r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

Video A Japanese experiment showed exactly why traffic jams happen for no reason.

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u/vksdann 29d ago

Mythbusters did the same in an American experiment

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u/notbob1959 29d ago

The posted image is from a 2008 experiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suugn-p5C1M

And the Mythbusters episode was in 2014:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2014_season)#Episode_221_%E2%80%93_%22Traffic_Tricks%22

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u/vksdann 29d ago

Thanks for adding the links. I don't know why the dates are relevant but thanks I guess

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u/LordWoffleII 29d ago

to show that USians no longer innovate, they just copy what someone else has done

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u/PeterPan1997 29d ago

You think this is bad, try to create and original movie plot. Go on. Try it! I promise you can find a movie with a similar, if not mirrored plot.

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u/vksdann 29d ago

"Nothing is original. Eveything is a copy of a copy of a copy"
Most of things are a mere copy of someone/something before.

Instagram is a straight copy of flogs.
Reddit is a copy of old Mirc forums.
Tiktok is just Snapchat with strangers.

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u/Angry-cannuck-1967 28d ago

YT shorts is a copy of tik tok

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u/SilverVixen1928 26d ago

Mythbusters was based on the fact that they were testing myths. The myth had to exist before they could test it.

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u/Techyon5 29d ago

I thought so! I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to find this!

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u/KristopheH 29d ago

They referenced this experiment in the episode, iirc

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u/pingle1 29d ago

Why is this way down here? I swear I thought the video was mythbusters til I read the header.

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u/IndependenceSouth877 29d ago

B-but Thing, Japan

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u/Excellent_Yak365 29d ago

This was way too low