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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 525 points 2 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 1 day ago (6 children)

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

[–] Rivalarrival 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

inflammation, inflamed, inflammable

inflammable = easily ignited

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