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Paper cuts are painful because at a microscopic level paper is quite rough, paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to nerve endings leaving behind tiny fibres that cause further irritation. (www.sciencefocus.com)

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I believe the actual scientific reason paper cuts hurt so much is because they suck.

My paper has been peer reviewed.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have also heard (yes, internet random has no citations) that "ragged" cuts also tend to close more quickly due to larger relative surface area for fibrin gluing.

I am currently not willing to self-experiment with this.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

haha plausible and same

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the mental image. I hate it!

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The bleaching chemicals for whitening the papers is caustic. It will spice up a cut nicely. The whitest paper burns the most.

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