>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."
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.
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.
Over the years I've gotten more and more nervous around paper. I think because my most vivid memories of paper are getting papercuts, and the less I use paper in my day-to-day life, the more I associate paper with papercuts and nothing else.
Not really a problem with books, notebooks, pads of post-its etc, but around any individual sheet of paper I really just don't feel comfortable anymore. Dangerous material.
It’s been a while since my last cardboard cut, but it is much worse than a normal paper cut. With paper cuts, I can usually “press” my skin back together and go on without any pain, unless I get lemon juice or something in the cut. A cardboard cut is not like that, it is quite painful for the rest of the day no matter what I do.
I’ll hypothesize that the thickness of the cardboard, plus the irregular profile both combine to make the cut much worse
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.
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.
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!
>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.
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.
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...
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.
Over the years I've gotten more and more nervous around paper. I think because my most vivid memories of paper are getting papercuts, and the less I use paper in my day-to-day life, the more I associate paper with papercuts and nothing else.
Not really a problem with books, notebooks, pads of post-its etc, but around any individual sheet of paper I really just don't feel comfortable anymore. Dangerous material.
Likelihood x severity is also an important consideration, as anyone who has cut themselves on cardboard knows all too well.
I've never had such an experience. How does it feel to be cut with a cardboard?
It’s been a while since my last cardboard cut, but it is much worse than a normal paper cut. With paper cuts, I can usually “press” my skin back together and go on without any pain, unless I get lemon juice or something in the cut. A cardboard cut is not like that, it is quite painful for the rest of the day no matter what I do.
I’ll hypothesize that the thickness of the cardboard, plus the irregular profile both combine to make the cut much worse
Feels more similar to getting cut by a kitchen knife. I would not recommend it.
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.
You should resubmit it as print out. Just make sure to take the right thickness so that they get hurt too!
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?
Human, by a wide margin.
I guess there are three Danish academics who will have their teaching load increased next term.
Fresh cardboard can be a prize bitch too. Even worse perhaps.
(source: was picker in a 3M warehouse)
Freshly cut cardboard.
Source: opening and unpacking boxes while stacking shelves in a supermarket in my youth.
Wrap it with adhesive tape and get back to work! Source: night crew, crew pig, supermarket 1980-1983.
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.
Looks like the paper is on their github https://github.com/Jensen-Lab/PhysicsOfPaperCuts
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!
I haven't gotten a paper cut in years.
So much less paper in the world.
Finally a use for my stash of dot matrix printer paper.
How do we nominate this for thr ig nobel?
Ignoble recipients right there. Mark your ballots, please.
Ig Nobel. Coincidentally, this year’s ceremony is happening on Thursday!
No mention of any effect of clay content.
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
And now we know better. Beware of magazines and newspapers.
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