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Tbh, the first time I read this meme I understand boiling and was like wtf, that's crazy, until I read the next part.
the fact that not one, but two people ITT claimed that maybe the optometrist shouldn't have said "boiling" in the first place really drives the point home
They need to go to the optometrist.
To be clear reading this my first thought was "that sounds like a bad idea" until he explained to he intended for him to wait.
Which makes sense, and while i am smart enough not to shove my face in boiling water i am not smart enough to realize immediately what he meant.
Doctors see hundreds of patients and if one of them would do something horrifically wrong and stupid, they would be the one doctor would remember and try to caution everyone else about it.
I has a similar experience with my dentist. She was asking me how I floss and told me that I should gently remove the floss from my teeth and not just yank it with the full force so to not damage the enamel. I was horrified and asked her if one of her patients done that and she responded with yes.
Can super glue be used as an alternative to eye drops tho?
Why yes! Of course it can! But only once.
I count twice, but maybe you already lost an eye
Only if you let it cool down first? I don't know.
Don't be ridiculous, clearly it says you have to boil it first.
Look at me, says the optometrist.
Instructions unclear, now I've wet my pants
Why not just say distilled water? Or the litany of eye drops out there?
Because presumably it is no extra effort to boil water at home vs sending them to buy something?
There's just far less chance of a misunderstanding with something that comes room temperature.
Not everybody has the means and access to a supermarket easily while sick.
Both can get expensive, at least for some. If your needing to flush it every couple of hours then £/$5 a bottle gets expensive.
It's better for people to have an easy option given, than have them figure "I can get away with tap water" can make it worse.
Despite the popular image created by the inefficient US for profit healthcare system, doctors are actually fine with providing low cost alternatives, if the medical principles are followed and the end result is the desired effect. It is dumb to send people to buy stuff that is readily and easily achievable at home. Industrially made stuff like distilled water is for clinics and hospitals who don't have time and have to go through hundreds of patients a day. A person who is presumably at home under medical leave has time to boil water and wait for it to cool down. No need to finance the orphan crushing machine.