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[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 97 points 11 months ago

Or a chicken drumstick for somewhat similar bone strength.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 55 points 11 months ago

Is this the dipstick that tried it with a carrot, it cut the tip off and then said he was going to try it with his finger to be sure?

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

I don't see "dipstick" in the wild very often, but I always appreciate it. Are you English by any chance?

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

I am not. I had a vulgar word there, and decided to tone it down a little.

[-] Gormadt 21 points 11 months ago

A baby carrot

It takes about the same force to bite through a baby carrot as it does to bite through a finger

As long as the carrot is pretty close to the size of the finger you're wishing to stimulate

I wish I didn't know that

[-] tryitout@infosec.pub 27 points 11 months ago

You need calcium.

[-] vanderbilt@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Having done my time as an Army medic, this is incorrect. It takes more force than that, but less than you might think. A good 25 kilos with some velocity behind it will easily sever a phalange. Up it to 50 or 80 kilos and you can claim an arm or shin. Mass is the real killer. I’ve seen a vehicle at comically slow speed absolutely yeet someone because it had several tons of momentum behind it.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Casual readers might remember a recent very low-speed collision that nonetheless caused a catastrophic failure due to the tens of thousands of tons of weight. The MV Dali vs. the Francis Scott Key Bridge, if you didn't guess. It struck the bridge at about 8 mph.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Everyone who read this just tried to bite their own finger

[-] Gormadt 2 points 11 months ago

Just doing my part

[-] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I wish I didn't read that, and then read it again repeatedly trying to process what I just read. Lol. I'm sorry.

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