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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

its not like they had cars to drive before glasses were a thing

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just a lot of dangerous animals. And dangerous humans. No cars though.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being in a jungle. Just a blur of greens.

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

It's that a snake or grass? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was more imagining the current world, but corrective lenses were never invented.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

on the bright side we would probably have much better public transit

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 4 points 6 months ago

On the other hand, without the invention of lenses we wouldn't have most of our science and technology. No microscope, no telescope, no microchips, no precision engineering. So many things today are possible only because we could enhance our shitty vision with lenses