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Source: SligPants on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbriated_fold_of_tongue

I recommend checking yours by curiosity, people have more or less long ones.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 4 days ago

Sweet tongueticles bro

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 62 points 4 days ago (7 children)
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[–] soul@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Thanks. I hate it.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Imagine getting those caught between your teeth.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I got mine slightly damaged by my electric toothbrush which is why I researched what they were. They are not as big as the pic.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 41 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Just trim them with a pair of nail clippers.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

drink half a bottle of vodka first

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 days ago

Kellogg's fan?

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

You are the next logical step of superior evolution, and must always hide your powers, for there be those who will be looking for you, to perform... unsound... experiments.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No need to imagine. It hurts like hell for a while, then you forget they even exist.

[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've lost two. Hurts like a bitch but it was worth it

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Well, checking had just made me squirt all over my mirror

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

The (not) technical term for that is "gleeking".

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I hope it was followed by putting your shirt in cornholio mode and making Dilophosaurus sounds

[–] Levi@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Neat. I feel like I'd accidently chew them off if I had them.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Tongue stalactites 🧐

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I could have gone my whole life without knowing this, I'd have been that little bit happier.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 3 days ago

Knowledge is sometimes a burden but overall it makes us stronger.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

bruh can't we have this marked nsfw

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[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

Used to ask what these were as a kid when I found them on my tongue. Nobody knew what I was talking about and I just assumed it was adults being stupid like usual. Guess I was right.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My tongue is... like smooth underneath? Nothing that looks anything like these! I'm scared!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apparently not everyone has these. I learned about them on an AskReddit thread many years ago. The title of the post was something like "what's something about people's body that they probably don't know?"

I showed the comment about this to my wife and she found she has them. She was so freaked out by their presence that I've refused ever since to find out whether I do.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Human bodies are weird! Tongue things, ear lobes are weird, some people can smell ants! There's so many more!

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

organs on the opposite side of where they're supposed to be

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[–] Sly2@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This is honestly so cool. It reminds me that we're friggin Aliens.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 days ago

Especially as embryos, which is where this comes from.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 4 days ago

This can’t get off my feed fast enough

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 8 points 3 days ago

Reminds me of the mutant half-axolotl in season 1 of the Fallout tv series!

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have these! Plus I've got a bony lump on the roof of my mouth. Like half a small golf ball or half a large marble at the back of my hard palate, right before my soft palate. I always thought everyone had it, but a few years ago I learned it's rare. More common in certain genotypes, most people in my family have it.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 9 points 4 days ago

Oh dear lord put some foreskin on that, you're scaring the children.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I've got a couple of these dangly boys. Hurt like hell when they get caught inbetween teeth.

I also stretched out my tongue's frenulum while in high school resulting in me being able to stick my tongue into my nasal cavity.

[–] Inkstainthebat@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

That is so frickin cool

Im gonna check if I have them too but going off feel It doesn't seem like it...

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 6 points 3 days ago

This makes me quite uncomfortable.

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[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This may have awakened something in me

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

what that demon tongue do tho

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Anyone else thinking it reminds them of a xenomorph from Alien?

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can you not hide individual posts/images in PieFed? Guess why I'm asking this...

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Because you accidentally uploaded a picture of your cat and it is hideous?

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