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WCDT Strips 3291 to 3295 (22 - 26 August 2016)
Oenone:
You can tell it's broken because it's in two pieces?
Specifically for Claire, she'd probably have done breakage where her hair was as long as where she habitually tied it up. So some of her hair strands would be as long as up to her hair tie and others would be the length of her pony tail
Tova:
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Aug 2016, 19:17 ---Hairs can break?
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Yes? I mean... the strands aren't objects of infinite tensile strength...
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What I mean is...hair bends. How can you tell when it's broken? I realize that sounds like a profoundly stupid question, but...I can't really fathom how a strand breaks.
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It doesn't snap, like it was frozen or something. It breaks from being excessively pulled. Also exacerbated by dry hair. It becomes brittle.
You end up with hair strands all over the place, is how you can tell. Plus you can end up with a bunch of hair strands that pop out of your hair tie quite easily, or even don't quite make it, and your tied-back hair has a frizzy appearance.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Aug 2016, 19:32 ---
--- Quote from: Oenone on 22 Aug 2016, 19:20 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Aug 2016, 19:17 ---Hairs can break?
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Yes? I mean... the strands aren't objects of infinite tensile strength...
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What I mean is...hair bends. How can you tell when it's broken? I realize that sounds like a profoundly stupid question, but...I can't really fathom how a strand breaks.
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The living part of the hair is at the base and root. The rest of the hair is dead. Our natural oils help presetve the dead portion of the hair. Chemicals, heat, and physical agitation (pulling, twisting, bending, etc) can all deform or damage the protein bonds of the hair (similar to whipping or heating egg yolk). After a while, the hair breaks at weak points. Sometimes this is across the shaft, sometimes this is the tips of the hair fraying and splitting (split ends).
Please note it's been over 5 years since I took that class
Method of Madness:
I'm still really confused but I have a feeling this isn't the place to teach me about hair. Thanks for everyone's effort though.
Also Clinton's "I'm going" makes me think of Lisa's:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIZGp4oKMs
Penquin47:
Anything that can be cut can break.
Have to say I'm with Clinton on this one... chasing Brun down in the street is not going to do much to eliminate Renee's opinion of him as creepy stalker material.
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