My Thumb Has Carapace

CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">My thumb pwns</div> Yes so its really amazing how our bodies react to differnt threats,and how it evoloves over time. hyperthermia, sweating, going into shock, are actualy your body trying to help its self.

Anyways here is an example I think I briefly mentioned a while ago somewhere cant remember.

Yea so while some people may suck on there thumb when they are a baby I chewed on mine.

laugh it up I dont care.

So now my left hand thumb's skin is really thick. It doesnt look deformed or anything at all. But if you touch it you can feel that its harder then my other fingers.
So yea I can take a razor blade and poke my thumb repeatidly and I wont cut myself. If I do it on my other fingers Ill cut myself.
Pretty cool huh?

I have level one carapace! <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> Maybe if everyone had skin like that we woudlnt have so many scraps and cuts.
Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
«1

Comments

  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Nifty?
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • AegeriAegeri Join Date: 2003-02-13 Member: 13486Members
    I actually have two calluses on my hands. I have a massive lump on my index finger which is a writing callus, and I also have a pipette callus on my thumb.

    Neither are very attractive objects :/
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • UZiUZi Eight inches of C4 between the legs. Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13767Members
    ...im a weightlifter...My feet and hands are PURE callus.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Yeah, I wish I could poke razor blades into my flesh too. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    I've got three, all in kind of wierd places. One on the inside pad of my thumb, one on the second inside joint of my index finger, and another on the inside of that first segment of my middle finger.

    With the grip I use for fencing, those are the three major contact points. The rest of my skin is pretty smooth, but those three spots are hard as rock.

    BTW: Did you know that, save the bullet coming out of a hunting rifle, the tip of a fencing foil is the fastest moving piece of sports equipment in existance? Some world-class people can get it to break the sound barrier, hitting an opponent from enguard position in terms of 1/150th of a second.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    My right hand fingers have lvl1 carapace too. I play guitar.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I have Callus' on the Corner's of my right hand from Mouse Movement, and on my Right thumb from my button mashing Console days.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • RhuadinRhuadin Join Date: 2003-06-05 Member: 17023Members
    I like having my soft hands. It's just a matter of wearing gloves whenever I'm doing labor, and also a factor that I have naturally soft skin. As my friend Laura gently put it, "You have the f***ing hands of a 12 year old girl!" I can't say how a 12 year old's girls hands would be, but I know that girls like my hands. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    [/QUOTE]I have Callus' on the Corner's of my right hand from Mouse Movement, and on my Right thumb from my button mashing Console days.
    [QUOTE]

    ^ Now that's scary... that's a lot of button mashing.

    Rhuadin
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    I just got stumpy, fat strong thick skinned hands. Runs in the family. That said, i hurt my hand pretty badly tripping over a bag on the basketball courts today...
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea so while some people may suck on there thumb when they are a baby I chewed on mine.

    Maybe if everyone had skin like that we woudlnt have so many scraps and cuts. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yay. this may work. need to put it in the parenting guides - make sure to chew your baby all over every 3 hours
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    I have some huge ones on my toes, they're like level 2 carapace, even 3. That's about it though, used to have them on my fingertips from playing guitar but that was a while ago.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--z.x. bogglestiensky+Jun 17 2003, 04:59 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (z.x. bogglestiensky @ Jun 17 2003, 04:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea so while some people may suck on there thumb when they are a baby I chewed on mine.

    Maybe if everyone had skin like that we woudlnt have so many scraps and cuts. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yay. this may work. need to put it in the parenting guides - make sure to chew your baby all over every 3 hours <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • sekdarsekdar Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9564Members
    Legionnaired, what type of grip you use?


    i've been doing a lot of chinups lately and i've developed callous at the base of my ring finger where it joins my palm... both hands. Odd...
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Legionnaired+Jun 17 2003, 01:20 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Legionnaired @ Jun 17 2003, 01:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BTW: Did you know that, save the bullet coming out of a hunting rifle, the tip of a fencing foil is the fastest moving piece of sports equipment in existance? Some world-class people can get it to break the sound barrier, hitting an opponent from enguard position in terms of 1/150th of a second. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    WTH! That's crazy! But I don't care much for Fencing. Do you know of any really good fencing duels downloadable?
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    My left thumb has cara. Chalk it up to my PS2.<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • WindelkronWindelkron Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 419Members
    first a guy who watches people get their intenstines punched out at work, then a guy who's immune to ants, and now this D:
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    I don't have it as much now, but i used to have thick skin on my feet. I used to walk barefoot everywhere, and as a result, i grew a high tolerance to rocks and other pointy objects on the ground. I am convinced that i could have walked hot coals at that moment in my life and not have felt a thing.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Hawkeye+Jun 17 2003, 10:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hawkeye @ Jun 17 2003, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't have it as much now, but i used to have thick skin on my feet. I used to walk barefoot everywhere, and as a result, i grew a high tolerance to rocks and other pointy objects on the ground. I am convinced that i could have walked hot coals at that moment in my life and not have felt a thing. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol Hawkeye the Hobbit <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Hawkeye, How tall are you and how hairy are you feet?
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    I use a Visconti Large, with a glove that's probably a fraction bigger than it should be.

    <img src='http://www.triplette.com/sport%20fencing/images/visconti.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
    That's a small or a medium in the picture, mine is a little beefyer and gives me a little more control.

    It's a good grip, fits my hand damn near perfectly, although I do get some callouses, but that's to be expected.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Legionnaired+Jun 17 2003, 04:20 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Legionnaired @ Jun 17 2003, 04:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BTW: Did you know that, save the bullet coming out of a hunting rifle, the tip of a fencing foil is the fastest moving piece of sports equipment in existance? Some world-class people can get it to break the sound barrier, hitting an opponent from enguard position in terms of 1/150th of a second. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is it really loud?
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--z.x. bogglestiensky+Jun 18 2003, 05:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (z.x. bogglestiensky @ Jun 18 2003, 05:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea so while some people may suck on there thumb when they are a baby I chewed on mine.

    Maybe if everyone had skin like that we woudlnt have so many scraps and cuts. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yay. this may work. need to put it in the parenting guides - make sure to chew your baby all over every 3 hours <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    /me claps

    This is the first post on this forum which has actually made me laugh hysterically. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Salty+Jun 17 2003, 11:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Salty @ Jun 17 2003, 11:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Legionnaired+Jun 17 2003, 04:20 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Legionnaired @ Jun 17 2003, 04:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BTW: Did you know that, save the bullet coming out of a hunting rifle, the tip of a fencing foil is the fastest moving piece of sports equipment in existance? Some world-class people can get it to break the sound barrier, hitting an opponent from enguard position in terms of 1/150th of a second. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is it really loud? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Bout as loud as an 8-foot bullwhip cracking.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • voogruvoogru Naturally Modified (ex. NS programmer) Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1827Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    * Starts Chewing on hands *
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SoulSkorpion+Jun 17 2003, 11:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Jun 17 2003, 11:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [QUOTE=Cpl.Davis,Jun 17 2003, 02:01 PM] Yea so while some people may suck on there thumb when they are a baby I chewed on mine.

    Maybe if everyone had skin like that we woudlnt have so many scraps and cuts. [/QUOTE]
    yay. this may work. need to put it in the parenting guides - make sure to chew your baby all over every 3 hours [/QUOTE]
    /me claps

    Quote Voogru * Starts Chewing on hands * <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol look what Ive started.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Mr_HeadcrabMr_Headcrab Squee&#33;~ Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9392Members, Constellation
    I got a lvl 1 on my right hand (mousing bump) lvl 2 on my left middle finger (writing) and a lvl 3 on my forehead (headbutted one too many windows....)
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    edited June 2003
    middle finger, writing calus... lvl 1.

    i swear i have regen lvl 1 though... cuts on my arm and things heal up in like, 20 minutes to a hour. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> bleeding stops within seconds if its a small one; about 30 seconds if its bigger...

    heh. i guess since i've made scars all over my body, its gained faster skin growth/repair. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->


    i wouldn't count it good for healing bullet wounds, though. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    -edit- PS: sometimes i lick my wounds; bleeding stops faster. wierd, eh? (heal spray?) <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    Legionnaired is that electric sport fencing? because in classical fencing i think we arent allowed that type of guard, we ahve mostly straight single peices, although my instructor does have an italian pistol grip.

    on topic... the corners of my thumb and index finger have level 1 carapace from a thousand thousand computer case screw tightenings.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    Same thing, my left thumb has thicker skin, just because I love hitting v and b with it so fast it hurt my thumb (not anymore)
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • PegenatorPegenator Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11269Members
    Carapace on finger? Bah, that's nothing. I have an acid rocket launcher on my forehead <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
Sign In or Register to comment.