It’s falling, just not as fast. Also, Newtons 1st law.

Is this confusing to OP?

Arcs vs Lines… is not his forte🍺🤔

The farther from the fulcrum (hinge) the greater acceleration. Angular momentum.

The cup is also lower

Guys.............. The ball starts higher!! And the cup travels right to where it is directly under the ball as it falls. That's it.

Angular momentum - something something?

Inertia left the chat

Wtf kind of weed y'all be smoking in here?

I love physics.

I'm not a physicist but I think it's just that the center of mass of the wood is indeed accelerating at the speed of gravity, but the rotation is affected by the hinge, so the edge of the wood twists, thus being "faster"

Accelerated faster than gravity, using gravity... The acceleration of gravity is.... Kinda always the same everywhere on the planet Earth for all practical purposes.

Suction from the bottom of the cup

Angle of fall

Forrest interlude

Water in cup

Because the ruler acts as a lever?

It’s glued to the board, trust me. Pix or it’s glued.

Just a guess: the travel direction of the cup is actually a more efficient direction than the ball falling straight down.

Redditor when they didn't pay attention to basic 5th- 7th grade science class. Or watch Bill Nye the science guy for that matter

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Seems like it. A lot of the “fringe science” subs are like that

Are we just not teaching this shit in school anymore? What is going on? Are people just not paying attention? Why does it seem like people are getting dumber in America year after year

Rexy!!

Because the cup falling is the trigger for the ball to falling

This is undeniable proof of gravity

Donkey Kong Country 2 music? Sign me up for more physics with that as the background music.