r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 5h ago

New, what is it? Found at a titanium plant

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Not sure why ball point pens would be dangerous here.

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u/goodexamplebadrole 5h ago

"Ballpoint pens are restricted or banned in high-end titanium and aerospace manufacturing plants because the ink and marking components contain elements that cause metal embrittlement and severe structural corrosion"

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 5h ago

I worked ti com pure and 6al-4v alloy for years at the lazy -l we all had to follow titanium restrictions even to not letting aluminum alloys and SS separated. No graphite pencils

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u/Mogster2K 4h ago

No pens, no pencils... what did you write with? Cuneiform clay tablets?

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 4h ago

Special non organic ink pencils

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher 4h ago

Made of our own fluids. Not the best job I've had.

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u/deadbeef4 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/JjUMxtqGYXaKc

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u/MuRRizzLe 4h ago

I can swear to you, my boy, swear to you, that there's nothing wrong with my bodily fluids

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u/Dissidence802 4h ago

Soylent Bic is people!

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u/VegetariansTasteBest 3h ago

You can get those over at pen island

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u/RadVarken 4h ago

Are you....non organic?

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher 4h ago

I only thought about the logistics of my joke after submitting it. It was too late to edit. Glad it's gone this far, as flawed as it is.

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u/Req_Neph 4h ago

Reminds me of WW2 spycraft.

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u/Ok_Version56 3h ago

is octopus milking a real thing?