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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • If you're in a room with a person with a runny nose, is it true that like it or not, their snot will get on to you? Adam and Jamie put it to the test! #StayHome
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  • @EddieGee
    @EddieGee 4 роки тому +2965

    Guest: If someone sticks out his hand, you can’t avoid shaking it
    2020: Oh yes you can

    • @probablynotabigtoe9407
      @probablynotabigtoe9407 4 роки тому +75

      I found crotch bumping to be an affective alternative.

    • @PauwerFurry
      @PauwerFurry 4 роки тому +31

      Dorian RC Taylor what in the hell did I just read

    • @FullMetalKaliber
      @FullMetalKaliber 4 роки тому +6

      Porkchop Sandwiches I’ve been bumping elbows for a minute now

    • @jamieneshkoff3015
      @jamieneshkoff3015 4 роки тому

      @@FullMetalKaliber yep

    • @gavindy_Sv2
      @gavindy_Sv2 4 роки тому +1

      Dorian RC Taylor lmao noice

  • @ambulocetusnatans
    @ambulocetusnatans 4 роки тому +3684

    I've seen this before, but it is even more disturbing now.

    • @ChrisJones-rd4wb
      @ChrisJones-rd4wb 4 роки тому +6

      eh, i dont care about eating strangers snot

    • @punker4Real
      @punker4Real 4 роки тому +2

      they should have did it with a face mask etc.. 1/2 assed myth

    • @leothenomad5675
      @leothenomad5675 4 роки тому +46

      @@punker4Real The whole point was to show how easily a virus spreads with no protective measures being used.

    • @brycelynch2138
      @brycelynch2138 4 роки тому +8

      I think that's why all of us are watching it.

    • @SheepdogSmokey
      @SheepdogSmokey 4 роки тому +6

      I was about to ask if they reunited for this or if it's old footage.

  • @bushputz
    @bushputz 4 роки тому +1248

    "If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting"
    ~ Star Lord

    • @Guaposostoned
      @Guaposostoned 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂 genius my friend

    • @franciscolozano2338
      @franciscolozano2338 4 роки тому

      Well done👏👏

    • @Hats-On-Tv
      @Hats-On-Tv 4 роки тому +2

      Maybe he was just talking about the fact that he was doing a fluorescent fluid experiment

    • @TheDylandProductions
      @TheDylandProductions 4 роки тому

      F*** that movie.

    • @BreezyGamer92
      @BreezyGamer92 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheDylandProductions thats okay. Those of us that can enjoy sci-fi without being overwhelmed can still enjoy it.

  • @jarekmace1536
    @jarekmace1536 4 роки тому +269

    Unfortunately, they didn't show the other dinner where Jamie follows good Haz-Mat protocols with new dinner guests. IIRC, there was only 1-2 people with dye on them after the dinner.

  • @thomf7840
    @thomf7840 4 роки тому +222

    RIP Grant. Your contribution to this show was unmatched and you are forever part of our childhood.

    • @mandelorean6243
      @mandelorean6243 Рік тому

      What? The Asian guy or white guy helper?

    • @anon5493
      @anon5493 Рік тому +9

      @@mandelorean6243 Grant Imahara is the asian guy. he passed away from a brain aneurysm back in 2020. judging from your name you have seen his latest work. the animatronic baby yoda used in the The Mandalorian was the last thing he built.

  • @dstinnettmusic
    @dstinnettmusic 4 роки тому +1700

    I miss mythbusters....
    Now I'm afraid of dying and have sad nostalgia.

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 4 роки тому +18

      @Tad Cooper yeah I'm aware of Tested and it's neat.
      It just isn't the same at all.
      Mythbusters was kind of a "person, moment, technology" thing where it had this unique collection of personalities, presentation technology and a lack of easy ability to just Google the answers to every question and urban legend that just can't exist now.

    • @jeffm2787
      @jeffm2787 4 роки тому +10

      I don't fear death at all, just the pain and suffering that often comes before it.

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 4 роки тому +5

      @@jeffm2787 sounds like you don't have a lot you would be leaving behind. I have a wife and daughter. I fear leaving them without someone to care for them.

    • @brymetheous2387
      @brymetheous2387 4 роки тому

      There's like 10 seasons on hulu

    • @twinzturbo
      @twinzturbo 4 роки тому +5

      Fear monger. Ain't gunna die weirdo

  • @yam1212
    @yam1212 4 роки тому +510

    For a second I thought Adam and Jamie came back together for a coronavirus PSA

    • @AdamSelvig
      @AdamSelvig 4 роки тому +6

      Yam well Mr Savage said that they don’t get along unless they work together on something

    • @cruzvandewark
      @cruzvandewark 4 роки тому +2

      Yes that is what the world needs!

    • @javaidbakhsh2427
      @javaidbakhsh2427 4 роки тому

      COME BACK PLEASE

    • @matthewsmusic69
      @matthewsmusic69 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @ovadiadan
      @ovadiadan 3 роки тому +5

      I thought the exact same thing and then thought, "Where are their masks? Ohh, this must be an old video."

  • @thetrllrt
    @thetrllrt 4 роки тому +460

    They should do one where Adam tries his best to not spread the “Cold”

    • @Matt_Hatt3r
      @Matt_Hatt3r 4 роки тому +40

      Totally agree!!! If you watch some/most of the things he's doing, he's acting like someone who's either REEEALLYY negligent with their cold/hygiene (example, he wipes his nose in the napkin, then runs it along the cutting knife.... REALLY?!?! Who does that?) or is deliberately trying to spread his germs all over.... which could be one in the same.

    • @jenniferespinosa-blas3471
      @jenniferespinosa-blas3471 4 роки тому +59

      Thomas if you watch the ep this segment came from they do actually do that experiment with good results. He had the guests pass around the plates and serve themselves and "shook elbows" to avoid hand touching. I wish they had shown that here but its still important to see this

    • @lucienberl
      @lucienberl 4 роки тому

      Ua i totally expected that really.

    • @willbainbridgedrummer
      @willbainbridgedrummer 4 роки тому +12

      ua-cam.com/video/iDzjvdBXZ1I/v-deo.html
      Here is them doing that exact experiment!

    • @RageDaug
      @RageDaug 4 роки тому +10

      @@willbainbridgedrummer Thanks for this link. I was thinking the same thing folks are saying. I didn't need a black light to know his "snot" was everywhere by the way he was handling it. If he were my kid at the table doing that I would have been correcting him constantly. But yeah, curious to see how far it spreads when the host is not actively trying to spread it.

  • @chaosrex5702
    @chaosrex5702 4 роки тому +73

    And this didn't demonstrate coughing and sneezing's effects of spreading germs.

    • @stephengarvey509
      @stephengarvey509 4 роки тому +3

      They did a sneeze myth before. I do believe Adam sneezes went about 4 ft but I haven't seen it in a while so don't quote me. Haha

    • @imhooks
      @imhooks 4 роки тому +1

      @@stephengarvey509 ua-cam.com/video/0f4sUNWkq60/v-deo.html

  • @comment.highlighted
    @comment.highlighted 4 роки тому +248

    “Pseudo Snot” sounds like a good Band name too 🙂

  • @ExireHG
    @ExireHG 3 роки тому +63

    The best thing about this is that it's informative, entertaining, and easy to understand for all ages. Should be shown in classrooms and workplaces alike.

  • @ipKonfig
    @ipKonfig 4 роки тому +182

    Obviously the world wasn't paying attention when this originally aired and people still refuse to wash their hands...

    • @kitkatthebobcat6556
      @kitkatthebobcat6556 4 роки тому

      ipKonfig.com the spread this time doesn’t have anything to do with washing hands. They told you to wash your hands literally to give the sheep something to do. It does help stop spread germs, but this virus is airborne....which has been known for a while now. Lol

    • @BigNastyRob
      @BigNastyRob 4 роки тому +13

      Nah washing hands matters. It is airborne, but only for about 2-3 hours. It stays on surfaces for days.

    • @ipKonfig
      @ipKonfig 4 роки тому +4

      @@BigNastyRob please get facts straight. It is not airborne but can be caught via droplets. Very big difference. And 2-3hrs in the air ? Again, please get facts before dropping such accusations ? Surfaces ? Plastic and Metal total of 3 days. It also can die within seconds of landing on most services but still easily transmittable. Please read facts and not what the media is telling you. Wash hands regularly, distance 6ft from people is 'in case they cough/sneeze' that's all. This is a pandemic, not a panicDemic...

    • @Matt-fj4yv
      @Matt-fj4yv 4 роки тому

      Washing your hands doesn’t take all bacteria off

    • @ipKonfig
      @ipKonfig 4 роки тому +6

      @@Matt-fj4yv enjoy being filthy and not knowing jack about bacteria and virus. It's is PROVEN washing your hands properly does. Even Mytbusters in another episode proved that along with all scientists. Please get your facts from factual sources before spewing garbage.

  • @grizzc9127
    @grizzc9127 4 роки тому +92

    On a funnier note looks like he's been binge eating Cheetos LOL.

    • @marksantillo1847
      @marksantillo1847 4 роки тому +1

      When did we get a cat!!

    • @elgatofelix8917
      @elgatofelix8917 4 роки тому

      Anybody who thinks this channel is scientific is a moron.

    • @ility_
      @ility_ 4 роки тому

      Comment above me, please explain.

    • @badkitty785
      @badkitty785 3 роки тому

      It's like that one cheeto ad where everyone's been stealing the cheetos

  • @johntad751
    @johntad751 4 роки тому +67

    What's missing in the myth is that he did not sneeze or cough. This I mush see.

    • @brookeg5897
      @brookeg5897 4 роки тому +9

      They did a sneeze episode, hopefully they post that too

    • @Ram-2112
      @Ram-2112 4 роки тому +2

      They did that in this same episode i think

    • @fryncyaryorvjink2140
      @fryncyaryorvjink2140 4 роки тому +1

      Man, if he sneezed without covering his mouth kari would have just left

    • @soto42
      @soto42 4 роки тому +1

      They did once measure the distance a sneeze can cover.
      ua-cam.com/video/0f4sUNWkq60/v-deo.html

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 роки тому +196

    The OCD introverts will prevail.

    • @onecommonname
      @onecommonname 4 роки тому +7

      Wrong, your immune systems will fail quicker due to less exposure in life.

    • @Boogers32150
      @Boogers32150 4 роки тому +10

      Some Shoes - ah yes just like the less times you get shot the higher risk you have of dying from a gunshot wound 🙄

    • @wvlf
      @wvlf 4 роки тому +1

      sewer rat immune system

    • @brownhippy
      @brownhippy 4 роки тому +2

      lol. when the government tells them to stay home they are like ok i've been doing that

    • @tonyspaniol1966
      @tonyspaniol1966 4 роки тому

      However, the human race will go extinct because there will be no procreation😂

  • @Jimbogf
    @Jimbogf 4 роки тому +99

    "My secretions are EVERYWHERE on this table" XP

  • @vexvesper
    @vexvesper 4 роки тому +157

    If the world ever needed to know this, it's now. Share this with everyone. And wash your damn hands! -_-

    • @johnv6806
      @johnv6806 4 роки тому +1

      Really it just shows its impossible to not spread it. You would have to wash your hands thousands of times a day.

    • @vexvesper
      @vexvesper 4 роки тому +5

      @@johnv6806 you're right! That's why ppl should be staying at home!

    • @SamuelTheAdept
      @SamuelTheAdept 4 роки тому

      I'll listen to the gacha life of they hold power

    • @blip_blop6777
      @blip_blop6777 4 роки тому

      Vex Vesper Fox when a Gacha Life is giving better advice than grown adults, you know humanity is beyond the point of return.

    • @Chilling4Shillings
      @Chilling4Shillings 4 роки тому

      Coronavirus only exists in tell lie vision media. It's not real dummy

  • @coachjefe6912
    @coachjefe6912 4 роки тому +64

    Question: How does a virus spread so quickly?
    Answer (in 2020): ignorance

    • @randomtruth2176
      @randomtruth2176 4 роки тому +2

      Viruses aren't spread through bodily secretions. It's not even alive. Otherwise we could take antibiotics. It can only be spread through a vaccine. Bill gates is in Eugenics. (believes the world is overpopulated and claims vaccines can help drastically reduce the population) No medical background. Yet he stands to profit the most from all of this.

    • @monam.5923
      @monam.5923 4 роки тому +1

      Can you imagine all the products being handled at a grocery store?🧐

    • @MissLinas
      @MissLinas 4 роки тому

      @@randomtruth2176
      But just think.... we can slow the spread of the coronavirus. If people would only. Wear the masks and even wear gloves if you want to. But no people are refusing. Because they feel they shouldn't have to wear them. Then their taking their's and everybody's life in their hands. Just by not wearing masks. Which will end up being the biggest mistake ever. The only way to slow the spread is to wear a mask.

    • @MissLinas
      @MissLinas 4 роки тому

      Coachjefe,
      Yes It's gnorance by people choosing not to wear a mask and protecting yourself by washing your hands when you need to and social distancing.

    • @ruffxm
      @ruffxm 4 роки тому

      @@randomtruth2176 Absolutely incorrect. Blood and body fluids such as saliva, etc. can contain viruses that can be passed on to other people. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections and are useless against a virus, but nice try and thanks for playing. Where do you get your information douchebag?

  • @tony_cgivfx
    @tony_cgivfx 4 роки тому +135

    He's really trying to spread it though, who wipes their nose on a napkin and uses that same napkin to wipe a clean knife and then put that knife in a cake?

    • @UndyingProduction
      @UndyingProduction 4 роки тому +55

      Im willing to bet alot. People are gross man.

    • @roselahuerita
      @roselahuerita 4 роки тому +2

      😲🤢

    • @ZOMLUVER
      @ZOMLUVER 4 роки тому +6

      Dude, its cert common, and most 3rd world countries do shit like this on the regular

    • @Viet4sh0Gaming7K
      @Viet4sh0Gaming7K 4 роки тому +10

      U just described the average American lol

    • @michaelburgwin4265
      @michaelburgwin4265 4 роки тому +2

      Some people are straight nasty, man...

  • @maryphillips8069
    @maryphillips8069 4 роки тому +295

    So even if Carrie didn't get the fluorescent fluid on her, she ingested it. Watch his handkerchief, he wipes his nose with the same part of it that he wiped his knife, which he then cut the cake with. Sorry Carrie, I think you're getting sick too!

    • @tsukinofaerii2208
      @tsukinofaerii2208 4 роки тому +50

      If you watch her, she doesn't eat the cake. She only pokes it a bit with her fork. Still safe!

    • @EloiseRaeCullen
      @EloiseRaeCullen 4 роки тому +46

      Also, while I could be mistaken, I do believe that eating has a lower chance of contracting it bc your stomach acid will freakin demolish the greeblies. I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that. Actually, if I'm wrong, please correct me XD nicely, please.

    • @joetroutt7425
      @joetroutt7425 4 роки тому +17

      She didn't even put her mouth to the champagne glass.

    • @probablynotabigtoe9407
      @probablynotabigtoe9407 4 роки тому +29

      @@EloiseRaeCullen you are correct, but it 100% depends on the pathogen. Some can only survive in nasal passages or the respiratory system, but definetly not all of them.
      But a healthy digestive tract with good gut bacteria can certainly increase the chance of you fighting off a disease before it ever had a chance of settling in. I think stomach acid is less of a player in that game.

    • @uoabigaillevey
      @uoabigaillevey 4 роки тому +7

      @@probablynotabigtoe9407 It is all about biochemistry. If the acid is capable of either breaking the protective layer surrounding the virus OR it's mechanism for infecting cells (the protein spikes in the case of the Kung Flu) then it will be effective.
      I once raised Monarch butterflies en masse as a hobby for release. They are susceptible to a virus (Nuclear polyhedrosis virus) which is only able to be caught by species which have a base instead of an acid for their digestive fluids. The virus is surrounded by a crystalline structure that is resilient to acids but dissolves in a base thereby releasing the virus to then infect and kill the caterpillar. The virus would be horribly devastating to humans if it were acid-based, as it literally turns the inside of the caterpillar to a black-plague-like mush. Yikes.

  • @whoeverofhowevermany
    @whoeverofhowevermany 4 роки тому +45

    I want to see how well Adam could have avoided spreading it himself, instead of intentionally spreading it.

    • @SIrL0bster
      @SIrL0bster Рік тому +7

      It's not shown here, but there was a second test in the episode where Adam made exactly that effort and avoided contaminating everyone.

    • @whoeverofhowevermany
      @whoeverofhowevermany Рік тому

      @@SIrL0bster replying to old comments is actually a good thing. I'll look for this cause I'm still curious.

  • @fred_e
    @fred_e 4 роки тому +188

    The moral of the story is: humans are friggen gross.

    • @Echo81Rumple83
      @Echo81Rumple83 4 роки тому +5

      🎵Kids are gross, they touch their butts,
      And then they though their faces, and they come and touch us 🎵

    • @semmtexx
      @semmtexx 4 роки тому

      Fred E Chinese humans.

  • @gh0stkat440
    @gh0stkat440 Рік тому +36

    This should be shown on a massive scale , everywhere.
    Like another fan has pointed out, I will reiterate, this needs to be common law practice for classrooms , workplaces , public spaces.
    Entertaining as always and informative.
    In memorial, I just watched the episode with Grant , Jessi , and Tory creating a remote car to skip across water!
    RIP Grant
    RIP Jessi
    Forever in our memories.

    • @ethenallen1388
      @ethenallen1388 Рік тому +6

      It should also be expanded to include the second part of the test in which Adam worked to contain his secretions.

  • @rascalragdoll182
    @rascalragdoll182 4 роки тому +13

    Essential retail cashier who is already a germaphobe:
    *heavy breathing*
    In all seriousness, please give space between you and the cashier at stores. I have 5 signs in/on MY LANE ALONE, one being ON the pin pad, asking for them to stand on the blue lines and they barely notice the signs or follow instructions. They’ll stand on the lines for the 6ft rule for each other, but ignore my 2ft that I need to protect myself. I don’t get hazard pay or plexiglass and I’m in a small booth and can not move. Tell the people working you appreciate them. It means a lot and helps us get through all the rude/inconsiderate customers we get daily. Please stay home, clean and safe. 🙏🏻💜

    • @cookiekitty1000
      @cookiekitty1000 4 роки тому +3

      I feel it. People do not care at all. Not only do they ignore those signs, but they still behave like regular jackasses regardless of a pandemic.

    • @Templar-jj3ig
      @Templar-jj3ig 4 роки тому

      Distance doesn't matter when you're constantly handling people's money. Coins greatly harbor germs on them. Why China went to QR code payment for consumers, it's hands free. America isn't smart enough to figure that out yet.

    • @rascalragdoll182
      @rascalragdoll182 4 роки тому

      Templar 1312 Yes, this is true, but we use gloves and sanitize our area and hands frequently. Most people are smart enough to not use cash, but when we do handle cash we use that as a good indicator that stuff needs to be sanitized. Nothing’s perfect.

  • @sawart6798
    @sawart6798 4 роки тому +38

    I wish everyone would watch this!!!

    • @MrMrannoying
      @MrMrannoying 4 роки тому

      Share it on social media! You got the power!

    • @LongToad
      @LongToad 4 роки тому +1

      It's a great video for how it can spread on your hands, problem is it doesn't display the power of sneezing/coughing when it comes to spreading the virus. According to the CDC, coronaviruses are thought to more likely spread from droplets in the air, like from someone coughing/sneezing. The droplets can remain in the air for hours if the air is still/uncirculated. They say surfaces can transmit the virus too but the CDC seems to think it's not the most prevalent way of spreading it. -If you're in a small room like this for a long enough time with someone coughing/sneezing into the air, you're going to be infected no matter how careful you are with where you put your hands.
      www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-covid-19-how-long-does-the-coronavirus-last-on-surfaces

  • @deergod8292
    @deergod8292 4 роки тому +57

    Stay home, everybody! Odds are, you’re not as good as Carrie!

    • @supreme1572
      @supreme1572 4 роки тому +4

      And the reality that this experiment misses is that these viruses aren't only spread through touch. In a closed space where people are talking like this the viruses like the flu and SARS 2 can aerosolize and infect people several feet away. Carrie wouldn't be safe against the Flu or SARS 2.

    • @lesweenmachine
      @lesweenmachine 4 роки тому

      Deer God ua-cam.com/video/JrYLTVGU7KU/v-deo.html

    • @lesweenmachine
      @lesweenmachine 4 роки тому

      Supreme ua-cam.com/video/JrYLTVGU7KU/v-deo.html

  • @Pat1711
    @Pat1711 4 роки тому +11

    When he wiped the cake knife with the same cloth he used for his nose...
    I almost gagged imagining it being a real cold lol

  • @urielfulgencio5285
    @urielfulgencio5285 4 роки тому +21

    Covid-19: allow me to introduce myself, observe as I make this little experience/experiment a reality !

    • @furuleetsaingo
      @furuleetsaingo 3 роки тому

      Let me please introduce myself...

    • @4IN14094
      @4IN14094 3 роки тому

      @@furuleetsaingo - I'm a man of wealth and taste
      ?

  • @ecduzitgood
    @ecduzitgood 4 роки тому +23

    It finally feels good being a germaphobe.

    • @morisatsuki3659
      @morisatsuki3659 4 роки тому

      Unless you're living with people who are not germaphobes and have to keep reminding them of things.

  • @NPonlamuangsri
    @NPonlamuangsri 4 роки тому +31

    “He’s trying to be a gracious host.”
    A gracious host wouldn’t knowingly expose you to their sickness.

    • @laurenpinschannels
      @laurenpinschannels 4 роки тому +1

      ugh I love that people see this now, the situation is awful but I think our collective learning from it is really valuable and meaningful. like, can we keep this attitude, you know? I love how we all have this attitude of togetherness and taking problems seriously now just because with this one, nobody can ignore it; how do we like, not forget again, as a society? how do we put the memory into media that, growing up, we would have encountered and would have made us already intuitively get this, even though we hadn't seen a pandemic? what was missing from the portrayal of 1918 that made it not be something that was fun for kids to watch just because they were curious what the past was like and how to survive in the present? why did movies about pandemics not move people to action? I'm thinking as I write and a little high, but yeah does anyone have any thoughts on this sort of thing? what sort of art and record might we be looking to create of experiences that taught us perspective, and like... wtf was wrong with the previous stuff that it didn't get through to people that it could really happen...
      maybe the right people weren't choosing to see it? how do we make it a Thing to remember that...

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 4 роки тому +9

    Yes, Adam was using his dominant hand to both wipe and pass items around... and he’s a righty so of course a handshake will spread more. I’m left handed... guess I’m less capable of spreading things around at a snot party.

  • @samsngdevice5103
    @samsngdevice5103 4 роки тому +34

    I'm posting a link to this on every news story I see.
    CDC should have this on their site.

    • @Marshbouy
      @Marshbouy 4 роки тому +5

      People have the misconception that you need to cough in someone’s mouth to spread COVID-19. It is important to understand that that’s not the case

    • @tcanada17
      @tcanada17 4 роки тому +3

      I’ve read a runny nose is not a covid19 symptom thank goodness... it’s just a cold.

    • @devmartin7427
      @devmartin7427 4 роки тому

      @@tcanada17 true. The relevance of this would be for transferring cough and sneeze droplets from one place to another. Just imaging the rail on the stairs to a subway station.

    • @samsngdevice5103
      @samsngdevice5103 4 роки тому

      @Matt P
      Passive aggressive individuals whos power centers on assuming what other people think.
      Matt P.

  • @cataclysmic911
    @cataclysmic911 4 роки тому +26

    See, what’d I tell ya?
    Orange man bad.
    And he’s contagious.

  • @robspecht9550
    @robspecht9550 4 роки тому +21

    Covid19 Patient Zero, Jamie Hyneman, just as we all suspected.

  • @thymetodream6084
    @thymetodream6084 4 роки тому +90

    I lost it (laughing uncontrollably) when he wiped his nose on the handkerchief and then wiped the knife used to cut the cake on it as well. It's one thing to involuntarily pass an infection on to someone else, but Adam is deliberately being a super spreader. This is literally a germophobe's worst nightmare. While I'm not a germophobe myself, I did date one for 3 years. Thus I'm an expert on the topic.

    • @manindisgiuze7780
      @manindisgiuze7780 4 роки тому +8

      Ahh yes dating a germaphobe definitely makes you an expert.

    • @anonymous_yo_mama6728
      @anonymous_yo_mama6728 4 роки тому

      I know right. I was like "wtf!?"

    • @exoticwaves1580
      @exoticwaves1580 4 роки тому +1

      Manin Disgiuze that parts obviously a joke

    • @jckdnls9292
      @jckdnls9292 4 роки тому

      By your logic, had you dated a brain surgeon, you would've been a brain surgery expert... GTFO ..

    • @exoticwaves1580
      @exoticwaves1580 4 роки тому

      Jck Dnls man people are dumb

  • @saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560
    @saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560 4 роки тому +21

    Interesting science, it clearly shows the rate of spread: and if it was highly contagious virus; it could have transferred by air as well. Showing that in larger social gatherings, you have a faster rate of spread, 90% infection rate.
    Keep up the good work God bless amen.

  • @mojojoji5493
    @mojojoji5493 4 роки тому +18

    I love rewatching old episodes like this it reminds me of a time when people weren’t that dumb ❤️

  • @makingtechsense126
    @makingtechsense126 4 роки тому +20

    I'm glad to see this re-uploaded in a concise package. The way the Mythbusters did this was very visual and exposed how viruses and germs can spread quickly in an easy to understand manner.

  • @aspeckt1
    @aspeckt1 4 роки тому +7

    Imagine what legit germaphobes are going through right now.

    • @morisatsuki3659
      @morisatsuki3659 4 роки тому +5

      Gratification that our lifestyle is now considered legitimate (rather than getting the usual eye-rolls) and comfort that we already have strong contamination sensibilities to prevent ourselves from getting infected while simultaneously experiencing more persistent anxiety from having our germaphobe radars go on higher alert and go off more often than normal.

  • @mac-n-cheeseguy42
    @mac-n-cheeseguy42 3 роки тому +2

    Comments:
    1% about anything else
    99% about COVID

  • @kraizyace2612
    @kraizyace2612 4 роки тому +5

    If Kari Byron can avoid the ick, then we're all capable of coming out of this unscathed. That means no more 'parties'.

  • @gianttigerfilms
    @gianttigerfilms 4 роки тому +48

    I have an issue with this experiment.. it needs to be done naturally, Adam is smart and is trying to get it everywhere. No one would cut cake for a group with a knife they wiped on their snot rag

    • @Mulberrysmile
      @Mulberrysmile 4 роки тому +11

      Most people would not do that, true, and the guy was trying to touch stuff, but people would still touch the knife and food without washing their contaminated hands and without even thinking about it.
      We did a similar test for a biohazard class...the dye was in grease on the door when we entered and we weren’t told. At the end of the day the fluorescent dye was everywhere...all over us.

    • @moowaffels
      @moowaffels 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah that was the point where I felt the experiment failed. When I'm sick I often even avoid shaking hands...

    • @iheartigloos
      @iheartigloos 4 роки тому +2

      You haven't met my Grandfather....

    • @gustavodelamora3676
      @gustavodelamora3676 4 роки тому +5

      You'd be surprised. Also asymptomatic people wouldn't know not to act a certain way. Sure if they didn't have a secretion the spread would be a little slower.

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler 4 роки тому +7

      The fact that the 3 people who didn't know he was "sick" _never called him out on it and ate the cake anyway_ shows just how easy it is to not notice what others are doing, let alone yourself. I see people pick/scratch/wipe their noses all the time. I also see people open doors, or pick up game controllers, or pass out silverware. No hand washing at all in between.

  • @zamane1234
    @zamane1234 3 роки тому +3

    "Thank you for participating in my science experiment!"
    -Adam 2020

  • @jflores85
    @jflores85 4 роки тому +2

    We should call everything Trump screws up as "Having a touch of Orange"

  • @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS
    @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS 4 роки тому +8

    “Get this man a SOAP 🧼!”

  • @B00s3
    @B00s3 4 роки тому +21

    How'd I miss this episode. I totally expected this to be the sneeze episode, where they measure the distance of a sneeze.

    • @dbarr1403
      @dbarr1403 4 роки тому +9

      During the actual show, they did do the sneeze test.

  • @BryanEnsign
    @BryanEnsign 4 роки тому +6

    This is just what we needed in April of 2020.

  • @xOhhLauraa
    @xOhhLauraa 4 роки тому +4

    the heroes we didn’t know we needed during this pandemic.

  • @ReaperKezia
    @ReaperKezia 4 роки тому +6

    Never in my 30+ years of being alive have I had a runny nose bad enough that continuously drips like this lmao.
    Usually it dries out in your nose & turns into bugers first.

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz 4 роки тому

      You obviously have never worked hard outside then gone indoors
      Runny noses

    • @Lysergic_
      @Lysergic_ 4 роки тому

      I had a runny nose that lasted for all of my waking hours that day (14-16)

    • @ReaperKezia
      @ReaperKezia 4 роки тому +1

      @@thecloneguyz Yeah... All those years I spent in the Infantry & I never once went outside. Ya got me there bud.

    • @ReaperKezia
      @ReaperKezia 4 роки тому +1

      @@Lysergic_ Mine always drips down the back of my throat before it'll start dripping out of my nostrils.
      Probably have had a deviated septum since my brother broke my nose when I was like 12 though.

    • @Lysergic_
      @Lysergic_ 4 роки тому +1

      @@ReaperKezia maybe but when I had that long ass runny nose it switched between back of throat snot and nose snot

  • @InconceivableSandwichChannel
    @InconceivableSandwichChannel 4 роки тому +10

    Moral to the story: Wash your hands kids

    • @slutwagon4270
      @slutwagon4270 4 роки тому

      Actually as soon as your hands dry your hands are reinfected

    • @bigsquez
      @bigsquez 4 роки тому

      I wash my hands with my runny nose

  • @chriscolasurdo3150
    @chriscolasurdo3150 4 роки тому +60

    Anyone who watches this should know, THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE EPISODE. This video cuts off before Adam does the test as a conscientious host. He begins by telling people he's sick, and refusing to shake their hands. The 2nd test demonstrates that as long as the host makes his sickness known and BEHAVES RESPONSIBLY the spread of the disease is diminished to insignificance.

    • @Wiley_Coyote
      @Wiley_Coyote 4 роки тому +18

      Except I understand why they didn't include that. It would create a mixed message here, because COVID19 does not act like a cold, or even the Flu, in terms of how it spreads. The mitigating behaviour in the supplemental section would be outright misleading, unintentionally, if people try to apply those lessons to our current circumstances.

    • @Jaqen-HGhar
      @Jaqen-HGhar 4 роки тому +9

      except for the fact that COVID19 spreads even when people don't have symptoms so there is no point in including that section as someone else pointed out. So who cares if someone points out they are sick because even healthy individuals can spread this disease.

    • @stevepseudonym445
      @stevepseudonym445 4 роки тому +1

      As of now there are at least 27 people who don't get it. Besides the points made in other responses, many illnesses are spread by very small quantities of airborne pathogens. Actual physical contact is a major factor in the exchange of bodily fluids, but droplet spread that can result from sneezing, coughing, and even talking is considered a form of direct contact. Airborne transmission is a little bit like droplet spread, except that everything is much smaller than a droplet. In some cases you can be infected simply by inhaling, and you can even catch some diseases (measles, for example) by entering a room after the infected person has already left.

    • @KagusakiUrufu
      @KagusakiUrufu 4 роки тому +1

      @@stevepseudonym445 It makes me wonder if negative airflow in a room will suck up the microscopic droplets if someone sneezes or will spraying disinfectant spray in the air will attract the droplets and kill the virus.

    • @BabyKobeeee
      @BabyKobeeee 4 роки тому +1

      Steve Pseudonym 27 people who don’t get it? What are you talking about? Source?

  • @misterbradstewart
    @misterbradstewart 4 роки тому +7

    Kudos on re-release of this!

  • @aaronh248
    @aaronh248 4 роки тому +10

    Can't remember why I miss Mythbusters so much .
    " Carrie enters the room "
    OOooo yeah. That's why
    JK loved the show for what it was too. But ... Yeah

  • @TheBorthersfiance
    @TheBorthersfiance 4 роки тому +2

    But would he really be that touchy if his nose was running in real life? True conclusion: viruses spread so easily because people are nasty and have little regard for others.

  • @magmavision2000
    @magmavision2000 4 роки тому +12

    For a split second, I thought this was a new episode.
    I feel cheated.

  • @edg5535
    @edg5535 4 роки тому +1

    This is how America got to 1st place for the Coronavirus
    PEOPLE KEEP ON TOUCHING THEIR DAMN FACES

  • @theinc1776
    @theinc1776 4 роки тому +3

    I have covid an a peanut allergy, pray for me😂

  • @coreymoore1443
    @coreymoore1443 4 роки тому +2

    Andy typed Adam’s symptoms into the thing and it says he might have network connectivity problems.

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 4 роки тому +10

    Now we need to add in coughing and even just microscopic breath droplets that can hang in the air for an extended period.

  • @gendoll5006
    @gendoll5006 4 роки тому +1

    60ml is A LOT... no one would secrete that much especially in an hour. You may secrete like 10ml if that. But I guess we’d rather overestimate than underestimate when it comes to this stuff.

  • @shawnsg
    @shawnsg 4 роки тому +17

    Just don't forget that outside of a pandemic, flu season and so on being exposed to germs is a good thing. Even if it may be a bit gross.

    • @Whitsoxrule1
      @Whitsoxrule1 4 роки тому +7

      Sort of, yeah our immune system trains by fighting the typical low levels of germs that we are exposed to on a daily basis. But taht doesn't mean practicing good hygiene is compromising your immune system

    • @projectocamero7502
      @projectocamero7502 4 роки тому +3

      @@Whitsoxrule1 amazingly said.

    • @somegoodvibes5824
      @somegoodvibes5824 4 роки тому +1

      Dwight from the office be like

    • @shawnsg
      @shawnsg 4 роки тому +2

      @@Whitsoxrule1 It depends on what you define good hygiene as. I don't mean to imply you should go use a public restroom and not wash your hands after touching a bunch of surfaces. My point was more targeted towards the video upholding the so-called germaphobe as a good example to follow. Avoiding contact with people, not shaking hands, hand sanitizer, excessive hand washing and so on is typically going to an extreme.
      For example, there is evidence to show some bacteria are starting to form resistance to alcohol based sanitizers. Excess hand cleaning removes natural microbiome and can potentially make room for more harmful bacteria. Sanitizer can also make your skin more permeable which makes it easier to absorb chemicals, e.g., BPA from receipts, according to a study in 2014. Also, new research comes out on almost a yearly basis giving more support to the 'hygiene hypothesis'.
      Even more relevant to COVID-19 is that people recently infected with a coronavirus variant *might* have some resistance or at least a less severe response to COVID-19. Some studies show that people previously infected with the flu virus that get infected again with similar strains have lower levels of viral shedding aka being infectious.
      For the record I'm not an expert, doctor or scientist. I could be utterly wrong, but from my limited understanding the quote: "That which does not kill us..." is applicable here.

    • @slashmacleod
      @slashmacleod 4 роки тому +3

      @@shawnsg the logic stream is realistic, except that for Covid-19 doesn't behave like other illnesses, people can transmit the disease for up to 14 days without knowing, and close or physical contact isn't required. The problem isn't that people contract it, the problem is the rate. And it isn't evenly distributed so certain areas have way more cases than resources. Quarantines and social distancing are aimed at slowing the spread so that hospitals don't get overloaded.

  • @theIAMLOVE
    @theIAMLOVE 4 роки тому +1

    A video vindicating smart people who already knew how cross-contaminations works. Thanks.

  • @ethanhayat8419
    @ethanhayat8419 4 роки тому +3

    whos here for school

  • @mikeysrose
    @mikeysrose 4 роки тому +1

    Well... wiping off something Adam hands you with a napkin might work with fluorescent dye, but it would only spread the germs to the napkin unless you had an antiseptic on the napkin to actually kill things.

  • @ursaltydog
    @ursaltydog 4 роки тому +27

    The thing is.. the one guy who touched his glasses, may have actually been the one to catch something immediately... the others if they'd washed th eir hands before touching their eyes, nose or mouth, would've been okay..

    • @mr.creamiersteamiermemeier5919
      @mr.creamiersteamiermemeier5919 4 роки тому

      ursaltydog Yooooo but not with Corona HOMIE

    • @ursaltydog
      @ursaltydog 4 роки тому

      @@mr.creamiersteamiermemeier5919 I getcha.. because the people with it on their clothes would eventually touch their clothes, bring it into their homes, touched their faces and surfaces where it would last longer etc..

    • @LongToad
      @LongToad 4 роки тому +1

      Cough/sneeze droplets are still the most likely way to transmit viruses like the cold. The smaller droplets can persist in the air for hours if the air is still. Washing hands and all that will help reduce the chance of getting it but if you're around someone coughing/sneezing long enough in a closed environment you're probably going to catch it unless you have a way of filtering the air (properly rated respirator).
      CDC: "Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food....Throughout the day wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, or going to the bathroom.
      It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads."
      www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-covid-19-how-long-does-the-coronavirus-last-on-surfaces

    • @ursaltydog
      @ursaltydog 4 роки тому +1

      @@LongToad And now... they're reconsidering the aerosolizing... due to the number of deaths among a choir group who met, who had social distancing, hand sanitizer, etc.. Choirs are known to sing exuberantly into the air.. Last I'd read, 10 of them had died..

    • @geyotepilkington2892
      @geyotepilkington2892 4 роки тому

      @@ursaltydog bruh lemme see that source

  • @johngailey875
    @johngailey875 4 роки тому +2

    he wiped his nose with the napkin then used it to clean off his knife before cutting the cake...wtf? lol

    • @whyythestupidithurts5564
      @whyythestupidithurts5564 4 роки тому

      tbf there's people out there licking groceries , elevator buttons , all sorts of nutters ...perhaps that's why they did that because frankly people are lil scary and you don't know unless you witness it in front of you ...same sorta person that thinks the virus is fake so licks a toilet seat probably would wipe a knife with the snot rag lol

  • @wierdtromebonekid
    @wierdtromebonekid 4 роки тому +4

    The fact this video isn't being pushed is a crying shame

    • @brainmind4070
      @brainmind4070 4 роки тому

      It's not? Looks like the algorithm got you, too.

    • @wierdtromebonekid
      @wierdtromebonekid 4 роки тому

      @@brainmind4070 I searched it

    • @brainmind4070
      @brainmind4070 4 роки тому

      @@wierdtromebonekid Oh, well, the algorithm got me fwiw.

    • @robertpryor7225
      @robertpryor7225 4 роки тому

      Don't cry, it may spread viruses

  • @scpdatabase969
    @scpdatabase969 4 роки тому +1

    Ok no more parties or going out even after the Rona is done
    Holy Christ how have we all not been ended by a plague much sooner (flashback to Black Plague, Ebola, Swine Flu, Rona)

  • @Deryk_Fiarclougt
    @Deryk_Fiarclougt 4 роки тому +6

    Honestly, this myth is the one that makes you really think. If that’s how far it can spread in just 30 minutes, imagine how far it spread in a DAY. This clip should honestly be on the front page of every health clinic website across the world.

  • @lisamounts6555
    @lisamounts6555 3 роки тому +1

    Im a germophob. Im like that lady that was ocd. 2 ppl arent. 1st as soon as i shook his hand, I'd would be sanitizing mine afterward, with my clean hand get my sanitzer out. 2nd the one with the cold should santize hands before he touchs anyone or anything, even without a cold, should be practicing the same. Or stay home. 😒..so many steps those ppl could do to avoid others germs and its not a mask.

  • @sora2534
    @sora2534 4 роки тому +8

    Stuck in my house for the past two and a half weeks, how's everyone else doing?

    • @emilymaheu4992
      @emilymaheu4992 4 роки тому +2

      Andrew Cash Thank you for staying home!

    • @Cuteypie-b9b
      @Cuteypie-b9b 4 роки тому +2

      I’m having to go to work everyday and risk getting sick and bringing it home to my family. I envy you people who are staying home.

    • @Conceptzer0
      @Conceptzer0 4 роки тому

      @@Cuteypie-b9b same here... my family all stays home but here I am still going to work and scared bringing it back to them

    • @lilypoppy1962
      @lilypoppy1962 4 роки тому

      Andrew Cash y r u stuck in the house? Go outside.

    • @sora2534
      @sora2534 4 роки тому

      @@Cuteypie-b9b well I'm not getting money either so I envy you in a way

  • @djjazzyjeff1232
    @djjazzyjeff1232 3 роки тому +1

    "Look around me. Look at how far and wide my secretions have spread to everywhere on this table."
    Take that out of context and you're on the wrong website...

  • @VibhorWase
    @VibhorWase 4 роки тому +3

    *All these years* My wife, sister, parents, in-laws, friends mocked me on carrying hand sanitizer and tissues, wipes; mocked when I wiped all surfaces before I touched them; using napkins and plastic bags to grab the gas pump and shopping carts and *STILL* use sanitizer before touching the steering wheel... And then the pandemic came along and now everyone says *I was correct*

  • @illskillz3769
    @illskillz3769 4 роки тому +1

    Touch of orang...... fucking Nostradamus was on point!

  • @pizzamon795
    @pizzamon795 4 роки тому +4

    This is getting cringy..... he wipes the knife off with the same towel he wipes his nose with.

  • @Spiffy_Space_Dragon
    @Spiffy_Space_Dragon 4 роки тому +1

    Please post the clip of the second dinner party where Adam actively works to prevent the spread. The two of them refer to the results as a public service announcement, and that is a PSA people could use a reminder of right now.

  • @ArtifiSir
    @ArtifiSir 4 роки тому +3

    I loved this episode. One thing I always remembered thinking is that usually people visit the bathroom before leaving on their journey home, those control test people would have washed their hands before departing. Tory unfortunately would still be boned by getting that pseudo snot in his eyes already 😆

  • @zarlet1
    @zarlet1 4 роки тому +1

    To everyone saying he did not act naturally I have witnessed gross adults in the food industry who recently blew their nose in front of me and then proceeded to grab my donuts which I was ordering.. some people are naturally like this.. disgusting!

  • @cowboysfanist
    @cowboysfanist 4 роки тому +3

    I remember doing a similar experiment in high school. It was to show how to properly wash your hands, and it was shocking how well the fluorescent paint could hide and stick to your hands. Gonna have alot more videos and hopefully lesson plans about this after 2020.

  • @rockpyl
    @rockpyl 3 роки тому +1

    "Look how far and wide my secretions have spread." - Adam Savage

  • @Verilee1970
    @Verilee1970 4 роки тому +7

    Even Pre-Covid, this guy would have been shamed from the table. His mustache glistens and he's practically picking his nose. I think a lot of this segment found the editor's floor.

  • @Ava-tw6ye
    @Ava-tw6ye 4 роки тому +1

    so what I'm getting from this is that's its near impossible to avoid getting it on you, but its more important to not touch your face if hand washing/hand sanitizer is unavailable

  • @xmhkillz
    @xmhkillz 4 роки тому +7

    "You call this a test, Hold my beer!" - China 2020

  • @Baghuul
    @Baghuul 4 роки тому +2

    I knew I shoulda have gotten that 9k hazard suit, especially these circumstances.

  • @r8chlletters
    @r8chlletters 4 роки тому +1

    Wish you had tested the range of droplets from simply talking. Most people don’t realize this is a huge method of spread and can easy go to 6’

  • @anthonyrector8183
    @anthonyrector8183 4 роки тому +1

    Ahhhhhh... the fatal mechanics itch. As soon as you start working with your hands, your nose gets itchy.

  • @AlasdairGR
    @AlasdairGR 3 роки тому +1

    Send this video to people who think getting together with their large family for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year is not a big deal.

  • @RealBradMiller
    @RealBradMiller 3 роки тому +1

    Jamie before putting the 'non-toxic' flourescent liquid on Adam: Remember when you shocked me with the Ark of the Covenant? XD
    Edit: I was not remembering correctly. I watched that episode earlier and I was completely wrong. I had a distinct memory of Adam shocking Jamie and Jamie getting really, really pissed off. Brains are funny.

  • @justinturner4850
    @justinturner4850 4 роки тому +1

    I think if he was trying not to spread it and we still saw how much it spread that would’ve been super interesting.

  • @drakeredwingofficial
    @drakeredwingofficial Рік тому +1

    this episode was literally my first thought back when the pandemic started

  • @Tauramehtar
    @Tauramehtar 2 роки тому +1

    Just came here after a recent episode Adam did of "Tested"
    Kari made a stellar exhibition of secretion avoidance 😅

  • @hydrolito
    @hydrolito 4 роки тому +1

    Just because someone sticks out hand does not mean you have to shake it. If you do shake hands better wash hands before touching other body parts with hand.

  • @watsonwrote
    @watsonwrote 4 роки тому +2

    I'm a chronic face-toucher. I've given up hope of avoiding any kind of illness if I'm anywhere near an infected person. My only hope is to physically sequester myself away

  • @rainfall323
    @rainfall323 4 роки тому +1

    I'm watching this because this is restricted on my school computer.

  • @UltimateGamingBoy
    @UltimateGamingBoy 4 роки тому +2

    og mythbusters :'(

  • @ViETxSOULJAx
    @ViETxSOULJAx 4 роки тому +1

    Covid-19 bukkake fest on the world

  • @mrk1075
    @mrk1075 4 роки тому +1

    Next party will be serving Corona.

  • @susanlawens3776
    @susanlawens3776 3 роки тому +1

    Hey, share this video, not COVID.

  • @howiemandealt
    @howiemandealt 4 роки тому +2

    Me in 2020: uh-oh

  • @TheFunkiestLad
    @TheFunkiestLad 4 роки тому +1

    now that its 2020...this is slightly more disturbing...