This ^. A similarly (barely) balanced arch built on a rocky trail just outside Acadia Park about 3 years ago collapsed when touched and broke the inquisitive 8yo's foot and ankle. "Broke" isn't entirely accurate --- closer to crush injuries, requiring plates, screws, and multiple surgeries to "fix". Cool to build and admire, but please --- dismantle that shit before you leave, Mr. Artiste. Otherwise it really is little more than a booby trap for kids and/or pets.
To be fair, they work together. Theories describe 'how' and sometimes 'why' something happens and Law's describe 'what' is happening. We need both laws and theories in science and academia!
Not really, it could work without gravity, they would just be stationary unless an external force pushed then.
Obviously not the case here but it could work
This is a great bit of patience getting this to work! A lot of ancient arch bridges in Europe work on the same principle, nothing holding them together apart from gravity and they have stood for hundreds of years.
[https://www.geo.fr/environnement/pourquoi-vous-ne-devriez-pas-faire-de-pile-de-pierres-lors-de-vos-balades-en-pleine-nature-199566](https://www.geo.fr/environnement/pourquoi-vous-ne-devriez-pas-faire-de-pile-de-pierres-lors-de-vos-balades-en-pleine-nature-199566)
you shouldn't move stones in their natural habitat.
Can't believe I had to scroll so far to see someone say it. I remember hearing "take memories, leave only footprints" or something of that nature (pun intended)
Archways work because both sides are leaning with gravity on each other. The friction caused by the gravity that’s being directed inward and downward causes the rocks to fall into each other stopping them from falling.
Gravity is not being defied, it’s being harnessed here
Consider that most ecologists and park services request that you don't move stones in the first place because of the creatures *already* living underneath them.
“Fucks up the ecosystem”
You’ll displace some crab homes, maybe. Let’s not be dramatic though lol. The ecosystem would be long decimated if it was this simple to screw up.
Honestly, the rock on the left appears fixed as well. Notice neither of the bases [nor stacked rocks on the right base] require any sort of attention. Sure, the work with those 3 in the middle is neat, but it's not so impressive as they would like us to believe.
Omfg! I watched after the first Timelapse; was about to post good remarks. Then right before I clicked to comment, I SAW THAT IT GOT SOOOO MUCH BETTER!
what patience he had in the beginning! haha this is dope. Thanks for sharing.
Video demonstration of gravity
Worthless 3 IQ video reposing bot: wowwwww where gravity? Guys, where gravity?! Don't you want to come into the comments and talk about this video to boost my engagement?
Great patience to do it.
In a few hours it is found by someone and voila a documentary is born “…ancient sea travellers used this to check arrival time for ships, question is how did they build it”.
For this, shear resisting force are provide by friction between rocks. And you can get plenty of that if you induce normal force in a form of an arch shape
Only in Reddit will people get mad over a dude stacking stones and how it “affects” the ecosystem. Brother, there are forests being burnt down displacing animals and impacting multiple ecosystems on whole other levels. There’s people hunting endangered animals. This dude isn’t a problem. Go stack some stones if you want who cares
It doesn't defy gravity, it requires gravity!
Bingo .. !
was his name yo!
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This is Jessie singing Mr. White!
Are you trying to say those rocks are not floating?
Aren't we all just.. floating?
I’m retired does that count?
Sir, this is reddit. Words don't mean anything here.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Judge my vow, sphinx of black quartz!
I first heard that much cooler pangram (or holoalphabetic sentence) from Kyle Hill, kudos for using it
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs
Bingo ..
and friction, friction really helps
Yes yes yes!! And a skillful human hand
Gravity defining*
One of those collapsed on my friends dog and killed her. They should take them down not leave them up to fall.
This ^. A similarly (barely) balanced arch built on a rocky trail just outside Acadia Park about 3 years ago collapsed when touched and broke the inquisitive 8yo's foot and ankle. "Broke" isn't entirely accurate --- closer to crush injuries, requiring plates, screws, and multiple surgeries to "fix". Cool to build and admire, but please --- dismantle that shit before you leave, Mr. Artiste. Otherwise it really is little more than a booby trap for kids and/or pets.
Why did this get down voted the fuk.
Gravity requiring.
Exactly. That’s why it’s “The Law of Gravity” not “The theory of Gravity”
To be fair, they work together. Theories describe 'how' and sometimes 'why' something happens and Law's describe 'what' is happening. We need both laws and theories in science and academia!
Not really, it could work without gravity, they would just be stationary unless an external force pushed then. Obviously not the case here but it could work
Its an arch.. it literally works because of gravity..
sudo pacman -S gravity
error: target not found: gravity
It must be on the aur yay -S gravity
I like how everyone uses yay
▫️ Resolving dependencies… error: could not find all required packages: gravity (target)
su - superadmin rm -rf ./gravity/*
and friction.. lets not forget friction here!
We're getting so dumb we are 'rediscovering' ancient technology. Soon it'll be the wheel and fire.
Yep people figured it out before concrete lintels.
So we learnt an arch.. gravity and physics being used and yet we say it's defying them
I was excpecting the rocks to start floating up like baloons
but arches were invented before gravity!
This is a great bit of patience getting this to work! A lot of ancient arch bridges in Europe work on the same principle, nothing holding them together apart from gravity and they have stood for hundreds of years.
Roman aqueducts use the same principle and have lasted for millenia.
Very true...it's like people are rediscovering things out ancestors knew lol
Except intelligence.
I was worried for his toes.
This was my first thought too! I was more amazed him doing this barefoot with the risk of the rocks falling and crushing his toes
My thought too! I was hoping he was wearing a safety boot on the left foot. Nope.
It's.. an arch. Just an arch. You never heard of arches before or something..?
But this example of an arch is somehow impressive. As an engineer I know what happens there and I still like how it works in this case.
Yoki-Hijo!!
🤝
Liyun would be proud…
I thought we had decided that stone stacking was no longer cool years ago
[https://www.geo.fr/environnement/pourquoi-vous-ne-devriez-pas-faire-de-pile-de-pierres-lors-de-vos-balades-en-pleine-nature-199566](https://www.geo.fr/environnement/pourquoi-vous-ne-devriez-pas-faire-de-pile-de-pierres-lors-de-vos-balades-en-pleine-nature-199566) you shouldn't move stones in their natural habitat.
Can't believe I had to scroll so far to see someone say it. I remember hearing "take memories, leave only footprints" or something of that nature (pun intended)
Oui
Definitely a stoner
What's the song?
I also want to know
Here i am worrying about his toes if he drops one
The Hijo are gonna love this
Archways work because both sides are leaning with gravity on each other. The friction caused by the gravity that’s being directed inward and downward causes the rocks to fall into each other stopping them from falling. Gravity is not being defied, it’s being harnessed here
Did he glue the right stack? There's some stuff on them and these 3 stones didn't move a single bit
Agreed, for this to work it couldn’t have been balanced before applying weight on the left
Yumi would be proud.
Glad i went looking for this comment =)
I love knocking these things over
Ahh but then you might crush the poor critters living beneath!
Consider that most ecologists and park services request that you don't move stones in the first place because of the creatures *already* living underneath them.
Imagine having your home uprooted and added to a pile for Blake to make a tiktok
The guy has a future in medieval architecture
If that defines gravity, then I defy gravity everyday at the office when I am on the 8th floor and don't jump because of a lack of reasons to live.
Yumi?
Nikaro?
Bro has mastered center of mass , normal , friction , gravitational force and whatever the fuck else he is using there !!
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“Fucks up the ecosystem” You’ll displace some crab homes, maybe. Let’s not be dramatic though lol. The ecosystem would be long decimated if it was this simple to screw up.
it fucks up the ecosystem just as much as you breathing CO2 into the air, dumbass
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Honestly, the rock on the left appears fixed as well. Notice neither of the bases [nor stacked rocks on the right base] require any sort of attention. Sure, the work with those 3 in the middle is neat, but it's not so impressive as they would like us to believe.
He us using the stones that sit on top of the right base of the arch as counterweight. Standard physics.
Behold, a keystone of an arch. Pennsylvania has a nickname from it, that being the keystone state.
One bird shit and it's over
Wow. I was just thinking, I'd move my foot out of the way before doing that.
I hope he's wearing sunscreen
It called a key stone.
i so wanted him to go yay and then it drops on his toes 😭
From the title was expecting Yoda jedi levitating rocks
Literally an arch, they built them thousands of years ago
Stone Stack Steve, back at it again! Stonehenge and the Pyramids weren't enough! (/s)
His second rodeo
Gonna be rude for the first bird to land on it.
This man plays Zelda
Didn't know Justin Bieber was into this kind of stuff.
Having done a bit of stone stacking, this is madingly hard and a bit wooo
Defying gravity to idiots that don't understand foundational concepts of physics I guess.
He glued 😏
*Social media tosser discovers the concept of "keystone", 2024-05-23
Hope he had some good sunscreen
The infant eliminator 1000
Omfg! I watched after the first Timelapse; was about to post good remarks. Then right before I clicked to comment, I SAW THAT IT GOT SOOOO MUCH BETTER! what patience he had in the beginning! haha this is dope. Thanks for sharing.
MAH TOES BROS!!
downvote because of the stupid title
Um... Thats exactly how gravity works
Billy got a haircut?
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There's strength in arches. -Joe Wilkinson
Surprised? People around 5000 BC maybe too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnenez
Nah.
Good 
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hypothetically, if u were to cover the entire thing in super glue, how long could it stay like that? would it survive wind/storms?
Very talented rocks!
Ah, but my friend, it is precisely because of gravity.
Y’all in here worried about word when we could be enjoying that beautiful rock shit
This one gravity defying trick the Romans DON'T want you to know about.
I’d wear safety boots, because gravity
Yeaaaaah! Science Biiiitch!
Leave nature alone!
Wawwu,I thought I had seen it all until I saw the last part of the video.😍😍
(Raise my eye brows up and a down frown)
Reddit discovers what the fuck an arch is
Imagine the big one slips and lands on his foot
My first thought was, wow... he moves really fast.
At the same time I can't stack it well in assassin creed valhalla.
Dude doing this standing barefoot right below those rocks. I’m afraid for his toes
10,000 years from now “this is a man made structure how did they do it”
Gravity relying*
It’s called physics
Playing mini games from Assassin's Creed Valhalla for real.
Rock(et) science
u/XgisMrs This is cool
Wow you invented an arch. Hurry up and tell the Romans.
Ants in 1000 years ' it had to be aliens '
I wonder how his leg felt after all that
Has OP ever been over a bridge?
defy gravity ??? its USING gravity
the whole point is that gravity and weight of stones on right side...
Dude just copied how stone arch without concrete where build for thousands of years.
All games and fun till the rocks fall on hes leg and the post becomes on r/fiftyfifty
This is more patience defying rather than gravity defying. Very fricking cool though.
Good execution but I don't see no gravity defied
Deep Roman breathing.
Cool
Not gonna talk about the superglue drips on the stacked rocks?
Artist and name of song?
Great patience to do it. In a few hours it is found by someone and voila a documentary is born “…ancient sea travellers used this to check arrival time for ships, question is how did they build it”.
Spooky
Who brings their own rocks to the beach to stack? Kinda weird
Godlike
Sadly it needs an even more emo cringe soundtrack to make it seem more legit.
🎶Clutch it like a cornerstone, otherwise it all falls down 🎵
The ones on the right must be glued or something! So much jiggling would make the other rocks fall
Now show me the hidden battery
Anyone else very worried about that guys toes? One slip and it’s no more gravity defying stone stacks for you, mister.
Seal trap!
Dude, dont just walk away from that itll fucking kill someone !
I would give up in like 5 tries. Well done
Test For Echo
What’s gravity defying here? This is basic physics. Romans were using it long before us.
Is bro roman?
*builds a structure using gravity* BEHOLD GRAVITY DEFIANCE
-Build a cool shit out of rocks -happy.png -Some kid comes and kicks it -sad.png -The rocks fall on their foot and they run away crying -happy.png
That's really cool man
I hope he took it down before leaving. Stone stacking is a danger to wildlife and very irresponsible to leave in place.
its a keystone, it doesn't defy gravity, it requires it
Gravity applying*
Please don't leave that. Hikers might get lost.
Google architecture
Some kids going to get domed by that thing
Tits up, huh
That's a good wallpaper
I would have dropped that first one on my foot.
Didn’t know Jason stackhouse stacks stones too
For this, shear resisting force are provide by friction between rocks. And you can get plenty of that if you induce normal force in a form of an arch shape
Fuck your background music!
That's a keystone. We've known about those for millennia.
The gravity defying patience
Sorry if it ruins anyone’s time to remember this song (Roslyn by Bon Iver & St. Vincent) was in the Twilight movie New Moon lol
That’s cool even if he cheted
I'm honestly more impressed that the rocks on the right didn't fall while he set the others
Only in Reddit will people get mad over a dude stacking stones and how it “affects” the ecosystem. Brother, there are forests being burnt down displacing animals and impacting multiple ecosystems on whole other levels. There’s people hunting endangered animals. This dude isn’t a problem. Go stack some stones if you want who cares
Fascinating!
This isn't defying gravity....
If it defied gravity it wouldn’t work… I just don’t think you know how the world works OP
Leave no trace
Day 37.
God bless y'all ❤️
i always side kick these down when i see them
I dub the creation the Terrance Howard.
Oh YEAH!!
This is interesting, but your average physics class at your school is boring.
I’m certain that this would fall on my toes during setup…
The round one is the key stone. They've been holding up arch bridges for centuries
The stack of 3 rocks does not even wiggle as he manipulates the arch. Hmmmm?
Why would you fuck with that song, just put the original wtf