We got a lot of comments and questions about what kind of mercury was used in the controller. Unfortunately outside of the very large warning presented in the manual (You can see that warning at 2:08 in the video) there was no indication of what kind was inside. The only way to open the controller from what we could see would damage it. We simply didn't want to break it open and ruin a piece of gaming history and also risk breaking the mercury switches. We spoke to chemical engineers about Le Stick and they recommended caution while using it. We also spoke to gaming historians about the controller and found little information beyond what we researched and presented. Since the product was released in 1981 to consumers and sold in stores like Sears we assume it was safe to use. In the video we demonstrated that the controller was fully functioning which means the mercury was still intact in it's hermetically sealed switch. Mercury can be far less dangerous to use in products and as we mentioned in the video it's used in multiple devices. The gloves and mask were mostly for dramatic purposes and do not represent the proper safety gear you would need for handling very dangerous forms of mercury. Regardless though mercury even at it's safest is still something you should keep out of the reach of children and be safe with. TL;DR: Mercury can be safe but it is always important even at it's most harmless to be cautious while using any product that utilizes it.
@BRoyce695 жыл бұрын
It's likely just elemental mercury (Hg) as you said it was used as a liquid conductor
@rerez5 жыл бұрын
@@BRoyce69 that is what we assume however without being able to confirm it we still advocate caution while using Le Stick.
@thugasaurusrex60045 жыл бұрын
Well... I appreciate the safety precautions but your mask wouldn't have done anything. Good on the gloves and the sort tho. I mean, you probably didn't need it, since I really doubt it was some kind of organic mercury, but still, it's nice to see some safety.
@RESULT_OF_A_BROKEN_CONDOM5 жыл бұрын
Injested? What the f
@Nightowl_IT5 жыл бұрын
Your gear is not protecting you against mercury fumes.
@DudeTheNinja5 жыл бұрын
"Le Stick" sounds like something you hear in a 2009 rage comic.
@KhromeXx4 жыл бұрын
That was 1 decade ago damn
@shuttlethefox60424 жыл бұрын
Damn that makes me feel old and I'm only 16
@KhromeXx4 жыл бұрын
@@shuttlethefox6042 im 21 lol
@Gammera20004 жыл бұрын
a horny onr
@baragonkunfan94thesecondar604 жыл бұрын
1981: le stick 2009: le stick 2016/2019: le monke
@markkoetsier64755 жыл бұрын
"Le Stick" Datasoft was not only the first to do motion controls, it was also the first to do old memes.
@mark030a4 жыл бұрын
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@boxogoxo38994 жыл бұрын
( •~•)
@colingznetworkplus46183 жыл бұрын
Lé is sophisticated sounding though.
@rl3d20083 жыл бұрын
le meme
@mystari44452 жыл бұрын
le voices are getting louder
@jamesgrove12375 жыл бұрын
I swear that controller is made from an unused bicycle handle.
@Windows98R5 жыл бұрын
James Grove somehow I can vividly imagine you saying that comment with that face
@independentquebec35005 жыл бұрын
@@Windows98R Your comment with your profile picture is perfect.
@double-helix-22x22y4 жыл бұрын
my god you`re right!
@marctremblay22444 жыл бұрын
I used to have a BMX with this type of bicycle handle. I had couple of blisters too
@xavyishvalda36084 жыл бұрын
@@Windows98R Is your profile a Kancolle reference?
@dusso42315 жыл бұрын
Rerez: *puts on hazmat suit* Codys lab: “let me taste this”
@rumahhafidzahbekasi13544 жыл бұрын
lol
@bap57414 жыл бұрын
was gonna say you dont need so much protection for mercury, atleast the hand and eye protection, I think
@uselesscrap27014 жыл бұрын
It was just rubber gloves and face mask. In reality that kind of mask won't do well against mercury fumes .
@donvoltonus88984 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Cody knows his mercury is pure. Who knows what kind of old crusty mercury is in Le Stick.
@starcrashr4 жыл бұрын
@@donvoltonus8898 Of course he does. He distills it himself.
@gaelchavez1304 жыл бұрын
“Le Stick” sounds like a French porno
@TundraBeats_4 жыл бұрын
StEp BrO wHaT aRe YoU dOiNg?
@Eden-Valentine4 жыл бұрын
HoNhOnHoN
@robertcortez49564 жыл бұрын
It even looks like a prop for a porno
@TundraBeats_4 жыл бұрын
@@Eden-Valentine Kon kon kon
@conradojavier75474 жыл бұрын
A French Porno that kills you with Mercupes.
@Cuestar5 жыл бұрын
The the stick
@aliceakosota7975 жыл бұрын
Can you drop it off and pay me?
@nikguimont85465 жыл бұрын
That’s what I was thinking
@Thespokenone5 жыл бұрын
The fact that he doesn't address this makes it all the more irritating
@DavidLee-df8885 жыл бұрын
Cool, 2 of my fave KZbinrs here. Just need techmoan, LGR, nostalgia nerd, binkov and Doug de Muro. And geography now and.....
@NoisyRogue5 жыл бұрын
Lol that’s what I was thinking
@RockMongler5 жыл бұрын
If it works in all directions, I'd figure that means the mercury switches are all intact. If it were broken, you'd have a broken axis that wouldn't work.
@LiEnby5 жыл бұрын
RockMongler good point!
@HiddenAsbestos5 жыл бұрын
Mercury vapour is also pretty bad too!
@RockMongler5 жыл бұрын
@@HiddenAsbestos Mercury vapor is generally the most dangerous part. It's a lot easier for you to absorb it via your lungs than skin when it vaporizes. Still not great to touch though.
@Riiludragon5 жыл бұрын
@@HiddenAsbestos Mercury vapor isn't cyanide gas, you just open a window in case you spill mercury and it wont be able to really harm you. People really overestimate the dangers of mercury, while yes it's deadly when ingested, it's not dangerous to come in contact with unless you have a cut where it touches, and mercury vapor takes some time to build up to hazardous levels.
@memberberry61775 жыл бұрын
And the micro amount that's in those switches couldn't kill anyone unless they drank it all maybe.. In the old days all thermometres were filled with mercury. Even the ones you'd stick in your mouth or arse to see if you had a fever.
@ConnorRB5 жыл бұрын
That controller looks like a damn bike grip with a cable.
@jamesslick47905 жыл бұрын
It FELT like a bike grip too, LOL! - But a good bike grip!
@independentquebec35005 жыл бұрын
HAHA
@tvsnake78415 жыл бұрын
Yes
@YowLife5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the original title "The First Motion Controller Ever Can KILL You"?
@DJL3964 жыл бұрын
Well, technically everything can kill you if you creative enough. :|
@shanonfree82104 жыл бұрын
@@DJL396 You're not wrong.
@keijijohnson97544 жыл бұрын
I remember that being the original title. Not sure why he had to change it.
@xx-mreba-xx40514 жыл бұрын
@@keijijohnson9754 KZbin most likely sent him a nice letter
@jacobdesio3 жыл бұрын
@@keijijohnson9754 KZbin flags words like that
@NaudVanDalen5 жыл бұрын
As long as there's no mercury leaking out of it, you can safely use it. But it's of course funnier with the protective gear.
@GraveUypo3 жыл бұрын
as long as you have skin, it can leak and it will still not do you harm. only does harm if you ingest it or let it into your bloodstream.
@Overly_Hydrated3 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling the mercury container is just a glass tube like in thermostats. Pretty easy to shatter.
@NaudVanDalen3 жыл бұрын
@@Overly_Hydrated That's true, but it has a protective plastic shell.
@jakedill13042 жыл бұрын
My dad mentioned somebody at some point way back that was working with a particular kind of Mercury.. and she put the wrong gloves on, and pretty much died very badly because of it.. a particular kind of mercury I don't know the details but, like just the idea that it goes right through a glove is saying something right there, even if it's the wrong glove.. obviously, any gold miner in Columbia kind of test that normally this is not the case as they're playing around with it in their hands trying to get the gold out, and I'm just sitting there like why oh oh don't know don't do that don't no don't don't do that.. I don't know I suppose it's better to go insane and die decades maybe even longer you know or shorter depending.. then you know not eating.. like that that actually does compute but.. you know Mercury's one of those things, it's just like the more you play with it the more fun it is and the less you think about anything really, or perhaps the more? Of everything? Most heavy metals are incredibly toxic but Mercury really is that special something.. and it just had to be like the most damn fun looking thing to ever want to go touch and licking and you know just just slide across the carpet and just slide across the table and just you know slide it back and it's like a little metal friend! It's alive, it's got feelings it's got you know it's got all the things.. we just we just can't be friends and we can't hang out.. it's just not not how it's supposed to be apparently and I feel bad cuz it'd be helping us out finding that gold and telling us what temperature it is and desperately trying to get people to actually play video games and rather than programming them to play for you like we've been stuck in for 20 years.. seems like we're pretty good at making our own selves dumb but, maybe with our friend Mercury could do it together it's going to happen anyways right? I mean I mean you know like it's happening we're doing it.. winner of the dystopian predictions is brave New world 100%.. the vapid one.
@ValderCorpOfficial2 жыл бұрын
@@jakedill1304 tf is this
@PhilXavierSierraJones5 жыл бұрын
Usually the mercury capsules are enclosed in resin so even if they break the mercury is contained, but it's often omitted in cheap devices.
@lolcat5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Meeseeks, very cool!
@Nad_06185 жыл бұрын
Well, considering the Quality of le stick, It's probably got those. But better safe than dying of Mercury poisoning
@izicial74695 жыл бұрын
@@Nad_0618 Even if you got some on his hands as long as there was no open wounds and he washed them the Mercury would have done nothing to him.
@TNTMans5 жыл бұрын
@@Nad_0618 Mercury is completely safe. you will have absolutely no issues dunking your hands in it. if you just wash your hands, you'll be fine. you only have issues with mercury vapor, and mercury compounds.
@0Raik5 жыл бұрын
Liquid mercury is safe even to handle with bare hands (as long you properly wash your hands after). It's mercury compounds or vapor that causes harm. Mercury salts are terrible and organic mercury is stuff of nightmares. Just don't eat mercury or get less than a mile from organic mercury.
@cpudraner5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they ported Russian Roulette to the Atari...
@craftnut5 жыл бұрын
lol
@RetroBerner5 жыл бұрын
That thing looks like a cartoon detonator. A bit dramatic with the safety though, eh?
@cosmicjenny45085 жыл бұрын
+Steve Martino Mercury is extremely poisonous, though... It can actually kill you.
@DCGMatthew15 жыл бұрын
@@RetroBerner Who would be sticking mercury up their arse?
@SMGJohn5 жыл бұрын
You can flick that controller so hard while screaming and some mercury might go into your mouth turning you into godzilla, never underestimate the gamer.
@RetroBerner5 жыл бұрын
@@DCGMatthew1 It was a joke, but those old school rectal thermometers had some in them.
@Zareldo5 жыл бұрын
Prolonged skin exposure or if you have a wound can kill too
@megafan11375 жыл бұрын
Imagine your epitaph reading: "played Donkey Kong with Le Stick"
@tammid84232 жыл бұрын
@Ivan Parra no im playing with another stick
@mr.mysterious1865 жыл бұрын
Boss: Alright we need to come up with a new Controller! Datasoft: I have an Idea! It's a Motion Controller! Boss: Interresting... What do you call it? Datasoft: *Le Stick*
@lucky.komaeda45184 жыл бұрын
Boss: Get tf out of my office!
@lol-wr2ni5 жыл бұрын
Now I can finally die a gamer
@sillygoose28785 жыл бұрын
Yee
@PyroResort5 жыл бұрын
Same
@PyroResort5 жыл бұрын
No regret
@srekoslav5 жыл бұрын
EPIC
@RineYFD5 жыл бұрын
Literary.
@KingDuken5 жыл бұрын
Clearly, Shane, Mercury is a planet, not a poison. How can a giant rock be poisonous? (yes, I’m being sarcastic)
@SlavicUnionGaming5 жыл бұрын
KingDuken No, Mercury is a car dealership
@bradleypearl29865 жыл бұрын
Mercury's a car company.
@Andux5 жыл бұрын
Mercury's a music artist, idiots. (satire)
@TenguToshi5 жыл бұрын
You silly gooses! Mercury is clearly a god!
@coctilecrocodile12935 жыл бұрын
You unintelligent pickles, Mercury is actually a club located in the lower east side of New York City. Get your facts straight!
@oscarmuffin43225 жыл бұрын
That dust mask isn't doing you any good against mercury vapor. This whole thing also seems excessively dramatized. Mercury is of similar toxicity to humans as lead. People have the idea that mercury is this super-toxic killing agent but that just isn't the case.
@MrMagichobo215 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just wash your hands if you come into contact, don't eat it, and avoid the vapors.
@dablakh0l1935 жыл бұрын
If you had actually opened up the controller you would have seen that it would have taken someone to smash the controller with a sledgehammer or drive over it to break the capsules, and then because how they are encapsulated it still probably wouldn't leak.
@QuintinPlays5 жыл бұрын
On his Discord he said he wasn't sure of the procedures that should be taken, so he worked with what he knew. He didn't mean to over-dramatise it
@Kimarnic5 жыл бұрын
@@QuintinPlays why didnt he google it?
@jimmyclimer5945 жыл бұрын
And if the mercury capsules where broken the controller wouldn't work at all.
@pinkcigarette5 жыл бұрын
I remember the title being "The first ever motion controller can kill you"
@jasondavis28044 жыл бұрын
Same
@scapheap4 жыл бұрын
@OhYeahYeah Either a) KZbin reasons or b) mercury isn't that poisonous. You don't need that much to enter your body, but to get that amount, you need a lot mercury laying about which a hand held length of switches doesn't have. For example, a normal mercury thermometer contains more then 10 times the fatal amount, but if you break one, the advice isn't 'run for the hills and call the professionals'. So unless you are breaking it open and drinking the fluids, at most its give some health issues.
@JanoyCresvaZero3 жыл бұрын
Can’t say kill or die or other bad, bad words in your video titles anymore! KZbin is Orwell’s 1984!!!
@JanoyCresvaZero3 жыл бұрын
@@scapheap If it were organic mercury, then it’s EXTREMELY dangerous!
@nthgth3 жыл бұрын
@@JanoyCresvaZero so like, mercury carbide or something?
@willwastaken5 жыл бұрын
"The Le Stick"... *The The Stick*
@giornogiovanna73164 жыл бұрын
XD
@MD-ts2tg3 жыл бұрын
Gave you a dislike
@MD-ts2tg3 жыл бұрын
Both of you
@ToploadedGaming5 жыл бұрын
Its a bike grip.
@KuraIthys5 жыл бұрын
I honestly can't decide whether it's a bike handle or a sex toy. The overall appearance says 'bike handle'. But the packaging and name says 'sex toy'. XD
@speedysandisk785 жыл бұрын
I literally had the same handles on my BMX bike when I was a kid, just a different color.
@GAMESTERVISION5 жыл бұрын
Yep. BMX
@bradlunsford21615 жыл бұрын
@@KuraIthys why not both?
@SunnyShuklathedoctor5 жыл бұрын
Sure
@chuckp39865 жыл бұрын
*not as dangerous as you make it out to be. Use caution. Don't lick it.
@Trimint1235 жыл бұрын
Just to fix your comments for a reason why, it's a liquid mercury, which are safe to grab with bare hands and only poison if you eat it.
@crazyluigi66645 жыл бұрын
Don't use as a dildo either. I'm sure that should be mentioned also for those having funny ideas with it...
@truji25825 жыл бұрын
but money
@datyoshi5 жыл бұрын
*licks*
@drummer4hire125 жыл бұрын
.....I needed this advice on my prom night......
@razi_man4 жыл бұрын
"Just don't let kids play with it." Gonna write that one down in my memo.
@AlyssaAnim8s3 жыл бұрын
@@thisisdeathhec I deleted the comment. Are you happy now?!?
@AlyssaAnim8s3 жыл бұрын
@@thisisdeathhec ok 👍
@j.h-j5j5 жыл бұрын
"Le Stick" sounds like something out of a meme.
@gracekim253 жыл бұрын
So the first meme before the Internet
@robertharris60923 жыл бұрын
@@gracekim25 memes are ancient. A older but modern one is killroy was here
@nathanbent73075 жыл бұрын
1:46 this isn't a kids toy It's an adult's toy
@5roundsrapid2635 жыл бұрын
First thing I thought, too!
@thejay89635 жыл бұрын
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@voidyt99395 жыл бұрын
Dildo?
@glowing_galaxy5 жыл бұрын
@@voidyt9939 Le diugh
@stupidmarioplushchannel63885 жыл бұрын
@@5roundsrapid263 same
@Pehmokettu5 жыл бұрын
I never understand people who throw the controller or other items when they are frustrated. But that is probably because my parents never bought me a new toy if I broke one so I really had to be very careful with my toys and video games.
@TehNewParalyzer5 жыл бұрын
That's exactly why. As a Kid I had what I had and if it broke then usually it was gone forever. I've never cracked a cell phone screen because I treat them like priceless artifacts. My wife however had a different upbringing. If her phone broke her father would run out and pick her up a new one. Now she's an adult who goes through multiple phones a year. Whereas I try to use my cellphones to the point where they die of age.
@kenetickups61465 жыл бұрын
I had to buy all my own electronics and I've thrown my controllers my whole life
@LendriMujina5 жыл бұрын
The one time in my life that I was intentionally rough with a controller, it ended badly. It was a GameCube WaveBird, and I kept getting frustrated at the signal going all screwy. My logic was what's known on TVTropes as "Percussive Maintenance". Needless to say, it made the problem worse and became totally unusable. I regretted doing it right away.
@MystPlaysGamesMPG5 жыл бұрын
I used to just yell at them
@Espeon55 жыл бұрын
I slammed my joy-cons when they had the drifting issue. I eventually just bought new joy-cons.
@PSPMan5 жыл бұрын
Big props for donating this to a museum man, mad respect.
@RetroRoulette5 жыл бұрын
Side note PSA: There is also mercury vapor in CFL bulbs (little spiral ones). Better off with LED or Incandescent in case you break one and have a hazmat situation.
@PunakiviAddikti Жыл бұрын
True. You shouldn't use CFL bulbs or tubes anyways these days, they're outdated. Fun fact: the reason why these bulbs break and make a loud POP isn't because the bulb itself breaks. They break because an electrolytic capacitor inside ruptures from the generated heat. If you replace that failed capacitor, the bulb will work again.
@lucian1311_ Жыл бұрын
@@PunakiviAddiktiCFL bulbs were great for the time but nowadays LED is the way to go unless you're lighting an office or something, then you'd use CFL bars or whatever they're called
@PunakiviAddikti Жыл бұрын
@@lucian1311_ While CFL tubes are still used in offices and factories, LEDs are also quickly displacing them. LED fixtures are significantly more expensive than CFL tubes, but they last much longer and don't need replacing.
@lucian1311_ Жыл бұрын
@@PunakiviAddikti huh TIL, thanks for the info
@KingEurope15 жыл бұрын
Mercury in electronics is perfectly normal... The motion control Game Boy Advance cartridges have mercury too...
@greenaum5 жыл бұрын
Nah it's not, mercury is used in very little these days. The GBA carts presumably either use a weight on a spring, some some other sort of mechanism, or MEMS sensors. If one ever contained mercury it'd be a knockoff Chinese one, but I even doubt that.
@earnirplaygames91725 жыл бұрын
AAAANNNNDDDD I’m using emulators!!!
@greenaum5 жыл бұрын
@Vice TOLUCT Why would a GB cartridge, or any computer game cartridge, have paint at all? They're made of unpainted plastic and a printed paper label!
@laveragegamer60005 жыл бұрын
This is what true gamers play games with 😤😤😤
@nocturnelux33915 жыл бұрын
"You wanna be a true games player?"
@edwinr.35885 жыл бұрын
I love the risk of death when I play my games
@Numbingbird5 жыл бұрын
I may look fly with le stick but I want to die
@KingStr0ng3 жыл бұрын
@@edwinr.3588 I got the highest score in Russian Roulette. 😩👌
@gracekim252 жыл бұрын
No I would rather not die early 😅
@johnrickard85125 жыл бұрын
That has to be the only motion controller from that time that's actually usable.
@StuartKReilly5 жыл бұрын
I swear I thought the manual said "The Shit Stick"
@buddykiller5 жыл бұрын
"because mercury is poison!" *cut to cody's lab playing with mercury* mercury is actually pretty safe.
@donnierussellii46595 жыл бұрын
If you really want to avoid mercury, be careful where you get your fish and hold your breath at the dentist.
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
Amalgam used in dental fillings is fairly safe, while you're alive at least. It's deadly as hell if you die and get cremated though. Several workers in crematoriums have suffered mercury poisoning due to all the dental fillings that are now being incinerated with the dead.
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
Dental amalgam is banned in many countries now, but there are still tons of people out there with existing amalgam fillings. Some also choose to go to the dentist and have amalgam fillings replaced with newer polymer and ceramic ones. Some countries do still use amalgam for fillings though, since it's super cheap.
@Zigtec5 жыл бұрын
Le Stick was originally going to be a Russian roulette sex toy. Change my mind
@---ng7ke5 жыл бұрын
I love mercury up my ass.
@CardZed5 жыл бұрын
@@---ng7ke i loled so hard at this, how.
@yangashi5 жыл бұрын
"Ok, team we have 10,000 bike grips. What can we do with them?"
@haruruben5 жыл бұрын
Hehe the “le stick”... that sounds like a ... ahem... personal massager
@paleocat63544 жыл бұрын
I was literally just about to comment that
@awetistic52953 жыл бұрын
It even looks like one!
@Froggievilleus5 жыл бұрын
I learned something new today. I had no clue they used mercury to determine tilting in pinball machines. The more you know. :)
@tux71745 жыл бұрын
I can't find any reference to mercury being used in pinball tilt switches. The typical pinball tilt switch to this day is a plumb bob with a ring around it. When the bob touches the ring, it completes a circuit registering a tilt. There is also often a lift switch, in which a ball rolls down a track and touches a contact when the front of the game is lifted.
@0Raik5 жыл бұрын
Was present in AC control thermostats, that old as dinosaurs dial to control the room temperature in a office.
@ryankeith40785 жыл бұрын
If you cheat, you die. The machine ll throw mercury on ya.
@dablakh0l1935 жыл бұрын
Very early Gottleib machines used a combination of mercury and plumb bob switches to sense slamming and lifting the machine. The mercury switch was mounted on an adjustable bracket that was originally designed so it could be adjusted if the floor wasn't level front to back. However, some unscrupulous arcade owners would adjust them so that the slightest nudge would cause the machine to register a tilt.
@tjsynkral5 жыл бұрын
I have 8 pinball machines from various eras. None use mercury tilt switches. They use lead plumb bobs :)
@Tactical_Hotdog5 жыл бұрын
Does it bug anyone else how he keeps calling it "the le stick"? He's essentially saying it's called "the the stick" :\
@ESMProductions5 жыл бұрын
It's like when people say ATM machine effectively (automated teller machine machine)
@residentalien8185 жыл бұрын
It's poetry, I'm offended
@arthilas_5 жыл бұрын
or the dreaded LCD displays and PIN numbers, which areoften found in tech magacines and almost every webdesigner has heard of "CSS stylesheets"...xD
@fernoshader13635 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of Chai Tea Or Naan Bread? Yeah I love eating bread bread while drinking tea tea.
@chedarmentosbrown59225 жыл бұрын
And taco tacos lol I really laugh out loud when I hear that one.
@Bonswally5 жыл бұрын
Oh god, mercury isn't that dangerous in this scenario.
@blinkachu054 жыл бұрын
Better safe than sorry, since mercury CAN be toxic. To clarify, apparently Rerez doesn't know what type of mercury is used here, whether it be the safer Ethylmercury or the more dangerous Methylmercury. Unknown chemicals are better not messed with.
@Psevdonim1234 жыл бұрын
@@blinkachu05 It can, but amounts of mercury in these switches are not going to hurt you that much...
@dungeoneerofphilosophyphd1724 жыл бұрын
@@Psevdonim123 mercury doesn't absorb through skin either.
@eng3d4 жыл бұрын
Even drinking the mercury of a thermometer is not too dangerous but it is not recommended
@uselesscrap27014 жыл бұрын
@@Psevdonim123 long exposure to mercury causes: paranoia, schizophrenia, depression, loss of vision and hearing, loss of IQ, loss of memories, paralyzed limbs, lost contact with world, and finally complete shutdown of nervous system, resulting in death.
@Just_Some_Yonko_With_A_Beard4 жыл бұрын
*holds Le Stick while the same hand is wearing a Power Glove*
@TundraBeats_4 жыл бұрын
Your power level: ITS OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!!
@ruler_of_everything4 жыл бұрын
while sitting inside the activator
@jamesstewart50055 жыл бұрын
Mercury isn't that dangerous as a liquid, just don't arosolize or smoke it. I played with it as a kid and I don't have any dain bramage.
@ressljs5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's one of those things that's not that bad but since no one really has any contact with it anymore, mercury is now assumed to be on the same level as plutonium.
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
"Dain bramage" That was golden.
@officialclownbusiness77885 жыл бұрын
My friend smoked mercury once, and he almost jumped out the window convinced that my dirty clothes were coming to life on my floor and trying to kill him. Apparently, mercury is an ingredient in hand warmers. I had a hand warmer that broke open in my pocket, and I dumped it out on my table. My friend thought the stuff on the table was tobacco, and proceeded to roll himself a cigarette which made him trip the fuck out.
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
@Chromer Pimpson This sounds made up.
@ressljs5 жыл бұрын
@@officialclownbusiness7788 What?! Seriously, WTF?! You're friend doesn't seem to be very good at, well, living. I'm having trouble seeing how anyone could mistake the contents of a hand warmer for tobacco. And I doubt there's mercury in that, but god knows what other chemicals.
@JohnSmith-ns8si5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of that kid's science kit with actual uranium in it.
@LiEnby5 жыл бұрын
John Smith uranium is perfectly safe and all over the place lmao its only when it's super refined
@@LiEnbyIt's still toxic, though. But yeah, as long as the kit is handled properly, there's no actual danger from it.
@eagles_s3 жыл бұрын
2:30 this dude was prepared for 2020.
@simplyalonso Жыл бұрын
shush
@adriantaner79504 жыл бұрын
*Hears le stick Thinks about tf2 spy laughing aroused
@joshuaham10225 жыл бұрын
The problem with old motion controls is that they use the motion controls to replace the joystick/dpad and not things like camera(which wasn’t around yet)
@schindlerteejay945 жыл бұрын
le stick, looks like le bicycle handle with a button on it.
@PineaFan5 жыл бұрын
Le button*
@flexsealman70965 жыл бұрын
5:25 He loves the tip 😂
@matthewlane5184 жыл бұрын
Course he loves the tip! The tip is the best part! Its all i need or care about😂
@LamarINH4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Lane that’s what she said
@RetroFrito5 жыл бұрын
"This isn't a kid's toy." You're right, it's a bicycle handlebar grip
@romanoum04655 жыл бұрын
>le me buying le stick >That's it
@KSR33 жыл бұрын
Le cringe
@chedarmentosbrown59225 жыл бұрын
Everyone go watch Cody's Lab. He has tons of mercury experiment videos. He has handled mercury a lot and is not dead.
@mork66685 жыл бұрын
yeah,that is a good example!!people believe in everything these days!!
@gator7435 жыл бұрын
@@mork6668 well it can't kill you but it can harm you.
@voidofspaceandtime46845 жыл бұрын
@@gator743 If you're injured, if you ingest it, or if you're really stupid and lock yourself in an unvenhilated room with mercury vapor. Mercury's harm is over exaggerated like the effects of black mold.
@lqu5 жыл бұрын
Rerez does know that "le" means "the", right? Because he's just saying "The The Stick".
@TheN64man5 жыл бұрын
assumably for comedic purposes. Le Stick isn't the most intuitive name.
@czarnakoza96975 жыл бұрын
tru
@czarnakoza96975 жыл бұрын
also wtf i see you here? i rember i saw you channel and spamed hate comments :P
@lqu5 жыл бұрын
@@czarnakoza9697 Uh, excuse me..? When did I spam hate comments?
@czarnakoza96975 жыл бұрын
@@lqu i spammed the comments XDDD
@ericbadder15525 жыл бұрын
A rubber glove, seriously. Just put a condom on the controller
@SamuraiMotoko5 жыл бұрын
It would fit
@nathanmead1405 жыл бұрын
@@SamuraiMotoko probably only if it's for a blk g
@wizard3z8685 жыл бұрын
he will after the video hes a real safe gamer
@WebVManReturns5 жыл бұрын
Nintendo did with the WiiMote glove.
@ashertheodore585 жыл бұрын
Lol
@antbertett52574 жыл бұрын
A man ahead of its time I saw the way he put on that mask and gloves
@NeonCabaret5 жыл бұрын
>Sees title >Wow how clickbaity >"Mercury Switches" >MERCURY >that'll do it -Slacker
@TheChefBoo5 жыл бұрын
Oh look, 4chan
@Bootystank996595 жыл бұрын
The Chef Boo (Andrew) oh look, gay boi
@aretard79955 жыл бұрын
@@Bootystank99659 no u.
@TheTheninjagummybear5 жыл бұрын
Yikes
@williamgrisard58054 жыл бұрын
Bold of you to assume Rerez would make clickbait
@scottp.5485 жыл бұрын
Great video Rerez never heard of this controller. Side note, that paper mask is useless for your application & is more or less like wearing no protective mask at all.
@andrew-ht3nq5 жыл бұрын
I actually think he used the mask only for comedy
@0Raik5 жыл бұрын
Liquid mercury is safe even to handle with bare hands (as long you properly wash your hands after). It's mercury compounds or vapor that causes harm. Mercury salts are terrible and organic mercury is stuff of nightmares. Just don't eat mercury or get less than a mile from organic mercury.
@nathanmead1405 жыл бұрын
A air tank would be better
@mchomelessful5 жыл бұрын
The controller was dusty hahahahaha
@subzero86795 жыл бұрын
Shut up Scott
@VachicorneOld5 жыл бұрын
They should have called it "Le baguette".
@chedarmentosbrown59225 жыл бұрын
@Frumpysnorfls he is obviously referencing French Canadian baguette. They make them about the size of the Le Stick. Also his name is more French, so he probably knows.
@Malcadon5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking "Le Bâton" myself. Or even "Bite Noir de Vader". ;)
@hectorcapistran21695 жыл бұрын
They should have called it "Le Gode"
@tunatezer89025 жыл бұрын
La baguette*
@Mernom5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, metallic mercury is not that dangerous. As long as you don't ingest it.
@DrakeDragsaw4 жыл бұрын
2:48 rerez is prepared for the virus
@Gigabarto5 жыл бұрын
In Mexico, we used to wear mercury necklaces back in the 90's, ah and that was a kids trend so we could usually buy them outside any elementary school.
@GameSack5 жыл бұрын
Great video Shane. Very well done!
@kovyvuri5 жыл бұрын
woa
@rein-gameplay5 жыл бұрын
Who are you
@blacksox285 жыл бұрын
Joe? Dave?... Jave?
@luiscanamarvega5 жыл бұрын
Stupid Game Sack
@biglumby1535 жыл бұрын
you did it! you broke comedy down to it's bare essentials!
@BapoBoompa5 жыл бұрын
1:27 damn if 40 bucks for a controller was expensive in the 80s they'd have a heart attack seeing how much the switch joycons
@larrychilders65992 жыл бұрын
Just $60
@Roid332 жыл бұрын
@@larrychilders6599 and you say that like it can't afford a meal for a whole damn village in some countries
@SuperCosmicMutantSquid4 жыл бұрын
It looks less like a joystick and more like....A "JOYSTICK".
@magentapurpleyap55663 жыл бұрын
Badum tsss
@Chilgt4 жыл бұрын
2:44 "Prepare for your *Examination*
@2Scribble4 жыл бұрын
2:08 - I just love that 'return your Le Stick for repair' Like, hey, if they injected Mercury then THEY won't be needing their Le Stick :P
@waluigicultmember25395 жыл бұрын
I love the Power Glove. It's so bad.
@rodneyfan7015 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why I didn't expect that
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
okay...
@hullstar2425 жыл бұрын
It looks like a bomb disguised as a bike handle
@SRBAnimate5 жыл бұрын
hullstar242 xd
@gabrieldabriel5 жыл бұрын
xD
@PinoyBowlerGS924 жыл бұрын
2:15 Too early for Pandemic at that time
@PeruvianPotato4 жыл бұрын
Stfu normie
@SMG-vx3mu5 жыл бұрын
The atari had a gun that straight up looks like a actual pump action shotgun. And the zapper hadded to have its color changed.
@Spock17775 жыл бұрын
"The Le Stick" The the stick?
@nu529274 жыл бұрын
The the? Its ME ME BIG BOY
@Eden-Valentine3 жыл бұрын
*The* the stick
@Cyrus_Nagisa5 жыл бұрын
I know mercury is poisonous, but I feel you are over reacting a bit here......
@slipsby27045 жыл бұрын
r/woosh
@coolguy025365 жыл бұрын
@Nigsby good grief, don’t you people ever feel shame when you misuse that countlessly...
@Charlie-pg5wy5 жыл бұрын
This had the potential to be a pun. "over reacting"
@Johnveemjanl5 жыл бұрын
Dusk mask is a joke
@that_one_spaceman41045 жыл бұрын
and no one's gonna talk about what it looks like
@sheriffaboubakar97205 жыл бұрын
potatosalmon 64 Looks like a flashbang grenade to be.
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't know where you're going with this.
@startedtech5 жыл бұрын
The Mercury in the switch isn't as dangerous as you make it out to be. You can't be hurt by it unless you swallow it or have an open wound.
@nikopierrot5 жыл бұрын
Don’t you get poisoned if you inhale mercury?
@The_Black_Knight5 жыл бұрын
@@nikopierrot If you "snort" it, it will be absorbed into the bloodstream through your nose capillaries. If you "huff" it, the vapors will be absorbed through your lung alveoli. A major influx of either is much worse that even an open wound absorption, and over the long term will cause poisoning. It is dependent on the amount entering the body. Keep in mind, there are various types of mercury compounds, other than the most common heavy metal.
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
Technically, even if you swallow elemental mercury, you're not going to get that messed up, same with cuts. IT's not good, but it's not like being exposed to methylmercury. Methylmercury is the kind that gets readily absorbed, even through gloves, and makes you go insane and gives you tremors and death.
@user-njyzcip2 жыл бұрын
0:47 "and that was a really bad device that wasn't very good" Yes, and water is made out of water
@fxgjolteon47815 жыл бұрын
This is made from the stock grip that came on my Mongoose bicycle in 1981.
@THEGREYGH0ST5 жыл бұрын
So they took a BMX handle grip and mad it to a lethal controller..lol
@kurisu78855 жыл бұрын
Just a fun big of pinball history ,at one point the tilt mechanism was called a stool pigeon. I should go look up why.
@voidofspaceandtime46845 жыл бұрын
Reference to the tea bobber with the bird?
@alaeriia015 жыл бұрын
A "stool pigeon" was mob slang for what we now call a snitch; they would sit on a stool and sing to the cops, who would then bust your protection racket or whatever. The first tilt device consisted of a ball bearing sitting on top of a little post (sort of like a stool, which lent itself well to the name); too much jostling would cause the bearing to fall off the post and onto a piece of metal, causing a THWACK sound that would alert the bartender to come over and beat the crap out of you. Interestingly, this was the same punishment doled out by the mob for being a stool pigeon (if you were lucky; unlucky squealers would be murdered.)
@kurisu78855 жыл бұрын
@@alaeriia01 And the tilt mechanism snitches on cheaters, ok, I get it now.
@mihailyakimov89255 жыл бұрын
rerez, don't you know that mercury isn't poisonous if you touch it so you don't have to wear gloves.
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
ssshhhh It's a joke
@The_Black_Knight5 жыл бұрын
Mercury can be absorbed through the skin especially with repeated exposure, but is more likely that an individual will be poisoned in the long term via vapor (lungs or eyes) or having the mercury enter the bloodstream via an abrasion or cut. It still requires toxicity build up similar to lead poisoning for actual fatality. Most likely an individual will begin to notice symptoms first such as memory problems and tremors and would seek medical treatment. This video is creating an unnecessary red alarm.
@mihailyakimov89255 жыл бұрын
@@The_Black_Knight Yeah, that's true, but what I say is that he won't have a problem because even if he is exposed to mercury, I don't really think he'll be touching it constantly and even if he did he would first have the problems from mercury's vapors.
@llsaltll4 жыл бұрын
Cody's lab laughing in the distance*
@imabandoningthischannelsob5544 жыл бұрын
Just imagine playing Street Fighter with this. It will be a nightmare.
@GiordanDiodato5 жыл бұрын
depends on the kind of mercury. Mercury in vaccines = safe mercury Mercury in tuna = BAD mercury
@CIubDuck5 жыл бұрын
Mercury is mercury, there's not different versions of it. The mercury in vaccines are just as toxic as the mercury in tuna. But you get way less mercury from the vaccines, so it isn't inherently dangerous to the body
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
Actually @deIlluminati, there are different compounds of mercury. The stuff that was once in vaccines, but isn't anymore, was thimerosal, and it is ethylmercury. The kind you get from contaminated fish if methylmercury. The names sound similar, but one is hard to absorb ,and easy for your body to eliminate, the other is easy to absorb, and very, very hard for your body to eliminate. Let's look at two other similarly named chemicals, Ethanol, and Methanol. Ethanol is commonly found in beer, wine and spirits, known colloquially as just "alcohol", it's relatively safe to consume, and wont ruin you unless you go far into excess of consumption. Methanol, while similar in name will make you go blind, forever if you consume small amounts, and kill you in large amounts.
@GiordanDiodato5 жыл бұрын
@@CIubDuck you really need to take a class on chemistry...
@GiordanDiodato5 жыл бұрын
@@kauske isn't methanol found in moonshine?
@kauske5 жыл бұрын
@Giordan Diodato If it is, you can go blind. Methanol was added to ethanol to poison it during prohibition so it could be sold for industrial use without breaking the law, since it wasn't possible to safely drink it. Unscrupulous bootleggers sold this poisoned alcohol as moonshine and killed a lot of people and blinded many, many more. Some tried to distill the methanol out, since the two have slightly different boiling points, but did it clumsily in most cases, leading to temporary and permanent blindness instead of death. All that, to try and stop people from going drunk. Now we just add stuff to industrial ethanol that tastes and smells disgusting, but is safe to consume.
@xx-mreba-xx40514 жыл бұрын
I just love how the Atari 2600 just keeps getting more impressive with the amount of adding they came up with I love the fact it also has wireless controllers before they became a thing
@Broccoli2633 жыл бұрын
3:24 hi cute little switch
@WebVManReturns5 жыл бұрын
Now you're playing with Mercury!
@XentinelSB4 жыл бұрын
2:43: Me when I see COVID-19
@PeruvianPotato4 жыл бұрын
True men don't wear masks and gloves
@MrNoobNub4 жыл бұрын
@@PeruvianPotato I Went To An Arcade And used mask and gloves.
@PeruvianPotato4 жыл бұрын
@@MrNoobNub You were probably a murderer trying to cover any traces of your identity then
@MrNoobNub4 жыл бұрын
@@PeruvianPotato (it was requiered) (also where tf is your imagination level at)
@Kerivity5 жыл бұрын
I'm a hobby chemist and I think you went overboard with the mercury "protection" lol
@ethanrake49295 жыл бұрын
Thats obviously a bike grip.
@ct2755 жыл бұрын
LOL he acts like its flesh eating acid. Still wearing those gloves even after there is no mercury. I bet he puts on full firefighter gear to light a candle.... XD
@kaylemathewcomendador76144 жыл бұрын
He probably wore it as a joke in the video. And better safe than sorry I guess 😁😆.
@dekudude88884 жыл бұрын
Yeah haha only weaklings care about potential mercury poisoning
@haxxy405 жыл бұрын
Did they recycle a bicycle handle grip to make these? It sure looks like one!
@alphatrion1005 жыл бұрын
I had these on my bmx!
@DCGMatthew15 жыл бұрын
We all know the best motion control is the Power Glove.
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
@Ian Roqqres I just asked the same question on ANOTHER person's thread in this video. It's really stupid and all the lemmings are following it.
@Mario-qq4in5 жыл бұрын
@Ian Roqqres please man if you know something come back to me
@Mario-qq4in5 жыл бұрын
@@PANZERFAUST90 man if you discovered something I'm here waiting for you, I wanna know...
@PANZERFAUST905 жыл бұрын
@@Mario-qq4in I've been asking these people and not one has answered me. I guess it goes with the whole lemmings mentality.
@Mario-qq4in5 жыл бұрын
@@PANZERFAUST90 probably man..... I wanna be part of the lemmings it was such a great game
@AlexWarwick5 жыл бұрын
when you translate le stick from Italian to English its called the sticks
@Kohdok2 жыл бұрын
...Ya know the sight of him putting on a mask might have been a joke when this video came out, but now I don't even bat an eye.
@brad_hensil Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks it’s funny that he called the controller “The Le Stick?” (He’s basically calling it “The The Stick”)
@raydeen2k5 жыл бұрын
I would get this just to try Star Raiders on my 400. I bet for a flightsim type of game, it would be pretty awesome.
@JonGee4204 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine when I was a kid owned a Le Car
@GaNgStAlBeRt5 жыл бұрын
a super nintendo can kill you too, if u eat it
@JamesThames19872 жыл бұрын
I bet all the old folks right now are probably thinking: 'Ah, that's nothing. Back in my day our controllers were made of wood painted with lead based paint and had metal joysticks made with asbestos.' Ah, those were the days....
@thelonewolfproductionz15925 жыл бұрын
Imagine all the parents who wanted to take the joystick for a "little spin" who were misleaded...
@meetoo5945 жыл бұрын
These were advertised in UK computer mags for the C64, Spectrum etc. I did briefly try one on my Amiga and it wasn't very good as no games really took advantage of it.