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And sometimes it’s a hot air balloon.
It was always the balloon for me. Never seen the house.
Depends on the brand that made the autorefractor
Nidek uses the hot air balloon. Topcon uses the house on the prairie.
I am not sure if it's exclusive to either brand though. Both are Japanese manufacturers.
I think Zeiss also uses the house. And Nikon if I remember right?
It was (and is) always the house for me. Never seen the balloon.
I got LASIK when I was 19. Doctor at the time was like "You may want to hold off since you're still growing." I said "What do you know doc, shut up and slice me!"
So imagine my surprise when I'm going to get glasses 12 years later, and they've now got all these fancy machines doing shit. My eye appointments in my teens were dark room, eye drops to dillate, read some letters, then the thing with the lenses "which is better, 1 or 2?"
Now you go in and hit machine after machine after machine, and that house/balloon decides when it's clear for you. Really incredible shit.
That's an autorefractor machine and it's not exactly accurate (they over-correct a lot), nor is it legal or ethical to prescribe a medical ophthalmic device with it alone. You need subjective refraction done by an eye doctor so you can get the best lenses that you need. Also you could possibly need prisms for any tropia.
Oh sure, yeah we end up going in the room and doing what I assume is subjective refraction, based off my understanding of the English language, but it seems like the machine kinda narrows down the starting window, that's my layman vibe. You seem like you are more than a layman and I appreciate your input.
I have asthigmastism. My daughter likes prisms, but those are rocks.
Back to the subjective refraction, sometimes I can't decide between 1 and 2. And yeah we go to 3 and 3 is shit, and so we are back to 1 and 2, and it's a stalemate.
Overall, I like going to the eye doctor. They are the antithesis of dentists as far as the doctor world goes.
air puff noise
pfft
I hate this test, never get used to it. Sort of a two for flinching kind of thing.
Everyone else can see the giant albino half-babies too, right?
Took me long enough. Thought it was like the fancy pooh bear meme or something.
Glasses can’t be that bad though right? This looks more like a scope.
Edit: oh shit, I still didn’t get it
I would have known if you used the hot air balloon picture instead.
I hate the one where they photograph your retina with a bright flash
I hate the one where they wait a random time period then puff your eye with air
I feel like I always have to apologize to the tech because I hate the sure thing so much. My eyelids preemptively want to close because they know what’s coming
I don't get it.
Then you don't know.
You deserve the eye puff now for not explaining it to them...
You blinked. Time for another eye puff
Maybe get your eyes checked?
I guess this checks out. I have no clue, and 20/15 vision 🤷♂️
Theres an eye exam test where you align images. Sometimes its a farmhouse and sometimes a hot air balloon.
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