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[-] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why not? I'm not well versed in the theme. Would it be flammable?

edit: just saw another post mentioning this: lack of gravity, enter floating in the electronic, causing short circuits as main risk.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The theme is to pretend recently-learned information was available half a century ago, and also to ignorantly inflate its importance. It turns out exposure to graphite dust in large concentrations can cause respiratory problems (like any kind of dust), but the amount of graphite emitted into the air by pencil use is insignificant, even in zero gravity.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

Also your body doesn't do a good job of breaking it down either. Id imagine that in your lungs would suck.

I have a piece of graphite in my leg from 7th grade still. I'm 33.

[-] Adalast@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

I have a graphite stain in my palm from 8th grade and I'm 40.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago

Left handed or did you get stabbed too?

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