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minus-squarepapertowels@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·17 hours agoFun fact, the average adult brain also has a credit cards worth of plastic inside. So that bacon has some company!
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·16 hours agoSadly, no. About 0.5% of our brain mass is microplastics. https://pirg.org/articles/new-research-finds-plastic-in-human-brains/
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoOnce I put my head up to the EFTPOS machine and the payment actually went through
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·39 minutes agoEFTPOS is the fastest payment system in the world for identifying Australians on the internet. If you need to camouflage, you can use “card reader” instead. I don’t know when you’d need to camouflage like that, but these are interesting times.
minus-squarepapertowels@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-216 hours agoAdditionally, the average brain is about 1300 grams. 0.5% of 1300 is 6.5 grams, and plastic credit cards weigh roughly 5 grams. 0.5% is really hard for me to visualize. A credit card in everyone’s brain is unfortunately easy…
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Fun fact, the average adult brain also has a credit cards worth of plastic inside. So that bacon has some company!
Are you joking?
Sadly, no. About 0.5% of our brain mass is microplastics.
https://pirg.org/articles/new-research-finds-plastic-in-human-brains/
Once I put my head up to the EFTPOS machine and the payment actually went through
EFTPOS is the fastest payment system in the world for identifying Australians on the internet. If you need to camouflage, you can use “card reader” instead. I don’t know when you’d need to camouflage like that, but these are interesting times.
Additionally, the average brain is about 1300 grams. 0.5% of 1300 is 6.5 grams, and plastic credit cards weigh roughly 5 grams.
0.5% is really hard for me to visualize. A credit card in everyone’s brain is unfortunately easy…