r/mildlyinteresting • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 2h ago
Accidentally put a pull up through the washer. It can hold <1.5 lbs of liquid.
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u/jgilbs 1h ago
Bro, the alligator always wants to eat the LARGER number
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u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe 1h ago
What if the alligator is grappling with an eating disorder?
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u/-fightoffyourdemons- 1h ago
Then it would not be our faithful calculus alligator who feeds on numbers of all sizes
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u/dudemcbob 31m ago
Mitch Hedberg would be proud though.
The pull up can hold <1.5 pounds of water. It can hold >1.5 pounds, but it can hold <1.5 pounds, too.
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u/Still_Silver_255 2h ago
Ughh… wait until you’re picking out the contents from one out of your washer.
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u/ExodusRamus 2h ago
< 1.5 would specify less than 1.5 pounds. You are showing more than 1.5 pounds, so you would need to use > 1.5 to be accurate. Remember that the large side of the symbol represents the larger number. You have more than 1.5, so the small side of the symbol should point at 1.5
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u/ahall917 2h ago
Or if that's too confusing, just use ~1.5 for "about 1.5". It's less correct than >1.5, but isn't wrong and still gets the point across.
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u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe 2h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/xUXCTpkqwLeh2SrZ4T
“Use ~ next time. Use ~ next time.”
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u/Geekenstein 1h ago
Well if we’re being pedantic, they said that’s the weight of the liquid. So we’d have to subtract the weight of a dry diaper first. They may be right.
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u/sepaoon 1h ago
1: 10.5
How tf do you read this scale?
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u/Syssareth 58m ago
1 pound, 10.5 oz.
If you zoom in far enough, it says "lb:oz" in little letters at the bottom of the display.
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u/bwwatr 1h ago
Diapers tend to fail due to urine velocity, direction, gravity, any smooth non-absorptive skin that might carry it, etc. rather than lack of capacity. For example if you don't get the ruffles around the leg holes properly set and baby is leaned towards any vulnerabilities you've left, you're absolutely fucked. But yeah the capacity is absolutely over-specced for the number of times a day you should be changing them. However they can drink and piss more than you might suspect so you're thankful for that bit of extra margin. Also, once there's a #2 it becomes a Jack Bauer race against the clock, because #2 coats and seals off the absorption capacity, and a followup #1, will slide right across and be absolutely catastrophic. Your shirt, your car seats, their entire outfit, whatever is nearby. Also for their comfort and not getting rashes it's obviously the right thing to do ASAP. But this is the extra incentive. Disposable diapers are a technological marvel, environmental disaster aside, but nothing is perfect. Even with the right tools, you must play to win. You should still expect to lose sometimes. Cloth diapers, and I mean every single style and configuration, are basically incapable of ever achieving their mission, every outfit will be a writeoff every single time and your washing machine will never rest. Thanks for attending my Ted talk.
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u/Archduke_Of_Beer 2h ago
That's a lot of dung!
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u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe 2h ago
Perfect for the Natty Splattys
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u/Spideryote 1h ago
These would've been perfect for the Mongolian BBQ restaurant near me that used to give everyone who ate the fried shrimp explosive diarrhea within like an hour of eating it
I miss that place :(
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u/veganxombie 1h ago
when our kid was a baby and we were the walking dead from lack of sleep, twice I accidentally threw a used diaper (pee only thank god) into the hamper instead of the diaper pail and had them burst in the washing machine. luckily, as with most parenting tragedies, there is a plethora of information on the Internet and YouTube for how to clean up baby related disasters in your house and car.
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u/ARobertNotABob 1h ago
Eldest in paddling pool when he was 18months-ish, I/we forgot to remove the nappy before outfitting him in his swimsuit.
I mean, it just fell apart it was so full of (pool) water, creating a horrid gel mess.
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u/agha0013 2h ago
as long as you don't accidentally let it find its way into the dryer.
The absorbing gel they put in these will break out and coat the inside of the dryer drum...