After accidentally sitting on my favorite pair today and destroying them, it got me wondering how many pair of shades I’ve owned in my lifetime.

I’m just gonna go with a round number and say about 50. I only buy cheap sunglasses btw

  • Clay_pidgin
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    1811 days ago

    Five maybe? I lost one nice pair to a wave at the beach, and since then I buy mine at truck stops and dollar stores. It’s much less stressful to wear glasses that cost me $1.50 !

    • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOP
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      210 days ago

      Ok I would think you might be somewhat younger. This has been my philosophy for years but you start to rack up the numbers as time goes on!

      • @towerful@programming.dev
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        10 days ago

        I’m late 30s.
        I can’t remember <13. So, at least the last 30+ years I’ve had 4 pairs of sunnies. Maybe 5 pairs.
        I’ve still got 2 of those pairs.
        I’m tempted to get a fancy pair that look good instead of just sunnies that look good enough (ie, more than $100). I just don’t wear them enough… Maybe a couple weeks a year?
        What’s the point in buying good sunglasses, and why would I lose a pair?
        I’ve had the same wallet for 15 years, I’ve been locked out once, and I’ve lost my phone about 3 times (all of which I’ve got my phone back).

        I’m recovering from about 10 years of undiagnosed depression. Recently (like a year) it has affected my short term memory, to the point I thought I had ADHD or something else. Effecting my work, my ability to live day-to-day, my socialmlife.
        I now realise, while ADHD might be a factor, undiagnosed depression has devastated who I am VS who I think I am and who I want to be.

        Are there other explanations for your forgetfulness?
        Is it age related? Anything else you find you are forgetting?

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          410 days ago

          What’s the point in buying good sunglasses, and why would I lose a pair?

          You like your vision.

          You take them most places with you so you have a much higher chance of losing them.

        • pruwyben
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          210 days ago

          I’m late 30s. I can’t remember <13. So, at least the last 30+ years

          Something isn’t adding up here…

        • Clay_pidgin
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          210 days ago

          Other than the one I lost at the beach, I lost one on a roller coaster, I recall sitting on one, and a few plastic ones just broke. Not counting whatever I had as a kid, no idea there. Not an unreasonable number, I think.

        • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOP
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          110 days ago

          Wow you’ve got a good track record compared to me lol.

          Countless times, I’ve just lost them randomly or misplaced them or broken them.

          I was actually a lot more of a socialite before covid, so I think that could’ve been a big factor. I think the favorite pair I had(that I just broke) would probably got at the beginning of lockdown. I guess my point is I haven’t been losing/breaking shades as much as I did when I was out doing more stuff.

          The last fancy shades I had were a gift given to me. I ended up accidentally leaving them at a restaurant/gaming center. Just one of my many examples of sunglasses mishaps.

  • @Heikki@lemm.ee
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    711 days ago

    I can not count. I learned my lesson about buying expensive sunglasses with a single large wave at the beach. I’ve been buying cheap polarized wayfarer style sunglasses since. Do they break… yes. Does $5 hurt me at this point no

  • @satanmat@lemmy.world
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    710 days ago

    Grew up in phoenix… my eyes are very sensitive to light. I rarely can find lenses that are dark enough…

    SO MANY…. Seriously well into triple digits

  • @otp@sh.itjust.works
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    Maybe 6. One prescription, and two dollar store pairs. I wear sunglasses pretty much any time I go outside unless there’s no sun. Year-round.

    • @ultranaut@lemmy.world
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      410 days ago

      I get the no umbrella thing but doing anything in the sun without sunglasses is absolutely miserable and inevitably gives me a headache for the rest of the day.

  • @Fetus@lemmy.world
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    510 days ago

    I’ve owned five, but have worn/used three.

    First pair from age 13 or 14 through to 17. Second pair from 17 until 24. Third pair has seen daily use for over 14 years.

    I have replaced the lenses in my third pair once, and have a couple of pairs of spare lenses if the need arises. I already have my next two pairs of sunglasses, bought them maybe eight years ago, just in case.

    This doesn’t include tinted safety glasses that I wear at work, I usually only get an average of 6-8 months out of those.

    • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOP
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      310 days ago

      Impressive. Sounds like you take your sunglasses game very seriously - especially if you have some on lock down for the future.

      • @Fetus@lemmy.world
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        410 days ago

        I just like the idea of never having to buy another pair of sunglasses. If the next two pairs last as long as my current pair, they should outlast me.

    • @Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOP
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      210 days ago

      I mean I just broke a pair and I have at least 5 other pairs in the house right now - although I hate most of them so probably will get a new pair.

  • Chris
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    511 days ago

    Probably about three.

    I had some cheap (awful) mirror sunglasses back when they were all the rage, and a pair of prescription sunglasses before I started getting reactive lenses. I must have had at least one other pair but those are the only two I remember.

  • @silentdon@lemmy.world
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    410 days ago

    Over my entire life 50 sounds about right. So many sunglasses have either been lost or destroyed by me that the most I’ll spend on a pair is $10

  • @ravhall@discuss.online
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    410 days ago

    I buy my sunglasses in bulk. I only like one kind, but I want multiple color options. I also break and lose them all the time. I probably have 10 pairs in my car ready to go.

  • @Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    410 days ago

    Why would you have to think about this? Just activate the tism and count them up.

    12, if you count transition lenses that I have now.