Comment on The misuse of Q-Tips was a problem even in the 23rd century

dynamo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nothing. Your ears are self-cleaning unless you got a medical condition.

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  • dynamo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    bullshit. If i don’t clean out the ear canals they get blocked entirely

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    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Talk with your doctor about that, but typically that shouldn’t happen, though some people’s ear canals are narrower where that can happen. There are proper unclogging medications you can use for that.

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      • dynamo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean, a qtip works tho

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      • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have to clean my ears all the time because if I don’t hello? Hello is anyone there HELLO?

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    • swordsmanluke@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I got the earwax but good. I usually abuse qtips too.

      But.

      If you want to really know what a clean ear canal is like, get a squeeze bulb. You fill it with hot water (hot like tap, not like boiled) and then hydroblast your ear holes until all the wax melts and runs out.

      When you get rid of a real bad wax ball… Aww man, it’s amazing. It’s like you just removed earplugs. The world is suddenly so much louder.

      Fuckin’ amazing.

      …scuse me, I think Imma go find my squeeze bulb.

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• jawa21@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It would still be the standard issue Q-Tip, but by regulation you can not go deeper than the exterior.

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• dukk@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just wash them in the shower.

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  • dynamo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not enough pressure to work

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