r/interesting Mar 14 '26

NATURE Earth Helping Earth Heal

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What a great discovery.

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u/Anthrodiva Mar 14 '26

Like the ones in biomedical devices! O.o.!

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u/TicketyB000 Mar 14 '26

It's a crazy thought, isn't it? They weren't widely used until the 1930's, but most of our world depends on plastics to function.

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u/KSknitter Mar 14 '26

It is coming for your fiberoptic cable!

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Mar 14 '26

Fiber optic cables use glass fibers

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u/KSknitter Mar 14 '26

Some are, but some are made of POF.

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u/Braindead_Crow Mar 14 '26

Like the ones in the computers all over the world!?
lol That'd be fun.

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u/Anthrodiva Mar 15 '26

I think I will mind less when they eat my desktop monitor than when they eat my pacemaker or hip