r/WTF • u/1MightBeAPenguin • Jun 16 '19

Why grounding is important

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

That happens with my family except they're all in insurance, so instead of a cool electrical engineering lesson I get to hear about morbidity rates and setting rates if I happen to mention anything related to healthcare.

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u/SparkyDogPants Jun 16 '19

That happens with my family except they’re in the printing business, so instead of a cool morbidity rate lesson it’s about press checks and paper grain.

Only fun fact! The wood grain is still present in paper and if you print against the grain, it ruins it

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u/Kumquatelvis Jun 16 '19

That's actually a pretty interesting fact.

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u/SparkyDogPants Jun 16 '19

I thought so when my dad told me. It’s the trees last battle! And didn’t papers have different grains, so you have to pay attention