Exactly what I came to the comments to find out. Thank you random stranger
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The finger cot is there because zero G and dehydration commonly result in constipation.
Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The best part of this feature is that it’s clearly a result of iterative design. So engineers were trying to solve constipation, and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”
I do workplace safety and hazardous materials, so occasionally I get to start a talk with “This room has more doctorates than nostrils, so it should be easy”. And then I have to explain things like “Dangerous liquid goes into the dangerous liquid sink” or “No, you can’t remove the mask to scratch your nose, even if it’s really really itchy”.
philpo@feddit.org 4 days ago
Oh god yes, so much.
I do disaster response planning, mostly for healthcare. “No, your OR really needs electrical power!” “No, you can’t still run your outpatient clinic during an active shooter situation!” “For fucks sake,NO,you will not use a diesel generator indoors to power the ED!Not even with a open window. Your windows are 30cm x 1m”
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
“Whenever I’m having a… problem, I generally work it out with a pencil”
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
What is a cot though?
SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s a covering for a finger, kind of like cutting the finger out of a latex/nitrile glove. It looks just like a tiny condom made to fit on a finger.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Actually, it’s in there because shit doesn’t fall off your ass in 0G. It kinda curls out towards the back of left to dodo its own thing.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
See this is the kind of shit I want to hear about in the documentaries.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Read “Packing for Mars.” I think you’d enjoy it.
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 5 days ago
So basically spooning the turd out? That’s the Corvette driving american heros I know and love 😘
Trollception@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
How do they do it in your country?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 days ago
They used a pencil
ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 5 days ago
A three-ply layered joke. Well done!
nick@midwest.social 5 days ago
They work it out like you would a math problem.
By using so pencil.
philpo@feddit.org 4 days ago
As long as it’s not the same math genius who calculated the amount of tampons for the first female long term crew member…
neatobuilds@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Is it like force puking by poking the uvula but butt uvula
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
I curse the day nature evolved eyes
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
you mean the prostate?
Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
So… they must have trained in using the “finger cot” technique.
“Sorry Biff, you’re a great mission candidate in all other respects, but your finger-cotting just isn’t… uh… cutting the mustard.”