Woman candidly admits not knowing a common life fact. Then the internet declares she failed at adulting

TikTok creator Imani (@imani_jjc) recently went viral after sharing the genuinely surprising news that she only just learned how prescription glasses actually work, prompting a massive wave of mockery from internet users. This is honestly awful for her, considering the information she shared is a super common misunderstanding. Imani grew up believing that the lenses in corrective eyewear held some sort of topical treatment or “medicine,” a myth she heard from relatives throughout her childhood.

Since she never needed corrective vision herself, she never had a reason to question the idea until she saw an explainer video on the platform. When she finally realized the truth, she was stunned by how wrong she had been. She told viewers in her video, “I love being an adult, learning new things. Did you know that medicine is not in glasses?”

The reality, as she discovered, is purely scientific. Imani explained that an optician shapes lenses to match a patient’s needs. According to Daily Dot, she noted that “the glass is just shaved down in a particular measurement to fit the needs of your eyes,” adding that the whole process is based on “science and it’s math.” If you don’t wear glasses, you’re not going to know the engineering behind them, but they are getting more recognition as K-Pop idols wear them.

Glasses are just lenses that go on your face

Unfortunately, the internet wasn’t very kind about her public learning moment. After her clip went live, both TikTok and Reddit comments were flooded with people acting like she was completely incapable of navigating adulthood. Many users tried to find fault with the story, insisting she must have misunderstood her relatives.

Imani eventually posted follow-up videos addressing the intense backlash she received. She felt the reaction was extreme, explaining that commenters treated her like she had confessed to something truly outrageous. She recalled that the misinformation stemmed from her childhood, noting that her great-grandmother used to warn kids not to touch glasses because “they got medicine in them.”

Even with that childhood context, the cruelty was shocking. She stated, “I’ve been called everything but my name in those comments.” She insisted that learning publicly shouldn’t invite this kind of abuse.

She pointed out the overall toxicity of the platform, saying, “this internet is wicked.” She argued that people often confuse being uninformed with being incapable of learning, which is a key difference we all need to remember. I mean, we have people wanting war criminals’ statues to stay up because they don’t know any better, so it’s impossible to say everyone out there is educated or born knowing everything.

She concluded by saying, “If y’all do this to people who just sharing a genuine fun fact, something they learn, I literally can’t imagine what you do to people who actually make true mistakes in life.” As Redditor u/miss-bedazzzle perfectly summarized the situation, “We shouldn’t shame people for learning.”