I bet some of you already know this but as it is the best experiment ever I thought it would be nice.
What you have to do is just mix some cornstarch whith water in a preferably big container. You'll get some kind of dough. Ok now touch it. Well, funny isn't it? But now punch it with all your strenght. Now that's funny!
It is simply one of the funniest things I've ever done.
Lol, you can watch your fist sink into the goopy stuff moments after your wrist shatters from the initial resistance.
What is "cornstarch" ?
Cornstarch is so fucked up.
>>4
I did google it already. However it looks like nothing I know (except that kind of corn flour we call Maizena around here - even though Maizena is a trademark - but I don't remember it having those properties).
As we are in /food/, I thought it would be appropriate to ask for some discussion about that. Enlighten me. What do you do with cornstarch, except silly experiments, puddings and biodegradable blu-ray discs ?
>>6
Biodegradable Blu-ray discs?
Anyway, corn starch is usually used as a thickener. It has no flavor but it congeals when heated so it makes mixtures thick. You can also use it to coat things that are sticky, like dough, so they are easier to work with. Some people use potato starch.
>>8
Not exactly right... users there can always edit it to something false. so some 3rd grader could get information that babies come from ministore down the street... poor 3rd grader,,
>>11
Plus, babies do come from that ministore down the street. Gee, how wrong can one be...
Playing with dilatant fluids, eh?
Cornstarch and something else is used to make bio-degradable plastics, I saw this at a science show on tv ages ago, and I've heard it from plenty of other sources, wikipedia excluded as I've never felt the need to look up cornstarch on it.