• Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
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    10 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.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 hours ago

      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.