JasonDJ@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMetal is made from refined rocks, therefore Metal music is refined Rock musicmessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMetal is made from refined rocks, therefore Metal music is refined Rock musicJasonDJ@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI always figured it was because metal is harder than rock.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.decakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBut rocks are harder. Metal can bend where rocks would break.
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAh! Might good sir be a fellow Mechanical Engineer? (no one else considers stuff that break instead of bend to be “harder”)
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou’re talking about brittleness and tensile strength, not hardness. Hardness is measured with the Mohs Hardness Scale, and there is significant cross-over between “rocks” and hardened metal.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDo you think any of the stoned motherfuckers in 1971 gave half a shit about this pedantry? Lol “We don’t make cars from stone like the Flintstones, we make em from metal because it’s tougher” is as far as it goes my man
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoBut metal can also split rock. Or crush it, or pulverize it, or drill it, or etc.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBut rock beats scissors and scissors are metal.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agodepends on the “rock” and the “metal” (usually an alloy)
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat about lead vs obsidian? Check and mate, music nerds.
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDiamond is the hardest metal. Ask any astrophysicist
I always figured it was because metal is harder than rock.
But rocks are harder. Metal can bend where rocks would break.
Ah! Might good sir be a fellow Mechanical Engineer?
(no one else considers stuff that break instead of bend to be “harder”)
You’re talking about brittleness and tensile strength, not hardness. Hardness is measured with the Mohs Hardness Scale, and there is significant cross-over between “rocks” and hardened metal.
Do you think any of the stoned motherfuckers in 1971 gave half a shit about this pedantry? Lol
“We don’t make cars from stone like the Flintstones, we make em from metal because it’s tougher” is as far as it goes my man
But metal can also split rock. Or crush it, or pulverize it, or drill it, or etc.
But rock beats scissors and scissors are metal.
depends on the “rock” and the “metal” (usually an alloy)
What about lead vs obsidian?
Check and mate, music nerds.
Diamond is the hardest metal. Ask any astrophysicist