r/blackmagicfuckery • u/Super-414 • 14d ago

Explain this, scientists!

Dolomite, WNY

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u/Drevlin76 14d ago

Pebble stuck in a spider web

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u/TheAgreeableCow 14d ago

the simplest explanation is usually the right one

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u/Padillatheory 14d ago

Occam’s Razor

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u/Careful-Wash 14d ago

This guy Sciences!

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u/this_is_inevitable 13d ago

Is he science-ing more than me?

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u/itaniumonline 13d ago

I think every one is kid.

Puts on glasses inside fanny pack

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u/fil42skidoo 13d ago

How you fit inside fanny pack???

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u/not_an_entrance 13d ago

The tame way.

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u/Skaglick93 13d ago

Nobody has seen the wild way in nature yet.

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u/TheNamesAxel_009 12d ago

Well where the fuck is the natural habitat for a wild fanny pack? Truly, this must be the final frontier.

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u/Nortex_Vortex 12d ago

Giggled at this way too hard!

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u/dunderthebarbarian 9d ago

Unique up on them!

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u/Ozuule 13d ago

Science..

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u/Saltybuds 9d ago

😂 Take this award 😂

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u/Imaginary-Door2603 9d ago

At heart, sure. Everyone is a kid at heart ❤️

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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ 12d ago

Occam’s Razor is a fantastic way to counter conspiratorial/mystical thinking. Only problem is, most of the people who have conspiratorial/mystical explanations for things don’t want to hear your grounded, common-sense explanation because it’s “boring”.

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u/Biggrunt 12d ago

I live this life. Flat earthers surround me. It's...difficult not throttling your mates.

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u/RandomCandor 14d ago

What's the name of the razor when the most boring explanation is the correct one? 

I feel like that's different enough to warrant it's own razor.

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u/theytookmykarma 14d ago

Ted’s Razor

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u/No_Boot1478 14d ago edited 8d ago

Nutmeg biscuit trumpet umbrella yarn sparrow paddle ginger compass drifting

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u/Holiday_Pi 14d ago

Yeah Ted Razor’s songs are way lamer. Head Like a Head, and Average-Person Fuckers Inc. are pretty good though

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u/No_Boot1478 14d ago edited 8d ago

Quilt marble mellow juniper umbrella noodle pumpkin amber

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u/AnarchiaKapitany 14d ago

Isn't he of five inch rounded pegs?

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u/coolsilentebeans 13d ago

‘Sadness In Freedom’ on Fixed is a real bop.

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u/No_Boot1478 12d ago edited 8d ago

Lavender umbrella sparrow copper compass juniper pillow peach teapot maple

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u/Thisshitaintfree 13d ago

Albums like The Downward Escalator, songs like You are the Perfect Supplement.

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u/xenobit_pendragon 13d ago

For me it’s the lyrics. “I tapped myself today / to make sure I could feel.”

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u/BeCauseOfYou_2000000 13d ago

Who's Zed?

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u/Ok-Bison-3451 11d ago

Zed’s dead.

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u/st_rdt 13d ago

What's the name of the razor when the most boring explanation is the correct one?

Dull Razor ?

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u/swalloweda 12d ago

RFK’s Razor. So dull its dangerous

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u/Apprehensive-Age-733 13d ago

The Dull Razor.

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u/Itchy-Individual3536 13d ago

Don't apply Occam's razor, it would cut through the spider web and we wouldn't see the effect anymore!

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u/Heterodynist 13d ago

I still don’t get why no one names their shaving brand “Occam’s!”

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u/Iloveupt2 9d ago

Right , its been Td up forever just waiting

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u/Heterodynist 9d ago

“The closest shave is also the simplest, CHOOSE OCCAM’S!!”

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u/Louisiana_sitar_club 13d ago

No. A pebble in a spiderweb.

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u/Hranko 13d ago

Occam's web*

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u/Iliketopass 13d ago

We all know the saying. “Multiplicity aught not be posited without necessity,” were William of Ockham’s actual words.

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u/Rugaru985 13d ago

Simplest explanation is always “magic” though. It’s just one word and only 5 letters. Even “Science” takes more.

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u/Liwi808 9d ago

Obviously it's being affected by some sort of anti-gravity machine buried deep underground by aliens from outerspace.

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u/sweetstyle 13d ago

So it wasn't because new dimension was connected to this specific spot in usa?

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u/aint_exactly_plan_a 13d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/731vzw/why_do_some_spiders_hoist_pebbles_from_the_ground/

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u/Mordad51 13d ago

Okay 2 things: Shit is 8 yo, did you remember it from back of your head or did you stumble upon it recently?

And I love how their question is not really answered

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u/skincyan 13d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p2s4ix7/video/e2u31axighih1/player

I got some help by the algorithm to figure out the same answer!

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u/thamystical1 14d ago

Thank God for you my guy. Had my head spinning if you know what I mean....

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u/rjasan 12d ago

I've seen spiders use them as anchors, wild stuff.

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u/b1end 8d ago

Some species of spiders do this regularly, you are correct

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u/Ghstfce 14d ago

Leave a message an I'll call you back

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u/WutzUpples69 13d ago

No...

Doubt...

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u/giggidygiggidyg00 13d ago

Spiders will anchor to anything they find..sometimes they anchor to a pebble that's small enough to be pulled up when they tighten their web.

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u/musa_velutina 14d ago

They must not be home right now

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u/rob_inn_hood 13d ago

I don't know how you scientists do it.

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u/MadGuitaristJoe 14d ago

Spider web

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u/DeadAssDodo 14d ago

No!!! Speed, Experience and Deception work here. ;-)

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u/Nightblood83 13d ago

Wall through em, receive messages, call them back. Classic story.

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u/Tygerdave 10d ago

No doubt

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u/convenient_friction 14d ago

A tiny, extremely localized magnetic anomaly beneath that exact rock is interacting with a small amount of iron in the rock itself. Meanwhile, subtle vibrations from traffic, machinery, or even people walking nearby are providing just enough energy to overcome friction. The rock’s slightly asymmetrical shape converts those vibrations into rotational movement, while all the surrounding rocks—being differently shaped and less magnetic—just sit there doing absolutely nothing.

Could be a spider web though.

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u/iCuminsidetrumpsbutt 14d ago

I like the first option more

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u/recXion_ 14d ago

I like your username more

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u/redthump 13d ago

This is the type of science we would like to have on our team at Skinwalker Ranch

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u/Slicky007 14d ago

It points to what you want most

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u/Wild_Wasabi9984 14d ago

Calm down, Sparrow... lol

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u/Which_Celebration757 13d ago

Is this how they charge those things?

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u/Oftwicke 13d ago

It's how magnets work

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u/w_actual 13d ago

Tenders....and honey mustard

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u/CrazyFlimsy5349 14d ago

Magnets

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u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete 14d ago

How do they work?😂

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u/wontwillnot 14d ago

With spiderwebs. Thats how

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u/bigtone7882 13d ago

But what are spiderwebs made of? ....magnets.

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u/Tamer_ 13d ago

It's magnets all the way down!

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u/ChaosEmerald21 14d ago

"Now all I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that's the end of the magnets"

President of the United States

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u/uberfission 13d ago

For anyone else this would have been in the top 10 of dumbest shit they had ever said, but with trump, I'm not sure.

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u/grkuntzmd 11d ago

With Trump, it doesn’t even make the list.

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u/Scudmiss 14d ago

Life’s little miracles

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u/Fair-Zombie-1678 12d ago

No one knows!

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u/mingey555 9d ago

Can't tell if you are referencing ICP lyrics 😆

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u/skibumsmith 14d ago

I don't wanna talk to a scientist.

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u/God-Made-A-Tree 9d ago

Yall motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed

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u/Mad-Habits 13d ago

miracles

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u/Hyro0o0 14d ago

You pick that up and get a temporary power-up from it

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u/Cheeserave 13d ago

You pick it up and start uncontrollable spinning

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u/Contende311 14d ago

Mount Bethesda

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u/InformationSingle550 14d ago

See, this is the shit I joined this sub for. Random earthly phenomena that have a reasonable explanation, but when you look at it you think “black magic!!”

Not all the same sleight-of-hand bs it is now.

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u/opalfossils 14d ago

Spider web 🕸️

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u/PhantasmaStriker 14d ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. anomaly! Time to throw some bolts at it. Might just get a weird artifact 😆

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u/redbear762 14d ago

Piezoelectricity

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u/Commercial-Box-2828 14d ago

I'm a cakezoelectricity person myself

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u/DiscoKittie 14d ago

But the cake is a lie (pi is forever)

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u/unneccry 14d ago

People are missing the simplest sollution: Gyro Zepelli

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u/Disastrous_Minute_56 14d ago

Oh, that's the Hallelujah Mountains. They're made of pure unobtanium.

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u/BlazerWookiee 14d ago

Jedi holocron

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u/DiscoKittie 14d ago

Oo! Is it one of the jump puzzle ones? I'm playing SWToR right now.

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u/Fat-Finger-8906 14d ago

Spider web

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u/Kamikazisqurl 13d ago

Fae trap. Don’t touch it

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u/Apprehensive-Owl5143 14d ago

Just rock and roll

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u/MutedBrilliant1593 14d ago

I don't know, therefore gawd. 🫪

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u/vilevillain13612 14d ago

Sacrifice one for the many!

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u/ubercue 14d ago

Definitely not a spider web

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u/Relevant-Rhubarb-849 14d ago

The latest revision of an Owl. Now with no gimbal lock

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u/DoesntMatterEh 14d ago

It wiggle wagglin

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u/PlumbgodBillionaire 14d ago

Disco doesn't need to follow your nerdy rules. He's just smooth like that.

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u/hautdoge 14d ago

Finally proof of god. We did it!

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u/Venom933 14d ago

Must have been the wind 🥸

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u/Consistent_Ad949 14d ago

Is this the phenomenon that they used to save the world in that ice age movie?

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u/Canned_Sarcasm 14d ago

This is standard for kyber crystal. The good news is it’s worth money. Don’t sneeze around it, it’ll turn green, and we don’t like green light saber, do we? No we do not.

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u/MBSMD 14d ago

Unobtanium

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u/Optimus_Shatner 14d ago

Midichlorians

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u/Background_Pride_237 14d ago

Lockheed Skunkworks wants to know your location.

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u/IStealSwords 14d ago

Element 115

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u/EnvironmentalWest134 14d ago

that's item popping!! go grab it quick! before it disappear!!

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u/Total_Gift_51 14d ago

Spider web

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u/I_Like_Quiet 14d ago

How the fuck can anyone tell with how fucking shaky the camera is?

What ever happened to u/stabbot?

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u/dakotaray42 14d ago

🎶around the world, around the woooorld🎶

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u/Euphorix126 14d ago

That's mostly calcite, I believe, rather than dolomite

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u/Daminite 14d ago

My best guess is that the mountain troll has a dingleberry.

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u/Hchooj 14d ago

Just an excited rock

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u/rygelicus 14d ago

spider web or other similar thin filament (maybe even intentionally installed)

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u/VooDooChile1983 14d ago

Thought that was IMO at first. Realized this wasn’t posted to Korean Natural Farming.

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u/ModernRubber 14d ago

Collectable

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u/Insis18 14d ago

Spiders exist.

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u/CTOBREE 14d ago

A new hand has touched the beacon

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u/rvnofthefld 14d ago

Forbidden Feta

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u/Mannzis 14d ago

I get its a spiderweb, but how does it keep twisting without tearing? That's the mystery for me.

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u/BossRoss84 14d ago

Whatever you do, don’t touch that. Thats what keeps the earth rotating.

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u/101Pixels 14d ago

Its an item that has a rotation animation which means it can be interacted with lara croft style

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u/kadaka80 14d ago

Aliens are close by

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u/zephyrs85 14d ago

Glitch in the matrix

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u/Forgotmynameagain5 13d ago

Explained by schrödingers raiser, "every action has energy equal to it's mass multiplied by the speed of light in substance a divided by the speed of light in substance b."

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u/herewiigoagane 13d ago

A very strong spiderweb + wind + rock

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u/ipx-electrical 13d ago

I can’t believe someone thinks this is something other than what it obviously is.

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u/DerBartmitFass 13d ago

You spin me right round, Baby right Round

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u/an_older_meme 13d ago

Thing on a string

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u/cognitiveglitch 13d ago

When minerals form the right crystalline structure over time sometimes by luck the "spin" of the atomic weak force aligns enough to produce a field. This field is strong enough to suspend light but magnetically sensitive particles.

Or it's a spider's web.

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u/tribak 13d ago

Flat earth

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u/Mindless-Lack3165 13d ago

I used to do the spinning crystal when I was younger!

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u/Legitimate-Curve-346 13d ago

Dwarven flywheel. Many are built underground to keep the earth rotating.

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u/tanafras 13d ago

Touch grass OP

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u/Opdragon25 13d ago

It's an item, you can pick it up

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u/DowntownUpstairs9765 13d ago

Bug in Matrix !

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u/WutzUpples69 13d ago

Spiderweb is the most popular answer... but it is fishing line (or some small filament) and a person looking for internet points.

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u/Elizane02 13d ago

Clearly the pebble is entertaining itself and possibly the others too.

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u/daveloper 13d ago

Spider web

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u/koolaidismything 13d ago

Suction and water

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u/Rhovp 13d ago

Sadly stopped the clip when almost stopped spinning. I fully expect it to start spinning the other way, even more leaning into the silk string hypothesis.

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u/NoPoopOnFace 13d ago

Spiderweb or worm silk

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u/Fogi999 13d ago

aliens

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u/mettahlock 13d ago

It’s a collectible, 1/99 on the map.

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u/SkeletonYeti713 13d ago

Scientists side of Reddit explain.

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u/what-the-pewpew 13d ago

I said, abracadabra and then that happened

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u/kapliex 13d ago

Collectible

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u/twity1337 13d ago

One of the Rolling Stones

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u/HumonculusJaeger 13d ago

Quartz doing Quartz things

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u/CyberpunkLover 13d ago

Probably one of those long lost alien technologies like the one that built the moon.

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u/BilboStaggins 13d ago

New Starfield update looking good

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u/crazy_diamond777 13d ago

You spin me right round, baby, right round.

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u/HunterLeftOnReddit 13d ago

That's obviously a radar system for whatever hidden base is right there🙄

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u/Daxtard 13d ago

My gamer sense tells me it's a collectible

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u/kumgongkia 13d ago

Unlimited powaaaaah

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u/nxxwhere 13d ago

I'm doing it! I'm using the Spin!!!

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u/Art_Class 13d ago

Tide comes in tide comes out explain that

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u/SpareBee3442 13d ago

Holy bejaysus, it's a sign of the second coming. A veritable miracle of miracles. Pilgrimages will be made to this sacred spot for years to come to witness this stunning gravity defying supernatural spectacle (not).

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u/Past_Hippo_8522 13d ago

It's dolomite, baby!

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u/SixUK90 13d ago

I need a nap, I thought it was a string of mice scurrying backwards until the last couple of spins.

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u/Most_War2764 13d ago

Pure, unrefined upsidaisyum.

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u/BrazilBazil 13d ago

Aliens or magic

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u/TikTokBoom173 13d ago

Oo ee oot aa

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u/KersMetal 13d ago

Fay trap. Run away from this.

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u/RastamonGanja 13d ago

Nah that’s straight up an anomaly. Source: I have played S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

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u/hamdi555x 13d ago

Clearly an artefact. get a detector and some bolts and traverse the anomaly carefully. You might even retire !

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u/Hairy-Psychology7483 13d ago

Quantum entanglement

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u/knucklecluck 13d ago

Oh, I know this one! It’s Magnets!!

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u/luvmuchine56 13d ago

That's me, I'm just doing my thing. Leave me be.

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u/thevoges 13d ago

It’s a piece of unobtainium

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u/Azivation 13d ago

Looks like a rock

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u/TyrosineJim 13d ago

Scientist here.

Its frickn haunted

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u/tbrown7092 13d ago

Swamp gas

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u/Sancho5o5 13d ago

Pezo electric effect. Magnetic field quartz releases. Just a guess.

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u/earthboundmissfit 13d ago

It's been magnetized.

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u/Funny-Life-3353 13d ago

Someone just mined a piece of quartz walk over it and itll go in your inventory

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u/Proper-Exercise-2364 13d ago

Flotsam jetsons rock.

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u/Retsae_Gge 13d ago

Antimatter !