“Never did like that much,” is a baller and superb way to express your irritation with the way the patriarchy refuses to acknowledge how badass you are.
Word.
Before World War I, she shot a cigarette out of the mouth of the Kaiser of Germany at his request.
After the war started she sent him a letter asking for another chance, as she was afraid her aim might’ve been a little off.
I’m gonna go ahead and be a film snob and talk about why this is one of my favorite shots from TOS. (I could also say that it’s one of my favorite scenes, because the entire scene actually consists of a single shot.)
We don’t see a lot of bald expressions of emotion in film and television, especially if that emotion is fear or sadness or vulnerability. Dramas will give us some tears, but they always cut a way after a few seconds because a closeup of someone crying is deeply uncomfortable and most movies and TV shows aren’t in the business of making their audiences uncomfortable. It just doesn’t sell well.
But in this scene the camera never looks away. It follows Spock as he sits down at the table, and it circles him as he cries. But there are no cuts. We don’t even get music to create some distance, make it all a little more palatable; we just hear sobs and mumbled math equations.
It’s absolutely excrutiating. It would be excruciating no matter who we were watching, because we are so unaccustomed to seeing unadulterated emotion. And then there’s the fact that it’s a man. And that it’s Spock.
Fifty years later and this is still one of the most daring filmmaking decisions I’ve ever seen on TV (I of course can’t be exactly sure who made it, but I’m assuming it was the director of the episode, Marc Daniels). This shot lasts 1 minute and 45 seconds. We’re in the middle of space and in the middle of a high-stakes episode where the crew is going crazy and the ship is going to blow up or some shit and everyone’s lives are in danger, but we pause 1 minute and 45 seconds to have an uncomfortably human moment with an alien who doesn’t even want to be human, and it’s so awful and amazing.
they get fogged up when we drink hot beverages.
they get smudged for no reason.
we will push them up using anything in our area (i.e shoulder, whatever is in my hand, scrunching my nose up so they get pushed up, etc.).
they get knocked off our faces all. the. fucking. time.
when we change clothes we either take them off or they fall off when we pull our shirts off.
we have to clean them after being in the rain.
we own multiple pairs of them, not just one lone pair for our whole lives.
most people don’t wear them in the pool, but some have extra old pairs for the pool (like me).
some people take them off during sex, that’s fine! but some people keep them on.
they don’t get squished into your face when you kiss (most of the time. at least from what i’ve experienced and i’ve got some mf big glasses).
if we look down and look back up while you talk/to peek up at something, we will just peek blindly over the top of them.
we clean them on whatever item of clothing is closest.
some of us have prescription sunglasses and some of us wear contacts when we need to wear sunglasses.
please keep some of these in mind when you write characters with glasses cause y’all who have 20/20 vision keep telling me all characters sleep in their glasses and own the same singular pair from age 6-25 and they never clean them.
Some small additions to this:
– When we get hugged by people who are taller than us, especially if caught off guard, one lens inevitably gets smooshed into our faces. Or their face, leaving gross oily residue (maybe this is just with grandparents idk) – Some people like me wear glasses in the shower/pool until they’re more of hindrance than help – Depending on how bad your sight is, you don’t just ‘lose’ your glasses and move on – Seriously. I’ve had them fall of my nightstand and it’s TERRIFYING to not know where they are and try to guess at shapes – Not everyone has spare glasses! It’s only in the last year that I’ve changed frames that have a similar prescription. In these cases, you might be able to squeak by for a few days without your current prescription (using an old pair), but it depends on how far apart they are – Sometimes we fall asleep in your glasses. Sometimes when we do that too much the arms get bent and we have to get them fixed, it’s not a habit that should be taken lightly – Occasionally (I don’t own prescription sunglasses or contacts) you have to break down and pull regular sunglasses on over top of your glasses, it looks dumb as hell – Some of us like getting other people to try our glasses on so we can explain how frickin’ blind we are. But, a more general trend is being pissed when people take them without asking to make that assumption on their own – Getting out of air conditioned cars when it’s hot and humid is basically The Worst kind of fog
even if you have two pairs of glasses with the same prescriptions, the frames might be a different shape so you’ll still have to adjust to the curves of the lenses/seeing over the frames/etc
even with glasses, your vision doesnt become perfect.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IVE SEEN A SHOW OR WHATEVER AND ONE CHARACTER LOSES THEIR GLASSES AND SOMEONE ELSE IS LIKE “HERE BORROW MINE” (okay so like 3 max but still) I HATE THAT. IT DOESNT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND ALSO YOU CANT JUST ~TRADE~ GLASSES THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS
characters with long hair may get their hair stuck in the hinges or caught under the frams (stuck between the glsses and the face) its not fun and its v uncomfortable
Glasses can give you little marks on the top bridge if your nose, where they rest for hours all day.
When you forget where you put your glasses, every step a PRAY TO HOLY FUCK moment that you don’t step on them accidentally.
It may look sexy on some people but I can tell you after 28 years of experience that no one really likes walking around with a contraption on their face. it’s not fun or exciting in the long run.
Once I put my glasses down on my bed and had to get my roommate to come find them for me.
If you have more than one pair of glasses, the second pair is probably sunglasses and you might spend a lot of time wandering around trying to remember where you put them.
And if you have a cat, you hope that they don’t knock them off the nightstand while you’re sleeping because they just want to play and without fail they’ll fall into that spot that is a pita to reach.
Opening the oven does a number on glasses too.
The worst part is when you go to clean a fingerprint off your glasses but only smear the fingerprint around and have to spend the next 5 minutes cleaning them, putting them on, looking at a light source, taking them off, cleaning them again, nope, okay lick the lenses this time, clean them on a different part of your shirt, okay there we go.
Also if you have a lot of tech things: Using microfiber cloths, screen cleaning kits, etc. for your glasses almost more than for your phone/tablet screen.
And the fun game of “is this an ocular migraine starting or is there just something on my glasses”.
Can I talk about the tape on the bridge thing only works with plastic frame glasses and NOT wire frame
Also getting them broke is sucky but you can get them fixed for free at some eyeglass centers IF you originally got the glasses from them sometimes
I see your oven and I raise you: DISHWASHER STEAM.
They also fog up when you go inside in the winter, or is it just me who lives where it’s as cold as hell?
RAIN. Rain getting on your glasses is the most frustrating thing I s2g
I’ve got the opposite of going inside in winter. Getting out of the air conditioned car and out into the hot humid air always fogs mine up.
I don’t know about everyone else, but yes, I squint if I don’t have my glasses. No, it doesn’t help.
Exercising is a pain, because you start sweating and the slip off your face. Or you’re doing planks or something and they fall off onto the floor.
Also does anyone have problems with depth perception after updating the prescription? Like the ground always seems further away than it was before….
The Paradox Machine 