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adhesive tape to the buttocks (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 5 days ago (21 children)

The finger cot is there because zero G and dehydration commonly result in constipation.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Exactly what I came to the comments to find out. Thank you random stranger

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The best part of this feature is that it's clearly a result of iterative design. So engineers were trying to solve constipation, and someone with a PhD was like "Well, you know what works for me..."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”

I do workplace safety and hazardous materials, so occasionally I get to start a talk with "This room has more doctorates than nostrils, so it should be easy". And then I have to explain things like "Dangerous liquid goes into the dangerous liquid sink" or "No, you can't remove the mask to scratch your nose, even if it's really really itchy".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh god yes, so much.

I do disaster response planning, mostly for healthcare. "No, your OR really needs electrical power!" "No, you can't still run your outpatient clinic during an active shooter situation!" "For fucks sake,NO,you will not use a diesel generator indoors to power the ED!Not even with a open window. Your windows are 30cm x 1m"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

"Whenever I'm having a... problem, I generally work it out with a pencil"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is a cot though?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

It’s a covering for a finger, kind of like cutting the finger out of a latex/nitrile glove. It looks just like a tiny condom made to fit on a finger.

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