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Title should be updated: “Frog”, not “Fro”.
by denotational 3y ago
Title should be updated: “Frog”, not “Fro”.
- wyclif 3y agoYes, for a second before it loaded, I really did think I was going to see some kind of psychedelic or 1970's retro fashion. Wasn't sure what that would be doing on HN, but there have been stranger things on the front page!
- op00to 3y agoThere is an ascetic in India who claims to have rice growing out of his hair. That’s kinda what I was thinking.
- kordlessagain 3y agoAfter Googling, it appears to be a thing and is very green.
- stevenwoo 3y agoThe guy walking around San Mateo County with exposed brain due to cancer takes the cake. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maggot-brain/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maggot-brain/
- Filligree 3y agoWarning to anyone who clicks the link: It’s real, and there are photos. Do not click the link.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoHeeding your warning, but I have to ask: how much? Like, just a little? Or cartoon throbbing cranium?
- stevenwoo 3y agoIt's difficult to believe the man was in no pain and did not seek medical care until he was involved in an automobile accident. I've hit my head a few times on cabinets and it would have sort of lobotomized this guy.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoYikes! Well, that's a vivid picture alright :P Regarding the pain, though, don't they say that your brain has no pain receptors? Granted, there's gotta be a difference between being awake for brain surgery and walking around like that, but...
- stevenwoo 3y agoTrue, but I imagine showering or bathing one's hair in that condition would be precarious proposition, one could use a bathing cap while doing rest of body but that would still leave the undamaged head parts needing a wash.
- Filligree 3y agoThe latter, except way more graphic.
- thsksbd 3y agoI was expecting some hippie with unwashed, blonde, hair with mini bellas growing off her hair. I was a bit disappointed, although I guess biologically this is weirder.
- rubyfan 3y agoIs it weirder though?
- wil421 3y agoYes, I was not disappointed. Even though I still would like to see a Mushroom in a fro, frog mushrooms raise more questions.
- moate 3y agoMushroom growing out of living skin tissue vs dead hair is absolutely weirder.
- thfuran 3y agoHair isn't dead. It's not cells at all, just extruded protein. But that's largely beside the point.
- deafpolygon 3y ago'dead hair' is a tad redundant, innit?
- not_your_mentat 3y agoI thought I was about to read a very different article.
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