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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You also shouldn’t do that. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/why-you-really-truly-should-not-put-q-tips-your-ears. Thats just proven bad. Unlike my losing battle elsewhere. Which, trust me, it was a big deal if you held on. Everyone can argue it. But all I’m seein’ is a bunch of bar grabbers.

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  • I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah yes, warnings written to protect the .02% of users who are too fucking stupid to know not to shove them in as far as possible.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re children, roughly 12.5k a year.

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      • I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let’s say 40% of people in the US will use a q-tip at some point during the course of a year. That’s 136 million people. 12.5K injuries would be .009%.

        So again, rules written for people too fucking stupid to know not to jam them in as far as they can. And yea, kids are included in that. Kids are fucking stupid.

        None of this means that q-tips are remotely dangerous for anyone with even a small amount of common sense.

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  • hark@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I stopped using q tips and had so much wax buildup that I could barely hear out of my ear. Was a terrible week or so before I finally got it cleared with a softener and water administered through a flared syringe. I went right back to using q tips as I had for decades before. All it takes is a bit of sweeping at the entrance of my ears for me to avoid that crazy buildup, so it’s well worth it.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a gentle ear cleaning tool that is designed to use warm water to clean your inner ear, and then you clean the outer area with a q-tip. They’re great tools, just not for your inner ear. If your ears aren’t prone to infection I highly recommend a water cleaning device for your ears.

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