Rube Goldberg was a very skilled cartoonist. In his cartoons, he made machines that were incredibly complicated that did very simple tasks. For example, one of his cartoons took over 30 steps, and all it did was wipe someone's chin with a napkin. If you would like to learn more about Rube Goldberg, copy and paste this into a new tab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg