Why papercuts won’t kill you

Clue: Without it, you’d be dead right now

Green Code
6 min readFeb 18, 2022

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Poorly drawn image of a papercut by the author

It’s nighttime. You’re relaxing at home reading a book on Twitter’s invention.

You’re lying on your comfy bed while enjoying some Silicon Valley drama and getting ready to sleep. And then the most horribly annoying thing happens. As you try to turn the page, the sharp edge of the page brushes against your skin. You…

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