I saw two neighbors between my eyes. Then I lost my right eye, but I was still the same. Then one neighbour left, but I was still no different. Finally, I lost my left eye and now I no longer belong to any culture.
Who was I?
Edit: Changed the wording a bit to make some points clearer
Hint 1:
I come in many forms, where one form is hard to find, while a more common one might hurt you.
Hint 2:
\ ( o . o ) /
*i??i*
but I can't find one that fits. $\endgroup$ – Engineer Toast Feb 19 '16 at 7:22