Topic: Sometimes I can't stop thinking about eyelash mites and it freaks me out

Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #12,285

Fuck these things.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 14 years ago, 32 seconds later[^] [v] #221,097

Anonymous A (OP) triple-posted this 14 years ago, 27 seconds later, 59 seconds after the original post[^] [v] #221,098

Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 9 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #221,099

er, does everyone have those?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #221,100

@previous (Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw)
Yes.

The mites have tiny claws, and needlelike mouthparts for eating skin cells. Their bodies are layered with scales, which help them anchor themselves in the follicle.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #221,101

Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw replied with this 14 years ago, 13 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #221,103

Dear God...I just lost a part of my soul.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,152

Get a Kirby!

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,228

Sometimes I get a little crazy and spend an hour or two looking at the mirror trying to see them.

Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,259

Well, I guess its time to cut my eyelashes off.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 11 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,261

They eat dead skin cells, and they do you no harm. If they bother you, you might want to stop eating cheese and living in a house.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,263

@previous (F)
I don't care about other mites as long as they're not living in my fucking eyelids.

Anonymous F replied with this 14 years ago, 36 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,264

@previous (A)
What about the bacteria that lives inside you?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,266

@previous (F)
They're fine, they can stay. They don't have fucking mouthparts anyway.

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,268

@previous (A)
I wonder how many of then fall off and we inhale/swallow then without even knowing it?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 57 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,269

@previous (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)
Shut the fuck up man.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 54 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,270

@221,268 (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)
Fuck you.

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,271

@221,269 (A)
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Image the total over a lifetime? They are small so it can't be more than what a half pound to a pound?

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 2 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,392

I wonder if they ever touch the eyes. I imagine that they need to eat, right? If they land on the eyes and can't get off, would they burrow inside your eyes?

Could your eyes have many microscopic tunnels inside them, with thousands of mites breeding? Could your eyes have tiny mites crawling over them right this second?

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,393

@previous (D)
Yes! And I wonder, if enough of them infest your eyes, if you can feel them squirming and wiggling and burrowing?

Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,395

@previous (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)
and hissing and crackling

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,396

@previous (Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw)
Writhing with pleasure as they engage in masturbatory mite rituals literally right in front of your eyes. Then their mite jizz forms a layer of glazed crust over your eyes like some organic contact lens.

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,399

@221,393 (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)

I wonder... if they make enough tunnels, could they get infected and flies lay eggs in them? So you wake up one morning and maggots are consuming your eyes?

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,401

@previous (D)
Or if the maggots could stay and turn into flies. One minute you're eating at a nice restaurant and just as you are about to tell your date how beautiful she is you blink and a fly comes out. Then two then four then a steady stream of flies pour out of your eyes.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,403

@221,396 (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 54 seconds later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,405

@221,401 (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)

That sounds hilarious and I'm going to film a comedy skit of it. Except that the man also vomits over an old dignified woman's lap and shits his pants.

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 26 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,410

@previous (D)
Yes. And he wipes his mouth and turns to his date: "I...I'm terribly sorry about all of this.". Then he farts really loud and vomits again. She gets a smile on her face, rips off her top and smears the vomit all over her tits: "Sorry? I'm sorry you didn't do this earlier! Take me!"

He gets a serious look on his face and then rushes into her arms and starts kissing her. Then he vomits again and more flies come out of his eyes. The dignified woman begins to shriek loudly as the lovers continue to kiss and vomit whilst kissing.

There you go. That's fucking hilarious.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,413

@previous (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)
I have the weirdest boner right now.

Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ replied with this 14 years ago, 33 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #221,423

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Yeah I read that a couple times and had to rub one off on the spot. I blew my load into the trash can and wiped myself off on the curtains. Good to go.

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 year later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,468

bump for demodex

(Edited 13 seconds later.)

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,469

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,470

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 42 seconds later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,471

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,472

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,473

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umTj47ltn4

Syntax joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,475

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/11/180570160/tiny-mites-spark-big-battle-over-imports-of-french-cheese

Mites are in the news. French encourage them in Cheese.

henn the lord of cocks joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,476

Everytime your eye itches... It's these things...

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 44 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,479

> being bothered by microscopic things that don't actually harm you
lol u guise

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,481

@OP
You can see your own with a shitty cheap microscope and pair of tweezers.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 32 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,482

@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Now I want to do this and name mine. :3

(Edited 21 seconds later.)

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,483

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
How will you keep track of them once you've assigned names? They all look pretty similar!

doctor superman md !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,484

@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
wow that is racist

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,485

@416,483 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
I will, of course, give them tiny collars with tiny names on.

They just so adorable! And if you just stop and relax, you can almost feel them!

@previous (doctor superman md !jdTkvovFCQ)
Yeah... I thought he'd know better than this, being a Brit living in multicultural London, but I guess not. :-/

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,486

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> I will, of course, give them tiny collars with tiny names on.
Good idea. I will give mine tiny hats.
> Yeah... I thought he'd know better than this, being a Brit living in multicultural London, but I guess not. :-/
I do, in fact, no longer live in London! I am somewhere closer to you now. :3

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs double-posted this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,487

@416,484 (doctor superman md !jdTkvovFCQ)
I am sorry dw!

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,488

@416,486 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
> Good idea. I will give mine tiny hats.
Great idea. It'll be just like TF2.

> I do, in fact, no longer live in London! I am somewhere closer to you now. :3
Wereabouts?

TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 52 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,491

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
South West. I'm closer to Bristol than Cornwall though.

(Edited 5 minutes later.)

!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,504

@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)

ur gona get bumed m8

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,521

@416,491 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Do you guys still get pasties? If you're not getting pasties, you're not really living in the South West.

Well, let me know if you ever find yourself down this way. We can drink cider and make awkward conversation.

Anonymous K replied with this 13 years ago, 37 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,529

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Pasties (sing. 'pasty') are patches that cover a woman's nipples and areolae which are affixed with adhesive. Though pasties are commonly associated with burlesque and erotic entertainment, they are also at times worn more casually as an undergarment and occasionally as beachwear. As an example of rarer use, in the annual "Go Topless Day" protests in the United States, otherwise topless female demonstrators wear imitation nipple pasties over their own nipples, in case they are prosecuted.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,532

@previous (K)
I don't see how these are associated with erotic entertainment, or even how they'd attach to a tit, but okay,

(Edited 9 minutes later.)

Anonymous P joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,535

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
You eat yours and they are gone in minutes.

You suck on hers and you can suck all day and all night and in the morning and next month its still all there to suck on.

(remove silly fabric of course)

Anonymous N replied with this 13 years ago, 10 hours later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,568

@416,521 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
We do have pasties! And cream tea, Devonshire fudge, and Cornish cider!

And thanks bud. :D

Anonymous Q joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,579

This is why I want to become a robot.

Anonymous R joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #416,600

@416,529 (K)
@416,535 (P)
shut the fuck up syntax

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 years later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,740

Bump. These still live in your eyelashes.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 56 seconds later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,741

Just a mite, chilling among your eyelashes.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) triple-posted this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,742

Burrowing in your skin.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) quadruple-posted this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,743

You can buy stock images of this shit.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) quintuple-posted this 11 years ago, 48 seconds later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,744

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) sextuple-posted this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,746

Anonymous S joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 36 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,752

@OP
Obsessive plucking time again?

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,831

@previous (S)
Who the fuck plucks their eyelashes? And no.

Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,833

@221,100 (A)

Actually, it's more like 70% of people. Whoops, more like 95%. Still, 5% chance.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,834

@previous (Green !BEERiVqJJw)
Yes. But it's safe to say that all the people here have them due to poor hygiene.

Green !BEERiVqJJw replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,835

@previous (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Should we all start pouring vodka into our eyes?

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,836

@previous (Green !BEERiVqJJw)
It could not hurt.

The Owl !KThEOwLwbU replied with this 11 years ago, 36 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,853

Still think that they could tunnel into your eyes.

Anonymous U joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 59 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,870

@561,831 (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Cancer patients

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 5 hours later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,935

@OP
Have your eyes felt more itchy after learning about these? :D

Also, I think it's sort of cool to think that I'm not just one lifeform walking around. I've got all these little things on me too.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,945

@561,870 (U)
Yes, that's why cancer patients go bald. Because they obsessively pluck themselves. Great point, retard.

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Yes. I just learned that failing to wash off eye makeup at the end of the day can lead to more mites. I never wash off eyeliner/eyelash primer/mascara. I probably have billions of these fuckers.

Anonymous M replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,947

@previous (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Can having too many lead to health problems of some sort? Can you have too many, even? The "food supply" must set some sort of limit on them.

The Owl !KThEOwLwbU replied with this 11 years ago, 44 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,960

@561,945 (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)

You should make sure to announce that to clients before meeting them

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,972

@previous (The Owl !KThEOwLwbU)
I think that's a grate idea.

@561,947 (M)
Yeah, skin problems.

Anonymous R replied with this 11 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,976

@previous (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
This might necessitate a revision to your business cards and email signatures.

Anonymous M replied with this 11 years ago, 20 minutes later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,990

@561,972 (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Then there is only one solution. You must bleach your eyelashes.

I know you'll damage your skin and risk blinding yourself, but it's worth it in the long run to rid yourself of the mite menace.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #561,992

@previous (M)
As long as they still look black with mascara that would be fine. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Anonymous U replied with this 11 years ago, 8 hours later, 3 years after the original post[^] [v] #562,096

@previous (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)

> As long as they still look black with mascara that would be fine. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

The only way to be sure, is plucking removal and bleaching of the eyelids. You could apply fake lashes if vanity demands it.

Anonymous V joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 7 months later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #639,379

Bump

Green !BEERiVqJJw replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #639,387

Not everyone has them. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones who doesn't? Also, they aren't as bad as shit like lice.

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao replied with this 10 years ago, 6 months later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #698,279

im gay lol

beckyderp !Hi.HILLARY (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 43 minutes later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #698,295

beckyderp !Hi.HILLARY (OP) double-posted this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #698,296

Green !BEERiVqJJw replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #698,297

@previous (beckyderp !Hi.HILLARY)

Is that one of the new Pokemon.

bhutan joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 6 hours later, 4 years after the original post[^] [v] #698,384

@698,296 (beckyderp !Hi.HILLARY)
I was just talking about these with my mom yesterday

cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 years later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,472

New Demodex pictures!!

cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,474

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cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) septuple-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,480

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Gunn !aMo11s/sR. joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 22 minutes later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,484

@previous (cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE)
Hot.

Gunn !aMo11s/sR. double-posted this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,485

Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 7 hours later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,537

@221,228 (D)

I was just thinking this!

Anonymous Z-1 joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,552

@949,485 (Gunn !aMo11s/sR.)
why

Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 37 minutes later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,558

@previous (Z-1)

Who knows

Anonymous Z-1 replied with this 7 years ago, 9 minutes later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,559

@previous (D)
haha

cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 6 hours later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #949,641

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KXKizM5Szk

beckyderp !TInYDicKMI (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 5 months later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #996,084

Demodex 2019

Face mites feast on skin oils, mate while you sleep

Meet the mites that live on your face

The correlation between the microstructure of meibomian glands and ocular Demodex infestation: A retrospective case-control study in a Chinese population.

Dead !Pool..v42s joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 7 years after the original post[^] [v] #996,170

cccuuunnttt !.cATkimmOo (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 3 years later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,743

These mites living on your face may go extinct and that's not good news

I'm sorry guys
I take it back

Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 4 hours later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,852

Spiders are insects.

Anonymous Z-4 joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 31 minutes later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,860

@1,204,743 (cccuuunnttt !.cATkimmOo)
we never know what we had until it's gone :(

Anonymous Z-5 joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 15 minutes later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,869

@1,204,743 (cccuuunnttt !.cATkimmOo)
get a life

LadyD !Pool..v42s replied with this 3 years ago, 4 minutes later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,874

@previous (Z-5)
She's now trying to save hundreds, possibly thousands of lives

Green !StaYqkzUPc replied with this 3 years ago, 15 minutes later, 11 years after the original post[^] [v] #1,204,887

I use dry eye drops when my eyes are dry it's like a bath for my eyes.

Minichan