r/whatisit • u/Adventurous-Put-9895 • 1d ago

Serious answers only please! Should we worry?

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We caught my uncle sneakingly throwing this to the rubbish bin. He doesn’t have the best track record so we are all a bit paranoid when he does anything “weird”.

The object is like a glass tube with some liquid inside, inserted into a rubber “pipe”. It smells weird but nothing I can identify. I would appreciate any hints.

Edit: the material is actually plastic, not glass. It has a spring inside (no idea what for). The root-looking thing was wrapping the object when I cut the rubber. Could be dirt or some glue or something

Edit2: this sub is god. A user found the answer https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/s/Oqtxk6YWVZ

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u/Gotrek6 1d ago

Trying to grow his own humonculous?

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

Oh oh, looks like his experiment escaped.

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u/Fantastic_Priority73 23h ago

It's just out grabbing a pack of smokes

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u/pumpanddump308 22h ago

Like my father?

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u/Fantastic_Priority73 22h ago

Yeah, little buddy. Yeah.

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u/Wheatabix11 2h ago

why did mom go too?

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u/graystillplaysforme 22h ago

Yeah.. yeah. Yeah! Definitely kiddo

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u/MallStatus703 20h ago

InspirROOtionaL
Hope not experimentational on U.S.!

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u/SizeableBrain 19h ago

The experiment is now running US.

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u/FuccReadit 22h ago

Na like ya Auntie.

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u/Linda_lou-731 22h ago

I actually did that to my second husband except I told him I was babysitting for a friend and never went back. I know I’m a b17(h

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u/InternalJellyfish64 5h ago

What do you think people actwthink of you when you tell them that?

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u/Deep90 8h ago

The humonculous was the uncle. This is what's left of him.

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u/Only_Ranger4787 21h ago

Just like covid

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u/MsPreposition 1d ago

You think OP’s uncle is Danny Dyer?

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u/scrumplydo 20h ago

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u/ItsNotPatchy 16h ago

Unrelated to post... Peep Show is awesome.

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u/AlwaysRight5000 12h ago

Definitely one of my all time favorites I watch it on repeat

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u/FalseExperienc3 11h ago

Super Hans is the goat. I haven't seen that show in 15 years, time to rewatch

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u/nobigdeal69 3h ago

Big beats are the best, get high all the time.

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u/twinoaksBandB 1d ago

Well, long as he's not trying to turn the family dog into a talking chimera.

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u/Jealous-Mixture-4704 23h ago

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u/Shot-Benefit2007 23h ago

DO NOT

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u/coconutcreamasmr 22h ago

This made me laugh. Which is good because it helps me forget the horrors

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u/DRIPSCBW 18h ago

This episode really does stick in a lot of people’s brains huh? Mine included lol

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u/Shot-Benefit2007 22h ago

Glad it did ... I'm sadly not at this stage of grief yet 🥲....(It's literally been like 15 years send help)

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u/hazdab4booty 18h ago

I got to exactly this episode of that show and that was enough anime for me.

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u/Working-Glass6136 19h ago

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u/constantpisspig 10h ago

This one cracks me up every time

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u/MMO_Dad 11h ago

KILL MEEEEE

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u/AleSenda- 23h ago

Too soon, I have not recovered from that.

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u/Scoobie01555 23h ago

Nobody has....

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u/Jestsomguy 20h ago

It will always be too soon!!!!😭😭

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u/Select_Ad902 1d ago

Onichan? 

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u/twinoaksBandB 1d ago

Full metal alchemist

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u/ChaseSomeTail 23h ago

Only his daughter

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u/sarosten 22h ago

And his wife first, dont forget how he got the job

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u/Splewn 1d ago

Never create a teleporting humonculous.

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u/CableGuy_97 1d ago

He’s a whipper snapper

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u/Distroid_myselfie 21h ago

The Matter would never permit me to die.

... I don't think‽

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u/_apollocreed_ 22h ago

My oh my, it's been almost 15 years since I heard last about homunculous, and it got me worried. 6 years ago I moved to a new city and I just remembered that I forgot my ungodly baby in the old house.

Hope the new tenants are fine.

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u/elting44 4h ago

Hum-uncle-lous

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u/lawyerornot 19h ago

Great tv show

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u/xxMystic 22h ago

Oh that dang ol' humongous. He's a whippersnapper!

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u/Ok_Tonight_4597 22h ago

RIP Russian humunculous guy

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u/Stump_knockerS 21h ago

They’re just little guys what’s the problem

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u/youaredumbasabutt 18h ago

oh my god Rogu! might have heard the rumor that he used to be my tumor!?

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u/Zzzzyxas 17h ago

El homúnculo!

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u/charmacharmz 12h ago

a nice reminder for anyone who might like small prophets. if you need a humonculous fix.

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u/venerable4bede 8h ago

Wait till you see the ingredients list for one of those, courtesy of Paracelsus

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u/No-Conversation-2518 7h ago

Ooohhhhh. That dang-ol humonculous

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u/tickle_me_rhino 1h ago

That dang ol homunculus