Why does squinting temporarily help us see better?

[Anonymous]

Why does squinting temporarily help us see better? I've always wanted to know. I don't understand it. Anyone know?

[tastefulbarbarian]

Eyesight issues are typically caused by the lengthening of the eye itself, so the lens doesn't focus properly. When you squint you compress the lens and realign it to a degree.

[tastefulbarbarian]

It turns out I'm wrong, so I wanted to correct my answer with this link: link

[Asker]

Cool

[UberTroll]

What tastefulbarbarian said. Making a tiny circle with your thumb and forefinger and holding it up to your eye to see through will help you see better too.

[Anonymous]

I have squinted because I have seen others do it, with attempt to see better.

But for me it does nothing.

[xzinax2]

i'm not going to link anything because people need to learn to do this themselves-go to google,or bing if you like torture,type in ''squinting seeing better'' or the entire sentence,open a result-learn.

[DanAG]

It would be ironic if the search linked back to GaG :D

[xzinax2]

this site needs to be excluded in search results. it belongs in the dark underbelly of the internet,with goatse.

[Asker]

I know how to look elswhere, I was asking gag.