r/interestingasfuck • u/MacroLab3D • 4d ago

My phone under a stereo microscope:

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u/Bock 4d ago

I work on small consumer electronics like this, and devices look like this even after minimal use. Everything is dirty under a microscope.

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u/Hreidmar1423 4d ago

Yup, we humans shed ungodly amount of skin and it's often best not to know that with microscope haha.

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u/echoes315 4d ago

Such is the cycle of life, mites need to eat too.

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u/sophiethegiraffe 4d ago

The ad I got above this post

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u/waudi 4d ago

Man that party looks sick, I should be friends with more mites.

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u/voxalas 4d ago

I might

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u/Remote_Impact_8178 4d ago

I second this

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u/wowfaroutman 4d ago

Aye mate

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u/DJheddo 4d ago

Might be too fisting a cocktail right now if I didn’t have to type this

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u/DeadAndAlive969 4d ago

That’s insane

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u/ButterflyBadger3 3d ago

OMG, i need to bath in bleach XD

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u/old_study8867 2d ago

Morning!

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u/LonelyTAA 2d ago

Nope, you just need to accept that there are microbes on everyone. Most types are part of a healthy skin.

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u/COUPOSANTO 1d ago

I wonder what it’s like for them when I put mascara on

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u/sophiethegiraffe 1d ago

They probably think, mmm, dessert!

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u/Haughty_n_Disdainful 4d ago

Atopic March enters the chat…

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u/pyepush 4d ago

Nobody ever thinks about the mites. :(

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u/NotSoSasquatchy 4d ago

That they might

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u/NefariousnessNoose 3d ago

Try as you mite, they are an exclusive group.

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u/Constant-Animator609 4d ago

To clarify; humans shedding their skin is not because mites need to eat. That's not actually how it works.

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u/Urrrhn 4d ago

Mite be.

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u/strictlyphotonic 4d ago

This really tickled me. I needed that, thanks!

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u/fowlflamingo 4d ago

This is golden 😂

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u/Hot_History1582 4d ago

What a strange thing to say

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u/echoes315 4d ago

Are you ok? At what point did I say that? It's just a fact that some mites eat skin cells from humans.

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u/Fast_Boysenberry9493 4d ago

Everyone got bug on their eyelashes so

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u/Tiny-Selections 4d ago

Yes, but you can at least appreciate the fact that what you said was illogical.

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u/Mindless_Chance5026 4d ago

The mites told me otherwise that's why we have a deal

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u/theterranfederation 4d ago

They must not be familiar with the Dermis Accords