Should You WALK or RUN in the RAIN? DEBUNKED

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[@DebunkedOfficial]

Do YOU THINK with either a LEFT or RIGHT side of the BRAIN? DEBUNKED kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGi8h3yrm8x0rpY

[@kl0nos]

good vid man

[@teambellavsteamalice]

In the morning often neither, takes some time to turn on apparently...

[@danutapierozynska9384]

@@kl0nos uubu8 cucuu uucuuuuuuuuuuu877787 f7ud uuu6du7r7uuucuucuduuvuduv8uuu

[@PK19911707]

yes

[@markholton4663]

Nobody knows what a meter is.

[@deltasprey8784]

Simple solution. You just have to run fast enough so that the air pressure in front of you blows the rain out of the way. Disclaimer, you may end up creating a sonic boom

[@OldSchoolZ-wy2yx]

At normal highway speeds in regular rain, I can drive with my convertible top down without receiving a single drop

[@DebunkedOfficial]

Brilliant 😆

[@fasto736]

yes but humans can't run at the Speed of sound

[@Raj-mb6uk]

@@fasto736 they can, if they run at the speed of sound

[@fasto736]

@@Raj-mb6uk name a person or some creature that can run at the Speed of sound

[@buckethead60]

Another option: Spend years of your life training to memorize every rain pattern to perfectly avoid each drop.

[@LOL-fo5tj]

Ultra Instinct.

[@KimonFrousios]

Gotta be pretty extra slender to pull that off.

[@ApocTheLegend]

Dark souls strat

[@NabekenProG87]

Touhou strat

[@798jeremy]

Nice try, smartass, but there's no way the space between the drops can prevent you from being wet, actually...

[@CuppoJoe_]

For more of an advanced technique, quickly dig a burrow into the ground and tunnel your way to your destination when it starts raining so you don't get wet at all

[@bloodyairforceones]

u just not finding that out ? been doing that

[@hanifbazli3251]

exactly, modern problems require modern solutions!

[@mrm99999]

just try umbrela guys worth it

[@kmatteotti]

Wouldn't the water flow down and begin to fill your hole with now muddy water. I feel there may be a drowning risk there.

[@Maxrepfitgm]

Diglet method of transportation

[@saintNDsinner]

3:03 My guy was legit crossing the road running while carrying the umbrella closed 🌂 💀😂😂

[@DebunkedOfficial]

😆

[@Midnightzc1]

Relatable

[@scorpionsubzero9066]

too windy

[@dannybee9068]

exactly, it breaks umbrella most of the time and just to hold it - is a struggle@@scorpionsubzero9066

[@AdawaShiwani]

With that wind the umbrella would get more rain on you

[@jesscarlolea4197]

Summary: Run.

[@calebnothin67]

Thank you

[@jesscarlolea4197]

@@calebnothin67 no problem

[@MrRepsie]

No!

[@muktatayde9286]

You saved my 11 mins thank you 😊

[@jesscarlolea4197]

@@muktatayde9286but its only 7 minutes tho?

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

What about crab-walking or "galloping" sideways to reduce the cross-section of your body in the direction you are moving? You will definitely look like an idiot, but will you be a slightly drier idiot once you reach your destination?

[@CyPsyGuy]

lol

[@tabathaaguirre3569]

Lol

[@LongShlongBlingblong]

Lol

[@_.Infinity._]

Lol, this was actually funny.

[@Panzerfaust_1939]

Lol

[@bluey3575]

I does amaze us how seemingly "simple" question have such complex answer. Always remember that when a curious child ask you a question 😁

[@SoulDelSol]

Not really. The obvious intuitive answer is to run. And the scientific research based answer is also to run. They've made an obvious and simple thing unnecessarily complex which is not a good thing. There is no counter-intuitive solution as initially speculated by this video.

[@unknownyoutuber7517]

@@SoulDelSol Compare walking through a puddle with running through a puddle. that 40% wetness you save by running, now became 60% more wetter than walking when the puddle splashes up and make you look like you wet your pants.

[@cheez7100]

i don't find it complex at all it's just logic but okay

[@pringleboyo2460]

@@SoulDelSol I think they meant on a broader scale, not just this video; asking more and more questions to seemingly simple things shows theyre not as surface level as you would think. Its just easier to use this video as an example, and its a question a lot of people have asked so getting an answer is even more satisfying

[@10ftSamsquanchy]

I remember this video from when Minute Physics did it 10 years ago

[@Lionspride-tn4jd]

If it starts raining, im walking even slower. I just embrace it.😂

[@nehptiv]

looks cooler 🤣

[@johnumukoro1244]

hey cool guy

[@doggoo69]

Main character😂

[@danielseifu1172]

Now this channel is the definition of quality itself. Not only the wide variety of topics they made of, but the sense they made when presenting it, that it is well researched and studied. And not to mention the quality of its attractiveness to the audience, here we obtain knowledge while having fan watching it. Really good work thanks! Creators like you deserve a praise🤗👏👏

[@DebunkedOfficial]

Thank you so much! ☺️ One the kindest comment we’ve ever had ❤️

[@mimp8365]

I once saw a stranger in the rain and they had some sort of hand-held object that blocks the rain when held above the head. Then a bit later the stranger got into a gunfight and used the object to deflect bullets in the same way. It truly was a piece of incredible technology.

[@Y4ngCP]

A metal umbrella? Lmao

[@mimp8365]

@@Y4ngCP The King’s Man 🤴🏾

[@conradolosada7835]

what did bro have

[@Savvkey]

King's man reference, brilliant

[@blackpurple9163]

Were you by chance, near a movie shoot?

[@Metal_Auditor]

The way I see it is that the feeling of getting pelted by raindrops is the unpleasant part, not merely being wet. So I run, not to get less wet, but to lessen the amount of time I'm spending in the rain.

[@DivoCapella]

same

[@ryancarvalho9994]

Dude if you run you hit the same drops at higher velocity ( unless in equilibrium with wind speed in your direction), i.e, more pelting

[@Metal_Auditor]

@@DvH_2 right, it’s about the amount of time spent getting pelted more than it is the amount of water.

[@jizzer3715]

@@ryancarvalho9994 Bullshit

[@jtech9672]

@@jizzer3715 nah

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

What I always do is run IN BETWEEN the rain drops, arriving at my destination bone dry! Or, option 2: Carry an umbrella.

[@ImaPizzaK]

the flash

[@Niyucuatro]

Yeah, just dodge.

[@barracudic8435]

your bones are actually wet

[@pyrielt]

Experimented Touhou player spotted

[@nu_kercat1]

literally a touhou player

[@vedantdevashrayee5163]

this is a video id watch at 3 am when i cant fall asleep

[@mehedhyhaider6237]

It's 3am

[@Doar.Andrei]

it's 5am

[@TheLovedUnbound]

12 am

[@incorect63]

It’s 1 am

[@joelbobydaniel4198]

its 2:58am

[@potatoslayer69420]

I dont care what anyone says, im running in the rain

[@thomasguay4157]

We both know it's only Touhou players who get a fraction of this power

[@dankcoyote]

I have a groundbreaking thought experiment. What if someone invented some sort of shell type material we could wear over our clothes. It could even have a zipper on the front so as to be easily removed when not needed.

[@DebunkedOfficial]

🤔If only such a thing existed 😆

[@carpballet]

First someone needs to invent this zipper thingy

[@steevieweevie91]

On a nice spring day? Seems sussy...

[@ultrite2696]

@@carpballet sticky fingers!

[@renkiryu4332]

@@ultrite2696 Is that a mothafuckin ‘classic music’ reference!?

[@Jackattack24]

1:33 even though they both get wet at the same rate, running would still allow you to stay dryer. The person walking actually gets twice as wet as the runner because at the point they’d been hit 4 times, the runner had only been hit twice.

[@Sonic101hedgehog]

Ay but you see when you run you could slip which hurts your speedrun when getting out of the rain

[@SherryDC]

it really is about the time you spend in the rain, moving faster means you also move into the trajectory of other raindrops faster. if you walk 10s in the rain you are drier than if you run 10s in the rain and standing still for 10s in the rain means you are the driest out of the 3 options. However if you need lets say 100m to get home, you should run because you spend the least time in the rain.

[@beatfromjetsetradio8239]

@@Sonic101hedgehog Run strats are basically mandatory in the rain levels now because of how tight the top three WR attempts are-it’s like the only way left to save time since the community discovered a setup that made the formerly-TAS-only Hyperjump glitch humanly-possible.

[@obsidianfrost9514]

Damnit Clayton you beat me to the tas joke

[@spiderace7994]

@@beatfromjetsetradio8239 I heard sidestepping and galloping works since you can reduce the surface area. However remember to account for everything if you wanna use those strats in a rain level.

[@theangrypotato2.031]

This was incredible overcomplicated when you remember wind exists and will flow the rain at an angle, making you always get hit by the water from all sides whether you run or walk.

[@FairArc]

I dont get it

[@Ghost_-_]

Fr

[@destroyercrush1052]

Ghost 👊

[@destroyercrush1052]

Fair Arc 👊👊

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

If you watched the video you should know that if you're running in the same direction and with the same speed as the wind blows you'll get less wet. Because you cancel droplets' momentum. Also you don't even need to remember if it's discussed in the video.

[@ProfessorChops]

Mythbusters tested this and found the opposite. I'm surprised you didn't mention that in the video. They had both presenters walk through controlled rain in a warehouse both with and without wind. They then weighed the cotton overalls to see how much weight they had gained during the walk/run. They found that running actually increased the amount of water collected by almost twice the amount across the entire 100 foot course.

[@mrgoose3453]

That was actually proven to be factually incorrect I don't remember exactly how but I recall upon revisiting it they discovered the tests weren't run properly or something

[@loganshaw4527]

​@@mrgoose3453 how does that happen?

[@loganshaw4527]

​@@mrgoose3453 them telling the poeple that set it up. "You had one job. how did you mess up?

[@tomschi9485]

*This is completely Logical: The animation at **1:30** is completely wrong: of course the drops are not raining line by line, but the whole air is full of drops. When you run, you collect the drops that are in front of you on your own front surface - and certainly a lot more than if you walk slowly. The drops from above therefore also have a much smaller surface area to attack.*

[@LuziderLehrer]

In Germany we say "Ich bin doch nicht aus Zucker!" (I am not made from sugar) But if you really want to be dry, run as soon as the first drops fall. Rain often starts with just a few drops before it becomes more and more.

[@koppanyhorvath1875]

but remeber that in summer it tends to speed up REALLY fast, to REALLY HIGH levels, but only for like 10 minutes, so in summer its better to just wait it out (unless you absolutely CAN NOT arrive even a few minute later) also, in Hungary we also use the "im not sugar" phrase :)

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

We use the same term in Slovenia. "Nisem iz cukra/sladkorja." Considering "cuker" is the Slovene spelling of German "Zucker", there's a high chance we took it from you! And I can't complain, it's a fun phrase!

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

"Oh, it's raining. Let me get my protractor and anemometer."

[@DebunkedOfficial]

😆

[@10ftSamsquanchy]

I remember when Minute Physics did this exact video almost 10 years ago.

[@PYoshaa]

@@10ftSamsquanchy apparently, there should be only one video covering a certain topic rather than multiple videos covering the same topic smh... What are you on about? Why would there be only ONE video covering a certain topic? Why would giving knowledge to others who still don't know even though it already exist is considered bad to you?

[@rahulg5403]

@@PYoshaa He never said it was bad. Dk why you're assuming lmao.

[@PYoshaa]

@@rahulg5403 see his other comments

[@antonfelice5284]

For me, when it just started to rain, the rain droplets are smaller so it's better to Sprint immediately than getting caught by bigger rain drops.

[@ollieloranta1311]

same

[@raulrahaman9863]

Good advice

[@rossswetland404]

My experiences, running is worse, my upper thighs saturate, then water flows down legs, resulting areas such as inside shoes getting wet. When I walk, may be actually more soaked but feet stay dry. I'd argue, that at some duration of exposure in relation to intensity, it becomes measurably same but, what gets wet? Including a variable of waterproof shoes...

[@AngelValdovinos]

Less time in rain means less wet, run 🤡🤡🤡

[@yv3009]

Just tried riding a bicycle in a rain - awful, cold and very wet experience.

[@Jacob-ldk]

*"Observe the rain, everything has a pattern. Observe that patterns."* -Tohou Player

[@HunionYT]

A friend beside you. Why do I hear weird music?

[@spiderace7994]

I swear I just saw a video about this

[@DenjaX]

Touhou player in a nutshell by rong rong xDD

[@jiminverness]

You forgot the obvious 0:14 into the video: _"you feel a drop of what is about to be cascading sheets of rain"_ Start running for shelter before the drop becomes "cascading sheets" and you might beat the drenching, perhaps completely.

[@justinR8986]

As someone who lives somewhere we’re it rains a lot, this is vital information and I think about it often.

[@loganshaw4527]

Do you walk or run? In your personal experience which was drier?

[@realgabrielflandes]

Always wondered if it really was better to walk in the rain because “running will get you wetter”

[@DebunkedOfficial]

I've pondered this every time I get caught without an umbrella, so thought it was time to finally find out 😁

[@efecano.7977]

Yeah you will get wetter eventually if you are like me who sweats really easily

[@DebunkedOfficial]

@@efecano.7977 Same

[@10ftSamsquanchy]

@@DebunkedOfficial I haven't pondered it since I saw Minute Physics do this exact thing a decade ago

[@10ftSamsquanchy]

Just downvote this video and go watch the original done by Minute Physics

[@darthplagueis13]

I think there's also a question to be had about the whole process of getting wet. Maybe I'm mistaken but it always appeared to me that clothes get soaked more badly by prolonged exposure to water compared to a quick splash. Meaning, even if running would cause you to get hit by more drops, you might still not end up entirely as wet as if you were to give the water time to seep in.

[@carpballet]

That’s a completely separate issue. The issue at hand is simply how many raindrops touch you. Not “stick.”

[@michaeledmunds7266]

@@carpballet The issue is wetness, which is all about the "stick"

[@carpballet]

@@michaeledmunds7266 Actually no. The issue isn’t “wet.” (The title is misleading). It’s about how many raindrops touch you. Wetness can be completely avoided using hydrophobic material.

[@michaeledmunds7266]

@@carpballet Why would you care how many drops hit you unless they'll get you wet?

[@carpballet]

@@michaeledmunds7266 It’s mostly a thought experiment. Meant to exercise the brain. Practical applications are near zero. Except maybe to a few engineers or designers. And as fodder for KZbin “scientists.”

[@note5camera]

your scenario started off with it just starting to rain, "usually" when it has just started to rain, it is not raining that hard, so running early would keep you drier by spending less time when it starts raining harder.

[@m2coy]

scientists spent millions in public money but forgot to apply their common sense.

[@Kevinho2428]

@@m2coy they obviously meant it raining cats and dogs since the beginning

[@m2coy]

@@Kevinho2428 ah yes i seemed to have lost my common sense also lol

[@Kevinho2428]

@@m2coy yes but is ok

[@meinctutweh4103]

I’ve seen rain which didn’t start mild

[@Loganvbills]

Im glad the video mentioned an optimal speed. Ive always been able to just kind of feel for that speed. However, once the rain is heavy enough and the wind starts rapidly changing direction, it no longer matters because that optimal speed isn't going to be possible. Try moving your hand down the stream of water from a shower head. You'll eventually find the speed of the water and feel less resistance and less water actually touches your hand.

[@marinhotorres]

POV: You're watching this in the rain to see what do you do

[@aryantechsquare]

'I like the rain because when it rains nobody can see my tears' By Charlie Chaplin

[@RockStar-gs1ik]

One of my favorite quotes right there. The caption that was written when I read it on instagram: “The saddest quote from one of the funniest men on earth”

[@christianandersen8375]

@XΣΠΩ Π7 yep

[@hungariangypsy8183]

Charlie Chaplin needs a hug

[@-LowResDream]

@@hungariangypsy8183 I wouldn’t do that if i were you

[@howdoiplaythisgame1841]

Our eyes turned red when we cry, and we use umbrella in the rain so...

[@doutchebags]

Normal people: "Should I walk or run through the rain?" Me, a Touhou fan: DODGE!

[@derekmaullo2865]

Cringe

[@ttchme9816]

@@derekmaullo2865 offt, the self reflection you see.

[@mrgar4446]

Lmao reminds me of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2nOeKuZd8mLj9U&ab_channel=RongRong

[@michaeledmunds7266]

@@derekmaullo2865 We know you're cringe, you don't need to announce it like a Pokemon.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

yup that's cringe

[@olafthebear2327]

There's probably a middle ground with the speed there, too. Perhaps running as fast as you are able without getting sweaty would be best. The increase in body temperature from running will help dry you faster, but obviously being a sweaty mess at your destination isn't ideal. Really, the actual answer here is to be a responsible person and check the weather forecast so you know to bring an umbrella, if needed.

[@Ganara426]

This

[@spugelo359]

@@Ganara426 Nope. You're not going to get sweaty when you're already wet. You do not get sweaty because you're running, you get sweaty because your temperature has risen and body wants to cool itself down. Rain is already doing that, cooling you down better than sweating ever could. Most likely even lower temperature than it should be, so running would be optimal to keep yourself warm.

[@PeaceCommando]

Have you also considered the "splash factor" when running through puddles? That could increase your shoes and socks getting drenched. I know this was mentioned toward the end, but was not explained in the voiceover.

[@editorrbr2107]

This doesn’t take into account splash factor. When you’re running in the rain, you absolutely soak your lower extremities. A brisk walk seems to be the sweet spot

[@ElloDere]

Well that depends on if there's even a body of water.

[@camilog777]

But splash factor would actually be a good thing, supporting running, when you are splash, most of the water is distributed and not always penetrate deep in your clothes, helping you dry faster and not come soaked (this only is valid when its a soft-medium rain, when its pouring yeah... yo uare getting soaked)

[@Mr.Vertex]

what if you fly trough the rain

[@littlefrank90]

He actually mentioned it at the end of the video.

[@ElloDere]

@@Mr.Vertex go above the clouds

[@eliasfalser9963]

Actually this seems like a logic answer although i tried it on myself too.. one other thing i noticed is that if its cold and rainy and you run through the rain, it will pump ul your metabolism and so the water sucked up by the clothes will disappear sooner so you dry faster after getting wet👍

[@AngelCG666]

I wanted to discover the risks of running in the rain as one day I ran for 30 minutes under a heavy rain in my way home but half in the way I was short in breath because of the moisture and my homezone is a hot village so the air pressure was making me hard to breathe, provoking my muscles to feel heavier the more that I ran and I almost collapsed under the rain but was able to make it home with a lot of exhaustion, went directly to bath and sleep right after for the rest of the day Thankfully I didn't get so sick but it was an experience that made me fear running under any rain in a hot zone and I hope everyone takes care taking this in consideration before thinking to sprint in the rain

[@aterriblesliceoftoast]

Braniac Science Abuse with Richard Hammond covered this really well. If there’s wind, and it’s behind you, run, if it’s in your face, walk.

[@jacksimpson1947]

I’ve always heard that speed walking is the best way to get through rain because you get to you destination faster but the rain doesn’t soak in as much

[@dodley130]

Running under the rain is more of a reflex action to me. I don't stress myself up trying to figure out rain speed, direction etc. Just sprint as much as possible

[@adonisssssss1970]

I would run even if it's not raining 😂😎

[@meodrac]

It's also a good excuse for a good run without goombas looking at you as if you had shoes on your ears

[@Carftymk]

its not even about quantifiable wetness, i just dont want to be there for too long and running definitely means less time rained on

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

Exactly

[@had0j]

chomik chomikk chomiksgm fdg jfgjglkfds

[@jeffjo8732]

Using simple analogies, we can see that there are two components to the amount of water that hits you. And they can be reduced to one, but it may or may not answer your question. 1) Remember those cartoons where the hero runs through a fog bank, and leaves a hero-shaped tunnel in it? That is what actually happens when you go from the bus to your office's front door in the rain. So imagine that the rain stops falling, and just hangs in mid-air like a mist. No matter what speed you take, you will leave a person-shaped tunnel in that mist. All of the water - no more, and no less - that was in that tunnel is now on you; and specifically, on the front of your clothes. Your back, and the top of your head, stay dry. 2) But the rain actually is falling. So now imagine that you can balance a bowl on your head, even while running, that is just as wide as your head. The rain that would fall on your head is captured in this bowl. The amount of water it collects depends on the time you spend in the rain, the rate at which it is falling, and the angle at which it hits you (which depends on your speed). So running is better for the bowl. The front of your clothes still get wet, but maybe not by as much because some (but not all) of the water in the bowl would have hit you. Now imagine that you can fly; or more precisely, run or walk on air as if it was the ground. When you fly from your helicopter to a tenth-floor window, you will still leave a person-shaped tunnel in the mist I described (#1 above). But now the tunnel behind you is "falling" with the rain as you move forward. The helicopter-side of the tunnel might be at third-floor level when you reach the tenth-floor window. The water you collect is still the water that (was) in that tunnel, but its shape is harder to describe. The fact that the rain is falling makes the shape, at any point in the tunnel, a tall, stretched-out version of you. Like what you see in a fun-house mirror that makes you look ten feet tall. Your speed determines how "tall" it is - walking makes it taller than running. But the horizontal distance is still the same. So the taller the shape is, the more water you collect. Speed it also affects where the water hits you - the angle the tunnel makes with the ground is the same as the angle where the water hits you. Ignoring wind (which also affects the shape of the tunnel), walking always means that more water hits you, but it hits you primarily on the top of your head. Running means less water, but almost all of it on the front of your clothes. Walking with an umbrella, even a too-small one, significant;y reduces wetness.

[@VicInCommentSection]

A high school teacher told me that running and walking in the rain ends up with me being the same amount of wetness. It's been years since and I've thought about that almost every time I'm caught out in the rain (that's maybe 5 times per year). I have been meaning to look it up, but just don't remember by the time I get home. Thank you for this video!

[@QuentinMatthysBoeckmansYJ]

It's amazing how long science will spend time to resolve such trivial questions with complex answer... I wonder how much more of these there is out there. Funny and curious at the same time.

[@Kittsuera]

that is kind of the point of science. its not a entity but a process of assuming something and then testing the theory to determine results and nature of the subject.

[@electricz3045]

It's Not trivial, It's really useful. I remembered all the rsin pstterns and Walk/Run in a way that No single rsin drop fsll on me.

[@Quickened1]

A couple other hypotheticals would include, if the rain intensity increased, or decreased in the allotted time, and how that would affect the walker and or runner. I.e. if one ran for shelter, and then upon arrival the rain stopped, while the walker was still in route, the walker would end up dryer. However, if the intensity increased, the runner would end up dryer.... Love your videos!

[@siukong]

Given that most people are faced with this choice when a storm is just coming in and it's just _starting_ to rain, I'd say in most cases the intensity is going to increase, possibly by quite a lot.

[@DimaZheludko]

Also, when it rains, there are puddles. Running across puddles will make you wet regardless of wind or amount of rain. So there's that.

[@camilog777]

walking across puddles would mean you guarante 100% your shoes and socks are gonna be filled with water

[@DimaZheludko]

@@camilog777 Only if they are 100% holey.

[@ryansgametime2146]

Just avoid the puddles

[@demonike6842]

just sit in the middle of the road thinking about life

[@GearShifter925]

After watching a video from this KZbin channel... I felt MORE Intellectual .... !!!! Thank you. Kindly keep on giving us such amazing, Mind-blowing facts and explaining videos. 😊 🙏🏻

[@goodgame3374]

I'm glad they mentioned tripping. There's some shoes that just aren't made for running in the rain - unless you're a skilled ice skater.

[@KingNBubby]

I’ve always thought about this in extremes. If the rain was a constant, and you could choose to move as fast as a literal snail or as fast as a speeding bullet to get to a dry area, which one would you choose with the intention of staying as dry as possible?

[@julia04736]

If the rain was coming at you from behind at a 90° angle and at the speed of a snail, the snail would get less wet than the bullet.

[@goodluckyoureonyourown3684]

The reason for running is evolutionary. You feel rain and you run for cover to avoid the flash flood.

[@AuthenticKale]

This is the perfect video to watch at midnight and I am doing exactly that.

[@reelraccoon]

Was not ready for the jumpscare at 5:48

[@DebunkedOfficial]

😆 totally not intended

[@nedaddy1]

I remember when Mythbusters covered this one. I was surprised by the answer.

[@staryo1726]

Late because I just randomly got this in my recommended, but I remember that episode and I was scrolling through the comments looking for someone to mention it. I guess it just shows the age of it when the question is asked again and barely anybody remembers or mentions mythbusters

[@zack123321100]

@@staryo1726 i was looking for someone to mention it as well.

[@Popupkiller]

Yea. They came to the conclusion that walking was better. But okay.

[@Lastdecider1]

To be fair, I'd much more like to know how they determined the concept of wetness. Assuming several rainfalls will fall vertically onto your shoulder one after another, they'll start to repeatedly hit the same spots and depending on the surface repellent properties of your clothes, water droplets will preferably run down the already wettened surfaces creating specific surface areas on your clothes that will experience higher water exposure rates than others. This in return implies, that running itself, which puts emphasis on large movements of ones bodies' excrements, will increase the probability of being hit by raindrops from different angles, increasing the overall wet surface area of your clothes at spots that are less exposed to the rain (e.g., under your arms) and thus the overall wetness factor, as the water droplets have a higher wettened surface area to distribute onto. Additionally, the water droplet's flowing course will be erratically altered during large body movements, which in return shows the importance of assessing the full extent of every individual movement at a given speed. If however rather absorbant clothes are worn, the water is likely to spread along the fibre more equally and in such a case, the angle of the impingent raindrop would be less of a deciding factor than the overall water mass that comes into contact with the clothes. Hence, the exposure time to rain becomes dominates the clothe's wetness.

[@agustinfranco0]

you could completely cover yourself (head and hair too) in clothes previously weighted when dry, then walk/run in the rain and weight the clothes again, the extra weight should be entirely that of water.

[@Lilitha11]

I don't really like the idea of running top speed through the rain, since it seems like there is a much higher chance of slipping.

[@tiromandal6399]

Getting a lil wet from rain never hurt anyone but falling did, so I completely agree with your verdict.

[@MrT------5743]

Have you confirmed 'getting wet from rain never hurt anyone'? I want to see your statistics on every person ever to get rained on and their well being. I would bet that someone, somewhere died because they got a little wet from rain. Sure the majority of people would be OK, but the sear amount of people getting rained on going back to the start of the species would be very likely someone died because of rain.

[@tiromandal6399]

@@MrT------5743 Why are you so mad dude? You're just a lil wet! Man up!

[@MattDoesNothing]

As a student who carried backpack outside most of the time, I have to run so it doesn’t get wet as much as when I walk.

[@lewishendo9328]

Don‘t forget the cold making it rain, and me wanting to get inside quicker to warm up

[@nedimdiana6170]

Thanks Mythbusters for giving this creator free content without even getting mentioned :)

[@m.teodor6705]

While running it’s no about getting wet,it’s about getting warmer

[@Forgotten.reminisce]

Sighs* just swim

[@thomasw.eggers4303]

Here is another take from my MIT freshman physics class. You get wet two ways: (1) Drops that fall onto you, and (2) Drops that you run into. For drops that you run into, it doesn't matter how fast you run or walk: you sweep out the same volume either way. (A note in here suggests crab walking, walking sideways; that will reduce the amount you sweep out.) But the drops that fall onto you increases the longer you are in the rain, so running will reduce the amount that falls onto you. Conclusion: run, don't walk.

[@testa5687]

Answer at around 6:00

[@Ethan-dc5fi]

"Any amount of physical exertion is horrible" that made me laugh out loud, the icing on the cake. : D

[@DebunkedOfficial]

😆 Glad you appreciated that

[@Divide21]

Let's just hope we don't get some sort of deadly rain or acid rain anytime soon, otherwise this video might just be your saviour!

[@dr.ronbernard9927]

Enjoyed this video immensely.

[@chrollolucifer8621]

Watching this while getting rained 🌧️☔

[@xione0825]

Mythbusters tackled this myth and concluded that you do get wetter from running as opposed to walking

[@jacobD643]

YES! this is probably the only episode of myth busters I remember because of the conclusion and I can't believe It wasn't mentionned in the video! how the hell did they conclude the opposite ? with actual testing

[@leonardocerqueiradias6168]

I saw this episode and it's the reason I clicked on this video. Mythbuster got something wrong, or at least incomplete, because they measured the difference between walking or running FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. But that doesn't answer the question, because if you run you'll be much less time in the rain. So the problem is way more complex than what they tested there.

[@jacobD643]

@@leonardocerqueiradias6168 hum, i know it's been a while, but I thought it was the same distance, they had sprinklers and had to go from one end to the other, but I'm not sure, i'll have to check it again

[@alphaomega8373]

People run in the rain. not to get less wet but, to be wet for a shorter time.

[@truebruhmoment4667]

*"You get more wet, if you run."* *"You get less wet, if you walk instead."* *"But if you stay still, you Will get even less wet!"* This man has uncovered all the secrets of the element water. I do agree that I get little to no wet when I'm standing under something...

[@olakolade6656]

Saw this two years ago nice to see it again

[@demolisherman1763]

Wow this video was really helpful! Just wish I watched it before I decided to stand in the pouring rain for 7 minutes and 17 seconds watching this.

[@shrooman768]

I haven't watched this video yet, but I'll tell you that it depends on the velocity of the rain droplets. If they're faster and you run, you'll get even wetter, but if they're slow, like a drizzle, and you run, you will get equally as wet as when it rains normally because your walking speed adds to the speed of the rain and leads to similar results across states of rain and running

[@sleepy_Dragon]

Didn't the Mythbusters test this too and also got to the conclusion, running is better?

[@wildonemeister]

They found that walking was better.

[@jeffkoombs7346]

Yes I was thinking the same thing kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2PEqXyuppWEg5Y

[@sleepy_Dragon]

@@jeffkoombs7346 Darn, I was remembering it wrong. But it was a long time ago. They look so young.

[@meinctutweh4103]

A German show tested it aswell (I don’t remember which one) and they measured it with the mass. According to them running was better

[@GeoRedtick]

@@wildonemeister the did find walking was better, but they didn’t account for some of the variables talked about in this video.

[@randomguyfrommars]

*But I think we should run because rain won't fall at constant speed , it gradually becomes faster n faster . So if we walk then we might get caught in speedy rain*

[@ኬንቶ]

Relative_area_you_go_through_in_the_rain = (width_of_your_body * vertical_rain_velocity * (distance/body_velocity)) + (height_of_your_body * absolute(horizontal_rain_velocity - body_velocity) * (distance/body_velocity)) Therefore, regarding body_velocity as x, the volume of rain you touch as y, and other variables as a and b, y = a/x ± b So theoretically you get less wet as you move faster regardless of the velocity or direction of rain.

[@rascal016]

I love the closing argument being "Physical Exertion is horrible, I don't want to do it, and you can't make me." 10/10

[@wildonemeister]

Hey Stu - Adam and Jamie want to have a word with you. The Mythbusters experiments showed that walking was the best option.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Okay so, Run in the rain, and if it's blowing at you from behind, run at speed with it.

[@nathanmays7926]

“Any amount of physical exertion is horrible” I’m so glad I discovered this factual channel. :)

[@DrugzMunny]

I recommend not slipping while running in the rain, because you don't want to like fall on your wrist or elbow and break it. Therefore, be careful about sharp changes in direction (decelerate first if you're going to at all). Jog relatively upright without a significant lean. Don't go too fast.

[@Starbeam1979]

No mention of the Mithbusters episode? They also tackled this topic.

[@tharmawia1961]

When i was a child....i thought i can dodge the rain while running🤣🤣

[@JannPoo]

Simple solution: play Touhou and learn how to dodge rain drops.

[@pxq]

5:20 could’ve said “Weather or not to run in rain but whatever.. 😒

[@FunkadelicFeed]

“Any amount of physical exertion is horrible. I don't want to do it and you can't make me." Quote to live by!

[@hiftu]

Easiest solution: When raining go outside, just one step away from the door without cover. Scenario #1: step back, sit down inside, wait one hour. Scenario #2: keep standing outside (without cover) for an hour. Hypothesis: if running does not matter you would be similarly wet in both scenarios.

[@klezia61_]

0:23 well sitting doesn't help lol good video though

[@lee-nj1vt]

Schoolboy me running to make sure my books don't get wet : 10% less wet means a lottttt!!!

[@felipealmeida822]

I actually never new the answer to this, thanks!

[@fitforfreelance]

I've always wondered this!

[@dyingninja1898]

Straight to the point. Running will make you less cold and save time

[@peeet]

Quite a good study. Separating the rain that meets you from the front and the rain that falls on you from above, you meet the same volume of water-laden air from the front nomatter how fast you go, but the rain falling on you from above is proportional to the time you take in the rain. Risk assessment for running in the rain might be humorous!

[@NotMyuun]

Ahem... Any touhou fans here?

[@ZmanAce]

Raindrops are bullets. I like it. Also cool reference

[@tankenjoyer4225]

Underrated comment

[@Essuree]

well, the hitbox is a lil big innit

[@frozexn5093]

No

[@dpsamu2000]

The math ignores the fact that (no wind) the exposed profile when walking is lower than when running. The math should include the fact that when walking the drops are more likely to hit where it's already wet. Tops of head, and shoulders get wet. Not so much the rest. Running the top, and front get wet from direct larger profile exposure. With the Bernoulli effect the back gets wet too. The error often made is the bucket test. One moving slow in vertical orientation another same size moving fast angled "into" the rain. This is incorrect. It should be slow in vertical rain vs fast run with a larger bucket angled into the rain. The principle is once wet you can't get more or less wet. But you can get more or less of you wet.

[@levistepanian5341]

There are some special cases to consider first, if the rain is exclusively moving sideways away from your location, then infinite speed would be best, if it is moving towards your location, the optimal speed is the speed of the wind in that case. If the rain is moving down with no wind, then infinite speed is optimal. If it is moving down and sideways towards your destination, then obviously a speed equal to wind speed you would get less wet, but running faster may improve your dryness. And lastly if the wind is blowing away from your destinations, then infinite speed is optimal.

[@5aesar]

Damn that's crazy but I got a new idea... maybe an umbrella?

[@RGC_animation]

Think of the question this way: Would you rather spend 10 minute in the rain all wet or 2 minute in the rain and 8 minute at your destination? Yeah, I think I'll go with the latter.