• Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I think there was a science experiments book for kids that dared me to drink water from a glass upside down through a straw while hanging from monkey bars or something. It was meant to show how our body deliberately moves food towards the stomach instead of solely relying on gravity, but instead it showed that I my legs were too weak.

    A shame these experiments are deemed to dangerous nowadays and people have to show their ignorance online, simply because the new metal straws have pierced the brains of anyone who did them.

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      11 hours ago

      because the new metal straws have pierced the brains of anyone who did them.

      I am confused by this, straws go in the mouth, if people are sticking them in their brains, they’re doing it wrong, or are you saying there is a crack team of assasins out there who’ve vowed to keep this knowledge secret in a particularly gruesome manner?

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        11 hours ago

        I implied that I fell from the monkey bars, and since I was drinking through a straw, I fell head first onto my water glass with the straw in my mouth that was below me. A common misconception of metal straws is that they are dangerous and can pierce through the mouth into the brain.

        I guess I could specify where the glass is in the experiment.

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          A common misconception of metal straws is that they are dangerous and can pierce through the mouth into the brain.

          I mean it depends on the diameter of the straw. If the straw is thin as a needle, i imagine it sure can. I mean it’s only about the pressure, not the total amount of force. And pressure is force per area, so if the cross-section area of the straw is small, it will generate enormous pressure and that can surely pierce your skull.

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      11 hours ago

      I mean I can totally see kids choking on water while doing this too. Yes muscles but I am sure gravity helps too.