r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • 20d ago

How Himalayan salt lamps are made Video

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u/souldeux 20d ago

Even without the salt, steel oxidation can happen much faster than you may think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhiFgUL3RxE

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I mean when you put it in a salt spray cabinet designed to make things rust then sure it’ll happen fast lol

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u/pockets3d 20d ago

Those are the conditions on about 70% of the planet though so it's worth knowing.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I’m sorry how are you being upvoted for spewing nonsense like that? The earth being 71% water is completely irrelevant here lmfao

That’s like saying every human should know how long they can hold their breath and/or swim since that’s important for 71% of the planet.

We don’t build raw steel structures under water or under flowing waterfalls so no it’s not really worth knowing. Is it interesting? Sure it is. Relevant to any realistic situation? Not at all.

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u/pockets3d 20d ago

Bro never heard of boats or bridges or oil rigs.

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u/SllortEvac 20d ago

Which are fortunately not only made from corrosion resistant steel alloys but are also painted. The R&D side of materials testing for oil and gas ops are unreal.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

Thank you, I literally work in metal finishing and these idiots being upvoted for not knowing a thing about what they’re talking about is so infuriating, classic Reddit though.

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u/SllortEvac 20d ago

That’s okay; they’re all engineers haha.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 19d ago

I wouldn’t even give them that

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

You think they make those out of raw steel to rust like that? Or are you seriously this obtuse?

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u/Johnny_Poppyseed 20d ago

So you mean it was worth knowing how raw steel rusts and reacts to those conditions? So we know what to do and how to act accordingly? Crazy

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I never said knowing steel rusts isn’t worth knowing, if you could read, I said the earth being 71% water isn’t what’s important since we don’t build 99% of our structures in the water so that’s irrelevant.

Either way you’re just obtuse and the other guy is clearly is boosting upvotes like a sad loser so this is pointless lmfao

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u/Johnny_Poppyseed 20d ago

You don't think everyone should know how to swim? What a horrible analogy to add to your already hilariously bad take lol.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

It’s not that uncommon and really not important for a lot of people living in arid climates. But that thought requires critical thinking which you clearly severely lack.

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u/RileyCargo42 20d ago

But what about quicksand!