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I always wondered about what made the sound when knuckles were cracked, and now technology has gotten to where they have figured it out...
non-paywalled link - "How Knuckles Get Cracking" - WSJ Within the article was this bit of good news to finger-crackers everywhere:
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Well, it's news to me. Cool info. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep |
Well bully for you… _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking_joints _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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I am a joint cracking addict. Knuckles, wrist, knees, ankles, neck, scapula, etc. I can even crack my nose. (been broken 4x) Drives my wife crazy.  | |||
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I Deal In Lead |
Nope, I used to crack my knuckles back in the 60s and I read about why back then. Must be a slow news day at the WSJ. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I like to say no knowledge is ever useless, but this comes close. | |||
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| Left-Handed, NOT Left-Winged! |
I crack my knuckles. And I have gas. Coincidence? | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
I have never felt the need to crack my knuckles, and probably couldn't if I tried. What triggers the impulse? Is the ability hereditary, like being able to roll your tongue into a U shape or cilantro tasting like soap? | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I thought this had been known for years that it was gas, it’s the same reason your back cracks at the chiropractor. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
In college, I was told it was this explanation given in the OP, but also the void either filling with nitrogen, or the sudden release or a nitrogen bubble. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I'm with Patriot, I remember this being explained several decades ago. I haven't had the need to crack my knuckles in a long time but I still occasionally crack my neck. What I do miss though is being able to crack my spine by twisting side to side and bending backwards. I can't do that any more. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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I used to a lot when I was younger but when I read the OP, I tried it with no sucess  I guess 35 years makes a big difference!_________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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