# Do you feel this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-this/35835>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-this/35835 "2000-10-05T19:45:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-this/35835/1 "2000-10-05T19:45:50Z")

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Whenever my hands are cold, I can’t stand to touch cardboard or paper with my fingertips, especially photocopy paper. It feels slightly like touching a metal spoon to a filling.

Does anyone else experience this?

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**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-this/35835/2 "2000-10-05T20:17:30Z")

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If my hands are sticky, or particularly dry, I can’t touch a kleenex or cotton ball. Does that help?