this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
56 points (91.2% liked)

Asklemmy

49238 readers
618 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy πŸ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Is it douchey to wear shades inside, even if you're only going to be in for a few minutes?

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago

Yes.

You let people see your eyes so you can talk and put them at ease. What are you, a cop in Alabama whose authoritah someone needs to respect?

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

On.

I'm blind as hell without my glasses and I never remember to bring my extra pair so if I'm wearing my sunglasses they stay on no matter what. If it was only going to be a few minutes I wouldn't swap even if I had my normal pair.

I never understood the "sunglasses indoors in douchey" thing anyway.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't get it either. If people wear sunglasses, whether inside or outside, they chose to wear them for a reason. Even if the reason is just "forgot to take them off". No one's deliberately wearing sunglasses to be rude to you...

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven prescription sunglasses. Generally I don’t wear them inside, occasionally I’ll forget that I have them until after I’m in the store though. My eyesight without glasses is terrible so I leave them on. Sorry if I look like an asshole but I would have trouble navigating my way and finding what I need without them.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Transition lenses are great. Try them for your next pair. They do lag a few seconds transitioning back to transparent when going indoors.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They kinda suck for driving though, because they don't turn dark inside a car.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They take ~2 minutes to go from dark to light and most don't ever go perfectly clear so there is always a super slight tint.

They go dark super fast though.. like 10 seconds.

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 weeks ago

Depends how long I'm gonna be in there and how well I can see with them on. Well lit? In and out? They stay.

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago

I take them off because I can’t see shit.

[–] rahm02@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like it’s fine. I don’t know, I would maybe stare an extra second at the person wearing sunglasses. But really, who cares? Do what feels comfortable for you. At least here in the States, we are way past anachronistic rules like taking your sunglasses off indoors.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 12 points 3 weeks ago

There are 2 types of people who wear sunglasses indoors: the blind, and assholes. - Larry David

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

I just slide β€˜em up on top of my head if it’s like, more than 2 minutes but less than an hour, especially in the summer.

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I have photophobia, so I leave mine on. Though recently, I've started wearing blue blockers, and those also help with my light sensitivity.

I think the stereotype is douchebag because people don't think about all the possible legit reasons. I wear them when I have a migraine, often even at home. You could also wear them because they're prescription and you forgot the other pair at home. Or you simply forgot you have them on in the first place. We shouldn't judge but people like to judge. And they mostly judge douchebag because maybe more people wear shades indoors as an effort to build a personality around their empty shell of a self.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have prescription sunglasses, and occasionally forget I'm wearing them. But I try not to wear them in a store.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You should wear them at night so everyone knows how cool you are. For even extra cool points, you can smoke and do drugs.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

I wear it to cover my bloodshot eyes.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can smoke and do drugs IN the store, right?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's the law that you have to.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I do because at night the street lights are way too bright... Yes people look at me weirdly πŸ˜‚

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I wear clipons, because I need prescription glasses, and having to swap from prescription glasses to prescription sunglasses back and forth multiple times a day is an ADHD recipe for losing an expensive pair of glasses.

I take my clipons off indoors though, but that's mostly because it's really hard to see indoors with them on :P

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Whenever I see someone with sunglasses inside, I always chalk it up to a) not being arsed to remove them, b) light-sensitivity due to migraine/hangover, or c) being on some sort of drug (sunglasses = invisibility cloak/comfort blanket for some folks).

All of these are totally valid. Douchey is as douchey does, if folks are acting polite/keeping to themselves I don't judge.

[–] MrAlternateTape@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Here 's one more. I wear glasses for my bad eyesight. I have sunglasses that have the same value of correction. Sometimes, in the summer, when I'm out and I don't think I'll go inside anywhere, I leave my normal glasses are home.

So then, when you stop unexpected for groceries, you look like a douchebag with your sun glasses on, but you can't really take them off because you don't see shit without them.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean I used to wear sunglasses at work at my desk because everything in the office was just too damned bright. Same with a restaurant job for about 2 hours of sunset when the light streamed in the windows.

Who cares what people think? Protect your eyes and do whatever you like when entering a store. As long as you can see fine, it doesn’t matter.

[–] johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have see-through sunglasses, because they are specially made for my eyes. I can’t take them off inside because then i cant see well. But thats exactly why i opted for see-through glasses, so people can still see my eyes. They aren’t hidden :)

I believe that makes a difference to people, they just want to be able to see your eyes :)

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I dunno if you know this but everyone has see- through sunglasses... otherwise they'd be called sunwalls. ;)

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe they just wear the frames?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damnit I was going to make the same joke.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Barring any eye issues, I remove them always when speaking to people. I find it disrespectful to speak without making visible eye-contact.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'll probably take my sunglasses off inside because it's going to be hard to see.

If the inside is as bright as the outside, then I might be inclined to keep them on.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Under 5 minutes it isn’t

Especially if it’s a small store/ gas station

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

On. But I have phototropic glasses 😁

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Usually take mine off. Though there are times I forget I'm even wearing them.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Depends on how long I'm inside, how dark the store is and how much of a fuck I give on a given day. I do think that most people think it's rude/douchey/etc., but I'm not convinced that I should care about that kind of moralizing of etiquette (though I do care, to various degrees, what people think of me).

It's somewhat harder to see inside with sunglasses, but I, too, wear prescription glasses so it's a bit of a hassle to change to normal glasses.

[–] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I always take them off because I find it rude to keep them on.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

I have two of the same pair of glasses, one with normal clear prescription lenses, and the other with prescription lenses that are tinted brown and polarized. I often forget to switch them out because the sunglasses make everything look so damn good, but I carry them both with me and usually switch to my clear glasses if I’m indoors for more than a minute. But if I pop into a gas station or something for 30 seconds then I’m definitely not taking them off.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

I never take sunglasses off inside, unless there's an actual reason (like not enough light, or if I need to see colors correctly when shopping). There's always too much light everywhere, it's always too bright, and it's even worst at night because of the contrast between the darkness and the blinding lampposts. So light sunglasses everywhere.

As a bonus, that way I never have to bother with eye contact. Couldn't care less if people think it's rude: if I took the sunglasses off I'd inevitably forget to make eye contact and they would think it was rude anyway. Fuck eye contact.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Clip ons, I don't always remember they're on if it's bright out, but I usually take them off

Not because it's douchey, but because it's harder to see.

[–] hexthismess@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Take them off and replace them with my regular glasses. I need to see

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I like to wear them in places with fluorescent lighting, but some people really get uncomfortable with that. Sometimes I imagine they must be feeling the same thing I feel when I need to make eye contact during a long conversation

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

if I'm high and it's bright in there im keeping my vibe thanks

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If I don't remember to take them off in my car(or I'm just feeling carefree) then Ill wear them inside because as long as it's well-lit I can see better with my prescription sunglasses. If it's dim then I do that thing wear I lift them slightly to peak out from under them to focus on important visual details like prices.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reaction lenses that take 10 minutes to calm down if I even glance at a window.

My solution? Dig deeper into the basement, tape up the windows and stare at a screen at all timea

[–] hellequin67@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

I don't use reaction glasses simply because they don't work in cars due to the UV filtering in modern glass, so I have prescription sunglasses and often forget the clear ones so if I'm out and about they're staying on otherwise I can't see or read.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Off. I'll likely need to switch to readers.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I remove my hat and sunglasses because I was taught it is polite to do so.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Logh@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

A few years ago, I went out and brought myself a nice pair of perscription sunglasses, trouble was I didn’t have any spare cash to buy regular glasses. So, for about 2-3 years I had shades on everywhere I went, day or night. What I noticed is that if you’re confident enough people don’t really mind or act any different. Now that I have both, I easily keep the sunglasses on without noticing and there is no fuss usually unless I go into a bank or something.

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Indoor lighting with sunglasses on is too dim for my tastes. Alternatively, my shades might be too dark. I'll put them in my bag or on the brim of my hat, if one or the other are available.

load more comments
view more: next β€Ί