Recent comments in /f/mildlyinteresting
Peeinyourcompost t1_j1yv3p2 wrote
Reply to My hair had 15 split ends by DjohariDjohariah
I can explain this!
The structure of a strand of human hair is a lot like the structure of a steel bridge cable or a fiber optic cable, with a bundle of long fibers encased in an outer cuticle, which under a miscroscope looks sort of like a bunch of flat scales all pointing in the same direction. You can feel these scales if you rub a strand of hair one way, and then the other; the "wrong" way will feel a little squeakier. Split ends occur when that outer cuticle is damaged enough to expose the inner bundle and allow the fibers to spring free.
This particular pattern, which I have seen before, indicates that the cuticle is super worn away and fragile for a substantial length of the strand, which makes me think of a few possibilities: OP has been growing it out for a long time, regularly makes use of heat styling tools or tight hair ties, is involved in surfing/swimming/sports, or has used a color treatment that incorporates a lifting agent that chemically breaks the bonds between the cuticle scales to allow the treatment to penetrate the strand. All lightening agents and most permanent dyes do this, apart from plant-based dyes with no additives, such as pure henna lawsonia.
Tl;dr nope, it's not a bug leg!
[deleted] OP t1_j1yuy54 wrote
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raysuf t1_j1yu4ef wrote
Reply to comment by AstraiosMusic in All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
Thanks for clarifying. I get accused of being pedantic or nitpicking over semantics, but words have uses and I get confused sometimes.
Zelensexual t1_j1ytvzq wrote
Reply to My hair had 15 split ends by DjohariDjohariah
Poor Boy
AstraiosMusic t1_j1ysrsx wrote
Reply to comment by raysuf in All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
Each number faces inboard except the 3, 6, and 9, having a different "rotation" than the other numbers. I'd say orientation would describe their placement better, as the title was indeed confusing.
HuskyRacoon t1_j1ysnaw wrote
Reply to My hair had 15 split ends by DjohariDjohariah
My cockateil has this exact same thing on his head
YaBoiPoi t1_j1yrzfe wrote
Reply to All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
This clock is infuriating
Kosbysweater91 t1_j1yrejc wrote
Came here to say, it's definitely a cat.
Mundane-Nectarine-48 t1_j1yqy4t wrote
I was thinking "fox"?
frenchy_1969_ t1_j1yqvlf wrote
Why not 😏
rhn345 t1_j1yqb9e wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealGerryJarcia in All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
Ao is 12. No change in angle for that too. Safe to say 36912 is constant
jaytanz OP t1_j1ypnos wrote
Reply to comment by ThinkUrSoGuyBigTough in Ice formed in the shape of a person after winter storm by jaytanz
Yap WI
DancingEnt t1_j1yorj4 wrote
Reply to comment by eatporkchopsdaily in All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
You better thank Nikola Tesla!
eatporkchopsdaily OP t1_j1yoh04 wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealGerryJarcia in All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
Didn't even notice that. Makes sense for 6 and 9 because the 6 would look like 9. I guess maybe for consistency on the multiples of 3?
watson1984 t1_j1yofce wrote
If I was to come back as a mannequin I would like to be sitting down
raysuf t1_j1yo4mu wrote
Reply to All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
I don't get it. Those numbers look like they are in a fixed position of the clock face. How do they rotate?
Ok_Hand4252 t1_j1ynsrv wrote
Some people in wheelchairs have too.
TreesBirdsGrass t1_j1ynm2p wrote
Beardywan_Kenobeard t1_j1ynkrn wrote
Reply to All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
And .... Ah shit two of you already?
[deleted] t1_j1ynhax wrote
Reply to All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
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robbeech t1_j1ynb2b wrote
Reply to All the numbers on this clock rotate with the round edge except 6 and 9 by eatporkchopsdaily
And …3. Beaten to it.
TheRealGerryJarcia t1_j1yn82j wrote
yourdoggoismine t1_j1ymq4h wrote
Reply to My hair had 15 split ends by DjohariDjohariah
That is an insect leg
retroactive_fridge t1_j1yjytl wrote
Reply to comment by brihamedit in Snickers seasoning by Yeetthyself64
And peanut.
Thejerseyjon609 t1_j1yv8ml wrote
Reply to comment by The_Zy in $44,999 50 year Balvenie Scotch whisky by Android9765
Wait, it’s not 2012? I may have been drinking