i read 700 years of history to fix my glasses
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
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Why do glasses slip off your nose? Why do spectacles make your face look weird? Why did anyone ever wear monocles? In this video, Sabrina accidentally spends a month reading 700 years of glasses history, learns how we got stuck with bad glasses, and makes a better pair (kinda).
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 i will shake my fist at cloud thank you very much
01:18 3 people who have no idea what they're talking about proceed to talk
03:44 oh no, do i have to read?
05:25 i haven't watched A Beautiful Mind but i assume this is what it is
06:03 who invented glasses
07:16 Eastern vs Western glasses development
08:45 yelling about pince-nez, my mortal enemy
10:56 when did glasses become cool
11:28 how we got stuck with bad glasses
12:57 the video could've been over but noOoOo
13:25 an elaborate form of eye protection
18:09 how to fix glasses
23:10 making some glasses in a park (not relaxing as it sounds)
23:53 glasses control test
24:05 glasses Very Silly treatment
23:31 glasses Normal Common Sense treatment
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Welcome to the joke under the fold!
One of my earliest memories is getting my glasses in the fourth grade... everything before that was a blur.
Leave a comment with the word BLUR to let me know you were here ;-)
Optician here - this video was fun af to watch and I typed most of this while watching the video, so I apologize if early bits of my comment are addressed later in the video.
1. If your eyelids are touching the lens, we'll add pantoscopic tilt to the frame front. (Bringing the top of the frame front forward, and the bottom closer to the cheeks.)
2. Everyone's bridge (nose) is a different size and tend to do better with either a saddle bridge design if you have a prominent bridge or nose pads (the name of the part you pointed out in red) if you have a flatter bridge. Change of material can increase grip/comfort plus bringing the nose pads inward or outwards can raise or lower the frame front.
3. The history of glasses is absolutely fascinating and I absolutely recommend you do contacts next!
4. You comments on lens fit are about half right. Two important measurements to keep in mind are your A (horizontal measurement) and B (vertical measurement) of the lens. As an optician, I'm going to measure your PD (pupillary distance - which lines up with the A measurement) and your OC (ocular center height which lines up with B measurement). Any deviations from that can induce prism, and greatly effect how your brain perceives the RX. Things might appear taller or shorter for example. (Look up Prentice's Rule if you like math stuff)
5. Lens thickness is not only determined by the strength of the RX, but also the shape of the frame and what measurements are taken and sent to the lab. Generally - if you have a higher RX stick to smaller and slightly rounder frames.
Other general fit tips:
1. Temples are adjustable, but it's still important to find a good fit right off the jump.
2. Whatever shape your face is, generally you want to go with the opposite shape for your frame.
3. Understand your Box System! Almost every frame will have something like this this on one of the temples: "52 14 SQUARE 140 ". The 52 in this case is your A measurement, 14 would be your DBL (distance between lenses/bridge), and the 140 is your temple length for that frame. Unlike a pair of jeans where a size 32 is a size 32, these measurements are based off the LENS inside the frame, not the frame itself. I can hand you 14 frames with the exact same measurements and they will all fit slightly differently.
4. That being said - if you know your PD, you can take the A measurement plus the DBL and that equals your frame PD! As long your PD and the frame PD are pretty close, you'll be able to better narrow down a good fit.
TLDR; Optical nerd went on rant, am now late for work after ranting. I freaking love my job and will talk to anyone about it as long as they pretend to listen.
i don't wear glasses but still read all of this. thank you for sharing the information, super interesting!!
Wow! I want to buy a new glasses next month and these are really good tips! My first glasses was fine, but I need to buy other models for fashion and travelling.
Do tell more! I have questions!
1: I gained quite some weight (90kg to 107kg) since 2019, when my current frame was fitted. Should I visit my local optician and get the frame refitted?
2: Is there a way to get scratches out of the glass or do I need new glass to get the scratches out?
3: You used the term RX - is that the strength of the lens?
4: Are there more secrets of the trade one should know about or which are just vaguely interesting?
Please note: I will actually listen for hours - not just pretend.
Always happy to hear a nerd further elaborate on a fascinating subject. As someone who has worn glasses nearly my entire life, I find it really weird how I've only learned about most of this very recently (though your comment did introduce me to some new information). Like, with how common glasses are these days why isn't it more common to know the option you have with design, fit, and comfort?
@@klaernie hey, I'm an optometrist who works at an optician. 1: You can always go to your local optician to have your frame refitted. Like a car, your glasses need some maintenance once in a while, so if they are uncomfortable just swing by. 2: you cannot get the scratches out of the lenses unfortunately. You would change the prescription if you tried. 3: yes, RX is the strength (or prescription) of the lenses. 4: my advise, do you eye measurement in the morning, when you haven't been working or reading a lot. Since you focus quite a lot during the day (accommodation) it can change your prescription which might make you new glasses uncomfortable to look through. And try to get you eyes measured every 2 years, even if you don't notice a blurry vision. A lot of eye diseases progress very slowly and we might prevent it from progressing farther if you come in regularly.
Hope this helps 😊
Potter glasses were a symbol in the uk before potter, they were a symbol of being poor. That style of glasses were the basic FREE NHS glasses. So there was symbolism for potter having those glasses was that the Dursleys wouldn’t pay for Harry’s glasses. Things have changed in the last 30 years so there is a range of free frames available.
Oh wow that's interesting. I had no idea.
I suspected that was the case! Thanks for this info, that's really interesting.
Never knew that, thanks!
Spectacles are a healthcare thing?
Glasses are pretty affordable and accessible to everyone. It cost like a week's worth of groceries for something yearly/2year
@@rynieryarom4277 yes glasses are healthcare. You get glasses if your eyes don’t work properly and insulin if your pancreas isn’t working properly. Healthcare isn’t just about not dying.
Man I always think “they’re gonna run out of questions at some point right?” And then they come up with questions I didn’t know I had and now am too invested in
That's the thing about asking questions, once you find an answer, the answer prompts even more questions
See also: History Matters.
Even if you take all questions that have ever been asked throughout history, add them up, and multiply them by the numbers of possible answers to those questions, you are still don’t know anything near a significant percentage of All The Information There Is To know.
Like UUIDs, it’s technically possible to reach the limit but it’s functionally impossible.
But what you don't realize is that, when you ask whether they've run out of questions, that, too, is a question. There is simply no limit.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 brain explosion cos we just entered calculus
11:20 ''For 700 years, glasses did help people see, but for the first time, they were finally ready to Be Seen.''
Absolutely love that line.
My favourite Sabrina quote is now,
"So a perk of the pince-nez was that it doesn't PINCE. YOUR. NEZ."
IT AIN'T PINCING MY NEZ
9:30
Mine is now "some of y'all subscribed because you thought I knew how to code, now look at me"
"So i decided to make my own frame"
Me: oh cool she's gonna 3d print them?
"I'm gonna use this metal wire"
Me, who has many hours of experience trying to use metal wire for diy: ......oh god
same lmao. Sharp, stringy, difficult to manipulate and oh ya, that shit will break haha
God Bless that Unearned Confidence.
Admittedly, she ended up with some sturdy-looking frames! With as many hours as I've put into jewelry, DIY, and crafting with wires... I gotta salute those results, even if the curves weren't as smooth as she dreamed.
Dunning-Kruger I thought. And heard some inexplicit acknowledgement of. But I hate people who bring up Dunning-Kruger! It's frequently obnoxious anyway. And maybe a jeweller collaboration is a future video, because I thought about that as well. And I also thought about Inuit snow goggles, how designer's loved to appropriate them but it's being reclaimed. But I love this video and as mentioned this is the algorithm-friendly money-making view-raking video concept. And DIY vibe could become cool. It's got post-apocalyptic steampunk/cottage-core/goblin-core vibes.
The solder seems to be the sensible genius move. I still can't believe how Americans pronounce it. We say SOUL-duh in the UK.
(to my ears saying solder as sodder it sounds like insulting/dismissing a woman or maybe talking about sex)
when i was a kid my ophthalmologist would study my face for a minute and then show me pairs of glasses that would work with my face shape and then (for certain kinds of frames only, probably) heat the frame to make small adjustments if necessary and i guess i didn't realize she was doing the lord's work
I wish my optitioan was this good.
Love that people are misspelling the word optician and optometrist. /gen
Also, god that sounds like a great optometrist.
@@peachymunmagenta my local eye doctor growing up had an MD and was certified as an ophthalmologist. he's retired now but i refer to him as an ophthalmologist because he had attained that certification just as i refer to my college instructors as professor x or dr y and not just mrs z as i would for any other teacher. which maybe is incorrect to do 🤷🏽♀️
As an optician, i kinda feel proud now that i still do all the adjusting.
@@TANKCHANCHAN One of the last bastions of the art of noncompliance to mass produced shit. I salute you sir.
Every struggle I have ever had with glasses is really summed up in the statement “bro, I just wanna see”
Having grown up as an optometrist"s kid, my first reaction was “just schedule yourself a glasses fitting, girl!!” ...But there's a reason videos of UA-camrs doing stuff the hard way are popular: it's a great way to learn things.
So thank you for showing your little journey here. You actually taught this optometrist's kid a thing or two. ❤️ I'm going to take some of your advice, because it beats having to schedule a fit adjustment every time I accidentally lean on my frames in bed.
accidentally leaning on ur frames is SO REAL 😭😭 also tb to that time in primary school when my teacher threw a ball at me in pe and it hit me in the face and deformed my glasses
The fact that nose-pinch glasses were literally described as being useful for falling off is hilarious.
We think we invented brutal sarcasm in the modern day and age, but that quote proves that we have rediscovered but a fraction of what our ancestors knew.
@@purplecat4977 Listen. You can tell whoever wrote that was a smart ass, the queen of come backs. She said they served to help her collect her thoughts LMAO
3:58 this might be a minor point, but it made me very happy to hear Sabrina phrase testing the hypothesis as “finding evidence to try to disprove them.” That’s a really important point to make about the scientific method that often gets lost in my experience and when learning about how to do research. Research and finding data is meant to be used to try to disprove one’s hypothesis and get closer to the truth, not to just back up one’s hypothesis or beliefs.
Yes. Wisecrack made a video about this and flat earthers (is this how you address them ... correctly?) a while back. It is a significant point most people overlook. (As I often did before the video).
Same goes for the laws of thermodynamics when it comes to infinite energy scams.
OKAY SO. After I got LASIK, my right eye ended up weakening a fair bit, enough that it was kind of annoying while driving. I ended up getting a prescription monocle and I wore the heck out of it. I was surprised how well it stayed in place after I got the fit right. The other nice part is that I have ptosis (droopy eyelid) in my right eye. With the monocle in place, it felt weird for the first month, like I was forcing my eye open further, but just a little. That might have been due to the orbicularis oculi muscle in that eye just being smaller or tighter than my other eye (I could rotate the monocle 180° and fit it in my left eye, which wasn't quite the right fit for lens placement but the monocle frame was essentially the same for this style, which had protruding wire supports extending from the lens frame along the top and bottom of the monocle, to kind of latch onto the flesh over the bones above and below the eye socket). But when I was wearing it, both of my eyes finally looked like they were open the same amount!
Plus, all of my patients (I'm a nurse) could just refer to me as "that guy with the monocle."
LASIK is dangerous and is shilled by capitalism. It is literally burning your eye with a laser.
Ngl, I feel incredibly blessed by the fact that I've never had any vision problems and I hope I don't have any issues later in life (at least not in the sense of my eyesight being gone); but man. Being "The guy with the monocle" sounds so fun. Always wanted an excuse to be that guy
And to be fair, monocles can look really damn cool.
@@akiraishin7141you know my right eye is like -7 so my eye doctor woman(?) Said that i'll get eyedrops or something might tear when i get older. Not looking forward to that but i already have a plan for like, getting an eyepatch or something cool like that.
(Could i get an eyepatch AND a monocle? :o)
In such a case, wouldn't the normal procedure be to wear normal glasses, with one lens with the appropriate strength and the other completely without strength?
Some of the parts where she's just blindly walking to the craft store genuinely look like backrooms footage
The lengths Sabrina goes to answer arbitrary questions never ceases to be appreciated. Also BLUR
I love how the theories range from "it's years and years of horrible design and beauty standards" to "what if we are just stupid"
And as usual, the answer for this kinda question is "we're just stupid"
@@belthesheep3550 but also religion and capitalism, kind of
@@hugofontes5708 very rarely are those the actual reason for anything but sure
@@belthesheep3550 I meant this time in particular but also sure lol
@@hugofontes5708 No? Maybe historically religion might've had something to do with it, but capitalism didn't like, at all.
Melissa getting so caught up in the instructions that she become oblivious to the sponsor segment being filmed to the point of reaching through the shot in front of Sabrina is great. :)
I was wearing glasses since I was 11, but almost 4 years ago I made a laser correction and that’s one of the best things I’ve done in my life. It’s just such an amazing feeling to see everything without any glasses or lenses, I can’t even explain how happy I was in the first days after the correction.
A hundred or so years ago in Finland, when the social welfare wasn't on today's level, rich folks would donate their old glasses. They were then put in a box and shipped to poor/rural places where the people in need got to try them and pick a pair that helped the most. I've been told my great-grandmother got glasses this way.
the lions clubs still do this
*glasses
@@noze4012 Whoops, fixed
@@Jouzou87 👍
I had boxes at my public library that were for that exact reason- donate your old glasses so someone who can afford them can have some! this is in the (generally very wealthy) Pennsylvania suburbs
There is no what you get paid enough for the amount of effort you guys put into this channel. At this point I'm starting to wonder if this channel is a way to capitalize on your insane ability to chase what others would consider rabbits. You guys are an inspiration and I admire you.
Since it's their job, they actually get paid for trying and possibly failing. Though "failing" would depend on if you're referring to the journey or the destination. They usually succeed on the journey part, which makes for a pretty informative video. And they usually fail on the destination part, which makes for a pretty entertaining video.
@@WanderTheNomad nope
@@WanderTheNomad subjective as all hell. I'll agree to disagree lol.
@@someblaqguy yeah thats why they said that failing would depend on your definition... u acting like u got a point lol
New to channel. The production value is through the roof, the research content is rigorous, and the host's charisma is magnetic. Definitely subscribing!
Myopic East-Asian here with some help:
My glasses pushed against my brow and eyelids (they either slid down, bruised my flat nose or did some combination of both) until I got titanium frames. For some reason ultra-light glasses sit right on my face, but don't clamp down. Half the time I forget I'm wearing them because I feel NOTHING. If anyone (especially if flat-nosed) is having problems with the way their glasses fit, I highly recommend getting an ultralight pair. They tend to be slightly more expensive than regular ones, but they're more than worth it. I used to change my glasses every time my prescription changed (as a kid) but these ones have been keepers.
P.S: I HAVE heard that "asian fit" nose pads exist… but they're not commonly sold (at least where I'm from) and I'm fine with my current glasses.
P.P.S: If you have that problem where you keep seeing over the rim of your glasses, consider round frames. They're great for your peripherals.
A summary of every Answer In Progress video: Sabrina finds a usually uninteresting subject and goes on a month-long journey to find answers to questions nobody ever asked, all while going utterly insane and making a widely entertaining video in the process.
It's the content I subscribed for
Yes, only to find out the answer was stupidly simple to begin with 🤣
And designing a very convoulted diy project surrounding it too
Sometimes it goes a bit differentely: Sabrina pickes an iteresting subject - food - and then realises she doesn't understand it and lets Melissa take it over.
but she discovers that the true answer was the friends we made along the way
I remember talking to a Japanese person who lived in the US about how she would make a 3 hour trip to Seattle just so she could go to the Japanese glasses store there. Apparently she hard a hard time finding Western glasses that fit her nose. I recommend that Sabrina look into an Asian glasses retailer if she ever get the chance. It's possible they could be designed for her nose better.
Just getting those legs adjusted so they round behind the ears will already help immensely with keeping the glasses from falling of.
I do agree though that for certain nose types it's very hard to find the right glasses.
I have a western nose but my nose bridge is very narrow. Ever since I got my first pair of glasses every single person who sold glasses to me commented on that and how much that narrows down what kind of frames I can even buy.
I also have a very narrow face so most frames also are just way too big in general.
@@DieAlteistwiederda Fortunately nowadays designers are "discovering" sizes. I have a small face (I am 150 cm, so...) and usually frames are way too big. A nearsighted fly.
Now brands have the petite collection, an adult kind of frames in a smaller fit. As an optician I saw some XL frames as well. Fitting is not an optional.
omg, do you know any names?
@@FleurChat7 There is the online brand Jins they have a search to find glasses for a lower bridge.
There's a fantastic optitian in Toronto on Dundas near Spadina who has mostly glasses that fit small noses and who really take the time for excellent fit.
I love how she called them eye-pads when they're actually called 'nose-pads'. Like, she's a little confused but she's got the spirit
As someone who has been wearing glasses for 10 years of her life, I’ve always had that falling off issue. But it wasn’t until I broke (a tiny bit) the hinges on my glasses and they wouldn’t even stay on while looking down, that I looked for a way of fixing them. I instantly thought of somethig to just hang onto my ears and searched on amazon. Five minutes later, I had already order the thingies that Sabrina showed at the end. The result was so amazing that when I finally changed my glasses and they stayed on my face as much as any other not-broken-hinges-pair, I kept using them. Now I don’t have to keep pushing them up like every ten seconds. It’s a great thingy. After 9 months of wearing them, I highly recommend them and would never wear my glasses again without them.
I think one of the dumbest thing about having to wear glasses is when you have to choose your new pair. I have a pretty bad eyesight so every time I try a pair, I have to get real close to the mirror to see how it looks (+ I don't wear it enough time to feel if I'm really comfortable with it). Like... I understand it would be hard to see correctly if the correction lenses aren't made, but I still find it stupid that I can't see what the things I will use to see look like on me
I’m an optician and you should take pictures with multiple pairs of glasses. Then wear your actual glasses to see which ones you like better. I tell the patients to do this all the time and if you were dilated to take many pictures, then go home and call about the one you like once you can see much clearer
@@Daveyjonesvi This is... so simple yet it makes so much sense, thank you for the advice and I'll be sure to do that the next time !
i put them on and shake my head a bit or look straight down, if thats comfortable ill take a selfie to see if its cute, i dont even bother with the mirror anymore tbh
Um, usually (in UK) offered a mirror with power (diopters) on it... move it about and you find a focus; there's yr face
Meanwhile I'm over here buying glasses online just from a photo of the frames alone lol. Most sites offer online/virtual try on for popular frames but when you go for new designs they just released or ugly frames it isn't always available. I like weird and ugly designs so I have gotten used to not seeing them on me first. Still haven't had to return any either
"Some of y'all subscribed because you thought I knew how to code"
Now I remember how I found this channel! But here I am, watching you fixing glasses, molding your face and searching for way out of the subway station
I, on the other hand, subscribed because Sabrina accurately represents those of us who _pretend_ we know how to code.
Yeah, I subbed because of an AI vid
I have no idea why I ended up here, it was just in my recommendations. I _think_ I've seen her before? I'm not subscribed.
...A problem I have just rectified.
I'm in my late 40's. When I was in grade school and high school, many frames had multiple sizes. I don't mean kids glasses vs adult glasses. You could ask, “does this come in a larger size?” And the answer might be, “yes, it does.” This seemed to stop being true around 1998-2000. Then many more “unisex” styles were introduced. These all worked well for me, since I have a chubby face. I frequently buy men's frames fir the extra width because women's glasses must be dainty/petite.
honestly it’s still an intimate thing to see someone in their glasses-the amount of romance stories i’ve read where person A walks in on person B late at night and they have some sort of heated/subtext heavy conversation…
Those 2 little pieces resting on your nose. Are actually called 'Nosepads'. I understand why Sabrina called them "Eye pads".
she figured it out later in the video
@@xsmallmusic2174 Yes, I noticed. I left the comment. Cause, some people might still be confused. Since, I think Sabrina didn't put enough emphasis on what are they called in the later part.
@@xsmallmusic2174 Ok, My bad. I am gonna leave it nonetheless.
That also made me laugh. (Cause it was cute, not at her.)
I genuinely thought they were called eye pads because that's what my optometrist called them when I had mine replaced
Basically the answer to this is, if you go to a good optometrist/optician, they will adjust your chosen glasses to fit your face as best as they can. As the daughter of an optometrist, I’ve never had a poor fitting pair of glasses.
You are an amazing storyteller. Your ability to make learning fun is a wonderful skill. Just last night my youngest daughter and I were having a snack and she said something about her being able to travel back in time, and make the wheel - instant hero she said. Well we just watched your video about why the wheel took 2000 years to create, and she feels she is now better suited to go back in time and be that hero!
knowing that a simple curve hooking around my ear could fix most of my glasses problems is a game changer, now if only there was a way to make glasses comfortable while laying down sideways with them on
Maybe goggles?
tape the lenses to the face
uhmm, contacts????
@@Klbkchhezeim some people that use glasses can't use contacts (myself being one of them), it would have to be a change in the design of glasses
Yeah... what is the actual name of these things? Might try them.
As the son of an optician and an ophthalmologist (which, for some reason, gives me authority) the reason why most people hate their glasses is that they pick the glasses that "look nice" over the ones that fit their face/head shape. TBH, It's also tedious to pick glasses because there are A LOT of them and after a while, they start to look pretty similar to each other.
Also, pro tip: heat your *glasses'* temples (Thanks Hajra) with a hairdryer and bend them to the shape of your ears. Free and easy way to avoid them slipping!
I guess this proves how uninformed we can be about what part of glasses are called, because for a second, I legit thought you meant heat your "temples", as in put a hairdryer to your temples and heat the area to bend the glasses in shape.
Like: The sides of your head = temples
And I thought, what kind of sadist advice is that?!
And then it clicked and honestly, it's a good advice.
@@hajrapanhwar6027 OMG 😂 idk pal if you're into it... No kink shaming in AIP videos 😂
@@hajrapanhwar6027 just edited it to be clearer (Y)
Don't heat the temples. Go to your optician and let them do it. And let them tighten the screws as well. It's their job.
@@anastylos2812 Great! Now... Who's my optician?
it's been two weeks since this video was suggested to me by UA-cam. I now have a addiction and is fairly angry at UA-cam to only show this channel to me 2 weeks ago. Thank you lot for everything you do, teach, inspire. I'm glad I found answers in progress. bit late but now I can binge all the episodes over a weekend and get even less done and that is fine
I love that you always take a deep dive on every subject you come across. Amazing quality, educational and very entertaining as always.
fun fact: often times (at least here in germany) getting your glasses cleaned, pads replaced, and temple bends altered is a service most optometrists *do not charge for at all*
Same in the US, I think.
There's no way for them to know if you bought them there, and it's so quick it doesn't matter much to just do it.
Same in Finland as well, I was very positively surprised when I learned that they really do just help you if you ask. They even changed my newer lenses to my old frame free of charge or any hassle when I broke the new glasses, but the lenses were ok.
Same in Canada.
Yeah, I had the nose pads fall of an old pair and I went into Wal mart and they did it for free. I expected to pay at least 5-15 bucks.
As an optician I can confirm, it is indeed done free of charge in France and Germany (where I have worked).
Plus it literally takes two minutes so don't ever hesitate to visit your local optician if your glasses are misfit, uncomfortable, or just a little dirty. We have all the equipment and training to alter and clean them, and (at least I) genuinely enjoy seeing people happy with their glasses.
P.S: I don't know if this is obvious or not, but you can also do it with your sunglasses, even if there is no power in the lenses !
I’ve never had this problem in the years I have been wearing glasses. They never slide off unless I’m sweating heavily. I often forget I’m wearing them and I work out while wearing them and they don’t slip that much.
It really realized how bad other people have it with glasses when in the intro, Sabrina shook her head and the glasses slid off. For me I’ve literally ran and jumped with glasses and they don’t budge at all. Really makes you think about how something that doesn’t affect you at all can be major problems for others
I also never had this problem. However, after Sabrina said, she didn`t know that the temples can be bent by an optician, I am not surprised. I always got my glasses at a proper glasses store where the employees are opticians. After choosing a frame they take all these measurements and when the lenses themselves are done und fit into the frame, they bend the tmaples and the nosepads so the sit snug but never too tight. I also am always amazed at what you can do with glasses. It's amazing how secure they are. :D
I’m wildly impressed that she made a sort of glasses.
Same here. Mine squeeze into the sides of my head, comfortably if i do say so myself, and never slide. I can shake my head while facing so far down the pads do not touch my nose and they do not fall!
It's also highly dependent on how your glasses are also weighted. Front-heavy fall off very easily. Also people with little eyesight deviation have thin and light lenses, whereas high deviations (like myself) have thick heavy lenses which again make it very front-heavy and can overcome the grip of the nosepads. I wish one could switch the temple grips at the ends for weighted ones to counterbalance heavy lenses
Same. I've had plenty of different styles of glasses too. They just comfortably and securely sit on my face. My only two problems with glasses is forgetting to bring them with me and having them fog up with non-N95 masks.
As always, in awe of your ingenuity and determination to do the absolute most
The first thing they told me when I was picking out my first frame is "make sure it fits your nose properly, we can't adjust the bridge!" I think if they're sliding, they're just not the right fit for you.
Edit: Also yeah...getting the side parts altered is an absolute must if you want them to fit properly. It can be done at home with heat to soften the plastic, but sometimes you can walk in and get it done where you got the glasses from in the first place. Got my glasses from Costco and they're really great because they offer this free as many times as you need :D
Sabrina is what you get when you get way too curious about your intrusive thoughts
idk that’s not rlly what intrusive thoughts are
Just curious enough about your intrusive thoughts
@@fankid1018 to me intrusive thoughts are basically ideas that you really don't need at that moment, so randomly asking the history of glasses seems to fit pretty well to me tho
I'm here for it tho
@@cristhiangabriel8453 The actual definition also includes *"is upsetting or distressing"*
me, a person who always has their glasses professionally adjusted: they can be adjusted.
sabrina at 20:47: ...
me: i'm still glad i learned about the ablist history of glasses today
Part of the reason I always wanted to get my Bridge pierced was so I could wear lenses that could magnetically attach to the piercing and then I'd never need to worry about slipping again!
Just so wonderful! I do this kind of crazy thing all the time, also discovering that there’s usually some pre-existing solution - but there’s so much learning and satisfaction that comes from the journey of trying to crack a puzzle! Also, the quips throughout the video, hilarious!
I love the glasses you made. I acknowledge that they are a *strong* look, and they demand that the rest of your aesthetic fit in with them, so if your style isn't "wonky steampunk" then I get it. They're not for everyone. I still adore them though.
Thank you for the phrase "significant snoot;" I will never utter the words "big nose" again.
I feel like anyone wearing these glasses gives off a "yes I'm intentionally and purposefully wearing these" look. They're fashionable in the way that you know your style and are not afraid to share it. Enhanced Casey Neistat glasses vibes. Also a conversation starter. I'd love to talk to the person wearing them, especially if they made them, although I would not want the lens alignment to be compromised, just for the person's wellbeing.
I agree. I like the wonky steampunk vibe.
I'm dying over "wonky steampunk" that's perfect. I also love the glasses she made
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I agree. they are honestly sickeningly cool.
If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that any time there's two different words for the same thing, both those words exist for a reason. Either there is a difference that we kind of gloss over in casual speech (like lay vs lie), there is a technical difference that most people don't know about (coat vs jacket), or there used to be a difference but isn't anymore (spectacles and glasses). It's always fun to find out which it is.
Or its local dialects/variants that both got adopted into the… let’s call it travel lingo. Can be combined with the other options and also get confused over time with the other two (like Zwetschge and Pflaume (plum) in German. There are regional differences, but also oval vs. round shape.)
Like in my region we would call both shapes generally Zwetschge, but if you asked me to differentiate the shapes I'll call the oval ones Zw and the round ones Pflaume. Elsewhere Pflaume is dominant.
@@salepien Wouldn't that fall under "technical differences that get glossed over in casual speech"?
Or, in England anyway, it's because two different areas have different words for the same thing. So an alley is also a snicket, which is also a ginnel. They're the exact same thing.
This is the first video I've seen of yours and I'm blown away at it. Great production, research, execution, narration etc! You are so funny!
As a glasses wearer I feel so called out by the glasses slipping montage XD Thank you for diving into the history of eye correction! Such a fun and interesting watch!
while watching this video i realized that how much satisfied I am with my glasses. they don't fall off that easily, they fit really well, they are not close to my eyes, not big, not small. the only problem is that they look ugly. but after watching this video, i feel really happy about my glasses.
I’m at the point where I’m considering paying for new custom lenses rather than buying a new (cheaper) pair when the time comes… I really love my current frames despite some of the paint chipping
I wish some people in the comments would be a lil bit less condescending about Sabrina not getting her glasses adjusted. I got my glasses from a physical location, not online and didn't even know that was an option, and I bought wingtips so my glasses would stop falling off and that works for me. We're all learning together so lets just all be a bit more kind :)
I was also thinking about how many people may have got glasses as a kid and you know..being a kid... didn't think about or learn about a lot of this stuff.
I've had glasses since elementary school, have always gotten my glasses from my eye doctor, and never knew getting them adjusted was an option
exactly
@@charliet-h4150 same
Is this a cultural/geographical thing? Because here in the UK, I'm pretty sure we always get our glasses fitted at the optician. I'd go for an eye test and pick out my frame and then come back when the glasses were ready. At that point without fail the optician would check the fit and adjust it for you before you leave
I'm super new to this channel and I'm hooked! I'm here for your CONTAGIOUS *love for learning* , Sabrina! Cheers to Melissa and Taha as well!
Love the intermittent animations. Just pure bliss.
13:27 only Sabrina could go from 'im going to make my own glasses frames' to a whole side quest to create a bust of her face...
Edit and I wrote that before 14:15 where she calls it a side quest.
You know it's so funny , i would've just searched "how to secure glasses " and checked out the first few options while you're over here rewinding 700 years to make a overcomplicated pair of glasses just to find the simplest way , now that's a legend 🤩
It's for the the views, for the quality content
Man, what a delight. Stumbled onto this channel, absolutely love your presentation style and the informative content!
My reading glasses are pince-nez and I love them. Obviously soft rubber grip and springy plastic help keep them in place very well (better than any other reading glasses I've ever had) the fact that I carry them in a hard case that is flat with no ear piece to bend is a great bonus.
I would totally have watched “woman gets glasses altered for reasonable cost by professionals”, but I loved this video
Now that we've been through this entertaining video of an ordeal, I'm even more interested to watch the aforementioned video as a comparison
The last 10 seconds or so are basically that. She added hooks to her temple arms.
Yeah, I could enjoy an ophthalmology vlog.
@@justinwhite2725 they usually just warm those arms up in the store and bend it to make it fit you. Looks nicer than those extra plastic bits too and they are meant to be adjusted in this way.
Yeah, I was born in 1969 and I STILL heard, as a child in the 70s, that "boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses", so the stigma was real right up until 50 years ago at least.
Oh hey, my mom was born in 1969 too! That's neat
1998 and I literally remember when the glasses stigma went away. Elementary was 'glasses bad'
Middle school was just plain bad in general
And High school was 'glasses good'
men sucks
People will find the dumbest things to stigmatize
@@em-yz6rl Yeah, and if there's one thing that by definition shouldn't be stigmatized, it's astigmatism😎
love this video! thank you for your effort of compiling this information, it was so intersting!
LPT: If your glasses have plastic legs/temple pads you can place them in very hot water for a short while to soften them enough to mould somewhat around your ear, giving a better fit.
I love how she just looses her mind over personal research on a regular basis and posts it on the internet
As an optician, this is hilarious to watch haha
But it does make me quite sad to hear how bad the service must be at opticians in the US when I read the comments and people are saying noone ever helped them find glasses that fit and work with their RX. That's pretty standard here in Switzerland
Glasses also come in sizes and different designs. You would need a certain size for your nose and eyesize for your head width.
There are different designs for bridge (nose) depending on race.
They also need to be manually adjusted.
I’m an optometrist and a glasses designer and have my own brands.
@@arnyswart Yeah, I felt that them describing glasses as only having one size was weird since here in Denmark glasses come in many sizes and all opticians here have tools to adjust glasses to the individual. When I was a kid and my mom had a problem with her glasses she just went to an optician and got it fixed.
I love how hard you went on this, you are amazing, this was awesome.
Your channel is so fun and educational. Love it!
this was perfect??? i enjoyed every second of it?? it was such an adventure to watch
the huge conspect on the floor?? the amazing practical advice?? the motion design was amazing as usual 😭 i also feel kinda guilty for enjoying Sabrina's rage, it's really entertaining 🙈
As soon as Melissa said the thing about glasses only having the one model/size at the store (unlike jeans) I went "yeah but the optometrist adjusts all the little bits on it to make it fit your face better" and then at the end I finally had my sweet release when Sabrina actually mentioned that as an option lol.
Also I hope this video makes more people realise that glasses are disability aids! We've just normalised them so much now that we almost don't see them as that anymore, but you can see how that took a long time.
Such a wonderful BluR of energy, Sabrina! Keep your passion for the weird going!
This video is so great ! Thank you for your hard work !
I actually got custom made 3D printed glasses, and it wasn't really that expensive, insurance covered it. 10/10 would recommend
Where from?
where frommm
Please don't leave us hanging. Where did you get them from??
where from, not every store has that.
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I loved the editing on this video, great job! 🖤
I came across your channel recently and I wanted to leave you a comment to let you know how much I enjoyed watching your videos. I've watched several videos now and they are very entertaining as well as informative. You're in depth research on each topic is amazing. I really enjoy how you bring the viewer along on the journey of learning the history and facts for each videos topic. Love what your doing, so fun to watch and l learn somthing new each time!!😃👌
When you rolled out the butchers paper I got so excited. It makes me happy to see people learning for the sake of it. Reminds me of how fun studying is especially when you’re not graded on your knowledge. Very impressed with the amount of work that went into this video
Watching this as my glasses slowly slide down my face. The irony is killing me.
I love this channel. Keep it up, you guys!
See, the thing I love about this video and channel is that you do so so much research, and you try so hard to be scientific in your hypotheses and whatever-- but you still tell a story. It's not just sanitised facts without feeling, it's a story, one that gets the idea out without focusing on being overly accurate about barely significant details. That's what the best kind of historian does
Great video! You brought up a lot of great questions! I think I might even do a response video to this 👍😄
I say go for it.
Yes PLEASE
I actually really like the handmade glasses you did, they had a kind of steampunk vibe to them. Maybe a niche style, but a very cool one if leaned into.
Thanks so much for this informative walk through history and sussing out the details that keep the glasses in place!
Have to say, having only just discovered this chanel, this is the exact content I needed in my life!
This might be one of the most interesting and lucid essays on an item we have all taken for granted that I have seen in years. I learned a ton of stuff from your hard work and doff my hat to you in both thanks and respect.
It's a shame that amazing video essays like this get buried by all the junk on this platform, I genuinely believe this is the type of content UA-cam was made for. 17/10 video, loved it, new sub for sure :D
5:21 "there is! there wAS! THERE WA-" is such a mood ngl
I really love how you and your team approach and explain information. Interestingly about the mundane, I suppose. Happy found your channel!
love how you went about exploring this issue - thorough and funny. THANKS
Apparently there are Asian fit glasses that work better with Asian face structure. Since I’m Irish, my Roman style nose is the perfect shape for glasses. I feel for those who’s nose bridge is at a steeper angle. (maybe this is addressed later in the video)
I was talking about this with my Asian coworker - she said she hates glasses because her face is flat and has the same problem as Sabrina did with her sunglasses. Then I was like "Wait. China has a massive population. How have they not solved this problem for Asian faces by now? There are a lot of people who need them with this exact facial structure". Queue our discovery of Asian fit glasses.
@@spriddlez wow i’ve been wearing glasses that slide down my face since i was a kid and i never heard of low bridge / asian fit glasses… i need to look into this
My nose also has a shape that helps to rest the glasses well. Also, my face is very dry, so unless I'm sweating, my glasses won't slip. Also, living near the US border with Mexico, many people in my area go to make their glasses to Mexican cities, since it's way cheaper than in the US.
As an optician I've never heard of anything called "Asian fit" (probably because it sounds racist) but I think the bigger issue is the lack of education of Opticians knowing how to fit non-western european faces. Black women didn't just go into any salon in the 1970s and expect a licensed cosmetologist to be able to do their har properly. Because they weren't taught with experience (and sometimes not at all). The same is true with frame fittings. As an Asian optician I know & experience the problems my customer/patients are describing.
Practical advice regarding fit from a high prescription myopic: know what size you are and make sure your glasses fit that size.
To do that, you'll need to know the measurement between the middle of your face/nose and each one of your pupils - this is called the nasopupillary distance (NPD), and if you add both (one for each eye) you'll get your pupillary distance (PD). The easiest way to get this measurement is to ask an optician to take it for you, as they are trained for that and have specialized equipment, but in a pinch you can ask a friend to measure this with a ruler (graded in millimeters). Each eye can have a different NDP, or they might be the same, but either way take note of your PD because that is "your size".
Now for the frames' size: there are three numbers on the inside of the frames. The first one is usually the lens width, and it's usually in a 44-62mm range. The second one is typically the bridge width, in a 14-24mm range. Lastly, the arm or temple length is the largest number and varies in a 120-150mm range. To get the frames' size, you need to add the lens width and the bridge width.
Now for the important part: make sure that your frames' size match your PD as closely as possible (1 or 2mm up or down is ok too). This ensures that your eyes are centered within the lenses and the frames, and thus don't look too big or too small for you (think of how a baby looks wearing an adult's glasses, or how an adult would look wearing a baby's glasses), and in the case of high prescriptions this is extra important because if your eyes are not centered you will have a lot of lens "leftover" around the edges, which causes physical discomfort due to extra weight and distortion, and also makes your eyes look even bigger/smaller (depends on prescription) from an outside perspective.
For example, someone's right eye might have a NPD of 31mm and their left eye 32mm - thus, a PD of 63mm. They should look for frames whose lens width + bridge width is 63mm exactly, or alternatively they might choose to center one specific eye (probably the one with the highest prescription) by choosing frames in a 62mm (which would center the right eye) or 64mm (left eye)"size".
This isn't an easy fix like the wingtips in the video (which are highly recommended if your glasses slip off easily), but I hope it helps at least one person get glasses that actually fit them properly the next time they need new frames.
Almost through the whole video and I learned something Sabrina can be very resourceful and funny. 😂
I love your videos you're so fun to watch i love it, keep up the amazing work ❤
A classmate of mine used to call me "tingala" (act of looking up in tagalog) because I would always raise my head just to see in front due to my glasses regularly falling off of my small nose. Thanks for this video. The struggle is TOO REAL
I got a masters in design. They should’ve showed this to us in product design/ prototyping, or even design history class. Amazing work. I’ll be sharing this with any of my mentees.
If any soul daring to mentor me showed me youtube videos, it's a clear sign they shouldn't be a mentor
@@aggrogator4045 what's wrong wth using great and readily available resources?? I mean that's better than explaining what has already been explained before for who knows how many times. When used properly and i mean PROPERLY not just youtube videos for the whole mentorship, It will be a great way for the mentor to focus on the actual mentoring and not just repeating theories and such like an npc.
@@aggrogator4045 i don't think youtube videos are necessarily as sketchy as you seem to be making them out to be. they can be a great resource in this day and age
@@aggrogator4045 that bias will eventually die. As long as citations of the information is utilized, & the info is legit, its chill.
The editing in this video is phenomenal and makes it easy to follow, but also hilarious. This video is my favorite Answer in Progress video just for the editing lol
This is literally the best video I have ever seen it’s amazing I just can’t believe this exist
as an optician, this was simultaneously so fun and painful to watch because there are different sizes and styles and you can pretty much adjust everything on your glasses to fit your face perfectly, you just need the right tools and know-who😭😂 but it's super interesting to see what it's like from an outside perspective!!
This channel hits all the difficult to find qualities of UA-cam channels: down to earth funny, novel idea or novel approach, genuinely well-explained concepts through visuals and verbal comms. This glasses vid was a blast. I appreciate the too-much-effort attempts with face casting because it reminds me of playing as a kid and actually experimenting & learning new things in science classes, but this is like the adult version. If I could have a dream job, it would be rabbit holing into playful but learning-driven topics like this channel does! :)
I love you , you inspire me to research things more confidently of that makes sense
The amount of effort u put in these videos r amazing
Optician here, there are many styles of frames and we even have Asian fit glasses for those who don’t really have a protruding nose for the bridge to lay on. But yeah it takes time and effort to find glasses that look and feel nice. Opticians will help and we do adjustments to the nose pads and temples to make them fit better. Most places will do this for free. Just call in advance to find out :)
Phenomenal video. Your scenes, your timing, and definitely the education quality is so on point! PS love to see Toronto representation - I’ve been meaning to go to a sculpture supply store near Etobicoke and I think that’s where you went, so keeping in mind the tricky location.
23:40 That's a *VIBE* ...
And I like it
You always have really interesting content, i always like to learn random things and you videos are perfect and super informative
I fully appreciate your “through the bottom of the rabbit hole approach” to solve a consistent problem - I have lost count how many times I’ve build stuff from scratch only to have found the solution to be relatively simple.
Love this!!