‘There’s so much you can crush’: why hydraulic press videos are so popular and so satisfying

Watching a pumpkin, crayons or a Furby get squashed isn’t just fun – it can also serve as an emotional release

There are lots of ways to unwind. You can go on a walk, call a friend or read a book. But sometimes it rains, friends are busy or your book is boring. What then?

I have a suggestion: watch random, unrelated objects get mercilessly crushed in the mechanical jaws of a hydraulic press.

Topics

If you’re so happy, why are you buying so much gold?
World - Financial Times - October 17
Hoka shoes are so popular, their maker just crushed quarterly estimates
Business - MarketWatch - October 25
Why are Forest so good this season - and can it last?
Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago
Why did Joker 2 lose so much money? And how on earth did it cost so much in the first place?
World - The Guardian - October 16
Research Shows the Best Employees Are Chronically Underpaid. So Why Does Bruce Springsteen Pays His Band So Much?
Business - Inc. - October 22
Why has your Big Mac become so much more expensive?
Business - Financial Times - October 16
Why people are receiving so much money in the Juul e-cigarette settlement
Business - MarketWatch - October 29
Why these Celtics look so much like the 73-win Warriors
Sports - ESPN - Yesterday
How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular
Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

Latest in World

Arsenal v Brighton, Manchester City v Tottenham: WSL updates and more – live
World - The Guardian - 22 minutes ago
Ireland v New Zealand: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – live
World - The Guardian - 22 minutes ago
Ukraine recovers bodies of 563 soldiers as Russian attacks continue
World - Yahoo News - 28 minutes ago
Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister officially steps down
World - ABC News - 29 minutes ago
Israeli soccer fans were attacked in Amsterdam. The violence was condemned as antisemitic
World - ABC News - 29 minutes ago

‘There’s so much you can crush’: why hydraulic press videos are so popular and so satisfying

Topics

Related

If you’re so happy, why are you buying so much gold?

Hoka shoes are so popular, their maker just crushed quarterly estimates

Why are Forest so good this season - and can it last?

Why did Joker 2 lose so much money? And how on earth did it cost so much in the first place?

Research Shows the Best Employees Are Chronically Underpaid. So Why Does Bruce Springsteen Pays His Band So Much?

Why has your Big Mac become so much more expensive?

Why people are receiving so much money in the Juul e-cigarette settlement

Why these Celtics look so much like the 73-win Warriors

How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular

More from The Guardian

Iranian man charged in plot to kill Trump; judge grants special counsel’s request to pause Trump’s 2020 case – live

Amsterdam police arrest more than 60 people after attacks on Israeli football fans

‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children

Outrage against Canada’s Marineland theme park after fifth beluga dies

Met police refer themselves to watchdog over Fayed investigation complaints

Latest in World

Arsenal v Brighton, Manchester City v Tottenham: WSL updates and more – live

Ireland v New Zealand: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – live

Ukraine recovers bodies of 563 soldiers as Russian attacks continue

Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister officially steps down

Israeli soccer fans were attacked in Amsterdam. The violence was condemned as antisemitic