Yeah, the vision during the procedure was not an issue at all. The smell of burnt eye as the laser works away was a bit off putting though. I can attest that burnt eye smells a lot similar to burnt hair.

I had my done over 20 years ago, and only needed glasses again this year (and that is only for a very slight correction, I can see fine without them, while 20 years ago I was basically blind without my glasses). I can’t recommend lasik enough, especially for people with very bad eyesight.

On a somewhat false premise, to put it mildly, considering it was held prior to the brexit referendum (which suddenly became binding).

This is fairly benign compared to the AI generated slop which is now in the process of taking over every social media.

Who cares about the eyes of lowly peasants? This is about defending the eyes of the glorious leader Putin, and it is a risk he is willing to take.

That is not really something you can say with certainty. Products you buy can easily have had materials or services from the EU involved somewhere in the production chain, and regardless of how far out in that chain they are, those tariffs will fall on you to pay as the end product consumer.