[sitharus]

Or Europeans simply don't mind wearing obvious corrective lenses? There are a huge number of societal factors in play here.

[bitwize]

Yeah, America is stridently anti-intellectual, and glasses make you look like a nerd.

[vidoc]

> Yeah, America is stridently anti-intellectual, and glasses make you look like a nerd.

Which reminds me how Woody Allen once said, when asked why he was so beloved and respected in Europe, that apparently they might think he is an intellectual, since he's wearing glasses :)