Doctor Reacts To MYTHBUSTERS Medical Experiments

[@DoctorMike]

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[@maricruzcastillo2229]

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[@DesireFun7]

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[@sessionshannah]

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[@sabinasartwaves]

Yeah it’s necessary for understand English languages otherwise we Could not get it as a foreigner what are you saying.....haha still I am saying wrong grammatical rules..

[@Y_Chen123]

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[@VonSpyder]

I can tell you, as a psychologist, there are numerous studies indicating that swearing does indeed increase pain tolerance. (Stephens, Et. al. 2009, Stephens Et. al. 2011, Robertson 2020, etc.)

[@guardianeris]

@@VonSpyder yeah like I've heard so many times as someone who did martial arts that the point of exclamatives and yelling out while doing moves is that it makes you more focused and releases some of the tension, so i don't get that whole "you should say nice things" spiel that he said because like, you still need to release that tension caused by the pain somehow, and yes releasing tension is a way to control stress, which does modulate pain

[@YoYoCaudill]

Student majoring in psychology, and I can also confirm

[@dietotaku]

and if i had to give a hypothesis, the adrenaline rush from saying "naughty" words combined with being a bigger distraction is what results in the pain relief.

[@kullen2042]

Was just about to comment something along those lines. Wouldn't have been able to immediately cite sources tho, so thx :)

[@SkagulTV]

As someone whos been through a hella lot of pain via competetive sports and being a moron growing up, swearing like a sailor works better than any over the counter pain med.

[@seanmcshaft]

Adam Savage has gone on record many times saying that the Mythbusters stand by the methodology behind how they conducted their tests but NOT the results. They always acknowledged that their sample sizes were too small to draw concrete conclusions from them. They were always very good at employing proper skepticism.

[@SandraNLN]

The whole show was proof-of-concept. Not about accuracy or finality. I.E. if someone wanted to do a multiyear peer-reviewed study with a hugely significant sample size, they are more than welcome to do so and prove the MBs wrong.

[@TheMrfluffi]

Big part of why they used plausible so liberally, if they can create circumstances with their limited test run and scenarios in which something close to the myth happened, then it happening over and over again in the real world means much better odds of it occurring at least once naturally.

[@temisu_namisu]

A big part of MythBusters was the entertainment, too. If it was just a science documentary, it would not have been as successful.

[@TomMinnow]

I found the later seasons to use worse methodology as they upped the anti for entertainment purposes, which I found to be disappointing.

[@thedementedferrets]

His takes on this reaction video were just bad all around. Not only is he clearly not watching the full context of the episodes (or worse, make these bad takes on purpose because of how the video was edited to earn more clicks), he is also failing to give an ounce of credit to the team that they tried their best with the time, budget, and small sample sizes they use for entertainment television. Pig thing actually could happen, which i extrapolated upon in my own post. However short but possible answer is just a common human error such as the following: 4th of July > had too many beers (is drunk)>starts cooking> reapplies sunscreen before flipping meat on grill> doesn't give time to dry, flame is too high and presto... the drunk person's arm catches fire... (dumber things have happened to people in the past, that's not unrealistic in the slightest. Drunk people have been hurt much worse for much less than that.) The swearing thing has some studies behind them... so enough said on that... it's fair for myth-busters to come to the conclusion they did. They're not medical professionals. Touching bra wire... well that's also vaguely possible if the right measures aren't taken... if you're in an emergency and a woman is wearing an old worn-out bra with an exposed wire and you touch that wire with an electrical current in a way that connects it like shown in the video, then yeah it's going to spark... but Mike's a guy and I don't expect him to have any understanding of how long a woman might wear out a bra for, but underwires in bras can become exposed over time. Fabric wears, tears, stretches, and the wire sometimes pokes out a little... I'm not saying it's a common thing.. I'm just saying in an emergency situation, with a bunch of non-medical experts who don't have the right placement of the defibrillator, or worse leave clothing on when doing so, bad things are going to happen and people could realistically make accidents to cause a spark of a fire on a bra... Failing all of the above though, it's a show about busting myths... not running complicated, large, double blind scientific studies with peer review... and thus, his standards are just genuinely way too harsh this time around.

[@gownerjones]

The thing about Mythbusters is that they test the actual plausibility of the myth first, then they ramp it up and check how far they have to go for the myth to actually be true. If the myth is that when you pee on an electric fence, you get a burned pp and they find that's not true, then they ramp it up and hook an array of 25 microwave transformers to the fence to see if they could actually get the pp to burn. I don't remember the sunscreen episode but I reckon what we saw was the "can we actually make it happen" stage of that experiment.

[@royalone3009]

Yes, dr mike did not state that he watched the whole episode of each myth. He only showed small clips. It does not give all the information for each myth. I love dr Mike’s channel.

[@CosmicDorns]

I remember that episode and you are correct, they showed it was impossible under normal condition and then moved on to how can it happen.

[@MrMattie725]

Good point! Like the AED test they probably also thought "Well let's crank up the voltage and place the pedals one centimeter from each other to get some result".

[@Keyaneth2]

Yeah, I think Dr. Mike might have been too critical of the Mythbusters in this video.

[@midnightsolas3640]

yeah I remember that being a thing cause soem myths were busted within like seconds. depending on how far they would have to go to make it happen also determined whether they said plausible or just strait up busted cause though some scenarios came up as unlikely there was a chance they COULD happen and that was all a myth needed to be plausable. like with the bra. its unlikely that the paddles would touch the underwire of a bra but in very rare circumstances it COULD happen.

[@seanlynch3039]

ER doc here. I had a patient who covered himself in bug spray while working outside and, shortly thereafter, ignited a bonfire. He had enough residual wet spray and was close enough that he caught fire and had about 30% TBSA burns. The fire risk with propellant spray is legit.

[@brianvernaglia9449]

Dr. Mike really needs to revise this whole video.

[@TheSwauzz]

The perfect fringe case that Dr. Mike chooses to ignore. It's aaaaall a part of science. Hence why scientific research will never be fully complete and perfect and why we should have an open mind in all things science. Fringe cases will ALWAYS exist.

[@seanlynch3039]

My job involves treating patients with problems you just can't make up. That said, my goal is not to bag on Dr. Mike, as he does a lot of good with education. My goal is to supplement his educational efforts with a different perspective based on my unique experiences working in the ER, which is just vastly different from his practice as a Family med doc. It's all good.

[@laracada9422]

Growing up, instead of bug sprays, we just have to wear long sleeved clothing. I guess better than bug sprays.

[@ctakitimu]

Pretty sure the can says flammable, so the problem really solves itself

[@milly7843]

You should have Adam on your podcast to talk about these myths! That said, Adam has also gone on record to clarify that, while they did conduct their experiments as scientific as possible, they clearly don't have the time to do proper studies for concrete answers. Their "busted" and "confirmed" results are strictly if the topic is possible. Plus, whenever a myth is busted, they go all out to see if they can get the result they want by any means necessary - blowing stuff up is totally part of the entertainment factor lol 😂

[@PrograError]

>You should have Adam on your podcast to talk about these myths! That and his SFX background. there are plenty of toxic fumes in the materials used for the practical SFX (he was one of the ILM modellers in the shop, which many of the cast members are also from.)

[@SacGhostbusters]

I second this motion!

[@sogwatchman]

Mythbusters generally started with a myth that they would test and then slowly work towards more ridiculous circumstances to see if the strangest possible iteration is plausible. So some of the scene out of context will look really stupid.

[@marcpower4167]

@sogwatchman for instance tested thr myth they don't teach the 10 & 12 hand positions for driving anymore because the airbag can blow your thumbs off. First test resulted in some small cuts but nothing serious. So they ran it again with the thumbs extended, laceration but still intact. So they went to the ridiculous the hands in the 🖖 position gripping the wheel between the middle fingers. Deep laceration but it didn't get blown off. But who drives like that?

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

They did indeed go from the sublime to the ridiculous to see if, IN ANY MANNER, they could see if there was one iota of truth to a myth. That's why they had one of three outcomes: Confirmed, Busted, or Plausible. The last being if there was there was any possibility that the myth COULD be true.

[@clueless_cutie]

Tbf the sun screen myth could totally be a kid. Kid's are f*cking stupid, and I could totally see a hyper kid getting doused by mom before darting off to keeping playing or whatever. Runs past an open flame like a fire ring or reaches over a candle on a birthday cake or something, and boom kid is suddenly on fire and screaming. People by and large should know not to spray silly string near flames and yet there's literally hundreds of videos of it happening. Aerosol sun screen is probably the less likely version for a similar scenario, and the pig grill thing is just testing the most extreme of perfect circumstances, which while rare are still possible. Out of context the show looks stupid especially to Mike who already understands that aerosol sunscreen has flammable propellants. But I guarantee that if you stopped and interviewed the average beach goer they would never think that their sunscreen is flammable until you pointed out the propellant. Could easily see a mom spraying her kid down while managing a billion other things and not anticipating that she's making her kid flammable for a handful of seconds until the propellants evaporate.

[@SuiLagadema]

Oh Dr. Mike. Most of the time when they say it's "plausible" is more of an "it can happen under a specific set of conditions". Loved this show growing up.

[@marallenrondez2606]

Adding to this, some myths, like with the mirror scene from The Mummy, have it Plausible but ludicrous, or Confirming a myth despite how impractical it actually is. For the Defibrillator myths, the Mythbusters essentially took a massive "what if" in the story because if there is any nugget of result that is actually connected to the myth itself, then it is plausible or busted at best.

[@SuiLagadema]

@@marallenrondez2606 Yeah, besides, if it's a woman having a heart attack, it's the same as men. I'm sorry if it's your favorite bra or suit, it will end up cut, ripped or both. I need the space to put the patches properly.

[@CeirusAvalon]

@@SuiLagadema That's very true, the good Samaritan act is there in the event that someone tries to sue ya fer "Exposing" them, like, what, was I supposed to let ya die? Ya didn't have an DNR, so no, I wasn't.

[@fusionwing4208]

@@CeirusAvalon the whole DNR thing is bogus to me anyway, what responder or specialist, or average joe is gonna check for a DNR when they see someone on the verge of dying? your mind is literally "I gotta try an save this person" and goes tunnel vision into that thought.

[@marcpower4167]

Exactly there are cases where it's basically possible if all the planets align on a Friday the 13th on at 1300 hours.

[@sfshilo]

Adam has confirmed this on his podcast, but they generally did NOT have camera people on "site", they usually were in the next room so they didn't bias anything.

[@xmaracx]

This entire episode was honestly much more unpleasant than any of the other reactions, not sure why hes so serious for this one.

[@eliaspohl5741]

He's not serious 😂​@xmaracx

[@dietotaku]

@@xmaracx uhhh felt like pretty standard doctor mike to me

[@Butterratbee]

@@xmaracxit really wasn’t, I think you’re only thinking that because you like mythbuster so you’re being more sensitive than normal to what he’s saying. He was being pretty normal here Also he was completely right about how they were being ridiculous and kind of forced it to be true with the bra wire, by changing the conditions to something that wouldn’t happen. You’re not supposed to put the pads on over clothes

[@CosmicDorns]

I agree, he comes off as obnoxious. The point of many of these myths is to test the edge case, which is a valid scientific method.

[@SentaiYamaneko]

The best part about Mythbusters is that it isn't a killjoy show. If a myth is busted, they don't just go 'well, that's that'. They go 'yeah, it won't happen under normal circumstances, but is it possible to make it happen?'

[@jagger2001]

So glad to see so many defending Mythbusters. Maybe Dr Mike should redo this after seeing the entire episodes

[@thomasfplm]

Or at least the entire part of the episodes that deal with those myths, considering that frequently there are multiple myths being tested in parallel.

[@jagger2001]

@thomasfplm good point

[@Leafsdude_]

@@thomasfplm It really shouldn't be hard to reasonably summarize the myth with cuts from each episode without losing the context. Key points from the opening intro for the particular myth, the key moments during the tests and a proper cut of the discussion at the end before deciding how to call the myth. They did that with first couple of myths, but it seemed like Dr Mike's editing crew just presented the experiment methodology completely void of those other two context clues for all the other ones, and with nothing at all about their concluding remarks. It's no wonder it seemed unscientific to him when they're just jumping into random tests for what seems like generic claims.

[@SacGhostbusters]

I think Dr. Mike really wanted the clicks on this one: he figured that the mythbusters had a huge following, even after not being on tv years and figured he could bait us into getting him clicks and comments.

[@valornthered]

The thing to remember about these, especially the last one, is it's not about "Is this likely to happen?" It's all about "could this ever happen?" And of course, because television and ratings, then they ramp it up to "What does it take to make this happen?"

[@chrishubbard64]

I think one of the best examples being the exploding water heater. They showed that water heaters have multiple fail safes that ensure they do not explode. But, if you disable every safety measure, seal it tight, and crank up the pressure, they can in fact launch like a freaking rocket right through your house and out the roof.

[@sarahwatson3192]

Hehe always ends with a big boom.

[@valornthered]

@@chrishubbard64 I was thinking of the same one while typing this.

[@4Curses]

@@chrishubbard64 Which is plausible to happen in some cases. Who says that an old boiler, badly maintained and amateurishly patched up in an old house, WOULDN'T create exactly those circumstances. Its such fringe cases that spawn Myths.

[@danielled8665]

​@chrishubbard64 exactly, and a woman having sone of her underwire worn through her bra is very very plausible, I've had it happen to me a few times. Bras are expensive. And the thing to remember is, people do some dumb stuff and don't always check with others if they did too. Most major industrial accidents are like "this shouldn't have happened, but this precaution was broken while this precaution was down for maintenance and this precaution wasn't taken seriously, and this precaution had the corners cut to save money, etc, and the combination leads to the disaster.

[@chris_1988]

To be fair, while I haven't seen the episode with the sunscreen, since they usually test *myths*, this might have been a simple case of "We heard a rumor that someone was BBQing in their backyard, used spray-on sunscreen and suddenly caught on fire". In this case, their setup seems reasonable since it tries to recreate a possible (however unlikely) scenario in which someone might end up "on fire because of sunscreen". They're not claiming "sunscreen is a highly flammable substance", they're just checking if it's theoretically possible that this could have happened to someone under these conditions.

[@samfisher6606]

IIRC, they were testing the scenario of dad by the grill, re-upping sunscreen and sort of forgetting their time and place and spraying the sunscreen next to the grill.

[@darrowgoff3256]

They normally tried the expected scenario and then if that doesn't work they would go to giving it the best possible scenario they can for the myth to be even remotely plausible.

[@SandraNLN]

​@@darrowgoff3256 Yeah, like with the defibrillator. They tested the standard scenario (basically proving an arc to be impossible), but then moved onto the extremes of "what if" an inexperienced EMT or someone not paying attention slapped the paddles directly against the exposed metal. Then yes, it is /technically/ plausible even if it requires a very specific set of circumstances. Dr Mike in this episode seems a little....bitter. They aren't doing peer-reviewed studies under perfect lab conditions with thousands of subject participants. They are physicists/builders/mathematicians doing proof-of-concept experiments as best they can from a warehouse. Even if that means trying to recreate the most specific set of circumstances to 'prove' the possibility of a myth.

[@zed2626]

Agree, grabbing bits of the show without the whole context isn't fair. They always took the episode to the "too the max" conditions. Those cuts didn't represent the whole episode accurately.

[@bandana_girl6507]

@@samfisher6606 Yes! Also, part of what they had to test was if the sunscreen which was applied still contained enough off-gassing propellant to be highly flammable. Which isn't a given. They couldn't even consistently get a trail of gasoline to light when they tested that as part of a later myth because it wasn't evaporating quickly enough. And the thing about clothing being flammable is a thing that is already recognized as a danger (at least with synthetic fibers, most natural fibers are self-extinguishing). You shouldn't wear loose clothing near an open flame. They also were doing a similar thing with the elevator one. They had a specific, (oddly, especially for them) well-documented story that they were testing if the jump was what saved the guy. They ended up determining that it was some combination of safety mechanisms the elevator had.

[@feelthejoy]

RIP Grant Imahara. You are missed.

[@viirinsoftworks1304]

Wait, what? When did he pass? Just looked it up. Man, I've been under a rock.

[@amyhull754]

Grant is always, always missed. There are quite a few of my kids' childhood host people who are no longer with us. So sad.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

@@viirinsoftworks1304 do you remember the blonde "punk" girl who substituted Carry for a few episodes because she has just come into labor? Well , she is also not alive.

[@lenabest4078]

RIP

[@marcelo-ramos]

Not by Dr. Mike, apparently.

[@roxy071288]

I don't know if this nuance is being missed, but Myth Busters often did a "busting the myth" segment, and then they did a "trying our damndest to make it happen" segment, which was great fun to watch. I suspect that some of the latter were included in this review 🤣

[@dronhen]

This video is like watching someone complain about a book being too short and not detailed enough when all they read was the CliffsNotes version.

[@Wolf_man789]

Your the one complaining lil bro

[@dronhen]

@@Wolf_man789 You're*. And I'm probably older than you.

[@Wolf_man789]

@@dronhen sure ain’t acting like lt

[@dronhen]

@@Wolf_man789 I normally like Dr Mike's videos, but this one was a miss. He did not watch any full episodes and so he did not have the necessary context to properly criticize their methods and conclusions. I'm not sure what the problem is with pointing that out. Dr. Mike does so himself all the time -- calling out others (rightfully so) for reaching conclusions without first doing proper research.

[@Wolf_man789]

Ok then this seems like a misunderstanding I don’t see how he’s wrong but clearly you do which is okay because everyone has opinions now let’s both be the bigger person and stop arguing

[@Uncle_T]

The swearing and pain tolerance experiment has been confirmed many times, under properly strict conditions.

[@paulonius42]

And the MythBusters used a larger sample size of volunteers, not just their own team, but that was left out of the video that Mike watched. They also did research at a pain center beforehand if I remember, but that was left out too.

[@sunshine3914]

Again… 10:32

[@ceu160193]

Though it's unclear, why it works like that. How screaming bad words distracts brain from sensation of pain.

[@SarcasticData]

Fun fact; This episode of MythBusters is actually based on that research. Keele University conducted this experiment in 2009. The MythBusters episode aired in 2010 and tried to duplicate the experiment. However, if you read the research (and others) it is expressed that it's only effective for some people, and it's also only effective for those who swear in moderation. Furthermore, the hypothesis on why cursing is effective is based on stress-induced analgesia (your fight or flight response) by triggering the release of adrenalin (something not everyone can do on command with curse words. It is also noteworthy that adrenaline has other effects such as increasing heart rate and blood flow, which may make a painful situation worse). Dr. Mike is correct. The experiment done at MythBusters wasn't valid (but the original was) and the conclusion found it's not the words themselves, it's your correlation to those words. He is also right that both hypnosis and meditation are research supported ways for some people to reduce pain, so if you do curse often you can try those methods.

[@RWhite_]

@@ceu160193 My guess is it's probably a result of humans having evolved social behaviors. We tend to travel in groups, so there's value in screaming and letting other people know that you're hurt, and/or that there's something in the area that can hurt them. I'd imagine that we evolved an impulse to scream for that very reason, and thus screaming obscenities you'd only hear when when someone is hurt fulfills that impulse, reducing the stress of the pain. You could probably find similar behavior in monkeys or any other animal social animal that screams in response to pain or threats. Though I'm not sure how you could appropriately study that king of thing, especially in an ethical manner.

[@Khaos768]

This is what the Mythbusters do. They test the myth in regular conditions and if it doesn't work, they make the conditions more extreme to see what it would take to actually have the result that the myth implies. Often times they have to amp the extreme conditions to totally ridiculous levels to actually achieve this, and that was the case with the sunscreen and the pig.

[@NathanielBailey-d4n]

Like the water heater rocket myth. I think under regular conditions they busted that myth. But then they ramped it up by disabling every safety feature and showed that yes, under these highly unlikely circumstances, a water heater could turn into a rocket and shoot right through your house. I forget if they fully confirmed or busted the myth. It's been a while since I've seen it.

[@passionsquietrage]

Mythbusters is an ICONIC part of my childhood. Growing up with these guys and Bill Nye really made me love science.

[@chaz10297]

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[@At65461]

I don't live in America ​@@chaz10297

[@melisaholden1926]

​@@chaz10297 bill nye the science guy

[@xyzzy5821]

The myth busters were always candid about the absurdity of some of the scenarios. They’d typically try to bust/confirm the most reasonable take on the myth, then crank it up to an absurd level just for fun.

[@Melomeda]

7:15 “I don’t have a turbo charged pogo stick installed into my pelvis” peak Mike gold XD

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

With the bra myth, Mike, I don't know how familiar you are with the Mythbusters concept, but they do two stages: First, they test to see if the common story of a myth is plausible - not like, but possible. And then they also test to see what it would take to get the results, no matter how absurd. The bra thing, they even said in this clip, they were creating a supremely unlikely set of circumstances just to see of they could duplicate the results. So the "plausible" determination wasn't saying it was likely to happen, but that it COULD happen is exceptional circumstances. Edited to add: All of the above applies to the flammable sunscreen. They weren't saying it was going to be a common outcome, they were testing what it would take to duplicate the results.

[@Criner05]

Plus, I think the defibrillator myth states that it touches the underwire or nipple piercing when it shocks.

[@aero7glass621]

I'm a little confused. Dr.Mike were you watching youtube clips of these test or the original full episodes. They Explain everything in the episodes, plus when it came to the ice test they did it on a wider selection of people. Everything you said in your video is accurate but the original show already explained everything.

[@jii.]

He's a busy doctor... probably only watched clips.

[@syriuszb8611]

Someone prepares clips for him, he sometimes even asks about if something happens or what happens in rest of the episode.

[@hattarapilvi]

obviously he isnt going to spend hours watching 10+ full episodes of every show he reacts to.....

[@thedrunkenelf]

Yeah, I remember they also specifically said in that episode that women who've been through labour had a much higher pain tolerance and used them as a separate group as well. it's a fascinating episode.

[@Mad_Elf_0]

@@hattarapilvi So his reactions are basically invalid because he's not reacting to the actual thing, but a summary of the thing.

[@AkrivexVT]

Mike should have reacted to the flu fiction episode where they experimented with different sneezing covering techniques. It was mythbusters that got sneezing into the elbow to be in people’s minds. Also their one on how far snot can spread and why being responsible will help prevent others being sick. Those episodes are pre COVID too

[@RainCheck797]

Eh... not really. I was taught that during every training for volunteering and child care, my mom and sister as well, before it was released.

[@RS-bi1pc]

@@RainCheck797 Same, I was taught that in kindergarten which was years before Mythbusters even started.

[@Shart-santha]

I think of that episode often and the episode where they see how much uh, waste matter.. accumulates on the tooth brush when a toilet is flushed.🤣 They’re the reason why I put my toilet lid down when I flush and I keep my toothbrush in the medicine cabinet 🤣☠️. Also, I’m one of the rare people who sneezes/ coughs into my shirt instead of my elbow. I feel like doing it into my shirt catches more of the “spray” vs sneezing into my arm. Although yes, many people are taught at a very young age to cover their coughs our sneezes, I can tell you many people as children and adults DO NOT follow those rules. Even after COVID.☠️ Yall don’t even want to know how many people I catch leaving the bathroom not washing their hands 😭☠️🤢🤮.

[@jii.]

It certainly convinced me to elbow-sneeze every time. Also learned that being a germophobe is the best defence at a dinner party.

[@Sokolatopita]

​@@Shart-santha i never left the toilet lid open again after that episode 😂

[@MaverickMinecraftMiner]

Skip the add 6:25

[@Mr.skully19]

Umm at the end of the ad I saw this if u want to help ppl put the start of the ad hidden and the end of the ad visible as u did here remember if u use this advice start time hidden end time visible as u did this it should look like this btw it’s an example of

[@Mr.skully19]

Skip the ad end of ad time then hide the start time bc I saw the message after the ad hope this help

[@AMRose-cd5sg]

You a real one

[@ravenslight7934]

Loved this show growing up! When they said a myth is plausible, they meant that it can happen under certain circumstances. What they'd do is they'd test if it's remotely possible or not. Then for TV if a myth is busted, they'd see how far they needed to go to make it happen. A big part of the show was also entertainment.

[@AndrewSkow1]

Doctor Reacts To MYTHBUSTERS clips and highlight reels out of context.

[@emimonsterlicious]

So completely out of context without any of the parts where they allay all Mike's problems.

[@nairilee]

It's painful that Dr. Mike fundamentally misunderstood the point of this show.

[@ChrisKatsu-]

Truth. Did nobody tell him the concept of he’d never seen it or heard of it before?

[@superbex1]

Yeah, this was a cringy and half assed video tbh

[@noahurie1465]

What was the point of the show?

[@atimidbirb]

This happens to him with a lot of things lol

[@danni8957]

You're new here aren't you

[@bobsquirrelking]

For the defibrillator one: they did try the nipple piercings later in the episode, but results were essentially the same: when placed right no spark, no burns. When placed directly on the metal, you get a small burn.

[@zed2626]

Agree. At that point in the episode they moved onto the "what would it take to get the result" testing phase. Out of full context. Kari said plausible, not confirmed.

[@billnicholson3173]

The myth they were busting was that people have been burned by bra wires and nipple piercings when the were being shocked with a defibrillator. I think their experiment showed that that was extremely unlikely to happen. They should have said the myth was busted, not plausible. The only think they showed as being plausible was that metal gets hot when you run electricity through it.

[@DreamingBackToThis]

​@billnicholson3173 They only used Busted when the myth was impossible, not just implausible. That's why most of these examples were Plausible instead, because even though the circumstances are EXTREMELY unlikely to occur in the wild, humans are strange and unpredictable (Untold Stories of the ER and Sex Sent Me to the ER taught me that...) so nothing was completely ruled Busted if they got the myth to work even under very specific circumstances.

[@billnicholson3173]

@@DreamingBackToThis "They only used Busted when the myth was impossible, not just implausible. That's why most of these examples were Plausible" So by your own words you are saying that the called things plausible when they were actually implausible.

[@DreamingBackToThis]

@billnicholson3173 I mean, if we want to argue vocabulary, sure. But the actual point is that they didn't USE Implausible as a ruling on the show. The myth was either 100% Busted meaning completely impossible no matter what they tried to do to make it happen, 100% Confirmed meaning they could recreate it under the conditions in the original myth, or Plausible meaning - much like the defibrillator burning skin or the sunscreen catching someone on fire - it could only happen under VERY specific circumstances. Would Implausible But Possible be better? Yes, probably, but that's not the vocabulary they used.

[@tdb1726]

Almost like Mike has never seen Mythbusters before. They have to be entertaining, it is the only thing that kept them on air for so long

[@tfrowlett8752]

4:49 there was one case where an underwire bra did catch on fire during a defibrillation, but that was over 30 years ago when they used 600 joules of energy, twice as much as they do now.

[@janisgrochala1319]

I also have to wonder if they would even leave the bra on! About seventeen years ago now, my mom had a heart attack and unfortunately passed away, but the paramedics had cut/taken her shirt off so I got shy and waited in the other room. I don't think they would leave any fabric or metal in the way of saving a life!

[@alexs.818]

Loved Mythbusters growing up, and seeing Grant there really makes me sad but also thankful for his contributions. Rest In Peace Grant!

[@3DJapan]

RIP Grant.

[@ChennaJCook]

Yes! That was one of the few celebrity deaths that I felt affected by. I grew up watching the show and my brother wanted to be Grant when he grew up.

[@shroomyk]

I actually didn't know he passed away. Has to be something tragic because he was young. :(

[@earthiswatching]

A lot of these made far more sense if you don't cut out the actual myth they were testing. I believe the sunscreen one had the person in the story catching fire after reapplying sunscreen by the grill. So, yeah, they needed to see which sunscreens might be flammable, then see if the fire spread.

[@HariSeldon913]

In the case he showed, I think it was the propellant that was flammable rather than the actual sunscreen. You can get a similar flareup with canola spray (like Pam), which many, including myself, use to make the food stick to the rack less.

[@SandraNLN]

@@HariSeldon913 Yeah, but since you're spraying Pam away from yourself and not ONTO yourself, it's less likely you'd actually catch fire. The question was never "what might cause a flare over a grill?" Everyone knows aerosol cans are flammable, but if you're dumb enough to spray a ton of aerosolized sunscreen towards your body over an open flame (or even heavily cover yourself and then immediately approach an open flame, as with the pig) then the possibility exists the fire can spread to your body and set you on fire.

[@the3nder1]

I feel like Mike underestimates just how dumb/careless people can be. Putting AED pads on wrong is 100% something that can happen and people let their clothes get worn all the time, especially women and their favorite bras. I've seen, with my own eyes not on video, someone apply spray on sunscreen while having a lit cigarette and about as close to an open flame as the mannequin was to the grill. People in those situations aren't doing it on purpose but they will still do dumb stuff like that. Think of all the warnings on products; each one is there because someone somewhere did the thing they are warning you about. There was a trend a while back of putting flour in a blow dryer. A highly flammable substance when aerosolized in a device that will not only aerosolize it but also gets hot enough to ignite the dust. Agent K said it in Men in Black "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky animals..."

[@NickRoman]

Indeed, the possibility of accidentally touching the edge of a bra seems quite plausible to me. Or just not thinking that it would make any difference.

[@felixar90]

I think that episode predates the widespread use of AEDs. Back then it was mostly still this big non-automated cart with the two irons they rub together to spread the lube thing and put on your chest.

[@NathanielBailey-d4n]

Yeah, when a myth is plausible it means that they got it to work under a very specific but possible set of circumstances. An exposed under wire and someone touching it with a defibrillator is perfectly possible but possibly rare enough to not fully confirm the myth.

[@aaronsinclairfilm]

You should have titled this one "Doctor OVERREACTS TO Mythbusters Medical Experiments"

[@RanaldMcDanald]

I saw the thumbnail and thought to myself. “Oh wow Dr. Mike is doing a video about Mythbusters! This oughta be fun.” I was wrong, it was not.

[@valeriewest3950]

Hey Dr, Mike to quote the MythBusters “I reject your reality and substitute my own!”

[@guardianeris]

Dr. Mike, first thing, the myths are not things the Mythbusters believe, iirc all those myths were submissions by audience members or written by production from anecdotes and all. The point of the show was to prove or disprove these myths, as stupid as they may sound, to the audience, on TV, to dispel misinformation being told in the way of those wives' tales you always hear. Second, Adam and Jamie do try to control for a lot of variables, like for example camera crew not interfering with the experiments, give them some credit, they're engineers iirc. Third, when myths that sound outrageous but fun don't work out, these two always try to ramp it up to see if there's any way that myth could ever be true, like for example I think there was one about cars exploding upon impact due to the gasoline in the tank that they proved that on normal circumstances it'd not be feasible, but they crafted a scenario that would somehow cause that to happen, and it was something like 200 mph car with leaking gasoline that would cause that to happen. So, in summary, ofc the sunscreen myth is bullshit, but I've heard people say that myth proudly to justify shaming me for using sunscreen "unnecessarily", and thus the Mythbusters show that no, in normal circumstances, you won't catch on fire from putting on sunscreen, only if something as stupid as someone spraying aerosol sunscreen next to an open flame happened that would be the case.

[@kimaboe]

Grant Imahara was an electrical engineer, but none of the other team members were (from the original crew). Jamie has a degree in Russian Literature IIRC, and of course now I think all of them probably have a pile of honorary degrees. This show has probably done more for getting people into STEM than anyone on TV since Sagan.

[@scrumbles]

Complaining about their methodology, especially sample sizes, is just kind of silly. This is a television show. They can't afford, or have the time, to do a 5 year study with hundreds of test subjects for a single episode.

[@lilchubb4919]

"I don't have a turbo charged Pogo stick installed into my pelvis" - Dr. Mikhail Varshavski.

[@lvfd6117]

Welp, ive become old enough that some people people have no idea how mythbusters worked, oh boy

[@DonnieDonnington]

Sorry Mike, but by not watching a lot more of the show, you're missing a great deal of their method.

[@tomashartvig4022]

Agree.. Mike is almost completely loosing the point here.

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

Or simply Mike just needed to talk with Adam Savage!

[@Galiant2010]

I watched a lot of the show when it was new. I enjoyed it for the wacky stuff they did, but their methods were always too unreliable for me to take seriously, and there were a few times where I found myself thinking "I hope no one takes this seriously and thinks they can/can't do something based on this show, alone."

[@ImThePepper]

​@@mikcnmvedmsfonotekaI'd love for Adam to go on the checkup podcast if there was a context that made sense for both of them. lol

[@ZackScroggins]

@@Galiant2010 Then you also missed the point. They almost always start with the myth as stated (or as it is most likely to actually happen) and then ramp it up to an extreme to see if it's possible in a real world setting, and then if they still haven't gotten the result, ramp it up to an absurd level to see if the stated result is even possible.

[@OldManLondre]

I love Dr. Mike. I love Mythbusters. This video hurt me. Deeply.

[@astromonkey2]

Something tells me Dr Mike didn't understand what they were trying to do with the show. I mean I know it's silly and no one should ever consider Mythbusters science before entertainment, but the way this was edited to make it look like they were trying be a bunch of knuckleheads blowing stuff up rather than accommodating the crazy concepts that some people believe makes me wonder what else he is misrepresenting for that sweet sweet youtube algorithm. But hey, here I am making a comment so we'll done doc.

[@teagan_p_999]

I don't think Dr. Mike misrepresented it on purpose, I think he only saw the clips that someone else on the internet cut together.

[@GibnFritzinger]

8:20 if you ever in an elevator and it starts to freefall, you’re supposed to lay on your back and it’s very unlikely that elevator is gonna be freefalling because I’m pretty sure there’s like five safety locks that’s gonna have to pass

[@antonionegrea3554]

Wow, a doctor getting sponsored by grammarly, makes sense

[@L1ghtWolfGaming]

This is one of the few rare times I didn’t enjoy the video, solely because i don’t think mike got the context of the myths in question… which actually made me sad since I grew up with mythbusters, they and bill nye and a few others got me into science :3

[@TandCstudios100]

@@L1ghtWolfGaming Sameeee, I feel like he'd really like it and understand their approaches if he actually watched any context for the clips

[@cmgeorge12]

Unfortunately, this tends to happen a lot with his "reacts" videos, where he's not given enough context to understand what's really going on in the clips he's shown. For example, I remember where he reacted to the Scrubs rabies episode, and rather missed much of the point of the episode because he didn't get who Jill Tracy was and what the background was between her and JD,.

[@Quzga]

It's too negative like he's reacting to a science study not entertainment. Very bad vibes

[@90TSara]

Actually there are studies that suggests that swearing can sometimes increase pain tolerance by like 1/3. And the mythbusters motto was "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" so that's why the pig got covered in flammable liquid whilst being cm away from a naked flame. I loved Mythbusters when I was a teenager. (R.I.P Grant).

[@jamiefrontiera1671]

i thought the study was swearing decreases pain as it allows dopomine (is that the correct hormone for pain relief?) to be released in the body

[@90TSara]

@jamiefrontiera1671 as far as I know, realising dopamine can reduce pain/provide some pain relief. However I don't know enough about it to be 100% sure.

[@skyhunterx]

I feel like you kinda missed the point of Mythbusters my guy 🤔

[@paulonius42]

Embarrassingly so. Whoever showed him these clips left out all of the surrounding research and explanations, and the entire group of volunteers that were tested for the swearing myth. This was not a good video.

[@angrymeowngi]

What is the point of mythbusters if not entertainment mixed in with some crude science experiments? This is a reaction video and he was simply commenting at the crudeness of the experiments and having fun. I think he did get it even though he was only seeing very limited clips.

[@31animafan]

I feel like your missing the point of this video my guy.

[@AndrewMillward]

Yeah this is how I felt. Seems like Dr. M didn't watch Myth Busters, which is fine. But this is a really poor selection of clips. I get that they have limited time and this is just a reaction video. But they always qualify on the show when they're going beyond what would likely ever happen and showing an extreme 0.0001% chance. I feel like that should have been explained, lol.

[@Leafsdude]

@@AndrewMillward "I get that they have limited time and this is just a reaction video." There's a level of irony there, lol.

[@historylover]

You never watched Mythbusters back in the day, did you? They would always do real world attempts first, and then they would do what they could to make the myth work before they called it confirmed, plausible, or busted. They actually would know that you don't touch the underwire with it, but that doesn't mean some idiot wouldn't try it. Which is why they would have the disclaimer of don't try this at home.

[@m.drukker-tikotin5311]

I actually did install a turbo charged pogo stick into my pelvis just recently. Very useful indeed.

[@SparJar]

The point of Myth Busters was for them to try and get the myth to happen regardless of circumstance. They would usually bust a myth and then try to replicate super humanly and it was great entertainment.

[@Hollow_Phoenix]

It's so classic Mike that he sees Mythbusters not as a TV show about trying to recreate odd situations and see if they work, but as real world scientists gathering hard evidence for actual use. Besides, Mythbusters got myself and many others interested in science, pick your targets carefully Mike :P

[@usmh]

Obviously they could've been a lot more rigorous and still made as good TV.

[@hattarapilvi]

hes not targeting anything lol hes just reacting to things people request. the whole point of his reactions is that he looks at it from a very "serious" standpoint as a doctor. also how is a person who never watched this supposed to know the full context of the show and the hosts intentions?

[@PrograError]

He definitely didn't hit the broadside of the farm in this one... too many contexts are either not given or just totally edited for rage value

[@smdebate3285]

7:25 “I don’t have a turbo charged pogo stick installed into my pelvis” - The All Knowing Dr. Mike

[@HariSeldon913]

That would be something better answered by one of his former girlfriends. 😺

[@ceu160193]

Well, what you are waiting for? Install one right away!

[@3DJapan]

No, but he has legs that can jump. Buster does not.

[@goodgollymissmolly7624]

Man, were you even watching the full episodes? The Mythbusters formula is “could this happen under normal conditions?” If not, then “ok, how extreme of conditions do we have to create to *make* this happen?” Then they know if it’s in the realm of possibility *at all*, even figuratively, or if it’s outright busted completely. Plus, it’s fun to go to the ridiculous extremes!!

[@DouglasZwick]

11:27 - that's a damn accurate Jon Stewart impression, intentional or not

[@edwinbear7065]

Dr. Mike, call Adam Savage over at the Tested youtube channel. I bet he'd love to talk with you about these!

[@Quzga]

I'm glad that he's still around and as passionate as ever, was such a huge fan of him in my teens, now I'm nearing 30 and still a big fan! Crazy to think I've watched him for half my life 😊

[@intent2modulate]

This! I think Mike needs to get Adam on the podcast to talk about balancing entertainment with the scientific method... and maybe the dangers of reacting to a clip taken out of its original context.

[@felixhenson9926]

the collab i didn't know i needed!

[@Leafsdude]

Adam has some pretty interesting/wild medical stories (for one, he's an outspoken hearing aid advocate, having a congenital condition). I do think it'd be an interesting discussion. That said, it seems like the podcast leans toward controversial guests, and I think Adam would be the exact opposite of that.

[@Cleo-h3x]

For the defibrillator one: they did try the nipple piercings later in the episode, but results were essentially the same: when placed right no spark, no burns. When placed directly on the metal, you get a small burn..

[@Boyzby]

I'm not sure if you've ever watched Mythbusters, but when they find something doesn't work, they will go to the extremes to find even the smallest, most unlikely cases where it might replicate the myth-like with the sunscreen-and still say it's Busted. The bra one with the paddle really should've been a Busted as well.

[@jii.]

Though a noob could completely mess up the defibrillation and burn someone. Highly unlikely, but possible.

[@derpboy8904]

​@@jii.That's why they said Is plausible

[@teagan_p_999]

Defibrillators are designed to be pretty idiot-proof. I took a first aid course where the instructor handed it to someone who'd never used one just to prove it. The machine talks you through everything.

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

Actually, I’m pretty sure the swearing one has been confirmed by actual studies. Brain scans show that cathartic swearing actually dampens pain signals in some way. I’m not a neuroscientist so I will not pretend to remember the exact details, but I remember years ago reading studies talking about how swearing actually comes from a completely different part of the brain from regular language, and that allows it to have a larger effect on pain than regular language.

[@jamesengland7461]

Time and time again, Dr. Mike fails here by jumping to uninformed conclusions, forgetting the premise of the show is to test myths, and dismissed the evidence in front of his eyes. He clearly didn't watch enough Mythbusters as a kid, and it shows.

[@dvdraymond]

XKCD did a comic just for Mike here, number 397, titled "unscientific". One is complaining about how Mythbusters is not scientific, saying "they fail at basic rigor" and the response was this: "Ideas are tested by experiment. That is the _core_ of science. Everything else is bookkeeping. "By teaching people to hold their beliefs up to experiment, Mythbusters is doing more to drag humanity out of the unscientific darkness than a thousand lessons in rigor. "Show them some love."

[@SandraNLN]

Adam even says during the show at some point (I'm possibly paraphrasing here): "remember kids, the difference between dicking around and science is writing it down!" The point of the show was always about having fun, doing baseline proof-of-concept experiments, and taking things to the extreme. Never about fully rigorous, irrefutable, data-gathering studies.

[@jii.]

Getting kids to watch for the explosions, and then accidently learn how cool science is; invaluable!

[@Leafsdude]

Anyway, back to zombie stuff. I hunger for BRAAAAAIIINNS!

[@teagan_p_999]

There's an xkcd for everything, that's a great one.

[@C3R133RUZ]

I'm surprised Mike hasn't learned of the multiple studies relating swearing to a decrease in pain. Especially in some things like martial arts you may be taught to exclaim or yell in order to be more focused and release tension and stiffness.

[@scottmcintyre2809]

The Mythbusters never claimed to be scientific. Their general M.O. was to start by just setting the myth up as a reasonable person would and seeing if it worked as advertised (confirmed) or not, if it didn't work they'd go back and modify the conditions of the test to see if there was any possibility that it could potentially happen if the circumstances were right. If they were able to make it happen with that tweaking they'd declare it "plausible". as in if every goes exactly right it could happen, if they couldn't make it go they'd call it busted (except in rare cases where they couldn't reproduce it but had documented evidence of it happening, then they'd call it plausible). So for the defibrillator one they went to the fact they had to go through so much to make it work means they only called it Plausible, because it COULD happen, but 99% of the time it won't. They also aren't looking for the why, so for the cursing one they flagged it as confirmed because it did help, so it does what it says. They don't claim to know *why* it works, what specific factor causes it, but cursing did consistently help, so there's something there. The Pig was another one they flagged as "plausible". In the full myth they tested the pig at various times after application and various distances from the grill, but ultimately confirmed that if you dosed yourself with an alcohol based sunscreen and reached over the grill within 5 seconds you could catch yourself on fire. Not impossible so can't be completely busted, but so unlikely they can't really call it confirmed, so plausible.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

"Plausible" not as in "this is likely to happen" but as in "this might have happened once upon a time"

[@DoctorMike]

If you can create extreme situations in your mind almost anything can be created to be plausible

[@ChunkyCoffee]

​@@DoctorMikethese are urban legends rumors or just straight up myths that are viewer submitted. Busted means not possible. Confirmed means they were able to replicate the myth in its parameters. Plausible means that it could happen under very specific circumstances. In the case of the defibrillator it was if the user applied it to the metal which could happen in a very rare but possible scenario. The sunscreen one in final testing was what if someone at a grill reapplied it by the grill carelessly. In this case they are testing a scenario. If a witness would describe this as "being set on fire to sunscreen" thus creating an urban legend it is plausible because while unlikely to happen it could happen under the right circumstances in a way that would create the myth.

[@KateTora]

Philologist here. Swearing is actually very often stored in the emotional part of the brain and not the language part. So swearing has to be natural to do anything, and then it's linked to emotions. That's why people with dementia usually can still swear even if they have aphasia (or that's what they taught us at the uni). To actually have any kind of effect on fighting pain, they would have to actually SWEAR swear, not use euphemisms, because it's the hardcore swearwords that are stored in our emotional center (like saying "ouch" or whatever language equivalent may there be for you) and not the euphemisms. Pretty fascinating stuff and, as far as I can tell, still not debunked from when I was studying :D

[@Robin93k]

Unless you pre conditioned yourself to euphemisms. Because it's still not the words but their useage that makes them effective. I personally conditioned myself to curse "Alderaan" from pain/shock/suprise. Which people might look at me weird for, but they do that anyways, so I'll prefer to not actually curse by reflex in front of children. (Alderaan is the first planet destroyed by the first death star in Star Wars)

[@KateTora]

@@Robin93k Yes, absolutely, self-conditioning is the key here! Like you've said, if you condition yourself to swear with euphemisms, they will get coded into your brain to be used as such. I use some in a similar manner and YES also because I don't want anything to slip in front of kids. And Alderaan is such a great idea! It even sounds sophisticated when used in this way :D (As in, like a sophisticated curse)

[@jaydiarie]

mike annoyed me this episode WHY ARE WE YELLING 😭😭

[@draken882000]

Hey Mike. Avid fan of Mythbusters here. I think what any person with common sense sees with the sunscreen test is that unless you had a moment of shear stupidity and sprayed yourself with an aerosol while next to an open flame, no your sunscreen doesn't make you more or less likely to catch yourself on fire.

[@billwhite515]

I would argue you could be applying sunscreen while smoking a cigarette and catch fire that way but it's not necessarily the sunscreen and included chemical but the aerosol propellant.

[@TandCstudios100]

Did he, like, not watch the entirety of these episodes? There's a lot of nuance ignored that is explained in the episodes...

[@Quzga]

That's the issue with most react channels, they're given out of context snippets but make conclusions from it. It's all for entertainment but a but annoying ngl

[@souleater4242564kodd]

Yes, they literally don't care about nuance

[@YouAreRìght-t]

RIP Mike you were the good youtube doctor. Hope you will be happy whereever you are.❤

[@icarusbinns3156]

Mike. Stop. Mythbusters was AMAZING. For the time it was aired. You have to remember it’s actually kind of old. It’s dated. But still fantastic. RIP Grant

[@Cyrax89721]

Mike coming at this from a perspective that Mythbusters isn't an entertainment show is kind of bizarre.

[@SandraNLN]

@@OldManYellsAtClouds Which he still kinda fails to do in this episode. He isn't taking these as a talking-point. He could have used the pain one to discuss how pain works, which hormones affect it, the fact that numerous scientific studies have been published to prove that swearing /does/ impact pain tolerance...instead he just says "lol nah that's dumb and too many variables"

[@Quzga]

Ikr he's acting like it's research or a science study, very weird. Didn't enjoy the video much, very negative. Gave me redditor vibes "urmm atchually" 🤓

[@Bob-jn8jt]

I think mike missed the point of mythbusters. They don’t come up with myths they take from the internet and urban legends and try them out. They often explain it at the end in a summary.

[@avatarofdeath]

In mythbusters if they are doing something obvious, it's because the myth as claimed was clearly not going to work, so they take it to the most extreme version of that myth to entertain, cause it's TV.

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

About the suncreen catching fire. I've seen it happen with my very own eyes on a girl from my university. We were at the beach, we had lit a fire for BBQ, she just covered herself head to toe with suncsreen oil (some of these oils, especially the cheap ones really like to catch fire), rubbed it in, but i guess her hands were still pretty oily, so when she got near the fire a slight gust of wind spew a flame in her direction and her arm caught fire up to the elbow. She paniced and started jumping around. Fortunately one of the guys managed to react quickly, dropped her on the sand and threw sand on her, managing to put her out before anything worse happened. Her arm was really red though, so we quickly wet a one of the towels, wrapped it around her hand, while keeping it wet and cool and drove to the hospital. Turned out she was extremely lucky and got away with just 1st degree burn on her forearm. For the next 3-4 days she had to put vaseline on her forearm to keep the skin from cracking and drying out.

[@dawncollins620]

One of my high school gym teachers told us that if our injuries were serious enough, he would give us a “license to swear” 🤬

[@abqmalenurse]

Mythbusters loved setting things on fire and blowing things up. That was their schtick. They know nobody would place electrodes directly on a bare underwire. I loved that show. Always wanted to see what they would blow up next!

[@blob0000]

7:55 Spreading out on the floor as much as possible is excactly what you're supposed to do. It spreads out the energy as much as possible. Standing up would probably also be a good idea, it would probably break your legs, and maybe even more, but after all you're only trying to survive, not survive unscathed.

[@Leahm725]

Came here to comment the same thing. My dad and grandpa are elevator mechanics so grew up around them but I’m terrified of man made heights specially. If you jump you’ll break your neck or cave your head in. Laying down helps displace weight as well as limits the movement of your body in relation to the cab. More flailing = more injury. Standing or bending your knees could snap your knees. You wouldn’t die for sure like jumping but keep in mind you got femoral arteries right above them you don’t want to bleed out from. Best bet is lay down and spread out.

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@Leahm725 standing up is bad in general whenever it comes to high velocity impacts because it means your head has more freedom of movement, and that is what you are trying to protect. i imagine some configuration similar the safety position for airplane emergency landings is your best bet for survival. you are compact, seated, with your head tucked in.

[@user-zt8qe5hp1p]

If you’re falling at such a high speed, especially free fall, how do you even have a means of control, or grounding?

[@OurHeroXero]

A lot of Mythbusters came down to _what makes for good TV_ . When you step back and think about some of the myths that were being tested, the _myths_ were largely an excuse to blow something up, shoot guns, or set something on fire.

[@seanmcshaft]

Truth, in fact many of their myths could be confirmed with just math on a notepad but watching someone do that is not particularly interesting. Case in point will getting shot with a gun make you go flying backwards like in movies.

[@gilbertortega3388]

You've crossed the line Mike, no one challenges the Mythbusters.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

The sunscreen one I don't think is "will sunscreen make you spontaneously burst into flames?" it's more like "is it safe to use sunscreen near an open fire?"

[@nexttytreporter2598]

Elevators dropping like that is INCREDIBLY rare. They have several fail safes to avoid that happening, including emergency cables if the standard cables break.

[@needoriginalname]

Fun fact, when the inventor of the modern elevator once took an ax and cut the elevator cable to proof that he wouldn't drop to his death.

[@AzureKnight2]

Which the Mythbusters talked about in the episode. Including how they had to disable the safety features even on the abandoned elevator.

[@astromonkey2]

Don't most elevators operate with a large piston pushing them up and down rather than a cable suspending them in place?

[@welbow]

@@astromonkey2 Depends on the type of elevator. Jared Owens did a video on how both types work.

[@hawkeye7527]

​@@needoriginalname Okay but did he die? Lol

[@rsalbreiter]

Why does Dr Mike think Mythbusters is publishing scientific conclusions? It's a TV show

[@viirinsoftworks1304]

Yes, but the CIA does pay attention to their experiments.

[@metroidhunter965]

To be fair, nobody on Mythbusters is a medical professional. Jamie and Adam both have practical SFX artists. They have to use more scientific routes rather than medical

[@gownerjones]

But his main criticism was that their experiments are NOT scientific, because indeed, they aren't.

[@eduardolanda2289]

Also the show is for entertainment purposes they probably know most of the times if it will work.

[@AMVH2012]

MythBusters, here's a fun fact: Jamie and Adam are not friends. While they respect each other's skills and abilities they do not like each other. I've always thought Jamie dislikes Adam more than Adam dislikes Jamie. That said, I believe Jamie tried really hard not to look like he enjoyed doing that.

[@00naruhina]

Coming after MythBusters for their scientist process is kinda sacrilege

[@estherp]

Hey a message to everyone: keep going. You are doing great!

[@robertbraccio4101]

I dont have a turbo charged pogo stick installed onto my pelvis

[@amandav42]

Mike, my dude....look, grab the beverage of your choice, a snack, sit down, stay quiet....AND ENJOY THE *BLEEPY BLEEPBLEEP* SHOW!!! 🙃😂 See? I feel SO much better now. Thanks, Mythbusters!! RIP Grant 💖

[@mitchellradspinner4491]

Making content where they actually engage with the question rather than just saying "well ofcourse it would be this" is why Mythbusters was great.

[@ingridn0g]

Mike absolutely going nuts with the sunscreen "experiment", lmao

[@mfn1311]

If sneezing popped your eyes out if they were open, don’t you think you’d feel some force on your eyelids every time you sneezed haha

[@ayaderg]

it's important to remember that none of this is 'science' or 'studies' as much as it's a curious and creative form of entertainment

[@Gracieshupe]

Happy Birthday Mike! Hope you had the best day ever yesterday! 🎉🎂💕

[@Mom.3]

Yesterday was his bday! No way! It was my sons as well!

[@silverdandelions1908]

7:19 “I dOnT hAvE a TuRbO cHaRgEd PoGo StIcK iNsTaLlEd InTo My PeLvIs!” -doctor mike, 2024

[@JuniperChristensen]

Dr. Mike, I've been bed ridden in pain from an ankle sprain, and I will say in full confidence (my boot can back me up 😂) that your content has been keeping me distracted 😂😂 appreciating all of the healthcare workers, yall deserve more attention than yall get

[@wheelofhands]

RIP Grant Imahara. I loved this show as a kid, it's sillier in hindsight

[@jonathonschwendler4644]

The bra thing is plausible, people can do things incorrectly. No one is perfect, especially someone untrained.

[@TranceDark]

I was expecting a reaction to mythbusters injuries, like the time Adam burned his eyebrows off, or when the molten jaw breaker exploded

[@nat-815]

'Am I missing an eyebrow?' 🤣🤣

[@alfredjames4530]

Mythbusters are checking if a myth is possible, not if it's plausible. Also obviously they need to take things to the extreme for entertainment.