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| Friday, November 14, 2003 The following is a Public Service Announcement: Despite what Outkast says, shaking a Polaroid picture does nothing to develop the image faster. After the picture is taken, the film comes out, passing through two rollers. The rollers squeeze chemicals out from a pouch located at the bottom of the film. These chemicals are between the exposed film and a thin sheet on the back of the picture. These chemicals develope the image, and then an acid clears up an opacifier, so you can see the image. Shaking the chemicals inside the film does nothing to develop the image faster because the image has already been developed, what you're watching is only the acid. Actually, the ritual associated with Polaroids varies from region to region. In America, it is common to shake them, but in other some countries, people blow on them. Thank you.
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