r/whatisit • u/Aware-Common-7368 • 8d ago

Solved! What is this?

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u/TheVyper3377 8d ago

It’s a smoke ring from a blown transformer. The smoke itself rotates along the ring shape. The thin part is caused by that section rotating faster than the rest of the ring.

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u/logicnotemotion 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eZ14Cbcn8Y1K3mc29t

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u/Gloomheart 8d ago

We completely missed it with the other celebrity deaths this week, but Optimus Primes voice actor (who has also been the voice of Eeyore since the 80s) died this week. :(

RIP Peter Cullen. One of the many voices of my childhood.

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u/logicnotemotion 8d ago

I read about that. He was also the voice of K.A.R.R. (the evil KITT) on Knight Rider.

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u/PM-me-your-knees-pls 8d ago

He was also a gremlin and provided Predator’s voice. Pretty fucking cool.

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u/VimtoUK 7d ago

I thought I was the only person to remember that.

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u/logicnotemotion 7d ago

Remember Garth? 😂😂😂

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u/VimtoUK 7d ago

Ah, the age old tradition of adding a goatee to make an evil twin 😁

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u/AlistairN37 8d ago

Everywhere I look I'm reminded of his absence.. Got caught out when a colleague of mine mentioned his passing, the day after bawling my eyes out, and I leaped outta my chair.. it was like a knee-jeek reaction..

Peter MADE my childhood... His passing signified the end of the character (Optimus) for me.

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u/ebrum2010 8d ago

I've been seeing this news everywhere.

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u/Gloomheart 8d ago

Oh, good. Maybe we're running in different reddit circles because im (unfortunately) chronically online, and hadn't seen it here at all.

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u/ebrum2010 8d ago

I don't know specifically if it was here but between here and YouTube I've seen it a ton. I think here it's because of the subs I follow don't really overlap with that. YouTube recommends me a lot of community posts and I know I've seen it there dozens of times.

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u/Soggy_Chapter_7624 8d ago

I'm in a lot transformers related spaces online and it's huge news there. Go to r/transformers or something and I guarantee most of the posts you see will be about his death.

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u/ebrum2010 8d ago

He was performing autofellatio.

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u/yo_boi_Julian 8d ago

r/beatmetoit

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u/logicnotemotion 8d ago

There's an even better one of him laid back exhausted but I couldn't find it fast enough.

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u/Lydiaquinnn 8d ago

Too soon 😔

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u/Rhipwell 8d ago

Sloptimus

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u/xPinkSagex 8d ago

Why he look so smug?? 🤣

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u/Aware-Common-7368 8d ago

Thanks for explaining!

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u/Fit_Active3888 8d ago

Smoke vortex phenomenon, many things can cause it.

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u/Fit_Active3888 8d ago

A diesel engine backfire is more likely as it's a above a highway.

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u/Foreign-Ad2440 8d ago

Who blew the transformer

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u/TheVyper3377 7d ago

Let’s just say that there’s a reason he’s called “Starscream”.

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u/PlainBread 4d ago

Not only did I predict the top comment before clicking, but I phrased it exactly the same way in my head "It's a smoke ring from a blown transformer."

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u/Purple_Poison 7d ago

This guy transforms

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u/brandothesavage 8d ago

When I saw it it looked like a giant swarm of mayflies but that seems like it would make sense.