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NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前

Why do people crumple a paper into a ball?

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Why do people crumple a paper into a ball?

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NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前
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  • anewbeginning@lemmy.world
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    Because throwing a paper ball into the bin( or the near floor) is far easier than a flat piece of paper.

  • jafo@lemmy.world
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    Because it’s too hard to crumple a sheet of paper into a cube.

    • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Big brain moment

  • flooppoolf@lemmy.world
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    Mf, I can’t throw a sheet of paper across a room

    • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      organising 😎

      • David From Space@orbiting.observer
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        Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.

        • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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          The final shot of that episode is absolute comedy gold.

  • CM400@lemmy.world
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    IANAL, but I think it’s because balls are fun to play with.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    When I’m building a fire I crumple the newspaper into a ball because it increases the surface area and density of the fuel, so it will burn longer and hopefully catch the wood on fire

    • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Doesn’t that make it less energy efficient. Ofc it burns longer but with less powerrr ig so

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        I’m just using it to start a fire, so the efficiency isn’t really important. What I need is a couple minutes of hot flame that will light other things on fire.

        • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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          Reasonable🗿

    • CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Good one!

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    It serves two purposes; easier to throw, and harder to read. You do it to things you don’t need anyone to read.

    • theodewere@kbin.social
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      it also ruins the piece of paper, so you can’t make revisions and keep working with it… nothing can be done with what’s on that page… it’s all garbage!

    • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Ohh yeaahhh This is a good one🧠

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    Easier to make the three point shot to win regional.

  • Cloudless ☼@feddit.uk
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    You have been deceived. People always crumple paper into a flat disc shape. All evidence showing ball-shaped paper must have been fabricated.

    • all-knight-party@kbin.run
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      I believe aliens contacted the ancient Egyptians and taught them the ways of crumpling paper into flat discs

  • kaitco@lemmy.world
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    The human hand naturally curves into a circular shape when closed.

    Squeezing anything in a hand will naturally form a ball shape. This will occur with anything, but paper is more readily available and crumples easily.

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    Crumpling things tends with your hands to result in said things becoming ball shaped. What shape do you recommend I crumple paper into?

    • NarendraCzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Not to crumple and it will be easily managable

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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        But I’m done with that piece and I don’t want it to get mixed back in with my other papers.

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    If you get frustrated by something you’re writing, crumpling it into a ball gets out frustration by destroying the work and then it’s easier to toss into a garbage can.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      I organize tasks with post-it notes on a wall, partly for the satisfaction of crumpling it into a ball when I get something done.

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      “Frustration” (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

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