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The original was posted on /r/funny by /u/PillowPete on 2024-05-13 06:11:05+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago

Most honest ad on Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Without seeing the other hand, we have no way of knowing that Q-tips caused this reaction.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The other Q-tip is up his urethra and it's spinning.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You didn't have to post this

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s ok - it’s the urethra that’s spinning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

welcome back, meatspin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The universal clock of time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ohh jacking it pales in comparison to hitting the e spot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to creat vibrating q-tips.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thought it was fake.

It's not fake.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Well, it's a pack of four sold third party so neither Amazon or Qtip brand uploaded the photo.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks like a Ferengi getting Oo-mox.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

On reddit I'd have said unexpected DS9. But on Lemmy it's more unexpected not to have a Trek reference in the comments.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (7 children)

No, you shouldn't use them for ears.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We all know we shouldn't.

We all still do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people downvoted me for this. 0.0

I didn't say not to have fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think watching a couple audiologist videos where they dig out years of compacted q-tip cotton pressed against the eardrum might change their opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That only happens to people with a very specific type of earwax.

Source: assumed everyone saying this online was correct and bought the camera myself to look. Sparkling clean despite using Q-Tips every day for most of my life.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait until you find out what people use 'back' massagers for.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean that one doesn't cause health issues so I'd recommend it over q-tipping ears

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I dunno, looks worth it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I’m convinced all the people who say that just have dry earwax.

I have wet earwax, and I’m miserable if I can’t clear my ears.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have wet as well. And you shouldn't.

You might be getting some, but you are pushing the majority back into your ear. It's probably why you feel like you must keep cleaning them, because it's never actually getting out. Eventually you'll get a clogged ear, and if you haven't experienced that yet, it fuckin sucks.

Your ear will naturally push the earwax out. Think of your ear as a conveyor belt. When new skin is made it pushes the earwax down the ear canals.

Best thing to do is wash and clean the outside of your ears well everyday. You can use a Q-tip for that. Listen to music at a reasonable level, wear ear protection at concerts, and try to give your ears a break from headphones and earphones periodically.

If it's really bothering you, get some hydrogen peroxide or ear wax remover and put it in your ear for like 10 minutes. Then use a hand bulb with warm water. Don't do this all the time though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I was experiencing some slight hearing loss because of a noisy environment at work. The audiologist looked in my ears and said she was worried that I might have done compacted earwax and asked if I used Q-tips. I sometimes did. She told me to stop and to clean them out by putting olive oil in each one, holding it for a while then letting it run out into tissue paper. I can't remember how much or for how long, but it definitely did the trick.

I can relate to the picture, very much, even though I don't use Q-tips any more.

I use drummer's ear buds now and they're great because my hearing recovered quite a lot, the tinnitus went away entirely and I can hear what people are saying when I'm wearing them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Another person with wet earwax. I found a product that's like a little scoop that I use instead. Wash it and reuse it a few times, not one and done like Q-Tips.

Clinere or something like that? I dunno, I'm not a shill. Just find something for cleaning ears that's like a scoop instead of like a baseball bat...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah I think it really depends on the type and consistency of your earwax. I’ve been using Q-Tips deep in my ears for my whole life, I assumed now at 32 I had impacted my hearing and had a treasure trove in there, so I bought one of those $20 WiFi ear cams with a scoop you can get from Amazon.

So disappointed, they were sparkling clean. Turns out my ears ARE effectively self cleaning which is why I use the Q-Tips, it helps clean out what my ears have already started ejecting, because that process is wet and itchy.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

What's that I can't hear you? I'm q-tipping my ears.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

You tell that to this guy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Always will.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some of us are just trying to live our lives. Then there's ear-fucking Q-tip perverts like this dude...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

And me! I'm an ear-fucking pervert!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

For those looking for the amazon link

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That dude look like he is having an orgasm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Reset to factory defaults

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oomox. The Ferengi were right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

thats how you get a plugged up ear

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Package: Do not insert into ear canal!

Me:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"Variety of uses"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Perfect for pushing shit deeper down your ear canal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Says the people that can't handle the complexity using a qtip

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

try dipping the end of the qtip in cold water first

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

Then try it with cold vodka. The alcohol evaporates faster than water, so it really has that strong cooling effect.

Edit: not joking. I actually do this, the alcohol helps dissolve and clean the waxy buildup too.

2nd edit: don’t fucking shove the Qtip into the canal like an idiot. It’s for the outer ear only, freaks.

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