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My ex worked at a children's museum where they'd regularly make this stuff in quantity for kids to play with. It looked like a lot of fun. It surprises how fe
by pengaru 3y ago
My ex worked at a children's museum where they'd regularly make this stuff in quantity for kids to play with. It looked like a lot of fun.
It surprises how few adults I encounter have any idea what I'm talking about when I mention it by name describing something behaving like a non-newtonian fluid.
For example recently I was telling someone how deceptively epoxy that seemed thick and extremely viscous while mixing will slowly but tenaciously flow through the tiniest of gaps in a mold or dams as if it were water. I've found JB Weld in particular behaves a bit like a non-newtonian fluid while stirring it up before application, seemingly solidifying more the faster it's stirred, then turns runny when still until curing sets in...
- junon 3y agoWe called it "gack", not "oobleck", so maybe it's just a naming thing.
- opello 3y agoInteresting, I recall there being a Nickelodeon product called Gak that was ooblek-like. Maybe this is brand genericization?
- joncrocks 3y agoIn the UK we had Silly Putty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty
- dugmartin 3y agoOobleck is a bit different than Silly Putty (which we also have in the States). The biggest difference is if you quickly hit oobleck it turns into a hard solid. We used to make it for our kids and they loved smacking it.