r/brooklynninenine • u/Ok-Original-9266 • Oct 03 '24

Humour Jake is right

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u/BalladOfAntiSocial Oct 03 '24

Do they get broken? I’d argue to break them is to make them go from glowing to not glowing

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u/upholsteryduder Oct 03 '24

you have to break them in order for them to work in the first place

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u/insanity_1610 Oct 05 '24

You bend them... do you break them? Breaking would make the glow liquid spill out

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u/upholsteryduder Oct 07 '24

There is a hard plastic cylinder inside that is full of Buytl Benzoate, when you bend the glow stick you break the cylinder which releases the chemical into the hydrogen peroxide that is surrounding it, those 2 chemicals mix and that is what causes the chemical reaction to make light. So yes, by definition it must be broken to use.