What's with the cross-eyed?

[hoytdwow 202]

Some guy just came into the office and took his sunglasses off and was all

Then I was like

 

I mean, can they see normally with one eye pointing at their nose?

 

 

 

 

The condition is known as strabismus

[Spergon Wynn 0]

Some guy just came into the office and took his sunglasses off and was all

Then I was like

 

I mean, can they see normally with one eye pointing at their nose?

 

The condition is known as strabismus

 

Typically yes. The brain's response is usually to choose one eye as "dominant" and ignore the information coming in from the other eye. The downside is that the person is seeing with only one eye, and loses the depth perception that comes from having info from both eyes at the same time.