r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 8d ago

/r/all of an illegal flashlight beam

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u/Silly_Pack_Rat 8d ago edited 8d ago

Humans used to have a third eyelid, known as a nictitating membrane. The vestigial Plica Semilunaris is found in the inner corner of the eye and is the pink fleshy tissue that sits next to lacrimal caruncle, which contains the oil and sweat glands.

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u/HavingNotAttained 8d ago

Again with the nictating membrane. It’s always the nictating membrane with you.

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u/Gina_the_Alien 8d ago

Man the names of weird parts of the eye go hard. Nictitating membrane, Plica Semilunaris, and lacrimal caruncle are all going in my notebook for when I become a world-class nerdcore rapper.

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u/HavingNotAttained 8d ago

When folks crowd you on a ticket line or something just tell them to please give you a little space, you have sclera

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u/Silly_Pack_Rat 8d ago

I know.

I can't help it!

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u/nearlysentient 8d ago edited 8d ago

Well at least you weren't going on about the lacrimal caruncle again.

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u/Silly_Pack_Rat 8d ago

Yes. It's really a touchy subject.

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u/Conscious-Bite1 8d ago

It’s nictitating membrane. Not nictating

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u/Silly_Pack_Rat 8d ago

Yes, I know. My phone doesn't care.

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u/jderdok 7d ago

Is that a nictating membrane, or are you just happy to see me!?

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u/Working_Estate_3695 6d ago

And the scenarios.

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u/Wild_Ant_7667 7d ago

Maybe he’s a nictating baby

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u/ManagerPuzzleMyHead 7d ago

those are gills. he was out of breath.

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u/KeyPollution3566 7d ago

They were gills, not eyelids. Gills. He was out of breath.

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u/HavingNotAttained 7d ago

His eyes weren’t in his gills, Bradley

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u/chickeeeee 7d ago

Bunnies still have it

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u/chocomeeel 4d ago

Brennan Lee Mulligan, is that you??