After accidentally sitting on my favorite pair today and destroying them, it got me wondering how many pair of shades I’ve owned in my lifetime.

I’m just gonna go with a round number and say about 50. I only buy cheap sunglasses btw

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I know exactly because I need prescription.

    11. So that’s roughly one pair every 4 years. Of which I have 10, one of them is at the bottom of a lake somewhere

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    2 months ago

    Why would you have to think about this? Just activate the tism and count them up.

    12, if you count transition lenses that I have now.

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      2 months ago

      I mean I just broke a pair and I have at least 5 other pairs in the house right now - although I hate most of them so probably will get a new pair.

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    2 months ago

    Like 50. I used to have a ridiculous amount of sunglasses I got given as free merch. Nowadays I just have a prescription pair of sunglasses I replace every few years

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    2 months ago

    2 as a child, both lost to time. 4 as an adult, but they are all prescription so I keep track of them and treat them well. 1 of the 4 is so old and banged up it sits in a drawer as a backup, the rest get used to varying degrees.

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    I’m going to guess 20. I wear them a lot. I probably buy a new pair every other year. I go for no-brand, but always polarized.

    The leading cause of death is getting scratched up while getting tossed around in the car.

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    2 months ago

    Probably about three.

    I had some cheap (awful) mirror sunglasses back when they were all the rage, and a pair of prescription sunglasses before I started getting reactive lenses. I must have had at least one other pair but those are the only two I remember.

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      2 months ago

      I get the no umbrella thing but doing anything in the sun without sunglasses is absolutely miserable and inevitably gives me a headache for the rest of the day.

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    2 months ago

    I can not count. I learned my lesson about buying expensive sunglasses with a single large wave at the beach. I’ve been buying cheap polarized wayfarer style sunglasses since. Do they break… yes. Does $5 hurt me at this point no

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    2 months ago

    Grew up in phoenix… my eyes are very sensitive to light. I rarely can find lenses that are dark enough…

    SO MANY…. Seriously well into triple digits

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    2 months ago

    Over my entire life 50 sounds about right. So many sunglasses have either been lost or destroyed by me that the most I’ll spend on a pair is $10

  • Harvey656@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Maybe two or three, I wear glasses and have never had prescription sunglasses, so it’s kinda hard to wear them.