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I think what I love the most about this, isn’t that people are saying it’s a hoax. It’s the fact that they are going into detail about WHY it is a fake.
As though there are people out there who actually believe it’s possible and they need to put them right.
Incidentally, I got the trick working. Only I swapped out the water for jello (jelly in the UK). That works fine, and it’s delicious as well.
its really important to spin counterclockwise if your in the northern hemisphere and counter in the south.have to work with the Coriolis effect.
It makes it easier if you remember to spray the glass with WD-40 before you put in the water!
A year or so back I took some pictures during some minor flooding while parked in my car. I noticed spots on the pictures. It took a few seconds before I realized they were raindrops falling rather than water spots on the windows or the camera lens. On my big high resolution monitor I found beautiful frozen images of water droplets falling: beautiful clear spheres.
This works best using gasoline on a table with several burning candles.
Well at least he wasn’t recommending mixing bleach and ammonia.
The title days it all: “Fake” water trick.
How the hell could the smooth inner surface of the cup impart any rotation at all to the water in the cup, specially when you are spinning the cup maybe a half turn?
How does he break the vacuum on the water as the cup is lifted?
Look at the “water” level in the cup right before he lifts it off the counter. Then look at the water level at 1:49… that explains it all right there.