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What’s the deal with optometrists?
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:50 pm
Just went to the optometrist, and I always marvel at how this profession continues to exist despite the apparent simplicity of the work. How are these guys making 6 figures to ask “which one’s better — 1 or 2”? Are there regulations in place keeping this profession alive?
Anyone have an amazing story of optometric heroism to share?
Anyone have an amazing story of optometric heroism to share?
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Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:51 pm to Stc89
Go see an ophthalmologist
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:52 pm to Stc89
Those who can’t ophthalmol, optom.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:53 pm to theCrusher
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Go see an ophthalmologist
My ophthalmologist is in a practice with a dozen MDs and a half dozen optometrists. If you need your prescription checked, an optometrist can do that just fine.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:53 pm to Stc89
licensing
State and brand
State and brand
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:54 pm to Stc89
I guess the most important part of their job is recognizing conditions in the eye that require the attention of a specialist 
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:54 pm to Stc89
I agree.
Seems like we can replace them with a kiosk.
Seems like we can replace them with a kiosk.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:55 pm to terd ferguson
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I guess the most important part of their job is recognizing conditions in the eye that require the attention of a specialist
Determinations that are made from data their assistants obtain from those new machines?
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:56 pm to Stc89
Blame your parents for giving you shitty genes
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:56 pm to Stc89
quote:
What’s the deal with optometrists?
Yeah, what the frick is their problem?
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:57 pm to Stc89
quote:my grandparents took me suit shopping when I was six, I picked out a bright purple suit and they said no. They thought I was retarded for four years until it was discovered by a optometrist that I am just colorblind
Anyone have an amazing story of optometric heroism to share?
This post was edited on 7/30/25 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 7/30/25 at 6:57 pm to Stc89
My ophthalmologist jumped my arse for seeing an optometrist. I have a bunch of stuff - Thyroid Eye Disease, Pseudotumor Cerebri, a meningioma by my optic nerve and pituitary gland, borderline glaucoma so the lecture was well deserved.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:02 pm to HoboDickCheese
Colorblind and retarded is no way to go through life, son.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:03 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Just colorblind, not retarded 
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:07 pm to HoboDickCheese
Bless your heart
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:08 pm to theCrusher
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Go see an ophthalmologist
He'll probably refer you to an optometrist in his practice. Opthalmologists primarily handle surgeries and diseases of the eye. They hand off the routine stuff to optometrists.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:10 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
quote:so you’re still calling me retarded
Bless your heart
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:11 pm to Stc89
Mr. Rosenberg, I don't have a record card on you.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:18 pm to Stc89
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What’s the deal with optometrists?
Posted on 7/30/25 at 7:49 pm to Stc89
The guy that invented Lasik surgery and some engineers/ doctors are marketing a machine that will do all that "1 or 2. 2 or 3..." And spit out a prescription.
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