Either theyd be shattered by a child or said child will attempt to saw the sides of the table and cause it to break
It means it wont break into little pieces
Ok, but have you ever held it over the side of the desk and flicked it to make it boing tho
Yes, but did it shatter in the process?
“Shatter” resistance not Snap Resistance
Basically afaik it’s just that it won’t break into tens of little pieces if it does break
I remember when those first came out and they were bendy as fuck
Yeah, that means when it is snapped in half by a kid it won’t shatter into a million pieces and blind the kid sat opposite
I never shattered one, but snapped many! So it’s not a lie AFAIK. I actually have that exact ruler on my desk right now!
Back in the day I had a “superflex” ruler. That thing was a weapon!
Well its not unbreakable, shatter resistant means it wont shatter into sharp plastic splinters when you drop it or try to snap it.
Still shatter resistant, they break but won’t break into loads of tiny pieces
in fairness this , and the compass, must be one of the most misused pieces of school paraphernalia. it is in turns a catapult , a smacking instrument and an edge to use for cutting with knives
Challenge accepted
Steel rule for the win!
Ah, memories of me and my mates at school trying our hardest to get one of those to shatter on someone’s back. All of us eclipsed by Mad Jacqui doing a run-up and power-spank across the arse of a girl she hated, causing the ruler to indeed shatter (and for the spankee to nearly shatter a few windows with the yodel of pain she let out). *Amazingly* Jacqui didn’t get suspended or expelled for that.
In steps Hundred Reasons
These things will cut straight through a table.
When I was a kid, it was called shatter proof. We broke a few records
I think OP understands what it means. The point of the post is that by putting it on there, the temptation of (stupid) kids to test it, break it, and have to buy a new one is a genius way to create sales.
So many people reading “resistant” as “proof”. It’s not shatter proof! It could still shatter, they just claim it’s less likely to shatter than other rulers.
The bendy ones you could whip around people’s arms were much more brutal of a weapon in yr 10 maths until the quiet kid breaks out the Helix Oxford maths set that came in the metal tin.
These were terrible as a tool but damn they were fun
I remember this kid brought in one of those bendy, flexible rubbery ones and I asked how he got his to do that. He said he left it in the oven overnight.
Yeah, my mum wasn’t too pleased that evening.
“X resistant” and “X proof” are two completely different terms and it’s sad so many adults still don’t know the difference.
The ruler generally does what it says it does.
Aah, fond memories of melting one of these on the electric heater in a mobile classroom.
If you persisted you could actually tie one of these bad boys into a knot.
OG versions were called ‘Shatterproof’
When I was at school I scratched off some of the letters on my “NON-SHATTER” ruler to make it read “NO SHIT”
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Either theyd be shattered by a child or said child will attempt to saw the sides of the table and cause it to break
It means it wont break into little pieces
Ok, but have you ever held it over the side of the desk and flicked it to make it boing tho
Yes, but did it shatter in the process?
“Shatter” resistance not Snap Resistance
Basically afaik it’s just that it won’t break into tens of little pieces if it does break
I remember when those first came out and they were bendy as fuck
Yeah, that means when it is snapped in half by a kid it won’t shatter into a million pieces and blind the kid sat opposite
I never shattered one, but snapped many! So it’s not a lie AFAIK. I actually have that exact ruler on my desk right now!
Back in the day I had a “superflex” ruler. That thing was a weapon!
Well its not unbreakable, shatter resistant means it wont shatter into sharp plastic splinters when you drop it or try to snap it.
Still shatter resistant, they break but won’t break into loads of tiny pieces
in fairness this , and the compass, must be one of the most misused pieces of school paraphernalia. it is in turns a catapult , a smacking instrument and an edge to use for cutting with knives
Challenge accepted
Steel rule for the win!
Ah, memories of me and my mates at school trying our hardest to get one of those to shatter on someone’s back. All of us eclipsed by Mad Jacqui doing a run-up and power-spank across the arse of a girl she hated, causing the ruler to indeed shatter (and for the spankee to nearly shatter a few windows with the yodel of pain she let out). *Amazingly* Jacqui didn’t get suspended or expelled for that.
In steps Hundred Reasons
These things will cut straight through a table.
When I was a kid, it was called shatter proof. We broke a few records
I think OP understands what it means. The point of the post is that by putting it on there, the temptation of (stupid) kids to test it, break it, and have to buy a new one is a genius way to create sales.
So many people reading “resistant” as “proof”. It’s not shatter proof! It could still shatter, they just claim it’s less likely to shatter than other rulers.
The bendy ones you could whip around people’s arms were much more brutal of a weapon in yr 10 maths until the quiet kid breaks out the Helix Oxford maths set that came in the metal tin.
These were terrible as a tool but damn they were fun
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‘Resistant’ not ‘proof’!
Used rulers to flick projectiles at the boys across chemistry and physics class, 2005-2010, also the boing boing boing
I used to twist them to break em
Shatter resistant means it doesn’t shatter into sharp pieces that can cause injury, especially to eyes
It does not mean indestructible
“my ~~money~~ ruler don’t ~~jiggle jiggle~~ shatter shatter, it ~~folds~~ snaps”
I remember this kid brought in one of those bendy, flexible rubbery ones and I asked how he got his to do that. He said he left it in the oven overnight.
Yeah, my mum wasn’t too pleased that evening.
“X resistant” and “X proof” are two completely different terms and it’s sad so many adults still don’t know the difference.
The ruler generally does what it says it does.
Aah, fond memories of melting one of these on the electric heater in a mobile classroom.
If you persisted you could actually tie one of these bad boys into a knot.
OG versions were called ‘Shatterproof’
When I was at school I scratched off some of the letters on my “NON-SHATTER” ruler to make it read “NO SHIT”
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