Aluminum foil looks pretty boring. It is used for packaging, insulation, cooking… and making really shiny balls that appear to have no real purpose, apparently. That’s right, thanks to a Japanese jeweler, the whole country became obsessed with refining these metal leaves, and we aren’t sure how to react.
According to Twitter user @puchuco709, they took a whole 16-metre (52-feet) long roll of the federal government brainwashing-blocking material and started abusing it – hammering, polishing it. After probably a gazillion repeats, the ball was finished. People instantly fell in love with this low-budget DIY project, flooding Japanese social media with their very own versions. Can you think of a use for it? Let us know in the comments!
It all starts with an aluminum foil ball like this one:
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Then, with incredible amounts of determination…
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…lots and lots of repeating the same tedious task…
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And hours of polishing it to perfection…
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It turns into something like this!
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People instantly fell in love with this low-budget DIY project
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Flooding Japanese social media with their very own versions
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Here’s what people had to say about the trend:
