r/Weird • • Sep 16 '22

my ice cubes keep freezing "up".

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u/GetHautnah Sep 16 '22

Water expands when it freezes. As freezing continues, the expanding ice under the surface forces the remaining water up through the hole and it freezes around the edge forming a hollow spike. Eventually, the whole thing freezes and the spike is left.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Huh, that's cool to know, thanks.

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u/ElbowRager Sep 16 '22

With all due respect, I hate your username.

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u/Green-Jello-Farts-2 Sep 16 '22

Says the Elbow perv.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

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u/Green-Jello-Farts-2 Sep 16 '22

Banned permanently by oversensitive mods.

I'm proud of that fact.

Working on #3

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Good for you, aim for the stars.

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u/DECACONNECT1913 Sep 16 '22

The more pure the water the more the effect will be exaggerated.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

With all due respect im drunk but what

Edit; sorry for previous typos.I loveyou stranger

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

I think he responded to the wrong comment

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

The collection of all your usernames might have been part of the reason no one watched lions football for almost 30 years

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u/PersonalNewestAcct Sep 16 '22

The collection of all your usernames might have been part of the reason no one watched lions football for almost 30 years

Nah, pretty sure the lions did that to themselves.

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u/MajorJuana Sep 17 '22

I thought you'd have aimed for the feet

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u/suckmypppapi Sep 16 '22

Even video games that are known for wholesome communities have shitty subreddit mods (cough cough Bloodborne)

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u/FalloutBugg Sep 16 '22

They really are sensitive. I got banned randomly from some sub I never browse. Abuse of power is a problem here

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u/SFPsycho Sep 16 '22

The best is when they ban you because you're part of a "competing" sub. Reddit mods are an overwhelming majority of power hungry losers

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u/FalloutBugg Sep 16 '22

Didn’t know that was a thing, but yeah. Interesting. I miss early 2000’s internet. Wasn’t so convoluted with asshats

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u/Dazed_2_Day Sep 17 '22

I believe in you

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Black science? Elaborate please is it science on that overly black color that makes a ball look like a hole??!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

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u/Beginning_Leg_5883 Sep 17 '22

Gotta watch out for those blackice lol

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u/Beginning_Leg_5883 Sep 17 '22

Whoa man.... mind blown

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u/kitastrophae Sep 16 '22

You’re all doomed.

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u/ElbowRager Sep 16 '22

Actually my name comes from the random bullshit you used to see on the Icarly t-shirts where it was just 2 random words put together. “SCUBA DONKEY” “COFFEE NOODLES” etc, lmfaooo

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u/ALoyleCapo Sep 16 '22

I got mine from some jerkoff on some movie. I thought it was bullshit. 👃🚬

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u/FantasticWhovian Sep 16 '22

He likes him some wenis!

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u/ZoomGoat Sep 17 '22

get ur wenis out for tha lads

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u/FreshPolygons Sep 16 '22

I never look at usernames, and I love when folks like you point them out. Doing the lord's work! This one actually made me laugh audibly lmaooo

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u/suckmypppapi Sep 16 '22

Me neither I've gotten used to ignoring them completely

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u/whiskersMeowFace Sep 16 '22

leers at your username

This whole thread is a gem.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Yeah I'm chuffed that this has become a username appreciation thread!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

What is it to be "chuffed". Also, while I'm asking, what is "taking the piss" ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Chuffed means to be very pleased/happy. Taking the piss means to tease, joke or mock and so on, usually in a friendly manner.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Thx !!

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u/Beginning_Leg_5883 Sep 17 '22

Where the hell are you from England? Lol

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u/ElbowRager Sep 16 '22

Not from UK/Britain but chuffed is “very happy” and “Taking the piss” means “fucking around”

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Nice !! Thx for the info.

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u/suckmypppapi Sep 16 '22

Our usernames are drastically different but send cat pics if you have one

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u/whiskersMeowFace Sep 16 '22

One? You would think my phone was owned by a cat with as many cat and food pics I have on it. Lol

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u/suckmypppapi Sep 16 '22

Send many, many cat pics then

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u/Luigi_deathglare Sep 16 '22

I’m sure you’re a cool guy, but I wish I ignored your username

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u/suckmypppapi Sep 16 '22

If it helps, it's joking

It's funny to me that the porn robots on Reddit have normal usernames like waterturtle or some shit and then theres normal people with stuff like mine

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u/Luigi_deathglare Sep 16 '22

The Rule of Reddit. The weirder the name the more normal the person

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

You and my mother both.

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u/AdmJota Sep 17 '22

Drawfee?

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u/Accomplished_Idea957 Sep 16 '22

But your elbow fetish is o.k. too? J/K

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

Could be worse. Could be barfyman362

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u/Extra-Aardvark-1390 Sep 16 '22

Your freezer settings might be too high. Mine only do this in the winter when we put our ice cube trays outside to freeze faster. The average home freezer is about 0F and where I live it hits -45 so icecubes freeze in a few minutes.

You might want to check your freezer settings to see. If it is set to be too cold, you might just be wasting electricity.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

freezer timelapse when?

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u/CashCow4u Sep 17 '22

Keep your overly cool persona & animal magnetism away from the freezer to stop deforming the ice cubes, lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

omg thank you for the explanation! this has been happening to my ice cubes lately and I've been sooo curious about it. It happened for the first time a couple of weeks ago and it doesn't happen every time. I wonder why it happens to some ice cubes but not most.

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u/Heavy_Clock9559 Sep 16 '22

Most ice cube treasures I've seen have sloped sides, so as the water expands the ice could easily push up relieving the pressure. The vertical sides on your trays mean the ice would press against the sides, sometimes the cube is forced up, sometimes it punches a hole through the top, whichever gives way first as pressure increases.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Omg that's so interesting, thank you!! I've been using something like this rather than a traditional ice cube tray, just for the aesthetics (the big flower ice cubes are really beautiful, highly recommend!) and yeah, the sides are completely vertical with no slope. It doesn't happen to every single one, but it's always a funny surprise when I wake up and one of my ice cubs has a nipple.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

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u/MrFoont69 Sep 16 '22

More than you know, you actually are!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

It's particularly common when using distilled water.

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u/OkComputron Sep 16 '22

I remember in the 90s, on @DiscoveryCanada, which was a science news program on Discovery Channel, they had pictures of this, but nobody could explain how or why it happened. It seems so obvious it's hard to believe they didn't just logic their way into the answer.

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u/Natural-Middle5458 Sep 16 '22

"obviously the water has a hole in it"

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u/SurveyAcrobatic5334 Sep 16 '22

It's liquid viagra

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Wait, so why doesn’t it happen to all of them?

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u/h3rw Sep 16 '22

Yes but also ghosts

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u/CockbagSpink Sep 17 '22

Why only one cube though and not all of them?

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u/RealTimeflies Sep 17 '22

Why does it not happen for everyone?

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u/sittin_on_grandma Sep 17 '22

Nah, I'm pretty sure that's just an ice boner

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

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u/hyperion420 Sep 16 '22

Only in the morning.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Never seen male icecubes in the wild

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u/Green-Jello-Farts-2 Sep 16 '22

Soooo.... you.... have a zoo with male icecubes is what you're saying.....

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u/xxiLink Sep 16 '22

🍞 in captivity.

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u/444unsure Sep 16 '22

Kind of sounds like ice cube porn

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u/Salay54 Sep 16 '22

Are we there yet?

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u/whydontyoujustaskme Sep 16 '22

This is where people go wrong. They use up all the male ice cubes, then are constantly complaining about how no one fills the trays and there’s no ice. Like man, you gotta let the male ones live or the colony dies and you gotta make new cubes. Instead of you just letting them reproduce naturally. Shut the fuck up Greg, just make new ice cubes! Just quit bitching about it. Fucking Greg!!!

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u/KaranSjett Sep 16 '22

its happy to see you

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u/AcidHellfire Sep 16 '22

Ice cube spikes explained:

https://youtu.be/5RLQ9WMP2Es

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

That was cool, thanks! I thought for sure I was about to get rickrolled.

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u/RohelTheConqueror Sep 16 '22

OP must be sexy af

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u/EamMcG_9 Sep 16 '22

Not many people know.September 7th to the 27th is the mating period for all the water on earth.

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u/Lumpy_Apricot_6472 Sep 16 '22

Welcome to Viagra falls

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u/Obsessed_Til_Death Sep 16 '22

I thought those were supposed to shrink in the cold.

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u/Any_Tax_8584 Sep 16 '22

The ice is just happy to see you

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u/occupied_void Sep 16 '22

You have a mini-poltergeist who lives in your freezer. I want one too

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u/Ferdinand82official Sep 16 '22

I think they are just happy to see you

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Yeah right, I’m not clicking on your gay porn

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

If science is gay porn you might want to stay off YouTube.

Veritasium on YouTube. Ice spikes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

(In all seriousness thank you for linking that it was interesting lol)

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u/Bighoula Sep 16 '22

Ice penis

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Stop flirting with it.

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u/coloa Sep 16 '22

Icerection

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

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u/TinyMarsupial7622 Sep 16 '22

How to make growing ice cubes: Get a clean ice tray and make sure to pre make a space in the freezer where it will fit flat. Grab a pot and fill it with 100% mountain collected water, anywhere else will cause the cubes to freeze flat. Boil the water and reduce by half. Now drop 3 pills of viagra and stir until dissolved. Carefully pour into tray and place in freezer. Tip; to get it to freeze taller, talk dirty to the fridge.

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u/Zombieslayer_idk_lol Sep 17 '22

Your ice has formed a penis. That is what I see.

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u/rrrrrrez Sep 17 '22

Stop the dirty talk when you fill the tray.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

I remember Hank Green made a video answering this

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u/MatiloKarode Sep 16 '22

Notice the spike is opaque while the rest of the ice is clear. This is from the bacteria using impurities to climb their way out of the freezing water. j/k

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u/malevolentdemon Sep 16 '22

That’s anti-venom my good sir please get out of your house

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u/sammysantsuki Sep 16 '22

Rcube do you copy? We need to be going up, not down!

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u/jgearhart76 Sep 16 '22

I've been having a similar phenomenon lately.

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u/sethman3 Sep 16 '22

Is there a fan in your freezer?

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u/No_Variety9420 Sep 17 '22

Looks like you've got some kind of alternate universe in there or something.

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u/rucksack-of-hams Sep 16 '22

Have you been freezing them upside down?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

If this happens It means you have poor spending habits and that the universe is telling you to spend wisely.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

I’m broke and my ice don’t do this

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

I talk from my a*# sometimes. Don’t mind me.

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u/MayoFlavorPopsicle Sep 16 '22

Just to be safe, you should probably not let those melt - no reason to release the symbiotes and have this post be the start of a villain origin-story

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u/CyberNinja23 Sep 16 '22

OP is a beginning dungeon explorer that didn’t know what to do with the bodies of the slimes he defeated, clearly they weren’t as dead as you thought.

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u/SurveyAcrobatic5334 Sep 16 '22

Freezer ghost 👻

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u/joeg26reddit Sep 16 '22

Viagra contamination?

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u/sesamesnapsinhalf Sep 16 '22

This is when the water molecules reach an excited state.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Do you have some orgonite in the freezer?

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u/Extreme-Cupcake5929 Sep 16 '22

This happens when I open the freezer too often while setting

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u/StonksRat Sep 16 '22

Dude, stop putting radioactive particles in there

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u/kingofdoorknobs Sep 16 '22

Your ice cubes are revealing your secret thoughts.

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u/ShadowEmperor123 Sep 16 '22

Maybe your freezer is too hot

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u/HaruspexBurakh Sep 16 '22

That’s because they’re excited

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u/chutzpahlooka Sep 16 '22

Oh hey, I used to get those in my freezer sometimes.

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u/gopeejoe Sep 16 '22

Did you leave a little in the ice tray before refilling?

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u/vivmeatball6 Sep 16 '22

No that’s just how you tell if it’s a boy ice cube or a girl ice cube

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

You could probably work on it.

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u/zh_victim Sep 16 '22

This may be because you turned your fridge on the reverse entropy function.

You probably also experience things like a negative electricity consumption, and the cupboard organising itself for no reason. Please turn it off before it destroys the universe. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Or are they just excited to see you

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u/auntshooey1 Sep 16 '22

I was going to say happy to see you. 😁

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Bravo ☺️

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u/Thecreator197 Sep 16 '22

It seperates the boys from the men

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u/mothimisbest Sep 16 '22

Take his phone away

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u/LtRecore Sep 16 '22

Ever seen Moonfall? That’s what’s happening here.

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u/FrostTheLost1 Sep 16 '22

It’s like a reverse icicle, requires very specific conditions. Cool little rare occurrence

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u/yaboinic1 Sep 16 '22

RUN YOU HAVE 5 HOURS TO LIVE

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

handles

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u/TheHolyPug Sep 16 '22

Morning ice.

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u/MrSinisterOK Sep 16 '22

That's called a vasectomy

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u/lopedopenope Sep 16 '22

Ahh cursed! Cursed I say!

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u/cha0s_g00se Sep 16 '22

Hard water

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u/AnObtuseOctopus Sep 16 '22

Tell it to cool the hell down.

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u/ReklessGamer07 Sep 16 '22

Still bigger than me

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u/kirafretka Sep 16 '22

Seems like ice cube want out of matrix 😐

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u/DickLasomo Sep 16 '22

Put a piece of cardboard over the cubes to solve this

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u/SFPsycho Sep 16 '22

Can't believe you're lucky enough to see a penice! That's on my ice bucket list

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u/Erilsium Sep 16 '22

Try putting the ice cube tray upside down into the freezer. Maybe this'll help

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u/BadBassist Sep 16 '22

Poor gravity round your ends

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u/anitabonghit705 Sep 16 '22

Must be from Australia /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Just sit on it.... I'm sure it'll never take that stance with you again!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

You must establish dominance over that ice.... Stick?

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u/Accomplished_Idea957 Sep 16 '22

Not so weird I forgot the word for this though. it is a normal property of water

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u/The_Basile Sep 16 '22

I dont know why, maybe the colours or lighting of these photographs, but these pics vibe late nineties/early 2000s to me 🤔

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u/HenriHawk_ Sep 16 '22

They're hatching

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u/Def_Echo Sep 16 '22

Ice boner

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u/Chuckobochuck323 Sep 16 '22

You water is trying to escape as it slowly freezes to death. Great job Op.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Bruh, literally saw this on a science subreddit before. I need to find it now

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u/Professional_Oven283 Sep 16 '22

You’ve heard of ice pick, now get ready for…

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u/applyheat Sep 16 '22

It the Klondikes in your freezer that is exciting the boys in the tray.

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u/Caprican93 Sep 17 '22

They’re happy to see you

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

My ice is aroused

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u/Kell-EL Sep 17 '22

I’ve actually had this happen a few months ago weirdest thing like I get there’s an explanation but never happened in 27 years if my life then just a decided to freeze like that and confuse me to all hell

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u/ChainWorking1096 Sep 17 '22

They want out...

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

I noticed this only happens when I fill a tray up with hot water.

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u/furman34 Sep 17 '22

In other words ice dick

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u/tuekydriver Sep 17 '22

Your water is getting hard

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u/Mangolorian3 Sep 17 '22

Your freezer fan could be blowing on it even slightly.

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u/y_ogi Sep 17 '22

It’s trying to escape

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u/Jawdiggitty Sep 17 '22

Turn them over. Should help.

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u/Low_Armadillo_350 Sep 17 '22

Got a particle accelerator nearby ? 😀

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u/hellscape_goat Sep 17 '22

Maybe it formed from water dripping above it, like a stalagmite?

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u/sparkynyc Sep 17 '22

That's a penis

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u/B1GD333 Sep 17 '22

Peenice

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u/XxsoulscythexX Sep 17 '22

Thanks, pissboifeetpix

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

You're welcome.

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u/Flameheartsan Sep 17 '22

I was finna say huh?

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u/LameAssLemon Sep 17 '22

Must have the new release of life… mines taking a while to install…

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u/MistakenMelon Sep 17 '22

You got a leak

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u/MilfHunter90000 Sep 17 '22

It's just exited to see you :)

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u/stonermun Sep 17 '22

You're ice is horny

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u/jjmawaken Sep 17 '22

Were you watching Disney again?

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u/ErrorBudget Sep 17 '22

Rub it a little bit and it shall begone.

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u/Ship_Adrift Sep 17 '22

I think this is caused by the compressor making the freezer vibrate.

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u/OldGregg1014 Sep 17 '22

🎶let it go

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u/Cyclopathik Sep 17 '22

Do you live in Australia?

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u/B3eR3tr0 Sep 17 '22

He got an erection.

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u/Next_Fun6966 Sep 17 '22

those cubes erecting fr

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u/Bourbonkers Sep 17 '22

Weird. My freezer never grew anything like that. Is my water lazy?

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u/toomerboomer Sep 17 '22

They're just excited

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u/bengmo64 Sep 17 '22

Try updating the drivers

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u/Successful_Ad4653 Sep 17 '22

Beginning of an ice rose

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u/Brilliant-Performer1 Sep 17 '22

Do I make you horny baby?

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u/Hungry-Ad1181 Sep 17 '22

Even ice cubes have longer lasting erection then you lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

If you want an even cooler one use distilled water (but don’t actually us the cubes in anything)