I'm leaving the Escapist.

[Svenparty]

"I'm leaving the escapist because I'm destroying my eyes, Let me create a thread about it and continue damaging them for a bit longer"

Who?

 

[BlindTom]

I'm posting so that the thread keeps on going until OP goes blind!

 

[Svenparty]

I'm posting so that the thread keeps on going until OP goes blind!

How will you know? Unless he starts posting in braille...or his posts are filled with barks from his loveable new guide dog.

Is this a revenge attempt for the Internet making you blind...Tom?

 

[Jrtlaktalk]

I'm posting so that the thread keeps on going until OP goes blind!

How will you know? Unless he starts posting in braille...or his posts are filled with barks from his loveable new guide dog.

Is this a revenge attempt for the Internet making you blind...Tom?

Maybe we can assume that when he stops responding... he has gone blind?

Anyway that sucks mate, you made me all paranoid now about going blind - I even starred at a distant tree for a couple of minutes before posting... Best of luck.

 

[BlindTom]

I'm posting so that the thread keeps on going until OP goes blind!

How will you know? Unless he starts posting in braille...or his posts are filled with barks from his loveable new guide dog.

Is this a revenge attempt for the Internet making you blind...Tom?

ARF ARF WOOF YIP YIP YIP?

 

[Imper1um]

Is there a name for the condition thats making you go blind?

Yes, I believe they call it "chronic masturbation"..

Joking aside and on topic.

Hope your eyes get well soon.

I have never seen a porno in my life, let alone masturbated to one. I'm not offended, just wanted to clear that up.

Anyway, when my mother and the optometrist were talking to each other, I overheard the word "astigmatism" being thrown around. So is anyone's wondering what exactly I have, that's the best answer I can give you.

BWAAHAHAH "Astigmatism" doesn't cause slow blindness.

This is your (fail) attempt from your parents wanting you to stop playing games and get outside. I cannot think of a single way that looking at a screen (unless you keep your eyes open and stare at it from 1cm away for a year straight) will cause you to go blind.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002010/

 

[William Dickbringer]

Sorry to hear that dude Hope you get better soon

 

[DEAD34345]

Hm... so it's just short-sightedness then?

I have the same condition myself in that case, though I'm certainly not going to quit The Escapist over it. Focusing on nearby objects for long periods of time can (and likely has done in my case) cause you to become more short-sighted faster, but using computers/reading books/watching TV is practically inescapable nowadays anyway, and the damage is completely countered by glasses or contact lenses. Not that I often need to focus on things in the distance anyway, the only time I'll really need to wear my glasses is if I decide to learn how to drive.

Just a notice to the couple of people who are apparently now worrying about their own computer usage, I would forget about it. It's practically a non-issue.

 

[bobmus]

Astigmatism is just a condition that means your eyes are funny-shaped right? I have the same. This alone would not make you allergic to screens.
On another, degenerative myopia simply means short-sightedness that's getting worse...

 

[poleboy]

Take some comfort in the fact that posting on an internet forum is not one of the things required for a happy and meaningful life.

 

[CarlMin]

This thread made me very happy about having a pair of fully functioning eyes.

OP. I can only wish you the best of look and tell you how sorry I am.

 

[Shannon Matchett]

Frankly, I say it's better that we weed out the less able-bodied lurkers. Forum Darwinism at its finest.

 

[James Crook]

Oh, good damn, this is absolutely TERRIBAD news, I'm so sorry :/

...Maybe you'll be back in a few years when they make prosthetic eyes, umm?

 

[Marmooset]

Would it be totally out of line for me to call bullshit?

 

[mental_looney]

Shame dude hope things work out for you! or you get robot eyes!

 

[Madara XIII]

Perhaps you should save up and get laser eye surgery since those tend to be successful (not all the time.. but worth a shot.) Give you props for being brave through a tough time and we're all cheering from you. Please do take care.

I suggest he rip out his younger brothers eyes right out of his head and take them so he'll never go blind again....EVEEEEEEER

......Well it worked for me at least >_>

@OT: Dude that is some seriously Harsh news. I can only hope you find a cure for such an ailment. Going blind is a f*cking scary thought.

 

[intheweeds]

Somebody's pants are on fire (cause they are a liar liar) - I haven't decided who yet. Now that the OP is gone I guess we won't know. I am split between incompetent optometrist, evil parenting, and fibbing OP.

Whatever this condition the OP suggested that it could get better with a cut down on screen time and with that they would be back. I have never heard of degenerative disease tied exclusively to computer use, that can be reversed by a reduction in use. Seems like something a mother might bio-engineer to get her kid outside. "Bio-engineer" being synonymous with "made up".

The OP should spend their 6 hours a week investigating what exactly is going on here... or grow up and stop lying on forums for sympathy.

My thoughts exactly. Obviously this parent hasn't thought past 'get the kid off the internet'. Eventually said parent will have to back down unless they want OP to grow up to work on a factory line. OP will have to be on a computer for school and work. Period. Unless you become a low paid physical labourer, you will need to look at computer screens for longer than six hours a week. Mom will get caught out eventually unless cheap physical labour is what she had dreamed for her child. The second she starts talking about university/college she will be busted. Never mind tha fact that a lot of grade school boards are looking into e-readers for digital textbooks since they are smaller and cheaper. So good luck with that.

Personally I don't think OP is lying. I think they are young. Mom and doctor chatted, didn't tell OP anything but the alleged treatment. OP doesn't even know what he has been diagnosed with. He's a minor - the doctor doesn't talk to him directly and no one is required to tell him anything. 'Computer screens will make you go blind' sounds suspiciously like a mom's belief. No one under 30 believes that anymore, but I could seriously hear my mom saying something stupid like that. Right after she told me that 'D&D makes people go crazy and kill each other'. I distinctly remember not being able to have an NES for the longest time because 'they ruin the tv screen' somehow(parents could never tell me why). Bear in mind a lot of doctors are old and have idiotic beliefs too. My g/f's family doctor is a fucking joke for instance.

 

[Vkmies]

I have never seen a porno in my life, let alone masturbated to one.

That's probably one of the things you should try before going blind.

Completelly agreed.

Yeah, that does suck though. Going Blind s one of my worst fears since I practically live my damn life through the internet. Im nothing without it. Hope your not like that- Have a great life and I hope to see you here some day.

 

[Michael Hirst]

That sucks man, hopefully you can return in the future and your vision will be augmented.