[HN Gopher] Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts
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       Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 103 points
       Date   : 2024-09-05 01:59 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | r-johnv wrote:
       | I would have loved it if the article had gone into a little more
       | detail about the results beyond stating that in order to cut, the
       | paper had to be neither too thick nor too thin.
       | 
       | https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.0...
       | is the link to the published paper, but behind a paywall
       | unfortunately.
        
         | RobotToaster wrote:
         | Looks like the paper is on their github
         | https://github.com/Jensen-Lab/PhysicsOfPaperCuts
        
       | sieste wrote:
       | I guess there are three Danish academics who will have their
       | teaching load increased next term.
        
       | irdc wrote:
       | Finally a use for my stash of dot matrix printer paper.
        
       | themaninthedark wrote:
       | >The researchers also noted that some papers, such as those used
       | in dot-matrix printers, are exceptionally good at cutting. They
       | proved this to be the case by connecting a small piece of it to a
       | scalpel and using the results as a "papermachete."
       | 
       | Best part of the article.
        
         | HPsquared wrote:
         | I wonder if anyone (perhaps an artist) has ever cut through a
         | pair of scissors using paper. Edit: perhaps scissors made of a
         | material capable of cutting paper, but not excessively hard.
        
           | Retric wrote:
           | It's been done for the non cutting part of scissors:
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fwgRQbwDo
           | 
           | There's also 100% plastic safety scissors this would work on.
           | 
           | https://www.amazon.com/Scissors-Toddlers-Training-Pre-
           | school...
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | Ignoble recipients right there. Mark your ballots, please.
        
         | impish9208 wrote:
         | Ig Nobel. Coincidentally, this year's ceremony is happening on
         | Thursday!
        
       | danielvaughn wrote:
       | I find this hilarious because it's the kind of thing I think
       | about all the time, but never consciously. Every time I handle a
       | piece of paper, of any kind, my brain subconsciously evaluates it
       | for the likelihood that it could cut me, and I change how I
       | handle it based on that evaluation. Especially now that I have an
       | infant daughter who loves ripping up any kind of paper product.
        
       | drbig wrote:
       | And now we know better. Beware of magazines and newspapers.
        
       | SamWhited wrote:
       | I know they said they test with skin stand-ins, but I still feel
       | bad for all the grad students who had to handle and try to
       | delicately slice with all that paper. You know they got a fair
       | amount of real world data too doing all that!
        
       | puzzledobserver wrote:
       | What about skin types which are most likely to suffer from paper
       | cuts?
       | 
       | For myself, I find that most paper cuts happen during winter,
       | when my skin is dry. Would regularly using moisturizer reduce
       | their frequency?
        
         | hoosieree wrote:
         | Human, by a wide margin.
        
       | jananas wrote:
       | I got a paper rejected by phys. rev. E :/ a paper of which I
       | thought I might contribute to advancing the available methods for
       | analysing Synchronisation. And while I don't doubt that they also
       | put a lot of effort in their paper and I love that stuff like
       | this exists and they followed through with their experiments, it
       | seems like they have done it for the lolz. The rejection hurts a
       | bit more now.
        
         | baxtr wrote:
         | You should resubmit it as print out. Just make sure to take the
         | right thickness so that they get hurt too!
        
       | hinkley wrote:
       | Likelihood x severity is also an important consideration, as
       | anyone who has cut themselves on cardboard knows all too well.
        
       | mannyv wrote:
       | How do we nominate this for thr ig nobel?
        
       | euroderf wrote:
       | No mention of any effect of clay content.
        
       | pstrateman wrote:
       | I haven't gotten a paper cut in years.
       | 
       | So much less paper in the world.
        
       | shaftway wrote:
       | Neat. Now do wood for how often it gives you splinters. Make sure
       | you include Wenge.
       | 
       | /me wanders off, muttering swear words, and in search of a pair
       | of tweezers
        
       | _a_a_a_ wrote:
       | Fresh cardboard can be a prize bitch too. Even worse perhaps.
       | 
       | (source: was picker in a 3M warehouse)
        
         | dspillett wrote:
         | Freshly cut cardboard.
         | 
         | Source: opening and unpacking boxes while stacking shelves in a
         | supermarket in my youth.
        
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