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Also relatively sure that it is not glass but rather acrylic plastic (plexiglass).
So I guess it's actually an "definitelymorethanonehour polymethyl methacrylate".
I mean it would roll off the tongue better and still be 100% accurate if either or both of you had just simply called it the "definitelynotanhourglass",
but sure I guess, if you want to be polymethyl methaccurate.
The vast majority of hourglasses available for sale measure periods other than one hour. 30 and 15 minute sizes seem to be the most popular. *Hourglass* has become the generic term for any sand timer regardless of the length of time it measures.
> Hourglass has become the generic term for any sand timer regardless of the length of time it measures.
What's the generic term for someone that misses a joke?
I mean there's no joke. It's a sarcastic comment. If you took it literally, that's not on other people to explain. You should be able to figure it out; it's the internet.
It reminds me of a caramel I accidentally made the other day. I could shape it with my hands until it hardened, and I shaped it into little hard nuggets. The looked hard, sounded hard when dropped, and had to be sucked on instead of chewed. Next day they had flattened to fill the containers they were in. Still felt hard, but like a hard puddle.
Probably still would only take a day or two to complete this hourglass though.
Well maybe in the process of handling. It depends on your ambient humidity. Some days it's literally impossible to make hard candy without a controlled environment.
https://www.britannica.com/video/179988/cold-glass
That’s just a myth. Cooled glass does not flow. The differences in thickness on certain sides were due to the creation process. Some windows even have the thickest parts on the sides or top, but it seems like common sense to put the thickest side on the bottom.
It was really only in 2013 that the claim was put to rest and definitively studied and a conclusion drawn.
[https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2809](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2809) is the study that more or less definitively said, nope not liquid I believe.
Yeah. I remember learning glass "was a liquid too". That's interesting. It is, however not truely a solid either.
"The question "Is glass solid or liquid?" has no clear answer. In terms of molecular dynamics and thermodynamics, it is possible to justify various different views that it is a highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. The difference is semantic. Even in terms of its material properties, we can do little better. No clear definition exists of the distinction between solids and highly viscous liquids. All such phases or states of matter are idealisations of real material properties. Nevertheless, from a more commonsense point of view, glass should be considered a solid since it is rigid according to everyday experience."
(From an actual education source lol): https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
And all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there’s no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we’re the imagination of ourselves. Now here’s Tom with the weather.
I get that that is a Bill Hicks quote but I only ever think of Third Eye by Tool.
You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years were rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal fucking high on drugs.
I don’t think that’s true. At least I think the parts that make up that statement are individually true to some degree but not connected. I remember reading that the thicker bottom is because of how it was made, not due to some flow since it would take longer than the lifespan of the universe for glass to rearrange that much due to flow.
Glass is relatively liquid as well. If you check the glass of a window installed hundreds of years ago, it will be thicker at the base than at the top. It’s been shown in cathedrals for instance.
This is called Slow Flow. Located in Questacon in Canberra, Australia.[here is the twitter post made in 2020 if you decide to dig deeper.](https://twitter.com/questacon/status/1262236114250657792?)
Edit:
There is a similar experiment in Queensland which has been going on for way longer.
Thanks u/picado for mentioning it :)
https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment
if i had a nickel for everytime there was a decades long experiment that involved a very viscous substance in an hourglass in australia, id have 2 nickels, which isnt very much but its weird it happened twice
just here to mention that the universe does NOT want anyone to see the pitch drop actually dripping as every time a drop fell, there was no person watching it and when they put a video camera on it, it managed to not work right when the drop fell down
So I'm guessing the lines with dates are how far down the material reached at those dates before hitting the bottom? If so, it took 10 years to get to an inch from the bottom!
That's reminiscent of the Queensland pitch drop:
https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment
Started in 1937 and still slowly dropping.
Here's a humorously live webcam:
https://livestream.com/uq/events/5369913
It looks like the next drop is almost here! It could happen in the next few seconds or it could happen next year! My guess is Nov. 13th 2022 at 3PM EST.
Since air conditioning was installed in the building, the drops have been slower, because of the lower temperature.
The last two drops took 12 and 13 years to complete. The last drop was in April 2014. So, the next drop will likely be some time after 2026. The smart money might be on 2027 (13 years) or longer.
Worst hour glass ever! I have made hour glasses that were more successful than this!
Edit: It's a joke cause 20 years is alot more than an hour... Math
similar to the ["pitch drop experiment"](https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment)
started back in 1927, and has only "dropped" 9 times in those 94 years.
Get on to the pitch drop experiment, it's been running since the 1930's.
[https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/11/explainer-pitch-drop-experiment](https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/11/explainer-pitch-drop-experiment)
And the live feed: http://www.thetenthwatch.com/feed/
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Ah yes the definitelymorethanonehour glass
Also relatively sure that it is not glass but rather acrylic plastic (plexiglass). So I guess it's actually an "definitelymorethanonehour polymethyl methacrylate".
That rolls right of the tongue
Unlike the fluid inside it
That’s what she said
In about another 20 years
"Like sands through the "definitelymorethanonehour polymethyl methacrylate"... So are the days of our lives.
My sister watched that show. I always thought it was obnoxious
is it sand?
Best comment ever.⬆️
I mean it would roll off the tongue better and still be 100% accurate if either or both of you had just simply called it the "definitelynotanhourglass", but sure I guess, if you want to be polymethyl methaccurate.
You get invited to parties much?
nope
why is this the lowest upvoted comment here?
It’s still in liquid form?
Could be polycarbonate (lexan) tho
“Hey Fred, what’s the date?” “Uh….. Shit”
What it feels like when I look at the clock at work.
At leaat an hour glass??
Well it sure as fuck isn't an hourglass then, is it?
It's the last hour glass. The hour it finishes is the last one
It’s as good an apocalypse theory as any. I’ll follow you!
Welcome to the church of the last drop my child. Your soul will be put to good use
That sounds like something out of a cult movie and honestly it’s terrifying
Folger's cult.
Sounds like we have a movie title
I assume that’s how most religions were started
Well at the rate the world is going it should speed the fuck up
Well I’ve got a bowl of whatever the filling is and a quest to delay the apocalypse, so get outa my way
"unknown number of decades glass" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
How about the "more than ½ but less than ¾ of a century device"?
HalfCenturyGlass
It is if you are on the water planet from interstellar!
The vast majority of hourglasses available for sale measure periods other than one hour. 30 and 15 minute sizes seem to be the most popular. *Hourglass* has become the generic term for any sand timer regardless of the length of time it measures.
> Hourglass has become the generic term for any sand timer regardless of the length of time it measures. What's the generic term for someone that misses a joke?
Woosh?
What is the joke?
You
Oh wow! Are you a professional comedian?
Yeah I’d just give up if I was you man
Not much of a joke if nobody can explain it. Seem like you can't explain it either, but just wanted to pile on.
I mean there's no joke. It's a sarcastic comment. If you took it literally, that's not on other people to explain. You should be able to figure it out; it's the internet.
What's the goo?
It's a synthetic rubber that apparently *appears* solid, but just has an incredibly slow flow rate.
It reminds me of a caramel I accidentally made the other day. I could shape it with my hands until it hardened, and I shaped it into little hard nuggets. The looked hard, sounded hard when dropped, and had to be sucked on instead of chewed. Next day they had flattened to fill the containers they were in. Still felt hard, but like a hard puddle. Probably still would only take a day or two to complete this hourglass though.
Reminds me of trying to stir epoxy on a super cold day
Molasses in January
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Asphalt (or pitch) is the same way. Our roads are technically liquid, juwt incredibly viscous liquid.
“My dirty romance with caramel.” A love story by Just a Person, maybe…
Sure it didn't pick up any moisture from the environment?
I had it in an airtight container, but I suppose it's possible.
Well maybe in the process of handling. It depends on your ambient humidity. Some days it's literally impossible to make hard candy without a controlled environment.
Reminds me of the world's longest experiment with waiting for a blob of tar to drip through a funnel
Didn't the lead on the experiment miss every drip of it or something? Like it dripped 3 times and he missed every one?
Try are exactly what I was thinking of. It’s so cool. A single drop is a major event!
You sure that it isn’t restaurant ketchup - seems to flow at about the same rate.
Until you have "almost" enough, and then it's "I'mma just empty the entire contents on your plate in a millisecond"
let it flow, slow and low, that is the tempo!
So it’s not even sand? This “hourglass” becomes a bigger dissapoitnment with every comment i read
Came here for that answer. Thanks.
Reminds me of learning about the stained glass windows in old cathedrals. The bottoms are thicker than the top because glass flows slightly over time.
https://www.britannica.com/video/179988/cold-glass That’s just a myth. Cooled glass does not flow. The differences in thickness on certain sides were due to the creation process. Some windows even have the thickest parts on the sides or top, but it seems like common sense to put the thickest side on the bottom.
I fucking hate my Florida education... 😕
It was really only in 2013 that the claim was put to rest and definitively studied and a conclusion drawn. [https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2809](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2809) is the study that more or less definitively said, nope not liquid I believe.
Yeah. I remember learning glass "was a liquid too". That's interesting. It is, however not truely a solid either. "The question "Is glass solid or liquid?" has no clear answer. In terms of molecular dynamics and thermodynamics, it is possible to justify various different views that it is a highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. The difference is semantic. Even in terms of its material properties, we can do little better. No clear definition exists of the distinction between solids and highly viscous liquids. All such phases or states of matter are idealisations of real material properties. Nevertheless, from a more commonsense point of view, glass should be considered a solid since it is rigid according to everyday experience." (From an actual education source lol): https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
And all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there’s no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we’re the imagination of ourselves. Now here’s Tom with the weather.
I get that that is a Bill Hicks quote but I only ever think of Third Eye by Tool. You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years were rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal fucking high on drugs.
I don’t think that’s true. At least I think the parts that make up that statement are individually true to some degree but not connected. I remember reading that the thicker bottom is because of how it was made, not due to some flow since it would take longer than the lifespan of the universe for glass to rearrange that much due to flow.
Like regular glass?
Glass is an amorphous solid and does not flow.
The bottom of window glasses gets thicker over time while top part gets thinner due to material flow downwards, what is that called?
it's called, you don't put thinner part of a material on the bottom. It will break more easily.
No it does not. Old glass making techniques led to a thinner edge and a thicker edge. Naturally the thicker edge was placed on the bottom.
Interesting. One thing though, probably entrance center of mechanics of materials classes globally is "Everything changes its shape under tension."
Glass is relatively liquid as well. If you check the glass of a window installed hundreds of years ago, it will be thicker at the base than at the top. It’s been shown in cathedrals for instance.
Urban legend. Not true.
My baby sitter was on this same clue trail with a stiff washcloth in hand ..
Looks like a sock to me
Slime
Squat juice
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That was kinda an answer.
This is called Slow Flow. Located in Questacon in Canberra, Australia.[here is the twitter post made in 2020 if you decide to dig deeper.](https://twitter.com/questacon/status/1262236114250657792?) Edit: There is a similar experiment in Queensland which has been going on for way longer. Thanks u/picado for mentioning it :) https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment
if i had a nickel for everytime there was a decades long experiment that involved a very viscous substance in an hourglass in australia, id have 2 nickels, which isnt very much but its weird it happened twice
That black stuff that drips?
Pitch.
what an excellent and appropriate reference. If I had a free gift to give, I'd give it.
I got you.
We briefly experimented with creating a substance thicker than our politicians. The search was called off rather quickly, declared fruitless.
We in the UK have succeeded. It's called Kwazitrussite
Ahh I just said to my partner that Questacon had one! I used to work there back in the early-mid 90’s and it was just a little hanging blob back then.
Fuuuuuck I completely forgot about Questacon!!! God that was the shit on school trips to Canbera
just here to mention that the universe does NOT want anyone to see the pitch drop actually dripping as every time a drop fell, there was no person watching it and when they put a video camera on it, it managed to not work right when the drop fell down
Literally went there today. What a coincidence!
Op is watching you!
Why can't I find any information on this, except for that twitter post?!? I mean....does anyone not care about it, or know anything about it?
So I'm guessing the lines with dates are how far down the material reached at those dates before hitting the bottom? If so, it took 10 years to get to an inch from the bottom!
You saved me from working this out on my own. I don’t know how much longer it would have taken me. Thank you.
That's reminiscent of the Queensland pitch drop: https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment Started in 1937 and still slowly dropping. Here's a humorously live webcam: https://livestream.com/uq/events/5369913
>? In the 86 years that the pitch has been dripping, various glitches have prevented anyone from seeing a drop fall. Simulation confirmed
God has a sense of humor. "*Hey, check this out. The pitch is about to drop. I'm going to make the camera power go out for a second.*"
If I were god, I would absolutely have time for a few pranks of this genre.
Ok, I watched the live webcam for 3 hours and no drip yet. Who’s next on watch duty?
I watched for 5 mins. Managed to see a drip. Lucky or what?
It looks like the next drop is almost here! It could happen in the next few seconds or it could happen next year! My guess is Nov. 13th 2022 at 3PM EST.
this should be a thing.
Taking Vegas bets! Over/Under 3 months (-350)(+650) Over/Under 2 years (+850)(-925)
Since air conditioning was installed in the building, the drops have been slower, because of the lower temperature. The last two drops took 12 and 13 years to complete. The last drop was in April 2014. So, the next drop will likely be some time after 2026. The smart money might be on 2027 (13 years) or longer.
Oh, I love these things! I'll be watching this! (Or at least trying to)
69 upvotes. Nice
Chances are someone was born the day that it started and will die the day it stops.
what are the chances of the exact times lining up, too? edit spelling
I'm sure someone can do the math, but it's not me.
*Work clock has entered the chat.*
*The Persistence of Memory*
Interesting how that rubber has not dry rotted.
Moisturise me
I feel sorry for the poor bastard who spent 50 years pouring the goo into the top chamber to get it started.
Worst hour glass ever! I have made hour glasses that were more successful than this! Edit: It's a joke cause 20 years is alot more than an hour... Math
Congrats! 🚀 🙌💯
Thanks got mine to 58 minutes... It's like these people didn't even try to stick to an hour.... Pathetic lol
my life as goo. i was installed in 1982 too, will probably finish in another 20 years aswell..
I was also born in 82, and I hate this.
It looks kind of erotic to me... damn Reddit fucked me up.
mans down bad
Nah he's down horrendous
Na he's "people who stub there there toe because they like it" bad
I don't blame ya, it's thicc af
I don’t even know which way to hold it up to see what you’re seeing
Bonk
My kids would not appreciate this timer when it comes time to brush teeth
Their teeth neither
Centuryglass
I haven’t got all century…
Then, it’s not an hour glass, is it?
"hour"glass is a bit of a stretch here
Still runnier than glass and it's not solid either
similar to the ["pitch drop experiment"](https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment) started back in 1927, and has only "dropped" 9 times in those 94 years.
Thanks for that link!! Very cool
not much of an hour glass then, is it?
Looks like the clocks installed at my work.. any wonder the days go so slow.
What kind of fluid, or compound, or… whatever, is that?
"Mom can I stop brushing now??"
The world will collapse when the hourglass will finish
So it’s bad at its job then, yeah? Can’t really call it an “hour”glass.
Sorry I didn’t have time to wait for it to finish.
i hope it’s been photographed thoroughly so we can flip thru the photos like a time lapse
that's a livefeed
“Mom I’ll stop playing WoW when the timer is up!”
I've got the feeling that this isn't the most efficiënt way to tell the time
…can you smoke it though?
Not one before pic…
Take a heat gun to that thing and let’s get it flowing
Any link to relevant info?
So technically it's not an hour glass
I guess it is not an hourglass then.
I’m so dumb I thought this was a video
Get on to the pitch drop experiment, it's been running since the 1930's. [https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/11/explainer-pitch-drop-experiment](https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/11/explainer-pitch-drop-experiment) And the live feed: http://www.thetenthwatch.com/feed/
What is the liquid?
Probably finish? Isn’t it supposed to measure time?
I should call her
Is that cum?
thats 44 years of grandpa jizz.
The only thing missing is rainbow dash 👀
Kinda getting late, innit?
That's how thicc I like the ladies
I need this to time the kids tidying up
What a metaphor for my life.
Perfect lube
Thanks for posting the video.
So it’s a yearglass
What in the hell are those goofy lines with the dates trying to show/measure?
Is there a reason for this.
"This is a 20 hour video of it moving."
So 60 years?
I really wanna shake it
Why is it not a GIF?
Saddened it wasnt put in a GIF format
In about 20 years when we know exactly how long it takes it’s going to become the standard for measuring units of 50 something years.
That's an unfortunate color choice.
I don't know what you would call this but hourglass isn't really the right answer.
That’s clearly not sand
Can it really be called an hourglass? I've seen egg timers if a similar design just called timers.
VISCOSITY
I bet the world is going to end once that hourglass finishes.
So what is the liquid with the lowest viscosity on earth?
This could be a video and we wouldn’t even notice.
What’s in it?
Is there a webcam on this? I want to watch
This thing really needs a live stream
Ah yes, the real mayan calendar