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brin_bellway) wrote2025-05-19 12:21 pm
brin_bellway) wrote2025-05-19 12:21 pm
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...oh fuck, hang on, is the reason why other people associate rheum with sleep because *it's the only time they go several straight hours without rubbing their eyes*?
I have long cultivated a habit of not touching my face in public, and I often have to remove rheum buildup from my eyes after returning from a work shift or other long outing.
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Okay, I looked at that Wikipedia article, and:
...since when?
Like, yeah, five hours of not-touching-your-face-while-awake isn't enough time for the rheum to *dry*, but there's definitely white mucus collecting at the noseward corners of my eyes throughout the day!
(Fun fact: if you (...I?) clean your eyes at bedtime, the morning rheum often won't have had time to dry either. I do this routinely, as part of checking for loose eyelashes so they don't fall off and poke me while I am trying to sleep.)
[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by Anonymous)
...oh fuck, hang on, is the reason why other people associate rheum with sleep because *it's the only time they go several straight hours without rubbing their eyes*?
I have long cultivated a habit of not touching my face in public, and I often have to remove rheum buildup from my eyes after returning from a work shift or other long outing.
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Okay, I looked at that Wikipedia article, and:
When the individual is awake, blinking of the eyelid causes rheum to be washed away with tears via the nasolacrimal duct.
...since when?
Like, yeah, five hours of not-touching-your-face-while-awake isn't enough time for the rheum to *dry*, but there's definitely white mucus collecting at the noseward corners of my eyes throughout the day!
(Fun fact: if you (...I?) clean your eyes at bedtime, the morning rheum often won't have had time to dry either. I do this routinely, as part of checking for loose eyelashes so they don't fall off and poke me while I am trying to sleep.)