Brain Myths

[@ninjamelon3]

My brain feels like a mint

[@GingerPale]

i dont know what this means but i support it

[@ManateeTunes]

​@@GingerPalepepperoni pizza?

[@joebamajoe9432]

So true

[@4nt0s]

minty fresh mmmmm

[@Titanium.22_]

Classic gingerpale

[@thelemon5069]

Ginger my friend. My partner is a clinical mental health therapist. I am a strong advocate for therapy. Better health unfortunately harvests user data and sells it to bidders which is so extremly unethical. Just fyi.

[@mikelisavinacco2163]

Fr?

[@Drag0nmaster]

@@mikelisavinacco2163yeap

[@Candee_The_Reaper]

@@mikelisavinacco2163 yes fr. Same story with opera gx

[@thelemon5069]

@mikelisavinacco2163 yes unless theve changed their practices they way they harvested client data seemed. "Ethically ambiguous" is how I'd put it.

[@marnenotmarnie259]

the data stuff is horrible but it's nowhere near the worst thing about them imo. i rarely see anyone talking about the other stuff though. i would recommend looking into it more. mickey atkins has a few videos about it, and that's probably a good place to start

[@personguy8839]

I swear, he's just daring teachers to show this in class.

[@martindoherty3983]

One time I tried to get my teacher to pull up one of his vids

[@brandonm8920]

With a segment about mental health, i don't think so...

[@GalaxyDragonArt]

Definitely

[@Doomishs]

I got poo

[@Straline.]

​@@brandonm8920God forbid kids learn how to deal with their problems

[@Berd]

very interesting painting you have in the background gingerpale

[@alex.g7317]

He needs Betterhelp

[@ikilledacan]

Crack would be better ​@@alex.g7317

[@GingerPale]

Thanks I made it myself :) it’s me and u and our other friend

[@BagelLord.]

Who is the other f-friend? I’m scared for everyone now

[@RivuletClone]

@@BagelLord. -You should be.-

[@EcnavMC]

Your brain isn’t piloting your meat suit. You are the brain. You’re a little lump of flesh piloting a bone mech with meat armor.

[@GingerPale]

i like this, i like the bone mech meat armor idea

[@aidenaune7008]

its generally perceived that you as an entity are not the brain, but rather you exist within it. like a code program on a computer. its mind, brain, then body.

[@Dread_2137]

Bone inner frame and meat armor... Too much gunpla.

[@tastedivinefury2198]

Well not entirely id say. The „i“ can only exist thx to the brain but the brain itself functions so differently from unconscious and conscious there’s no way the thing we perceive as ourselves is the brain

[@Chimpin_]

@@aidenaune7008 so... you are a little tiny dude that isn't even really there that controls a lump of... stuff that controls the bone mech with meat armor?

[@nschwartz311]

“Todays sooner is better help” *sigh* I wish it wasn’t

[@mallroyfoxisgayyy366]

*sponsor not sooner Unless Better Help is based in Oklahoma (yes it’s Oklahoma slang for a resident to be called a “sooner”) There, You learned a thing

[@Ink_Colin]

Fun fact about betterhelp mrwhostheboss made a video about them talking that they actually do sell their patients information to 3rd party companies

[@Y-Perm_]

yes i was just about to comment that

[@Y-Perm_]

I am just gonna reply again to push this up in the comments

[@potatoesdeterre]

I didn’t want to be the one to break the news so I’m glad someone did

[@Echo81Rumple83]

even MORE reason to write them off as suss.

[@tacoflash71]

Well youTube is my Therapy you guys are the best even if we fight over silly stuff.

[@KJTD]

just a quick FYI: Better help is a pretty bad company. They pay their therapists a lot less than they would get from regular sessions and they've also had a shady rep in the past

[@tabbyraks]

Signal boost. I've heard some bad things about betterhelp, and I'm sure if GingerPale knew, he wouldn't have taken the sponsorship (editing to clarify: they've sold very sensitive personal mental health information to massive advertising companies and hire therapists that don't care about the patients -- or rather, they don't vet their therapists to make sure they're decent at their jobs. Stuff like this could turn someone off talking to therapists forever.)

[@lyynxmin]

YES!! they're so infamously bad omg

[@Very-Uncorrect]

This!!

[@MOJA616]

Yeah, they apparently sell their patients information

[@MrMoon-hy6pn]

Don’t forget they were also caught and fined by the FTC for selling data to third parties like Facebook. A mental health service, selling patient data. Just gross.

[@flamango8047]

“Boy it’s a bad day to be an empath.” Is such an under appreciated line

[@i-am-the-real-funni.-DAMEMEGUY]

4:49 bro flipped us off in the most innocent way possible

[@MrBobSter82]

Just noticed that 😂

[@JesseJokes]

I hate it when I trip and end up playing some indoor soccer

[@ba6tatz]

yoo it's jessie jokes

[@JulianLFC]

same

[@DamarkReal]

Happens all the time smh

[@erca02]

Jesse is a joke.

[@Pokenite_Animations]

Yo jesse!

[@SamGreen]

I learned a thing. Thanks Gingey

[@MasterChief-_-]

first

[@breadboi47]

brain kaboom

[@shrumalogre517]

what thing did you learn

[@galixypawerpack]

@@shrumalogre517 a thing

[@MAJ0ROCEL0T]

This makes the insult "smooth brain" even better. It's scientifically accurate as well as insulting

[@Lizard_Ri]

It makes big brain a worse sentence to use too :D Also, if you're looking for scientifically accurate insults, lately i started using "you have less chromosomes than a potato"

[@mokko759]

It...always was. That was the point of the insult.

[@unicornpupart]

SMOOTHBRAINNNNNN y do i like saying that

[@GalaxyDragonArt]

Yes

[@BinknotLink]

@@unicornpupart because you have one!

[@4DD3R]

6:08 NOO GINGERPALE YOU’RE GONNA GET KURU

[@MrBobSter82]

KURU KURU

[@ussinussinongawd516]

late, but youll only get kuru from eating a brain that alr has kuru

[@thatmythicalpilot5673]

2:38 why is painting having love?

[@DellariSafire]

5:57 is misinformation, koalas actively avoid eating eucalyptus of the tree due to fallen leaves usually having less nutrition.

[@GingerPale]

with that chicken breast-lookin brain, i don't think they exactly have the knowledge or concern for their diets nutritional values But i'll look it up :)

[@AudibleApathy]

Wouldn't be a matter of thought, rather a pattern of behavior that happened to prove beneficial enough to increase survival. Could be those who are too dumb to understand ground twigs spent less time there and thus avoided more predators. Could be those who spent less time eating null leaves were more healthy and attractive come reproduction time.

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@GingerPale Octopuses are famously very intelligent, yet their brains are smooth. Then again, most of their body's brain power are actually in their arms, and their arms operate fairly autonomously. Though some very smart bird also have smooth brains. However, lissencephaly(Basically kids born with parts of their brains smooth) is a disability for a reason. So uhh, the brain is complicated I guess.

[@mostlyharmless7715]

@@GingerPaledid ya look it up?

[@Mediados]

@@edwinhuang9244To be fair, exceptions prove the rule. Our dear cephalopods are an especially abnormal branch of nature.

[@AngelOfDC]

"Today we'll be looking at some common breathmints!" Honestly thats sounds fun too

[@Crumpet_Crumpeton]

Yes

[@BlainBurns]

I feel like, the reason we simplify the senses down to the 5, is because all those other ones are just ADVANCED touch

[@unqualified_nobody]

I feel like a sense of balance or gravity is VERY different from touch. It doesn’t even have anything to do with nerves

[@CR1MSONACE]

​@@unqualified_nobody Just air touch/not touch. (/j)

[@official-obama]

@@unqualified_nobody you feel inside your ears

[@BlainBurns]

I'm FEELING gravity with my inner nerves 🧠@@unqualified_nobody

[@Whydoiexisthere-]

@@official-obama taste is just feel with tongue fingers (taste buds)

[@jeremiahhoy1905]

The thing about the koalas not recognizing food if the leaves fall off, the tree is actually not true. If koalas eat leaves that aren't at their peak nutrition, they can starve to death. So they've learned to avoid eating discolored leaves or leaves that have fallen off the vine, even if it's only by a few seconds

[@fireandcopper]

You really don't want to use 100% of your brain all at once, if you do we call that a seizure

[@Worms4brains]

his videos are always so pleasing to watch, from the colours to the animation and fun visuals

[@leflamewolf]

Fun fact: The 10% myth basically comes from a game of telephone. A neurologist or something said as of that time (2000 I think?) we only understand how around 10% of our brains work. That got picked up by news companies who way oversimplified what they said, and that was misinterpreted as the 10% myth.

[@gusty7153]

i once read an article in late 2000s explaining how early scanners could only detect voltages at a certain levwl and nothung less, giving the illusion of only 10% of the brain being active. later on more sensitive equipment were able to detect previously undetectable voltages, showing all the brain is active to some degree at incredibly low voltages. some parts being in a standby state or regulating body processes like how computers might run background processes.

[@ursleepparalysisdemon7286]

omg new gingerpale video :( im so happy. i recently just had surgery for a cyst removal in my ovary am cut up really badly around my stomach. i cant sleep long because everything hurts so ive been trying to find ways to distract myself. this video really just made my day. thank you

[@GingerPale]

I'm sorry to hear, I hope you feel better soon!! and thanks for the kind words :)

[@RyanSoltani]

Hope you feel better

[@jimothy4]

"its like a hard drive you don't want to drop any of them on the floor" got me so hard

[@wildraheim4302]

"This is my outside skull..." that kid is speaking straight facts.

[@Cats-TM]

Remember, kids, in an actual Trolley Problem situation the 5 people are most likely to die…because people tend to freeze meaning they can not flip the switch leading to the train having slightly redder wheels than it would have.

[@JellyRollAnimations]

You are the reason I got into animation. Thank you for continuing to share random silly videos with the world :)

[@GingerPale]

I'm happy to hear! I'll go check some of them out :)) THank you!

[@JellyRollAnimations]

@@GingerPale that means more to me than I know how to express. Thank you :))

[@MoneyMogul]

BetterHelp? Come'on GingerPale.

[@WIZardO1O1O1]

Well he did say he hit his head.

[@Jay_A_Comenter]

“I put flames on it, I made it ✨pretty✨” - lil creative guy

[@Scigh-on]

Its a good thing our hearts don't stop beating when we notice it like blinking and breathing does

[@SolaireIntensifies]

I didn't learn anything, well besides the koala having extra thumbs, but it's nice to see these common myths set straight. I still know way too many people that believe that stupid "you only use 10% of your brain" myth

[@foradecontexto4672]

Dont forget clamydia basically all coalas have clamydia, even the baby ones , because they eat the mom's pop

[@hp1221WTF]

Other brain myths (The DLC): - Brain is made by neurons : Partly true, but theres also a whole lot of other types of cells including ones dedicated to immune response and other that just... exist to hold neuros together (Ok they do more things but is funny to think this way) - Neurons dont replicate : The term "Neuron" englobes a whole lot of types of brain cells, and some yes, even duplicate - The brain is closed off from the rest of the body, like a chamber of sorts : You would be horrified to know that theres a connection between your cranium and your spinal column, where cerebrospinal fluid flows at night to your brain to wash it from all the byproducts of brain function (So you could technically call a sleep deprived person a dirty brain) Also, not related directly to the brain but hearts do not have their own nervous sistem, they have an autonomous sistem made of specilialized muscular cells that just jolt on their own, we even have 3 nodes where the pulse generates that can work for the others in case one fails (Thats arrythmia folks) Also also, another fun fact, cells come from the same fetal layer (the 3 layers that form 8-9 days after fecundation) as the cells from your skin, freaky.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

👅

[@GalaxyDragonArt]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE ACTUALLY KNOWS

[@PixelBrushArt]

Is that whole dirty brain thing why brainfog happens? Seems neat.

[@RyanSoltani]

Thanks for the DLC

[@Flowey_the_Goober]

Wait, what type of brain cell do I have? I only have 1.

[@christiancraig9398]

The fact I’m more interested in these videos than actual school says something

[@CrustyFox87]

It means Gingy is a great teacher :)

[@greycube9121]

With the left-brain-right-brain stuff; to be fair, there have been studies into patients who've had their corpus callosum (fancy term oooh) which is the bundle of nerves connecting the brain hemispheres severed (it used to be an epilepsy treatment) that did show that the left and right brain are slightly specialised for different functions - it was shown in a study by Roger Sperry that the right hemisphere is pretty much mute, but it has access to the left side of the body so you're able to access the information it's stored by drawing. That conclusion was drawn from one task in the experiment where an image or word would be shown to either the left or right eye and the participant would be asked to say what they'd seen and then draw it. The results showed that if the left eye (right brain) was shown something, the participant wouldn't be able to say what they'd seen; but if they tried to draw it with their left hand they would be able to do so. If the right eye (left brain) was shown something, they would be able to say it and I don't remember whether they could draw it (I learned all this in GCSE psychology like 2 years ago lmao but you can look it up anyway) So yeah there is evidence for lateralisation, but like GingerPale said the left/right brain dominance thing isn't very likely. The hemispheres do different things but you use them both equally.

[@demarcusdemetriusiiijr.1904]

I can't believe the only thing I learned in this video was that koalas have two sets of thumbs

[@TomMinnow]

4:29 NOOO YOU KILLED MY BRETHREN

[@Cat_Lover99999]

No, I did 💀💀💀💀💀

[@pizzafriend8078]

1:25 why did every KZbinr forget the controversy with better help

[@Cooleranimatez]

What was it ?

[@aveyr_]

my brain is like spaghetti, weird tasty and Italian... wait

[@Catman-fm6ps]

4:21 Woooooohhh

[@GingerPale]

pp

[@IllusiveTaco]

+ feet pics

[@Zytotoxin]

​@@GingerPalepp truly

[@Crumpet_Crumpeton]

@@GingerPaletruly pp

[@yis8fire]

​@@GingerPale TRUppLy

[@jusong]

thank you for this scrumptious brain video it was delicious

[@oy_oy_]

3:42 I would like to keep my excuse for no creativity

[@SkandarSmith]

Boppity bibbity, your breathing is now a concious activity.

[@kingcherryblossom2059]

“I legally must inform you that better help can not help you teleport” had me cracking up

[@eirl]

6:45 this part is what i think of that ad there. Great video and get that bread.

[@HenryPlays923]

It was actually a scientist who said we know 10% of your brains and teacher took that and said we only use 10%

[@alphaone739]

the irony is funny

[@FriedMonkey362]

6:34 thanks... im now manually pumping my blood..

[@pedroMiguel0_0]

*Manual brathing activated*

[@swoozie]

🙋🏽‍♂️team right brain

[@GingerPale]

I’m team smooth orb brain

[@thefenixfamily]

oh damn, it's swoozbrain

[@dumbbumsc5329]

Fried Brain 🍃

[@JulianLFC]

0:37 my brain met my brain yesterday now they're friends

[@edwinhuang9244]

5:25 If you want to know the full details of what contributes to your intelligence, well, uhh, we don't know. Octopuses are famously very intelligent, yet their brains are smooth. Then again, most of their body's brain power are actually in their arms, and their arms operate fairly autonomously. Though some very smart bird also have smooth brains. So no matter what you say, there's bound to be disagreement on what you said. The brain is complicated.

[@chenhongzuo15]

4:03 Wheres the ear?

[@raulrojas9253]

Gotta love his sincerity "You are just a stupid dumb idiot....yeah pretty much" 🤣 I'll take sincerity like this any day of the week than some sweet little lies

[@chaoscounty6459]

I gently slammed my head against a table today and I could feel my brain shaking around in my skull

[@kyleandrewbaguio3878]

2:39 , you could just move one person into the group of and save all six of them.

[@yis8fire]

2:29 im creative and Emotional, but not good with people, i think i have a smoth brain

[@Generic_Human26]

me too😭

[@yis8fire]

@@Generic_Human26 lmao

[@DaMooster]

2:19 was a nice reference to bo burnham

[@DarkVioletIV]

Yeah

[@bluwasabi7635]

You can out think a koala, but you'd be destroyed in a thumb-war.

[@Remy2121]

Your animation is so flowy and appealing 😭 the colors are so nice and juicy

[@Mariofanguy46]

There’s just a devils 3 way pic at 0:25 lmao

[@natalie022]

Lmao

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

3:06 Ork moment lmao

[@pineapplepeteofficial]

6:02 FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. I HAVE SUCH A VENDETTA AGAINST KOALAS. THEY’RE SO STUPID, AND NOT CUTE ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR IT

[@claylilac]

Idk, they can be pretty cute... until you learn literally ANY disgusting fact about them. Like the fact that they're native to Australia.

[@pineapplepeteofficial]

@@claylilac Bro, they suck so hard. The ONLY reason they are still a species is because predators don’t consider them worth it. They have next to no nutritional value, so why bother? The literally survive by not being worth the effort 😂

[@RedOshawott23]

Why am I learning so many interesting things from this funny little cartoon?

[@charliezard64]

I frequently hear the joke about kids being scared when they find out that there’s a skeleton inside them. But actually, you are inside of your skeleton, which is inside your skin.

[@atcornkingofpigs]

The misconception that we only use 10% of our brain was actually a misunderstood quote from a neurologist back in like 19 something. But what he actually said was we only know what 10% of our brain does.

[@popadom4529]

A very interesting picture at 1:45

[@toanuva6178]

Average Metroid Map: 6:26

[@MrBobSter82]

-id

[@Donzi_zidon]

I’m so happy someone knows Metroid 😊

[@MaxsPuppyDogOfficial]

GingerPale, that painting in the background is really piquing my curiosity!

[@johannesviljoen9656]

0:04 odd letters... stray alphabet? ?2N??A1 2?A? ? = unknown symbol. clearly not the stray alphabet interpreting the letters by what theyre probably supposed to say it - blue and red sign is probably "open" - seems like: o = : p = |͞ e= |͞ . n = |̄ and the sign says: ?o???e? "coffee!" would be my guess but that implies two (" |͞. " and " |̄°") symbols for "e", not unheard of (see _stray_ alphabet) and im guessing a "!" because gingerpale likes whimsy. "BobaTea" could also be it though that implies two "b" symbols (B and b?) as well as two "a" symbols. this may be a whole language i dont know or just a fancy typeface for english. idk.

[@GingerPale]

I forgot i even did this, i think you got it with the boba hahha

[@TomMinnow]

she's got all the brain wrinkles

[@coleywoley2374]

6:32 you are now breathing manually

[@LanIsOriginal]

ok but so are you

[@Bukki13]

Ain't no way people STILL get sponsored by betterhelp

[@margotvelthoen6934]

I just finished the brain unit in my anatomy class! This was so fun to watch. I LOVE YOUR UPLOADS

[@Chameleonade]

Always enjoying the sounds effects on your videos, love the ambience.

[@salt-emoji]

6:05 dating in college.

[@Starii_MurderDrones]

3:56 ✨🎶Eeeveryyonee iiss dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum… DUMB🎵✨ :D

[@TheCommenterrr]

La la la la la la la

[@AhmedAnimations2012]

Can we appreciate the painting in gingerpales room now that’s what I call modern art

[@skiTTle_aniMATE]

I like how he flat out calls everyone a idiot

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

For every push-up this like gets I’ll do a comment

[@meik2024]

I pushed up 4 times, make a comment

[@Todd-erate]

Did a match with my bro i got to 25. Pay up, dork.

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Well

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Guess

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Gotta

[@nick.100]

Only smooth brain people can like this comment

[@Syndicate888]

Underrated comment

[@mandymiller6975]

Ih

[@mandymiller6975]

Tuygiyuiguvtytvhiy

[@felixmikkelsen8041]

I would say my brain is pretty smooth

[@Karmanthegamer]

Bryson

[@Jonah-gi3ge]

Your animation is so cute and funny- I just wanna hug your character!

[@tofu7397]

This man really said *big hand smack* And we all stand and applause. What a world we live in

[@etialpti9930]

Not betterhelp 💀

[@thisisnorebro5179]

is it any good?

[@plushluigi7417]

​@@thisisnorebro5179 Short awnser: no Long awnser: hell no

[@Guppy42069]

5:02 why he fart :(

[@RamanNoodles01]

The joke is that he farted a wet fart (diarrhea) and lied to the audience, saying, “that was dry”, referring to the fart.

[@Guppy42069]

Thx ​@@RamanNoodles01

[@RAYDENBRYCETCO]

Another GingerPale video Cures a bit of my mental health and depression from depersonalization/derealization disorder

[@Koi-vb3vp]

Casually just stares death in the face and asks “oh are you here for me”😂😂😂

[@Matty002]

koalas have WHAT?! also minor yikes for betterhelp

[@cedrosadoppilukkukko7182]

1:24: what bout engineers?

[@Donut-Eater]

Gingerpale, I'm begging you to look into the controversaies behind your sponsors before accepting them! betterhelp uses fake therapists and sells your data instead of actually keeping your information private like a good therapist should.

[@Sams_castle]

After watching a video exposing BetterHelp, I agree.

[@matthewboire6843]

Just skip it

[@Donut-Eater]

@@matthewboire6843 I'm not upset at having to see the sponsor, I just don't think taking this sponsor would be a good idea in the future

[@matthewboire6843]

@@Donut-Eater oh I see

[@nixxr]

I tried BetterHelp and the payment plans and service were super predatory- I definitely should’ve looked into it but I was in a very dark place and needed help off the book (thanks to work) I’m better now thanks to working on myself BY MYSELF- BetterHelp did nothing to help me aside from making me realize I should dig deeper into myself to figure out how to fix my shit

[@Total_DuDe]

The brain is the only organ that named itself.

[@rotterdro]

Extremely funny, educational and beutiful art!!! As someone who is learning how to animate and how hard it is, you are amazing❤️ keep going🤩🤩

[@Jason-zg4sd]

Naw man not BetterHelp :(((

[@Mediados]

I'm not sure the Trolley Problem was the best choice to explain the two halves, but it certainly was the most entertaining.

[@IceShadedEcho]

I came into this video expecting nothing and found out something! You gave me the word equilibrioception, and I am overjoyed! Thank you!

[@Kindii_cane]

*replays you splattering the homunculus over and over* Thank you I needed that god I hate that thing

[@user-bo1fh4nh2n]

"i went outside to touch some grass, but i missed." (proceeds to slam face into synthetic grass)

[@Miners666]

The brain wrinkle thing only really applies to mammals, for example, birds have smooth brains but can be incredibly smart due to having a completely different brain structure and neuron density, so are able to process similar things through convergent evolution.

[@Matrix77776]

I like how every once and awhile ginger just comes back with random fun facts and then vanishes

[@Spencer-g7v]

2:34 that’s the first time I’ve heard ginger sound Canadian

[@nebula541]

such a pleasant surprise to see everyone talking about betterhelp's shadiness. wish people did this under anthony padilla videos.

[@Woahhh-fw3lx]

When I trip, I go back inside

[@nobodythisisstupid4888]

As someone who studied neuroscience in college, it is good to hear someone explain away these myths in a way that is easy for anyone to understand. It gets annoying to listen to people repeat the same lines rooted in decades old, misinterpreted or misinformed, pop science. The left/right brain one and the 10% of your brain myths annoy me the most because they are entirely nonsensical when put under any scrutiny, yet people still keep repeating them to this day.

[@jayl5032]

Gingee Pail, I will give you money if you make a real/cartoonized plush of that homunculus. Either of them actually. I'm ready to throw money at my screen RIGHT NOW.

[@soulsilvi]

3:00 my brain: that train meme of making the train drift killing all six people at once as music plays in the background.