Making glow toys from scratch

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Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by things that glow in the dark. I had a few glow toys that I really liked, but I either lost them or gave them away. I could've just bought some new ones, but I thought it would be a lot more fun to make my own from scratch.
Note: In my equation for ZnS + O2, please ignore my explanation below it. It doesn't make sense.
References:
• Gyzmodium: • Zinc Sulfate - for ZnS...
• Hydrogen, Time: • Making ZnS:Cu, a green...
• myst32YT: • Make Glow in the Dark ...
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[@IstasPumaNevada]

"My only issue was that the baby wasn't as creepy as I thought it would be." Quote of the year.

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IstasPumaNevada "...and it looked like it had a beard"

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666th like

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699th like

[@manan-543]

Lmao

[@AntAntares]

The only quote in youtube rewind:

[@shyasaturtle]

I like how he didn't even change his tone when talking about how sad he was when his mom threw his toys out.

[@dallaszzz]

you have the same icon as my steam and discord profile lol

[@superjoeyman1]

@@ahmadayazamin3313 his voice sounds like the voice in my head when I read scientific papers

[@franksijbenga3724]

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[@architakumar2579]

@@franksijbenga3724 U made my day with this comment. Thank you.

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

@@ahmadayazamin3313 my mom threw away all my star wars vehicle toys (jedi starfighter, slave 1, republic gunship) and sold my Nintendo 64 at a garage sale lol

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

"My mom threw away my glowing dinosaur, so I became a chemist and made my own" is a better villain origin story than 90% of the ones out there

[@twothreebravo]

Probably the only Marvel movie I'd watch.

[@NPCSN]

😂🤣😂👍🏻

[@chronon8782]

it all started long ago in the town of druselstein

[@cyborgshark8079]

@@chronon8782 doofenshmirtz became evil because of a toy train

[@cyborgshark8079]

The evil alternate version anyway

[@a_true_generic_gamer1104]

Nile: "Hey mom, you seen my glow in the dark dinosaur?" His mom: "Think we gave those away honey." Nile: "And so I started crafting."

[@DavidInBand]

Mr White?

[@BeatInMySkull]

"Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!"

[@a_true_generic_gamer1104]

@@DavidInBand Jesse! We need to make glow in the dark dinosaurs.

[@a_true_generic_gamer1104]

@@BeatInMySkull definitely seems like something Phineas and Ferb would do during their summer vacation. Only it'd be the size of a building, and Candace wouldn't like that for whatever reason. A building sized glow in the dark dinosaur would be amazing

[@magnusbane420]

Don't cry, craft

[@Dinnye01]

"But it didn't fix the major problem: that this method sucked." Nile has a penchant for quoting the obvious in the most funny ways.

[@tahneekmorshed4236]

Hi

[@tuesdaywithanh]

Penchant is such a good word

[@ElTurbinado]

Michael Persico "almost monochromatic tone" = monotone

[@Krish-bx8vb]

idk why this line is funny but god damn did it make me giggle

[@Scalemailmailmail]

The brutal honesty made me lol!

[@AWFguitar]

Evolution of NileRed: -Separating gold from tech scraps -making transparent wood -G L O W I N G B A B Y

[@slimeypiston574]

Oh hey Andrew Foy didn't expect you to be here!

[@LarryFish3rman]

What a weird place to find a new KZbin music channel to subscribe to. Thanks Andrew.

[@nij5517]

Glowing baby rat

[@ThatSwiggityGuy]

Can't wait for Nile to make a powder that makes you day "Fuck J Cole"

[@LizardsGizzards]

Hey, science is fun, my dude XD

[@therainbowwillow4453]

This is the best channel on KZbin. I love how this entire video is just “my mom threw out my glow dinosaur so I did chemistry and made my own”

[@carlyk210]

"And I recreated them in the form of creepy glowing babies"

[@iaml2348]

@@carlyk210 "and the baby somehow has a beard"

[@cheerdiver]

@@iaml2348 That was a glow jogger.

[@HaXD1209]

Madlad

[@erich.5326]

Best comment I've read all week

[@xLungz]

I watched this entire video from start to finish just because I know how much time you put in. The amount of times I hear you say “I let it sit overnight” just tells you how much time one step in the process takes. This stuff is fascinating and I love your work.

[@tani.q]

totally! his patience is so commendable

[@JasonChahine-t6k]

Yes totally I like how patient he is

[@germywermy]

3 year old Nile: “wow look at all that stored light energy”

[@milocontents]

Allison Oaks I wasn’t the only one to think about that, I see 😂

[@askeletonsgooch3979]

Lmao

[@drschoggidrink9123]

Lynn Emily not really lmap

[@michaelcorbin1460]

Bruh i know you

[@Juho.S.]

I'm still like that xD

[@kartikeyashukla7499]

I think future Nile would be like -"Now I could buy the zinc powder but I wanted to make my zinc from scratch...so I went on an expedition to dig rocks first.."

[@amyfarrel4374]

Lmao .. all the comments are just crushing him! I wonder how he must be feeling while reading all these comments

[@mastershooter64]

​@@amyfarrel4374 he has a sense of humor, so I'm pretty sure he's finding them funny and laughing and smiling at them

[@amyfarrel4374]

@@mastershooter64 i think so too! He laughs so less in his videos I would be more than happy to see his reaction to the comments haha😂 I mean yes there is no reason to laugh in his videos ..

[@Robospy1]

@@amyfarrel4374 have you ever seen nileblue?

[@amyfarrel4374]

@@Robospy1 i may have seen one or two vds but I don't remember .. I guess I thought I saw those vdos on nilered itself

[@thebirchwoodtree]

"and sadly, it wasn't glowing" :O "But it's what I expected" :D

[@rizcore]

Aw mah gawd

[@kurumi394]

ö

[@flatcoke69]

"Top 10 Anime Plot Twists"

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

That's what I'd expect, too. As Flip Wilson said, "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed". 😁

[@HansBjorgman]

@@ChaplainDaveSparks Dewey: "I expect nothing, and I'm still let down." kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnfXlahurtd-hdk

[@BartyTheParty]

These are the kinds of videos that make me shiver every time I ask myself, "What does the industrialized process look like?" I could not fathom making this shit in a factory setting.

[@sporelore]

wouldn't it be cool if he could do a factory tour for one of the industrialized versions of his projects?

[@colbypupgaming1962]

Have you heard of the USCSB KZbin channel?

[@BartyTheParty]

@@colbypupgaming1962 Nope, but I'll check it out! 😁👍

[@Leeummm83]

“It only turns brown when it’s being degraded”. I’ve been slinging every insult I know at my potassium permanganate for an hour now and it’s still purple.

[@m3talhe4d72]

this shouldn't be so funny to me, and yet 😂

[@Leeummm83]

@@m3talhe4d72 it’s the simple things in life sometimes 😆

[@AmazingMezmer]

This is such a subtle joke yet it's still funny

[@orbital-can]

Calling my potassium permanganate a slut because it needs to be degraded

[@පොලොවයටසිටිනාකබරගොයාහෙවත්චන්දි]

But don't they first have to be brown for the degrading process to start properly?

[@plpGTR]

Next time: "But to me that was almost the same thing as just buying the pre-made zinc powder." -- "So I went to a mine and mined my own zinc."

[@duckyducktm9197]

*sO WE BACK IN THE MINE--*

[@itsKreen]

Mine reveal????

[@redalpha333]

Time after next "But to me that was almost the same thing as just buying the pre-made zinc powder." So I purchased a mine and dug out iron by hand which I then smelted to make an pickax which should let me get more zinc faster

[@abyssal_phoenix]

Minecraft live

[@mandymbelu7996]

He was like it's just pre-made glow toy with extra steps

[@sageh.5228]

I love the professional, matter of fact tone he used when saying how sad he is that his mom threw out his toys. King.

[@romajimamulo]

My favorite is the way he said "it didn't fix the primary issue: this method sucked"

[@kiwibean6]

Idk why..but i am laughing I am sorry

[@craigstephenson7676]

And also saying that he didn’t think the baby was creepy enough in that tone

[@StealthyOgre]

Such an easy channel to listen to right? "Mother destroyed my glowy toys..... Moving on to mixing chemicals now."

[@WangleLine]

:

[@blast6127]

The fact that he showed his failures while trying to make something glow just shows how humble he is.

[@firesparkles18]

"It turns out that at least chemically, it can be surprisingly simple." *proceeds to make a 39 minute video on the topic*

[@platypusdreamtime]

A 39-minute video that's so interesting that it seems more like 5!

[@nomasan]

It's like one of my comments ... they always start small and simple... and then the length explodes

[@EchoSaintEco]

Ceave?

[@bowenhunter2558]

Jesus christ I didnt noticed it was 39 minutes until just now

[@antonioarroyas7662]

It feels like only a year ago that I subscribed to his channel. So nice to see his dedication pay off with sponsorship and support from his fans. He really deserves all the success that got him to this point. That 39 min flew by and I was kinda sad when it was over.

[@Nashyj495]

"Didn't fix the big problem, that this method sucked" Ah yes, spoken like a true chemist

[@jeremoralorel]

Lmao I found that so funny, I don't even know why.

[@saamyohalder]

@@jeremoralorel ikr it absolutely cracked me up just hearing him say "this method sucked"

[@kimyxines]

@@saamyohalder ya same idek why

[@lyzz]

Story of my life

[@_root65]

"poisonous gas comparable to cyanide" a small price to pay for glow in the dark dinosaur

[@nazantug8743]

Ok

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Ok

[@elijah5212]

Ok

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Ok

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[@Xianthus]

NileRed: “I had to be very careful. This is because the toxicity of hydrogen sulfide gas… is comparable to cyanide.” NileRed, 4 or 5 videos later: “Does cyanide really smell like almonds?” [thumbnail of his nose very close to what is presumably a container full of cyanide] // Timestamp: 18:28

[@TornadoPro2712]

92 likes and no reply? lemme fix that

[@tikiparrot3437]

99 likes and only 1 reply? Let me fix that.

[@epicblue00]

The chain is fucking stupid just admit you have nothing to add

[@tikiparrot3437]

@@epicblue00 Why are you so angry? Obviously someone didnt take their psych meds today..

[@epicblue00]

@@tikiparrot3437 maybe it's the fact that this type of chain unlike most of the others does nothing with the main comment other chains at least have a remote connection to the original post but this one just states that they are adding a comment it has no substance if you wanted to comment make it something original or interesting for example your response at least it actually adds something

[@ramiromorales5006]

Bag of zinc sulfate: “handle with care” NileRed: *slams on desk*

[@dan3a]

Squish that -cat- bag

[@luisp.3788]

Good joke, but in actuality, they must have written that on there because it's a bit corrosive and murders your eyes. Not like it's a shock-sensitive explosive.

[@emil5153]

Normal kids: "wow look stick glowing!! wow!!!" Nile when he was a kid: "It blew my mind that simple plastic toys and stickers could collect and store light energy."

[@scienceteam9254]

he describes it in a way to fit the minimum words for his essay

[@cindygrape]

Nilered: "I'm trying if it does the thing" *doesn't do the thing* Also Nilered: "As I expected, it doesn't do the thing"

[@JRockySchmidt]

Should have gotten a Zhu Li

[@-danR]

I love how he comments on his (almost recursive) thought-processes. I sorta felt that it didn't turn out as interesting as I thought it would be, but I decided that I kinda wanted to keep it because I thought it could...

[@manan-543]

It shows you how a person with a science background approaches problems. It's intriguing to see his thought process and also something to learn from. It's includes creative and out of the box thinking like the how he decided to try out the doping on a small amount since he wasn't sure if the copper sulphate was 100% pure. Also includes some trial and error and if you fail you gotta have ways to fix the problem. Another great thing was how he treated time as a resource and went for the quicker and arguably better methods than the long winded ones.

[@bloo2506]

A true scientist

[@monad_tcp]

@@manan-543 divide and conquer

[@ZAGAD-i2x]

Nigel's mother: "I'm so proud of my son who's a chemist educating millions of people on the wonders of chemistry" Meanwhile Nigel: GLoWinG BAbiEs!

[@dbseamz]

Hey, if she ever wants grandkids...he's just made one

[@Slowk_yt]

He Just sayed in Front of 7 Million people that His mum trouh His toy away (i am Not english dont say anything, i tried my best)

[@akirinau6932]

*Everything fails and everyone dies* Nile: As expected

[@lemon4004]

Genocide is all part of the plan

[@yume.329]

"Its all part of the plan we can fix it 🤓"

[@A.Singularity]

*Wips out 20 cm roosters and gets mate* I wanna see what monster of comments I create

[@aalbertosoto6994]

"Form when I tried to make transparent wood years ago" so I've been here for years...

[@localsatanist]

if no one died it'd be pretty jam-packed up in here

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My favorite genre of KZbin is “very smart people use their power to fuel their shower thoughts” your channel falls under this genre. I have no choice but to stan

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is there a way for me to explore that list and maybe follow some of those channels?

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is mark rober another?

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Mei hand over the youtubers pls, I need more for science (literally)

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“This is actually pretty simple” *casually brings out an entire Minecraft potion brewing system*

[@samuel4386]

*not again*

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😂 😂

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😂😂😂

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😂😂😂😂

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😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

14:43 I have no idea why, but the fork coming in was absolutely hilarious to me.

[@ITSBROWNZIE]

You could buy a cake You could make a cake This guy makes a whole farm to produce the ingredients he needs and makes the cake

[@designdesign7728]

Next video idea

[@miinziiiiiii]

It gives one more satisfaction

[@NotThatUser]

Nah that’s the cooking channel, Binging with Babish

[@CreativeDan521]

Nono no… he makes the cellular structure of the animals to make it

[@Sad.Jupiter]

Buddy, you're talking about Minecraft

[@MisterSkaa]

*The person Nile trusts most betrays him in the most dramatic event of his life* Nile: “Well that was pretty much what I expected...”

[@seawibs]

"It turns out, it can be surprisingly simple" *40 minute video*

[@trip3268]

Lol

[@Vintagesonic1]

What did you expect? Did you think it'd be a 5 minute video?

[@bluecat5669]

Simple chemically he literally said it right after

[@Numenorean921]

*takes him an entire month*

[@scarlettetherose]

39 minutes, get it right

[@Petrolhead99999]

0:41 someone took the time to arrange those stars into very neat rows, alternating their orientation so they stacked more tightly, and then MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE A FEW OUT OF PLACE AND TO MAKE UNEVEN ROWS. WHY?

[@spencer7189]

The fact that I can sit through a 40 minute Nile Red video and enjoy every second of it, but even 10 minutes in chemistry class at school feels like an eternity really speaks volumes. Great job Nile, you make amazing content!

[@smellypatel5272]

I hate comments like these because they are so silly. You aren't actively learning a single thing from watching these videos, even if you retain one or two esoteric pieces of information, you didn't learn any of the theory or basic reactions or any reasons why this stuff happens. To do that you have to apply yourself and learn the theory behind the chemistry here. You can't just lazily watch a video about it like you would a Nile red video.

[@spencer7189]

@@smellypatel5272 Hmm... That's funny, I don't seem to remember the part where I said I was learning how to do any of this. Oh, I know! Maybe that's because I never said that! I said that I can sit through these videos and genuinely enjoy and be entertained by them, which is something I can not say about chemistry in school. Maybe actually read my comment before responding? :)

[@smellypatel5272]

@@spencer7189 The implication of your idiotic comment was that chemistry class and this video should both be entertaining, but applying yourself as often far from entertaining as involves actively learning the subject. It's clear that you don't know how to critically think and are just lazy.

[@90rbert]

@@smellypatel5272 Shut up and let the man enjoy the content

[@universesbiggestdouchebag8350]

@@smellypatel5272 r?/iamverysmart

[@KingSLayerr]

Nile : “I couldn’t find any nuclear bombs online” Also Nile : “However , i found a website which was selling them for really cheap”

[@spellbindah]

Lmao

[@AubreyRealAndTrue]

Hæhæ

[@Nonexistent_creature]

I couldn't find any yellow cake uranium online any cheap suggestions?

[@Nonexistent_creature]

@@billnyethespy3641 thanks 🙂

[@billnyethespy3641]

@@Nonexistent_creature I only got ore cause its safer but I have seen the powder

[@psun256]

"But I was still really happy to see this" 20 seconds later "But this was unacceptably bad"

[@toast7150]

Why did you even comment this

[@psun256]

@@toast7150 I don't know why

[@GeeseAreJustBastardizedSwans]

Me when I get a D

[@DeVoidLij]

I was actually smiling and when he said it was unacceptably bad I went like "oh"

[@ulaai]

I read this exactly when he said it 😂

[@runninggag]

I Like how he never changes his tone wether his lab catches on fire or he did something good

[@Robo-xk4jm]

"Making something that glows seemed almost impossible" ok mr homemade glowsticks and uranium glass

[@whythehelldoineedahandle]

lol

[@dadguy8415]

And Mr auro gel

[@dadguy8415]

@Lopiop Sanchez yeah but he also made aurogel in a previous video and I thought robo 1290 was talking about his inventions

[@scarlett7291]

Lol

[@whi2gan]

Literally 😂

[@vsaucenou323]

“Today students, we will make something amazing” “What, professor” “ *Glowing babies* “

[@thefakeslimshady8881]

I don’t think the fact that the babies being made in science class were glowing was the problem

[@joel.759]

*glowing babies* O boi

[@kiwibean6]

@@thefakeslimshady8881 Yea...but noooo

[@meme__supreme3373]

So don't bring condoms on the feild trip to Chernobyl?

[@Zenarisu]

do we need to use protection or...

[@JavaTP]

"so I had to go back to burning things" You say that as if burning things isn't your absolute favourite chemistry thing

[@chillrendbeats]

*favorent

[@wolfie4560]

@@chillrendbeats spelling 100

[@lunaandmore982]

Me sleep deprived watching this at 1 AM: I like your funny words, magic man.

[@AFrogInTheStars]

“....For making that plastic wood stuff a few years ago.” _A few years ago_ I remember watching it when it came out.

[@randomalienfrommars0567]

OMG SAME i feel super old now

[@Aphelia.]

I know right...

[@GogiRegion]

(+Young_ Zombling_) Oh god. It’s been a few years? Damn. Time flies.

[@cryingwater]

Same. Time do fly by fast

[@maybewise]

It was actually 1 year ago :-/

[@trollshamanpwnage]

Asking parents how babies are made: when a man and a woman love each other very much... Asking NileRed how babies are made:

[@pilgrimonthelongroad2875]

"The sperm must come into contact with the egg. To do this..."

[@yurigouveawagner9432]

you see when a man loves a woman he takes his zinc sulfide...

[@cartifwaeh]

@@yurigouveawagner9432 i love your comment so much

[@levihackerman8670]

The problem with what parents say is that most of the time babies don’t come from mommies and daddies

[@finzix15ri83]

Perfection

[@cheesyvin8078]

Me when I was 3 : *eats sand Nile when he was 3 : "Ah, the beauty in the stored light energy emitting back."

[@chillrendbeats]

More like “Haha glowy Dino go brrrrrrrrr”

[@themostpointlessvideos]

if i had a dollar for every time nilered said "to do this" i would be a millionaire

[@Ashbakhaaz]

also "I was very happy to see that..."

[@thematulaaklives7]

"this is because" also up there

[@Ashbakhaaz]

"I was very happy with what I saw..."

[@tani.q]

"I felt that it was good enough"

[@fellowyoutubeuser5127]

"however..."

[@selbyplays4625]

buying glow toys for a dollar:😕 spending probably 50 dollars to make your own:😌

[@myacole1272]

Way over 50

[@bennettmcole]

probably a couple hundred dollars, i would say upwards of 500, also the many many hours he put into this

[@wonderwang1585]

Learning something from MIT CHEM LAB COST YOU WAY MORE

[@Lethalogica]

glow in the dark toys are inferior to glow in the dark baby

[@bloop9074]

Paying for da experience

[@coda56]

"Demented chemist spends weeks in his basement creating glowing babies"

[@k1wi544]

xD

[@drewendly89]

*bearded babies. Lmao 😂

[@SibaNL]

They glow in the dark

[@unprankable666]

Your comment wins

[@mintyfreshness4363]

I’d be more worried about how he made a baby in just a few weeks, honestly

[@BaconIover69]

After watching for 2 min: OK I could do this myself. After 5 min: OK nevermind.

[@alt8791]

Welcome to all NileRed videos

[@PinheadLarrysGaming]

I mean you could do the less complicated thing he mentioned at the start and just buy the zinc sulfide and some epoxy and throw it into weird molds. Less rewarding but it could still be a fun easy project

[@mohitrahaman]

After wathcing for 30min, I felt I could make a time machine

[@jibcot8541]

Yeah you really don't want to be playing with Hydrogen Sulfide gas in your kitchen :)

[@lmn9018]

My class actually had a vote for experiments in science. We chose this and it was safe and also fun for our class. I was so happy when it turned out well thank you for this experiment!!

[@DeDraconis]

"Paint me like one of your French glow-in-the-dark babies."

[@magistercat4126]

Why did I like this comment???

[@joroc]

Make me hot like your paint can forge! Oooh!

[@Locke3OOO]

Why’d he make that baby so fuckin sexy man tf

[@GeeseAreJustBastardizedSwans]

@@Locke3OOO woah why are you sexualizing a baby. Sounds pretty noncey

[@emmysellers7905]

Love how he said this is actually a simple thing to make and I have literally zero idea what I just watched

[@Dread0-0]

"When i tried making transparent wood years ago" anyone else was like: Wait, YEARS ago?

[@tubewoodycool]

Why?

[@alienworm1999]

@@tubewoodycool I never realised I've been following NileRed for so long

[@mamupelu565]

looks like 4 months ago... damn!

[@grn1]

I just recently started watching NileRed and saw that video maybe a month ago but I've certainly been around long enough to know that feeling.

[@Livestreamlurker]

About 1.75 years ago now. I could have sworn that was like a few months ago.

[@raeofsunshine8377]

i never enjoyed chemistry in school, but this channel makes it so much fun. every time i can identify a compound, i'm like 😲

[@Michaelyeehaw]

Same

[@cceno]

“It was breaking down again the moment it was formed” a metaphor of my life

[@withloveelli8920]

same but are u good ?

[@arcanehornet]

bro are u okay?

[@Zinfiny]

That part of the video played at the same time I read this comment r/whataretheodds

[@cceno]

guys 🥺 thank you for the kind responses >< I’m okay and I hope you all are too!

[@arcanehornet]

祈り / ino really nice to hear man. Remember if you ever feel like you need to talk to someone, your friends and family are always there for you. And the KZbin comment community too.

[@mcarr3492]

*It did absolutely nothing* Oh no! *But that’s about what I expected* Stop playing with my feelings science man.

[@bongothepsycho7280]

lmao science man

[@cjlee9147]

why did i read this in mulaney's voice

[@Notilous]

NileRed : Making glow toys from scratch Me : *AH YES THE URANIUM TOY*

[@gizmop0ny]

Me the first time I saw glowing baby

[@ThisisRabi]

Ah yes.

[@KuraIthys]

lol. It's funny to think that they used to put Radium on watches to make the dials glow in the dark...

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

KuraIthys I mean... Strontium/aluminum compounds are used now, and strontium is a pretty big lad

[@Floor-inspector]

Bro pruned the iron sulfate 14:28 I know it’s three years later, but I could care less Loki reference LEEEEEZZZZZ GOOOOOOOOOO

[@charlesflamand4147]

The whole experiment fails Nobody: Nile: “but that’s pretty much what I expected”

[@cbspydoge]

r/uselessnobody

[@plus9775]

@@cbspydoge r/iusereddit

[@peaches824]

Literally EVERY TIME!

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@@haaaah7 r/iusereddit

[@plus9775]

@@haaaah7 r/madlads

[@BlancaMari]

*Problem: **_Occurs_* *Nile:* _"But I expected that"_ (Now make the strontium glowy glowy)

[@daniel99770]

Nile: "So I've found this way, but then I though it was too easy, then I look for some hardcore stuff."

[@tyrantgaming7492]

ah yes, my favorite way of doing things. making it as hard as physically possible.

[@UloPe]

Tyrant Gaming chemically in this case ;)

[@manan-543]

@@tyrantgaming7492 😏

[@CrazExtra]

@@tyrantgaming7492 same here

[@madmattahh]

Today, we're using 700$ worth of chemicals and 19 hours of labor to purify a low quality 17$ substance from Amazon so I can replace a glowing toy I owned as a child. I love this channel

[@twocatsinatrenchcoat2511]

14:28 Nilered: Creates a hell portal: "Mesmerising"

[@LordWhirlin]

New Video Series: NileRed spends hours just purifying chemicals he gets off the internet.

[@sakilabandara6755]

Yes

[@pablojoelaban363]

He already dose that tho

[@NR-dk4sc]

🤣🤣

[@lucasAA927]

Me: Can't even watch 30 minutes of a class Also me: Watching a 39 minutes of a guy making a glow in the dark baby...

[@demenobody1099]

Girls can do it in 9 months with a nearby nuclear power plant

[@palooza6064]

TEL_02 kinda sus g

[@3ghin5]

@@palooza6064 LMAO

[@LilThomas2010]

also also me: watching a 45 min video of a superconductor

[@aminapieters7411]

@@demenobody1099 this got me dead

[@Kratwev6276]

I have to constantly drink coffee in order to not fall asleep. Your voice is just so soothing

[@incubusga]

“And I found it was better.. to just blast it with a blow torch”. Seems like a reasonable solution to many of life’s challenges.

[@twi1875]

Yes, I too love arson.

[@chrisding1976]

The Twilight Phoenix ah the pleasures. Wanna meet up and dump gas on passerby’s sometime soon?

[@ricky107_]

@@chrisding1976 can I join?

[@randomgooy7456]

Missouri protests

[@you_just]

“This made it way easier to get started, but it didn’t fix the major issue: this method sucked.”

[@lyricaholland6319]

I hit the like button as soon as he went “and that made me a bit sad” with the sad face. Yay to getting/making more cool glow toys for yourself!!!

[@NileRed]

I knew using that sad face photo would pay off

[@ingkemat]

@@NileRed lol

[@ZestyBobcat_OW]

@World Overview no dont do this

[@trollfacegamiong8349]

@World Overview I won't sub don't worry 😁😁👍👍👍👍👍

[@verthandijal]

the sad face was too cute lol

[@Mrpotato19973]

Nilered: it’s just made from Zinc sulfide ❌ Nileblue: all you need is a couple grams of uranium ✅

[@Xx_Mirage_xX]

I eat uranium 😋

[@Mrpotato19973]

@@Xx_Mirage_xX it’s tasty

[@simmerke1111]

"It's actually surprisingly easy" -> Proceeds to spend a month working on it

[@ROXSTARcandy]

Thanks senpai

[@yipp-7841]

@@ROXSTARcandy uhh...

[@ROXSTARcandy]

@@yipp-7841 don't worry, there's a reason

[@totallynate1408]

it took a year for me so he was pretty fast

[@TheGuruNetOn]

"The impossible we do immediately, the way things take just a little longer!!"

[@Huskrrrr]

As a professional chemist, I compliment you on your technique and problem solving ability.

[@mihael64]

As a professional idiot, I applaud you on bring dmart enough for chemistry

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

@@mihael64 bring dmart

[@kovudiangelo7734]

@@orangeismyfavoritecolor "being smart", I think lmao what do you expect from a "professional idiot"?

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

I appreciate his problem solving abilities a lot, like, he can just make a huge mistake and then try smth else and be successful

[@SleepyFunkin]

@@orangeismyfavoritecolor this person is so smart they bring the dmart into the chemisrry

[@kimyxines]

"I don't even know how it's possible, but it's somehow worse than before" 2020 in a nutshell

[@Angel-nu4zn]

Dude that’s so true.

[@ahuman1684]

😂

[@barbedwire83]

@@eyes5226 DON'T JINX IT!!!!

[@totallynate1408]

i think it’s jinxed now

[@王晨-i1w]

hhhhhhh😂

[@sandrastreifel6452]

“It’s a lot more difficult, than mixing some things together, and setting them on fire!” Who knew?

[@MrFreeGman]

This video made me remember all the glow in the dark toys I used to play with when I was a kid. Weird how you can go 25+ years without thinking about something, then when you remember it, the memory is so vivid it feels like it was yesterday

[@0rbeez]

Brain so excited to discover new memory that it decides to remember it in HD

[@LlamasOnJUPITER]

well the thing is actually that memories deteriorate every time you recall them (your brain reconstructs the original neural pathway and makes small errors that add up over time, sorta like genetic mutation!) so memories that you havent remembered very much are actually literally more true to life than ones that you remember all the time =)

[@wpc456cpw]

@@LlamasOnJUPITER love this explanation

[@Ingrid922]

@@LlamasOnJUPITER My memories are not deteriorated at all. I only have problems sometimes with short term memories because sometimes they don't get recorded as well. Long term and short term memory happens in two different parts of the brain. and everyone's brain is not exactly the same.

[@medievalan6285]

@@Ingrid922 wait, your memories dont degenerate?

[@TripledYou]

“Is comparable to cyanide” should just be a channel catch phrase at this point.

[@jules2446]

i’d buy that merch

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

I like your profile Pic

[@AntAntares]

Moms: omg my baby is adorable Nile reds baby: * stares deep into your soul seeing your darkest memories *

[@WangleLine]

The Glowing Baby

[@nunyabisnass1141]

The instructions/review for the mold sound like a really messed up abortion technique. "Hard to remove baby even after freezing legs."

[@grn1]

I thought it looked kinda cute.

[@arcannite6152]

*N I L E R E D B A B Y*

[@jimfuelig3561]

While it was slowly fading away at the end of the vid it really did remind me of SCPs...

[@subarnashyamroy1396]

This video deserves a lot more views because of all the hard work and dedication put in it

[@ElocinAlways]

2 years later...7.7 million views 😮😊❤

[@yttrium7646]

As a person who hasn't ever taken a chemistry class, I'm about 92% sure this is alchemy and witchcraft.

[@janskeet1382]

I’ve done a lot of alchemy and witchcraft. This is mostly chemistry. However, the Shotgun approach was alchemy and the precognition about his results was witchcraft. Go well and Blessed Be, 🧙🏻‍♂️

[@withloveelli8920]

as someone who took to many chem classes this is too much chemistry

[@Anonymous-eo2er]

I took one (mandatory) chemistry class in 10th grade and I’m very much lost. I’m not sure how I ended up here or why I stayed

[@eskimberly7424]

I loved my college intro to chemistry class but a) it has been decades since I studied chemistry, and b) this seems way, way more advanced than basic chem. I still try to understand what he’s talking about. Usually end up clueless. I like his enthusiasm and creativity.

[@deephorizon1365]

@@Anonymous-eo2er Hahahaha were in the same boat

[@Has-uo1lq]

Nilered: you need to be very careful in lab settings, always use a fume hood, goggles, ect. Also nilered: Hehe chemical reaction go boom

[@dutchik5107]

Why do you think most go into chem?

[@falafell]

you clearly watch jacksepticeye, which i admire.

[@pietrotettamanti7239]

@@dutchik5107 we come for the explosions and end up staying for the science (at least that's my experience)

[@mattBLACKpunk]

that's what the goggles are for in the first place ^^

[@zephyrstrife4668]

Ah Nile, the epitome of "Yes there was an easy way to do it... but I wanted to do it from scratch." It's why we love you buddy, stay gold.

[@GeeseAreJustBastardizedSwans]

Hes like a chef

[@zephyrstrife4668]

@@GeeseAreJustBastardizedSwans you get smarter with every lesson

[@warriorcatlovers9454]

Stay hold ponyboy stay gold

[@mogusisfunny]

mom the baby is glowing again

[@aschmelyun]

No one: NileRed when he gets a package: "I'm going to slam it on this table"

[@cbspydoge]

r/uselessnobody

[@georgejanzen774]

Moneyshot!

[@garycard1456]

I've noticed this in many of his videos. I hope he keeps on slamming things down on that bench, with that satisfying high definition 'thump'.

[@sakuraheony]

When he gets acid : I’m going to put it in a bag hit it with a hammer and then put it in the oven

[@Tonatsi]

"It was still fun to do, so I did it a few more times." scientist: haha kemicl go fizz

[@peterawesomeness1]

Nile describes all.

[@rosannairis8171]

Tonatsi STOPHCGRSWAR

[@armscythe8843]

rosanna vb do you also say LMAOSODHSHSHHA

[@MichaelDavis-cg8uj]

Does anyone else's sound not work properly on his videos. There is about a 1-2 second audio pause before he speaks each time during the voice overs. So I miss first 1 to 2 words he is saying each sentence. No other youtube channels do this to me but this one.

[@愛して]

Michael Davis it does not happen for me but there may be something wrong with what your watching on,if you play games with sounds or voiceovers,does it affect it too?

[@JayPlayz026]

Nile: **tries something but it doesnt work** Also Nile: *AS EXPECTED!*

[@guillaumecomeau9436]

I read it just before he said "as expected" and I never thought it would happen to me

[@hubeynix1092]

And when I read your comment he said " as expected "

[@TheSign2020]

@@hubeynix1092 I was on a toilet when he said. " And he's just sitting there".

[@TheSign2020]

😆

[@TheMich0]

34:11 "I was kind of exited about it, because I could make some creepy glowing babies". Motivation 100

[@bruhbruh1993]

Thanks! I applied this on my baby and he's so cute when he glows!

[@defuncy91]

snotty boy glow up

[@Stapate]

Ayo

[@bearyboy9174]

wait what

[@bearyboy9174]

OMG same! I even glued my baby on the ceiling so I feel like I’m star gazing when I’m laying on my bed!

[@therexagon8752]

r/cursedcomments

[@MaryKurosawa]

What i learned with Nile: If something isnt working the way you want, blast it with a blowtorch.

[@luizfernando4497]

Always works

[@tetra2277]

Works with both chemicals and people

[@catherinevo6060]

Tetrahedral GD can confirm

[@DeVoidLij]

Drown it in distilled water

[@DunjeeTime]

That's what helped fix my relationship

[@wsDiA_vd]

NileRed: *Says something about this probably being relatively easy* The 40 min label on the video:

[@englishmotherfucker1058]

wait...was that 40 mins?

[@smolcaleb]

R E L A T I V E L Y

[@StarGarnet03]

Press x to doubt

[@getStraxd]

Bon Appétit's "Gourmet Makes" vibes

[@psigh8161]

i'm way more hyped about than I should be about one detail in the explanation: you can get different colors of phosphorescence?? and not just that, the three options you showed are literally rgb (sort of) so IN THEORY you could mix them up and get ANY COLOR you wanted?? my inner child is bouncing off the walls right now, I only ever knew about the green version and thought that was it, that's damn fascinating

[@pietracumim]

Nile red: toys that glow in the dark! Nileblue: burning my toxic waste for fun!

[@nathanasher1945]

Almost setting my camera on fire for fun!

[@whythehelldoineedahandle]

@@nathanasher1945 pffffft hahahahahaha

[@NR-dk4sc]

🤣🤣

[@phoenixfairi8979]

Nile purple: toys burning my toxic glow in the dark waste for fun.

[@howxileong1481]

@@phoenixfairi8979 NileYellow: I set my glow in the dark toys on fire while they burn toxic waste for fun

[@Sp00kq]

Noooo you can't just mix chemicals and burn them that's dangerous! NileRed: haha fire go woooooooooooossshhhhhh

[@randomgooy7456]

I'd say "fwooooogh"

[@LeafHasLeft]

When your glow in the dark baby isn't creepy enough. -_-

[@rizcore]

( ⚈̥̥̥̥̥́⌢⚈̥̥̥̥̥̀)

[@eyeof_eden]

you watch him attempting to rest, *and he is always watching back*

[@bloop9074]

When your baby isn’t creepy enough

[@lilyHussey]

I think your the coolest most interesting, and fun guy I've ever seen. I also was so curious about that as a wee lady and I think this is so cool. Your mind and the way you push through and just do it yourself, doing the math, doing the mixing and just playing around with science simply because it's cool is so admirable and awesome. I love your channel and content and really love the chemical mix, the explaining and metal using videos the most 👌

[@bunnathtith9506]

This guy is the chemistry version of Mark Rober

[@hoshimiyas]

Bunnath Tith mark rober: makes a squirrel parkour course nilered: makes a glowing baby

[@ashishere771]

True

[@pyrojack8230]

What would the anatomy version be? "So I gave my friend a third arm"

[@auryn2190]

14:42 "I used this fork.." Nah fam thats a threek

[@Solaris_Kou]

Lol

[@giornobananax5426]

Lmao

[@NovicetechGames]

Stupid dessert forks 😠

[@mr_pigman1013]

Not to be that one guy but in theory it’d be a threk instead threek because in four to fork, one vowel is lost, so it would carry over Did i really just examine some made up word for why it would be incorrect? Yes. Yes i did.

[@foxooverlord]

nah that's a trident

[@cvspvr]

"my mom threw away my toys so i synthesized a better mom"

[@joel.759]

They had us in the first part not gonna lie

[@namibjDerEchte]

That'd be the thought emporium with some gene-editing.

[@figueroalabs]

I see that you plan to make another version of this in the future, which might be "now". Have you seen the europium glow in the dark paint? That is supposed to be even stronger than anything else. I do plan on getting my hand on some to do some test batches.

[@acer8123]

Me: That baby is creepy Nilered: "It's not creepy enough" Me: ....

[@xoxobubonicbaddiebimbo9169]

I READ THIS AS NILERD. I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭

[@nirui.o]

The baby was like: Hey come here and pet my but.

[@egana1780]

Its a bit dodgy init

[@nyancart6246]

He said he coulda made it red too.

[@NguyenPhong27]

NileRed: it just ends up being a mess Also NileRed: blow it with torch gun over and over again

[@RagbagMcShag]

a fun mess :-)

[@Night_A]

Early science in a nutshell.

[@jonelalexiscaroc7495]

little did he know, he made that phosphorescent infant-like toy sentient and was yet to become the one that will make the revolutionary step for at-home amateur chemistry.

[@PyroYeet]

"do you have glow toys at this store?" "yes sir we do, ready to be purchased, no need to make them" *fine, I'll do it myself*