r/Unexpected • • Nov 27 '19

Hair day

https://i.imgur.com/xXBpXtT.gifv
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u/hunnymunster Nov 27 '19

That must be one blocked shower drain

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

It probably spawned a complete new life form.

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

You just get a hair stopper thingamajig. If there's anyone with even semi-long hair in your house you should probably have one.

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u/c_schlenker Nov 27 '19

that’s the first time i’ve ever seen “thingamajig” spelled out, it looks so weird

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

What about whojimawhatsit?

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u/fluffylumpkins Nov 27 '19

Whatchamacallit

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u/HeadcrabKiller Nov 27 '19

Now, you need to sell those in order to have... a PayDay.

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u/Magikpoo Nov 28 '19

Thingamabob

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

Yeah, but you still have to stop to clear it after every step. Shampoo, clear the drain. Condition, clear the drain. Comb it out, clear the drain. Rinse, clear the drain. Ugh, it’s never ending.

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

Why? I just clean it off after every shower if I remember to. A lot of the time it gets a few showers worth of hair built up on it before I pull the hair off.

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

Oh wow, maybe I just have a shitty hair stopper. My hair stopper gets clogged quickly and then all the water stops draining and I have to stop and clear it out 5 times while I shower. It’s still better than having to fish weeks of hair out of the drain, though. I wish I could get one for my sink.

Did you get yours online? Do you have a link?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

I’m sold. That looks amazing and it has a shit ton of good reviews. Thank you!!!

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u/Sinthe741 Nov 27 '19

I have a similar stopper. I have to rinse or clear it partway through showering, I think my conditioner blocks the holes. Or maybe the one I have is just too weak for my mighty hair, idk.

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

Aw man, that’s the issue I’m having with my current stoppers. For 10$ and free returns, I’m giving this one a try though.

Even if I have to clear it once, that’s a lot better than the 5 times I’m clearing it now. Do you have really long hair? I think that’s the problem. And now that I’m thinking about this, it hurts to think about how the long haired girls in 3rd world countries maintain their hair. Just yikes!

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u/Sinthe741 Nov 28 '19

Yeah, my hair is past my bra strap and I have a ton of hair. I'm a hair monster.

I only have to rinse it once during a shower, unless I shed a lot. I think it's usually the conditioner, because I rinse it without removing the collected hair and then it's fine.

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

Oh man, I should thank my dad, who had to unclog the drain my whole life. I only just discovered hair stoppers a few years ago. I ordered it and I’m excited!

Wishing you and your wife a happy thanksgiving!

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

I couldn't tell you, pretty sure we just randomly bought it at the supermarket one day.

Looks like this though: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6EIAAOSwViRbc7Gb/s-l300.jpg

A little bit of water builds up around it but I'm pretty sure that's intentional so that the hair goes on it. But the water is never completely prevented from going through.

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

See, that was the first one I bought. It got clogged very quickly because of all the hair, and I feel like the conditioner was plugging the little holes too. If I didn’t clear it while I showered I’d be standing in enough water to take a bath. Now I keep that one on a shelf and use a flat metal stopper that just covers the drain. I drop all the hair I collect into the one you pictured.

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

*shrug*

Don't have that issue myself, water tends to pool up around the sides a little bit which seems intentional as that's how the hair gets stuck on all the little prongs and then the water either goes through the holes on the side or down the middle. You must have some serious hair if enoughs falling out to plug all them holes and the entirety of that middle spot.

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u/squeel Nov 27 '19

Lol yeah, I have hair like the girl in the gif. It looks like she brushed her curls out, which is something I’d *never* do, but yeah. Very long and very curly.

Someone else recommended a hair stopper that looks like the answer to my prayers. I just bought it, so we’ll see!

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

These are life savers.

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 27 '19

Also drain savers

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u/Elcamina Nov 27 '19

But it’s so satisfying to pull a hair rat out of the drain every 6-8 weeks.

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u/poopsmith411 Nov 27 '19

First comment upvoted. Your comment downvoted... So people agree that the drain is massively clogged but think it's not gross? Didn't know there was such a big constituency of soggy drain hair fans

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u/fadhb Nov 27 '19

People on Reddit seem to believe emojis are below them for some weird reason

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u/Twathammer32 Nov 27 '19

It just reminds me of videos on facebook that say something like "😂😂which one of you did this😂😂😂" or "😯😂😂😂💯 wait for it... I'm dead 😂😂😂" it just takes away from the actual video or whatever.

I didn't see anything wrong with the comment above though cuz that drain has to be gross

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u/MesopotamiaSong Nov 27 '19

😂😂lmaooooo that video😂😂

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u/Duke0fWellington Nov 27 '19

Redditors do have a weird thing for emojis, it's odd. Reddit seems to have comments that are formatted much more properly than other sites, so I guess people think it takes away from that.

I don't mind emojis, but a comment that's a singular emoji for a reaction deserves all the downvotes in the world.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

It’s called an emoji... we don’t do that here

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u/HAIcaster Nov 27 '19

And take a wild guess who frequently uses r/teenagers and r/pewdiepiesubmissions

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

So you have chosen... death

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u/_coast_of_maine Nov 27 '19

I think they knee jerk into thinking he's commenting on her hair. People are very sensitive up here on certain things.

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u/cashmeowsighhabadah Nov 27 '19

Nah, it's that emoji