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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Finally, a use for microplastics...

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Finally, a use for microplastics...

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Dammit, now I need to know if the average person has enough microplastics in them to make this possible.

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      I’m gonna need someone smarter than me to translate this: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c07384

      The median steady-state MP abundances in the gut are about 300 and 500 particles/capita for children and adults, respectively, which translate to mass abundances ranging from 7.98×10−4 to 1.59×10−3 μg/capita

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        10^-3 ug or as they put it in the abstract:

        40.7 (90% CI, 0.8–9.85 × 103) ng/capita for adults until age 70 in the body tissue

        Is basically nothing in terms of mass.
        For a 100g figure you would need the micro plastic of Billions of people (if I’m not mistaken).

        However, I’m not sure if they factored in j balls.

        • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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          So check my math here.

          • The average Funko Pop is about 120g

          • The average testicle is about 20g

          • Per that article, the average testicle has 330 micrograms per gram of plastic, which means about 0.0066g per ball.

          • You would need 18,182 balls - or the balls of 9,091 dudes - to make a Funko Pop

        • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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          The J stands for “Just plastic”

      • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
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        That’s measuring in micrograms, which are millionths of grams, so it would have to be really really tiny.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    I want my body dessicated, vacuum packed and turned into uniform discs that can be sold off at my funeral.

    • recapitated@lemmy.world
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      Does your family want 2 CDs?

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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        I’m pretty sure my tall and fat ass would produce more than just 2.

    • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Coasters? Communion wafers? Just cause?

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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        It’s a Star Trek reference. That’s how Ferengi funerals work. They’re auctions.

  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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    I want to have my skull plasticized like the ones at the body works museum then I want my ashes put inside

    Maybe an engraving on the bottom too

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      Would you like your engraved bottom to be displayed next to your skull or as a separate item?

      • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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        I was thinking engraved into the bottom so you have to pick it up to read it

  • mihnt@lemmy.ca
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    Nah, 3d print a benchy with mine.

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    I want to prescan myself in 3d and then they can print a microstatue of me from my microplastics

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    If someone makes a Funko Pop figurine out of my remains, I’m gonna fucking kill myself.

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