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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 38 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

(I wash my hands so much they bleed)

[–] indomara@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

I had a friend like this. He offered to go to Thailand with me and my daughter for two weeks and it broke him. (Of at least this fixation.)

There is no way to keep up the habit, everything is dirty and it ends up being fine. By the time he got home the impulse just wasn't there.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Amateur. Try translating that to butt wiping my guy.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago

My butthole is also effected by my compulsions

:(

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've never understood that. I have 2 friends that do that (self reported/needing baby wipes when camping).

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Toilet paper is pretty gross, to be fair. A travel bidet and some sphagnum moss will leave the cheeks squeaky clean.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Travel bidet? Omg, I looked it up. They exist, but look to be repurposed enemas.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

I have a usbc rechargeable one that I can attach a 1L bottle to when traveling. Don't leave home without it. Only downside is Tsa loves to pull it out and ask about it. I'm getting used to it.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

It's like a high pressure watergun with a hook. It doesn't have to go in the out door if you don't want it to.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do the same. I told an ex nurse friend that and he said it might be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic_urticaria

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That appears to be one of the rarest medical conditions on Earth.
I hope you'll get better.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I shall earnestly avoid water in the future in an effort to do so.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to make light of your situation, but it reads like an OCD version of Slipknot's Wait and Bleed:

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
I wash my hands so much they bleed

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

All good, no worries

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

sometime i wash my hands so hard my hands would end up being rough and dry, so i had to put moisturizer (ie: bag balm or cetaphil) to make them NOT dry. seriously!