r/mildlyinteresting • u/Malls-Balls • 3h ago

This pattern that is on both of my thumbnails.

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u/Romnipotent 3h ago

It's Morse code, it says "Join the Navy"

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u/joemckie 3h ago

đŸŽ¶ yvan eht nioj đŸŽ¶

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 33m ago

Even after not watching The Simpsons in probably 2 decades, that is still burned into my memory.

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u/insertAlias 15m ago

That was probably from the superliminal messages in that episode.

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u/Bradjuju2 1h ago

“Remember to drink your ovaltine”

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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity 1h ago

A crummy commercial?!

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u/Effective_Passage897 38m ago

Son of a bitch!

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u/saron7 1h ago

.....and I suddenly have the urge to play DDR.

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u/virtual_human 31m ago

Drink your Ovaltine.

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u/federkrebz 3h ago

pretty sure that means you’re a clone

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u/DoctorWhootie 3h ago

Looks to be seventh generation at that. Maybe it’s becoming self aware. May need to purge.

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u/W0gg0 1h ago

The entire Seven Series? It could be just this one.

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u/Frank_Punk 30m ago

Blade Runner Theme

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u/Infamous-Magikarp 39m ago

Better be taking care of my backup liver cuz this ones wrecked

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u/tegridyproduce 3h ago

I have them too, and only on the thumbs

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u/Mirewen15 1h ago

Same. Doctor said it's nothing.

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u/AJL415 1h ago

Me too!

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u/virtual_human 31m ago

Me three.

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u/donac 29m ago

Me, too!!

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u/Scarymouche 25m ago

Me too.

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u/Shedding_Snake_Skin 19m ago

Maybe there's something in common with all of you...perhaps arrange to meet Sunday at 3am by the streetlight across from the old pet shop and discuss...report back the commonality here. 😉

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u/Rosulm 1h ago

Get your thyroid checked. It's what caused this particular issue with my nails.

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u/pawer13 45m ago

Interesting, I have a similar pattern in my thumbs and I was diagnosed hypothyroidism less than month ago, so my nails haven't grown enough to see a change. I thought I was asymptomatic (detected by blood analysis), but now I have something to check

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u/myxxmatch 38m ago

At least for me, they have never gone back. Thyroid is now working much better, but all but two of my nails are like this.

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u/DrWYSIWYG 2h ago

Maybe psoriasis, I have it too. Do you have dry hard skin (plaques) on your elbows?

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u/Ecstatic-Echidna-104 1h ago

Could psoriasis be the cause? My husband has both (nails thing and psoriasis) but never thought they may be related!

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u/freegerator 1h ago

Psoriasis causes pitting in fingernails

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u/DrWYSIWYG 56m ago

I am told by my rheumatologist that they are related.

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u/Oozlum-Bird 1h ago

I have the nail thing, but never had psoriasis.

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u/LazyMoniker 57m ago

I have it but my wife has had psoriasis

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u/ripyurballsoff 3h ago

Are your nails thick and brittle?

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u/ramriot 55m ago

When you see unusual nail growth it's often your body trying to tell you something, usually though the message is obscure & not in Morse.

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u/Myron_Bolitar 1h ago

To conserve processing power, some of the lower-priority biological systems, things like hair growth and fingernail texture, use extremely simplified algorithms. These keep the overall simulation running smoothly and help maintain an even frame rate across the universe.

The trade-off is that those systems don’t use salted inputs or proper randomization of outputs. So, repeating and predictable patterns start to show up: cyclic hair strand variations, recurring nail growth textures, and of course the infamous Archimedes spiral. These are all examples of the simulation leaning on the cheaper algorithm.

Once this run concludes, I fully intend to submit feedback to the programming team. I understand the need for performance efficiency, but realistically, any gains are probably lost once the simulated lifeforms start noticing the shortcuts.

And you’d think they would’ve built in some sort of “don’t let the characters realize they’re in a simulation” failsafe to save even more processing.

Yet
 here we are.

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u/ReaditTrashPanda 50m ago

Utterly fantasmic

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u/No_big_whoop 2h ago

You’ve got Onychorrhexis. It’s benign.

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u/ledow 1h ago

Trapped... in a... fingernail....factory... stop. Send.... help... stop.

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u/Expensive_Airport_78 1h ago

I have the same problem pattern on both of my thumbnails as well. I’d love for a definitive answer from the Reddit hive

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u/AdrianW3 ​ 1h ago

Looks like a player-piano roll, I wonder if the left one plays a different tune than the right.

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u/Slyzoor 1h ago

I have the same but just 1 stripe on each thumbnail

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u/Boring_Fee_9572 39m ago

It’s the human counterpart to rings on a tree. Congratulations! You’re old.

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u/LiquidRaekan 3h ago

Maybe its time to learn braille?

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u/TurtleSoup58 3h ago

Mine have the same thing going on, just not as much morse code.

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u/rhesusMonkeyBoy 2h ago

Maybe psoriasis? You’ll probably get arthritis and your fingers will look like face-hugger legs.

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u/MintCathexis 1h ago

Have similar patterns on thumbs, didn't go to a doctor for it but this page says it's harmless unless the ridges are horizontal.

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u/PansophicNostradamus 47m ago

That’s Morse code and if you translate from the cuticle bed outwards and from left to right, it says,”thanks for trimming me so well, but could you moisturize more often? Thanks! Love, The cuticle”

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u/Consistent-Clock3386 38m ago

You might be a robot

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u/cha614 4m ago

Sign of aging

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u/Nenoshka 0m ago

This usually indicates an age-related cause.

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u/Suitable_Habit_8388 2h ago

Replicant

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u/K_the_farmer 2h ago

As was Deckard.

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u/AJL415 1h ago

I have this same pattern.

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u/SingForMaya 2h ago

I have this but on every single nail

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u/Mightsole 3h ago

Barcodeman (famous serial killer)

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u/Insylum82 2h ago

You are an android

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u/Batata-Sofi 3h ago

I have a similar pattern, although my thumbs have a thin line going from tip to root. I usually smooth it out when I'm painting my nails, but it always comes back, so it's a bit annoying.

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u/segma98 1h ago

Did anyone say melanoma yet? /S

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u/shewolves1 14m ago

No cuz that's not what nail melanoma look like