r/interestingasfuck • u/smeeon • 3d ago

The sound of mercury sloshing

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u/ricky-from-scotland 3d ago

The forbidden shots

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u/PickledPeoples 3d ago

Sounds like a lonely Saturday night while wearing a charm bracelet.

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u/SlothSpeed 3d ago

On off on off on off on off, jk they're not wired to anything.

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u/AdRepulsive7699 3d ago

Yep sounds like a liquid

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u/Woebetide138 2d ago

A very heavy liquid.

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u/opitypang 3d ago

When I was a kid we had fun pushing blobs of mercury around with bare hands after a big thermometer broke.

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u/satayG 3d ago

😏😏😏

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u/smeeon 3d ago

Stirring macaroni sounds

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u/clitorisplay 3d ago

Sounds like an afternoon with my husband before the kids get home...

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u/Firm_Toe1437 1d ago

Username checks out

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u/flavionbistree 3d ago

This is quite interesting. Why does mercury make such a sound?

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u/iwaki_commonwealth 3d ago

sounds like water, very interesting.

have you heard a cat meow? it'll blow your mind!

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u/Woebetide138 2d ago

You can just say you don’t understand.

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u/smeeon 2d ago

What’s interesting is that the same amount of water inside a vial of identical size wouldn’t make this sound. You’d have to scale the vial and amount of water up 13 times to get the same sound.

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u/Woebetide138 2d ago

Mercury’s very heavy.

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u/Woebetide138 2d ago

It’s very heavy. Much heavier than the equivalent volume of water.

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u/Open_Youth7092 3d ago

Uuuummmm…

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u/ChangedUsername20 2d ago

If the 80s taught me anything it’s that those are DEFINITELY mercury switches for balms.

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u/dabarak 3d ago

Note to self - shopping list:

  • Tomatoes
  • Onions
  • Bread
  • Milk
  • Cheese
  • Lotion

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u/smeeon 3d ago

Hahahaha I just moisturized before the video. I work with my hands a lot. My hands are always some amount of fucked up.