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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 530 points 6 days ago (36 children)

The reason not to use pencils in Space wasn't that Pencil are inflamable, the main reason was the graphit dust produced by Pencils, which because of the lack of gravity, enter floating in the electronic, causing short circuits as main risk.

[–] copd@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Genuine question. why did you choose to use "inflammable" instead of "flammable"?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

inflammation, inflamed, inflammable

inflammable = easily ignited

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