Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Friday, September 12, 2025

A Functional Idiot

I’m not a recovering idiot. I’m more a full-on functional idiot. As proof, take a look at the two tubes I posted below. The tube featured on top is an ointment I apply to my skin if psoriasis flares. The other is toothpaste.

Note the caps. The ointment tube cap screws on at the small end. The toothpaste tube—as with most—screws down on the bigger, flared end. As a functional idiot, the ointment cap throws me off. Not just once in a while, but every time I replace the cap on the ointment, I try screwing on the wrong end first. You would think I might figure this out after a dozen or so times, but apparently, I’m committed to keeping the idiot part fully functional.

—Mitchell Hegman


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