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If you do it right, you can get a nice crack sound. I've found that I can usually get at one from a freshly washed item of clothing (and towels) and it only cra
by phyllostachys 11y ago
If you do it right, you can get a nice crack sound. I've found that I can usually get at one from a freshly washed item of clothing (and towels) and it only cracks once per fresh wash. I don't understand the mechanism that causes it but find it satisfying for some reason.
- johansch 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipcracking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipcracking "The crack a whip makes is produced when a section of the whip moves faster than the speed of sound creating a small sonic boom." (I agree that is a strangely satisfying thing. It does make hanging the wash up for drying slightly less tedious...)