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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How many sugar cubes of plastic just to rough one up a bit?

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I know a guy who can put you face to beak with a puffin for a 12 pack

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One sugar cube’s worth of plastic is enough to kill a human.

It all depends on where you put it.

[–] lpinfinity@retrolemmy.com 12 points 2 days ago

And how fast you put it there

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Metric or US standard sugar cubes?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure they only use US standard sugar cubes to measure peanut oil. Sugar is measured in US standard table tennis balls of volume.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Great to see all the jokes about the measuring system used.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

How much plastic is in a sugar cube, and am I paying extra for it??

[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

How many football fields is that?

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, ummm... we did it for science...

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

So a few monopoly hotels kills birds? Yeah that tracks.

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Well, what are they going to put in their coffee now?!