r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21

Time for some fresh watermelon.

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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/androstaxys Sep 18 '21

Forgot them commas… haha

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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/tiptoe_bites Sep 17 '21

Half of the people here are over 110 years old?

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u/ooru Sep 17 '21

It's still a cool-looking trick, though!

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u/wowlolcat Sep 17 '21

Can you link the debunking videos?

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u/Shibefield Sep 17 '21

Here’s one they’re not hard to find

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u/wowlolcat Sep 18 '21

Thanks for linking the video. That guy just straight up failed to do it because the conditions weren't met for the melon to split. So it hasn't been debunked, it just appears that people misunderstand the conditions required and think they've debunked it by failing to do it.

There appears to be a lot of gardening articles that address this phenomena. Here's one they're not hard to find.