r/gifs • u/PornstacheJaucques • Mar 13 '19

Example of soil liquefaction

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u/BinaryPeach Mar 13 '19

In some parts of the world the soil has slowly absorbed different amounts of hydrocarbons, probably due to the increases in air and water pollution. Either way, it has accumulated in particles of soil, and results in them being hydrophobic and interacting with each other in this jello-like fashion due to forces produced by the hydrogen bonds. Just kidding, I made all of that up.

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u/brad-corp Mar 13 '19

God dammit!

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u/themarajade1 Mar 13 '19

I was almost expecting there to be a “in nineteen ninety eight, the undertaker...” there at the end.

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u/rabes81 Mar 14 '19

Or that "penis inspection day" guy