I never understood why in the US (North America? Europe?) children do this experiment with potatoes. Use a citric fruit instead, much better at moving ions around.
If it's feral hogs, I guess I better learn how and get to building ASAP!
Edit: Oh wait, re-read it! It seems I get the 300 million feral hogs in advance?
Yeah, I DEFINITELY won't be able to construct anything while some lunatic desperately attempts to cram hundreds of millions of deadly swine into my 3rd floor apartment 😬
40 Comments
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 62 pts · 160d
How the hell would I be able to keep track of those 3 days without a potato clock? 😩
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 160d
I am a potato, does this mean if I check the time during the competition that I am disqualified even if I did not physically construct a potato clock?
pewpew@feddit.it · 1 pts · 160d
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 160d
no rules against lemon clocks
pewpew@feddit.it · 5 pts · 160d
Just count every second, easy
fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 160d
Linsensuppe@feddit.org · 16 pts · 160d
kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 23 pts · 160d
I never understood why in the US (North America? Europe?) children do this experiment with potatoes. Use a citric fruit instead, much better at moving ions around.
r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 160d
I think it’s because every American thinks they’re Irish
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 160d
But potatoes are from the Americas
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 160d
If you go back far enough, it's all Pangaea 🤷
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 160d
Toes@ani.social · 7 pts · 160d
I think its because potatoes rot a lot slower giving the kid time to enjoy the clock.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 160d
And the kid can eat it in the end.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 160d
Oranges seem a good alternative. Oranges and Tomatoes used to be extremely abundant in the U.S. not sure I want to check their prices now
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 159d
European here, France, maybe we should use black coffee and a cigarette.
village604@adultswim.fan · 4 pts · 160d
Probably because potatoes are less messy than citrus fruits. No teacher wants to deal with an even stickier classroom.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 160d
Yeah, I could probably do it.
300 million what, though?
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 160d
Grams of gravel
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 160d
Fuck yeah, dude. I can never have enough gravel.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
Yeah
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 160d
Ok, then yeah, I’d like to try. Do you need my credit card, or do you take Venmo?
bstix@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 160d
It's lice. You get 300 million lice.
Now, can you build the potato clocked, huh?
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 160d
Damn. One day it’ll be something good. Ok, just add it to the lice pile over there.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
Yeah
timestatic@feddit.org · 3 pts · 160d
Potatoes for the potato clocks you build after the three days
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 160d
Wow, that’s like way more than $10 worth of potatoes.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 160d
Nail bites
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 160d
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 160d
It depends on whether the BIOS is unlocked.
(Baked Input/Output Spud)
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 160d
Yes, but first you must overcome the friction from the starches by adding butter.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 160d
NOOOOOOOOOO
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 8 pts · 160d
RIP Cave Johnson
grapefruittrouble@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 160d
what am i going to do with 300million potatoes if i can’t build clocks for 3 days?
wuffah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 160d
What’s the money even worth without my tater time? :(
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 159d
Well, when you're a multimillionare, you can have a lot more tater time!
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 160d
Depends: 300 million what?
If it's dollars? Sure!
If it's feral hogs, I guess I better learn how and get to building ASAP!
Edit: Oh wait, re-read it! It seems I get the 300 million feral hogs in advance?
Yeah, I DEFINITELY won't be able to construct anything while some lunatic desperately attempts to cram hundreds of millions of deadly swine into my 3rd floor apartment 😬
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 159d
It’ll be hard but I think I could do it.
MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
3 days?! Nah fam, I'm out.
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
Mr. Wizard would have loved this... RIP
CaptainCapy@piefed.social · 4 pts · 160d
Ain’t worth it. I need potato clocks too badly.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 160d
Can I still use it to power AI?
timestatic@feddit.org · 1 pts · 160d
Yeah no, I'm not passing up on my integrity just to get 300 mio. Unbelievable