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Anonymous 69w

I was today years old when I found out that glue is made from horses

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Anonymous 69w

Guys they stopped using horses to make glue decades ago, you’re fine lmao

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Anonymous 69w

Humans really be melting shit taking it apart and putting it back together were the real animals 😭😭😭😭

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Anonymous 69w

Ohh what I thought it was polymer based

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Anonymous 69w

I figured it was a byproduct discovery from burning animal waste

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Anonymous 69w

No wonder it’s so delicious

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Anonymous 69w

I learned that glue was made from hooves by reading about the unabomber lol

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Anonymous 69w

why did i think glue came from a tree 🥲

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Anonymous 69w

I thought they were stuck to the table.

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Anonymous 69w

BRO I MISS TGE IGNORANCE 🥲

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Anonymous 69w

this was written by an artcon major i just know it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 69w

it can be made from most animals, either through collagen (from hide and other tissue) or through keratin (which is typically from hooves)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 69w

its pretty stereotypically horses tho, which is where the joke of "sending the horse to the glue factory" if it gets hurt comes from

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Anonymous 69w

CORRECTION!! animal products are no longer used to make glue!!! its only in like specialty glues (bookbinding, for one), but elmer's and stuff is just pure chemicals lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 69w

🤓many organic things are made of polymers

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Anonymous 69w

You want horse glue? ‘Cause I can get you horse glue

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 69w

everything is a polymer luv

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 69w

Then there's cyanoacrylate (CA/superglue), which is just glue which rearranges itself into an acrylic plastic when it dries

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 69w

Whatt that’s news to me

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 69w

a polymer is just a substance made up of large molecules :)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 69w

Im illiterate because I care about horses

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 69w

thats rubber

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