A Rube Goldberg machine is a device which accomplishes a (relatively) simple task in a ludicrously complicated and suboptimal way, such as a device which squeezes one’s toothpaste through an intricate system of pulleys, weights, and trained hamsters. While it gets the job done (eventually), it’s incredibly inefficient, and most of the effects it produces are intermediate products.
‘What is a RG machine? Seems a bit abruptly introduced.’ (I’ll Google it, of course.)
A Rube Goldberg machine is a device which accomplishes a (relatively) simple task in a ludicrously complicated and suboptimal way, such as a device which squeezes one’s toothpaste through an intricate system of pulleys, weights, and trained hamsters. While it gets the job done (eventually), it’s incredibly inefficient, and most of the effects it produces are intermediate products.