A man named Parker Reed has uploaded an hour-long video of a coin rolling on a treadmill. You’re skeptical. It’s okay. I was too. But then I started watching, and I haven’t yet been able to stop. You won’t be either.
What’s so special about a coin rolling on a treadmill for an hour? It’s hypnotic, for one. Calming. And the journey is spiced with just enough surprise—Parker shows up a couple of times to inspect his handiwork, as does a rubber ball and, get this, a second coin—to keep you invested. At 28 minutes in or so, Reed triumphantly shouts out how far the coin has traveled. It is not a round number. At some point, a cat walks by.
This is the very spirit of the internet, friends. Enjoy it. [Reddit via OHYST]













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Can’t believe a coin lasted an hour without falling. I really can’t believe you watch the whole hour. Really, you watched the whole hour?
15:30, he looks like a young Prof.Brian Cox
agreed, although when he 1st appeared he looked like he had a mouth full of something and a haircut done by his mum with a bowl and so blunt scissors
A haircut done by his mum with a bowl and so blunt scissors? Please, don’t, still having nightmares.
This video has put me in a really good mood for some reason.
This is clearly fake, it would only work if the treadmill had a downwards gradient, allowing the force of gravity to work against the opposite motion of the treadmill, which it isn’t. A coin doesn’t and can’t just keep rolling and rolling and rolling because the friction would give the coin momentum, and it would slow down and roll off. Not only that, but the coin seems to keep righting itself laterally, which has got to be impossible without any external forces. If the coin starts to steer one way, what the hell is keeping it from falling off? Because I’m sure the effects of gyro don’t work like that…
Unless the sides of the treadmill track are slightly raised from the middle (due to peoples feet thumping there lots)?
The ones at the gym at my school were completely flat, so I am assuming the same, that still doesn’t explain why the coin doesn’t slowly start to roll off as it absorbs motion from the contact with the belt…