• ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They’re called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.

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      6 days ago

      The way its been described to me is that if you suddenly see a snow storm in your eye then you need to get to the doctor immediately

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      5 days ago

      To help the the confusion, “floaters” can refer to when small chunks of poop dont flush and instead stay floating during the flush.

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        12 hours ago

        My ex told me to stop calling them floaters because it made her think of poop. Thing is, that’s literally what they’re called.