Food Theory: We Need To Talk About The Green M&M

[@MorningDusk7734]

I know that if I were in a study, and a bowl of singular-colored candy was presented to me, I would be distracted by trying to figure out what the study was trying to discover, whereas being in a room with a bowl of normal distribution candy colors, I would assume they were just there as a bonus snack to help the subjects focus on the task at hand. Maybe that's a future theory too, "does eating while doing a task help you focus?"

[@graciegirl2658]

I would watch that video

[@GremlinSciences]

Studies have shown that chewing gum helps improve focus so I would assume that snacking/eating can help one to stay focused, but you know what they say about assumptions. Related food fact; drinking tends to calm emotions. Next time you realize you're getting a bit too heated, take a sip of water. It also works if you're too exited or too sad.

[@neolithiumproduction]

Agreed. I would immediately be suspicious as to why my m&ms were all one color. xD

[@_Fizel_]

@@neolithiumproduction I guess unless it was Valentine's Day and they had the all green bags in stores XD

[@Vulpes2024]

That and listening to music

[@thephony1651]

Food Theory Idea: Are banana peels really slippery? What makes them slippery? Are other fruit peels slippery? Which peel is the slipperiest?

[@HerresherOfTaza]

That’s interesting

[@Entertainment0verdose]

Good idea!

[@darladay4766]

It's pretty well established they've killed quite a few people but if you're asking I assume younger people don't know

[@pleasepie1928]

Myth busters actually had an episode with this!

[@kaynor1260]

Well a guy died from slipping on an orange peel after surviving going down Niagara falls in a barrel or smthn like that

[@Ocroz]

I like it how the original photo of MatPat's cutout he uses still looks like it's been photoshopped in

[@crissJar]

LMAO that's exactly what i said

[@JanbluTheDerg]

I feel like we've gotten so used to the cutout that the original photo just looks... off

[@ManMad17]

It is the original picture, but it just doesn't feel right to look...

[@FootballPsychoPS3T]

Ronnie is in that photo. 💚

[@poycixyz4614]

@@JanbluTheDerg Sameee

[@TotallynotAmalee]

7:20 “I see red when I’m MAD 😡”

[@Entity303-x]

"u don't want to see me when I'm ANGY!"

[@cherieking1348]

"do you know what I'm like when I'm MAD?!"

[@Rubiezidiotlol]

@@cherieking1348 *gasp* GRAVITY FALLS REFERENCE!!! 😃(btw if you didn’t intend to,just know that a yellow 2d triangle with a top hat and bow tie called bill cipher exists)

[@ice_agebaby6939]

I feel like everyone's overlooking the most probable fact that the green m&m was the first and only female mascot for years

[@someguy8365]

Green M&Mussy 🥵

[@Ph03n1xx]

@@someguy8365 (this is hilarious) never say that again. Never. (That was funny)

[@JhelleMies]

Yah this came first to my mind

[@georgehater8370]

@@someguy8365 red m&mussy 😳

[@FrostiTruth]

or that chocolate is an aphrodisiac

[@riktangR]

food theory idea: could eating food you dont like actually make you sick edit: that question sounded better in my head, but now i realize its just dumb so nevermind also i did NOT expect this many likes whatsoever i thought it get like 40 maximum

[@happifrogg2060]

All of the replies being bots lol

[@hannahatsune]

YES YES HES

[@sophia._.5837]

Yassssssssssss

[@mr.tamahiiyt6507]

Aye

[@HandyDandyHandium]

Four bots on one comment F

[@kristyc8249]

I hypothesize that a mixed bowl of color is possibly more "fun" thus leading to a higher rating than just a plain color, no matter what color that is

[@Shirby857]

That’s what I was thinking too. Maybe more colors = more mental stimulation = more “arousal”

[@Larucos]

i was thinking the same thing, many colors is more visually stimulating than plain color candy, i'm pretty sure that's why m&m's and skittles are so colorful in first place

[@CyberCy2]

Taste the rainbow!

[@brandonprater4613]

Especially if you threw in some of the less common colors. I can still remember how hyped blue M&M's were when they were introduced into the mix.

[@MissCaraMint]

@@brandonprater4613 Oh yeah that was exciting.

[@strangerscience3659]

As an irish lad i rarely heard 1st base etc we just ask no hidden meaning words it's just " have u shifted " "have u done IT with her/him/them" "yous are together ?/ together now" and the questions can start (depending on which county or friends ur with ) from "yous are together" to" have u shifted" or" yous are together ?" Whats he/she / or are they like etc etc

[@shawnjones99]

I love how hard MatPat is trying to keep this family friendly.

[@bigbang8739]

Bots

[@sodiumhydride1]

emphasis on the hard

[@SMF64]

that’s 6 bot comments

[@forza3943]

So many bots goddamn

[@OneTrueChris]

So many bots

[@jamesedgar4099]

When I was young I recall reading that British soldiers in WW2 would keep their green Smarties (a candy-coated chocolate like M&Ms) to throw into the grass when they returned home. Why? So their kids would spend the afternoon trying to find them, while dad was inside making up for lost time with mom. Tried to find a reference online, but can't find one. But as M&Ms are inspired by Smarties, the connection is there - assuming some author wasn't lying to me!

[@lou626]

thats disgusting

[@Dkarm26]

i've never heard of that in my life, also smarties are only similar to m&ms in looks they're two very seperate sweets

[@jamesedgar4099]

@@Dkarm26 not US Smarties (which are called Rockets elsewhere). Outside of the US Smarties are candy-coated chocolates, like M&Ms, only flatter and wider.

[@isakhan7585]

@@jamesedgar4099 I forgot that others don’t think smarties are the chocolate thank you for reminding me

[@akwala__]

@@Dkarm26 not really. They are both chocolate with a crunchy shell with colours

[@Shenonator]

As a german, i can say it took me years to figure out what the whole "bases" thing means in detail, we dont have a really common methaphor here, we get straight to the point !^^

[@unknownuserg2g]

how about cricket...not all of europe plays it (pretty much only uk and surrounding regions) but it's there no?

[@helianthus_miko]

@@unknownuserg2g Yeah it's there but we don't use it as a metaphor, I think Rounders is more our equivalent to baseball but we don't use that either. We just don't really use sports themed metaphors, or at least not commonly.

[@PriyaPans]

@@unknownuserg2g cricket is popular on the UK, Australia, new Zealand,the West Indies, Africa and South africa and some other parts of Europe and other island nations - enough that there are significant national teams that compete.

[@Dkarm26]

@@unknownuserg2g cricket is technically "popular" but go up to a random person on the street and most of them wouldn't have watched cricket ever, it's more popular in south asian countries than here

[@dereinzigwahre8764]

einlochen wie beim Golfen

[@gothnerd887]

0:12 "Wink wink, nudge nudge. Say no more"

[@fishybrickfilms]

Can we all appreciate how hard mat pat is trying to not get demonetized

[@meh_idk.5105]

I feel sorry for all the boys 😢

[@Kingy_ra_d]

So many bots in the comments

[@noobatrain4437]

Bot day

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

I do appreciate it, but I don't appreciate the level of censorship on this platform which forces him to do that but forgives nastier things in channels approved by Susan.

[@Gh0styBoiNuhUh]

I feel like demonetization is stupid since in the App Store it is rated for 17 or older, so why is demonetization a thing

[@rend3ring]

Fun story. There was an upperclassmen in my physics class that didn't like purple Skittles and said they tasted like children's tears. So she would offer them to the table and I would usually eat them. So now I love to say I like eating children's tears everytime I eat purple Skittles.

[@ellendallanora7404]

Actually laughed out loud with this one.

[@rebeccadavenport8607]

Lol

[@lykos..]

I just opened a pack of skittles as I read this

[@aditigunjal4231]

Ok, but why does your teacher know how children's tears taste😶 Hello internet, welcome to teacher theory!

[@myhopeworld]

do children tears taste different from other tears?

[@raymondtillotson6985]

So, my marketing teacher in high school swore up and down that one of his students started the whole green M&M thing as a stunt to outsell other student groups in a regional contest, and that the legend grew from there. For the record I was always dubious of his claim, although he had never before told any tall tales of the sort. He told us this back in 1996 in the US state of Connecticut, though I'm not sure how long beforehand this took place.

[@bluelfsuma]

I hope that's true. That'd be hilarious.

[@raymondtillotson6985]

@@bluelfsuma I doubt only because it seems too good to be true. I'd love if it was though.

[@coolgun9547]

@@raymondtillotson6985 it probably is considering theres a bot in your comments with no dad

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

Thanks MatPat… Changing my dating app profile pic to one of me holding a bowl of mixed M&Ms

[@veeva99]

I honest to god didn't even know that there was such a thing as the green m&m making you in the mood. Also, as a Dutch person, as far as I know we don't really have things like first and second base like you guys have over in the USA, though I am also 23 and didn't date at all in my high school years so maybe I just missed out on that stuff. Who knows really

[@Bluberyline827]

yeah exactly i didnt think there was a equivalent either. i think america is just weird. also wtf are those other spam comments above me?

[@user-hd9oh9bk8b]

@@Bluberyline827 welcome to youtube. we have a fuckload of bots

[@georgiancountryball202]

well done you have won a jackpot of getting 2 bot comments under your comment how does that make you feel

[@satan3862]

i just finished high school and the closes thing i ever saw was people making finger gestures to each others or making weird signs

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Mexican here. Never heard about it with. I just love green as a color, so I happened to prefer the green ones over the rest.

[@kingleonidas2182]

For the theory, I think the all green/red m&m’s just made people think about what was going on. Becoming more critical probably made more people second guess if they were truly attracted to someone.

[@girlboss_london]

Ayo don’t forget the brown m&m

[@pinkybanerjee2228]

Matpat: trying very hard not to explain birds and the bees Also matpat: makes a video about candy mascots being canibals

[@MatejVranka-in7ku]

I think that's on KZbin guidelines.

[@s0up_1223]

I mean I would rather talk about cannibals then birds and bees

[@rsyvbh]

I mean hey he won't get demonetised

[@samdo-kn6li]

Also Matpat: Making videos on "Luigi's green pipe"

[@Alexaq268]

Bro doesn't want to get demonitized

[@eevee5699]

Back in my ELEMENTARY and middle school, we had "The Tree". You start at the "dirt" and when you get to the top branch, you're married lol The dirt being: they don't know you exist

[@monroerobbins7551]

Honestly, I thought it was placebo since the Green M&M was associated with a salacious character, but I guess it was the other way around. My bad. (And I also had no bloody idea this whole “green M&M’s turn you on” thing existed, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.)

[@benito23453]

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rdqXaun7-bfNE

[@mreggman4682]

same

[@chommy4913]

Let’s be honest we all hate these scam links

[@SlizMaster]

Same here

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@Thank me later 🅥 Youre **LITERALLY ONE OF THE BOTS**

[@nofear1999]

I recently noticed something about peanut m&ms and thought you might be interested in reviewing. I had a family sized bag and noticed all the m&ms were wonky shaped, even some doubles and one missing a peanut. If you buy a small bag like from a gas station, they are all perfectly shaped. My theory is they use the perfect ones for the small bags, impulse buys, and they use all the wonky rejects for the large family bags.

[@anintrovertonyoutube5271]

Cool. That would be an interesting theory.

[@TannerWombat]

I also think smaller individual bags or single packs of any treat (personal sized candy bars/bags, single server pastries or snack cakes, etc) taste better. I think it’s to entice us to buy the bigger packs 😂

[@zinniaedits]

that would be a cool theory

[@philippa4650]

@@TannerWombat I think that happens because due to the smaller portion, you enjoy them more. It's like the FT episode about left vs right twix bars

[@rickrolled3666]

Found footage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKvXcpJjpLuUeJY.

[@terrasilvershade5678]

Food Theory: food expiration dates! My partner and I had a conversation about when to throw the milk out and when it exactly goes bad. I know there’s a difference between “sell by” and “expiration” but how long after the date does it take for bacteria to grow?

[@Oberky]

I like your suggestion in regards to bacteria growth and don't have an answer about that, but here's a fun fact: sour milk won't make you sick. Sure, once it's gone sour and curdled it's disgusting, that's definitely the suggested point at which you should probably stop trying to drink it. But drinking sour milk won't give you food poisoning or anything like that.

[@thegamerboytgb4350]

@@Oberky probably a bad stomach ace, and force you to hug the toilet lol

[@ExcludedShadow]

I’m definitely interested in an episode on this. I will drink milk more than a month “expired” as long as it smells fine and has no chunks 🤷‍♀️

[@shinyrayquaza9]

sell by is just the average shelf life of the product, it cam go bad sooner or after that date

[@gooberdale]

@@Oberky just a tummy ache and some botulism

[@Jasmine_beez]

6:32 So do people just go wild on Christmas?😀

[@Andreamom001]

Um, when I was a teen, people didn’t say that made you feel any particular way, but they were a secret signal. So like, if someone wanted some intimate time with someone else, they would offer them a green one as a signal. If it was accepted, that mean the person was willing.

[@YiPeaches]

As someone who is never in the loop about anything this terrifies me

[@pichulxdanimation2359]

Hi

[@simonghoul3602]

Oh boy I bet that has led to a bunch of awkward situations Unless you gave them a bag full of green m&ms.... but that might be too much for some

[@Jacquelinsane]

When Mat said “Melbun” my Aussie heart soared. Every Aussie knows you say Melbourne as “Melbun”, and non-Aussies who do it are praised.

[@vflowersimp]

hello there, fellow aussie

[@deeshyeet6847]

Same here, and I was just like hey I go to that University nice!

[@dapotatoking4699]

gday fellow aussie.

[@TheSucram729]

“MelboRn” 🤮

[@dumbandconfused]

Kinda like a town where I live is spelled S E N O I A, and everyone says Sih-noy-uh. The pronunciation is Suh-noy. Tmyk

[@Local_Idiot24]

11:11 ive seen this png of matpat so much it even looks edited in while looking at the original photo

[@firewolf4824]

"But first do you see that big red button down there? Does it make you feel some type of emotion deep down?" MatPat just gave the phrase "smash that subscribe button" a whole new meaning.

[@xxcatcannonxx2246]

LMFAO

[@pinkpizzasticksgaming4147]

No- stop-

[@Tw0Dots]

Lmao gold comment

[@stoopystudios65]

Not on this video

[@Nek0ru]

😭no...

[@earthsteward70]

My favorite fact about M&Ms. Eddie van Halen would mandate that a bowl of M&Ms be put in the back room of the venue exactly in the middle of the room and there would be NO brown candies, and this is item 295 out of 541 of setting up a typical van Halen concert. If they messed up the candy, then van Halen suspected the pyrotechnics we're neglected too, and would just cancel the concert.

[@ChanceTheBrony]

What’s sad is that I think a lot of people misinterpreted that fact back in the day, because “no brown M&Ms” has since become a trope establishing that a character is a diva, despite Van Halen having *genuine concern for his life* if something went wrong.

[@earthsteward70]

@@ChanceTheBrony AND THE FANS, my god Eddie didn't want to blow up the fans! An amp alone can cause a serious fire.

[@retosius7962]

that is honestly a genius way to test how dedicated they are

[@KefkeWren]

@@ChanceTheBrony Exactly. It seems like a ridiculous request, because it _was._ It was a single, strange, completely arbitrary request stuck in the middle of a list of provisions to catch the kind of people who either didn't read the list fully, or would cut corners they didn't see as important.

[@Agt_Seven]

This kind of has the same energy as that one gag from Wayne's World 2 where Del tells a story about getting Ozzy Osbourne 1000 brown m&ms

[@alexus4015]

I think that maybe another thing could be that seeing M&Ms with an assortment of colors provides the participants with comfort knowing that there is a variety despite there being no actual flavor difference among all the colors. Being given only one color of M&Ms makes it seem as though they are bland or all only one flavor and won’t be as satisfying.

[@lethalwolf7455]

You just gave me Froot Loop flashbacks!

[@jacobbondurant7186]

Sure sounds legit. Just looking at the mixed bowl in the video makes my obsessively compulsive side feel happy and satisfied. 😊

[@The-Epic-clone-royal-flower]

Ok cool?

[@danicegewiss862]

Green is my favorite. I told my husband who bought a little bag and big bag of M&M's. He separated the green ones and handed me the little pack he taped back together. I opened it and laughed. It was Valentine's Day. It was my favorite Valentine's Day gift ever. I dont remember them making bags of green M&M's only. I'm sad that I missed that.

[@Stofferjib]

I've been following the theory channels for almost as long as they've been running. I'd friggen LOVE to participate on one of the studies

[@tomanderson2006]

Only with three comments lol

[@shadowscp1391]

Same here!!

[@alexxxxx666]

Me too! It would be so much fun to be a part of this

[@BetterDayz55]

RIGHT?? Same here! I've lived through and loved the totality of all 3 Theory Channels for as long as I can remember, always excited to have MatPat at the very top of my recommended feed! Honestly, having grown up with MatPat as such an idol has really shaped the way I think and view the world, and it would be such an honor to get to partake in even just a single experiment with them!! Guess we'll have to see what they've got planned for the future!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I’d say MatPat did quite a great job with the topic of procreation while tiptoeing around the community guidelines.

[@ked49]

Hi I didn’t know you watched the theories

[@regalseagull]

Botfest, it gets so annoying...

[@enigma479]

@Thank me later 🅥 even the bot has to respect the guy 😂

[@emmabennett3985]

Omg you changed your pfp. I’m going to miss the reminder of that guy from fairy tail that I can’t even remember his name

[@jjh2472]

Of course you’re here

[@aidanmartin4583]

Honestly, 11:10 just shows me that after seeing the PNG matpat be used for so long the real image now looks fake and photoshopped to me.

[@ХейтерТрендов]

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):...kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rdqXaun7-bfNE

[@randominternetuser2436]

Fr

[@EfrLuviano]

I don't believe it

[@TenNineD]

Ikr

[@vnkn0wn_vSeR-420]

Frr

[@Half_Baked]

3:32 Alright, Alright, you have officially convinced me to rewatch every office epsiode

[@TessHex]

Some European perspective, if it's of any help: In my experience, we just don't use the "base" metaphors; we just say what we mean-- but we _are_ second-hand familiar with them because of American media. I just haven't experienced anyone using them sincerely/unironically. I've never heard anyone claim the green M&Ms to have any particular properties; and so, prior to watching this episode, I had just assumed it was a psychological thing, relating it back to the Green M&M from the advertising. If anything, the hot-ticket M&Ms over here (at least, in the UK) are the blue ones, because they disappeared from the market during... the 2000s, I think? Maybe the '90s?-- and when they came back, they made a HUGE deal out of it. Again, I think it had something to do with a connection being alleged between food-colouring and carcinogens.

[@oscarwillimott9296]

Someone's really unlucky with bots. But, yeah, I agree.

[@orionhardy]

Here in the UK we used the word scored as an equivalent metaphor to a home run, which is a Football Thing.

[@oscarwillimott9296]

@@orionhardy I didn't know that. And I live there.

[@vulpusgenius]

I think it was something to do with the blue colouring making kids more hyper due to it being a drug or something... not too sure tho

[@vivibee3943]

Agreed. It's rather funny bcs in Finland we do have baseball (even though it's not the same as the American, but anyways) and we still don't use baseball vocab for this purpose. Ice hockey is more popular, of course, but we don't use that either.

[@Leaffons]

As a german, coming from a country which actually takes a lot of pride and enthusiasm in their football/soccer: no, we do not make Relationship references using sports:))

[@oluwatimahwise6859]

So I'm just curious since not a lot of folks have answered, do you guys have any sort of euphemism for different levels of intimacy? Not necessarily sports related ones but just some other sort of family friendly way of referencing s*x?

[@jurandfantom]

@@oluwatimahwise6859 at least in Poland...nope

[@kenobi_812]

@@oluwatimahwise6859 As another German I’m pretty sure we don’t have stuff like that or it could have just went over my head when I was younger

[@olamajosta3621]

@@oluwatimahwise6859 nah, it's more 1st and 2nd date that is emphasized. 1st base is generally thrown out in favour of talking about it directly as in crushes, perceived flirting, describing the intimacy directly.

[@Leaffons]

@@oluwatimahwise6859 hard question because in theory: yes The problem is, we love sayings So for example if we we want to say someone is imagining the worst outcome one could say "you are painting the devil on the wall" And we have a lot of these So basically yes we have sayings with family friendly words for having s*x, but they've become normalized in the way that they aren't family friendly anymore (And also not quite sports related)

[@terry_the_terrible]

My theory: A full bowl of vari coloured M&Ms could induce a sense of security thanks to the perception of choice. Participants may also have been in a better mood because the garish colours made them think it was a party and thus socially appropriate to let loose. Meanwhile, single coloured M&m bowls could have induce a manufactured sense of scarcity, which would make people hesitant to date since they wouldn't have the resources to finish the seduction process. All in all, I think the lighting results are polluted with the sugar results and social perception. It would have been better to isolate the colour variable

[@eriwhomst]

i'm gonna be honest, i think you overcomplicated it. i don't think most people associate a full bowl of multi color m&m's with a party, but moreso a doctor's office. also idk if the scarcity part makes sense? realistically, one would think, "hmm, they're all one color, so clearly someone grabbed a fuckton of m&m's bags and kept only some colors." i think even i'm overcomplicating it. no hate btw, i just like debating theories

[@s7z7gy]

@@eriwhomst How a doctors office? What a great doctor you may have but I would think I would a associate a full bowl of m&ms with a party

[@eriwhomst]

@@s7z7gy because it's one of those "officey" type of things. bowl of m&m's or a bowl of tootsie rolls or whatever cheap treat. whereas at a party there's... alcohol? never been to a party with a bowl of m&m's lol

[@sethbettwieser]

@@eriwhomst I've never been to a business with candy bowls. And every party I can remember going to has had m&m's or some other bowl of candy.

[@nameshaillay2691]

9/10 on the pronunciation of Mel'bin. We are very stuck up about it. You get points (We would apologize for it, but pretention is our most fearsome weapon against Sydney)

[@JustAHuman101]

Why does this guy not have a Music Theory channel yet where he decodes concept albums He'd be a legend at that Edit: YES, I know about copyright, stop spamming the replies telling me about it- know this wouldn't happen- I'm just saying it's a neat idea

[@mr.tamahiiyt6507]

@dream what

[@jaymzhetfield]

Copyright issues !

[@tokio6332]

he already explained this in one of his vids. its bc copyright issues

[@chadthechandler]

To be fair he probably would at this point, but the copyright rules when it comes to music is more uptight than other forms of media.

[@spaghettiwithachickenpatty7877]

copyright things

[@sin-t]

As an European, no, we don’t have similar things like “the first base” to indicate that kind of things. We are more straightforward lmao

[@xXRealXx]

Chad Europeans vs Beta Americans

[@minm4234]

straightforward people are awesome, and im all about it

[@minm4234]

social nuances are a pain :P

[@torazely]

@@minm4234 I mean. I can certainly do forward, but I tried being straight for the first 18 years of my life. It's not for me.

[@poke-talia268]

I never really got the base things for what was what outside of homerun. Lol

[@angelrosepetal9825]

When MatPat was struggling to find a way to say the question of the video without getting demonetized, my first thought for the question was "Are green M&M's an aphrodisiac?" You can say that without getting demonetized, right?

[@franktank302]

He also played Austin Powers, so why not just say “randy” lol

[@lars7747]

A KZbinr got stroked for saying he liked grapes so i wouldn't take chances

[@Borrego12]

The fact that i literally eating m&m's while watching the video lol 😂

[@provolonefatboy5875]

Here’s my theory: The bowls of the same colored candy definitely had something to do with color theory (maybe not all but at least a little). But my guess is that they also made the brain a little confused. You see, when you see an ad for m&m’s you see (usually) see all the colors, and so you kind of get used to it, anytime you see a bowl of same colored m&m’s its for a reason- its there to prove some sort of point (like in on the desk of a receptionist or something, hopefully that makes sense). But in conclusion it just doesn’t make sense to our brain is some way, like the uncanny valley of candy. Though I did see a theory on here saying something about the fact that they’d be suspicious is they walked in a room for an experiment and saw a bowl of same colored m&m’s there, they might wonder a little more what the experiment is about and get distracted. I could see this making sense in a way.

[@Starrygirl821]

Ppp

[@left4twenty]

the uncandy valley 😏

[@aceboy1357]

My theory is that people find the green M&M mascot hot

[@Darling_Dame_Anastasia]

I feel like that's more color psychology as opposed to color theory. Color theory is which colors for together and things like that, lol

[@Tw0Dots]

???

[@crmsn_wari]

also, placebo is a thing. believing the green m&M's actually make you feel "something"

[@gogauze]

This is one of the most understated and misunderstood things in pop science. Placebo reactions are a massive part of everyone's daily life, and they significantly impact our quality of life. The whole reason you give a placebo pill in the identical shape and color, in the exact same way, to a control group in a medical study, is because the expectation of the thing can, in part or in full, be causal to the thing. We don't want a medicine to just be better than nothing, we want it to be better than our perceptions can manipulate. A lot of folks think of the word as bad or dirty. It gets a lot of attention when something gets deemed to be "no more effective than a placebo," and folks who use or do those things don't respond well to being told the benefits they experience aren't real. The thing is, they probably are getting benefits. Like, if you grew up with your parents telling you that orange juice makes you better when you're feeling sick, you are very likely to actually get better. No joke, it frequently shortens your recovery and blunts your symptoms if you believe that. But we know for a fact that there are zero objective benefits from drinking orange juice compared to water and a few calories. How can those two things both be true? Because we don't actually deal with objective reality as much as we think we do. That's what science means when it mentions placebos. Your brain can take information and make your body do a bunch of things that don't seem like they should be possible. Those reactions are frequently belief based, and they do meaningfully help. They just aren't universal to every human. This is really just the tip of this iceberg. If it occurred to you that negative things could happen in the same way, you're absolutely right. And the sheer number of things a placebo reaction can do are not presently calculable. But it's a lot, and the differences are significant.

[@MagpieMew]

Good point

[@Werewolf914]

Green is my favorite color must mean I'm constantly thinking of 👏 🍑 which I'll neither confirm nor deny without my Lawyer present

[@kuza3991]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@iurope4834]

@@Werewolf914 WHY

[@EeveePrincessXD]

Here’s an idea to further iterate on this experiment: since you now know that a mix of colors produces better results than a bowl of just one colored candies, try running the experiment again with mixed bowls each time, but with two bowls where the mix has been artificially bloated with extra red or green M&Ms respectively. Consider doing the same for the other candy colors as well, just to see if there are any unexpected contenders.

[@BlujayBrushshade]

The Green Ones make me _ _ _ _ _! is my new Kermit LOL line.

[@novacorponline]

The placebo effect seems like something that should have also warranted a mention. 'Knowing' that the candy is stimulating due to rumors may lead to a placebo effect where it does actually cause you to become stimulated by it.

[@iGamezRo]

MatPat keeping things family friendly even if he has a mature enough audience by this point.

[@kbtvstudios9528]

@don't be surprised Imagine being a comment bot

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

Blame the algorithm :/

[@its_aj251]

This is youtube's fault tbh

[@mixedbaggamer]

I raise you the FNAF ARG. Well not everybody in the community's fault it definitely escalated to a very arguably immature level what with the disruption of multiple businesses in that area to a point where Matt Pat had to step in and tell everybody to stop

[@samirbelica2358]

For the money, man. For the money.

[@ethanpetersen810]

1:22 Somehow, phrasing it that way makes me even more uncomfortable...

[@MinkiOfficial]

LOL

[@sohansaha4693]

i love when he says "three *foood theories*" in the most rough manly way possible in the midde of explaining how green skittles make you ho- nvm but man i love when he does that

[@dakotamerriman872]

Alternative hypothesis: the bowls of same colored candies doesn't allow the brain to rest. Think of how an addict gets diminishing returns after repeated drug use. The bowl of mixed candy gives the brain variation and makes those bursts of "love" chemicals more potent.

[@anintrovertonyoutube5271]

That's a cool hypothesis

[@qs-ii1872]

Personally I believe it’s this mixed with us all previously having knowledge that it’s supposed to be mix, and therefor that it’s strange to be monochrome. If it was any other candy out there that comes in one color, it wishing face the same Issues. Then again, I’m not a fan of multicolored foods in the first place. So you might be more inline with the world for all I know.

[@trophygatherer]

I would love to see this come up again around Christmas time, when they have the Chistmas mixes of both green & red.

[@deleted-something]

Uh

[@masonyoung1502]

You could just say “are green M&Ms an aphrodisiac”. As far as I am aware that is the commonly used, more “family friendly” term.

[@aaliakhan396]

I was also about to comment the same!

[@Foundation1504]

I think they are just having fun with the idea of not being able to use the most common word

[@Alexaq268]

This one wasn't age restricted but one of Matpat's doki doki ones is

[@dudeawsomeness1]

There comes a time in every boy's life when he gets the talk... about the green M&Ms.

[@armandbier2502]

1:50 i love how you can tell matpat is smiling after he delivers that line

[@irs4373]

Imagine just not being in the mood and then she pulls out the green m&ms

[@ХейтерТрендов]

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rdqXaun7-bfNE

[@gmg6863]

Sad, 3 bots on 1 video, i might try that whit my crush tho

[@3man3]

@@gmg6863 your done for if she's seen this tho

[@gmg6863]

@@3man3 fr, lets hope she doesnt open this comment section :)

[@Swatikhandal-e9s]

@@gmg6863 goodluck bossman

[@KenziMitri]

Even tho it's my 8th time watching this video over the span of 7 months, first time commenting on this vid. And yes (3:19) we do but not about sports. In Albania we use the word Gyp (Which is actually gypth) to describe uhm... Intercourse.And “I ra tapa“ which translates to “His bottle cap fell“.It gets the person to look down,to the genitals and almost same as the last one.Plenty more but I have got to mention the fact that these where created by my class and we are, respectively IN THE 6TH BLOODY GRADE AND THEY ARE SOOOO DIRTY MINDED.

[@X-SPONGED]

Matpat : "In short, Colours with longer wavelengths tend to be more stimulating than those with shorter wavelengths" [7:26] _Hey! I'm sure they have a GREAT personality to go with those short wavelengths !!!_

[@advancedorange4818]

bro

[@thebingler77]

Nahhhh 🥴

[@gamergamergamer]

Words of champions

[@TwinkieMouse]

Bro why 😭

[@0nly_A13x]

STOP XD

[@MysteryMusic512]

Matpat: “I CAN’T SAY THAT WORD!” Also Matpat: *Proceeds to put the word in the video multiple times*

[@MysteryMusic512]

Hello bots.

[@robinnandtheprophett]

lets be honest: we hate bots!

[@-Extra_Lives]

He's not saying it so it's technically legal

[@croaky-wader]

@@MysteryMusic512 they have been on every single comment

[@Nia_Wan1987]

Theory Idea:What is better at keeping you awake redbull or coffee? You could measure caffeine as well as sugar amounts and discuss the nutritional values of both the drinks.Furthermore, you could discuss if your age,race or genetics have any role in this.Finally, the theorist team could ban together and combine the two, creating what can only be described as a long lasting abomination You may even drag Diet Coke into this Thank you for reading

[@fascinatingfaux811]

I am a human now click the links above for my viruses

[@Rachel.Raquel]

That would be a great video. I find that coffee actually energizes me and energy drinks just don’t work as well.

[@mr.stoneface7699]

You just reminded me of an experiment I did once, about 10 years ago: What happens when you combine Red Bull and instant coffee, and is the result greater than the sum of their parts? I took out a large mug, poured in one regular 8.4 oz. (250ml) can of Red Bull, then added 2 heaping teaspoons of coffee crystals, about what I drank every morning. At first, they refused to mix, and when I stirred, the liquid foamed up violently. I drank it all, despite my lizard brain telling me this did not look, smell, taste, or even FEEL safe. 30 minutes later, my eyeballs were vibrating and I had to consciously blink. I was certainly alert, though my ability to focus didn't feel much better or worse. I can't recall if there was a caffeine crash afterwards, but I do remember staying awake later than normal. So yes, I would be extremely interested to see this theory put to the test. I'm curious to know if the alertness helps or hinders focus, too, especially for the kind of work Team Theorist, and by extension, college students and the like, do. Would a person benefit from chugging a suspicious concoction of stimulants, or does it hurt more than it helps?

[@creepergod3692]

For me coffee makes me sleepy while Java Monsters make me overly awake. Ironically enough, my buddy introduced me to Gamer Supps, the perfect middle

[@shelbybeard7161]

That would be cool I tend to fall asleep with coffee but can't sleep with monster

[@magicmarleigh6376]

I love how MatPat tries not to use the bad words but tries to make sure the viewers understand what MatPat is trying to say 😂

[@X4Tiger]

From UK: we also use ‘bases’ as relationship milestones. Personally, I always linked it to rounders over baseball but I assume that’s just because I never thought too much about it. 👍👍

[@testerwulf3357]

I've heard both are similar and utilize bases so it really could work for either sport!

[@georgiancountryball202]

well father like son they say founder like the founded is a word worth yof that and the same people the same habits

[@ronderek]

shut up bots

[@richiedagger733]

Oh good, I was scanning the comments just to get an answer to that question

[@ALee-mp8zk]

Wow I also love in the UK and I never knew this🤔 is there a further explanation that I can know about??

[@StevenKR]

An interesting factor left out: Were participants instructed to eat the M&Ms? Were participants who didn't eat them get their results tossed?

[@sailorgallifrey1365]

I think the presence of the m&ms was the important factor

[@WayWardWonderer]

Future theories I'm looking forward to: 1st) Is the meat at Taco Bell actually mostly filler and doesn't count as meat? 2nd) Is a high sugar diet connected to hyperactivity disorders? 3rd) Can food dyes have an effect on moods? (Looks like this one has been partially proven true in this very video...) 4th) Are diet foods worse for you than non-diet foods? (Diet Coke, sugar free candy, etc.) 5th Eating raw eggs is superior to eating cooked eggs for building muscle quickly.

[@caicat722]

For the taco bell meat, yes it's only 8% meat. I used to work there as did my sister and it's only 8% and you don't want to see the beans before they're rehydrated

[@cardinaldeer8454]

Diet foods are worse than non diet foods due to the sweeteners in the diet foods needing more sugar than non diets

[@Weird_people666]

I’m watching this and thinking that’s why so many people are born in spring Christmas is the perfect time to….

[@celianunn2070]

Great Job except u forgot 1 thing: Chocolate ITSELF is an aphrodisiac. So whoever ate the most candieswhile ranking would b more likely to rank higher.

[@777SilverPhoenix777]

actually it's not. it only boosts your mood, not your libido.

[@IncubiAkster]

Sorry to break it to you, theres no such thing as an aphrodisiac, its all in your head making stuff up.

[@tftc97]

no, chocolate is the "feels good in your mouth" aphrodisiac. not the "make you want to have s--" aphrodisiac.

[@monroerobbins7551]

Credit to the editor and artist drawing the representations of colors, it’s bloody hilarious, and I love it, cause… yeah, I know *certain* artists are officially peaked by these things, lol.

[@benito23453]

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rdqXaun7-bfNE

[@NekoOnigiri01]

Thank you! I had fun drawing them :P

[@oscarcacnio8418]

In and amongst all of the spam content, behold: Neko Onigiri, editor for Game Theory.

[@monroerobbins7551]

@@oscarcacnio8418 the actual people in a swarm of bots, lol

[@thelemoncoffee]

i find the idea that green m&m's make people get hot and bothered when they eat them hilarious considering how they're my favorites (i just love green in general) and i'm violently asexual.

[@tomasinojonathan]

My reaction to this comment: 0:20

[@robynnhoud]

"Violently asexual" lmao I love that phrasing

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

Same. I'm very much ace and green/blue are generally my favorite colors, green especially with candy since that usually signifies mint flavor

[@hashtagmate]

Life theory: are ace people more funny? (The answer is yes)

[@mhordijk0871]

@@hashtagmate Yes, because not every other of their sentences is a sexual innuendo.

[@SceneKidd0z]

Ok no, but I need "the toy theorists", im new into this theory things but I'm already in love with them

[@DragonSword001]

As a Scotsman, I've never heard of or used any terms similar to the "base system" that is used in America, I've also heard numerous variations on what each base represents... So I might have to say it's a strange American prudism.

[@advancedorange4818]

10 100 10000 100000000 ok

[@JonathanHernandez-wz2ul]

My theory: a full bowl of colorful m&ms looks like a rainbow. Rainbows and colorful things are often associated with joy and excitement in our culture. The sight of rainbows might make people inherently lean towards happier more optimistic thoughts thus making the ratings go way up high

[@thebingler77]

Sounds like a pretty solid theory my guy 👍

[@szymonjakistam3776]

It would make sense, But you Don't have purple m&m and Brown isnt really happy colour

[@Pla63]

Dada

[@NodzergHorde1997]

11:00 that real picture just looks fake after i have seen that png for so long

[@cl0udnel]

Still can't wrap my brain around it

[@potatoguy5428]

I just don't see it

[@n_art_cissist]

5:29 props for pronouncing Melbourne the right way. Also fun fact the Indigenous name for Melbourne is Naarm

[@meepothegreat]

Everytime I see a bowl of singular color M&Ms my first thought is someone touched all that candy...like someone picked out all that one color from a series of bags to make a bowl. Kinda weird since I know they can just produce single color bags. My brain just instinctively goes where's the other colors?

[@y00uzu]

your profile picture literally looks like a green m&m

[@neraslight4997]

@@y00uzu bruhhhhh

[@haseda-5778]

In Europe (or at least what i know in Italy) we don't have an equivalent of baseball's bases at all. We don't divide relationships in set phases, things happen and we go along with it :D

[@leometz7287]

I heard people saying they "scored a goal" when they had a "home run"

[@Icarus_with_better_wings]

Even us Canadians don't have that, and we are called America 2.0

[@A_Iamb]

We’ll in England well at least my area when you find your self a good partner you say you scored or something like that

[@jamesreilly5905]

Same in Ireland

[@NickyYey]

More or less in brasil

[@Lewlewbg6]

Food theory idea: you know the saying “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”? Well how hungry would you actually have to be to eat a full horse?

[@williammartin9612]

W suggestion

[@jacobawojtowicz]

Didn't he just connect with a competitive eating champ through Mr Beast? We could see how long it takes to eat an entire horse 🤣

[@RGC_animation]

Don't think a human could even physically do that, because the number of calories in a FULL HORSE would be way too high no matter how hungry you are.

[@woteveruk1]

@@RGC_animation i dunno, i think it depends on the kind of horse we are talking about, because there are some breeds that are really small, like 3 or 4 feet high

[@xXRealXx]

@@woteveruk1 even a pig is too much

[@KBT.MurdaOfficial]

you could also use sultry💚 3:41 KINKY 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gameswhispererjr2414]

As a Brit, I can safely say that throughout my high school and college days, I have never heard of a sports equivalent to any of the bases, we just said what we did

[@luketruitt8150]

Was looking for a comment from a european, was curious if you guys had the metaphor but referred more towards cricket even though it’s not quite the same but probably most similar sport to baseball

[@DaegosYT]

@@luketruitt8150 Nah, we don't bother with anything like that

[@boarbot7829]

@@luketruitt8150 nobody actually plays cricket.

[@adrianscott6907]

Being a part of one of these experiments sounds like so much fun! I’ve been following Food Theory since day one. It’s been a lot of fun to watch it grow and see all of the interesting topics you and the team think to cover

[@classicminecraftambience747]

@here is the full clip Shut up bot

[@zachbitner]

Theory: does a brownie classify as a cookie or a cake?

[@cshade0886]

If you think a brownie is a cookie you are making it wrong. Cake doesn't quite fit either, but it's certainly better than cookie.

[@dabbyabb]

Brownies are bars.

[@albinskywalker]

It's a cake, and you can't change my mind. Also, there's 3 bot replies here.

[@Clairvoyancy]

do you really wanna go down another pizza is a sandwhich rabbit hole

[@CeilingFanRat]

Brownies are poo bars

[@abbottschorsch2056]

Here is a great way to say this,"Do green M&Ms make you want to create forbidden father milk?"

[@gabrielsalva1992]

Here in Brazil, we use football as a "love linguage". When someone is too shy to talk to the people they like, we say that "they are playing in the defencive", when someone say something realy cool we say that "they made a goal!" etc.

[@salemkitty5786]

That’s pretty cool to know

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I wonder, doesn't the simple act of picking through the assorted colors for a specific one generally heighten arousal? Wouldn't the "green one" phenomenon just be throwing a little superstition on top of that basic level of fun?

[@clarehidalgo]

I always eat them one at a time red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown then repeat until there isn't a complete set of all 6 colors anymore

[@JonIngiHlynsson]

The quality of this episode is absolutely magnificent! The presentation, production, scientific relevance (with all the appropriate qualifiers about sample sizes etcetera) is a solid 10/10! Keep up the great work!

[@i_FURRU]

dude,my favorite color is green,and while watchig this video i was like:"omg,what?omg!...that's...ok,what?omg!" i don't how i should feel boys,how should i feel?

[@iurope4834]

idk

[@AmongstTheUnicode]

Green M&M’s truly do make me love my fellow human companions.

[@AmongstTheUnicode]

@Bully peter lets be honest we all enjoyed this video without your comments :)

[@xher0938]

@@AmongstTheUnicode fr

[@yourdaddysaid]

These bots go vrrrr 🏃 🚐💨

[@pvic6959]

what does it mean that my favorite color is green.............

[@leakdeo]

Let's be honest we all enjoyed this video by having this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKW3qoaKrZl6oLc (it's just the link to this video)

[@mikaelangehagen7251]

10:20 no becuse it's grey

[@Riddleis]

Based

[@Ms.Divine2024]

Lol me too.

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

​@@Riddleis or possibly colorblind

[@brogrammerplus7683]

The last time a "green theory" made Matt Pat pull out at KZbin's guide lines we were measuring out Luigi.

[@ХейтерТрендов]

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):...kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rdqXaun7-bfNE

[@DaveMillerOldSport]

3:22 ONG THANK YOU MAT PAT FOR NOT SAYING SOCCER! YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE! IM SO HAPPY!

[@Legoslavzed-1618-]

Guy and his son: *Walking* Matpat next to the van: hey you, yeah you, throw that child into your house and get some candy with photos of people where you will rate their hotness from 1-10

[@croaky-wader]

@don't be surprised JUST SHUT. YOUR MOUTH

[@AxeltheKing1000]

Me: okay bro 😎 👍

[@owenfautley]

Brit here, in Europe or at least in the UK we do not really have baseball but we do have softball and rounders which are very similar and include bases. Side note at 8:13 that had gesture "backwards peace sign" like the Americans call it is effectively the same as the middle finger here so you might want to avoid it.

[@Ektrix]

Yeah European (the Netherlands) here we don't have anything like that here we aren't as prude I guess

[@owenfautley]

@@Ektrix It is mainly a UK thing from the 100 years war with France. The archers would show them off to mock them since if they were captured those fingers would be cut off to stop them from using a bow.

[@HopeRock425]

@@owenfautley as an Irish person, we share a lot of culture and I just have to ask: how is the number 2 offensive?

[@owenfautley]

@@HopeRock425 How could you not know the two finger salute that originated from archers from the 100 year war with France.

[@blacksheep9950]

@@owenfautley It is largely a UK thing (although also used in Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand) but the longbow archer origin is a total myth.

[@lyndseystrait1513]

Interesting! The “mixed versus certain color M&M” hypothesis makes a lot of sense (being uneasy seeing a common food product in a way it isn’t usually presented). My initial thought was as to why the green M&Ms were “special” anyone who had seen the marketing representation of the green M&M might subconsciously associate her with the regular green candy. Also, supposedly chocolate contains chemicals that get your brain to release endorphins anyway, right?

[@nyandoesthings]

One study claims that eating chocolate releases more dopamine than kissing your romantic partner. Even if I found the study, KZbin likes to delete comments with links so good luck finding it yourself I guess?

[@horriblecatstance6610]

I feel like the reason why green m&ms make you want to ( ….) maybe it’s because the humanoid green m&m has HIGH.HEELS. That is the only reason.

[@catholiccontriversy]

8:29 Matpat, as a man of the internet, I must say I'm disappointed in you. Everyone knows Danny Diveto is the sexiest man on earth, and Mars making the red M&M him was fully embracing that.

[@fr3nli186]

I love the dedication matpat gives to this kind of stuff, he does researchs to find out if a colorant can make you want to do "bad stuff"

[@indigothecat]

It also depends on favorite colors as well, and whether or not the participants even like M&M's. It could also be as simple as the groups that got only red or only green were disappointed because they didn't get their favorite color of M&M's, whereas the group that got all the main M&M's colors weren't preoccupied with color, just excited to have chocolate candy. Variety is also the spice of life, after all. 😉 Also, everyone knows that the biggest M&M's let-down is that in spite of purple winning the "new M&M color" contest back in 2002 as well as there having been a history of purple M&M's prior and that purple would complete the rainbow, Mars still has yet to standardize it. PS: In my opinion, The blue M&M is the sexiest one, and he also represents the almond M&M's, which is more fancy than the peanut. He apparently also represented raspberry M&M's and dark chocolate M&M's. I don't know about you, but Dark Chocolate Almond Raspberry sounds amazing for a romantic dessert.

[@Nekoseek-]

Not reading all of that

[@TheIrreverentUncleAl]

Mrs. Purple belongs in the 40s where violet M&M's got discontinued.

[@ChristopherBuko]

I'm never eaten m&ms ever again

[@STR4WB3RRY_M3L]

20 hours ago??!!!!

[@sparx0s]

i did not need to see 6:00 in my life