Comment on Space Honey
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI implied that I fell from the monkey bars, and since I was drinking through a straw, I fell head first onto my water glass with the straw in my mouth that was below me. A common misconception of metal straws is that they are dangerous and can pierce through the mouth into the brain.
I guess I could specify where the glass is in the experiment.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
I mean it depends on the diameter of the straw. If the straw is thin as a needle, i imagine it sure can. I mean it’s only about the pressure, not the total amount of force. And pressure is force per area, so if the cross-section area of the straw is small, it will generate enormous pressure and that can surely pierce your skin.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No need to pierce the skull if you’re coming from underneath.