HollieNo one told me how much of adulthood was just cleaning my glasses.
Apple Annie 
@hollie It's like our eyeballs are always spitting!
annie@anniegreens @hollie this made me laugh and then cry a little bit
Farrell Hogs@hollie right??
Quokka (on the move...)@hollie What's your preferred cleaning method and materials?
Andrew Abernathy@hollie My first month or so with glasses was excruciating: every move I made smudged my glasses and the smudges drove me crazy, so I was constantly cleaning, and re-smudging in the act of cleaning, and I didn't know how I was going to live with it.
And then... I got used to it. (Unless there's a big distinct smudge.) Every once in a while (and we're talking often weeks on weeks) I realize my glasses are horrible, and I clean them, wondering how I hadn't noticed how bad they were getting.
@andrewabernathy Ahh, see, that's the evolution that's supposed to happen! You get desensitized to it.
But I can't stop noticing the blurred spots. I'm going backward. :)
sanguish@hollie @andrewabernathy Are glass lens better than plastic?
I’m constantly trying to clean my left lens, but it doesn’t help because it’s a cataract. lol
@andrewabernathy @hollie that’s all I use at the moment.
I should probably see about surgery, but for maybe 5-10 years I’m not sure it’s worth the cost 🤷
lonely extrovert@andrewabernathy @hollie same. eventually i get sick of it and clean them, but i let it go for quite a while unless there's a smudge directly in my line of vision. then i usually just use the edge of my shirt to get it off -- not the best practice if you don't wanna scratch your lenses, but whatever.
my husband actually just uses dish soap -- he'll smear it on the lenses, then hold his glasses under running water until they're rinsed off really well, and then just lets them air dry.
Assal Horizontology@andrewabernathy @hollie not to be a shill here but I recommend you treat yourselves to an ultrasonic cleaner that can be had pretty cheaply on Amazon.
Using it that first time and watching all the hidden dirt just melt away from the glasses is deeply satisfying, and the feeling of clarity when you first put them on after wiping down with a microfiber cloth is sublime.
@assal_horizontology @andrewabernathy That sounds nice, but I can't bear the thought of another appliance taking up space and energy. I'll just keep wiping them. :)
argonaut@hollie @kimlockhartga yeah, i use semi-rim glasses, so i look nice but i clean twice 😅
Looking for explanations…Oh I laughed…
I’m autistic & insist on being able to see as well as possible at all times, so..,
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DrArtAnalytics
barefootstache@hollie I don't even remember when the last time I did such a practice, ignore the smudge and continue...
Peter Brown@hollie I can recommend these new high-pressure air-jet hand dryers in public toilets. They are excellent at getting an absolutely perfect finish after washing the glasses in the sink.
@peterbrown Good to know, thanks! I've never tried those for that purpose! :)
G.I. Robot 
@hollie @peterbrown I use soap and water every night before bed, and a special soft washcloth that I’ve reserved specifically for the purpose of drying them. Because if I use any other towels, there are still oils in them that smear up the glasses while I’m drying them!
mirabilos@peterbrown @hollie they spread bacteria and fungi like wild though
@hollie @mirabilos strange. I would have thought that hot dry air was the enemy of any kind of fungus or bacteria.
And I remember when they first started installing these, they were hailed as much more hygienic !
The study refers to conventional old-fashioned hand dryers; there is only a single sentence about jet dryers. But the general principles will not be very different, unless the dryer is in a different area from the toilets
@hollie @peterbrown I’m not in the habit of keeping hyperlinks to all those snippets I read, just have them occasionally at the back of my mind, so I’m afraid that there are but I cannot deliver.
As to the high-pressure blowers, I once read an account from someone who cleans and repairs them. He basically said you don’t want to know details but don’t use them.
Unfortunately, they are still hailed as more hygienic… mostly to protect the investment, it seems. Good old disposable paper towels turn out to be the best.
Pseudo NymAnd filters. So many filters that need to be cleaned periodically. Pro tip, add a recurring task to your digital calendars for reminders.
Save yourself costly repairs. Clean and change your filters. Ask me how I know.
@pseudonym How do you know? :D
Yeah that's a good idea. Also, weirdly, flea medicine for the pets. We forget to cycle that properly, too.
@pseudonym @hollie what filters?
(ok, washing machine and dryer, and coffee filters after every coffee of course, but…?)
Dishwasher, whole house water filter, exhaust fan under hood over oven, HEPA air filter, CPAP, air/oil for car, furnace air filter.
@pseudonym @hollie huh, we don’t even have most of them. But I’ll have to see about the dishwasher (to my excuse, I never had one, the gf brought it). Thanks for the list.
Mike 
@hollie and forgetting to clean them