No one wears the monocle anymore. I would wonder why, but it seems self-evident to me. It takes a very rare combination of arrogance, condescension, and egoism to pull it off. Not too many people are capable of that, especially since the fall of the Third Reich.
From a practicality standpoint, I imagine one lens would suffice for reading purposes. Place it in the power eye and off you go. How does one stand having such a thing skewered into their eyesocket, though? What a pain in the ass. Don't the eyelashes contact it? Too weird for me.
Anyway, this has been bothering me for a couple of days. Thanks for letting me get it off my chest. To show my gratitude here's a picture of my favorite Nazi:
