[capableweb]

> actual bubbles burst [...] not because of a puncture, but because they were continuously filled with air from a source that at some point can't provide it anymore.

Don't they burst because the source doesn't stop before the bubble gets larger than what it can be? The source stopping would just lead to a deflation where it slowly gets smaller if the air hole is still open, or remain the same size until tiny leaks make it not be the same size anymore.

[coldtea]

>*Don't they burst because the source doesn't stop before the bubble gets larger than what it can be? (...) The source stopping would just lead to a deflation where it slowly gets smaller if the air hole is still open

To continue my analogy, I prefer to visualize them as flying uncontrollably while shrinking very quickly (but not immediately as a puncture would), propelled by their own deflation discharges...

So, this kind of thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CTnTi1Lq60

[capableweb]

Sounds like your analogy is more about balloons rather than bubbles. Bubbles make me think of these: https://www.techexplorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/bub...

[coldtea]

I guess you're right... I think of it the analogy more like baloons than water bubbles...