▲ 301 ▼ The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public (tech.yahoo.com) submitted 3 months ago by TIEPilot@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] TIEPilot@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 child) Birth Control Glasses. Spectacles so ugly you can't get laid wearing them. +2 perception, -11 charisma. I've got a scar across the bridge of my nose because of my wireframes. I was working as both an instructor and company mechanic at a small flight school, I needed to take some precision measurement of something on the engine, so I went to the toolbox, got a pair of calipers, and I was setting them up as I was walking to the plane, I ran slam into the trailing edge of the wing at eye level. Knocked my ass to the floor, and as I got up I realized I had blood running down my nose, because the wing had pushed my glasses into my face so hard the wire frame cut me. Do you know what a static wick is? See, airplanes are prone to gathering static electricity, which will build up around the airplane and cause Saint Elmo's Fire. Which wasn't a problem back in the days of tall ships, it is a problem in the days of modern avionics. So airplanes will often have these antenna or frayed wire-like structures attached to their trailing edges to bleed off static electricity. And judging by the scratch I left on that wing flap, my eye socket missed one by about 5 inches. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 child) Birth Control Glasses. Spectacles so ugly you can't get laid wearing them. +2 perception, -11 charisma. I've got a scar across the bridge of my nose because of my wireframes. I was working as both an instructor and company mechanic at a small flight school, I needed to take some precision measurement of something on the engine, so I went to the toolbox, got a pair of calipers, and I was setting them up as I was walking to the plane, I ran slam into the trailing edge of the wing at eye level. Knocked my ass to the floor, and as I got up I realized I had blood running down my nose, because the wing had pushed my glasses into my face so hard the wire frame cut me. Do you know what a static wick is? See, airplanes are prone to gathering static electricity, which will build up around the airplane and cause Saint Elmo's Fire. Which wasn't a problem back in the days of tall ships, it is a problem in the days of modern avionics. So airplanes will often have these antenna or frayed wire-like structures attached to their trailing edges to bleed off static electricity. And judging by the scratch I left on that wing flap, my eye socket missed one by about 5 inches. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)