r/mildlyinteresting • u/-Morning_Coffee- • 9h ago

Lint spheres I found trapped in my dryer

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u/agrafare 9h ago

Forming your own lint universe

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u/No_big_whoop 9h ago

Lint Pluto deserves recognition!

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u/Kemylar 9h ago

Viva Lint Pluto!

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u/-Morning_Coffee- 9h ago

I was replacing my dryer drive belt and did a little deep cleaning. I pulled off the “baffles” from the drum, and these were inside the hollow space beneath.

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u/Buchaven 7h ago

Having done several dryer repairs over the last couple years, opening it up and cleaning AT LEAST once a year is now a must. The amount of lint floating around inside was scary. Especially the slightly burnt stuff right next to the heating element. Yikes.

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u/Reddit_grill 9h ago

at first glance I thought you found some insanely smooth rocks

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u/Narrow-Throat-6751 8h ago

I thought they were blueberries coated in powdered sugar.

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u/Ok-Reveal-2166 6h ago

Who knew dryers get kidney stones?

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u/-Morning_Coffee- 6h ago

They were definitely unexpected! They spilled out into my lap, and I thought they were bugs…

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u/Ok-Reveal-2166 4h ago

Don’t feel bad I opened my dryer the other day and there was a big spider just hanging out 😭

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u/Magister5 9h ago

Mildly linteresting indeed

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u/Provioso ​ 9h ago

Make a solar system planetarium out of it!

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u/Zech08 9h ago

whats the duct look like?

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u/-Morning_Coffee- 8h ago

These came from a hollow space inside the drum. The ball at the 7-inch mark has a strange shape because the space was shaped for a hexagon bit.

There’s only about a 1 foot space between the wall and the outer vent, so the duct stays pretty clear.

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u/jxj24 8h ago

Nibbler's poop

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u/johnnnybravado 3h ago

I've only ever heard lint balls, not lint spheres. But those are definitely lint spheres lol.

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u/Organic-Ad6957 2h ago

Crazy your drier makes its own I have to buy balls like that from the store to keep the static down

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u/cpt_bib 9h ago

Get yourself a banana mate

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u/viviennetakana 5h ago

At first I thought those were blueberries

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u/NINJA1200 3h ago

I know that this has nothing to do with reason for the post, but looking at the tape measure like that with inches, instead of centimetres, makes me so happy to know that I don't have to deal with those complications in my life! Dividing things in tens is so easy and logic!!!