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But after they use the microscope to inspect what is under their fingernails, they're both aghast at what they find and {{tvtropes|TroubledFetalPosition|curl into fetal positions}}. Our fingers are how we interact with the world, and all manner of things get trapped under our fingernails; different kinds of dirt, fungus, spores, fragments of insects, insect droppings and so on. Such things that obviously look pretty horrific when magnified a few hundred times. Cueball and Megan never suspected what they would find, and seem unable to process or deal with the horror they have uncovered.
 
But after they use the microscope to inspect what is under their fingernails, they're both aghast at what they find and {{tvtropes|TroubledFetalPosition|curl into fetal positions}}. Our fingers are how we interact with the world, and all manner of things get trapped under our fingernails; different kinds of dirt, fungus, spores, fragments of insects, insect droppings and so on. Such things that obviously look pretty horrific when magnified a few hundred times. Cueball and Megan never suspected what they would find, and seem unable to process or deal with the horror they have uncovered.
  
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The title text refers to {{w|Rule 34 (Internet meme)|Rule 34}} (see [[305: Rule 34]]), an {{w|internet meme}} which states "If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.". The book referenced is "The Secret House: 24 hours in the strange & wonderful world in which we spend our nights and days" by {{w|David Bodanis}} and is a study in {{w|micrograph|microphotography}}. It features extreme close-ups of everyday phenomena in the common house, but as seen from a microscopic perspective. "Rule 34" states that there must be porn of this nature, but it is not clear what form this would take; it could be lewd drawings of {{w|Moe anthropomorphism|personified}} microscopic objects, or perhaps just images of individual {{w|sperm cells}}.
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The title text refers to {{w|Rule 34 (Internet meme)|Rule 34}} (see [[305: Rule 34]]), an {{w|internet meme}} which states "If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.". The book referenced is "The Secret House: 24 hours in the strange & wonderful world in which we spend our nights and days" by {{w|David Bodanis}} and is a study in {{w|micrograph|microphotography}}. It features extreme close-ups of everyday phenomena in the common house, but as seen from a microscopic perspective. "Rule 34" states that there must be porn of this nature, but it is not clear what form this would take. You would, however, probably be able to see the individual {{w|sperm cells}}.
  
 
[[Randall]] may have done this check himself - and now chooses to warn others not to make the same mistake. Thus, the title: '''Never Do This'''. He later gives the same type of advice against using a UV lamp in the bathroom through this comic: [[1469: UV]].
 
[[Randall]] may have done this check himself - and now chooses to warn others not to make the same mistake. Thus, the title: '''Never Do This'''. He later gives the same type of advice against using a UV lamp in the bathroom through this comic: [[1469: UV]].

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