Like if you need to fix your glasses joints it's better to just buy a small screwdriver with multiple heads and ask the hardware store to match any screws that need replacing
Non-glasses-wearers will always suggest drugstore glasses repair kits whenever you complain about your glasses needing repair, because they see those kits every time they check out, so it's imprinted into their brain that this is the solution to broken glasses. And god damn if that isn't an allegory for several different things at once.
