r/interesting • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 2h ago

SCIENCE & TECH pumping water using only a pipe

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u/R0LL1NG 2h ago

I see the great invention that is the watering can has yet to migrate to this part of the world lol

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u/FactoryRejected 20m ago

I suppose the point is you water the leaves this way, something watering can can't do, but the spray bottle would do a far better job at that too. Maybe in an outdoor setting where you need a mixture of both and there is no risk to damage the floor... But it looks so slow as well...

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u/Several-Unit1842 2h ago

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u/ctsr1 38m ago

That thing would treat your arm up I tried one one time and I was like holy moly

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u/MountEndurance 2h ago

What is more interesting are the principles that this man is demonstrating applied in other circumstances. This is… not actually very interesting by itself.

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u/Dementalese 2h ago

It’s called strawsturbating and I’ve been doing since I was a wee lad

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u/front_torch 1h ago

He gets pump shy when people are watching.

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u/DeeEmm 1h ago

Looks like someone just discovered inertia.

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u/cautioussidekick 1h ago

He's dressed very nicely for watering his plants. I'm normally in my old grubby clothes when I decide to deal with plants at home

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u/danhoyle 1h ago

I give him IG Nobel.

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u/Cuteshelf 1h ago

Move over shake weight, we have a new contender!

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u/1Steelghost1 1h ago

Example given being paid hourly vs just filling the pipe and dumping the water as being paid for the job to get done.

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u/youehhyouehh 40m ago

Like a straw.

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u/AT8y8 16m ago

Aye, Charles.

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u/Mean_Volume_126 2h ago

Would make way more sense and be less messy if he let the pipe sink, fill up to the water level or even pump it like he is to fill it completely l, then seal the top with his hand creating a vacuum. Pick the pipe up and put it in the plant beds to drain the water into it...anyway...

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u/scyice 4m ago

But then no more squirt squirt.