system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do we instinctively seem to hit machines / devices that aren't functioning properly? Where did this come from?
gpt
It's called "Percussive maintenance" and it's related to the old mechanical and analogue systems that used to drive machines where if they got stuck sometimes a sharp jolt to the machine could cause the stuck pieces to jump into their proper places.