What are your glasses' lenses made of?

[Borachio]

Who knows what my glasses are made of? I got mine free from the NHS. And only because the woman in the shop was worried about me driving. I told her I belonged to the Braille School of Motoring (BSM (tm)). She didn't seem reassured.

They do come in handy for the theatre, though. As I can now make out which direction the stage lies.

 

[Perfection]

http://www.ted.com/talks/josh_silver_demos_adjustable_liquid_filled_eyeglasses.html

 

[Farm Boy]

I usually wear contacts, but when I bust out the glasses the lenses are plastic. Cleaning is a little more inconvenient but when those puppies get thick actual glass glass would be ridiculously heavy. And possibly break when I hit myself in the face with something.

 

[LamaGT]

I usually wear contacts but the sad thing about them is that you still need glasses at home. Luckily I've still got my good old indestructible frame with glass lenses.

 

[Antilogic]

I think mine are some kind of scratch- and crack-resistant polymer blend. I haven't gotten new lenses in about 4 years so I don't quite remember what they are.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

They do come in handy for the theatre, though. As I can now make out which direction the stage lies.

If you can't tell, I have to assume that either the auditorium is pitch dark, the acoustics are terrible, the actors have no idea how to project their voices, they all have laryngitis, or any combination of these.

 

[Leonel]

Some sort of plastic concoction.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Probably plastic. They seem to be difficult to clean with a cloth alone.

 

[azzaman333]

I don't wear glasses because I'm awesome.

 

[Gucumatz]

Plastic here, my eyes are fairly bad so I use high index lenses, which plastic is only suitable for. If I could I would wear glass instead

 

[Borachio]

If you can't tell, I have to assume that either the auditorium is pitch dark, the acoustics are terrible, the actors have no idea how to project their voices, they all have laryngitis, or any combination of these.

My ears! They're wrecked after standing too close to the speakers in noisy discos, and years of standing next to heavy plant operating.

On the other hand, I was kind of exaggerating - just a bit, for comic effect - you know.

And yet, I have been to some dark places with poor acostics showcasing low quality talent who may well have been suffering from some kind of disease.

 

[Samez]

My left and right glasses are quite different so i have plastic lenses because of the lower weight/ better balance.

 

[Formaldehyde]

My sister-in-law talked me into getting glass lenses about 15 years ago. She is a graphic designer and claimed they had slightly better resolution for detail, as well as being more scratch resistant.

The optician looked at me like I had a second head when I insisted on glass over plastic.

I had forgotten what it was like to have my glasses constantly slip down my nose, and to have marks on my nose from the pads, due to the extra weight. Never again.

 

[Zarn]

I wear contacts. Glasses take away from the Latin god appeal, so I do not wear them much. But when I do wear glasses, they are actually made of glass.

 

[Arakhor]

My glasses frequently slip slightly, but then I have uneven ears as well.