# Dendritic patterns slightly repulsive **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305 "2018-02-06T14:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/41 "2018-02-08T11:41:44Z")
And the [Northern Reticulated Chipmunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwXNod6twg). ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/42 "2018-02-08T14:13:04Z")
This character seems to have been justified in her fear of dentritic objects. > **[Disney News | Disney](https://news.disney.com/)** > > Find the latest news from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney+, and National Geographic, all in one place. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/43 "2018-02-08T15:18:40Z")
> [@eburacum45](#): > > This character seems to have been justified in her fear of dentritic objects. > [Disney News | The Official News Site for Disney](https://style.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Snow-White-in-the-Woods.jpg) And [these guy](https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-gainesvillehanging.html)s. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/44 "2018-02-08T17:41:27Z")
As many have said, there is nothing about a dendritic patter that most would find repulsive. OTOH, there are things in a dendritic pattern that we would. Some forms of mold and fungus spread in such a pattern, infections can sometimes leave a dendritic pattern in your skin as they spread. These are rare, but we have seen them in movies and TV shows quite a bit of late. I would think that it is more that a dendritic pattern indicates that something is living. And if something is living where something shouldn’t be living, then we find that to be repulsive. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/45 "2018-02-11T16:31:36Z")
I quite like them, and would give them a 7 or 8. A lot of people apparently feel differently than you and your officemates given the popularity of[Lichtenberg patterns](https://www.google.com/search?biw=853&bih=542&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=z2-AWqaoIajb5gKj_b_gCA&q=lichtenberg+pattern+&oq=lichtenberg+pattern+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i30k1j0i24k1.4530.4530.0.4879.1.1.0.0.0.0.106.106.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.105....0.R4QiqR-OXto). The trypophobia images, though, _are_ repulsive, and I’d give them a 3. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305/46 "2018-02-11T20:22:11Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [These guys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Po35g23fYI) make 3D Lichtenberg figures in blocks of transparent plastic by irradiating them in a particle accelerator (shown around 1:15) and then tapping with a metal pin to trigger a rapid discharge, i.e. lightning. Discharges are shown around the 3-minute mark. Final products shown around 4:15. That’s awesome! Never seen that before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendritic-patterns-slightly-repulsive/808305.md?page=2)