In Japanese comics, a lot of the people with glasses have spirals over the eyes to look funny. Looks like Richard Thompson decided to do the same thing to Alice here!
One time I took my classmates glasses and then tried riding a bike. It felt like I was way above the ground than I actually was. I ended up asking him the stupidest question possible, “How do you wear this thing all the time?”
My left eye is farsighted and my right eye is nearsighted. I also have bifocals. I don’t know exactly what other people see when they look through my glasses, but they all get the same dazed look on their faces. I never let anyone try it unless they are sitting down.
Poor Marcus! (Practically a daily mantra here for this arc.) —He reminds me of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid, and not in a pinball wizard way, either. Alice had better be careful with Marcus’s glasses; they may be a hoot to her, but they are vital to Mr. Scrapbooks….
I wear the progressive trifocals. It takes a couple of days to get used to them, during which you feel as if you’re standing on a ship at sea. Then your brain understands what it needs to ignore, namely the neural signals that say, “That can’t be right!” as they translate what you see to what’s there. They have to change the formula to get the same answer for the same old view.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
as far as I can remember, I never tried on a classmate’s glasses (or my father’s) when I was Alice’s age
Ivy Valory Premium Member about 3 years ago
Oh, dear … I’m not sure I like where this is going.
su43dipta about 3 years ago
But I wanted a look at the “spiny, balloon-face Person”! I guess we’ll never get the chance!
Cpeckbourlioux about 3 years ago
Wouldn’t change much.
descabro about 3 years ago
It doesn’t always take distorting lenses to see people that way.
danholt about 3 years ago
Uh oh, I can see where this is going…
theotherther1 about 3 years ago
In Japanese comics, a lot of the people with glasses have spirals over the eyes to look funny. Looks like Richard Thompson decided to do the same thing to Alice here!
WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago
Yes, and strangely – it affects their speaking, too. They even sound like clowns!
su43dipta about 3 years ago
One time I took my classmates glasses and then tried riding a bike. It felt like I was way above the ground than I actually was. I ended up asking him the stupidest question possible, “How do you wear this thing all the time?”
gbars70 about 3 years ago
Wonder if those glasses have that same effect on all body parts???
6turtle9 about 3 years ago
Marcus, don’t answer that! Alice, whatever you do, don’t look at that spider over there!
joannesshadow about 3 years ago
My left eye is farsighted and my right eye is nearsighted. I also have bifocals. I don’t know exactly what other people see when they look through my glasses, but they all get the same dazed look on their faces. I never let anyone try it unless they are sitting down.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Poor Marcus! (Practically a daily mantra here for this arc.) —He reminds me of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid, and not in a pinball wizard way, either. Alice had better be careful with Marcus’s glasses; they may be a hoot to her, but they are vital to Mr. Scrapbooks….
DCBakerEsq about 3 years ago
As a matter of fact, everybody IS a silly clown to me all the time.
JH&Cats about 3 years ago
I wear the progressive trifocals. It takes a couple of days to get used to them, during which you feel as if you’re standing on a ship at sea. Then your brain understands what it needs to ignore, namely the neural signals that say, “That can’t be right!” as they translate what you see to what’s there. They have to change the formula to get the same answer for the same old view.