Film Theory: The Tide Pod Challenge - EXPOSED!

[@TheKidOfOnions]

Life hack: instead of a snack, tide pods make great laundry detergent.

[@frederickthegreat5456]

Woah man are you serious? That's the best life hack, nobody ever knew about it.

[@thephantomknyte5759]

Kong Lo oh shit man, I had no idea

[@kayleemcdonald2047]

Gee, i would have never known!

[@johnk6123]

Saw this posted somewhere and thought it was hilarious. Best part of this whole thing is this joke.

[@notashark6801]

Where did you find evidence for this?

[@Yes-lh7yt]

KZbin tried to stop me watching this video cuz it was “inappropriate”... they don’t want me to know the truth

[@elugbawanogho3877]

The point of vide is don't eat tide pods or any cleaning products

[@whomidity3953]

Nothing is real, everything is permitted

[@Sharkraspberries]

Because thick and sticky

[@garyfog]

I know

[@StarBright72610]

It’s because suicide is involved

[@irugelgumiho5195]

they clean they soften but most importantly they put you in a coffin

[@acesamurai503]

Collossatron XD

[@seikiadoren]

THAT! was good

[@loulou2229]

Yes boy yes

[@liam8798]

Collossatron XD lol

[@xploppyplayzgamez5384]

Collossatron lmao 😂

[@SvenTheConeMan]

Matpat: don't eat tide pods KZbin: time to slap an age restriction on it

[@samchindedza2012]

So true

[@hawramarhoon6053]

KZbin doesn't want us to know that we can't eat tide pods

[@kinjalshah7171]

Restricted mode is on

[@huwdte]

I'm pretty sure it's because it flags on youtube's bots as suicide

[@cursedcat6467]

KZbin hates criticism against the media I guess lol

[@torta.pounder]

I like how this video is the *_only_* tide pod video that has age verification

[@hydrashade1851]

its like youtube is saying its ok to eat tidepods.

[@YouTubeChannel-uw4bd]

All of them do :/

[@angelabrass9415]

4th comment in a row that was taking about this being agg verification

[@AnneBoleynofEngland]

2020 y'all, it's the year that fixes this problem 👌

[@Mimimimi-uz6jv]

@@hydrashade1851 so they can be pop exactly like he said

[@suvijaksrijaturat1512]

Matpat: *talks about how tidepods are bad for you* KZbin: *age restriction*

[@metalizedLV]

Ikr I hate when KZbin dose that with certain videos

[@yin4766]

Why do people even do this things is it just for views

[@devdoesstuff386]

I hate age restricion

[@neilmackinnon4505]

Why

[@neilmackinnon4505]

Just why

[@austino2462]

Great job KZbin, Age restricting An informational video

[@dadoge4838]

The profile pic tho

[@ZachVlogss]

It was because he said Logan Paul’s name

[@queeenie]

An*

[@frogboy4276]

the media doesnt want us to know the news lies

[@Gh0st020]

All that for a drop of blood

[@d.sk8r]

Film theory: don't eat tide pods. You Tube: do you want an age restriction?

[@shawnmcmillan4438]

Back in the day: we'll have flying cars in the future 2018: DON'T EAT SOAP!!!!!!!

[@skinkofdeath1413]

Shawn McMillan i smell a crankthatfrank reference

[@nomadtealeaf1532]

Shawn McMillan we do have cars in space though

[@quintusgrobler9088]

Ah the meme recycling service has arrived. #GoingGreen

[@brianp6859]

Sadly society got derailed somewhere lol

[@AlcIov]

Shawn McMillan *LOL 😂*

[@Lex-jj7hb]

It's like that time everyone was scared of shark attacks, despite them being at a record low.

[@TarigonTetradactyl]

Alexis Ford wow

[@stevenle9960]

there's a higher chance of you dying from a car crash on the way to the beach than the chance of you even getting bit by a shark

[@Hornfellas]

theres a higher chance u get killed by a vending machine than a shark

[@snorythemarshmallow9882]

Plus we kill more sharks *cough mabye even killed of an entire species of skarks cough* than us being killed by one.

[@michiganmade3348]

I’m still waiting for MattPatt to go over the blacks n the mainstream media

[@randomcrispy]

**MatPat simply talks about eating tide pods** KZbin:... *LET'S AGE RESTRICT THIS!*

[@shuvelstone1331]

Its not because of the tide pods, its because hes bashing the news system and revealing lies the media has shushed up

[@heckmouf1871]

also youtube: LETS AGE RESTRICT EVERYTHING GOOD ON KZbin

[@hiimapenguin]

@@shuvelstone1331 no, yt just wants kids to die a, painful, horrible, death

[@Rudinn_Ranger]

When you watch a tide pod video and want to eat one: cry’s in death*

[@rabbitgutz6556]

Lol

[@veralin-alter615]

99% of comments: Why was this age restricted 1% of comments: Anything Else

[@drolemem]

.01% This comment

[@tamicariveau8158]

Yep

[@3xwilIy]

Cough cough logan paul

[@Umarakmalfayaz]

true:)

[@mindyauron]

Wasn’t the original “tide pod challenge” where people would make their clothes dirty and see how well they cleaned up...? Fuck, we have fallen from grace as a species

[@lindan7238]

Mindy Auron yep. Those were the good old days

[@jaimewegscheider1085]

Yea I agree

[@mrhupwop981]

We are LITERALLY devolving without natural selection

[@phantom117b4]

Mindy Auron I remember those days

[@snowalutma7702]

Omg yes you are sooo right

[@semors]

This is Age restricted Why!?

[@unedibleapple6500]

T_S_E 25 dunno, it didn’t use to be.

[@nizzamha1363]

KZbin have broke

[@EssiSunday]

I think it’s because it has footage to kids eating tide pods

[@bedrockcastle777]

Maybe KZbin thinks it is "encouraging suicide" or some bullshit.

[@charlotterhodes7359]

@@tonyforshyr9381 mhm

[@kylelortz1457]

My dad is a firefighter and he went on a house fire once (3-4 weeks ago). He came home the next day and we were watching the news like normal people and he caught something that not many people would know. The reporter said two firefighters had fallen off a ladder and needed to be taken away by the medic. This didn’t happen at all and he knows this because he was there. One firefighter was hurt trying to get in but no one was taken away. The news puts false statements into their stories to engage the audience. I completely agree with the statements that film theory has made!

[@DarthBagel]

FAKE NEWS

[@levisamom5069]

Damn that's low...really low😑

[@grace2040]

That sucks that this happens in the newd

[@ronabrookemoore]

I agree and am not surprised.The news does this all the time in such subtle ways to seem more dramatic!!!! we got struck with a hurricane a few years ago, and it wasn't very bad..a couple damaged power lines and some wind and rain. A few years before that we had a really bad hurricane, areas were flooded, we were without power for weeks and had a state of emergency. When they were broadcasting about the recent hurricane, I noticed they were showing clips of some of our main roads flooded. We decided to drive out there to see because we all agreed it wasnt very bad outside. The streets were perfectly fine. No flooding what so ever. After some looking into it, we realized they used old video footage from a past hurricane and did not specify. People were calling their families from away worried and wondering if we were okay.. when in reality it was just a little windier than usual..nothing to be worried about!

[@jubileeYAVEL]

@@ronabrookemoore wow, it's really sad that it's not surprising at all

[@thesilliestspiderman]

People are sayings that this is age restricted and the reason. It is because in the beginning it said “Trigger warning: I talk about suicides” and he DOES talk about suicide

[@Ax-xo4ux]

When I first watched this it wasn’t age restricted on my end- isn’t now either

[@Shopibag]

Yeah same

[@Karishma_Unspecified]

hey, I think i might have missed the trigger warning - could you tell me where it is? Thanks!

[@retro1reactive]

The amount of times I've seen the media blow out of proportion ironic memes is pretty crazy. They dont seem to understand our super dry and sarcastic humor. It was obvious at the beginning that tide pod videos were fake and just trying to be "funny"

[@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong]

Part of the reason why I dont watch any mainstream news outlets. I dig up my own research and news to see if its factual.

[@edawnamcquade4809]

Uiriamu Busujima if u listened there has ben deaths

[@shrekisthanos7419]

Uiriamu Busujima

[@The_WhitePencil]

Edawna McQuade if u listened he said "at the beginning" not "throughout the entire time they were being made".

[@uljk5699]

Most ironic part of the story: one of the worst news in present day society is that "Media is the real-life Illuminati, and they must be destroyed for good of the humankind." Although Trump ranting about all the "Fake-News" is simply crazy, it is still pretty deranging to have Media controlling what information you have easy access to. That being said, I wonder if they are trying to be a New Bible, or even a new God.

[@notanidiot567]

youtoobe be like: how dare you to say to kids that they shodnt eat tide pods we will age restict you

[@thecodebreaker3523]

@@KZbinChannel-uw4bd r/Woooosh

[@nilah.obviously_]

@@KZbinChannel-uw4bd you should just stfu lol

[@hiimapenguin]

yt just all wants kids to die a, painful, horrible, death

[@anshukushwaha8867]

@@KZbinChannel-uw4bd rrt

[@dracurios7789]

@@KZbinChannel-uw4bd r/whoooosh

[@louloudaki_]

why is this age restricted? i’ve watched theories on fifty shades that aren’t😂

[@CaraOMara]

XD

[@hiimapenguin]

yt want kids to die

[@UraniumVulcan]

KZbin wants us to die

[@shadow_shine3578]

Gaaaaaaaa I'm sick of not being able to access this how do I disable age restrictions?? After we can delete the comment

[@megatronusorionpax4900]

@@shadow_shine3578 You can always change your age if you need to

[@DeltaYT_Aarav]

KZbin told me this video might be offensive: “Really KZbin!! Now you tell me! After I’ve already past the Theory of No Return???

[@Stetofire]

Oh, that was just the intro?

[@ewankennedy5769]

Stetofire ikr

[@rockyhorrorfreakshow5091]

Stetofire yeah I thought it was a mini theory

[@barryjeffrey7545]

Yo, awesome video I just uploaded my Black Panther movie review and end credit scene reaction and it would mean a lot to me if you would check it out, cheers!

[@aki-lucky8345]

I thought he didn't bother to make an intro to push this out faster lmao

[@sut_den624]

go away pls

[@wherethetatosat]

"They're just not smart enough." More true words were never spoken

[@sspacetheimmortaltheuniver9655]

*yes* *banned from yt and roblix reason: yes*

[@TheGreeny3003]

They are smart enough, but do you think they care? They don't care about anything except their level of influence and their account balance.

[@wherethetatosat]

No, it's a pretty generic saying :P

[@ohnonono1799]

wherethetatosat They new what they were doing. Exposure of challenge -> more people knowing/doing the challenge -> more exposure of it -> more views/$$$.

[@grassqwq]

Remember how eating soap was a punishment? *OH HOW THE TIDES HAVE TURNED*

[@myuna5757]

BAHAHA

[@TheLegendaryLegacy]

I see what ya did there

[@YaBoiSheen2779]

same here XD

[@arizonadawn6282]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hollymaria54]

😂😂ded

[@ashthenon-binary4452]

Matpat: says the word “Epidemic” Nobody: Me: *Cackles in 2020* (Thank you to the people who pointed out my mistake! And yes, I do know the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic. Have a good day!)

[@stevenmorales7814]

FuZkekjdhddhhdmxjshjtyurutfutfytftyrytftyfytdytdfhdhfchf$ghtyftfhgfhgfimgoinginsanekhgkgkhbkhkbkhbuigkhghigiyghjgyuguygjfugfkhgkngkhghghjggffyfyfyyfuguyfttuff

[@HI-oh5ur]

Sonofabitchhegotus

[@sethlaundy620]

MatPat sees 50 moves ahead of us mere mortals.

[@aarushkumar3353]

He is on a level much higher that what our brain can fathom

[@tamicariveau8158]

Same

[@DJFlare84]

MattPat: I'm not here to try to convince you NOT to eat Tide Pods. I'm just gonna do some science. *PROCEEDS TO DESCRIBE TERRIFYING THINGS.*

[@angeldude101]

I mean, describing sex in gory detail is far better at promoting abstinence than saying "don't do it."

[@charliesziklas9341]

Show don't tell.

[@gs4011]

angeldude101 Mmmmmmmmmm, I dunno about that.

[@moss3506]

DJFlare84 Yeah science

[@calebheinis965]

I mean isn't explaining the science about why something shouldn't be done be the same as convincing you not to do it.

[@madeline9677]

i cant wait to be a old lady and tell all the kids "back in my day people would eat laundry detergent" lol

[@realloud999]

It's me then we would complain about the horrible shit that kids are doing now at that time in the future 😂😂😂

[@b3thy_j0y]

lol ikr

[@kjcruiser7855]

😂😂

[@thezadartist2643]

madeline acidic laundry detergent*

[@djshy3]

You joke, but there’s a reason stereotypical parents say “Back in MY day, we used to play in the street”.

[@omnipresentnoob4776]

Possible cure for cancer Media: “meh” Idiots eating laundry detergent Media: “Oh, boy, lets report this”

[@catgang.]

jose01234 haha tru

[@lincolnnewell8633]

a cure for mice is not necessarily a cure for humans hence the word possible

[@averythesuperhero]

People....also die of cancer, though

[@Ferraday]

It gets them money tho

[@threadbearr8866]

~Just pointing out that there are 100+ different types of cancer and therefore there cannot be one cure.~

[@ashthequeerdeer611]

I love how Mat Pat used an image of Gerard Way from MCR as a representation of teenagers

[@goobacca5125]

2017 The year when you tell people to drink bleach... 2018 The year people actually ate bleach.

[@blurrybaby225]

Skitzoid karma’s a bitch

[@moojesticcookie1456]

The people did not listen.

[@rileybenedict1804]

Rawr

[@001jstew]

Skitzoid I

[@gastoneatingeggs6128]

2019:The year people are bleach

[@silvertears18]

The thing I wanted to comment on is the "Copy Cat" effect and how much I hate it. Working in retail, I witness this kind of behavior all the time. Once someone leaves a shopping cart somewhere, others will leave theirs right next to it. Someone takes a shirt off a hanger and tosses it over the rack, so does everyone who grabs something off that rack then decides not to buy it. This also happens a lot in the dressing room. Someone opens a box to look at the item inside, soon one of each type of box is opened. I have learned that if you see this kind of thing you have to fix it right away or it just gets worse and worse the longer you ignore it.

[@NashTheChill]

I'm about to do a study in my school on this. How many cases of this can I find

[@sarap9431]

PureRoyalNative yeah I used to work at a coffee shop and we saw the copy cat effect too. Someone would order the matcha ice blended and then we would have person after person order them. Most of those people don’t even like it they just ordered it cause they saw someone else order a drink that was green. Then they would come back and we would have to make them something else.

[@catnawang1190]

I thought it's called the Broken Window Effect?

[@SnowmanInABlizzard]

No accusations, simply an observation. How often do you find yourself speeding when you are alone on the road? How often do you find yourself speeding when the cars around you are speeding?

[@HisMajesty.]

PureRoyalNative preach!

[@acasualcactus5878]

Film Theory: Explains the horrible side effects of a stupid challenge KZbin: RESTRICTED FOR THE PEOPLE DOING THIS!

[@kinjalshah7171]

Restricted mode is on

[@notjustanotherharlow4776]

@kinjalshah7171 but even without it it’s age restrictioned

[@rayganparksmitchell]

KZbin OFFICALLY HAD NO RIGHTS TO AGE RESTRICT THE VIDEO.

[@smellthel]

Back in my day the chubby bunny challenge was considered super dangerous

[@AndyWGaming]

He’s a quote not from Me “Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.” - Marilyn Manson He’s Creepy but he’s not wrong

[@harunmuharemovic5520]

Who is the quote? And who is creepy?

[@bellastruthers3918]

@@harunmuharemovic5520 my thoughts exactly

[@dps3]

Lol TIMES

[@hmmm2451]

Ok I fixed it, Here's a quote that's not from me "Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised." -Marilyn Manson Also just look up Marilyn Manson to understand the last part.

[@HI-oh5ur]

@@hmmm2451 is says almost the exact same thing though.

[@JavierRodriguez-go7hl]

*Tidepod* *memes* : hey can i copy your homework? *Bleach* *memes* : yeah just dont make kt obvious

[@siralpha6020]

Unknown lmao

[@xader.s6603]

Unknown LOL it genuinely made me laugh

[@circleception3916]

Wowwwwwwww. HHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@joshuaarcinieganunez5630]

He clean He soften But most importantly He put you in a coffin.

[@bradfarrell2771]

Joshua arciniega nunez forget ipod, I want a Tide pod

[@bradfarrell2771]

Jonah I want to die also

[@brisvlogs1763]

Joshua arciniega nunez nice

[@bradfarrell2771]

Angelclasher cuz dark humour yeet

[@Dirtbike-k2x]

Tide is a he now..

[@evelynnjones5442]

Finally after 6 years, I am watching this without the age restriction stopping me

[@shinymetagross1666]

Matpat: eating tide pods would be incedibly painful and potentially deady KZbin: He's demonitized for the mere mention of tide pods

[@-nathun8507]

Shiny Metagross recomended to take out “he’s”

[@johnfraire6931]

Nathan McClure But " *he is* demonitized"

[@juliacatherine2524]

Film Theory is basically the channel for any theory that is not game related. I would love to see a theory on what a -12 dollar bill (as seen in gravity falls) would do to the economy.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Julia Catherine YES YES YES

[@Националбольшевик-ъ4щ]

Julia Catherine how exactly did this bill work in Gravity falls what was its utility? This would never be possible based on the way currency works, the lowest available piece in currency is 1¢ you can increase the value of that but too much and too fast deflation is bad anyway. Because -12$ is a negative value if you took measures to make it useable (which could never be achieved anyway) you would crash the economy, goods would become worthless, you would have to exponentially deflate currency and could never even reach the point of 0$ having any worth let alone -12$, you would just increase the value of 1¢. In order for -12$ to have value you would need a new type of economic system. At most in our current system a -12$ bill could represent that you owe an institution money, but what would be the point in creating a bill for that, plus how would you keep up with who has the negative bills, in order to collect the debt? It would be pointless to create a bill to represent your debt, we have much better ways of tracking debt.

[@chloebrokering4745]

Национал большевик It was in the show for only a few seconds and the joke was that the main character said it was worthless and the guy who gave it to him said it was less than worthless.

[@juliacatherine2524]

Yes, I know, it was funny. And the theory would be made for the same reason, to be funny.

[@juliacatherine2524]

XD I know, my sister and I talked for 30 min. on this, what is the point?. I think a theory would be hilarious!

[@The_Nerd_King]

just because it gushes doesn't mean its a gusher.

[@macadoodle2491]

The King of Nerds if you stab someone and there's blood gushing out of them, they are still not a gusher! How many times have we had to tell you, little Jimmy.

[@bradywatson3254]

Exactly

[@rebaeasler7423]

The King of Nerds 7

[@rebaeasler7423]

The King of Nerdsp ? Moo9000oik,

[@chinqualicious-senpai178]

The King of Nerds what if ur rubbing a vagina and when she starts gushing....... she can't be called a gusher? Lol

[@jeffsampson5822]

Here is a new challenge: The Verge of Suffocation Challenge. Basically, it is like a breath-holding contest, but you exhale all of the air in your lungs before starting, and whoever goes longer without inhaling wins. This is the hard version. The normal version is simply not inhaling or exhaling before starting, and seeing how long you can go when the lungs are in the normal condition. My record for the normal version is 30 seconds. I have not tried the hard version. By the way, I made this up yesterday. I was bored, at lunch, so I had this idea. The day was otherwise normal, just me sitting in my room drawing missiles.

[@ked49]

My mind went to the kink one

[@lolliii5477]

you did what

[@kapachino5651]

Oh, how the Tides have turned...

[@xiachschwarz8289]

lmfao

[@hitomifanboy1839]

Zelo bissssssssh waaaaah

[@louistech112]

Kapachino lmfao lol

[@user-kw9hg9o]

Oh you cheeky little devil you

[@wilburtan6578]

You just meme’d a meme

[@HerbalAssailant]

The tide pod meme started on Tumblr. There was a big post with lots of pictures of things that "look" like they would be good to eat like bath bombs,bouncy balls,tide pods and so on ("the forbidden fruits"). But for what ever reason everyone started latching on to the tide pods. Then the memes started,they leaked on to other websites and then kids started interpreting it as a "challenge" to eat tide pods. It was never about *actually* consuming tide pods. It was about people with intrusive thoughts of eating things they shouldn't.

[@milkthathasspoiled]

Faith it's kind of like the "blue whale" challenge a year or so back.

[@adrienne3742]

Faith I thought it started on instagram as a meme where people would have "forbidden fruits" idk same idea different place

[@Tombee2]

Faith I'd day the tide pod meme derived from the bleach meme except tide pods look more like candy and bleach looks more like poison and that's why people started making memes.

[@milkthathasspoiled]

Tombee 123 I thought it was just the fact that they are like gushers and idiot kids on the internet who are uncultured swine when it comes to the internet and meme culture is that they took it as a challenge.

[@mozorellastick2583]

Tombee 123 nah i think the tide pod meme started on this website in 2012 and the tumblr thing combined with this kinda kicked it off. Idk tho lmao

[@MicahTokayer]

This is my all-time favorite theory. With all the evidence to back up this video's claim, it is impossible to ignore the reality of what this video presents. Live in the world you choose: the world of the media, or the happier/truer world.

[@Beke007]

I know right

[@anons.9200]

The truer world is not happier. Live in the world of the media, the truer world, or the happier world built on ignoring negative news (true or otherwise).

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

@@anons.9200 The real world IS better than american media presents it as. MUCH MUCH better. I don't know what country you're from so maybe you have different experiences, but in this country, our entire culture and perspective is dismal, absolute trash. People who hallucinate voices differ by country... in america, the voices are violent, judgmental, and pessimistic. In other countries, they're just normal room chatter, even sometimes supportive and helpful. Speaks for itself.

[@Tw0Dots]

@@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice not just US media bud. If you think only American news is corrupt, you arent the brightest. Exactly what your government wants, you being nosy looking the other way, instead of your own issues

[@mariankaikai350]

why is this age restricted, it doesnt have any adult content but its informing

[@TheJoeToe]

I think I'll just stick to eating Hershey's chocolate

[@bellablondon6172]

Good choice

[@TheJoeToe]

@@bellablondon6172 ok

[@bluellama8961]

But...it tastes weird...

[@dadoge4838]

@Joshua White soap tastes weird

[@dadoge4838]

@Athena Watts read the ingredients

[@zauss7119]

Early 2000's : "Say that again and i'll shove a bar of soap down your throat!" 2018 : "DO NOT, and I repeat do NOT EAT THE TIDE PODS."

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

Definately A Potatoe EXACTLY!

[@JackstandJohnny]

Definately A Potatoe Potato isnt spelled with an E. Your entire life is a lie.

[@zauss7119]

ik its misspelling resembles my intellect

[@crdtsjby]

Definately A Potatoe no. Please no

[@tetsupannn]

Why do all challenges include consuming things? Why isnt the challenge to do the laundry instead? I know I'd fail that one

[@lucidmoth1023]

That's actually a good challenge

[@crusadersteve7523]

Todays challenge i go shopping for groceries!

[@whatsagoodusername823]

@@crusadersteve7523 Not challenging enough. Finish writing your grocery list, then go to the grocery store hungry and after writing your Christmas wish list (separate from your grocery list). Your challenge is to only buy what's on the grocery list and only the amount you need. Hardcore mode: don't write the grocery list (you still need to buy all the groceries that you would have written on the grocery list).

[@rubyyates4778]

A good challenge would be to read a book in a week.

[@DeathSlayerV]

@@rubyyates4778 how challenging that would be depends on the book fyi. If you take a whole week to read through a dr Seuss book we might have a problem...

[@Coagulated_Paint]

news: "people are stupid" matpat: "really though?"

[@benjaminvroman5553]

We don't give you enough credit for all the research you do I love you MatPat

[@pufflepuff8961]

even though he mislabeled tide pods as acidic, even though they are actually basic

[@MarioBro5346]

Benjamin Vroman In a lot of the videos he doesn't even do the research, much less the script.

[@ronnieDaking]

Pufflepuff89 It's base not basic

[@ArceoInfinity]

The man counted off tide pod posts to get a fair representation of tide pod stats... That's next level shit right there

[@MarioBro5346]

Ronniedaking Whats your issue?

[@fresh_gamer0534]

This is exactly what happened with the Mother Bird "Momo" thing. This is like, play by play what happened.

[@luckyrobin]

Why? I searched that up and I feel empty.

[@slunged]

That traumatized me since grade 5

[@mememachine6658]

I have the "Momolisa" as my lockscreen

[@amongus-nm7gk]

What's up with the momo stuff anyway?

[@STAPLEDTONGUE]

I telll my cousin not to search it. I tell him not to. HE DOES IT. And traumatises me and my other cousin all over again.

[@marissamate]

I had to show my ID to buy tide pods for a while after this came out 😂 and the checkout lady said, "Are you gonna eat this?"

[@milesthepeacefulinkling286]

Well, I don't have any kind of ID to watch this! 😡

[@mushyrooms9025]

I got a pamphlet at school because of this, I was never on board with actually eating Tide Pods! Most of me and my friends knew it was a joke and we were some of the people joking about tweeting at gushers! Seriously people need to know how to take a joke!

[@jacobsaunders4528]

Just another theorist But it’s not funny to joke about potentially killing yourself.

[@mushyrooms9025]

Jacob Saunders It’s dark humor like joking about drinking bleach it’s still not meant to be taken seriously.

[@XxPeaceNinjaxX]

Tell Logan Paul that

[@thewheatleyguy_]

Just another theorist you still need to raise awareness because of the people eating them

[@stortsy]

Just another theorist We got something like that at our school too

[@titussantiago9856]

Thanks Mat. This video is a far better way of calling out the media than just calling the media "fake news".

[@TheAsylumCat]

Life Thru Eyes have you seen msnbc cover kekistan? I don't blame them.

[@vladstefan5216]

TheAsylumCat Had to make it about kek, didnt you

[@TheAsylumCat]

Vlad Stefan it was a hilarious thing to watch, msnbc clearly did no research.

[@vladstefan5216]

TheAsylumCat Well, that is the drill nowadays. Something new on the internet is linked to nazis and the media blows up. Litterally a gold mine for them. I however dont like kek because it is to overused and now it seems to be only to trigger sjws, which is like trying to vacuum a desert. It works, but it wont stop anytime soon.

[@GreenLightningHood]

Lol would you really watch a KZbin video like this made by Trump? Pointless comment.

[@AS-zl1zl]

KZbin really demometized this video😒😒 Anything that the tube should hide?

[@Kooder420]

Because it would be funny to get a tide ad on this video

[@GamerGod_99]

No it didn't. And also what is with your nickname?

[@AS-zl1zl]

It was binary

[@aangid646]

It is not demonetized it's demonized

[@catzie_78]

Hmmmm...........

[@rabbitgutz6556]

Everyone:* talks about how does video got age restricted* Me:*jams out to music*

[@marleenaulry4802]

Remember when the Tide Pod Challenge meant getting your clothes super dirty and using a tide pod to clean them?

[@avaints2187]

Marleena Ulry yes

[@tobaccotim6763]

peperidge farm remembers...

[@HeartlessSystem]

Marleena Ulry I now feel old as shit.

[@the_jingo]

Good o days

[@max84678]

I dont even remember that, probably was too young or not even born yet XD

[@S1mpronia]

"now for those of you who fancy a real challenge," Me: Orange juice and tooth paste "I have two words for you" Me: wait no that's not the right number... "Chubby Bunny" Me: noooo that's too hard

[@HI-oh5ur]

Orange juice and toothpaste sucks but whats chubby bunny?

[@S1mpronia]

@@HI-oh5ur marshmallows stuffed into your mouth and you have to say chubby bunny clearly until it becomes too much

[@HI-oh5ur]

@@S1mpronia wow

[@clanka.]

@@S1mpronia top ten best ways to impersonate as a wookie

[@yourlocal4xshipper]

@@HI-oh5ur im super late but basically you stuff ur mouth with marshmallows and i think u try to speak with mouth stuffed with aforementioned marshmallows

[@qtarooo]

1969: in the future we will have flying cars 2018: *MmMmM tiDe pOdZ R DelEeCioUS*

[@CCoffnist]

2019: *Big chungus*

[@maddythibodeau2428]

2020: *DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE YOU WILL DIE.*

[@callmetex6980]

Ah, I see what you did there...

[@dirtkid9583]

2021: *THE VACCİNE USAGE İS 102%*

[@dirtkid9583]

2022: *COVİD-20 STARTS*

[@jampninja123]

Matpat: talks about how dangerous tide pods is Background: cheerful and upbeat music

[@ofyfyofy98yf]

Why is this age restricted. If not more kids would not die!

[@fu5420]

That's most likely why it's age restricted.

[@fu5420]

@Jude Watkins it's the solution to global warming and overpopulation.

[@whelli9226]

@@fu5420 yes. a total of 10 extra kids dying to tide pods will solve global warming and overpopulation.

[@fu5420]

@@whelli9226 Not really and also it is a horrible way to die but have you seen how bad it's getting?

[@hiimapenguin]

@@fu5420 sooooooo, they... want... kids to die?

[@hyenalove7005]

My Therapist's daughter wanted to be a journalist and when she went to school for it they were told to "sell" fear. So they only talk about things that make us worried, they don't want to let us rest on world problems. So remember that.

[@SuperSand]

That's one terrible school

[@RetroIsaac]

Why would your therapist tell you that?

[@londonposey5262]

Hyena Love dry trxtrsxtrx4srxsrexrsrrrs

[@Brigeb20]

​@@RetroIsaac people always tell batshit insane stories, like a grandpa telling a war story out of nowhere.

[@ked49]

@@RetroIsaacthey are the therapist’s therapist

[@lissylyons2591]

Wow. matpat actually gave me back faith in humanity a little. Amazing.

[@Ditto_loves_miku]

Matpat: **makes a tiny mcr reference** Me, a hardcore game/film theory fan and mcr stan: :D

[@NinjaKuma]

If you have to tell kids not to eat laundry detergent you have to begin to question whether or not parents are doing their job.

[@Laidytha]

Natural selection

[@kingoftheskeletons3206]

Well, in a child's mind, a tide pod is a brightly colored object that can be put in their mouth.

[@deevamsharma2702]

Supernatural fanatic like candy; also at a stage in child development they need to chew (teething) and will chew everything.

[@jezreelphil8437]

Supernatural fanatic I think he's talking about 15 year olds

[@benjfrog99]

the point is that you don't have to tell kids not to eat tidepods. as matpat shows the trend was very small, but as the news sensationalized the story teens started doing it for the meme.

[@takedown205productions6]

I like how MatPat is willing to tell us all of these amazing things that the news should be telling us, like how Cancer research has led to vaccines for Cancer, and how bee populations are on the rise, while the mainstream media constantly fights over how Donald Trump lives his life as a President. I think MatPat should start his own news station so we can all learn about how the world is really working.

[@riteflyer7793]

Fox Gamer if he had a news stations, that would also mean no more theories. As long as you avoid relying entirely on mainstream media and remember to question everything and trying to look at other sources, you should be able to conclude your own version of the news.

[@daviddavis1322]

Fox Gamer funded by the Gates foundation. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, just biased some way.

[@takedown205productions6]

Rite Flyer good point, I never really thought of that.

[@colinharper4518]

Totally. I’d buy the $10 monthly subscription for that!

[@cryptictides6081]

As long as there is cringe, there will be no cure

[@Welshey]

1985:Say that one more time and I’ll wash your mouth out with soap! 2018:*Kids eating tide pods*

[@andrewsullivan9033]

WelshGamer547 True

[@adriennemichel833]

WelshGamer547 was all the mothers of the past....lolz

[@kobecuen6384]

Olden days: kids scared of graveyards 2018: Logan Paul films dead bodies

[@pris9npony677]

WelshGamer547 lol

[@PoshWosher]

True

[@SWNJim]

Clicked over from the NyQuil chicken video because I didn’t even know that this video existed. I was in Prof Phillips last class on suicide. He coined the term “The Werther Effect,” talking about copycat suicide that MatPat mentions on the video. It’s a very interesting phenomenon and the idea of copycat behavior in general is interesting.

[@14yellowCupcakes]

When you open a Tide Pod video expecting memes galore, and leave feeling proud of the world... you know you’ve stumbled into the good part of KZbin.

[@Victor-kq4hp]

14yellowCupcakes but a bit scary at the same time

[@soliipsiism]

CONGRATS MATPAT! You were mentioned in Malinda Kathleen Reese's Compliments Track for KZbinrs who contribute to KZbin!

[@paperholders]

O i thought you meant the candy xD

[@TheGamingExplorer666]

HEELLLLL YEAHHHH

[@ragefade6954]

PairOfDice 2 the SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME THING WITH

[@jacksauce]

Rapheal Castillo I love Reese’s.

[@neevatull6487]

PairOfDice 2 7

[@ShayTheValiant]

MatPat speaks the truth.

[@Adam-wh4iy]

Lol

[@Adam-wh4iy]

I have no life

[@dragonkfg]

He does...

[@TheCeasornator]

You’re joking right?

[@Yuqi_114]

The thing that I’m wondering is why tf did Tide make Tide Pods look like candy????? 🤨

[@ItsMustachio]

It was a killer meme. But now, like my teacher said."You are now known as the generation that ate bleach and soap."

[@Aereto]

ll Mustachio ll Back when sticking soap up their mouths for profanity was viable.

[@genner-vincenthodgson5177]

Or the generation where we made a bunch of mistakes, and then learned from them afterward to go forward and teach the next generation as best we can with our knowledge from trial, failure, and error.

[@yeahoh2222]

ll Mustachio ll lol

[@holdentudix7505]

ll Mustachio ll MERICA

[@isaiahthompson2134]

ll Mustachio ll assuming you're gen Z that is not so bad, you could be from the generation that started a world war, or that other generation that also started a world war but even bigger, or that generation that tried to bring the world to nuclear stand still. Eating detergent is not that bad in retrospect

[@Swampy24945]

I study journalism, and in class they’ve told us that while it’s important to keep the public informed and be honest, it’s also important that we keep the public engaged. Sometimes, the actual news don’t catch people’s attention, so that’s why some journalists/newspapers decide to report dumb news that people will actually be interested in, just like you said. It’s a sad reality that that kind of behavior is approved of.

[@ozzy8874]

Why is this video so well edited

[@thecottageofcuriosities863]

Ozzy Torres aren't they always?

[@Jalil_Salomon]

Because this is a teory A MEME TEORY

[@bluecanine3374]

Because he hired and pays an editor(s)?

[@bbreimm]

Ozzy Torres Is there really a noticeable difference in the quality of the editing? If so I'm dying of laughter right now XD

[@user-or1pn3nv3w]

I don't know but I don't care. No I do care.

[@mothgirl2617]

The end when mat pat says that things are getting better mades me sad

[@kinggrass689]

MatPat: Honey bee population is on the rise for like the first time in forever 2020: Send in the murder hornets

[@marcogonzales7070]

@LJBIRK6 no, it was mentioned at the end of the vid

[@peggyvaughan116]

I think u r on the wrong vidio

[@drscavv2661]

Also Matpat later on: LET THE HONEYBEES DIE AS MOTHER NATURE EXACTS HER BRUTAL REVENGE!!

[@jameshagemans2649]

the ultimate click bait, theory based round a clickbait trend from the beginning, is actually matpat exposing how the media controls what the public does

[@bomiadept]

k

[@dennablanch3380]

Either you think this videos clickbait and I hate you OR you think the media is clickbait. Could you clarify please?

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

Denna Blanch he’s saying he clickbaited people with negative news like the news companies do but did a complete turnaround going after the news instead.

[@mystic8raven51]

Denna Blanch he means that it is a clickbait given the topic MatPat’s video, but in actually he is saying the video is not really exposing the tide pod challenge but the media for how it controls the public’s view on topics. So he is complimenting MatPat for using clickbait to explain to people of the media’s manipulation while using the TidePod challenge as an example of media manipulation to teach us that we shouldn’t take everything the media says at face value and to do our own research and come up with our own opinion on these matters.

[@yukimarusword]

Unlike you all, I get my news from a trusted source, this channel.

[@happipie8215]

yukimarusword But what if he's skewing the results?

[@Ar7ifur]

yukimarusword right!? People over here like: “it’s CNN, how could it be wrong?” I’m over here thinking: “MatPat is the only reliable news source.”

[@kingpiggins292]

Matpat: "Remember that we live in an incredible time..." 2020: ...For now

[@Blandco]

I like how Dungeons and Dragons was on the wheel of blame!

[@coopgaming1514]

Blandco where

[@emmagrace1812]

Well, people used to say Dungeons and Dragons caused kids to engage in Satanism and devil worship. They said the same thing about Pokemon too

[@friedrice4281]

Blandco Hey! I watch your vids, man!

[@Itsate_]

I have taught and played D&D for over 5 years and i have not seen anyone Satanism and/or Devil worship. Sure there is Devil-like things in the game but not anything to worship over.

[@mayalackman7581]

I've got a D&D session tomorrow.

[@dangun3468]

Hey if it’s clean, it’s a tide ad.

[@yodathegreatandpowerful3104]

NoseyMardigold NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Dragonhelm99]

Wat?

[@voidgirl7811]

XD

[@isaacpaul726]

HA!

[@robloxwithme6142]

I love this video, especially the end. I always thought that the world was becoming worse and worse but you managed to show me what no one else is showing which is the good things in the world. Thank you for being a great youtuber and I hope you keep coming up with videos as excellent as this one.

[@thomasbarton1050]

Hufflepuff For The Win yea I was surprised by a lot of those statistics.

[@LegendarySpaceRipper]

Hufflepuff will never win, they are the weakest house. Slytherin is the best house and Gryfindor fans can not deny that.

[@Seethenhagen]

Ain't near as much money in making people feel safe. People spend their time and money trying to get that, might as well make them afraid if your goal is to sell them stories, and you can then manipulate your story to push them towards an ideological end goal through fear. See every "inequality isn't going down fast enough" and "government is working to make you poor" that always gets talked about, meant to push you towards a certain thought process.

[@braysvideosofawesome]

I have a brilliant idea for the fourth channel: TREND THEORY

[@brandih4567]

Studies have shown that people who watch the news regularly have an unrealistically negative outlook of life

[@1slayer959]

Brandi h I can't add anything factual as I'm not researching that, but my mom is always watching the news and just about everything scares her. Sometimes, I just want to turn off the news and run across town and back, ten times, to show her just how unlikly the "disasters" she sees actually are.

[@YashPatel-yy7gs]

Brandi h my local news station goes something like,” Police investigate murder of 56 year old man, 20 grams of cocaine and heroin found in a van, house burns down 3 people killed” and the announcers depressing voice doesnt help

[@somesharkidk161]

Well mainstream American news....cause here in Mexico the tidepod thing was only mentioned one time and no one did or cared shit about it...what makes you stupid isn't watching news....(well not in Mexico) what makes you having an unrealistic view of the world is the dumb teen drama shows here in Mexico... News here are more about the corrupted government and other political things

[@anon9359]

Yep, I can vouch for this. My grandma is always talking about the things she's seen on the news, and because of this, she can be really negative in any given conversation. It's really disheartening...

[@fnrey9806]

Brandi h true

[@BanditRants]

As a video editor, I love the edits here.

[@leafyisheresucks4842]

BanditRants are u god of editing?

[@tantbreathMAN]

your editing is absolutely unreal!

[@assertivecunts2341]

+1 sub

[@TheOtherJonB]

As a video commenter, I love these comments

[@Mental_Warlock]

BanditRants who the check did u get 100 likes in 1 hour?

[@jrandolh]

MatPat, you should make a third channel called " life theory" or something like that, so that you can put all these sorts of videos

[@Arya-bq7er]

Yas

[@kobecuen6384]

Or he could just tell us to have common sense and not eat soap

[@slapstickopal]

Media Theory.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

'meta theory'

[@commanderjamaa588]

Fnafhy nice name

[@Yeetusdeletus897]

Watching this in 2023 and this video has aged like the finest of wines and I think this video perfectly explains how a moral panic begins and how it effects people

[@HannahSnowArt]

I can't believe Mat made a 14 minute video on Tide Pods... ...this is the content I live for.

[@8is]

no please don't

[@CloudMeka]

He didn’t make a 15 minute video about tide pods, he was talking about how media makes a difference and what news are reporting!

[@whatthefridge1o1]

Hannah lol

[@HellfireLynx22]

And this is the content I die for!

[@Naijiro]

It's kinda funny because we just read a video about the media focusing on the wrong thing, and here she is missing the complete point of the video to focus on the tide pod parts of it.

[@heybuddy3616]

damn, this ended on much more of a positive note than I expected!

[@amymendez3279]

Hey Buddy Gwen

[@renelledaigle]

Yeah! I'm in a much better mood now!

[@shadegloom]

I have been saying the copy-cat effect for YEARS. Like the suicide, sexual harassment allegations, and stupid internet challenges. We have too much access to social media, making it impossible to get the proper exposure.

[@slashed6138]

KZbin is great deciding what should be age restricted they didn’t restrict the community video but they age restrict matpat telling us to not eat tide pods

[@lordtachanka9323]

Did this start with collegehumors don’t eat laundry pods sketch?

[@hoorainqureshi1598]

Yeah I saw that video back then no one else was doing anything tidepod related

[@j.jonahjagerson5497]

You must refer to him as LORD before starting any sentence you HERITIC!!!!'

[@jaschabull2365]

That was certainly the first tide-pod-eating-related video I saw. Not sure if it was the first, though.

[@hoorainqureshi1598]

Enderider Oh no I messed up well time to disconnect from youtube bye remember me youtube commenters

[@Rohan_Kishibaby]

Yea i saw that before the tide pod challenhe xD

[@ellis1958]

remember when the challenge was to dirty up a shirt and then clean it with tide pods?

[@EmeraldFlame]

I know lol

[@alijoc]

that was actually a challenge?

[@silverploops3890]

God no wonder people started eating they had to come up with something not monotonous

[@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm]

Heeb Weeb oh ya.

[@M644theawesome]

i remember, didn't the slowmoguys had a video like that?

[@atespeach5672]

"We shouldn't report on shooters, only the shootings." "BUT KIDS ARE EATING TIDEPODS TIME TO START AN UPTREND YES!"

[@shadowmarauder6033]

This is why I only watch the news for the weather: these days the news just want to talk about trends, bad news, and other stuff that aren't actually as important or even important at all!

[@felixthelemon978]

Average person on KZbin gives more information on the world than the news

[@FacheroBoy]

Jess heta **average**

[@ZenoDLC]

Jess heta The news nowadays are usually like "Death, death, death, murder, death, violence, death, death, useless "facts", death celebrity stuff, murder, murder." Did I mention death?

[@iheartyoul]

Krutarth Dave who dafak do you think you are?? Yes, I know how I spelled that 🙄

[@yaboi_dyslexic]

Jess heta HAH god I'm laughing so hard. You think that MattPatt is a "Average KZbinr?" But it is true that he cover the topics that the news are way better and faster.

[@TheCeasornator]

Lucia Rosier If that job is sitting on his ass and just trying to profit on what *was* popular trends then yes

[@sFsaid1]

It started as a meme and when people started to actually do it, it died right away

[@ramdemesa6436]

sFsaid1 fucking stupid people nowadays

[@KosherPepper]

sFsaid1 oh I get it the meme AND the people died lol

[@domdagamer5285]

That’s not what he meant but yes on both accounts

[@Musingsofawitch]

sFsaid1 I say let them do as they please. Natural Selection as evolved.

[@ultrapenguin9169]

The meme was good. The challenge was bad.

[@JasonDMusicGuy]

And we all thought THIS was insane when, two years later... Amid a global pandemic of a novel coronavirus, the President of the United States muses whether people could ingest or inject disinfectants into their bodies in order to fight the virus.

[@zak9158]

Huh 🤔

[@Prismascape]

Hmmmm

[@Ayesha______]

Lol

[@KyleMassimilla330]

Hhmmmm

[@emberf5564]

I was thinking this ngl

[@epiphanyjervisbattilega3158]

watching this in 2022, that last bit about the world not being so bad really hit me hard... Thanks for the dose of positivity mattpat, I think I really needed that today

[@raawesome3851]

Yeah, same

[@CCNightcore]

This is the kind of theory I can get behind. MatPat vs mainstream media

[@seanmurphy3430]

You know this channel has, like, 3-5 times as many subscribers as Fox News has daily viewers, right? Matpat is more mainstream the news media will ever be.

[@CCNightcore]

MatPat vs the world

[@ToaDrakua]

Well that's because its Fox News. No one should be watching Fox News.