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[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 find all the pieces.

[-] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 29 points 3 months 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 4 points 3 months ago

My opinions themselves are plastic; constantly changing.

[-] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

My life is plastic; it's fantastic.

[-] ChillPill@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months 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.

[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

Edit: And I'm pretty sure ABS doesn't show either.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months 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.

[-] cfi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store

[-] deepfriedchril@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.

[-] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

so what you're saying is that I can sneak this onto a plane

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

But PVC does melt unlike schrapnel, so there's no problem if they set your abdomen on fire.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago
[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 months 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 1 points 3 months ago

The word consuming is deeply unsettling in this context. More so than high velocity plastic shrapnel, which is surprising

[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

The picture is split in half?

[-] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

The picture is split in half.

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 11 points 3 months ago

Wrong. It’s split into 1/3 and 2/3.

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Rule of thirds or something. Idk I'm not an artist.

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

It's closer to 80/20

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

OP forgot to turn on vsync

[-] elvith@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is my temporary potato holder. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My temporary potato holder is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my temporary potato holder is useless. Without my temporary potato holder, I am useless. I must fire my temporary potato holder true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will ...
My temporary potato holder and I know that what counts in war is not the potatoes we launch, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit ...
My temporary potato holder is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my temporary potato holder clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will ...
Before God, I swear this creed. My temporary potato holder and I are the defenders of my yard. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!

[-] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

ABS (black) fails by ripping open. PVC (white) fails like a grenade.

If you're in the market for a "potato holder" don't get the white one.

To be fair it will be about as gental as it's terminal volocity. Which is hard but like not that bad.

[-] swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Good ol spud gun. Made one back in the day. My buddy went overboard and had one manufactured out of steel and used ether as a propellant. Was pretty wild compared to the pvc version.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Another name could be "rapid potato transport device"

[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Too soon to give an Irishman a potato? You monster. >:(

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