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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94·11 days agoPlus, inhaling graphite dust since it doesn’t fall doesn’t sound fun.
minus-squareTiptopit@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·11 days agoPlus, graphite dust and electronics are also not a great combination.
minus-square𝔗𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔞𝔵𝔦𝔪𝔞@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·11 days agoIt’s carbon dust, which your body is pretty good at dealing with, and in quantities so trivial you probably already inhale more currently than you would using a pencil in an otherwise mostly sterile spaceship (at least sterile compared to earth)
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoHave you broken a pencil tip? I wouldn’t want to breath that in after it goes flying.
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Plus, inhaling graphite dust since it doesn’t fall doesn’t sound fun.
Plus, graphite dust and electronics are also not a great combination.
It’s carbon dust, which your body is pretty good at dealing with, and in quantities so trivial you probably already inhale more currently than you would using a pencil in an otherwise mostly sterile spaceship (at least sterile compared to earth)
Have you broken a pencil tip? I wouldn’t want to breath that in after it goes flying.