# Wow....so that's what "shatter" means...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533 "2004-08-05T23:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533/1 "2004-08-05T23:38:59Z")

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Ummmm…ok, I’m stupid.

I put an oven dish into the sink, and put cold water onto it. I wasn’t thinking.  
But hey! It waited until my back was turned before exploding!!  
Anyway, I’m amazed that one piece of fired clay can disintegrate into so many shards. Some of them flew two feet. I’m kind of glad that I was the other side of the room…

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533/2 "2004-08-05T23:41:03Z")

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If its good enough to kill a Xenomorph, it is good enough too kill **you**!

Thermodynamics is no laughing matter kids, be carefull out there.

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**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533/3 "2004-08-05T23:48:12Z")

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Once, I witnessed my parents try to make some boxed stove-top dinner using a non-ovensafe dish as a pan. Not only was there glass all over the kitchen (fortunately, the dish broke into little safety-glass type pieces), but meat and noodles, too. I think we ended up getting fast food that night.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533/4 "2004-08-06T00:42:45Z")

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> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> Ummmm…ok, I’m stupid.
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> I put an oven dish into the sink, and put cold water onto it. I wasn’t thinking.

I do this all the time, what am i missing?

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-so-thats-what-shatter-means/258533/5 "2004-08-06T01:36:45Z")

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**SlickRoenick** , the oven dish was hot at the time. Extremely hot glass/Pyrex/ceramicware + extremely cold water = BANG.