Can You Snap the Infinity Gauntlet Like Thanos?

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Thanos wields the ultimate power with the Infinity Gauntlet and could take out half the universe with a snap. But can you actually snap with it on? Kyle has the real life test on this week's Because Science!
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[@becausescience]

Huge thanks again to Tony Swatton of Sword and Stone for helping me with this. He's incredibly knowledgeable, and has built some of your favorite props (like Wolverine's claws, Iron Man's armor, and stuff I literally cannot tell you!). I'd love to bring him in again to geek out. -- KH

[@lukey2113]

Surely the Gauntlet would be designed in such a way that the snap would be taken into account, it was made by Eitri after all. Or maybe Thanos used the reality stone to create a reality where gauntlets can snap.

[@grieves1017]

Hey Kyle, Tony swatton is also on the channel AWE ME where he made weapons like sokka’s meteor sword from avatar. Loved the episode btw.

[@antonpeterson1245]

A great episode Kyle. Was great having Tony on this. I'm sure that hammer was itching to be lifted by someone worthy.

[@paranormalist]

Kyle, please tell me you were THAT close to Thor's hammer and got to lift it!

[@h0bg0blin95]

he has Wolvie's claws?! what?!

[@EinfachArtur]

Was anyone else snapping with fingers all the time during the video?

[@TheApeNextDoor]

can u snap with something else than fingers?

[@alfredhinton8792]

Oh yees

[@AhsimNreiziev]

Yup.

[@fbifbi1740]

Yup snapping my fingers during a 19 min video explaining how a giant pinkish man can snap his fingers while holding a very hard glove with rocks on it

[@Physigist]

*snaps fingers as he reads the comment*

[@jason-qj9sk]

So this is what Thor did during the 5 years 🤔

[@Deutalios818]

Heh

[@MisterBubbaMan]

Heh heh heh

[@kpvse]

Heh heh heh heh

[@MisterBubbaMan]

@Lady Eva *HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

[@AgilityDZN]

*_HAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA WOOOOO HOO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHABAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH_*

[@xhotcheetodudex]

I like how in endgame, when thanos snaps without the stones it doesn’t make a snap but more of metal clank

[@bertenheimer]

ROGUEZ3RO yeah it didn’t make a sound because he needed the reality stone in order to make a sound of a snap

[@ChristopherGM-fe9kn]

Ikr it's so funny 😂

[@johndoe-dp3lv]

@@bertenheimer i never thought about it like that, now it makes sense😂😂

[@diavoloisamasochist4986]

@@bertenheimer space* stone in order to make it sound further

[@reecethegamer]

That’s what would actually happen

[@thebattlezombie4277]

He’s literally wearing a glove with 6 stones that controls the universe, he could make that snap sounds like anything he wanted

[@Jixsurez]

*insert random ed edd n eddy sound effect here*

[@Josh-it5mw]

*Insert got to go fast sound effect here*

[@bunnymad7280]

I wonder why does thanos snap? He could clap,slap😂,stamp and maybe even blink

[@pandoratheclay]

Insert ya yeet scream here

[@Willbedard]

Even like a fart.😂😂😂😂

[@andrejadolar8364]

I always wanted Thor to explain me the Infinity Gauntlet.

[@jobery]

Thor is explaining us that what happens if you dont go for the head

[@chaoscartoons2021]

XxAirflyerxX :P lol I remember that scene

[@senzufuck949]

Should’ve gone for the head

[@kashkennyy]

He did go for the head. In endgame

[@pvticketz5784]

This isn’t the actor of Thor!

[@waviboi6959]

If the gauntlet did not let him snap he could just use the reality stone to allow him to

[@christiand1337]

It's Pencis it could be an effect of the Gauntlet itself. When making a wish, as long as you make the snapping motion the triggering of the wish itself creates the snap. Or Thanos could be powerful to make the snap work anyway. I mean he beat Hulk so bad that he hid inside Dr. Banner.

[@ostmen_draugr]

@@christiand1337 I still find that fight bs. Hulk is the only being in the universe Thanos actively avoids combat with. The only way I can see that particular fights outcome is Hulk wasnt listening to Banner & instead just tried smashing without thinking.

[@PsionicMonk]

pyruleanfire demon Or Thanos knew he couldn't beat the Hulk in a long, drawn out fight so he whooped him as fast as possible, before he can get more mad. I mean it's difficult to say for sure. Maybe Thanos used the stones in a way to imprison the Hulk into Banner

[@silver_eagl4880]

He would need to be able to clench his fist and snap at the same time

[@emraldsphone6222]

Lmao

[@cupaaaa]

This is just thor questioning himself about how thanos actually snapped with a gauntlet on🤣

[@soggypotato6381]

Thanos: Should of gone for the head Thor: 3 years later still trying to talk himself out of it

[@ethanwithoutthejamieson3878]

CUPA TRUPA Thats not Thor :/

[@Noodelzmop]

No wonder he said "what did you do?"

[@cupaaaa]

@@ethanwithoutthejamieson3878 no duh 🤦‍♀️

[@ethanwithoutthejamieson3878]

Jesse Mathis are you using sarcasm or...

[@DebzLife]

*_He was right.._* *_"I am inevitable"_*

[@Josh-it5mw]

Yes but actually no.

[@ghostfacetobadicantchangep6752]

And I'm Iron Man

[@zzesora]

@@ghostfacetobadicantchangep6752 iron Man died

[@ghostfacetobadicantchangep6752]

@@zzesora so

[@JustYTchannels]

I am... E

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

If you look at the actual gauntlet, it's metal plate against metal plate, so it could never snap, being as polished as it is. You can't build up the friction pressure that gives you the nice snap... But honestly? I'm not gonna argue with the guy who just wiped out half of life in the universe... Might be hazardous to my life at that point...

[@JfkNeedsWindWall]

Michael Berthelsen if you apply enough force between his fingers, he is stronger than the hulk, you won't need as much friction force to create the snap sound.

[@windhelmguard5295]

the snaping technique kyle mentioned is actually wrong, you don't press your middle finger onto oyur thumb off cener, you press onto it straight, then, while your have built up a lot of tension, you move your thumb out of the way, causing your middle finger to slide past it.

[@worsel555]

But if you have the Reality Stone then anything is now possible, at least that was my reasoning behind being able to do it.

[@worsel555]

It's still sliding down and making impact on your hand which is what is causing the sound you hear.

[@mariusweber4990]

Regardless of the snapping process and physics it would be hilarious though if the first thing Thanos actually did with basically infinite power was give two small pieces of metal friction.

[@SciFurLycan]

2:07 Hello? Police? I would like to report a crime

[@hazeltree7738]

justsomeonehere Haha!

[@shozthegreatandpowerful2475]

In Kyle's defence, he probably wasn't feeling too good.

[@naterprader3592]

3:44 hello Poilce i would like to report another crime

[@dafrog55]

justsomeonehere this better make the show notes. Great joke.

[@creativeworkshopguy523]

Killing star-lord is not a crime. It's a service for mankind.

[@GothGamerJayde]

When you realize you can just use the reality stone to make the gauntlet create a snap noise........

[@azrasashima3733]

more like when you realize the physical snapping motion probably has absolutely nothing to do with the magical nature of the gauntlet. personally I always assumed the snap was just a means to help the wearer to visualize the magic into existence. if you think like that he could probably fart and achieve the same result if he thought hard enough XD

[@stonerbland7621]

Thanos, *snapping:* "reality can be whatever I want"

[@Satan-nw4lv]

"Bending reality to do so" Reality stone: **coughs**

[@443MoneyTrees]

Ikr

[@KevinPhil1990]

If Roy Mustang was in this episode, the whole building would be on fire.

[@sunnyglowvt]

Kevin Phillips I’m pretty sure Roy can control his glove to not create fire.

[@KevinPhil1990]

Brian LaBrake way to kill the joke, Buzz Killington

[@sunnyglowvt]

You’re welcome friendo

[@christiancsq]

Kevin Phillips lol

[@donmanoy]

im just going to write why we didnt do an episode with roy mustang but hey.. this works

[@charlierundquist8016]

Well Thanos is using all 6 Infinity Stones to execute the snap, right? He could use the Reality Stone to change the material of the specific finger and palm areas of the gauntlet to make them more like fingers, the Power Stone to create more friction to make the snap louder, the Mind Stone to make every living being perceive the snap at once in their minds, the Soul Stone to evaluate the beings' character and make a random decision on whether to dustify or not, the Space Stone to enhance the snap signal out to the entire universe, and the Time Stone to create the long delay for some beings to turn to dust, like shown in the movie.

[@l3lackhusky]

Not bad but I think you made a little mistake here :) Since the Gauntlet can hold all 6 Stones, I'm not sure that "one" stone can affect it in any given way. (Yeah we see it got damaged by the end, but all stones were used at the same time and for a really big "attack" on everthing. And the most problematic thing is, that I don't think the Soul Stone could dust you appart, it seems more like the Reallity Stones power that did that. BTW are we only talking about "humanoids" or were animals and plantlife halfed too?

[@soldofpol7026]

That would be so extra

[@soldofpol7026]

l3lackhusky halving animals and plant life would effectively halve the resources and render his plan pointless

[@IndigoStorm27]

Because Science: spoils infinity war. people from a year ago: OH COME ON I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET!

[@grundall1818]

Lol a lot of peapole saw Endgame already.

[@IndigoStorm27]

@@grundall1818 apparently.

[@hootsy3754]

Alexander Guliyan reread the comment

[@IndigoStorm27]

@@grundall1818 r/woosh moments

[@IndigoStorm27]

@@milkyway9003 I'm using a phone I can't.

[@neckbeardthepyromancer5639]

Thanos: Reality is often disappointing... But now, reality can be whatever I want

[@mellonieleeder4112]

Neckbeard The Pyromancer e

[@kamui4552]

Neckbeard the Pyromancer e

[@neckbeardthepyromancer5639]

E

[@zombieslayer1187]

I'm pretty sure that what allows Thanos to do what he did in the movie is not the sound of the snap but instead the gesture of snapping his fingers. Plus in the comic it clearly shows that Thanos was in space when he snapped so it would't have created a sound anyway.

[@zaryabaliahmed4147]

He must have created an atmosphere on that fortress, because everyone was able to speak, and the human Avengers, like Cap and Spidey, were able to breathe without assistance.

[@ItsZorroDood]

And I'm pretty sure the snapping is just symbolic, to show how simple it is to wipe out half of all sentient life forms, if you have the i-stones.

[@zombieslayer1187]

yeah that's probably true

[@flameconvoy7424]

zombieslayer118 yeah in the comics we see the sound “snap” but there’s no way of telling how loud it was. It could have been thunderous or as quiet as a whisper

[@armandcabral8882]

zombieslayer118 but dont forget with the reality stone he bend reality so metal or not it would make a snapping sound

[@hyper4831]

In the comics, the gauntlet is more of a glove so there is a bit more articulation

[@XbninjaXIV]

Well thats the comic

[@KlausFilmss]

Hyperdrive TV ya it’s a glove not a big golden glove.

[@samuelbailey9855]

@@XbninjaXIV which is what the movies are based off of. . .

[@andycocchia4202]

well thats what this movie is based on and what he went off of.

[@darlalathan6143]

That would require some more testing, lol!

[@LeBonbonJames]

The reality stone changes reality letting you snap your fingers

[@--cobb--1674]

THATS WHAT I SAID

[@protorhinocerator142]

Or possibly the soul stone allows you to feel like you snapped. Judges? Good enough. Snap approved.

[@SirGoblin]

"You know, your dad loved burgers." "Ok."

[@francescosirotti8178]

Did I just waste 20 minutes of my life watching a video about the phisics of finger-snapping? YOU BETCHA!

[@Shadoufang]

-_- I watched it super speed, and jumped through some parts -_-

[@darthmalius]

I've spent many an hour watching different fingerings your not alone.

[@captainnewbplays7931]

Not 20

[@Halinspark]

At this point, I will literally watch paint dry if I like the presenter enough. Like, spent 25 minutes watching an Irishman ramble about paints as he painted a room for his child to move into.

[@avaggdu1]

I respect your dedication. I assume you're referring to guitar playing. Just gotta work that G chord, but don't go for the A unless you're confident.

[@meloD30]

4:09 Fourth Wall: I don't feel so good...

[@dropd1695]

meloD30 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexls1923]

First Deadpool now Cable/Thanos.

[@Anakin-Skywalker.]

I don’t think it’s the *snap* sound that makes the gauntlet powerful

[@thehappygamer2495]

There is only one because the other one got snapped

[@creamernation1]

Say that when your dust

[@sockmchack8550]

@@thehappygamer2495 spoiler: theres 2 Odin's and Iron Man's

[@thehappygamer2495]

I was talking about coments

[@wawdragondragon3547]

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE

[@TheBogologo]

The answer to the title 17:34 Your welcome

[@xbguy7151]

Thanks, that just saved me a lot of time 👍

[@lilpuffin3024]

Just saved me from wasting 20 mins

[@bolson42]

I mean the whole video in itself was pretty interesting, so no thank you.

[@TheBogologo]

Mango King69 your welcome

[@TheBogologo]

XBGuy 71 not all heroes wear capes

[@65person58]

Anyone else snapping while he was explaining it or just me?

[@cakecookingnerd]

I snapped too while he was explaining it

[@LordBaktor]

I spent the whole episode snapping like an idiot. Trying all fingers on both hands.

[@collincrow9789]

Howww I can't snap

[@energydragonslayer2681]

Lord Baktor sammmeee

[@cakecookingnerd]

same but only my middle fingers and thumb on both hands

[@RadioactiveGoob]

I imagine so if the infinity stones can bend the laws of physics.

[@caLLLendar]

The Reality Gem allows its user to alter reality to what one wants or break the laws of reality and logic such as making 2 + 2 = 5, as well as the laws of physics. Minor uses allow one to resurrect the dead, distort reality around someone so it is incomprehensible, or other things that would normally be impossible. More powerful uses allow one to create any type of alternate reality one wishes. At its peak when backed by the other gems it allows one to alter reality on a universal scale.

[@hazeltree7738]

TheFuzzyElf *Obama slap meme That's what they do

[@scrap8660]

TheFuzzyElf dude they can defy anything and possibly everything

[@aconda5823]

Haha yes, Thanos is very skilled with the infinity stones. Bending Reality to make a metal gauntlet finger snap is the best solution to this problem. ^-^

[@becausescience]

I mean, at the end of the episode I have something to say about this... -- KH

[@muscleymetal]

I'm pretty sure the way the Infinity stones work is that once you possess one the power surges through you, granted you are strong enough to wield it, then it's all control of the stones power from the users mind. The snap is just for theatrics

[@mrfoxsox1]

8:20 perfectly balanced as all things should be. Fails stand there awkwardly while thor cuts his head off

[@WAMTAT]

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

[@donkeykongbata407]

alexander williams r/expectedthanos

[@guyclykos]

The like to dislike ratio should've been just that.

[@quentenhaskell7068]

Me: what’s the vid about today Him: me snapping my fingers

[@fazcreep]

0:47 not only Infinity War, I have also watched Endgame

[@TheTroyhalo]

but can he clap his hands and kill memes

[@lucasb.6932]

KZbin’s favorite show. YIAY

[@slamsaad1]

I love Yiay as well

[@-undecided-1663]

Saad Ahmad UAIA is better

[@Accordstome]

Only pewdiepie can do that

[@hazeltree7738]

Troy 👏 *1,000,000 memes pop into existence He can also create them

[@alexh8782]

maybe he just wanted it to be cinematic so he faked snapping with the infinity gauntlet hand and made the noise with the other hand.

[@becausescience]

Haha drama queen -- KH

[@manekou3303]

Alex Hop that is so extra and I love it.

[@Nomadswift]

I saw the Manos: The Hands of Fate reference and felt a bit of my soul die. Well done.

[@mellosons3514]

1:15 nobody snaps with their index finger, kinda sure it’s the middle on buddy

[@KiwieJuices]

I snap with index

[@n0vag4ming]

I do but not always

[@rytuual]

He didn’t snap with his index finger tho slow it down

[@anidiot9831]

I used to

[@trithai9582]

thanos snaps with the index finger

[@thanos3784]

Perfectly scienced, as all things should be.

[@JoeLorence]

A) If you have the infinity stones, you can bend space and artificially accelerate your fingers to make a snap happen no matter what... and B) A fingerless gauntlet would potentially be useful for a user that wants hand protection while also needing increased fingertip mobility for the use of a bow and arrow, crossbow, etc...

[@ilovethelegend]

...Except not, because bowstrings can and will rip your fingertips off, so you absolutely want to have gloves on, and crossbow triggering mechanisms are more like large levers that don't require a tremendous amount of manual dexterity to operate, so there's no reason not to have gloves on. Unless you're planning on like... writing your reports or something in full armor, there's no reason for that; and even then, the stupid glove comes off.

[@jladelaney1978]

ilovethelegend Yeah, sure, because all Olympic archers wear gloves.

[@ilovethelegend]

Disregarding the fact that target shooting is an entirely different beast from combat archery, they do, actually. Target archers use a special kind of glove that only covers the tips of their index, middle, and ring fingers, because a bowstring can and will rip the skin from your fingertips. If they're not wearing a glove, it's because either they're using a trigger release, which is basically a pistol trigger attached to a little catch that holds the bowstring, or their strings have tabs on them, which are those little pieces of plastic on the rental bows at your local range. These pieces of equipment are, indeed, made the way they are to protect the archer while reducing their manual dexterity as little as possible, which is super important in the context of target shooting. But, like I said, target shooting and combat archery are different beasts. A combat archer's concern is putting as many arrows in the general area of the enemy army as possible, the idea being that they can't dodge the rain. In that context, a plain glove would be cheaper and easier to outfit a platoon with than specialized equipment that they don't really need.

[@Brooke-jd3if]

Kyle, I feel like you addressed only half the equation. The gauntlet. The other half would be the person wearing the gauntlet. Thanos is a big guy, and I would assume his hand whether in a gauntlet or not would produce much more force than a human can when snapping. Would additional force therefore produce enough audible friction and audible impact on the palm to produce the “snapping sound” all other things being equal? (No bending of physics, reality, space, time etc)

[@danielbuchanan1564]

I thought Gamora was speaking figuratively at the beginning. The Reality Stone "spiraled" out Mantis and Drax fell into blocks. The literal "snap" of Thanos' fingers just hit me so hard. Fun video here.

[@MisterBubbaMan]

As long as all the infinity stones are in the gauntlet you can snap, but without the stones, its just a loud clunk

[@kyuna321]

Young thor is that you?

[@juliedrummond7011]

Can you snap in a metal glove? 20 minute video

[@jackdavies-hansen5968]

"I am a delicate boy." - Kyle Hill 2018

[@___d311]

Why? You can type it yourself

[@seanvanglahn4002]

Yea wtf

[@johnnye87]

Literally snaps his fingers in a gauntlet at @10:34 "but it doesn't count because the sound is being made a different way" - you made a "finger snap" motion and it resulted in a snapping sound; you replicated what Thanos did.

[@josh_s_7775]

I never thought Thor would teach me today

[@gideonjones5712]

I can't snap my fingers without an infinity gauntlet, but I bet if I had the reality stone like Thanos, I could snap my fingers if they were encased in cement.

[@bouhhgz1969]

Gideon Jones - I'm not sure if the IG works that way because weren't they fighting Thanos (not only the keep him from the Time Stone) but the stop him from closing his fist. In other words; to make the IG work - you have to be able to make a fist.

[@sidr2679]

@Brian Zoeller Except he was able to use individual stones with nothing more than a thought.

[@andreidulay1033]

In a nutshell, this is just a tutorial on how to snap your fingers

[@williamyounes7321]

Jan Andrei Dulay so true

[@dr_j_cube4453]

Jan Andrei Dulay Still can’t snap my fingers.

[@kinorai]

--- and destroy half of the universe

[@TT-mx1mp]

Sadly I learned after 17 years of my life, you're not meant to use you ring finger.

[@TT-mx1mp]

Ive been doing it completely wrong i feel pathetic.

[@Chicken5349]

How do you make that last infinity gauntlet film him in a time lapse making a copy of that last infinity gauntlet please

[@JackNapierTM]

Advertisement Announcer Voice: *"Thanos: The Snap Maker!"*

[@philipfahy3589]

Why didn't you pick up the hammer though?! I needed to see that you're actually Thor!!!

[@OjaioFansub]

Philip Fahy it's super heavy

[@ToxicSkull0]

Philip Fahy everyone knows he is actually thor but a smart science thor

[@mlok4216]

Given the fact, that you "snapped" your fingers in all of the gauntlets 46 times and every snap halves the population, you, Kyle, just completely wiped every species in the universe, whose population was less than 70 trillion... **fades away**

[@AgeTemplar]

I don't feel so good...

[@the_goat02]

It would never actually reach zero so it would be like a fraction of a human remaining

That’s not how fractions work

[@the_goat02]

Bob Pickleson then how do they work

[@MonkPalhaco]

Mr hIlL, i doN't fEeL sO GoOd

[@bubbagaming1337]

I had no clue what you where talking about after you started to attempt to snap in those metal gauntlets, it was just so satisfying, the sound it made, anyone else

[@tylerdurdin8069]

8:45 it sounds like a snap from a gauntlet. Can you not hear the snap? What are you comparing it too? If youre seeing if you can snap a gauntlet as an unknown then how can you know what the snap sounds like?

[@tomclem]

This is the snappiest episode ever.

[@andrewolson5471]

Tom Clem you made a very snappy pun there.

[@raptorzeraora2632]

+Andrew Olson and so did u oh snappy one

[@SWTobito0702]

Nearly 20 minutes over in a snap.

[@techfusionaz2496]

While drinking a Snapple.

[@TheApeNextDoor]

Snap out of it guys....

[@Intellect_123]

But you forget thanos is much stronger than a normal human... he could probably snap his fingers in a block of concrete...

[@ethandonnelly1973]

Intellect123 Thats not the issue. The movement can happeb but finger snapping sounds is basically unique to skin

[@Intellect_123]

Ethan Donnelly You misinterpreted my argument. My point was Thanos is so strong that if he did snap his fingers in a gauntlet the metal would probably act like a very thin layer of rubbery material over his hard near impenetrable skin, muscle and bones... some what parallel to a very strong adult human snapping their fingers in a latex glove... the material wouldn’t really affect the resulting “SNAP”/“CLICK” sound... For example imagine Thanos’s middle finger and thumb pressed together with a vice like pressure of maybe 2-3 tonnes..... then being hammered down with a force of 3000n on the palm area of the gauntlet using the torque of maybe a Bugatti Vyrone (1500hp) rubbing against the fingers during the action... all of which done at super human speed (let’s say his brain can process fast enough and send signals fast enough to his fingers to make the movement get to around Mack 3 in maybe 10 nano seconds).... the sound would be phenomenally loud (with a sonic-boom shockwave type) “SNAP!!”/“CLICK” Noise.... I mean he would probably ruin the finger/thumb tips and palm area of the gauntlet in the process but it would create an ear shattering “SNAP”/“CLICK” sound

[@ethandonnelly1973]

Intellect123 But thats not how sound works. You hear a snap or click because the source of that sound holds a certain.....I hesitate to use density but I'm not fully sure which of the terms applies here. The density of the material used for the finger snap, your skin and muscles, determines that high pitched sound. A metal gauntlet used as you described is likely to screech as the fingers slide and then make highly metallic click, or just a hollow metal ping. A metal gauntlet isn't gonna make a human finger click.....sigh, "because science" Literally couldn't avoid that reference if I wanted to. The motion could be done if the gauntlet allows for it but the sound won't be the same basically, it just can't happen.

[@Taqruinnius]

Strength has nothing to do with it it’s the movement of air

[@MrNexxxus]

Strength is completely inconsequential. That's not how the physics of producing that sound work.

[@xcaluhbration]

That blacksmith has such great energy.

[@hollowficate]

Can you snap the Infinity Gauntlet? Thanos: Reality can be whatever I want.

[@Cykk0]

is this the first because science where everything is proven with a practical experiment rather than maths and calculations?

[@becausescience]

I didn't feel like maths would be enough. And it's simply easier to try than to model something via a lot of assumptions -- KH

[@archersterling6726]

don't forget the monster hunter epic mega sword, that had some awesome props

[@adamkaban8507]

Because Science have a great day

[@Chaz1871]

Oh snap, a new video

[@MarkJetronValencia]

*I don't feel so good after hearing that joke*

[@Mcf4742]

Chaz1871 this needs more likes 😂

[@ToxicSkull0]

ScorchrDoesMinecraft no this does not

[@nathanva1635]

PUNZ

[@christimacc]

And then Chaz1871 sat and watched the sunrise on a grateful universe.

[@jellyjake8317]

Got love it when Thor shows you the physics of snapping your fingers

[@bquecha7526]

No, that isn't thor... _I want the thicc one who fights noobmaster69_

[@shinydewott]

*teleports next to Tony* “Thanks for joining me!”

[@FatGuyGamer]

Comparing our old style gauntlets, made with modern earthen medals, to a gauntlet that was forged by a 300 ft high dwarf using cosmic metals and forged with the heart of a dying star... I think its safe to say that the infinity gauntlet could believably more articulate as well as more snapable.

[@JfkNeedsWindWall]

Tanner Cook plus thanos is stronger than hulk. By applying enough force between his finger tips he can create a pressure wave mimicking a snap sound without ever needing to contact his palm.

[@meloD30]

2:06 SAVAGE!

[@DoTheCaramelldansen]

Was kinda fucked up 😂

[@zaryabaliahmed4147]

dude, too soon ;(

[@Silver5kull]

MR.STARK I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD

[@ivanostellato9478]

however two things held under tension then sudden rapid change .. sound produced is thunde rin void from encircled change ring .. in relative dark, you snap lightning

[@DalekCaanOfSkaro]

Next episode: what stopped Thor going for the head

[@RedDragonForce2]

At the end of Age of Ultron, the post credits scene had Thanos put on the Gauntlet. The Gauntlet itself has points of dexterity at the joints. 3 joints on fingers 2-5, 2 Joints on the Thumb, and even one at the wrist. And they mimic the joints a regular (human-shaped) hand has. So yes, it's possible.

[@plipplop3684]

RedDragonForce2 so is it still a guantlet then

[@Retrured]

Watch film theory on KZbin, the joints are only a small part of puzzle. The actual snap still wouldn't won't because of the a)the metal b) coefficients of friction c) some other physics thing

[@RedDragonForce2]

Ruvie I just did one minute after it was uploaded.

[@NickTheSickDick]

That video was absolute bullshit, honestly.

[@RedDragonForce2]

NickTheSickDick Dude... don’t hate.

[@Mrx96best]

15:18 *perfectly balanced burp*

[@ToxicSkull0]

Lmao

[@tyraelderengel6620]

The movement of snapping is important it toggels (dont know if its written like this) the infinity stones not the sound

[@ghazalziakhan2130]

I've been asking this question since I watched a movie finally I am searching for the answer

[@sherbetstrawz5426]

Thanos is the mad titan, if he really wanted to hear could make his snap sound like a chicken, let's be real

[@willburke]

correct sided gauntlet this time! huzzah!

[@mlgmelon]

William Burke but wrong colored stones

[@zema9401]

This time 4 of them to compensate the other mistakes

[@becausescience]

OR WERE THEY idk -- KH

[@Fl0yd-]

I like how thanos snapped in endgame but all he got was a satisfying sound instead

[@JesseStarling]

so when yo0u write in air are you really writting on a but glass thing back wands? i would love to know

[@yourboychaze]

let me guess you snapped your fingers while watching this

[@ToxicSkull0]

KillerCannabal hah! 50 times

[@jahvantegeorge3838]

Sadly not cuz it's 3am and my family is asleep

[@Malthizar]

Oh snap! How did you know?

[@ev9638]

Yep

[@nerffireflycorporation218]

You... knew...

[@soranuareane]

Kyle Hill (scientist, finger model) strikes again!

[@anirudhjbaliga7696]

Kaedenn shouldn't it be Kyle Hill (scientist, finger model) snaps again? 😂

[@trueaidooo]

Anirudh Baliga that reply was snappy

[@joshwilson8085]

Shouldn't it be Kyle Hill (use to be Thor, now Thanos) strikes again?

[@aidan_yourlocalguy]

Well first of all you already said it but hes wearing a gold Uru gauntlet he is making the siund and it is possible ive all ready made one that actually has durability with the fingers and can fit my hand proply. and if you see on the gauntlet where his thumb connects to his gauntlet theres some fabric sort of stuff maybe and uru chain fabric but any ways thats the most important spot to make the snap so theres you answer

[@AUTOBOTS241]

The thing about the sound made when Thanos snapped his gauntlet is that it was a metal click more than a proper finger snap 🤔 which makes sense from where you’re talking about the metal contact making the noise as apart from the finger-to-palm contact 😅

[@natevonhagen4797]

What would happen of the flash snapped his fingers at his top speed? MatPat calculated that flashes top speed is 9 trillion times the speed of light, so using that and F=ma you get 22.332 N (5.868e+14[speed of light times 9 trillion]×0.1), and J=D×F 155.431 joules of energy (22.332N×6.96cm[distance of thumb]), converted to Watts, and counting that its in 9 trillion times light speed because Watts are measured in joules per second, you get about 21600 megawatt hours or enough to power 2 New York's dialy, with one second of snapping. So the flash is wasting his time stopping bad guys, about 8 minutes could power America daily, and about and little under an hour of snapping and he could power the whole world daily, all he needs to do is get Cisco to hook him up with snapping energy absorption gloves or somthing, and he will save more lives than before.

[@ProfessorChops]

Nate Von Hagen he does output enough energy to power the entire country but that energy isn't just put into batteries and used when needed. The power companies have to keep a steady flow of power going at all times and since it takes time to ramp up energy production they also have to predict when more power is needed and start increasing their power output to meet that expected need. It's a little bit more complicated than most people think it is.

[@davioliva6675]

Footnotes deserving, but kyle does not consider anything as faster than light

[@dawnmcauley6411]

I was thinking along similar lines. Kyle does note that stronger forces involved would increase the sound made but I think what is going is the quality of the sound (the frequency) not volume.

[@22jeffstreet11]

he would have to consume 21600 megawatts of energy from food

[@jrosenberg9932]

That is if you ignore the principles of relativity

[@bigman9022]

"You... You Should've Gone... For The HEEAAD..."

[@jenniferlopez2651]

Broken Blade NO YOU...YOU IDOIT... YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE ARM

[@New5oul]

@@jenniferlopez2651 oh yeah, i haven't thought about that.

[@adamgaming2138]

@@jenniferlopez2651 wow your smart

[@Deutalios818]

Broken blade, I don’t feel so good... please hel.:;,’’,”:;.,’.”:,”

[@wally2909]

The reference is mostly towards the comic where he wears a Leathery type glove and not a Metal Gauntlet. But I'll continue watching

[@ivanostellato9478]

the sound comes from a trailing vector afte rthe snap in flow .. a echo of inner skin tension also

[@RedX-ox3vl]

Let’s go old school Take a shot every time he snaps?

[@MichaelP833]

luckily, not all that many...

[@MichaelP833]

oh, 'tries to' well thats completely different

[@Nil_Sama]

If we do that we'd either be dead or half dead by the end of the video 😂😂😂

[@inabox6553]

The snap was entirely for dramatic effect.

[@04bootlegger39]

when you expect a 10 second video of the question and answer in simplest form but its like 10 minutes in depth

[@elidennison9902]

If you wanted to use a bow... The exposed fingers might help... Lol.

[@fernandorosario6609]

Can I make a video suggestion: The other day I was watching Captain America CW and during the scene when Steven Rodgers held the helicopter I wondered hoe much Force would someone need to do it.

[@nachiketkandari4580]

My only concern was.... Why didn't he lift up thor's hammer...might have proven his worthiness...or otherwise...

[@christiancrusader9374]

Nachiket Kandari hela destroyed it.

[@becausescience]

That was a very cool prop! Really metal, weighed around 25lbs -- KH

[@0rion-u]

Stormbreaker doesn't have the enchantment so no need for that worthiness trait.

[@ytSaipan]

Have you considered it is a 3D gesture like the 2D gestures you use on your smart phone? It's probably a smart gauntlet and plays a sound byte of the snap when you make the gesture.

[@Nicholas_Terry]

I like the Thanos hands of fate reference in the beginning.

[@voltgene9055]

Snapping minutes: 8:19 - 9:32 - 10:29 - 12:20 - 14:41 -16:22 I mean... SNAP!

[@sonic4523]

You deserve more like

[@at0mly]

I can't stop laughing at that Manos pun. So underappreciated.

[@firewireredstoner2163]

10:51 Wait, He Built It For Thor?!

[@johnelmartagbago3764]

Built it for "THOR" movie

[@GetMoGaming]

Producer: "We need a nice snap for the finger click, it's an important moment." Sound Designer: "But he's wearing a gold gauntlet." Producer: "I know that, but we need a nice, INTENSE finger click for the moment." Sound Designer: "You'll have to remove the fingers and palm from the gauntlet then." Producer: NOBODY IS THAT PICKY!! JUST DO IT! NOBODY WILL CARE!! (.. Kyle Hill - Can you Snap The Infinity Gauntlet? - 1.5 MILLION views)

[@stuchly1]

this video made me realize i can only snap my fingers on my left hand even though i'm right-handed

[@colisaints7660]

Petr Stuchlý where just the same

[@colisaints7660]

Your profile pic is my cat!!!

[@Pij23]

Same hahaha

[@aeroraro3857]

Your profile pic and the comment is too perfect

[@mightydragongamer8712]

Petr Stuchlý hey me too

[@natevonhagen4797]

There is a type of shrimp that emits jets of water at high velocity suddenly through the air and move their claws along with it to make it appear that they are snapping, could thanos be doing the same thing? We see him make bubbles to starlords guns, could he just be doing it at such a fast rate, maybe using the reality stone, that it appears to be a snap. Could the bubble be released through out space, which is really what causes the dust, bubbles ripping through people at a Ludacris speed, like a deathly bubble gun.

[@FreedomAnderson]

You're thinking of the Pistol Shrimp.

[@JfkNeedsWindWall]

Nate Von Hagen a snap is both a sound, purse clamp, and an action with your fingers. By creating a large enough force between his fingers(he is stronger than the hulk) he could simply create the crackling sound in an air wave without needing palm contact.

[@linhorne2962]

The bubbles you're thinking of aren't technically created by the shrimp in question, per se, but actually a secondary result of displaced water rushing back in on itself when a vacuum is created. Thus, Thanos wouldn't be creating bubbles like he did with Star Lord's gun, which are a liquid surrounding a gas, but he could potentially build enough pressure and potential energy up through friction to eventually move so violently that the displacement of air and subsequent vacuum would create a popping bubble effect just like those shrimp, but with the air instead of the water. If you define a snap as a building of tension and then a release, with that release causing a sound, then I think that shrimp's punching motion more or less counts. After all, if something like a rope snaps, it's the sound of the tension being released that gives the 'snap' its name. In the same vein, I think any sound made by finger motions in a gauntlet that relate to a build of friction and pressure followed by a release and sound would count as a snap. After all, if you saw a guy do the finger-snappy motion and heard a sound, you'd say he snapped his fingers, right?

[@sharktamer7306]

Nate Von Hagen So, to answer your question, let’s assume the bubbles will be 1 centimeter in diameter and weigh 780 micrograms(these are the only available numbers online). We will need to go through both skin and bone for this, so I’ll use the average amount of pressure it takes to pierce/break bone. It takes around 25 psi or 172.369 kilopascals(ignoring angles and a lot of other variables) to cleanly break a bone. Pressure equals force over area(P=F/A). We can put in 172,369 for P(pressure usually uses pascals) and 0.0157 for A(area usually uses meters). We then do 172,369*.0157 to get 2,706.1933 newtons. That gives us an acceleration of 3,469,478.58974359976 kilometers per second. This is 11.572934865971845397 times faster than the speed of light. Using the reality stone, this speed could be achieved. In conclusion, Thanos’ Bubble Gun of Death would be ridiculously deadly and terrifying.

[@natevonhagen4797]

sharktamer your comment deserves his supernerd achivment.

[@TrashPancho]

Well thank God I don't have the same intention as Thanos. I can't snap to save my life. I'd have to clap or something. The clapper.

[@youngfiddlehorn1496]

That's an std

[@WTFMIKE]

But if the sound of a snap is the fingers hitting the palm and opposing finger...and not friction..then a clap is also a snap and Thanos could have definitely clapped. But was the power actually released in just the movement like a code that took those exact movements to release it? If it was just the sound you may as well clap

[@mrtoots]

I can't even snap my fingers...

[@bestboi3208]

Same

[@tripleppointx7779]

Same

[@josu7418]

Well if you guys get the gauntlet we aint gonna be worried

[@bestboi3208]

Average Bandit Main damn you right

[@joseph-danielsingleton6783]

Same

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

Still can't get over the fact that Bowser is your artist!

[@doritoslocostacos6388]

thats why tony’s hand had the tips uncovered

[@BraveCat9927]

at the same time wouldn't a metal on metal 'snap' if it was possible with the infinity gauntlet be louder and carry more force? its metal, but its made for a giant, so with enough engineering to allow just enough articulation, all you need is that simple movement against the palm of metal and enough force to create a sound (while not sounding like human flesh and bone) that would be even louder than a normal snap. If the glove was made for that specific movement and that tone to be made, it would probably even ring in your ears if you were part of the half that survives. Just imagine a giant with 10x the strength of a power lifter using a metal glove to snap with all their might. it would be like banging a hammer on your washing machine as hard as you can but more like the hammer of a gun going down on a shell casing.