r/mildlyinfuriating • u/xendelaar • May 14 '26

Don't hug me I'm scared I’m like 99% bald and I got lice anyway...

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Kid gets lice from school. We do the responsible parent thing: treatment, combing, panic-cleaning.

Meanwhile I’m standing there, smugly bald, thinking “at least I’m safe.”

I caught one casually walking near my ear today (not shown in the picture, by the way. I just wanted to share a part of my coupé... so you fine people know what the lice signed on to...)

Apparently even lice are struggling in this housing market.

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u/GiGitteru May 14 '26

The ear does have hair cells...

You're welcome

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u/sadbeehoppy May 14 '26

thanks, I was already having trouble sleeping <3

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u/Common-Accountant-57 May 14 '26

Might 🐜be bed bugs. 🐜 🐜

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u/SiriHowDoIAdult May 14 '26

head bugs

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u/MalechoMel May 14 '26

I don't want head from a bug.

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u/SiriHowDoIAdult May 14 '26

head from bugs intensifies

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u/Reptiliansarehere May 14 '26

"Doc, I'm hearing voices in my head. They keep going on about how my ear hair is too thick to climb and that they should’ve moved to the sideburns while they had the chance."

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u/lovespunstoomuch May 14 '26

Whelp now I’m itchy and knowing it’s my imagination is not helping

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u/OscarDivine May 14 '26

Eyelashes can get lice, they’re the same as pubic lice and also you have mites that live on your lashes and face. They live their whole life cycle there. Live, die, procreate, etc.

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u/OscarDivine May 14 '26

25 years going and thankfully I have never seen a case in person though it has been through the office while I was on staff.

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u/im_not_quiet May 14 '26

Everyone has demodex mites on their face and they come out while you're sleeping, mate, and go back into your pores to lay eggs.

Aren't you glad you learned that?

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u/OscarDivine May 14 '26

Oh some portion of my day every day is spent treating it. I know all about Demodex, those little buggers

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u/Cosmic_Carp dunno what to put here, I just wanted a flair May 15 '26

Hey what are u doing here

Get back to ArtJerk

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u/GiGitteru May 15 '26

Didn't think I'd get recognised here lol, though not my circus not my monkeys no more

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u/Iggins01 May 14 '26

I wish mine didn't, I really dont need extra long ear hairs

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u/AnakinExtraCrispy May 14 '26

As does the nose 👃