• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If we want to get pedantic here it didn’t technically “shatter”, it just broke cleanly in half… at least that’s what they’ll say when you try to return it lol

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    It’s already been said, but shatterproof does not mean it’s indestructible. It means that when it does break it won’t shatter into a hundred jagged edged pieces that go flying into the air and lodge themselves into some kid’s eyeball.

    This one broke cleanly in twain and did not shatter. The packaging’s claim is accurate.

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    1 month ago

    When I buy a shatterproof ruler, I expect it to be forged by the dark lord himself and destroyable only in the fires of Mt. Doom.

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    Once my mates got drunk and we thought it would be fun to try and shatter one of these rulers, on my bum.
    Ended up actually shattering into a few pieces, however everyone was more attentive to how much I enjoyed it unfortunately.

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    I think it’s really brilliant marketing. If it didn’t say shatterproof, I never would have contemplated how shatterable my ruler is. Ruler durability was never even on my radar.

    Since it did, I broke mine on the first day of first grade while testing it, and I needed a replacement.

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      When I was in school I went through so many of those cheap rulers because I’d leave them in my backpack until needed and theyd get bent through the forces of a child running around school with an overstuffed backpack of crap. So eventually my parents spent a few dollars on a flexible ruler which lasted multiple school years instead

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      Well, you could make one out of polycarbonate. Even PE or PA would probably put up a good fight before you could claim it’s (non technically) shattered.