The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers—plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from many sources, including cigarette butts, fishing nets and ropes, but the biggest source is synthetic fabrics, which constantly shed them.

Textiles shed microfibers while they are manufactured, worn and disposed of, but especially when they are washed. A single wash load can release several million microfibers. Many factors affect how many fibers are released, including fabric type, mechanical action, detergents, temperature and the duration of the wash cycle.

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    8 months ago

    I interpreted it as a lack of understanding.

    You applied a mathematical definition to a common lingual term, which was used in the exact same fashion in the response as your original use. That’s using semantics, as you’re arguing about the lingual definition as it applies to a phrase.

    The pedantic part is you using a semantic argument just to be a cunty little shit head on the internet.