Brain Myths

[@ninjamelon3]

My brain feels like a mint

[@GingerPale]

i dont know what this means but i support it

[@ManateeTunes]

​@@GingerPalepepperoni pizza?

[@GoodFlower8]

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

[@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

[@bored-dromaeosaur]

@@BagelLord. -You should be.-

[@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.

[@nschwartz311]

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

[@thisisthenameofhandle]

*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

[@flamango8047]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@barnunavailable]

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

[@GalaxyDragonArt]

Definitely

[@Doomishs]

I got poo

[@Elitaria]

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

[@MaxsPuppyDogOfficial]

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

[@DannyTlaseca-mn7lf]

what

[@fuzzypeanutmoon]

@@DannyTlaseca-mn7lfYou'll understand when you're older

[@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

[@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!

[@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?

[@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.

[@somesillysprunker]

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

[@MrBobSter82]

Just noticed that 😂

[@UnderdarkTrans]

"Yeah, therapy is pretty great. Which is why I'm going to get sponsored by a scam service that only serves to make an already distrusted and underused field of health look even more like a sham!"

[@algofive]

buh buh buh

[@Aiko_DTI_Player]

lol don’t blame ginger for this, he prob didn’t kniw

[@Hrdcore_Master]

​@@Aiko_DTI_Playeragreed

[@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.

[@SamGreen]

I learned a thing. Thanks Gingey

[@MasterChief-_-]

first

[@breadboi47]

brain kaboom

[@candycoatedroxx]

what thing did you learn

[@galixypawerpack]

@@candycoatedroxx 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!

[@christiancraig9398]

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

[@CrustyFox87]

It means Gingy is a great teacher :)

[@kingcherryblossom2059]

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

[@AngelOfDC]

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

[@Crumpet_Crumpeton]

Yes

[@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.

[@Scigh-on]

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

[@xxGreenRoblox]

Probably for the better that manual heart was locked

[@IceShadedEcho]

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

[@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

[@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)

[@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.

[@fireandcopper]

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

[@margotvelthoen6934]

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

[@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 :))

[@jusong]

thank you for this scrumptious brain video it was delicious

[@wildraheim4302]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@MoneyMogul]

BetterHelp? Come'on GingerPale.

[@WIZardO1O1O1]

Well he did say he hit his head.

[@WhimsicalSock]

Man it's crazy how fast gpapi is able to make such smooth animation. That takes a major amount of work and dedication it's really impressive

[@Matrix77776]

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

[@Remy2121]

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

[@demarcusdemetriusiiijr.1904]

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

[@eirl]

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

[@Henry-1221]

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

[@marioboi323]

3:31 I like to think (if it wasn’t confirmed yet) that while we do you all parts of our brain, we might use the right or left side more dominantly than the other.

[@AhmedAnimations2012]

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

[@jimothy4]

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

[@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

[@karinasedas8545]

@@MrBobSter82kuru kuru

[@Jay_A_Comenter]

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

[@TomMinnow]

4:29 NOOO YOU KILLED MY BRETHREN

[@Cat_Lover99999]

No, I did 💀💀💀💀💀

[@sidsdabest2416]

Roy mustang ahh moment

[@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🤩🤩

[@RAYDENBRYCETCO]

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

[@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

[@SkandarSmith]

Boppity bibbity, your breathing is now a concious activity.

[@That1VR]

2:42 the train is going backwards

[@abigailromaine4941]

Bruh 😆 animation is hard

[@Boldcheesecake1029]

I personally find the relationship between things like conscious thought, sub-conscious thought, memory, emotion, empathy, stimulus, introspection, and the various forms of instinct to be very interesting, as every single one has an affect on everything, even if indirect. It also raises a lot of questions like "are there layers to my sub-conscious thought? Is there a conscious thought helper? An automator? What interacts with what and how? Do some parts filter things before they reach primary thought? Do somethings flat out alter certain feelings or memories? How do "lower" parts of the brain learn to do something? How do the various random mind bits provide their input to the conscious brain bit? How does emotion affect the memories of the event being remembered? How do CURRENT emotions affect the memory? How does instinct interact with introspection? How does emotion, sub-conscious or empathy parts of the mind interact with introspection?" So, so, SO many questions and I believe that they are important for understanding the mind and helping others with basically anything. Like, if you legit just know how someone thinks then it's like empathy MK2.

[@Truelycustom]

I love how you spend most of your time animating beautiful backgrounds with interesting details so I can make eye contact with a drawing

[@thatmythicalpilot5673]

2:38 why is painting having love?

[@oy_oy_]

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

[@Urchinanimations]

0:30 The Crayons sticking out of the floor made me laugh so hard I had to rewind the video haha. Ladies and Gentlemen, this guy has done his research. I say this as someone who has spent more time reading about the brain than any human being that doesn't do it for a frickin living (like a brain surgeon or whatever). I've also got a metric fricktonne of holes in my brain because of hydrocephalus (google it. It'd take too long to type out and this isn't my ted talk) and yet I can still do brain thinky things and stuff, regardless of which side of my brain has the most holes. Excellent video dude. It's so good in fact that I've already forgiven you for saying "soccer" instead of "football" (the real one where you kick the ball with your goddamn foot) haha P.S Sincerely all the best with your struggle with anxiety gingerpale, I know it's rough

[@4TheWizard]

Appreciating all the good & classic Louie Zong music in this video 🤙 The silly sound wiggles make my brainhole release the good chemicals :)

[@JetToo-gl4xs]

Brain

[@Chameleonade]

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

[@aveyr_]

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

[@JulianLFC]

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

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

This is the first video I’ve watched of you. I subbed before the ad roll. This shit had me laugh the whole time.

[@chop-pl6wx]

I can truly say that ginger pale is the only person where I don't skin the sponsor, he makes it funny and not a distraction to the video

[@SquishyTheVampire]

Too bad the sponsor is actually a terrible company

[@FriedMonkey362]

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

[@pedroMiguel0_0]

*Manual brathing activated*

[@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

[@tofu7397]

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

[@supremetictac3717]

Bro your videos always teach me things I’d never be able to understand. You explain it all so well!

[@PhilNubbins]

3:15: why and how is that 0-10-0 steam locomotive 1) pulling over a quarter mile of train behind it, and 2) traveling at roughly 200 mph?

[@GingerPale]

yes

[@charliehague5739]

@@GingerPaleyes

[@sidsdabest2416]

Left brainer indentified

[@swoozie]

🙋🏽‍♂️team right brain

[@GingerPale]

I’m team smooth orb brain

[@thefenixfamily]

oh damn, it's swoozbrain

[@dumbbumsc5329]

Fried Brain 🍃

[@Catman-fm6ps]

4:21 Woooooohhh

[@GingerPale]

pp

[@IllusiveTaco]

+ feet pics

[@Zytotoxin]

​@@GingerPalepp truly

[@Crumpet_Crumpeton]

@@GingerPaletruly pp

[@yis8fire]

​@@GingerPale TRUppLy

[@Ix08]

YAAASSS ANOTHER UPLOAD FROM MY FAVORITE ANIMATOR ON KZbin!! How have ya been? Hope it’s all good!

[@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.

[@pizzafriend8078]

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

[@40ktwinkle]

What was it ?

[@zyronalexx]

Yay Ginger Ale uploaded

[@popadom4529]

A very interesting picture at 1:45

[@ssebbyy1208]

I love your funny characteristics for your videos, and you make it so entertaining. Your inspirational, artistic, and, well, your the dude on the internet who actually. Has. A. Good. Ol’. Functioning. Brain.

[@MurderLamb]

I love gingerpale art style and the colours he uses are chefs kiss :D

[@DaMooster]

2:19 was a nice reference to bo burnham

[@DarkVioletIV]

Yeah

[@GoldChipz]

i dont fet it

[@Mariofanguy46]

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

[@Tonithemeloni04]

Lmao

[@operatorblujayz9280]

4:57 Got cha nose.

[@TarantulaKnight]

Mr Pale I love your artstyle it just makes me happy

[@RedOshawott23]

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

[@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.

[@LavenderLydia]

It's really disappointing that you use Better Help as a sponsor.

[@juandomingo8897]

Why?

[@sweetsongtalks]

Why's that?

[@sweetsongtalks]

Nvm just saw another comment talking about how they harvest user data and don't even have professionals on the app

[@matthewboire6843]

For those asking, better help steals bata and sells it to bitters, not eithical at all and definitely not helpful

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

3:06 Ork moment lmao

[@catherine34smile]

The music and sound effects are scratching my smooth brain. It's very cool to me, as I'm studing psych and the brain rn! (also, great video :) 👍✨)

[@animeotaku647]

I feel like watching GingerPale is the equivalent of watching Bill Nye trying to become a comedian. You get the funny ha-ha's while actually learning at the same time.

[@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 😂

[@toanuva6178]

Average Metroid Map: 6:26

[@MrBobSter82]

-id

[@Donzi_zidon]

I’m so happy someone knows Metroid 😊

[@capee..e]

look! its the guy who painted his walls with shit

[@GingerPale]

must be a picasso

[@FamilyMaske]

Good old GingerPale. Love the videos buddy! I'm definitely Right-brained (Metaphorically). Also You are one of only two KZbinrs thus far for whom I do not skip the sponsor. Also I hate the train thing because it gives me anxiety.

[@p_ma]

i am currently taking AP Psych and this video was super interesting and helped me review a bit of what ive already learned

[@coleywoley2374]

6:32 you are now breathing manually

[@LanIsOriginal]

ok but so are you

[@mr.freddimations9701]

4:09 Lmfao lololololol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂

[@Starii_MurderDrones]

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

[@TheCommenterrr]

La la la la la la la

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

0:01 "I tried to touch some grass but I missed" That's a level of gamer I aspire to be

[@skiTTle_aniMATE]

I like how he flat out calls everyone a idiot

[@Bukki13]

Ain't no way people STILL get sponsored by betterhelp

[@salt-emoji]

6:05 dating in college.