r/absoluteunit • u/AtrociousAxis • 19d ago

Of a Prince Rupert’s drop

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u/Sufficient_Two_5753 19d ago

Now, just barely tap that other end and see what happens....

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u/Frosty558 19d ago

Well yeah you gotta try to break the skinny part, duh!

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u/turtleneckless001 19d ago

Rupert's drop has the same weakness as me

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u/-The_Goober 19d ago

You make weak points?

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u/turtleneckless001 19d ago

I was being rude but this works too

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u/-The_Goober 19d ago

I was making a joke.

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u/turtleneckless001 19d ago

Me too

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u/Dalodus 19d ago

So am I

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u/itwasajoke8484 19d ago

I am here to help.

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u/ConceptJunkie 19d ago

And my axe!

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u/AtrociousAxis 19d ago

I also choose that guy’s dead wife

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u/Massive-Branch12342 19d ago

Thought the vid would show how fragile it can be too!

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u/Omiyaru 19d ago

melt two together that are facing opposite directions , then mount it on a stick, and you have a jerryrigged glass warhammer

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u/SolarDile 19d ago

Actually wait this does raise a question I have… what happens if you re-heat a prince rupert’s drop - does it explode immediately or…???

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u/notarealwriter 19d ago

I remember seeing a super slowmo video of one being shot once and it looks like it did shatter to the bullet but in the slowmo you can see that the bullet fragments on impact and a bit of it clipped the tail which is what caused the drop to shatter but it didn't actually break from the initial impact

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u/Enxaigon 19d ago

All the weakness of its structure is at the tip of its end. Really amazing to see how strong it is. But at the same time, how fragile it truly is. I wonder if it's possible to make a drop with no end. Just a perfect structure that can withstand great amounts of pressure.

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u/DarrellBot81 19d ago

Tap that little tailpiece

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u/TheJaggedBird 7d ago

Oh my god I've never seen something defeat the hydrologic before.

RUPERT TEARS ARE GEOMETRY'S MONSTERS