The Joy of Popping
September 15, 2015 1:58 AM Subscribe
(Secretions, secretions everywhere, alert) As a zit popping video nears seven million views, the Guardian asks (popping video autoplay alert): "Millions are watching videos of cyst extractions, botfly removals and blackhead treatments. But what’s fuelling the explosive growth of the online community?" Also 12 pimple-popping videos, man pops tooth infection, a speciality website and reddit/r/popping. But, in medical advice, "think of a pimple as a little sack that holds oil, debris, and acne bacteria". On AskMeFi: "It tastes funny when I pop a zit." Previously (broken, but comments).
And I'm not clicking (or popping) anything, thanks.
posted by pracowity at 2:13 AM on September 15, 2015 [17 favorites]
posted by pracowity at 2:13 AM on September 15, 2015 [17 favorites]
Nature's Reddi-Wip dispenser.
posted by benzenedream at 2:25 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by benzenedream at 2:25 AM on September 15, 2015
Okay so... in the past I have fallen down this rabbit hole and watched a lot of these videos. Cysts can get really big. But that's horrible of The Guardian to autoplay that gif. These videos work better when you have some lead-up and anticipation.
posted by sixohsix at 2:28 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by sixohsix at 2:28 AM on September 15, 2015
Why ? Please, god..... WHY!!!!
posted by Pendragon at 2:28 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Pendragon at 2:28 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
But that's horrible of The Guardian to autoplay that gif.
Yes. This thread is a derail split from the earwax thread; originally posted The Guardian link as a comment on it (mainly because of their reference to metafilter which is how I found it), not originally viewing the autoplay video as (luckily) my browser setup doesn't play those. I should have put an alert on the comment, autoplay video or not, in that thread as it's gross to some all the way down. (Taz quickly added one this morning when I asked; thank you). My apologies that I did not originally add any alert to the comment.
posted by Wordshore at 2:37 AM on September 15, 2015
Yes. This thread is a derail split from the earwax thread; originally posted The Guardian link as a comment on it (mainly because of their reference to metafilter which is how I found it), not originally viewing the autoplay video as (luckily) my browser setup doesn't play those. I should have put an alert on the comment, autoplay video or not, in that thread as it's gross to some all the way down. (Taz quickly added one this morning when I asked; thank you). My apologies that I did not originally add any alert to the comment.
posted by Wordshore at 2:37 AM on September 15, 2015
"Millions are watching..."
Millions of... of... beings. Watching... on purpose...
But. Not. Me.
posted by Splunge at 2:41 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Millions of... of... beings. Watching... on purpose...
But. Not. Me.
posted by Splunge at 2:41 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Comedo Central.
posted by Segundus at 2:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [21 favorites]
posted by Segundus at 2:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [21 favorites]
Another "Awesome post, not clicking anything" post, if that makes sense.
posted by sidereal at 2:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by sidereal at 2:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Never before have I wished that MeFi had a "hide" button for FPPs. Something about this makes me physically cringe.
Not that it's a bad post, of course. Sorry, Wordshore!
posted by Spinda at 2:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
Not that it's a bad post, of course. Sorry, Wordshore!
posted by Spinda at 2:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
Having long felt this compulsion, and knowing it to be a thing, I've always liked the idea that some of this is an atavistic callback to primate grooming (popping other people's zits is even nicer than one's own). Another take, which is more recent and perhaps more fruitful, is that there's a propensity towards having things taken out of the body which mirrors an antipathy towards having things put in - cf, medical bleeding vs anti-vaxers, fear of mobile phones, etc.
A mildly weird but in general pleasurable quirk - and as always, you can't really say why it's there. Which means lots of mildly weird by generally pleasurable discussion. Double mitzvah!
posted by Devonian at 2:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [7 favorites]
A mildly weird but in general pleasurable quirk - and as always, you can't really say why it's there. Which means lots of mildly weird by generally pleasurable discussion. Double mitzvah!
posted by Devonian at 2:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [7 favorites]
I just want to know where the sliver removal videos are..
(honestly, in the early morning hours when I saw this fpp, I read it as "the joy of pooping"...which, actually made more sense to me....)
posted by HuronBob at 3:21 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
(honestly, in the early morning hours when I saw this fpp, I read it as "the joy of pooping"...which, actually made more sense to me....)
posted by HuronBob at 3:21 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
God I had to skip to the end of that first zit popping video because i couldn't handle the anticipation. I know, objectively speaking, that it's gross as hell: It's a bunch of blood and other bodily secretions. But when that thing finally pops, oh man. Such a good feeling.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 3:24 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by Elementary Penguin at 3:24 AM on September 15, 2015
Hey, where are all those "trigger warnings" for downright disgusting?
There are two alerts in the FPP - one of which leads the FPP - and the tags include NSFW, graphic and gross.
posted by Wordshore at 3:24 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
There are two alerts in the FPP - one of which leads the FPP - and the tags include NSFW, graphic and gross.
posted by Wordshore at 3:24 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
(honestly, in the early morning hours when I saw this fpp, I read it as "the joy of pooping"...which, actually made more sense to me....)
Strangely enough, my FPP draft folder/list is currently:
"1. Non-edible uses of cheese.
2. Let's talk about poop.
3. ..."
Decided after reaction to this post and the originating comment to push the poop one into 2016. Like the clickers issue, maybe the occasional multi-best-link summary one about body matters for people who find it interesting, but a regular outpouring of them on the blue is offputting for those either not into it, or find it gross.
posted by Wordshore at 3:32 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Strangely enough, my FPP draft folder/list is currently:
"1. Non-edible uses of cheese.
2. Let's talk about poop.
3. ..."
Decided after reaction to this post and the originating comment to push the poop one into 2016. Like the clickers issue, maybe the occasional multi-best-link summary one about body matters for people who find it interesting, but a regular outpouring of them on the blue is offputting for those either not into it, or find it gross.
posted by Wordshore at 3:32 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
But that's horrible of The Guardian to autoplay that gif.
Not helped by the fact that the GIF colour reduction & resizing make it look like it's half-full of spider eggs…
posted by Pinback at 3:32 AM on September 15, 2015
Not helped by the fact that the GIF colour reduction & resizing make it look like it's half-full of spider eggs…
posted by Pinback at 3:32 AM on September 15, 2015
wow this is something i do not get, at all. it's like, let's watch somebody vomit--wow, look at those chunks, technicolor, man.
posted by angrycat at 3:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by angrycat at 3:54 AM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
Viewing zitzapoppin' alone seems gross without being sufficiently... useful? Probably I would think differently if I were spotty. The gross (and of course unscrupulous) thing I might make myself watch would be secret video of people using the bathroom in general, just to see how other people behave when they do the stuff most of us think of as too private and embarrassing to reveal. Not just zits. Do they stand or sit? How much do they wipe? What the hell is he doing now? No! Eww! No! Oh, my everloving god, no! And he does not even wash his hands. Does not even look at the sink. Ack! Ackackack! [*head explodes like a Tim Burton Martian*] [*or like, you know...*]
posted by pracowity at 4:14 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by pracowity at 4:14 AM on September 15, 2015
secret video of people using the bathroom in general, just to see how other people behave when they do the stuff most of us think of as too private and embarrassing to reveal.
In my experience, people aren't shy about doing those things (and not washing their hands afterwards) in public bathrooms, no secret video required.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:27 AM on September 15, 2015
In my experience, people aren't shy about doing those things (and not washing their hands afterwards) in public bathrooms, no secret video required.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:27 AM on September 15, 2015
...FOR ME TO POP ON!
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 4:43 AM on September 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 4:43 AM on September 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
We had a much-browsed set of World Book Encyclopedias when I was a kid, and the photograph for the Surinam Toad article made my sister and I crazy--those embedded eggs on the female toad's back just begged to be picked out.
Thus it was with satisfaction that I discovered blackhead videos. All cystic purulent matter seems just nasty, but somehow I can watch comedones being expressed all day long.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:58 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
Thus it was with satisfaction that I discovered blackhead videos. All cystic purulent matter seems just nasty, but somehow I can watch comedones being expressed all day long.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:58 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
They're like visual ASMR to me
Yes. Every time someone links a zit-popping video, I am drawn in like a moth to a flame.
posted by briank at 5:01 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Yes. Every time someone links a zit-popping video, I am drawn in like a moth to a flame.
posted by briank at 5:01 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
If you enjoyed those, take a look at some videos for I & D (for incision and drainage) of abscesses. If you don't like them, the FOR GOD'S SAKE STAY AWAY FROM THOSE VIDEOS!
(We do this at work all the time; sometimes several times a day. When that first jet of pus comes out, it sounds like a fireworks display in the OR, with all the oohs and aahs from the people there)
(Enjoy your breakfast, everyone)
posted by TedW at 5:02 AM on September 15, 2015
(We do this at work all the time; sometimes several times a day. When that first jet of pus comes out, it sounds like a fireworks display in the OR, with all the oohs and aahs from the people there)
(Enjoy your breakfast, everyone)
posted by TedW at 5:02 AM on September 15, 2015
And there I was just reading about Julia Kristeva's theory of the Abject (in the fittingly titled "The Powers of Horror"). Which refers to what "disgusts" us, what we reject or expel (or try to) to try to keep up the idea of a clean and proper self. Hence it also refers to the body, especially to those aspects of the body that are not seen as part of the "living speaking subject": e.g. bodily fluids and wastes, dead bodies, body parts, flesh, guts and blood.
Strangely, we are also fascinated by the Abject, with "perverse pleasure".
So.. i don't know whether Kristeva had zits in mind formulating that, so far she's only talked about social fears of infiltration (e.g. the Red Scare), mixture (e.g. xenophobia) and body invasion/penetration (e.g. homophobia)... --but 7 million views can't lie!
posted by bigendian at 5:10 AM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
Strangely, we are also fascinated by the Abject, with "perverse pleasure".
So.. i don't know whether Kristeva had zits in mind formulating that, so far she's only talked about social fears of infiltration (e.g. the Red Scare), mixture (e.g. xenophobia) and body invasion/penetration (e.g. homophobia)... --but 7 million views can't lie!
posted by bigendian at 5:10 AM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
So, I don't mind most gross things - I can watch "torture porn" movies like Saw and Hostel without much problem, as part of my job I read about dermatological and ophthalmological diseases and medical procedures every day, and I pop my own zits from time to time - but when I clicked on that Guardian link and the GIF autoplayed? I came really close to being physically ill at my desk. I just... for almost all of the things I don't like in this world, I can understand why someone else might like them, but this? No. I am frankly astonished that there are millions of otherwise normal and decent human beings who get a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment at watching this. I mean, more power to you, and I'm sure there is stuff I like that is equally incomprehensible to others (violent video games, reality TV, the Boston Red Sox), but... wow.
posted by Rock Steady at 5:20 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 5:20 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Now I want a pony called Unfollow, just joking!
posted by yoHighness at 5:27 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by yoHighness at 5:27 AM on September 15, 2015
Once you pop, you cannot stop.
posted by MartinWisse at 5:33 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by MartinWisse at 5:33 AM on September 15, 2015
Doesn't The Rachel Papers include the view that the ultimate love experience is lying in bed post-coitally squeezing your beloved's blackheads?
posted by Segundus at 5:38 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Segundus at 5:38 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
My favorite pimple popper on YouTube is dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee. I like that she wears gloves and anesthetizes people before extraction their blackheads or cysts, although it appears from the comments on some videos that unsanitary conditions and screaming are part of the draw for some people.
posted by muddgirl at 5:45 AM on September 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by muddgirl at 5:45 AM on September 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
Hey y'all there's an r/boogers subreddit too hooray the internets is #onfleek
posted by blucevalo at 5:52 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by blucevalo at 5:52 AM on September 15, 2015
Never thought I'd be nostalgic for my acne-scarred adolescence.
posted by whuppy at 6:03 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by whuppy at 6:03 AM on September 15, 2015
It doesn't look like any of these links mention the superstar of this genre, Dr. Vikram Yadav whose top blackhead removal video has 27 million views.
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 6:10 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 6:10 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
On AskMeFi: "It tastes funny when I pop a zit."
posted by greatgefilte to Health & Fitness
Talk about a blast from the past!
(Epilogue: Ten years and a lot of medical training later, I get to pop other people's zits and get paid for it!)
posted by greatgefilte at 6:20 AM on September 15, 2015 [17 favorites]
posted by greatgefilte to Health & Fitness
Talk about a blast from the past!
(Epilogue: Ten years and a lot of medical training later, I get to pop other people's zits and get paid for it!)
posted by greatgefilte at 6:20 AM on September 15, 2015 [17 favorites]
Thank goodness for the advent of video-capable smartphones.
posted by Theta States at 6:49 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by Theta States at 6:49 AM on September 15, 2015
Solar comedones. You're welcome.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:50 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:50 AM on September 15, 2015
I was much happier not knowing this was a thing.
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
greatgefilte, do you ever have patients who report a post-zit-pop taste?
posted by mmmbacon at 7:21 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mmmbacon at 7:21 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
... okay.. okay.. yep, there you go; that's a pretty grody zit.... er.. uhm.. HOLY FUCK LADY ARE YOU A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE? HOW DID YOU LET IT GET LIKE THAT?! okay.. she's ... she's not done yet. wtf?!
posted by Xyanthilous P. Harrierstick at 7:25 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Xyanthilous P. Harrierstick at 7:25 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
There's something about these that is weirdly, simultaneously both soothing and unsettling. Like, they kinda give me a stomach ache and make me happy at the same time? I dunno. I think I might need more sleep.
posted by jbickers at 7:33 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by jbickers at 7:33 AM on September 15, 2015
I refuse to look at any of those links. I had an episode with a cyst on the back of my neck where I couldn't see what was going on, but overheard this exchange between my doctor and someone who had asked to observe.
"Uh-oh!"
"Ok, send me the dry-cleaning bill."
posted by lagomorphius at 7:36 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Uh-oh!"
"Ok, send me the dry-cleaning bill."
posted by lagomorphius at 7:36 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
I have this sebaceous cyst on the back of my neck (bigger than a Skittle, smaller than a peanut M&M), and while it doesn't hurt and isn't inflamed or anything, every few months it gets annoying enough for me to consider trying to remove it myself, via some arrangement of mirrors and sharp blades and vodka. I usually watch a couple of these videos and think, welp, that looks hideous so I guess back to ignoring it.
posted by penduluum at 7:36 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by penduluum at 7:36 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
This must be the reason dermatology is so competitive.
posted by florencetnoa at 7:44 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by florencetnoa at 7:44 AM on September 15, 2015
Omg if you're going to do this wear gloves jfc
posted by infinitewindow at 8:40 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by infinitewindow at 8:40 AM on September 15, 2015
Not helped by the fact that the GIF colour reduction & resizing make it look like it's half-full of spider eggs…
I see you are an optimist....
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [8 favorites]
I see you are an optimist....
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:55 AM on September 15, 2015 [8 favorites]
But, I’m afraid that, well … my name is Hannah, and I’m a popaholic
This is one of those exploitative Jezebel oversharing pieces from yesterday, isn't it.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:28 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is one of those exploitative Jezebel oversharing pieces from yesterday, isn't it.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:28 AM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Part of me knows that religious scriptures show us that obsession with pimples and pus is one of the oldest, most fundamental interests of mankind, part of me is like WHYYYYYYY do people do this, but most of me is like, "Ooooo, that sounds gross, I should click it!"
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 9:48 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 9:48 AM on September 15, 2015
Seconding muddgirl! Dr. Sandra Lee is my favorite. Ever since I started watching her, I can't watch other blackhead/pimple videos. They're just too unhygienic. Dr. Lee's got gloves and tools and gauze! She's a pro!
posted by cadge at 9:54 AM on September 15, 2015
posted by cadge at 9:54 AM on September 15, 2015
MetaFilter: unsanitary conditions and screaming are part of the draw for some people.
posted by Wordshore at 10:00 AM on September 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Wordshore at 10:00 AM on September 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
I can't figure out why object extraction (splinters, slivers), surgical procedures, corpses (probably including autopsies, though I've never seen one), and even insect/larvae extraction don't bother me at all but cyst drainage -- just the memory of that autoplaying gif -- nauseates me.
I never popped my zits -- I had no idea that was a thing that people do until well into adulthood. So maybe I just lack being desensitized to it?
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:02 AM on September 15, 2015
I never popped my zits -- I had no idea that was a thing that people do until well into adulthood. So maybe I just lack being desensitized to it?
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:02 AM on September 15, 2015
Speaking for myself, there are few visceral experiences as completely satisfying as popping a zit. However, since I risked death to take an extra-long dose of Accutane (back when you could still get it prescribed), this is no longer a problem I have to deal with regularly. I'm glad to have clear skin, but the feeling of squeezing a bundle of poison out out out, man. Watching videos helps me remember the sense of purification/triumph that always accompanied a good extraction.
(I just finished reading a book where the author kept describing a character with terrible acne, and there was one scene where he was dwelling on how tight a large pustule on his face felt, with a hard peak at the top, and I was like "MAN THIS IS THE TIME TO POP IT COME ON COME ON" and I was super disappointed that he just went on living his fictional life.)
posted by a fiendish thingy at 10:32 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
(I just finished reading a book where the author kept describing a character with terrible acne, and there was one scene where he was dwelling on how tight a large pustule on his face felt, with a hard peak at the top, and I was like "MAN THIS IS THE TIME TO POP IT COME ON COME ON" and I was super disappointed that he just went on living his fictional life.)
posted by a fiendish thingy at 10:32 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
Last night, my 6yo daughter had me reading a book she likes about the craft of story writing, we got to the part about dictionaries and thesauruses, and I decided to show her how much cooler word searches are on the internet where we have encyclopedia articles and etymologies and images to go with every word.
At least she wasn't in a position to watch over my shoulder.
I should have gotten less excited and read more carefully.
posted by roystgnr at 10:35 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
At least she wasn't in a position to watch over my shoulder.
I should have gotten less excited and read more carefully.
“Carbuncle”? Whatʼs that?! Look it up in a dictionary! But don't do it on a full stomach.How weird. Why wouldn't you want to learn about gemstones on a full OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
posted by roystgnr at 10:35 AM on September 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Is there a word for the emotion that is a combination of truly disgusted and deeply relieved? Because that's what I feel from these.
posted by lumpenprole at 11:29 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by lumpenprole at 11:29 AM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
Is there a word for the emotion that is a combination of truly disgusted and deeply relieved?
Internet?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:23 PM on September 15, 2015
Internet?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:23 PM on September 15, 2015
Christ, I could have been a star if this were around during my adolescence. A very very troubled star.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:24 PM on September 15, 2015
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:24 PM on September 15, 2015
I get the same deep satisfaction when I pull a weed, and the tap root lifts out completely, with a few tugs of resistance to make me feel skilful.
There is a chasm of difference between the ameteur popping vidoes and the ones taken in doctors' offices. I had no idea that lancing boils, or draining cysts, or popping pimples was a social activity!!
posted by ohshenandoah at 3:27 PM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
There is a chasm of difference between the ameteur popping vidoes and the ones taken in doctors' offices. I had no idea that lancing boils, or draining cysts, or popping pimples was a social activity!!
posted by ohshenandoah at 3:27 PM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
When that first jet of pus comes out
The surgeon who lanced my extremely painful golfball-sized butt boil told me a saying she had learned in med school: "A surgeon lancing a boil is a surgeon in her finest hour." No other procedure brings such immediate relief to the patient. Man, was she right.
Hey, you know what these videos would remind me of if I were stupid enough to click on them? Removing the packing from the abscess a week later. Mmmmmm.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:53 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
The surgeon who lanced my extremely painful golfball-sized butt boil told me a saying she had learned in med school: "A surgeon lancing a boil is a surgeon in her finest hour." No other procedure brings such immediate relief to the patient. Man, was she right.
Hey, you know what these videos would remind me of if I were stupid enough to click on them? Removing the packing from the abscess a week later. Mmmmmm.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:53 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
There is a chasm of difference between the ameteur popping vidoes and the ones taken in doctors' offices. I had no idea that lancing boils, or draining cysts, or popping pimples was a social activity!!
I didn't realize it was social at first, either. I stumbled upon popping videos from other "DIY home operation" videos.
So get this: some places don't have universal healthcare, and that causes a lot of people that don't have adequate insurance/money to try and take care of medical issues on their own, at home, sometimes with the aid of friends and family.
And some of them record it and put it online to show the world their: cyst removal, tooth extraction, bone setting, bandage re-application, etc etc etc.
posted by Theta States at 6:53 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
I didn't realize it was social at first, either. I stumbled upon popping videos from other "DIY home operation" videos.
So get this: some places don't have universal healthcare, and that causes a lot of people that don't have adequate insurance/money to try and take care of medical issues on their own, at home, sometimes with the aid of friends and family.
And some of them record it and put it online to show the world their: cyst removal, tooth extraction, bone setting, bandage re-application, etc etc etc.
posted by Theta States at 6:53 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
The surgeon who lanced my extremely painful golfball-sized butt boil told me a saying she had learned in med school: "A surgeon lancing a boil is a surgeon in her finest hour." No other procedure brings such immediate relief to the patient. Man, was she right.
I plan to share that quote with the surgeons the next time we drain some pus. I could have done it yesterday afternoon, in fact, but hadn't seen it yet.
posted by TedW at 9:49 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
I plan to share that quote with the surgeons the next time we drain some pus. I could have done it yesterday afternoon, in fact, but hadn't seen it yet.
posted by TedW at 9:49 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
Just a point, but the links in the FPP are only to mainstream examples. During the hour of researching this, came across more weird cases, such as unconsensual popping e.g. popping someone elses zits while they are asleep, popping the spots of animals e.g. pets or farm animals, and sexual gratification either enhanced or achieved by popping (which then heads into (alert for sexual) balloon popping territory but ... no). And ... other stuff I don't want to type because just too weird and I keep thinking "Did I really see that? Should I check just to make sur...NO NO NO"
Basically, in perspective, if you thought some of the FPP stuff was gross, then there is more extreme (if that's a comfort).
Weekly therapy, tomorrow, is going to be interesting.
posted by Wordshore at 11:18 AM on September 16, 2015
Basically, in perspective, if you thought some of the FPP stuff was gross, then there is more extreme (if that's a comfort).
Weekly therapy, tomorrow, is going to be interesting.
posted by Wordshore at 11:18 AM on September 16, 2015
popping the spots of animals e.g. pets or farm animals
One time I popped an infected zit on my dog. She just looked at me like "Hey. I was licking that."
posted by lumpenprole at 11:27 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
One time I popped an infected zit on my dog. She just looked at me like "Hey. I was licking that."
posted by lumpenprole at 11:27 AM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
The surgeon who lanced my extremely painful golfball-sized butt boil told me a saying she had learned in med school: "A surgeon lancing a boil is a surgeon in her finest hour." No other procedure brings such immediate relief to the patient. Man, was she right.
Youtube link?
posted by Theta States at 1:31 PM on September 16, 2015
Youtube link?
posted by Theta States at 1:31 PM on September 16, 2015
Not sure if this one has been mentioned, but this has to be the mother of them all. Sweet Jesus.
posted by jbickers at 3:41 PM on September 16, 2015
posted by jbickers at 3:41 PM on September 16, 2015
Youtube link?
That was done in pre-Internet times, to wit: 1989. I watched the fall of the Soviet Union while lying on my side, woozy from Percocet. It was awesome.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:09 PM on September 16, 2015
That was done in pre-Internet times, to wit: 1989. I watched the fall of the Soviet Union while lying on my side, woozy from Percocet. It was awesome.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:09 PM on September 16, 2015
That was done in pre-Internet times, to wit: 1989. I watched the fall of the Soviet Union while lying on my side, woozy from Percocet. It was awesome.
You're halfway to a gen-x novel!
posted by Theta States at 7:43 AM on September 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
You're halfway to a gen-x novel!
posted by Theta States at 7:43 AM on September 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
My novel, written from an authentic baby-boomer perspective, would just have a bunch of characters looking for lawns to stand on so they could complain about the unfair treatment they get from the Olds.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:20 AM on September 17, 2015
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:20 AM on September 17, 2015
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