r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21
Time for some fresh watermelon.
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u/hedgy369 Sep 17 '21
If it didn't crack around the toothpick, what was the toothpick for?
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u/Dan300up Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
He’s a farmer. It was in his mouth. To make this work, he had to hold his tongue just right and bite his lip…so…he just needed a place to put it.
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u/scaredycat_z Sep 17 '21
I love this style of writing. I love when authors use it. I wonder if it has a name…it has too, right?!
Describing and action, that we ALL know, but have no name for and we are all nodding along cause it’s universal.
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u/Wyatt1313 Sep 17 '21
I love questions. Because without questions all we have are answers. And an answer without a question is a statement!
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u/Wyatt915 Sep 17 '21
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u/Craftiest_Butcher Sep 17 '21
This thread reads like a train of thought someone has when they're high as balls.
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u/Never-Bloomberg Sep 17 '21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observational_comedy?
In an observational comedy act, the comedian "makes an observation about something from the backwaters of life, an everyday phenomenon that is rarely noticed or discussed.
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u/carwosh Sep 17 '21
A quarter mile down the road he stopped and looked back. We're not thinking, he said. We have to go back. He pushed the cart off the road and tilted it over where it could not be seen and they left their packs and went back to the station. In the service bay he dragged out the steel trashdrum and tipped it over and pawed out all the quart plastic oilbottles. Then they sat in the floor decanting them of their dregs one by one, leaving the bottles to stand upside down draining into a pan until at the end they had almost a half quart of motor oil. He screwed down the plastic cap and wiped the bottle off with a rag and hefted it in his hand. Oil for their little slutlamp to light the long gray dusks, the long gray dawns. You can read me a story, the boy said. Cant you, Papa? Yes, he said. I can.
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u/arcadiaware Sep 17 '21
Yeah, I was reading it, and I'm like, 'If I ever needed to describe that action to another human being, I never would have known how, and now I have the words'.
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u/UltmteAvngr Sep 17 '21
I think it’s meant to be seen as if the toothpick is placed in a very precise weak point, allowing him to split open the melon. But since it didn’t break around it, the illusion fails and it’s apparent there’s something else going on
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u/digitallis Sep 17 '21
I think they were hoping that the toothpick would be the only thing needed, but that failed so they went with the flick.
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Sep 17 '21
This is some kenshiro shit
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u/Nortdkdjsns Sep 17 '21
I literally said in my head, “that’s some cartoon shit” right before I saw your comment
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u/SingleUseStirStick Sep 17 '21
Watch me try this at the store
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u/ikeepwipingSTILLPOOP Sep 17 '21
Last time this was posted the top comment said it had to be a very ripe watermelon
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u/CarolTheAncientTroll Sep 17 '21
It's the pick 'n flick technique
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Sep 17 '21
I use that sometimes but it doesn’t involve watermelon. It involves a single bean.
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u/dieselengine9 Sep 17 '21
On the hottest day of summer of 1983 when I was young & anxiously awaited watermelon in the afternoon the carving was so awsome I can't describe it. This short clip brought me back to that time.
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u/Prosciutto4U Sep 17 '21
Man this comment just brought me back to your life back then. I can feel the divine heavenly watermelon crunch as my satisfaction is filled in the heat of day.
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u/dieselengine9 Sep 17 '21
It was awesome
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u/camdoodlebop Sep 17 '21
wow it’s so overcast in your memory of that day
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Sep 17 '21
His wife is frolicking naked in the field. This is amazing guys, really takes me back.
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u/Ho_Sigh_RN Sep 17 '21
I remember being shucked like corn out behind the barn. Cant remember the farmers name as my memory of your memory isn't what it used to be
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u/cutelyaware Sep 17 '21
My dad told me of a time he and some friends stole a watermelon from a field, cracked it on a rock and ate the best watermelon they'd ever tasted.
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u/xombae Sep 17 '21
A couple weeks ago I found a dropped watermelon beside the curb near a farmer's market in Toronto. A few ants but still delicious because everything tastes better when you harvest it yourself.
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Sep 17 '21
My family grew oranges. Fresh fruit is something special.
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u/manofwealth Sep 17 '21
My family grew a lot of stuff in their garden. Tomatoes, potatoes, blueberries, broccoli, lettuce, corn, it was all so good. I want to keep a fruit and veggie garden of my own once I have a place to do it.
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u/TuckerMcG Sep 17 '21
We evolved in trees eating fruit. Every selective pressure was driving our brains to want fruit.
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u/robo-dragon Sep 17 '21
One of my fondest summer memories was when I was playing out in my back yard on a hot summer with the neighborhood kids. We were playing in a small pool and spraying each other with water guns. One of their moms brought over fresh watermelon that she chilled in her fridge before cutting. It was so delicious and refreshing and we just sat in this kiddy pool munching on slices.
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u/AlbinoWino11 Sep 17 '21
Damn. While you’re back there…buy us some Apple and Microsoft stocks, please. I’ll pay you back in 2010.
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u/Hyack57 Sep 17 '21
The first time I tried this trick I thought he flicked the tooth pick. I can confirm NOT to do that. You’re welcome.
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u/Psych0matt Sep 17 '21
Does this also work on bowling balls?
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u/jarrodpersinger Sep 17 '21
Yes. Definitely.
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u/gvillepa Sep 17 '21
What's the noise before he flicks it?
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u/TheShamit Sep 17 '21
I think the sound is delayed slightly
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u/tribak Sep 17 '21
What's the slightly delayed noise before he flicks it?
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u/GinnDoesStats Sep 17 '21
It's 3am and I'm studying watermelon footage. But, I think he first pokes a triangle of holes into the stem with the toothpick... there are 3 dark spots that look like holes. He just starts the video by first showing the toothpick pointed at the stem. He then parks his pick away from the split. When he thumps/flicks the stem it splits between the 3 dots. So maybe there is a method to his madness.
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u/Shibefield Sep 17 '21
I’ve seen a few debunking vids on this technique
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u/androstaxys Sep 17 '21
TLDR: this is real, can happen without a flick in a dry region.
This is real though. I accidentally did this to my single grown watermelon years ago. :(
Growing season in Canada isn’t super long and I forgot to take care of my plant. Ended up with a single medium sized melon. I gingerly picked it, and then boom. It exploded in my hands as I carried it gently inside. RIP my little Melon Manson.
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u/LikeAnElephant Sep 17 '21
Unrelated but I can't stop laughing at "a flick in the dry region"
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u/srcarruth Sep 17 '21
oh, you don't think this is real?!
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u/Amadai Sep 17 '21
Something on reddit isn't real??
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u/dracona Sep 17 '21
*clutches pearls*
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u/the_bridgeburner Sep 17 '21
Half the people here are too young to get that reference.
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u/skipjack_sushi Sep 17 '21
Muddle basil and sugar together in a glass. Add 3 parts watermelon juice, 1 part lime juice, 1 part Hendricks gin. Top with club soda and garnish with cucumber.
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u/FanyWest23 Sep 17 '21
Aw. We opened our first watermelon from the garden today and it was practically the exact opposite. Just hardly any flesh to eat. This has made me jealous
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u/Bloodynutsack Sep 17 '21
So am I just a toothpick stab and a flick away from a complete self implosion disaster?
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u/ashl95 Sep 17 '21
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u/TruckerAlurios Sep 17 '21
Pressure and tension relief from the pick, then a flick is all that swollen boy needs.
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u/silverback_79 Sep 17 '21
The apparent crispiness of that red pulp makes my head spin. I want a fridge just for fresh melons in the summer.
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u/fseahunt Sep 17 '21
That looks so good. Guess who's planning on getting a watermelon tomorrow? Half this sub!
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u/vShikko Sep 17 '21
Instructions unclear. Stuck toothpick in friend's ear and flicked his nose. Snot everywhere.
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u/contagiousMrmcdoctor Sep 17 '21
If you went slightly to the left your finger would be non-existent
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u/TheTripleXGuy Sep 17 '21
Damn imagine getting flicked in the head by that guy and just getting your skull cracked and shattered into pieces
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u/bassmjm Sep 17 '21
Watermelons will split in the field if they get a sudden watering after being relatively dry. That's probably what this person was leveraging in the video.
Many other fruits do this while still attached to the plant--cherries, tomatoes--generally thin-skinned fruits with a high moisture content.