Twitter Thread Proves A LOT Of People Have Permanent Scars From Lead Pencils Stabbing Them In Adolescence

What the heck!?

Elana

• Published in Interesting
• January 22, 2019

The No. 2 pencil: staple of our adolescence. It was a mandatory supply for school from grade school through high school so virtually everyone (in the United States at least) who went to public school knows exactly what a No. 2 pencil is and has used one. What a bunch of you probably don't realize, is that if you have a little graphite-coloured scar where they were once stabbed with said famous pencil... you are not alone.

Keeping those puppies sharp enough to use all day was a top priority but blindingly mangling the inside of your desk to find one could easily result in a painful puncture, seeming harmless in most cases. Of course some kids probably intentionally stabbed each other, but you know, some kids are little turds. Either way, it's a real thing and thanks to some random dude on Twitter a whole lot of people are talking about it!

It all began with a simple request.

The Internet is all about sharing, these days.

A lot of people responded, thinking they were the only ones.

Surprisingly, anyway.

The Revenge Stabbing

Oh no! Kids are mean.

Look at that dot.

That's a big dot.

Mystified.

Some people were legitimately surprised this was as common as it is.

I took a pencil in the knee.

There's a meme for that.

Tough lesson to learn.

I would really like to know how he managed this, though.

Damnit, Janet.

Kids got away with all kinds of tomfoolery back in the day.

It was all her fault.

Petition to ban gym teachers.

Not just for little kids!

Most of the stories shared were of grade school incidents but there were also teenagers affected.

The classic spot.

The palm is the enemy of the pencil tip.

Don't run with pencils.

Second only to "Don't run with scissors."

Too close for comfort.

This could have ended so differently and so much worse.

Finding your people.

You are all connected through your pencil related trauma.

OMG Twins

Twinning on Twitter!

Not to be outdone by the girl who just barely missed her eyeball...

We have this guy who totally nailed his eyeball!

Rudolph the Lead Nosed Reindeer

I repeat, kids can be so cruel.

Oh yeah, the latest Ulta pallet:

Lead Pencil

Don't worry, OP didn't just ask for stories. He shared his own!

He's in the "lead-palmer" club.

Don't worry, none of y'all are dying from lead poisoning.

People have long-since wondered why their graphite scar seemed to be a permanent reminder, here's a great answer to calm your nerves courtesy of Stack Exchange.

Elana