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[–]rezzeJ 269 points270 points ago

A ferrofluid.

[–]xlitawit 44 points45 points ago

FERROFLUIDS!: The stuff of nightmares!...

[–]Hedgesmog 29 points30 points ago

Nah. They're pretty fucking cool.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

us ferrous objects are pretty baller indeed

[–]Original_Woody 1 point2 points ago

The physics of ferrofluids, now that is a nightmare.

[–]funvill 2 points3 points ago

Just a note that this video is under high magnification.

[–]metenamina 101 points102 points ago

Source, pretty please?

[–]PhoneDojo[S] 133 points134 points ago

[–]funfungiguy 30 points31 points ago

Oh... so wizardry...

Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to sit on this teeter-totter versus a duck, for a moment. No, no... were just checking some things out...

Relax.

[–]YouGuys 1 point2 points ago

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has a machine where you can design your own versions of these by turning knobs that control the magnets. Really awesome. I was glued to them for half an hour.

[–]legthief 645 points646 points ago

I saw Prometheus, so I know what happens next.

[–]smpx 160 points161 points ago

I had no idea Prometheus was a prequel until after I watched the movie, blew my mind.

[–]Malicali 83 points84 points ago

Conversely, there seemed to be a lot of folks who didn't realize Tron: Legacy was a sequel rather than a remake.

[–]mediaG33K 25 points26 points ago

I'm guessing a lot of the folks who thought it was a remake never watched the first. It's not hard to pick up on if you did, I made it a point to rewatch the original Tron right before seeing the new one.

[–]danguro 7 points8 points ago

I was actually very surprised at the way that it was filmed. The special effects were very cool for being non-computer generated.

[–]mediaG33K 11 points12 points ago

It's pretty freaking impressive. The glowing lines in the costumes were added by hand in each frame. BY HAND. IN. EACH. FRAME. O_O

[–]DonnyDreamliner 2 points3 points ago

I think this was actually a purposeful scriptwriting move. If you made it heavily important that you'd seen and were familiar with the original, it would've cut out a HUGE portion of their younger potential audience

[–][deleted] 31 points32 points ago

I know! They kept saying it was definitely NOT a prequel but it WAS a prequel!

What a twist!

[–]smpx 22 points23 points ago

I guess the argument is that it isn't a direct prequel, but it's certainly the predecessor in the series. That last scene (which I won't describe for spoilers) was pretty obvious.

[–]throndse 8 points9 points ago

i ended up thinking that it might not be a direct prequel (even though the ending kind of leaves off for the beginning alien I) because the scenario of prometheus might have happened elsewhere in the universe as well, probably leaving other places as potential beginnings for alien I. but that's a bit academic, i'll agree.

[–]Wilcows 2 points3 points ago

There will be a part two, and possibly a part three, and I think chances are high that one of those movies will result directly in the events that occurred right up to Alien.

[–]bluegryffin 25 points26 points ago

but it took place in the future?

[–]pulselikesonar 5 points6 points ago

Upvote for dat cake and comment combo.

[–]Wootman42 149 points150 points ago

Same here! Everyone keeps talking about how mediocre it was because they knew everything already and blah blah blah. I watched it knowing nothing with zero expectations and loved the hell out of it.

[–]FnuGk 172 points173 points ago

oh an alien snake thing, lets pet it!

[–]Talbotus 156 points157 points ago

Oh no! I made the maps as is my profession and now i'm lost!

[–]butt-puppet 133 points134 points ago

Oh, a dead guy who's supposed to be a few klicks away appeared outside the ship? Better open the hatch!

[–]HisNameSpaceCop 129 points130 points ago

Oh, the mummified body of the first alien creature ever discovered by humankind? Better show no interest whatsoever!

[–]benstillerfaggot69x 85 points86 points ago

Oh, we just arrived to an unexplored alien planet capable of sustaining life, we better take off our helmets!

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[–]thisgrantstomb 13 points14 points ago

Yeah but what about an alien bacteria that could totally kill them just like the common cold killed the aliens in war of the worlds. They would have no way of detecting them because they have no idea of there existence. Quite a few people have said oh there's more explanations in the deleted scenes, on the Internet, or in interviews with the filmmakers that explain all that, but that explanation was not where it should of been which is in the movie that we saw. I wanted to like the movie a lot and gave it the benefit of the doubt but it played so loose with reality and common sense that it actually started to irritate me.

[–]bearachute 9 points10 points ago

That still doesn't explain why a biologist wouldn't be concerned about contaminating the alien planet with Earth bacteria.

[–]skidmark_master 89 points90 points ago

shut up you ruined the circlejerk with your facts, nerd

[–]lemmereddit 9 points10 points ago

I still don't think they would take their helmets off. They don't know what they don't know.

It didn't stop me from enjoying the movie either way.

[–]butt-puppet 2 points3 points ago

Polymer film bio-sensors can detect airborne toxins and life forms down to 500 nanometers.

But hey, a totally alien planet, with the first signs of alien life ever found, couldn't possibly need further analysis. You know, just in case they might know more then we know. Nope, let's just rely on cursory evidence.

They also only took off their helmets inside what was later understood to be part of a ship.

False, they were in the structure. The ship began where that pup picked up a life form, and which David was the first to enter.

[–]iamthelucky1 1 point2 points ago

Oh, we have a synthetic being on board our ship, better treat it like shit!

[–]Avien 51 points52 points ago

SPOILER: Hey this human looks like he could use some poison. Better poison him. ~David logic.

[–]wakewolfie 47 points48 points ago

But the character David poisons was such a dick to David the entire movie. Seriously, any interaction he has with David is just to "knock him down a peg" and try and make a joke out of his existence.

David was instructed to do what he must to find the engineers and he thought experimenting with the liquid as crucial to that. I think part of it was just pure curiosity too. And, if you can find out what you need to know and kill the guy whose been hell bent on reminding every step of the way that you lack a soul, why not?

Also, David asks him at the last moment "how far would you go to find out the truth?" and waits for a "I would do anything" response before deciding whether or not to go through with it.

There are a lot of flaws with this movie but David was by far the best part and the most interesting character.

The actions of the biologist are really the only ones that pissed me off.

[–]dt25 9 points10 points ago

Assuming David was extremely logical and didn't hold grudges, that guy was also probably the least useful one there. Experimenting on him didn't seem like a bad idea from that point of view either.

[–]wmil 16 points17 points ago

Actually I liked that part. David looked human but was completely alien. You didn't know if he was following orders, had his own agenda, or was just glitching.

It was much better than the silly "robot develops feelings and now it's angry/afraid/in love" plot.

[–]Chunkeeboi 4 points5 points ago

You also don't know what he actually said to the white alien that made him go berserk, although it's reasonable to assume that a request for Weyland to selfishly get more life could of course have provoked it from a creature given to self-sacrifice.

[–]Bank_Gothic 43 points44 points ago

Oh, I'm about to be crushed by a narrow, slow-moving object, better keep running straight ahead and not go to either side!

[–]penny013 7 points8 points ago

Thank you! That has been bothering me since I saw the movie and I hoped I wasn't the only sane person thinking this.

Oh and this logic: "Hey our buddy died out there and we saw his eaten corpse. But HEY! He is standing outside of our door right now. Let's invite him in real quick!"

[–]cody_au 4 points5 points ago

Spoiler: You'd do anything? No need for me to ask if that means you'd ingest poison then!

He's like a 21st century genie.

[–]Phunk131 1 point2 points ago

You know the old guy who everyone thought died? He's alive. For a reason. It's a big secret, for another reason. And he's Charlease Theron's dad. For another reason. He's also played by a young actor in weird makeup instead of an old guy. For another reason evidently.

[–]Dubya09 2 points3 points ago

But he broke the first law of robotics!

[–]makeitrainmore 3 points4 points ago

He poisoned him for a reason.

[–]whatswith_this 22 points23 points ago

Oh, going half a billion light years across a galaxy to investigate signs of intelligent life that might be extremely hazardous? Better send just 1 robot and 20 people!

[–]theHip 13 points14 points ago

2 robots.

[–]PenisFlyTrap 15 points16 points ago

Oh, okay. That's much better.

[–]DrSmoke 12 points13 points ago

You and everyone missed the point, lots of them actually.

No one thought the mission would find anything. That is why the old guy had to finance the whole thing himself.

The crew were expendable morons, not the brilliant world class scientists reddit thinks they are. The cheapest they could get.

All the mission really needed was the one robot.

[–]roflafel 12 points13 points ago

If no one thought the mission would find anything why would they spend billions of dollars on the mission? Why would the old man go on the mission? Why, if you're already spending billions, not spend just a LITTLE bit extra to get a real crew.

[–]GaZZuM 13 points14 points ago

Even the world's most retarded fully trained, highly experienced geologist would be able to read a map...

[–]PeteyWheatstraw 2 points3 points ago

If Weyland is paying for the whole mission, why would he bother with cheap scientists when no scientists would be more cost-effective?

[–]butt-puppet 1 point2 points ago

So Wayland put his life in the hands of 1 curiously idiotic robot that constantly put everyone at risk and cheap hired hands? What was Waylands goal again? Oh yeah to live!

For fucks sake...

[–]rionhunter 26 points27 points ago

Ah! We're running away from a giant, falling ship. Better run in the direction it's falling, instead of taking two steps to the side and avoiding it entirely. Charlize Theron deserved to die for being that stupid.

[–]Dirly 4 points5 points ago

Then you must work for apple.

SCI FI BECOMES REALITY!!!!

[–]86Mitso 25 points26 points ago

Oh, I just gutted myself and removed an alien from my abdomen and somehow not only survived but can walk around like I dont have a newly closed gaping hole in my body, OH and leave that alien inside the machine, im sure it wont be a problem, and OH the person who was about to kill me to get the alien out for experimentation completely ignores me and doesnt give a shit now.

This movie was literally filled with Oh! moments. Like how the fuck do you see a alien snake monster and act like its friendly, idiot deserved to get face melted.

[–]wakewolfie 13 points14 points ago

The one who got his face melted was the geologist. The one who wanted to have super fun time with the vagina snake monster was the biologist. Your point still stands though.

[–]The_Painted_Man 3 points4 points ago

The one who ....... vagina snake monster was the biologist.

A biologist who's instinct is to interact with (and pat) a newly discovered alien life form. Must have been a terrible biologist.

[–]wakewolfie 4 points5 points ago

Yet he ran away from the deceased engineer body out of fear. Dead alien? Too scary to deal with. Living alien? Let's touch it.

Any biologist would admire the new species but they wouldn't try to touch an unknown species with snake-like qualities that is hissing at them with their bare hands.

[–]The_Painted_Man 4 points5 points ago

How does a movie redeem itself after this?

[–]wakewolfie 5 points6 points ago

I'm holding my breathe for the sequel. Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are terrific actors. Michael really stole the show and, while I was disappointed in Noomi's performance, I have high hopes that she can do better. I've seen her do better.

Ridley Scott is a fantastic director too. The cinematography of it was pretty consistent with his style.

However, the story was the weak point. And, while I'm not going to blame it all on Damon Lindelof (you really do get a LOST feeling), I feel like the direction of "vague is good" killed it for a lot of people. People weren't acting consistently with their character, people were making slip ups in order to advance the plot, the pacing was weird. I don't think they'll make those mistakes next time.

So now I just wait for the sequel. Answer some question and I'll be happier about this film. So, my feelings on Prometheus are a lot of "I'm not sure how to feel yet". The parts that were uniquely Scott were awesome but the story just really crippled the film.

[–]DrSmoke 3 points4 points ago

The crew was expendable. The cheapest they could get.

[–]Hyphnip 0 points1 point ago

That was the only serious face palm moment in the movie.

[–]statusisnotquo 23 points24 points ago

Really? I also saw it with zero expectations (hadn't even heard about it until I went to see it) and thought it was terrible! It was so rushed and felt like there was more thought put into the graphics than the plot (as is quite common of modern cinema).

It was cool to look at. But, like Avatar, not something I consider worth watching without the giant screen and 3D effects.

[–]chiropter 5 points6 points ago

was more thought put into the graphics than the plot

Disappointingly true here. Especially when supposedly intellectual lights like Ridley Scott say things like "NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way... That's what we're looking at (in the film), at some of Eric von Daniken's ideas of how did we humans come about."

[–]Wootman42 2 points3 points ago

I agree on the cinema thing. I do not think it would have anywhere near the same amount of emotional impact outside of the big screen. I won't be buying it to watch at home, most likely.

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[–]Doomsayer189 2 points3 points ago

The movie should stand on its own. Having a good website doesn't fix the problems with the film.

[–]chiropter 8 points9 points ago

i hated it because i anticipated it for a year and then it was basically some quasi-mystical pseudoscience bullshit inconsistent with science any gradeschooler knows- that DNA and fossils tell us humans evolved from other apes- and so there is no reason or way for us to be "100% matches" to alien creators (unless they are time travelers from the future). Also, why would the aliens wait 3.7 billion years after seeding life on Earth for their 'creation' to become human, if indeed they were 'guiding' evolution? Shit is retarded. I was anticipating a self-aware cosmic horror and instead I got Ancient Astronauts.

[–]lxxnemod 1 point2 points ago

But Stargate is awesome :D

[–]chiropter 1 point2 points ago

Stargate is pretty cool, I got into it watching SGU (which was admittedly also a little heavy on the science-religion mysticism but it's a TV show not 'high cinema', it also brought up just a lot of cool dimensions like the von Neumann battlebots), now am working my way on and off through the original Stargate...of which there are one million episodes it seems.

[–]dt25 4 points5 points ago

that DNA and fossils tell us humans evolved from other apes- and so there is no reason or way for us to be "100% matches" to alien creators (unless they are time travelers from the future)

In a way, they are. I think you missed the point or I did but what I could make of it was that we evolved into being very similar to them. We are genetically equals but we don't have their science.

In the beginning, it's as if the Engineer had been de-evolved so that life could evolve on Earth. It was an experiment. Maybe they expected us to evolve into something else?

[–]chiropter 2 points3 points ago

what I could make of it was that we evolved into being very similar to them

Unfortunately, the movie is very explicit that the alien DNA is a "100% Match" to the human genome. Further, other dialogue then takes this somehow as evidence that we should "throw 300 years of Darwinism out the window", as if evolutionary theory could be overturned by merely some paradoxical results from alien DNA.

In the beginning, it's as if the Engineer had been de-evolved so that life could evolve on Earth

Yes, ok...and then we had nothing but microbes for 3 billion years...but whatever...

Maybe they expected us to evolve into something else?

In fact, we would have evolved into "something else". There is no way that even if we look/act/think like aliens that our DNA sequence would have evolved so such that ours converges to theirs in a "100% match".

(Evolution is random and the human genome is rife with inefficiencies, mistakes, and Rube Goldberg mechanisms, and there is far more than one way to specify a human.)

No offense but I think you missed the point: which was basically to set up a false dichotomy between ancient Bronze Age pastoralist religion and modern science, and decides on a third way of woo-woo intelligent design by inscrutable creators.

which is consistent with this quote by Ridley Scott: "NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way"...

[–]The_Painted_Man 2 points3 points ago

"NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way"

That quote just gave me cancer. He really said that? Madre de dios.

[–]Mazakaki 4 points5 points ago

Can't tell if knocking Stargate, or I actually a gater.

[–]chiropter 2 points3 points ago

Actually a gater, but I also find this version of the Tsoukalos meme very funny. Stargate is what it is, I don't think you can think too hard about its verisimilitude or logic when everyone on every planet speaks modern English.

[–]a-holt 2 points3 points ago

Plot holes, plot holes everywhere

It's a parody trailer, it runs through some of the loose ends in the film. Worth a watch, because it's funny-however do not view if you haven't seen it yet.

[–]ThisMakesMeMoist 8 points9 points ago

What is it a prequel of?

[–]Wazowski 10 points11 points ago

The story precedes the events of Alien (1979), but there are no characters in both movies. It's a prequel, but not.

[–]smpx 5 points6 points ago

Deliberately not saying it in case you didn't want to know. I think I enjoyed it not knowing, personally.

[–]Smarag 17 points18 points ago

[–]lifeisrocks 8 points9 points ago

This was hilariously very accurate to my own feelings

[–]enoughaboutourballs 3 points4 points ago

i agree, biggest let down all summer.

[–]UnamusedPunk 4 points5 points ago

That was stupid, a ton of those questions were answered. David poisoned hallway because he wanted to see what would happen.

[–]Boobcake 11 points12 points ago

A ton also weren't.

[–]Wazowski 5 points6 points ago

Because robots are naturally curious and all.

[–]samout 2 points3 points ago

He (David the robot) heard his boss yell "Try harder!" when nothing was happening. After that David asked (with a twitchy face) from Holloway, "W-what would you be willing to do? To get some of your answers?", "Anything and everything". ("Ok, he gave me permission...")

The androids in the Alien-franchise have all been curious and or psychotic, I don't see why people blame Prometheus for doing the exact same thing. Ash? Didn't want to kill the thing and felt like it's the perfect organism. Even Alien: Resurrections Call (that thing was way more curious and human-like although it was about 400 years after the other films)?

[–]dt25 2 points3 points ago

He knows a lot of stuff, so probably he was programed to learn as much as possible.

[–]no_more_jokes 9 points10 points ago

That, or Terminator 2 is becoming reality.

[–]benstillerfaggot69x 3 points4 points ago

No, no you don't. We're talking about Prometheus, no one knows what happens or why.

[–]chuckles2014 2 points3 points ago

Quick, everyone take off your helmets. What could go wrong?

[–]YoucantdothatonTV 2 points3 points ago

Prometheus are you seeing this?

[–]beavers937 46 points47 points ago

I need to touch it!

[–]Scripto23 98 points99 points ago

suddenly cancer.

[–]JustHereToDerp 18 points19 points ago

Suddenly hand is missing.

[–]bilalhouri 40 points41 points ago

Can someone explain this sorcery?

[–]palinola 82 points83 points ago

It's a ferrofluid. Tiny particles of magnetic material - like iron - suspended in oil. When in the vicinity of an electro-magnetic field the fluid will be attracted just like iron filings reacting to the presence of a magnet. By turning the power of the field up and down you can make the fluid climb around on whatever it is you are running the current through.

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points ago

Any practical uses?

[–]deadmilkman 44 points45 points ago

Automotive suspensions.

[–]flapsmcgee 22 points23 points ago

GM makes it, and it is so good that Ferrari licenses it from them.

[–]GargamelCuntSnarf 3 points4 points ago

It's also used in military hummers.

[–]potatohead_v2 0 points1 point ago

You got that the other way round, I'm pretty sure it was GM who took the suspension, along with the carbon brakes, from Ferrari

[–]YoungCarrot 108 points109 points ago

Getting karma

[–]DirtBurglar 16 points17 points ago

The most practical of all uses

[–]vuxa 1 point2 points ago

Just look at the front page, 3 posts by PhoneDojo

[–]deathcomesilent 13 points14 points ago

Industrial ink cartridges. Not practical to everyone, but the stuff has its uses.

[–]cody_au 5 points6 points ago

Wouldn't that then make the pages magnetic?

[–]deathcomesilent 8 points9 points ago

There is iron in most ink, but its a marginal ammout. As for the actual ferrofluid, it isn't used as the ink. I believe it is a factor in some reduction process, but I'm not an expert.

[–]TheSecretMe 2 points3 points ago

The fluid itself isn't magnetic. It just contains tiny iron particles that cause the fluid to respond to magnetic fields.

[–]mehdbc 1 point2 points ago

Cadillac made it for their suspensions and now it's in all kinds of cars.

[–]DrSmoke 1 point2 points ago

Making killer robots.

[–]swfreak195 8 points9 points ago

It's a ferrofluid in a magnetic field.

[–]TheSecretMe 1 point2 points ago

You know how a magnet has a north and a south pole? Invisible lines called flux lines flow from a magnets north pole to it's south pole.

The ferro fluid contains ferrous particles suspended in a liquid. When the fluid is exposed (placed near) a magnetic field, the ferrous particles in the fluid will attempt to follow those invisible flux lines. It causes the fluid to grow those weird spikes as the particles rise up in the flux lines but the fluid's cohesion keeps it all together.

Here's a picture I took of a bit of ferro fluid in a petri dish with a hard drive magnet underneath. The hard drive magnet I used is a slip of metal with a magnet on both ends (essentially two magnets on a strip of steel). That's why you see two of those hedgehog shapes, one for each magnet.

Now an electromagnet is basically a ferrous core, usually a cylinder wrapped in copper wire. Flux lines will flow from the top of the cylinder to the bottom. You can extend this ferrous cylinder with other ferrous items. Let's say you mount an iron screw on top of the cylinder, now the flux lines flow from the top of the screw to the bottom of the cylinder.

By using screws and other interesting shapes, artists make the ferro fluid climb up interesting shapes. Turn the electricity of the electromagnet on and the screw will become magnetic, attracting the fluid. Turn the electricity off and the ferro fluid will flow back down the screw.

That's what's going on in the gif. It's a sculpture of metal gears and screws mounted on top of an electromagnet. Placed in a bowl of ferrofluid.

[–]linenloren 12 points13 points ago

Venom!

[–]Amunx 74 points75 points ago

"This isn't even my final form..."

[–]itsbehindyou 26 points27 points ago

Watching this made me really uncomfortable for some reason. Get it away!

[–]Orange_Jam 6 points7 points ago

Welcome to Trypophobia!

[–]undeniablycool 3 points4 points ago

After seeing those pictures, I've never felt so uncomfortable in my life.

[–]QuislingX 3 points4 points ago

I fucking hate you. God dammit. Hate.

Fuck. What the fuck it's the top one even

[–]BenBenBenBe 60 points61 points ago

Anyone else find this unnerving/disgusting/gross?

Like phobic or something?

Blegh. fuck that.

[–]nauna28 7 points8 points ago

I feel exactly the same.

[–]Nerdpie 2 points3 points ago

Trypophobia

[–]deathcomesilent 3 points4 points ago

If you want to know if you have it, open this.

[–]MythOfLight 12 points13 points ago

I HATE YOU

[–]deathcomesilent 3 points4 points ago

I feel bad, but if it makes you feel any better its a fruit :P

[–]TheSpiffySpaceman 1 point2 points ago

So he imagines eating it?

Probably not making him feel better.

[–]manweasel 9 points10 points ago

I'm pretty sure I must be the opposite of that. I love that kind of stuff. I once went on like an hour youtube journey watching botflies getting removed from people's backs and dogs and shit. Wild. Now I think in a weird way roundabout way I can understand how weird sexual fetishes that have always disturbed me can make someone happy. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[–]FUCK_WIZARD 5 points6 points ago

Okay so, I opened that and feel nothing, but OP's gif actually makes me want to throw up a little, why is that? Like, I actually get nauseous watching it, and have to look away.

[–]deathcomesilent 2 points3 points ago

Could be a different phobia I don't know a name for, it could also be reminding you of something that made you sick in the past.

Most likely its just gross, and it bugs your subconscious. Reading some of these comments, you're definitely not alone.

[–]mistahARK 0 points1 point ago

Yup.

[–]WorldBFree 4 points5 points ago

CREEPY AS FUCK

[–]jzzsxm 5 points6 points ago

It's not technically magnetic, but it is ferrous. That means it reacts to magnetic fields and can have a magnetic field induced in it but cannot attract metal by itself.

It's a colloidal mixture of the ferrous nano particles and some medium, typically oil or water. It's not good for you and absorbs into your skin. It's also quite expensive.

I studied ferrofluids my senior year in college in MIT's high voltage research lab and wrote my senior thesis about it, it was fun stuff. I still have a pair of pants with a massive stain where I spilled an entire container of the stuff all down the front of me.

[–]gchase723 106 points107 points ago

The creation of the most sinister dildo ever.

[–]fwskateboard 78 points79 points ago

Pretty sure that's taken from a cracked article.

Tell us that didn't look like the birth of the most sinister dildo ever.

[–]Richey_Tenenbaum 97 points98 points ago

I think Redditors stealing comments from other websites besides reddit is an improvement actually.

[–]Atreus11 32 points33 points ago

Well, no, I mean.. it... but... see, there's... but... yeah. yeah, it would be.

[–]devourer09 6 points7 points ago

Yup. At least external content would be brought in instead of regurgitating our own content.

[–]Scorched_Herb_Tactic 9 points10 points ago

That's like saying well, at least we're eating that other dudes shit instead of our own.

[–]DirtBurglar 10 points11 points ago

I think se7en has it beat

[–]lkrudwig 11 points12 points ago

You can actually buy some Ferrofluid right here from ThinkGeek. <--I love that store! The Ferrofluid is fun with all sorts of strong magnets!

[–]KR213 2 points3 points ago

toner and vegetable oil will also work

[–]phlegminist 0 points1 point ago

You can also google ferrofluid and find places to buy bigger bottles of it for science purposes (such as this 8 oz bottle). But the ThinkGeek product has it suspended in a liquid of "mostly water plus some secret ingredients" which looks like it keeps the bottle looking clean. Normally the ferrofluid will get all over everything and turn it all black and oily.

Edit: I think this place might be a good place to buy it.

[–]hoobsher 10 points11 points ago

[–]snazzmasterj 9 points10 points ago

THE SHRIKE

[–]BendyTendy 5 points6 points ago

Kid in my chem class tried to make some of this, whole room smelled like ass for weeks

[–]dmo90 4 points5 points ago

That's like some spiderman venom shit

[–]giantjerk 3 points4 points ago

Something about watching this makes my skin crawl. I've got the creeps worse than when I am watching a scary movie.

[–]demiwolford 10 points11 points ago

I...I....I'm strangely turned on by this?

[–]Robertbobby91 7 points8 points ago

Once, I got some of this stuff in my eyes. I was a very stupid person. Story if you ask.

[–]gorat 7 points8 points ago

I ask.

[–]brachburton 7 points8 points ago

OPwillsurelydeliver.jpeg

[–]Rummy_Tummy 3 points4 points ago

✓ attention gotten

✓ marker in my butt

ok, go ahead

[–]RandomHawkeye 20 points21 points ago

It is really hard to fap to this.

[–]NeoTeleSocio 26 points27 points ago

With that attitude it is.

[–]Battlespire 1 point2 points ago

You aren't trying hard enough

[–]zekusmaximus 2 points3 points ago

yes yes yes yes!

[–]cryptobomb 0 points1 point ago

Can this stuff be bought by normal people somewhere?

[–]thatmexicandood 1 point2 points ago

never in my life have i wanted to touch something so bad

[–]Cyber_Centipede 2 points3 points ago

This made me feel uncomfortable for some reason...

[–]BulletRaves 2 points3 points ago

It called ferrofluid, you can make it with some toner, from an old printer, and vegetable oil. This stuff won me the 8th grade science fair. + some actual work.

[–]JUST_LOGGED_IN 2 points3 points ago

Go home Carnage, you're drunk.

[–]erdog22 2 points3 points ago

is it just me or is that really scary?

[–]rapiddrrobotnik 2 points3 points ago

Am I the only one that gets chills from this?

[–]budsy 1 point2 points ago

[–]KingQuagaar 1 point2 points ago

Kill it with fire!

[–]4_is_green 0 points1 point ago

Ooh ferrofluid is so cool! Love that stuff.

[–]DrLasagna 1 point2 points ago

I just had a flash to the future. Where battles are fought between amorphous blobs of ferrofluid.

[–]elbruce -1 points0 points ago

This exact same thing happens to me all the time.

[–]Aleksander73 0 points1 point ago

Ferrofluid? My buddy used to tinker with this shit back in our gradschool days.

[–]Jimwoo 1 point2 points ago

"We are venom!"

[–]G2nickk 1 point2 points ago

I have the strangest boner right now

[–]mattheadface 0 points1 point ago

Ch-ch-ch-chia pet!

[–]burton212 -1 points0 points ago

wut

[–]Afrowhitey78 1 point2 points ago

[–]guruscotty 0 points1 point ago

I hate to sound like an ignoramous... But, DIZZANG!

[–]sjizzle 1 point2 points ago

i feel weird watching this.

[–]Fluffyhead77 0 points1 point ago

Looks like a rapidly growing STD

[–]how_about_pancakes 0 points1 point ago

Witchcraft.

[–]illaqueable 1 point2 points ago

Coming soon to a water supply near you!

[–]themilo56 0 points1 point ago

OMG. It's the black oil from X-Files. Or is it the braniac construct from smallville....

[–]reon3-_ 0 points1 point ago

Gross. That's some H.R.Geiger shit right there.

[–]intravenus_de_milo 0 points1 point ago

motor oil and rust

[–]ZingasMcCoy 0 points1 point ago

This reminds me of those big black oblongs from that upcoming xcom game.

[–]ForgotMyself -1 points0 points ago

I NEED to be able to play around with this stuff.

[–]cabinhacker25 0 points1 point ago

I WANT SOME

[–]ManateeDance 1 point2 points ago

Gifs of this will NEVER stop being cool

[–]mikevilla 1 point2 points ago

This was uneasy for me to look at, not sure why.

[–]MyRedditAcc0unt 1 point2 points ago

That made me very unconformable for some reason

[–]SolarFederalist 2 points3 points ago

Same here, though I can't explain why at the moment.

[–]-MarkTwang- 0 points1 point ago

Is this not the most satisfying thing you've ever seen on reddit?

[–]Lahmage 0 points1 point ago

science

[–]Speedsniper 0 points1 point ago

[–]rhoswhen 1 point2 points ago

I can't explain why, but this makes me feel so uncomfortable.

[–]sixpackabs592 1 point2 points ago

ferro-fluid