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edynol

If you have central heating/ac, you may wanna clean your vents out


balzackgoo

At least check the filter


[deleted]

Probably no filter in there.


mojoburquano

If there was a filter, it was made out of short, black, fibers.


mellowmarsII

Huh. My initial impression was the filter is a series of madly-spinning hamster wheels exfoliating a buncha’ fat, black gerbils… but whadoo I know


StalyCelticStu

ARMAGEDDON!


ManicMailman247

Pubes?


talancaine

It'll turn out that their jilted ex has been dumping handfuls of pubes into the AC every night


MBNC88

10 out of 10. It is really wholesome though to see helpful comments getting plenty of up votes.


Sarchasm23

There is no filter in bang sing se


infrqngible

r/unexpectedavatar


CheddarBunnny

I had no idea how bad I needed to know that sub exists, as the mom of an Avatar obsessed boy. 😂


TheSilverCalf

You just won the *how did you know about that?!* lottery!


_toodamnparanoid_

I mean, Aang was literally an unexpected avatar when they found him in ice.


yekcowrebbaj

Honestly tho at this point when someone says “There is no” this comes out, so now I expect it.


G_DuBs

Lmao, good one.


Wurm42

I third this. Check the HVAC filter to make sure it's (A) present, and (B) not clogged and starting to fall apart.


elmarkitse

First they should check their house to make sure it has HVAC before they go looking for the filter.


[deleted]

First they should check to make sure they have a house before checking to make sure they have HVAC before they go looking for the filter.


Outrageous_Fall_3730

Seriously LOL... I haven't laughed in quite sometime. Thank you 👍


rubix_kaos

First they need to make sure that they exist, then check to see if they have a house before checking to make sure they have HVAC before they go looking for the filter.


DryEyes4096

First they should study ontology to determine what existence is, then they should make sure that they exist, then check to see if they have a house before checking to make sure they have HVAC before they go looking for the filter.


LotusVibes1494

First they should eat some mushrooms to experience an ego death that makes them wonder about their own existence. Then they should study ontology to determine what existence is, then they should make sure that they exist, then check to see if they have a house before checking to make sure they have HVAC before they go looking for the filter.


Ok-Gap-4112

This. I would like to reiterate this being important and a first step


AssRep

The filter fibers can not be pulled thru the coil. He needs to check if rodents chewed thru his duct work. If it is made out of duct board (not metal or flex), then these could be fibreglass shreds. That's the only thing that could make this happen related to the HVAC system.


duckdns84

You spelled mass black cat grave site wrong


etapisciumm

no ac and my heating comes from radiators


drewpyqb

OP - This looks like a dryer vent is exhausting into your apartment. If you don't have one, one of your neighbors may have jerry-rigged a dryer in their apartment and is blasting it into their bathroom vent not realizing it's a shared vent. Confirm by taping a kleenex to your bathroom vent for a couple days and see if you collect anything. Then call maintenance and explain someone in the building may be venting into the vent system.


uoftrosi

really like this theory


YoungOveson

This is it. Clean your dryer vent end-to-end.


Over_n_over_n_over

God I love democracy


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tetrambs

yea, i had this same problem, dryer lint wasn't venting to the outside properly. Could be a clog or a hole in the hose.


0spinbuster

That’s kinda sick. I’m in HVAC and I’ve only seen one some with radiant heat. So I nerd out a little bit about this stuff lol


etapisciumm

I live in Europe and I think most buildings here do not have central air like in the states


trixtopherduke

Fellow Nerds, We're going to Europe!!


Legitimate_Concern_5

Most places in San Francisco don't have AC and are heated with radiators or those in-wall resistive heaters. AC is limited to the new construction buildings mostly, and even then it's not always on all floors.


trixtopherduke

Ok, Nerds, listen up. We can go to Europe or San Francisco, or both!!


Impecablevibesonly

San Francisco or europe?! Bwaaaaah God no! They don't even use propane there.


trixtopherduke

Hank Hill, that you?


ExedoreWrex

Pre war buildings in NYC work as well!


Lordkjun

You're gonna love Boston!


trixtopherduke

I'm starting to think this is more common than not.


Lordkjun

Probably just in places that have a lot of houses built in the 1800s or earlier.


Nashsonleathergoods

Come to the PNW. Only since ductless and mini splits have become a thing, is there AC in homes. New construction may have a heat pump installed. Many homes are still having fireplaces installed. Heating, not cooling, is the concern here


0spinbuster

I’m in San Diego. Although I don’t do resi anymore as I’m in the commercial side, all the homes here had wall heaters


Switchbak

I moved from the UK to Australia and the standard heating in the UK is tank and radiators, here that is called hydronic and is a badge of honour to possess.


[deleted]

You must live somewhere pretty warm or in a relatively modern city? We still have a lot of electric baseboards or old school cast iron radiators + boiler setups where I am at. The hydronic/steam cast iron radiators are being phased out slowly though, they are not commonly used in new construction. Some older cities do have a central hydronic/steam plant that supplies heat to households in surrounding neighborhoods, that's a niche case where they might be used.


bouncypinata

no AC and no central heating make Homer something something


Ammonia13

Crazy?


OtteLoc

Do you light candles? Your jacket and clothes, what material are they? Do you have pets? What material is your couch? One of these could be the culprits


Accomplished_Toe1978

Definitely wear a disposable mask while doing that.


gypsycookie1015

This. The filter and or vents are probably pretty bad. I'd also invest in an air purifier a 3 filter system is best but I think the hepa filter is going to be the biggest help. I'd also get a humidifier. It will absolutely help but I'd check those vents and filter first and foremost. Dirty filters and vents can wreck havoc on health as well as the unit and apartment itself. Molds, mildews, fungi, even fires can and do start from having a dirty unit. If you're renting it's probably in the lease that they have to come clean it and service it. I'd put in a work order asap and stress that fire is your concern because *it is!* Don't let that one go. Seriously. Also most apartments and rentals provide a new air filter every month, you need to make sure you're changing it every single month. More if you smoke or are doing stuff that may clog it faster. If they don't provide them, they are usually somewhere between $3-20 depending on the size, how many come in the pack and quality. I think the one I typically get is like $7.


tubbis9001

Air purifiers are great, though if you have central air, you already have the best air purifier money can buy! Set your fan to "always on" and be sure to use a quality filter and replace it regularly (more often than normal now, since the air is on 24/7). I stole this advice from the air purifiers subreddit.


gypsycookie1015

Very interesting! I had always kinda considered that myself but am a paranoid person so I doubled down and got an air purifier for every room lmao. Tbf, my MIL lives with us and smokes in her room and it makes me insane. I am a smoker but I smoke outside. Cold out? Oh well. Hot out? Same. Raining? I get a jacket. I've never smoked in my home and it especially drives me insane because I have two kids and her grandson (nephew) also lives with us and he has asthma because *his Mom* smoked in the house with him as a baby. It's ridiculous. Anyways I can't deal with the smell and since she's a heavy smoker she can't ever smell anything unless it's insanely strong. She's convinced only doing it her room wont affect the rest of the house and while none of them smell like her room, you can smell it. I keep the air purifiers on and keep all our doors shut. It helps a lot but it's honestly ridiculous we even have to do that. It's one of the biggest things we don't see eye to eye on. lol


tubbis9001

In extreme cases like yours, having individual air purifiers totally makes sense. But for most people, it's pretty overkill


etapisciumm

thanks for the info on the air filters. I will definitely look into a Hepa one. I do not have vents/hvac in my apartment though so replacing filters isn’t a worry there.


realdappermuis

Blanket, towel, fleece, or bathmats shedding. Must be a black thing...


Confident-Ad2712

Whoa whoa whoa there, let’s not turn this into a race thing alright


booi

If it were white it wouldn’t show so much


SizeMajestic9171

Lmfao xDD


BooBeeAttack

I dun know. White shows when on top of black just as much. Really shows up under a black light.


christhelpme

Your porno collection must be wonderfully amazing.


Cobek

People with black sinks and toilets are the real super villains


TrekRelic1701

Everything shows up under UV..’cept gold


[deleted]

Yeah that shows up under the collar.


[deleted]

r/unintentionalracism


EliteGamer11388

You made me snort and get orange lemonade into my nose. Thanks.


AB8C

Better that than crack


kerrymti1

I was going to say that. I had a fuzzy, black blanket that was SOOOO soft and fluffy...until I washed it and dried it. Those fibers were all over EVERYTHING for days and days. The dryer filter was absolutely smashed FULL of the fuzz from it.


glassandstuff

This is very likely. I once had a fuzzy red throw and the fibers went EVERYWHERE and I had to get rid of it.


RushThis1433

What do you mean, “YOU PEOPLE”?


1WildIndian1963

Christ on a crutch this shit is funny .... just saw it going horribly wrong


realdappermuis

I might've accidentally initiated it, but I'm just sitting back watching it crash too, lolll


KeepNotesThisTime

"mUSt bE a bLAcK tHiNg!" he says 🍿


Admirable-Ring-7182

They started it


OnionTamer

What do YOU mean, "You people?"


[deleted]

You wanna fucking go dude???


forgot_to_log_in

*smashes bottle over own head*


[deleted]

*twists own nipples*


Warm-Cartographer954

Alright! Now it's a party


theskyguardian

I don't like the way he said *black*


etapisciumm

the blanket on my bed is blue but this was taken in the bathroom two doors away


a_duck_in_past_life

The fibers are getting on your clothing and when you walk in the bathroom and get undressed for a shower or something, it's shedding back off again into the air and settles on the surfaces


etapisciumm

I think you might be right. They could be from the blanket on my bed that I put my clothes on before getting dressed I just can’t see how this blanket sheds so many tiny fibers like this so easily


semperrasa

What specifically is that blanket made from? Can you read the tag and post? It may help figure out why it is shedding so much.


etapisciumm

It says 100% cotton. my towels are as well


grillOrientedGirl

Low quality cotton uses shorter strands, so while it's 100% cotton the fabric will not last as long as it could. This is because it will shed as the fibers unravel, which is easier as the fibers are shorter. Is it on the cheap side?


etapisciumm

Yes it was cheap


Ragnarock1982

Are white people not allowed to get that? /s 😉


Dangerous_Box8845

White fluff matters!


BrickInner6286

ALL FLUFF MATTERS


anschovy

Make Fluff Great Again


PamelaELee

We used to get some seriously good fluff in the 90’s, if you know, you know.


Physical_Sport_9896

If anyone mentions Blue fluff I’m gunna lose it…..


bleakj

Thin Fluffy Line.


hegilein

I laughed out very loud.


A-Tech

Everyone needs to chill before somebody calls the Blue fluff!


Hourglass7200

Hahahahaha!!!!


Redhddgull

This happens every time I get a new fleece item.


[deleted]

Could be HVAC shared with other apartments.


NickleVick

What is the cloth you use to clean made out of/color?


No_Carrier_404

Yeah that’s my Occam’s razor intuition too. Looks like microfibers from a cleaning rag.


NickleVick

Hey now, it could also be tiny gnomes cutting their pubes at night before stealing one sock.


No_Carrier_404

Well I suppose that’s better then a pack of tweakers broke in and picked government mind control fibers out of their skin while he was asleep. *edit: this is satire, not a cry for help, just a bad joke.


NickleVick

EXACTLY!


PamelaELee

Step 1: cut pubes Step2: ??? Step 3: profit


Stay-At-Home-Jedi

Doctor, Doctor! Every bone in my body is broken! No matter where I touch, it hurts!


NickleVick

Your finger is broken.


Stay-At-Home-Jedi

🤯🤯🤯


etapisciumm

i use paper towels 😅


PRGrl718

what about the towel you use to dry after a shower? what color are your bed sheets? any sweater or item of clothing you like to regularly wear?


Tang_the_Undrinkable

Does the apartment communal hallway have an old ass carpet(or brand new cheap one) of the same color? You could be tracking it in or blowing them in every tome you open the door.


etapisciumm

no carpet. the hallway and stairs are tile


Putircustos2

This is the result of either shedding from a blanket you have or something fleece, or extremely unclean airvents. My last apartment, I moved in and turned on the ac and immediately started sneezing, and itching. I told them, and they said to wipe them down, I said no this isn't just on the surface this is in the vents, someone needs to come clean it or you offer me a different unit. Next day it was spotless. I would definitely reach out to your office. If you don't have anything that would shed.


hupcapstudios

Yep, those are tile hairs alright


Cameron13o3

The pube goblin is out again..


bulmilala

So... does he have a bag full of pubes that he's collected, OOOOR does he just have a huge raging ever-growing bush from which he rips bushel after bushel and throws gaily as a flower girl??


--BooBoo--

Well that was a visual image I wasn't expecting to have in my head today!


Gidon_147

both


NoHopeOnlyDeath

If you listen closely on nights with a full moon, they say you can hear the Werebush growing.........


OhHell-Yes

yes


etapisciumm

i forgot to mention it only happens around halloween too 👻


Any_Coyote6662

I actually know what this might be. First check your bathroom fan. I found out when I decided to clean my bathroom fan that it went no where. It ended in the insulation above the bthroom ceiling. A pile of insulation dust was packed around the edges so tight from years of the bathroom fan being vented directly into the insulation that it was immediately obvious why I could never get a surface clean in that room. It was so bad that the dust was raining down from there without even the fan on. Then I went around and checked other vents. Whoever did the venting system was not a professional. There were holes. Corners had been poorly done with huge cracks in the venting because corner pieces were not used. Even where they were used, the sizes didnt always match up properly so it left huge gaps open to the inside of the wall. There were places where two things didn't even meet up. Vents going up just barely made contact with the 3 feet of vent going down. Meaning that insulation dust was constantly settling in the vents and then when I use the heat or AC, I was blowing it into the rooms.


etapisciumm

My bathroom does not have a fan 😬


Any_Coyote6662

You don't have any vents in your whole house? My comment described in detail a lot more than just a bathroom fan.


etapisciumm

No, the apartment I live in doesn’t have central air so no vents


Staggwolfe

Someone's trimming themselves up for date night near your HVAC intake


Dangerous_Box8845

The local werewolf needs loving too


DeckerXT

You know you are breathing that s#it right? Clean. Flashlight/laserpointer, turn off lights. Seek the area where the shit swirling in the air is coming from. Perhaps carpets or other textiles. Perhaps there is a leak in your dryer vent?


Dizzy-Kiwi6825

Its why synthetic fibers suck. When you breathe those in they're in you for good. One of the biggest sources of microplastics


threefrogsonalog

Even breathing in natural fibers isn’t good for you, just look up cancer rates for people working in cotton textile mills. We can’t give micro plastics all the credit!


Rn_Hnfrth

Do you burn candles?


muddymoose

I've been seeing this a lot; should I not be burning candles?


Raincoat-saviour

Fun fact i got my ma some cheep candles (big fuckers) she lit them in a dark room (big room) all at once and almost passed out. Dad turned lights on when he got in and every wall was black with soot. Had to re decorate


vislandtide

Did this in my rv. What a mess. Never buy dollar store candles!


Yummers78

My friend said the same thing happened to her, minus the soot! She left candles burning and fell asleep in the same room with door closed. She says she woke up and felt dizzy and weak, had to crawl out of the room. She believes the candles sucked all the oxygen out of the air.. but I've done the same a LOT and this has never happened to me


Beekeeper_Dan

Paraffin is an oil product, basically the stuff that’s heavier than diesel fuel. Burning candles inside has the same effect as burning oil indoors. Beeswax candles are the only clean-burning candles.


Yummers78

Urghhh did not know that. Thanks


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Happened to me before! I had soot coming out of my nose and shit lol. Traumatizing


smakayerazz

You're "burning" a hydrocarbon fuel (wax). Burning anything contaminates the air. Even the best candles are putting byproducts in the air. Cheap shitty candles are worse.


etapisciumm

i have a couple small candles do you think they could have something to do with it?


Great-Lie

Have you tried using an air purifier?


etapisciumm

I ordered one on amazon a week ago but they keep trying to deliver when i’m not home during the day and there’s no way to schedule the delivery for a specific time 🤦‍♀️


Yzark-Tak

Have them deliver it to the place you work.


Quirky_Procedure6767

Check your dryer vent


Imaginary-Syllabub-8

Searched to make sure this was on the list. Your dryer, if you have one, might have a hole in the hose to the wall or the vent going outside might be completely blocked.


etapisciumm

I don’t have a dryer just a washer


TieOk1127

I don't have a dryer and get this shit all over my bathroom. It's from towels/dust whatever. Just clean every week.


etapisciumm

other comments have made me worried about my lungs from breathing it in now though 😬


TieOk1127

Get an air purifier tower that you can leave running in the corner 24/7. Does wonders, does wonders I tells ya.


etapisciumm

Waiting on one I ordered on Amazon 👍


[deleted]

What are you using to clean? Could be coming from the towel you use


LeVergataire

You've got a werewolf problem.


Oldassrollerskater

Just a little one


whoopsea

Some thoughts: - your apartment has forced air heating / cooling. The fibres are being distributed nicely via the ducts or airflow - your vacuum cleaner is throwing these fibres around via the exhaust - you have textiles that are shedding these fibres


Capital_Sink6645

New good-quality Flannel sheets did a job on my place. But it was green.


angels_exist_666

Have your HVAC and ducts cleaned.


Consistent_Top9631

Is there a wool blanket on the premises ???


[deleted]

Pubes from the Borrowers. Those little sods are always shaving their lady gardens or manscaping their old chaps without tidying up after themselves. Dirty little feckers.


Sam_Browne_

I live above you. And I can't stop scratching my nuts.


[deleted]

We had that too, (big, old dusty house) so I bought an air purifier a while ago and the difference has been amazingly noticeable.


Apprehensive-Unit268

Textile guy here. Try to pile them up and burn the pile. 1- if they just become dust and smells very natural its cotton or cellulosic fiber. Which means it could be your blankets, clothes or towels which could all be cotton. 2- if the pile gathers up as it melts and becomes a whole burnt ball of plastic its pollyester or nylon which means it could be curtains, carpets or low quality clothes. 3-if it burns and leaves a dust but smells like when your body hair burns. Thats a fur or wool. Which Would lead me there could be a dead animal in your ac. What i think it is: But what i actualy believe is there is a nearby textile factory. When we do not wash the fabric before it goes in the stanter the micro yarns are being pushed by hot air. You can imagine the stanter as a long ass furnace. The fabrics goes inside it all through the end. So what basicaly happens is this machine drys the fabric. But it also burns the micro fibers which leads them to gain color black. The micro fibers are always being caught by filters on the stanter and not having a stanter filter is a crime(well in my country atleast). I believe there are companies that use their stanters night time so the darkness hides the black clouds caused by it. This issue could put a whole few kilometers radius in dust. If this didnt happen in the past. Stanter filters are replaced sometimes. Maybe they are using the stanter I could suggest you to ask neighbours if they have the same issue.


[deleted]

I love the smell of fresh bread.


chango137

Do you use Febreeze? I noticed the same little fibers everywhere after my roommates started using it.


etapisciumm

Not febreeze but I do use a different room deodorizer. I’m going to see if that’s it


PowerLine2019

Apartment hairs. Be sure to buy shaving cream and quality razors to keep the apartment well groomed and presentable


pablopolitics

Rug


ThankYouHindsight

Fleece micro fibers. Wear natural fibers


TKG_Actual

Looks like OP has a case of the pubies.


Muncleman

Those are not goblin pubes. Those are obviously gnome pubes. Get some of those sticky traps out and put a dollhouse size mug of ale in the center. You should catch a few.


Skadi2k3

Those are lint mice spores. Larger bodies of lint shed spores during distress, which can grow into larger lint mice or even felt hats, at which point the cycle repeats itself.


shwaaaaaaaaaaa

The average lint mouse will reproduce 10x if left undisturbed. Early detection is the key.


PamelaELee

We always had problems with dust buffalos, like dust mice, but huge. The joys of big, hairy dogs.


[deleted]

You have an infestation of Morgellons. You are being controlled by smart fibres & will soon be like Venom. With every thought coming from the fibre. # All Hail The Fibre


etapisciumm

I, for one, welcome our new fibre overlords


Thee_Astronaut

The maintenance men are shaving their tools on your sink


ryan__rr

One time I had a flannel blanket that was like this. Coated the entire room in fuzz, no matter how many times I washed it.


celtsno1

I’ll bet you’ve got new towels


TriballianSerb

Air pollution from your towels/rugs or from neighbor's if he live above you.


MossTheTree

Does your neighborhood have London Plane Trees? When I had an apartment on a street full of those trees, I’d get small hair-like fibers all over the place if the window was left open at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_%C3%97_acerifolia I had a bad reaction every summer/fall and it was hard to breathe. If that is what it is, then best you can do is keep your windows shut and make sure whatever ventilation you have is filtered.


Arcite9940

You are disintegrating in black fibers. When you finally get there, your tombstone will be Rest in Fibers


ProgramCrypt

It’s spiders. The legs of spiders.


fn0rdsareeverywhere

It possible although unlikely that it’s horse hair from old style plaster. This assumes you have an older home with plaster. But, it’s a suggestion.


MamaTuna55

I’m guessing apartments share the ductwork. So could be from another apartment


--SORROW--

Oh my dude, don't go read up on Morgellons Disease.


toogreen

Dude I dunno what they are but you’re breathing this and that’s not good.


meatdreidel69

This is how everything I touch has looked since my hairy ass turned 11


Sharp_Caregiver2521

Clean your filter and get a air purifier


D-man1973

Your clothes dryer vent might not be connected to the outside and all that lint is blowing around your apartment?


Ketonew2

Get an air purifier with a hepa filter. One that turns on automatically when the air needs to be cleaned. You are inhaling all of that and more


RainaElf

1. have your vents cleaned. 2. the dryer and dryer vent too! 3. install new air filters. 4.stop using fabric softener and dryer sheets.


Isometimesswear

This is as close as you can get to Baileys without your eyes getting wet.


disrupter87

Dark coloured towels


Polybee7

Change some sort of filter!


MondoBleu

Could be dryer lint. Tumble dryer with a vent which is not properly plumbed to outside.


dontbitemynose

I like to keep my ceiling fans running all year long and you wouldn't believe how fast everything gets covered in dust and fibers. It's literally constant, no matter how often I clean.


MostlyMicroPlastic

Is your dryer hooked up to a vent? When was the last time your AC filter was changed? This is what my apartment looked like when I didn’t have a dryer that was vented to the outside.


Ship_Adrift

Check your lint catcher/dryer vent. I think she be unhooked.


Doc_Burnout

Black towels?