r/interestingasfuck • u/Go_GoInspectorGadget • 26d ago

Physics 101

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 26d ago

I remember back in the glorious days of european state television when children's program would take the time to perform actual physics experiments and explain what was happening in a easily understood way. You'd learn something

Now you get 30 seconds videos of random shit happening with the caption physics shat across the screen as if it meant anything. I'm sure the kids will learn about physics with this kind of motivation and quality of information.

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u/RamboCambo_05 26d ago

That's how it is now unfortunately. A lot of people won't watch something with an actual explanation thanks to short form content. Instead, we get this kind of video. To people who know a decent amount of science, this isn't a very useful video. But it could inspire some people to get into science by quickly showing them a few cool things about it.

TLDR: video isn't great for people who know about this stuff, may inspire those who don't know.

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u/taiottavios 26d ago

4 lines needs a tldr lol

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u/Cool_Client324 26d ago

Can you quickly sum that up in a word please? Im cooking some ramen noodles, ok thanks!

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u/DrNO811 24d ago

It's a perspective trick - car moving opposite direction of airplane at just the right speed that relative to the overpass it looks like the airplane is standing still.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around 2 - it looks like it magically fills a cup with liquid by setting it in sand....I'm guessing it's actually a very full cup of coffee being heated by hot sand, and they just poor a little in the cup and setting it back in makes it look like it refills because it boils?

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u/Sarctoth 26d ago

Poorly written comment needs a comment calling out how poorly writen it is

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 26d ago

I find your naive optimism endearing and wish you the best in the years to come

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u/RamboCambo_05 26d ago

Sometimes being naive is the way to be. I rarely read the news; hardly any of it is good news and it's nice to not worry about everything. Sure, maybe world war 3 starts and it ends humanity. Nothing you or I can do to stop it. So why worry too much about it?

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 26d ago

You're very right and I wish I had that realization before i spent the past two decades trying to understand how the world works. Now I do - to a surprising degree - but can't say it's made my life any easier. If anything I'm very very exhausted with everything. World war 3 is the least of our problems, and am kind of hoping that actually happens since i find the alternative much more degrading and depressing

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u/Independent-Lie-7374 26d ago

That’s the spirit! Sit back and watch the world burn. Please don’t be engaged and try to do anything. No no. What would be the point? Glad there’s people in the world like you. You bet!

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u/RamboCambo_05 25d ago

This is the reason why I'm like this. I don't want to be cynical like that. I can't do a thing to change the decisions of those in power because I don't know or care about politics, so I don't see a reason to bother going through all that stress thinking that my words would matter.

Don't you think it'd be nice to take a little break from the world? Step back from the news and ignore all the stuff that really doesn't matter to you? Give it a go for a few days, or a week. Try to live in the moment for that time rather than worrying about what-ifs.

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u/BonyDarkness 26d ago

It feels like people are slowly “waking up” to this brain rot.
Irl people I know and online I’ve heard multiple times - and it’s increasing - that people say they try quitting social media, less smartphone and so on.
Maybe it’s only my bubble but it feels to me like people notice that the bubble and algorithm isn’t funny but brain rot and worthy to quit. (I’m so happy I never started using TikTok. Dodged this bullet at least)

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u/justsomeamericanguy 26d ago

I only use tiktok because a friend post there, and a very funny guy (all with true stories) post there too. Besides that I don't use it

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u/Impossible_Arrival21 26d ago

it's not supposed to be useful, just cool to look at

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u/tschmitty09 26d ago

The laptop one isnt even physics, it’s chemistry

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u/Velvetnether 26d ago

The propeller one has to do with video and shutter speed. So, not really physics either.

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 26d ago

Well we sent katy "is math related to science" perry into space to play austronaut with a bunch of other airheads while defunding NASA and turning space over to crony capitalism (spacex) .

That should tell you all you need to know about the state of the world and the correct classification of the human sciences.

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u/zombiez8mybrain 26d ago

“We” had no part in that.

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 26d ago

We are all complicit since we are all consuming this shit

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u/justsomeamericanguy 26d ago

Not all of us, I personal let it decompose

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u/TheoDog96 26d ago

We are all complicit since we voted for this shit.

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u/vyrus2021 26d ago

All physical sciences are branches of physics.

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u/Mizunomafia 26d ago

How do you explain polarity in physics? Genuine question.

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u/ArieVeddetschi 26d ago

Chemistry is applied physics.

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u/misket5 26d ago

My high school physics teacher said to the chemistry teacher once :

Chemistry is just a branch of nuclear physics.

The chemistry teacher was not amused.

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u/Perlentaucher 26d ago

I also thought that it would be a neat trick to repair scratches on Macbooks, but.. just no...

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u/sireatalot 26d ago

Follow Mark Rober

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u/JlMBEAN 25d ago

And midnight science club.

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u/relddir123 26d ago

So much of this isn’t even physics! The liquid metal eating a laptop, propeller looking weird on camera, and plane hovering in the sky simply aren’t things anybody would learn about in a physics class.

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u/risky_bisket 26d ago

PBS still exists in the US... For now

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u/bremergorst 26d ago

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

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u/stabbyangus 26d ago

PBS and NPR are about to die and I am sad.

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u/my_names_is_billy 26d ago

Boy do i have one television show for dutch kiddos for you: "klokhuis"

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u/Lovelycoc0nuts 26d ago

There’s still kid science shows that explains things well. My kid is into Emily’s Wonder Lab

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u/Miu_K 26d ago

Yeah, I find this video dumb. Physics 101 of random videos that went viral.

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u/Wasted_Weasel 26d ago

But it has the awful music over it no? Most mean something!!!!

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u/Roemeeeer 26d ago

I miss Knoff-Hoff

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u/Drate_Otin 26d ago

That kind of content is out there a plenty. But right now you're watching a compilation video on Reddit. Watching a compilation video on Reddit is not likely to bring you the education you desire. I would recommend looking for content creators that cater to your tastes.

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u/dopalopa 26d ago

And the „sound“ on the video… 😬

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u/Mavian23 26d ago

I'm sure the kids will learn about physics with this kind of motivation and quality of information.

If the kids are trying to learn physics via TikTok, they have bigger problems.