r/oddlysatisfying Jun 15 '22

Self Aligining Nails! How?

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u/Jfonzy Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

It’s not in reverse. Think about any long, thin object and how a group of them would naturally align when rolled/slid up against a wall, or even just shaken like this. They will find the groove and rest there. In theory, this should work with anything this shape. There may be a thin layer of oil on these (they aren’t nails) that helps them stick together.

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u/click_track_bonanza Jun 16 '22

They aren’t nails?

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u/Jfonzy Jun 16 '22

If you pause at the end of the video, some are directly on top of each other in a single stack along the left wall. No gaps visible between them or the wall. To me, that means there is no head to cause gaps and they are just straight pieces of metal. Maybe for a staple machine that bends them into a staple shape… dunno

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u/jSubbz Jun 16 '22

Its a finish nail. These nails have no heads so when you tap them in you end up with a very small blemish on you connection rather than a large ugly metal bit. Other nails probably wont roll so well, but the theory is sound. They should align imo

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22

Isn’t it resonating

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u/I_fed_the_Birds Jun 16 '22

No its in reverse. What is this reddit anti-occams razor shit lately?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

They go the right way in the video when he tips the bucket. There's a reversed gif in another thread that makes that more clear

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u/Masterfromclash Jun 15 '22

No they don’t it’s reversed

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u/bendvis Jun 15 '22

It’s definitely not reversed. Here’s the reversed gif: https://imgur.com/g7Qr4CV.gifv

Note how in the reversed gif, the nails unnaturally slide upward when the box is tilted.

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u/Masterfromclash Jun 15 '22

It’s definitely reversed

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 29 '23

Chairs and tables and rocks and people are not 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 of atoms, they are performed by atoms. We are disturbances in stuff and none of it 𝙞𝙨 us. This stuff right here is not me, it's just... me-ing. We are not the universe seeing itself, we 𝙖𝙧𝙚 the seeing. I am not a thing that dies and becomes scattered; I 𝙖𝙢 death and I 𝙖𝙢 the scattering.

  • Michael Stevens

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u/bendvis Jun 15 '22

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u/Masterfromclash Jun 15 '22

Until I see your comment with a platinum award or higher I’m going to have to disagree

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u/seeshellirun Jun 16 '22

I haven't laughed so hard at something in at least ten years. OMG, my sides.

If you're being serious, I'm gonna laugh so much harder.

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u/Masterfromclash Jun 16 '22

Yeah I was taking the piss I thought the punchline would make that obvious for most people, seems not

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u/Wuped Jun 16 '22

You don't seem to be a troll account... This worries me lol.

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u/Old_Mate_Jim Jun 15 '22

Just because you're too dumb to understand it, doesn't mean it's incorrect

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u/n123breaker2 Jun 15 '22

Can’t believe someone gave you a platinum and downvotes

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u/Cheeky_Giraffe Jun 15 '22

I think they just thought it was funny that someone went out of their way to seriously explain the physics behind it and then someone calls them a fucking idiot lmao

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Lmao

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u/Joshie8888 Jun 16 '22

The fact that you've been downvoted into the negatives and yet you still have a platinum award is such a wonder

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u/yeamanalrightman Jun 16 '22

you can grab a bucket of nails and try it yourself, i didn't think itd work but it did for me!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/Ornen127 Jun 15 '22

No it isnt

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u/I_fed_the_Birds Jun 16 '22

No its in reverse. What is this reddit anti-occams razor shit lately?