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	roachspit 2011-04-12 12:14 am UTC (link)
	The lotus boob? You can find a picture of it at Snopes. (That's a link to the page debunking the myth, not the main page.) In deference to the squeamish among us, I'll let you decide if that's the right picture or not, instead of pasting a copy in the comment and potentially grossing people out. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Thread)

	capering_around 2011-04-12 12:30 am UTC (link)
	That's it, thanks! I kept thinking it was pomegranate and getting no results. Now, off to disturb my boyfriend. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	roachspit 2011-04-12 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Want a bonus Venus flytrap-esque cootch to really freak him out with? You can find one here. Yes, knowing where to find disturbing mash-up pics of plants and the female body is my job now. Or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2011-04-12 12:51 am UTC (link)
	That pic's a lot older that PS, man. someone sent it to me back in 98, and I think that was what sparked my loathing of lotus pods. (Reply to this)(Thread)

keleri
2011-04-12 01:13 am UTC (link)

I'd be willing to bet that when they first set up sending images over the internet, the lotusboob was already there. Waiting.

And man, ever since I read someone suggesting that it was part of a greater loathing of organically-holed objects (suggestive of insect infestation or some such), everything like that grosses me out now. Spongy substances? Lotus pod? Wasp nest? Hgggggg.

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	sorchar 2011-04-12 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Yes! It's called trypophobia. Lotus pods are the worst for me, but I think mine is more related to round things half-embedded in other things than in the holes themselves (though those are creepy too.) I had a dream once where I had one of those decorative half-marbles in my arm, with the top poking out a little, and it STILL skeeves me out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keleri 2011-04-12 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Yesssss, omigod. The video of the surinam toad juveniles swimming out of the mother's skin = ARG ARG ARGHHHHH (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2011-04-12 01:58 am UTC (link)
	OH GOD YES. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	singe 2011-04-12 02:34 am UTC (link)
	AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!!!!!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	khym_chanur 2011-04-12 02:56 am UTC (link)
	BLARGGGGHHH!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2011-04-12 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL TURN THIS COMM AROUND. I DON'T EVEN MOD IT BUT I WILL FUCKING TURN IT AROUND. D: D: D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	keleri 2011-04-12 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	I'M SORRYYYYYYYYY (Reply to this)(Parent)

	telegramsam 2011-05-07 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	The Surinam toad is quite possibly the most repulsive organism on this planet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	telegramsam 2011-05-07 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't have trypophobia until somebody sent me a picture of a botfly larvae-infested squirrel. Now I can't look at anything even remotely resembling such things, including those lotus pods and surinam toads and all of that shit. I hate that person, forever. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2011-04-12 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	I'd be willing to bet that when they first set up sending images over the internet, the lotusboob was already there. Waiting. D: D: D: I ... I was never that grossed out or afraid of the lotusboob before, you know. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	firebad 2011-04-12 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Oh, Christ, I had actually and legitimately forgotten about lotus boob until right this second. ARGHASKJHFHSDFKSDF. (Reply to this)

	coffeebun 2011-04-12 01:35 am UTC (link)
	... Just saying, but typing "fear of holes" into Google gets you pictures of lotus pods and sponges. And now I feel mildly nauseated, thx google! (Reply to this)

keri
2011-04-12 01:49 am UTC (link)

Apparently, it is rare but actually possible to have larvae infested breasts. -.-

I forgot the word "snopes" so just googled egg infested boob, and got an about.com site http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_breast_larvae.htm which has a legit video. Dunno if the snopes site has it, but I'm not looking, because I have a horrible fascination with the lotus boob - the kind where I am completely squicked and erggggg to look at it, but I can't look away. So I try not to look in the first place!

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	deadrose 2011-04-12 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Because I'm brave, and a doctor's brat, I watched it for everyone. You're probably best off avoiding it, unless you have an unhealthy interest in maggots or tropical diseases. It's pretty graphic, though not bloody. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lil_miss_stfu 2011-04-12 01:33 pm UTC (link)
	Its not a botfly is it? I watched a video taken from a British TV show where a woman had one under her scalp. I was okay until the damn thing moved. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	deadrose 2011-04-12 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	They (yes, multiples) don't squirm on camera so much, it's when you realize (ugh, I hate to even write this it's going to squick people so badly) that they're retreating down their little tunnels that it gets pretty disgusting. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2011-04-12 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently, it is rare but actually possible to have larvae infested breasts. -.- Yeah, I'm just gonna go ahead and drink util I forget I ever read that. D: ohgod itchy breasts now itchy itchy itchyyyyyyy (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2011-04-12 02:35 am UTC (link)
	oh god no lotus boob no just the mention ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; (Reply to this)

	capering_around 2011-04-12 03:16 am UTC (link)
	I'm starting to regret this thread. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	roachspit 2011-04-12 03:27 am UTC (link)
	I can find worse stuff if you give me time... I promise I won't, though. Unless someone asks nicely. :-) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dorothy1901 2011-04-13 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	Go. Away. GoawaygoawaygoawayGOAWAY. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	roachspit 2011-04-13 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Ack! I'm sorry! I'll stop! Here, you can have a picture of a cute dog and puppy. Puppies are good, right? (The link goes to Cute Overload because I am not totally evil.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anarchicq 2011-04-12 07:03 am UTC (link)
	At least your nudibranch is cute. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2011-04-12 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	weeping softly (Reply to this)

	munchkinott 2011-04-12 02:51 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, Lotus Boob. I've been getting that confused with Lotus Root for years. On the plus side, I've never been fooled by Lotus Boob. On the minus side, I should really warn for content when I make a stir fry. guilty look (Reply to this)(Thread)

oddplaces
2011-04-19 10:00 pm UTC (link)

Heh, I was never fooled, either! My grandmother had one of those fancy permanent flower-arrangement-centrepiece things on her table when I was a kid, and it included lotus pods. Being a kid, I thought they were weird and awesome and looked like an alien plant, so I never forgot them... and many years later, upon encountering Lotus Boob, I knew instantly what it had been inspired by!

(Thanks, grandma!)

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	oxfordcomma 2011-04-13 02:28 am UTC (link)
	I had forgotten about lotus boob until I saw this post. So why did I read the comments? Why??? There must be a jurisimprudence law about this phenomenon, right? (Reply to this)

	sisterelwood 2011-04-13 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I hate this, I hate this, I hate this!!! (Reply to this)