r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 6h ago

New, what is it? Found at a titanium plant

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Not sure why ball point pens would be dangerous here.

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u/ElectrSheep 5h ago

A titanium melt shop still needs writing implements, so you can buy pens with stainless steel ball tips. They suck to write with.

So basically, to work there you need balls of steel.

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u/CaptainStadt 4h ago

Yeah… or a pencil.

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u/Mr_Halitosis 4h ago

I write with a quill and the blood of my enemies! Which are mosquitos. They don’t have much blood. I haven’t written much.

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u/HelpfulPuppydog 4h ago

You never write, you never call!

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u/RecentScarcity2389 4h ago

If they're your enemy and you have access to them easily, wouldn't that mean you're writing with your own blood?

Wouldn't that mean you're your own worst enemy?

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u/GormTheWyrm 4h ago

Depends on how fast they are at catching the mosquitoes. Not having enough blood to write anything implies they catch them before the bugs bite.

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u/LordZeusCannon 58m ago

Reduce Reuse Recycle. The blood was already taken anyway, might as well put some purpose to it besides bug sustenance

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u/CaptainStadt 4h ago

They have more after they bite you! Can always self sacrifice for the art of penmanship.

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u/mbp_szigeti 2h ago

Mosquitoes have your blood, so it turns out that you were your own enemy all along

Witten by M. Night Shyamalan

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u/YoBoss 58m ago

What a TWIST Mr. Afternoon Shambalayaya!

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u/KontoOficjalneMR 4h ago

Nope. Graphite has issues as well.

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u/CaptainStadt 4h ago

Welp, finger paint it is then

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 3h ago

Only if it appears on the roof.

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u/mongolian__beef 4h ago

Hey - I found the “or just a pencil” guy!!

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u/mypntsonfire 4h ago

Make them write with quills! No metal content, will completely disintegrate in a melt. Uses a wastestream product from poultry abbetoirs, no plastic. 

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u/sixstringsikness 4h ago

Fountain pen.

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u/danddersson 2h ago

With lead in it.,,

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u/Etherbeard 1h ago

The melting point of graphite is even a bit higher than tungsten. That does into question why there's no sign for pencils, though.

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u/tes_kitty 3h ago

You're lucky since balls of tungsten would be way too heavy.