stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down19file-text
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Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
minus-squareifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down8·9 months agoThat’s not how helmets work. The outer shell certainly helps mitigate bumps and bangs, but what really protects your head is the styrofoam inner that compresses like an airbag upon impact.
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·9 months agoNo it’s both. The outer shell deforms before breaking and then the foam absorbs the rest of the impact.
That’s not how helmets work. The outer shell certainly helps mitigate bumps and bangs, but what really protects your head is the styrofoam inner that compresses like an airbag upon impact.
No it’s both. The outer shell deforms before breaking and then the foam absorbs the rest of the impact.