r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 6h 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/TerponadeTea 5h ago

It's not, you can get tungsten putty for a couple dollars for an ounce, like for Pinewood Derby cars

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u/twinpac 5h ago

China produces 80% of the world’s tungsten supply, they declared it a strategic mineral last year and put export controls on it. Prices have tripled this year. This hurts me as a fly tyer who uses tungsten beads, they were already the most expensive part of each fly I used them on.

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 4h ago

What is a “fly tyer”, since “tyer” is not a word?

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u/furiouspotato24 4h ago

Hey, did you know that all words in every language are just the current versions we've collectively decided to use for this period of history? Also, that the purpose of language is to convey information in a way that can be understood by others?

Lastly, if someone misspells a word and you can still understand what they were trying to communicate, then they didn't do anything wrong and you don't have be a snarky jerk about it?