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The reason why your fingers sink into oobleck is because they are there for a reasonable time for them to sink into it but but when you punch it you take your hand of straight away so it doesnt have enough time to sink into the oobleck and because your hands have to be in a small ammout of a size.

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Q: Why does your fingers sink into oobleck but if you punch it your hand wont go through?
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