r/mildyinteresting • u/Cescorage • Apr 22 '26

science savvy šŸ§¬ Opened a tub of electrolyte powder and this fractal-looking pattern had formed on the lid

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I thought it was a print at first šŸ˜­

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u/Professional_Echo907 Apr 22 '26

If youā€™re afraid of spiders check the arachnophobia check box and your powder will make kitten shapes instead.

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u/MetricMelon Apr 22 '26

Suddenly Satisfactory?

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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Apr 22 '26

from Fear Factory to Suddenly Satisfactory

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u/Da_Pecker1234 Apr 22 '26

Yeah I had to double check which sub this was for a second

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u/Guy-InGearnito Apr 22 '26

I swear the cat jpgs are scarier

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u/Magellan-36 Apr 22 '26

I find your reference to be very

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/Matiaan Apr 22 '26

I cant even

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u/410-Username-Gone Apr 22 '26

That's odd. Have you tried getting to the root of the problem?

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u/FNORD-911 Apr 22 '26

I can very

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u/scorpyo72 Apr 22 '26

Distributing?

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u/NebZerNeb Apr 22 '26

ā€œConsumeā€

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u/Hallgaar Apr 22 '26

What if I saw cool ice molds?

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u/Slick_Dapperman Apr 22 '26

Your electrolytes achieved sentience for a minute

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u/barillamanilaolives Apr 22 '26

Itā€™s got what plants crave.

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u/Spirited_Taste4756 Apr 22 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/ETyhu6h829Hdm

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u/RootLoops369 Apr 22 '26

"What ARE electrolytes? Do you even know?"

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u/ArtemLyubchenko Apr 23 '26

Itā€™s what plants crave!

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u/NonCreditableHuman Apr 22 '26

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

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u/ZephyrProductionsO7S Apr 23 '26

Gained the ability to feel.

The feeling was pain.

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u/mikee869 Apr 22 '26

Your hand opening the jar completed the circuit causing static cling ..if you will...the electrolytes n magnetic discharge from your hand made the substance cling to the lid

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u/SnooPaintings4185 Apr 22 '26

Bingo. This artifact also happens on X-ray film (ancient technology, lol) and film used in cameras.

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u/IceLopsided4190 Apr 22 '26

ew, that happened from his discharge?

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u/throwaway-73829 Apr 24 '26

That is so cool

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u/hhopper0777 Apr 22 '26

How crazy it almost looks like the more concentrated dots are most of the fingers and the thumb gripping the edges

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u/iku_iku_iku_iku Apr 22 '26

Another step closer to solving the RDR2 spiderweb mystery

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u/SparkleTarkle Apr 23 '26

I saw short on this once, was this ever confirmed to be a thing, or are people just connecting the dots to nothing?

I guess, did a developer or anything ever say these have any meaning?

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u/iku_iku_iku_iku Apr 23 '26

It all could be connected to nothing or cut content so literally leads to nowhere, but the fact that these little things are being discovered after so many years and have to accessed in such a specific way just piques everyones attention, who knows where the dead end to this will be lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

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u/No-Breadfruit-4294 Apr 22 '26

Great Babylon 5 reference

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u/jackdahbear Apr 22 '26

I think the Flying Spaghetti Monster has blessed you with his noodley appendage

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u/BespokeLawLeather Apr 22 '26

I came here for this comment

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u/Dalience6678 Apr 22 '26

Not a fractal, but definitely creepy/cool looking

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u/Castroma Apr 22 '26

Did a mole sniff your electrolyte powder?

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u/printr_head Apr 22 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/10fe0OA9YbyAcE

Sends his blessingsšŸ»

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u/Eighty-Nine Apr 22 '26

Beat me to it by an hour. Damn you.

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u/capybara_crybaby Apr 22 '26

Karma farming. Just saw this a few weeks ago.

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u/Cescorage Apr 22 '26

I swear I'm not! This is the first time I've seen something like this...

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u/capybara_crybaby Apr 22 '26

Shit. Now that I look at it, yours is much more visually interesting than the other postā€™s. I humbly apologize. However, I canā€™t find that other post now to save my life, but interesting that the phenomenon is further documented.

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u/imbenzenker Apr 22 '26

Found it!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/s/WbMdsOGgYj

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u/capybara_crybaby Apr 22 '26

Youā€™re a wizard! I looked so hard and for so long. Again, sorry, OP! My mistake.

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u/imbenzenker Apr 22 '26

I can vouch that there was another powder-based lid spider post thingy a few weeks ago! Youā€™re not crazy

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u/LordNoFat Apr 22 '26

Static electricity

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u/pixdam Apr 23 '26

The Flying Spaghetti Monster has appeared

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u/Fateful_Findings482 Apr 23 '26

There was a spider in thereĀ 

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u/GingerBeast81 Apr 22 '26

Beast of a billion backs!

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u/Apprehensive-Item141 Apr 22 '26

Hail his noodly appendages!!! Maybe the Flying Spaghetti Monster shower you with buttery blessings.

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u/Moon283 Apr 22 '26

Goodness, it's an apparition of the great spaghettimonster! Pastafaris will love that their lord and saviour has honored you with it's image.

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u/Eldafint Apr 22 '26

Medieval depiction of hell in some rural church

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u/Flimsy-River8 Apr 23 '26

It's what spiders crave

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u/Gersman72 Apr 22 '26

Electrolytes on steroids

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u/psilocybit Apr 22 '26

it looks like a group of alien deer jumping over a mountain with a celestial sun in the middle

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u/AnalgebraIsMyFetish Apr 22 '26

I should call her

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u/grumpyoats Apr 22 '26

T Virus unlocked

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u/nickysee Apr 22 '26

Dude this is hilarious. This is the second post ive seen like this. Its static electricity

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u/Exact-Gas744 Apr 22 '26

looks like bacteria in petri dish

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u/Gabagooligan97 Apr 22 '26

static cling.

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u/SG_Studio Apr 22 '26

Brownian Motion

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u/jamshid666 Apr 22 '26

Cthulhu spawn

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u/Sun-Much Apr 22 '26

not sure how we are getting to fractals through his image

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u/hudsoncress Apr 22 '26

Given enough time, everything evolves into a crab.

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u/SUW888 Apr 22 '26

Electrolyte Foosils ! Fascinating

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

I've seen someone else post their lid of electrolyte powder with the same spider looking imprint.

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u/skrymp Apr 22 '26

And now I need to play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. How did I get here?

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u/rabidparrots Apr 23 '26

Y O U

L E T

T H E M

O U T !

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u/-AngelsOrder- Apr 23 '26

If this was another sub somebody would probably use this as evidence for some wild conspiracy theory

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u/NeonPearl2025 Apr 23 '26

Thought this was mealy bugs at first šŸ™ˆ I think it's time for bed

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u/potatoallrotten Apr 23 '26

Looks like Creepy Crawlers.

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u/lawofsin Apr 23 '26

Looks like crabs šŸ¦€

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u/probablydeadsooon Apr 23 '26

Reminds me of trap door variety of spider.

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u/Fit-Bug-426 Apr 23 '26

Rap tap tap

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u/secdeal Apr 23 '26

it's like if a star-nosed mole were hit by a dual vector foil

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u/mommymary Apr 23 '26

Iā€™ve had the same thing happen with cinnamon powder šŸ˜ just static electricity

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u/cactiguy67 Apr 23 '26

My first thought was bacteria or something like that

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u/TonyX448 Apr 24 '26

Cordyceps looking shi šŸ„€

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u/MonikerPrime Apr 24 '26

Praise be to the great FSM - have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

https://giphy.com/gifs/px6SrgxWZFJYY

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u/AnonymousAlice- Apr 24 '26

I think a star nosed mole might have gotten into your electrolytes! ā­ļø

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u/Emotional_Fan_7011 Apr 25 '26

The Mighty Flying Spaghetti Monster has blessed you with multiple sightings!

https://giphy.com/gifs/10fe0OA9YbyAcE

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u/sleep_starved Apr 25 '26

thought i was looking at iron lung fanart for a sec lmao

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u/HumuloneStarved Apr 26 '26

Pastafarian electrolytes.

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u/Auraalala Apr 27 '26

There was a tiny spider that was trapped in there, and those are the marks of his escape attempts :( I hope you freed him, or give him the burial he deserves.

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u/knatascheek Apr 28 '26

If say fungal

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u/DevineWrath Apr 28 '26

Touched by His Noodly Appendage.

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u/mycatpartyhouse Apr 22 '26

Your electrolyte powder has been invaded by aliens from an adjacent universe. I'd wonder about side effects from drinking that, if I were you.

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u/RhinoPillMan Apr 22 '26

Cthulu Sport Drinkā„¢ļøĀ 

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u/zeocrash Apr 22 '26

Biblically accurate sports drink

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u/Nkomo777 Apr 22 '26

Uhhhm that's a demon portal....10/10 you done unlocked some shit...

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u/Redence_ Apr 22 '26

Painting of pre-cambrian life

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u/avamich11 Apr 22 '26

Haha, I don't think many people will get you:)

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u/AliceTawhai Apr 22 '26

Itā€™s the spiders from Mars

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u/mcintg Apr 22 '26

It's a sign about the imminent return of our lord Cthulu and the end of days.

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u/Dockside_Abortionist Apr 22 '26

Stand by for obscure referenceā€¦

I think you mean Eldrazilytes

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u/thejollyrickster Apr 22 '26

I see the Grinch!

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u/MonkeyTigerRider Apr 22 '26

That's just a 3D shadow of our ever-present 4D spider bros. It happens. Sometimes inside your brain. You're lucky it happened where it did.

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u/MxSpookyBih Apr 23 '26

Oh so that's where I put my electrolyte spiders

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '26

i saw one of these posted and someone was scared it was spiders

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u/cookiethump Apr 22 '26

House centipede