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Re:Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Vir... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:56PM (#29802040)
A clogged toilet isn't flowing. More like dumping a 5-gal bucket into a sink . The drain is running at full capacity but any one drop may take a long time to actually clear the sink. The 5-gal bucket is peak demand. Total time to sink clear is how long rush "hour" lasts.

Fluid analogies are crappy because fluids flow more when you add pressure and traffic doesn't.

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Re:Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Vir... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:57AM (#29805670)
> because fluids flow more when you add pressure and traffic doesn't.

Well, traffic can flow when pressure is added, just not in a way that is very safe.

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