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Everyone Feels Sorry For People With No Eyes. But No One Thinks Of The One-Eyeds.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Aug 07, 2026
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When I was born, I had this super rare ailment that meant I was blind in one eye. But only one! Almost everyone who has this ailment has it in both eyes, so in that sense I had a lucky eye.

When I was little, my parents brought me out, and we raised money for the no-eyes, who very unfortunately couldn’t see at all. And I spent my childhood having it dril…

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