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[+] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    That plastic bag estimate is off by a factor of 100. Obviously this isn't meant to be taken seriously but it still feels like misinformation. Someone will see that and decide it's true.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    What do the plastic bags break down into when they decompose?

    I am under the impression they don't decompose at all, just break into smaller pieces.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Based on what I've read, you are correct, and plastic might never really decompose. It breaks into smaller and smaller pieces which are stable enough to stay plastic essentially forever. That 1000 to 2000 year thing that I read about contradicts some other things I've read, so it's pretty confusing. I need to track down that article and clarify this.

    The best thing we can do as a species is eliminate as much plastic waste as possible.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    The duration for a plastic bag to break down primarily depends on the type of plastic used, and a number of environmental factors.

    There are plastics that actually break down in a few years, other plastics are in the centuries to millennium range. On top of that, it depends on the environment, too: acidic, basic, wet, dry, protected, exposed, temperature, etc.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    1 tooth 1 year

    2 tooth 2 year

    Oh okay so 9 women can have a baby in 1 month after all. Neat.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Lmao, the grandpa one is savage

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    OK, its official: I'm shifting my stock portfolio to cryogenic companies. I will take a 15,000 year nap and wake up to a pure world or die trying

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    why do you want to get rid of your one and a half cursed armor ?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Cleveland Ohio is decomposing much faster than that, based on my travels there years ago

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    c/usefulguides

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    How many teeth does grandpa have?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Can someone explain the neutron star to me? I thought the heat death of the universe would put a cap on that.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I'm glad they included Cleveland. Never been, but sounds like a great place that should last that long.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Apparently if Grandpa were not embalmed, he’d decompose to bones in a satisfyingly symmetrical 9 months.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    What's the original image?

    It's obvious plant so it's probably on some sort of noticeboard but the OG image has been cropped

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)