# Sebaceous Cysts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823 "2009-06-15T12:56:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/1 "2009-06-15T12:56:55Z")

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Damn, those things suck. Why is it my fate to have every nuisance skin-problem known to man? I must’ve been an evil dermatologist in a past life.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/2 "2009-06-15T13:08:59Z")

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Pics or it didn’t happen. 😃

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/3 "2009-06-15T13:10:16Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Pics or it didn’t happen. 😃

Especially if you can get it to squirt.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/4 "2009-06-15T13:42:47Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Pics or it didn’t happen. 😃

This is especially funny to me for some reason. Thanks for that.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/5 "2009-06-15T13:43:54Z")

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> [@VunderBob](#):
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> Especially if you can get it to squirt.

Oh, it popped this morning. Without going into detail, I can say it was a profoundly disturbing experience.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/6 "2009-06-15T13:45:31Z")

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> [@CandidGamera](#):
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> Oh, it popped this morning. Without going into detail, I can say it was a profoundly disturbing experience.

We DEMAND details, dang it.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/7 "2009-06-15T13:47:25Z")

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> [@VunderBob](#):
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> We DEMAND details, dang it.

Why? Is this some new internet fetish I’ve missed? 😉

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/8 "2009-06-15T13:50:25Z")

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> [@CandidGamera](#):
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> Why? Is this some new internet fetish I’ve missed? 😉

[Youbetcha!](http://www.popthatzit.com/)

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**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sebaceous-cysts/499823/9 "2009-06-15T13:53:07Z")

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Even though I know what it means, I think the word combination ‘sebaceous cyst’ just has a nice sound to it.

Sebaceous cyst.

Sebaceous cyst.

It sounds like a kind of tree that grows on a Greek isle. _The Mediterranean sun was shining, and the sebaceous cysts were blowing in the breeze_.