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[personal profile] pseudomonas 2011-06-13 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Corn syrup or cornflour?

[identity profile] fluffcthulhu.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you implying that I am sweet?

[identity profile] eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
hahahahaha and the little mud people go jumping to their death

[identity profile] channelpenguin.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Ultra-coolvid,but one small correction: that's not corn syrup - it's a cornflour(cornstarch in the US) colloid displaying its dilatant properties i.e. stiff when pushed/compressed, flows otherwise. I spent TONS of time mucking with cornflour as a kid.

Corn syrup is the evil high-fructose sweetener popular in fizzy drinks and processed food (especially in the US).

The opposite to dilatant is thixotropic: flows when pushed, solid when left alone - paints are often deliberately made to behave like this.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
Cool.