How Weed Eaters Work (at 62,000 FRAMES PER SECOND) - Smarter Every Day 236

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Hey there! This one was a lot of fun to make! Ever since the lawn mower video I've been wanting to do this, and I've been working on it all week. Thank you for those of you who support us on Patreon! You bring stability to my family's life. My goal is to be a light during this time. www.patreon.com/smartereveryday I know the world is a bit crazy at the moment. I wish you and your family peace and love. Spread the love and help others where you can. Look for the positive stories of people coming together in unity and try to amplify them. There's a lot of disinformation at the moment so if you recall what we learned together in the social media disinformation series, think twice before you share something! Warm Regards, Destin

[@Raxegol]

Hello Mr Destin

[@lyler.1082]

Thanks for the uploads Destin! Your videos have been of great help for me through quarantine. Always nice to learn something new

[@joyphobic]

Thank you for that series,Destin. Appreciate it

[@johnboobby]

Is that a stihl weed whacker?

[@smartereveryday]

@@johnboobby It is.

[@Airzyy]

"In the future, humor will be randomly generated" W E E D E A T E R

[@supermoleplays]

I was searching for this

[@Arthurzeiro]

Ah, I See You're a Man of Culture As Well

[@mp7_acog]

why im here tbh

[@batru9701]

Everyone come boys, we need a big salute line here.

[@PyroYeet]

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

“In the future, humor will be randomly generated” *WEEDEATER*

[@tobuscusradiationfox9799]

Chanh John Nguyen I thought exactly that when I saw the title

[@mr.sandman7339]

Yup, there it is. The only reason I clicked on this in the first place.

[@Cooliokid956]

Mr. Sandman same

[@gerraff1518]

It's called a whipper snipper in Australia

[@Cooliokid956]

ΞGerraffΞ also a weedwhacker

[@gustavonomegrande]

"In the future, entertainment will be randomly generated" "Weed eater"

[@tailside]

That’s exactly the reason why I clicked on this video

[@thedankestduck]

@@tailside true

[@joshuaweisoly446]

What an original comment

[@ironsfamily6]

I can't believe you made that reference... thank you so much...

[@appl.ju1c]

Exaxtly

[@derikkudesu6294]

As a weed eater, I am amazed by this video

[@buddhaburrito]

you're hilarious

[@David-bs6bv]

Found the vegan.

[@ggabyfflowers]

Bring the dibles..

[@suzz1776]

very funny. lol

[@isac.2h]

@@David-bs6bv wrong kind of weed

[@Kaiserland111]

I just spent 20 minutes watching a man cut grass with a slow-motion camera, and somehow I feel smarter. Thanks Destin!

[@Egeslean]

I think that's why I love this channel. If someone told me I'd spend this long watching someone cut grass, I'd have laughed at them.

[@mistertoy1]

Someone is missing the point of this comment.

[@pinkamenadianepie8609]

*WEED EATER*

[@tjls123]

We deater?

[@shukrikhuzairi6559]

LOL

[@b.t.burton5000]

Trending now: Riots, rockets, and weedeaters. Edit: And a guide to being a pirate. Gosh, I love youtube

[@asumiluna9066]

riots with weedeater rockets

[@DK-nv9zu]

Thank goodness for Destin

[@NicholasX.]

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the riots and they just started rioting in my city today.

[@TheLinposterIsSus]

Drive ins diners and dives

[@diegokiwi1854]

Did someone ask for North Korea?

[@japzone]

"Weed Eater" Interesting. Where I live we've always called it a "Weed Wacker"

[@electrickid2]

Yeah I've never heard it called a weed eater

[@scykol]

My family says both 🤷‍♂️

[@LTT.Official]

Yea in the Caribbean we just call it a wacker or brush cutter.

[@heapester4781]

Weed eater is a brand name in the USA but we just call every weed wacker a weed eater

[@xyvazkrown8048]

Weed Eater sounds really really wierd to me I grew up with Weed Wacker too and it's almost cringy when he says Weed Eater

[@stevooo1790]

I was sad when Mythbusters stopped making episodes. However, today I found this channel and feel rejuvenated! This is internet gold for science lovers like myself

[@TwentyThrill]

I was surprised with the sound of the slomos, there's some very accurate sound design work there!

[@JBirdBobbyJ]

Same here, the sound design took the production to a different level.

[@kievkotlet1531]

Hope the slo mo guys will do that too

[@BoozhiOfficial]

Yeah, those are aren't the real sounds, right? It wouldn't seem possible to get rid of the engine noise. I'm guessing they just found some decent samples and added reverb. They did sound very nice though so props there!

[@JBirdBobbyJ]

@@BoozhiOfficial slomo sound is recorded and produced separately. If the original audio was slowed down at the same scale of the video then the pitch would be below our audible range several times over. What he possibly did was record a few things like swinging the plastic cord slowly, shaking a chain link fence, hitting vegetables, etc... slowed them down and pitched them down slightly and then added a lot of reverb.

[@kevinphanson]

And that's exactly why they call them foley 'artists' and give them Academy Awards. :)

[@stimproid]

"The way you can tell I staged all of this...There is a recording go-pro in my shed."

[@mikehalk8486]

A lot of other you tubers do the same thing

[@billybull7419]

Keeping an eye on the Mongolian children trapped in his shed

[@GeassX]

You don't leave a go-pro running in the corner of your shed in case someone tries to steal your tools?

[@shawndavis8576]

In HIS shed? Naw.

[@lionmenmusic6144]

Him: It's a spaghettification Me: sounds like science to me

[@levar6618]

Stretching in black hole also called spagettification, watch some vsauce

[@tuttosalve8352]

That’s the legit term for like if you fall into a black hole what happens to the object

[@levar6618]

@@tuttosalve8352 i already said it B)

[@meatman8867]

Flying Spaghetti Monster

[@barrybenson3046]

Ernesto M. definitely not as much as he used to but yeah

[@savagenovelist2983]

The neighbors: "What idiot tries to cut a wire fence like that?-" Also the Neighbors: "Oh, it's Destin. That makes a lot more sense."

[@jamcdonald120]

"That man is out weed eating with a high speed camera" "Oh its Destin again"

[@BloodAsp]

Major props to whoever does the sound effects for the slow motion on this video!!!

[@Dedmine]

Isn’t it the original audio??

[@aaronaxvig]

@@Dedmine Pretty sure they are fake sounds and that Destin has done a video about the guy who puts in the fake sounds for him.

[@aaronaxvig]

Personally I would prefer to hear the real audio, even though it would be a mess of low-pitch engine noises.

[@Dedmine]

Aaron Axvig wait but the whole thing is that everyone with a phantom has such sounds...

[@Joumae]

I think he said the phantoms don’t record audio at all so all high speed footage shot with these cameras need sound effects.

[@bonham1981]

16:04 is my favorite moment: the weed whacker thread hits the wire in mid-air and bends it to a U-shape. Pretty cool footage.

[@blu5409]

Bonker best part of the video for me too😂

[@YourMJK]

It was like "gotcha"

[@cody4783]

Mine too! Not to mention it took 300ms for that fence to get thrashed AND turn that piece of wire into high-speed shrapnel! Definitely shows why you should wear safety gear with these things.

[@danielm_fotos]

This video opened my eyes to the terrifying destruction ants see when I do my normal lawn work😂

[@raul673]

Ye, each time I mown the lawn or water it I think of it as a city filled with insects getting rained upon or destroyed.

[@Bebopopotamus]

You've never seen Honey, I Shrunk The Kids?

[@TrubbleX97]

R U N

[@austinthrowsstuff]

A Bugs Life - world war Sunday

[@phyl2378]

worst then any apocalypse I can think of lol . specially if your a grasshopper

[@CandyflossCottonCandy]

Kudos to who ever did your slowmo sound effects!

[@EchoBuildsThings]

Yeah! They really add to it.

[@arjan8551]

@@sexntuna If the real sound was slowed down from 12000FPS, you wouldnt hear anyhing except a buzzing.

[@munkybrain]

@@Squirrel-Chaser I'm sure I've seen a video about this subject. Maybe it was on the slo mo guys channel. Sure you could find it by searching around

[@k3x478]

@@sexntuna thats what I hear aswell xD no effects here

[@EchoBuildsThings]

@@sexntuna no, the whole dynamics of sound change so you would hear the whoosh and smack. They'd also need special equipment which they don't appear to have.

[@LilShrimp01]

*Level 200 weed surrounded by Level 5 Grass Blades* Weed Whacker: "DIE CHEATER."

[@GrowingDownUnder]

We call them whipper snippers in australia

[@garbythefish6834]

It’s not weed eater it dose not have the teeth

[@CausticLemons7]

@@garbythefish6834 That's right! This is just a weed whacker...

[@supersoupguy6585]

Yay weed whacked

[@jomiar309]

I never imagined that weed eater lines were so floppy when you're cutting...this was beyond fascinating!

[@iamthinking2252_]

As someone who doesn’t weed eat... they seem like they’d be so floppy when stationary... but it’s like metal wire?

[@scroingus2279]

It’s plastic wire

[@megachonkr1392]

You just spoiled the video, I was 1 minute into the video, and you ruined it ರ╭╮ರ

[@cdommert524]

@@megachonkr1392 ikr

[@vortoxdastox4515]

When u think the weed shortens ur plastic line but the disigners of the WE is ripping u off

[@JakeStz]

This went from a great one-off video, to the start of a legendary trilogy

[@voosum]

everything's a legendary trilogy if you do it long enuf

[@drunkensailor5771]

"In the future humor will be randomly generated!"

[@BasedAlaric]

Hey! Tell me a joke!

[@marioman6416]

Why did the chicken cross the road

[@cameronwilsonfan]

Jax Slow Motion Weed Eater

[@daxferg412]

HA HA HA

[@Shoebill77]

@@BasedAlaric what is pirates favourite letter?

[@clewstah]

The sound guy is absolutely amazing. ^^ Those slomo sounds.

[@mashedchap2499]

Was just coming down to the comments to ask if a foley artist creates these incredible sounds for the video. Guess I got my answer.

[@benjaminpendley6116]

My favorite thing about these tools is that in the south the name “weed eater” just becomes “weedeeder”

[@maighstir3003]

I don't know what a deeder is, but this is apparently a small one. A wee deeder.

[@rationalrad6950]

I just call it a weed wacker

[@allenv4431]

I thought that's how everyone says it

[@CMF412]

@@rationalrad6950 ive always called it that too

[@ethanesser1024]

I've always called it a weed eater

[@carloscable]

"It feels more like science if we take measurements ", lmao, that line is golden Destin

[@Killbayne]

"In the future all slow motion projects will be randomly generated" _"weed eater"_

[@Azuressunset]

I clicked on the video just to find this comment and tell you to shut up

[@mikewizz1895]

@@Azuressunset Shut up weed eater

[@Aequorin628]

This is exactly what I was thinking

[@crowmosome5002]

Fedor Cherp Shutup weed eater

[@Killbayne]

@@Azuressunset wow look another triggered weed eater

[@Zylork0122]

Before video: “What’s a weed eater?” During video: “Oh, it’s a weed whacker!”

[@jordancutting6384]

What's a weed whacker? Oh, it's a whipper snipper

[@ferriouszeon7288]

What’s a whipper snipper? Oh, it’s a strimmer

[@PRhymeExample]

@@ferriouszeon7288 What's a Strimmer? Oh, it's a String Trimmer.

[@sammanning6178]

@@lot.bajrami What's your mom? Oh, It's a caring and loving person that raised you into an amazing person.

[@PRhymeExample]

@@lot.bajrami SMH.

[@nvrlrn]

"There's a lot if physics on how a weed eater works" The guy who just put a line on a spinning disk: 👁️👄👁️

[@jay-rus4437]

This channel is so awesome. We get to see things that we would otherwise never have the opportunity, but also because it is presented in a professional way as opposed to just a couple guys playing around.

[@BrigadierPickles]

"It feels more like science if we take more measurements" - SmarterEveryDay 2020 I feel like this can be applied to so many things.

[@thatniceguynick]

I feel like this should be a requirement for many things....

[@linkbond08]

Weed Eater

[@tobiaseiter]

Eric Then proceeds to give imperial measurements...

[@Noromdiputs]

In this case it goes to reproducibility. Since the tools used are being documented.

[@real-oppenheimer]

Seeing the weed eater's "cable" disintegrate all the time made me realise that we have small plastic particles everywhere in our gardens.

[@zingsting9595]

Hoping those strings are biodegradable somehow or they should really make it so.

[@Culturedropout]

Goes along with all the little plastic particles in the rivers. And the ocean. And the animals. And us.

[@rr3102]

Feel free to use a scythe.

[@zachdemand4508]

Generally trimmer string is made of nylon which isn't biodegradable. Biodegradable plastics wouldnt hold up to the abuse of trimmer string.

[@JVL72787]

@@zingsting9595 I believe they are

[@grandre3464]

"In the future, humor will be randomly generated!" -Larry the Cucumber

[@preachist8274]

Why did the chicken cross the road? w e e d e a t e r

[@AnthonyGaskinsT0T]

420th like

[@Robbaz99999]

I'm cucumber Joe!

[@anshelahmad3433]

"How high is that weed eater" -- Annoying Sibling

[@norhadi6448]

Okay this one made me laugh

[@Prototheria]

1:20 Neighbors looking over the fence: "Why's he talking to his weed eater?"

[@MelancholyCrypto]

Nah, it's 2020 and everybody understands filming for KZbin/the internet now.

[@mirzaiscandle]

"Why did the chicken cross the road?' "Weed eater"

[@sandervandeven1999]

Destin:"95 thousands of an inch" Me from anywhere but the USA: yeah now I now exactly how thicc that boi is.

[@BillyHeany]

Nah, people in the US also have no idea how thiccc that is

[@iwontliveinfear]

It is 2.4 mm.

[@2406ab]

2,413 mm

[@CamiloSperberg]

I had the same doubt. Only kept on watching because it is Destin, otherwise I just stop the video right there. Would be nice to have an overlay with the diameter in metric.

[@druid_zephyrus]

@@CamiloSperberg Yeah, but it is a simple mathematic conversion. Granted, Metric is better, easier and more clear, but the formula is easily accessible with internet.

[@ZAKW42]

Not my first time watching this, still amazed at the "spring back" speed of the grass

[@davidadams421]

Your sound effect guy need a Golden Globe, or Emmy or something. Amazing audio and video too!

[@easyybreezeyy]

This is what KZbin was made for. Sadly, KZbin doesn‘t recommend informative videos like this one to me. I‘m so glad I stumbled upon this video, it was so interesting to watch. Thank you.

[@maxximumb]

Subscribe, Destin makes some awesome videos.

[@LeoStaley]

Check out some of Destiny's educational friends: cgpgrey. Matt Parker. Steve Mould. Veritasium. Mark Rober. All of Brady Haran's channels. Tom Scott. Medlife Crisis. Subscribe and binge.

[@FIammen]

Just subscribe and make youtube/subscribtions your youtube accesspoint on your browser's toolbar.

[@easyybreezeyy]

Maxx B I did immediately, thank you.

[@easyybreezeyy]

Leo Staley Thank you so much. I will definitely check them out!

[@megasnorlax4155]

W E E D E A T E R - some future robot

[@noemirios7902]

Ah a man of culture 🍅🥒🤖🤖

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

In the future, humor will be randomly generated.

[@d9zirable]

@@SALEENS7GTR5 *wEeD eAtEr*

[@TheSHJGaming]

The fact that that joke is actually funny now is equal parts hilarious and terrifying

[@noemirios7902]

@@TheSHJGaming veggie tales pulled a Simpsons

[@Zach-ls1if]

I’m eight minutes in and I think this is the single most intriguing video I’ve ever watched. Thank you

[@RionCaughman]

"It's staged because the weed eater will start up immediately." Ignores the camera already in the shed. Ignores the go pro on the weed eater.

[@murker1879]

Its called movie magic.

[@watcherofwatchers]

You missed the point.

[@budd9570]

@@watcherofwatchers ^this

[@jakespivey3716]

It's a Stihl

[@hvhhvvguhbj.jhbhjjbjh1480]

Woooosh

[@cwasonts4700]

I just want to say that the audio is amazing. The slo mo cam doesn’t record sound. All the sounds are added later and it sounds amazing.

[@kichapps]

I don't think so

[@Pizzastan]

Yeah i was about to comment on that, he played nice with the audio 😂

[@XUncleBossX]

Lots of hard work went into the sounds! Great job!

[@maxximumb]

He has a video on the sound design for his slow motion footage. On a side note, did you know that the word 'footage' meaning a section of video came from the days of film? When you asked if someone had footage of an event or scene, they were asking do you have a couple of feet of film of the event? This was shortened to footage. (I only found this out a few days ago, still amazed about it).

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@maxximumb thanks, that's super cool!

[@nicksweitzer4217]

Me at 9pm: I’m gonna go to bed early Me at 3am: ah yes a w e e d e a t e r

[@danielcsallo3626]

soo true

[@user-vm9ig4zs8e]

Can't relate. BYE.....

[@reubenblake1408]

literally its 3 am rn

[@squindle.]

its 11:00 for me

[@SeanFerree]

😂😂😂

[@PVDH_magic]

"Slow Motion Weed Eater" A.k.a. me having my third vegetable browny.

[@jabug_1144]

Every time I hear slow mo audio, I can’t help thinking about how there’s a guy that makes up all the sounds.

[@minukarodrigo]

Me too, have you tried listening to some songs 800% slower?

[@connorfitzpatrick326]

The sound the grass makes is pretty neat

[@gorillamane13]

What? Please explain

[@etb6250]

@@gorillamane13 all sounds in slowmo are made by human, that's not real sounds

[@maxpiglet5543]

@@etb6250 how?

[@AquilaSornoAranion]

I really like the sound effects when cutting the grass in slow motion. Great work, whoever made those 👍

[@ShenVinny]

I was wandering that. Is it added in the post editing or did the camera actually record that?

[@lunchworm]

Vinny they can’t record in slow motion so it’s essentially foley artists making sound effects for it.

[@kentil_soup]

I noticed that as well, after seeing other videos on how they make the sounds for slow mo videos, I’m always extra appreciative of nice sounds for these clips because I know someone spent time making it that way, not a by product of slowing down the footage. Awesome!

[@Gruncival]

The guy who does Destin's slow-mo sound effects is a music artist name is A Shell in the Pit; he did the soundtrack for the game Rogue Legacy. Check out his bandcamp page-I've loved his work since hearing his song Trilobyte. Destin's also got two videos where the guy is showcased and they talk about his process of figuring out "psychoacoustics", which is about how people expect, perceive, and experience sounds.

[@kentil_soup]

MomNPopCopyShop wow, I’ll have to check out those videos. Also, what a great game Rogue Legacy is 🙏😂

[@BlueFlash215]

Destin, could you do a tension-elongation test to see how much this material stretches before it shows a plastic deformation and until what point it will show an elastic deformation. With this info, the rotations per minute you could calculate the angle at which the plastic string is being pulled and calculate the forces that apply to the string. Furthermore you could measure the time it takes the strong to rotate around the fence, where it can be seen as immobile. With the rpm of the weed eater you can also calculate the elongation of the string. Basically with the phantom you've built a visual tension-elongation measurement device. Shear forces should apply in that case. You've basically got 2 points of failure at least: 1 the impact weakens the plastic string. If the string isn't being broken by the impact, the smallest diameter of the plastic string no carries the weight of the weeed eater pull. After lowering the diameter, tension with a sheer force is being built up until the elastic deformation changes into a plastic deformation which leads to material failure. Another potential weakening of the string lies in the fact that the string is curled up and therefore shows inner tensions. As we know, inner tensions do get released when heat is applied. This heat is created upon impact with the fence. Basically you use the impact of the string to straighten it out a little and release some of the material tension. There are so many more things I have on my mind right now but due to me being German, it is hard to explain everything on my smartphone in a KZbin comment. Greetings from a German mechanical (Diplom-) engineer in the field of material science, compound technology and damage analysis. If you want a super interesting topic, I can hit you up with a machine that I've built that replaces a multi-million dollar machine with something that can be self made for 50 bucks. It's for measuring the surface tension of EVERY surface or surface coating. 😁

[@TriptoCo]

Yeah, um. Win..

[@navija]

i would of said the same thing JK

[@alextound5033]

Hijacking a top comment to ask, are those real sounds or did you add them!?!

[@BlueFlash215]

@@alextound5033 he added them. Watch the slow Mo guys. They explain it. You would just hear a low buzzing sound and destroy your ears else

[@MultiMinecraftPiggie]

Hello! I am a sophomore study materials science and engineering in university. I really would like to get to to damage/failure analysis, do you have anything you can tell me about the field and how to get in? Thank you!

[@petsan97]

Destin: "It feels more like science if we take some measurements." *Uses imperial measurements* Metric measurements: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@SunRabbit]

It never fails to amaze me that there still exists a country that does not use the same metric system which literally the whole rest of the world uses. I fail to see how it gives them any competitive advantage. Same with being the only country that refuses to put numerals on their coins and where their sizes make no sense. Where floors of buildings are counted from 1 when they should be counted from 0 like everywhere else.

[@bluto212]

@@SunRabbit Come on now, how can you have a zero floor; that makes no sense.

[@SunRabbit]

@@bluto212 The Ground Floor is usually not explicitly numbered "0", but usually has a name, like the Erdgeschoss (in Germany) or Prizemi (in Czech Republic) and other countries have different names, obviously. Generally, to leave a building, press the elevator button with a letter instead of a number. Basements are almost always numbered as -1, -2 and so on even though I have seen them named as Kellergeschoss (in Germany) or Suteren (in Czech Republic). Depends on the building, I guess. In Europe, the first floor ABOVE the ground floor is always numbered "1" whereas in the US it's always numbered "2."

[@bluto212]

@@SunRabbit Don't get lost

[@Kim-ug4fy]

@@bluto212 imagine being so stupid that you can't understand the concept of having a ground floor smh 😔✌️

[@aidanharon8414]

“Weed eater”, “weed whacker” nah mate down here in Australia it’s a whippa snippa, nuff said

[@harmonicpeace7340]

Lol

[@arthurmorgan1414]

We call it a string trimmer here

[@cinnabonbon]

strimmer is better

[@MrLuigge]

I call here in Brazil grass cutter.

[@jamsams]

Whippa snippa...🤣 That's lame

[@danielhalverson4298]

"95 thousandths of an inch" Most of the world: w-what?

[@Outland9000]

It's beyond me why anyone would consider that a superior unit of measurement over millimeters. I don't even bother trying to convert it anymore, as soon as thousandths of an inch are mentioned by anyone I just phase out.

[@proxy1035]

it always annoys me that americans use fractions over decimal points... plus the fact that he's an engineer but uses imperial like that would be relevant to anyone/anything

[@joelhoeve]

had the same thing. If I calculated it correctly, it's 2.41mm

[@fruityboba8461]

As an American I am confused as well

[@marredcheese]

@@proxy1035 Engineers faced with English units use thou or mils. As shown in the video...

[@bbf0ab08cb44becfec]

Man I saw that little "R" on your ear plug, was waiting for the sponsorship lol

[@s.v.2122]

They don't seem to be shipping outside of the usa. Does he get Add-Money for the rest of the World anyway? Just wondering.

[@Pokeman_official1]

I’m tired of seeing raycon ads If they think this much promotion helps... it definitely does not. I’m happy with my AirPods lol

[@jonoc5]

Kich Ke they know exactly how much it helps on the basis of the sales they make.

[@MonkeNoel]

I always check the description before i watch a video too see if there is a sponsor

[@elijahandrews7105]

Souper Noodle got sponsored by raycon

[@Magykti]

Larry: In the future entertainment will be randomly generated! Bob: Randomly generated? Larry: *R A N D O M L Y G E N E R A T E D*

[@malaizze]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[@julius855]

english is not my first language and i didn't know weed eater is this thing so when he said weed eater in the show i literary thought of someone who eats weed

[@levistogsdill638]

WEEDEATER

[@mccc4559]

I don't get it

[@snuffles1469]

@@mccc4559 What is the solution to 2+2?

[@mic1472]

watching this video when my neighbour started to use his whipper snipper hahaha, btw thats what we call them over here in Australia!

[@en00001]

Mic we call em that in Canada too!(Ontario)

[@DavidHSteiner]

this is what i wanted to come here to say. not from australia myself but i learned recently that’s what you call it and i knew immediately that’s what we all need to call it.

[@mic1472]

@@en00001 wow thats interesting! thanks for sharing

[@JamesKPolkIII]

That’s an awesome name

[@mic1472]

Logan Botto wow haha thankyou!

[@iangreer4585]

"In the future, humor will be randomly generated" -veg... wait a minute

[@KokoroKatsura]

the non family exists

[@leoporion3308]

‘ it’s more scientific if I take measurements’ Also him ‘ it’s like a spaghetti-fication’

[@photonicpizza1466]

"Spaghettification" is an actual scientific term in cosmology and astronomy. Used to refer to how massive bodies (mainly black holes) pull and stretch objects into a stream of atoms. Not an inappropriate use of it in the video, it's an okay surface-level analogy.

[@Videogames2015-]

Did i just watch 19 minutes of a guy filming his weed eater? Yes, yes i did.

[@jaewok5G]

are we just ignoring the regional variations of the name for a weed whacker?

[@DrLoverLover]

Welcome to america

[@lakai02]

@@jaewok5G central illinois we mostly say weed eater, some people say weed whacker but i always thought it was just boomer jargon, ive also heard professionals say line trimmer.

[@jaewok5G]

@@lakai02 hmmmm … that's kind of anti-climactic, but thanks anyway

[@joeholmes9469]

@@jaewok5G yup

[@MrJdmboy10]

Me waking up this morning: "I'm going to be productive" My next 20 minutes: *Orange spaghetti going "dongggggg, donggggg"*

[@AreThereNoMoreNames]

It was productive, because you're now smarter!

[@panzerpack9208]

Me: Watching this vid at 00:39

[@Struxion]

Imagine being his neighbor, just hearing a weedeater start for like a minute, then silence. They must have so many questions

[@xlynx9]

Your neighbourhood must be tame.

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

You've clearly never used equipment powered by small engines. They probably just thought he was having really bad luck with it staying running.

[@Struxion]

@@ParadigmUnkn0wn lol, I know small equipment can be faulty sometimes, I live on a small property in an agricultural region. I was just making a joke

[@Struxion]

@@xlynx9 I have one neighbor about half a mile down the road, don't really deal with neighbors much

[@trentonhamilton3891]

I actually live right up the road from him😂😂

[@colorado841]

"It is like a spaghettification of the weedeater line...." I like your technical terms there Dustin.

[@MEANLEANBEAN]

Spaghettification refers to light bending in a black hole because the strands of light elongate to look like spaghetti

[@fqidz]

Why did the chicken cross the road? *W E E D E A T E R*

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

Why did I watch this video? WEED EATER

[@ShujitoDM]

OMG

[@octicseth]

why did my dad leave?

[@Geuelthefool]

@@octicseth Weed Eater

[@mataskarasevicius9806]

@@octicseth weed eater

[@adamwaishwile706]

Thought he was talking about people eating weed when I saw the title

[@phelps6205]

Hey, that is offensive, they call themselves *Vegan* .

[@bman6198]

You start perceiving reality at 62,000 frames per second if you eat enough.

[@matee4155]

yeah i thought so too

[@jeffkaze7]

EnricoAwsome ikr

[@demonking86420]

@@phelps6205 "can we call them prey?" -sentient sabertooth cats that escaped some European lab, 3244

[@tbholther4563]

“Looks like it’s about 95 thousand of an inch” Me: Laughs in millimetres

[@samo4648]

A millimeter is just a thousandth of a meter

[@ManfrodHasselhoff]

My brain hurt when he said these utterly ridiculous measurements. How can anybody in his right mind think that is a good way to measure stuff.

[@Zack-fu4lo]

Why dont they just make a miliinch?

[@math0rt0n]

its funny, even as an american I hear about thousands of an inch, and it feels like some arbitrary measurement that I can't scale in my mind to other things outside of that sample. But if I hear the measurement in millimetres I have no problems. I definitely prefer metric but the hurdle that america would struggle with more than any other is switching from measuring distance in miles to kilometres the average Joe has no idea of the "feel" of traveling in kilometres because the only time they would have to understand it (outside of hiking) is when talking to a foreigner.

[@anarbatzoriganar]

Which was preceded by "it feels more like science if we take some measurements". it really did feel like science

[@johnmcneal9477]

I have three conclusions. #1, My yard must be full of millions of nano particles of plastic from over 20 years of weed eating. #2, I want to own a high speed video camera in the near future. #3, I could watch these videos all day long. Keep them coming!

[@simonhertges4233]

I eat weed too, I would have volunteered to be in this vid. Machines really do take our jobs :/

[@Emunny360]

I KNOW like I on my momma I eat weeds

[@matthewmendens9750]

The title if this video was Australian: old mate destin slaps some weeds with a whipper snipper for 19 minutes

[@buddyclem7328]

Oy!

[@Trinder0116]

Dude I was like tf is a weed eater

[@angeldiselatcia]

@@Trinder0116 I thought a weed eater was gonna be a magical machine, similar to a push mower, that could magically discern weeds and bindis from regular grass and omnomnom them. I'm disappointed it was just a good ol' whippa.

[@Ahem2002]

Or line trimmer hahaha Seriously I was a bit disappointed when I really thought it was something I could use to get rid of the onion grass.

[@pandajohn5911]

When it's 4:46AM and I should've gone to sleep hours ago.. HOW WEED EATERS WORK

[@kilos5958]

6 minutes late lol

[@kasper7203]

This is the most dedicated gardener I have ever seen.

[@ImSpun13]

Love your profile pic mate.

[@kasper7203]

@@ImSpun13 oh thanks bro. I love yours as well!

[@brandonharper2990]

i LOVE that he took the time to edit in slow motion sounds :'D. Top tier production quality for a weed eater episode.

[@Spellitlikeitsounds]

I think he has a video detailing this process. It's actually outsourced.

[@atytheangel]

larry the cucumber has predicted the funny laughs of the future again!

[@oceanusprocellarum6853]

I laughed at the thumbnail, not knowing why I did, or what the video was about

[@stevanustrionanda6397]

*W E E D E A T E R*

[@chiken9913]

W E E D E A T E R

[@Qsams7159]

Bong water

[@andy70d35]

Destin, is the only person that makes you want to watch someone cut grass with a strimmer, as we call them in the UK. Another great video, Destin.

[@lenbrian9484]

My buddy is a weed eater but, he calls them gummies.

[@sigmakono]

😬

[@hanahc3525]

That was actually kinda good

[@crayonicles]

I had expected this...

[@mish2773]

😆🙌🏼

[@adriann7586]

Idk if ur talking bout edibles but that’s what I’m assuming lol

[@danieljensen2626]

I think your audio design guy had fun with this one. Also I love the weed eater just slowly sliding out of shot like around 14:00, out of context it's like some kind of flying spaghetti monster.

[@joshuasalem5022]

I’ve never heard anyone call it a “weed eater”. I call it a “weed whacker”, what do you guys call it? Edit: I’m from Connecticut, USA, as it seems this is a regional dialect thing

[@Alejandro-mu6ot]

Weed eater

[@ElectronicsProjects-to4ou]

I've always called it a weed eater

[@chrisjones142]

in the uk we call them strimmers

[@jackals1737]

Weed whacker

[@alistairwhite2906]

Whipper snipper in Oz

[@kenoakes6725]

I was a professional Weed Wacker and Lawn Mover when I was 11 years old. My only client was my parents house . Often thought of the same things as I was making perfect lines with the weed trimmer etc

[@jowsh1826]

Anyone else know it as “Weed Whacker?”

[@cooperw6671]

I was confused at first always called it a Weed Wacker

[@CGoody564]

Yep, that's what we call them in my neck of the woods. P.s. it's whacker, not Wacker. You whack something. Wack is a noun

[@archangelazrael7267]

They're called strimmers in my neck of the woods

[@Yotyrish]

I always called this a whipper snipper

[@ieros7]

I DOOOOO

[@Atlessa]

I used to go to a tech school where I learned about metalworking, and one of the teachers said something interesting that stuck with me forever: Everything's a liquid if you're going fast enough. Now when he said it, he was referring to croumple zones in a car, and how that deformation takes a LOT of energy that is then NOT transferred to the passengers. At about 11:00 you can see the same principle in action. When that nylon line wraps around the fence, it looks as if it turns into jelly which then doesn't have the structural integrity to keep it together, and the end flies off.

[@sid6041]

Wow, you're right that's really cool! Thanks for the insight.

[@nelson9757]

Wife: "Babe have you finished the grass yet, its 10 at night" Dustin: Go away I'm learning!

[@StewChicken42]

(Sorry, Destin*).

[@jeffreywilliams440]

When you run in slow motion like that, I find myself feeling really sad for the grass.

[@abyss8190]

you gonna be a plant rights activist?

[@alexanderqwarfordt2037]

@@abyss8190 grass rights activist, even.

[@jbgaming7570]

Do you know how a lawn smells after you cut the grass?, that’s the smell of your lawn weeping in pain

[@TheSamDickey]

Smarter every day: I frequently think about the exact physics of how weed eaters cut grass and how the wire moves The most I’ve ever thought about it: haha it go brrrrrrr

[@AussieSusan1]

Yes, bloody loud things

[@jimmymims6371]

I was about to make jokes about that man using the word “spaghettification” . Then I googled it and found out that it is in fact a word. Us Alabamians is gettin’ smarter ya’ll! Roll Tide!

[@alveolate]

it's an incredibly physical experience, using weed-whackers... so for a physicist it almost inevitably triggers their physics hindbrains.

[@tylerrothrock9097]

these are annoying and repetitive

[@traewatkins931]

@@alveolate hey not just physicists I used to think about the same thing when I used a weed eater as a kid. Although it might be an Alabama thing, as I grew up in S. Alabama.

[@jasonthesnow]

"i'd be really honored to earn your subscription" says the person making literally some of the best content on KZbin

[@Thehomieibrahim]

Dylan Everson yeah he makes some good stuff too

[@eugenecrabs3954]

I just came in from weed-wacking outside! While I was weed-wacking, I thought to myself, "If Destin did a video on mowers years ago, why can't he do a video on weed-eaters?" And here I am.

[@THE_Lena]

Was just using a weed eater in the backyard and this vid answered all the questions I had in my head. 👍🏼

[@slyfer5321]

Wow I've always been wondering about this every since I was a child. Now, there's a specific video for it.

[@ChadWalber]

"You can tell that this is staged because this thing will start up right away" Truer words have never been spoken. Thanks Buddy

[@narmale]

mine starts every time first try... gota prime them correctly

[@guinnessdog7105]

16:03 wire: aight I’m out. Weed eater: no u ain’t cmere

[@technochroma6537]

xD

[@masterace1150]

Thank you i scrolled down because I knew I would find you.

[@PatrickWagz]

It's 4am, I watching a video about weed-wackers, and now I am reading comments, on said video, as if an inanimate object (wire) is communicating with another inanimate object (weed-wacker). :/

[@MAsWorld1]

I suspect your not really a “hoodie” because a hoodie probably couldn’t spell aight 🤣

[@aria_11]

W E E D E A T E R

[@noverimme-noverimte]

I can’t believe that today I actually wanted to know how this works and boom 💥 there was a video. Thank you

[@pixelariumoriginal3529]

Me : _"I want to sleep early tonight"_ Also me : *watching a weed eater in slow motion at 3 a.m.*

[@justheretocommentforyoutob4387]

I'm at 4 a.m. and I can barely understand what he's saying

[@JustNic]

@@SA-si9we different places exist

[@__prometheus__]

Haha ver original comment

[@PnlBtr]

I see nothing wrong here.

[@aqua6117]

Same lol

[@JesusJockoJBP]

Destin: "It feels more like science if we measure the width of the wires." Also Destin: "Spaghetti-fication" hahahaha. So good.

[@olliepope5775]

Spaghettification is a real scientific word tho, it's used to describe what happens when things go into black holes

[@1234tombaker]

Measured in inches too.

[@Rachael.orbzz1]

@@1234tombaker that's what she said-

[@whodis5152]

"so at some point it straightens out and " weed-eater - *EEEEERRRRRNNNNNNNNN*

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

2-stroke engine goes BBBBBRRRRRrrrrrrrrrAAAAAA

[@xorinzor]

Sounds like some kind of intro to a drum n base / dubstep track xD

[@jigglypop]

"The perfect username doesnt exi-" *WeedEater*

[@top8central486]

We call this a “whipper snipper” in Australia...

[@mojaverc1585]

Correct

[@joshuakariuki1188]

ever call 'em whipper snapper?

[@silentdragon1555]

Weed wacker mate.....

[@FreshPotsGaming]

Also whipper snipper in Canada

[@Bbhskklh]

Yep can confirm

[@natej6967]

Am I the only one who calls it a “weed wacker” rather than a “weed eater”

[@thepuff_vods7618]

Nope, but Weed Eater is significantly more funny

[@TERZERA24]

In new England it's a weead wacka

[@bumman117]

Think it's a northern term. In Michigan everyone called it a weed whacker, I live in Alabama now and all I hear is weed eater.

[@branleeharris]

That's what I call it, maybe it's a matter of where you live... Here in Southeast Michigan we call it weed wacker. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@nuclearjanitors]

@@bumman117 i was just about to say that, i think its a MI thing.

[@thirtyone8607]

6:22 “First, discombobulate”

[@BigBForBoss]

"Dazed, discombobulate."

[@DK-nv9zu]

12:11 “spagetification”

[@kapekape7580]

16:03

[@albertsang5428]

Then, discombobulate And finally, *D I S C O M B O B U L A T E*

[@yvonnedk]

I just found this video and LOVED IT! Have been searching for "how a weed eater works" & finally found the answers in this video. Will certainly be perusing through Smarter Every Day's library from now on. Thanks for making this and will check out the line shape slow mo you made. Well done!!

[@Subversion121]

I never in my life thought that i'd be watching a slow-motion whipper snipper.

[@cosmicgamer1262]

*"whipper snipper"* Yeah that's the guy right other officer

[@Zodiac_xdd]

Me: a user of the metric system. Destin: "Looks like 110 thousandths of an inch" Me: "Of course"

[@billbobert5478]

Sorry you don't speak 0.000000023 of a football field.

[@andyman8630]

only 3 countries do not use the metric system and they're all third world

[@de-void1872]

@@andyman8630 lol

[@andyman8630]

@YEEET engineer *yawn* nobody has been to the moon since 1972 which is almost 50 years ago

[@Pettingson]

@YEEET engineer Luckely SpaceX uses Metric and sees Imperial as inferior.

[@kukuman]

I can’t believe I’m interested watching people cut grass

[@jjones503]

All those years of weed wacking and knowing all these things happen and how to prevent them, but never knowing how exatcly they happen. Super cool dude!

[@Rexmute]

4:11 “this looks so Alabama” instantly imagined something else

[@shavingryansprivate9572]

Bruh

[@shavingryansprivate9572]

Inoffensive Name right as you commented that I was on pornhub watching “wabbit season - meatcanyon”

[@jakov.vlasic5969]

Bruh

[@marcusn9371]

Bruh

[@timeijs12]

"It feels more like science if we take more measurements" Every school project ever.

[@mmseng2]

Hah right. Somehow we convinced our high school physics teacher to let us build a potato cannon for the senior physics project. But it was definitely science, because we controlled and measured the amount, type, and application of fuel, launch angle, potato distance achieved, parabolic curve, etc.

[@timeijs12]

@@mmseng2 I'm sure you made them proud.