You may be right. It’s just easier to get the sentiment across that way than expound about how it’s ridiculously complex and overbuilt to achieve menial results.
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Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoWell I get the analogy, but also I think they didn’t use pencils because of the graphite and complications with filtering air or something.
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catloaf@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Graphite is conductive. A short circuit and fire are Very Bad.
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Couldn’t you just use a charcoal pencil or crayon instead?
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Yes, but neither of those wrige as cleanly. And both are still prone to fragmenting, even if the fragments aren’t conductive.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
Charcoal is more dusty and more conductive than pencil “lead”, which is pretty much processed charcoal and glue.