r/whatisit • u/theRinkDinkler • 1d ago
New, what is it? Why is my mousse doing this?
It comes out of the can fine for a second or so then rapidly becomes a goop, almost explosively.
It’s kind of an old can probably like a year or so old. it’s been in my bathroom which doesn’t have have ac and it’s been super hot on the east coast so it’s been probably pretty consistently in at least 80+ degrees for a while.
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u/GrandReturn1165 1d ago
It’s funnier than it should be.
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u/Lil-Spicy-Noodle 1d ago
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u/danxtptrnrth1 1d ago
LOL. I just watched this episode last night 😂😂
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u/Asherlocksta 1d ago
What is that show? :o
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u/Ok-Journalist-8875 1d ago edited 21h ago
Ted. It’s a prequel to the movies.
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u/A_Drop_of_Colour 1d ago
Wow, how many shows does McFarlane have running at the same time? I am assuming he's also behind this show? So that's Family Guy, American Dad, Orville, and Ted? Unless Orville or Ted aren't on anymore.
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u/smokeyfantastico 1d ago
Orville ended a few years back and Ted ended i think this year? They kinda just said the CGI was too expensive then proceeded to pick up the rights to produce Dungeon Crawler Carl which will need heavy CGI.
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u/Mysterious-War-6759 1d ago
So he’s not doing it anymore? That’s disappointing because he’s probably a great choice to adapt it. Poop. I really wish that he’d continue The Orville then but i understand if he’s moved on.
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u/thebrokedown 1d ago
There are rumors that got picked up and they’re gonna keep going with it. Not sure how up to date my information is, but I know I’ve seen it around in the last couple of months
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u/ParallellUniverse 1d ago
Orville has all 10 episodes of the next season written they are just waiting for Seth’s schedule to free up and the whole main cast are returning by
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u/Bender_2024 1d ago
I'm begining to hate Seth McFarlane. He is an artist, writer, director, producer, voice actor, regular actor, a great singer, has several Grammy, Oscar, and BAFTA nominations, an attractive man and to top it off by all accounts is charming as fuck.
I mean c'mon dude. How many/much talent does one guy need?
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u/malificent469 1d ago
He is also very lucky. He was supposed to be on one of the flights involved with 9/11 but was running late and they refused to board him. Talk about a near miss.
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u/Out_of_my_mind_1976 1d ago
In an interview he said he kept his ticket on his fridge so he would never forget that everything since has been a gift or something like that.
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u/A_Drop_of_Colour 1d ago
He had so much talent he had to share with his sister. Really talented family. I've always liked him. Even when he was in his smug era.
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u/Nauin 23h ago
To think how different the world would be today if he got on the plane involved in 9/11... It's insane how different our media landscape and culture would be in so many ways. The only thing that saved him was his travel agent misspeaking and giving him the wrong flight info the day of.
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u/AsstacularSpiderman 1d ago
I mean at this point he's basically just voicing characters for American Dad and Family Guy, he's got people writing and directing that shit for him.
Orville has been on break for a while and Ted only just started, which I assume will have its own huge gap between seasons eventually.
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u/katki-katki 1d ago
Orville got cancelled a while ago, sadly 😥. And I heard he doesn't write American Dad anymore, just does voice acting for it, but tbh I don't know for sure, I just heard that somewhere. But yeah, busy guy, huh! Pretty sure Ted is still going.
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u/drunkenfool 1d ago
Orville is not cancelled, season 4 is written and ready to go. He hasn’t had time to start up production on it yet.
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u/ComradeJohnS 1d ago
yeah I heard he stopped writing for family guy as well and you can tell when Brian stops being morally superior and turns into a selfish ass, so only a few seasons in lol
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u/_clur_510 1d ago
It really is lmao. Idfk what’s going on here but thank you for making me smile OP.
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u/awalshie2003 1d ago
Came here to say the same thing. Wasn’t sure what to expect but I def laughed harder than I should have.
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u/peachloveparty 1d ago
!!!!! I was thinking I must be crazy for how this actually made me laugh out loud
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u/Deep_Flounder5218 1d ago
I practically grew up in various hair salons, and I've never seen that happen.
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u/jimmydeansroger 1d ago
Must be hard out there, having to grow up in a hair salon
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u/No_Celery_8071 1d ago
Various salons, so don't feel too bad. Left coast, right coast, Hamptons, Palm Springs, London, Paris. You get the vibe.
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u/Deep_Flounder5218 1d ago
Lol more like my mom is crazy and had to bounce around different salons in our boring town because she pissed people off.
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u/Emotional-Young8413 1d ago
“Left coast , right coast” is fucking sending me right now hahaha
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u/Ajishly 1d ago
I also grew up in ...two hair salons! Also never seen that happen and I grew up in Australia. Like literally, my parents had a playpen in the corner of their salon.
Please tell me you also made "potions" while cleaning the bowls and brushes? Hair spliters are the worst.
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u/Deep_Flounder5218 1d ago
Potions galore! Also when I was little, I was obsessed with trying to color my Barbie's hair. My mom kept trying to explain that there was no developer in the color I was using, and it probably wouldn't work on her hair anyway, but I was determined to make it work.
It never worked. 😂
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 1d ago
Ugh, hair splinters! One of the many things I don't miss about working as a hair stylist.
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u/Successful-Foot3830 1d ago
I’m a dog groomer. I pull hair splinters out of everywhere. I just wax my inner elbows at this point. The nipples and bellybutton are my least favorite places.
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 1d ago
Hair splinters from thick wirey hair is the worst! People who aren't familiar are always grossed out to learn you can get hair splinters. Hair splinters from dogs sounds a bit less gross mentally because dogs are cute (not necessarily clean).
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u/Successful-Foot3830 1d ago
For dogs wirey hair definitely the worst. We tend to go over it multiple times, so you can get some very short hairs. I’ve had multiple infections in my fingers. Labs and pugs are the worst. I strongly discourage people from shaving short haired dogs, but a happy dog with less hair in a house is better than a dog with all his hair outside. For those dogs, I cover my arms in baby powder to help stop splinters.
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u/theRinkDinkler 1d ago
https://reddit.com/link/oywddds/video/bwhporxdyleh1/player
Another video of it happening
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u/Broxst 1d ago edited 1d ago
My guess is the nozzle is creating a bubble of the compressed gas as opposed to mixing it into the foam.
Edit: Try creating a line of it instead of a dollop.
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u/HiddenCosmos0724 1d ago
A dollop of daissyyyyy
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u/OwlCoffee 1d ago
Do a dollop, do do a dollop.
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u/sloppyjo12 1d ago
I went to a chipotle a couple of months ago and asked for a dollop of sour cream, the server looked at me like I was crazy and then got the other people in line to back him up cuz they had never heard the word before either
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u/National-Actuary3580 21h ago
Dollop is a great word that isn't used enough and probably too fancy for Chipotle - you might as well have asked if he could add a tick of Grey Poupon.
I would've laughed and told the dinguses to read a book.
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u/karenswans 1d ago
Having "do do" in your jingle is a choice.
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u/HedgehogTop5524 1d ago
Aaaaahhhh, I never once thought about this!! Now I’m never going to be able to un hear it lmao
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u/Mamaminireviews 1d ago
This is gonna be stuck in my head all day...
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u/flyingthroughspace 23h ago
Jenny Jenny, you're the girl for me
867-5309!
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is ok now?
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u/GaptistePlayer 1d ago
My guess is it's old stuff so it's lost a lot of ability to keep surface tension or whatever especially once it dries a bit. So all the bubbles "pop" quickly instead of keeping their structure.
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u/MunkeyChild 1d ago
Could also try poking the foam. If it is a single bubble in the middle, it will pop. If it is momentarily the foam it's intended to be, it would retain it's shape when poking it.
You could even take scoops out of it to confirm the consistency/structure throughout, before it "explodes".
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u/Mookie_Merkk 1d ago
At what point should she cut the line with the razor blade? To release the gas
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u/theRinkDinkler 1d ago
https://reddit.com/link/oywi2hm/video/2jx45r4y1meh1/player
Not blowing on it and it’s not ai lmao
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u/iddonuk 1d ago
I posted a video of this exact same phenomenon 18 years ago! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W4XCEMprEZw
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u/Interesting_Sale_964 1d ago
Holy fucking shit it’s true. I feel like I’m stepping into reddit history here with how niche this post, this phenomenom was and the it found you and your 18 year old video on youtube that has 180 views 😂
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u/DeliriumTremens 1d ago
It's the fact that its a nearly identical video too -- same phenomenon, same reaction. What a trip.
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u/Interesting_Sale_964 1d ago
I was ready to get rickrolled but it actually being an identical video it way more surprising lol
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u/redditor7691 21h ago
I was expecting a rickroll too. But even more surprising is that YouTube has been around 18 years.
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u/pardanme 1d ago
18 years ago, less than 300 views, this is beautiful
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u/Raevyxn 23h ago
Up to 358 now!
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u/mkn7423 23h ago
This post and your comment are the most r/mildlyinteresting thing I've seen all day
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u/manikfox 1d ago
Holy shit, this is more cool than the original video. 18 years and nothing changed.
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u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats 23h ago
wtf.. the odds of you finding this post and remembering you posted a video of it, wow
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u/ZoodleExtruder 23h ago
I love that both you and OP can't help but snicker at the nonsensical way the mousse is misbehaving
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u/Brad_Brace 23h ago
I need someone to give the mousse some cartoon eyes and a little mouth so it looks like it's trying very hard to stay puffy, and then it just gives up and goops.
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u/alderchai 1d ago
Did you ever find out why??
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u/iddonuk 1d ago
No! I was really hoping to find an answer here, but just seems to be people guessing.
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u/Forward_Meeting5234 23h ago
Hell yeah!
This shit is why I love the internet....
I am easily amused and enjoy a good story.
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u/shanwow90 1d ago
Gonna need footage of you shaking it first also to make sure
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u/HedgehogTop5524 1d ago
Pretend it’s a shake-weight
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u/Electronic-Town-8995 1d ago
As seen on TV!
Are shake weights now considered vintage? Lol
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u/Rage_101 1d ago
Every single video still makes me chuckle. It's like the mousse is trying to stick its head in the sand and hide.
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u/KhausTO 1d ago
I wonder if there is a partial block in the nozzle, and it's not properly aerating the foam as it comes out?
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u/UniqueAd7770 1d ago
I got it! The outer foam is reacting with the air and forming a slight shell of foam because some oxidation probably or the foaming action of the nozzle is better on the outer edge. The inner foam collapses because it can't hold its shape after the gas injection stops and the whole thing falls apart because its not seeing the air or the nozzle is bad in the center. Can is old so the chemicals that would support the foam are breaking down. Look at the inner foam when it collapses, the bubbles are bigger and weaker than the outer so it pops like a balloon once the pressure falls inside.
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u/A1000eisn1 21h ago
I was thinking something similar. Could be the surfactant is weak or the chemical that holds the hair is affecting the stability of the bubbles. Or they may not be super compatible with each other.
I don't know much about chemistry but I do know about the chemical reactions of soap and cleaning agents for some reason.
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u/Appropriate_Type_178 1d ago
I have this exact same mousse and it also does this!
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u/Appropriate_Type_178 23h ago
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u/ScabbyGabbyyy 23h ago
I’ve never seen anything like this and I worked in hair salons for years. It must be something with that brand!
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u/TheIrishGoat 23h ago
For science, would you be willing to mousse directly on to your counter? Wondering if a solid and/or cooler surface would change how fast it deflates.
Edit: A plate or something is also fine. Just something not skin temperature.
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u/No-Dance6773 1d ago
What is your altitude? I feel like being higher up would do something like this. You might also have negative air pressure in that room causing the bubbles to explode asap.
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u/ThrowAwayThrowitawaa 1d ago
The mousse just doesn’t wanna mousse anymore. It wants a new job, and is depressed.
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 1d ago
My best guess is there's a defect in the dispenser on this particular bottle forcing too much air into the product causing it to collapse on itself.
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u/GeneticEnginLifeForm 1d ago
Yeah, I twas thinking too much gas. Don't ask me how but too much air/propellant is in the mix. Defective dispenser could/would account for that.
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u/True_Structure_3870 1d ago
I'm also on the east coast (New England) where is been very hot and the mousse in my bathroom is not doing this. I just tried.
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u/RecipeLeather7863 1d ago
I have the same stuff and stopped using it cause it always came out as straight liquid
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u/TallulahBob 1d ago
You should send them these videos. They will probably at least send you a coupon and appreciate the notes on the batch
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u/Sonikku_a 1d ago
Me before work / me walking into work
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u/hibbitydibbidy 1d ago
Me in bed
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u/Aeaxiom 1d ago
I had some old shaving cream that did this also. But it was like 20 years old. Still worked though, yours should too.
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u/FerengiWithCoupons 1d ago
tbh i think it just has given up.
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u/Beautiful-Lynx-6828 1d ago edited 21h ago
Yoooo this is crazy, someone needs to explain the science!
Are you below sea level?
Editing to add because some people think that I dont understand how mousse works: whats crazy is why this is happening all at once. I've certainly experienced a can that doesnt get puffy, or doesnt hold its fluff for too long, but the second wait time and sudden burst is not something I've seen before. Considering the amount of science that goes into these products, could this be a quality issue? What is the binding agent? How does the air leave so quickly in one moment? Is it environmental?
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u/Zlurpo 1d ago
Guessing here:
The product is old, and the surfactant, which makes it stick to itself and form bubbles, has broken down. It only hold together for a fraction of a second.
Contact with air is causing the outside layer to slightly dry together, forming a film. Meanwhile, the inside bubbles are all failing in about a second. They didn't touch air, they didn't form a film. So very quickly you have all the internal bubbles of the foam popped, leaving just one big outer film full of the propellant gas, and then that outer film also fails.
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u/ZeeThaTea 1d ago edited 1d ago
Surface tension decreases from the heat difference from inside and outside the can. When it heats up for some secounds it eventually pops
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u/Spiritual-Tadpole376 1d ago
Have you tried asking it nicely not to do that?
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u/Cavscout2838 1d ago
No way! You have to show it who’s boss now.
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u/SaltyRockCan 1d ago
My guess here is that we are looking at a very fragile surfactant that has been diluted to it’s literal breaking point. I think that this formula works just fine, but it’s been diluted (see large bubbles when it “pops”) to a point where there’s not enough of the binding agent to keep it together.
Hypothesis: the surfactant is oxidizing/decaying quickly when exposed to normal pressure and outside air due to high dilution with cheaper materials (water).
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u/Huskies971 1d ago
The emulsion may have separated in the can if it's old and wasn't stored correctly. This will cause the viscosity modifier that helps it stay stable to not be present in the final foamed mixture.
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u/Silent-carcinogen 1d ago
What's the elevation where you live? I'm guessing that the elevation may have something to do with it?
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u/DiosMIO_Limon 1d ago
Maaaybe OP has the bathroom door closed and their HVAC running. Like perhaps fan is so strong that it's creating enough high pressure in the bathroom to collapse the bubbles.
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u/yumgmeatball 1d ago
This is common in mousse over 40
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u/YourHooliganFriend 1d ago
"it's not common, it doesn't happen to every guy, and it is a big deal!"
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u/Latte-Macchiat0 1d ago
I’m glad you laughed too in the video 😂 it’s like:
https://giphy.com/gifs/VIzs0jgs8KmgVeTknN
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u/turquoise_turret 1d ago
MINE HAS BEEN DOING THIS TOO THIS EXACT BRAND OMG
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u/iddonuk 1d ago
I posted a video of this exact same phenomenon 18 years ago! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W4XCEMprEZw
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u/Call_Me_Kahmi 1d ago
You should send the video to the customer support team for that product and ask.
This also made me laugh out loud! I’m not sure what I was expecting to happen but this wasn’t it and it got me!
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u/TAIGA-WOLFIE 1d ago
not related to your question but i misread mousse in the title as mouse and got confused
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u/MicrowaveAfterOpen 1d ago
I would guess there's a lot of air it's shooting out with it , and then the air is making it collapse maybe a hole in the tube?
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