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I always figured it was because metal is harder than rock.
55 0 ReplyBut rocks are harder. Metal can bend where rocks would break.
28 0 ReplyYou'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.
29 0 ReplyDo 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
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Ah! Might good sir be a fellow Mechanical Engineer?
(no one else considers stuff that break instead of bend to be "harder")
11 0 ReplyI‘d argue many people outside of the field are able to grasp it too
8 0 ReplyBut most people don't differentiate between hardness and toughness in day to day language
9 0 ReplyThat's just because it's really hard
4 0 ReplyRock is usually harder though, but steel is more tough. Compared to a lot of other materials steel is still really hard, to be fair. At least that's my understanding, as someone who just googled "hardness vs toughness" lol
1 0 ReplyYes, my comment was a pun
1 0 ReplyOh, my bad. that went completely over my head lmao
1 0 ReplyYou silly goose
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But metal can also split rock. Or crush it, or pulverize it, or drill it, or etc.
3 0 ReplyBut rock beats scissors and scissors are metal.
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depends on the "rock" and the "metal" (usually an alloy)
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What about lead vs obsidian?
Check and mate, music nerds.
4 0 ReplyDiamond is the hardest metal. Ask any astrophysicist
13 0 ReplyVan Halen, then.
2 0 ReplyNeil Diamond is the softest.
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