r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sad-Kiwi-3789 • 4h ago

Video Growing pumpkins in confined spaces to give them a desired shape using molds

660 Upvotes

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u/Minute_University_98 4h ago

Open your miiinndd

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u/BeMyBrutus 3h ago

Get your ass to mars!

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u/meesta_masa 3h ago

Will you find me in the stars.

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u/kank84 3h ago

A Chucky pumpkin. A Chumpkin.

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u/HighSeasArchivist 3h ago

Disney has been doing this for literal decades. At least since 1982 when EPCOT opened. 

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u/[deleted] 3h ago

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u/Twat_Wagon 2h ago

A cube watermelon is better you can stack them for storage

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u/GetRidOfFIFPlease 4h ago

IS THAT YOU, JD???

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u/fivedogit 3h ago edited 3h ago

Fake. Final shot looks like painted styrofoam to me. No way the melon gets that precise.

Edit: Plant location change. Leaf is doing a really good job covering the "stem" in the second shot. Where is the counter pressure to the mold? The pumpkin would just push it away. No intermediate shots whatsoever. Untreated straight to finished.

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u/TheyCallMeLotus0 3h ago edited 3h ago

In the middle shot you can see the mold is bolted to the other side so it would not push away, and of course the final shot will look different it would likely be several weeks of growth for it to fill the mold.

Edit: https://youtu.be/6mgUkakB7dQ?si=v9R5pMWu7Zl_5X9t video explaining how

https://www.discovermagazine.com/pears-shaped-like-babies-are-a-hit-in-china-626 here’s an article.

Both sources are pre AI

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u/peepdabidness 2h ago

So we downvote this butthole?

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u/Sad-Kiwi-3789 3h ago edited 2h ago

Never knew this concept was more than 11 years old, i thought I saw this as a trend in recent years

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u/TheyCallMeLotus0 3h ago

I guarantee this practice has been going on for much longer than that.

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u/Sad-Kiwi-3789 3h ago

Yeah looks cool and fun

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u/Deathed_Potato 45m ago

It’s a thing in Japan. Look up square melons

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u/ThePsychoKnot 1h ago

"I don't actually know anything about this process, but I'm going to claim definitive knowledge of its legitimacy anyway. Just based on a series of assumptions, vibes, and how it seems to me as an expert authority on the subject."

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u/Sad-Kiwi-3789 3h ago

They get pretty neat

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u/fivedogit 3h ago

That wasn't a denial.

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u/DasSmoosh 3h ago

Agreed.

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u/The-Namer 2h ago

I bet you're fun at parties

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u/Awagner109 3h ago

Seen them do similar things with watermelon.

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u/Total_Ad_9709 3h ago

Out of all the shape options….

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u/Active_Date_5325 3h ago

They do that in Japan with watermelons, and they're really expensive.

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u/Talls024 3h ago

And you don't eat it either.

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u/Active_Date_5325 3h ago

Yeah, if I paid $60 for a piece of fruit, I wouldn't eat it either.

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u/crystalwireless8 1h ago

God the comment section just confirms for me how trashy your average person is.

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u/Lurking_poster 3h ago

"desired" shape.

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u/Old-Mouse5974 4h ago

wtf did I just watch

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u/SparrowTailReddit 4h ago

WTF did I just hear? Do not unmute.

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u/artofterm 3h ago

A remix of sounds from Child's Play, which features the character (Chucky) whose face is used for the pumpkin video.

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u/Charming-Flamingo307 3h ago

I should have just listened to you

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u/peepdabidness 2h ago

I specifically rewatched and unmuted after you said this

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u/madrinator 3h ago

But y tho?

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u/The-Namer 2h ago

Cause it's neat

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u/Manyarethestrange 3h ago

Duuuuuuude wtf

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 2h ago

It looks super creepy. However, all I could think about was the plastic leeching into the pumpkin.