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 find all the pieces.
Also, “Be about a spoon’s worth in everyone’s brain”
Everyone thought he was dishing out sage martial arts wisdom that they didn’t quite understand, but Bruce Lee was constantly trying to discuss the looming threat of microplastics. Truly ahead of his time.
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.
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 find all the pieces.
Microplastics are bad, now macroplastics are bad, I feel like you’re just very anti-plastic at this point and hard to please.
My opinions themselves are plastic; constantly changing.
My life is plastic; it’s fantastic.
I think Bruce Lee said that.
“Be like plastic. Firm, but if you warm up you can change shape to fit a mold.”
Also, “Be about a spoon’s worth in everyone’s brain”
Everyone thought he was dishing out sage martial arts wisdom that they didn’t quite understand, but Bruce Lee was constantly trying to discuss the looming threat of microplastics. Truly ahead of his time.
The Thermosetting Plastic in the room
so what you’re saying is that I can sneak this onto a plane
Looks a bit long for sneaking, depends on your anatomy I guess
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.
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.
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.
Edit: And I’m pretty sure ABS doesn’t show either.
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
But PVC does melt unlike schrapnel, so there’s no problem if they set your abdomen on fire.
Very human
At the very least, mammalian.
I appreciate knowing this. If I’m dying from consuming high velocity plastic shrapnel, I won’t expect xrays to help.
The word consuming is deeply unsettling in this context. More so than high velocity plastic shrapnel, which is surprising
That fact was fun! 🥰
Wolverine must have a cousin with a PVC bone structure out there somewhere…
Nothing a lead paint job can’t fix
Asbestos gauze
What about an MRI? Too slow maybe?