• @_bcron
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    • @FlexibleToast
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      Bronze would not get that bad that quickly.

      • Transporter Room 3
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        I have a bronze coin I made about 6 years ago. It’s been handled by more people than I can count, but it sits for months in a box in my garage.

        It still looks very much like bronze, just slightly darker in the crevices.

        This just looks like piss poor electroplating.

        • @FlexibleToast
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          Yeah, if anything when you look at bronze statutes that have been in the elements for decades, the parts that people touch are the shiny, nice-looking parts.

    • @[email protected]
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      He said himself he wore it while sweaty and let his friends wear it as well. Doesn’t give an excuse for the damned thing degrading in a week.

      But sure, criticize the winner not the people who made it. Typical.

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        • @Crashumbc
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          I seriously doubt this fast. The Olympics have always had bronze medals. This is the first time we’re seeing this…

        • Instigate
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          With enough time

          A week is enough time? Nah.

          it’s gonna turn green and start pitting

          Neither of those have happened - it’s tarnished brown and chipped but not green nor pitted.

          It’s called bronze rot.

          This isn’t bronze rot. This is poor quality plating that’s being stripped by bodily oils in less than a week. I’ve bought bronze-plated cheap Chinese jewellery that’s lasted for years under strenuous conditions before greening or pitting.

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    • @[email protected]
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      Touching bronze actually removes the patina.

      There are statues where the parts people touch a lot look almost golden.

      Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.

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        Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.

        Molly Malone.

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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      Honestly the first thing I thought too. Wear it for a day and then put it up, man

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