On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Moira wrote:
> But why do you distrust contact lenses? Is it the plastics?

1.) The facism of beauty.  The cliche of the mousy little girl who becomes
a bioling sexpot has done a bit to add a touch of the erotic to glass, but
contact lenses are still part of the Tyrany of the Beautiful People.  I've
never been able to understand the Warner Brother's cartoons where Bugs
puts on a pair and saus "you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?"
My experience is that people have a hard time NOT hitting a guy with
glasses.

2.) Massochism is painful.  I've never been able to understand how people
put those things on their EYES.  Every instinct and reflex realed against
it when I tried.

3.) The facism of beauty (again).  80% of the human population has
brown eyes.  Those who would sell color contacts want you to believe that
brown in a boring, ugly color

Devil's Dictionary-
Nerd: Someone who dresses for comfort and not for style.