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Thanks for the clarification, the analogy clearly isn't very good. Out of curiosity, have you found a better ELI5 analogy that doesn't bend over backwards with

Thanks for the clarification, the analogy clearly isn't very good. Out of curiosity, have you found a better ELI5 analogy that doesn't bend over backwards with a rube goldberg setup of pipes and waterflow? I've struggled explaining this phenomenon to people buying EV's, where charging behavior become a regular thing people need to figure out.

Zak 6y ago
Well, if they're familiar with beer, and sophisticated enough to pour it into a glass: poured very quickly, the beer will develop a large head that overflows the glass, but pouring slowly creates a smaller head (or none, but don't do that). There's not more beer, but it fills more space temporarily when poured faster.
- floatrock 6y ago
  That's not a bad example, I'm gonna try it out. Thanks!