Why is this rotting tomato time-lapse video so weirdly calming?

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Oh that must smell so bad. And they must have had it contained or there would be fruit flys all up in it.

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First pass guess: because it captures the essential beauty of the inevitable destiny of every living body?

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It’s funny, I just this afternoon started reading Lud-in-the-Mist, which features a character who is freaked out by everyday reminders of decay and the passage of time.

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I hate to be that person, but that tomato is drying, not rotting.

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It’s probably the soothing soundtrack that sounds like How It’s Made.

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