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I worked at a middle school-aged summer camp in 2017 and we had not one, not two, but TEN different parents Amazon Prime their kids Borax and Elmer's Glue so they could make slime in their cabins. An absolute nightmare.
At Target we have to monitor the kids getting Borax but Elmer's Glue and Yeast was ok. At this point it's just better to get the kids premade slime if you can't monitor their slime-making process
I'm glad I was past the marketed audience when slime became the hit thing because I was a Playdough eater and I can see younger me traveling the same path with slime because of how many food themed ones there are
i discovered this channel recently and i cant stop eating up these videos. It captures the whole 2000’s and 2010’s era that made up my childhood. Keep up the amazing videos
the rise of fidgeting toys is so facinating to me because as a neutrotypical person it honestly made it harder for me to fidget with items and toys because they’re seen as, well, toys, and not things i need to focus. it makes me wonder what the catalyst was for them to suddenly explode in the market
@@giselletorres4156its kinda complicated though. While it IS very annoying that NT’s treating fidget toys as just regular toys for fun makes it harder to use them in public without being judged for playing with toys, making stuff like slime, fidget spinners, pop sockets, etc DID make them easier to find and more accessible. Idk, it’s kinda interesting to think about.
Idk how old you are but I found that once I was out of high school, and in to college and jobs, people care a lot less about them and are a lot more open to their use. Most adults have something they fidget with but don’t notice (pens, markers, jewelry, ext), so once you say oh I just need something in my hands, they leave it at that (at least at the places I’ve worked). Good luck!
I work in an arcade and SLIME IS EVERYWHERE. They get sold more than any other toy, even the tiny bouncy balls. We once found a rat king of Pokemons, about 12 Pokemon plushies being glued together by neon goop. We have a goo with a plastic shark inside and kids go feral for them.
Fidgeting is used primarily as a coping skill for neurodivergent folk. A lot of neurotypical people copied the style of fidgeting, but to them fidgeting was more about playing with and having fun like a usual toy then helping with anxiety or sensory processing issues. I remember being neurodivergent in a classroom and needing fidgets to help stay still, and having other classmates who were neurotypical using fidget spinners to play with, which made a loud whirring noise I could pick up on especially well, and it did a good job distracting me while the fidgets I used were stress balls or stretchy toys and were quiet. I could pick up on small sounds especially well, and they didn’t even need fidgets in the first place, they just had them because they were trendy. Many neurodivergent adults need to use fidgets even though they are primarily seen as for kids.
AuDHD adult here! My bag is full of half a dozen fidget toys that I use regularly. I wish I'd had some in school because my teachers REALLY hated it when I clicked my ballpoint pens
I've recently re-entered my Slime Phase through watching a bunch of satisfying crunchy slime videos on UA-cam and Twitter. Over the years I've forgotten how cool the whole creation process is and the creativity of these slime shops with all their aesthetically pleasing slimes!
I remember a Nickelodeon Magazine article that had a slime recipe - it was just thinned vanilla pudding and green food dye. I’m just going to think of this instead of the awful molded food scrap concoction.
I feel like I"m getting in on the relatively, ground floor of a channel that is going to blow up. This is the type of content that people love and you make is so well. I love those little nose laughs at the end of some of your points btw so cute
It is the ground floor 😂 the channel is like 4 months old and already had 60k subs. Blowing up for sure and it is sooo well deserved I love this channel too! ❤
I'm just trying to comprehend why they thought it was a good idea to dump rotting food scraps on people in the first place ;u; I can't even wash dishes without gagging
Weirdly, in the UK, the stuff they dropped on people in game shows like that was always called "gunge", rather than slime, thought it pretty much looked to be exactly the same kind of stuff, as far as I can tell
I remember being part of the Double dare at the nickelodeon hotel in Orlando. The slime made me so cold after winning! I'd rather get a pie face but I'm overall greatful during the experience! 💚
I guess I have 0 taste because I never really wanted to get slimed. It just seemed like it'd be annoying as hell to clean and not that fun of an experience while it happened. That's also why I don't really like getting wet even, because it takes so long to dry off. It's just pointless downtime that isn't really worth it.
It’s funny that nowadays when I think of slime on the internet, I think of “slime tutorials” and the specific use of that term in the Broadway/musical theatre community (iykyk).
I actually recall that when the Nickelodeon Studios was in Universal Studios, Orlando, FL, they had tours and during the tour, they had one of the kids try tasting the slime. According to the kid, it tasted like applesauce. It's always a memory that sticks out in my mind.
I remember slime becoming popular in my country (Spain) via Chinese Bazaars selling the garbage slime cans of unnamed brands for really cheap. The smell was weird and I'm pretty sure those slimes were toxic for the skin, but they were a little popular. Then the slime trend died out until internet slime happened and pharmacies made a nice profit out of contact solution to the point that you needed to present an eye prescription to buy contact liquid due to shortage
we also had those in the UAE! some were name-brand, some weren't. they smelled so bad, the smell would linger on your skin and they felt really wet, almost unpleasant now that i think of it. i remember seeing kids at school with them
Great video! I will say though, it wasn't Nickelodeon that was throwing rotten food on kids. YCDTOT was an acquired show from Canada and they were sliming kids for years before Nickelodeon picked up the show, even though they did request more at some point but that was much farther in when the slime wasn't rotting food anymore (and even the rotting food anecdote has been debated by people who worked on the set). And we know what the Double Dare Slime was. It was applesauce, vanilla pudding, green food dye and powder coffee creamer. There's a lot of different recipes for slime that have been used over the years but the slime used at Nick was always edible.
Thank you for this! I got confused for a minute because I was pretty sure YCDTOT was Canadian, and we didn't get Nickelodeon up here until I was an adult. Makes sense though! Good to see we'd perfected the art of sliming before it made its way to Nickelodeon 😂 Also that explains the game show "Uh Oh" on YTV and how slime-centric it was haha
I super blame Nickelodeon's 90s slime fascination for my present day putty addiction. I use the Crazy Aaron's putty nearly daily just to play with haha
I’m so happy I found your channel - I love your voice and choice of topics! Your videos bring back such comforting feelings of nostalgia and simplicity ❤
I've been pretty active in the slime community ever since it's rebirth in 2016, and watching it evolve through the years has been really neat. It started out as a cute, sparkly and and aesthetically pleasing kids toy, to being a sort of art-form. There are many smaller creators in the slime community that make slimes more "artistically driven," i guess you can say LOLLL. Apart from it being a satisfying fidget thing, it's also become an outlet to express emotion, share stories, and inspire. Slowly but surely, it's evolving to become a collectible of sorts. There are many older teen/adults who are genuinely interested in this hobby, and add their own unique spin to the products. It's very cool. I too am very curious to see how far slime will go in this day and age, especially with these more creative and artistic creators blossoming in the community 👍
As a slime reviewer and soon to be shop owner, I feel like slime can be a super helpful tool for relaxation! As crazy as it is, I’d consider slime to be an art form of sorts. Hundreds of shop owners making their own products to look as pretty and aesthetically pleasing as possible sparks creativity in the community! It’s an awesome way to ease anxiety and I definitely think the market for slime gets bigger every day!
Hearing the starting music for only a few seconds activated my sleeper agent protocol and I immediately identified the music as the Fishville theme LMAO. I haven't watched the video yet, but I always get excited whenever you post a one! I love seeing this new genre of 2000's era 'historical' video becoming more popular. :D
I learned in a documentary that the Nic slime (post moldy food era) was vanilla pudding with food coloring. So you guys really were getting the full experience.
Oh man. As a child of the 90s, I wanted more than anything to know what slime tasted like. Interesting to learn there was never one consistent slime recipe! (and im super thankful for never getting the opportunity to try the version they used in the 80s!) Kinda surprised you didnt mention Slime Time Live, though! That show was DEDICATED to sliming people more than double dare ever did!
i used to play Slime Time in the bath with my sister lmao we would fill up buckets of water and ask/answer nickelodeon trivia- if we got it wrong we’d get “slimed” with cold bucket water (we were like tiny children soo shared baths weren’t weird yet)
I found your channel a few weeks ago an immediately got hooked on your videos. Most of the videos are relatable and make me think back to when I was like 8. You have a lot of good videos, and I know there will be more good ones to come :)
Never was a slime kid myself, but silly putty and flarp were how I calmed down in elementary school. Flarp was more for the funny noises and fun times, but silly putty has been therapeutic for me since I was young.
My fingers were crossed that you mentioned the TMNT Ooze, it’s been a mainstay for the franchise since the original line, I have a distinct memory of getting a 2003 Mutations Donatello that came with a canister of ooze for my birthday one year, some good memories.
Why has it taken so long for me to find this channel?? I love stuff like this. Mini docs on random topics is my favorite. Definitely subbed and about to binge a bunch of these.
Until watching this video I didn't realize that I was a "slime-kid". As a kid I loved these garbage can slimes with worms in it (they still kinda appeal to me to this day tbh) and I watched the slimey-content of Nickeloden on a daily basis. Today I really enjoy those ASMR slime posts on social media, those are calming like no other content. Maybe this was the result of the early influences of slime-based content and toys? I kinda just now realized how slime was pretty much consistent through my childhood up to this day. 🤔
I was NOT a kid who wanted to get slimed lol. Just watching those kids get slimed on Nickelodeon already made me cringe. It looked like a sensory nightmare, and I never knew how right I was.
Omg Flubber!!! My childhood slime exposure in the 2000s consisted of Nickelodeon, little balls of slime from the quarter machine (where you get toys and candy), and people making diy borax and glue slime for science fairs. Another phenomenon has been the popularization of interactive experiences like the Museum of Ice Cream, Illusions, and even Sex, and Escape Rooms, etc. I was in Soho, NY one time when I walked by a line of parents and kids in line for a slime experience. I couldn’t believe we made it to that point.
I remember having a lot of slime in my childhood. I had an obsession with it but ended up having it for at least 1 week before it was totally ruined. I dont remember having ANY water snakes as well until now when im literally holding one right now. Im hoping to get more slime soon because it is so fun to play with, and it just relaxes me when i have stress. (I HAD to mention the water snakes because this is the first ever video im watching that's saying a product i literally bought in the same day, so that's why that off-topic area was there.)
back in the early-mid 2000's, i loved slime and remember searching far and wide online for slime recipes but could never find any good ones. i remember specifically a recipe that just used cornstarch and water. sure it was fun, i made it often, but it wasn't anywhere near as cool as the slime recipes you can find online today!
I remember the slime that came in a little container with a hazard warning on it ☢️. I honestly didn’t know slime went this deep! Awesome video! Thanks to Scott Cramer I found your channel!
I think for me and many kids who were in primary school in the UK in the late 90's-early 00's, the craze of 'alien eggs' was an early experience of having your own slime. They were clear plastic eggs that could be opened, and contained a squishy rubber alien foetus wrapped in slime. They were collectables with many colour combinations which couldn't be seen until you opened the packaging, which made some colours rare and desirable. There were always rumours about how, if kept under the right conditions (temperature, slime colour), the alien could become pregnant and give birth to another alien (which was obviously false). I think it turned out that there was another company who did actually make 'pregnant' versions of the same toy, so it's no surprise this rumour spread.
Probably the closest thing I have to a slime toy are those Heroes of Goo-Jit-Zu figures. I'm almost convinced they were inspired by the popularity of slime toys from the late 2010's haha. Like with slime, you could stretch and squish the toys, and they have unique fillings that make them really fun to play with. Later waves also had some unique gimmick to make them more appealing. Half the appeal is the toys having characters you can get attached to like Blazagon and Trash, thus letting you play with them like with an action figure. I only have one toy from the Galaxy Attack line, but I'd love to get more of them! GA Blazagon is just so fun to hold and squish.
I just want to say I love your channel and the videos you have been making about nostalgia 2000s - 2010s it feels great to remember as a person born in 2004🥰
I once found a bottle of Green Slime Shampoo in the back of a linen closet in my childhood home. This was probably in like 2012. I was born in 1994 so it felt like uncovering a lost artifact of a long gone culture (my older brother's childhood). Still looked like slime, tho I didn't have the courage to put it on my body.
I'm so thankfull for having discovered you channel! Normally when people do nostalgia thingies, it's the 2000s. But for some reason, you're always able to talk about the early 2010s children's entertainment which is exactly when I was growing up! I thought I was the only 'gore kid' back in the day (early 2010's) who wanted to get slimed in the most extreme way possible, and if not possible, see others get slimed in the most extreme way possible! Just a thingy, do y'all remember the slime car wash from 201x? That was my favourite year. I'm like one of the most clean and well-behaved children/young adults you'll ever meet. I've always wondered why I went through that 'gore phase' how, why etc. Thanks for clarifying my childhood! Your videos are a trip down memory lane. ;)
I love your videos so much. Watching them brings me so much nostalgia 😢 Thank you for the amazing videos! P.s I love the thumbs up kid on the thumbnails 😊 Adds a unique touch to your videos!
Back as a kid, there was this slime toy that was marketed as a creepy body horror trinket because it had a fake eyeball in it. It was watery and not sticky but I found it relaxing to play! Fast forward to today, I dont like today's slime because the food slimes look too pretty and I have thid child-like instinct to eat them
I can only think about how the nickelodeon slime period was probably the time that slime and messy fetishes were developed by watchers and producers on the show. I dont know if this is true but it sure is a disturbing but interesting thought.
omggg now that u mention the "intentionally gross toys" i remember that there were some kind of shopkins but like all trashy and gross, a video on that kind of toys would be very interesting!!
Months ago, I watched the Arcade Culture video and thought it was some kid's school presentation simply being uploaded to YT. It was cute background noise while gaming. Now, without being subscribed, I am recommended everything you've done and it's surprisingly interesting to listen about what was popular after my childhood ended and how some trends from that childhood evolved to fit into your own. I'm definitely not part of the targeted audience for content about Claire's or Silly Bandz, but I've enjoyed learning about it all the same, so thank you, DJ.
I used to work for one of the Nickelodeon theme parks and we were taught the propriety recipes for various slimes and gaks used in the Double Dare live show we did. What we made wasn’t any variety of edible slimes despite other versions of the show having it. I was a cast member of this live show version of Double Dare that ran twice daily for a month at various times during the year (we did Double Scare in October that was more Halloween themed). We got kids to sign up who would show up like an hour or half an hour or so before the show and we’d teach them how it worked and show them the slimes and gaks, we had to make sure they were totally ok with getting messy (though we provided them with outfits and shoes to wear during the game, and stuff to wash up with in the bathrooms). The game was two teams of two kids each competing in trivia rounds and physical challenges. At the end the winning team of 2 went through our Double Dare Obstacle Course (we had the wringer and the pick-it nose, among other items) and if they could complete that in time, they won what we called “Nickelodeon’s highest honor” of being slimed. (Even if they didn’t complete it in time, we made sure the slime didn’t go to waste and slimed them anyway for making it as far as they did lol) I slimed so many kids during my time there lol it was a wild time. Sad to say the show hasn’t been able to make a comeback in a world affected by covid (we were in rehearsals and set to open again right when the shutdowns began 🙃 and then we all got laid off lol some of us came back later on when Entertainment started to bounce back but it’s just not the same without Double Dare). I still have my tshirts from our show and I treasure them 💚
@@__lillie__ it was literally a mix of hot and cold water, methocel, and food coloring (a specific amount of yellow and green to get the right shade of Nickelodeon Green). I don’t remember the specific amounts of any of the ingredients, but that’s what we used! This one is /not/ edible lol do not try at home 😅
Nothing will ever compete with the original barrel-o-slime toy for me. It was way before slime became popular or trendy but it was probably one of my favorite things to play with growing up. I can still remember how it oddly smelled like bananas.
Going outside during recess in elementary school and seeing a group of kids just absolutely fingerblasting a little tub of slime to make sloshy noises will never leave my brain
awesome video! loved the background & history of slime. it's safe to say there is a whole culture of slime, and i was unaware of how much it had evolved in recent years! i always loved slime and putty based toys and still have a jar of neon green dollar store slime in my room. the new slimes may be cute but i think classic radioactive green will always be my favorite.
There was a Canadian game show called Uh-Oh! in 1997 as well that used various slimes and whatnot. It was basically my own Double-Dare when I was a kid.
It's so interesting to see the evolution of slime >.> I remember always getting Flarp, Puddy, and the trash can slime at arcades. So much fun growing up lol
who are you and why do you keep making such relatable and enticing nostalgic content? seriously, keep it up. i'm really enjoying all of your videos even if i didnt experience the topics of your videos.
I discovered slime because of my sister and mostly slime videos, me and my sister we used to make all of these different slimes. I remember one I had called it "Pinkie Pie" as the slime was pink 🙂
I love your videos so much!! Your voice is so calming and the topics you talk about are so nice with it not being drama ect, and just overall great informative and nostalgic content!
i have been going through a "slime phase" ever since i was basically a baby - i use to try and make slime without glue by stealing and using my moms makeup with a bunch of other random stuff i found in the house i ended up discovering a way to make playdoh and now i make it for my baby cousin whenever she comes over lol -
Nickelodeon also made another kind of slime in the early 2000s called Gooze, I got some one year for Christmas and it wound up getting all over my mom's vintage table cloth and the next year, she "wrote a note to Santa" saying no more Gooze
The first one i got was in a little plastic tub specifically for marking fart sounds xD. 4:53 SAME! also the fact you made potions with random house hold items, we would have been best friends!
random fun fact about Gak: On April 30th, 1992, the day the nickelodeon time capsule was buried, they predicted the death of Gak, which I find pretty cool.
I wasn't a part of the Gak generation (I was born in 2000) but we had something similar called Flarp. It was sold at Walgreens for $1 and smelled like ammonia-infused bubble gum. We also had a Nickelodeon-branded slime called Goooze (that's Gooze with THREE O's) that is long forgotten but I remember it so vividly and was my first introduction to slime toys.
Some of my recent videos have been auto-flagged as being made for kids (they're not lol) and had the comments turned off by UA-cam without warning. I try to catch it as it happens and turn them back on, but just a heads up in case you see the comments disabled in the future- blame UA-cam and their janky system, not me :D
You're just too wholesome they just figured it was family friendly only lol
Look, you just need to add some blood to your videos… and it would then just be demonized BUT it won’t be mark “for kids”….. Probably…..maybe
Can you please make a video about Kandi? And the nostalgia of Kandi? I think it would be a really interesting video idea!
Awful joke made at 16:42, immediate dislike
@@mightymadness5355 are you on the wrong video?…
I worked at a middle school-aged summer camp in 2017 and we had not one, not two, but TEN different parents Amazon Prime their kids Borax and Elmer's Glue so they could make slime in their cabins. An absolute nightmare.
Borax and Elmer's Glue sounds more like ingredients for some kind of chemical weapon tbh
Jesus Christ, just bring it from home at that point
Not to be that person but at that point why didn’t the camp owners just purchase it for the kids? It could have been a really good rainy day activity
At Target we have to monitor the kids getting Borax but Elmer's Glue and Yeast was ok. At this point it's just better to get the kids premade slime if you can't monitor their slime-making process
I'm glad I was past the marketed audience when slime became the hit thing because I was a Playdough eater and I can see younger me traveling the same path with slime because of how many food themed ones there are
I feel this, I had a Play-Doh ice cream maker set as a kid. For something non-edible they really made it look as delectable as possible
You could find 5 year old me under the slide at recess licking the play dough we got to play with
As a kid, I thought PlayDough smelled good to eat as well.
playdoh was a little yummy not gonna lie
@@maqjoujou nice and salty
i discovered this channel recently and i cant stop eating up these videos. It captures the whole 2000’s and 2010’s era that made up my childhood. Keep up the amazing videos
the rise of fidgeting toys is so facinating to me because as a neutrotypical person it honestly made it harder for me to fidget with items and toys because they’re seen as, well, toys, and not things i need to focus. it makes me wonder what the catalyst was for them to suddenly explode in the market
I just sum it up as neurotypical folks taking stuff neurodivergent folk need and market it to other NT's.
@@giselletorres4156its kinda complicated though. While it IS very annoying that NT’s treating fidget toys as just regular toys for fun makes it harder to use them in public without being judged for playing with toys, making stuff like slime, fidget spinners, pop sockets, etc DID make them easier to find and more accessible. Idk, it’s kinda interesting to think about.
Idk how old you are but I found that once I was out of high school, and in to college and jobs, people care a lot less about them and are a lot more open to their use. Most adults have something they fidget with but don’t notice (pens, markers, jewelry, ext), so once you say oh I just need something in my hands, they leave it at that (at least at the places I’ve worked). Good luck!
People trying to be special when they really aren't anything special
I work in an arcade and SLIME IS EVERYWHERE. They get sold more than any other toy, even the tiny bouncy balls. We once found a rat king of Pokemons, about 12 Pokemon plushies being glued together by neon goop.
We have a goo with a plastic shark inside and kids go feral for them.
There really needs to be a rat king Pokémon tho. Maybe a final form for Rattata.
Fidgeting is used primarily as a coping skill for neurodivergent folk. A lot of neurotypical people copied the style of fidgeting, but to them fidgeting was more about playing with and having fun like a usual toy then helping with anxiety or sensory processing issues. I remember being neurodivergent in a classroom and needing fidgets to help stay still, and having other classmates who were neurotypical using fidget spinners to play with, which made a loud whirring noise I could pick up on especially well, and it did a good job distracting me while the fidgets I used were stress balls or stretchy toys and were quiet. I could pick up on small sounds especially well, and they didn’t even need fidgets in the first place, they just had them because they were trendy. Many neurodivergent adults need to use fidgets even though they are primarily seen as for kids.
ADHD and autism here. I keep one of those magnetic, shape changing cubes at my desk. Gets me through meetings.
I definitely get weird looks for using fidgets as a ND adult, which sucks so bad
@@anais1084 Yeah I totally get what you mean! ❤️🩹
adhd/autistic adult here - i have a drawer in my room filled with toys and whatnot to fidget with.
AuDHD adult here! My bag is full of half a dozen fidget toys that I use regularly. I wish I'd had some in school because my teachers REALLY hated it when I clicked my ballpoint pens
I've recently re-entered my Slime Phase through watching a bunch of satisfying crunchy slime videos on UA-cam and Twitter. Over the years I've forgotten how cool the whole creation process is and the creativity of these slime shops with all their aesthetically pleasing slimes!
love how the "older woman" in the gak commercials is just a young actress dressed like a grandma
Lol yeah x
I know it's cringe to request, but the I-Spy books would be super on brand for you, and I can't find any other video essays about them.
I remember a Nickelodeon Magazine article that had a slime recipe - it was just thinned vanilla pudding and green food dye. I’m just going to think of this instead of the awful molded food scrap concoction.
I feel like I"m getting in on the relatively, ground floor of a channel that is going to blow up. This is the type of content that people love and you make is so well.
I love those little nose laughs at the end of some of your points btw so cute
It is the ground floor 😂 the channel is like 4 months old and already had 60k subs. Blowing up for sure and it is sooo well deserved I love this channel too! ❤
My exact sentiments
I'm just trying to comprehend why they thought it was a good idea to dump rotting food scraps on people in the first place ;u;
I can't even wash dishes without gagging
Weirdly, in the UK, the stuff they dropped on people in game shows like that was always called "gunge", rather than slime, thought it pretty much looked to be exactly the same kind of stuff, as far as I can tell
Get Your Own Back and Fun House ❤
I came to the comments section knowing someone would have made this comment lol
I remember being part of the Double dare at the nickelodeon hotel in Orlando. The slime made me so cold after winning! I'd rather get a pie face but I'm overall greatful during the experience! 💚
can i just say i love that your little mascot/avatar is that random meme? i just think its a funny little touch, i love your videos :)
one of a kind png tuber
"Mom don't come in I'm making potions"
"Mom don't come in I'm making weird stuff to throw at kids"
"Mom don't come in I'm helping charities"
😂😂😂
I made so many potions, and also washed my feet in the sink for some reason
I guess I have 0 taste because I never really wanted to get slimed. It just seemed like it'd be annoying as hell to clean and not that fun of an experience while it happened. That's also why I don't really like getting wet even, because it takes so long to dry off. It's just pointless downtime that isn't really worth it.
It’s funny that nowadays when I think of slime on the internet, I think of “slime tutorials” and the specific use of that term in the Broadway/musical theatre community (iykyk).
I actually recall that when the Nickelodeon Studios was in Universal Studios, Orlando, FL, they had tours and during the tour, they had one of the kids try tasting the slime. According to the kid, it tasted like applesauce. It's always a memory that sticks out in my mind.
Yes it was made of apple sauce. My cousin got slimed on one of the shows and it was for sure applesauce
I remember slime becoming popular in my country (Spain) via Chinese Bazaars selling the garbage slime cans of unnamed brands for really cheap. The smell was weird and I'm pretty sure those slimes were toxic for the skin, but they were a little popular. Then the slime trend died out until internet slime happened and pharmacies made a nice profit out of contact solution to the point that you needed to present an eye prescription to buy contact liquid due to shortage
we also had those in the UAE! some were name-brand, some weren't. they smelled so bad, the smell would linger on your skin and they felt really wet, almost unpleasant now that i think of it. i remember seeing kids at school with them
Oh wow the L’Oréal kids fish thing awakened a deep something inside my brain…
Great video! I will say though, it wasn't Nickelodeon that was throwing rotten food on kids. YCDTOT was an acquired show from Canada and they were sliming kids for years before Nickelodeon picked up the show, even though they did request more at some point but that was much farther in when the slime wasn't rotting food anymore (and even the rotting food anecdote has been debated by people who worked on the set). And we know what the Double Dare Slime was. It was applesauce, vanilla pudding, green food dye and powder coffee creamer. There's a lot of different recipes for slime that have been used over the years but the slime used at Nick was always edible.
Thank you for this! I got confused for a minute because I was pretty sure YCDTOT was Canadian, and we didn't get Nickelodeon up here until I was an adult. Makes sense though! Good to see we'd perfected the art of sliming before it made its way to Nickelodeon 😂
Also that explains the game show "Uh Oh" on YTV and how slime-centric it was haha
I super blame Nickelodeon's 90s slime fascination for my present day putty addiction. I use the Crazy Aaron's putty nearly daily just to play with haha
I’m so happy I found your channel - I love your voice and choice of topics! Your videos bring back such comforting feelings of nostalgia and simplicity ❤
i get so excited when you upload, your video essays are so well put together and entertaining, youre doing great!
I've been pretty active in the slime community ever since it's rebirth in 2016, and watching it evolve through the years has been really neat.
It started out as a cute, sparkly and and aesthetically pleasing kids toy, to being a sort of art-form.
There are many smaller creators in the slime community that make slimes more "artistically driven," i guess you can say LOLLL. Apart from it being a satisfying fidget thing, it's also become an outlet to express emotion, share stories, and inspire. Slowly but surely, it's evolving to become a collectible of sorts.
There are many older teen/adults who are genuinely interested in this hobby, and add their own unique spin to the products. It's very cool. I too am very curious to see how far slime will go in this day and age, especially with these more creative and artistic creators blossoming in the community 👍
As a slime reviewer and soon to be shop owner, I feel like slime can be a super helpful tool for relaxation! As crazy as it is, I’d consider slime to be an art form of sorts. Hundreds of shop owners making their own products to look as pretty and aesthetically pleasing as possible sparks creativity in the community! It’s an awesome way to ease anxiety and I definitely think the market for slime gets bigger every day!
Me and cousin made perfume potions in my grandma's toilet.
We did not get an inheritance. 😌
Hearing the starting music for only a few seconds activated my sleeper agent protocol and I immediately identified the music as the Fishville theme LMAO.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I always get excited whenever you post a one! I love seeing this new genre of 2000's era 'historical' video becoming more popular. :D
I knowwww I love this new trend ❤ if you haven’t already you should check out Vitaly- your y2k ceo. He’s a y2k icon 😎
@@SocialExperiment232 Thanks for the recc! As thanks, some other 2000's historians I love are Li Speaks and Izzzyzzz! ❤️
@@crypticcorvid I am for sure checking them out! Thank youuuu
I learned in a documentary that the Nic slime (post moldy food era) was vanilla pudding with food coloring. So you guys really were getting the full experience.
I worked with someone who started her own pretty slime company in 2018. I thought “ok but why” and now I see she was a genius
my only question is why didn't they close their mouths when getting slimed... especially the moldy food ones 😭
Oh man. As a child of the 90s, I wanted more than anything to know what slime tasted like. Interesting to learn there was never one consistent slime recipe! (and im super thankful for never getting the opportunity to try the version they used in the 80s!) Kinda surprised you didnt mention Slime Time Live, though! That show was DEDICATED to sliming people more than double dare ever did!
i used to play Slime Time in the bath with my sister lmao we would fill up buckets of water and ask/answer nickelodeon trivia- if we got it wrong we’d get “slimed” with cold bucket water (we were like tiny children soo shared baths weren’t weird yet)
I love your videos. You are like the calmer sibling of Polygon Donut.
There is a sweet irony that comes from the original slime being made from food, and the latest slime being themed on foods
I found your channel a few weeks ago an immediately got hooked on your videos. Most of the videos are relatable and make me think back to when I was like 8. You have a lot of good videos, and I know there will be more good ones to come :)
yooo you got a shout out from scott cramer!!
Never was a slime kid myself, but silly putty and flarp were how I calmed down in elementary school. Flarp was more for the funny noises and fun times, but silly putty has been therapeutic for me since I was young.
Just came here from Scotts video. Glad he recommended it. Brb gonna binge the rest of the vids👍🏼
My fingers were crossed that you mentioned the TMNT Ooze, it’s been a mainstay for the franchise since the original line, I have a distinct memory of getting a 2003 Mutations Donatello that came with a canister of ooze for my birthday one year, some good memories.
Thank you for making a video on this; i never really grasped the trend bc i tried it and i ended up throwing all of it away :/
Why has it taken so long for me to find this channel?? I love stuff like this. Mini docs on random topics is my favorite. Definitely subbed and about to binge a bunch of these.
Until watching this video I didn't realize that I was a "slime-kid". As a kid I loved these garbage can slimes with worms in it (they still kinda appeal to me to this day tbh) and I watched the slimey-content of Nickeloden on a daily basis. Today I really enjoy those ASMR slime posts on social media, those are calming like no other content. Maybe this was the result of the early influences of slime-based content and toys? I kinda just now realized how slime was pretty much consistent through my childhood up to this day. 🤔
My sister had her own slime cartel at our elementary school. She charged a few cents per slime, but she took it so seriously.
I was NOT a kid who wanted to get slimed lol. Just watching those kids get slimed on Nickelodeon already made me cringe. It looked like a sensory nightmare, and I never knew how right I was.
SCOTT CRAMER GAVE YOU A SHOUTOUT!!!! CONGRATS :D
I'm definitely surprised and honored as a fellow Struggler :D
Omg Flubber!!! My childhood slime exposure in the 2000s consisted of Nickelodeon, little balls of slime from the quarter machine (where you get toys and candy), and people making diy borax and glue slime for science fairs. Another phenomenon has been the popularization of interactive experiences like the Museum of Ice Cream, Illusions, and even Sex, and Escape Rooms, etc. I was in Soho, NY one time when I walked by a line of parents and kids in line for a slime experience. I couldn’t believe we made it to that point.
I remember having a lot of slime in my childhood. I had an obsession with it but ended up having it for at least 1 week before it was totally ruined. I dont remember having ANY water snakes as well until now when im literally holding one right now. Im hoping to get more slime soon because it is so fun to play with, and it just relaxes me when i have stress. (I HAD to mention the water snakes because this is the first ever video im watching that's saying a product i literally bought in the same day, so that's why that off-topic area was there.)
back in the early-mid 2000's, i loved slime and remember searching far and wide online for slime recipes but could never find any good ones. i remember specifically a recipe that just used cornstarch and water. sure it was fun, i made it often, but it wasn't anywhere near as cool as the slime recipes you can find online today!
I remember the slime that came in a little container with a hazard warning on it ☢️. I honestly didn’t know slime went this deep! Awesome video! Thanks to Scott Cramer I found your channel!
Man, I can't wait for the day people will hire people like you to be an expert historian on the most niche of subjects.
I think for me and many kids who were in primary school in the UK in the late 90's-early 00's, the craze of 'alien eggs' was an early experience of having your own slime. They were clear plastic eggs that could be opened, and contained a squishy rubber alien foetus wrapped in slime. They were collectables with many colour combinations which couldn't be seen until you opened the packaging, which made some colours rare and desirable.
There were always rumours about how, if kept under the right conditions (temperature, slime colour), the alien could become pregnant and give birth to another alien (which was obviously false). I think it turned out that there was another company who did actually make 'pregnant' versions of the same toy, so it's no surprise this rumour spread.
Probably the closest thing I have to a slime toy are those Heroes of Goo-Jit-Zu figures. I'm almost convinced they were inspired by the popularity of slime toys from the late 2010's haha.
Like with slime, you could stretch and squish the toys, and they have unique fillings that make them really fun to play with. Later waves also had some unique gimmick to make them more appealing. Half the appeal is the toys having characters you can get attached to like Blazagon and Trash, thus letting you play with them like with an action figure. I only have one toy from the Galaxy Attack line, but I'd love to get more of them! GA Blazagon is just so fun to hold and squish.
I miss the scent and bottle aesthetic of the strawberry loréal kids shampoo so much ❤ thank u for including it
I just want to say I love your channel and the videos you have been making about nostalgia 2000s - 2010s it feels great to remember as a person born in 2004🥰
I once found a bottle of Green Slime Shampoo in the back of a linen closet in my childhood home. This was probably in like 2012. I was born in 1994 so it felt like uncovering a lost artifact of a long gone culture (my older brother's childhood). Still looked like slime, tho I didn't have the courage to put it on my body.
I'm so thankfull for having discovered you channel! Normally when people do nostalgia thingies, it's the 2000s. But for some reason, you're always able to talk about the early 2010s children's entertainment which is exactly when I was growing up!
I thought I was the only 'gore kid' back in the day (early 2010's) who wanted to get slimed in the most extreme way possible, and if not possible, see others get slimed in the most extreme way possible!
Just a thingy, do y'all remember the slime car wash from 201x? That was my favourite year.
I'm like one of the most clean and well-behaved children/young adults you'll ever meet. I've always wondered why I went through that 'gore phase' how, why etc.
Thanks for clarifying my childhood! Your videos are a trip down memory lane. ;)
Knew you'd start growing REALLY fast when I subbed early on, excellent work, Dream Jelly!
My cousin actually won a chance to be on slime time live as a kid in the 90s. He told me they used applesauce and food coloring for it back then c:
Love your videos and your relaxing voice! Love the little "mom don't come in" in between 😁
I love your videos so much. Watching them brings me so much nostalgia 😢 Thank you for the amazing videos! P.s I love the thumbs up kid on the thumbnails 😊 Adds a unique touch to your videos!
Back as a kid, there was this slime toy that was marketed as a creepy body horror trinket because it had a fake eyeball in it. It was watery and not sticky but I found it relaxing to play!
Fast forward to today, I dont like today's slime because the food slimes look too pretty and I have thid child-like instinct to eat them
i love the current slime bc it helps me stim and keeps me from picking at my skin :D
I still like slime, and I'm almost 25 years old. It's really satisfying to watch and figdet with!
I can only think about how the nickelodeon slime period was probably the time that slime and messy fetishes were developed by watchers and producers on the show. I dont know if this is true but it sure is a disturbing but interesting thought.
omggg now that u mention the "intentionally gross toys" i remember that there were some kind of shopkins but like all trashy and gross, a video on that kind of toys would be very interesting!!
"Yamaha keyboard" just unlocked so many memories😅
February 31st will be quite the momentous occasion 🎉
i worked at micheals around 2016/2017. the amount of people asking where the glue was was maddening
Months ago, I watched the Arcade Culture video and thought it was some kid's school presentation simply being uploaded to YT. It was cute background noise while gaming. Now, without being subscribed, I am recommended everything you've done and it's surprisingly interesting to listen about what was popular after my childhood ended and how some trends from that childhood evolved to fit into your own. I'm definitely not part of the targeted audience for content about Claire's or Silly Bandz, but I've enjoyed learning about it all the same, so thank you, DJ.
I used to work for one of the Nickelodeon theme parks and we were taught the propriety recipes for various slimes and gaks used in the Double Dare live show we did. What we made wasn’t any variety of edible slimes despite other versions of the show having it. I was a cast member of this live show version of Double Dare that ran twice daily for a month at various times during the year (we did Double Scare in October that was more Halloween themed). We got kids to sign up who would show up like an hour or half an hour or so before the show and we’d teach them how it worked and show them the slimes and gaks, we had to make sure they were totally ok with getting messy (though we provided them with outfits and shoes to wear during the game, and stuff to wash up with in the bathrooms). The game was two teams of two kids each competing in trivia rounds and physical challenges. At the end the winning team of 2 went through our Double Dare Obstacle Course (we had the wringer and the pick-it nose, among other items) and if they could complete that in time, they won what we called “Nickelodeon’s highest honor” of being slimed. (Even if they didn’t complete it in time, we made sure the slime didn’t go to waste and slimed them anyway for making it as far as they did lol) I slimed so many kids during my time there lol it was a wild time. Sad to say the show hasn’t been able to make a comeback in a world affected by covid (we were in rehearsals and set to open again right when the shutdowns began 🙃 and then we all got laid off lol some of us came back later on when Entertainment started to bounce back but it’s just not the same without Double Dare). I still have my tshirts from our show and I treasure them 💚
drop the slime recipes
@@__lillie__ it was literally a mix of hot and cold water, methocel, and food coloring (a specific amount of yellow and green to get the right shade of Nickelodeon Green). I don’t remember the specific amounts of any of the ingredients, but that’s what we used! This one is /not/ edible lol do not try at home 😅
First Willy Wonka Cinematic Universe and now the Slimeverse, Dream Jelly I hope they both manifest on the silver screen!
Nothing will ever compete with the original barrel-o-slime toy for me. It was way before slime became popular or trendy but it was probably one of my favorite things to play with growing up. I can still remember how it oddly smelled like bananas.
Going outside during recess in elementary school and seeing a group of kids just absolutely fingerblasting a little tub of slime to make sloshy noises will never leave my brain
I love your videos so relaxing
Love your unique content, it’s so calming and I love the topics you pick
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Not gonna lie, I'm in my 30's now and just purchased the original "alien egg" off ebay. Nostalgia hits hard sometimes haha.
awesome video! loved the background & history of slime. it's safe to say there is a whole culture of slime, and i was unaware of how much it had evolved in recent years! i always loved slime and putty based toys and still have a jar of neon green dollar store slime in my room. the new slimes may be cute but i think classic radioactive green will always be my favorite.
There was a Canadian game show called Uh-Oh! in 1997 as well that used various slimes and whatnot.
It was basically my own Double-Dare when I was a kid.
It's so interesting to see the evolution of slime >.> I remember always getting Flarp, Puddy, and the trash can slime at arcades. So much fun growing up lol
This was well researched and very nostalgic! Awesome job and thanks for making it!
who are you and why do you keep making such relatable and enticing nostalgic content? seriously, keep it up. i'm really enjoying all of your videos even if i didnt experience the topics of your videos.
I discovered slime because of my sister and mostly slime videos, me and my sister we used to make all of these different slimes. I remember one I had called it "Pinkie Pie" as the slime was pink 🙂
I love your videos so much!! Your voice is so calming and the topics you talk about are so nice with it not being drama ect, and just overall great informative and nostalgic content!
I thought I was nostalgic for these slime toys until they just started to get into everything.
i have been going through a "slime phase" ever since i was basically a baby - i use to try and make slime without glue by stealing and using my moms makeup with a bunch of other random stuff i found in the house
i ended up discovering a way to make playdoh and now i make it for my baby cousin whenever she comes over lol -
I've been waiting for a new Dream Jelly video!! Awesome video, thank you for the uploads!!
I found this channel in January and I love watching these videos. So Thank you for making these wonderful videos.
Nickelodeon also made another kind of slime in the early 2000s called Gooze, I got some one year for Christmas and it wound up getting all over my mom's vintage table cloth and the next year, she "wrote a note to Santa" saying no more Gooze
The first one i got was in a little plastic tub specifically for marking fart sounds xD. 4:53 SAME! also the fact you made potions with random house hold items, we would have been best friends!
random fun fact about Gak:
On April 30th, 1992, the day the nickelodeon time capsule was buried, they predicted the death of Gak, which I find pretty cool.
Not wholly relevant but I just unlocked a forgotten memory about AmazingPhil's Snokoplasm
Here from Scott Cramer. I loved this
Slime is called gunge in the UK and has been used with quite a few tv shows there including Get Your Own Back.
OMG FLARP! @ 12:45 I had flarp as a kid I love that stuff so much. 🎉😭
bingeing your videos rn
I thought of Double Dare before even clicking the video haha- I'm glad it was mentioned here!
I wasn't a part of the Gak generation (I was born in 2000) but we had something similar called Flarp. It was sold at Walgreens for $1 and smelled like ammonia-infused bubble gum. We also had a Nickelodeon-branded slime called Goooze (that's Gooze with THREE O's) that is long forgotten but I remember it so vividly and was my first introduction to slime toys.