The way that the normally very chill Matpat (well when he's not playing games) got _audibly furious_ as this video went on at how irresponsible the media is and how they're gonna get kids hurt by not doing their jobs just goes to show how serious this entire thing is
Traditional media has gone past being annoyingly misleading to downright irresponsible and manipulative. None of them are real reporters. They're celebrities just posing for the camera and reading a script of whatever they're told to say.
This is... exactly what happened with Tide Pods. You have to hear about it to even consider trying it, so the more people hear about it (the more it's reported, even if you're being told *not* to do it), the more people will have the idea to try it.
Kinda like how so many people know about r34 nowadays, commentary youtubers keep talking about it, thus making people (especially children) find out it's existence
As a teenager who was mainly raised by my grandma who watches the news 24/7 and barely has idea of what the internet is, I can't even describe how many of this fake/exaggerated stories the tv reports on have gotten me in trouble for doing absolutely nothing other than watching some youtubers that have nothing to do with those reports/"challenges". The actual fear it gave my grandma for my safety was tremendous every single time. And, of course, is never easy to explain to people that get their news from the tv that the news actually do lie to get people to watch it, is insane.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
To be honest, I feel oddly scared when Mat is genuinely angry. He always seems like that one teacher you had who was always chill with everything, and the one that you thought you'd never see genuinely angry in a million years.
I love how every episode, MatPat gets angrier and angrier at the media and big corporate companies. It’s nice seeing someone do real research instead of just trusting whatever they are told.
Matpat using his influence to actually educate people and explain how satire is a very real thing gives me hope in humanity. So much media is pure noise, but it’s the nuggets of knowledge and simple satire that make it enjoyable.
+1 to the OP. Matpat is doing what the news should have done. I'd go into more detail (already tried to), from an epidemiology and information systems design standpoint... but youtube shadowblocked the comment. Literally can't even talk about the underlying causes and mechanisms of problems like this here. In both cases though, the chicken and the blocked comment, the issue is that our information systems reward counterproductive things while punishing beneficial things.
@@AggressiveSpaghetti Yeah, but as Mat said, they ignored the heart of the issue. They did focus on it, they just focused on the wrong part and ignored the valuable message that the FDA was trying to spread.
@dangerousdays2052 how many clickbait UA-camrs have you been watching some care others don’t, the theorists do, and either way it benefits all, they get money and we get good content. So now shut up and actually watch the video
And yet we wonder why teenagers and "younger" people are always stereotyped against. Sure, some trends are genuinley stupid, but when the media presents things like this that are meant to be jokes in such a serious light, is when the real problem ensues. Thanks MatPat for presenting this issue at face value with none of the drama and exageration that the news seems to put on it.
@@0816M3RC did you not watch the video? Matpat literally says that the whole joke is making fun of the hypothetical dumbass to be dumb enough to do this. Its a meme. A parody of a 4chan thread.
when "older" people are on a wider platform and misrepresenting the stories, that's how a lot of "younger" people can be stereotyped against. there are definitely a bunch of dumb ones, just watch any of the random street question videos, but the majority at least have the common sense to understand satire vs a real trend and (hopefully) don't follow such stupidity
What's funny tho is that there are also a lot of dumb and stupid shits in a lot of the older generations' time as teenagers, the same way thing as ours. We just don't know or can't find it now since the Internet haven't been invented yet or it has been but not used for the general public.
Matpat actually got angry during this, which just shows how much he actually cares about people well being. He’s telling people facts to protect us, and still being funny and happy. I love his channel, he’s a great person.
Matpat’s doing the lord’s work here 😭 you know the society we live in sucks when a literal UA-camr gives more accurate news then literal news stations.
Same with Ann Reardon from How To Cook That, she warns of dangerous ‘life hacks’ and is actively trying to get UA-cam to implement a way for these hack channels to get taken down since they post and promote stupid and dangerous hacks
@@cewla3348 Warning: scroll further down the reply section if you want to witness drama and people having no clear reason being salty (this applies to everyone further down the replies, NO EXEPTIONS) someones salty. Did someone leave you out in the ocean? That must be why there is only one like on your comment.
This is the first I’m hearing of this “trend”. If the news networks can’t even get this right it makes me very fearful on what else they are getting wrong. Another reminder that we all need to do our own homework.
Mainstream media is a joke it's all about the views and less about the actual news. This is what sparked the tide pod challenge mainstream media can be dangerous to anyone who takes things at face value
In all seriousness, I appreciate how thoroughly you researched this topic. It takes so much longer to research the truth than it does to misinterpret or misrepresent it. And for everyone else out there, please remember that medicine should never ever be misused. And if you know anyone who needs to be taught this, please let them know. It's important enough to have those kinds of conversations even if they are awkward.
Absolutely. I think a lot of people jump straight to mocking people who _might_ be dumb enough to try this, rather than providing them with the information of why it's actually dangerous, and then they act surprised when people don't listen. I wouldn't want to trust the people mocking me, either.
I appreciate that Matpat took the time to do the bare minimum research as well, yes- but I really hate how the mainstream news didn't- or more likely, did, and then decided to misrepresent it on purpose for views.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
I went in to this thinking matpat was going to talk about why you obviously shouldn’t eat NyQuil chicken but it turned out to be a excellent and refreshing talk about the danger of old school media that doesn’t do it’s research as well as pointing out the real problems they should be covering. Thank you matpat for this, it’s great that every once in a while we get a serious episode that helps educate people about real world issues.
The media frustrates me more than anything else sometimes. Thanks for spreading the word about this, MatPat, it's important for people to know so that hopefully the media reports the actual news... more often? Though that might be a little bit too much to hope
"It's fine; we're using Dayquil" had me bursting out laughing. That said, this video didn't go the direction I thought it would, but it was still entertaining and informative. Thank you, Matt
This isn’t even a theory, it’s an informational video telling the true story about how the news twists facts that suit them and ignores the rest to better benefit themselves and their company. This video was really needed!!!!!!!!
I just wanna give MatPat and the whole Theorist team a huge shoutout for being awesome! Mat does a really good job of not only bringing all the facts to light, but also doing it in a safe and mature manner. Their goal is to help the community and they've done it again
When the Benadryl suddenly had an age-restriction, people were very confused. (I work at a pharmacy.) The news never really said anything about it. Would have been a great opportunity to advocate for medicine safety at home.
100% agree here I just hope something like this is dead and buried. lets not see anymore nyquil chicken type incidents..nobody needs to die over dumb stuff like that
@@rpggirl017 that's more to do with it having the potential to make meth. the reason they card you which is only on certain types is to track potential illegal activity there's a state and federal database on how much someone buys
@@ayajade6683 no I think your thinking of pseudoephedrine people used to buy it in bulk amounts to manufacture meth, Benadryl on the other hand gets abused for the main active antihistamine in it diphenhydramine, taken in large doses makes you trip but it's not like a psychedelic trip it is more of a deliriant
This is TRUE.... Thought I'd never cook with Nyquill... Once day I ate a great chicken burrito that was very hot and about an hour later I took one lid of Nyquill to settle my cough, and I was constipated for three days. My body did not like that at all. NEVER again will I repeat that.
Dissolving aderall is a medically accepted way to dose it. My pediatrician would tell any patients taking it to dissolve it in juice when they had a sore throat so they didn’t have to swallow a pill
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
Mad respect for sitting down and doing this. It points out a level of thought and effort you put into these videos in particular. A bad film theory is a funny curiosity. A bad food theory could hurt someone, and I’m glad you’ve pointed out how problematic the news reporting was. I’d love to see you do this kind of thing more often about these kinds of food scares and how trendy reporting distorts it.
*This isn’t a theory. It’s a public service announcement. Thank you for making these videos Matpat! I’ve been watching you since I was in my early college days, and I’m 30 & married now! I love your content!*
I've been been binge-watching your videos. This one goes above and beyond on earning my interest and respect! God bless you and thank you for connecting these dots and shedding light on the reality of it!
food theory idea: which cookie is best to dip in milk? like which holds the most mike, which retains its flavor the best, and is there any other liquid we should be dipping our cookies in?
It's effectively the same thing that happened with Tide Pods. It was a problem for all of a week, the new stations said "We can gdt views off that", and then it blew back up. Wonderful.
tweens/teens were really eating tide pods. After 2 decades of working in customer service..I can assure you, yes, people are stupid enough to cook nyquil check and eat it.
That's what I worry the most for, like I'm sure we should all be taught the common sense to not ingest anything other then food and the recommend dosage of any medicine, but then media makes it seem like overdose or anything isn't a big problem
@@bluejedi723 Is it actually stupidity? That type of risky behavior seems more like a mental health concern. Like they're deliberately putting themselves at risk. Sounds more like depression, suicidal ideation, that kind of thing. This entire mindset that they're just stupid kids seems very harmful and counterproductive. Do you think they don't know it's dangerous?
thanks for this video. honestly I hate when the "news" does stuff like this regarding nyquil chicken or tide pods when like everyone participating knows it's just a meme.
What I hate about this situation is that the media is blaming it on young people. HOW? A 16 year old can't just buy chicken and cook it in medicine without their parents noticing, and even if the did they would have to get money for both without raising any eyebrows
@@AbbieAj1 not just pharmacies, when I was fourteen I got told I couldn't buy NyQuil pills from the family owned corner store by my house. The owner of the store called my mom to confirm I was actually getting it for her lol.
@@Saitaina most? Was it just my family that didn't have medicine laying around? The only medication I would have been able to get my hands on at 15 without my parents knowing was some allergy tablets and maybe occasionally pain killers. We didn't always have plasters in the house. The idea of a fully stocked medicine cabinet was always a strange concept to me.
I am glad you are pointing out the media's craziness. They can be as bad as any of the content you can stream/view online. Most news outlets want the juicy stories, and they will spin a story in their favor to sensationalize it to fill in their time on air.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
We need way more people like Matt. He's doing what the news has failed to do: shut down fake stories and teach us about the real issues Pls don't go in the replies, it's a minefield
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
Just goes to show how traditional news has devolved into grabbing at any trending headlines by any means instead of reporting on actual news that could legitimately prevent injury, sicken or in the worst cases death Thankfully we’ve got intellectuals like the Theorist channels to keep us informed on serious matters, whilst also bringing entertaining brain food
Media has always been about "clickbait" since the very beginning. It's about getting views on whatever platform the media is on, newspapers, videos, live broadcasts, etc. The only difference now is that it has become increasingly easier to fact check these stories thus making it even more unacceptable for such shameless behavior in supposedly professional and trusted platforms.
@@quoteclone sensational, yes. But the feedback loop is effectively instant now, as opposed to weeks or months, so the outrage/interest needs to be kept high to retain views. Make newspapers started as mailing lists for political party members, then evolved into proper journalism. The pendulum has effectively swung back the other way, but with greater reach.
Yup, did a project last year about the media. It was for a darker topic but I ended up finding out how much the media loves fear mongering and making things worse. I didn't end up finishing and submitting the project because 1. it was lengthy and 2. didn't need it for my grade so it really helped during the heaviest part of the semester. But I felt a bit guilty about not finishing it. Thanks MatPat for bringing the media out about this.
When my mom told me this was a thing people were actually doing I was absolutely skeptical, I didn’t do the research however so I gave into that assumption, im glad people like Mat are bringing this information to the light and going deeper because even if I did do research by skimming articles I don’t know how deep I’d have to go to find accurate information, so this is just another reminder that you have to make sure your sources are valid and to just be aware and critical of what information is given to you
Yeah, it's pretty difficult to find reliable information nowadays since even the supposedly "credible" sources have fallen into the trend of presenting surface level information that falls flat because of a lack of context :/
Let's be fair, here, though. The traditional media that MatPat talked about and showed in his video was entirely comedy pieces and Good Morning America daytime stuff. This wasn't real news discussing real events in detail, it was entirely entertainment stuff using "current events people are talking about". MatPat probably should've pointed out the difference in the video. Heck, I've seen some of those shows outright tell people not to use them as their main source of news, as they're meant for entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending this kind of stuff, but it is important to note that these shows aren't held to the same journalistic standard as real reporting, and we shouldn't lump the two together.
I'll admit I was worried to click on this and watch Matpat talk about NyQuil for too long about what was obviously a joke, but I was pleasantly surprised and loved this one. Good work Matpat and friends!
For a more detailed explanation of *what* NyQuil chicken theoretically does to humans, I recommend ChubbyEmu's video on the same topic, if you like medical case-study informations. He's also done several videos on allergy med abuse. I blame the media for dramatizing it, because getting more eyes on it and calling it a challenge will inevitably lead to someone doing it.
I actually saw ChubbyEmu's video on it like a day or two ago (I don't have TikTok so I'd never heard of it before then), and then this pops up. Coincidence? ...probably, yeah
It's a little embarrassing I didn't know the tide pod challenge was fake but considering I was like in elementary school back then, had no phone, and my grandma watched the news a lot, it makes sense 💀💀
The funny thing is that when this was all happening, i got the flu...so of course i went to the store to get some dayquil and nyquil but they weren't selling it because they don't want to risk people cooking it with chicken, so i just had to deal with my flu.
Only thing I don’t like about this video is the opening where he pours it because when I watch the entire episode I got scared like did it rise the fumes did he get hurt? Is he OK and just somethings worry me but then I find out that he’s fine.
This is why the porcelain challenge exists. For those who don’t know, the porcelain challenge is a challenge that isn’t a challenge, the joke is we’re tricking the media into thinking kids are grinding up and snorting porcelain to see if they realize it’s a joke.
Wow- I'm very surprised and impressed you didn't go the low route of just memeing on this. You actually covered the topic responsibly. Good on you Dadpat, you're making a better world for your son.
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
I feel like this is important to Mat so much more then the average person because he has a son growing up in this age, and I bet other parents, feel the same. Thanks for using your voice Mat, we need more entertainer/educators like you.
And please Mat, may you and Steph (I actually happen to share the same name as her, go figure) keep Ollie safe from this age of corruption in this sadly corrupt world we live in..
This is literally the first I've ever heard of Nyquil chicken. This whole thing definitely reminds me of the Tide Pod situation, if was just a meme until the news blew it up. That was when people started getting hurt, I wouldn't be surprised if we start hearing stories of people actually trying it now.
I love that someone is finally pointing out through the media how TV can be very misleading about the media because we’re a “young generation with too much time” we can always count on Mat to be the defending voice for team internet🤝💪
I hope everyone is sharing this video. Especially on Facebook where older audiences are prone to believing anything that they read/watch online. I'm sure there are grandparents out there that are really unnecessarily disappointed in their grandchildren because of these misunderstandings.
I didn’t know about anything but the nyquil chicken thing… that’s so scary. I have four siblings (three under 12) and it’s scary that they could be seeing that kind of stuff online and I wouldn’t even have known. Thank you MatPat for doing whats actually needed, unlike what traditional news had done previously. And thankfully my parents are pretty good at monitoring what they watch. But having been their age once, I always found a way around it.
@@moltengears7483 I’m referencing the whole part where a girl dies misusing medication, and then he bring ups other dangerous challenges that are actually challenge. It’s scary because I only knew about the nyquil chicken, which I understood was just a joke.
@@backparker9264 Nobody's born with an innate understanding of the difference between medicine and food. That has to be learned. Most children who don't learn it only fail because of the environment they grow up in, not because of genetic defects. That's why the Darwin Awards has rules against featuring children. It's probably not their fault.
I so appreciate you and Ann Reardon taking the time to address these dangerous trends and the way the media often ignores them or actively spreads them
This is probably the best theory video I've seen in recent times and I honestly feel like the team did a great job educating and exposing the media, I'm just worried that the title wouldn't attract enough people to the video and realize the actual problem. Great video either way.
i honestly thought this video had the exact opposite intent of what it really was. My initial reaction was that it was just an attention-grabbing, unsubstantial video about "wow nyquil chicken is bad for you, who would've thought?" i was pleasantly surprised. so i agree with you, i'm worried that people might overlook the video because of the seemingly meretricious thumbnail and title
FULLY AGREE with your points here. I hate watching the media report on the internet at large - if you're not ON these sites and not part of the culture, you'll be hard-pressed to accurately explain the full context surrounding it.
I was surprised to see the NyQuil chicken stuff appearing all over the news recently, because I remembered seeing this kind of thing AGES ago and it was all funny haha but it wasn't blowing up like this. And now it is much more of a potential danger than it was!
I’m glad Mat Pat is bringing attention to this here since I’m sure a ton of kids watch his theory videos and his message will hit home, especially an important message like this, wonderful story Mat!
Yeah, my 7 year old watches a lot of these theory videos. It's tough trying to navigate a safe place for kids on the internet and while some of the theory stuff might be a bit mature for kids it's never in poor taste. Even if my kid gets scared by some of the video game theories it's the good kind of scared where he giggles about it later.
Chubbyemu already made a video about the implications and discussed that this "challenge" wasn't actually popular until the FDA paper where they gave the meme as an example of things you shouldn't do with nyquil. The paper didn't even discuss the topic in detail, it was just giving an example as to the misuse of nyquil.
Hello my fellow pigeon. And yes, it's amazing. The lactic acid in the pickle juice helps make meat more tender. It's got an extra little funk and tanginess thanks to the fermentation process the cucumbers.
This whole story reminds me of what happened with Orsen Wells 'War of the Worlds' radio story where only a few people freaked out because they missed the warning, but the media made it seem like there was global hysteria.
I'm really grateful that you're bringing this topic up because by making this video your fixing the mistake that the news made. You also probably saved lots of people from doing ANY dumb Tiktok "trends" involving medicine Thank you.
I’m glad you made this. I saw chubbyemu made a video on the topic but I didn’t want to watch a hypothetical medical case. You cleared up why all of a sudden people are talking about this “trend” when it it’s one. The media ruins everything 😂
@@herrscherofshrimps1451 They usually are real cases that’s why I clicked on it. But at the beginning he goes over the “trend” and says this is a hypothetical case of what would happen if someone ate NyQuil chicken. I clicked off at that point. Might go finish it 😂
I was a in journalism in highschool. I was taught how important it was to be accurate in my reporting. I’ve never understood how media has become the way it is now. Do you guys think you could do a theory video on that?
THANK YOU! This needed to be addressed. Every time the news mentions a “challenge” it just gets brought up in the wrong way. Causing more people to end up doing it because it’s on TV and popular🤦♀️
I completly agree with this because the news havent covered any of the serious challenges like the kiki challenge, the blackout challenge or the hot boiling water challenge that ACTUALLY hurt people and teenagers and have been fatal!(If you dont know what these challenges included here it is : The kiki challenge had teenagers jumping out of a moving car and dancing and then to get back in.This challenge was dangerous for obvious reasons and 1 teenager even fractioned her skull. Secondly, the blackout challenge wich based on the name itself screams danger. The challenge had people choking themselfs till you know they blackout and in some cases this challenge had been fatal for some. Lastly , the hot boiling water challenge had teens pouring hot boiling water on their sleeping friends. That can cause second or even third degree burns that can have an effect on your body for a long time.) And did the news ever cover that NO.
One of the people at my middle school did the knockout challenge and passed out. Ambulance was called. She was leaning against the brick wall of the school, holding her breath, her friend thumping her chest to 'get the air out'. And she just passed out. It amazes me the stupidity of some of these challenges. No thought to the harm that could come to themselves or people around them. And they act so shocked when the bad things DO happen
Reminds me of the tide pod challenge. I remember seeing some UA-cam vids on it and they were informative and warned against it. Then I was watching the actual news, they hyped it up as a challenge and then went to ads. They obviously mentioned it was dangerous a minute or two into it after coming back from break. I thought that if I were a kid I would probably do it if I had seen the news hype it up like they did.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on edit: I plan to copy and paste my comment a couple of times to make sure more people see it and get inspired to help spread the word
"The difference between medication and poison is the dose" has always been a quote i live by in terms of this kinda stuff, stay safe people of the internet, yall need to
The thing that pisses me off the most about this is now that the news is displaying this ‘challenge’ to so many people, people are 100x more likely to try it since so many people have seen it now. Good job media, you did it again!
9:15 As someone who was hospitalized for 4 days because of Clonidine overdose it is extremely painful to see people turn overdosing(and other trends involving medicinal products) into this silly little internet challenge. People have actually died from overdose if it’s purposeful or murder it’s still overdose.
God... I had the same reaction to the Tide Pods thing. It was the gag of 'the forbidden candy'. Nobody is doing this any more than they're drinking the 'forbidden Capri Sun' inside old laptops.
I once use a Danish cherry wine to marinate chicken. It tasted great on the chicken but this episode reminds me of it because the wine by itself tastes like cherry nyquil.
I would just like to say that I was doing an assignment on the TED talk "The Danger of a Single Story" and I was able to cite some of your videos (including this one) so thanks to- idk who is part of your team but thanks to everyone who worked on this!
I’m glad this is being covered, and addressing this as “news taking jokes out of context”, cause it is, but also splicing in why you shouldn’t do it, even for the memes. It’s good that he and the rest of the researchers are covering all their bases. :)
Wow, there’s literally bots that include “making fun of bots” in their comments now. Hard to pull that off when two “people” say the same bloody thing.
The way that the normally very chill Matpat (well when he's not playing games) got _audibly furious_ as this video went on at how irresponsible the media is and how they're gonna get kids hurt by not doing their jobs just goes to show how serious this entire thing is
"Traditional Media - you have failed this city"
dude the bots
Traditional media has gone past being annoyingly misleading to downright irresponsible and manipulative.
None of them are real reporters. They're celebrities just posing for the camera and reading a script of whatever they're told to say.
Rest here traveller, you have seen enough bots
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I'm Pretty Sure He Also Broke Character In The First Petscop Video
This is... exactly what happened with Tide Pods. You have to hear about it to even consider trying it, so the more people hear about it (the more it's reported, even if you're being told *not* to do it), the more people will have the idea to try it.
Wow... Two spammers in ten minutes. That's a new record for me.
@@cyberjackal774 you spawned more by acknowledging them lol
Kinda like how so many people know about r34 nowadays, commentary youtubers keep talking about it, thus making people (especially children) find out it's existence
@@user-hp7gc2oy7d Ah, Christ...
it's natural selection
As a teenager who was mainly raised by my grandma who watches the news 24/7 and barely has idea of what the internet is, I can't even describe how many of this fake/exaggerated stories the tv reports on have gotten me in trouble for doing absolutely nothing other than watching some youtubers that have nothing to do with those reports/"challenges". The actual fear it gave my grandma for my safety was tremendous every single time. And, of course, is never easy to explain to people that get their news from the tv that the news actually do lie to get people to watch it, is insane.
Pro tip: Just show your grandma this video
@Be Straight stop trying to get views by linking your videos everywhere, I have not clicked it but I know it's not you meeting matpat
@@colacoke2102 bots will be bots and UA-cam couldn’t care less.
....he said while feeding his grandma, blue chicken soup.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
To be honest, I feel oddly scared when Mat is genuinely angry. He always seems like that one teacher you had who was always chill with everything, and the one that you thought you'd never see genuinely angry in a million years.
It's funny to think about this because I have that kind of teacher, lol.
I love how every episode, MatPat gets angrier and angrier at the media and big corporate companies. It’s nice seeing someone do real research instead of just trusting whatever they are told.
wait did two bots just make fun of bots?
@@devinmessmer9632 wait did two bots just make fun of bots?
(Making fun of humans) 💀
yes
You really should believe media and bigger companies. The internet lies.
Indeed
Matpat using his influence to actually educate people and explain how satire is a very real thing gives me hope in humanity. So much media is pure noise, but it’s the nuggets of knowledge and simple satire that make it enjoyable.
+1 to the OP. Matpat is doing what the news should have done. I'd go into more detail (already tried to), from an epidemiology and information systems design standpoint... but youtube shadowblocked the comment. Literally can't even talk about the underlying causes and mechanisms of problems like this here. In both cases though, the chicken and the blocked comment, the issue is that our information systems reward counterproductive things while punishing beneficial things.
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Nuggets? I see what you did there.
haha, nuggets
@im sacred .
That was a close one, if Mat Pat wouldn't have posted this video I would have for sure eaten the dreaded, Blue Chicken. You one of the real ones Mat.
DONT READ MY NAMES!!!😑...
same
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BOTS?!
Glad to know your safe now.
Yeah nyquil chicken is off the list . Guess Clorox spaghetti is better
Matt sounding genuinely angry about news outlets ignoring serious events makes me glad that he cares about us all-
how is it ignoring? They pretty much reveled in that event
@@AggressiveSpaghetti Yeah, but as Mat said, they ignored the heart of the issue. They did focus on it, they just focused on the wrong part and ignored the valuable message that the FDA was trying to spread.
Matpat does not care about you. He is not your friend. He made this video for views and cash. Grow up. 🙄🙄
@dangerousdays2052 how many clickbait UA-camrs have you been watching some care others don’t, the theorists do, and either way it benefits all, they get money and we get good content. So now shut up and actually watch the video
@@SDFHFGK Wrong. Mat Pat lies in his videos. Stop simping for him.
And yet we wonder why teenagers and "younger" people are always stereotyped against. Sure, some trends are genuinley stupid, but when the media presents things like this that are meant to be jokes in such a serious light, is when the real problem ensues. Thanks MatPat for presenting this issue at face value with none of the drama and exageration that the news seems to put on it.
Jokes are supposed to be funny though.
How is cooking chicken in Nyquil humorous?
@@0816M3RC cause ita dumb lok
@@0816M3RC did you not watch the video? Matpat literally says that the whole joke is making fun of the hypothetical dumbass to be dumb enough to do this. Its a meme. A parody of a 4chan thread.
when "older" people are on a wider platform and misrepresenting the stories, that's how a lot of "younger" people can be stereotyped against. there are definitely a bunch of dumb ones, just watch any of the random street question videos, but the majority at least have the common sense to understand satire vs a real trend and (hopefully) don't follow such stupidity
What's funny tho is that there are also a lot of dumb and stupid shits in a lot of the older generations' time as teenagers, the same way thing as ours. We just don't know or can't find it now since the Internet haven't been invented yet or it has been but not used for the general public.
We need more people like matpat
Ok
I agree
we really do
We need more people with common sense in News reporting.
agreed
2018: tide pod challenge
2022: nyquil chicken challenge
edit: oh just got to the part where matt says its like the tide pod challenge
2026: tide pod nyquil hot dog challenge
@@alpreviation7281 I would not be surprised if this actually happens 🤣
And yet people still try these random trends.
2030: the full meal, NyQuil Chicken and a side of mashed potato Tide Pods, with Pink Sauce gravy.
Hi Safiya!
Matpat actually got angry during this, which just shows how much he actually cares about people well being. He’s telling people facts to protect us, and still being funny and happy. I love his channel, he’s a great person.
Matpat’s doing the lord’s work here 😭 you know the society we live in sucks when a literal UA-camr gives more accurate news then literal news stations.
Same with Ann Reardon from How To Cook That, she warns of dangerous ‘life hacks’ and is actively trying to get UA-cam to implement a way for these hack channels to get taken down since they post and promote stupid and dangerous hacks
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@@cewla3348 He is definitely more literal than you that's for sure.
@JJ If only he knew it all. The society we live in is all fabricated.
@@cewla3348
Warning: scroll further down the reply section if you want to witness drama and people having no clear reason being salty (this applies to everyone further down the replies, NO EXEPTIONS)
someones salty.
Did someone leave you out in the ocean? That must be why there is only one like on your comment.
This is the first I’m hearing of this “trend”. If the news networks can’t even get this right it makes me very fearful on what else they are getting wrong. Another reminder that we all need to do our own homework.
Thank you I said the same thing
Mainstream media is a joke it's all about the views and less about the actual news. This is what sparked the tide pod challenge mainstream media can be dangerous to anyone who takes things at face value
Everything "news" networks put out is cherry picked or outright false
At least for the past two years they have been driving small stuff sky high in popularity. Look at covid.
the news has always made thing a bigger deal when they’re not (or they’re biased and they try to hide the truth about something)
In all seriousness, I appreciate how thoroughly you researched this topic. It takes so much longer to research the truth than it does to misinterpret or misrepresent it.
And for everyone else out there, please remember that medicine should never ever be misused. And if you know anyone who needs to be taught this, please let them know. It's important enough to have those kinds of conversations even if they are awkward.
Absolutely. I think a lot of people jump straight to mocking people who _might_ be dumb enough to try this, rather than providing them with the information of why it's actually dangerous, and then they act surprised when people don't listen.
I wouldn't want to trust the people mocking me, either.
I appreciate that Matpat took the time to do the bare minimum research as well, yes- but I really hate how the mainstream news didn't- or more likely, did, and then decided to misrepresent it on purpose for views.
A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on
@@therookiegamer2727 yeah because unfortunately the Liars are the ones screaming the loudest
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
This reminds me of the time you guys covered how the media lied about the Tide-pod challenge, making it seem like a big thing when really it wasn't
Unlike this, you can find ton of caches of ppl actually doing the tide pods
If you research media, you will find that they lie all the time.
I went in to this thinking matpat was going to talk about why you obviously shouldn’t eat NyQuil chicken but it turned out to be a excellent and refreshing talk about the danger of old school media that doesn’t do it’s research as well as pointing out the real problems they should be covering. Thank you matpat for this, it’s great that every once in a while we get a serious episode that helps educate people about real world issues.
funny how people are calling it old school media
The media frustrates me more than anything else sometimes. Thanks for spreading the word about this, MatPat, it's important for people to know so that hopefully the media reports the actual news... more often? Though that might be a little bit too much to hope
They don't report actual news to begin with.
Yeah that might be a bit much to hope for
Here be the bots
Food theory video idea: Could eating food you dislike actually make you sick? If so, how? I would love to hear MatPat’s thoughts on this one.
DONT READ MY NAMES!!!😑..
That actually sounds like a good theory.
I once puked after eating mashed potatoes which I never liked
So many bots
That's a good idea!
This is why I love Matpat he is just trying to keep the public safe while delivering the truth.
Americans and their dumb trends
"It's fine; we're using Dayquil" had me bursting out laughing.
That said, this video didn't go the direction I thought it would, but it was still entertaining and informative. Thank you, Matt
Yeah, it was probably better and more helpful for him to talk about the misinformation rather than just add to the fearmongering
Had me dying when he said that 🤣🤣
@@Thisissoawesome y u referencing lotr
@Thank me later 🅥 you obviously liked your own comment
@Thank me later 🅥 also you are sickening for pretending that he did that and everyone who saw that comment obviously disliked
I love matpats tone to this issue because it truly is serious and honestly I think mat should run a news cast
Definitely serious consuming NyQuil in odd forms. Could prevent nuclear disasters with this video!
I completely agree
@@HybridBlueDream you are spamming
You know it's serious when MatPat says its a fact not a theory
your comment got popular :)
(this was a reminder for the person who commented this because they could blow up and no one would know hehe)
I agree with you
It gets even more serious when he says it's not a food theory, it's a food, fact
How little brain do people have to have so someone have to tell them this is bad for you?
@@realdragon Americans
This isn’t even a theory, it’s an informational video telling the true story about how the news twists facts that suit them and ignores the rest to better benefit themselves and their company. This video was really needed!!!!!!!!
I just wanna give MatPat and the whole Theorist team a huge shoutout for being awesome! Mat does a really good job of not only bringing all the facts to light, but also doing it in a safe and mature manner. Their goal is to help the community and they've done it again
Yo sorry about the bots, they are everywhere and UA-cam ain't doing crap about it.
@@Pastel_Diamond_Studios (replies this to a botted channel)
Comment bot, go away
yo wheres ur real subs?
I totally agree they are very reliable.
When the Benadryl suddenly had an age-restriction, people were very confused. (I work at a pharmacy.) The news never really said anything about it. Would have been a great opportunity to advocate for medicine safety at home.
100% agree here I just hope something like this is dead and buried. lets not see anymore nyquil chicken type incidents..nobody needs to die over dumb stuff like that
Yeah. I was confused myself when cold/allergy medicine suddenly had age restriction. Now I know why, and the reason is honestly sad.
@@rpggirl017 that's more to do with it having the potential to make meth. the reason they card you which is only on certain types is to track potential illegal activity there's a state and federal database on how much someone buys
@@ayajade6683 no I think your thinking of pseudoephedrine people used to buy it in bulk amounts to manufacture meth, Benadryl on the other hand gets abused for the main active antihistamine in it diphenhydramine, taken in large doses makes you trip but it's not like a psychedelic trip it is more of a deliriant
@@Indianacones2233 This a type comment that seems to come from a Breaking bad fan or and actual drug dealer .
This is TRUE.... Thought I'd never cook with Nyquill... Once day I ate a great chicken burrito that was very hot and about an hour later I took one lid of Nyquill to settle my cough, and I was constipated for three days. My body did not like that at all. NEVER again will I repeat that.
It's honestly a pretty funny idea to think that it would be safe just because it's DayQuil instead
dissolving my Adderall and making "Wakey time chicken"
Dissolving aderall is a medically accepted way to dose it. My pediatrician would tell any patients taking it to dissolve it in juice when they had a sore throat so they didn’t have to swallow a pill
wait... it's not?!?!?!?
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi
call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
What the opposite of unsafe is nightquil is unsafe so DayQuil must be safe
Mad respect for sitting down and doing this. It points out a level of thought and effort you put into these videos in particular. A bad film theory is a funny curiosity. A bad food theory could hurt someone, and I’m glad you’ve pointed out how problematic the news reporting was. I’d love to see you do this kind of thing more often about these kinds of food scares and how trendy reporting distorts it.
Mainstream journalists are an enemy of the people.
*This isn’t a theory. It’s a public service announcement. Thank you for making these videos Matpat! I’ve been watching you since I was in my early college days, and I’m 30 & married now! I love your content!*
Best. PSA. Yet even.
cool story bro/sis
If I'm dieing I'm going out sleepy
His Channel started in 2020 how did you manage to do that in two years
@@markwashington7731 he's probably meaning matpat other channels
I've been been binge-watching your videos. This one goes above and beyond on earning my interest and respect! God bless you and thank you for connecting these dots and shedding light on the reality of it!
food theory idea: which cookie is best to dip in milk? like which holds the most mike, which retains its flavor the best, and is there any other liquid we should be dipping our cookies in?
Agreed
I’m not one of these stupid bots but that is a good thing to consider
Like is Oreo really the greatest to have with milk etc
Ahhhh mike😍
Snickerdoodle is my bet
Rhett and Link did the “what’s the next best thing for dipping cookies in” idea a bit ago
Agreed. And also which one retains its' structure the longest when half-soaked.
It's effectively the same thing that happened with Tide Pods. It was a problem for all of a week, the new stations said "We can gdt views off that", and then it blew back up. Wonderful.
tweens/teens were really eating tide pods. After 2 decades of working in customer service..I can assure you, yes, people are stupid enough to cook nyquil check and eat it.
That's what I worry the most for, like I'm sure we should all be taught the common sense to not ingest anything other then food and the recommend dosage of any medicine, but then media makes it seem like overdose or anything isn't a big problem
@@bluejedi723 no they did his point was that it was forgotten after a week but the news coverage made it actually popular and made a lot of people do
@@bluejedi723 Is it actually stupidity? That type of risky behavior seems more like a mental health concern. Like they're deliberately putting themselves at risk. Sounds more like depression, suicidal ideation, that kind of thing. This entire mindset that they're just stupid kids seems very harmful and counterproductive. Do you think they don't know it's dangerous?
@@bluejedi723 Watch the video on Tide Pods that MatPat did. Very informative.
Mat-Pat just saved millions of people from _certain death_ with this video alone.
Oh my god
So many bots
@u know me done
Probably more than we can imagine 😔🖐️
lmao never have i wanted to leave this craphole of a planet than now
thanks for this video. honestly I hate when the "news" does stuff like this regarding nyquil chicken or tide pods when like everyone participating knows it's just a meme.
What I hate about this situation is that the media is blaming it on young people. HOW? A 16 year old can't just buy chicken and cook it in medicine without their parents noticing, and even if the did they would have to get money for both without raising any eyebrows
I work in a pharmacy, and in my state you can't even buy those kinds of medicines if you're under 18...
@@AbbieAj1 not just pharmacies, when I was fourteen I got told I couldn't buy NyQuil pills from the family owned corner store by my house. The owner of the store called my mom to confirm I was actually getting it for her lol.
Ya but again no one is ACTUALLY doing this
Most are readily available in any home.
@@Saitaina most? Was it just my family that didn't have medicine laying around? The only medication I would have been able to get my hands on at 15 without my parents knowing was some allergy tablets and maybe occasionally pain killers. We didn't always have plasters in the house. The idea of a fully stocked medicine cabinet was always a strange concept to me.
I am glad you are pointing out the media's craziness. They can be as bad as any of the content you can stream/view online. Most news outlets want the juicy stories, and they will spin a story in their favor to sensationalize it to fill in their time on air.
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
ua-cam.com/video/FKv2ePXuMuY/v-deo.html Fire
the media did this with SML's videos
We need way more people like Matt. He's doing what the news has failed to do: shut down fake stories and teach us about the real issues
Pls don't go in the replies, it's a minefield
US so bad country so many issues in social sphere
ok
He isn't teaching you anything
Lucky that there are no bots here
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi
call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
Thank you matpat for everything, we will all miss you
We all will,bruv😔
Just goes to show how traditional news has devolved into grabbing at any trending headlines by any means instead of reporting on actual news that could legitimately prevent injury, sicken or in the worst cases death
Thankfully we’ve got intellectuals like the Theorist channels to keep us informed on serious matters, whilst also bringing entertaining brain food
Media has always been about "clickbait" since the very beginning. It's about getting views on whatever platform the media is on, newspapers, videos, live broadcasts, etc.
The only difference now is that it has become increasingly easier to fact check these stories thus making it even more unacceptable for such shameless behavior in supposedly professional and trusted platforms.
Yep. 24hr news cycle broke natural reporting in favor of click bait equivalent.
news has been like this since like the 1800s its not new lol.
@@quoteclone sensational, yes. But the feedback loop is effectively instant now, as opposed to weeks or months, so the outrage/interest needs to be kept high to retain views. Make newspapers started as mailing lists for political party members, then evolved into proper journalism. The pendulum has effectively swung back the other way, but with greater reach.
@@Grandwigg can't argue with you there, only facts
Yup, did a project last year about the media. It was for a darker topic but I ended up finding out how much the media loves fear mongering and making things worse. I didn't end up finishing and submitting the project because 1. it was lengthy and 2. didn't need it for my grade so it really helped during the heaviest part of the semester. But I felt a bit guilty about not finishing it. Thanks MatPat for bringing the media out about this.
Try not to panic, you're watching The Media right now. "The Media" is just any entertainment, not just the stuff you don't like.
@@realSethMeyers I think they mean traditional media, like news channels as opposed to UA-cam videos.
When my mom told me this was a thing people were actually doing I was absolutely skeptical, I didn’t do the research however so I gave into that assumption, im glad people like Mat are bringing this information to the light and going deeper because even if I did do research by skimming articles I don’t know how deep I’d have to go to find accurate information, so this is just another reminder that you have to make sure your sources are valid and to just be aware and critical of what information is given to you
GOLUM: ua-cam.com/video/0-rj80lMBzc/v-deo.html
Yeah, it's pretty difficult to find reliable information nowadays since even the supposedly "credible" sources have fallen into the trend of presenting surface level information that falls flat because of a lack of context :/
Don't forget to share this with your mom, too. Because I'm going to have to share it with my impressionable elders as well.
tidepods
Best episode thus far. The media has been an absolute dumpster fire for years now.
im pretty sure ground news exists showing all media, its credibility, if its in a conglomerate, if its state media
GOLUM ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
GOLUM ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
Let's be fair, here, though. The traditional media that MatPat talked about and showed in his video was entirely comedy pieces and Good Morning America daytime stuff. This wasn't real news discussing real events in detail, it was entirely entertainment stuff using "current events people are talking about". MatPat probably should've pointed out the difference in the video. Heck, I've seen some of those shows outright tell people not to use them as their main source of news, as they're meant for entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending this kind of stuff, but it is important to note that these shows aren't held to the same journalistic standard as real reporting, and we shouldn't lump the two together.
@@josephb.1425 may I ask who or what source you consider to be held to a higher “journalistic standard”
I'll admit I was worried to click on this and watch Matpat talk about NyQuil for too long about what was obviously a joke, but I was pleasantly surprised and loved this one. Good work Matpat and friends!
For a more detailed explanation of *what* NyQuil chicken theoretically does to humans, I recommend ChubbyEmu's video on the same topic, if you like medical case-study informations. He's also done several videos on allergy med abuse.
I blame the media for dramatizing it, because getting more eyes on it and calling it a challenge will inevitably lead to someone doing it.
Why are the bots attacking this video?
@@ryangosling28 I don't know dude... It's honestly fucking irritating.
I actually saw ChubbyEmu's video on it like a day or two ago (I don't have TikTok so I'd never heard of it before then), and then this pops up. Coincidence? ...probably, yeah
@@mrcy9307 They've been proliferating of late, it seems.
@@ryangosling28 idk, it's normally really serious videos they comment stupid things on
The fact Mat Pat is doing a video about this really says some thing about humanity
It's a little embarrassing I didn't know the tide pod challenge was fake but considering I was like in elementary school back then, had no phone, and my grandma watched the news a lot, it makes sense 💀💀
Me too, but in my defence i saw some that really did bite off and swallowed small amounts.
Me to I thought it was very real and I was also in elementary with no phone when my teachers told us about it and it was on the news it was weird
It wasn’t?
@@zeckor., mostly not. It's what the video "The Tide Pod Conspiracy" is based on
The funny thing is that when this was all happening, i got the flu...so of course i went to the store to get some dayquil and nyquil but they weren't selling it because they don't want to risk people cooking it with chicken, so i just had to deal with my flu.
Wtf 😂
Oof, have you tried theraflu?
RIP
OMG
This legit sounds stupid, although I suspect this is also why you now need an Id to buy cold medicine.
You gotta love it when UA-cam has more common sense than news media today
youtube is even more guilty than the news tho
It was a joke no one actually ate it or i hope no one took the trend to far
Oh i just got to the part where he said not to even cook it for the meme
Only thing I don’t like about this video is the opening where he pours it because when I watch the entire episode I got scared like did it rise the fumes did he get hurt? Is he OK and just somethings worry me but then I find out that he’s fine.
This is why the porcelain challenge exists. For those who don’t know, the porcelain challenge is a challenge that isn’t a challenge, the joke is we’re tricking the media into thinking kids are grinding up and snorting porcelain to see if they realize it’s a joke.
They have not realized nor will they ever realize.
I promise you, kids are now grinding up porcelain and snorting it. Stop doing that
@@harrisonkenney6246 i really doubt that.
@@harrisonkenney6246 I really hope that was a joke because as a kid that is utterly ridiculous AND a dumb way to die
@@harrisonkenney6246 The pica in me wants to actually do that
Wow-
I'm very surprised and impressed you didn't go the low route of just memeing on this. You actually covered the topic responsibly. Good on you Dadpat, you're making a better world for your son.
Why did you sight the guardian as a source not only less credible than cnn plus they Called PewDiePie a anti🔯 and Na(the soldiers)zi
call the BLM riots riots ☠️ 25 ppl and 1 to 2 billion in damages look it up. Even the Bee says 22
Yo, Mat got real ticked this episode. Good on you for that clear language warning near the end.
never do these internet challenges. life is fragile, eternity is forever.
I feel like this is important to Mat so much more then the average person because he has a son growing up in this age, and I bet other parents, feel the same. Thanks for using your voice Mat, we need more entertainer/educators like you.
And please Mat, may you and Steph (I actually happen to share the same name as her, go figure) keep Ollie safe from this age of corruption in this sadly corrupt world we live in..
thank you, matt. i was just sitting down for a hot plate of NyQuil Chicken when I saw this video. absolute life saver.
XD
@@laa2570 imagine a bot saying he is not a bot in the same coment sound like a good strat
This is literally the first I've ever heard of Nyquil chicken. This whole thing definitely reminds me of the Tide Pod situation, if was just a meme until the news blew it up. That was when people started getting hurt, I wouldn't be surprised if we start hearing stories of people actually trying it now.
Aside from the bots, that's definitely gonna happen
So basically tide pod challenge part 2, media stop dammit you make it worse!
Here is the full clip : of deez nuts
ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
(Making fun of bots)
@@Frostyviewer they cant help it, they are addicted to misconstruing info to get ratings and clicks. Not defending it just highlighting the bs.
True.
I love how the media tried to dunk on social media but they actually ended up dunking on themselves
I love that someone is finally pointing out through the media how TV can be very misleading about the media because we’re a “young generation with too much time” we can always count on Mat to be the defending voice for team internet🤝💪
I would never think people would legitimately think this is a good idea
Same
@here is the full clip YOUR PARENTS DONT LOVE YOU
yea... and nobody did... whats your point?
this isn’t relevant or anything, but wow. there’s tons of bots in this reply section already.
@@Existing972 i don't understand how they're able to create so many accounts, I wanted yo created a new one but couldn't without a new phone number
I hope everyone is sharing this video. Especially on Facebook where older audiences are prone to believing anything that they read/watch online. I'm sure there are grandparents out there that are really unnecessarily disappointed in their grandchildren because of these misunderstandings.
Oh boy! I was about to cook chicken in medicine, thanks for warning!
Thank you so much for this! It's so stupid that a UA-cam channel is better at figuring this out than the entire MSM.
Because the media usually doesn't want to figure things out, they usually just want to demonize the internet
True i agree
The entire My Singing Monsters
I didn’t know about anything but the nyquil chicken thing… that’s so scary. I have four siblings (three under 12) and it’s scary that they could be seeing that kind of stuff online and I wouldn’t even have known. Thank you MatPat for doing whats actually needed, unlike what traditional news had done previously. And thankfully my parents are pretty good at monitoring what they watch. But having been their age once, I always found a way around it.
It shouldnt be scary watch the whole video he says hes mad how the media called it a “challenge”
@@moltengears7483 I’m referencing the whole part where a girl dies misusing medication, and then he bring ups other dangerous challenges that are actually challenge. It’s scary because I only knew about the nyquil chicken, which I understood was just a joke.
@@jayshmay if you seen mapat's tidepod video then it does make this joke scary as people take it seriously due misinformation by the news
If your younger than 12 year old siblings ACTUALLY try this that is just natural selection in action
@@backparker9264 Nobody's born with an innate understanding of the difference between medicine and food. That has to be learned. Most children who don't learn it only fail because of the environment they grow up in, not because of genetic defects.
That's why the Darwin Awards has rules against featuring children. It's probably not their fault.
I so appreciate you and Ann Reardon taking the time to address these dangerous trends and the way the media often ignores them or actively spreads them
Ann Reardon enjoyer! yay!!
Food theory:What could happen if you quit eating salty food
Bro predictied no sugar challenge for 30 days 💀
This is probably the best theory video I've seen in recent times and I honestly feel like the team did a great job educating and exposing the media, I'm just worried that the title wouldn't attract enough people to the video and realize the actual problem. Great video either way.
ok
i honestly thought this video had the exact opposite intent of what it really was. My initial reaction was that it was just an attention-grabbing, unsubstantial video about "wow nyquil chicken is bad for you, who would've thought?" i was pleasantly surprised. so i agree with you, i'm worried that people might overlook the video because of the seemingly meretricious thumbnail and title
I think the title should be something more like “News, NO-ONE Is Eating NyQuil Chicken!” Or something along those lines
@@thecreatorofpc7929 That's not his style.
FULLY AGREE with your points here. I hate watching the media report on the internet at large - if you're not ON these sites and not part of the culture, you'll be hard-pressed to accurately explain the full context surrounding it.
I was surprised to see the NyQuil chicken stuff appearing all over the news recently, because I remembered seeing this kind of thing AGES ago and it was all funny haha but it wasn't blowing up like this. And now it is much more of a potential danger than it was!
Thank goodness. I was so close to eating chicken covered in NyQuil. Such a healthy trendy meal
Honestly you should try some uranium 235
I’m glad Mat Pat is bringing attention to this here since I’m sure a ton of kids watch his theory videos and his message will hit home, especially an important message like this, wonderful story Mat!
Yeah, my 7 year old watches a lot of these theory videos. It's tough trying to navigate a safe place for kids on the internet and while some of the theory stuff might be a bit mature for kids it's never in poor taste. Even if my kid gets scared by some of the video game theories it's the good kind of scared where he giggles about it later.
@@Slinkers. would suggest not letting your kid watch it he teaches them poor theroy making and has a ton of hypocrisy
Thank you for the mention. 🙏🏾 I was tryna tell ‘em 🤦🏾♂️
Sucks that your one reply was a scam, so I took care of that for you
hey action, thanks for starting the much needed wisdom spread.
बहुत खूब
Chubbyemu already made a video about the implications and discussed that this "challenge" wasn't actually popular until the FDA paper where they gave the meme as an example of things you shouldn't do with nyquil. The paper didn't even discuss the topic in detail, it was just giving an example as to the misuse of nyquil.
Here is the full clip : of deez nuts
ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
(Making fun of bots)
Soak and cook your chicken with pickle juice!!! Sounds gross but it’s so surprisingly amazing!!!
Hello my fellow pigeon. And yes, it's amazing. The lactic acid in the pickle juice helps make meat more tender. It's got an extra little funk and tanginess thanks to the fermentation process the cucumbers.
@@pigeon1923 us pigeons know how to cook fellow birds.
This whole story reminds me of what happened with Orsen Wells 'War of the Worlds' radio story where only a few people freaked out because they missed the warning, but the media made it seem like there was global hysteria.
I'm really grateful that you're bringing this topic up because by making this video your fixing the mistake that the news made. You also probably saved lots of people from doing ANY dumb Tiktok "trends" involving medicine
Thank you.
That's not really the problem here the Problem is the people who seen the video think of it as Serious
I've been watching MatPat for years and it's been a min since I've heard him so angry. Way to go using your platform for good!
agreed
Agreed
agreed
Nyquil actually looks and tastes kind of good, but I had HOPED people had the common sense to not make chicken in it
I’m glad you made this. I saw chubbyemu made a video on the topic but I didn’t want to watch a hypothetical medical case. You cleared up why all of a sudden people are talking about this “trend” when it it’s one. The media ruins everything 😂
Is chub's video a hypothetical medical case? It said in the description that his stories are cases that him or his colleagues has witnessed.
@@herrscherofshrimps1451 They usually are real cases that’s why I clicked on it. But at the beginning he goes over the “trend” and says this is a hypothetical case of what would happen if someone ate NyQuil chicken. I clicked off at that point. Might go finish it 😂
@@herrscherofshrimps1451 As matpat said. There are no recorded cases yet.
Love how he ends it with “that’s not a theory, that’s a fact” lol
I support this wholesome bone apple tea video created for the protection of others, seriously thank you for this video Mat Pat.
Don't you mean bon appétit?
@@richardhicks5031 i think he meant bone apple teeth. Also i think he is using a joke phrase.
@@richardhicks5031 was a long running joke 🙂
@@richardhicks5031 i think he meant bone up ate it
Mat is like a father to all of us not kidding
Real
I was a in journalism in highschool. I was taught how important it was to be accurate in my reporting. I’ve never understood how media has become the way it is now. Do you guys think you could do a theory video on that?
The part where the guy says "hooo it does make you sleepy 🥱" when inhaling the NyQuil vapor had me 😭😂
THANK YOU! This needed to be addressed. Every time the news mentions a “challenge” it just gets brought up in the wrong way. Causing more people to end up doing it because it’s on TV and popular🤦♀️
I agree
I completly agree with this because the news havent covered any of the serious challenges like the kiki challenge, the blackout challenge or the hot boiling water challenge that ACTUALLY hurt people and teenagers and have been fatal!(If you dont know what these challenges included here it is : The kiki challenge had teenagers jumping out of a moving car and dancing and then to get back in.This challenge was dangerous for obvious reasons and 1 teenager even fractioned her skull. Secondly, the blackout challenge wich based on the name itself screams danger. The challenge had people choking themselfs till you know they blackout and in some cases this challenge had been fatal for some. Lastly , the hot boiling water challenge had teens pouring hot boiling water on their sleeping friends. That can cause second or even third degree burns that can have an effect on your body for a long time.) And did the news ever cover that NO.
One of the people at my middle school did the knockout challenge and passed out. Ambulance was called.
She was leaning against the brick wall of the school, holding her breath, her friend thumping her chest to 'get the air out'. And she just passed out.
It amazes me the stupidity of some of these challenges. No thought to the harm that could come to themselves or people around them. And they act so shocked when the bad things DO happen
Reminds me of the tide pod challenge. I remember seeing some UA-cam vids on it and they were informative and warned against it. Then I was watching the actual news, they hyped it up as a challenge and then went to ads. They obviously mentioned it was dangerous a minute or two into it after coming back from break.
I thought that if I were a kid I would probably do it if I had seen the news hype it up like they did.
If I weren’t for this guy, I would’ve been eating blue chicken everyday. Thank you MatPat
Funny enough I made blue chicken some years ago for Halloween, but with edible blue. It looked really gross, some spots became greenish 🤢😝
I love when people make fun of the video without actually watching it :)
Did you watch the video?
We need more people like Matpat to spread the message of what the news is doing or it will only get worse so to anyone reading this please clip repost or make your own vid so that we can all spread info on what is going on
edit: I plan to copy and paste my comment a couple of times to make sure more people see it and get inspired to help spread the word
Thanks for helping the internet community to open their eyes.
That Dayquil bit in the beginning had me dyin'. 😆
"The difference between medication and poison is the dose" has always been a quote i live by in terms of this kinda stuff, stay safe people of the internet, yall need to
The thing that pisses me off the most about this is now that the news is displaying this ‘challenge’ to so many people, people are 100x more likely to try it since so many people have seen it now. Good job media, you did it again!
No way really?
Edit after watching: This video took a turn I didn't expect and I commend MatPat for being brave enough to talk about this.
how is it brave?
Goddamn this just looks like Skynet decided to go after UA-cam for some reason
This is why you watch the video before commenting
@@R3ub3n fair enough
@@james14294 He basically attacked big news and media coverage.
9:15
As someone who was hospitalized for 4 days because of Clonidine overdose it is extremely painful to see people turn overdosing(and other trends involving medicinal products) into this silly little internet challenge. People have actually died from overdose if it’s purposeful or murder it’s still overdose.
God... I had the same reaction to the Tide Pods thing. It was the gag of 'the forbidden candy'. Nobody is doing this any more than they're drinking the 'forbidden Capri Sun' inside old laptops.
Dual use products that both clean and euthanise.
Great gifts, your friends will die when they see what you got them for Christmas.
This video deserves a clap and a half. Matpat out here doing the Lords work!
@don't be surprised
here is the full clip : don't thank me later
ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html
making fun of bots making fun of other bots
@卐-LAKEHUNTIST-卐 [Z] 🇷🇺 looks like i'm cornered by bots
@@orangesherbet7030 There's too many here!
GOLUM ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
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I once use a Danish cherry wine to marinate chicken. It tasted great on the chicken but this episode reminds me of it because the wine by itself tastes like cherry nyquil.
I always hated NyQuil now here’s an example to why I will never drink it again
I would just like to say that I was doing an assignment on the TED talk "The Danger of a Single Story" and I was able to cite some of your videos (including this one) so thanks to- idk who is part of your team but thanks to everyone who worked on this!
Gosh darn, we just watched that literally today.
I’m glad this is being covered, and addressing this as “news taking jokes out of context”, cause it is, but also splicing in why you shouldn’t do it, even for the memes. It’s good that he and the rest of the researchers are covering all their bases. :)
Here is the trending clip recommended :
ua-cam.com/video/0-rj80lMBzc/v-deo.html
Here is the full clip : of deez nuts
ua-cam.com/video/1jiPNs-wi3o/v-deo.html
(Making fun of bots)
Wow, there’s literally bots that include “making fun of bots” in their comments now. Hard to pull that off when two “people” say the same bloody thing.