middle. I’m sure some wierdo is out there mastering the pointer thumb technique

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Being alone.

    Everyone’s talking about a loneliness epidemic and I’m here wishing I had fewer people around me.

    Most of them I love, for sure, but the freedom and relaxation of not having anyone around is addicting and I haven’t had a good hit since 2020

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    12 days ago

    Slightly thicker wrists. Skinny wrists ruin the aesthetics of my arms.

  • Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works
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    Being an actual person where everything I do isn’t too fancy, wannabe grown, picky, spoiled, or out of my league. I want to wear fun clothes and makeup without everyone gawking at it for trying too hard to look like a real person, or everyone angry that it has nice things it doesn’t deserve. And probably the ability to enjoy music since I lost that after every single genre I enjoyed was either below society or trying too hard to be More Than.

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    13 days ago

    Two things, I have horrible vision, wear -9 glasses. And I am autistic and have a very difficult time navigating many social interactions, I would love to not have to deal with either of these.