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> Packaging made from aluminum that is just thrown away? Well, aluminum was supposed to be luxurious and everything... But I think before that they'd pick a pi
by marcosdumay 3y ago
> Packaging made from aluminum that is just thrown away?
Well, aluminum was supposed to be luxurious and everything... But I think before that they'd pick a piece of plastic packaging and be without words to explain their marvel.
- b3ing 3y agoThey didn't have plastic back then, it would of been paper or cloth
- keybored 3y agoIt seems utilitarian to the person who doesn’t understand the concept of microplastics.
- genewitch 3y agobakelite was patented in 1909 - i understand franklin was before 1907, but the idea of "plastic" as something separate from wood, metal, and glass has been around over a century.
- Intralexical 3y agoBakelite also wasn't very good though. Stiff, heavy, brittle. Modern sheet plastic packaging gives the impression of a soap bubble that we've somehow frozen in time and made solid.
- perilunar 3y agoHow would you explain plastic to someone who hadn't even seen it? I would say it is like candle wax (which it is), but it melts at a higher temperature and is much stronger when solid.