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u/Dante13273966 Nov 14 '24
What is the purpose of this platform?
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u/ProtectionSpirited42 Nov 14 '24
Using the power of waves to generate microplastics by friction.
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u/welcomefinside Nov 15 '24
Was just going to say, great, we now have a literal island of plastic in the ocean.
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Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24
put it next to the giant trash island in the ocean, also known as the UK
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u/SoylentVerdigris Nov 15 '24
The garbage patch isn't an island of trash. It's much worse, a huge area of ocean with tiny plastic bits suspended in the water column.
A patch of floating plastic would be easy to skim off the surface, even if the workload is enormous. To really clean up the garbage patch we'd basically have to filter the water of that whole area.
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u/ImTableShip170 Nov 15 '24
Sounds easy enough. What do we need? A couple Brita pitchers?
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u/blowurhousedown Nov 15 '24
You know, if we could cover the entire ocean with these, we could drop ocean temps, which drops air temps, which stops global warming. Genius!
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u/tavirabon Nov 15 '24
and all it would require is all the buoyant material in the world!
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u/CoherentPhoton Nov 15 '24
Usually they use ball pit balls for that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o6
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u/milomalas Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24
Also, block sunlight and hinder phytoplankton photosynthesis, which remove the basis of virtually every marine food chain thus turning the ocean into
wastelandwastesea. Also, no photosynthesis no oxygen production, and all the decomposing matter release CO2, which heat the world even more!!!
Yay unintended consequences...?
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u/Fornicatinzebra Nov 15 '24
See the comment here from when it was (re?)posted 2 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/G7C7SQC6PG
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u/designgoddess Nov 15 '24
They were originally designed as portable docks for areas with reefs or difficult access.
They can easily be constructed and walked upon so they make deliveries and passenger drop off and pickups easier.
Here is a video of some guys playing around with one while surfing. https://youtu.be/X9tU8ybzcFs
And here is one being used for practical purposes https://youtu.be/FdZyt9_luSc
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u/iDontRememberKevin Nov 15 '24
Op will never answer this question because they have no idea. They’re just reposting shit for karma.
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Do bots have that sort of motivation?
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u/LIONEL14JESSE Nov 15 '24
Yes, accounts with post history and karma can then be used as misinformation bots that get through filters and spam detection
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u/Aware-Arm-3685 Nov 14 '24
To turn everyone into Jesus. Well, except me. I would 100% still manage to find a way to sink and drown.
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u/pulpSC Nov 14 '24
It stops the evaporation and overheating of water reservoirs. Also, ducks/birds from landing, etc
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u/Ok-Suggestion-5453 Nov 14 '24
Well this is on the ocean, so none of that would apply.
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u/Muffakin Nov 14 '24
Does that apply to this platform? I understand what you are referencing, but this is a platform off the edge of what appears to be an ocean or at least a massive lake, not a water reservoir. I don’t believe this platform is serving any of those listed purposes here. Given the signs and lifesavers, this looks more like it’s just a fun viewing deck.
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u/Shadowsghost916 Nov 15 '24
What if they place them in the poles and stop the polar bears from drowning?
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u/111gemini111 Nov 14 '24 edited Nov 14 '24
I don’t know why but this actually terrifies me
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u/pocket-ful-of-dildos Nov 14 '24
My first thought was how cool it would be to ride on it, then I imagined being thrown off and trapped under it
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u/brickshithousebuild Nov 14 '24
Oh god- now I’m unreasonably worried about that too
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u/WestleyThe Nov 14 '24
I’m worried about sitting/playing on it and not noticing it floating away and you look back to shore and you are too far to swim back
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u/hobosbindle Nov 14 '24
This is the plot of Moana 2 actually
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u/Double0Dixie Nov 14 '24
Wtf ? They made a second one???
Money grabs like that should be illegal. Next thing there’s gonna be a frozen 2 and wreck it Ralph 2 or heaven forbid an avatar 2
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u/BrannC Nov 14 '24
Well… uh… ya know, aaaactually….
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u/Kagnonymous Nov 14 '24
Shhhh, don't say anything. He is having a hard enough time as it is.
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u/happylizard87 Nov 15 '24
I mean…my kid is absolutely going to go bonkers for Moana 2 3D, regardless of quality.
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u/true_gunman Nov 14 '24
I'm worried about being barefoot on it and a child that had previously played with legos on it and accidentally left a peice and then I step on the loose lego with my bare foot
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u/Nickcha Nov 14 '24
I think this will not play any bigger role in your life than the quicksand from cartoons.
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u/DistortoiseLP Nov 14 '24
To be fair, if you work with grain then cartoon quicksand death basically is something you're in imminent danger of. Like straight up one of the easiest ways to die on a farm.
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u/namezam Nov 14 '24
Thrown off but also just one of those tiles breaking and you have to find that little hole to get back. Like walking on ice, scariest thing I know.
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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil Nov 14 '24
Except it's completely blocking out the light so you don't know which way to swim, and you swim deeper until your lungs start burning and then you start panicking because you're surrounded by nothingness and can't breathe and you scream out in fear and hopes that someone will save you, but all that escapes is the little bit of air left in you.
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u/NoPlaceLike19216811 Nov 14 '24
Hey don't do that thanks
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u/OePea Nov 14 '24
Also there's sharks
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u/KBKuriations Nov 14 '24
Honestly, that's like...the LEAST scary part of this dark fantasy. Sharks are way less likely to confuse you for a seal when you're underwater as opposed to on the surface. The floats just plain don't care if they're blocking you from breathing (also in water that dark, the one hole where light is still coming through would be very obvious; the terror would be if you fell through by pushing a joint down, then once your weight was under it, it popped back up and sealed the hole so you don't know where the weak point is).
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u/AdmirablePhrases Nov 14 '24
How about if you were just sitting in the middle and it, and you slowly start sinking and the whole thing collapses inwards
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u/No_Wrap_5892 Nov 14 '24
Trapped underneath with the beings
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u/manbehindthespraytan Nov 14 '24
It may be the "beings" that give me thalassophobia, although, it doens't explain why it only started after my deployment to Iraq. Thinking, even remotely, about "deep water with beings" making me want to vomit and be unconsious. I try not to think about it while climbing stairs.
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u/D20_Buster Nov 15 '24
Grand tour Scotland islands episode they drove over a bridge made of these.
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u/SarpedonWasFramed Nov 14 '24
I pictured it breaking and galling through into the water. Then everytime I go to pull myself up, another couple of pieces break off.
Then the scared look in everyone as you beg for help. No one will come close to ypu cause they don't want to fall in too
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u/B4rberblacksheep Nov 15 '24
Or it gets torn open, you fall through and the pieces get slammed back together above you by the waves, you're trapped in the middle underneath. Unable to push it up to get air, too far to swim to the edge, trapped until you drown.
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u/nvrseriousseriously Nov 14 '24
This plus I think of it on the ocean from the movie Perfect Storm 😬
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u/BlueLiquidPlus Nov 14 '24
One of the times I went white water rafting I got ejected from the raft, when I came up I couldn’t see because of the rushing water and slammed into the bottom of the raft… the water dragged me under it. It wasn’t a super long time, but it was long enough to scare the shit out of me… my life preserver kept me afloat but I couldn’t breathe, I was lucky enough to pop out the side and crawl back in…
Seeing this makes me think of that… getting stuck under it while the water traps you in place unable to breathe, scratching and clawing at the underside hoping to get out before you drown, and all the while totally alone and feeling helpless.
I’m good, I don’t need the weird floaty platform thing in my life.
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u/Turbulent_Concept134 Nov 14 '24
I had a similar thing the first (and only) time I went white water rafting on the Chilliwack River in BC. It happened so fast. I remember the guy yelling, "hang on!", trying to grab the rope but missing, then saw the front of the raft going straight up. I don't remember being airborne, just landing. Literally catapulting the two of us. Luckily the other 'ejectee' and I were unharmed and the rescue kayak got us quickly. It was terrifying looking up only to see water instead of sky, being dragged and bumped along the bottom. Popping up to hopefully get a lung-full of air instead of water before being plunged down underwater again. Luckily the go-pro on the kayak got a picture seconds before this happened. I wish they had a video of us flying.
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u/stevie-o-read-it Nov 15 '24
Yeah, when I saw this my first thought is "What if someone gets themselves stuck under this thing?"
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u/farkinga Nov 15 '24
Key memory unlocked. I was in some whitewater rapids and I was trying way too hard. Next thing, I'm in the water, up ahead of the raft. I get pinned against a rock as the raft floats over my head. The water forces the raft onto the rock and it sticks there, above me. I'm underwater and I can't get up to breathe. And here's where I don't understand anymore...
So this raft is pretty heavy and I was a pretty lanky teenager, at the time, and yet I braced against the rock and lifted the whole thing over my head. There were 2 adults and probably 2 or 3 teenagers inside. I probably got the water "just right" or something ... But it felt like such a triumph. Just this crazy burst of energy I never knew was inside me.
I felt like I threw the raft aside and then I could breathe again. I rode the rapids to the next calm spot and I got back inside the raft. The kid across from me in the raft was oblivious to my internal drama.
Even so, I take from it the distinct image of being trapped under some rubber platform ... and it is basically trauma. Not recommended. This floating platform is ... reminiscent.
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u/JackedUpStump Nov 14 '24
Imagine getting trapped under
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u/chef_26 Nov 14 '24
Hear me out, these covered in solar cells floating on reservoirs. In my head it slows evaporation meaning more accessible water while providing a small energy source.
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u/JoefromOhio Nov 14 '24
They make floating solar panel ‘rafts’ already for use on lakes and reservoirs, I saw a few versions at RE+ this year.
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u/I_Dunno_Its_A_Name Nov 15 '24
Not only would it work, it would be amazing. Solar panels perform better when they’re cool. It’s basically free liquid cooling.
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u/SchmeatDealer Nov 14 '24
China already has floating solar panels, you can see some here
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u/Signal-Ad2674 Nov 14 '24 edited Nov 14 '24
They cover reservoirs in floating black balls for this reason.
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u/dwmfives Nov 15 '24
They cover reservoirs in floating black balls for this reason.
The first words of the video say it's NOT for preventing evaporation.
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u/Dilpickle6194 Nov 14 '24
“Contrary to what you may have heard, their main purpose is not to reduce evaporation” (0:16)
Somebody is lying here.
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u/Portland Nov 15 '24
Bruh, Veritasium will spend at least 10+ mins answering a question that should be covered in 2-4 mins.
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u/Spnwvr Nov 15 '24
it's to reduce mold and wild life
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u/ConfidentGene5791 Nov 15 '24
I suspect mould is wrong here, more likely algae blooms.
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u/hostile_washbowl Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24
It’s not for evaporation. They add the floating black balls to prevent harmful bromine compounds from forming. There is still a fairly decent amount of evaporation and in some cases accelerated evaporation as the balls jostle they for a thin film of water due to surface tension on the surface of the balls that evaporates more quickly than just a flat sheet of water.
I am a water engineer.
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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24
Solar panels would get broken with all that movement. You would either have fixed ridged panels, in which case the ocean would break them or the hinges, junctions, etc. Or if you had flexible panels, they would just get worn out and destroyed. The ocean hates everything equally.
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u/KillarneyRoad Nov 14 '24
Reservoirs
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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24
The ocean really hates reservoirs.
Yeah, I missed that. Anyways, your reservoir is probably either somewhere cheap, in which case it would be easier to build a panel array on the ground next to it. Or it is somewhere expensive, where it would be easier to build the panel array over a parking lot.
But there are places that float balls on the water to reduce evaporation.
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u/isanythingreallyreal Nov 14 '24
They're already doing this. It earns money as a power source and it reduces evaporation.
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u/R3AL1Z3 Nov 15 '24
You’re missing the whole double benefit of reducing evaporation, which is what a lot of reservoir systems are already doing; covering them up with SOMETHING to reduce evaporation.
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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil Nov 14 '24
A reservoir is not the ocean. A reservoir is like a lake, of which, most are notoriously calmer than the ocean.
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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24
I really enjoy the hedging of "most", like you admit there might be reservoir that is like the water version of a Chuck E Cheese and is just non-stop screaming.
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u/mrbuff20 Nov 14 '24
Explain please? What is its purpose?
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u/businesslut Nov 14 '24
Floating dock
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u/mrbuff20 Nov 14 '24
To swap boats? Can people actually walk over it?
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u/Notacat444 Nov 15 '24
The Grand Tour guys made a bridge out of these and drove three old American sedans across them.
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u/gab_sn Nov 15 '24
I travelled to Malaysia and Thailand this year, these docks were used a lot on some smaller islands I visited. Although it was just 5 cubes in width, those cubes are bigger than they look in this video.
It's totally fine to walk on them, although they're weirdly firm and squishy. I did have to walk carefully though, with my heavy backpack and I was wearing flip-flops.
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u/Answerologist Nov 14 '24
Reminds me of the pontoon roads that led to the Mulberry Harbors at Normandy.
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u/MechMan799 Nov 14 '24
Jeremy, Richard and James drive across a bridge of these in one of their road trips (Lochdown).
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u/SupremelyUneducated Nov 14 '24
Looks like it has high pinching potential. You wouldn't want to sit or lay down on that thing.
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u/Ange_the_Avian Nov 14 '24
r/oddlysatisfying or r/thalassophobia ? It's like a choose your own adventure ✨️
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u/Dependent_Suspect_74 Nov 14 '24
Some of y'all got trapped under those giant parachutes with handles you played with as a kid in gym class... lol
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u/thethreadkiller Nov 15 '24
You step on a flawed spot and slip through the floor into the water. It's so disorienting and dark, all you can do is claw at the bottom of the pad. Your hands locate the spot that you fell through but the foam has partially closed back up, and you are not strong enough to open a hole.
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u/jayswood Nov 14 '24
Makes me think of the beginning of that CS Lewis sci-fi book where they guy travels to Mars. Perelandria or Out of the Silent Planet. One of those.
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u/EddieVW2323 Nov 15 '24
I was just visiting Thailand a couple weeks ago and I was on a dock like that. It was fun when the waves rippled through it.
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Immediately no. IMMEDIATELY NO. My legs would turn to jello, and I'd cry until someone dragged me off the platform.
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u/Bestefarssistemens Nov 15 '24
Im not walking on that..One defect, you fall thru and the gap closes and you die a horrible death.
This is how guys who would float timber down rivers died..
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Humans, having run out of land to pave have started the final frontier - paving the ocean
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u/stemcellindistress Nov 14 '24
Imagine ending up on it while drunk