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modern adhesives are SO amazing. is there anything more gratifying than having just the right one for the task at hand? i always think that being a materials engineer just seems like it must be incredibly cool. substances! engineered! to be these ways and not those, to do these things and not that!

tweety fish

this is specifically about wood glue in its details but modern adhesives more broadly are absolutely WILD, like often the best choice for permanently affixing heavy masonry and so on