I’m curious what people think of sunglasses. Needed to be outside or destroyer of true colors in the world?
Personally, I want to like them, but nothing looks like it does when you’re not wearing them…all colors are wrong.
Thank you for listening to my rant.
Eric
My eyes are sensitive, and I also participate in sports/activies that can cost you an eye if things go wrong, so I love sunglasses. Running, cycling, inline speed skating, driving, motorcycling, hiking/mountain climbing…. I’d be absolutely miserable without my shades. Also, cataracts are a B***H.
Colors……yeah, I get where you’re coming from, nothing is exactly neutral, but I’ve learned to ignore that mostly. I’ve actually come to really enjoy the contrast enhancing properties of the brownish/amber tinted lenses, particularly on cloudy days and/or in the woods, and I prefer the photochromic lenses like Transitions which have variable darkness.
Only problem with sunglasses for me is the cost of really good quality shades, and finding a style and size that work for me.
Can’t actually recall ever hearing anyone say they don’t like sunglasses before, but I can see where you’re coming from….
All solid reason for needing and even liking them. I suspect I may be the only man standing on this topic…I know my wife thinks I am nuts.
I only wear them regularly in low winter sun. Mostly I can manage with a baseball cap with the peak pulled down low over my eyes.
A cap also helps keep longer hair out of your eyes and mouth on windy days. Might not be a concern for everyone here, but when you’re ginger and can’t tan, and need to have your hair loose to protect the back of your neck from sunburn, having it flapping across your face all the time gets annoying.
I have light-sensitive eyes, so the colors are less of an issue than the darkening aspect for me. And like Moof, I’m more likely to wear them in winter, because on a sunny day the snow can literally be dazzling, and that’s a risk on a number of levels; the Inuit didn’t invent snow goggles for nothing. Oddly enough, though, even when driving I’ve noticed I don’t reach for the shades any more, but there are times I wish I had…
It’s probably to do with the fact that I already wear eyeglasses (one ages, you know), so it’s all a bunch of extra fumbling I don’t want to be bothered with. For some reason I’ve been averse to the idea of light-reactive lenses, but for no rational reason I can think of. Maybe I ought to look into those instead.
Not at all. I know a fellow who totally dislikes sunglasses, and I think he’s off his rocker. So we’re all in good company.
Besides, shades are a great way to keep an eye on things without being obvious. Plus they make you look groovy. So to answer your question: It’s all the above. 
The groovy factor is a thing. I do tend to wear shades when outdoor at gigs, and those are some of my favorite pics.
Maybe because they can be really annoying?
I’ve worn glasses all the time for a few years now, and decided to try Transitions lenses when I got my second pair of varifocals. I stumped up for the sort that change fastest and stay clearest out of the sun, but I still had to take them off every time I went outside briefly then came back into the house. Couldn’t see a bloody thing.
One of my siblings bought a pair of old school clip-ons first, figuring that if they could manage with the sort sold cheaply on Amazon, they’d definitely be okay with better quality ones. They found them less inconvenient than the alternatives, but even after the two and a half years it took before I needed a new prescription, I was still cursing mine.
I’ve heard similar stories before. It’s the main reason I’m not interested.
I tried the clip-on thing, and promptly lost them. They weren’t cheap, either. Haven’t pursued it since.
I went to college in northern New England. I got photo-gray (now called transitions) for my prescription glasses because on a bright day the snow cover made it so that I could barely open my eyes for a few minutes after going outside. Photo grays adjust much faster than my eyes. I get gray rather than brown so that the colors are more vivid. The color of the lenses mades a difference.
Here in Sunny Southern California sunglasses range from being a medical necessity to a pointless silly fashion accessory.
I’ve had surgery in both eyes. I need to wear them when it’s bright. (Not just when it’s sunny. Sometimes it’s glaring bright despite a cloud cover.)
But it’s juvenile-looking for grown men and women to wear sunglasses indoors and/or at night. To some people sunglasses are “part of their look” or “part of their branding”.
I worked for decades at Disneyland, who has a rule that sunglasses can only be worn outdoors, and all sunglasses have to be transparent enough so that the Public can make eye contact with you. That’s the key: dark sunglasses establish an unequal and uncomfortable relationship of “I can see where you’re looking but you can’t see where I’m looking”.
My left eye closes involuntarily in sunlight even if it’s not very bright even when I wear sunglasses. I’ve looked at filter categories and 3 seems to be the standard.
Am I right thinking that having blonde hair and blue eyes is the cause?
As other’s said, I too have light sensitive eyes. If I go out during bright hours, I’m reaching for a pair of sunny’s each and every time.