so what you’re saying is that I can sneak this onto a plane
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seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Fun fact: PVC doesn’t show up on x-rays. So when this thing turns into shrapnel and embeds itself in your abdomen; doctors get to just hunt around and hope they get all the pieces.
snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
ChillPill@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve only ever seen potato “holders” made out of ABS, not PVC. Not sure that ABS is any more resistant to er- rapid unscheduled disassemblies.
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
In the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
ABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black.
cfi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
deepfriedchril@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
I appreciate knowing this. If I’m dying from consuming high velocity plastic shrapnel, I won’t expect xrays to help.
krashmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The word consuming is deeply unsettling in this context. More so than high velocity plastic shrapnel, which is surprising
musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
But PVC does melt unlike schrapnel, so there’s no problem if they set your abdomen on fire.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Very human
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
At the very least, mammalian.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 weeks ago
That was a fun fact 🥰
Gronk@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Nothing a lead paint job can’t fix
krashmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Asbestos gauze
Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Wolverine must have a cousin with a PVC bone structure out there somewhere…
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
What about an MRI? Too slow maybe?
turtlesareneat@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
Microplastics are bad, now macroplastics are bad, I feel like you’re just very anti-plastic at this point and hard to please.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
My opinions themselves are plastic; constantly changing.
couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
My life is plastic; it’s fantastic.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think Bruce Lee said that.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
“Be like plastic. Firm, but if you warm up you can change shape.”