Jake Gyllenhaal on the upside of being legally blind

[hewontgo]

Jake Gyllenhaal says he's used his vision problems in his acting: 'I like to think of it as advantageous.' https://t.co/WIsLwftnxL
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) June 6, 2024
Jake Gyllenhall doesn't always wear glasses in his movies but he certainly needs them in real life

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[dreamdate]

🙄

[martha_cf]

Is that why he dates younger women? Because he cannot see their ages???

[therearewords]

🥁

[nutmegdealer]

yet powerful enough to see that their souls are old!

[silverstarry]

The definition of legally blind is not based on how terrible your vision is without contacts/glasses. You are considered legally blind when your vision cannot be corrected to 20/200 with glasses or contacts (that's a prescription of about -2.5 which is reading glasses for some people). My vision is worse than 20/1250, but I wear contacts that correct my visual acuity so I am not legally blind.

I don't know the details of his medical condition but unless there's a reason he can't wear glasses/contacts to correct his vision, he's not actually legally blind.

Sorry to nitpick but this is a pet peeve of mine. People use the phrase "legally blind" all the time to mean "I have to wear glasses to drive" or "my contact prescription is -4.00," which does not make you legally blind. The eye test at the DMV is readable if you have 20/40 vision so if you can read that with your glasses, you are not legally blind.

[goshipgurl]

I have -6.5, I can't see shit without glasses or contacts but I never considered myself "legally blind". Didn't even know that was a thing. Maybe only in the US? Honestly I think calling it like that is very disrespectful to actual blind people.

[insomniachobs]

The concept exists most places, although it's not always called that specific term. Basically, it's the threshold for being officially designated as blind/vision impaired for purposes of things like disability protections and benefits (or restrictions e.g. driving)

[syvlie0o0]

How do you think people qualify for disability benefits unless there are legal thresholds?

[tetrazzinichikn]

Wow what a hero

[simprov]

no love for jake gyllenhaal, but i'm with the sentiment. what's the point of getting nerfed by god if we can't use it to our advantage sometimes? not in the same way he's mentioned, but i've certainly used my type 1 diabetes throughout my life to get out of silly things i don't want to do.

[erin805]

This reminds me of my mom whenever she didn’t want to do something she’d just pull out the “p” card, “sorry I can’t I have Parkinson's” it made her laugh & kept her going for a long time