Ged MaheuxMar 1, 2024
Immediately tosses all my existing subpar teapots out the window… 😢
Show threadUli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)Mar 1, 2024

@gedeonm I can't aim from those distances anyway, my cup is much smaller than this sink, and the tea tastes the same, I’ll pour poor, thank you.

(What is it with rating items by random criteria that barely have any effect on typical uses of an object?)

Show threadthe gripe ibisMar 2, 2024

@uliwitness @gedeonm craftsmanship, personal satisfaction, the deep focus that comes with having a special interest, i can keep going.

the video is not an attack. it's okay to pour tea normal style. in fact, you can even use teabags. it's not against the law.

just watch the pretty water go bloop, you will feel better

Show threadthe gripe ibisMar 2, 2024

@uliwitness @gedeonm i must insist you never watch knife-sharpening videos. if this annoys you, them shits will send you right over the edge.

they are amazing.

don't watch them.

Show threadUli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)Mar 2, 2024
@thegarbagebird @gedeonm Agreed on both counts. All these videos (tea and knives) are gorgeous, and I'm grateful to see them, but also, it just feels so weird that so many of them create this parallel world in which a certain criterion is so disproportionally important.
Show threadthe gripe ibisMar 2, 2024
@uliwitness @gedeonm yeah, that's the hard part. the content economy rewards the game-ification of anything and everything. add to that the aspirational nature of influencers, every video can become a benchmark; why aren't your knives this sharp? why is your teapot so splashy? let me tell you about sleeping duck mattresses, they help me sleep great in between obsessively checking the lighting in my kitchen, the algorithm has decided lighting that is below 25ooo kelvins are demonetised now because someone made a joke about the desaturation in marvel films, and the AI can't tell the difference.
Show threadUli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)Mar 2, 2024
@thegarbagebird @gedeonm Admittedly, as a bloody westerner, I didn't really have “tea ceremony" on my radar, thanks for pointing that out, @Chancerubbage ! Of course for stuff like that, it becomes important. The lack of context on a single social media post sometimes just draws out pet peeves and realizations about other content. So much of social media follows the capitalist line of "buy this or you won't be happy” that we see it even in things that are counter to it.
Show threadChancerubbage

@uliwitness

You can make it entirely westerner science nerd mindset as a study in laminar flow, which can really be quite remarkable in its properties once you have met the conditions. There are probably dozens of YouTube vids on just that aspect of water. Fluid dynamics.

And with the history of pottery and ceramics, there are some remarkable pitcher/tea pot designs that whistle, only pour a certain amount before’ reset’ and do other seemingly magic things.

Mar 2, 2024 at 1:50pmIvory for iOS
Show threadFirehorseart Lives!Mar 2, 2024

@Chancerubbage @uliwitness

Other 'magic things' may include pots with 2 chambers, for different fluids from the same container.

Also known as the assassin's teapot!
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Here's a short video explaining how they work:
https://youtu.be/kkrgUT70Mbo?si=jjX35UHltbdiKNZv

The Assassin's Teapot

YouTube
Show threadChancerubbageMar 2, 2024
@srfirehorseart @uliwitness I was trying to remember the examples. Yes just placing a finger over a different air inlet.
Show threadChancerubbageMar 3, 2024
@srfirehorseart @uliwitness
The ones that make bird warbling noises are pretty interesting.
Show threadFirehorseart Lives!Mar 4, 2024

@Chancerubbage @uliwitness

Oh, nice.
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