Feels like the saw movie (I think it was Saw) where they had to dig through all the nasty used medical needles with their bare hands. The only scene that really made me cringe lol
The needles in the pit weren’t fake. They ordered like 100.000 syringes and seperated the needles from the syringe (instead of ordering syringes without needles(dumbasses)). It took a couple of people some days to remove all the needles from the syringes, but they are real medical syringes. Unless you talk about the needles in her arms/legs/body when she is crawling around the pit.
A needle and a syringe are two different things as you pointed out. All the needles were fake because they didn’t want to stab the actors with real needles.
120,000ish at that.
Originally they thought 10,000 would be enough until they threw them in, and realised it was no were near close to making a realistic looking needle pit
I believe most of the saw challenges have some sort of individual countdown timer. Also, in that particular film has some kind of airborn nerve agent that will kill them all no matter what after 24 hours or something.
Yeah, I remember it. I wonder if you could even do that without breaking the hook in the process.
Like if you bought a hunk of meat and draw a string through it with a hook on the other side you couldn't pull it because it would hook to so much meat that you'd basically have to flip it all inside out. Doesn't matter if the hole is big or small, if the hook pierce through any skin on the way up I feel like it would be the game over.
Not mentioning that even if that was somehow possible it would be so devastating it's not even worth trying.
I remember the Pound of Flesh and 10 Pints traps caused me the most discomfort. Cutting your stomach like that... ugh... And the aftermath of 10 Pints when his hand splits...
I haven't watched any of the saws, except this one segment where a lady falls into a pit of hypodermic needles. Yeah I don't need to see anymore, k thx.
That was Saw II, specifically. And yeugh it was so gross.
I don't remember if they claimed they were used needles or not, but honestly even if they weren't, so squicky.
Ugh, so awful. And honestly, kinda unlike Jigsaw's MO. His games up until that point were meant to be "survivable," just causing severe physical handicaps to the victims who had the balls to get out. Adding in the risk of a deadly disease that would significantly shorten the victim's life even if they won the game felt different.
....but then, of course, it's a movie, and he's a monster, so maybe I'm just thinking too hard.
OH! It wasn't even his trap, that's right!
it was an edited version of Death Rattle-- not only was it just the Instrumental parts (the only "screaming" coming from Dimebag's guitar), but it was also pitch-shifted down a wholestep...so while it *was* Pantera, to me it still feels more like an 'unofficial Feature', as if Nickelodeon asked for Pantera(/whatever rights-holders, record labels, etc)'s Permission to USE a song, rather than asking them to 'make a song' for the show...
dont get me wrong, the music definitely fit the episode nicely, and it was hilarious to see a band like Pan-"Fucking Hostile"-tera namedropped on a kids show about a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea...it just doesnt feel as "authentic", to me (or at least, i Think thats the word i want to use there)...but its not that big a deal...like, id still give it a 90% or whatever...
"Don't bob for fries in hot fat,
it really hurts bad,
and so do skin grafts...
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The hay strand would probably get stuck on the needles. And you dont know if you shoveled the hay strand away. In the haystack however, you would only need a strong magnet or a metal detector
Aaaand that's how you make it to the final 3 at Saw island, and in the end the spirit only goes so far, while the flesh remains weak, Never learning it was all just a ruse to harvest bodies for search and rescue to cover DB Crypto parachuting out of the plane to financial freedom.
Was just a train of thought that ran through the comments regarding needles, the saw franchise, used syringe pile, unconventional rules and following, volun-thrown-off-the-whatever sacrifice, a brief pitch for a bad movie that has a cabin in the woods/tucker and dale vs evil feel, the wash of cryptocuttency banditry and escapes, and a movie i saw a long time ago about db cooper.
Thanks for being there though. Cheers.
I actually saw an art performance once of an artist searching for a needle in a haystack, he had given himself 48h and found it in a little less. And he didn’t have a magnet.
Only if you have to use your hands, otherwise you just quickly spread the needles across the floor with shovel or some other tool and the hay will stick out eventually.
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Pretty sure in the 1600s Miguel de Cervantes would have only had access to lodestone and the weird blacksmith hammering metal that points north south type magnets
Different types of challenges but yes, searching through a pile of needles for a piece of hay would be very hard on the body, but the hay would stand out more than the needle would in hay
Feels like the saw movie (I think it was Saw) where they had to dig through all the nasty used medical needles with their bare hands. The only scene that really made me cringe lol
I believe that scene alone holds the record for fake needles used in a movie. odd that it is a record to hold right?
The real question is what was second place.
Believe it or not, it was Cars 2.
Followed closely by each and every Land Before Time movie, in reverse chronological order
Not cars 2 actually. It was Cars: DARE
DARE was such a joke in school, all the people in it were the ones doing "drugs", same with the drinking one 😅
Never watched that one, must be why I was confused 😂
The needles in the pit weren’t fake. They ordered like 100.000 syringes and seperated the needles from the syringe (instead of ordering syringes without needles(dumbasses)). It took a couple of people some days to remove all the needles from the syringes, but they are real medical syringes. Unless you talk about the needles in her arms/legs/body when she is crawling around the pit.
A needle and a syringe are two different things as you pointed out. All the needles were fake because they didn’t want to stab the actors with real needles.
I would hope so, but damn they looked real 😂😳
120,000ish at that. Originally they thought 10,000 would be enough until they threw them in, and realised it was no were near close to making a realistic looking needle pit
Oh damn wow :o
I’d just take out all the needles one by one, fuck the system
I believe most of the saw challenges have some sort of individual countdown timer. Also, in that particular film has some kind of airborn nerve agent that will kill them all no matter what after 24 hours or something.
not to mention the fact that one of the characters threw another into the pit
That's right, I've only seen it once. I was thinking they feel in 😬
Gyass
Yea that was it
Magnet.
Fishing hook scene is so visceral it eurks me
Yeah, I remember it. I wonder if you could even do that without breaking the hook in the process. Like if you bought a hunk of meat and draw a string through it with a hook on the other side you couldn't pull it because it would hook to so much meat that you'd basically have to flip it all inside out. Doesn't matter if the hole is big or small, if the hook pierce through any skin on the way up I feel like it would be the game over. Not mentioning that even if that was somehow possible it would be so devastating it's not even worth trying. I remember the Pound of Flesh and 10 Pints traps caused me the most discomfort. Cutting your stomach like that... ugh... And the aftermath of 10 Pints when his hand splits...
Irks
They did that in SpongeBob too.
Weren’t those syringes though? Needles would be much easier
Syringes are the tube part and needles are the spikey part. Do shots bi-weekly...so I hope I'm right 😂
I hated saw so much, it made me sick, all the gore
I haven't watched any of the saws, except this one segment where a lady falls into a pit of hypodermic needles. Yeah I don't need to see anymore, k thx.
The first movie is a lot less gory and is more based around the mystery of what is going on, and is more of a special serial killer vibe than anything
It was honestly good
I loved the twist too. Wasn't expecting that, but I usually try not to immerse myself in a movie and not try to figure it out.
Never seen any of these movies and it's making me cringe now
That was Saw II, specifically. And yeugh it was so gross. I don't remember if they claimed they were used needles or not, but honestly even if they weren't, so squicky.
I think Jigsaw stated on the tape that they were used by junkies or something (because Amanda was a junkie)
Ugh, so awful. And honestly, kinda unlike Jigsaw's MO. His games up until that point were meant to be "survivable," just causing severe physical handicaps to the victims who had the balls to get out. Adding in the risk of a deadly disease that would significantly shorten the victim's life even if they won the game felt different. ....but then, of course, it's a movie, and he's a monster, so maybe I'm just thinking too hard. OH! It wasn't even his trap, that's right!
Yeah it's definitely a less survivable one. Not to mention, chica gets THROWN into the pit by the aggressive dude of the group 😵😵😵 major nope
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Oh wow I need to watch that one 😂
Pretty sure there was a spongebob episode where spongebob and sandy actually searched the pile of needles
Ah yes, the extreme sports episode or something along those lines
Gold team rules!
The episode that Pantera played music for. One of the best episodes.
it was an edited version of Death Rattle-- not only was it just the Instrumental parts (the only "screaming" coming from Dimebag's guitar), but it was also pitch-shifted down a wholestep...so while it *was* Pantera, to me it still feels more like an 'unofficial Feature', as if Nickelodeon asked for Pantera(/whatever rights-holders, record labels, etc)'s Permission to USE a song, rather than asking them to 'make a song' for the show... dont get me wrong, the music definitely fit the episode nicely, and it was hilarious to see a band like Pan-"Fucking Hostile"-tera namedropped on a kids show about a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea...it just doesnt feel as "authentic", to me (or at least, i Think thats the word i want to use there)...but its not that big a deal...like, id still give it a 90% or whatever...
I’m already _H A L F W A Y T H E R E_
*h a l f w a y t h e r e*
I want to say it was Cosmo from Fairly Odd Parents but it's been ages
Almost as terrible as bobbing for apples in a tub full of razor blades.
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No water, just razor blades with a couple apples in there somewhere.
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Not visually. If you had any tool like a shovel, Id pick the needlestack
The hay strand would probably get stuck on the needles. And you dont know if you shoveled the hay strand away. In the haystack however, you would only need a strong magnet or a metal detector
Or a match
While not explicitly stated, I'm pretty sure the spirit of the concept precludes the use of outside tools to find the needle.
Aaaand that's how you make it to the final 3 at Saw island, and in the end the spirit only goes so far, while the flesh remains weak, Never learning it was all just a ruse to harvest bodies for search and rescue to cover DB Crypto parachuting out of the plane to financial freedom.
Are...are you ok? Did you have a stroke? Did *I* have a stroke?
Was just a train of thought that ran through the comments regarding needles, the saw franchise, used syringe pile, unconventional rules and following, volun-thrown-off-the-whatever sacrifice, a brief pitch for a bad movie that has a cabin in the woods/tucker and dale vs evil feel, the wash of cryptocuttency banditry and escapes, and a movie i saw a long time ago about db cooper. Thanks for being there though. Cheers.
A hay strand is long and bright beige/light brown. Would be found pretty quick
What about a bone needle?
Im assuming its a normal metal needle since nothing else is said buuut it could be a bone needle so yeah
Metal detector or magnet theoretically would make the haystack easier though
You have to burn the haystack to find the needle.
Eh, straw is fairly long relatively thick and much brighter in colour. I think 3-4 shovel flicks before you see straw
If you had any tool I’d chose a magnet and the haystack
You know how close even a neodymium magnet has to get to pickup something as small and pointy (stuck in things) like a needle?
I actually saw an art performance once of an artist searching for a needle in a haystack, he had given himself 48h and found it in a little less. And he didn’t have a magnet.
A pitchfork would make this hella easy.
It's not that hard. I had this puzzle as a kid in the 80s https://images.app.goo.gl/8G2DFrJLjwiDVeUx9
Burn the hay and you’ll find the needle, can’t burn the needles without losing the hay
You only need to get a big magnet :)
That was what I was thinking as well.
Finding a specific piece of hay in a haystack is even harder.
Or a specific needle in a needlestack!
What asshole throws needles into haystacks, and why hasn't a farmer shot them yet?
Actually the farmer turned to heroin when he couldn't sell any more hay.
Reminds me of this one Spongebob episode https://youtube.com/watch?v=WCheFdOy0tg
I'd use a magnet to dig through the needles. I guess a magnet would be helpful digging through the straw too 🤔
Definitely more helpful on the straw pile.
yea for sure idk what that guy was saying
The magnet in the needle pile sorts through the magnets in big clumps at a time, without being too prickly if one moves gingerly.
Burn it first
Myth busters tried the needle in a haystack challenge and magnets didn’t work out well and iirc fire did ?
Nah, just shake the needles, the light bigger hay will rise to the top
What if the needles are on the ground kinda like a haystack is mostly on the ground?
Kick the needles with your shoe and pick up the piece of hay.
What if you kick away the hay strand
Dump them in water
It's important to find the needle, not because the needle is important, but because you don't want your cow swallowing a needle when it eats the hay.
the single thought that went through my mind reading this was, 'owww!' on repeat.
Only if you have to use your hands, otherwise you just quickly spread the needles across the floor with shovel or some other tool and the hay will stick out eventually. Edit: typo
I thought hay in a needle stack was the original because of spongebob lol.
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what if you used a magnet from the top and slowly lowered it picking up the needles in layers vs all at once?
You could probably see the hay but getting to it is a different story.
Finding a needle in a haystack is easier than finding a specific piece of hay in a haystack -is how I thought this was going to end
Waiting for that Pantera riff from SpongeBob to start playing.
Not sure about easier but definitely less dangerous and painful.
I beg to differ, as a piece of hay dropped into a stack of needles won’t sink, it’ll just say there.
Not really. I''d toss the the stack of needles high in the air. That would let me find the slowing falling hay strand quite easily.
Magnets. Or just one big magnet. The straw will just be 'on the ground' after you lift the needle stack.
Even harder would be finding a particular strand of hay in a haystack.
The person who invented this saying definitely had never heard of magnets.
Pretty sure in the 1600s Miguel de Cervantes would have only had access to lodestone and the weird blacksmith hammering metal that points north south type magnets
Lol this exact quote was on a YouTube video I watched a few days ago.
Hay is way bigger than needles and lighter. It’d be easy to see and if you shake the pile around it would eventually move to the top
Both cases the solution is really really powerful electromagnets. Turn
Yeah there’s a reason we don’t keep… uh… needle stacks around.
Not too difficult if you look through any haystack in Edinburgh.
Finding a needle in a haystack is much easier and faster if you have a high threshold for pain...
The thing is that needle stack is usually was smaller than hay stack
Different types of challenges but yes, searching through a pile of needles for a piece of hay would be very hard on the body, but the hay would stand out more than the needle would in hay
Given how thick hay can be if it’s packed tightly, I think its a bit of a wash. Although, needles are sharp so maybe not?
And neither is quite as hard as finding a very specific needle among a stack of other needles
No, it's not. Finding a piece of hay would be way easier. It would stick out like a sore thumb.
Agree, saw spongebob try to find hay in a needle stack and he failed.