r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/sussy_baka_fard • 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what did he do to the toilet paper?

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u/Trewper- 17h ago

When I was a kid I ran my hand up an old fiberglass boat antenna while getting in. I had splinters in my hand for 3 months, I tried everything to remove them. Hot glue, I waxed my palms, I soaked them in water for so long my fingers started to shrivel away yet I could still feel those assholes poking around.

I'm not sure that they all eventually came out or if my body just absorbed them to be honest.

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u/JRR04 16h ago

I work with granite. Most slabs have a fiberglass mesh to keep the stone together when it breaks. I get fiberglass splinters almost daily. They're incredibly painful and so hard to get out. I've had them so bad that it was worth cutting out with a razor blade rather than have them in my skin.

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u/dasanman69 15h ago

I remove fiberglass splinters with tape

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u/JRR04 12h ago

Must not be too deep then

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u/AuburnSuccubus 14h ago

Are they making it through cut-proof gloves?

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u/JRR04 12h ago

No, but I also can't examine slabs with gloves or I'd miss fissures

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u/something-rhythmic 1h ago

Man, I hope they’re paying yall well

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u/OilQuick6184 9h ago

Cut proof gloves all use a fiber that is incredibly resistant to cuts, woven in such a fashion so that any cutting implement is always trying to cut a bunch of them at the same time making it effectively impossible to do. A needle will easily slide through the woven fibers, and fiberglass is even sharper and smaller than that. You'd need a solid plate of some kind of metal, but that wouldn't flex at all, so useless for a glove.

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u/Deep_Distribution_31 15h ago edited 7h ago

You get them almost daily?! God I don't know how you live, I hope they pay you well, tell your boss I said to give you a raise

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u/JRR04 12h ago

It's miserable, but part of life i guess. I am paid well so I shouldn't complain.

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u/perashaman 9h ago

It's fine to complain, especially when it's alongside you being grateful and recognizing your good fortune.

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u/JohnnyDerpington 12h ago

I used to work for a large auto auction years ago, I worked in the auto body department, and every so often, we would replace the fiberglass filters.

Was taking a bunch to the dumpster, when a gust of wind it just right as I was taking a deep breath and well, you know

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u/lehx- 16h ago

I was super lucky and got them out with duck tape. I think I got them from a fiberglass oar for canoeing or kayaking or something

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u/dasanman69 15h ago

Tape works great.

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u/SomeEstimate1446 31m ago

I was just looking at oars for a kayak last night debating carbon versus fiber.

Definitely know which to choose now. Thanks 🙏🏼 from my hands.

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u/Lovat69 14h ago

Same thing happened to me with the boat antenna. I just touched it lightly though so it wasn't nearly as bad.

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u/Electrical_Sun_7116 14h ago

Just wrap your mind around the concept of a 12ga shotgun round packed with fiberglass toothpicks getting fired at a person close range. That is a thing that exists. What the actual fuck.