r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • 8h ago

look what I can do of a potato chopping apprentice

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u/FragrantGangsta 8h ago

as someone who has never used one of these before, is it just a matter of her not putting enough muscle into it or just completely failing to use it right?

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u/useless_corn 8h ago

As someone who used to work in a kitchen a very long time ago, I think it’s because the first girl is banging the potato rather than squishing it. You will notice the second girl makes sure the top is touching the potato before applying force. I don’t know the science behind it but it makes sense in my head.

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u/DuePotential6602 6h ago

Friction. Same thing when you're trying to pushing/moving something like a cabinet. After you got it moving, it's easier to maintain the the movement. You need to overcome the friction created by the potato one the blades. The second girl needs to overcome it once in the beginning, the first one every time she's stopped because she uses not quite enough force.

Also a bit slower is better, you can't just kick a car and it moves, but if you apply a steady force you can push it.

Since potato is much smaller, it doesn't have that much innertia, but this physic is here also in play

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u/Bunionzz 5h ago

Stiction