Datalounge, what do you do with toenail clippings?

They're NOT just for breakfast any more! A savory, gluten-free snack you can enjoy any time!

Actually r1, yes I know some people eat them. But unlike you, I didn’t want to “go there,” as the kids say.

Garbage?

Right now this thread is immediately above the "what is your go-to snack" thread.

This is so revolting, OP. Delete this.

I mix them in grandma's pudding and tell her they're almonds.

I’m saving them until I have enough to open a museum.

[Quote] Garbage?

But then don’t they go into a toxic landfill?

I know they don’t seem like much, but think of all the people in your city. That’s a lot of toes. Don’t those discarded toenails add up — the pile would be like a sand dune.

There is a nondenominational temple to toenail clippings on a mountain behind Woodstock NY. OP are you too fucking lazy and deplorable to do the right thing? Your clippings could help nourish many acres of Mountain-laurel.

R6 ….

[quote]I usually flush them tbh, but is that a waste of water? And then they go to raw sewage treatment.

It's not only a waste of water, it's also not what is supposed to go down the toilet. You should only flush stuff that can dissolve on its way to the treatment facility, i.e. liquids and turds and toilet paper and an occasional small cotton pad. That's why they're constantly warning against flushing wet wipes because they can clog up the sewage AND it fucks with their equipment at the facility. Those toenails probably don't even make it out of your house or apartment, they just collect at the bottom of your sewage system.

Just throw them in the regular trash, it's biological matter that will degrade over time. You should be more worried about microplastics in your facial products that find their way into the ocean and then into our food.

I just checked r9 and that’s a complete falsehood!

I put them in my bf's breakfast smoothie.

I create miniature Nativity scenes with them!

I don’t use facial products, r11, so the ocean is safe from me.

So back to toenails.

If the toenails are biodegradable, why not put them in the garden?

Dremel™ your toenails and there are no clippings to bother with.

Dremel is the way to go for us senior DLers.

Doesn’t dremel create toenail dust r16? So what do you do with the dust?

Snort it like cocaine?

Yes!

If only there were some little basket or barrel where I could put things like this, in order to have them collected and brought away from my home.

Amazon sells a cordless Dremel™ for about 30 bucks. Get you one.

Chuck 'em in the bin.

Make earrings 🥴

Eat them

This place is getting stranger every day.

Fish food for your aquarium!

I have a confession. I have been saving my toenail clippings in a little envelope next to my bed. I don't know why- it's weird I know! I feel like I should do something with them at some point.

I know you could put them in the compost, like bones.

I wear flip flops 365 days out of the year and wait for them to break off naturally

Truman Capote was said to have never clipped his toenails. Ick.

God this thread just reminded me that when was growing up clipped toenails were my dog's favorite treat. Disgusting. She really went for them.

Yuck.

I let them fall on the floor then vacuum them up.

[Quote] If only there were some little basket or barrel where I could put things like this, in order to have them collected and brought away from my home.

So you trash them instead of doing something more environmentally friendly. Ok.

Some of us actually CARE about the world we live in, Miss R19!

Burn them so a witch can’t use them to cast a spell on me.

A perfect anytime snack. And they keep remarkably well, especially on cadavers.

I’m sorry but I won’t eat anything unless Martha Stewart has said it’s ok.

I don't understand how we evolved ourselves into such a stupid situation with our nails. What did we do before metal cutting tools?

I throw them in the trash bin in the bathroom, which I toss in the trash every weekend.

I cut mine on our backyard deck and throw them in the slots between the deck boards. lol Gross i know.

People blow me shit over tossing coffee grounds!

Place toenail clippings on the coffee grounds, brew, enjoy!

Next episode, we deal with hair on the drain and heirs on the drip! We kill people!

I spit them onto the floor and let the cleaning lady take care of it

I’ve never understood why people think toenails, fingernails, are so disgusting. If they’re clean, they are not disgusting when they’re on the person but suddenly they all are when they’re cut off?

Wait, r39? You … SPIT them on the floor?

Actually never mind ….

Human nails contain traces of gold. It's possible to donate them to scientists who have the tools to extract the precious metal.

I was on a site where men sell underwear, and some were selling toenail clippings. I suppose there’s a market for them from guys who… get off on them? I understand the underwear fetish but couldn’t see what anyone would get out of buying someone’s funky toenail clippings.

Art work

After over 20 years here, I really do believe that we are scraping the bottom of the barrel for topics to discuss here on DL.

Oh well, it was a good run.

I have a teeny tiny red sharps disposal box for them. Better safe than sorry!

Give them to a friend with a harpsichord. He can use them to replace the plectra in his instrument's jacks and it is more humane than using bird quills.

R32 - my Irish granny always said the same thing burn or bury them.

Many cultures believe is completely burning them, lest your enemy get a hold of part of your physical self and put a hex on you.

I’m not sure I want to see some of the feet that carry the visitors on this site.

Topical! I trimmed mine last night in front of the wood heater and then burnt them.

Most of the time, I cut them outside and toss them in the garden.

How bored ARE you OP?

Saving them may not be a bad idea, wouldn't they come in handy if you were murdered and they could not find your body or your body was so mutilated that they could not identify you? They could use your nail clippings for the DNA.

I use them to elevate dishes!

I sprinkle them on porridge for my love, H.

Would it be a funny or mean joke to mail my envelope of them to a frenemy?

I use them to fill maracas with!

R54 Me too.

r35 Walking around barefoot invariably caused abrasion which kept them from getting too long. Or we could've sanded them down with rocks.

I’ve had it done by a podiatrist for a couple of years now thanks to diabetes and Medicare. Unless it’s the bloody corner of an ingrown nail he’s taking out with tweezers, I’ve never seen where the clippings go. But I’ve never seen or felt any on the floor, either, so the room must be super cleaned between patients.

I’ll watch more carefully next time.

No joke, I've been using clippings, finger and toe nails, for years in my kitchen.

As long as they're fungus free, keep in a glass jar and blitz up whenever you're out of flour. My choc chip cookies are always a hit at work. I've never let on that I use half almond flour and half keratin flour because people get weird about stuff sometimes. But even the young vegan receptionist loves the cookies, and keratin flour is a great natural protein source for her.

The taste is not detectable, and my bechamel sauce is a favourite of the whole family. They'd never believe my secret ingredient was finger and toe nails!

I mean, think about it. We eat most parts of an animal. To me, throwing away clippings is so wasteful. People espouse paddock to plate, this is my own version - clipping to cupboard!

I add mine to my beef stew.

I cut nails, often over a towel, later shake it onto grass. Like the think the birds take to to nests.

[Quote] How bored ARE you OP?

Actually I was fine until I read your reply, r52.

[quote]Many cultures believe is completely burning them, lest your enemy get a hold of part of your physical self and put a hex on you.

Yep, hair clippings too.

Like the think the birds take to to nests.

R62 - I do that after I cut my hair or trim my beard. The birds are most grateful.

R65:

[Quote] The birds are most grateful.

The birds:

“Will that cunt EVER stop throwing his body waste all over the lawn? Jesus wept! The worms won’t come up, and the whole lawn smells like his fucking FEET.”

Pick my teeth with them and throw them out.

It's just keratin, folks.

Speakng of keratin, does anyone else's cat love chewing on deer antler? Cumulus loves the ammonia flavour. 😺😻

Yep, I’ve cut them on the patio and left the clippings and watched birds peck at them and stuff. It’s a thing.

Cover with boiling water. Tea.

Why is this even a thread?

Pick the clippings up and throw them in the wastepaper basket in your bathroom or bedroom where you are clipping your toenails in private.

DO NOT CLIP YOUR TOENAILS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE GYM!!!

And while we're near to the subject...

DO NOT USE THE BLOW DRYERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE GYM OTHER THAN TO DRY THE HAIR ON YOUR HEAD. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOU BLOW DRY YOUR PUBIC HAIR OR HAIR ON OTHER PARTS OF YOUR BODY!!!

Eyes down, pervy.

‘I Make £5,000 a Week Selling My Toenail Clippings Online’

You can make Arts & Craft items with them.

I boil mine down with a couple of cups of sugar and have homemade Toe Jam! I'll be entering it at the County Fair this year.

I work in a shelter and folks do burn their toenail clippings along with their hair.

Folks, we are at the bottom. Whoever cursed you did a great job. Burning evidence will never help. Plus, it smells like you’re smoking fenty. Please stop.

Also, Please wear a shirt. We have ladies who have to work this shelter. P&T

Fentanyl fumes smell like burning hair and nails? Groooosssss! 🤢😵‍💫

I mix them with some rice to give it that extra flava

R77, whenever you get a bad chemical smell on the floor, you assume it’s Fenty. Crack smells of cat pee and Fenty smells like somebody opened a bag of chemicals. Burnt hair and other things often disguise drug use in the shelter.

We have creative people who burn a lot of things when they turn a shelter into their night-time activity center.

However, I do pride myself on provisioning clients so they have clean feets.

Don’t fuck with a clean queen in the shelter! I have supplies and I will push them on you when you are stoned and you will use them because I said so. Hopefully, I’m pleasant when I settle you down with clippers.