Gyro's Eyesight

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Two questions about Gyro's eyesight.

#1: Why hasn't he invented super-contact-lenses-o-matics by now, and stopped wearing the same old-fashioned glasses that were already cheap when Scrooge bought the same in 1893?

#2: Does any story specify (or at least leave clues as to) the exact nature of Gyro's problem? Is he nearsighted? Farsighted? Etc.

[RobbK1]

Apr 15, 2017 22:33:55 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Two questions about Gyro's eyesight.

#1: Why hasn't he invented super-contact-lenses-o-matics by now, and stopped wearing the same old-fashioned glasses that were already cheap when Scrooge bought the same in 1893?

#2: Does any story specify (or at least leave clues as to) the exact nature of Gyro's problem? Is he nearsighted? Farsighted? Etc.

I don't remember any story that specifically what his seeing problem is.  But when his glasses got broken or out of his reach, he had trouble reading.  I would guess that he's near-sighted, as the great bulk of far-sighted people are old, and he is young.  Logically, even if he were even thinking of others above his own needs, he would have thought of the other people who need to get rid of the problems involved with wearing glasses, and his benefit from not dealing with them could help all Mankind (who benefits from Gyro's making better inventions faster, because he can see better, more often).  But all that occurring is too complicated and boring for Disney writers to have brought up.  Maybe I can write a story dealing with Gyro inventing a better way to "see", which can lead to unforseen problems, making him GLAD to use the previously-assumed, "inconvenient" spectacles?  Sounds like a good idea.  I'll get right on it! 

[Palmer]

A reading problem when young is probably astigmatism, a distorted form of vision that is similar to funhouse mirrors. (Mine was diagnosed when I was ten years old.)

LASIK/LASEK surgery is usually good treatment for adults.

Kids eyes are still growing, so they are given distorted lenses to counteract the natural distortion in their eyes.
Limited sets of these lenses are made, and usually none work perfectly for you. (Optometrist: which is better? ... Me: neither one.)

There may be a good Gyro project here!

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Apr 15, 2017 23:00:11 GMT RobbK1 said:

Maybe I can write a story dealing with Gyro inventing a better way to "see", which can lead to unforseen problems, making him GLAD to use the previously-assumed, "inconvenient" spectacles? Sounds like a good idea. I'll get right on it!

It's great that this thread gave you a source of inspiration! Maybe Gyro can't help but invent glasses so good that those who wear them see people down to the cellular level, which is kinda disgusting?

[drakeborough]

Apr 15, 2017 22:33:55 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

the same old-fashioned glasses that were already cheap when Scrooge bought the same in 1893   

This doesn't answer your question, but according to both Barks and Rosa Scrooge bought his glasses in 1885.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Apr 16, 2017 10:31:49 GMT drakeborough said:

Apr 15, 2017 22:33:55 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

the same old-fashioned glasses that were already cheap when Scrooge bought the same in 1893   

This doesn't answer your question, but according to both Barks and Rosa Scrooge bought his glasses in 1885.

Oh. Dang it.

[Hector]

Gyro prefers wearing glasses.

[number1dime]

I think Gyro likes to solve problems but doesn't considers his glasses correct his vision so its not a problem. Likewise, he is it to create an invention, not a profit.

However, I would like to see a story where invents a form of vision correction that is so perfect the wearer continually finds flaws. Perhaps he working on something else when his glasses break or get in the way.

Early on on the solution helper can get super annoyed, before Gyro learns it is not worth it.

I had RK eye surgery when I was 20, before they were using lasers. I love so many of the benefits of no glasses, like seeing without swimming. However, the diamond blade also left scarring on the eyes that did not improve night vision.

That said, I don't regret it. These things are not an issue with lasers or the new cataract lens surgery they offer today.

[RobbK1]

I. myself have been a great candidate for comedy with my glasses. I had perfect vision from birth to age 55. Then I noticed I was far-sighted, and started using magnifying spectacles. I wasn't used to having them. During my first year of wearing glasses I broke 24 pairs of them, ALL by sitting on them! I am constantly leaving them different places. And, when I ride my bicyles (which are my main transportation when I am living in The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, or visiting friends and family in Belgium, Norway and Sweden, I often break my glasses. I keep both my sunglasses and reading glasses on a chain around my neck(croakies), so I don't leave them somewhere, forgetting them. So, often when dangling below my neck, they sit under my bicycle's handlebars. Then, when I raise my head upward, they catch under the metal bar, and the frame handles (that hook over the ears, break. Then, I have to buy new sunglasses. So, I could have an absentminded professor have my problems with glasses, and have Gyro invent an ingenious unbreakable glass lens, and also unbreakable frames. Maybe the frames being unbreakable can lead to a much worse disaster than having to buy new spectacles frames!