• Sergio@slrpnk.net
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      9 months ago

      So… they must have trained in using the “finger cot” technique.

      “Sorry Biff, you’re a great mission candidate in all other respects, but your finger-cotting just isn’t… uh… cutting the mustard.”

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        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…”

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          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”.

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          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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      9 months ago

      Actually, it’s in there because shit doesn’t fall off your ass in 0G. It kinda curls out towards the back if left to dodo its own thing.