Holy crap! What an idea! Dude, I totally thought that when they were removed from the rest of the nail, they lost all structural integrity and simply vaporized!
Could it be that nails can actually survive the biting process? Perhaps they can reproduce and grow new nails, as with the grafting of plants and such! What an observation!
You should know, you play strings, too. We can't afford to let them get long enough to bite. I clip mine over a toilet. If they get long enough and I get bored enough, I cut them with a knife and halfheartedly attempt to get them in the trash can.
as a sometimes nervous nail bitter myself i think i am qualified to answer this. usually, i have no clue that i am biting my nails therefore, no clue where the nails go. as gross as this is every once in a while i realize that i am biting it and can feel a little peice in my mouth. i usually try to awkwardly spit it into a bush (like the family). this only happens like every few months though, so the regular biters...hmmm ask them.
I'm pretty sure that is in fact the case... It's pretty easy to lightly propel a small bit of nail-shrapnel off the tip of the tongue discreetly, I think when the say "throw them away" they mean just drop them wherever. They're a similar color to most floors, or they get trod into carpets... not really that noticeable.
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That was indeed a very Hanna post. You should do that more often.
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Could it be that nails can actually survive the biting process? Perhaps they can reproduce and grow new nails, as with the grafting of plants and such! What an observation!
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You should know, you play strings, too. We can't afford to let them get long enough to bite. I clip mine over a toilet. If they get long enough and I get bored enough, I cut them with a knife and halfheartedly attempt to get them in the trash can.
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And accidentally I swallow some, lol
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