Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 天前Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials sayabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down16
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkDog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials sayabcnews.go.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 天前message-square53fedilink
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·30 天前Well, there are a lot of these dogs chewing things around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that pets aren’t safe.
minus-squareMarshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·30 天前My only thought was that the pet owners are idiots
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 天前Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·30 天前My cat exclusively choose USB cables, other cables are not tasty apparently. Is difficult to plan for everything.
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·30 天前Well, some of them are built so that they aren’t chewed on at all.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·29 天前Cable plastics are derived from soy. They are designed to break down in landfills but the side effect is cat pasta.
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 天前Oh, very rigorous accessory engineering standards.
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·30 天前But maybe lithium batteries aren’t safe…
minus-squareboobs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·30 天前It’s a reference to a famous funny video. Even the guys username is from it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 天前Absolutely ludicrous, these are very very strong batteries.
minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 天前Senator Collins, can you tell me about your government’s tax plan?
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·30 天前Well, there are regulations governing the materials they can be made of.
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 天前No paper. No string. No sellotape.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-228 天前Would like to see “dog chews don’t cause it to catch fire” to the regulations requirements
minus-squareSenator Collins@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 天前Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
Well, there are a lot of these dogs chewing things around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that pets aren’t safe.
My only thought was that the pet owners are idiots
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
My cat exclusively choose USB cables, other cables are not tasty apparently. Is difficult to plan for everything.
Well, some of them are built so that they aren’t chewed on at all.
Cable plastics are derived from soy. They are designed to break down in landfills but the side effect is cat pasta.
Oh, very rigorous accessory engineering standards.
But maybe lithium batteries aren’t safe…
It’s a reference to a famous funny video. Even the guys username is from it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
Absolutely ludicrous, these are very very strong batteries.
Senator Collins, can you tell me about your government’s tax plan?
It’s a complete void.
Well, there are regulations governing the materials they can be made of.
What materials?
Well, cardboard’s out.
And?
No cardboard derivatives.
Like paper?
No paper. No string. No sellotape.
Would like to see “dog chews don’t cause it to catch fire” to the regulations requirements
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.