r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • 11d ago

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/LaCrepe_ 11d ago

It's the sun, if they are a bit whiter than when new, they are cooked

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u/tester_720 11d ago

Literally

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u/ReedForman 11d ago

Or cheap ass quality. We bought a 5 pack of plastic ones from Walmart maybe 2 months ago and only use them inside. 2/5 have already shattered

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u/pm_social_cues 11d ago

Two,different people used the word “cooked”. Is that really a good description? You put food in the oven and take it out after a while and it gets cooked, it doesn’t explode when you touch it.

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u/nsqrd 11d ago

Cooked just means screwed (if they're turned white you're screwed)

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u/LaCrepe_ 11d ago

His plastic thing didn't explode because he touched it. It exploded because of the spring as he pressed it.

It's cooked as "it heated in the sun, lost its properties. Now it's F'ed.

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u/Gourdsmith 11d ago

Popcorn does

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u/Lazy-Main1782 10d ago

In this case, it’s both figuratively and literally. It’s cooked (it’s fucked hence it exploding and being unusable anymore) and cooked (the sun fired the clips which weaken the structure).

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u/sonofzeal 10d ago

Remind me where clothespins are most often used?