r/interestingasfuck • u/Ok-Travel-2141 • 9h ago
Japan invented glasses for people too lazy to sit up
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u/PerennialComa 9h ago
I'm pretty sure they didn't invite these types of glasses.
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u/redcell95 9h ago
True, this type of glasses are also used in belaying (rock climbing)
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u/kennymakaha 8h ago
A guy on the floor at Phish at the Sphere was wearing them so he didn't have to crane his neck to see the screen
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u/aardvarkious 1h ago
My grandpa had these after eye surgery. He had to lie absolutely flat on his back for a few days. These allowed him to watch TV or see who was in the room.
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u/Optimal-Age5397 8h ago
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u/ArionnGG 7h ago
she should get the same glasses but reverse to not have to look up
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u/Maeusefluesterer 8h ago
I got similar glasses for climbing. I don't think Japan invented them.
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u/flx1220 8h ago
Wanted to say exactly this.
These are climbing glasses so u don't have to look up all times while being in the safety rope for ur buddy.
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u/Diarmundy 5h ago
Well these ones are upside down though
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u/jffleisc 4h ago
They also make this orientation for crafts. My fiancee has some for her crochet so she doesn’t have to crane her neck to look at her work pieces.
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u/BluntsnBoards 3h ago
Do they make ones that can flip between up and down? What's a good term to search for these, I've wanted something that I can use while stretching but still watch TV
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u/Queen-Ghidorah 8h ago
That's complete BS, these are Hamblin glasses and the were invented in the UK by Theodore Hamblin in 1936.
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u/ZeroSumClusterfuck 6h ago
I was going to say, I've seen these being used by someone in an iron lung in the 40s because they had to lie flat on their back.
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u/kakeup88 9h ago
I have some of these, they are awesome for reading in bed, terrible for pissing, dont try it, its messy.
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u/liecoffin 9h ago
for a man or woman? i don't think it would make a difference for a woman.
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u/ChainsawRomance 7h ago
Im a man and I like to sit down. Standing up to piss just guarantees tiny drops of piss water either fly out on to the floor or on my pants, both of which are barely noticeable while happening but it 100% smells like piss even if you don't personally notice.
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u/gass_giant 9h ago
J4pAn bLah BlAh....
4k upvotes
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u/Nikmido 7h ago
Replace Japanese with Chinese and the reception is different
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u/Suspicious-Capital12 6h ago edited 6h ago
You sure? Seen more than enough people praise China for stuff they didn’t invent, like when somebody posted a video saying China invented the digiboard.
Most comments were all about how China is beating the West, and living decades in the future. Anyone who said China didn’t invent it, quickly were called westoids crying because they’re getting beaten by China.
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u/Ghstfce 6h ago
Unless that Japanese person was named Andrew Mckie Ried in 1935, no the fuck they didn't invent it.
https://motorbiasproject.com/user-perspectives-on-the-efficacy-of-prism-therapy-for-psp
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u/green_hipster 8h ago
I remember these from The Bucket List movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman
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u/BitcoinMD 8h ago
The entire nation of Japan united to invent these, in the world’s largest group project
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u/-BananaLollipop- 7h ago
The fact that this is getting upvotes is stupid. Shows that people barely think anymore, just reflex upvotes.
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u/chicozana 8h ago
Looked it up, these types of Lazy Glasses were invented in 1936 by Arthur Hamblin, a British optician.
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u/MostAbsoluteGamer 8h ago
to be fair, i feel that girl who dropped her phone on her face. i once got a black eye from that when i was in highschool
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u/AcadiaWorried1865 6h ago edited 6h ago
I have a pair of this exact same model of lazy glasses since 2014, they're sold on Temu/AliExpress/Alibaba for $6 and are also resold on Amazon. But I guess OP is rather wants that karma by calling it Japanese.
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u/AffectEconomy6034 6h ago
wake me up when they invent a device that allows me to easily and comfortably play pc games with mouse and keyboard from my bed
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u/hurricane_news 8h ago
Overconsumption Landfill-slop : 🤢🤮
Overconsumption Landfill-slop, Japan : 😍😍
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u/Orphan_the_Milker 8h ago
Weren't these like gag glasses 25years ago? I'm pretty they weren't invented recently and I hate posters that just blindly post shit with any resources, but it's probably just another bot
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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 8h ago
Nope. They're called Belay Glasses and rock climbers use them
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u/Stuntz-X 8h ago
the mirrors for individual eyes limit the site lines. Should just be one solid mirror all the way across. if you want to lay down or maybe bad neck immobile then its a solution maybe. either that or TV on the ceiling
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u/RichEvans4Ever 2h ago
They’re called prism glasses and they’re great for neck strain. You will look like a dork though
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u/yy633013 2h ago
Belay glasses. They flipped them upside down. But these are belay glasses. They invented nothing.
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u/Sunfurian_Zm 8h ago
"Japan invented" bro
That's a country. It can't invent things. Someone from this country might invent something, but that doesn't mean the country invented it.
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u/pinniped90 8h ago
It could, in theory, commission a project to invent these ...
...but it didn't. These have been around for decades (as wearable glasses) or centuries (humans understanding how periscopes work).
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u/Mountain_Ad_9415 8h ago
Not gonna lie, there has been times were I would have loved to have these.
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u/lexkixass 8h ago
Dude these glasses were in ThinkGeek years before GameStop bought them out
That's where I got my pair
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u/Realistic0ptimist 7h ago
I got these at the dentist office I go to for watching tv while they do my cleanings or dental work
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u/Attitude-Livid 7h ago
Looking at a screen though screens.. is it still 4k? Or is it 2k now? 1K?!
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u/lost_rodditer 6h ago
Comics books invented these in the 70's. Send in upc and shipping and handling.
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u/mencival 6h ago
Isn’t this extremely helpful to manage post Pneumatic Retinopexy Surgery recovery? They inject air bubble into your eye and you need to keep eye looking at a lower angle to make sure air bubble is in the right place to push the detached area against back of the eye.
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u/TomatoFettuccini 6h ago
Sitting literally destroys your back.
Standing is hard on your knees, hips, and lower back.
This makes perfect sense to me.
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u/Awdayshus 5h ago
My dental hygienist uses these when cleaning my teeth so she doesn't have to be looking down all day. (It doesn't take all day to clean my teeth, but I assume she sees other patients)
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u/figarro-cigaro 5h ago
Die sind voll scheisse hat das mal. Vor 8 Jahren oder so geschenkt bekommen damit kann man nix anfangen
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u/ZenEngineer 5h ago
I bought what looks like the exact same model some 10 years ago. Used it a few times, they've been in a drawer ever since
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u/GeneralSpecifics9925 5h ago
People wear these during fMRI tests when you have to involve the visual system somehow. It allows you to see the computer screen situated over your feet. You can read words or see images and the MRI will pick up the areas of the brain that are working to do that task.
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u/MrGueuxBoy 5h ago
Also used by climbers. And I mean, first and foremost, by climbers, lazy asses using those is a byproduct.
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u/What1does 4h ago
Literally been around since I was a kid in the 80's, and pretty sure long before that.
It's just fucking mirrors.
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u/dekuweku 4h ago
it's a periscope. an interesting application of existing tech, which is what Japan was always very good at.
But in a sense, rgw invention here is putting it in a pair of glasses
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u/CollegeValuable 4h ago
I have my great grandmothers pair lol
Definitely not made by Japanese
She used them to read books laying down
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u/RealPrinceJay 4h ago
This has been around but thanks for the reminder that I want some. I like to read laying down sometimes, but there's no good way to do it lol
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u/thealmonded 3h ago
My wife uses these to read before she goes to bed and it helps a bunch with neck pain.
Also looks hilarious
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u/Kindaspia 2h ago
They’re great for the recovery period after a lumbar puncture lmao got a pair for mine and it came in clutch
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u/Florianterreegen 2h ago
I've known and had these things for almost 10-15 years, this is nothing new and certainly not a japanese invention
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u/DPTDubbs 2h ago
These are also used for people who are bed bound and can look forward instead of at the felony at all times.
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u/usrlibshare 8h ago
The device later known as the periscope, was first described by Johannes Hevelius in 1647.