LOL *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@angelina544 Shayne’s mentioned a couple times he was the one who pitched it. I remember one time he had to eat pizza juice and he said “I can’t believe two jokes I made came together on a show I pitched to ruin my life”. But Courtney was involved in early development which is when they asked to be food person rather than an eater
/*Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
Shane had it on wrong, it isn’t supposed to be tingly, the tingle means the electricity is in the skin, not the muscle. So they applied the pads to the wrong spot, probably on most of them.
@@officialmilkman491 period pain simulators are just tens units placed on the abdomen. tens units are a therapeutic device for pain relief. many people use them on many parts of the body for muscle pain relief, its literally what it was made for.
Also, the period cramp simulator is unironically validating lmao. I always feel like I'm being overdramatic when I do things like tremble, walk slowly, stand awkwardly, etc., so seeing all the guys do those exact same things was a bit reassuring lol
You're not overre acting. If you're in pain, then you're in pain and fuck everyone who laughs at you for it. But please don't use this stupid cramp thing as an excuse to be "women strong, men weak". There's already enough sexism in this world as is, and I'm worried about future AT's being mad because of it.
honestly its not even a woman thing its just a 'being in pain all the time thing', i raaarely get cramps and when i do theyre very brief/light and im completely debilitated by literally. a stomach ache or a headache or anything, even if its barely there
@@mariusplumim4193 sure I guess they’re not doing it “as hard as they can” every single time, but idk the last few especially looked pretty brutal to me!
@@jacquelinejoytan1427 considering they are a woman who knows they don't get periods, they are probably already very aware that that is a medical condition
, *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@thhebest9586 lol women have been serving in the military for years, in fact we fought for our right to do so despite men trying to stop us. and we do it all while menstruating and everything :)
! *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@thhebest9586you just imagined a situation and got mad at it...and stop stupidly glorifying war, i have no idea what you are imagining yourself doing at war but trow it out the window, you are just feeling brave saying that because it will never happen to you, as someone in a country that is currently at war i know alive and death women that are so much fucking braver then you so shut up
Especially since Courtney described the feelings so well and in a way people with periods could understand. "Cramps on fast forward" "If my uterus was right by my skin" "it tickles and cramps don't" All super good descriptors that makes it easier to understand.
They use women for comparison all the time, and it always ends with a "men are weak little bitches to pain" thing. I'm so tire d of this stupid pissing contest gender war.
The machine is called a tens machine and they tend to be used by people with chronic pain and also in labour and delivery as well as to help period pain
Right! Because they're always vibration or shocker and that's just not the same sensation, it's more like someone's gripping your guts and tying really tight knots in them and then yanking them. Totally different feeling, so it was interesting to see if there was absolutely any real comparison at all.
Ohhh that would have been really good… but if she would have tried 8 at first then all of the guys would have had to do 8 which is pretty tough (I assume)
@@str8apem88 not why that is. its because biologically speaking, men are stronger due to testosterone. the pain tolerance isnt relevant because the actual effects of a punch is going to harm a woman more than a man. anyway, i dont think violence should be aimed at anyone regardless of gender so
@@3starsburningbrightPain tolerance is learned not biological :) a high pain tolerance comes from repeated levels of high pain. That's why people with chronic pain have a higher tolerance
@@3starsburningbrighta quick google search seems to indicate that the scientific consensus is, if anything, the opposite. But there’s a lot we don’t know (biologically, why, exactly?) and a lot of confounding factors (ex: social ones) and results vary considerably depending on context
Courtney: It's like if my uterus decided to hang out really close to my skin. Cuz period cramps come from way deeper, like a soul. Me: *currently feeling like I'm being stabbed from the inside* Yeah that's how it feels.
The period is coming from inside the house.... Honestly, I'm so glad I don't have them anymore (on the rare occasion my testosterone decides to be fucky and my uterus has to do backup, so I'll get the cramps without the actual period).
So, as a cis gay guy, is there anything that guys can do (outside of the normal *don’t be a fucking prick* stuff) to help when someone is having cramps like that, or would there be anything that would make it at least a little bit less bad? (eg. “I’m having cramps, but someone just brought me cookies, so I’m in pain but at least I have cookies.”, offering to carry heavy stuff, etc)
@@suchageekblog I mean. Midol helps a lot of us, so keeping that on hand is always a must. (It's also amazing for headaches in general.) It mostly comes down to the person though. We're all in pain, but we deal with it in completely different ways. My thing is a heating pad, never-ending Dr. Pepper, and a video game. But I know a girl who gets four different ice creams and watches Harry Potter over and over. Ask or figure out their normal cravings and habits and adjust. But Under No Circumstances do you wait hand and foot. Treat it like any other day. Some people might be about that, but everyone I know hates that. Something I have come to say is "Treat them like they just had a very minor surgery and are almost finished recovering," they are still in pain, but can function on their own.
I was thinking the same thing! Priceless not just referencing women having "smile" all the time anyway, but also to pretend they don't feel like **** and like they're dying in the their period every month.
I feel like the period pain one despite not being a perfect replication really shows how girls learn to socially mask their pain. You can just see how much more used to not only that kind of pain but particularly masking it in public Courtney is vs the others.
Completely true, but what are you really supposed to do? I don't really percieve this as a battle of the sexes, it's just a collective group of people regularly experiencing pain managing to deal with it. Lot's of people have things they're required to manage to function, and this is just an extent of that - albiet occuring on such a wide scale and a particular category of people. I'm not saying men shouldn't be accomodating, but if men also experienced this I believe you'd see them adapt similarly. It shouldn't be shocking this is more uncomfortable for people experiencing it for the first time.
@@catmoonkenobi I think on a personal level you can just try to show empathy towards others who may appear grumpy or short because you don't know what invisible issues they may be experiencing. This is more widely applicable than just period pain, but certainly understanding something that affects roughly half the population for decades of their lives is probably worth considering. On an institutional level, organizations can try to be more flexible around scheduling, time off, etc. to accommodate people that may have intermittent conditions. At a government level, policies that support companies for building in flexibility and proactively seeking to provide accommodations can be beneficial. As a society we benefit from greater workforce participation, even when there may be 'inefficiencies' at the individual level in terms of increased quality of life and better integration of people with chronic conditions into society, rather than marginalization that can increase crines of poverty, desperation, increased police and welfare costs, etc.
@@catmoonkenobi exactly. Men don't get periods. But there are several other issues that cause physical or/mental or emotional pain that both sexes experience, and almost all of them adapt and get used to it, learn how to "mask" it in public etc. Also I these kinds of videos I've seen several people who laugh at men in these videos. Like.. that's like laughing at a girl who experiences her first period or something. They don't know that pain and are not accustomed or used to, or prepared for it or built for it biologically. There is absolutely no reason to mock them..
@@PrimordialNyx plenty of men get periods, like trans and/or some intersex men. and there are many women that don't, like those with amenorrhea, if they've had hysterectomies, if they're infertile for specific reasons that also cause a lack of periods and, again, trans and/or some intersex women. i also don't see anyone mocking anyone being mocked in the comment you responded to, so unsure where that response came from.
@@paulk5670 Sorry my hypothetical was geared towards what individuals are supposed to do when experiencing this pain, not what everyone else can do. I was responding exclusively to the observation made towards Courtney handling the pain; thus, what is she supposed to do if not handle it? I think like anything in your life that brings pain and anymosity you have choices in how you approach and deal with them. Doesn't make what's happening to you better, but you make everything a whole lot worse for yourself if you just mope around complaining about it. So women don't? Good for them.
I need a whole series of the guys of Smosh doing things on a period simulator. Going grocery shopping, washing the car, doing laundry, walking in heels, driving, etc.
I think they should start with a woman doing it first to establish a baseline of pain-guys don’t know what menstrual pain is typical since they don’t get periods. That’s where I think they failed in this regard. Also, saw a comment about how they may have put the sensors on wrong so that could’ve impacted the accuracy of this pain challenge as far as what women deal with regularly. Every. Single. Month.
@@hppyB to be fair it’s different for everyone some people have period pain so bad they end up in the hospital and would be max setting or higher and then there’s others who hardly get any pain at all
Either she is a machine or migraines vary a lot more than I thought, I've only had a migraine a handful of times and every time I couldn't function like my brain was overwhelmed by everything so I just slept and usually I can't sleep even at the end of a long day...
@tom unsworth migraines vary but so do people. I get a lot of migraines, and it’s a severe one sided headache and also nausea and vomiting, and also weird sensory stuff (all my senses are on overdrive, loose clothing feels tight and I can smell things from a cross a room) but I’ve done twelve hour technical rehearsals for a show I was costuming with a migraine (I did sleep through the two hour dinner break and then spend literally three of the second five hour chunk in the bathroom throwing up) and I was a bridesmaid in a wedding through the worst migraine of my life. Courtney is moving their head a lot, and able to bend down so hopefully their migraine here isn’t too intense but even a mild one, or one kept from being truly impossible to function through by medication, would be miserable to film with. No wonder she had no patience for those awful chicken noises!
The look up Shaynes face when Courtney said “it’s more like deeper, more like in your soul” and then they said “in the house”, and to look at his face is like oh dear God
The best way to describe period pains to someone who's never experienced them, it feels like you have a diarrhea stomachache but going to the bathroom doesn't help, and you're just leaking blood and clots the entire time.
What's really interesting about these period pain simulators is that they use nerve stimulation through electrical currents, to simulate the cramps, but funnily enough it's actually just a TENS device (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation device), which works wonders for period pain RELIEF, and the only thing that can help ease my cramps, which not even pain killers can do properly for me. I find this really interesting.
@@nuyynuyy kind of, but not exactly A TENS device that is used to see what period pain is like just simulates what a period cramp would feel like, as it uses nerve stimulation to simulate different effects like pulses, pressing, etc, but it doesn't actually cause pain, as that's not the purpose of a TENS device. For period pain, it stimulates the nerves with electrical currents and occupies the nerves where the pain is occuring, with the stimulation, which then "elevates" the pain. At one point it also numbs the nerves, at least for me, as I use it on maximum. The way it works is quite interesting and complex, but i explained it the best i understood 😅 The main purpose of the TENS device is to relieve muscle pain, that's why it's quite interesting how different things are interpreted by different people
@@HomosapienNo94628 tens hurts mostly by misfiring the pain nerves near the contacts, i've never used these "period cramp simulators" but if they work like normal ones the muscle contracting in itself shouldnt hurt, at least it doesnt for me. it actually feels really good 😅.
Man, I've always been curious but maybe now I should consider it for when my cramps are bad. I had a scan done around maybe 21ish and nothing was found. But prior to birth control (which has helped regulate mine), my cramps were bad enough that I requested the nurses office. And after graduation, I was once eating lunch with my mom when it suddenly turned unbearable and concerned strangers suggested that my mom bring me to the ER 🙃
What I love about period pain simulators is that they are basically TENs units which if you get to the severe side of it all with endometriosis these are then used as pain relief lmao
I really wish us women could have like 2 to 3 days off of work a month for the worst days of their period without any points/problems. Some of us go through excruciating pain but have to show up and work through it because we’re expected to!
Ok but I love Kiana’s heckling during the period cramp simulator. It does actually kinda represent just how people feel like you’re overreacting, which is great when you add chronic pain to the cramps lol
I think Courtney definitely has the highest pain tolerance but what they don’t have is enough self control not to laugh or make a noise in reaction to the pain 😂
@@novaeffect6714 The argument they are making is that since the whole thing was based on not making sound rather than how much pain you could take Courtney failed because she couldn't not make sound.
I think people have different tolerances for different types of pain. Youre gonna have less tolerance for a type of pain you don't experience much. I'll tear a tonail off and not care much because they get messed up often by my boots but I can barely move when I get the flu because I rarely get sick. I imagine it's a similar thing with the cramps
I related to Spencer when he just wanted to stay squatting on the ground during the period cramps. When mine get really bad, I also just squat on the ground and stay there til the worse has passed. Also much love to my girl Courtney doing this with a migraine too, really showing how we just have to go about our day as if nothing is wrong.
I was thinking the nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, headaches, unbearable fatigue and hot flashes/sweating, and the fact that food is either your best friend or the enemy depending on the month. Or how unpredictable each month is with what time of day it's coming, what exact day it's coming (cuz, you know, if you're stressed or sick it likes to come earlier or later for fun to throw off your cycle), and what severity it's going to be +some month it's bearable, and some months you feel like you're dying).
@@reversidly YESSSS! I was just on mine and spent so much time in the bathroom cause every time I sat down I had to go so bad, but every time I tried I couldn’t
I was gonna say lol, that lil dance felt very reminiscent of my day 1 & 2 writhing when I have to stand up and wait for the microwave to ding 😭 the only comfort is being horizontal
@LeNuiz they've mentioned that they suffer with severe migraines for the past 3 years, so im sure this was one of their migraine episodes. props to them, they are really dope for being able to still work in that pain.
@LeNuiz Some people with migraines, especially if they are frequent, can function well enough when it’s developing or fading depending on how sudden the onset is. Or if it’s a less intense migraine than their normal ones. There’s also other types of less common migraines that can present differently. I was diagnosed with a weird type of vertigo migraine when I was 10ish. I hardly ever had pain with them beyond a slight headache sometimes after an episode, but I would get sudden bouts of dizziness and tunnel/blackout vision and often fainting until finding a med that limited the frequency and symptoms mostly to dizziness and slight tunnel vision instead of full vision blackout and fainting. It was 3 or 4 months and a ridiculous amount of tests before an ophthalmologist who knew someone with a similar problem suggested visiting a migraine specialist neurologist and that’s when I finally got a diagnosis. No one else ever thought migraines because i didn’t have the normal symptoms, even though that’s what it was.
@LeNuiz when you get regular migraines you have to be able to function in society anyway, even though all you wanna do is lay in bed in the dark much like period cramps :)
Courtney is a beast. #8 on the period cramp simulator and a migraine??? Thank you guys for acknowledging how painful period cramps can be for women, it's very appreciated FR
I actually started sobbing from laughing when they all started laughing with the chickens in their mouths all air has left my lungs and I have legally passed
Courtney smiling and laughing while the boys are goin through the pain we go through every month Courtney’s face is so funny the entire time throughout the period one
their collective reactions to period pain were actually so accurate tho... the half movements, the fear of beding over or moving too much, the slowness, the "my back is killing me" cramp voice... now just do this for three days straight, add frequent migraines and actual blood and blood clots dropping every time you pee, oh and wearing a hlaf diaper, but an uncomfortable one😂
Watching this episode whilst currently on my period makes me feel like a king looking down at the gladiators fighting for their lives whilst munching on grapes and giggling to myself
The chain reaction of them all laughing with that chicken thing in their mouth and Courtney just being like "Shut up!" was hilarious, i actually had to pause because I was in pain from laughing. 😂Also Courtney going straight up to 8 on the period simulator and all the dudes being like "HUH?!" is hilarious. "Are you some sort of demon or something? This isn't normal!" Shayne 😂 Brilliant video!
Noah took the ab shocker jenga challenge back in the days of silent library like a champ so it doesn’t surprise me that he was the one guy who was genuinely curious to try the higher settings of the cramp simulator (and Courtney’s ballsiness goes without saying)
Shayne: “This is not normal” Every girl ever: Yes it is. We have to live our lives as though nothing is different because men treat us differently if we don’t.
Also the fact that all the guys had it on 5 and were scared to put it up higher because of how painful it was... Then Courtney comes out with, "Oh, 5 is nothing. *The maximum setting* is the closest to my experience." Then she does everything pretty normally (before it gave her actual cramps) XD It's honestly pretty eye opening, as someone who doesn't have a period. Usually in these "trying period cramp simulator" videos they just have a bunch of men experience it... However, having someone that has to deal with the real thing try it with them definitely helps to put it in perspective. I already knew dealing with a period was rough, but holy shit lol
@@tra12048s someone who has periods I liked this comparison too, and not just seeing a bunch of dudes wince at level 5. It's interesting seeing Courtney deal with it like it's nothing, much better than the guys' non-existent pain tolerance lol.
When Courtney was confused about having the cramp go down her leg as I’m currently unable to stand because of my cramps in my lower back, hips, and legs lmfao she’s lucky if she doesn’t get those
Everyone breaking out into rubber chicken laughter and not being able to stop because of the sound of it was peak comedy. Genuinely, I was losing it.
I'm laughing my ass off on that part
I had tears from laughing
To think it started because Shayne looked at Noah and just lost it 😂
LOL *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@thhebest9586 what the f? I know more women in the military than men
Shayne being terrified of feelibg any pain when he was the one who pitched "Can I guess who slapped me?" Is the epitome of the duality of man
Also hating Eat It Or Eat It when he was the one who pitched it
@@VeroniczI thought Courtney pitched it?
@@angelina544 I remember Shayne mentioning in the first few episode of the series that he pitched it
@@angelina544 Shayne’s mentioned a couple times he was the one who pitched it. I remember one time he had to eat pizza juice and he said “I can’t believe two jokes I made came together on a show I pitched to ruin my life”. But Courtney was involved in early development which is when they asked to be food person rather than an eater
That’s because specifically being slapped is his kink
Shayne being told he's brave after the period cramp simulator is like Ken being told he's good at doing his job, Beach.
/*Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
This makes no sense LMFAO so many women fight in wars@@thhebest9586
@@thhebest9586 are you gonna respond to every single comment about this?
@@thhebest9586 Is this a joke, bc if it isn't you need a SERIOUS history lesson😭
@@thhebest9586 mmhhmm! Bc no woman EVER goes to war! Not EVERR!!! And every single man goes to war every month for more then half of their life!
Shayne absolutely terrified that Courtney isn’t feeling pain like he did😭
yeah i mean she pretended not to in the beginning 😅 the other ones seem to be annoyed by the „skin ants“ part like she also was alot in the end
Omg the way he grabbed onto the wall hahahah i love him.😂
Shane had it on wrong, it isn’t supposed to be tingly, the tingle means the electricity is in the skin, not the muscle. So they applied the pads to the wrong spot, probably on most of them.
I do this every week for my back, it does not hurt, feels weird but after a while it's just relaxing. They are so putting on a show.
@@officialmilkman491 period pain simulators are just tens units placed on the abdomen. tens units are a therapeutic device for pain relief. many people use them on many parts of the body for muscle pain relief, its literally what it was made for.
Them laughing with the chickens in their mouths was giving that Pixar skit for the birds 😂
YES!! I was just about to comment that! 😂
Thank God someone made the joke already 😂😂😂😂
LMAO that's exactly what i thought to!!
I just about to say that same thing
All it needed was the squeak chant before they went flying 😂
The way Courtney is flabbergasted by their reactions like "can you really not pour a glass of water without shaking?"
Also, the period cramp simulator is unironically validating lmao. I always feel like I'm being overdramatic when I do things like tremble, walk slowly, stand awkwardly, etc., so seeing all the guys do those exact same things was a bit reassuring lol
You're not overre acting. If you're in pain, then you're in pain and fuck everyone who laughs at you for it. But please don't use this stupid cramp thing as an excuse to be "women strong, men weak". There's already enough sexism in this world as is, and I'm worried about future AT's being mad because of it.
And they probably didn’t even have it as bad
honestly its not even a woman thing its just a 'being in pain all the time thing', i raaarely get cramps and when i do theyre very brief/light and im completely debilitated by literally. a stomach ache or a headache or anything, even if its barely there
My cramps are so bad and the dysphoria makes them so much worse, I literally FEEL like a dude got trapped with a uterus bearing body lmfao.
I always bend exactly like they did to pick up things
I love how the guys are so mindful about not pulling on each other’s leg hairs yet they’re literally snapping the rubber bands as hard as they can
Where did they snapping the rubber bands as hard as they can? There was so much more possible
The gentleman's game.
pulling leg hairs is adding insult to injury. Those that have leg hairs know how it hurts when they get pulled.
@@mariusplumim4193 sure I guess they’re not doing it “as hard as they can” every single time, but idk the last few especially looked pretty brutal to me!
Ian definitely went for the kill on that last pull 🤣
Shayne: “this is not normal.”
Every person with a uterus: “YES, YES IT IS”
If only he knew how lucky he is xD
Lol he was freaking out
As a woman who doesn't get periods at all damn i feel pretty lucky
@@PEZZYYYYi think that might be a medical condition or smth
@@jacquelinejoytan1427 considering they are a woman who knows they don't get periods, they are probably already very aware that that is a medical condition
I love the fact that Shane is 100% terrified of Courtney during the period cramp simulator 😭😭
And the fact he asked if she's demon.🤣
, *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@thhebest9586what
@@thhebest9586 lol women have been serving in the military for years, in fact we fought for our right to do so despite men trying to stop us. and we do it all while menstruating and everything :)
@@thhebest9586can I ask what the fuck your waffling about?
21:36 I love all the guys’ confused reaction when she “like cramps on fast-forward” and other girls in the room went “ahh, okay. I understand.” 😂
*21:32
And Spencer saying “so true”. 😂
! *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*
@@thhebest9586dude what there was nothing about bravery💀😭
@@thhebest9586you just imagined a situation and got mad at it...and stop stupidly glorifying war, i have no idea what you are imagining yourself doing at war but trow it out the window, you are just feeling brave saying that because it will never happen to you, as someone in a country that is currently at war i know alive and death women that are so much fucking braver then you so shut up
it’s really nice to see someone who actually has periods use these simulators. ive always been curious how they compare.
Especially since Courtney described the feelings so well and in a way people with periods could understand. "Cramps on fast forward" "If my uterus was right by my skin" "it tickles and cramps don't"
All super good descriptors that makes it easier to understand.
They use women for comparison all the time, and it always ends with a "men are weak little bitches to pain" thing. I'm so tire d of this stupid pissing contest gender war.
The machine is called a tens machine and they tend to be used by people with chronic pain and also in labour and delivery as well as to help period pain
@@hurricanechild217 yeah, I've seen videos of women trying them but honestly never heard an explanation as good as Courtney's
Right! Because they're always vibration or shocker and that's just not the same sensation, it's more like someone's gripping your guts and tying really tight knots in them and then yanking them. Totally different feeling, so it was interesting to see if there was absolutely any real comparison at all.
I think Courtney should have gone first, got the period simulator where she normally feels, and they have to do things on that setting
I agree, I was kinda hoping they'd do something like that
Ohhh that would have been really good… but if she would have tried 8 at first then all of the guys would have had to do 8 which is pretty tough (I assume)
It's what I love about the "Irish people try" (or sth like that) channel. They did it that way around and it was so validating too
yeah, the way they did it, the guys could've had it way too high or way too low, there's no real way to tell
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Shayne invoking a chorus of rubber chicken screeches due to his horror is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen
That killed me 😂 I'm still crying
I was cracking up Crying, my stomach hurts I was laughing so hard haha
@@zaraheart bro I got my wisdom teeth out recently so I was literally trying so hard not to laugh and failing miserably 💀
they need to use the chicken for TNTL instead of water now. it's so fucking hilarious
@@fairlysleepy bro that’s absolutely genius you’re so right 😭
Shayne being terrified of Courtney’s reaction to the cramps is so funny
That's cause y'alls pain tolerance is scary. If anything you guys should be the ones not hitting us since we're more frail.
@@str8apem88 actually yeah i think biologically women have a higher pain tolerance than men
@@str8apem88 not why that is. its because biologically speaking, men are stronger due to testosterone. the pain tolerance isnt relevant because the actual effects of a punch is going to harm a woman more than a man. anyway, i dont think violence should be aimed at anyone regardless of gender so
@@3starsburningbrightPain tolerance is learned not biological :) a high pain tolerance comes from repeated levels of high pain. That's why people with chronic pain have a higher tolerance
@@3starsburningbrighta quick google search seems to indicate that the scientific consensus is, if anything, the opposite. But there’s a lot we don’t know (biologically, why, exactly?) and a lot of confounding factors (ex: social ones) and results vary considerably depending on context
Courtney: It's like if my uterus decided to hang out really close to my skin. Cuz period cramps come from way deeper, like a soul.
Me: *currently feeling like I'm being stabbed from the inside* Yeah that's how it feels.
Literally, it’s not surface level it’s just so *deeeeeep* and intense internal pain 💀
The period is coming from inside the house....
Honestly, I'm so glad I don't have them anymore (on the rare occasion my testosterone decides to be fucky and my uterus has to do backup, so I'll get the cramps without the actual period).
For me. Cramps just feels like my uterus is being used as a stress ball
So, as a cis gay guy, is there anything that guys can do (outside of the normal *don’t be a fucking prick* stuff) to help when someone is having cramps like that, or would there be anything that would make it at least a little bit less bad? (eg. “I’m having cramps, but someone just brought me cookies, so I’m in pain but at least I have cookies.”, offering to carry heavy stuff, etc)
@@suchageekblog I mean. Midol helps a lot of us, so keeping that on hand is always a must. (It's also amazing for headaches in general.) It mostly comes down to the person though. We're all in pain, but we deal with it in completely different ways. My thing is a heating pad, never-ending Dr. Pepper, and a video game. But I know a girl who gets four different ice creams and watches Harry Potter over and over.
Ask or figure out their normal cravings and habits and adjust. But Under No Circumstances do you wait hand and foot. Treat it like any other day. Some people might be about that, but everyone I know hates that.
Something I have come to say is "Treat them like they just had a very minor surgery and are almost finished recovering," they are still in pain, but can function on their own.
9:35 kiana telling Spencer “don’t forget to smile” is not getting enough attention rn 😂😂
Fr fr 😅
Yessss
I was thinking the same thing! Priceless not just referencing women having "smile" all the time anyway, but also to pretend they don't feel like **** and like they're dying in the their period every month.
@@HouseMDaddictYES! I think that’s why she did it
Aww Spencer helping Courtney with the last box out of pure respect and newfound understanding was so sweet 🥹🫶🏼 22:53
Yeah cause he realized he was a little bitch and respected the strong.
I feel like the period pain one despite not being a perfect replication really shows how girls learn to socially mask their pain. You can just see how much more used to not only that kind of pain but particularly masking it in public Courtney is vs the others.
Completely true, but what are you really supposed to do? I don't really percieve this as a battle of the sexes, it's just a collective group of people regularly experiencing pain managing to deal with it. Lot's of people have things they're required to manage to function, and this is just an extent of that - albiet occuring on such a wide scale and a particular category of people. I'm not saying men shouldn't be accomodating, but if men also experienced this I believe you'd see them adapt similarly. It shouldn't be shocking this is more uncomfortable for people experiencing it for the first time.
@@catmoonkenobi I think on a personal level you can just try to show empathy towards others who may appear grumpy or short because you don't know what invisible issues they may be experiencing. This is more widely applicable than just period pain, but certainly understanding something that affects roughly half the population for decades of their lives is probably worth considering.
On an institutional level, organizations can try to be more flexible around scheduling, time off, etc. to accommodate people that may have intermittent conditions.
At a government level, policies that support companies for building in flexibility and proactively seeking to provide accommodations can be beneficial. As a society we benefit from greater workforce participation, even when there may be 'inefficiencies' at the individual level in terms of increased quality of life and better integration of people with chronic conditions into society, rather than marginalization that can increase crines of poverty, desperation, increased police and welfare costs, etc.
@@catmoonkenobi exactly. Men don't get periods.
But there are several other issues that cause physical or/mental or emotional pain that both sexes experience, and almost all of them adapt and get used to it, learn how to "mask" it in public etc.
Also I these kinds of videos I've seen several people who laugh at men in these videos. Like.. that's like laughing at a girl who experiences her first period or something.
They don't know that pain and are not accustomed or used to, or prepared for it or built for it biologically. There is absolutely no reason to mock them..
@@PrimordialNyx plenty of men get periods, like trans and/or some intersex men. and there are many women that don't, like those with amenorrhea, if they've had hysterectomies, if they're infertile for specific reasons that also cause a lack of periods and, again, trans and/or some intersex women.
i also don't see anyone mocking anyone being mocked in the comment you responded to, so unsure where that response came from.
@@paulk5670 Sorry my hypothetical was geared towards what individuals are supposed to do when experiencing this pain, not what everyone else can do. I was responding exclusively to the observation made towards Courtney handling the pain; thus, what is she supposed to do if not handle it? I think like anything in your life that brings pain and anymosity you have choices in how you approach and deal with them. Doesn't make what's happening to you better, but you make everything a whole lot worse for yourself if you just mope around complaining about it. So women don't? Good for them.
I need a whole series of the guys of Smosh doing things on a period simulator. Going grocery shopping, washing the car, doing laundry, walking in heels, driving, etc.
And then fallowed by one person with a uterus doing all the tasks on the highest setting
standing up for more than a minute
I think they should start with a woman doing it first to establish a baseline of pain-guys don’t know what menstrual pain is typical since they don’t get periods. That’s where I think they failed in this regard. Also, saw a comment about how they may have put the sensors on wrong so that could’ve impacted the accuracy of this pain challenge as far as what women deal with regularly. Every. Single. Month.
This!!!
@@hppyB to be fair it’s different for everyone some people have period pain so bad they end up in the hospital and would be max setting or higher and then there’s others who hardly get any pain at all
Shaynes face as Courtney is almost completely fine during the simulator is PRICELESS 😂😂
Yo, Courtney with a migraine and then an ACTUAL cramp still keeping her cool. BEAST.
Prob because we deal with it every month
Still, the migraine shocks me, I don’t think I could handle the migraine, let alone a combo of both
Still, the migraine shocks me, I don’t think I could handle the migraine, let alone a combo of both
Either she is a machine or migraines vary a lot more than I thought, I've only had a migraine a handful of times and every time I couldn't function like my brain was overwhelmed by everything so I just slept and usually I can't sleep even at the end of a long day...
@tom unsworth migraines vary but so do people. I get a lot of migraines, and it’s a severe one sided headache and also nausea and vomiting, and also weird sensory stuff (all my senses are on overdrive, loose clothing feels tight and I can smell things from a cross a room) but I’ve done twelve hour technical rehearsals for a show I was costuming with a migraine (I did sleep through the two hour dinner break and then spend literally three of the second five hour chunk in the bathroom throwing up) and I was a bridesmaid in a wedding through the worst migraine of my life. Courtney is moving their head a lot, and able to bend down so hopefully their migraine here isn’t too intense but even a mild one, or one kept from being truly impossible to function through by medication, would be miserable to film with. No wonder she had no patience for those awful chicken noises!
The look up Shaynes face when Courtney said “it’s more like deeper, more like in your soul” and then they said “in the house”, and to look at his face is like oh dear God
I died when I saw his reaction
Wasn't he making faces the entire time 😂
The best way to describe period pains to someone who's never experienced them, it feels like you have a diarrhea stomachache but going to the bathroom doesn't help, and you're just leaking blood and clots the entire time.
EXACTLY.
Damn, the laughter with the chickens is so contagious 😂
It reminded me of from the short Pixar movie For The Birds. I can't stop playing it over and over again, it's so goddamn funny! 🤣🤣🤣
@@MrSean64 SAME 😂😂😂
The cascade of chicken laughter was amazing 😂
They NEED to do this for TNTL instead of water lol.
I must now request an obligatory video of Shayne, Spencer, Noah, and Ian trying to fulfil a normal day at work with the period cramp simulator
The new try guys
@@theawesomegamebox513 the try boys: where they work (💅🏻) and work (💪)
Slay!! Frr!!!
A birth simulator would be good.
I reckon as they got used to the pain, it would progressively get easier and easier for them to manage it.
Shayne and Courtney having been a couple during this makes the betrayal during the chicken game even funnier!!!
i don’t think i’ve ever laughed harder than i did at the rubber band challenge
I laughed hard, and I could hear Kimmy’s laugh in the background.
yeees, that was such a funny, chaoticly snowballing effect of funny sounds :-D to put it a bit fancy ;-D
had me in tears at their faces xD
I felt bad for the guys wearing shorts (minus shayne) pulling the hair must've been rooouugh.
I'm crying so hard after Courtney snapped Shane's rubber band after he was out
courtney slyly grinning at the intro of period pain simulator.... they know it all too well
It's a tens machine. I have to crank it up to 10 to ease my pain a little
What's really interesting about these period pain simulators is that they use nerve stimulation through electrical currents, to simulate the cramps, but funnily enough it's actually just a TENS device (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation device), which works wonders for period pain RELIEF, and the only thing that can help ease my cramps, which not even pain killers can do properly for me.
I find this really interesting.
It's kind of like people treating cancer with radiation or something idk
@@nuyynuyy kind of, but not exactly
A TENS device that is used to see what period pain is like just simulates what a period cramp would feel like, as it uses nerve stimulation to simulate different effects like pulses, pressing, etc, but it doesn't actually cause pain, as that's not the purpose of a TENS device.
For period pain, it stimulates the nerves with electrical currents and occupies the nerves where the pain is occuring, with the stimulation, which then "elevates" the pain. At one point it also numbs the nerves, at least for me, as I use it on maximum.
The way it works is quite interesting and complex, but i explained it the best i understood 😅
The main purpose of the TENS device is to relieve muscle pain, that's why it's quite interesting how different things are interpreted by different people
@@HomosapienNo94628 tens hurts mostly by misfiring the pain nerves near the contacts, i've never used these "period cramp simulators" but if they work like normal ones the muscle contracting in itself shouldnt hurt, at least it doesnt for me. it actually feels really good 😅.
Man, I've always been curious but maybe now I should consider it for when my cramps are bad.
I had a scan done around maybe 21ish and nothing was found. But prior to birth control (which has helped regulate mine), my cramps were bad enough that I requested the nurses office. And after graduation, I was once eating lunch with my mom when it suddenly turned unbearable and concerned strangers suggested that my mom bring me to the ER 🙃
Hearing Shayne just casually say “I’m on my period” has me cackling. It’s so funny to me and I have no idea why
jacked gym bro says something feminine. gets me every time too.
If anyone remembers the days when they would wax people when asking them questions, you’ll know that Ian is strangely tolerant of pain
I forgot about that
I miss Spelling Beekini wax
Don't forget when they literally smashed dishes over people's head
I'm literally in tears over that awful chorus of laughter through the chicken heads, it's so fucking cursed and so funny
Okay but Noah's little ASL "I'm sorry" during the first challenge was so cute.
Time stamp?
@@kkatgurl 3:44
right!?
i honestly forgot he knows ASL, thanks for the reminder lol
Courtney grunting and humming to deal with the period simulator is what I usually do when I'm having the worst cramps
Same. I become quite musical
Same here
I definitely tend to sing more when I'm in pain
I mean I normally sing to the melody of some other song about how much pain I'm in but you know I like to sing
real
The feeling of having to go number two is so accurate. Ian really nailed it there!
The chicken chain reaction laugh at 3:10 is one of my new favorite moments 💀
Noah signs "sorry"...so cute.
Mine too, except I almost killed myself trying to drink water at the exact moment.
I've had a really shitty day. That moment made me laugh so much. I needed that :')
It was so funny, thankfully only bleeding out of one ear
Same. Lol
The raw fear in Courtney's scream as Ian runs for the rubber band has me dead
Spencer: Calm period
Shayne: ANGRY PERIOD
Ian: Happy period
Noah: Morty period
Courtney: Experienced period
i was so confused what you meant by “morty period” until i got to that segment and oh my god 😭
What I love about period pain simulators is that they are basically TENs units which if you get to the severe side of it all with endometriosis these are then used as pain relief lmao
That's what I was thinking. I use these machines for pain relief.
That's chronic pain for ya. You use pain to cure pain.
Yeah I actually use a TENs unit to help with my period pain lmao
I put a heating pad its so relieving omgggg
I've used these on my knees when I was younger to help with chrionic pain
the constantly feeling like you're gonna shit yourself is very realistic too lmao
I really wish us women could have like 2 to 3 days off of work a month for the worst days of their period without any points/problems. Some of us go through excruciating pain but have to show up and work through it because we’re expected to!
Fight for it, you got my support.
Yea. Like it should be a thing because it is a medical problem for some women. Also please for gods sake get rid of tampon tax.
Some Asian countries do that, but they also have men whining about how women have it easier than them because of it
@@OJorEmwe women deserve more days off😂 periods ain’t fun
shayne looking at courtney like they’re some immortal being is what keeps me going
Ok but I love Kiana’s heckling during the period cramp simulator. It does actually kinda represent just how people feel like you’re overreacting, which is great when you add chronic pain to the cramps lol
Shayne assuming the Period Hunch (tm) cuz he’s trying not to just curl into a ball and start crying is so fucking real.
As a french guy, it's always nice to see our national sport, fight with baguette, enjoyed by another country. Thanks Smosh
It's always so cool to see other cultures celebrated!
Yesss it made me tear up c grv sous coté comme sport
I think Courtney definitely has the highest pain tolerance but what they don’t have is enough self control not to laugh or make a noise in reaction to the pain 😂
Clearly not. She got out on the first go
@@novaeffect6714 The argument they are making is that since the whole thing was based on not making sound rather than how much pain you could take Courtney failed because she couldn't not make sound.
I think people have different tolerances for different types of pain. Youre gonna have less tolerance for a type of pain you don't experience much. I'll tear a tonail off and not care much because they get messed up often by my boots but I can barely move when I get the flu because I rarely get sick. I imagine it's a similar thing with the cramps
@@rectov9003 I'd crumple to the floor if my nails got messed up lmao. Can't handle that conceptually.
21:26 “we all experience pain differently” and that is what makes this video so entertaining 😂
the absolute confused and almost devastated awe that shane was feeling during courtney’s round of the period cramp simulator is sending me
willingly doing a pain tolerance video with a migraine is insane, Courtney is an inspiration
There is no way it’s an actual migraine
I related to Spencer when he just wanted to stay squatting on the ground during the period cramps. When mine get really bad, I also just squat on the ground and stay there til the worse has passed. Also much love to my girl Courtney doing this with a migraine too, really showing how we just have to go about our day as if nothing is wrong.
Shayne and Spencer's face when Courtney turned it up to an 8 LMFAOO 💀
22:06 if someone wants the timestamp
I've never seen Shayne so nervous. yall are gonna break this man!
Didn't he have a whole show that he pitched where people slapped him 🤔🤔🤔
@@CarlyndraTM what makes you think he was nervous about that?? He enjoyed that shit little too much if i might say so myself
14:06 that “shut up” has me dying 😭😭😭
Man if only the period simulator could also simulate weight gain, mood swings, blood and clumps of tissue falling out of their thing. 😂😂😂😂
I was thinking the nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, headaches, unbearable fatigue and hot flashes/sweating, and the fact that food is either your best friend or the enemy depending on the month. Or how unpredictable each month is with what time of day it's coming, what exact day it's coming (cuz, you know, if you're stressed or sick it likes to come earlier or later for fun to throw off your cycle), and what severity it's going to be +some month it's bearable, and some months you feel like you're dying).
I know right. I get really bad ones where I don't even like to walk around much because I'm afraid that I might leak all over .
@@toxictina135 Finally someone like me!! I thought I was all alone on that part.
Sensitive nipples.
Same, my nausea is the worst part for me.
Ian's dance to the pain was very inline with how my periods go. I always question if I'm cramping or just need to go the bathroom.
And when we give up and go to the bathroom, nothing comes out
@@reversidly YESSSS! I was just on mine and spent so much time in the bathroom cause every time I sat down I had to go so bad, but every time I tried I couldn’t
I was gonna say lol, that lil dance felt very reminiscent of my day 1 & 2 writhing when I have to stand up and wait for the microwave to ding 😭 the only comfort is being horizontal
9:33 the “don’t forget to smile” was so amazing omg
Fair play to Courtney for getting through this with a migraine
@LeNuiz they've mentioned that they suffer with severe migraines for the past 3 years, so im sure this was one of their migraine episodes. props to them, they are really dope for being able to still work in that pain.
@LeNuiz my friend get cluster migraines which are the most painful and I don't even know how he functions 🥲
@LeNuiz Some people with migraines, especially if they are frequent, can function well enough when it’s developing or fading depending on how sudden the onset is. Or if it’s a less intense migraine than their normal ones.
There’s also other types of less common migraines that can present differently. I was diagnosed with a weird type of vertigo migraine when I was 10ish. I hardly ever had pain with them beyond a slight headache sometimes after an episode, but I would get sudden bouts of dizziness and tunnel/blackout vision and often fainting until finding a med that limited the frequency and symptoms mostly to dizziness and slight tunnel vision instead of full vision blackout and fainting. It was 3 or 4 months and a ridiculous amount of tests before an ophthalmologist who knew someone with a similar problem suggested visiting a migraine specialist neurologist and that’s when I finally got a diagnosis. No one else ever thought migraines because i didn’t have the normal symptoms, even though that’s what it was.
@LeNuiz when you get regular migraines you have to be able to function in society anyway, even though all you wanna do is lay in bed in the dark
much like period cramps :)
Didn’t know Cort had a tattoo of Olivia.
Courtney is a beast. #8 on the period cramp simulator and a migraine??? Thank you guys for acknowledging how painful period cramps can be for women, it's very appreciated FR
I’m actually dying from my period cramps rn, and this completely took my mind off the pain. I feel so much better😂
As a woman who got her period today....this was so cathartic to watch😂😂😂
Same!! 😂
This is why I'm here today. I feel better now.
Ladies get your heating pad, cool wine, and chocolate bar and I wish you are able to have sweet dreams tonight!
I almost always get mine when I'm asleep. Mine started during a nap today. 😐👍
Time to only drink Dr. Pepper and eat to many carbs!
When Shayne looked back at Noah and they all started laughing with the chicken heads, I'm legit crying! 😂😂
This is so different to watch knowing Courtney and Shyne are probably engaged 😭😭😭😭
I feel like Courtney lost on purpose in the rubberband chicken thing so that she wouldn't have to do it more times
🥸🥸🥸
@@Co_mill Hey I mean I'd do that too
@@Co_mill well, it's not a no 🤷♀️🤗
@@Co_mill That was actually smart ngl Courtney
The smart one in the group :D
Try not to laugh: rubber chicken edition! Who's with me?
I second this^
was thinking the same thing when they all had the laughing fit.
Make it Try Not To Laugh Gauntlet and you got a winner there
@@anxiasmr I third this^ ... 30 mins of just chicken noises? That would be amazing
@@stevemolenaar2890 I fourth this
19:30 made me realize that Noah looks and sounds like if Rick and Morty had a child. Rorty if you will.
I actually started sobbing from laughing when they all started laughing with the chickens in their mouths
all air has left my lungs and I have legally passed
Shayne going 'AHHHH I HATE THIS FEELING' is me every month lol 😂
Homeboy sounded like he was in labor 😂😂 his reaction had me crying laughing.
I love coming back to this when my cramps are especially awful and seeing them suffer
Courtney smiling and laughing while the boys are goin through the pain we go through every month Courtney’s face is so funny the entire time throughout the period one
courtney’s sincere little “i love you!” to noah being hilarious at 18:55 was so cute 🥺🥺🥺
Shayne is so nervous from the very start. lol 😂 he’s studdering and dropping “ummm” so much more than normal lol
their collective reactions to period pain were actually so accurate tho...
the half movements, the fear of beding over or moving too much, the slowness, the "my back is killing me" cramp voice...
now just do this for three days straight, add frequent migraines and actual blood and blood clots dropping every time you pee, oh and wearing a hlaf diaper, but an uncomfortable one😂
Dude what do you mean it's 7 days
@@jerricamcfarland6468 they’re a lucky one who gets it for 3 days LMAO
@@zoe-oo8wc right
@@jerricamcfarland6468 all periods are different and unique to each person
3 to 5 days is the average and I would much rather use diapers then pads
Shayne's hunchback pose always gets me.
I was automatically expecting him to say 'Hello weary traveller!'
3:05 is the best moment so far
As a woman currently experiencing cramps I feel immense vindication rn
I’m with you on this
Real.
Watching this episode whilst currently on my period makes me feel like a king looking down at the gladiators fighting for their lives whilst munching on grapes and giggling to myself
12:17 moments like this make me thank my brain for having such a high pain tolerance
& being a masochist 😂
5:37 😂 Courtney starting a chain reaction of just utter chaos was my favorite
Don’t forget the fact that for most people periods also mess with your bowel movements too. Honestly apart from the back pain it’s the worst part.
Omg! Same name :)
@@aviendhagabrielle2528 haha! I’ve never seen another Aviendha before! Fellow Wheel of Time fan I assume?
Courtney's little "he's a christian~" while she was drawing is underrated
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO DOES THE SIMULATOR PUTS IT ON THEIR BACK
We still need a brave soul willing to put it on their taint
@@GotitoGaara8 pause
@@GotitoGaara8I think Eugene on try guys did for their labor simulator video
@@halfa_slice LMFAOOO
You know i never get back cramps
22:36 Shane's "This is not normal"..... oh buddy I wish it wasn't
watching this while being actually bedridden from cramps is extremely validating
The chain reaction of them all laughing with that chicken thing in their mouth and Courtney just being like "Shut up!" was hilarious, i actually had to pause because I was in pain from laughing. 😂Also Courtney going straight up to 8 on the period simulator and all the dudes being like "HUH?!" is hilarious. "Are you some sort of demon or something? This isn't normal!" Shayne 😂 Brilliant video!
Spencer has always got the good quips and references. "From inside the house." "Shel silverstein wrote that." Love that funky little guy
He’s just a silly lil dude
what's the reference for "From inside the house"? I didn't know he was quoting something on that one, it just seemed like a good analogy
@@yay4yoyos "The call is coming from inside the house" is a reference to the scream horror movies. Ghostface slasher films
@@DaWombatGamingreally cause I thought it was from that movie when a stranger calls
7:40 “Look hot” is so real 😂
Shaynes faces the whole time in the background I cannot 😂 especially when Courtney is doing the period cramps challenge 22:00 😂
Noah took the ab shocker jenga challenge back in the days of silent library like a champ so it doesn’t surprise me that he was the one guy who was genuinely curious to try the higher settings of the cramp simulator (and Courtney’s ballsiness goes without saying)
5:34 Courtney terrorizing her then boyfriend, now husband😂😂😂
Courtney during the cramp simulator had me laughing so hard I cried, oh my god, “she is asserting dominance” 💀
As someone who has been sent to the emergency room cause of period cramps this is very entertaining to watch
Me too! I went to theER for period pains. The doctor checked with the ultrasound and said nothing was wrong !
Same. Several trips over several years. Eventually diagnosed with endo.
I'm starting to think checking for Endometriosis should just be a standard.
24:06 Courtney sounds like the chickens at the start
The entire Noah having his period definitely seemed like something straight outta Rick And Morty.
That was the best part
Came looking for this comment
100% Morty doing a Rick impression 😂
Shayne: “This is not normal”
Every girl ever: Yes it is. We have to live our lives as though nothing is different because men treat us differently if we don’t.
Also the fact that all the guys had it on 5 and were scared to put it up higher because of how painful it was... Then Courtney comes out with, "Oh, 5 is nothing. *The maximum setting* is the closest to my experience." Then she does everything pretty normally (before it gave her actual cramps) XD
It's honestly pretty eye opening, as someone who doesn't have a period. Usually in these "trying period cramp simulator" videos they just have a bunch of men experience it... However, having someone that has to deal with the real thing try it with them definitely helps to put it in perspective. I already knew dealing with a period was rough, but holy shit lol
@@tra12048s someone who has periods I liked this comparison too, and not just seeing a bunch of dudes wince at level 5. It's interesting seeing Courtney deal with it like it's nothing, much better than the guys' non-existent pain tolerance lol.
I’m interested in doing this. I wanna know. I’m trans and it feels like I should know, you know?
They're actors
@@Droid6689 They also have two eyes, two ears, a mouth, and nose... They might also have two hands, but idk, I can't be sure
When Courtney was confused about having the cramp go down her leg as I’m currently unable to stand because of my cramps in my lower back, hips, and legs lmfao she’s lucky if she doesn’t get those
I'm actually shocked that the period simulator finally made it to the Smosh channel lol
Shayne's expression when Courtney is using the simulator is of pure fear.
I'm on my period rn and at a solid 5 pain and the fact that the dudes are shaking so violently at level 5 is so validating honestly
Courtney destroyed me with "He's a christian." As she is drawing penguin king of templars.
Yes omg I lost it at that part lol