r/interestingasfuck • u/Pepper_Kalaki • 16d ago

/r/all Why yo my dino nuggets spinning?

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u/mango186282 16d ago

Because air fryers are tornado convection ovens.

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u/God_of_Fun 16d ago

Yes, my guess is the fan is above this nugget. Or the steam escaping thing, idk I'm not a nuggetologist

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u/pepper_plant 16d ago

We're deputizing you as a nuggetologist. Heres your badge and your gun

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u/Good_Boye_Scientist 16d ago

The gun only shoots nuggets I'm afraid.

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u/DaRealLastSpaceCadet 16d ago

I'm afraid.

I'm not. Light me up yall

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u/videogamePGMER 15d ago

IN THE FAAAAACE!!!

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u/Farren246 15d ago

Oops! Wrong gun again. That's the third time this week! We're running out of people to deputise!

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

Ok but what does the gun shoot the nuggets with? Buckshot? Slugs? Pellets??

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u/GenericNameWasTaken 15d ago

BBQ sauce, of course.

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

Sorry, I’m American. Can you say that in terms of firearms?

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u/GenericNameWasTaken 15d ago

Okay, so think of a Super Soaker H20ps with a reinforced air chamber and barrel for additional pressure to accommodate the increased viscosity of using BBQ sauce as ammo instead of water. I recommend Memphis style for the reduced recoil. While Eastern NC has further reduced recoil, it is prone to jamming.

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

Mm that sounds good. I’ll have that.

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u/throwaway3402385 15d ago

It's buckshot made of edible paintball style pellets of bbq sauce. Delicious.

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

Non lethal ammunition that becomes lethal if you take to many of them to the guy, got it.

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u/NthBlueBaboon 16d ago

That gun is going right in my mouth for sure

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u/EyeCatchingUserID 15d ago

Didn't you hear them? It only shoots nuggets. Unless you have a nugget in your mouth the gun won't even fire, and I doubt a nugget will stop a bullet so this plan is all around terrible.

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u/NthBlueBaboon 15d ago

It'll all work out ;)

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

It won’t hurt you it only shoots nuggets.

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u/NthBlueBaboon 15d ago

The way I am..it's gonna hurt my weight loss goals for sure

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 15d ago

No like it shoots bullets but only can fire at nuggets

Although…would you say you’re curvy like a chicken nugget?

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u/asphid_jackal 15d ago

Most Millenial reply ever

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u/lilhayseed 15d ago

Oh no no they are lethal but they are nuggets, there is a safety training

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u/NthBlueBaboon 15d ago

Anything works for me. As long as I'm getting fed, I'm in

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u/reddot_comic 16d ago

Best desk pop ever

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u/annuidhir 15d ago

Wait, you've never done a desk pop? Everybody's done a desk pop!

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u/Moory1023 16d ago

Aim for the mouth

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u/Vilanu 15d ago

A nugget shooting gun is certainly something to be afraid of.

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u/TricellCEO 15d ago

It’s great for keeping kids away. Shoot a nugget at them, they’ll be too busy chewing to come after you.

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u/GenericNameWasTaken 15d ago

... when you realize that "nuggets" is only two letters from making that a far worse sentence.

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u/Cloudsbursting 15d ago

It’s everything I’ve ever wanted.

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u/Traditional_Expert84 15d ago

The badge is also edible. For emergency use only. No replacements for the badge.

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u/DoringItBetterNow 15d ago

Mine only shoots ketchup!

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u/Irishpanda1971 15d ago

-dramatically racks the slide-

That's all I need.

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u/ToasterBathTester 15d ago

That’s foodist

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u/EverythingSucksBro 15d ago

So like, is it a gun that shoots out nuggets as bullets or is it a gun that only works if you shoot it at nuggets?

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u/hybridglitch04 15d ago

Omg I can see the news reports now "a small town shattered today as a mad man storms into an elementary school and guns down innocent children with his legally purchased assault nuggie rifle. The children's dinner appetites are now spoiled"

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u/Oraxy51 15d ago

Dally raised the gun, and I thought: You blasted fool. They don’t know you’re only bluffing. And even as the policemen’s guns spit fire into the night I knew that was what Dally wanted. He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face. He was dead before he hit the ground. But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of shots, even as I begged silently—Please, not him . . . not him and Johnny both—I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.

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u/relic1882 15d ago

I'd love a gun that shoots nuggets.

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u/Rapture1119 15d ago

Why would you want to shoot a nugget? Can’t eat something with lead in it.

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u/P_Duggy 15d ago

Tragic. Do you happen to have one that only shoots honey mustard?

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u/Id_Rather_Beach 15d ago

what about the condiments?

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u/MinnieShoof 15d ago

It shoots nuggets, like, that's its ammo? or it can only shoot nuggets, meaning if you aren't made of pink chicken goo you'll be unharmed?

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u/ncsuga 15d ago

Shoots nuggets for bullets or is only effective in shooting at nuggets?

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u/MidnighT0k3r 16d ago

I'll take that badge and gun, this isn't in a microwave which would make it heat from the inside out. This is an air fryer and it'll heat from the outside in. So that's not steam spinning the nugget. It's air. 

Air fryers don't make things shoot steam anymore than a regular toaster/oven. Microwaves do though. 

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u/hangryhamsters85 15d ago

Now, go bust that meth lab down on Malavista and make sure you do it by the book. The Mayer is on my ass on this one!

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u/TheJinxEffect 15d ago

Why would a nuggetologist need a gu... Oh my God! The Dino nuggets are pushing against the oven door again!

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u/DroppedSoapSurvivor 15d ago

Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!!

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u/SoKerbal 15d ago

You have my sword

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u/sneakyope 15d ago

Maybe a nuggetician sidekick too

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u/Faerhun 16d ago

With that level of knowledge I am inclined to believe you are a nuggetologist, don't sell yourself short.

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u/theglobalnomad 15d ago

Straight up PhD in Nuggetology. Their dissertation was probably something smart, like, "Exposition of Shifts in Nuggetological Properties Under Induced Z-Axis Rotation via Strong Artificial Convection Currents", but they're just being humble.

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u/jendet010 15d ago

Yeah you gotta believe in yourself

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u/Arockilla 16d ago

I dont know, thats sounds like a pretty fun profession to me...and you're God of Fun....I'm sensing you know somethings up.

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u/LordFrobisher 16d ago

I agree, it's the fan affect combined with a warped oven tray creating the nugget tornado At least it will be toasted on all sides

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u/meowmeowgiggle 16d ago

I section my stuff without an actual divider, and it will visibly rotate through cooking. Like, imagine the division is N/S, when the cook is done it'll be E/W.

I guess the grease/moisture that is cooked out of the foods reduces friction.

I think it's kind of neat, but I am very easily amused.

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u/AetherDrew43 15d ago

Certified nuggetologist

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u/No_Foundation1136 16d ago

Think its got to be the fan, that's why all the other nuggets are on the sides, they have been blown to the side, steam in one nugget wouldn't do that.

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u/J5892 16d ago

Nuggetologist here.

There are tiny magnets in the Dino nugget that are reacting to the spinning fan.

Another possible explanation is magic.
Or ghosts.
Or magic ghosts.

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u/Warblerburglar 15d ago

I’m no nuggetologist either but I am a chicken tender slut. This is bonkers.

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u/God_of_Fun 15d ago

Nuggy Slut is a half decent gamertag

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u/WesAndersonFont_42pt 15d ago

But I play one on TV

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u/Ineedmorebtc 15d ago

Steam all day.

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u/Ok-Acanthaceae826 15d ago

I'm afraid we need a Paleonuggetologist to solve this mystery.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 15d ago

Oh man I wonder if alie ward would have a nuggetokogist on her ologies podcast to explain

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u/God_of_Fun 15d ago

I love ologies!

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u/RhetoricalOrator 16d ago

It's the convection fan. There's no way steam could produce that amount of thrust for that amount of time in that kind of container. Would love to see an engineer or other smartie corroborate or prove me wrong.

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u/1980-whore 15d ago

I. Going waith thesy spun it and filmed for 10 seconds before it stopped.

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u/God_of_Fun 15d ago

There's no slow in momentum at all. It wasn't spun

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u/travio 16d ago

I am embarrassed how many times I tried to make a naan pizza in my air fryer before I remembered to switch to bake mode so the pepperonis wouldn't scatter.

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u/RimRunningRagged 16d ago

I'm more embarrassed I didn't know about a bake mode. I'm reminded of the time I thought it was a brilliant idea to use the air fryer to crisp up some slightly stale tortilla chips.

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u/timeywimeytotoro 15d ago

..why isn’t it? Inquiring minds want to know

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u/prairiepanda 15d ago

You'll have a tortilla chip tornado if it's in air fry mode. Bake mode just turns the fan off.

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u/timeywimeytotoro 15d ago

Going to be honest, I like the sound of that

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u/prairiepanda 15d ago

Please share the video when you try it

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u/timeywimeytotoro 15d ago

If I knew how to get a video in an air fryer, I certainly would

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u/prairiepanda 15d ago

You need one with a window like OP has! Otherwise you won't know when a tortilla chip gets caught up in the heating element until after the whole thing catches fire.

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u/Fast_n_theSpurious 16d ago

Naan pizza WOOP WOOP

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u/qhzpnkchuwiyhibaqhir 15d ago

It was only thanks to a Technology Connections video that I discovered the bake mode on mine modulated fan speed. A lot of the functions on my air fryer and instant pot seem to not change anything...

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u/anaemic 15d ago

Pepperoni is already a plural

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u/sundae_diner 15d ago

Yeah, but he's got lots of them.

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u/agent5caldoria 15d ago

four naan?

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u/memymomeme 16d ago

Yeah my guess was maybe convection oven…but seems like slippery surface with a strong fan.

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u/JerryNotTom 15d ago

This answer is the likeliest reason. The convection function is circulating air and it's flowing around the nugget at just the right points. The nugget has little to no resistance with the pan due to oils or nonstick coating and is just spinning in place.

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u/Henkotron 15d ago

Finally. A not-meme answer.

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u/ThrustTrust 15d ago

Had to scroll thru a lot of BS to find this.

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u/WateryTart_ndSword 15d ago

Thank you for explaining this for the folks like me who do not own air fryers!

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u/babysharkdoodood 16d ago

Technically all ovens are convection ovens.

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u/amaROenuZ 16d ago

Not microwave ovens! Those are radiation ovens.

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur 15d ago

Well, only the ones that have a fan

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u/pee_shudder 16d ago

Why isn’t this comment higher?

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u/Aralith1 15d ago

It’s getting depressingly predictable how all the top comments will be full of people attempting (and often failing) nuclear grade snark while anyone with actual answers will surely be buried dozens of comments deep.

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u/ProfessionalMockery 15d ago

That's a much cooler name for them.

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u/ExBx 15d ago

We thank you for that perfect r/explainlikeimfive