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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 hours ago

Pour 5 gallons into the Grand Canyon, and you'd get about the same effect.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

It'll make its way through. Just give it a few thousand years

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given enough time, same water would carve the tiles around the drain.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The hair though, that remains.

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Envisioning a pretty nasty post-apocalypse sci-fi movie here... Title ideas? 'The Hair That Remains' 'Hair For Eternity' etc

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago
[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 22 hours ago

It's amazing how little hair it can take sometimes, too.

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 178 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Erosion is largely done by sediment being transported by the water I believe. The same principle is used in cutting water jets, it isnt the water pressure that cuts things, the water is a medium for abrasive materials

[–] Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This is also how they cut rocks in ancient egypt I believe? Not with water, mind you, but would use a pretty mediocre if not useless saw but would drop sand in there, so it was actually the sand cutting the rock

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is also how they cut rocks in ancient egypt

I'm tired of this human-centric revisionist history. It completely devalues the contributions of hard working aliens.

[–] Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who do you think taught the humans

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Nah we taught the aliens. That's why they came

[–] girlnamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep! The would use a saw that often had a blade made of string, like a bow, but would but gritty, sandy water in the hole they were cutting to slowly grind it away. I think they would also use “dull” copper saws (don’t quote me on that one though)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t the string break from the abrasive sand long before it made an impact on the stone they were trying to cut?

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago

Change the string as it wears out. As long as it makes enough progress to justify the cost of the string it would be a decent choice.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yep! Thought Emporium posted a video where he showed off the techniques that humans could have used if the aliens never returned their calls.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I think water by itself can randomly break a few loosely bound atoms off the surface of anything. But the rate of that dissolution is dwarfed by the wear effects of the sediment being transported by the water, which is the primary material remover.

[–] bricked@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So.. why don't those abrasive materials destroy the hair in the drain?? Explain yourself

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Because you don't flush enough sand down your shower drain.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hair is pretty tough, just see how easily it dulls steel blades

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I think micro-rusting does the damage here. I oiled a cheap disposable-head razor after every use and the blades were still sharp enough over a year later when the rubber/silicone flex point (hinge?) fell apart.

Sneaky bastards had to specifically add in that part that was vulnerable to oil.

[–] autriyo@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

I use the classic double edge blades, dirt cheap and rinsing them with hot water is enough to make mine last for quite a while.

I've heard some ppl submerge their razors in Isopropanol to combat rust and soap buildup... Haven't tried that yet.

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

This genuinely just improved my outlook on buying new blades

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Eventually, water always wins. But that eventually can take a lot longer than we have patience for

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 72 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Water is also lazy though, and will go wherever is easiest. And that frequently means exactly where you don't want it to go.

Some say it just goes with the flow.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately the floor boards are more permeable than a ball of hair, soap, skin and cum.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But, shall we discuss the ways will go? Sets watch

That omission even hits it harder

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Just give it a few thousand years.

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thousands to millions of years vs a few weekends, it's about the same right?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The thing is, hair is way stronger against erosion than rocks.

You need bacteria, or to cook it in some geothermal activity. Otherwise, even if you gave them the same time, the results would still be similar.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

New rock paper scissors just dropped. Rock Water Hair.

Hair blocks water. Rock breaks hair. Water cuts rock.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

because how much force the water is hitting it matters, you can just cut your drainage pipe in half if you use those water blades.

[–] DwellerVortex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it's because of the water force. Water tend to has stronger force in nature place than in a pipe.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

The millions of years helps too