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Ktulu789 t1_itr2uyc wrote

Reply to TIFU: By trying to discreetly treat a burn... on my finger by ghostredditorstempac

Man, five screens for a blister?? WTF?

Just pin a little hole in it to remove liquid and apply a band aid. In a couple hours it will stick with the skin. Add some gel if you want but it's easy as pie. A blister the size of a coin, half of it? Was it that hard? You overcomplicated it. Why couldn't you get help if you needed two hands? You didn't amputate your hand! What's so bad about it? Get a friend if you don't want to call your mom.

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harleyspoison267 t1_itr0hca wrote

Reply to TIFU: By trying to discreetly treat a burn... on my finger by ghostredditorstempac

Yeah... Next time if your dominant hand is injured and you live with another person, suck it up and let them dress your wounds so you don't make a huge mess/do it wrong. My fiance is a bartender and gets a lot of angry cuts from using his hands and citrus juice, so some weekends i have to sit there and bandage his fingers (big, tough, ex army dude), but it's just easier to make sure they actually heal. Also, mom's did all that stuff when you were 2 and screaming so theyve got it down now that you're older, it's really NBD lol.

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Sorrymomlol12 t1_itqw18f wrote

Reply to TIFU by taking care of a mouse problem by coolneatrad

This was probably a nicer conclusion to the gerbils life than what my idiot sister did. She had a hamster or gerbil I think (whichever is smaller) and that think would just not die. It was a mean motherfucker that would bite, sleep all day, then run on his squeaky wheel all night and keep her awake. They said they live two years but this thing was pushing 7. So one day, I saw a vine where she SET IT FREE AT THE PARK. I was like SISTER OMG ITS GOING TO DIE IMMEDIATELY. And she was like “no I set him free!” And I was like “if the dog wanted to swim in the ocean you wouldn’t “set it free” your his caretaker until he naturally kicks the can!! Anyway, together us and some friends searched the neighborhood and couldn’t find the poor thing, which probably became a snack for a hawk or something. RIP

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toady89 t1_itqvqic wrote

Reply to TIFU by taking care of a mouse problem by coolneatrad

Was your gerbil owning housemate aware you owned a cat? To me it makes sense to ask the other pet owner to feed your pets whilst you’re away, I’m assuming the guy supposed to feed them wasn’t a pet owner since forgetting to feed them is pretty poor.

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MercilessSorceress t1_itqnx6o wrote

Reply to comment by davros7000 in Tifu by assuming a kid has paint on her face by marshall105

Ha! When I was a kid I rode my bike into a fence and had road rash all over my face. A couple days later I had PB&J for lunch and my mom got mad that I was so messy and had dried jelly on my face. She insisted on scrubbing it off, no matter how much I objected. No mom, those are scabs ... She felt so bad when the "jelly" started bleeding! 🤣

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pax_penguina t1_itql8mh wrote

Reply to comment by Wilson-theVolleyball in TIFU by taking care of a mouse problem by coolneatrad

Hi, former gerbil owner here. I’d say most gerbils can’t pass for the average mouse on a good day, but if you don’t really know what you’re looking at it’s easy to be confused. Plus some country mice do have slightly varied coloration that makes it not un-possible to confuse the two species.

Honestly though, gerbils don’t usually give a fuck. Mice are usually pretty skittish. I can totally imagine a domesticated gerbil coming up to a human and going “Hey.”

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