I derped really hard last night, and I felt the need to make a public service announcement, and also give everyone an opportunity to call me a retard.

Before you stop reading, I didn't fry my computer or anything like that. No, this is an altogether different class of retardery.

I am, like many of you, a naturally curious person. As a result, I like to take things apart, either to see how they work, or at least what's inside.

My mp3 player broke. I took it apart to see if there was anything in there I could use for projects. All I ended up taking was the battery and the casing.

The battery was a lithium ion rechargeable, about 3/4 the size of a credit card, and 3mm thick. It sat on my desk for a week before I realized that I wasn't going to do anything with it, and it was just more clutter.

So I decided to see what was inside.

It's actually pretty interesting. There's this long three-layer ribbon. It has a rubbery black layer, a plasticy white layer soaked in some foul-smelling greasy substance, and a layer with what I imagine to be the lithium on it. These layers are then folded over each other to make a square, and there's a contact on each end.

When I was done, I threw it in the trash. A few minutes later, I felt a disturbance in the force, but couldn't put my finger on it for a while. Then I noticed that my garbage can was on fire.

I was really lucky, cause I managed to smother it right away. The garbage can was full of paper, and I shudder to think what would have happened if anything had caught. I put the charred remains of the battery in a glass jar (no lid), and kept an eye on it for a few hours. It didn't catch again.

Woke up this morning with a sore throat, but no difficulty breathing.

Pic is the remains of the battery.

>>	Anonymous 12/04/11(Sun)15:56 No.21430602      File1323032196.jpg-(48 KB, 369x500, 1318820088946.jpg) >>21430372 You are clearly a genius.