Update: it took time. And then a quick pry with a knife. Saved the dishes. Ravioli saved too but for raccoons outside probably lol. What I learned about physics…sheesh.
Hot ass water
Edit: Clarification: Poor hot ass water on it or dunk it in hot ass water
Edit 2, electric boogaloo: This is dependent on the material, according to my mother
Can I use regulat hot water if I don’t have access to the ass water?
Nope. It has to come straight from the starfish
Ass water can easily made yourself. No need to get expensive store bought ass water
Yeah but KFC or Jack in the box isn’t as cheap as it used to be, the only cheap way to make it requires Taco bell now.
No, it must be from the ass.
Shit.
No, water.
My water is too bougie and I can’t morally exploit it into poverty… Elevated plate it is.
Why does he need to rob the hot water first?
It had it coming
Instructions unclear, bowl still stuck to plate, but is now covered in sexy posterior dihydrogen monoxide.
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OP pls….
OP responded that he microwaved bowl and plate, and that some plastic melted and fused them both.
@Theo@lemmy.world - can we get an after picture?
edit: context: https://programming.dev/post/28471691/16271644
I don’t think I’m your guy haha. I do not have a ravioli bowl unfortunately.
It has been 6 hours since OP created the ravioli black hole that will eventually consume our planet. I think of all the wasted years I spent worrying as oblivion heads my way.
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Like, a bowl is stuck to a plate?
Put the bowl in warm water, put ice on the plate. It’ll release within a few minutes
I’m gonna need an update when OP does the hot bowl trick, I wanna know if it worked
I pryed it open with a knife. Eventually. And wasted the ravioli.
Hey, if you’re using the hot bowl trick, make sure you pay attention to it; if you leave it to get hot and forget, it will be even harder to unstick it because the escaping hot air inside will make a partial vacuum when it cools down.
Cool one slightly while warming the other.
Probably sit the bowl in warm water with ice on the plate. That will increase the pressure inside and aide in the separation.
Why would you want to cool the plate?
You want to create expansion in one and shrinkage in the other so that you have movement that helps break the seal. Technically you could do one or the other, but it’ll create more net change if you do both.
Would you want the opposite?
I thought heading the bowl will expand it slightly and increase the suction, cooling it will shrink it and reduce it.
The air inside is what is causing the vacuum heat the air, expansion, less vacuum. Cool the air, shrinks, more suction.
Heating both likely the smoothest solution.
Thanks! I had not factored that in
I could be wrong, but I really believe heating the bowl is the correct answer.
Hot air expands and cold air contracts. You want the air in the bowl to be hot so it’s not creating negative pressure.
I did not think of that, thanks!
Its the same thing that happens with fridges and freezers. But they have become better at equaling the pressue.
PV=nRT https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law
Change in temperature (T) means a change in volume and/or pressure
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The McDLT solution
did you melt it?
Heat it to make the air expand
Pick which one to save and which one to sacrifice. Smash the sacrifice with a hammer to free the other, break them both and realize this is just so like you and every single thing you try to do starts with a half baked plan, then goes off the rails and ruins everything until you’ve nothing to do but pick up the pieces.
I’m the kind of person who reads step 1, does it, and then goes on to read step 2. I’m happy I’m not OP.
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I also think heating everything up is the smoothest solution. But to offer an alternative, I’d use dental floss to get in between the bowl and plate. If the bowl has slightly rounded edges (I believe it will), it won’t be too hard to get floss in. With the floss you’ll get inevitably some air in… Which will equalise the pressure and break the vacuum.
As an inferior alternative to floss, fishing line could work for this approach as well.
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I feel like this would cause a mild explosion. Not based on any real science, i just imagine that if it’s stuck that good there’s gonna be a more-than-satisfying pop when those finally separate, lol
That said, i really like your solution ✨
Implosion and very very mild, but technically yes
Reminds me of when I tried doing some cocktails with a boston shaker (two metal tins). It’s pretty easy to get those stuck - since metal bends it’s probably easier to get then unstuck than a ceramic bowl, but the cocktail is probably ruined after you have been trying to get the tins unstuck for a couple of minutes. Plus the potential spillage.
I don’t know if you did that, but for anybody struggling with those:
You’re supposed to put them together at an angle, so that the outer wall of the tins forms one straight line from top to bottom. Like this:
To open it you take them into one hand, hold them on the side where they form the straight line. Then take your other hand and gently smack against the part where the both tins connect with your palm
Here:
Since tin tins are hard to break (though not impossible I can tell from experience) you could also use a hard surface and more force if needed.
If they’re still stuck, let some warm water run on where they connect and try again. Although the drink might get watery if you take too much time.
Yeah, I did those. What helped me was using very little pressure when putting the tins together, barely enough to create a seal. Some guides suggest pushing them together with a smack to create a seal, which is rather counterproductive when your issue is not being able to open it quickly.
Oh yeah, if you use them often enough you’ll get a feel for how much pressure you can use, I’m comfortable with using a little smack to close them, but I used to work in a cocktail bar, so I have some experience with them.
Drill a small hole in the bottom of the bowl to equalize the pressure.
Now that is a great idea /s
I’m so glad you used the sarcasm mark or that would have gone completely over my head.
The odd thing is I really also thought it might be a great idea because of the frustration. I was ready to destroy it.
Trepanning is the solution to many of life’s problems.
That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.
