Edit: I had someone comment one time when I did, and it was kind of weird and embarrassing? But it seemed like a fairly normal thing to do, so I thought I’d ask.
Every single time. I just like it.
Along the questions we all wonder about!
I don’t. I felt it come out, I know what it’s gonna look like.
Just checking for blood
Are there people that don’t?
Yes, and they’re either sociopaths, or were born with a critical lack of curiosity.
Okay this is entirely unrelated but your “born without a lack of critical curiosity” really hit home for some reason.
Whenever I go to a store that has stuff I find generally interesting, I feel the need to touch it, just so I know what it feels like. I had an ex who hated whenever I did that, like she thought I was a toddler trying to look at and buy everything. It really made me feel bad.
My dude, that rings super true for me. I’m very… textural? I’m not going to buy something if it feels shitty to touch. Most of the foods I don’t like taste just fine, but I don’t like how they feel in my mouth.
Don’t feel bad about it, you’re not alone, and even if you were, that’s really got to be one of the stupidest reasons I’ve heard to be pissed at someone.
If you ever have a partner, friend or family member who does sewing/knitting/similar, you should tag along with them on a fabric/yarn shopping trip; I bet you’d have a lot of fun. Some people are just more tactile, and leaning into that isn’t harmful and can help a lot of fun
I smell everything I grab. Sometimes my wife comments on it but it doesnt bother her. We use our senses to make sense of the world, big news.
I don’t smell everything I grab, but I smell everything I eat before I put it in my mouth. Imo though it’s not like a neurodivergent sensory thing, I just like smelling good food before I eat it; kinda like a palate preparation.
No, but i do rub the folded up tissue around between my fingers to assess and admire the volume of my expulsion
Every time.
If I feel something more solid than snot hit the tissue, I’ll check.
You never know when it might be bloody sinus tissue again.
It’s like looking after you have a bowel movement. It’s normal.
But do you really have to show your friends every time?
Yes
If I didn’t look how would I know what kind of infection I have?
Usually only if I’m sick, so I can see how transparent the snot is.
Yes, cause I work in a dusty environment. If you see dust or particulates in your snot, thats in your lungs too and you should start wearing a respirator.
Yeah man, gotta know if there’s blood or not.
If the heat is running, we’re playing a dangerous game.
Yes, maybe a Burglarobbit came out me nose, gotta check.
Yes, I need to make sure that what’s in the tissue matches what I felt fly out of my nose so I know it’s not stuck in my beard.
To be fair, your username kind of suggests you want to look inside everything anyway
Right you are!
Or 'stache.
But also, it’s kinda satisfying to see the huge chunk of hardened snot that’s been bugging the ever living hell out of you most of the day.
Yeah I kinda lump the stache in with the beard.
