108: Quicksand and Other Childhood Worries & The Undying Game of Pinball

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We all thought quicksand would be a bigger deal than it is, but what is the science behind them and all the other worries I had as a kid? And how does pinball reflect the changing cultures of our time, and could now be the best era of pinball? ALSO SEE US LIVE IN LONDON!!! LETSLEARNEVERYTHING.COM/LIVE Things we Talk About:   Bagatelle Redgrave's Pinball Humpty Dumpty Beat Time Lambeth & Sarceni's Amazing Pinball Talk at Magfest David Barber's Magfest Pinball Panel Technology Connection's Great Pinball Breakdown PinballMap.com Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:06:22) Quicksand and Other Childhood Worries (01:05:22) The Undying Game of Pinball (01:55:32) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Ella’s spoon collection is much more important than our live show, the never ending story, quicksand was in 3% of in the 1960s, the problem with gen z is they’re not afraid of quicksand, quicksand is reverse oobleck (sheer-thinning), the settled sand at the bottom requires the force of lifting a car, quicksand is unfortunate physics circumstances burying you, 11th century quicksand art in the Bayeux Tapestry (also Haley’s comet), w