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I can see my nose

42 replies

ItWearsTheBatteriesOut · 17/09/2021 21:13

I don't remember seeing my nose until this week. Well unless looking in the mirror.

Now I see it when I'm looking out of my eyes, it is in the way, I see my nose and then my phone. My nose and then my dinner.

Is this normal? Has it always been there but I've somehow missed it? Or have I been telling too many lies?

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Mariell · 17/09/2021 21:16

Apparently your nose and ears don’t stop growing.

If I get any older I shall wake up one morning looking like Dumbo!

TaraR2020 · 17/09/2021 21:17

We always see it but our brains filter it out so it doesn't annoy us. You've just become aware to it so are unconsciously looking for it. Ignore it and you'll be blind to it again soon

Flaunch · 17/09/2021 21:17

Apparently you can always see your nose but your brain normally cancels it out so it doesn’t distract you.

Scarby9 · 17/09/2021 21:18

Everyone reading this thread now cannot unsee their nose...

EastWestWhosBest · 17/09/2021 21:18

Your brain normally filters it out. You know it’s there, but you forget.

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ItWearsTheBatteriesOut · 17/09/2021 21:19

@Mariell

Apparently your nose and ears don’t stop growing.

If I get any older I shall wake up one morning looking like Dumbo!

So you think I've gone past the tipping point and now my nose is longer than my eye vision? I'm not even middle aged, of you are going to be Dumbo I will certainly be Pinocchio.
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LynetteScavo · 17/09/2021 21:19

Your nose doesn't stop growing? Fuck - my nose is massive enough now, they won't be able to get me through the door of the old people's home if it keeps on growing!

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ItWearsTheBatteriesOut · 17/09/2021 21:20

Thanks everyone but I actually feel worse if that is true? Why has my brain forgotten to forget?

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TheQueef · 17/09/2021 21:20

Shut each eye one at a time and get a good look to help reset. Then try and not acknowledge it.
Like when you think you've stopped auto breathing.

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ItWearsTheBatteriesOut · 17/09/2021 21:21

@LynetteScavo

Your nose doesn't stop growing? Fuck - my nose is massive enough now, they won't be able to get me through the door of the old people's home if it keeps on growing!
Do you think it will be long enough to be a stylus, so in my dotage I won't even need to lift my arms? I think mine might.
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greenlynx · 17/09/2021 21:23

Are you sure it’s yours?

poullou · 17/09/2021 21:24

Sounds mad but have you had your eyes tested recently? I always know it's time for an eye test when I can see my nose.

Gwenhwyfar · 17/09/2021 21:27

@LynetteScavo

Your nose doesn't stop growing? Fuck - my nose is massive enough now, they won't be able to get me through the door of the old people's home if it keeps on growing!
I'm not sure this is true. I think it's more that other parts of your face retreat in relation to your nose, but yes it can make your nose and ears look bigger. The big nose on a witch comes from stereotypes of how old women look (as does the pointy hat, which was just a hat that was old fashioned at the time).
Winter2019 · 17/09/2021 21:29

@marriell I hope you're not right!!!! I'm upset as it is about my long nose

LynetteScavo · 17/09/2021 21:30

Nicole Kidman's ear libra are quite big now - so I do belobe relives keep on growing, even if you Botox everything else.

StarryStarrySocks · 17/09/2021 21:30

Great, now I can see my nose as well. Thanks a lot. Grin

LynetteScavo · 17/09/2021 21:30

Libra = lobes

Gwenhwyfar · 17/09/2021 21:31

I've just noticed that with both eyes open I can only see the right side of my nose. To see the left side, I have to cover my right eye. How strange. Or is my astigmatism?

Gwenhwyfar · 17/09/2021 21:32

@LynetteScavo

Nicole Kidman's ear libra are quite big now - so I do belobe relives keep on growing, even if you Botox everything else.
The ears don't lie eh.
Gwenhwyfar · 17/09/2021 21:33

@poullou

Sounds mad but have you had your eyes tested recently? I always know it's time for an eye test when I can see my nose.
Why would that be the case? I think I've always been able to see my nose if I look down.
anon12345678901 · 17/09/2021 21:34

Oh no if my nose keeps growing I'm def saving for a nose job! I hate my nose 😭

LynetteScavo · 17/09/2021 21:35

We did this experiment with a spoon at school, and I could feel the hairs on my nose.

I'm not sure what the point of the experiment was, but it definitely wasn't to discover your nose was covered in hairs.

I'm still mortified.

I did quite an extensive write up for homework Blush

allofthecheese · 17/09/2021 21:37

And now I can't stop seeing my own nose.....

Libraryghost · 17/09/2021 21:44

Nice one op - now I can see my nose!!! I never noticed it before but I can never unsee it now. 🤣

brokenbiscuitsx · 17/09/2021 21:45

@EastWestWhosBest

Your brain normally filters it out. You know it’s there, but you forget.
Yep like your eyelashes too.

Now though I can’t under my nose! Thanks OP!