Pitch drop at Trinity College Dublin successfully recorded on camera after 69 years

[@jtheexistentialist1221]

"The scientific value is questionable but that doesnt matter." Love it.

[@ubt__________]

No

[@citadelgrad87]

Maybe

[@dorianrustik6880]

Most likely.

[@Kawka1122]

Opinions are divided

[@oscarinacan]

It acts as a catalyst for curiosity

[@raapija]

Imagine the scientists coming to work and checking the experiment for decades only to see they missed the drip every time

[@pizzaivlife]

I remember somewhere one time a janitor almost saw it but stepped out to get a cup of coffee and missed it

[@anatine_banana_69]

@@pizzaivlife he wasn't a janitor He had the job to keep an eye on it to observe it drop. He went to get the coffee and missed it by *that* much

[@AnttiBrax]

@@anatine_banana_69 Yup. That's what I would say too. 😂

[@paddington1670]

youd think having an eye witness see a drop forming, then even not witnessing it but seeing a drop has landed would be enough proof....before technology made it possible to capture everything all the time.

[@justinlabarge8178]

@@paddington1670 there was no extra knowledge gained by watching the drop actually break off, but it is a hilarious catastrophy they it had not been witnessed until this point.

[@pattmahiney]

"It's a pretty crazy experiment. We do crazy things in science." Literally waiting ten years for a single drip to drop.

[@pattmahiney]

@@katowo6521 what's wacky is how much they spend to fund this 😂 but I see your point

[@BlueIceNinja98]

I think he meant crazy literally, not like how we use it to mean exciting as in "That concert was crazy"

[@kylezo]

You mean waiting ten years for a drop to drip.

[@dickartist]

@@kylezo drip drop drip drop haha yes

[@daraotl5187]

@@pattmahiney This particular experiment seems fairly low budget...

[@norm315]

When I read the headline of this video I thought "pitch drop at Trinity college" meant that the choir couldn't stay on key while they were singing.

[@Nighthawk1066_]

Same XD

[@vzvdm]

Same

[@Jac0bIAm]

Lmao same

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I thought it had something to do with language change - the pitch of the Irish accent changing over decades and this somehow being recorded clearly for the first time. LoL

[@SSR00000]

same! 😁

[@cometkite]

The introductory narration is inaccurate. It was already known that pitch was a highly viscous fluid, so this is more of a scientific curiosity or demonstration than an experiment. However, prior to this, no one had actually observed or recorded the moment when a droplet separated from its stem and fell.

[@dacypher22]

Okay, I should have read this comment before making mine. That makes more sense.

[@ultimateidiocy2456]

The drop dripped on camera once but the idiots in the lab lost the footage somehow😒

[@felicityfoo6240]

@@ultimateidiocy2456 easy there. The footage was lost because of camera issues

[@Mattjammar]

@@felicityfoo6240 that's exactly what I would say if I accidently destroyed the footage.

[@cairosilver2932]

How was it known to be a viscous fluid if not yet observed to be?

[@idkman-rr3bm]

The KZbin algorithm is back to its shenanigans.

[@JamesJansson]

Do you also watch Veritasium, Tom Scott and Disrupt?

[@idkman-rr3bm]

@@JamesJansson yes actually lol

[@RedlifeWoW]

@@JamesJansson I'll have to check out disrupt

[@Bibibosh]

They should use lasers to determine drop drips

[@MrDavo511]

@@JamesJansson guilty. the fact you can guess that means you should be the new algorithm.

[@uniworkhorse]

Hypebeasts think they something for waiting in line over night, meanwhile scientists literally waiting decades for the drip smh

[@scoobyskreep3518]

dam I actually laughed at a KZbin comment for the first time in a while haha

[@JuanStufff]

Banger comment. This is why I look down here

[@lancedelacruz4117]

Haven’t seen the word hypebeast in years

[@bugenarpatrol1216]

@Richie Incognito it fits the inner-city theme of the joke setup and punchline our good friend here delivered

[@33screamingfrogs34]

@@darrenokeeffe2452 sounds like you're illiterate

[@mrkrunch4340]

When the title reads "Pitch drop" I was expecting some killer bass line.

[@NoahHornberger]

me too, but I also thought it could have been the speed of sound being altered via supernatural interference at an old creepy christian location in ireland

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

me too lmao

[@ambiguitiy1207]

I was totally expecting some oktavists

[@TheMasterTelevision]

The scientific equivalent of "MUM GET THE CAMERA!"

[@samiam619]

“Hurry, Mum! It’s about... never mind.

[@Mindraker1]

I think it's a valid experiment. There were *assumptions* that it was a viscous fluid until it was actually *observed* in an experiment.

[@aerobyrdable]

Well, yes and no. The viscosity and liquidity of pitch can be measured in other ways, such as ones that don't rely on gravity. This was simply the only time a drop had been directly seen to happen

[@konradw360]

@@aerobyrdable Just because someone has done the experiment beforehand using a different method doesn't make any future experiment invalid. Someone might not know such an experiment has been carried out already.

[@ChuckD59]

Agreed. And it's not like it was a high-maintenance task. Why not?

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

@@ChuckD59 yep

[@jamiewilson187]

Ah but you're assuming it wasn't all an illusion

[@sabosaa]

69 years lol

[@ahoie]

it appears that god has a sense of humor afterall

[@respectoutof-oc3dy]

Nice

[@НазарКулик-ь3х]

69 likes

[@HolowatyVlogs]

Nice

[@I.disagree]

haha 69 f u n n y

[@albertbatfinder5240]

The camera was necessary so that the scientists could get on with their other tasks, such as watching paint dry.

[@jasonliu6213]

“Me trying to release myself in on a toilet after a week of not eating vegetables.”

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

"Me donating water to people in Sahara"

[@NorthForkFisherman]

After deployment eating nothing but MREs for 6 weeks.

[@jameshouston2515]

Weird seeing this in my recommendations. I was doing an internship with this group over the summer that this happened. I remember them setting up the camera but had no idea it ended up on the news.

[@Autotrope]

"We do crazy things in science". Aww that seemed so wholesome for some reason.

[@sixtiespiderman]

"Not gonna lie, we're throwing science at a wall to see what sticks" - Cave Johnson, who does all of his science by himself - no hand holding!

[@theangryotaku3361]

and burns your house down, with the lemons

[@eageraurora879]

Finally; after 69 years my man finally got da drip!

[@Max-zr7hr]

Nice

[@argenisjimenez8118]

Noice.

[@authentic_candor]

Nice

[@Otterbot97]

Nice

[@marcusn9371]

nice

[@mrkeogh]

I remember hearing about this when I started studying physics in 1998. Nice to see it was finally caught on camera!

[@casey5390]

Anyone else here because of veritasium's new video?

[@yaseengamal125]

Yep

[@-doctorwjo]

Yep

[@surfclimbcycle]

The similar experiment in Australia is at the University of Queensland, I used to walk past it often when attending lectures in the Physics building, in the early 90's.

[@DerEchteBold]

I remember that one from QI, it goes on for much longer, doesn't it? And did they manage to witness a drop or get it on video by now?

[@surfclimbcycle]

@@DerEchteBold I just Googled, and found this: smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment So, seems like nobody has observed a drop fall from Parnell's funnell yet - but maybe soon...

[@andrea.dibiagio]

You may not like it, but this is what pitch performance looks like.

[@RealHankShill]

We need to get these guys a camera made within the last 10 years.

[@hisyamahmad9295]

It really be drippin tho

[@EustTube]

That pitch had The Drip for more than 70 years, respect the hustle.

[@rainbowgriefer3767]

The one is Australia is like 100 isnt it

[@petethebeat48]

Only 3 more years to wait for the next drip. Thanks KZbin algorithm.........

[@agnibha_maity]

See you in three years!

[@godofwisdom3141]

One year to go!

[@Meewee466]

Aha pitch has a sense of humor, took 69 years

[@ZeroHp-]

My Aunt gifted me a Trinity College Dublin T-shirt years ago and now it has global significance.

[@krunch3696]

"I'd rather watch pitch drip" should be the new "I'd rather watch paint dry"

[@todabsolute]

1:30 pitch flowing (livestream)

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

Pitch finally drips on camera after 69 years. Scientists: "Nice"

[@MINEFROTRESS]

"was never witnessed so the theory was never proven" so you're telling me that all that stuff in to bottom of the container isn't pitch?

[@238Atrox]

It probably wasn't about verifying that it was pitch at the bottom, it was about thinking it could have been someone salty enough to remember to cut the pitch and let it land in the bottom

[@thestudentofficial5483]

They really insist on 70 instead of 69 years

[@joshuaRyanmcc]

veritasium brought me here...

[@chrisp7641]

I'm glad they finally got it on camera. That's something I've known about since a kid.

[@jimmyfleebot]

The scientific value of the 69 cannot be questioned. What matters is getting the drip out of the tube and into vessel.

[@cabletie69]

Better out than in.

[@I-Human]

I've never seen people be this excited about a drop. But I love their enthusiasm

[@Steph6n]

Ents: "That didn't take very long…"

[@funkdefied1]

Don’t be hasty

[@TheHorseOutside]

HOOM HOOM!

[@leonmayne797]

What language do your trees speak?

[@nerowolf1234]

KZbin set a RemindMe notification for 10 years and it’s making its loops again

[@walnutcove8583]

Drip: *forms a classic shape droplet 99.99% near falling to the bottom but not quite there yet* Scientist: Yep still no proof at all that this is a liquid.

[@davidlazerz8564]

The scientists already knew that because it flowed down the glass and into the beaker below. The journalists covering it "spiced" up the story by making it sound like some kind of mystery because no one had seen the moment of the drop.

[@LiterallyMark1]

Stop commenting about recommendations and actually watch the quality videos.

[@BohumirZamecnik]

What a time to be alive. 🎉

[@CentreMetre]

I like how they say 'a colleague of a famous scientist' rather than the scientist himself.

[@silvervens]

well I think the pitch drop was an time to wait for future drop to reach the real future

[@iMatchEnergyLikeABoss]

Here we are 9 years later….😅

[@altosaxophonie]

"pitch can never have drip"

[@BACNandEGGS]

How much more thoughtful ppl were just 7 years ago.

[@Linkolnverse]

Inexpensive af experiment. Can't hurt :D

[@philosorapper5454]

"Science acts as a catalyst for curiosity." Brilliant way to put it.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

"Longest experiment in the world..." The neutrino guys in Japan have something to say about that.

[@MegaALEXLOUIS]

This will never be witnessed again because everybody will be working from home.

[@veryuncoolperson938]

69 years, nice

[@drivenbyhks1]

And now I finally know the origin of “Pitch Black”

[@MuckingMunt]

Mind blown!

[@jlucasound]

"We do crazy things in science..." Like wearing silly hats. All kidding aside, that is a level of viscosity that I never would have imagined.

[@cooljams_jams]

Really wanted to see some space-time shattering how sound has fundamentally slowed overtime. But gosh darn, I watched all the way for that pitch to drop.

[@tomgraves6463]

While another drip is forming, I will take a break to go out and watch some grass grow. I've heard there is some paint drying somewhere that I may want to watch. (Very interesting and kinda cool, though the idea of instant gratification has been put on hold.)

[@vendetta1429]

I thought this was someone pitching their voice weird

[@ules5799]

when the drip finally drops 🥵🥵🥵🔥🔥

[@iiaethereal7518]

is this the new drip everyone’s talkin bout

[@lvmino2216]

Trinity: Shut up hard black carbonic substance "pitch" you can't have dri- 0:42 Trinity: PPFFFFTTT

[@_quixote]

Is no one gonna talk about the fact that its '69' years

[@nick140pk6]

The KZbin algorithm never ceases to amaze me

[@russellmcmillan2403]

There has been a pitch experiment going on at the University of Queensland since 1927 (I believe) , where 9 drops have previously been witnessed. Google "The 10th watch" for a live feed if you are interested. This experiment was set up in 1927.

[@azrael300s]

So... does this mean I can rip pitch with my bare hands if I had 10 tons of force?

[@yinyang1217]

no

[@yinyang1217]

Wait

[@pabstlite7033]

Probably

[@MorzenMebs]

It would probably work harden and break easily

[@obiknobi8447]

This would be interesting to see with normal glass. I restored an antique dresser with one of the panes broken. When I removed it, it was clear that the top and bottom were different thicknesses. Top measured 1.26mm, bottom 1.62mm. Measured the others with a micrometer, with similar results.

[@superiormusic]

"Hey Trinity, I got drip!"

[@saturatedneowax]

YO MR WHITE I GOT DRIP

[@FenrizNNN]

After _69_ fookin years I got *drip*

[@brick4690]

THE DRIP.......has been DROPPED

[@Steph6n]

now you know what it's like waiting for my girlfriend to get ready

[@synthesis4030]

See you guys in 3 years

[@justanobody1726]

hello from scishow

[@darkrai6543]

Hello to you too

[@moistschmeckles400]

Me too, thanks

[@michaelkeaton5394]

Just so you know, once they set up a camera before, but it run out of battery before the drip fell and when someone recharged the battery the drip was already fallen...

[@arserobinson7118]

So amazing. I bet loads of people would love to sit for ten years watching the test tube, waiting for the drip.

[@liminalb1rds158]

BRO THEM SCIENTISTS GOT THE DRIP

[@coinucopia]

My life is complete, I can die a happy man.

[@him050]

“The scientific value is questionable.” lmao, what a savage.

[@brianisme6498]

He’s just saying that this isn’t necessarily important, it’s just fun to be one of the few people to witness.

[@sealtheeggomelet5942]

Random woman: "Ugh, why are people wasting time and money on this?" Scientists: "Respect the drip, Karen"

[@politicsreporter4247]

Imagine waking up everyday thinking about a drop for 69 years.

[@petterlarsson7257]

69 years of waiting and 420 likes, Nice

[@9999science]

They wanted to make it a "Nice" experiment, so they waited for the right time to record it.

[@callmegary2622]

69 year old drip

[@MagisterVeritas]

For an alien race the interval between the drips is like our interval between drips at a normal tap.

[@equaygaming229]

Be Amazed anyone?

[@Martin-xh1hd]

Lol nope

[@AimeeColeman]

It is a valuable experiement nowadays because molecular simulations of materials used to predict material properties need extreme examples of experimental data to help refine their models. That's such an incredibly viscous fluid, if you have a model that can predict viscosity of it while also predicting viscosity of short chain oils, that's a very impressive model.

[@edbo10]

69, dudes!

[@celebrityrog]

The scientific value regards viscosity, gravity and shows that what we may think of as solids are actually liquids.

[@hpdeskjet2596]

69

[@jbug1979]

I hope they set up a 10year time-lapse video for this next drip

[@alepic202]

They got the drip

[@lordmuiyamcha6345]

69 ;)

[@xirensixseo]

i half expected a pitchfork to drop

[@kakyoindonut3213]

it's a DRIP, that run 69 years, 69?? nice

[@gethglyn762]

Gmm🎉👍

[@du5kmewjw]

gooooood mythical morning!

[@monkeseeaction21987]

Imagine you've dedicated your entire life to your research to only be known to the public as "the colleague of Nobel prize winning physicist".

[@millersaur]

The drip, dropped > The snoop drooped

[@greatscott636]

Today that sentence on curiosity means nothing.

[@ERROR204.]

The scientific value isn't questionable in the slightest just the practical value

[@moo9098]

Meet you guys in 3 years

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Glass is technically viscous too. Glass in very old structures is slightly thicker at the bottom of the frame than the top.

[@AreGeeBee]

Actually, that's not true apparently. That thickness thing has to do with how glass used to be molded or something of that nature

[@poisonivy5077]

Ah, the good ole baffling viscosity of pitch experiment. Thank you, algorithm

[@gh0st_0f_b0b_chandler]

Explain to me how this is an experiment. Pitch is sticky and drips, and water is wet.

[@iFrndlyfire]

The universe I came from; this has still yet to happen