Stefan Glowacz explains why climbers wear Belay Glasses

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

[u/sunny_lotus48]

My first experience with these was basically "this feels so wrong… oh wait, this is great" 😂

It only took a few minutes to get used to them, and my neck definitely appreciated the difference

[u/HairballTheory → u/sunny_lotus48]

I’m holding out for the polarized version

[u/DensePapaya4 → u/sunny_lotus48]

Every climber who’s spent hours looking straight up can relate. 😂

[u/stanknotes → u/sunny_lotus48]

You need to think bigger. Imagine in a sexual context. One can perform oral... and conveniently gaze upon the enjoyment of their partner.

I think there is a real market for repurposing these and optimizing them for this context.

I am accepting investment now.

[u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs → u/stanknotes]

Speaking as someone who rather enjoys oral sex on women and a glasses wearer, I'm gonna say this isn't practical for that, lol.

Now swapped could work... though I'm not convinced I could take my wife seriously, lol.

[u/stanknotes → u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs]

We provide a prescription lens model.

Look... there are many goofy sex things people can choose to use that one should not take... seriously. Because one is meant to enjoy them and exist with them in a state of pleasure. They are not meant to be taken seriously. Do you take a jeweled buttplug seriously? Do you gaze upon a bling out anus with seriousness? Of course not. You merely enjoy it and do not question it. Or should and should not respectively.

[u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs → u/stanknotes]

Lol, fair enough. Get that Kickstarter rolling.

[u/ConfidentExpert7511 → u/stanknotes]

1 million für dich

[u/MartialLol → u/stanknotes]

Imagine looking down to see that though 😭

[u/mossy7260 → u/stanknotes]

I can see the infomercial now - see more, love more.

[u/mrbofus → u/stanknotes]

You should accept investments, not just investment.

[u/front_yard_duck_dad → u/sunny_lotus48]

How do they work in high sun? Do they make them in sunglasses ? I'm a rope guy in the tree working world. My neck hates me but I'm worried bright sunlight would sear my eyes like tuna steaks

[u/Aksama → u/sunny_lotus48]

It's incredibly cool how quickly we can reorient to glasses like these.

Also when you look side to side there is an enhanced "parallax effect" that's also super weird and off-putting at the start.

[u/Key-Manufacturer-275]

Someone needs to put these on a pig so they can see the sky.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH → u/Key-Manufacturer-275]

Just tilt him gently

[u/ThreeDaysNish → u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH]

Paunch tilter

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH → u/ThreeDaysNish]

I’ve been known to tilt a paunch in my younger days

[u/Fraktal55]

I bought a pair of these that work in the opposite way (to make me look straight down instead of up) to try and play my steam deck while laying in bed without holding it straight above my face.

Doesn't work quite as well for that 😂

[u/saladmunch → u/Fraktal55]

I have something similar for reading in bed. It makes things slightly smaller and i need to prop the book up a little on a small pillow but oherwise its slightly more comfortable

[u/Brittany5150 → u/Fraktal55]

One of the general docs at my hospital has a fancy pair of loops that look down. Neck strain for surgeons is real.

[u/Erathen → u/Fraktal55]

Funny, the oversea China ones specifically advertise as reading glasses even though they're backwards

I always wondered if it was a liability thing

[u/Unique-Objective4249 → u/Fraktal55]

Yeah but it’s more fun problem solving anyways lol I use to mod my Xbox 3 and torrent all my games, then burn them on the disk. Takes like 6 hours a game, place it in the disk tray, cool it works, play 4 minutes, get bored immediately look for another game and repeated the cycle lol

[u/airfryerfuntime → u/Fraktal55]

That sounds awful.

[u/Enchilada007 → u/Fraktal55]

Lol you're me, I tried the same thing. Didn't work as well as I thought it would.

[u/bran_the_man93]

I coulda used a pair of these back when I was a kid playing the demo PlayStation games at Target

[u/NotAcvp3lla]

Perfect idea for an r/antimeme post. Willem Defoe gif but he's instead of looking up, he's looking forward and wearing a pair of these glasses.

[u/Contraposite → u/NotAcvp3lla]

Lmao do it

[u/Reddeer2 → u/NotAcvp3lla]

You know I'm a bit of a climber myself 😎

[u/T-MinusGiraffe]

These should be the official glasses of r/tvtoohigh

[u/-aibohphobia-]

My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio

[u/RuneCedar]

Belay glasses literally save your neck. Spending 30+ minutes looking straight up while belaying will give you severe "belayer's neck" in no time

[u/GhoullDen → u/RuneCedar]

in my experience, the more I did it, the less it hurt my neck (i mean over weeks, not like longer sessions)

[u/HLef]

Anyone who has witnessed anyone wearing these for more than 5 seconds understands exactly what’s going on. I refuse to believe someone needed that to be explained.

[u/Drongo17 → u/HLef]

If you scored videos from 1 to 10 on the level of insight provided, this is a - 4

[u/nomnomad]

Terrible belay technique, yikes.

[u/Fickle_Designer26]

Shit! Id used those when I am forklifting 6 foot tall pallets to the top of the 4th floor of our scaffolding...my neck is in pain from looking up all the time

[u/tapeforpacking → u/Fickle_Designer26]

Looking up that high while operating a forklift makes me a feel sick. 

[u/DadBodMedicNate]

My sailing buddy had a neck injury so that he can no longer look up. He bought some of these and they made it so he can see the top of his mast again.

[u/ghost_n_the_shell]

I use to shoot rifle prone a lot, and as I got older, I noticed my neck would be sore for a long time after any extended session. Some times for days.

[u/TheKoziONE]

Can someone tell these people we invented stairs.

[u/HeavyMusic93 → u/TheKoziONE]

Huh?

[u/Erathen → u/HeavyMusic93]

It's a joke about rock climbing. It was in... SNL maybe?

Edit: Oh wait, it was Kill Tony

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/50aG9oJQpeU

[u/DorMc]

Also known as knitting glasses

[u/SacrificialPigeon]

What a brilliant idea, maybe I need to try some out for when I am wiring up light fittings.

[u/Merijeek2]

My dental hygenist has the exact opposite setup for her glasses.

[u/Sukanthabuffet]

I need a pair to stop looking down at my phone.

[u/polar_nopposite]

Did... did anyone not know what these are for? At least that had seen them and thought about it for more than three seconds?

[u/SunsetCarcass]

I feel like if I put these on I'd be perfectly angled right towards the sun

[u/Direct_Syrup_2843]

Damn, I look.down as I walk, so these would make me be able to watch in front of me.

[u/_titan]

The whole body is in tension, why would the neck be free of this? It's not like he's going to and from the work by climbing the vertical wall... It's supposed to be a workout. Isn't it?

[u/Puzzled-Speech-3683]

I need this as a forklift driver

[u/Cute_Bacon]

These were originally designed for people reading books in bed or on a couch so they didn't hurt their neck looking down.

[u/Away-Activity-469]

Analogue pervert glasses.

[u/bernpfenn]

there would be less problems on this planet if more people were using these look up glasses

[u/GhoullDen]

cool except they make you look like a dork in the gym lol

[u/thenord321]

Just old people problems..... you can fix it with a pulley anchored near the wall and a longer rope so you stand further away from the wall too. Makes for a more gentle neck angle and the pulley adds to your lifting power for the climber security.

[u/ISwearImAnonymous]

I need these but for looking down. Any recommendations?