Matt Ferderer
@mattf.im
116 followers 281 following 320 posts
Dev, dad, dogs. Living in The North - love outdoors. Heads down learning & enjoying building software.
Dev, dad, dogs. Living in The North - love outdoors. Heads down learning & enjoying building software.
![[–]JDRoc 32 points 9y ago
What was the initial reason for the goggles? And did you keep them because you had to, or did you like the look?
[–]officialchicagobulls[S] 298 points 9y ago
I got them because I was legally blind. I wore em because of that for a few years. After a few years I got Lasik surgery, but I kept wearing them without the perscription lenses because I had grandparents and parents come up to me and thank me for wearing them. Their kids and grandkids would get made fun of by wearing protective eyewear playing sports, so I kept wearing them to help make it cool to wear goggles for the kids.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:djvu2vj7yozxcgbaczvkftre/bafkreigxngjnx4xu3pttfzneiqu7ghobufz2r2rjaljft5v27dvf4l6nai)
![Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdsd32pjwefxji33c5eferlek4o6kkadoosqisb5uatqjmrq4q4q)