ThePhoenix88 0 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Granted it takes longer than a day to prep but it happens in a split second when you actually do it.http://www.metacafe.com/watch/825390/how_t..._instant_sugar/ Link to post Share on other sites
Napa_Don 688 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Granted it takes longer than a day to prep but it happens in a split second when you actually do it.http://www.metacafe.com/watch/825390/how_t..._instant_sugar/ Like the guy in a $500 suit is going to make his own sugar when he could get somebody to go to the store. COME ON! Link to post Share on other sites
SBriand 4 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Like the guy in a $500 suit is going to make his own sugar when he could get somebody to go to the store. COME ON!love it! Link to post Share on other sites
showstopper24 0 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I gotta go try that. Link to post Share on other sites
Tehtoe 3 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 That is pretty cool, and I'll probably try it, but going to the store is just slightly shorter than a day+a split second. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 ....Okay, that was pretty darn cool. Link to post Share on other sites
coesillian 0 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 that was cool, but I have a feeling thats not sugar Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I think there's a good chance that's fake. Note how he 'just happens' to go off camera at the exact moment before the transformation. I'm pretty sure it's fake actually, the more I watch it. Just wayyyyy too suspicious that he goes off camera at the exact second that he would need to edit in a new glass, since it's pretty much the only time he ever leaves the frame.Also I'm no chemist but I don't think that it's possible for a reaction like that to have no visible release of energy (gas, bubbling, w/e). Link to post Share on other sites
IQCrash 1 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Definitely faked.If this were Clerks, I'd bet the guy worked for companies making Citric Concentrate. Link to post Share on other sites
hblask 1 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'm leaning about 98% toward fake. The problems: where did all the liquid go? Did it evaporate? Because I don't think sugar contains as much water as a glass of milk. Why leave the screen and put words in front of the glass (instead of below it) during a key moment? Why only mix the citric acid in the top of the baking soda. If all you are using is a tiny pinch of it, why not just take a little of each out of the box and mix them in a bowl or cup? (It reeks of misdirection.) And if the temperatures are so key, why do warm honey and cold baking soda mixture?OK, maybe 99.9% fake.My only remaining doubt is that if you watch carefully when he steps back into the frame, there appears to be subtle changes going on in the glass. But they could do that with lighting, or it could be just noise on the camera.Every time I think about it, my fake % has gone up. It's already jumped in the time it took me to type this. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My only remaining doubt is that if you watch carefully when he steps back into the frame, there appears to be subtle changes going on in the glass. But they could do that with lighting, or it could be just noise on the camera.Yeah that was the only thing that had me unsure, but I think you're right that that could easily be done with lighting or even in the editing room. I'm 99.95% now....BEAT THAT! Link to post Share on other sites
RhinestoneCowboy 2 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Uhh... 100% fake.Do I win? Link to post Share on other sites
davezz5 0 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 A couple of the geeks commenting below reckoned they had successfully carried out the experiment? Link to post Share on other sites
IQCrash 1 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Just watch the washcloth on the stove (right of screen) when he steps off camera.Also, I just tried it and it works 100%. I turned breast milk into Viagra.And by breast milk, I mean sperm.Ron Mexico's sperm.Tastes good. Link to post Share on other sites
hblask 1 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Just watch the washcloth on the stove (right of screen) when he steps off camera.OK, that's pretty obvious. I wonder why they would move that? Did they just walk too near it and the wind made it move? Any remaining doubt (as to the fake-ness of this) is gone. Link to post Share on other sites
runthemover 39 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 she blinded me with science! Link to post Share on other sites
showstopper24 0 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 that was cool, but I have a feeling thats not sugarI doubt it tasted like sugar-it was probably just crystalized milk. Link to post Share on other sites
ShakeZuma 585 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 why is his hot water knob on the right side? Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry_Lundegaard 0 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 100% fake.Milk is mostly water - certainly over 90%, and a few percent fat, depending on the type, and small amounts of lactose and maybe some other sugars. Certainly not enough to transform the glass into an entire glass of sugar. For some perspective, a 20 oz Mt Dew contains about 72 grams of sugar - enough to maybe fill that glass 1/8 full. This glass of milk has more sugar than mountain dew?And what is concentratic citric? Pure citric acid? And they sell that in grocery stores? Link to post Share on other sites
hblask 1 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 why is his hot water knob on the right side?Yeah, that bugged me too. More proof it's a hoax. Link to post Share on other sites
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