At Least Pumpkins Are Mostly Carbohydrates

November 10, 2024 5:30 PM

i give the gift of gourd (SLYT). A decorative gourd-themed TikTok science debunk goes wrong.
posted by BungaDunga (10 comments total)

This was charming, thank you.
posted by bunderful at 5:50 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

"in my fungus bucket, yeah I have a fungus bucket, NO I am not doing WELL"
posted by taquito sunrise at 6:08 PM on November 10 [6 favorites]

I can't decide between "three festering gourds", "off-kilter internet talk-talk clown", and "gourd spores" as my new sockpuppet name.

Aside from that, this was a very entertaining and sort-of educational video!
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:29 PM on November 10 [5 favorites]

soggy rock facts to dazzle your enemies
posted by BungaDunga at 6:48 PM on November 10 [3 favorites]

When she took it out of the opaque plastic bin, I thought that was a strange idea -- seemed like sunlight would have been a big part of the process.
posted by alex_skazat at 6:54 PM on November 10

I'm actually not sure it is, composting doesn't need it and sprouts will still sprout without sunlight too.
posted by BungaDunga at 7:08 PM on November 10

I'm already making a mental list of friends I have to send Sage the Bad Naturalist videos to, and it's a long list. This is both, somehow, extremely specific, yet also for almost everyone.
posted by Kattullus at 4:16 AM on November 11 [2 favorites]

When she took it out of the opaque plastic bin, I thought that was a strange idea -- seemed like sunlight would have been a big part of the process.

She says right there in the video that she puts it in there because her housemates are so grossed out by having it on the windowsill. This is a thing that she knew at the time was deviating from the tiktok video's method, as opposed to all the other things she did that also didn't follow its method but which she didn't realize until later.
posted by Well I never at 4:41 AM on November 11 [1 favorite]

sort-of educational video

"I give you.. THE INTERNET!"
posted by ginger.beef at 8:38 AM on November 11 [2 favorites]

That was unexpectedly great--like, halfway through I wanted to say, it's not a good experiment! The original video used a jar with a rubber thingy to make a good airtight seal, which is not a feature of Costco's Kirkland Almond plastic containers! Air would be getting in! Bugs too! But the debunking of her own debunking was great!
posted by mittens at 10:04 AM on November 11 [3 favorites]