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If I could see you in glasses I could tell you.
Is there anything at all you don't need your glasses for? I presume not, or you'd know whether you're short or long. What's the last thing you can remember not needing your glasses/contacts for? For example I remember that when I was 12 it was still possible to read without glasses on (if I held the book quite close to my face) which indicates that I'm shortsighted.
Otherwise... if you take your contacts out, close one eye and slowly move your hand towards and away from your face, is it ever in focus? If so, shortsighted. It's entirely possible you can do it with boths eyes open of course, but I say without because I can't - by the time I reach my field of vision (about 3 inches) I've got double vision :0P
I've never ever been given an indication of my eyesight on the 20/20 (or 6/6) system, so I have no idea what, on practical terms, your eyesight represents. I understand how the system works, but I'm not sure if it actually gives any indication of whether you're long or short sighted. I don't think it does. It's too late at night for me to think through the logic of why that should be though, particularly as it's not, as I say, a system that's been used on me.
Do you know what diopter your lenses are? If it's a positive number then you're longsighted, if it's a negative number you're shortsighted.
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