Everyone knows the typical stereotypes associated with wearing glasses - especially when you're in middle school and also fall upon the misfortune of having braces. However, when you get to college and have to face the world alone, there are also some practical issues that arise from being unable to see like a normal human being. So since humans like to complain, and I am a human, and I like to complain; I think that this might be relatable and/or humorous to someone, somewhere. Here are 26 issues that college students who wear glasses come across.

1. PowerPoint Slides

I'm sorry that I can't see that size 12 font that you decided to make turquoise in a failed attempt to trick us into thinking that double integrals are nice. And don't even get me started on code...

2. Class Participation

Yeah, ok, so those problems that you wrote on the board aren't really much better. I might have been able to solve them if I could actually read them... Maybe... Probably not...

3. Subtitles

You basically have three options: become fluent in Spanish, make your friends read the words out like you're four, or sit there thoroughly confused.

4. Restaurant Menus

This is why I like Chipotle - I can literally just answer yes or no questions and point at food items to get what I want. None of this please-read-these-six-hundred-options-off-of-our-overhead-menu nonesense. (Pro-tip: If you're really struggling, take a picture of the menu and zoom in a lot.)

5. Street Signs

There's nothing like trying to navigate the streets of New York City when you have to get up close and personal to the street sign just to figure out where the hell you are.

6. People's Faces

"Oh... You're waving at me. Ummm who are you? You think I can see you across the lawn? HA! Good one. Oh yeah, they're definitely waving at me... Uhhh I think that's...whoops they're gone." Or alternatively, the blind person's worst nightmare: "Yeah, just meet me in the dining hall. You'll see me" Right.

7. Shopping

Deciphering which product is which from shelves full of boxes can be horrifying when you have to pick up each box in order to read it. This is especially humiliating when buying personal products such as tampons and condoms.

8. Mascara

Ok these next few are more for the women among us, but no judgement. Nothing is more annoying than when you put on mascara and then put on your glasses, but your eyelashes are too long, so they hit the lenses and either get crushed or leave little black dots right in your line of vision. Girl problems, am I right?

9. Applying Makeup in General

You think getting your makeup to look good is hard? Try applying it when you can't even see your face clearly.

10. The Final Result

And then if by some miracle, you do get it right, the final effect is just never the same once the specs go back on. On the bright side, if you totally screw up, it probably won't look quite as terrible!

11. Matching

Glasses are one of those unfortunate accessories that are essential for the wearer but are too expensive to own a good variety. The choice is yours: go for practical and boring or colorful and exciting. Just don't expect any colored ones to match with more than one and a half outfits.

12. Sunglasses (or Lack Thereof)

Ok so back to more gender-inclusive struggles. Unless you own prescription sunglasses - which I assure you aren't your typical designer shades - sunglasses are out of the picture. So have fun squinting all day!

13. Squinting

Speaking of squinting, if you wear glasses, you probably do that a lot already. Hot, right?

14. Glasses Glare

And in the rare event that you actually manage to make yourself look presentable, don't even think about trying to take a picture. The glare will make you look like some kind of supernatural creature, and the red-eye won't help.

15. The Typical Why-Don't-You-Wear-Contacts Inquiry

Uhh maybe I don't wear contacts because I don't feel like constantly sticking my finger in my eyes and running the risk of destroying my already-inadequate eyeball. Maybe I don't feel like submitting to societal norms about the definition of beauty and stereotypes about the impaired. (Just kidding, there are other reasons, but whatever.)

16. Assholes

In addition to the aforementioned affinity for complaining, humans also tend to be assholes. Especially friends who feel way too comfortable making fun of your four-eyed misfortune at every opportunity. Thanks, guys. Love you too.

17. The Frat Party Entrance

So like you know that really glamorous moment when you gracefully descend the stairs into a basement full of sweaty college kids either making out aggressively or drinking themselves into oblivion? We don't. Because inevitably, the five-hundred degree change in temperature causes our glasses to fog up in a way only previously experienced when you were forced to unload the dishwasher as a kid. (I swear the lack of grace is due to the foggy lenses and inability to see - not from the dirty basement and rickety stairs.)

18. Scratching Your Glasses

So it turns out shaving cream + lots of people + a frat basement floor = some pretty scratched-up lenses. True story.

19. Breaking Your Glasses

It also turns out that glasses, while saving your nose from shattering, don't do well when they absorb the impact of a hard fall on your face. Unrelated PSA: Be careful of random bumps on the path in front of Packard.

20. Losing Your Glasses

Ok, this one is kinda stereotypical, but college introduces a whole lot of creative ways to lose your glasses. Think Friday night parties and waking up on Saturday morning without your glasses. Turns out they had been passed around half of a fraternity. Speaking of which:

21. Infatuation With Trying On Your Glasses

Yeah! Try them on, I dare you. It's a really exciting experience. If you look through them right, you get X-ray vision! Like you can finally see that chick naked without being a total creep!

22. The Constant Reminder of How Shitty Your Vision Is

"Wow, you're, like, blind!" NO FREAKING WAY!!!!!! I NEVER KNEW THAT!!!!!!!

23. Rain

You know it's bad when you can see better without your glasses.

24. Eye-Doctor Appointments

There is nothing more humiliating than having to take an eye exam when you can't even see the "E" that everyone knows exists at the top of every eye chart ever.

25. The Approach of the Year 2020

I really do feel for my four-eyed companions who will graduate in the Class of 2020. Like what a slap in the face to be constantly assaulted with reminders of what could have been!!

26. The Pressure of Being Perfect

I mean, it really is hard being this sexy and smart and brilliant and envied all the time.