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* Fiction also likes to use this trope even when the glasses belong to person wearing them. In fiction, if you break your glasses or run out of contacts, it's totally fine--you have a pair you used to wear in high school tucked away in a drawer somewhere. That was 20 years ago, so you're probably MakingASpectacleOfYourself, but it's otherwise fine. In reality, your prescription changes over time, and it's unlikely the one you wear now is the one you wore 20 years ago. Depending on how bad your vision is, it might be better than nothing, but wearing the wrong prescription can lead to eyestrain, headaches, and even dizziness, which are rarely shown as side effects in fiction.
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* At one point in the ''Manga/ReadOrDie'' manga, Yomiko mentions that her glasses once belonged to her late lover Donnie, and by wearing them she believes that they can still read together. She suffers no issues from using someone else's prescription.
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Played with in ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'': Meg is given an explicitly magical pair of glasses near the beginning of the story. Later, when she tries to give them to her father, he at first refuses them, saying her prescription won't work for him, not realizing it's not her normal glasses she's giving him.
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Played with in ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'': Meg is given an explicitly magical pair of glasses near the beginning of the story. Later, when she tries to give them to her father, he at first refuses them, saying her prescription won't work for him, not realizing it's not her normal glasses she's giving him.
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* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Dave gives Simon a pair of glasses from a Santa Claus decoration after noticing his uncoordinated behavior. They instantly corrects his vision. Subverted later when Ian switches the glasses for cool shades, as Simon could barely see with them.
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* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Dave gives Simon a pair of glasses from a Santa Claus decoration after noticing his uncoordinated behavior. They instantly corrects correct his vision. Subverted later when Ian switches the glasses for cool shades, as Simon could barely see with them.
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* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Dave gives Simon a pair of glasses from a Santa Claus decoration after noticing his uncoordinated behavior. They instantly correct his vision. Subverted later when Ian switches the glasses for cool shades, as Simon could barely see with them.
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* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Dave gives Simon a pair of glasses from a Santa Claus decoration after noticing his uncoordinated behavior. They instantly correct corrects his vision. Subverted later when Ian switches the glasses for cool shades, as Simon could barely see with them.
