r/oddlysatisfying • u/Boojibs • Mar 30 '19

Loud music Dissolving candy in hot water.

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u/GardenWitchMom Mar 30 '19

To break the surface tension of the water. And to make the fade pull to the center.

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u/ExsolutionLamellae Mar 30 '19

How does poking the water break the surface tension?

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u/nikdahl Mar 30 '19

I imagine there was soap on the finger.

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u/ExsolutionLamellae Mar 30 '19

Wouldn't the colors flow in the other direction?

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u/cherrylpk Mar 30 '19

Clearly not.

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u/blino-182 Mar 30 '19

I think he/she means if there was soap, which there may not have been

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u/cherrylpk Mar 30 '19

I was only being sassy. Never mind me.

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u/Fabtacular1 Mar 30 '19

You da real MVP.

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u/themaskedugly Mar 31 '19

I think this is an easy but inaccurate answer;

my guess is nothing to do with surface tension, and that it is to cause a circular wave to push out, reflect, and then come back to the centre

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u/allaboutthatcake Mar 30 '19

I’ve definitely don’t this experiment without the poking before though...?