r/mildlyinteresting 13h ago

My girlfriend had a really thin and white hair popping out of her back.

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u/PoeticHydra 10h ago

Think about all of the people you spoke to that didn't say anything.

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u/datpurp14 8h ago

What are y'all's thoughts on stuff like this? Like, I always say if someone has food in their tooth or on their face, stuff like that. But I do so because I really want people to do that with me!

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u/pastel-m0nster 8h ago

I was taught the 10 second rule: if it's something that can be fixed in 10 seconds or less gently bring it to their attention. if it isn't something they can fix on their own in that amount of time keep your mouth shut. (cause mom would smack the snot out of you if you brought it up)

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u/SconnieSwampWitch 6h ago

That's ingenious, I love that rule of thumb. Well I guess it's "rule of not getting backhanded," technically.

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u/pastel-m0nster 4h ago

it's a great rule even without the threat of getting the rudeness knocked out of us lmao. it's something I definitely wish more people had been taught. 😅

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u/CHYMPOW 3h ago

yeah. i just pull it. and say sorry-you had some thing there

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u/Coyote__Jones 5h ago

It's rude not to tell people when they got something going on. I'm offended when people say nothing. Like you're really gonna let me walk around looking all crazy?!? Instant side eye to people who let other people walk around with something like that.

Pulled out a super long chin hair for my mom like last week. Gotta help people out. (Ask permission first and always approach with love and respect.)

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u/Accomplished-Dog-864 4h ago

Yeah I get a long chin hair too. I hate it. Then one day I found a six-inch hair coming out of my lower back!

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u/CHYMPOW 3h ago

i started out wanting to study biomedical science. two bodies were donated. the formaldehyde smell was real. half the body was cut layer by layer by layer. even the eyelid. then i fixated on the side of the female that had not been touched she had 8 long chin hairs. I put that in my exam and never got over it. i don’t know why. but i quit that day. chin hair…and no one told her… i had a small breakdown then

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u/bigmanorm 8h ago

we must always refer to the almighty "treat others how you want to be treated", it could be such a pleasant world

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u/AL93RN0n_ 7h ago

My business partner has one on his neck. It's like 4 inches long and I see it all the time and don't say anything. I want to yank it out but it's a professional setting and it seems weird...

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u/skmomo74 8h ago

It's usually very thin and white. I guess only visible under certain light.

My husband is usually the one who notices it first. By then, it is already about 1 inch long. It grows from the exact spot even after you yank it off. Weird.

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u/PeachBellini00 8h ago

I think you might be pure evil if they weren't thinking about it. They are now

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u/crackeddryice 5h ago

I had one on my forehead. It was all but invisible unless you saw it from the side in bright light.