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By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:15:37 +0000

Now they are creating polymers out of corn and other vegetation sources. Chitin is fascinating as a natural polymer. The fungi use their versions of chitin for structure. And of course the entire arthropod phylum exoskeleton is a chitinous polymer. No reason magic could not duplicate such an obvious example. Even better chitin based armour and shields could be made toxic to the touch of an attacker. How many people do you know are sensitive to shellfish or mushrooms? It's the chitin. The evolutionary point of selective adaptation for poisonous body armour is to make predation a risky proposition.

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By: Zukira Phaera

Zukira Phaera — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:48:19 +0000

Some examples: Silly putty and the adhesive that makes post-it notes "posty". Penicillin was the result of either a lazy moment or an 'oops'. Potato chips were the result of a sarcastic witty retort of sorts. Rather than the cook spitting in the food when a customer got on his nerves he got even (or did he?) by a more witty means that led to the chip. Saccharin was the result of a lab 'accidental consumption' incident where someone went to lunch without washing their hands. The gods must have been looking out for the inventor that day because imagine all the ways that incident could have gone wrong.

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By: Zukira Phaera

Zukira Phaera — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:25:49 +0000

Some of the best inventions, the most used and such were born of the words: "OOPS!" "Oh shit!" "That wasn't supposed to happen!" and "Uh-oh!"

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:11:20 +0000

Who looks at oil in the real world and thinks "I bet I could make a cheap polymer of linked hydrocarbons from this" If you think about it the invention of plastic makes no sense in any reality.

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By: drudge

drudge — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:47:03 +0000

"I bet if I added bit of earth and took out some water, this could be a convenient building material!" It's best to just go with it really.

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By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:59:45 +0000

How do they even have plastic? Don't you need Science to make plastic? I mean, "plastic" is polymers of linked hydrocarbons, usually coming from oil. To them, oil is just "Really earthy water, with a surprising amount of fire mixed in, the releasing of which somehow transmutes the earthy water to choking, earthy air." How do you look at that stuff and think, "Hmm, I think I could cast a spell and make this into something cheap and lightweight and strong that I could use to make MechaKnights enaction figures?" Seriously, how?

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