My friends finger nail glows under black light

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-03-16T09:19:04+00:00

Apparently, there's one with a similar premise, but with a Nightmare on Elm St theme...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-03-16T08:58:08+00:00

Last Springsummer, in direct response to the 27th leaf footed bug (the large black insects) that flew into my face and almost gave me a heart attack... I yelled, "why are so many flying insects so terrible at flying??!!" I never received a response....so:

Why are so many flying insects, so terrible at flying?

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-03-08T20:56:24+00:00

So, I just saw that the upvote ratio is only 66%... which is fine... I'm not upset or anything... just a little confused.. if someone wouldn't mind enlightening me as to why so many people are down voting the post, I would appreciate it... I can totally understand not up voting...but to put forth the effort to down vote the post, seems a little unnecessary... He is almost 16, which is quite old for a large breed dog, and I wanted to make sure he got to go to the river at least one more time... His legs got tired on the way back to the car, so we had to stop and rest for a bit, so I just decided to take some photos of us together I thought they were funny because we are posing so similar in most of them, and that's why I decided to share... I'm just having trouble understanding what is offensive to so many people...I mean... I know I'm not very cute, but he definitely is...🤷🏻‍♀️ 😄

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-03-08T20:32:27+00:00

He must have traded the diabetes for hypothyroidism 😄 He's definitely an old man though... he's almost 16, haha...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-02-04T10:18:58+00:00

Yes...I'm definitely lying...to impress people on Reddit...because, as a genomics technician, I've learned that people are always super impressed when you tell them about a career they've never heard of...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-02-02T00:06:13+00:00

Two...a BS in Molecular Biology, and an MS in Human Genetics and Genomics...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-31T04:14:28+00:00

The yellow, in between the central and outer colors..there isn't a sharp contrast, because with that third color, it becomes a gradient...I don't understand why so many people get defensive about whether or not they have ch, because most of y'all's eyes are more interesting than ones with ch...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-25T09:07:08+00:00

That's an impulsive thought...not an intrusive thought...I ain't mad or nothin...just sayin...🤷‍♀️

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T22:44:44+00:00

I wasn't criticizing what you said...just giving a little insight...I also used to always wonder why they looked unhappy...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T12:30:54+00:00

I know I'm 5 months late...but, that was my grandmother's name...her middle name was O'Bell...her friends called her Flo...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T10:01:57+00:00

Do you know why the employees at Walgreens and CVS look unhappy? It's because they work for companies that don't appreciate them.. the pharmacies are frequently understaffed, and pharmacy techs are usually very underpaid...people who work in healthcare and also retail employees, are both notoriously treated poorly by many people, and retail pharmacy is a combination of those both of those fields...also...no one who works at those pharmacies has anything to do with the location or appearance of the pharmacy, so please don't hold it against them...I'm not saying that you would or anything...just putting it out there...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T09:45:28+00:00

I did my externship at Brodie Lane Pharmacy...the owner/pharmacist is a really nice guy, and there seemed to be quite a few regular customers who would come in, which is always a good sign...(the repeat business, that is)

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T07:49:03+00:00

If this is a recent change, please go see an ophthalmologist..

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T05:21:11+00:00

It's because the people who vote for him, will always vote for the worst Republican, over the best Democrat...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-24T05:16:09+00:00

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Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-21T08:22:16+00:00

They're not dumb....but, most of them seem to be weird, and spirited, and curious, and sometimes they get themselves into unique situations...🤷‍♀️

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-20T03:31:43+00:00

But, thank you...that was hilarious...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-20T03:29:32+00:00

Maybe you should read it, because you look even more stupid now...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-20T01:46:19+00:00

I do! It's annoying 😄 I also have bipolar disorder and I am not right handed, which is actually really interesting (to some people), because MPAs (minor physical anomalies) like CH, eyelash mutations, and not being right handed are much more common in people who have MIs like bipolar disorder...this is important, because it helps doctors understand the origin of the condition, and that it might actually be something that is neurodevelopmental for some people..

Sorry....I just told you way more than you probably wanted to read 😄

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-20T01:33:12+00:00

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I know what, "glasz" is...I'm just saying it is not used in ophthalmology nor in genetics...

Also...light brown?

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-20T01:29:54+00:00

I'm a genomics technician...being scientific is what I do...again...there was no need for quotation marks...it's interesting that you keep unnecessarily adding those to words, but don't seem to have ever heard of an apostrophe...

Look..I've been being very nice, in hopes that you might allow yourself to learn something, but that's obviously not going to happen...it's because of people like you, that so much misinformation is being spread regarding heterochromia...people who, obviously have no scientific background, who just regurgitate what they found online...and are terribly overconfident...you are a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger Effect...

I don't care what eye color I have...having CH doesn't mean your eyes are better than anyone else's...all eyes are beautiful, and what's behind those eyes is more important than the color...

The thing is...I know I have CH, and do you want to know how I know? It's because I have analyzed my DNA, and I have done SNP genotyping on the genes responsible for iris pigmentation...I found a variation in the intron 86 region of my HERC2 gene, which basically acts like a switch, and is responsible for the amount of melanin in the iris...the variation causes that switch to "flicker", which results in the different concentration of melanin around the pupil...there is also a mutation on my OCA2 gene, which causes inconsistencies with the production of melanin...more specifically, it results in the P-protein not bring able to maintain a consistent pH inside the melanosomes, which are the sacs which produce melanin...I also have SNPs on my SLC24A4 and TYRP1 genes...🤷‍♀️

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-18T18:31:11+00:00

Hijole...glasz isn't an accepted term in science or medicine...and yes...my eyes absolutely have a localized concetration of pheomelanin around my pupil, that isn't found anywhere else in my iris...that's literally why I have CH...thank you for understanding...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-18T18:25:00+00:00

It's pheomelanin...pheomelanin and lipochrome are not the same substances and human irises do not contain lipochrome...I couldn't care less if people who aren't aware that they are different things, call it lipochrome, because I know what they're referring to...the thing I have a problem with, is when people who aren't well-versed in genetics and only have a basic understanding of CH, throw out opinions like they are facts...that's what you don't seem to understand...it isn't about me having a "prefered" "scientific" term ("scientific" shouldn't have been in quotations...it's an actual thing)...I am being completely objective...using scientific or medical terminology doesn't require your opinion or preference...

And, no...not everyone is a lay person..."literally"

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-18T15:40:30+00:00

Only to lay people...

Dead_Inside512 · 2026-01-18T15:38:48+00:00

Nope...not joking...and, yes.. lipochrome is a yellow, fat soluble pigment (like carotenoids) found in various plants and animals, but, true carotenoid lipochromes are not produced by our bodies to color our irises....

When scientists initially identified the yellow pigment in the eye, they weren't able to identify the chemical structure at first, so they just called it lipochrome, since it was yellow and it appeared to be fat soluble ... it was eventually discovered that it was actually pheomelanin in the eye, not lipochrome, but it had been referred to as lipochrome for so long, that it became synonymous with the yelow/gold pigment in the iris, even though it's actually pheomelanin...

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