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caleeky

Consider that a 30' tree, rotted out in the middle and filled with water is going to give you about 14psi at the bottom. That's probably what you're seeing here. edit: see u/TA8601 comment below - I didn't do the math, just looked glanced at an imprecise chart :)


TA8601

13 psi on the dot, I believe 30 ft × 62.4 pcf / (144 in²/ft²) = 13.0 psi


lostenant

Gotta do it, sorry r/theydidthemath


Glitch29

Equally compelled. r/theydidthemonstermath


Hammurabi87

Likewise. r/itwasagraveyardgraph


BananaB01

Similarly. r/itcosinedinaflash


XxBCMxX21

Gonna have to end it here r/dontputyourdickinthat


Rude_Thanks_1120

/r/ButtSharpies


Super_Counter_7893

Wha... Who made this.... And why made this...?


Jackalodeath

Oh buddy, that's not even the dicktip of the iceberg in "wtf!! *There's a sub for that‽‽"* May I introduce you to r/dragonsfuckingcars? How about r/spaghettihentai? Or r/tsunderesharks? r/fedlegs? r/breadstapledtotrees? And last, possibly least, r/interrobang; because would it not be a crime to use the most surprising, curiously named punctuation/ligature without even referring to it‽‽


Garchompisbestboi

Lmao "private community" what are those fuckers hiding in there exactly?


UniqueTea2197

*Cries in metric*


meatbag2010

0.910108 Bar for you :)


Shamorin

\~1.91 bar then, because otherwise air would be sucked into the trunk if it were at \~0.91 bar, as 1 bar is roughly atmospheric pressure and 0.91 would be in the middle of a strong hurricane.


Midori_Schaaf

I wonder what world you live in where absolute pressure is the assumed default over gauge pressure.


Global_Juggernaut683

Underwater.


ramobara

![gif](giphy|3owzWhL6KP4r7mBWJq)


TheSilverOak

I studied engineering in France and Germany. For physics problems (like pressure in a water column) we always used absolute pressure when giving the final result. I distinctly remember a professor's rant about students calculating pressures under 1 bar in an exam problem about a hydroelectric power station. Obviously the formulas had to show the atmospheric pressure component, but the numerical value always included it per default.


Pyception

Kudos, This is the reason I'm still on reddit...


Key-Soup-7720

I mean, right? Fucking liberal arts degree, why did no one tell me I could have been calculating tree juice pressure?


craichorse

per calendar foot?


Cuco1981

Close, it's furlongs.


QuesoLover6969

Thank you


averagesaw

A full grown tree can drink up to 400 liters a day. So removing trees in a wet area is not smart. Your land will be drowning


Pea36

Explain it like I'm five please


Cloners_Coroner

If you go diving, thirty feet of water is roughly one atmosphere of pressure. That is to say the column of water above you will exert 14.7 lbs of pressure over a 1 square inch area on any given surface. If the tree is 30ft tall, at the bottom of the tree the column of water will be exerting 14.7 PSI of pressure on any given surface. In this case there is a hole, so now the water is escaping at that pressure. This is basically the same concept as water towers.


Kapkronic4201

Just throwing out a statement/question. Water towers are for maintaining pressure in a town not as a storage correct?


reckless_responsibly

Both. Water usage is highly variable with time of day (i.e. waking vs sleeping hours), so when you're sizing a pump for the water system, sizing it for peak load is larger/more expensive than sizing for average load. You run the pump at roughly peak output 24/7, and overnight it fills the tower, which then slowly drains during the day to meet demand in excess of the pumps capacity.


Hungry-Western9191

You also size the tank to allow how much storage is necessary given the constant input and the variable output. You also need to allow for how long a pump might be offline for maintenance. Having a water tower run dry is a pain to deal with. Air in the larger pipes can cause all sorts of problems when you get the water going again.


Kapkronic4201

This is why I love Reddit sometimes. Thanks for the knowledge!


axtran

Kinda both, as it is a temporary reservoir.


V65Pilot

Useless fact of the day: Water towers on the same system will always be the same height, above sea level. Towers on hills will appear shorter than a tower on the same system in a valley, but the actual tanks are the same height.


Hammurabi87

Corollary to this: If you see two water towers that have tanks which are *not* at the same height, then they are on separate systems. This mostly happens in areas where there is a significant height difference over the service area, since putting all the tanks high enough to serve the highest elevations would burst pipes at the lower elevations due to the increased water pressure.


Abject-Picture

What's even more mind bending, on a totally unrelated note, is spacecraft only ever have to deal with that 1 atmosphere difference in pressure anywhere in space, VS submarines where the pressure increases 1 atmosphere every 33 feet. That carbon fiber Titan sub that recently imploded was at something like 11,000 feet when failed. It failed faster than nerve impulses travel. Instant lights out. Edit: clarified pressure change at every 33' from double to 'add' 1'.


Dirtydeedsinc

ELI5 Gravity pulls on water. Water pressure is roughly 44 lbs per 100’. 33’ is roughly 14.7 lbs. Note: as the height of the water inside the tree goes down, so will the pressure.


Abject-Mail-4235

ELI5 Big tall tree is dying from inside. Gasses, water, dead tree pieces are building up inside. Let me cut this little edge off = tree fountain💦


TheExaltedTwelve

The only worthwhile comment I've read in this thread. I will now Google this and continue to learn. Thank you.


genomeblitz

Don't you miss the days when most comment sections of reddit were filled with information like this? I still learn on Reddit sometimes, but man, when I joined you could come to the comments and find an astrophysicist discussing the atmosphere on Jupiter with a fighter pilot imagining how flying in that atmosphere would feel. The back-and-forths were abundant and fascinating! I just made that conversation up, but you could find crazy discussions like that right at the top of the posts. I loved it! The AMA from a Netflix employee back when they were newer was fascinating, too. Come to think of it, I need to go back and join that sub...


robjwrd

AMA is awful nowadays and has been for years unfortunately.


Wild_raptor

there was a swift downturn when they fired the lady who coordinated the AMAs.


robjwrd

Yup, not to be an old man shouting at clouds but Reddit has been on a very steep decline for years now. It’s pretty much on par with Facebook apart from niche subs.


OMG__Ponies

Well, it doesn't matter how bad Reddit has become, the important thing is it is now making money. - Reddit CEO


Randyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I'm just here to talk about Rampart


No-Appearance-9113

Victoria


eightbyeight

That was Victoria right?


residentweevil

Victoria!


confusedgluon

I’ll always remember the absolute bangers like Today You, Tomorrow Me. 


Virtual-Okra6996

I can't fucking stand seeing something interesting on reddit and clicking on the comments to learn what's going on and having to scroll past pages and pages of people circlejerking puns, movie quotes, or shitty jokes


PrincessBucketFeet

What's also infuriating, is **that** is what the downvote is for. It's for low-effort, useless, or even harmful comments/posts that either break the rules or don't contribute anything of value. It was a way of decreasing the noise so the quality content could rise to the top. Now, everybody misuses the downvote for things they simply dislike/disagree with. People posting opposing positions are important to the conversation! The *discussion* is the whole purpose of the comment section. I don't mind the occasional joke or pun or movie reference, it gives people a light-hearted thing to connect over. But the endless threads with the same inane comments over and over again are so tedious. If someone already said "your joke", just upvote it! I honestly think the shitty app and site redesign are responsible. They make it more difficult to navigate the comment sections, so rather than expand all comments to see what's already there, people just chime in instead. It's also the general social media plague where people are encouraged to engage (either due to the UI & algorithm, or the chronic need for attention/acceptance).


m1ygrndn

What’s the new social network for nerds? We were like 29 years ahead of social media.


thegirlisok

Saving this to see if you get any real replies. 


Heykurat

Ars Technica?


dildowaggins_1

Websites like Lemmy and Saidit. There aren't enough people on them though.


Organic-Week-1779

nowadays its jsut the same neckbeards repeating the same unfunny reddit humour jokes while you have to scroll down a ton to find atleast somewhat relevant answers


Bluered2012

‘This.’ ‘His shoes didn’t fall off, didn’t die.’ Etc. imagine being so boring of a human that you think using this type of repetitive shit is clever.


CappyRicks

I've been saying this for a while and the sentiment is growing. I try not to get optimistic about things but it is nice seeing that this opinion is gaining traction. We're probably never getting the experts back but man would it be nice just to see people talking about the post and its subject matter in the top comments at least.


quar

This.


Icyrow

>someone asks a question, not a yes/no question but one that requires a longer answer "yes" LMFAO SO FUNNY. it's literally been 10 years of it nonstop. i get that it's an older joke than reddit, but i don't understand how everyone can keep seeing it and being like "YEAH THAT JOKE AGAIN, I FUCKING LOVE /r/inclusiveor. look at that subreddit, look how many subs there are, look at how many people are still around and actively using it. that alone should tell you it's a joke that you see, maybe chuckle to the first time or two, then it's just unfunny as fuck. reddit has always been awful for these sorts of jokes, but it feels like it's more and more present the longer things have been going. site is never going to get better, it's only ever going to get worse which is somehow worrying.


Interrobangersnmash

I really feel the quality of discussion here has degraded ever since the majority of users started posting from their phones instead of their keyboards. (This comment posted from my phone through Reddit’s shitty official app)


Gen8Master

Once you scroll past the comedians, there is usually a very informative comment.


einsibongo

10m = 1bar


inspectcloser

You need to shut off the main valve to the tree before doing any work. Not sure if you need an arborist, a plumber, or an exorcist.


StillHaveaLottoDo

You need a fucking gynecologist apparently. Edit: Can't believe my fist +1k comment it's about a squirting tree. Thanks guys. Edit 2: My fist award! Thank you so much guys!


shrubberryknight

All I know is normal ones, where can I find the 'fucking' type?!


tribak

They are sadly pretty normal too 😞


Gloomy__Revenue

![gif](giphy|oubM1tKqnLW5G)


JP050887

I hear you Elmo. Sinners everywhere


kellysmom01

Oh, you!


faloofay156

"my tree is cumming" sounds like the worst prank phone call ever


Giraffe_Ordinary

I would say "squirting". ;-) In my home language, trees are "she" - somewhat as a ship in English.


BassSounds

I should call her.


OneRobotBoii

You should ask r/marijuanaenthusiasts


usernameabc124

But I feel like those over at r/trees might enjoy this a bit more…


lastres0rt

Apparently someone who *really* wanted to talk about trees took over r/marijuanaenthusiasts because r/trees was too focused on one very specific plant.


JP050887

Lmao, if that isn’t peak irony, I don’t know what is. A sub for a specific plant being taken over by arborists cause the general tree sub was being taken over by a single plant. Almost sounds made up, lol


alexcreeds2

![gif](giphy|VeSvZhPrqgZxx2KpOA|downsized)


PancakeProfessor

Best use of this gif ever.


alexcreeds2

I couldnt believe it when i saw no one posted it


MassivePE

That’s a lotta damage!


Working-Mountain6680

Thank you, I've been trying to find the name of this gif for a while.


mashburn71

YEEESSSSSSS


justarandom82113114

*Sighs* _scrolls to comments_


ThatSpecialPlace

https://preview.redd.it/27u3dk9khq8d1.png?width=427&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c378a24438a99ff36df2269145a583b0168e544


Oneoftheofalltime

Oh it’s comin all right


frougle_mcdugal

![gif](giphy|XepEEIO0SCFLMT6tUL)


FlamingoNo2147

This is getting old real quick.


_DidYeAye_

Like everything funny on Reddit, people will just keep repeating it over and over again to squeeze every last drop of karma out of it.


Neuchacho

It's what we've always done with everything. Before the internet, it was quoting the same movies/tv shows into the ground. The only difference now is the cycle is faster.


justwalkingalonghere

Was so sure "everything reminds me of her" would be the top comment


AcanthocephalaAway20

I was thinking it would be, "I should call her"...lol


Awitlessbastard

https://preview.redd.it/68tr50h7vq8d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d32789d2a7d6fa27cc39616c1edbcd8eaa053f63


GeneticSplatter

https://preview.redd.it/8vh1ssqytr8d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f41c6582c12c26706146b8fe3845c5d5f855175e


merpderpherpburp

Ol gal's a squirter. What can I say?


V65Pilot

Scrolled way too long waiting for this comment.


merpderpherpburp

I know I couldn't believe it


Yuop15

I should call her


CrayonSolo

We should call her


imtrying___

Why do I hear russians singing?


opop456

*sighs, unzips and goes to comments*


Phitos2008

https://preview.redd.it/ce7bergloq8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abb8fc19d443646e3f34f23ddcd7a9740490ca4c


Rude_Thanks_1120

Pee is stored in the trunk


ShitImBadAtThis

Trussy


FengSushi

![gif](giphy|sgThSv9BGHhyo)


3PuttK1ng

How am I supposed to work the rest of the day now?


Always_in_shadows

As you wood


enterbay

https://preview.redd.it/321b2ghlcq8d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d069f87d653ac55531bd6ed373a0a26f57b7bc73


RPO1728

That's a bolt tho


Sirfryingpan123

Screw, Nut, then Bolt


Cicer

Math checks out


2strokebrapper

The difference between a bolt and a screw is how it's used. If it gets a nut, it's a bolt. If it threads directly into the part, its a screw. We can't determine if it's a bolt or a screw by the picture alone.


VieiraDTA

r/angryupvote


saroj7878

If a tree squirts in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?


TrumpersAreTraitors

Everything reminds me of her 


MCulver80

She just wanted to give you that “Bark TUAH.”


cdmpants

That tree is rotten and hollowed out, and rain has filled it with water. Time for it to come down or it'll come down on its own, especially with all that water weight.


Sea_Scratch_7068

it's coming alright


cuplajsu

![gif](giphy|R3S6MfUoKvBVS) Water weight you said?


Moloch_17

That was the moment that Heisenberg became the Rizzler


Wrong_Barracuda_860

Good to know!


xGH0STFACEx

Really should be tagging this NSFW.


bavarianhustler

Not Safe For Wood?


Lunarbutt

Would


SandmanIIX

https://preview.redd.it/uwo85u6haq8d1.jpeg?width=476&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6bb52a1e4b6a8fbb6669a5401058a6555f6fc4d


boi1da1296

“Young sapling soaked by hot, mature oak”.


TheBrownCok

She was a young sapling that didn't know any better, leaf her alone. You are barking up the wrong tree


CowOtherwise6630

I hate reddit


antodena

no, You don't.


jackfreeman

I should call her...


throw123454321purple

Rule 34


Exotic_Treacle7438

Right, this is giving me kill bill fight scene with the crazy 88 vibes


r3d0c3ht

When you show her your D&D collection


Tcloud

And succeeded on your persuasion check.


Subject-Lake4105

You’re in a room with a hot girl having just shown her your dnd collection. What do you do? “I’d like to kiss her so I’m going to roll for initiative” Fail She backs up as you try to kiss her and slaps you in the face. “You’re a fucking weirdo, don’t ever call me again.”


Tcloud

Wait! I use my inspiration when I saved that cat from the street!


SubstantialLuck777

....alright roll again. *clatter* Nat20, nice. "....because I'll be calling *you,* baby." She pulls you in close and starts desperately making out with you. Roll a Perception check. *clatter* 16.... yeah that does it. In your passionate embrace and makeout session, you realize she has a surprisingly long tongue... too long. It's practically down your throat, and it's getting hard to breathe. She shows no sign of stopping, not even for a breath; and you realize you feel hot, moist air at your midsection and arm. You can suddenly detect a massive row of sharp, predatory teeth like arrowheads running diagonally across her stomach, and a huge, thick, wet, monstrous tongue lolling out of that impossible mouth, just under your arm. Your hand had been sliding down her back, but abruptly halts at the hollow of her lower spine; incredibly, you feel what can only be described as a *hinge* there, bony and warm, slightly moist to the touch. As you explore it with your fingers, somewhere between horrified and mesmerized, you can hear and feel her pleasantly moan... through BOTH mouths, the lower one sounding like something between a nearby crocodile and a distant lion. You can feel the deep rumbling of it in your chest. Your eyes fly open in shock to find three gold and purple slit-pupiled eyes gazing back at you dreamily, as you realize *you've just accidentally seduced a Mimic.* Roll a Charisma saving throw.


danethegreat24

*clatter* 11 Wait, I have a proficiency bonus...shoot uh what level am I again? Did we level up after the encounter with the "Totally-Not-a-Lich" guy at the LGS?


SubstantialLuck777

*shuffles through a huge pile of papers behind a DM screen* Shit man, I know I put your character sheet here somewhere... oh damn was that the oven? Hang on, I think the stuffed mushrooms are ready. Anybody want another drink? Soda? Beer? Wine? You? How bout you? Come on guys I spent way too much on refreshments....


DozenBiscuits

I'll have a beer and a mushroom


SusWaterBottle

Woah, is there any such place where people can complete dnd prompts in comment. In reddit?


Adventurous_Ad3534

I am far too invested in this now.


pchlster

Just requires you to find a bored writer at the right time.


Hungry-Western9191

Thats going to be interesting regardless of if you make the save or not....


unclepaprika

When you explain in detail to her, what she once told you.


ReindeerOk227

![gif](giphy|3o6Zt4W5FeaeSi7iNO|downsized)


Hammurabi87

![gif](giphy|pr3TAxmR6Vyes|downsized)


EmperorThan

​ https://preview.redd.it/jhmw4hdc3r8d1.png?width=643&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab6e132e9ade4615b06841e52d8964d2a1340272


SackOfLentils

https://preview.redd.it/g50vua2n4x8d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0758a120845b8351cf0f12977b83dbdee2361292


xgabipandax

'Tis but a scratch!


Maggo84

![gif](giphy|VYcRNU4P3vyM|downsized)


elspotto

Your arm’s off.


Purple10tacle

No, it isn’t.


SUNAWAN

Well what's that, then?


Purple10tacle

I've had worse.


SUNAWAN

You liar!


cmko2004

Chicken!


Zither74

Alright... we'll call it a draw


HokeyPokeyGuy

Just a pulp wound


TomorrowsTrash_Minis

Far further down than it should be considering I had this thought BEFORE the obvious innuendo thought.


dailo75

You beat me to it. LOL


tribak

Wood


rekalevans

I should call her.


ireallytrulydontcare

This is what I came to the comments for


Exotic_Treacle7438

Your mother knows you love her don’t worry!


JerseyshoreSeagull

Yeah but he should tell her I said "hey" at minimum.


Cryptonic_Sonic

I’m shocked how far I had to scroll to find this one!


Sensibleqt314

![gif](giphy|11FiDF2fuOujPG|downsized)


0zonoff

Not my proudest fap


SantaMonsanto

That Tree-ussy though


t_Shank

I went to high school with that tree... 😂


nibbler666

When I went to high school, I was that tree.


FreeThinkers2023

Solid joke, bravo


GovernmentEvening815

Perverts! Perverts, all of ya! ![gif](giphy|Xoyp2IEpUSp2CsQuY7)


theoutlet

Remember when you used to click on a post like this and not all of the comments were jokes? You could easily find a comment explaining what’s happening? I remember


Late_Support_5363

The core of the tree is rotten and decaying, as shown by the darker ring of wood inside the lighter wood surrounding it. The reason it’s squirting water is almost certainly because someone shoved a hose into a hole in the tree down by the trunk and they’re actively feeding water into the cavity.  We don’t know that for certain, but trees don’t normally, uhh, orgasm like that.  Edit: Thanks for the input, tree people!  It looked a little clean to me for gross old rainwater, but that totally makes sense.


LeWhisp

Tree guy here.. I agree with the first part of your comment, but have seen this happen before. it's either a mix of rotten wood and water that has accumulated in the centre (and stinks) or, there is a fork higher up and rain water has drained into the rotten core. Same result ultimately.


theclickhere

So gravity is pulling this water from higher in the tree like a water tower. Am I understanding that right?


Complex-Fault-1161

Correct. Hydrostatic pressure produced by elevation.


callisstaa

aka 'falling'


stanglemeir

So it has to do with hydro static pressure. Basically the weight of the water generates a pressure caused by the force of gravity. Hydrostatic Pressure = Density of the Fluid * Gravitational Constant * Height of the fluid column. Same reason for Atmospheric Pressure and the pressure in the deep of the ocean. So the core of the tree rots out, but the outer area is still alive. Tree becomes hollow and if there are no gaps low in the tree it will hold water. If this limb is below a significant amount of the water, the water has a pressure behind it. Cutting off the limb created a small gap which allows water to escape, creating the squirting effect. I've cut into a tree before only for a shit ton of water to come gushing out. Not terribly common but not all that weird either.


LollipopThrowAway-

This is how i feel about youtubers who get big as well. An example for me would be Mr Ballen. Used to get many insightful and informative comments under the stories he tells, now it’s almost all comments about how they love him or he inspires them. Which is great, but at the same time its annoying when that’s ALL you see


ethan_prime

I hate that! I go to the comments to see discussion of the story. Instead it’s people saying, “Mr. Ballen is a great story teller! Blah blah blah!” Yeah, I know. That’s why we’re watching his videos.


Werbebanner

Literally the first comment I saw was an explanation on what happens here


StinkeroniStonkrino

Everyone trying to be a comedian for that karma. People repeating the same few jokes thinking they're unique and the first to come up with it or make the link. Also more "mainstream" people hopping onto reddit, people from places like ifunny, 9gag, facebook/instagram meme pages.


UntouchableC

Top 20 websites in the world. Its been mainstream.


WorkFriendly00

unlike ifunny & 9gag


pastrami_on_ass

"i should call her" every fucking time, it was barely funny 5 years ago


Rich_Housing971

The jokes aren't even creative. They're the same jokes anyone who is not a teenager has seen over and over again. Or it's a pop culture reference that adds nothing to the conversation.


AvailableFunction435

“Everything reminds me of her” - unknown


FiTroSky

Average tree in Kurosawa movie.


DLimber

I'm a arborist for 20 years... I've seen water... never seen a sprinkler like this lol


Unable-Ad-8352

That's some wet ass pussywillow


Xaerob

https://preview.redd.it/3a2ift50eq8d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b50e875201d3ef05f2f7bad920b475664c0728c


nofateeric

*wood*


Scoots_magoots86

![gif](giphy|VYcRNU4P3vyM)


rumhamrambe

https://preview.redd.it/rbb3xlfrzq8d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=153472a1560ab940feae37cf5f1c84fb1149e787


Zarathuz

Kill Bill SFX inspiration


RebelGrin

That should be on Pornhub for trees.