WICKED!!!
Maybe its something everyone should try and get into . the new craze…, something that doesnt sem right. when gorillas, monkeys groom, or apes etc, arent they picking fleas and not zits??? but im gonna make a pint first… no, wait,
I will make a new topic… up.
my bad.,
Russell
My first response to the OP was “because you don’t have lice anymore” - so I go along with the grooming theory.
I have to admit, it is oddly satisfying. Maybe we do it because we know, deep down, it’s the only thing about a man we can actually change.
Lizard, I’m gonna go with the sebaceous cyst theory too. I’ve had a few of them myself. Stylus, those aren’t zits, I think that they’re keratin plugs. And plucking them out is good, as they can turn into zits if left alone.
And yes, I WILL pop zits and/or blackheads on just about anyone, given the chance. I also pluck ingrown hairs.
This thread has come dangerously close to making me physically ill.
So as revenge, here’s my story! One of the guys I work with has a wife who will pop his zits. Now, I don’t mind what they do in the privacy of their own home, but she will come in here, sit on his lap in the next cubicle, and pop away like it’s bubble wrap or something. It’s positively nauseating. I usually quickly find an excuse to leave when she walks in. His chair now has little white stains all over it. It’s disgusting.
There. Take that!
I vote for the “grooming theory” (or is it only a hypothesis at this point?)
When TW and I were still an item, it seemed like there were several dynamics at work. When she wandered in the room and started going over my back, it was simultaneously soothing and a little bit scary, since she went after those blemishes on my back with a vengeance. It was certain I would suffer some pain. It was also certain that several “itchy spots” on my back would stop itching for the forseeable future. There was a good chance she’d draw blood. There was also an excellent chance that when she was done, she would be “in the mood” if I followed her from the room quickly enough after she was done. Since “in the mood” was an infrequent occurrence, I suppose this was a positive reinforcement for me to sit there and take it.
~~Baloo
I do pop my own zits and pick at my scabs and blackheads.
I stand at the sink, in front of the mirror, and run the water so I can rinse my fingers.
Someone I know will pop her husband’s zits and then want me to see the pus, or blackhead.
It is all I can do to keep from vomiting in their car, and i keep telling her, “here is a tisssue, throw the damn thing away before I eave.”
although I do not know if i would pop someone else’s zits,
FWIW, YMMV.
Popping bubble wrap has an irresistable attraction to me.
I strongly suspect these twin impulses are related.
Let’s Experiment!
Buy these women {& men} some bubble wrap packaging & see if they enjoy popping it.
And ask them if the pleasure/satisfaction is the same for both phenomena.
No offense or anything…but, man you people are sick. How could you get pleasure out of popping zits.
BTW, for all of you zit poppers out there, get a doctors degree and become a dermatologist…all the zits in the world will just kinda come to you