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  ...the same is true for so many parts of our body
  What's your point?
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  Oh you wish that were true but everything can be cut of/out and shown to your eyeballs. >
  
  except the both of your eyeballs >
  
  Well pull one out and point it at the other. >
  
  but that’s your eye not your eyeballs >
  
  Then what r your eyeballs if not your eyes? >
  
  yh but eyeball is for when it’s out of the socket right? (im not english so sorry if im mistaken) >
  
  I think eyeballs can leave the socket and still be attached to the optic nerve in some cases, so it's technically possible. >
  
  Definetly possible and not so uncommon in medicine.
  For example it happens in some industries that people get metal splinters into their eyes and they can wander to the backside of the eyeball. In the hospital they then scoop out your eyeball and remove the splinter before putting it back in >
  
  I imagine it like a charging cable >
  
  i did not need to know this information in my life >
  
  I’d argue that things that are reflected are still “seen”.
  Everything you see day to day is refracted to some extent, and we still consider that we can see things properly.
  I don’t see why reflection should be treated differently. >
  
  Obviously reflections show the thing being reflected, but I think what OP means is you can’t actually see it with your own eyes. Mirrors can be distorted, cameras can be inaccurate, etc. It doesn’t necessarily make a difference in this situation, but reflection’s definitely don’t always look 100% like the original >
  
  Nor does anything since all light is distorted before getting to your eyes, be it reflection or refraction.  You have never, and will never, see something that is 100% accurate to the original.  Even air distorts light that passes through it. >
  
  Well, true, but that’s exactly what “see it with my own eyes” means. The best we can do to see a “true” image is to see it with our own eyes, even if our eyes are technically flawed, that’s still how we see. >
  
  I don’t think there anything about “see it with my own eyes” that discounts reflections.  
  The idiom just means to see something yourself, especially when it is something that you would not believe to exist or be true if you did not see it. >
  
  I see your point, and respectfully agree to disagree lol, seeing something with your own eyes is definitely the best way to see a “true” image, and while the phrase can be used to dismiss something “unbelievable” I’ve also heard it used when something doesn’t look quite right, could be a picture, a reflection, etc. You can’t undisputedly know for sure what something looks like unless you see it with your own eyes. Think of “funhouse” mirrors, we know that they intentionally distort images, but there’s no way to tell (hypothetically) that a standard mirror isn’t distorting at some small amount. I’m only defending this post because I’ve absolutely seen reflections of things and had to turn around for a proper look to be sure what I saw. I agree the post is being intentionally thick, because obviously we can see a near perfect reflection of ourself, but it’s true we can’t really tell what we look like from real eyes >
  
  I get you, you make a good point too! I’m mostly just exaggerating my opinion to poke fun at the original post >
  
  Yeah it’s a dumb post, but the old argument of “is a reflection a real image” is definitely a valid debate lol >
  
  If a person has really shitty eyesight and sees something blurry in the distance but then puts on glasses which allows them to see the same object similar to those with 20/20, what would be the real image to you? >
  
  Well corrective lenses are very different than a reflection of an image, but I see your point, I don’t think a reflection could do anything except distort the image, even if only microscopically, corrective lenses are just meant to balance out imperfections in your eyes >
  
  Did anyone else try pulling their ear in front of their eyes >
  
  I was so sure I was going to be able to see it.. >
  
  That’s not true.. somebody could always cut them out and show them to you..
  What you will never use is both your eyes at the same time >
  
  If you go close enough to a black hole, or any sufficiently curved spacetime, light from your ears can take a "straight" path to your eyes. >
  
  You better hope that remains true because otherwise you will have quite problem >
  
  Quiet problem >
  
  r/angryupvote >
  
  I suspect that there are people who've stretched their ear lobes with earrings, etc. that could see part of the lobes. >
  
  Related shower thought: you never see anything except photons. >
  
  There could be a tiny vampire on my ear and i’d never see it >
  
  nah, you'll be fine. we don't use silver in mirrors anymore. >
  
  I didn’t know that  was ever a thing and also why is that what makes you not able to see them. I am not up to date on vampire lore sadly >
  
  silver has anti magic properties. it kills werewolves also. the vampires image gets destroyed by the silver backing of the mirror.
  or something like that. >
  
  that’s actually pretty interesting. I have learned something today >
  
  Your definition of seeing something is very weird. And also wrong?
  Seeing something is just the reflection of Light hitting your eyeballs. That reflection could hit a mirror first, I don't care, it's still the reflection of light from my ears. >
  
  Idk why but that made me sad.. you are right…I will never see my actual ears ☹️ >
  
  ...the same is true for so many parts of our body
  What's your point? >
  
  Let’s add a caveat: Hopefully.
  Hopefully you’ll never see you’re own ears. >
  
  Yeah, or your eyes or face, so what?
  I think it's at least more impactful that we never see our own face vs our ears. One is a lot more important for a lot of things, including self-image.
  Also looking into a mirror is not much different from looking directly, although mirrored image of course, if it's a decent mirror. But our own image could be considered a mirrored image, which doesn't matter all that much when talking about most people's ears, but does matter when talking about our face. >
  
  Scrolled to find this...why did CO single out the ears? You pretty much can't see anything on your own face >
  
  Ears are, by far, the least interesting part of your face you can't see so I don't understand it either.
  OP might have special ears and/or was bullied and/or is insecure or something. >
  
  When you see a reflection, you are seeing your actual ears. The light path from them to your eyes changes direction on the way, but you still focus on and see the actual ears, not the mirror. Actually, some devices even use curved mirrors instead of lenses to make a focused image - just how we use lenses in our eyes. >
  
  I have an identical twin so I’ve kinda seen my own ears (or something very close) >
  
  What’s to stop me cutting them off though? Are they no longer ears when they’re not attached to my head? >
  
  This post is stupid. A reflection isn't seeing something? Why? All you do is make a stupid claim and don't have a single ounce of reasoning to back it up.
  Is it because light travels as a finite speed so you're seeing your ears in the past? Well guess what - by that logic you never see anything in the whole universe because the light is actually a tiny bit old when it gets to your eyes. So let me write your next stupid shower thought for you
  "You never actually see anything ever. Even if you're looking right at it or at a reflection of it" >
  
  I mean, a double mirror isn't even mirrored anymore, so you could get an perfect view >
  
  You never see anything of yourself from the neck up either. Why ears specifically? >
  
  I can see my nose >
  
  Impressive. Mine's in 144p though. >
  
  You can use a fiber optic cable to bend the light 180 degrees back to your eye from your ears, thus seeing them >
  
  Arguably a reflection, as the light is reflected inside the fiber. Also for that to work with 180 degrees you'd have to have eyes on the side of your head, right next to your ears. >
  
  True, good point >
  
  The only way I could think of to actually bend light without reflecting it would be with gravitational forces. If you put a black hole right next to your head you could see your ears without a reflection. Might induce other problems tho. >
  
  That's true, but don't worry - you still have lots of other body parts to look at and admire! >
  
  You also hope to never see one of your actual testicles…but it happens. >
  
  This is a meaningless distinction. If you see something it's because light carried the image. Whether there's a mirror involved makes no difference. >
  
  I recently spend like 20 mins trying to get a good picture of the back of my ears to see if my daughter got my ears not. >
  
  This is true about ur whole face with  the exception of the top of ur nose >
  
  Can see your lips if you pout, cheeks if you puff them up, tongue it you poke it out, eyebrows if you pull them down etc
  Resting, no, but you'll still be able to see em to some degree >
  
  Mick Foley has seen at least one of his ears. Before it became medical waste. >
  
  And Evander Holyfield >
  
  You can never see your own ears, eyes, neck back, organs, teeth, chin - I’m sure there’s more >
  
  “Neck back”, back of your neck >
  
  What of you make a device that simply bends the light around the corner. >
  
  or your teeth while they’re still in your mouth, or can people usually see their bottom teeth if they try idk i have a bad overbite >
  
  I just saw my ear tip. But now my ear hurts from pulling it to see it >
  
  This never occurred to me until I got a head tattoo. It was a little disconcerting to realize I… couldn’t see it. I mean, I could see it in the mirror, but I couldn’t SEE it >
  
  I'm also sad I can't see the sides and back of my head, my back and my arsehole. >
  
  You hope that you never see your own ears. If you do, it’s not good. >
  
  Things also included in this are the back and top of your head, center of your back, your chin, forehead. >
  
  Lol, he thinks I won't pop my eye out my socket to prove him wrong. >
  
  I wonder why OP specifically point out ears, when so many parts of our own body is in the same condition (cheeks, mouth, chin, neck, back, hips, etc.) >
  
  your entire face except a part of your nose, your neck, blah blah... >
  
  Its not that you never will, its that you hopefully never will. >
  
  I will cut them before that just to prove a point. Also, haply cake day >
  
  False. I have strong peripheral vision. I just turned my ear inward and could see it. Sure, not all of it, but some of it. >
  
  I know someone who has seen one of her own ears. She had to undergo surgery that involved removing one of her eyeballs while she was conscious. The eyeball dangled on its optic nerve and she looked at her ear with that eye during the operation. >
  
  You never really even see your whole face. I have no idea what I actually look like. 
  Pictures and mirrors distort things. 
  Calling someone beautiful is more than just a compliment, you’re painting a picture of that person, for them. >
  
  If otherwise you can see them, there is something verry wrong... >
  
  My ears aren't abnormally big and i can see them if i pull them outward. >
  
  Anything can be seen when cut out, even your eyeballs, here's how: you dislodge one & stretch it's optic nerve so that one eye can bend to see the other. now since your left eyeball & right eyeball are seeing each other, you have seen both your eyes >
  
  Not unless i do a little something I like to call: “the van goh magic trick” >
  
  Mirrors count as seeing, they aren't some kind of reproduction of an image like a photo is. Same photons and everything. >
  
  Probably why I have 21 piercings that drive people crazy (in either a positive or negative way) and I think nothing of it. >
  
  I had a car accident quite a few years ago.
  The car rolled.
  My head went through the drivers side window and a large section of skin was pulled off. 
  I have seen my own ear before it was all sewn back together.
  Nothing special really, very much like it appears on the mirror! >
  
  Why ears? Because I'm certain some people have seen it (eg. cut off). Had you said your asshole, it would be more convincing. I'm positive no one has seen their asshole. >
  
  when you realize the definitions of seeing is for our eyes to recept the photons reflected off the object, and that reflections are just manipulating the light. >
  
  Every event in which you can actually see your ears is a very unpleasant one. >
  
  The process of vision begins when light rays that reflect off objects and travel through the eye's optical system are refracted and focused into a point of sharp focus. >
  
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  Oh you wish that were true but everything can be cut of/out and shown to your eyeballs. >
  
  except the both of your eyeballs >
  
  Well pull one out and point it at the other. >
  
  but that’s your eye not your eyeballs >
  
  Then what r your eyeballs if not your eyes? >
  
  yh but eyeball is for when it’s out of the socket right? (im not english so sorry if im mistaken) >
  
  I think eyeballs can leave the socket and still be attached to the optic nerve in some cases, so it's technically possible. >
  
  Definetly possible and not so uncommon in medicine.
  For example it happens in some industries that people get metal splinters into their eyes and they can wander to the backside of the eyeball. In the hospital they then scoop out your eyeball and remove the splinter before putting it back in >
  
  I imagine it like a charging cable >
  
  i did not need to know this information in my life >
  
  I’d argue that things that are reflected are still “seen”.
  Everything you see day to day is refracted to some extent, and we still consider that we can see things properly.
  I don’t see why reflection should be treated differently. >
  
  Obviously reflections show the thing being reflected, but I think what OP means is you can’t actually see it with your own eyes. Mirrors can be distorted, cameras can be inaccurate, etc. It doesn’t necessarily make a difference in this situation, but reflection’s definitely don’t always look 100% like the original >
  
  Nor does anything since all light is distorted before getting to your eyes, be it reflection or refraction.  You have never, and will never, see something that is 100% accurate to the original.  Even air distorts light that passes through it. >
  
  Well, true, but that’s exactly what “see it with my own eyes” means. The best we can do to see a “true” image is to see it with our own eyes, even if our eyes are technically flawed, that’s still how we see. >
  
  I don’t think there anything about “see it with my own eyes” that discounts reflections.  
  The idiom just means to see something yourself, especially when it is something that you would not believe to exist or be true if you did not see it. >
  
  I see your point, and respectfully agree to disagree lol, seeing something with your own eyes is definitely the best way to see a “true” image, and while the phrase can be used to dismiss something “unbelievable” I’ve also heard it used when something doesn’t look quite right, could be a picture, a reflection, etc. You can’t undisputedly know for sure what something looks like unless you see it with your own eyes. Think of “funhouse” mirrors, we know that they intentionally distort images, but there’s no way to tell (hypothetically) that a standard mirror isn’t distorting at some small amount. I’m only defending this post because I’ve absolutely seen reflections of things and had to turn around for a proper look to be sure what I saw. I agree the post is being intentionally thick, because obviously we can see a near perfect reflection of ourself, but it’s true we can’t really tell what we look like from real eyes >
  
  I get you, you make a good point too! I’m mostly just exaggerating my opinion to poke fun at the original post >
  
  Yeah it’s a dumb post, but the old argument of “is a reflection a real image” is definitely a valid debate lol >
  
  If a person has really shitty eyesight and sees something blurry in the distance but then puts on glasses which allows them to see the same object similar to those with 20/20, what would be the real image to you? >
  
  Well corrective lenses are very different than a reflection of an image, but I see your point, I don’t think a reflection could do anything except distort the image, even if only microscopically, corrective lenses are just meant to balance out imperfections in your eyes >
  
  Did anyone else try pulling their ear in front of their eyes >
  
  I was so sure I was going to be able to see it.. >
  
  That’s not true.. somebody could always cut them out and show them to you..
  What you will never use is both your eyes at the same time >
  
  If you go close enough to a black hole, or any sufficiently curved spacetime, light from your ears can take a "straight" path to your eyes. >
  
  You better hope that remains true because otherwise you will have quite problem >
  
  Quiet problem >
  
  r/angryupvote >
  
  I suspect that there are people who've stretched their ear lobes with earrings, etc. that could see part of the lobes. >
  
  Related shower thought: you never see anything except photons. >
  
  There could be a tiny vampire on my ear and i’d never see it >
  
  nah, you'll be fine. we don't use silver in mirrors anymore. >
  
  I didn’t know that  was ever a thing and also why is that what makes you not able to see them. I am not up to date on vampire lore sadly >
  
  silver has anti magic properties. it kills werewolves also. the vampires image gets destroyed by the silver backing of the mirror.
  or something like that. >
  
  that’s actually pretty interesting. I have learned something today >
  
  Your definition of seeing something is very weird. And also wrong?
  Seeing something is just the reflection of Light hitting your eyeballs. That reflection could hit a mirror first, I don't care, it's still the reflection of light from my ears. >
  
  Idk why but that made me sad.. you are right…I will never see my actual ears ☹️ >
  
  ...the same is true for so many parts of our body
  What's your point? >
  
  Let’s add a caveat: Hopefully.
  Hopefully you’ll never see you’re own ears. >
  
  Yeah, or your eyes or face, so what?
  I think it's at least more impactful that we never see our own face vs our ears. One is a lot more important for a lot of things, including self-image.
  Also looking into a mirror is not much different from looking directly, although mirrored image of course, if it's a decent mirror. But our own image could be considered a mirrored image, which doesn't matter all that much when talking about most people's ears, but does matter when talking about our face. >
  
  Scrolled to find this...why did CO single out the ears? You pretty much can't see anything on your own face >
  
  Ears are, by far, the least interesting part of your face you can't see so I don't understand it either.
  OP might have special ears and/or was bullied and/or is insecure or something. >
  
  When you see a reflection, you are seeing your actual ears. The light path from them to your eyes changes direction on the way, but you still focus on and see the actual ears, not the mirror. Actually, some devices even use curved mirrors instead of lenses to make a focused image - just how we use lenses in our eyes. >
  
  I have an identical twin so I’ve kinda seen my own ears (or something very close) >
  
  What’s to stop me cutting them off though? Are they no longer ears when they’re not attached to my head? >
  
  This post is stupid. A reflection isn't seeing something? Why? All you do is make a stupid claim and don't have a single ounce of reasoning to back it up.
  Is it because light travels as a finite speed so you're seeing your ears in the past? Well guess what - by that logic you never see anything in the whole universe because the light is actually a tiny bit old when it gets to your eyes. So let me write your next stupid shower thought for you
  "You never actually see anything ever. Even if you're looking right at it or at a reflection of it" >
  
  I mean, a double mirror isn't even mirrored anymore, so you could get an perfect view >
  
  You never see anything of yourself from the neck up either. Why ears specifically? >
  
  I can see my nose >
  
  Impressive. Mine's in 144p though. >
  
  You can use a fiber optic cable to bend the light 180 degrees back to your eye from your ears, thus seeing them >
  
  Arguably a reflection, as the light is reflected inside the fiber. Also for that to work with 180 degrees you'd have to have eyes on the side of your head, right next to your ears. >
  
  True, good point >
  
  The only way I could think of to actually bend light without reflecting it would be with gravitational forces. If you put a black hole right next to your head you could see your ears without a reflection. Might induce other problems tho. >
  
  That's true, but don't worry - you still have lots of other body parts to look at and admire! >
  
  You also hope to never see one of your actual testicles…but it happens. >
  
  This is a meaningless distinction. If you see something it's because light carried the image. Whether there's a mirror involved makes no difference. >
  
  I recently spend like 20 mins trying to get a good picture of the back of my ears to see if my daughter got my ears not. >
  
  This is true about ur whole face with  the exception of the top of ur nose >
  
  Can see your lips if you pout, cheeks if you puff them up, tongue it you poke it out, eyebrows if you pull them down etc
  Resting, no, but you'll still be able to see em to some degree >
  
  Mick Foley has seen at least one of his ears. Before it became medical waste. >
  
  And Evander Holyfield >
  
  You can never see your own ears, eyes, neck back, organs, teeth, chin - I’m sure there’s more >
  
  “Neck back”, back of your neck >
  
  What of you make a device that simply bends the light around the corner. >
  
  or your teeth while they’re still in your mouth, or can people usually see their bottom teeth if they try idk i have a bad overbite >
  
  I just saw my ear tip. But now my ear hurts from pulling it to see it >
  
  This never occurred to me until I got a head tattoo. It was a little disconcerting to realize I… couldn’t see it. I mean, I could see it in the mirror, but I couldn’t SEE it >
  
  I'm also sad I can't see the sides and back of my head, my back and my arsehole. >
  
  You hope that you never see your own ears. If you do, it’s not good. >
  
  Things also included in this are the back and top of your head, center of your back, your chin, forehead. >
  
  Lol, he thinks I won't pop my eye out my socket to prove him wrong. >
  
  I wonder why OP specifically point out ears, when so many parts of our own body is in the same condition (cheeks, mouth, chin, neck, back, hips, etc.) >
  
  your entire face except a part of your nose, your neck, blah blah... >
  
  Its not that you never will, its that you hopefully never will. >
  
  I will cut them before that just to prove a point. Also, haply cake day >
  
  False. I have strong peripheral vision. I just turned my ear inward and could see it. Sure, not all of it, but some of it. >
  
  I know someone who has seen one of her own ears. She had to undergo surgery that involved removing one of her eyeballs while she was conscious. The eyeball dangled on its optic nerve and she looked at her ear with that eye during the operation. >
  
  You never really even see your whole face. I have no idea what I actually look like. 
  Pictures and mirrors distort things. 
  Calling someone beautiful is more than just a compliment, you’re painting a picture of that person, for them. >
  
  If otherwise you can see them, there is something verry wrong... >
  
  My ears aren't abnormally big and i can see them if i pull them outward. >
  
  Anything can be seen when cut out, even your eyeballs, here's how: you dislodge one & stretch it's optic nerve so that one eye can bend to see the other. now since your left eyeball & right eyeball are seeing each other, you have seen both your eyes >
  
  Not unless i do a little something I like to call: “the van goh magic trick” >
  
  Mirrors count as seeing, they aren't some kind of reproduction of an image like a photo is. Same photons and everything. >
  
  Probably why I have 21 piercings that drive people crazy (in either a positive or negative way) and I think nothing of it. >
  
  I had a car accident quite a few years ago.
  The car rolled.
  My head went through the drivers side window and a large section of skin was pulled off. 
  I have seen my own ear before it was all sewn back together.
  Nothing special really, very much like it appears on the mirror! >
  
  Why ears? Because I'm certain some people have seen it (eg. cut off). Had you said your asshole, it would be more convincing. I'm positive no one has seen their asshole. >
  
  when you realize the definitions of seeing is for our eyes to recept the photons reflected off the object, and that reflections are just manipulating the light. >
  
  Every event in which you can actually see your ears is a very unpleasant one. >
  
  The process of vision begins when light rays that reflect off objects and travel through the eye's optical system are refracted and focused into a point of sharp focus. >
  
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  Oh you wish that were true but everything can be cut of/out and shown to your eyeballs. >
  
  except the both of your eyeballs >
  
  Well pull one out and point it at the other. >
  
  but that’s your eye not your eyeballs >
  
  Then what r your eyeballs if not your eyes? >
  
  yh but eyeball is for when it’s out of the socket right? (im not english so sorry if im mistaken) >
  
  I think eyeballs can leave the socket and still be attached to the optic nerve in some cases, so it's technically possible. >
  
  Definetly possible and not so uncommon in medicine.
  For example it happens in some industries that people get metal splinters into their eyes and they can wander to the backside of the eyeball. In the hospital they then scoop out your eyeball and remove the splinter before putting it back in >
  
  I imagine it like a charging cable >
  
  i did not need to know this information in my life >
  
  I’d argue that things that are reflected are still “seen”.
  Everything you see day to day is refracted to some extent, and we still consider that we can see things properly.
  I don’t see why reflection should be treated differently. >
  
  Obviously reflections show the thing being reflected, but I think what OP means is you can’t actually see it with your own eyes. Mirrors can be distorted, cameras can be inaccurate, etc. It doesn’t necessarily make a difference in this situation, but reflection’s definitely don’t always look 100% like the original >
  
  Nor does anything since all light is distorted before getting to your eyes, be it reflection or refraction.  You have never, and will never, see something that is 100% accurate to the original.  Even air distorts light that passes through it. >
  
  Well, true, but that’s exactly what “see it with my own eyes” means. The best we can do to see a “true” image is to see it with our own eyes, even if our eyes are technically flawed, that’s still how we see. >
  
  I don’t think there anything about “see it with my own eyes” that discounts reflections.  
  The idiom just means to see something yourself, especially when it is something that you would not believe to exist or be true if you did not see it. >
  
  I see your point, and respectfully agree to disagree lol, seeing something with your own eyes is definitely the best way to see a “true” image, and while the phrase can be used to dismiss something “unbelievable” I’ve also heard it used when something doesn’t look quite right, could be a picture, a reflection, etc. You can’t undisputedly know for sure what something looks like unless you see it with your own eyes. Think of “funhouse” mirrors, we know that they intentionally distort images, but there’s no way to tell (hypothetically) that a standard mirror isn’t distorting at some small amount. I’m only defending this post because I’ve absolutely seen reflections of things and had to turn around for a proper look to be sure what I saw. I agree the post is being intentionally thick, because obviously we can see a near perfect reflection of ourself, but it’s true we can’t really tell what we look like from real eyes >
  
  I get you, you make a good point too! I’m mostly just exaggerating my opinion to poke fun at the original post >
  
  Yeah it’s a dumb post, but the old argument of “is a reflection a real image” is definitely a valid debate lol >
  
  If a person has really shitty eyesight and sees something blurry in the distance but then puts on glasses which allows them to see the same object similar to those with 20/20, what would be the real image to you? >
  
  Well corrective lenses are very different than a reflection of an image, but I see your point, I don’t think a reflection could do anything except distort the image, even if only microscopically, corrective lenses are just meant to balance out imperfections in your eyes >
  
  Did anyone else try pulling their ear in front of their eyes >
  
  I was so sure I was going to be able to see it.. >
  
  That’s not true.. somebody could always cut them out and show them to you..
  What you will never use is both your eyes at the same time >
  
  If you go close enough to a black hole, or any sufficiently curved spacetime, light from your ears can take a "straight" path to your eyes. >
  
  You better hope that remains true because otherwise you will have quite problem >
  
  Quiet problem >
  
  r/angryupvote >
  
  I suspect that there are people who've stretched their ear lobes with earrings, etc. that could see part of the lobes. >
  
  Related shower thought: you never see anything except photons. >
  
  There could be a tiny vampire on my ear and i’d never see it >
  
  nah, you'll be fine. we don't use silver in mirrors anymore. >
  
  I didn’t know that  was ever a thing and also why is that what makes you not able to see them. I am not up to date on vampire lore sadly >
  
  silver has anti magic properties. it kills werewolves also. the vampires image gets destroyed by the silver backing of the mirror.
  or something like that. >
  
  that’s actually pretty interesting. I have learned something today >
  
  Your definition of seeing something is very weird. And also wrong?
  Seeing something is just the reflection of Light hitting your eyeballs. That reflection could hit a mirror first, I don't care, it's still the reflection of light from my ears. >
  
  Idk why but that made me sad.. you are right…I will never see my actual ears ☹️