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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by marcosdumay on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:34AM (#40343189)
> 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.

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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by keybored on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:45AM (#40343306)
It seems utilitarian to the person who doesn’t understand the concept of microplastics.
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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by b3ing on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:37AM (#40343219)
They didn't have plastic back then, it would of been paper or cloth
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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by genewitch on Monday May 13, 2024 @01:19PM (#40345678)
bakelite 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.
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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by Intralexical on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:16PM (#40347878)
Bakelite 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.

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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by perilunar on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @11:29PM (#40362791)
How 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.
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