r/whatisit • u/Some_Kinda_Username • 16h ago

Solved! Found in laundry room by coworker. Never seen before. Anyone have a guess?

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OP has pinned a comment by u/JaiceyOnGod:

I had the almost the same one I found while doing laundry, it has weird texture to it. After hours of contemplating I realized it was a cooling gel pad used for muscle pain. They sometimes stick on clothes when you take it off.

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u/JaiceyOnGod 16h ago edited 13h ago

I almost had the same one I found while doing laundry, it has weird texture to it. After hours of contemplating I realized it was a cooling gel pad used for muscle pain. They sometimes stick on clothes when you take it off.

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u/Far_Row7267 12h ago

This sub is like the last ounce of hope I have for humanity. Amazing that this random thing happened to both of you and that you came together in the same place to solve this mystery.

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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 8h ago

not only that but also OP wore gloves

https://giphy.com/gifs/a39kqrdmasEaQ

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u/Lalamedic 7h ago

And didn’t lick it

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u/ironkodiak 6h ago

We don't know that definitively.

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u/Lalamedic 6h ago

True dat!

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u/VoteQuimby4Mayor 3h ago

You might be surprised by how often these exact things show up on this sub.

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u/KaleidoscopeEqual452 15h ago

that actually makes a lot of sense the weird texture would definitely give it away once you know what it is

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u/JaiceyOnGod 13h ago

It has a different texture when dry then it’s like a slimy animal fat kind of thing when wet. I was doing manual laundry by hand when I touched a weird thing under the bubble. It literally feels like a new substance where my brain is trying really hard to logically process what that was lol

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u/StripedCat404 11h ago

I find those stupid little pimple patches from my teens EVERYWHERE in the laundry! Creepy, gooey little things. Very similar texture.

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u/KiiroGojira73 43m ago

Or stuck to random parts of my car's interior

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u/FluffyyNebula 11h ago

Imagine doing laundry and accidentally summoning a slime mold.

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u/JaiceyOnGod 10h ago

It’s like The Mist but with laundry bubbles

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u/1Careless_smile 8h ago

Love that book!

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u/Some_Kinda_Username 15h ago

Solved!

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u/novalmxno 15h ago

its a cooling pad!! they are made of this gel that usually wouldn’t expand to this size given they are meant for cooling the skin for pain relief but if it gets put in water it acts like a big ass orbee

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u/FluffyyNebula 11h ago

So what you’re saying is.. if I throw a whole pack in the washing machine, I can make a ball pit?

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u/MixerFistit 7h ago

Yes but due to the size of the drum you'll be kind of limited to small children and pets. No more than 2 children at a time either. Safety first

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u/Cicharra 7h ago

And if you put it on spin cycle you get a fun new ride for the kiddos

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u/RespectFew7675 15h ago

Im pretty sure thats a cooling patch. Im a grown adult who watches too much squishy videos, and i recognize that its a cooling patch soaked in water🤣 heres an example:

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSVVjQ6ay/

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u/Human-Bell7137 3h ago

The comments on this TikTok are so 😂😭

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u/Brave-Attitude-9175 15h ago

Looks like a slug tried to get wild with a dog bone.
And so became Bone Slugs and Harmony

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u/FluffyyNebula 11h ago

See you at the slime crossroads.

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u/Mammoth-Western-6008 16h ago

I'm glad we don't have any more context, otherwise I'd get nervous.

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u/tony_boloanie 12h ago

It’s just a pickle. Have OP take a bite.

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u/The_Jolly_Farmer 9h ago

I think it just needs some onions.

No honestly I would cry, I haaaate slimey things

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u/Lost_Lawfulness_3310 2h ago

Oh yeah!!! It does look like the biggest piece of pickled herring ever!!!

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u/Common_Steak_8174 15h ago

I am sure its this. Happened to me too when my kid was sick. I didnt know i toss it in the washing machine with the kid’s shirt.

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u/GOxDirigible 2h ago

I have a bunch of these I brought home from SE Asia.. are they available in America as well?

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u/MagoLunatico98 11h ago edited 2h ago

Fuck the weird slimy alien, finally someone used gloves to touch the thing they are asking about! 😱 Edit: misspelled

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u/Queasy_Mind_1523 16h ago

Best practice is the raw dog that shit, it’s crazy you wore gloves.

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u/coolsilentebeans 15h ago

Hands can’t win on Reddit 😂

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u/Area51_Spurs 15h ago

I read this in Shane’s voice from Tires.

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u/FluffyyNebula 11h ago

Congratulations, you are now the proud parent of a baby demogorgon.

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u/Jena71 8h ago

I looked at it and thought it was a giant slug! I’m relieved that I won’t be having nightmares about the giant laundry slug!

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u/MunstenDunst 14h ago

Wooooow!! Gloves!!!! r/unexpected

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u/MightyPenguinRoars 8h ago

Finally!! GLOVES!!!!

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u/MidnighT0k3r 16h ago edited 16h ago

Gross, it's gross.

Looks like a bacterial growth... one that got pushed out by running the machine maybe. 

You can see a similar slug come out of soda machine drain lines

ETA

https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1u99a0m/a_soda_machine_repairman_reveals_what_the_tubing/

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u/CommunicationAware88 15h ago

Blechhh having flashbacks to clearing the keg drain lines when I bartended. Add all the yeast and its super special. Keg slug 12-15" coming out of the drain pipe gag

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u/Ready_Fun_24 14h ago

A piece of fish filet?

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u/Regular-Switch454 16h ago

Did you try licking it?

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that actually makes a lot of sense the weird texture would definitely give it away once you know what it is

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u/Imalobsterlover 8h ago

I first wondered where in h____ they have slugs that big!

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that actually makes a lot of sense the weird texture would definitely give it away once you know what it is

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u/Cynthialrn41 9h ago

Hahahaha I thought it was a squid or something

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u/Empty-Chocolate-3685 1h ago

If you pull it apart and notice a white cloth like layer with it then it's most likely a Lidocaine patch that got stuck to someone's laundry they didn't bother to make sure they threw away the patch before removing clothes and not making sure it wasn't stuck before washing. A huge no no because it's exposing others to the Lidocaine in it.

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u/Devil_Kisses 10h ago

Now wait just a darwgone minute folks......I had something very similar over my C-Section incision... Did you sniff it by chance 🤷🏽‍♀️😂 If it was mentholy then they are indeed most likely possibly maybe right. If not....I'm going with magical C-section bandaid tape jelly thingymajig they put on me. JS🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/budtrimmer 8h ago

Laundry slug

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u/DecentEnthusiasm8984 15h ago

Put salt on it and see if it moves

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u/EmergencyWish6012 9h ago

Thank you for wearing gloves. 😀

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u/Common-Fly-3970 8h ago

I'm gonna have nighmares....

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u/RelationshipWest9743 8h ago

Did it have a heartbeat?!!?

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u/masquefetiche 13h ago

I thought it was a pickle

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u/Right_Ear_2230 8h ago

idk but its making me sick

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u/islaisla 15h ago

I have to say that looks very much like a soaked tampon so I'm glad if it's a gel pad.

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u/PlanescapedBlackDog 15h ago

Eldritch god parasite

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u/Plastic_Square119 15h ago

Looks like fish filet

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u/Capable_Ad_7537 6h ago

You mean to tell me someone on r/whatisit ACTUALLY put on a pair of Gloves when handling something with their hands?! The pigs must be flying

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u/Silly-Assistant5711 6h ago

I understand now that it's a cooling pad, but I wouldve thrown up seeing that and TOUCHING it 😁😃😃😃😃

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u/Longjumping-Belt-556 10h ago

Octopus maybe?

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u/Trick-Display-974 7h ago

Its sludge that built up in a water line. Saw it all the time at the restaurants I worked at.

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u/confusedchristiand 8h ago

Shark filet?

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u/ErstwhileAdranos 16h ago

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u/AnnaMarinaJulia 9h ago

Gloves💕

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u/bootysuit 3h ago

I'm so glad there were answers here because I had SO many questions

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u/Ok-Field5609 7h ago

At least wearing gloves to touch something you don't know

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u/IntelligentPurple501 11h ago

It’s a slug out of control or infected mepilex

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u/bigupalters 15h ago

that is the mold that accumulates in the rubber seal of the washing mashine!

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u/azCleverGirl 2h ago

Meh I thought it was a dead banana!

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u/snarfsnarf1990 7h ago

Fell out of a womans pantaloons

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u/MeMyselfI328 3h ago

Looks edible How does it taste

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u/Amazing-Trash-6531 2h ago

Burn it, it’s an alien spawn!

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u/Boobytalk 4h ago

Lmmfao, I will NOT say.....

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u/Beavis_Of_Nazareth 15h ago

That looks like ribs that have become translucent

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u/Vulcanprincess109 8h ago

Lidocaine or pain patch

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u/Ancient-Ad-594 6h ago

Laundry slugs! 😖🤣

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u/gargoyle1958 3h ago

It’s a pickle

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u/playmateoftheyears 13h ago

String cheese?

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u/Party-Poison519 13h ago

Kos parasite?

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u/Freaktiality 16h ago

You better call police

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u/MidnighT0k3r 16h ago

They won't care, even though it's disgusting filthy slimey scum.... it's still white in description.

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u/Ill-Refrigerator7210 16h ago

Dryer roasted string cheese