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Mar 14, 2026 2:43 AM
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glovelyday
Diopters doctor, diopters.
Cebrail
He absolutely meant her glasses, this guy is a friendly helpful type
bolobass
MBTerrorKitten
No oops. That's what makes it funny.
ILDL
I get where Ethan is coming from considering all the "manosphere" garbage out there, but I think he was a bit quick on the draw.
XSurvivor
Dr. Glaucumflecken should be declared a UNESCO heritage.
eetsumkaus
Does he just get alerts whenever people mention glasses or what lmao
Salticido
Sometimes people tag/forward/link/etc things that are relevant to people, so yeah, probably.
chrisckelly
“I’m just writing about how she looks!”
PeaceOnEarthGoodPornToAll
"I MEAN HOW SHE LOOKS THROUGH HER GLASSES I AM SO BAD AT THIS i am sorry"
TheMayorOfTittyCity
I don't get it. Why was Ethan upset with him?
Username62611
Because assholes on the internet score women's attractiveness out of ten. Without the context that he's an optometrist, or knowing how glasses prescriptions work, he could appear to be just be calling her extremely ugly.
zeekcheek
if movies have taught me anything, it's that she's a 10 when she takes the glasses off
mrthewhitee
I know the point of the post is different, but asking if the ref needs her glasses is a great burn.
BlackHoleSon01
The guy who played Columbo supposedly once took out his glass eye and offered it to an umpire after he was called out while stealing a base in baseball.
RadasNoir
I can appreciate that level of sass.
sundaymondayhippyday
I thought that was common- Aussie here-
the Ref needs glasses!
A non swearing chant
nemocares
If I was still a physics teacher I'd probably use this as an example of why answers must always be given with the correct unit.
Illithidbane
Followed by a bunch of people asking him to guess their prescriptions:
https://x.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1950040786055417956
MCNewYorkLives
Urg, I hate twitter links. I can never see the crap unless I create an account (which I refuse to do)
DeltaBladeX
xcancel for link replacement, works for almost all posts. https://xcancel.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1950040786055417956
EroticZombiePants
Meanwhile, I'm almost a -10.
animatronicChristmasChickens
The thing is, he's probably correct that those glasses are maybe -1.5 diopters
NorthmanoftheNorth
Yep, I'm -1 and -1.2, and mine look like hers.
No. NO, I DIDN'T MEAN I HAVE A MICROPENIIIII
xmaneds
CORRECT
Jinxer13
Yeah and you're gonna die alone so what
Nexus297
EternallyIgnorant
I know he wasnt, but if he had been insulting her face, im just going to point out its the cliche makeover scene. She lets down her hair and takes off her glasses, slight make up and a prom dress and suddenly shes a 10 lol.
BenjyX55
Did he mean something other than what we thought he meant?
Onetonmanwithaspoon
Prescription strength for lenses
sometimesarobot
Glasses prescription strength
neuronicle
Thinking is hard. Well, actually it's not, but for some it is, obviously.
joechristo
Cue the footage of her, ripping off the glasses and letting her hair down, like a cheesy 1970’s sitcom, revealing a molten bombshell who’s about to destroy your entire world view.
cousteau
By giving you her glasses?
joechristo
It is an Old tv & movie trope, cast a beautiful woman and have her wear glasses, this makes the woman ugly, later they will take her glasses off, and fix her hair thus a transformation, teaching the idiot man in the movie that she was always beautiful he just didn’t notice he was already in love with her.
cousteau
Yeah I got it, I was just making a very bad joke about the reason for your "world view" being destroyed being because you now have glasses.
joechristo
That went right over my head
ShadeMeadowsArt
🤣
LeifHietala
Being a-10.5 myself, this is pretty funny.
DobbyOneKenobi
NOINITIATIVE
Chill Ethan, you see the "Dr." part right?
TankTrain
I knew what he meant straight away. It was pretty obvious.
And yes. I am Autistic.
mojofilter02
I'm autistic and I understood it after reading the comments. I've been wearing glasses every day since 1965, and I couldn't tell you anything about my prescription. I've graduated to invisible trifocals. If I take them off, I can't see anything. Everything is a fuzzy blob.
Salticido
I'm autistic and I didn't. I wear glasses everyday but never think about how the prescription is written.
thechelonianshelmet
He didn't see that coming? maybe he should've gone to Specsavers.
princessjassy
Found the aussie
thechelonianshelmet
I'm from the UK, but thanks for the compliment.
sometimesarobot
I didn't get it, then I saw doctor.
tempUser7824
More specifically, optometrist
drago1337
actually, it'd be ophthalmologist, as he's an MD
tempUser7824
I stand corrected
eetsumkaus
probably don't need him then
1reallyhappydude
As a horribly nearsighted person -6.75 / -6.50 that managed to squeak through 3 years of the annual school medical exams by virtue of being the last person tested and remembering what my classmates responses were. Life looks all soft and fuzzy until it isn't.
DdCno1
You must have been incapable of reading the blackboard. At that sort of eyesight, I needed glasses just to not be run over by traffic.
EroticZombiePants
I was already incapable of reading the blackboard when I was like 8. Hell, I need my glasses to read the text on my laptop's screen.
LuminoZero
Look, I'll own it, first time I read this I thought the same thing ethan did. Not until I read the comments did I realize the joke.
EroticZombiePants
If you are comically nearsighted like I am, you got it immediately.
cousteau
Same. I hated doc for a few seconds before I saw his reply and eventually figured out what he actually meant.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
The Doc has a great response to it.
But also, -1 is like... Weirdos would just say 0/10 or something
cousteau
Dunno, I could imagine someone saying "on a scale from 0 to 10 you're a -1" to imply they're beyond ugly.
WeatherWiz
Internet is cruel without context
bekkayya
nearly everything is cruel without context
jalcantara88127001
All the information is in the task https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cHZiejEzZnVzZDk4dmo2cXV6ZmZreWtkeDdndXV1eGw2YWQ1NW4xeSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/1wmxHqG8ozVXm3TkSS/200w.webp
iguessihaveto
69Voltage
Aren’t you the insightful one
KoalaOnTheJuice
Clever.
69Voltage
Thanks. Went right over the heads of most everyone else
WeatherWiz
Did I miss something, why did this get a million downvotes lmao?
WiiShaker
Imgur's online "community"
AntiProtonBoy
The internet is cruel.
69Voltage
I know, right? Too funny
WeatherWiz
We make fun of the concept of “sheeple”, but man. No context and downvotes: all of a sudden you have a herd after you.
cambam3000
This is gonna sound crazy, but is it possible that a lot of people disliked the comment, rather than one person disliking it and a bunch of people following the trend?
hellfirerains
Because imgur is, unfortunately, full of stupid, much like everywhere else these days. And stupid loves playing follow the leader. One stupid person downvotes because they don't get the joke (or they are just spiteful, who knows), and that leads to a lot of the other stupid reaching the same conclusion and following the leader. It was a funny joke, but one person thought they were being an ass, and a bunch of other idiots followed
AntiProtonBoy
Yeah brigading is Imgurs favourite sport. Used to be a lot worse with mods around.
charondaboatman
I found the clueless one!
NotACanadian
How did I get here
Zeterai
This is not my beautiful house!
THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE!
sundaymondayhippyday
I’m Not asking myself
"Well, how did I get here?"
charondaboatman
Writing turn at Albuquerque.
HeresYourSauce
lol. I watch that guy. He's really funny. And I am 100% confident he didn't mean it like that.
Diopter is a measure of your eyesight, and -1 to -1.5 is saying she's slightly nearsighted. He's an optometrist.
ActionJohnnie
So he looks at the bright side of your eyes?
GuysJustWannaFish
Johnathan would have phrased that a bit better. Maybe we have him take over the social medias...
jj999124
As someone who's -1 and -1.25 I can confirm I can pretty much go about daily life without glasses but do need them for distance like while driving.
Oneblueeyerighthandguy
I worked at a prescription glasses factory! Our factory topped out around -13, where we would outsource them after that. I definitely saw a -18 before, and they are so thick they have to be shaved off a little around the cheek so the lens doesn't physically touch your face when you wear the frames
emu314159127001
Being very nearsighted and seeing the Dr
part, i got that instantly. -7.75 to -8 Plus moderate astigmatism. Rigid gas permeable contacts, i highly recommend. Plus when i wear glasses i don't need bifocals, even at my age, i just shift the glasses down my nose a bit.
Sonicschilidogs
He's an eye bro
VirtualGT
I saw a follow-up post where a lady asked him to review her glasses and he was close, think a half point off, solely from a photo.
deweydecibel
Idk, usually they’re pretty positive people, -1.5 sounds negative
VonKarmanVortexStreet
He is a funny dude but he also gave a very important PSA years ago, LEARN CPR. His wife had to restart his heart one night bc he had a heart attack and if it weren’t for her training he’d be ded by now. I’ll never forget that story again.
NotACanadian
How does nearsightedness count as looking on the bright side??
HeresYourSauce
I'm sorry. I'm confused. Looking on the bright side?
RentedRedux
I presume, "optometrist" - "optimist" -- They're doing the funny.
HeresYourSauce
Huh. I can see that.
KellyCrazyCatLadyinTraining
This entire chain of comments amuses me.
baloogarus
Is glaucomflecken his real name? Bcuz that's what tipped me off
4Astaroth
Google says his name is William Flanary. For the non German speaking people his name is basically doctor glaucoma spot. It's just his job title for his YouTube channel and social media accounts.
Elsoyyo
We are talking about him, but it wasn't his ignorance that got us here.
Nytfa111
Yeah, that was my first thought as a -12
Sunfire00
And good day to you, fellow two-digiter! I'm at -10.
ZOMGNO
WHAT. I didn't know it went that high!
Nytfa111
Yeah, I get 1 to 2 inches of range that I can see without my glasses
littlespooner
Dang that's high. My wife is at -9.5, but she got surgically implanted lenses. I'm only at -5 but with heavy astigmatism.
DobbyOneKenobi
Ouch, that's tough.
BestofUwU
My prescription was -1 OS(left eye) -1.5 OD(right eye) and I survived US Army basic training without any eyewear because they give you glasses with shitty plastic lenses that fogs up so much you can't see shit. I only used my glasses for Basic Rifle Marksmanship which we qualified in the fucking rain for some reason like they don't have a weather forecast in Georgia. This is not a humble brag, I'm just saying this prescription means you barely need glasses.
littlespooner
The -1 to -2 range is enough that reading and anything up close can get blurry and unpleasant. It's not "barely" by any means, but it could be worse.
TheTitanz0r
I was in the same boat. I've often said I only need glasses to read things far away, and likely could have qualified without any corrected lenses. I still wear the eyepro for sunglasses, though, because they have corrective inserts that normal sunglasses don't support.
They do have weather forecasting in the Army, too. They just don't give a shit. If it ain't raining, you ain't training.
crazyspelling
Before I got surgery I was around -6.5. Could not read the time on the digital clock on my nightstand without my glasses.
ZOMGNO
Before i got laser... i was -3.5 and -2.25. It is nice having them more even now, and considering how little the -3.5 could see........ WOW... just colour for you... not even shapes!?
Dragonindistress
I'm -7 in both eyes. Not clear shapes. Everything is pretty much blobs. If I squint real hard I might find some edges.
OtterlyMagnificent
...I don't even know my prescription anymore (That's my doctor's job...I just keep the piece of paper in my files) but if I take off my glasses I can't drive at all. Can't see past the hood. (NOT that my glasses help when the fog is so thick I can see the turbulence over my hood...).
Back when I first got glasses, it was because I couldn't get the whiteboard to focus from the back of the classroom because it was too close. Went from super-far-sighted (to the point where keyboards gave me 1/
OtterlyMagnificent
too much trouble, and I still hunt-and-peck today) to near-sighted enough that I'm not legally allowed to operate a motor vehicle without them.
My dad had coke-bottle glasses when he was in the Air Force. Literally, lenses thicker than his finger. He's gotten lasik twice, and at ~65, he wears the modern version of coke-bottles, with a really weird shaped lens to do all the adjustment in less space.
Cilvaa
Yeah the first time I had my eyes tested (because I was feeling eye strain and some headaches) shows my eyes were like -0.5 (can't remember the exact numbers, was nearly 20 years ago). When I mentioned it to my GP he laughted and said spending money on glasses would be a waste.
Grevling89
Bad GP
Cilvaa
Nah he was alright. It's nearly 20 years later and my eyesight isn't significantly worse than the first test, I had an eye test just over a year ago, I don't remember the numbers but it has barely changed. I did get glasses on the previous test a few years before that, but the difference they made was negligible and 99% of the time I don't wear them. I could read the eye chart for a driver licence renewal with no issue.
drago1337
ophthalmologist technically i believe
abrazenfool
I see what you did there
ActualLazyEnhancedXenos
Btw in the UK, possibly elsewhere too, optometrists perform the same role as ophthalmologists in the US as far as diagnosing eye conditions and prescribing lenses.
trigaranus
I heard he has a loyal scribe.
MileHighMoose
Jonathan is very loyal.
DorotheaDix
He's an orthopedic bro.
Efreeti
Oh what up bone bro
drago1337
U right
thricebakedxyz
He wears orthotics in his shoes?
MadamPuddifoot
"am *i* the drama?" (I work in orthopedics, that one cracked me tf up)
Klaustrophile
*ornithologist
Efreeti
When I say ornith, you say ologist! ORNITH!
huey9k
He's a man of many hats.
bawtzki
Johnny Sins of Medicine
rain67
Johnathan! 🤣
CptJohnYossarian
Actually I believe he's an emergency physician
CptJohnYossarian
Or a neurologist
drago1337
Psh, if he was a true neurologist, it'd be a bow tie.
CptJohnYossarian
In my experience that's male gynaecologists. (I'm a male emergency doc)
LariCheltsy
I heard he was theoretically a physicist
BoogaYooga
Até you sure he's not a fireman or a plumber?