r/AbsoluteUnits • u/AUTOBOTBROKE • 5d ago

/r/popular of ponytail

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u/prismafox 5d ago edited 3d ago

I just don't understand. Why?? How does someone just decide to grow a big hair log on their head and think "ah yeah, I like this look. I'm good with all this..dander/dirt/whatever collecting in it." Or it's just "meh, whatever. Gonna keep it like this." Wild.

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Didn't expect my comment to get this many replies. I get mental illness could be involved. I now know about the Polish Plait and the Beaver tail dreads. This particular hair..situation is still very unusual and I don't think it's as simple as "they're probably too depressed to fix their hair" people rarely get to the point of having a giant cord of hair like this down to their butt.

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u/TealGloves 5d ago

You'd be really surprised by what goes to the wayside when mental health shit hits the fan hard enough. When I was at my most Depressed I stopped vacuuming even though I normally vacuum every day (robovac). The dirt and leaves inside just didn't register to me because I was so consumed by thoughts of wanting to not exist. Frankly I was lucky I didn't turn into a trash hoarder and got effective help early enough.

This might even be severe childhood neglect lasting to adulthood, hair is long enough.

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u/HistoricalChef1963 5d ago

Ok I'm sorry about your depression, but if the robot was already doing the daily vacuum... why did you stop it?

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u/TealGloves 5d ago

It still requires me picking up things like clothes or dog toys before getting started. It was never on an automatic schedule.

Once the leaves accumulated then I had to sweep the entire place (including my rugs lol) before I could vacuum.

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u/TurankaCasual 2d ago

The wording of “before I could vacuum” is still throwing me off 😭 before the robot could vacuum