Message from @Attrition in the desert

Discord ID: 496531062072016908


2018-10-01 19:05:28 UTC  

Contacts restrict oxygen getting to your eyes. So when you take them out at night your eyes are often dryed out. Putting some sleep eye gel or drops is a great way to keep your eyes healthy. Both my uncle and my fiance's best friend are eye DRs.

2018-10-01 19:06:32 UTC  

Or you can wait untill you are 40 and need restasis.

2018-10-01 19:07:29 UTC  

You shouldn't assume what people are talking about then insult them based on that assumption.

2018-10-01 19:07:38 UTC  

million dollar idea: perforated contacts
(I have no idea what I'm talking about)

2018-10-01 22:51:35 UTC  

@Louis Loire - NY I'm not good with clarifying my statements' context. I was not assuming you sleep with contacts in. I was building off of the thought flow of what to do with contact lenses at night and should have written "**as an aside**, anyone who sleeps with contacts in ..."

2018-10-01 22:52:54 UTC  

People have varying levels of natural eye wetness. I've certainly had issues with other contacts, but since wearing Acuvue Oaysis for the past decade or so, I have zero issues with dryness. I'm 31.

2018-10-01 22:53:34 UTC  

I'll consider the idea though.

2018-10-01 22:54:53 UTC  

What is crazy is getting laser eye surgery. I know multiple people that have to take eye drops now and have screwed up night vision. No thanks, contacts are not that bad.

2018-10-02 03:38:36 UTC  

Yeah, my glasses make my facial appearance very top-heavy, so to speak.

2018-10-02 03:39:22 UTC  

Same

2018-10-02 03:40:14 UTC  

I used to not really think about my glasses, now I take any visual que I can to reduce my soy factor.

2018-10-02 03:42:29 UTC  

Indeed. Anyone else purposefully not opening their mouths during photographs?

2018-10-02 03:54:03 UTC  

I don't smile much in pictures, but that's because I'm bad at forced smiles

2018-10-02 03:54:33 UTC  

If you look at my picture in OC on the fitness server, that's about as much as I smile

2018-10-02 03:54:43 UTC  

The soy smile meme got to me. TBH, I used to do it often.

2018-10-02 03:55:05 UTC  

Same, I soy smiled a few times.

2018-10-02 03:55:17 UTC  

Now I have RBF

2018-10-02 03:55:44 UTC  

It really is the expression of a man who does not know what to do, but must express a nominal, obligatory degree of emotional engagement.

2018-10-02 03:55:59 UTC  

In a non-threatening way

2018-10-02 03:57:10 UTC  

Take notes on peak chad expression boys

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/436337973001322508/496531062072016907/19113888_10154764259203214_2793916749206385169_n.jpg

2018-10-02 03:57:33 UTC  

Big brain...

2018-10-02 03:57:45 UTC  

i-is that real?

2018-10-02 03:57:51 UTC  

that's really cringy looking

2018-10-02 03:58:04 UTC  

*tips fedora*

2018-10-02 03:58:41 UTC  

Pretty much never wear any hats other than ball caps (if you've the requisite muscle mass) or stocking caps in cold weather

2018-10-02 03:58:56 UTC  

Although I wear a bucket hat on the lake. Sunburn prevention

2018-10-02 03:59:42 UTC  

White men must own a hat for white outings.

2018-10-02 03:59:54 UTC  

...not fedoras...

2018-10-02 04:00:04 UTC  

You should wear a hat for the express purpose of taking it off indoors.

2018-10-02 04:00:26 UTC  

That's something people need to do again.

2018-10-02 04:00:39 UTC  

It shows your host you aren't hiding a yarmulke.

2018-10-02 04:00:45 UTC  

It's only polite.

2018-10-02 04:01:04 UTC  

It's a quick "No schlomo bro"

2018-10-02 04:01:10 UTC  

Key

2018-10-02 04:04:34 UTC  

I've had grils say that they like my glasses before, but I think most of the time it's a facetious comment.

2018-10-02 04:21:01 UTC  

I don't smile, I smirk or have a solemn face.

2018-10-02 15:34:40 UTC  

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN Cowboy hats acceptable.

2018-10-02 15:57:22 UTC  

@Tanner - SC 'natural eye wetness'... Low IQ terminology of the day 😁 try ocular moisture distribution, or corneal lubrication behavior haha. And Interesting exchange with Louis yesterday. It's okay though, all our guys need a chance to vent a little autism one way or another.

But I concur, cowboy hats are a good option. Just don't go overboard. It's good to wear to work, or specific public outings. I'd be disingenuous for not giving the disclaimer that I consider those lightweight polyester-mesh (vented) type fisherman hats (albeit a larger brim,) superior for actual demanding labor in the heat.

2018-10-02 16:07:23 UTC  

The fisherman hats are definitely more practical. The cowboy hat is just a little more cultural, for applications that don’t require maximum practicality.

2018-10-02 16:10:00 UTC  

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN I got a good kick out of that last bit on the gaping soy face, 'in a non-threatening way', succintly put.

It's essentially the ubiquitous product of pervasive neutering of male expression and aggression. When you've been raised in a progressively gynocentric school system that constantly curbs boys' tapping into their inner Chad, you inevitably get shit like soy face, hover hand, and on the opposite extreme of the spectrum, rap and such. One could get profoundly poetic and 'meta' on how it ties into the state of masculinity as it's been degraded by modern society.