Reply #35: Lots of good points there

[Nihil]

> The tiny little muscles that control your eyeball's motion and shape
> start to stiffen from disuse. They basically lose the ability to
> reshape the eyeball as you switch between near and far vision.
> You get progressively more myopic. You inch closer to the screen.

Exactly right! I caught myself getting closer to the screen whilst
reading this thread (yes, with a tilted head too!)

I've put it down to the combination of age (40+) and excessive computer
use (working with them for most of my life) - had my first pair of
glasses two years ago but think it is slowly but steadily getting worse.
I've always had a low blink rate so I suppose that doesn't help.

Still, it could be worse ... in so many ways these days.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

Nihil