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My earphones' cable has grown a pimple. It popped today. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Image on left is from 4 days ago, but the pimple was slowly forming over around 2 weeks.

The goop was sticky, not oily. Earphones are Panasonic RP-TCM130.

I was not able to find an explanation.
Something to increase cable lifespan, lubrication, rubber disintegrating, sweat and earwax that somehow got into the cable, dielectric grease, SCP-1407, no clear answer.

At first I thought the wires just somehow twisted. Nope.

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[–] bbuez@lemmy.world 89 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Makes me think of that shitty grippy rubber material on cheap mice that becomes gooey with time. I would treat those as euclid until further testing

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Euclid??? The greek mathematician?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 66 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Euclid-class SCPs are anomalies that require more resources to contain completely or where containment isn't always reliable. Usually this is because the SCP is insufficiently understood or inherently unpredictable. Euclid is the Object Class with the greatest scope, and it's usually a safe bet that an SCP will be this class if it doesn't easily fall into any of the other standard Object Classes.

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[–] liam070@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago

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Don't follow that rabbit hole!

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