I got my prescription from the optometrist and decided to give http://www.coastal.com a shot since I had a super-secret coupon code that got me what amounts to 90% off your first pair.

By the way… the code is “HIP2SAVEFREE”… but don’t tell them that I told you. It’s a secret.

So I’m going through and I pick out a pair that will make me look like George Clooney on a good day… aww hell, who am I kidding… I’m hoping for Bruce Willis on a bad day. Anyway, I pick out a pair and I see that they have this “Try On View” function:

Now, as you can see you can select the face that they appear on. Fortunately for me, I’m an older white male, so I found the distinguished looking gent pictured. However, my first thought was “Well, thank God only white people have crappy eyesight.”. You can choose the gamut between a young blonde cheerleader type, a slightly darker young lady, a young Studdly McStud college guy and… me. If you are Black, Hispanic, Asian or any other shade but Volvo-driving white guy, too bad.

To be fair, they do offer an “Upload Image” function where you can stick in your own photo which is kind of cool… but come on… couldn’t they offer at least some diversity in the stock images?

I’ll let you know how the glasses are when I get them.

LESSON LEARNED: A little diversity goes a long way.

– Jay