It might be a Lego piece from the 50s/60s, when they still had non-buildable cars and trees. Don't know about the cones specifically, and can't be bothered to check sorry
@@JoeriRidder I found the article and it specifically said that he swallowed it in 1974; by the 70s, Lego had introduced the brick building system for most things. I also cannot find any results for a standalone Lego traffic cone from that era. Based on photos, the design of the cone makes much more sense for Playmobil anyhow.
OH MY GOSH. I DIDN'T KNOW R-CPD WAS A TREATABLE CONDITION. I knew I couldn't really burp ever, and that I had terrible bloating and flatulence but I didn't know it was all connected. All the women in my family have this. We call them throat gurgles. It has been causing me significant discomfort for over a decade, I'm so excited to go talk to an ENT! I told my mom and she is super excited too! I can't wait!!! Update!!! I have a surgery date in 2 weeks!! Update 2: I just got out of surgery. Everything went well. I have no pain except for a tiny sore throat. Will update you when I know how the surgery effects me! Update 3: Morning after surgery. My throat is very sore and scratchy. The doctor did say it would feel like that and it isn't terrible but it is uncomfortable. They didn't send me home with any pain medication and I wouldn't say I am in pain but it does feel like I have a bit of a cold. I'm a bit sore and sleepy from what I assume is the anasthesia and the sore throat. Interesting enough I thought they would inject the botox from the outside of my throat in, but it seems like they did it from inside my throat which definitely makes more sense. Will update again if anything changes but likely I'll update at my follow up appointment.
I also found out it's a thing just a couple of months ago. I can only remember burping once in my life, as a kid when I was annoying my big sister by repeating everything she did, and she knew I can't burp so she burped and then like magic, I also burped. That was maybe 28 years ago...
I had no idea about this either! I've only burped about 1-2 times a year out of the blue, and also when I'm throwing up sometimes 😩I knew it was a problem with that muscle, knowing it has a name and is even treatable is a game changer!
@@mostlyghostey I'm so excited for you! To make your life easier, go to the noburp subreddit and check out their wiki list on doctors who already know the condition. It's still kinda new so most doctors don't know about it and are hesitant to treat it.
My neurodivergent brain likes it too, although it excites so I’d just end up getting more and more hyper I think, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing for my unmedicated ADHD brain. 😅
if you're going to inhale something other than air, I feel like sugar is in the benign category. Don't inhale salt though, I saw someone do it on a dare, and they did not enjoy it (they were fine they stopped bleeding, as far as we could tell).
@@LibertyMonk I kind of assume that at some point it melted, mixed with some phlem, and got coughed out. I've had mucassy fevers since then. I still hate thinking about it. Hearing someone lungbled from saltsnorting and got better is strangely comforting, thank you
As a chef, I use different cutting boards for different foods. The meat cutting board for meat, fish for fish, veg for veg. We take cross contamination seriously, especially when allergens like shellfish or nuts are processed. Also people who have been infected with Lyme disease can react to trace amounts of certain proteins in their foods. Commercially, we use plastic but at home I have bamboo cutting boards.
#notanotherbomb Hey Dirtman...can you summon Hank to explain is Dr. Ismail survived Genocide in Palestine. Did he meet the fundraising goal? I think he forgot how to be awesome.
What!!! I can't burp on purpose and i have the noises like featured in the video instead. Did not know it had a name, or a solution. But I do very occasionally have a burp though? Like maybe once a year lol - that feels like it would still count for RCPD to me
@@DisasterAster That was exactly like me. Until my early 20s, I had burped maybe a dozen times in my life, and never on purpose. I have no idea what happened but sometime in my 20s it just went away.
6:12 speaking as a redhead, I have indeed woken up during every single operation that required anesthesia including cavity filling, wisdom teeth removal, and colonoscopy!🤗 That last one was a doozy
I've always absorbed nonvaccine really quickly, to the point where I can tell the doctor ahead of time they'll need more before the procedure is done. Someone recently told me that was common for Irish, maybe related to the red hair similar to redheads?
"You find what you need doc?" "Oh you scared the shit out of me." "That makes two of us, your honor." "I'm not a judge, I'm a doctor." "Yeah and I'm not supposed to be awake. Finish up back there."
Those procedures are usually done with some level of sedation, which is a little different than general anesthesia. With sedation you will be very relaxed or even asleep and they often give you drugs so you won't remember the procedure afterwards even if you are aware at that time. The goal is to give just enough to make the procedure easy, but no more, so often you will be aware unless they "turn up the volume" so you aren't freaking out. General anesthesia is a little bit different; your brain is basically turned off, you will be intubated so machines can breathe for you. I have the red-head gene, too, but it's really helped to tell anesthesiologists that before hand (per my dentist's instruction) so they can for instance be more patient waiting for topical anesthesia to work before sticking in a biopsy needle or lung catheter. I also woke up early once during general anesthesia, not fun at all, but I suspect that one was more operator error; you can bet I make sure they always know that beforehand! You can be safely and effectively anesthetized even with the gene, if they adjust accordingly.
wait this video made me discover that the no burp thing is not just me being inceompetent but an actual thing? an actual thing that can be treated? i am happy to say this was a truly life-changing video
R-CPD is real and very treatable! It’s newly recognized so not all ENTs all aware of it yet, but once you find a doctor that is aware of it, the outcomes for the injection are really good. I was able to train myself to burp without the surgery, but it still is more challenging than it is for most people, and IT TOOK THREE YEARS. Would definitely recommend just doing the surgery for immediate relief!
Discovering that I can't burp because part of my body can't relax is just so darn on brand. I also I watched this on my phone in the break room, and my coworker walked in right as "excessive flatulence" occupied the entire screen 👍🏼
you can tell which one is riddled with ocd lol (i have ocd and this cutting board thing has been weighing on me for literal months. hank did not help 😔)
My biggest pet peeve is people explaining things to me that I already know, yet every single thing in this video was something I already knew about but Hank explained so well I somehow was entertained. Hank you are the king of explaining things, you could read a radio manual & keep me riveted.
Ooh! Woodworking person here i can give you a bit of detail on the cutting boards thing. Plastics are more pronectovthose deep scratches and also having a more ragged surface in general, making it hard to properly sanitize outside of a washing machine. Wood, on the other hand, does not scratch in the same way even when it scratches. Now, as you alluded to there are a lot of pores in wood, which are mainly but bot exclusively the hollow fibers of the grain. The fun thing about that is if you condition the board regularly with butcher block conditioner or some other oil that **will not go rancid**, it actually clogs the grain and will prevent deep penetration of bacteria into the surface. Some woods are definitely antimicrobial, and tend to be the ones used outside. Many of those are soft woods though, and arent appropriate for a cutting board. The antimicrobial nature of wood is (i suspect) overstated for this use case, as it is more important and effective in preventing rot from moisture exposure.
denser woods also have smaller/less pores too, and wood has the advantage that as it gets damaged you can just sand it and season it back. as it usually is with these things they just take a bit more work. plastics have the advantage that they don't need the same level of care, but you will have to replace them more often.
There are actually several factors here. Many woods are antimicrobial to different degrees, but there's also a simple mechanical effect here. When bacteria-laden fluid gets on wood, the wood absorbs it, but the water doesn't stay, but absorbs through the wood's pores and evaporates away. The result is that the microbes get dehydrated to death. Pretty quickly too. Sealing the cutting board minimizes absorption of fluid, which helps prolong the life of the board, but it doesn't actually make them safer for use.
I have a hardwood endgrain cutting board, a nice butcher's block style one. I use it exclusively for cutting vegetables. I have a series of plastic cutting boards exclusively used for cutting and temp storing meat. Those all get chucked in the dishwasher. Half the microplastic with half the risk!
I'm guessing Hank picked up on this because of the "ay yi yi" when he was reading the article, but to elaborate a bit about cutting boards: if you have nice knives, you should never use them with stone or ceramic cutting boards. They're harder than the steel of the knife and will very quickly dull the blade. (Same goes for composite countertop materials, e.g. Formica, and glass, which I think Alton Brown referred to as the Sith Lord of cutting board materials due to how quickly it will blunt your knives.) For something like a cheap supermarket knife, it's not going to matter because they're going to go dull pretty quickly anyway, but for a nice steel chef's knife, you want to make sure your boards are made of a material that is softer than the knife. (Wood, bamboo, and plastic are phenomenal options.)
Plastic is significantly less phenomenal because as you cut your ingredients, you cut little bits of plastic off your board. He briefly covered that in the video!
they are also terrible because the knife won't "bite", making cutting harder and increasing the chances of the knife slipping and you end up cutting yourself. that is why you should either have multiple wood cutting boards that you should constantly clean, season, and sand as needed to keep them safe to use, or you should have a plastic cutting board that you know for sure isn't made from toxic materials. the question about if polyethylene cutting boards are safe however is a hard one, as Hank himself showed us. there is no studies about the long term exposure to polyethylene microplastics, only toxicity. so we don't know at what extent it can be harmful, or if it's even harmful at all at the concentrations you get when using it.
I use a wooden chopping board for my veg which lives on the counter and then plastic ones for meats because I can shove them in the dishwasher where the Temperature gets hotter than if I wash up by hand and for longer. That’s my logic - it might not be the best thing to do but it’s what I do.
I couldn't burp for 27 years of my life (as far as my memory goes), and then one day it just happened while I was yawning. Still have no idea how that fixed it, but I'm glad to report I have had a Lot less chest pain these past three years. Good to know that if it ever goes away again there's a solution! Love seeing how many people in the comments also have/had RCPD- best of luck to you all! P.S. I absolutely burp out loud every chance I get now without any care like a stereotypical adolescent boy.
I also had this until I was in my 20s and it never even occurred to me that it was a medical issue with, like, a specific cause - just something I couldn't do, like some people can't whistle. Then one day it randomly reversed itself with no specific trigger I can recall, and I was just suddenly able to burp. It sounds like such a small and inconsequential thing but honestly it was as close to a healing miracle as I'll ever experience. A random gift from the heavens. Now when I drink soda, instead of feeling bloated and uncomfortable, I make loud, fun noises and feel excellent. What an upgrade.
talking out of my ass here (pun not intended) but my guess is that when you were yawning, your diaphragm lowered (more than usual? perhaps it was a Big Yawn) and you inhaled enough air to cause your upper and/or lower esophageal sphincter to relax or spasm and now your body is just like "oh word? i can just... do that?" bada bing bada boom again, total guess. i know the diaphragm has *some* role in breathing and is connected to the esophageal sphincter muscles so hopefully i'm on the right track lol
11:14 nucleation points! Alton Brown taught me that during a bit about superheated water in the microwave spontaneously boiling because there’s no nucleation point until you jiggle the cup. Stick a chopstick in it was his solution!
My grandfather is a woodworker and sells wooden cutting boards, and he recommends using Butcher Block Conditioner (USP Food Grade Mineral Oil, Beeswax, and Carnauba Wax), give them a healthy coating of it and let it dry, and repeat a few times. About every month I also give my board a good scrubbing with a coarse scouring pad to remove some of the knife marks in the surface and reapply the conditioner.
i watched an informed and well-articulated video about cutting boards a couple weeks ago ("on cutting boards, bacteria and microplastics" by adam ragusea) and the conclusions i came away with (from my flaky memory) were: - we still don't have clear evidence that microplastics pose a significant health risk - the amount of particulates that end up in food is much higher from wood cutting boards than plastic ones (i think it was about 4 times more particulates). these particulates may be safer than microplastic particulates, but it's likely that both types of boards aren't particularly great for humans, and that's in a way just a normal part of human tool use. not every [useful] tool can be 100% safe.
Yeah I thought of Adam's video the moment Hank started on the subject :) He seems to do a good job of finding good sources to answer questions like this, and I like his "here's what the evidence says so far, but there often isn't a conclusive answer" vibe. And yes, from memory, his attitude towards cutting boards was something like "we don't know whether plastic or wood is better, but there are much bigger things to worry about", which I'd definitely agree with 👍
Speakers themselves are magnets. You already have one on board. I’m 53, so not a teenager. I also I suspect I am one. I’m gonna order those ferrofluid speakers.
I was looking into those speakers before. Apparently the Amazon ones are knock off of a much better quality one and that the ferrofluid in them degrades quickly
2:15 I've watched enough ChubbyEmu videos to know what "hemorrhagic bronchial necrosis" means: hemorrhagic means bleeding, necrosis means dying, and bronchial meaning "in the lungs". This is indeed Very Very Very Very Bad. However, the good news: the patient got to the hospital quickly (about an hour after inhaling the pill) and got treated very soon. From what I read, he made a full recovery.
The lemon seed one was a hell of a flashback for me. One of the "science experiments" we'd do for fun as kids was put raisins in carbonated drinks to watch them dance.
13:45 ooh! I can add something to the discussion. Most wooden kitchen utensils are made from beech wood, which is relatively light and abundant. Beech wood does have antimicrobial properties. No idea if they're all made of beech wood, but it's safe to assume most are.
Cutting boards aren't as far as I know. Many woods are antimicrobial because of chemicals in the wood, but there's a simple effect of dehydration. The microbe-containing fluid that gets into the wood's pores gets absorbed through the wood dehydrating the microbes to death inside the wood itself. The moisture then evaporates into the air.
It's weird, cuz I sometimes make that sound, but I've always been able to burp, and I can easily burp on command (suck in air, burp it out). But I've always wondered if my weird "throat burp", as I called it, had some name, some diagnosis, if it was common or not. I guess this video informed me.
@@elliottmcollins everyone is different! My symptoms are usually pretty manageable. But for some people it really affects their quality of life. If you haven't already, go check out the noburp subreddit! There's dozens of us!
@kindlin Yeah, I think RCPD is when you literally can't burp, so you do this instead. I've never burped in my life. Whether it has to be painful to be RCPD, I'm not sure.
Hank, thank you so much for doing these. You could just answer the questions, but you make sure to include your research, including looking at sources and being like "eeeeerrrrrrmmmm food & wine?". I feel like more than answering questions, you're teaching people how to look for the answers to their own questions, and that's what we need more of in science communication
Woodworker here. Did a lot of research a few years back on wood cutting boards when my wife wanted butcher block counter tops. I never got around to building her butcherblock counter tops. Apparently wood is a good material for cutting boards precisely because of its pores, which trap microorganisms and smother them. This is a residue of knowledge trapped in my brain from sources I no longer remember but might be able to track down with an afternoons googling. That being said it's best to use tight grained wood species that are not as porous as other species. Walnut, maple, and cherry are the three north American domestic hardwoods that are really good for kitchen use. Oak on the other hand can be drunk through like a big disgusting straw.
Thank you for spreading awareness about R-CPD! The first official research paper only came out in 2019, so there are many providers that don’t know about it. Despite not sounding like a big deal, it can have a huge impact on your quality of life. You tend to only notice when you do big burps, but you don’t realize that the muscle relaxes to allow smaller quantities of air out throughout the day. If it never relaxes, you build up a huge amount of air which is very painful and has to pass through the whole digestive tract to get out. Imagine the the worst gas pain you have had in your life…and then imagine that it happens to you every day. It’s not fun. People need to know what it is and that it is treatable! I started burping for the first time at the age of 23 and it has changed my life. There is hope!
I learned on QI that wood cutting boards contain less bacteria and microbes than plastic ones after watching. Not only is wood anti microbial, it re-seals some of it's smaller cuts giving less pores for bacteria to grow in than plastic ones.
@2:30 Holy. Shit. This is something I have had FOREVER and not only do people not believe me, but it is SO UNCOMFORTABLE. I thought I was the only one. This is lifechanging. EDIT: I'm getting married next July and I was fully anticipating being unable to drink bubbly drinks at the wedding. Now I'm considering the botox. This could be huge, fellas
I'm living for the people being validated by this. I'd a similar realization recently, my autistic ass thought that "heartburn" felt like a heart attack. Learned at 28 that I've actually been having GERD/LPR symptoms for YEARS but both normalized or dismissed/misinterpreted them. Started taking meds that worked, and it was like I had to entirely relearn my body 😂❤
@@anonymixx8106 omg! i got on prilosec a few months ago and it has CHANGED MY LIFE. in my case we are hoping it will improve after a 3 month period to let my esophagus heal so i will be going back off of it soon but it is crazy laying down without pain (it was so bad i had to sit up and hug a pillow when it peaked)
Yep, it's insanely uncomfortable and so many people just go "nah, you're lying, of course you burp, everyone burps, stop trying to get attention for the stupidest reason". I've even been accused of pretending to not burp to appear more ladylike, which makes no sense seeing as I'm not a woman and don't want to be seen as one.
@cousinmajin do it asap then. Took me at least 3-6 months to get USED to it. Its a wholeeeee different world you have to experience for a while but then its weird but also great lol.
I realized at age 30 that I had never been able to burp, just got a lot of bloating and weird throat noises (like that guy in the clip). Then found out about R-CPD, had the botox treatment and have been fine for the past 3 years. I highly recommend it if you match the symptoms. Afterwards I realized that R-CPD most likely caused some other symptoms too, like side stiches when exercising and anxiety due to the bloating and pressure it puts on the throat. Thanks for highlighting this Hank!! It's incredibly common but most will never connect the symptoms to the cause or learn that there's a cure.
I'm a dirty blonde but I've been dying my hair red for years. My mom is a natural redhead & I got her skin tone. I always have to tell doctors that I'm not actually ginger cuz it isn't obvious.
It’s very important that you get the tortilla blanket as soon as humanly possible so you can wrap yourself and refer to yourself as a burrito. Alternatively I think they had pizza and onion but that doesn’t come with the referring to oneself as a burrito.
3:30 -- Fun fact: The ENT and neurology applications for Botox happened before the cosmetic application for wrinkles. Initially, it was used for things like muscle spasms in patients with cerebral palsy, and for tension headaches. It was after the treatment of patients with headaches, relaxing muscles in the forehead and temples, that they noticed the facial wrinkles on the upper face minimizing. And just like any other time a cosmetic application is found for a drug, the rest is big Pharma cash cow history. Likewise, Rogaine (minoxidil) was initially a drug for high blood pressure, and is still occasionally used for this as well as for congestive heart failure. But the main profits from that drug happened after the studies on high blood pressure patients, when they noted some of the patients were growing back scalp hair. And although topical minoxidil has been OTC for quite some time, back in the 1990s Rogaine was still a prescription only drug, even for topical use.
re: cutting boards, Adam Ragusea talked more about this. Commercial kitchens all use plastic because their cutting board MUST be color coded. Basically, its probably not that big of a deal, we worry too much
Yeah, Adam came to the same conclusion: who knows? Also, Adam had compared the quantity of microplastics from cutting boards to everyday life and it's not an unusual amount.
So correct me if im wrong but i'm pretty sure the ice and metal bracelet isn't that the metal has more heat than anything else around. Its that most metals have very low heat capacity which more or less means it heats up and cools down easily, as opposed to high heat capacity when it takes time to both gain and lose heat. That's why metals usually feel colder than let's say wood, even when both have been in the same room, they are the same temp one just absorbs your heat faster. So when the metal bracelet touches the ice it melts the ice from the body/room temp and then quickly freezes when the metal becomes cool enough which happens somewhat fast because of the low heat capacity. Then when it has been frozen together after a while the heat from the body/room can heat the metal up enough to melt the connection/have it break easier.
12:38 That's what literally everyone was told about wood cutting boards but apparently that's not true. My mom and I just had this conversation like 5 hours ago (which is weird, Hank stop eavesdropping on us dude!) She was so grumpy about it when she informed me of the updated information hahaha.
A friend of mine makes wood and leather things, and he makes cutting boards. He just gave me one and told me to get the Cutting Board Oil from big box hardware stores. He said a good wash with soap and water will remove even meat juice from the board, but they do need to be treated occasionally (forgot how often, I'll ask). He also said don't be dumb, cut the veggies first, then the meat. Wooden cutting boards also benefit from a light sanding when they start to look scratched, and then be oil treated. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Yeah, it depends on the type of oil you use, some of them should be oiled monthly (if they're high use or you live in dry conditions), especially if you're using an oil prone to spoilage (avoid spoilage oils), some can go longer. Mineral oil (though it's controversial for being a petroleum byproduct) and walnut oil I wanna say are two of the more popular food safe wood conditioning oils And avoid bamboo cutting boards. Not cause they're bad for your health, I hear they just dull your knives quicker so you end up spending a lot more time at the sharpening stone
Thank you so much for covering RCPD Hank. I’ve had this my entire life and it doesn’t get enough recognition. Ever since I found out about the Botox 2 years ago I’ve been fighting with doctors who refuse to learn about RCPD.
Botox is life changing, i dont have rcpd but i did have chronic migraines every day for a year. Trialed every pill on the market for it, they all did nothing. I couldnt work for a full year. After getting botox treatments every 3 months (ive had 2 so far) and going to vision therapy cause of post concussion syndrome Ive finally been able to slowly make my way back to working. Its crazy all the uses they're finding for botox now a days that aren't cosmetic!
I used to work for one of the main major botox producing pharma companies. We were often told at employee town halls that Botox is now prescribed for medical reasons (as opposed to cosmetic) over 60% of the time now (at least as of 2020 when I last worked there). Migraines was one of the major cited uses, along with other pain management and several heart conditions. Turns out that a drug that kills nerves can be very useful when nerves are misbehaving! (Go figure lol)
Lifelong R-CPD sufferer, I’ve gone to SO MANY ENTS and none of them believed me or had heart of this before, and referred me to GIs. Three states and multiple doctors, it’s pretty awesome. Would totally get the Botox if it was an option. I know several other people who also have this, so it is anecdotally common enough to be know about, but apparently by none of the medical professionals I have seen. I hope videos like this change that 🤞
As someone who works with ferrofluid for a living, that speaker most likely has something like rubbing alcohol as the fluid that the ferrofluid is in. Most ferrofluids are oil based and they can actually be broken down by water since it dissolves most of the surfactants that are commonly used. High purity alcohol with low concentrations of water usually work ok for situations like this.
Anecdotal, but, my redhead self woke from anesthesia. Thankfully, the nerve-block part stuck around. It was near the end of the procedure, I came to as I was having my abdomen stapled and stitched back together. Exceptionally odd sensation to feel, movement and pressure without a tactile feel.
Love to see so many people learning about r-cpd from this! I remember how exciting it was when we finally learned about it for my partner who has suffered his whole life. Only officially “discovered” in 2019 by Dr. Bastian. Who knows what other conditions will be discovered and studied to help people in our lifetime!
I googled the cutting board material thing once when mine were too degraded and came out with the same ambiguous answer. I got a new set of plastic cutting boards of the same type I already had because they were affordable, dishwasher safe (a must in my house) and I was already used to and liked them
The answer is wood cutting boards are the best. Not only are many woods antimicrobial, but wood in general has that effect because any bacteria that get into the wood get trapped and dehydrated to death. I also question the absolute aversion to hand-washing anything, but whatever.
The inlaid glass cutting boards they used to install in countertops are probably the best kind of board to use if you’re worried about plastic, the porousness of wood, or the heavy stone. Thanks for the fun video hank!
I cannot burp deliberately. And only very rarely do I experience air escaping burp style. I had no idea there was not just a name for the condition but also a damn cure! Hank you rock!
Regarding the metal stuck to the ice cube, I would add that the reason it works better with a piece of metal than, say, your finger (which is also hotter than an ice cube) is because metal is a better conductor of heat.
just bought the dew drop bundle, plus the new autumn tea and the earl grey tea which is my favorite from the sample pack!!! I love that my needs in life like soap and tea now contribute to awesomeness
Glad you got to the antimicrobial aspect of wood. As long as you take care of a wood cutting board it's a great choice. Stone/pocelain is a terrible idea for your knives. Another option is a kind of foam they use for cutting boards. These are pretty popular in Japan. But wood is just so much nicer if you can afford a good one -- end grain is likely better for your knives maintaining their edge alignment. If you don't want to thoroughly clean your cutting board, you can use a separate plastic or foam board specifically for meats. Can also use it for onions because they tend to make your wood cutting board smell like onion, though this is fixable by rubbing an apple or potato on the area.
Yup, that’s my understanding: that the woods used for cutting boards are often chosen for their natural antimicrobial properties, aka the oils in the wood, and are therefore actually safer.
When I was a kid there was an asthma medication that came in capsules. You put the capsule in a little turbine then slid a collar down which pierced the capsule then inhaled it. It was horrible, barely effective at all, made you feel like you were dying, but it was what we had
@@HannahRainbow88 I discovered during the pandemic that having HEPA air filters in my house and wearing an N95 or better mask everywhere outside stopped my asthma dead in it's tracks. I don't even know where inhaler is and I'm sure it's expired. Now looking back at my childhood, I lived in a tiny house with 3 adults who were all pack-a-day smokers and the reason for my debilitating asthma seems pretty obvious. Yeah it sucks, and I'm very pleased to be rid of it at last.
@@gasdive yep, my mum has a Dyson vacuum with a HEPA filter in it, and I keep meaning to buy an air purifier for my mum! Thanks for the reminder 😊 I'm glad you're better nowadays 👏💗
My father-in-law got my wife a tortilla blanket and I can confirm that they are fantastic! I have, uh, commandeered the tortilla blanket and I use it all the time. 10/10 do recommend! I will say that while the jury is still out on whether plastic cutting boards are bad because of microplastics, they are still inferior to wood boards for a couple of reasons. Interestingly, plastic cutting boards develop grooves in them over time that are stupid difficult to clean well, which can be a cozy place for little bacteria friends to hang out. Wood cutting boards on the other hand tend to have antibacterial properties that help that specific issue. Food for thought (pun intended?)!
I honestly love that he has to Google stuff and that he's not just a super genius that knows everything without putting in the work! I feel less stupid for not knowing everything!
on the cutting board question... As a wood-worker who reluctantly makes cutting boards for people occasionally (seriously, if you have a friend who is a wood worker, don't ask them for a cutting board... they're a boring AF project unless you have a really artistically interesting design challenge in mind) .... the chemicals we use to "seal" cutting boards are not necessarily healthy either. The fancy "food safe" coatings are not the cheapest thing, and even the allegedly-food-safe coatings that you can easily purchase at your favorite blue or orange big-box store are questionable at best. They're just plastic in a different form. lol. Like so many things in life, its about risk management and there is no absolutely safe thing.
after cars were invented, what was the first generation that experienced the frustration of old people driving poorly? that's the question i would have submitted if i could have haha
Well the first speeding ticket was pretty early on... 1896, at a whopping 8mph!! 😂 (The speed limit was like 2mph back then... Like you may as well have just walked) 🤣 ... No doubt there would be people scared of these new-fangled machines, so slow drivers from the get go too.
since the beginning. since driving laws are always changing, the older generations will always have a different standard of following the laws of driving. so the first generation after cars were invented were probably already complaining about people that grew up when driving laws weren't even a thing.
the bracelet thing works because it's a silver bracelet. and silver is one of the best thermal conductors in existence. so the warmth from it being on his wrist is transferred into the ice extremely quickly, enough to melt the surface. and then it quickly refreezes around the bracelet wouldnt work as well with other metals because they would transfer their heat slower so not enough ice would melt to create enough water to flow around the bracelet to hold onto it when it refreezes
My wife couldn’t burp. I heard about the Botox fix on a podcast. She did it and only needed one injection. Huge quality of life improvement for her.
I haven't had the Botox yet but almost everyone on the subreddit for RCPD calls the Botox life changing.
I have a tiny penis
Did you film her first belch?
Wait what? I can’t burp and am always so uncomfortable!
Wait, what the heck do you do if you can’t burp?? Where does the air go? Do you just explode???
'You have a Lego in your lungs'
Screen: very clearly says Playmobil
I'm sorry Hank. I simply cannot forgive you for this one
Playmobil is the Lego for the kids who never got Lego. Which includes me and my sister.
It might be a Lego piece from the 50s/60s, when they still had non-buildable cars and trees. Don't know about the cones specifically, and can't be bothered to check sorry
Don't be a classist tool
@@JoeriRidder I found the article and it specifically said that he swallowed it in 1974; by the 70s, Lego had introduced the brick building system for most things. I also cannot find any results for a standalone Lego traffic cone from that era. Based on photos, the design of the cone makes much more sense for Playmobil anyhow.
@@GuanoLadexcuse you, some of us got playmobil and lego, and loved them both equally.
OH MY GOSH. I DIDN'T KNOW R-CPD WAS A TREATABLE CONDITION. I knew I couldn't really burp ever, and that I had terrible bloating and flatulence but I didn't know it was all connected. All the women in my family have this. We call them throat gurgles. It has been causing me significant discomfort for over a decade, I'm so excited to go talk to an ENT! I told my mom and she is super excited too! I can't wait!!!
Update!!! I have a surgery date in 2 weeks!!
Update 2: I just got out of surgery. Everything went well. I have no pain except for a tiny sore throat. Will update you when I know how the surgery effects me!
Update 3: Morning after surgery. My throat is very sore and scratchy. The doctor did say it would feel like that and it isn't terrible but it is uncomfortable. They didn't send me home with any pain medication and I wouldn't say I am in pain but it does feel like I have a bit of a cold. I'm a bit sore and sleepy from what I assume is the anasthesia and the sore throat. Interesting enough I thought they would inject the botox from the outside of my throat in, but it seems like they did it from inside my throat which definitely makes more sense. Will update again if anything changes but likely I'll update at my follow up appointment.
Please keep us all updated
I also found out it's a thing just a couple of months ago. I can only remember burping once in my life, as a kid when I was annoying my big sister by repeating everything she did, and she knew I can't burp so she burped and then like magic, I also burped. That was maybe 28 years ago...
@@innnak1 Such a satisfying story.
I had no idea about this either! I've only burped about 1-2 times a year out of the blue, and also when I'm throwing up sometimes 😩I knew it was a problem with that muscle, knowing it has a name and is even treatable is a game changer!
@@mostlyghostey I'm so excited for you! To make your life easier, go to the noburp subreddit and check out their wiki list on doctors who already know the condition. It's still kinda new so most doctors don't know about it and are hesitant to treat it.
my neurodivergent brain loves this video so much, pls we need MORE like hours, put all the ads u want in it, i need a hank marathon answering tiktoks
Yes please!! This is one of my favorite types of videos. I love getting excited about learning new things with the video.
Ditto! But without the ads
My neurodivergent brain likes it too, although it excites so I’d just end up getting more and more hyper I think, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing for my unmedicated ADHD brain. 😅
exactly i am full of so much "must have all the information possible" ASD i need 4 hours long hank videos
@@lea ooc how did you get the little music flower in your name?
That was the shortest 14:29 ever. I was very ready to keep watching.
Same!!! I would love more vids like this, maybe even monthly or something
Same. Please do this every day please Hank please.
Same, once I found out that my stomach problems could be cured by Botox I was like alright gimme more!!
Same. That was fun!
me too I was riveted haha
One time I laughed too hard and inhaled a tic tac and sometimes I still think about that
Minty breath 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@HeritageCraftsKnowledgeReposit literally permanently 😂😂
if you're going to inhale something other than air, I feel like sugar is in the benign category. Don't inhale salt though, I saw someone do it on a dare, and they did not enjoy it (they were fine they stopped bleeding, as far as we could tell).
@@LibertyMonk I kind of assume that at some point it melted, mixed with some phlem, and got coughed out. I've had mucassy fevers since then. I still hate thinking about it. Hearing someone lungbled from saltsnorting and got better is strangely comforting, thank you
@@LibertyMonk all bleeding stops eventually.
as a girl who couldn’t burp and just got botox almost two weeks ago, i love you hank
And your pyloric sphincter is looking so young!
@@therabbithat Lmao😂
As a guy named Hank, i love you too, girl who couldn't burp but now can.
i love hank green for his attention to silly details. like adding a 0.5 second brat clip
Oh, that was all Milo...
@@hankschannelshe seems like a delightful little scamp
@@hankschannel What an amazing addition, give them a raise.
@@hankschannel milo killed it on the editing for this video!
Nooo I can’t find it 😂
As a chef, I use different cutting boards for different foods. The meat cutting board for meat, fish for fish, veg for veg. We take cross contamination seriously, especially when allergens like shellfish or nuts are processed. Also people who have been infected with Lyme disease can react to trace amounts of certain proteins in their foods. Commercially, we use plastic but at home I have bamboo cutting boards.
I also use bamboo. I love them ❤
It's the law in the EU. Professional kitchens must use separate cutting board for veg, cooked meat and uncooked meat.
Bamboo is terrible for you knives. Maple, walnut, and birch are better.
@@gusmalone2005 Yeah makes sense as bamboo is grass it contains silica.
@@boots6384 TIL, thank you :)
I’ve been summoned
Fake carter veil
@@portobellomushroom5764 no I am his dirt man
@@portobellomushroom5764 our Temu brand Brian David Gilbert.
#notanotherbomb Hey Dirtman...can you summon Hank to explain is Dr. Ismail survived Genocide in Palestine. Did he meet the fundraising goal? I think he forgot how to be awesome.
RCPD sufferer here. It sucks. Had no idea it was a thing until about 6 months ago, it was just a nameless problem i had.
Get the botox, and get the highest dose available. It's expensive, but it's so worth it. I got it a year ago and it's been life changing.
What!!! I can't burp on purpose and i have the noises like featured in the video instead. Did not know it had a name, or a solution. But I do very occasionally have a burp though? Like maybe once a year lol - that feels like it would still count for RCPD to me
@@DisasterAster That was exactly like me. Until my early 20s, I had burped maybe a dozen times in my life, and never on purpose. I have no idea what happened but sometime in my 20s it just went away.
Either do the expensive Botox thing or swallow a jellyfish. Probably similar results 🤷♂️ idk I’m not a doctor
@@RunstarHomer Same! My theory is that I learned by being around my partner, but maybe it has to do with the time of life.
6:12 speaking as a redhead, I have indeed woken up during every single operation that required anesthesia including cavity filling, wisdom teeth removal, and colonoscopy!🤗 That last one was a doozy
I've always absorbed nonvaccine really quickly, to the point where I can tell the doctor ahead of time they'll need more before the procedure is done. Someone recently told me that was common for Irish, maybe related to the red hair similar to redheads?
"You find what you need doc?"
"Oh you scared the shit out of me."
"That makes two of us, your honor."
"I'm not a judge, I'm a doctor."
"Yeah and I'm not supposed to be awake. Finish up back there."
🤯 that's insane! That would suck so bad; pre-knowing that you were going to wake up mid procedure. 😮
Those procedures are usually done with some level of sedation, which is a little different than general anesthesia. With sedation you will be very relaxed or even asleep and they often give you drugs so you won't remember the procedure afterwards even if you are aware at that time. The goal is to give just enough to make the procedure easy, but no more, so often you will be aware unless they "turn up the volume" so you aren't freaking out. General anesthesia is a little bit different; your brain is basically turned off, you will be intubated so machines can breathe for you. I have the red-head gene, too, but it's really helped to tell anesthesiologists that before hand (per my dentist's instruction) so they can for instance be more patient waiting for topical anesthesia to work before sticking in a biopsy needle or lung catheter. I also woke up early once during general anesthesia, not fun at all, but I suspect that one was more operator error; you can bet I make sure they always know that beforehand! You can be safely and effectively anesthetized even with the gene, if they adjust accordingly.
@@kindlin I don't have red hair, although many of my relatives do. You can definitely have the gene anyway!
wait this video made me discover that the no burp thing is not just me being inceompetent but an actual thing? an actual thing that can be treated? i am happy to say this was a truly life-changing video
R-CPD is real and very treatable! It’s newly recognized so not all ENTs all aware of it yet, but once you find a doctor that is aware of it, the outcomes for the injection are really good.
I was able to train myself to burp without the surgery, but it still is more challenging than it is for most people, and IT TOOK THREE YEARS. Would definitely recommend just doing the surgery for immediate relief!
dude this is wild. I had no idea this was a thing, I thought it was just a skill issue on my part
the 'in general, we worry too much' - i really needed to hear this today! thank you
Discovering that I can't burp because part of my body can't relax is just so darn on brand.
I also I watched this on my phone in the break room, and my coworker walked in right as "excessive flatulence" occupied the entire screen 👍🏼
"And now we know those things!" what a great way to end a video, i should end all my videos like that
Great idea
First make some new videos...
We miss you dude 😢
Hank: We worry too much.
John:….
The oldest child, youngest child dynamic is real.
John would probably agree, but then that would just be another thing for him to worry about.
you can tell which one is riddled with ocd lol (i have ocd and this cutting board thing has been weighing on me for literal months. hank did not help 😔)
John: We don't worry enough about fighting tuberculosis.
@@chrisslme I mean between tuberculosis and cutting boards, Im pretty sure I know which causes more harm to humans.
My biggest pet peeve is people explaining things to me that I already know, yet every single thing in this video was something I already knew about but Hank explained so well I somehow was entertained. Hank you are the king of explaining things, you could read a radio manual & keep me riveted.
Right?
I could watch a video of Hank reading a phone book and be happy about it.
Ooh! Woodworking person here i can give you a bit of detail on the cutting boards thing. Plastics are more pronectovthose deep scratches and also having a more ragged surface in general, making it hard to properly sanitize outside of a washing machine.
Wood, on the other hand, does not scratch in the same way even when it scratches. Now, as you alluded to there are a lot of pores in wood, which are mainly but bot exclusively the hollow fibers of the grain. The fun thing about that is if you condition the board regularly with butcher block conditioner or some other oil that **will not go rancid**, it actually clogs the grain and will prevent deep penetration of bacteria into the surface.
Some woods are definitely antimicrobial, and tend to be the ones used outside. Many of those are soft woods though, and arent appropriate for a cutting board. The antimicrobial nature of wood is (i suspect) overstated for this use case, as it is more important and effective in preventing rot from moisture exposure.
denser woods also have smaller/less pores too, and wood has the advantage that as it gets damaged you can just sand it and season it back. as it usually is with these things they just take a bit more work. plastics have the advantage that they don't need the same level of care, but you will have to replace them more often.
There are actually several factors here. Many woods are antimicrobial to different degrees, but there's also a simple mechanical effect here. When bacteria-laden fluid gets on wood, the wood absorbs it, but the water doesn't stay, but absorbs through the wood's pores and evaporates away. The result is that the microbes get dehydrated to death. Pretty quickly too.
Sealing the cutting board minimizes absorption of fluid, which helps prolong the life of the board, but it doesn't actually make them safer for use.
@@seigeengine interesting take on it
@OneGuysLife Did this MFer just claim granite isn't going to dull a knife?
I have a hardwood endgrain cutting board, a nice butcher's block style one. I use it exclusively for cutting vegetables. I have a series of plastic cutting boards exclusively used for cutting and temp storing meat. Those all get chucked in the dishwasher. Half the microplastic with half the risk!
I'm guessing Hank picked up on this because of the "ay yi yi" when he was reading the article, but to elaborate a bit about cutting boards: if you have nice knives, you should never use them with stone or ceramic cutting boards. They're harder than the steel of the knife and will very quickly dull the blade. (Same goes for composite countertop materials, e.g. Formica, and glass, which I think Alton Brown referred to as the Sith Lord of cutting board materials due to how quickly it will blunt your knives.) For something like a cheap supermarket knife, it's not going to matter because they're going to go dull pretty quickly anyway, but for a nice steel chef's knife, you want to make sure your boards are made of a material that is softer than the knife. (Wood, bamboo, and plastic are phenomenal options.)
Plastic is significantly less phenomenal because as you cut your ingredients, you cut little bits of plastic off your board. He briefly covered that in the video!
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they are also terrible because the knife won't "bite", making cutting harder and increasing the chances of the knife slipping and you end up cutting yourself. that is why you should either have multiple wood cutting boards that you should constantly clean, season, and sand as needed to keep them safe to use, or you should have a plastic cutting board that you know for sure isn't made from toxic materials.
the question about if polyethylene cutting boards are safe however is a hard one, as Hank himself showed us. there is no studies about the long term exposure to polyethylene microplastics, only toxicity. so we don't know at what extent it can be harmful, or if it's even harmful at all at the concentrations you get when using it.
What about glass?
@@saltiestsiren dulls the blade and doesn't "bite". see my previous comment for a longer answer.
I use a wooden chopping board for my veg which lives on the counter and then plastic ones for meats because I can shove them in the dishwasher where the Temperature gets hotter than if I wash up by hand and for longer.
That’s my logic - it might not be the best thing to do but it’s what I do.
You don't use a glass cutting board for meat?
@@Karaboo7 i've never heard of a glass cutting board! learn something new every day (and surprised hank didn't talk about it in the vid)
Condition with hot salty water scrub and a day in direct sunlight 😊
@@Karaboo7 glass cutting boards are hard on knives (literally).
Yeah glass cutting boards will wreck your knives pretty fast
I couldn't burp for 27 years of my life (as far as my memory goes), and then one day it just happened while I was yawning. Still have no idea how that fixed it, but I'm glad to report I have had a Lot less chest pain these past three years. Good to know that if it ever goes away again there's a solution! Love seeing how many people in the comments also have/had RCPD- best of luck to you all!
P.S. I absolutely burp out loud every chance I get now without any care like a stereotypical adolescent boy.
I also had this until I was in my 20s and it never even occurred to me that it was a medical issue with, like, a specific cause - just something I couldn't do, like some people can't whistle. Then one day it randomly reversed itself with no specific trigger I can recall, and I was just suddenly able to burp. It sounds like such a small and inconsequential thing but honestly it was as close to a healing miracle as I'll ever experience. A random gift from the heavens. Now when I drink soda, instead of feeling bloated and uncomfortable, I make loud, fun noises and feel excellent. What an upgrade.
talking out of my ass here (pun not intended) but my guess is that when you were yawning, your diaphragm lowered (more than usual? perhaps it was a Big Yawn) and you inhaled enough air to cause your upper and/or lower esophageal sphincter to relax or spasm and now your body is just like "oh word? i can just... do that?" bada bing bada boom
again, total guess. i know the diaphragm has *some* role in breathing and is connected to the esophageal sphincter muscles so hopefully i'm on the right track lol
This happened to me too. I have been happily burping for half of my life now.
11:14 nucleation points! Alton Brown taught me that during a bit about superheated water in the microwave spontaneously boiling because there’s no nucleation point until you jiggle the cup. Stick a chopstick in it was his solution!
Yes!!
Toothpick works well too. Just not a metal spoon.
My grandfather is a woodworker and sells wooden cutting boards, and he recommends using Butcher Block Conditioner (USP Food Grade Mineral Oil, Beeswax, and Carnauba Wax), give them a healthy coating of it and let it dry, and repeat a few times. About every month I also give my board a good scrubbing with a coarse scouring pad to remove some of the knife marks in the surface and reapply the conditioner.
These are good tips, but primarily it serves to prolong the life of and keep the cutting board looking good, more than keep it safe to use.
Or if you're poor you can just use a little warmed up vasoline. That's what I do and it works great.
i watched an informed and well-articulated video about cutting boards a couple weeks ago ("on cutting boards, bacteria and microplastics" by adam ragusea) and the conclusions i came away with (from my flaky memory) were:
- we still don't have clear evidence that microplastics pose a significant health risk
- the amount of particulates that end up in food is much higher from wood cutting boards than plastic ones (i think it was about 4 times more particulates). these particulates may be safer than microplastic particulates, but it's likely that both types of boards aren't particularly great for humans, and that's in a way just a normal part of human tool use. not every [useful] tool can be 100% safe.
Adam's also of the "we worry too much" school, isn't he? 🥰
Yeah I thought of Adam's video the moment Hank started on the subject :) He seems to do a good job of finding good sources to answer questions like this, and I like his "here's what the evidence says so far, but there often isn't a conclusive answer" vibe.
And yes, from memory, his attitude towards cutting boards was something like "we don't know whether plastic or wood is better, but there are much bigger things to worry about", which I'd definitely agree with 👍
Miroplastics are an environmental so it might make you a worse corpss even if it doesn't make you a corps sooner?
Please make videos like this a regular thing!
Speakers themselves are magnets. You already have one on board. I’m 53, so not a teenager. I also I suspect I am one. I’m gonna order those ferrofluid speakers.
but they are not strong enough to move the ferrofluid. it's more likely it has one or multiple electromagnet behind it tunned to specific frequencies.
I was looking into those speakers before. Apparently the Amazon ones are knock off of a much better quality one and that the ferrofluid in them degrades quickly
2:15 I've watched enough ChubbyEmu videos to know what "hemorrhagic bronchial necrosis" means: hemorrhagic means bleeding, necrosis means dying, and bronchial meaning "in the lungs". This is indeed Very Very Very Very Bad.
However, the good news: the patient got to the hospital quickly (about an hour after inhaling the pill) and got treated very soon. From what I read, he made a full recovery.
Oh good, I'm glad. That phrase was incredibly concerning, and because it was a research paper I had assumed there was a worse outcome :')
The lemon seed one was a hell of a flashback for me. One of the "science experiments" we'd do for fun as kids was put raisins in carbonated drinks to watch them dance.
14:09 I'm loving the idea of cutting boards that aren't knife-safe....
I know glass ones will damage knives, stone ones possible would too.
13:45 ooh! I can add something to the discussion. Most wooden kitchen utensils are made from beech wood, which is relatively light and abundant. Beech wood does have antimicrobial properties. No idea if they're all made of beech wood, but it's safe to assume most are.
Cutting boards aren't as far as I know.
Many woods are antimicrobial because of chemicals in the wood, but there's a simple effect of dehydration. The microbe-containing fluid that gets into the wood's pores gets absorbed through the wood dehydrating the microbes to death inside the wood itself. The moisture then evaporates into the air.
@@seigeengine I defer to you, I've only sold other wooden kitchen utensils
I have RCPD! It was awful in school because I'd get weird gurgles during complete silence. And I can't drink soda without tummy unhappiness.
Me too! Some foods are legitimately painful to eat. Like, any noodle soup that requires slurping and therefore taking in air with each bite 🥲
I think I have it or something like it and it causes severe pain occasionally, but it's never really felt like a "disorder".
It's weird, cuz I sometimes make that sound, but I've always been able to burp, and I can easily burp on command (suck in air, burp it out). But I've always wondered if my weird "throat burp", as I called it, had some name, some diagnosis, if it was common or not. I guess this video informed me.
@@elliottmcollins everyone is different! My symptoms are usually pretty manageable. But for some people it really affects their quality of life. If you haven't already, go check out the noburp subreddit! There's dozens of us!
@kindlin Yeah, I think RCPD is when you literally can't burp, so you do this instead. I've never burped in my life. Whether it has to be painful to be RCPD, I'm not sure.
Hank, thank you so much for doing these. You could just answer the questions, but you make sure to include your research, including looking at sources and being like "eeeeerrrrrrmmmm food & wine?". I feel like more than answering questions, you're teaching people how to look for the answers to their own questions, and that's what we need more of in science communication
Woodworker here.
Did a lot of research a few years back on wood cutting boards when my wife wanted butcher block counter tops. I never got around to building her butcherblock counter tops.
Apparently wood is a good material for cutting boards precisely because of its pores, which trap microorganisms and smother them. This is a residue of knowledge trapped in my brain from sources I no longer remember but might be able to track down with an afternoons googling.
That being said it's best to use tight grained wood species that are not as porous as other species.
Walnut, maple, and cherry are the three north American domestic hardwoods that are really good for kitchen use. Oak on the other hand can be drunk through like a big disgusting straw.
"Oak on the other hand can be drunk through like a big disgusting straw" gave me an audible chuckle.
I have never been able to burp, and tend to be very gassy... THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!!
I'm so happy for you!
I would watch a series of these. So fun, lots of learning. Hell yeah.
Calling Playmobil piece of a Lego is infinitely hilarious to me. "No, you are not your own thing. You are a clone; an echo of this one true form."
loved the 'on vibes, rather not have plastic in my food'
Thank you for spreading awareness about R-CPD! The first official research paper only came out in 2019, so there are many providers that don’t know about it. Despite not sounding like a big deal, it can have a huge impact on your quality of life. You tend to only notice when you do big burps, but you don’t realize that the muscle relaxes to allow smaller quantities of air out throughout the day. If it never relaxes, you build up a huge amount of air which is very painful and has to pass through the whole digestive tract to get out. Imagine the the worst gas pain you have had in your life…and then imagine that it happens to you every day. It’s not fun.
People need to know what it is and that it is treatable! I started burping for the first time at the age of 23 and it has changed my life. There is hope!
The burp info is potentially life changing. I had no idea there was a name and a reason for it. Thank you, Hank!
I learned on QI that wood cutting boards contain less bacteria and microbes than plastic ones after watching. Not only is wood anti microbial, it re-seals some of it's smaller cuts giving less pores for bacteria to grow in than plastic ones.
This is especially true of end grain boards.
@2:30 Holy. Shit. This is something I have had FOREVER and not only do people not believe me, but it is SO UNCOMFORTABLE. I thought I was the only one. This is lifechanging.
EDIT: I'm getting married next July and I was fully anticipating being unable to drink bubbly drinks at the wedding. Now I'm considering the botox. This could be huge, fellas
I'm living for the people being validated by this. I'd a similar realization recently, my autistic ass thought that "heartburn" felt like a heart attack. Learned at 28 that I've actually been having GERD/LPR symptoms for YEARS but both normalized or dismissed/misinterpreted them. Started taking meds that worked, and it was like I had to entirely relearn my body 😂❤
@@anonymixx8106 omg! i got on prilosec a few months ago and it has CHANGED MY LIFE. in my case we are hoping it will improve after a 3 month period to let my esophagus heal so i will be going back off of it soon but it is crazy laying down without pain (it was so bad i had to sit up and hug a pillow when it peaked)
Yep, it's insanely uncomfortable and so many people just go "nah, you're lying, of course you burp, everyone burps, stop trying to get attention for the stupidest reason". I've even been accused of pretending to not burp to appear more ladylike, which makes no sense seeing as I'm not a woman and don't want to be seen as one.
@cousinmajin do it asap then. Took me at least 3-6 months to get USED to it. Its a wholeeeee different world you have to experience for a while but then its weird but also great lol.
I realized at age 30 that I had never been able to burp, just got a lot of bloating and weird throat noises (like that guy in the clip). Then found out about R-CPD, had the botox treatment and have been fine for the past 3 years. I highly recommend it if you match the symptoms. Afterwards I realized that R-CPD most likely caused some other symptoms too, like side stiches when exercising and anxiety due to the bloating and pressure it puts on the throat. Thanks for highlighting this Hank!! It's incredibly common but most will never connect the symptoms to the cause or learn that there's a cure.
I'm a dirty blonde but I've been dying my hair red for years. My mom is a natural redhead & I got her skin tone. I always have to tell doctors that I'm not actually ginger cuz it isn't obvious.
+1 for "we worriy too much". Control what you can but love your life!!
It’s very important that you get the tortilla blanket as soon as humanly possible so you can wrap yourself and refer to yourself as a burrito. Alternatively I think they had pizza and onion but that doesn’t come with the referring to oneself as a burrito.
Then we can have Pizzamas *and* Burritomas.
3:30 -- Fun fact: The ENT and neurology applications for Botox happened before the cosmetic application for wrinkles. Initially, it was used for things like muscle spasms in patients with cerebral palsy, and for tension headaches.
It was after the treatment of patients with headaches, relaxing muscles in the forehead and temples, that they noticed the facial wrinkles on the upper face minimizing. And just like any other time a cosmetic application is found for a drug, the rest is big Pharma cash cow history.
Likewise, Rogaine (minoxidil) was initially a drug for high blood pressure, and is still occasionally used for this as well as for congestive heart failure. But the main profits from that drug happened after the studies on high blood pressure patients, when they noted some of the patients were growing back scalp hair. And although topical minoxidil has been OTC for quite some time, back in the 1990s Rogaine was still a prescription only drug, even for topical use.
re: cutting boards, Adam Ragusea talked more about this. Commercial kitchens all use plastic because their cutting board MUST be color coded. Basically, its probably not that big of a deal, we worry too much
Yeah, Adam came to the same conclusion: who knows? Also, Adam had compared the quantity of microplastics from cutting boards to everyday life and it's not an unusual amount.
So correct me if im wrong but i'm pretty sure the ice and metal bracelet isn't that the metal has more heat than anything else around.
Its that most metals have very low heat capacity which more or less means it heats up and cools down easily, as opposed to high heat capacity when it takes time to both gain and lose heat.
That's why metals usually feel colder than let's say wood, even when both have been in the same room, they are the same temp one just absorbs your heat faster.
So when the metal bracelet touches the ice it melts the ice from the body/room temp and then quickly freezes when the metal becomes cool enough which happens somewhat fast because of the low heat capacity.
Then when it has been frozen together after a while the heat from the body/room can heat the metal up enough to melt the connection/have it break easier.
Science react video, incredible. Also I’ve been waiting for the pill answer forever.
Don’t do drugs 💚 (brat) -Hank Green 2024
I never did drugs, every time I use them they do me...
12:38 That's what literally everyone was told about wood cutting boards but apparently that's not true. My mom and I just had this conversation like 5 hours ago (which is weird, Hank stop eavesdropping on us dude!) She was so grumpy about it when she informed me of the updated information hahaha.
dammit hank I just got the dirtman song out of my head and NOW ITS BACK
Commenting to remind you again! Keep a little dirt under your pillow for the dirt mannnnn, in case he comes to townn! 😂
@@TenThousandDoors CURSES but also thank you 😂
A friend of mine makes wood and leather things, and he makes cutting boards. He just gave me one and told me to get the Cutting Board Oil from big box hardware stores. He said a good wash with soap and water will remove even meat juice from the board, but they do need to be treated occasionally (forgot how often, I'll ask). He also said don't be dumb, cut the veggies first, then the meat. Wooden cutting boards also benefit from a light sanding when they start to look scratched, and then be oil treated. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Yeah, it depends on the type of oil you use, some of them should be oiled monthly (if they're high use or you live in dry conditions), especially if you're using an oil prone to spoilage (avoid spoilage oils), some can go longer. Mineral oil (though it's controversial for being a petroleum byproduct) and walnut oil I wanna say are two of the more popular food safe wood conditioning oils
And avoid bamboo cutting boards. Not cause they're bad for your health, I hear they just dull your knives quicker so you end up spending a lot more time at the sharpening stone
Thank you for being you, Hank.
Thank you so much for covering RCPD Hank. I’ve had this my entire life and it doesn’t get enough recognition. Ever since I found out about the Botox 2 years ago I’ve been fighting with doctors who refuse to learn about RCPD.
"and Now we know Those Things" best quote
I LOVE THIS! A bunch of different information and the way you present answers is fun and informative!
Botox is life changing, i dont have rcpd but i did have chronic migraines every day for a year. Trialed every pill on the market for it, they all did nothing. I couldnt work for a full year. After getting botox treatments every 3 months (ive had 2 so far) and going to vision therapy cause of post concussion syndrome Ive finally been able to slowly make my way back to working.
Its crazy all the uses they're finding for botox now a days that aren't cosmetic!
I used to work for one of the main major botox producing pharma companies. We were often told at employee town halls that Botox is now prescribed for medical reasons (as opposed to cosmetic) over 60% of the time now (at least as of 2020 when I last worked there). Migraines was one of the major cited uses, along with other pain management and several heart conditions. Turns out that a drug that kills nerves can be very useful when nerves are misbehaving! (Go figure lol)
@Rekeaki Oh wow, that's super interesting! I wouldn't have guessed that. Thanks for giving your insider insight! :D
Lifelong R-CPD sufferer, I’ve gone to SO MANY ENTS and none of them believed me or had heart of this before, and referred me to GIs. Three states and multiple doctors, it’s pretty awesome. Would totally get the Botox if it was an option. I know several other people who also have this, so it is anecdotally common enough to be know about, but apparently by none of the medical professionals I have seen. I hope videos like this change that 🤞
PUT A LITTLE DIRT UNDER YOUR PILLOW FOR THE DIRT MANNN!!
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As someone who works with ferrofluid for a living, that speaker most likely has something like rubbing alcohol as the fluid that the ferrofluid is in. Most ferrofluids are oil based and they can actually be broken down by water since it dissolves most of the surfactants that are commonly used. High purity alcohol with low concentrations of water usually work ok for situations like this.
Thank you for explaining further because I was super curious.
Your smile and laughter really brightened my day. Thanks Hank
3:53 is a wild sentence out of context
Such an underrated comment lmao
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Anecdotal, but, my redhead self woke from anesthesia. Thankfully, the nerve-block part stuck around. It was near the end of the procedure, I came to as I was having my abdomen stapled and stitched back together. Exceptionally odd sensation to feel, movement and pressure without a tactile feel.
Love to see so many people learning about r-cpd from this! I remember how exciting it was when we finally learned about it for my partner who has suffered his whole life. Only officially “discovered” in 2019 by Dr. Bastian. Who knows what other conditions will be discovered and studied to help people in our lifetime!
Hank singing dirt man is my new favorite moment ever 😂😂😂
I googled the cutting board material thing once when mine were too degraded and came out with the same ambiguous answer. I got a new set of plastic cutting boards of the same type I already had because they were affordable, dishwasher safe (a must in my house) and I was already used to and liked them
The answer is wood cutting boards are the best. Not only are many woods antimicrobial, but wood in general has that effect because any bacteria that get into the wood get trapped and dehydrated to death.
I also question the absolute aversion to hand-washing anything, but whatever.
Not a teen but omg i got that same tortilla blanket for Christmas, everyone needs one
These might be my favorite videos. I love doing this myself and it’s so fun watching someone else go down rabbit holes
Questions I never knew to ask but completely enjoyed the ride.
The inlaid glass cutting boards they used to install in countertops are probably the best kind of board to use if you’re worried about plastic, the porousness of wood, or the heavy stone. Thanks for the fun video hank!
I cannot burp deliberately. And only very rarely do I experience air escaping burp style. I had no idea there was not just a name for the condition but also a damn cure! Hank you rock!
Regarding the metal stuck to the ice cube, I would add that the reason it works better with a piece of metal than, say, your finger (which is also hotter than an ice cube) is because metal is a better conductor of heat.
Montana resident here. Love you hank
I second this
@@zap2747 Thirded!
3:07 He started spitting, someone sample this
just bought the dew drop bundle, plus the new autumn tea and the earl grey tea which is my favorite from the sample pack!!! I love that my needs in life like soap and tea now contribute to awesomeness
Glad you got to the antimicrobial aspect of wood. As long as you take care of a wood cutting board it's a great choice. Stone/pocelain is a terrible idea for your knives. Another option is a kind of foam they use for cutting boards. These are pretty popular in Japan. But wood is just so much nicer if you can afford a good one -- end grain is likely better for your knives maintaining their edge alignment.
If you don't want to thoroughly clean your cutting board, you can use a separate plastic or foam board specifically for meats. Can also use it for onions because they tend to make your wood cutting board smell like onion, though this is fixable by rubbing an apple or potato on the area.
8:49 you dont know what kind of damage you've done now, I'm 100% buying this for my nephew.
Good for your nephew
Lucky nephew!
This video made me so happy, reqlly made my day, I want more of these
Omg please more of these! This was so great!
Yup, that’s my understanding: that the woods used for cutting boards are often chosen for their natural antimicrobial properties, aka the oils in the wood, and are therefore actually safer.
I have two cutting boards for veggies and fruit and one small wooden cutting board for meat. Works for us!
🙌🏻 This was a cool video!
hank! thank you for talking about rcpd and spreading awareness. so many doctors don't know about it and don't believe us when we ask for help with it.
8:45 The burrito or tortilla blanket.
The timing is too good!
We recently got one (found at a Goodwill) for our oldest 😂 because he loved it!
OMG Please do this more and longer. The whole time I was watching I didn't think about my leukemia for one second. ❤❤❤❤
When I was a kid there was an asthma medication that came in capsules. You put the capsule in a little turbine then slid a collar down which pierced the capsule then inhaled it.
It was horrible, barely effective at all, made you feel like you were dying, but it was what we had
I remember a childhood friend had one of them. Bless you both; asthma sucks. (I'm lucky to only have a mild form of it compared to my mum).
@@HannahRainbow88 I discovered during the pandemic that having HEPA air filters in my house and wearing an N95 or better mask everywhere outside stopped my asthma dead in it's tracks. I don't even know where inhaler is and I'm sure it's expired.
Now looking back at my childhood, I lived in a tiny house with 3 adults who were all pack-a-day smokers and the reason for my debilitating asthma seems pretty obvious.
Yeah it sucks, and I'm very pleased to be rid of it at last.
@@gasdive yep, my mum has a Dyson vacuum with a HEPA filter in it, and I keep meaning to buy an air purifier for my mum! Thanks for the reminder 😊
I'm glad you're better nowadays 👏💗
My father-in-law got my wife a tortilla blanket and I can confirm that they are fantastic! I have, uh, commandeered the tortilla blanket and I use it all the time. 10/10 do recommend!
I will say that while the jury is still out on whether plastic cutting boards are bad because of microplastics, they are still inferior to wood boards for a couple of reasons. Interestingly, plastic cutting boards develop grooves in them over time that are stupid difficult to clean well, which can be a cozy place for little bacteria friends to hang out. Wood cutting boards on the other hand tend to have antibacterial properties that help that specific issue. Food for thought (pun intended?)!
HANK!!! I CANT BURP!!! thank you i never knew what was going on!!!
I WAS ALSO ENLIGHTENED TODAY
I have that tortilla blanket and it rocks and my dog likes it and we hang out in/on the tortilla
I so much love this format, watching you think through the questions
This was a really fun format. I very much enjoyed it.
After 40 years I finally found out why I CANT BURP!!!??? I love you Hank Green!!! 😢 Thank you for being you.
13:11 "...like, they're made of wood, but they're, like, not, like, SLICED wood..."
Much better. Thank you, Aziz.
I honestly love that he has to Google stuff and that he's not just a super genius that knows everything without putting in the work! I feel less stupid for not knowing everything!
And now we know those things indeed.
on the cutting board question... As a wood-worker who reluctantly makes cutting boards for people occasionally (seriously, if you have a friend who is a wood worker, don't ask them for a cutting board... they're a boring AF project unless you have a really artistically interesting design challenge in mind) .... the chemicals we use to "seal" cutting boards are not necessarily healthy either. The fancy "food safe" coatings are not the cheapest thing, and even the allegedly-food-safe coatings that you can easily purchase at your favorite blue or orange big-box store are questionable at best. They're just plastic in a different form. lol. Like so many things in life, its about risk management and there is no absolutely safe thing.
after cars were invented, what was the first generation that experienced the frustration of old people driving poorly? that's the question i would have submitted if i could have haha
Like milk...a few days , depending on the season....9 days max
Well the first speeding ticket was pretty early on... 1896, at a whopping 8mph!! 😂 (The speed limit was like 2mph back then... Like you may as well have just walked) 🤣
... No doubt there would be people scared of these new-fangled machines, so slow drivers from the get go too.
I'm sure people were complaining about (old) people driving poorly well before the car was invented.
@@HuntraconyI’m picturing an elderly person who refuses to nudge their cart horse out of a walk on a narrow lane 😂
since the beginning. since driving laws are always changing, the older generations will always have a different standard of following the laws of driving. so the first generation after cars were invented were probably already complaining about people that grew up when driving laws weren't even a thing.
the bracelet thing works because it's a silver bracelet. and silver is one of the best thermal conductors in existence. so the warmth from it being on his wrist is transferred into the ice extremely quickly, enough to melt the surface. and then it quickly refreezes around the bracelet
wouldnt work as well with other metals because they would transfer their heat slower so not enough ice would melt to create enough water to flow around the bracelet to hold onto it when it refreezes
IMPORTANT PSA FROM HANK GREEN: don’t snort drugs