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@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months 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 !

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      2 months 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!

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        2 months 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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          2 months 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.

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          2 months 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.

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            2 months ago

            Absolutely right, that should be 20 years. I guess I’m already preparing for my 40s

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          2 months 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.