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[[A frustrated-looking man stares at his arm hair.]]
Edwin: I’ve been trying to grow out my arm hair for YEARS now!
Edwin: I want to braid it! I’ve wanted to for AGES!
Edwin: But it only gets SO long… and then… just… STOPS!

[[A bald man joins the conversation.]]
Edwin: What TELLS it to stop growing? I shout at it every day to KEEP growing and it doesn’t LISTEN!
Hair Scientist: It IS growing. It’s just that your arm hair SHEDS faster than some other types of hair.

Hair Scientist: The length of hair is only determined by how much time it’s given to grow before it falls off. Arm hairs fall off more readily than do head hairs, or beard hairs.
Hair Scientist: But they ARE growing. Every day, little by little. Creeping, SLIDING out of your pores, all over your ARMS, all over your BODY.
Hair Scientist: Every SINGLE second, MILLIONS OF TINY HAIRS are INDEED SQUEEZING THEMSELVES out of your skin.

[[Edwin lies in bed, apparently unable to sleep, eyes wide in terror.]]

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#1044; In which Edwin is made Aware transcribed by in

[[A frustrated-looking man stares at his arm hair.]]
Edwin: I've been trying to grow out my arm hair for YEARS now!
Edwin: I want to braid it! I've wanted to for AGES!
Edwin: But it only gets SO long... and then... just... STOPS!

[[A bald man joins the conversation.]]
Edwin: What TELLS it to stop growing? I shout at it every day to KEEP growing and it doesn't LISTEN!
Hair Scientist: It IS growing. It's just that your arm hair SHEDS faster than some other types of hair.

Hair Scientist: The length of hair is only determined by how much time it's given to grow before it falls off. Arm hairs fall off more readily than do head hairs, or beard hairs.
Hair Scientist: But they ARE growing. Every day, little by little. Creeping, SLIDING out of your pores, all over your ARMS, all over your BODY.
Hair Scientist: Every SINGLE second, MILLIONS OF TINY HAIRS are INDEED SQUEEZING THEMSELVES out of your skin.

[[Edwin lies in bed, apparently unable to sleep, eyes wide in terror.]]

{{header: watch carefully at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Well, at least the shouting has been working}}

Well, at least the shouting has been working

#1044; In which Edwin is made Aware

  — July 8th, 2014

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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