Joys of living on the equator. 

Apr 17, 2018 1:49 AM

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8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

stephen fry told me this is bs

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You can influence the direction of the swirl by making half a circle with your hand. that metal in absolutely not "stabilizing" enough

8 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 1

Hi. I'm here to refer to one of the tags. How the hell am I supposed to try this at home?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's all bullshit. You can make water go down the drain either way. Fill your sink and see. Give the draining water a push with your hand.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

False

8 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Beats bears Battlestar galactica

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

This is BS, you're being tricked. They are influencing the direction by the way they pour it in.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

ITS FAKE!!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's a con. Water is poured into the bowl off centre to impart rotation. The last one water is poured straight down the middle of the bowl.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Trick is in the side where water is poured in

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

bull

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

No one ACTUALLY believes that, right...?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I read the watermark as bang bros. On. Every. Single. Gif. God help me

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Welcome to Uganda and thank you. That would be $20. In Nigeria, it will cost you $100.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Anti clockwise? I might start saying that instead of counter clockwise. Was this new to anyone else?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Eh, they're semantically identical. You want an interesting synonym for this, try "widdershins"

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a king's english thing. And it's stupid. I much prefer counter clockwise, even prefering much of the king's english myself

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

laevorotatory if you want a different word for it.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is a tourist scam (others have posted sources). Downvote everyone who refuses to spend 20 seconds fact-checking before posting BS.

8 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 3

That's pretty bold for a guy who claims to know about space...

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Half of the front page is unsourced, uninformed material and here we are worried about the Uganda criminal masterminds.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its Africa so obviously this is a con for the tourists.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

This is faked. They control it by how they pour the water in. There's a really good video on the subject here: https://youtu.be/mXaad0rsV38

8 years ago | Likes 131 Dislikes 3

He stabilized the water, that was the point of the white blade. the aperture shape is probably the effect here. Still cute. I'd pay him.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Immediately what I thought while watching him pour in the 2nd one.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Pretty sure the aperture also dictates the direction

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He did a video colab with Destin from smarter everyday

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This video is imo also pretty good https://youtu.be/pdMZjssrAlk

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wanted to believe.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I don't know much about Africa, but something tells me they shouln't be wasting that water like that

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Uganda is a tropical rain forest, There are 2 seasons, rainy season and harder rainy season

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the effect isn't pronounced like they make it out to be: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-somebody-finally-sett/

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

its a scam.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Its a local con for money

8 years ago | Likes 341 Dislikes 6

It's a con, but it does show something minorly scientific. Plus it makes money for the village

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 12

When I was young I was stupid and let a guy stamp up my passport at checkpoint Charlie. Paid him one euro to do it too.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

What? in Africa? naaa

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Its Africa, so ofcourse it is.

8 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 9

At least they are on their feet hustling.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Putting the bar low, arent we.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Not really, consider the thousands of active clickbait articles there are on the internet. Even big companies use the tactic now

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ofcourse corporations have their tricks in between. But these are 3 buckets in Africa.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That guy surely knows da wae.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 4

searched for ugandan knuckles reference, and you didn't let me down.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You have to have ebola to know da wae

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Simpsons did it

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

After did dae eat da poo poo?

8 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 14

At least they know the way

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Like an ice cream?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

It is a sickness

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

and therefore deviant

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

The Coreolis Effect only impacts massive systems like hurricanes and ocean currents, not water buckets, sinks, or toilets.

8 years ago | Likes 824 Dislikes 14

Sorry for this. Coriolis* Effect.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

also artillery strikes

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh it has an impact... a tiny impact to miniscule to be measured, but still.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Coriolis Force is weakest at the equator.

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

All the smartness in this thread is sexy.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

It would impact these small scale items if there were truly no other factor (wind, residual currents). This experiment is not precise enough

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Smarter Every Day did a video that showed how the effect impacted the draining of an inflatable pool.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Let them dream a bit!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Tell that to Tobias Drundridge. Poor fella accepted a collect call that cost him $900 dollarydoos.

8 years ago | Likes 77 Dislikes 0

There could'a been a dingo eating his baby. Was a warning call.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I’m taking this one to the prime minister

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I see you played Knifey Spoony before

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Burt stantons office can I help you mam

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is great because this exact episode was on fx like 2 hours ago.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

YouTube Smarter every and Veritasium. Destin and Derek did this experiment, in Australia and Alabama with identical kiddie pools.

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

All they needed was just one pool https://youtu.be/pnbJEg9r1o8

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Twas a great collaboration video.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Believe it was something like, 'Yes it exists, but its effects are extremely minor'

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes, they needed a whole pool and a lot of time.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Technically it does! But the effect is so negligible at such a small scale that it's overpowered by the slightest anything.

8 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

You a bucket scientist?

8 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 5

Doesn't take a scientist to know if the arrows are painted, that raises their surface by a bit, and gives the water a guide to follow.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

No, just a bullshit detector.

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Must be defective

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Not when I comes to this lame "demo".

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do you have an explanation for the purported observations that it drains in a specific way depending on the hemisphere?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 6

If the experiment were legit the area closer to the pole tends to flow west because it's rotating faster than the area closer to the equator

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its the way they pour the water. You can test it on your sink, you don't need much force to make it to spin in the direction you want.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

The metal the use to "stabilize" the water does not dissipate all the force and it still spins on the direction the poured it in.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Well, Veritasium did a video showing that it works on smaller pools, but they tested after a day or more of resting.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Not convincing. Nor was Smarter Every Day's. Still too many variables, would require much more precision on that scale.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It would be nice if videos like this did multiple trials, I guess.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0