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[nenjin]

I've been tempted to try contacts, but the idea of touching my eyes is...unnerving.

There is an adjustment period. And in fact you don't touch your eye except partially when taking them out. I use one hand to keep my lids open more, and the contact is on the tip of my other pointer finger. You just move your finger closer to your eye until you feel the wetness of the contact touch it, and then liquid surface tension takes over and the contact slips on to your pupil. Your finger never actually touches your eye. When I take them out, I use two fingers and touch near my pupil (on the contact.) That's generally enough to make it slip off onto my other finger.

It sounds and initially feels a lot tougher than it actually is but that's because it takes awhile to learn how to apply a light touch. Contacts today are so thin and porous that your eyes barely notice they're there, as long as they're spotlessly clean and not months past their expiration date.

I don't deny that it takes some ocular fortitude to get used to putting them in, but once you do and figure out your technique it doesn't hurt anymore. I don't even use a mirror anymore. It takes longer to rinse my contacts off in the morning that it does to put them in.

It's nice to not have glasses on if and when you choose to, especially if you play any kind of sports. I finally decided to try contacts after I got cross-checked playing soccer and was cut up by my own glasses.

[SalmonGod]

Spoiler: Wut. (click to show/hide)

I've had that as one of my wallpapers for a long time already.  That image was made by Rob Sheridan, who is best known for doing a lot of visual art for Nine Inch Nails.  Check out his website.  He has a lot of cool stuff.

[Bouchart]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

[Aklyon]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

That makes zero sense.

[SalmonGod]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

That makes zero sense.

Doesn't make any dollars either

[breadbocks]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

That one strip has seen more use than the rest of xkcd combined.

[Aklyon]

You are right about that strip being right, breadbocks. Or is it right and making you be right because its right?

[olemars]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

They want proof you're capable of frivolously spending money beyond your means.

[Karnewarrior]

There are no

No Not even that can convey the horror inherent in every iota of this video. Every shimmering pixel of pure nightmare fuel, flashing thousands of times the same terrifying message.

Ladies and gentlemen: E.T is a pedophile.

And also Japan.

[612DwarfAvenue]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

[Bouchart]

My application for a credit card was denied because I don't currently have a credit card or any other outstanding credit.  Which is why I filled out the application in the first place.

And only a couple of years ago my dead grandmother was getting unsolicited pre-approved student loan applications.

[Reelyanoob]

Well it's well known they make more profit of irresponsible spenders, so it makes sense to direct their limited credit to real idiots. Not having previous credit implies you are likely to pay on time, which they HATE. The real profits come from failure to pay, and they underwrite lower headline credit rates and interest-free periods.

If everyone paid off the debt within the interest-free time, they would go broke! But they need to keep advertising that interest-free time to be competitive to attract the real customers they are after. They're knocking you back because nobody's meant to actually pay off their bills in that time period, it's just a lure.

@Karnewarrior : that video was more disturbing than I expected. And I have Urotsukidoji and Frankenhooker DVDs

[Bouchart]

I thought credit card companies made a lot of money off of the vendors for transaction fees.

[SalmonGod]

What do they have to worry about anyway, when they can just charge people for not using their card?  Or did that practice get quietly struck down?

[Bouchart]

Who knows.

The only reason why I actually want credit is because some apartment owners and potential employers sometimes check a credit report.  I don't actually want to borrow anything.  Hell, I wouldn't want a mortgage to buy a house; I'd rather pay cash.