Is it douchey to wear shades inside, even if you’re only going to be in for a few minutes?

  • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Indoor lighting with sunglasses on is too dim for my tastes. Alternatively, my shades might be too dark. I’ll put them in my bag or on the brim of my hat, if one or the other are available.

  • Logh@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    A few years ago, I went out and brought myself a nice pair of perscription sunglasses, trouble was I didn’t have any spare cash to buy regular glasses. So, for about 2-3 years I had shades on everywhere I went, day or night. What I noticed is that if you’re confident enough people don’t really mind or act any different. Now that I have both, I easily keep the sunglasses on without noticing and there is no fuss usually unless I go into a bank or something.

  • phantomwise@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    I never take sunglasses off inside, unless there’s an actual reason (like not enough light, or if I need to see colors correctly when shopping). There’s always too much light everywhere, it’s always too bright, and it’s even worst at night because of the contrast between the darkness and the blinding lampposts. So light sunglasses everywhere.

    As a bonus, that way I never have to bother with eye contact. Couldn’t care less if people think it’s rude: if I took the sunglasses off I’d inevitably forget to make eye contact and they would think it was rude anyway. Fuck eye contact.

  • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I have photophobia, so I leave mine on. Though recently, I’ve started wearing blue blockers, and those also help with my light sensitivity.

  • Taco2112@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I haven prescription sunglasses. Generally I don’t wear them inside, occasionally I’ll forget that I have them until after I’m in the store though. My eyesight without glasses is terrible so I leave them on. Sorry if I look like an asshole but I would have trouble navigating my way and finding what I need without them.

    • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      Transition lenses are great. Try them for your next pair. They do lag a few seconds transitioning back to transparent when going indoors.

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        8 days ago

        They take ~2 minutes to go from dark to light and most don’t ever go perfectly clear so there is always a super slight tint.

        They go dark super fast though… like 10 seconds.

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          8 days ago

          I guess I never noticed. I always wear a ball cap when driving, always have before wearing glasses. Just another tool I use and have not given it much thought.

        • Archer@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          They will also go dark when it’s overcast outside because they react to UV and not visible light. So your glasses will get dark when it’s already cloudy, which is not great

  • MonkeyTown@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    I mean I used to wear sunglasses at work at my desk because everything in the office was just too damned bright. Same with a restaurant job for about 2 hours of sunset when the light streamed in the windows.

    Who cares what people think? Protect your eyes and do whatever you like when entering a store. As long as you can see fine, it doesn’t matter.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    I have two of the same pair of glasses, one with normal clear prescription lenses, and the other with prescription lenses that are tinted brown and polarized. I often forget to switch them out because the sunglasses make everything look so damn good, but I carry them both with me and usually switch to my clear glasses if I’m indoors for more than a minute. But if I pop into a gas station or something for 30 seconds then I’m definitely not taking them off.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I just slide ‘em up on top of my head if it’s like, more than 2 minutes but less than an hour, especially in the summer.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    8 days ago

    There are 2 types of people who wear sunglasses indoors: the blind, and assholes. - Larry David

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Clip ons, I don’t always remember they’re on if it’s bright out, but I usually take them off

    Not because it’s douchey, but because it’s harder to see.

  • Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    I have prescription sunglasses, and occasionally forget I’m wearing them. But I try not to wear them in a store.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
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      8 days ago

      Same. I occasionally happen to leave the house with only sunglasses and then I’ve got no other choice if I want to look at a menu behind a counter or somesuch. I still tend to take them off first inside and then go through this little dance in front of the staff where I theatrically put them on in an attempt to ensure that everyone understands my predicament. I’m British after all.