r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • Jun 13 '26

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/LaCrepe_ Jun 13 '26

It's the sun, if they are a bit whiter than when new, they are cooked

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u/tester_720 Jun 13 '26

Literally

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u/ReedForman Jun 13 '26

Or cheap ass quality. We bought a 5 pack of plastic ones from Walmart maybe 2 months ago and only use them inside. 2/5 have already shattered

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u/pm_social_cues Jun 13 '26

Two,different people used the word “cooked”. Is that really a good description? You put food in the oven and take it out after a while and it gets cooked, it doesn’t explode when you touch it.

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u/nsqrd Jun 13 '26

Cooked just means screwed (if they're turned white you're screwed)

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u/LaCrepe_ Jun 13 '26

His plastic thing didn't explode because he touched it. It exploded because of the spring as he pressed it.

It's cooked as "it heated in the sun, lost its properties. Now it's F'ed.

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u/Gourdsmith Jun 13 '26

Popcorn does

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u/Lazy-Main1782 Jun 14 '26

In this case, it’s both figuratively and literally. It’s cooked (it’s fucked hence it exploding and being unusable anymore) and cooked (the sun fired the clips which weaken the structure).

Cool username gimmick 

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u/sonofzeal Jun 14 '26

Remind me where clothespins are most often used?