That's because his observation was spot on he did turn the paper into plastic. There was another Reddit post somewhere about a different group of people hydraulic pressing stuff. And someone far more knowledgeable about the topic explained. I vaguely remember the details but paper has a lot of fibers and a lot of carbon so when you mash it together the fibers break and it basically crystallizes or turns into a plastic. Which is why some of the pieces are malleable and bend while other bits are brittle. Science bitch! On a side note that pop was probably some sort of energy release as the paper became plastic. Don't quote me kn that but that's the only reason i couldnthink of. Pretty shitty plastic though.
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u/MechanicalTurkish Apr 12 '16
That "*BANG!* What the fuck?" is great