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HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
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fatjack wrote:its not necessarily damage, its a process called keritanization
clearly you're wearing down your skin if a callous forms...wear= damage.
clearly? how is making the skin thicker and tougher wearing it down? :?
you wear it down and the skin cells build back up thicker and tougher. eh? yes. now go away.
you aren't "wearing down" anything, genious. like the dude above said, keratin is reinforcing your skin cells.

now admit that you are wrong and quit trying to argue just because you dont like me
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Duffman wrote:i'm a climber, so i have callouses on the first pad of all my fingers, plus the tips of my left hand. its really weird to touch things because i can't feel them. i would suck at braille.
if you were blind you probably wouldnt be climbing mountains
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jsgksu wrote:
Duffman wrote:i'm a climber, so i have callouses on the first pad of all my fingers, plus the tips of my left hand. its really weird to touch things because i can't feel them. i would suck at braille.
if you were blind you probably wouldnt be climbing mountains
there was a blind dude who climbed mt. everest
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hey guys great posts, a little heavy on the hostility but this is good info, thanks and keep it coming..
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anyone have callouses on the other hand from slapping? mines gettin there
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6StringSamurai wrote:anyone have callouses on the other hand from slapping? mines gettin there
i have on every finger but my right hand's pinky
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im not talking about tips. I meant the inside of the thumb at first joint.
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fatjack wrote:
jsgksu wrote:
Duffman wrote:i'm a climber, so i have callouses on the first pad of all my fingers, plus the tips of my left hand. its really weird to touch things because i can't feel them. i would suck at braille.
if you were blind you probably wouldnt be climbing mountains
there was a blind dude who climbed mt. everest
shenanigans

to the top?
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yep its true
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i wonder how hard dave's callouses are
and all the little ants are marching..
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fatjack wrote:
6StringSamurai wrote:anyone have callouses on the other hand from slapping? mines gettin there
i have on every finger but my right hand's pinky
everywhere dude, i got them everywhere
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jsgksu wrote:
fatjack wrote:
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Duffman wrote:i'm a climber, so i have callouses on the first pad of all my fingers, plus the tips of my left hand. its really weird to touch things because i can't feel them. i would suck at braille.
if you were blind you probably wouldnt be climbing mountains
there was a blind dude who climbed mt. everest
shenanigans

to the top?
well, there is a giant billboard in my town that has him sitting on top of everest and the caption says "Climbed Everest: Blind"

its some kind of motivational christian billboard, but i doubt it would be there if it wasn't true
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fatjack wrote:
HCHaikuWarrior wrote:
fatjack wrote:
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fatjack wrote:its not necessarily damage, its a process called keritanization
clearly you're wearing down your skin if a callous forms...wear= damage.
clearly? how is making the skin thicker and tougher wearing it down? :?
you wear it down and the skin cells build back up thicker and tougher. eh? yes. now go away.
you aren't "wearing down" anything, genious. like the dude above said, keratin is reinforcing your skin cells.

now admit that you are wrong and quit trying to argue just because you dont like me
"Calluses and corns are caused by repeated pressure or friction on an area of skin over time. The pressure causes the skin to die and form a hard, protective surface." Source: http://www.pamf.org/health/healthinfo/i ... _id=ug2399


so stop being a stubborn slut, i'm right, you're wrong.

the skin wears down (dies) and builds back up even stronger.
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Duffman wrote:i'm a climber, so i have callouses on the first pad of all my fingers, plus the tips of my left hand. its really weird to touch things because i can't feel them. i would suck at braille.
Haha I started guitar to get better finger calluses for climbing
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HCHaikuWarrior wrote: "Calluses and corns are caused by repeated pressure or friction on an area of skin over time. The pressure causes the skin to die and form a hard, protective surface." Source: http://www.pamf.org/health/healthinfo/i ... _id=ug2399


so stop being a stubborn slut, i'm right, you're wrong.

the skin wears down (dies) and builds back up even stronger.
where in there does it say "wear down?" ummmmm.... nowhere

just because it dies doesn't mean its being worn down assbandit, what the hell do you think makes fingernails grow? you don't say "damn, i need to cut my fingernails, they sure have worn down a lot!"

if your fingers were being worn down, you would start bleeding and your bone would come out.

now quit being a bitch. I'm right, and you are a whiny little fuck
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