And sometimes it’s a hot air balloon.
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It was always the balloon for me. Never seen the house.
Depends on the brand that made the autorefractor
Nidek uses the hot air balloon. Topcon uses the house on the prairie.
I am not sure if it's exclusive to either brand though. Both are Japanese manufacturers.
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It was (and is) always the house for me. Never seen the balloon.
Now fight!
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Actually they are the same picture of a cat, and your eyesight is just much worse than you thought.
I don't get it.
Then you don't know.
You mean they "w" don't know.
You deserve the eye puff now for not explaining it to them...
The punishment does not fit the crime your honor!
You blinked. Time for another eye puff
Last time I went they've modified the air puff, it's not so puffy now!
Was that ketchup??
K, very helpful.
If you wore glasses, you'd get it. It's an almost universal image shown inside of a glaucoma test device, which puffs a quick burst of air into your eye. It doesn't really hurt, but it startles you and initiates your blink reflex and causes your eye to water. The blink reflex part is the kicker, though, because blinking before the test is done will invalidate the test and they'll have to do it again. I've sat there upwards of six times through this torture device. Lately, though, my eye doctors use a bump test after putting numbing drops in the eye. I think it's probably more accurate, and it doesn't initiate a blink reflex like the puff test does.
If you wore glasses, you'd get it.
I wear glasses and never had a glaucoma test in my life. It is not necessarily common here to get your eyesight tested at a doctor's though, rather it's tested at a "glasses shop".
Okay I'm going to step in here, you're both not wrong, you just might come from places with different systems. Where I live (Los Angeles) there are opticians (the glasses shop) and optometrists (the eye doctor). Opticians can do a basic check of your eyesight or the prescription in your existing glasses. But they don't do a complete eye exam, which includes checking your retinas and eye pressure and looking for cataracts, among other things. For that you need an optometrist. And if they think you might have something serious, they'll send you to an opthalmologist.
Many optometrists also sell glasses, because there you are with your eyes and new prescription. But your eye health is their main thing.
And some opticians are actually better at fitting you with the most comfortable and effective glasses, because that's their main thing.
Where I go, a very good optometrist and a glasses shop sort of share a space, and I often get my glasses at that shop, but I used to walk out with my prescription and shop at a different excellent optician before he retired.
Anyway, if you've never had a complete eye exam, including glaucoma test, you probably should. Especially because some eye health issues are more common in people who need glasses.
Yes, at a glasses shop, where the doctor is. You can choose to opt out of glaucoma testing. They're probably just automatically checking the opt out box for you to save time, but if you ask, they'll give you the test.
No, there are no doctors at the shops. And even if the shops usually opt you out, my point still stands that wearing glasses doesn't necessitate getting this meme.
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I posted a long comment to the person you're discussing with, but I want to mention a person could have an eye exam including glaucoma test and have 20/20 vision, not needing any glasses.
That's weird. I've been getting tests for decades and never saw the picture. It's always been a yellow light. Several years ago the doctor switched to a pressure test because the air puff isn't as accurate.
Uh, never seen anything on the poofy glaucoma test. This is an autorefractor image to dial in your prescription.
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Maybe get your eyes checked?
Before i read the other comments I thought you were just being sarcastic and slightly aggressive. Lol
air puff noise
pfft
I hate this test, never get used to it. Sort of a two for flinching kind of thing.
I hate the one where they photograph your retina with a bright flash
I hate the one where they wait a random time period then puff your eye with air
I feel like I always have to apologize to the tech because I hate the sure thing so much. My eyelids preemptively want to close because they know what’s coming
I guess this checks out. I have no clue, and 20/15 vision 🤷♂️
Theres an eye exam test where you align images. Sometimes its a farmhouse and sometimes a hot air balloon.
That's why I didn't get it, it's always the hot air balloon for me.
Dude your mom’s always a hot air balloon for me
When did this become a thing? I don't remember ever doing this but I haven't had an eye exam since 2018
Idk I'm not really well versed in the history of Opthalmology.
Idk i have had glasses since like '02 and its always been this as far as i can remember
Ah, gotcha. Til
I got LASIK when I was 19. Doctor at the time was like "You may want to hold off since you're still growing." I said "What do you know doc, shut up and slice me!"
So imagine my surprise when I'm going to get glasses 12 years later, and they've now got all these fancy machines doing shit. My eye appointments in my teens were dark room, eye drops to dillate, read some letters, then the thing with the lenses "which is better, 1 or 2?"
Now you go in and hit machine after machine after machine, and that house/balloon decides when it's clear for you. Really incredible shit.
That's an autorefractor machine and it's not exactly accurate (they over-correct a lot), nor is it legal or ethical to prescribe a medical ophthalmic device with it alone. You need subjective refraction done by an eye doctor so you can get the best lenses that you need. Also you could possibly need prisms for any tropia.
Oh sure, yeah we end up going in the room and doing what I assume is subjective refraction, based off my understanding of the English language, but it seems like the machine kinda narrows down the starting window, that's my layman vibe. You seem like you are more than a layman and I appreciate your input.
I have asthigmastism. My daughter likes prisms, but those are rocks.
Back to the subjective refraction, sometimes I can't decide between 1 and 2. And yeah we go to 3 and 3 is shit, and so we are back to 1 and 2, and it's a stalemate.
Overall, I like going to the eye doctor. They are the antithesis of dentists as far as the doctor world goes.
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Took me long enough. Thought it was like the fancy pooh bear meme or something.
Glasses can’t be that bad though right? This looks more like a scope.
Edit: oh shit, I still didn’t get it
In Russian part of the internet, that would be a "I'd plow her" meme. I don't know about this case. But I would.
A C F H K G X (I’m sure if I say random letters I’ll at least get some right!) - Sir this is a house, the letter test comes later…
I would have known if you used the hot air balloon picture instead.
Am I supposed to be able to read the address on the house?
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