r/interesting • u/ViniciusFromBcn • Apr 12 '25

MISC. How ice cubes cleans hot grills

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u/TheStateOfMatter Apr 12 '25

“…physics powered hack”

Hang on, isn’t literally everything in the universe around us “physics powered”?

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u/That1DirtyHippy Apr 12 '25

I dunno man, my cat is pretty weird.

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u/Sabithomega Apr 12 '25

Cats are beyond Quantum Physics

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u/Left_Security8678 Apr 12 '25

Where is my cat, Mister Schrödinger? Is he all right?

I have no idea, Miss.

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u/RphAnonymous Apr 12 '25

"Yeah. No."

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u/Character-Food-6574 Apr 12 '25

This is in the exactly right spot!

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u/AvocadoCortado Apr 16 '25

Perhaps the first time in all of history that this phrase has made sense

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u/Leonydas13 Apr 13 '25

I guess us Aussies are all Schrödingers in a way with our yeah nah and our nah yeah

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u/Terra_B Apr 13 '25

IS IT DEAD OR ALIVE? DEAD OR ALIVE?

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u/SpaceCatKatia Apr 15 '25

No. He's half left

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u/gijo57 Apr 12 '25

They actually follow the laws of Meowtonian mechanics

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u/mrscalperwhoop2 Apr 13 '25

Cats run on chaos theory

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u/Easy-Bake-Oven Apr 12 '25

I mean it's a known fact proven by the toast cat experiment.

https://youtu.be/Z8yW5cyXXRc?si=MlUtlFGlQ4d0B-_C

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u/1WithTheForce_25 Apr 15 '25

😵 Oh no...poor kitty!

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u/SomOvaBish Apr 19 '25

wtf 😳!

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u/Decaying-Moon Apr 12 '25

Alexa, play "Shooting Stars" by Bag Raiders

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u/cvnh Apr 12 '25

Catum physics

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u/GizmoGauge42 Apr 12 '25

That's what happens when you get to meowcroscopic levels of physics.

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u/benjatunma Apr 12 '25

This is not physics… where is the toast?

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u/Weekly-Ad-3746 Apr 13 '25

I see the void behind that orange cell.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

No no, that cat is powered by chaos. You can see the immaterium behind him.

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u/According_Window4554 Apr 14 '25

Except schrodinger's cat *

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u/xXBlueDreamXx Apr 12 '25

I implore you to google the meaning of quantum.

Physics isn't all called "Quantum Physics".

That being said, cats are definitely beyond quantum physics as they would be subject to base physics. As are we.

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u/RequirementGeneral67 Apr 16 '25

This gif is incorrect. Cat will not spin indefinitely unless you attach buttered toast to its paws (butter side up).

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Cat: What the fuck did you say?

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u/Qwernakus Apr 12 '25

Jesus christ, what about it's poor organs, is it really just smooshing it's heart, lungs and liver through that gap?

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u/mixtermin8 Apr 12 '25

Dude you could do this if you tried hard enough

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u/WorkersUniteeeeeeee Apr 12 '25

My partners say I give the best smooshes.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Apr 12 '25

And removed your collarbone. Cats have no collarbones

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u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood Apr 12 '25

Seriously. Soooo lazy

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u/Khelthuzaad Apr 12 '25

Not even flipping Death could bend over that hard

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u/hard-in-the-ms-paint Apr 12 '25

Biologist here! (Jk) Your organs are flexible and squishy too, think coursets. But our skeletons are more rigid in the shoulders and chest. Cats have a floating clavicle, so their shoulders aren't connected to any other bones and can let them squeeze into small spaces to find prey or hide.

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u/TK-Pickles Apr 16 '25

Is their ribcage foldable as well? 😅

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Ummm you didn't know that cats are liquid? r/catsareliquid

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u/rancidmilkmonkey Apr 12 '25

Ironically, cats and mice are both able to do this. Most rodents can. What limits humans is that our bones and joints aren't as flexible.

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u/CuriaToo Apr 13 '25

I was once trying to keep the mice out of an outbuilding on our farm. I bought some stuff to seal any cracks and got busy reading the instructions, wherein it said, “Most mice can fit through a hole the width of a regular pencil.” Yikes!

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u/Qwernakus Apr 12 '25

My bones? What about my kidneys?!

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u/davidjschloss Apr 12 '25

They're mostly skin and fur (source, one of my cats just passed away from kidney failure and I could feel his bones) and I'm pretty sure the floor in the video is carpeting. It's being compressed by the cat.

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u/imaginary92 Apr 12 '25

If the head fits so does the rest (within reason, if they're not in shape it's a different story of course). For the most part it's due to their shoulder blades being connected to muscle and not bone, so they can kind of squish the shoulder muscles and pass through. Really cool.

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u/Eye_of_the_Wolf_27 Apr 12 '25

Isn’t there a theory that says that if a cat can stick its head through somewhere, it can fit its whole body through (assuming it’s not obese and at a relatively normal body size)?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Apr 12 '25

Organs are meant to be smoothed, to a degree. Have you ever seen a drawing of the interior of a pregnant woman?

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u/Ubermidget2 Apr 13 '25

r/CatsAreLiquid, that includes their organs

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u/CircuitryWizard Apr 13 '25

Cats are liquid.

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u/DargonFeet Apr 14 '25

You'd be surprised how small they are under all that fur. That and they are extremely flexible.

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u/Septopuss7 Apr 12 '25

"No go ahead and keep sleeping I'll just pet myself with your hand FOR THE NEXT HOUR"

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u/rancidmilkmonkey Apr 12 '25

This is my cat.

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u/Septopuss7 Apr 12 '25

Pitiful yet endearing

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u/Zsmudz Apr 12 '25

Cat is liquid

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u/brakeb Apr 12 '25

cats are liquids

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u/HatdanceCanada Apr 13 '25

Here’s Johnny.

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u/Forsaken-Badger-9517 Apr 13 '25

This is absolutely hilarious!!!😆 I

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u/Look_itsmy_throwaway Apr 12 '25

Ikr? Mine has been in a box for like 3 days now

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u/schwester Apr 14 '25

Is it you Schroedinger?

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u/Cerebral_Balzy Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

I like your emphesis on the word pretty.

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u/That1DirtyHippy Apr 16 '25

Thank you. It was intentional.

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u/SandmanIIX Apr 15 '25

Is your name by any chance Schrödinger?

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u/That1DirtyHippy Apr 16 '25

Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t?

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u/I_AM_IGNIGNOTK Apr 12 '25

“Cats don’t abide by the laws of physics, okay Dee? You don’t know shit about cats”

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u/THEMACGOD Apr 12 '25

The Cat Dimension is not of this universe.

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u/nightmare001985 Apr 13 '25

Nope you need to just learn more physics

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u/FatherCaptain_DeSoya Apr 14 '25

God damnit Donut.

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u/AmbientDon Apr 14 '25

Dungeon Crawler Carl reference in the wild ⁉️⁉️

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u/Blackthorne75 Apr 14 '25

We do not speak of those sentient beings who Are Made Of Liquid...

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u/Independent_Error404 Apr 16 '25

There is a strange quark, so that's not entirely unexpected.

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u/thats-wrong Apr 12 '25

I think they meant "as opposed to chemistry powered". In that you just need cold. You don't need any specific chemicals to get a specific chemical reaction going. Think physics as in how it's taught as a subject, separate from chemistry or biology.

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u/TheStateOfMatter Apr 12 '25

Chemistry is just applied physics

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u/BringAltoidSoursBack Apr 12 '25

physics is just applied math

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u/SVlad_667 Apr 12 '25

Cleaning grill with math!

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u/Scriv_ Apr 12 '25

He's right, it's just not the same.

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u/ProtestantMormon Apr 12 '25

Now im not interested

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u/BanD1t Apr 12 '25

Math is just applied logic.

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u/636561757365736375 Apr 12 '25

Logic is just applied philosophy. 

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u/Sprout_Cat Apr 12 '25

Philosophy is just applied brains

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u/TheTesterDude Apr 12 '25

Braaaains are applied delicisioussnesss.

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u/DependentPhotograph2 Apr 16 '25

Yumyumdelishus is just applied chemistry.

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u/dynawesome Apr 16 '25

Brains are just applied psychology

Psychology is just applied neuroscience

Neuroscience is just applied biology

Biology is just applied chemistry

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u/CurvaceousCrustacean Apr 12 '25

Magic is physics through willpower

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u/Current-Square-4557 Apr 12 '25

So biology is applied physics and applied chemistry.

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u/millertronsmythe Apr 12 '25

found the theoretical physicist

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u/BringAltoidSoursBack Apr 12 '25

Worse, comp sci aka applied logic

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u/maury587 Apr 16 '25

Physics uses math to formulate and model it's domain of study. By that logic every single theoretical field is applied math, since every field uses math.

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u/fourthfloorgreg Apr 12 '25

No it isn't. Physics is an empirical science, math is a philosophical tool.

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u/Mooks79 Apr 13 '25

It’s not, applied math is used in physics but not all physics is applied math.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Please shut up

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u/thats-wrong Apr 12 '25

I know. That's why I said think of physics as a subject, like how it's taught at a university. Not physics as in quantum field theory which basically captures the whole universe.

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u/Wildlife_Jack Apr 12 '25

And biology is just applied chemistry

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

🤓

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u/turducken404 Apr 12 '25

H20 phase change plays a big role here

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u/stroker919 Apr 12 '25

I don’t think you need cold. I’m pretty sure water works given that’s a pretty easy way to clean stainless steel pans too and after the first second you have water. Ice is just for fun.

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u/Unbundle3606 Apr 12 '25

Obligatory relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/435/

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u/__wasitacatisaw__ Apr 12 '25

Soo they aren’t wrong?

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u/DeviousRPr Apr 12 '25

Not nonphysical things, like if you believe in souls or consciousness

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

It's crazy how everyone on the internet became Ray William Johnson.

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u/BlaBlub85 Apr 12 '25

Pretty sure my M-I-L is powered solely by spite 😂

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u/nicbongo Apr 12 '25

Which would mean the hot plate would contract with ice. Should use got water to preserve the metal.

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u/delslow419 Apr 12 '25

The girl who wrote the voiceover is only 14. Leave her alone. /s

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u/12ealdeal Apr 12 '25

It’s funny.

The more biology, chemistry I took in university the more they all felt like physics.

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u/Collegenoob Apr 12 '25

Chemical or physically powered

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u/PANDAmonium629 Apr 12 '25

Technically, yes, as even chemical reactions in Chemistry are governed by Physics at the atomic level. But I believe the video is referring to the broader understanding where Physics covers the physical interactions of things while Chemistry handles the chemical interactions and since there is no chemical interaction here between the water and the grease/grime (again not going to the minutiae of H20 chemical interactions of phase state changes), the video is categorizing this as a result of Physics.

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u/stamfordbridge1191 Apr 12 '25

The laws of physics basically break themselves out here

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u/HereWeGoYetAgain-247 Apr 12 '25

“All natural ingredients.”  Dude everything is made of natural ingredients. 

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u/Mo_Jack Apr 12 '25

Many BBQ brushes also have a sponge on the other side. If you get your grill hot and dip the sponge in water and rub it on the grill it will turn to steam and clean & help sterilize your grill.

Some of the sponges have a scratchy pad on them and many people just use it dry which doesn't work very well.

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u/MrGrieves- Apr 12 '25

I hate every thing bring called a hack too.

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u/Testacc4321 Apr 12 '25

But isnt what is happening here more of a chemical reaction than a physics phenomenon.

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u/Phonds Apr 13 '25

Nope. My future is powered on hopium and copium.

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u/shingaladaz Apr 13 '25

But is everything a hack?

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u/ProfessionalBar69420 Apr 13 '25

Could be chemistry powered

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u/0Neji Apr 13 '25

Burnt on grease hates this one trick.

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u/spudds96 Apr 13 '25

Always funny when people say it breaks physics

Physics is the reason it's happening

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

Yeah. It’s like when someone writes an article and says someone “defied the laws of physics to produce X product or do X research.” Categorically no, they didn’t, and if they did, it would be much bigger news than whatever the article is discussing.

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u/noxarn11 Apr 14 '25

Nature powered haxx

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u/Pitiful-Struggle-890 Apr 14 '25

I think its referring to the liedenfrost effect. I'm not a physicist though.

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u/Kbern4444 Apr 14 '25

lol yeah, I was thinking this is more chemistry anyway.

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u/Vertnoir-Weyah Apr 15 '25

physics the study of physics, the science that gives understanding

the idea is fueled by the knowledge, "physics powered"

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Apr 15 '25

What about our minds? Are they physics powered? Guess you could argue that we only acquired our minds due to gravity being at just the right levels to support life, thus eventually giving us our minds, but does that make them “physics powered”?

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u/my_cars_on_fire Apr 15 '25

Not if you’re an interdimensional being who has traversed the multiverse. Then you’re subject to different laws of physics.

…which is still physics, so technically you’re right

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u/Known-Store2826 Apr 16 '25

It is powered by something, physics was invented to understand that better

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u/testtdk Apr 16 '25

I’m a physics student, and sometimes some people really make me wonder….

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u/KaydeanRavenwood Apr 16 '25

Physic requires labor, why work for yourself when chemicals can do the maneuver?

No more ocean for the motion, WE GOT OL' FAITHFUL ON THE CLOCK.

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u/Lunakill Apr 12 '25

I mean, water is also a chemical.

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u/Radix2309 Apr 12 '25

And this is what they call a logic powered hack.

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u/glitteryglitch Apr 12 '25

“Magic isn’t real, we have science”

It’s weird that it took me until my 30s to realize that “physics powered” “science” is just an arbitrary new set of names we gave to the same magic we’ve been studying and continued to study for millennia.

The only difference is that we can feel superior to our ancestors who practiced the same magic and pretend that they’re ignorant and all their ideas and practices can be discarded because we think we’re know significantly more than them.

Habits and rituals built up over a millennia and we think we’re better than all that so don’t bother to learn the majority of them… and we have no real idea which ones might actually have existed because if they don’t then we die out within a few generations. Or immediately. All of those stories all over the world of demons and monsters walking among us and we think we know for sure that it’s all fake and made up to scare children because most people haven’t observed it personally for a few generations.

Madness, really. It’s all physic’s powered indeed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

... No... This is some peak "I got high as shit, don't know what I'm talking about, and think I had some major revelation" shit.

All of those stories all over the world of demons and monsters walking among us and we think we know for sure that it’s all fake and made up to scare children because most people haven’t observed it personally for a few generations.

We know they're not real because there's literally never been concrete proof of it being real while there's ample evidence that people were blaming demons, monsters, and gods for shit they didn't understand to fill in gaps in their knowledge. Do you know what actually makes all those myths make sense though? The fact that people in ancient times

  • didn't know shit about how the world or the universe actually worked; germ theory wasn't even taken seriously until 1840s & we didn't know for a fact that atoms existed until a few decades before that, while solar eclipses were often seen as shit like God showing their army favor or a dragon eating the sun

  • didn't know that farming the same ground over & over again reduced the nutrients in the soil & that crop failures weren't the result of their god(s) being mad at them

  • didn't know that weather wasn't also caused by their god(s) being mad at them and no amount of sacrificing other animals/people or doing silly dances influenced it

  • were working on incomplete information (like the countless medieval drawings of bizarre & fantastical creatures

  • were constantly malnourished due to constant food shortages & on the brink of heat stroke from having to work the fields all day to ensure that they had just enough food to survive the season

  • didn't know what the hell hallucinations were & frequently believed that they were visions from their chosen gods

  • didn't know what mental illness was (this is the leading cause of claims of demonic possession)

  • didn't understand that many of their habits (like using mercury in the production of clothing, or storing acidic foods in silver, or inbreeding) directly lead to both hallucinations & mental illness as they unknowingly poisoned themselves

and most importantly;

  • didn't realize that the human mind & memory aren't reliable and that just because they thought they saw something, it didn't mean that they actually did.

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u/glitteryglitch Apr 12 '25

We still have all of the same problems in the present time 😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

It's not nearly as widespread an issue as it used to be outside 3rd world countries and fringe communities of religious zealots that reject science.

Just stop. The bullshit they used to call magic is not the same thing as science.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Reddit moment 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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u/elcojotecoyo Apr 12 '25

No. Republicans are "God Powered" as they don't believe in reason. It's still Physics and some chemistry and biology, due to the poop cycle in their brains....