If the faucet pressure and flow is so big that it spills out without filling the bucket, the spill could reach 4. Given that the walls of that bucket are extremely cold, the water could freeze over the drain, making that the first bucket to fill up.
Because the inlet and outlet of 2 are the same size, 2 will always be filled last, if at all. Once 5 is filled, it will spill out the edges of the container rather than back flowing.
even if there’s no floor, they will all fill eventually. it may cause another noah’s ark situation, but what matters is that all the containers will be filled.
Unless I completely misunderstand how this works, I think 5 is the only one that will fill up. It then overflows, preventing any of the taller ones from filling. 7 is shallower but won't start filling until 3 gets fuller than 5, which it never will. This would be true whether the blockage between 2 and 3 is a mistake or not.
Please help. I have nightmares of being in a room where everyone else is just waiting patiently for me to remember the thing I forgot/figure out what is happening.
The comic used to be big in the ~2000s nerd space, mostly by being one of the earlier video game focused webcomics that hit it big. The author had/has a.... polarizing personality and the comic itself went from dick jokes and game references to super serious miscarriage storyline at the drop of a hat.
That's assuming the valve is open all the way and that there's a bunch of water pressure behind the spigot. It should be entirely possible to create a very slow trickle by having a massive body of water behind the spigot (making it functionally infinite) but having only a small part of the entrance beneath the surface.
5, but it also depends on the circumstances. What liquid is used, temperature, viscosity, etc. There's some material science stuff that's far beyond the intended scope of this question.
5 and 4 are the only ones getting water other than 1 and 2. 3 has a solid line blocking the flow into it, and even if that wasn't there, since 4 has a hole/drain in the bottom and 5 can overflow, 3 can't fill enough to reach the outflow. 5 is the only one that can fill up.
Depends on diameter of the pipes leading out too. They look small in the image, but if they're big enough to handle the max flow out of the faucet, 5 will still fill up first.
Wouldn't scale and viscosity play a role? Seriously, imagine a river vs a capillary tube. Also how many dimensions? And forces involved? Is that a blockage between 2 and 3? Are the walls breakable? How will the fluid hold air? Are the lines into structure 5 lower than the walls? Is this in a vacuum?
There is no mention of any fluid involved, just a faucet. So lets think inside of the box and assume we have some form of 2d-gravity and it is going to rain a newtonian fluid? I think most surface area on the top is draining into 5. If it snows the whole sheet can turn white and the problem is gone, too.
Even if you assume that it is not blocked, it is still 5. The pipe from 2 to 3 is never reached because 4 leaks out the hole in the bottom. Assume that the hole in the bottom is a flaw and 4 still leaks out the top before the pipe to 3 is reached.
I got it! First, the free floating faucet will drop into bucket one. The impact will certainly break its connecting tube and broken 1 + faucet collapse into 4. Therefore 4 will be broken but full of shards.
The number of people in these comments who already understand the self-siphoning nature of water with zero explanation required makes me so proud to be here among them.
Yeah, a lot of people acting like this is some well known thing… I’ve been using the internet since the early 90s and I’ve never heard of this comic, let alone this specific strip so it must be some 4chan shit or other oldschool board.
It's well known in the fact that once you've run across it and someone explains it, you'll usually see it later on without trouble after a few times. Although some forms of it are quite subtle, like this one. The title is the hint, otherwise I doubt many would have caught on. That being said, if you never happened across it, you'd wonder what the hell everyone is talking about. About like any other meme really.
Ha. Trick question! All of them are already full of air, and niether the flow rate nor the direction (or lack) of gravity was specified anyway. You lose. :)
I hate you so much right now. Also I think it's 5
It's only 5. It just overflows.
Depends on the flow from the faucet.
If it is filling 1 faster then water can move between then order will be 1->2->5
If it is slow enough then just 5 fills.
Everything else will be dry. Between 2 to 3 is sealed too. Without lids there is a lot of issues.
I think there's a potential for 4 to get wet, even though it can't fill.
If the faucet pressure and flow is so big that it spills out without filling the bucket, the spill could reach 4. Given that the walls of that bucket are extremely cold, the water could freeze over the drain, making that the first bucket to fill up.
So I would say 4.
Because the inlet and outlet of 2 are the same size, 2 will always be filled last, if at all. Once 5 is filled, it will spill out the edges of the container rather than back flowing.
Technically if it's faster, then at some point 3 will start to get water. Due to 2 overflowing and filling the space between the 2 cups.
6 probably, maybe would, but not 100% sure.
Which means that really 4 can't fill up over time.
Is the faucet flowing?
Yeah nothing will fill up until 5 is full. And then since 4 has a leak it, I think basically ONLY 5 will fill.
The line is blocked between 2-3, so 3,6,&7 don't get anything.
Given enough pressure, bucket 1 will never be filled, and it will overflow to 2 and 3. Depending on the flow, 2 could be the first to fill up.
I like the explanatory drawing you provided.
even if there’s no floor, they will all fill eventually. it may cause another noah’s ark situation, but what matters is that all the containers will be filled.
4 before 6 because of the hole in 4.
2 and 3 at the same time.
3/6/7 can’t be filled, the hole between 2>3 is plugged.
It was your comment that made me realise
It was your comment that made me realize, agtwr a day later. Damn
None. The water is not running.
All the candidates are thanked for their time and asked to leave except you, who get invited to join MIB.
Morons In Blindfolds
Looks like they’re all full of air already
😡
5
Also, you suck.
Depends on how fast the liquid is flowing in.
Or, actually, can they even "fill"? These are 2D objects.
Is this that "loss" comic? Why is everyone mad?
Yes
The actual joke aside, 4 has a hole in it, so it won't.
??? 4 and 5 are not connected
Doh, you're right, not sure what I was thinking.
Cheers, I got you bro.
5 fills from 2, not 4.
And 3 is blocked
Oh yeah, I got so losst
Unless I completely misunderstand how this works, I think 5 is the only one that will fill up. It then overflows, preventing any of the taller ones from filling. 7 is shallower but won't start filling until 3 gets fuller than 5, which it never will. This would be true whether the blockage between 2 and 3 is a mistake or not.
You are correct and I agree, but look again.
At the comments.
Then at the image.
Forget all about the water, and the question.
If necessary, reread the title.
Groan.
Please help. I have nightmares of being in a room where everyone else is just waiting patiently for me to remember the thing I forgot/figure out what is happening.
Help
Okay.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
This ‘loss’ thing is so annoying.
Yeah I don't get it. Why does anyone care if the comic was set up that way and if other people copied it. It's not funny? It's not anything?
It's an in-joke.
The comic used to be big in the ~2000s nerd space, mostly by being one of the earlier video game focused webcomics that hit it big. The author had/has a.... polarizing personality and the comic itself went from dick jokes and game references to super serious miscarriage storyline at the drop of a hat.
Que endless satire.
I have never understood the meme but that clues me in a bit, thank you.
Fyi, it's "Cue endless satire."
Que is Spanish for "what" and is pronounced similar to Kay.
Queue is a bunch of extra letters standing in line after the "Q"
Cue is "it's time" - imagine an actor backstage being poked with a pool cue to get them going.
Boo lol
Goddammit.
By far the most annoying meme and it's not even funny.
Yeah I just got it seeing it for the second time in my feed lol
I think you’re right. Unfortunately, we’ll still have to chalk this up as a loss.
Like losing the game? That was also annoying and the internet stopped doing it eventually.
1 fills up first. the spigot is much winder than the tube so the glass will fill faster than it can drain.
Also rule
who's to say it isn't a slow faucet?
If its not properly installed I will call a plumber to fix it.
That's assuming the valve is open all the way and that there's a bunch of water pressure behind the spigot. It should be entirely possible to create a very slow trickle by having a massive body of water behind the spigot (making it functionally infinite) but having only a small part of the entrance beneath the surface.
5
Wait... Fuck!
5 is correct but this is a loss leader.
5, but it also depends on the circumstances. What liquid is used, temperature, viscosity, etc. There's some material science stuff that's far beyond the intended scope of this question.
Why 5?
1 fills up halfway, which then overflows in 2. The bottom of 2 has a pipe running out of it, which is directed into 5
I depends on the inflow vs outflow of 1 - it might fill up first. But otherwise, yeah, i would say 5 as well.
I actually started to figure out the sequence...then I realized...fuck you, take my up vote
:3
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They said :3
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler it’s loss
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
:::
All of them are already full of air.
What if this experiment is done in space near a black hole
Is full of Hawking radiation and dreams.
is it a loss meme
Dag nabbit, not again!
OH İTS THE FUCKİNG LOSS COMİC
This is assuming this is a cross section of something 3d and not something 2d otherwise air packets would get trapped and prevent some of this.
5 and 4 are the only ones getting water other than 1 and 2. 3 has a solid line blocking the flow into it, and even if that wasn't there, since 4 has a hole/drain in the bottom and 5 can overflow, 3 can't fill enough to reach the outflow. 5 is the only one that can fill up.
Wrong! The room will begin filling with water from the overflow!
Just pick this up and put it into a tub. Now they're all full. Take that math!
But which first
Go in side ways.
If they bothered to drill a drain into #4, I'm sure there is a floor drain.
I'm viewing the edges of the picture as impermeable.
:.|:;DAMNIT... YOU WIN!
Depends on how much you turn on the tap. If you fürn it up completely its 1,else its 5.
Depends on diameter of the pipes leading out too. They look small in the image, but if they're big enough to handle the max flow out of the faucet, 5 will still fill up first.
i hate you.
edit: read replies before telling me that 7 is walled off
but ignoring my loss, if everything is pressurized i think 7 if unpressurized i think 5
The pipe from 2-3 is walled off though.
well i didn't see that lol
7 won't ever fill because the pipe from 2 to 3 is blocked off.
well i didn't see that lol
Ignoring the walled off stuff, can you ELI5 why pressurized vs not changes things and how so?
my logic was that it's the shortest way and therefore has the least resistance and therefore the highest flowrate.
while unpressurized gravity would take over
Might be an airlock? It's hard for me to predict how fluids will really flow
I'd recognise that pattern anywhere, but I focused in on the problem and almost didn't notice your dasterdly deed
What pattern? Judging by the comments this is some kind of trick but I don't know what it is lol
It's the "loss" meme
It’s a reference to this
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss :::
Ctrl+Alt+Delete! Wow there's a blast from the past!
As other replies have said and linked to, it's meant to be "loss"
Though OP slightly changed the template to fit the puzzle, as the right hand corner is meant to have the shorter piece. That threw me off as well.
The left half is definitely a penis. Not sure what it is poking into on the right though.
... fuck.
They are all full already, of air.
All I know is, 7 is leaking out.
Dude, so dark… I love it.
There's only one "one" in the diagram, so I'm gonna say the one marked "1." Pretty easy.
God dammit I was five minutes late
Wouldn't scale and viscosity play a role? Seriously, imagine a river vs a capillary tube. Also how many dimensions? And forces involved? Is that a blockage between 2 and 3? Are the walls breakable? How will the fluid hold air? Are the lines into structure 5 lower than the walls? Is this in a vacuum?
you may be overthinking it
There is no mention of any fluid involved, just a faucet. So lets think inside of the box and assume we have some form of 2d-gravity and it is going to rain a newtonian fluid? I think most surface area on the top is draining into 5. If it snows the whole sheet can turn white and the problem is gone, too.
Also, these structures are all 2 dimensional.
It does not specify what they are being filled with. They are all already filled with air.
The connection between 2 and 3 is blocked.
Damn, I didn't even notice that.
Even if you assume that it is not blocked, it is still 5. The pipe from 2 to 3 is never reached because 4 leaks out the hole in the bottom. Assume that the hole in the bottom is a flaw and 4 still leaks out the top before the pipe to 3 is reached.
1 can also fill up if the flow from the faucet is higher than what can exit through the pipe connecting to 2.
There it is!!! That connector is too narrow, only way it isnt 1 is if the pressure is criminally low.
I came in to comment, "it probably would probably be 5, but I think it would depend on the flow rate?"
But reading the other comments, it looks like I'm OOTL on something? 🧐
im at a loss too
There might be something further upstream. All the way upstream.
::: spoiler spoiler-title point zero, in fact :::
::: spoiler spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(Ctrl%2BAlt%2BDel) :::
5
1
nothin wrong with me
2
Nothin Wrong With Me
3
NOTHING WRONG WITH ME
Neun
I got it! First, the free floating faucet will drop into bucket one. The impact will certainly break its connecting tube and broken 1 + faucet collapse into 4. Therefore 4 will be broken but full of shards.
If you're lucky, one of the shards will block the hole at the bottom of 4
If you're lucky, there is a bottom below the hole that everything is standing on. Otherwise everything is loss in a void.
5
Yes but Title
The faucet
It's a sad day. They all stay empty. Such a loss.
We'll done.
I wish these were drawn as closed containers
The number of people in these comments who already understand the self-siphoning nature of water with zero explanation required makes me so proud to be here among them.
Depends on the flow rate, but most likely 1 if the tap is running fast. Otherwise I have no idea.
Also, what's with these comments? What's so special/clever about this pic?
Someone would say you're at a...loss
Definitely cause your hint isn't helping.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(Ctrl%2BAlt%2BDel)
The boxes are placed such that they mimic the positions of the characters in the comic.
That comic got memed a lot, including a lot of people who "reduced" the characters to just their orientation and position in the comic.
Other examples:
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:.|:;
Yeah, a lot of people acting like this is some well known thing… I’ve been using the internet since the early 90s and I’ve never heard of this comic, let alone this specific strip so it must be some 4chan shit or other oldschool board.
It's well known in the fact that once you've run across it and someone explains it, you'll usually see it later on without trouble after a few times. Although some forms of it are quite subtle, like this one. The title is the hint, otherwise I doubt many would have caught on. That being said, if you never happened across it, you'd wonder what the hell everyone is talking about. About like any other meme really.
I think, Number 7 will stay empty for some time.
Ha. Trick question! All of them are already full of air, and niether the flow rate nor the direction (or lack) of gravity was specified anyway. You lose. :)
This diagram scratches my brain real good, especially thinking about it getting filled
Depends on what comes out of faucet, if that's what it is.
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