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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 year ago

If you haven't seen this commercial from an eon ago: https://youtu.be/Z8yW5cyXXRc

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

The government shoots down anyone who does this

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Stop giving epilepsy spoilers!

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

This joke is so old it owns a home.

Ba dum tss.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 1 year ago

Neither is falling when connected to the generator. That's nature's cruel joke; the cat-bread dynamo is limitless energy but it can never be harnessed.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

It could perhaps turns a fan due to the air current it generates by spinning?

[-] TaviRider@reddthat.com 30 points 1 year ago

There’s a fatal flaw in the premise. It is impossible to fasten something to a cat.

Even if it were, attaching it to the generator prevents the cat-bread from falling, thus canceling the motion.

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

nope. The cat would land on its feet, then instantly roll around to spread the butter on your carpet.

[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

In that case you can use it as a spreader. Great success

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago
[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I'm concerned about how the generator is connected to that poor cat

[-] GregorTacTac@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

My first thought as well. No straps, just straight into the cat's arse.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Where are you attaching that shaft?! Poor cat!

[-] andrewth09@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Who else thought that was an Arduino?

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Problem engineers?

[-] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except that's the engine part of the generator, which is the part that spins the alternator, which is the part that generates electricity.

So you're just attaching a make spinny part to another make spinny part, which cancel each other out so the cat just remains stationary as long as the engine runs, creating zero electricity.

[-] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cat-bread would keep rotating ~~and never falls~~ as it falls to the ground

[-] bananabenana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Omelas generator

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

This brings up some interesting moral questions

this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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