Atomic Shrimp Advent Calendar - 6th December 2024 - Polished Rocks

[@sinister7393]

Really enjoying the Advent calendar. The 'chirp' sound reminds me of my childhood and a big bag of marbles.

[@KarenBowers4]

Excellent video and the idea that you turned random videos into an advent calendar is brilliant. I have to admit I wait each day like a child to open the next door for my surprise. At 70 having a lovely surprise to sit and watch is wonderful.

[@puzzlechick163]

I live in the Caribbean and we find fossilized coral that often has similar patterns as your favorite rock! The wiggly lines make me think of brain coral, and the nested circles remind me of coral polyps. It makes me wonder if it wasn't part of a coral reef at some point. Really cool!

[@kaythulucrewe]

Oh, I can see this! I think this is a very good theory. Some kind of fossilized coral assets would make sense!

[@Viacer]

Was looking for this comment! I had the same association when I watched the pattern on Mike's favourite rock. The pattern reminded me of the coral shapes I saw while snorkeling in the Caribbean.

[@MeverNind224]

I love how these advent calendar videos seem to be bits of previous videos that I wasn't so sure would get a part 2. Glad to see the continuity even if it was just determined to just be part of a holiday special.

[@jimnicholls8275]

A.S.M.R - Atomic Shrimp Mineral Rubbing.

[@sigilpaw]

i love the focus on the five senses in the advent so far!! videos have such an emphasis in sight and sound, mostly sight, but we've had such a pleasure watching you experience everything, from describing the tastes of traditional dishes, the different smells throughout the forest, how it feels to rub on rock textures, hear their clicking, etc! it really helps to remind us how many simple joys are all around us and how much life truly has to celebrate :)

[@AndrewBeals]

So, what is Mike going to do for the sixth sense? Reveal that he, like Bruce Willis in that movie, was a robot all along?

[@zzydny]

Well said!

[@rosemarymee]

@@AndrewBeals I always thought that he was not a robot but DEAD. The little boy’s special talent was that he could see dead people.

[@AndrewBeals]

@rosemarymee you are, of course, correct; my comment is a non-spoiler joke about The Sixth Sense that gives a false spoiler about Bruce Willis.

[@rosemarymee]

@ You alarmed me. I thought I had totally misinterpreted the film and misremembered the main actor. As you get older , these things bother you. The men in white coats seem perilously near.🥴😬

[@NicnotNicky]

I enjoyed the tiny rock bidding us farewell as it escaped 😊

[@Jamiesonfrox]

they sound like marbles. you should start a vase for the pits and chips that fall off and see how long it takes to fill it up that would be interesting.

[@angelanewman5566]

So now that you've admitted to relocating stones from the beach at Lyme Regis. I feel I can confess to always acquiring a stone from every holiday location I've been to as a memento. They live, ( labelled on the undersides) in my garden and bring back some lovely memories - much better than most of the tat in the gift shops - and yes, they make me happy!

[@katrijndekeersmaecker1904]

I've started collecting bits of dirt or sand from each holiday. I put them in matching labeled glass vials in a display case. My favourite is the red sand from the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan.

[@KB3TLR]

This is the best advent calendar ever. Thank you for that because Christmas doesn't really mean much for me lately. Not a lot of close friends, no significant other, no children (by choice), and not close to most of my family because reasons. And my mother is a Jehovah's witness convert so Dad and I pretty much gave up on celebrating since i got old and theres no children around really to go all out for. Makes me kind of wistful of many because i can remember how Christmas used to feel, and i see others experience it, but i dont as much anymore.

[@accountnamewithheld]

You don't need family to have a great Christmas. For many, it would be a relief :) Treat yourself, give gifts where you can

[@Desertthorn11]

Sending hugs.

[@cphilips502]

I don't know if this is why rocks make you happy, but I always love the thought of something so beautiful that has existed since time immemorial which has been ignored or unseen by generations, suddenly discovered by me, just at the right moment at that time at that place. There's something special about that serendipity - a connection to the past, and a unique personal, private joy.

[@kaythulucrewe]

This is beautiful. As if that one beautiful stone has waited so long for you to keep this story going.

[@nergregga]

This video is so relaxing. It's proof that you can slow the pace all the way down and still have a video that captivates people.

[@rileysimmons9886]

This is an incredible advent calendar. I could watch this man talk about polished stones all day.

[@agricolaterrae]

I think my mother would have very much enjoyed your videos. She sadly passed a few years back, but she was a devoted nature lover, and a dabbler in most forms of science she could get her hands on. I remember one year, we picked up some lovely stones along the shores of Lake Michigan, and she brushed off her old rock tumbler from the 1970's, to shine them up. Running those stones through my fingers was one of my childhood joys.

[@Pooky-Cat]

Thank you for sharing this 💐

[@rosemarymee]

Your mother sounds very like mine - interested in everything scientific.

[@jessierosiewinedevine5120]

As a 32 year old mother of four boys I never imagined I’d watch with such avid interest a video about rocks! Just a testament to you Mr Shrimp, you make everything interesting and joyous! Me and my eldest son love to watch your videos together. I love the random selection of information you give and the way in which you give it. I just want to say thank you for allowing us into your mind and world and we all appreciate you! Have a wonderful Christmas to you Mike, Jenny and Eva 😊

[@Pooky-Cat]

I have a small German made vase that makes me happy. I bought it for £3 from an 'antique' shop, but it's not all that old and it's certainly not all that pretty. He (yes he's male) fits in my palm and tells me about the people who made him and how he got to the UK. He brings me joy.....

[@gerardmcquade9102]

they sound exactly like those two black shiny magnets that you get at the arcade

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Musician and recording engineer here. Everything affects sound. I realized this as a teenager when in the park near my home on dry weather days, I could hear the shooting range nearby, but nowhere near as well as on a misty or rainy day. The volume level difference is huge. Many years ago I took my favorite guitar, cut out a space for another pickup and it made the guitar sound noticeably worse just removing that one small bit of wood.

[@mightyn8]

I loved those magnets when I was a kid! A few school friends of mine also had some and we used to try to do tricks with them by throwing them in the air in such a way that they would meet in mid-air and do interesting sounds and movements

[@kjdude8765]

That's because those are just polished rocks too!

[@gerardmcquade9102]

@@kjdude8765 i thought so

[@remoschramm]

That’s exactly what I thought

[@Vimby233]

Have you heard of the idea of ‘pocket rocks’? I may have just made it up but I don’t know for certain. recently I bought a beautiful small polished stone at a rock and mineral show in Bakewell, Derbyshire. I carry it in my pocket to hold or to take out and look at because it pleases my hand and eye.

[@marylynne9104]

I have one, it was sold to me as a thumb stone, because you rub your thumb across it to feel that sense-pleasing sensation.

[@likebot.]

@@marylynne9104 I have one of those too. My dad passed it on to me a few years before he passed on himself. He called it his "worry stone".

[@thisperson5294]

I also have stones I love to hold.

[@panikoszulowa]

I have pocket chestnut :D

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

And then people on the train give you funny looks. 😅

[@marylynne9104]

Mike’s favourite rock is beautiful, and I can see why it makes him happy. To have found, polished and revealed its beauty himself can only add to the purely sensory pleasure of seeing and handling it. Nice one Mike.

[@simonhopkins3867]

It is like magic how they polish up. In the same way a dull rough bit of wood just pops with colour and features. ❤

[@chameleon-tq9mm]

Lovely rocks Shrimpy ❤

[@gpm19591961]

Things that make you go “oooh!” be that a person or an object or simply an esoteric gut reaction to a situation are surely what give us great art or great food or great writing, as they are all driven by human’s desire to recreate and/or share that intense feeling with others.

[@ginbro008]

My Grandma would call smooth rocks "worry stones" because you could keep one in your pocket and if you became anxious or worried you could just rub the rock and be calmed. I have 2 my grandson found at Lake Michigan.

[@cha0ticneutralbigs]

In kindergarten I made some from clay but I prefer real stones nowadays

[@d.awdreygore]

You rescue rocks! I'm sure Eva is secretly very proud ;)

[@gravic48]

The lime bay agate looks like a stormy sky! Beautiful

[@Maltese-paddy]

Thank you Shrimp!! "Why should this rock make me happy? If I know, I would go find some other things that are like that..." The why part you might find in William Blake's Auguries of Innocence - "To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower" Worth a read by the fireside.

[@chloebenn5708]

Im an ad-hoc stone collector, always find a nice one from the beach to bring home, its always sad how nice they look wet but dull when dry, I'm jealous of the tumbler. You reminded me how we used to search for treasure/ crystals in the driveway gravel as kids (the simple joys!) & Then graduated to go shopping at the fascinating crystal/ incense/ tie dye shop as teenagers!

[@kodey99]

That rock makes me happy too! The pattern is so interesting. I'm loving the advent calendar and the variety, it's great to just spend a little bit of time each day enjoying something a bit different.

[@PerilousRainbow]

I think the reason some people (myself included) enjoy rocks like this is for a few of the things you mentioned. They look really neat, the texture, the noises. Humans are sensory seeking creatures, some of us more than others, and we crave the full experience of life in ways big and small. To derive so much pleasure from a simple rock is just full appreciation of existing because you found a really neat rock to show others.

[@oatmeal-breakfast]

Ooh the outro with all the rocks bumping against each other was so nice to listen to

[@kaythulucrewe]

I love this one too! I know nothing about rocks, but my little goblin brain was ALL kinds of hyped about the beautiful, smooth, shiny, clicky rocks. I learned so much today. I agree that your favorite one is my favorite, but it’s also liked the chalky flint one from the garden. I found that one fascinating with the white chunks and the breaks!

[@chasonlapointe]

There is just something soothing about the clack of polished rocks... I keep a small handful in a drawstring bag and roll it around in my hand as a stress toy.

[@crankycat3026]

Smooth, shiny rocks make me happy too. The way the banding shows up under light reminds me of the bands on gas giants like Jupiter.

[@SuzanneEvans99]

Well that's it when I retire in many many years I'm going to take up polishing rocks as a hobby. Those shiny rocks are gorgeous 😍 Thanks Mr Shrimp!!

[@Moffit366]

I grew up in northern Michigan, and we would find Petoskey Stones in the road gravel. We didn’t appreciate them as much then.

[@whitbydragon9619]

I'm really loving the theme recently of questioning why something makes you happy. We all want to be happy, or at least increase the amount of happiness in our lives, so why isn't this a natural inclination in us all? I find I often choose ignorance is bliss in case the reason for my happiness gets soured somehow

[@generrosity]

Rough stone vs ultrasmooth rocks - going from lots of little confused noise to a clear single-ish cherp - nice

[@tomtucjr]

I had some spare time today so I finally managed to work through the advent back catalogue, and now I’m back up to date! This has been a spectacular advent so far. I love how varied the content has been so far.

[@Smooshes786]

Varied! Yes! I watch another channel where they have a coffee calendar. There were two coconut flavours in a row! WHY? Who was so thoughtless?

[@Edge_Walker]

I love this channel. The best channel to feel homey, nice and warm. 😭👌

[@foragingadventures]

The noise of them clinking together makes my brain itch

[@aeonturnip2]

That chirping sounds like the rocks are bouncing off each other with increasing frequency, like when a spinning coin settles before it stops. I wonder if them being polished means that the contact area is very small, and as they are pretty hard rocks, the coefficient of restitution is high, so the frequency will go up rapidly and for a bit longer than if they had a wider contact area? Reminded me of a video (Steve Mould, "Burning paper with steel ball-bearings) - the ball-bearing bang together with a piece of paper between them and the contact area is so small that the temperature generated in the collision is enough to almost instantaneous burn the paper.

[@kjdude8765]

Pretty sure you're correct in your hypothesis.

[@chezmoi42]

🎶Rockin' around the Christmas tree,🎄have a happy holiday.🎵

[@gigi3242]

Beautiful rocks, thank you for sharing.

[@A11yR0ck3r]

My favourite rock is the flint with the white speckles. I love flints, I love that they can be made into tools and I love how they looked in the flint church buildings from where I grew up.

[@DLC-sy7pp]

Interesting outcome. I was going to buy my elderly dad one of these rock tumblers for Christmas this year but chose something quite different. I may buy one for his birthday in April instead. Thanks for another interesting video Mike.

[@Briardie]

I really loved this advent day. I love crystals and stones. It was fascinating.

[@zzydny]

8:47 That stone looks a little bit like it has snowflakes in it. ❄ Very seasonal! Thank you so much for making this Advent Calendar series. It must have taken lots of planning and work, and it is truly much appreciated. Editing to add that the marks on the favorite rock remind me rather of octopus tentacle suckers.

[@katelights]

now I want to get some shiny transparent rocks and set them up on a tray with RGB LEDs underneath

[@tazmaniachill]

Sounds like a good project !

[@markfergerson2145]

Don’t forget the UV LEDs. Many rocks fluoresce.

[@ghostladydarkling3250]

Or put the rocks in a jar with a light down the middle, that would look nice maybe

[@TheErador]

Let's get that out onto a tray...Nice!

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

My thought as well! A glass shelve, acid treated on one side, for diffusion, retro illuminated. Yes! Maybe a corner piece of display furniture with shelves and a glass door.

[@Aggie_vom_Rhein]

Thank you for this Advent Calendar, Mr. Shrimp. It's the nicest I've ever had. I hope someone here has the knowledge and can say what the piece with the organic-like structure / circles really is. I once found a fossilised sea urchin at the coast of the Baltic Sea here in Germany, I still keep it and it makes me happy even many years later.

[@deejayk5939]

Don’t block the sink! Love these videos ❤

[@MrPanda-Power]

Thank you for sharing your tumbled rocks. Watching this reminded me of the Owen's coin collection scene in Throw Momma From the Train. Reverence and personal importance towards something generally benign. I am looking forward to the rest of the advent season videos.

[@lollys9041]

Blinkin loving these daily pieces of joy.😻🙏❤️

[@annellora]

I love both rocks and shiny things. Shiny rocks are like a dream! So very pleasant to look at

[@fuselpeter5393]

It's actually pretty fascinating how different all these stones look

[@Tialoc20]

This was a very relaxing way to start my day, loving the Advent calendar videos!

[@radiansaphir]

Love the rock-chirping outro 'music'! It's the most wonderful sound!

[@miradrgn]

one truly does have to wonder why shrimp's favorite rock is the one covered in unusual wacky colorful patterns... i mean, it's just so out of character!

[@panikoszulowa]

@@miradrgnand purple-ish, don't forget! ;)

[@goosedoctor5836]

It must feel great to know that the most beautiful stone on that table is the one you found while simply walking on the beach.

[@johnclavis]

Nice rocks!

[@GIBBO4182]

We will, we will, ROCK YOU!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Rocky you're a rough textured rock in a tumbler, gonna come out real smooth in about 15 days! Got striations on your face, more cool patterns inside and all over the place!

[@Linkfangirl]

Lots rocks and crystals make me happy. I find it super interesting Another great Christmas video Shrimp

[@lunacat4136]

What a wonderful selection box of rocks. Your favourite is my favourite too, it is absolutely beautiful.

[@MyManiacGamer]

They sound like oidz when you were hitting them together, (shiny magnets that you could buy years ago that you threw in the air and they stuck back together) and as for why they make you happy, who knows but seeing them on video made me quite happy too, they look very pleasing to hold and look at. 🙂

[@1911marmonwasp]

Have you considered making your own sea glass? You could get empty bottles of sherry and whisky, smash them up and tumble the fragments in your rock tumbler.

[@kartwood]

Papa was a rolling stone 😊

[@RaptorAvril]

Loved this video, as usual. As I see it, if an object like a polished rock can bring you happiness then that's great, everyone has things that brings them happiness and that's one of yours. I guess there is a science to that type of thing and lots of factors contribute to that feeling but I like to think of it as "you like what you like". Keep on with the lovely videos Shrimp.

[@sandraguerfi7599]

I sometimes sit by the window and gaze at my favorite rocks by the sunlight lol. Their simply fascinating. Thanks for another great video. 😊

[@EggBastion]

20:26 The 2nd favourite one, it looks like a Fruit Salad. The kind you'd get with Black Jacks!

[@trishgreydanus7004]

This reminds me of being a child and just being fascinated with something. And things from the natural world always gave me an added sense of wonder, as though i were learning the secrets of the universe.

[@PlayaSinNombre]

This is rapidly becoming my favorite bit of shrimpTV 😊

[@mickeyiael9013]

❣️💌❣️🤟 THIS is what asmr should be. Excellent rock content!!! Thank you🤟❣️🤟

[@mememe332]

Best Christmas wishes!

[@milkbox103]

such a satisfying sound, makes me think of marbles!!

[@juanitatabe7472]

Loved how the rocks came out

[@lorieastman4484]

I have a couple of small stones that have been naturally smoothed and polished by the elements that I keep in the pocket of one of my jackets. One or more of my grandchildren found them when they were just toddlers and gave them to me. When I put that jacket on I naturally reach for them to feel and observe them. They give me that feeling that you describe but I think not only because they make me think of my grandchildren but also a connection to nature in all of its beauty. As a child I could spend hours following the bugs and looking at the flowers and plants. I still do and it’s probably why I so enjoy watching your channel. 😊

[@agricolaterrae]

I wonder if you'd enjoy flintknapping. I actually learned how to do it back in university: we had a massive box of argillite for my Lithic Analysis class, and learned how to break them into stone tools every week. It works with just about any cryptocrystaline mineral, and I found it to be quite a lot of fun.

[@sotonrich]

Great advent today! I have a whole host of rocks I’ve picked up here and there, to me they just visitors who are staying for a tiny fraction of their “lifespans”. I like to think how they’ll be around long long after I’ve gone and maybe in some way a little bit of me will go with them.

[@dorindamiddleton5418]

Thank you for the rock show. I’m enjoying this advent calendar so much! I think your favorite rock may hold some coral fossil. The shapes seem right to me. I’ve been a rock hunter since I was a kid. But I’m an amateur so I’m just guessing.

[@AthabascaMags55]

It’s the fossilized cross-section of an octopus. Kidding. Don’t question your happiness, just enjoy. Thank you for posting :)

[@sandrosliske]

Seeing them all polished like that, I can completely understand why people pick it up as a hobby.

[@SheyD78]

Looks like they'd be great in a bowl with a few little LED lights underneath. Can always pick one or two up to roll about in the hand for soothing purposes. Just have to make sure Eva doesn't abduct any.

[@thexbigxgreen]

I find it fascinating and oddly satisfying that there are "grits" of loose sand same as you would have in sharpening stones employed for sharpening knives

[@serpensinfinitus2719]

Hell yeah, shiny rocks. The 'carneleon' could be red jasper (maybe).

[@MxTHRTN]

Diffusion is actually the material-science-y correct term for ions or elements moving into another matrix like this red rock you thought might have been jasper. You said diffusion later when talking about the water in the quartz, so you probably already know that. I just felt compelled to comment because you didn't use "diffusion" specifically when talking about the potential iron staining :) I really enjoyed watching this video on the side while working on preparing samples for elemental analysis. Thank you for the advent calender :33

[@somethinginnocuousindahouse]

This channel is the best thing on KZbin

[@theflymo]

13:24 Definitely a Sankara stone. Fortune and Glory!

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

I never thought that I'd get so much pleasure from looking at Mike's rocks, but here we are. 🙂 The one that you like the most is also my favourite but they all look amazing in varying ways. So smooth and shiny with wonderful layers. They would look great if carefully arranged over or under some kind of light source, maybe LED lights of assorted warm colours or just plain white? Out of interest, in terms of electricity usage how many units do you think you used over the seven weeks and what was the total cost based on that? I ask because I'm now thinking of buying a rock tumbler. 🙂

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think the tumbler costs about £5 per month of continuous running

[@danamaxineyandt980]

I was always collecting rocks during our camping trips, so I received a small rock tumbler for Christmas when I was about 11 years old. We had it set up to tumble in my bedroom until the sound made me into an insomniac and filled the house. It was eventually banished to the garage.😂 Thank you for reviving the seasonal memories!

[@oliverg6864]

Sometimes I feel like humans aren't all that different from magpies. See shiney rock, like shiney rock, collect shiney rock!

[@silva7493]

This was so exiting! I do love rocks and minerals. VERY pretty.

[@daisy19992]

So ready to enjoy these shiny rocks 😎🗿

[@andrewstuart3960]

God's creation always makes me happy.

[@gabymeyer8003]

I didn't even know of the existence of domestic-size rock tumblers. South Africa 🇿🇦 where I live, has many beautiful minerals up the west coast, so there's a big industry in semiprecious jewellery, geodes, etc. Offcuts are tumbled, and children can scoop them up for very affordable collections. Your idea of collecting individual stones as mementos is a good one and new to me.

[@hazeljohnstone-c8x]

loved this vid ❤💯💎🪣

[@MrsMelrom]

I am so enjoying this!

[@samhenwood5746]

All I want for Christmas is shiny rocks 🪨What fabulous colours in those rocks & thanks for sharing Atomic shrimp 🦐🎅🎄

[@lafther210]

Nice rocks. My favourite one is the one that has the quartz. Looks like it shines.

[@rich-rothschild1400]

Late 60s infant school. My teachers purchased one of these for the whole school to participate. So it’s not a new development and it’s not much improved in design but it does the job thanks again for the videos so much appreciated very entertaining.

[@cullbe]

First off, Merry Christmas to you, Mr. and Mrs. Shrimp. Second off, I love the advent videos; they bring me a little bit of extra joy each day. Here's an idea for you: Would it be possible to make your own marbles out of the rocks you collect with the tumbler or another tool?

[@dianabriggs7128]

thank you, the rocks were beautiful. I wish i could feel them, youtude is tough for a tactile person.