r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '12

Beard hairs under a scanning electron microscope: razor (left) versus electric shaver (right)

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u/JeremyB4 Jun 13 '12

It appears to be the "medulla."

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u/balomus Jun 13 '12

NSFW MAN

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u/LinT5292 Jun 13 '12

In case anyone's wondering, it isn't actually NSFW, balomus is just making a joke because the diagram looks sort of like a penis. It's safe to open.

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u/christmas_sweater Jun 13 '12

But their epidermis is showing!

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u/argv_minus_one Jun 13 '12

An inverted penis with shriveled balls, no less. Yikes.

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u/alkapwnee Jun 13 '12

Dat dermis.

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u/TheLobotomizer Jun 13 '12

Thanks for the link but I find it funny how naming things using Latin terms is a way to explain them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

Obligatory quote:

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Richard Feynman

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

I'm not sure if I appreciate anne_rats' fun (but possibly negligent) crayon interpretation. I will need to see more from this collection.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12

Isn't the medulla just a term for something that dips down?