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I have a humble question to ask in the name of science.

Humble question in the name of science!

Science.

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[Herald of Opera]

Abstaining from the poll out of sheer bafflement. And, upon further reflection, belief in context. Namely, that there are specific situations in which a booger can be considered part of the face, and all of those situations are ones in which the booger should be removed posthaste. (Oh sure spellcheck, recognize that archaic compound word but not "moreso" why don't you)

[CapNTilfy]

What.

[Guardian Talon]

FOR SCIENCE!
...seriously?
Strictly speaking, it's an excreatment to maintain the health of your respiratory (and other) system. Not an actual 'Part' of your face.

[Ariamaki]

5160208

On the one hand, this is sort of covering the weird gap between tears (absolutely not part of your face or eyes) and hair / nails (absolutely part of your head / fingers+toes), even though they're arguably all excretions... sort of? Snot fills a middle ground here, since it's more permanent than tears but less permanent than hair... But I think I'm a staunch "no" here.

[FanOfMostEverything]

Is earwax part of your head? Is navel lint part of your abdomen? The answers to both matter given how boogers are a pearl-like encrustation of body fluids over irritants, which means both the internal and external factors have to be considered.

Look, you said science. I'm practically required to overthink this.

Also, given the image, I kind of want to see one or more Pinkies pose these kinds of questions to Midnight Sparkle to distract her with her own curiosity.

[Guardian Talon]

5160211
The difference is that hair and nails are firmly attached and still growing. growing hair is part of your face, while shed or cut hair is not.

[Majin Syeekoh]

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No your face is in another castle.

[PresentPerfect]

goddammit syeekoh

[Hey its that Pony]

That's like asking if spit is part of your face. The answers are no. These things are things your face produces. Products of your face you could say.

[Oklahoma]

uhhhhh

[Shakespearicles]

They're really more like an accessory.

[RayCon]

Stop tempting me with this stuff. It's still NNN.

[Fiddlebottoms]

5160211
Finger nails and hairs are made of cells. Each of those cells contains a nucleus, and that nucleus contains your chromosomes. They are part of you in a very direct way, because they are you.
Mucus is mostly glycoproteins. It is not really part of anything.

[Ariamaki]

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True! But we're asking whether it's a part of you, which could (arguably) be an issue of attachment or adhesion as opposed to genetic similarity. Again, I'm still in the "it's not part of your face" camp, but I can see where the argument would come from... In the context that it's Majin asking. :V

[Eroraf86]

5160212
Oh my bacon, that would be adorable and hilarious.

[livinthelife]

5160292
Alright then, here’s a little tougher one. Is your symbiotic microbiome a part of you? No genetic relation to you, but if it were eradicated you wouldn’t live long.

[Aotrs Commander]

No,

I have no face - nor boogers - because I'm a magical space lich skeleton.

I mean, like, duh.