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diff --git a/posts/2017/jul/04-jul-2017-hangnails.html b/posts/2017/jul/04-jul-2017-hangnails.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6210bc --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2017/jul/04-jul-2017-hangnails.html @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ + + + + + +Have you ever realized just how much hangnails suck? Or how about how the not-quite-a-hangnail tiny wound that results from a nail being ripped off wrong?
+Now, most people, I'm sure, don't want hangnails and they don't want to deal with them. However, they are generally considered a minor nuisance to be ignored, but really, they are a lot more than that. They are on our hands, the things we use to interact with the world. They haunt us every hour of every day.
+So there you are, in the middle of a field. You notice one of your nails is just a little too long. So you decide to bite/tear it off. Big mistake. Now, for the next few days, your life is going to be miserable.
+It starts with the pain of having torn that delicate skin at the side of your nail, and then, it shares all the common problems of a proper hangnail.
+Trying to do anything? "Oh, look at that little bit of flesh hanging off the side of my finger, I NEED to get rid of that." Which of course, leads to more pain, or at the very least, an incredible amount of distraction. +
Trying to buy a drink? "Alright, let me just get my wall... Ow! fff... sigh" The bastard catches on your pocket/crap in your purse as you go to reach for your money, again, causing plenty of pain. +
Well, I suppose if that was it, it's not all that bad, just very distracting. However, distractions cost time, and time is money, so therefore, hangnails take a chunk of change out of your wallet as well as your spirit. +
Alright, it's been a couple days, we decided to rip/cut it off and now, the horror, is finally over. It's healed, it looks a little red, but whatever it's fine.... Until.
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Taping on your desk while thinking? Pain. Playing guitar? Pain. Brush against a wall? Pain. Your co-worker sets a book down next to your hand, but manages to gently brush up against your previous wound in that exact right place? Pain.
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Hangnails suck.
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