• Bakkoda
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    723 hours ago

    Wait till you see how much Boeing charges for soap dispensers

    • @T156
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      14 hours ago

      In fairness, they can’t just pop down to the hardware store and use one of those soap dispensers, since the changes in air pressure at altitude would cause them to leak all their contents or pop.

      The average dispenser is basically two one-way valves, and a flexible tube you compress to squeeze it out (or a bottle with a pump). Everything inside would be forced out by the lower air pressure.

      • BeardedBlaze
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        14 hours ago

        What planes are you flying on that aren’t pressurized?

        • @T156
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          14 hours ago

          Planes don’t maintain sea-level atmospheric pressure the whole time. That’s why your ears pop in-flight.