Making ferrofluid from scratch

Back in October, I tried making ferrofluid but I kept failing and I ended up giving up for a while. Months later though, I got inspired, and I spent an insane amount of time researching ferrofluid and trying to make it. It was a very messy and sometimes frustrating process, but I was eventually successful. The method that I came up with still isn't perfect, but as far as I know, it's the best and most functional method available on the internet.
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29:50 "my spikes are just significantly bigger and more impressive". So that's what this experiment is all about....

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first thing I thought

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Someone should go through this video and count how many times he says "distilled water".

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he says distilled water 6 times and water 4 times

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I’m dumb but what makes water distilled water

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@@darceydarcey9502 The difference between distilled water and regular tap water is that distilled water has nothing in it but water, but in tap water there's stuff like minerals and fluoride.

[@kajs867]

Ah yes, the video that started my obsession with ferrofluids. Chose my bachelors thesis to be about ferrofluids and their synthesis, after a year of trying no results of a real ferrofluid.... until now, during my masters I finally made one

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Good job

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How reproducible is his method?

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Ikr?? This fellow makes a strange liquid while I'm sleeping, it's so comforting, I also like white noise and blizzard noises

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Cozette Shaffer Care to elaborate.

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What you did @ 15:30 is used in wastewater treatment solutions. With some added polymer, solids drop swiftly because of the density of the magnetite, clear water left on top. The magnetite is recovered/recirculated. In actuality, the process developed in the 70's was doing the same thing using ferrous chloride addition to influent wastewater, pH adjustment and flocculation. The upgrade to one plant was the massive addition of magnetite to be used as ballast for floc particles and recovered. @15:30 shows why..., normally wastewater would take 30 minutes to settle by 50% with the weight of magnetite it's seconds!!!! Good stuff!

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i watched this video a long time ago and didnt understand any of it, but now im a senior undergrad geology major halfway through a geothermodynamics course, and the moment you said that it was magnetite in a solution i was like “ohhhh yeah, that’s not gonna be straightforward at _all”_ because magnetite really do be oxidizing to hematite

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I had watched this video some time ago, but I'm coming back to this because I'm thinking of making ferrofluid myself (with a friend, whether or not we will I do not know). The first time, this whole process and the result was just fascinating and beautiful, however, now that I'm watching this a second time with the intention of following what he did, I truly appreciate how amazing this video is. I mean really, it's so analytic and just mentions every single detail that, especially in chemistry, is very important for recreation, I am genuinely in awe of how well done this is. Good luck to us, I suppose.

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Is it done?

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let us know if you make some!

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after watching your video about a year ago, i had the opportunity to play with some ferrofluid myself at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. it was so cool knowing the science behind it and being able to play with a huge amount of ferrofluid (it was like a 1x1 meter dish, maybe even larger). thank you for this video sparking my interest in my now-favourite liquid!

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I think personally it would be like blood, or a blood clot. I know thats gross sounding, but its all I can think /:

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I just watched 36 minutes of chemistry without looking at the clock.

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It’s the difference between willingly doing something or forced to

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let him be everyones chemistry teacher

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I've gone back to college and am taking chemistry. i used to watch your videos before and even though i had no idea what was goin on I still found them entertaining. Now that i have a little knowledge under my belt, these videos are even more entertaining.

[@majorzipf8947]

Ferro fluid might be the coolest thing ever. It makes me want to build a character for D&D that is a liquid robot that fights with magnets.

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Wanna see him make a 30 minute video about ramen and be all like "When I added the ramen flavoring, It started to change the appearance and the smell got different as well."

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I read that part in Nile's voice😂

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what about stir bar, a hot plate and not to forget distilling apparatus ;)

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Next April :)

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"At this point though, I realized I should have used a larger container."

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You've lost your noodle!

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Surprisingly informative. I definitely enjoyed watching and revisiting chemistry after 25-30 years.

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I like your thoroughness, and patience, and perseverance

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You know it’s dangerous when using acid is the safer option

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Not the safest, but the one that gives best results

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NileRed: Mine is bigger than yours. Size matters kids.

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Bigger is definitely more impressive.

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*insert idubbbz with measuring tape meme

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my ferrofluid bring all the boys to the yard

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regardless without spikes we do not exist.

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I’m sad I missed out on a chance to get one of these samples. This is awesome. I’ll admit to having made a mess in my garage making the classic laser copier toner and mineral oil diy mix. It always worked”ish” if I had some good powered neodymium magnets. These are awesome. Thanks for doing what you do and sharing it with the world.

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I started a chemistry class a little after I started watching you and now I'm multiple months in I feel better whenever I know what you're talking about

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“separate the weaker particles” I felt that

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Chemical Darwinism

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Probs

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The solution to your stirring is called a high shear stirrer which is perfect for your case. It viciously stirrs the solution without any cyclone forming, almost completely avoiding the introduction of air into the mixture.

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@@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty I like your funny words magic man

[@TheOnlySolipsist]

If you ever become a crazy arch villain, we’d all be screwed. Nobody could do anything as you would release a video fully explaining everything you did to take over the world, including every mistake anyone did in trying to stop you, and how you circumvented those attempts. Stay on the good side, you are absolutely brilliant.

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

if he becomes evil I will personally use my chaotic good dumb fuckery energy to create so many mistakes to the point he can’t even fit them all in a single video and thus try to overthrow him that way

[@Sarah12471]

@@Arctic_and_The_F0X well... When you can't outsmart your enemy the only option is too out stupid them

[@venusthebenus]

Are you kidding? I’d be behind him the entire way. I for one welcome our Canadian Chemist Overlord

[@just_cattttt1620]

And he would have more than two million followers

[@thineevee7345]

@@Sarah12471 lol

[@expeditionadventure8132]

Very cool! Great info & specs; not to understate the plethora of time&work involved! Thanks for sharing!

[@stephan8738]

Your voice and cadence is very relaxing. Thank you for the effort you put into these videos.

[@updated_autopsy_report]

I’m learning basic chem in school right now and I’m always really happy to discover that I understand the process in your videos just a little bit better every year

[@gus5718]

happy gay month

[@AngstyPrinceswagnes]

@@gus5718 happy gay year

[@suicideking6391]

@@AngstyPrinceswagnes happy gay decade

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@@suicideking6391 happy gay century

[@toomuchiridium]

happy gay millennium

[@snozzmcberry2366]

"Hope the .. length didn't kill you." I absolutely loved every second of it. Very happy for you, and that end-product looked amazing.

[@jeffvader811]

I didn't even realise that it was so long.

[@non-inertialobserver946]

Lmao I read this while he said it

[@wreckinoof3608]

Your incredible man, this vid kicked off my 6th grade project, and supplied over 5 pages of notes, and the process to do it. Thanks!

[@snakearux2]

I love sciene/chemistry videos because they help me sleep at night but at day time i learn about something interesting

[@veeisntcool]

Nile: smartness noise Me: hrrrrrg spike water

[@weltschmerz_cairn9549]

Hi there random Homestuck!

[@REALcrizon]

o k k a r k a t k i n n y.

[@bingus7367]

woo homestuck

[@REALcrizon]

abby IM NOT A LITTLE KINNY BOY IM NOT >;(((((

[@kokichiouma1831]

egg - o k k a m a k u r a k I n n I e

[@TACCOFSX]

"I've been thinking about ferrofluids way too often lately to the point where I've been literlly seeing them when i close my eyes"

[@ahobimo732]

Have you poured ferrofluid directly into your eyes recently? Because I think that might be bad for you.

[@YuainLucky]

I could honestly screenshot every time the Ferrofluid shows up and turn them into desktop backgrounds.

[@DISLEX]

This is one of the most ridiculously incredible and incredibly ridiculous videos I have ever seen. Awesome work!

[@bitchiro2478]

Me: it's just steel wool My brain: cotton candy

[@purplepeak8575]

Forbidden cotton candy.

[@cinnamonshake45]

I want it soo much

[@cosodesign8953]

This comment made my teeth hurt

[@Thor_the_Doge]

Ikr

[@SeMake]

Think about shitting it out

[@taicanium]

"I found it was much easier to just use circuit board etchant." *Slams giant 4-liter bottle.*

[@boxes_of_boxes]

I love how the stuff he uses is either so much money for a tiny vial or a giant jug for a reasonable price.

[@SIX_CENTS]

@@boxes_of_boxes the little shit counts

[@JBantha]

2:15 btw

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

That actually made me laugh. I honestly wasn't expecting a huge bottle since most of the stuff he gets is in tiny bottles.

[@diamondcreepah3210]

*slaps bottle* this baby can hold 4 litres of WhateverTheHellHeNamedIt

[@eternalphoton]

The making of magnetite was mind blowing 🔥🔥🔥

[@adonna2000]

I really appreciate the way he explains fairly simple scientific words and processes and manage to not sound like an asshole. He understands that most of his viewers either don't understand or haven't dealt with these concepts in a long time. Great job!

[@mmm_mmm4935]

I think its also because he really loves doing chemistry and so explaining it must be really fun for him :)

[@pashaveres4629]

@@mmm_mmm4935 Like (my main man) Richard Feynman talking about physics! "Well, y'see, the molecules in the cup of coffee are jiggling - they're jiggling more - heat is a measure of jiggling - ..." Nile is in good company.

[@Ken-gv2ql]

I love the way he goes from talking about 2 iron 3 ions to "some brown stuff"

[@zakkvile7803]

I love the way people automatically assume they are being "talked down to" when a more intelligent person tries to explain something to them. Must be hard being that stupid.

[@feltstuffing]

canadian

[@hachinavio]

I love watching these videos and pretending like I’m smart enough to comprehend them

[@YuniX2]

Yeah, I get it on a very surface level thanks to the AP chem I took in highschool, but it's been a decade since then so my knowledge is very fuzzy, and he moves a bit too fast for me. It certainly makes me want to retake some basic courses on the subject and see what I can do though. If only student loans weren't a thing, I'd be going back to school for fun.

[@nothayley]

I *love* that he includes all of the equations on the screen.

[@alalwi]

same here

[@bourgeoisiecoco4835]

Your comment is giving me life

[@hojin9626]

@@YuniX2 what's your major?

[@sarahploof513]

Ok so I grew up on the show "how it's made" and your channel is so cool! I've always loved science and your channels are like science ASMR for my brain❤❤❤

[@jenniferkeatts7839]

glad I finally found an easy DIY project to try out with my kids!

[@kypdo1713]

Easy, not dangerous, cheap... Perfect !

[@thomasmussmann8321]

Just make sure you use gloves to touch it if you do it stains pretty badly

[@jacksonhendry4709]

Just tried this at home. Very NOT easy. I was not very successful my first try.

[@lunarbutterfly3394]

@@jacksonhendry4709 r/whooooooooosh

[@whoopssteyrs]

Katelyn H. well r/ihavereddit r/wooooshwith4os you got wooooshed, you egg

[@raman3250]

Seller: So how much distilled water do you want? NileRed: yes

[@Dolfinswimmer]

He probably just makes it lol

[@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611]

@@Dolfinswimmer yeah,just boil and collect vapour

[@rgbgaming6950]

*-ill take your entire stock-*

[@whythehelldoineedahandle]

Supplier: *umm we dont have that much*

[@harrietramos8691]

I just watched 36 minutes of chemistry without looking at the clock.

[@margaretneanover3385]

What you showed is the older theory that magnets hold universal attraction..in essence. When watching another video, the placing the compound on a magnet was awesome and educational. When it was dripped on a turning spindle, then placed a magnet underneath it spun. Then add another coat , it stopped. The formula as it seems to science then is that it made mountains. It might have inadvertently assisted ..it's pretty cool to see what all it can be thought of

[@nugboy420]

Dude I fucking love these videos. I really do. And I miss the long form videos. I got my daughter somewhat into chemistry thru these. I know life happens I see you moved the lab again. And I see a lot of your shorts. Maybe you got a real job or something but I was excited when you dropped the last long ass video a few months ago and noticed a long time between the second most recent video. I feel like I have literally watched most of this channels videos at least twice. I hope to see more soon tho

[@sadverysad8532]

me: browses for rock music "wait lemme watch this first" *instantly gets hooked and watches every single vid for a week* smort

[@zuzannaczerwinska2635]

Literally same, i started watching it when i was drunk and ended up watching whole channel at last lmao

[@xoxobubonicbaddiebimbo9169]

@@zuzannaczerwinska2635 I was stoned dude I feel yeah. This video gave me a panic attack but like... I loved it

[@sadverysad8532]

@@zuzannaczerwinska2635 *clapping* congratulations you are a smart person :DD

[@sriramsankar8958]

Chemicals are awesome ❤️

[@invalidargument3340]

i swear, this is exactly what i was doing.

[@nathanwatrous1519]

I do realize that this video is 2 years old, This was absolutely fascinating and amazing to watch. This is great science with great commentary. Keep up the great work man!

[@cryptoinsider9305]

Graphene Oxide in Vaccine?

[@nanosarbaz]

I do realize this comment is one week old, This was absolutely amazing to observe. This is good writing with great commenting. Keep up the good words man!

[@fractal5764]

I do realize this comment is 6 days old, This was absolutely amazing to observe. This is good writing with great commenting. Keep up the good words man!

[@evqngxline]

@@cryptoinsider9305 no, you insolent fool. there is microchips- (I’m just kidding no absolutely not do your research)

[@confusionthe2nd51]

I do realize this comment is two weeks old. This was absolutely amazing to read. This is good writing with great commenting. Keep up the good words man!

[@ebbelinderoth-olson230]

7-8 minutes finally made me understand steam boiler chemistry! Thanks!

[@Jawru]

I’ll always giggle to myself hearing you say “not only are my spikes bigger, they’re also more impressive”

[@ryanfrick2190]

"........using acid is easier safer and faster. It also gave better results" I wonder what someone without enough context would think.

[@dedley2664]

Death

[@elliottwieck4715]

Dead body

[@ashleighw9222]

disolving corpses i misspelled that

[@MeteoritePlayz]

Bones

[@TotallyNotSena]

That you're disposing a body? Not that I know anything about disposing bodies. O-O

[@djdjukic]

Damn. You just made me feel sorry for commercially available ferrofluid.

[@Memerino-ly7yr]

Windows 2000

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Windows 2000

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Windows 2000

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Windows 2000

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Windows 2000

[@bynight253]

You should seriously make more and start selling it. My son would LOVE this stuff!!! He just loves to experiment with everything. I really feel he will be going into science 🤞 he is 6 years old. I literally just stumbled upon your video and awesome stuff you have. Thank you for your amazing work Hi from New Zealand 👍🇳🇿

[@melnbenaguilar4876]

Intensely cool! Me and my kiddos were deeply intrigued. We love all your video no matter how long! 🤜🏽🤛🏽 🎆

[@Sciencedoneright]

My fav part is the lubricant drawing lol That was actually modern art dude

[@lagtim327]

You're actually not wrong! I'm by no means an expert, but I do love sharing trivia knowledge. That being said, have you heard of _'Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue III'_ by Barnett Newman? It was created in 1967 and destroyed by a disgruntled painter in 1968. If you've looked it up already, you've seen it's a vast plane of pure red--18 by 8 feet!--framed by a vertical, blue stripe on the left and another, far thinner yellow stripe on the right. At the time of its debut display, and even today, it was absolutely reviled by a majority of the art community. The museum received letters describing visitors’ disgust and dismay that the institution would deign to show such a work, which in their opinions fell firmly into the category of “my kid could do that.” The piece was vandalized in '68 when an asshole painter decided to take a box cutter and slash along the painting's length--the slashes totaled fifty feet, altogether. Now, there's a discussion to be had about the meaning of the painting and the reactions to it, but I'm here to talk about the much-overlooked 'technique' aspect of this piece. The painting was restored (to the protests of the art community) after about four years, and put up for display. And then, when return museumgoers came to either admire or revile the fixed piece... it was finally realized what was truly lost. When the restoration was unveiled, it was as if the life had been sucked out of the red itself. They somehow killed the most vibrant, attention-grabbing, passionate color our rainbow has to offer, and instead put its taxidermied corpse on display. The red was the same shade, the same hue, the same value, yet somehow it was... dull. Flat. And... off. Not as uniform, perhaps? What _happened?_ The restorator applied the red paint over the _entire_ red section with a fucking _paint roller,_ that's what happened. I'm just gonna copy-paste this part from an article on 99percentinvisible.org on the subject: _"Conservators [should] try to preserve as much of the original material as possible, touching only the areas that need treatment. They should also really study the artist and look at their past work in order to get a sense of what the artist was trying to achieve. ...With these rules in mind, the Stedelijk [Museum] phoned up practically every conservator in Europe. The biggest challenge was the very simplicity of the painting. The busy texture and detail of a Picasso or a Rembrandt often help to mask repair work, but Newman’s canvas was mostly just one big swath of uniform color, so any sign of repair would stand out."_ The techniques behind Barnett Newman's 'Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue III'_ cannot be replicated without extreme diligence. The painting used no rulers--the edges of color were razor-straight by the artist's own hand. The paint was painstakingly applied--the resulting acrylic swath of red was perfectly smooth. No variation in color, no light spots or dark spots, just all one singular uniform *red.* Even physically, the paint was applied in painstakingly purposeful layers, smooth to the point of glossiness. (Good Ending Note: As of 2014, the painting has finally gotten the care it needed and has once again been put up for re-display in almost all its former glory. Yay!) Now, I went through all this rigamarole to make a point: Niles' piece didn't have much thought put into it _as_ an art piece, but I do actually find the three canvases to be a sort of modern art. If we wanna be pretentious, I guess it could also count as a triptych if displayed as such. Niles applied his own fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants techniques to create a colloidal liquid that has artistic properties unique among both mass-produced ferrofluids, and black paints! Not to mention the very unique way the paint was applied. *Niles really did just create a new modern art technique!*

[@Sciencedoneright]

@@lagtim327 dude I can't read a comment THIS big

[@Sciencedoneright]

@@lagtim327 I just read the last line and I'm happy

[@theonlybilge]

@@lagtim327 Except one is good and the other is quintessential shit modern art.

[@lagtim327]

@@theonlybilge : I'll have to disagree. Modern Art today is abused by people who want to make a quick buck. It goes like this: 1.) "Artists" with connections in the upper-class with shart onto a canvas, slap a name on it, and price it at something-odd-thousand dollars. Let's say, $400,000. 2.) Then, someone with too much money comes along and drops $400k on the shart-canvas. 3.) The rich person then donates the shart-canvas to an art museum, which means they can now write off that $400k as a charitable donation and get most of it back at the end of the year during taxes. 4.) Lastly, the artist will split the $400k they made with the rich person who bought the piece. In the end, the "artist" and the rich asshole have both profited $200k by playing the tax system for profit (minus what little the rich person didn't get on their tax return.) The art museum is stuck with shit, because the only thing anyone seems to donate anymore is, well, shit, and Modern Art's reputation goes down the shitter. THAT is the real villain of the 'Modern Art' world, and the reason the term is now automatically associated with 'lazy bullshit'. If you do care to look into it, Modern Art has a rich history filled with talented, thoughtful artists such as Barnett Newman.

[@cupcake_gurl5357]

I love the term “high tech milkshake maker”

[@christianschmitt2409]

@@melkerclaesson6570 honestly, i'd probably buy it

[@christianschmitt2409]

@@melkerclaesson6570 who doesn't like milkshakes?!

[@mithmoonwalker]

AH YES we shall use this highly technological dairy water in a gooey form of a "milk shake" sythesiser

[@zl_nxy.5927]

Lmao

[@adamnapples8920]

No one: Abseloutly no on: Nile's wall : y'kNOw SpOoN

[@annesophieg-n]

these little bottles look SO FUN

[@tonk_user_lol]

*scientist amplifies his skills* *nile disrupted opponent’s skills* *nile wins

[@daxtalbert2774]

Nile: "So I kinda went into full try-hard mode." He makes it sound like he accidentally crossed the threshold of normal mode. So what mode are you normally in?

[@teethsjuice]

Creative

[@edwardcoello9168]

Lmao

[@bles5959]

@@teethsjuice survival

[@evqngxline]

bill bye limited edition mode

[@drnovawhirlpool3386]

Creative as well

[@sprouth5177]

27:30 "Strongly attracted to itself and strongly repelled the rod" .... Sounds like my Ex

[@L_Martin]

Sorry your rod doesn't attract 😢

[@justakidicarus1191]

This made me fall onto my floor laughing and I don't know why.

[@LeomoLeite]

@@justakidicarus1191 no you didn't

[@justakidicarus1191]

@@LeomoLeite How would you know? And If you say you were watching me I am going to track you down and deal with you myself. No witnesses.

[@unprankable666]

Damn man/woman. Savage.