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GurthNada t1_j1ums03 wrote

Reply to comment by cacarson7 in TIFU by exploding Grandma’s glass shower door into a million pieces by ThePartyWagon

>they are known to occasionally explode for no apparent reason

Seems like a pretty big flaw for a large-sized piece of equipment that's meant to be used by naked people.

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malraux78 t1_j1v0ivn wrote

Tempered glass is designed to intentionally shatter into lots of tiny pieces. Consider the other way. Where glass breaks into a few large pieces. Those are big enough to penetrate your body and really hurt you. The tiny pieces will give you a bunch of small cuts rather than one giant gash.

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RunninOnMT t1_j1vuau0 wrote

Yup, had one explode all over my hand and while I was cut many many times, each cut was tiny and I wasn't really in pain or anything. I don't want to think about how deep the cuts would've been if they'd been heavier pieces of glass falling down.

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malraux78 t1_j1xh9h1 wrote

Especially for the shower where you'll likely be right next to the glass when it breaks and pretty much have no protective gear or clothes on.

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cjeam t1_j1upm3a wrote

It's a flaw yes, but I believe it's also a flaw caused by the treatment process that they go through to give them the advantage of when they do break the pieces not being very sharp. So on balance this way is better.

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cacarson7 t1_j1urs6s wrote

I mean, there is a clearly a reason for a large piece of expensive glass to suddenly disintegrate, but it could be a tiny crack from shipping damage or something basically unapparrent to the naked eye.

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