Macular degeneration happens to almost everyone, it’s just inevitable that our eyes get weaker as we age, it’s even been observed in chimpanzees in the wild. But if he has to hold his phone THAT close then he has an incredibly severe case and shouldn’t be driving a car or using a firearm…
I suspect the joke is supposed to read “google farsightedness.“ That’s the condition that hits many people around age 40. It causes our eyes to have trouble focusing on objects that are nearby. It can be addressed easily through the use of corrective lenses – the ubiquitous reading glasses, or, for those who are already using the glasses, the dreaded bifocals. It’s often the source of jokes as we get older.
Macular degeneration, on the other hand, is no joking matter. It is a very serious eye disease that cannot be treated and that can lead to blindness. For Joe, it would mean the end of his career as a beat up sooner rather than later.
I think someone – Marcy or Robb – didn’t do their homework here.
Macular degeneration has to do with not being able to see what is right in front of you. Joe is doing an excellent job of ignoring what is in front of him in favor of his phone. Marcy is trying to get his attention!
Over a decade ago I reached the age where I needed reading glasses. My mom cannot understand that I cannot use the OTC reading glasses as due to the nearsideness I do not see far enough to use the OTC glasses and need prescription ones.
I have eyeglasses with progressive lenses, progressive lenses that are photochromatic, distance glasses (next to bed or cannot watch TV in bed as I would be looking through the reading part of the lens), prescription distance sunglasses, 2 pairs of prescription reading glasses (slightly different prescriptions – and I got the second pair as I was entitled to same free and was po’d at the insurance company – new ones here in the kitchen for the laptop and old ones at desktop computer upstairs. I also have distance and prescription sunglasses in reproduction 18th century frames for reenacting (oddly these are two of only 4 pairs with plastic lenses instead of glass). A pair of distance glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses in small modern frames – used before I got my repro frames and now used for ocassional 19th century reenacting and as spare glasses, especially the sunglasses. Luckily my vision has been fairly stable over a couple of decades so these were collected over same and were not all bough at once.
But, when I go read a book or magazine or do embroidery, I take off all the glasses and just hold the item closer so it is in my field of vision. Oh, I also have to do this to tell the difference between navy blue and black.
Nachikethass over 5 years ago
He can’t see the light!
LaughedMyselfFuzzy over 5 years ago
oh no! Please don’t say Joe has macular degeneration…..
dlkrueger33 over 5 years ago
He just looks nearsighted to me. Or he’s at that age where he needs reading glasses. Not a biggie.
carlosrivers over 5 years ago
Can those screens cause macular degeneration?
yangeldf over 5 years ago
Macular degeneration happens to almost everyone, it’s just inevitable that our eyes get weaker as we age, it’s even been observed in chimpanzees in the wild. But if he has to hold his phone THAT close then he has an incredibly severe case and shouldn’t be driving a car or using a firearm…
GaryCooper over 5 years ago
Macular degeneration is serious. I knew someone who got it in her forties, and she eventually went blind.
cabalonrye over 5 years ago
Google need glasses.
sueb1863 over 5 years ago
Why would that be the first thing they’d think of? I would think the problem might be more along the lines of needing reading glasses.
SactoSylvia over 5 years ago
I suspect the joke is supposed to read “google farsightedness.“ That’s the condition that hits many people around age 40. It causes our eyes to have trouble focusing on objects that are nearby. It can be addressed easily through the use of corrective lenses – the ubiquitous reading glasses, or, for those who are already using the glasses, the dreaded bifocals. It’s often the source of jokes as we get older.
Macular degeneration, on the other hand, is no joking matter. It is a very serious eye disease that cannot be treated and that can lead to blindness. For Joe, it would mean the end of his career as a beat up sooner rather than later.
I think someone – Marcy or Robb – didn’t do their homework here.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 5 years ago
OR, he is just addicted to his damn phone. Like far far to many young people(To me young is anyone under 45) today
kab2rb over 5 years ago
If Joe has vision issues, see eye doctor easy solve.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 5 years ago
He has eyes-glued-to-his-cellphone-itus!
annemariem over 5 years ago
Macular degeneration has to do with not being able to see what is right in front of you. Joe is doing an excellent job of ignoring what is in front of him in favor of his phone. Marcy is trying to get his attention!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
I always could read close things and had glasses for the far away.
Dragoncat over 5 years ago
My eye doctor diagnosed me with having “eye fatigue”.
mafastore over 5 years ago
I have been nearsighted since second grade.
Over a decade ago I reached the age where I needed reading glasses. My mom cannot understand that I cannot use the OTC reading glasses as due to the nearsideness I do not see far enough to use the OTC glasses and need prescription ones.
I have eyeglasses with progressive lenses, progressive lenses that are photochromatic, distance glasses (next to bed or cannot watch TV in bed as I would be looking through the reading part of the lens), prescription distance sunglasses, 2 pairs of prescription reading glasses (slightly different prescriptions – and I got the second pair as I was entitled to same free and was po’d at the insurance company – new ones here in the kitchen for the laptop and old ones at desktop computer upstairs. I also have distance and prescription sunglasses in reproduction 18th century frames for reenacting (oddly these are two of only 4 pairs with plastic lenses instead of glass). A pair of distance glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses in small modern frames – used before I got my repro frames and now used for ocassional 19th century reenacting and as spare glasses, especially the sunglasses. Luckily my vision has been fairly stable over a couple of decades so these were collected over same and were not all bough at once.
But, when I go read a book or magazine or do embroidery, I take off all the glasses and just hold the item closer so it is in my field of vision. Oh, I also have to do this to tell the difference between navy blue and black.