(US, Canada) A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
Oh, to be clear, my joke was more a result of Blender having a big difficulty curve than any given tutorial actually being bad (but that won't stop people from trying to reinvent the Rube Goldberg machine anyway.)
The most Rube Goldberg machine puzzles ever made (aggressively affectionate)
(US, Canada) A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
“Oh, to be clear, my joke was more a result of Blender having a big difficulty curve than any given tutorial actually being bad (but that won't stop people from trying to reinvent the Rube Goldberg machine anyway.)”
“The most Rube Goldberg machine puzzles ever made (aggressively affectionate)”
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(North America) Achieving a simple objective by absurdly complicated means; overcomplicated, elaborate and impractical.
(chiefly, UK, attributive) Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.
(pejorative) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
A coin-operated machine that dispenses gumballs.
(by extension) Anything that is overly complicated.