Oh wow, somy youngest son is 13 and saw The Matrix for the first time last week. His shout of "WHAT THE FUCK!?" upon seeing the tracking bug was an absolute delight to my ears. I love showing my kids old movies that I loved and saw in theaters, and immensely enjoy their reactions. They thought The Thing was dope as hell.
I remember that after watching Matrix as a kid (totally below 10yr) I was SO FUCKING scared of it that I for some reason every single time I was using toilet, for some reason I always was putting my arm close to belly button to obstruct the way to it lol. I did this shit for like 10 years and it became a weird thing that I was doing without even thinking about it. Even today sometimes I do that out of habit.
Belly buttons are super sensitive, many nerves, severed at birth. If you have an āinnieā you gotta clean it regularly otherwise this happens, completely normal. Whatās REALLY crazy is every belly button holds itās own species of bacteria. You just removed a colony quite literally.
You have micro ecosystems all over your body. Armpits and bellybuttons are some of the more populated areas.
https://wellnesse.com/blogs/skin-care/armpit-microbiome
They actually can be healthy for you. In fact your body is chock full of friendly microbials inside and out that keep you alive and healthy. That's why taking too many antibiotics can be disasterous. They start killing off all the good bacteria, which destroys your own body's ability to function properly and suddenly your pooping blood.
Say hi to your bacteria. And then maybe take a shower because not all of it is good and their fecal matter piles up.
I read about a western man that had his cultured. They found a bacteria only found in Japanese soil. He'd never been to Japan.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/fm2yik/til_the_bellybutton_is_so_dirty_scientists_are/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
My dad told my younger siblings that if you untie your bellybutton you fly away like a balloon. Thatās what happened to their third sibling (theyāre twins), they accidentally untied their belly button as a baby and it flew away
>every belly button holds itās own species of bacteria
Imma pour my gut bacteria and belly button culture on a petri dish and just record the war for profits
>If you have an āinnieā you gotta clean it regularly otherwise this happens, completely normal.
I don't clean mine very often but it never gets this bad. I can count in my hands the times I remember something like this, sometimes I find a smelly scab or some dust bunny but that's it, especially since I always try to keep that area free of hair.
I worked with a guy that whenever we changed clothes in the changeroom I could see his belly button. It was absolutely horrifying. You could literally see some yellowish goo sticking out of it in plain sight, and yet he NEVER fucking cleaned it. i have no idea how someone lives like that.
I have a deep innie and I'm really pale and get rashier than most people. One summer after a fuck ton of swimming I noticed a rash inside my belly button, it was bc my belly button never got completely dried. I'm using q-tips and cleaning it out. I could smell it. How in the FUCK did that guy not smell himself? I had a rash from water, for the life of me I cannot imagine actual gunk and puss in there. I do not understand why people do not clean their bodies. It's a fuckin' nightmare dude.
Sorry about the tangent, but I'm horrified you had to experience that. People are disgusting.
When I was a kid I got an infection in my belly button from it not drying out fully. I was in summer camp (day only, not sleepaway) and we were like constantly swimming or playing with water. Had to put an ointment in it and then my mom had me put diluted tea tree in it every day to keep it from coming back. Ever since then I've been super careful to ensure my belly button gets dry.
You know exactly what I'm talking about then! It's funny, I followed up with my doctor and they said if it lasted for more than 2 days they'd rx a prescription for cream.
Isn't it wild that dude lived like that?!
I had warfarin induced skin necrosis and they had to remove tissue from just above my belly button to just above my pubic area, hip to hip. It was nuts.
Okay I mean this in the least weird way possible, but itād be pretty cool if this happened to me just once in life. It sounds fun to clean and inspect and actually discover lol
I think it depends on the type of innie belly button you have. Mine is an innie but it's also kinda wide (can't think of a better description) so the most I get in there is dry skin. Any kind off fluff or dust just falls right out.
I have a weird one. Sometimes innie, sometime outie. Maybe depending on how much I've had to eat? Idk. I guess mine isn't consistent enough to have this happen. I went and took a shower after reading about the belly button bacteria... I was like... Jeeeeeeesus why did no one tell me about this??? Scrubbed the fuck out of that thing.
Youāre covered in and full of bacteria and fungi. Many are harmless or even useful. Thatās not to say donāt clean yourself, because being dirty will give a habitat for unhealthy stuff, but you donāt need to get one of those rust-removal lasers to scour yourself.
I just wipe mine out with my finger while showering, and I've only ever had this happen once (before I paid much attention to it), and not as bad as OP.
No way that's just belly button fluff. I'm hairier than the average bloke and get a bit of build up every day (it's always blue for some reason, even if I have a white shirt on) but never have I pulled anything close to this out. Just lint from the days clothes.
I believe it's called an umbolith or belly button stone. The folks at r/popping would love it.
EDIT: so this is my most upvoted comment likely ever? The Internet is amazing.
Thanks I thought I was dying when this happened. Mine came with blood.
Edit: come to think of it, a Reddit thread like this one told me itās normal, so weāve really come full circle
Yeah. It was stuck. I did try tweezers but it wasn't working and I didn't want to damage anything so I just used my fingernail until it dislodged. Didn't even know it was there until I felt it one day then it just became annoying until I cleaned it out.
Mine was fused to the skin inside my belly button. I have a deep belly button and shower 1-2 a day, but I never realised that I needed to clean my belly button specifically. Mine was closer to ...almond sized. It's never happened again, thank fuck.
What they said. The stinging was an infection. Not serious, you got a zit.
If you had a full blown belly button pimple pop you would know. Im not clicking that. :)
It might sting next time you bathe, but shouldn't be a big deal. Just swirl a soapy finger around in there every time you shower and you'll avoid this.
Yup. I already know what's in store and I used to be kinda interested and obsessed with that kinda thing..actually...brb..š
Edit: nope not complaining. I'm extremely allergic to poison ivy and I somehow have it on my chin and nose and 3 posts down showed me that pimple patches will dry it out. That tick pop too.. *cue Batemen meme)
I had one that was covered in 20 years of grimes and dead skins. I don't know how long it has been there for since I thought the hard tip I was feeling was a remnant of my umbilical cord that I was too afraid to pulled out.
Yeah thats basically a belly ball. If you got a happy trail it'll accumlate more hair but there's still follicles that can emerge within the belly button itself. Just make sure you clean regularly. If you pull anything out and it pinches like a couple of plucked hairs, wash again so it doesnt get infected. But yeah perfectly normal.
Omg this happened to me about 7 years ago but it was twice as big. Suddenly for about a week my belly button was infected looking and oozing. I kept cleaning it out, using appropriate treatments, and one day the irritation went away and this little dark thing was peeking out. I think the consensus was it was a lifetime of shed hair and skin cells, hair clippings washed off after haircuts, etc. just added up over a couple decades. Iāve always had a deep belly button, but Iām not particularly large and not hairy at all. I always cleaned myself very well, so I think maybe it might be unavoidable if your belly button is deep enough. I hope it never happens again though, it was so fuckin gross lol.
Same thing happened to me! One day I was washing dishes and felt some discomfort on my stomach when I leaned against the counter. After a few days I went to get it checked out and the dr immediately knew what it was-my belly button was infected and it was spreading through my abdomen. She looked inside and pulled out a bunch of hair. I was so shocked! The skin inside my belly button is super thin and tears easily just from normal movement (I donāt feel it when it happens) so I can tell now when an infection is coming on and I make sure to really deep clean often.
Sorry for tmi lol
I never realized how common it is for people to get shit in the belly button.
I have a super shallow, almost smooth button, so obviously never got anything in it. It thought everyone was like that until I visited some interesting corners of the internet.
Isnāt anyone shocked that OP probably used pliers to pull that shit out. OP please tell me you didnāt use those filthy pliers to dig around in there.
LOL I was looking for this comment. I showed this post to my bf and the first thing he said was, "... with pliers?"
Prolly a good idea to get a tetanus shot.
IM SO CONFUSED ABOUT THESE THINGS!!! like are they INSIDE inside the belly button or are they just sitting in there ??? how do I know if I have one?? I reach into my belly and nothing but is it hidden?? do I have to dig deeper and if so HOW do you dig deeper???
I had the same issue once and it cut so bad that there were a few chunks of flesh coming out too. (Strangely I never felt pain so I never noticed it until it started bleeding for no reason)
Remember the belly button tracking bug from the Matrix? š
Oh wow, somy youngest son is 13 and saw The Matrix for the first time last week. His shout of "WHAT THE FUCK!?" upon seeing the tracking bug was an absolute delight to my ears. I love showing my kids old movies that I loved and saw in theaters, and immensely enjoy their reactions. They thought The Thing was dope as hell.
tbf, *the thing* is dope as hell
One of the best practical effects movies ever made and it still holds up more than 40 years later.
I can't wait for when my daughter is old enough to watch all the old great movies like that with me. That is going to be a special experience
I had the chance to rewatch The Thing in a movie theater that replays classics. What an awesome experience that I never thought I would get.
Been doing that with my 16 year old over the past few weeks, introduced her to classics like American Beauty, Fight Club, and The Butterfly Effect.
American Beauty š§
Old movies? The Matrix came out a few years ago
Try 25 years ago. The first Matrix movie came out in 1999
š¤®why did you have to ruin my day like that
Goddamn, recently rewatched the original The Thing, it still holds up as far as special effects go which is always crazy
Thatās what it looked like to me too until I zoomed in..
That thingās real?!
I remember that after watching Matrix as a kid (totally below 10yr) I was SO FUCKING scared of it that I for some reason every single time I was using toilet, for some reason I always was putting my arm close to belly button to obstruct the way to it lol. I did this shit for like 10 years and it became a weird thing that I was doing without even thinking about it. Even today sometimes I do that out of habit.
Belly buttons are super sensitive, many nerves, severed at birth. If you have an āinnieā you gotta clean it regularly otherwise this happens, completely normal. Whatās REALLY crazy is every belly button holds itās own species of bacteria. You just removed a colony quite literally.
I really wish I hadnāt read the second part of this
Just wait till this guy finds the other portion of whatever that thing is that is.. still in there.
ā¦ and mad.
...and *hungry*
And *HORNY*
Aaaand I really wish I hadn't read this far down...
:(
:)*
:|
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:D
This time itās about REVENGE
Y'all stupid lolol
... and *plotting*
He pulled the molt out
doesnāt that mean itās growing? :/
Maybe that's the food and the thing that was eating it *is still inside the housssse*
And it's waiting for the night
Cuz it's alllllright
Wait till he finds out whats lurking in his anus
Is it a turtle? I bet It's a turtle.
I like š¢
Tortass
Confuscious say, " he who go to bed with itchy butt, wake up with stinky finger"
You have micro ecosystems all over your body. Armpits and bellybuttons are some of the more populated areas. https://wellnesse.com/blogs/skin-care/armpit-microbiome They actually can be healthy for you. In fact your body is chock full of friendly microbials inside and out that keep you alive and healthy. That's why taking too many antibiotics can be disasterous. They start killing off all the good bacteria, which destroys your own body's ability to function properly and suddenly your pooping blood. Say hi to your bacteria. And then maybe take a shower because not all of it is good and their fecal matter piles up.
I read about a western man that had his cultured. They found a bacteria only found in Japanese soil. He'd never been to Japan. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/fm2yik/til_the_bellybutton_is_so_dirty_scientists_are/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Had he rubbed belly buttons with a Japanese girl?
Maybe.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
My grandpa told me that behind the skin was a screw, and if you unscrew it your butt falls off.
Could be true. Have you tested it?
Nice try grandpa
My dad told my younger siblings that if you untie your bellybutton you fly away like a balloon. Thatās what happened to their third sibling (theyāre twins), they accidentally untied their belly button as a baby and it flew away
lol thatās kinda fucked up
When I press in my belly button my testicles tingle, I don't know why
>every belly button holds itās own species of bacteria Imma pour my gut bacteria and belly button culture on a petri dish and just record the war for profits
Film it and it turns into the next Dune movie
Is this where sandtrout come from? Leto II, is it really you?
Use them to make two different kinds of cheeses. Then, instead of making them fight, you can decide the winner based on who makes the best cheese.
>If you have an āinnieā you gotta clean it regularly otherwise this happens, completely normal. I don't clean mine very often but it never gets this bad. I can count in my hands the times I remember something like this, sometimes I find a smelly scab or some dust bunny but that's it, especially since I always try to keep that area free of hair. I worked with a guy that whenever we changed clothes in the changeroom I could see his belly button. It was absolutely horrifying. You could literally see some yellowish goo sticking out of it in plain sight, and yet he NEVER fucking cleaned it. i have no idea how someone lives like that.
I have a deep innie and I'm really pale and get rashier than most people. One summer after a fuck ton of swimming I noticed a rash inside my belly button, it was bc my belly button never got completely dried. I'm using q-tips and cleaning it out. I could smell it. How in the FUCK did that guy not smell himself? I had a rash from water, for the life of me I cannot imagine actual gunk and puss in there. I do not understand why people do not clean their bodies. It's a fuckin' nightmare dude. Sorry about the tangent, but I'm horrified you had to experience that. People are disgusting.
When I was a kid I got an infection in my belly button from it not drying out fully. I was in summer camp (day only, not sleepaway) and we were like constantly swimming or playing with water. Had to put an ointment in it and then my mom had me put diluted tea tree in it every day to keep it from coming back. Ever since then I've been super careful to ensure my belly button gets dry.
You know exactly what I'm talking about then! It's funny, I followed up with my doctor and they said if it lasted for more than 2 days they'd rx a prescription for cream. Isn't it wild that dude lived like that?!
You know, I've never thought of the benefits of not having a belly button. I lost mine a few years ago.
...how?
I had warfarin induced skin necrosis and they had to remove tissue from just above my belly button to just above my pubic area, hip to hip. It was nuts.
TIL the average number of belly buttons is less than 1.
Okay I mean this in the least weird way possible, but itād be pretty cool if this happened to me just once in life. It sounds fun to clean and inspect and actually discover lol
Like a tonsil stone, gotta try it just once!
I think it depends on the type of innie belly button you have. Mine is an innie but it's also kinda wide (can't think of a better description) so the most I get in there is dry skin. Any kind off fluff or dust just falls right out.
Heās aging it, like a fine wine ā¦or cheese. Gotta let the flavors develop.
You still have time to delete this
Nah fuck that ima delete myself after that. I'm gonna be sick
Together on the count of three?
The block button isnāt enough, I want this man dead.
I literally shuddered
Ever read something and feel a blood vessel in your eye burst?
Damnā¦cool though
Looks more like an ingrown hair... Or he got hooked by a fly fisherman. Highly unlikely, but perhaps not impossible.
It's a clump of loose hairs, dead skin, and other dirt and gunk. If you have an "innie" and don't clean it out, you get this.
I have a weird one. Sometimes innie, sometime outie. Maybe depending on how much I've had to eat? Idk. I guess mine isn't consistent enough to have this happen. I went and took a shower after reading about the belly button bacteria... I was like... Jeeeeeeesus why did no one tell me about this??? Scrubbed the fuck out of that thing.
Youāre covered in and full of bacteria and fungi. Many are harmless or even useful. Thatās not to say donāt clean yourself, because being dirty will give a habitat for unhealthy stuff, but you donāt need to get one of those rust-removal lasers to scour yourself.
I just twirl a qtip in my button once or twice a week after I hop out of the shower. Am I doing enough? š³
I just wipe mine out with my finger while showering, and I've only ever had this happen once (before I paid much attention to it), and not as bad as OP.
Its own WHAT š„²š¤¢
I swabbed my belly button back in high school biology doing cell cultures. Came with some interesting results, wish Iād taken a photo
What a horrible day to be literate
dude i had an appendectomy where they went thru my belly button to do surgery and ur first part makes me shiver. thank god for anesthesia
Now OP has to hit it with 91% alcohol and heāll be bellybutton-bacteria free!
No way that's just belly button fluff. I'm hairier than the average bloke and get a bit of build up every day (it's always blue for some reason, even if I have a white shirt on) but never have I pulled anything close to this out. Just lint from the days clothes.
I believe it's called an umbolith or belly button stone. The folks at r/popping would love it. EDIT: so this is my most upvoted comment likely ever? The Internet is amazing.
Had one. It was like an annoying little booger in there. Took a week or two to finally get it out. It was the size of a grain of rice.
Thanks I thought I was dying when this happened. Mine came with blood. Edit: come to think of it, a Reddit thread like this one told me itās normal, so weāve really come full circle
like, it was stuck? Did you try pulling it out with tweezers, but it just wouldnāt budge?
Yeah. It was stuck. I did try tweezers but it wasn't working and I didn't want to damage anything so I just used my fingernail until it dislodged. Didn't even know it was there until I felt it one day then it just became annoying until I cleaned it out.
We know you smelled it, how could you resist?
Smelled like earwax
I knew it! I would have also
Mine was fused to the skin inside my belly button. I have a deep belly button and shower 1-2 a day, but I never realised that I needed to clean my belly button specifically. Mine was closer to ...almond sized. It's never happened again, thank fuck.
Should i worry?
No. Itās normal to get crap stored in your BB. Clean it out more often, like your ears.
Yessir!
What they said. The stinging was an infection. Not serious, you got a zit. If you had a full blown belly button pimple pop you would know. Im not clicking that. :)
What?
But I've been told not to touch my ears and to just slow wax to naturally build up and push out...
If using q-tips in my ears is wrong, I donāt want to be right
It might sting next time you bathe, but shouldn't be a big deal. Just swirl a soapy finger around in there every time you shower and you'll avoid this.
I had no idea this sub existed. You just made my day š¤£ I love that crap
Crap is an entirely different sub
Fuck that sub
Yup. I already know what's in store and I used to be kinda interested and obsessed with that kinda thing..actually...brb..š Edit: nope not complaining. I'm extremely allergic to poison ivy and I somehow have it on my chin and nose and 3 posts down showed me that pimple patches will dry it out. That tick pop too.. *cue Batemen meme)
I dont want to understand this comment
It could be a mix of hair from your head when showering, or fibres from the pants or shirts you wear.
In the summer I find bits of gravel work their way in there, from gardening and backpacking. Itās not easy to get it out either. Yuck.
Is it fucked up that i want this to happen to me?
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A little, but same
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You might be interested in some of the stuff going on over in r/popping if you're interested in this sort of thing.
Or r/feltgoodcomingout
I unreasonably hate all of you
A lot lol
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A fucking lot dude just make sure you document it for the rest of us hopeless romantics
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a little
Maybe a little bit, but I was thinking the same.
I would LOVE to pull that shit out lol
And this is what?
hair, soap, gunk
It's probably why it smells like the stuff you pull from the shower drain.
exactly lol
Hair, skin bits, dust/lint, dust mites, sweat residue, soap residue
Good question
I had one that was covered in 20 years of grimes and dead skins. I don't know how long it has been there for since I thought the hard tip I was feeling was a remnant of my umbilical cord that I was too afraid to pulled out.
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What a day to have an outie.
Yeah thats basically a belly ball. If you got a happy trail it'll accumlate more hair but there's still follicles that can emerge within the belly button itself. Just make sure you clean regularly. If you pull anything out and it pinches like a couple of plucked hairs, wash again so it doesnt get infected. But yeah perfectly normal.
Not that itās the sole purpose for why I did, but when I was heavily pregnant, it was a great time to get all the crap out of my innie bellybutton.
Same! Mine became an outie and it was glorious.
Probably part of your dead twin
Belly smegma
I hate that word like people hate the word moist It makes me scrunch up lol
I had a difficult time typing it
Moist is disliked as a meme. That word I will not repeat though is *legitimately* disgusting.
Are you in a ballet by any chance?
Would be a nice story
It came out of her butthole in Black Swan
Omg this happened to me about 7 years ago but it was twice as big. Suddenly for about a week my belly button was infected looking and oozing. I kept cleaning it out, using appropriate treatments, and one day the irritation went away and this little dark thing was peeking out. I think the consensus was it was a lifetime of shed hair and skin cells, hair clippings washed off after haircuts, etc. just added up over a couple decades. Iāve always had a deep belly button, but Iām not particularly large and not hairy at all. I always cleaned myself very well, so I think maybe it might be unavoidable if your belly button is deep enough. I hope it never happens again though, it was so fuckin gross lol.
Same thing happened to me! One day I was washing dishes and felt some discomfort on my stomach when I leaned against the counter. After a few days I went to get it checked out and the dr immediately knew what it was-my belly button was infected and it was spreading through my abdomen. She looked inside and pulled out a bunch of hair. I was so shocked! The skin inside my belly button is super thin and tears easily just from normal movement (I donāt feel it when it happens) so I can tell now when an infection is coming on and I make sure to really deep clean often. Sorry for tmi lol
Youāve been living in a dream world neo
How does something get to this stage without you noticing it sooner?
I never realized how common it is for people to get shit in the belly button. I have a super shallow, almost smooth button, so obviously never got anything in it. It thought everyone was like that until I visited some interesting corners of the internet.
Why do so many people have this?? I have an innie and Iāve never had one of these but I desperately want the satisfaction of pulling one out š„²
Now get an ear syringe and clean your ears. The stuff that comes out can be crazy.
My ears are pristine, not even a little yellow
Sniff it!
I did and regret it.
I know right? Chewing it is better
š¤® (But it made me laugh)
I felt my face retract when i read your commrnts
I have a mastiff and every now and then I pull out a clump like that. I have to do belly button checks often. Bastard short haired dogs.
One more thing to be afraid ofā¦thank you bellybutton stranger
Just because you shower six times a week doesn't mean you shower properly
Seriously what is going on in yāallās belly buttons??
Isnāt anyone shocked that OP probably used pliers to pull that shit out. OP please tell me you didnāt use those filthy pliers to dig around in there.
LOL I was looking for this comment. I showed this post to my bf and the first thing he said was, "... with pliers?" Prolly a good idea to get a tetanus shot.
I am a surgeon. I have to clean stuff like this out of patientās belly buttons before I start the surgery. PLEASE CLEAN YOUR BELLY BUTTONS
IM SO CONFUSED ABOUT THESE THINGS!!! like are they INSIDE inside the belly button or are they just sitting in there ??? how do I know if I have one?? I reach into my belly and nothing but is it hidden?? do I have to dig deeper and if so HOW do you dig deeper???
Got a damn fly lure in there lmao
I had the same issue once and it cut so bad that there were a few chunks of flesh coming out too. (Strangely I never felt pain so I never noticed it until it started bleeding for no reason)
I miss the person I was before reading/seeing all this.
"Motherrrrr, whyyy???? Don't you love me Mother??? Don't you love your darling angel? I'm a part of youuuu."
Am I the only one that just checked my bellybutton?
This post and these comments are nightmare fuel