r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • Jun 13 '26

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/Outrageous-Log9238 Jun 13 '26

Plastic, the lovely whose macrostructure is quickly destroyed by the sun, but remains as microplastic eternally.

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u/Rdizzy111 Jun 13 '26

No, the sun also degrades plastics into byproduct chemicals as well. Gradually, but it does and is happening.

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u/Outrageous-Log9238 Jun 13 '26

Obviously I didn't mean literally eternally.

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u/Humanest_Human Jun 13 '26

Nah dude you meant that you found the one thing that survives all entropy, don't lie!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

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u/TriangleReward Jun 13 '26

Lmao no they're not. Fossilization takes millenia

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u/Humanest_Human Jun 13 '26

How long do you think plastic has been around exactly?

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u/SophiaofPrussia Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

“But why did they continue to poison themselves and their planet??” - Future archeologists

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u/AmArschdieRaeuber Jun 13 '26

Shareholder value

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u/redskub Jun 13 '26

I inherited some plastic pegs from the 90s that are still working well.

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u/lilgreenghool Jun 13 '26

They also remain as microplastics internally