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Space Honey (mander.xyz)
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[–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

because the new metal straws have pierced the brains of anyone who did them.

I am confused by this, straws go in the mouth, if people are sticking them in their brains, they're doing it wrong, or are you saying there is a crack team of assasins out there who've vowed to keep this knowledge secret in a particularly gruesome manner?

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    A common misconception of metal straws is that they are dangerous and can pierce through the mouth into the brain.

    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 skull.

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