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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Metal is plastic. (lemmy.sdf.org)
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In materials science, "plastic" refers to the ability of a material to undergo permanent deformation under stress without breaking. Metals exhibit plasticity when they are subjected to stress beyond their elastic limit, allowing them to be shaped or formed. This property is distinct from the common use of the word "plastic" to describe synthetic polymers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

You're getting roasted but I understand your esoterica.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Geologically, ice is a mineral, aka a rock. If lava is just rock heated past its melting point, water is lava.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Henceforth, when walking on a frozen lake or river, one must declare that the floor is lava!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

And thus when you sip on that ice tea in your hand, you are actually drinking liquid gold

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In some places, spaghetti meat sauce is gravy. Badabing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

ahgabagool!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

Metal is also elastic.

But that doesn't mean metal is plastic or elastic in terms of material type, just the English sucks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Shrimps is bugs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perhaps you meant to say that ices are crystals?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. In astronomy, everything heavier than hydrogen or helium is referred to as metals. So, a star's metallicity would be including carbon, oxygen etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In my country we refer to gravel roads as metalled roads, for no reason I can explain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

https://www.localsearch.com.au/guides/landscape-supplies/what-is-blue-metal

"It's called blue metal since it has a blue colour."

That explains the blue, but not the metal...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It's the best version of plastic.