I’m sure many of you have seen this image floating around online at some point.

It seems a rather neat idea, though I’d be worried about any sort of accident, or even potential fight, ripping that piercing right out.

But, what if the lenses attached with magnets instead?..

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      242 days ago

      Because then you have to touch your eyeball and that’s gross

    • @[email protected]
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      132 days ago

      Because the same people who would hurt themselves accidentally ripping out their nose bridge piercings would forget to take out their fit-to-eyeball lenses absolutely every day before going to sleep.

      (it’s me, i’m people)

    • @Tylerdurdon
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      Because having continuous infections on the top of the bridge of your nose is way more fun.

      • @over_cloxOP
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        I already have that, looking to have my lenses like not rubbing against my eyebrows…

    • @dohpaz42
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      42 days ago

      Why would you want the lenses touching your eyeball? I would imagine that’d be very uncomfortable, not to mention messy. I’d be cleaning my glasses every time my eyes changed direction. 🤣 😅 🥸😏

      • @over_cloxOP
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        You do realize that Satan was referring to contact lenses right?

  • @Zomg
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    Yeah idk man. I don’t think this is it…

  • @[email protected]
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    102 days ago

    I was wondering why there’s nose pads; but looking closer I think there’s a pin sticking out of each lense that gets inserted into the implanted nose bridge making a hinge of sorts. (instead of a screw) The lenses are held firmly in two axis; but can rotate up/down to rest on the nose pads, while being removable.

    I’d be worried about bumping/catching them on anything and ripping that piercing/implant out too, but I don’t think magnets would be strong enough to stop them moving around with any sort of g-forces.

    As someone who sleeps face down quite a bit, I’d never try this. It would definitely drive me nuts just trying sleep with that bridge in, plus it would get snagged on bedding/clothes/towels/etc.

    • @over_cloxOP
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      Oh no, to me this is only a hypothetical idea. I’d never sleep with such a piercing thingy either.

      But you do get the almost neat idea of daily wear right?

      Hell I dunno…

  • Shadow
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    162 days ago

    I think this would be painful over time and probably make that skin saggy, as it stretches it out over time.

    I have a magnet implant in my hand and it’s uncomfortable to have something as small as a screw hanging on it.

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      I have a magnet implant in my hand and it’s uncomfortable to have something as small as a screw hanging on it.

      Be careful with hanging stuff from your magnet implant: the pressure on your skin isn’t necessarily great but it’s constant and unrelenting, and you could cause necrosis of your skin the magnet pinches in as little as one hour. That’s mostly the reason why I never pursued magnet implants to attach things to my body (and also because I want to retain the ability to get an MRI done)

    • @[email protected]
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      72 days ago

      Wh… Why do you have a magnet implant in your hand? If you don’t mind me asking. If you do mind, I didn’t ask.

      • @rtxn
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        182 days ago

        Probably as a fashion item. It makes them more attractive.

      • @Bassman1805
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        Some people who work with electricity so this because it lets them feel electric fields.

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          I wonder how strong the electromagnetic field needs to be, and what frequency, to feel it. I’d love to have the ability to touch an ethernet cable and feel whether it’s actively communicating.

          • @[email protected]
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            Not very strong. Your fingers are extremely sensitive, so once nerve endings form around the implant you should be able to feel almost anything. Rub a single hair across your finger and you can feel it, now imagine that your finger is 20 times more sensitive or that that hair is imbedded into your skin.

      • @[email protected]M
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        Wh… Why do you have a magnet implant in your hand? If you don’t mind me asking. If you do mind, I didn’t ask.

        Not the OP, but I too have implants all over my body - mostly in my hands also but not only. They’re RFID and NFC transponders and they let me open doors, start my car (when I care to drive it, which isn’t often), pay for things with contactless payment, log into computers, authenticate myself with my banking app…

        I don’t think I’ve used a key in the last 5 years, and a payment card in the last 3 months.

        • @[email protected]
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          I fucking love the concept although I personally struggle to think of use cases in my own life that would justify the cost and effort. Very cool though.

          • @[email protected]M
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            My use case was getting into the building at work because I kept losing my tag. One quick jab, copying the ID with a Proxmark3 and problem solved. Then I installed a NFC lock at home - that I upgraded to a RFID floor mat - so I have a NFC transponder implanted in my hand, and a RFID one in my foot. Super useful to unlock the door with your arms full of groceries 🙂 Then it kind of snowballed from there and it became a bit of a hobby. But my rule is, I never implant stuff that I don’t plan to use everyday to make my life easier, so all my implants are used all the time.

            • Rayquetzalcoatl
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              32 days ago

              That’s actually super cool. How do you get these implants?? Are you DIYing it? :o how do they stay in the same place and not like, travel up your arm from your hand? :o

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                No DIY for me. Some do it but I value my health 🙂

                I use mostly the services of body modders for big implants, and ordinary tattoo parlors can handle NFC / RFID glass implants (think the stuff your cat or your dog gets at the vet). All but two of my implants come from Dangerous Things. They have a list of installation partners you can use.

                Depending on the implant. it can shift a bit for a while, then it settles. Uncoated glass implants do that a lot, but it’s on purpose, so you can remove them easily. Coated ones get encapsulated by your body and never move once they settle, but they’re harder to remove. Large flat implants require a pocket be made under the skin, and once installed, it takes 2 or 3 weeks for the pocket to “dry up” and shrink around the implant permanently.

                • Rayquetzalcoatl
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                  32 days ago

                  Interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing… Now to find some cool NFC/RFID stuff that I need 👀😂

                • @mx_smith
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                  Very interesting, but I think I’ll stick with my flipper for those needs.

          • @[email protected]M
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            I’ve wanted RFID and the led nfc for a while, but keep hoping the dangerousthings guy will show up at toorcamp and he doesn’t.

            It’s just a glassie. Anybody vaguely competent can inject it in you wherever you want.

            But if you absolutely want Amal to do it, PM him on the forum 🙂

            • Shadow
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              I’m lazy and the convenience of him being right there was the appeal. Russ Foxx is local & did my magnet, I could just use him.

      • Shadow
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        Why not? How often can you gain another sense?

        I’m mostly forgotten it’s there. Every now and then I feel a microwave, or high amperage power cable.

    • @over_cloxOP
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      Not suggesting the magnets be implanted, just mounted onto the ends of the nose bridge piercing, easy enough to remove…

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    All the reasons listed here aside, for this eyeglass apparatus pierced through the bridge of the nose.

    Tell me that you can romantically kiss your significant other with this trailer hitch looking apparatus between their eyes.

    • @over_cloxOP
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      Not looking for romance, just looking for vision that won’t break.

      If the lenses attach magnetically, what’s the worst that can happen, they snap loose?

      • @LesserAbe
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        You could take the lenses off, and the nose piercing could still scrape your partner’s face.

        • @over_cloxOP
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          Sorry, still can’t reach my dick.

          Jokes aside, those glasses look awesome, except like don’t screw them in place, use magnets instead…

    • @over_cloxOP
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      Didn’t I already say that’s a bad idea, and use magnets instead?

  • @[email protected]
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    22 days ago

    And not really practical, tbh. Anytime you move your eyebrows or change your expression, the lenses would move, changing the focus of your vision.

    • @over_cloxOP
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      That’s no different from me with spring loaded earpieces. If anything, that would keep the glasses more fixed, considering the nose pieces holding it steady.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 days ago

        Oh it absolutely would be worse. You have only one mount point per lens vs two in regular glasses. Plus you don’t get the lateral stability of the full frame. If the nose piece actually bolted on to bone, it would be a different story. Pierced through flesh, it will have elasticity.

        • @over_cloxOP
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          I’d prefer that honestly, at least I can easily twist the lenses to best match my vision.

  • @[email protected]
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    Ok, off-topic, kinda, but I just remembered that I saw a Google Glass on the wild. I don’t if it was THE Google Glass, but I found very neat. It was a guy that seemed to be paralyzed from the neck down. His chair was controlled by small movement he made with his head. There was a thing that looked like a straw going near his mouth and a smartphone attached to the chair. I wanted to ask what he was seeing through the Glass, but I didn’t.