I mean, it's mostly just a vicious rumor. Cool people don't need corrective lenses anyway.
This reminds me of that time somebody was trying to call me out for having a fake Louis Vuitton bag. I mean, the snakeskin had only JUST started to fall off after a week, that doesn't mean it's fake!
That clinches it. I'm never going to East Asia. They're just too culturally advanced for me.