Walking vs. Running in the Rain

[@marryyt7464]

Independent Variable: is the difference between the control and experiment groups of an experiment. The independent variable is the variable changed by the scientist to test the experiment’s hypothesis. Dependent Variable: is the thing being measured during an experiment, also called data. :)

[@KevonniWhite]

OMG THANK YOUUUUU !!!

[@nah174]

OMG THANK YOU!

[@coffi7275]

Actual goat

[@hayden5485]

Yesss Thank you

[@Kalru_]

thanks

[@alexturner3715]

This show was the shit . You don't find shows like this anymore, that are fun, entertaining and high production.

[@BLACKNEND]

Not to mention, it's very educational too.

[@Cornbreadddd]

@@BLACKNEND It encouraged people to get excited about science and think outside of the box, but sadly, a lot of the "science" they used to answer these questions, was invalid, and this myth is a perfect example of that.

[@mikearsen4580]

English is not my native, but isnt shit word used when u try to say something is bad?

[@crunchx3254]

I read this wrong and I was like, hold up-

[@crunchx3254]

@@mikearsen4580 Well if you use it like this person it can mean something good

[@Bentleyspeed81]

Running in the rain---->can slip and fall in a puddle and even more wet

[@viva_angelx848]

TRUEE

[@v4Vanquish]

There is an exception , it it’s just starting to rain lightly and its about to rain Harder LoL

[@joakimnamtvedtmadsen3639]

From 2003

[@Asian_Kid]

​@@joakimnamtvedtmadsen3639 ggs

[@jimraynor315]

regardless

[@penn5506]

Online school? anyone

[@crystal9547]

me

[@kelloryjimenez3506]

Heyyy

[@tssukill]

Me 😂🤣 lol

[@nah174]

yes sadly-

[@aneisanicholas7202]

yupp

[@Randomizer903]

i remember watching on TV they redid this. Since it was artificial rain, it skewed the results. They retested the myth when it started raining for real at the facility and found it's better to run.

[@brianmayabella5992]

Bcoz the raindrops is different per area

[@augustoogc911]

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[@yaoshin1224]

there is also the fact that normally there is wind if the wind is facing towards you, you will get water on the front in both scenarios and if it going towards your back then you will get a lot wetter walking because the back doesn't get as wet when you run there is also a difference in how heavy you take steps because of water puddles, if you stomp then you will get a lot more water on your ankles than if you walk

[@PelleKuipers]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2PEqXyuppWEg5Y They don't mention it but it looks like they accounted for that as well.

[@xernyiswashed]

pov your doing this during online school science class

[@mistertwister2000]

Not only did they revisit this with opposite results, but Minute Physics also did the mathematical work to show it’s usually better to run in the rain

[@christiangibson1120]

the interesting thing would be to know what was wrong with the first tests? Possibly the more that moisture penetrates the clothing, the more that will adhere to the wetsuits - which was not measured in the weighings? That's the only thing I can think of (even though it is questionable if the sprinklers accurately model rainfall)

[@best_bud1]

I'd lean towards Mythbusters' results because it was an actual experiment, not just mathematics. Maybe there's some other variable that Minute Physics' video didn't use, like how the human body changes shape as you run or something.

[@TheGary108]

I always assumed Mythbusters did it better when they used controlled rain, instead of natural rain. Having wetsuits helps keep the body from absorbing the moisture, or any added moisture from sweat when running.

[@thebiber9401]

@@christiangibson1120 One explanation would be that the overalls didn't cover the head so they ignore a significant amount of water from above. In the minutephysics-equation this means that the first term (wetness per second) goes to zero. But according to the equation you want to minimize this in the first place. So the second term dominates, which is assumed to be constant. But in reality this is not the case. So what we really have to do is using an overall which covers the whole body including the head and then run the experiment again to compare.

[@siberianstuntman3344]

@@christiangibson1120 consider that the water would build up on the warehouse floor. Not only that but running has more violent steps than walking. If the second test was running that means there is more potential for splash from footsteps to add water weight.

[@deadgodgraveyard.6461]

Controlled variables: what stays the same Independent variable (manipulated): what is changed Dependant variable (responding): what is measured

[@SpookyWatcher]

Guys if there's wind blowing water on your front, you will get more wet while walking, it will hit the same spots(only while running you can evade some of the drops that would otherwise land on your head or shoulders.) It will be a matter of how much time are you "under the weather".

[@Itadori243]

POV: your here for science class

[@lilpotato5870]

I'm here for school

[@rileyhsu1270]

:( same

[@nah174]

me too :(

[@ZomboidMania]

yeah :( me too

[@JackersonMallMay]

Me too bro

[@Collei_F1ower1234]

Same

[@overheaven8684]

So.... we ain’t gon talk about how they have a crucified grandma in the background?

[@evan5751]

what time

[@evan5751]

nvm i saw that shi

[@gainedinthegarden3925]

😂😂 i was looking for this comment lol!!!!!!!!!

[@sophiazanier8676]

Lesson learned: Bring an umbrella

[@KariKinsun427]

very much true

[@Jenise627]

Fr

[@ModeratelyAmused]

They left out the factor of rain falling at an angle. If you are running into the rain, you will catch about the same amount as you would if the rain was going straight down. You move into it in both scenarios. But if you are walking into the rain OR walking away from the rain, your front or back side will get covered much more than running. I walk through rain all the time and their is a significant difference of how wet I get depending on if it's angled or not.

[@sarasarah9300]

umm... in the beggening, y is the man hanging in the backround?! is he ok?!

[@167kx]

idk he looks dead tho

[@m.z.gaming3440]

Yeah uhhh think the Buster's have a fetish

[@peterburt2905]

Is it a he or a she? And where did the hat come from at about 3:20? Looks a bit disturbing

[@Cherry_Meatloaf]

sara sarah it’s a mannequin idiot

[@Cherry_Meatloaf]

Peter Burt it’s a mannequin

[@dammpeggy7139]

But it doesn’t usually rain perfectly straight down

[@taylord7261]

It does. The only time it’s not straight down is if it’s windy.

[@caseyschrantz9888]

Am I the only one who thinks the extra weight from running potentially came from the splashes they are causing? I’d be interested to see where in fact that extra weight was absorbed.

[@fuckyougoogle6738]

No, you're not the only one! It's the splashes while running that's getting them more wet!

[@edanrussell5656]

The dead man in the beginning

[@ryankozak99]

Possible testing errors: -no hood -"rain" not at terminal velocity? -"rain droplets" wrong size? Last 2 factors could be relevant because the faster you run, the greater the pressure wave in front of you (big bugs get squished on windshields, but butterflies "surf" over windshields at modest speeds).

[@miguelmelro7634]

Umbrella...

[@jeffjo8732]

Unfortunately, this is one where their methodology is flawed. The short answer is that the results would be reversed if their cotton jumpsuits had included a hood. The correct conclusion is that you should run if you are just as concerned with water that hits your head, as with water that hits you in the front. But you should walk it you have a waterproof hat, preferably a sombrero that covers your shoulders. This is easy to see, if you imagine that they were walking at a very slow pace where it takes 18 minutes, instead of 18 seconds, to traverse the course. The ideal test case would be a sphere floating through the rain. The amount of water that hits is has two easily calculated components: (1) the volume of the “tunnel” the sphere passes through times the density of the rainfall, plus (2) the cross sectional area of the sphere times the rainfall rate (per unit area), times the time it takes to go through the curtain. The only parameter that changes in this calculation is the time, so running helps. But we don’t have an ideal case. In the walking case, the cross section *of* *cotton* *jumpsuit* was essentially zero, eliminating the second component. When running into the rain, it becomes essentially the area of the front of the body.

[@ihatechemistryyy]

huh

[@princessazia8173]

@@ihatechemistryyy lmao

[@ailtondelima3012]

Que?

[@NoOneCaresJSYK]

POV you’re NOT here for school. You’re a full adult who’s been walking in the rain for 20 years bc of this experiment

[@jimipapi1126]

Ya deffently i am in class

[@pineapplepenumbra]

If I'm trying to get back to my house, I don't care if I get a bit wetter, as I'm going to take my clothes off, anyway. It's the amount of _time_ spent in the rain that will be the issue, rather than the wetness of the clothes.

[@billyvsbilly1]

What if the rain is blowing from behind? I would imagine you get less wet running? Loved this show.

[@EzBunker]

run so quickly dont even get wet!

[@hulem98]

Confirm. Speeding under the rain will make you soaking compare to driving casually

[@wonggran9983]

Assume in both the case of Fred walking or running the distance is the same and the rate of which the rain falls is the same in both cases. Then running gets less rain on Fred. Assume the distant is infinite. Then how far can Fred run? Of course he can't run infinite, maybe he can. Assume the distant is finite but less than the total distance Fred can run. Fred can always walk, but if he can run, then he should. So Fred should always run in the rain.

[@wonggran9983]

Why should Fred always run? Assume the rate of rainfall is constant, or 100ml/S. Case (1) The distance is 100m. Fred can run 100m but Fred can also walk. However, the time spent in 100m of rainfall running is less than when Fred is walking. Rainfall is ml/S so you get less total ml running than walking. If the distance is infinite, then for the distance Fred can run vs when walking he would have travelled the same distance but in less time and since the rate of rainfall is 100ml/S that short distant in the infinite desintation distance Fred spends less time in the rain and so gets less rain on him. HINT: THE RATE OF RAINFALL IS CONSTANT RATE OF RAINFALL mL/s MILITRES PER SECOND, FINITE VS INFINITE.

[@ghopghopp]

They’re also running slow

[@BibbleisBae1]

My teacher assigned me it and I’m now just doing it after a week later

[@YodatheHobbit]

The idea of the myth isn't that you get less wet running, it's that you have to spend less time in the rain running.

[@maget-ami7852]

3:12 what the hell is that mannequin 😭😭😭

[@rawr8524]

If you run you might slip and then your not only more wet but in pain

[@jahelcaromedina3620]

i can confirm it has happened

[@samMyers-i6y]

thank you so much for providing me with such key info!!!!

[@roncurtis8174]

Regardless of resulets.. I'd prefer to be inside shelter quicker (which is most likely dry and warm) than prolong being outside walking... still getting wet and cold

[@911review]

i drive a convertible car (almost always with the top down) ive noticed if it rains and i am going over 30mph or so my head stays almost totally dry. ive done it many many times... if i drive too slow i get wet. kinda freaky, but it works.

[@nature337]

That might be because at a higher speed, the relative wind off of the windshield is higher which might push the rain back. At a slower speed, there is less wind force and therefore more rain can make it through.

[@JC_773]

Loved watching this show

[@betto63mx92]

Lo importante es evitar la lluvia en la ropa, y esto se logra corriendo en el sentido del ángulo de caída de la lluvia, pero eso no siempre es posible porque no hay un refugio en esa direccion

[@TheTyisawesome]

You generate much more splash up running vs walking

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Rain falls at about 14mph; you can sprint at about 18mph. Invtan14/18 = 38 degrees. Best is to run at 18mph on a slant, up 38 degrees from the ground

[@ericfaulk8363]

Relative speed matters here. Imagine an extreme scenario where you can run 100 m in 10 seconds, and another where you walk that distance in 10 hours, both with constant rainfall. Which one will leave you wetter?

[@joffles6516]

You usually have way farther to go in the rain than that. If it’s a 10 minute walk, you would be done exponentially faster running, and you would definitely be less wet. This experiment only applies if you’re like walking to your car

[@samuelpassetti7205]

LOL whos the dead guy in the back

[@vijay10ryan]

Did they factor in the surface area?

[@tigersnowy6979]

I went into the rain and walked with half my body, and ran the other half. The running half had 187 drops on it, the walking half had 234.

[@gordonwells4320]

This would only be true if the rain was falling straight down. If it were blowing at you, for instance, you would get wet along the front just as if running.

[@deansmith4752]

it is the rate of the precipitation which has not been varied. a modest rainfall - I walk, heavy and I run

[@KendraUwandu]

myth busters are weird yet cool

[@alexb5275]

If I walk slow enough, I should stay completely dry.

[@YodatheHobbit]

Something Drax would say.

[@vinnieg6161]

I never understood this question, the answer is so clearly obvious to me

[@kungfupandaluver6919]

I still think about this one

[@Rilex037]

this was really bad. most of the water would fall on your head while waling and that was not taken into account

[@everactivedad]

This is the OG myth

[@YokeTB]

Def better to walk when you factor in that you can walk with an umbrella lmao

[@ETfromPoland]

I can remember this problem in the last year of my primary school or the first year of the secondary school in 1901 or 1981. I forgot the exact solution. The only thoing I can remember was that it involved a second degree equation and there was an optimum speed. Shame that such problems are no more in the schools.

[@MesserTAMU]

Optimum speed is infinite. Optimum method is leaning forward proportional to run speed. You know, assuming we are working withhypothetical. Real world is bring an umbrella.

[@hyperwave6755]

I’m still here. Hi Mr. Petersohn’s class.

[@AmandaPespisa]

its sad that these guys hate each other

[@scotttovey]

This is a silly test! Everyone knows that if you don't want to get wet while it's raining you only have three possible actions you can take. 1) Don't go out in the rain. 2) Use an umbrella tent that covers you from head to toe. 3) Vibrate the atoms of your body so fast that the rain falls right through you to the ground.

[@dy1an748]

I do the last one every time. I never get wet

[@scotttovey]

@@dy1an748 😎👍

[@cheese.shinobi9588]

im here for cer

[@Has4PetsMarie]

He actually ate that model walk through the rain tho 👀

[@the_poisonedpotato4934]

*wHO ELSE CAME FROM onLINE SCHOol HAHAHAHahah*

[@KariKinsun427]

online school? *yes*

[@00ryanm00]

This result makes no sense. You definitly get less wet if you run. And mythbusters revisited this myth and showed that it is better to run.

[@shawncrook6641]

Ryan M. Can you link the time they revisited it?

[@ZomboidMania]

yeah link the time they revisited it

[@dior1536]

Omg yesss I'm in online school rn

[@gracepro5093]

i’m doing this for school and it’s annoying check

[@frostcore2214]

Doing this for chemistry

[@srivaksanvaksan9862]

timhawkins

[@soupRay5487]

Im watching this because school

[@pooppoop5461]

Yes

[@YathishShamaraj]

This I learned as an experience while riding bike in rain... The rain seems to be more if going fast and it falls less when on a low speed

[@YeetYeet-pb5kz]

3:25 what is that thing in the back-

[@uncommon1109]

A mannequin.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@uncommon1109 Yes, but what have they done to the mannequin, and why?

[@uncommon1109]

pineapplepenumbra I honestly have no idea

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@uncommon1109 I'm sure that someone will know. Maybe they won't want to know. Maybe their greatest desire is to expunge that excruciating memory from their mind, but they will know!

[@swishcich4557]

yoo micheal

[@nicenice8143]

00:59 , 03:14 yo that thing in the back is just scary/creepy :/

[@sheeesh404]

The length walked should also be a variable

[@chenghuang4476]

Is no one gonna talk about the zombie in the beginning

[@amanda-br4ih]

control variable-weight of the suit worn

[@anthonybjelke8437]

yup

[@D4RK-R3ALITY]

Yes but if you run in the rain you get to your destination faster to get less wet

[@richH1625]

or only move in the same direction as the wind, at the same speed?

[@stevethea5250]

BASED ON MY ANECDOTE.. NOT REGARDING HOW WET BUT YOU WOULD WANT TO RUN OUT OF THE COLD SOONER !!!

[@hugohernanseguracasallas4549]

Someone know the reference of sport shoe that they have used in this episode?

[@sean8081a]

If raindrops were ping pong balls the same amount would hit your front but more would hit your head, walking vs running.

[@muhammedgezgel1776]

Elin adamının dertlerine bak bi de bizim dertlerimize bak

[@insiyah8965]

0:43 is the guy in back ok?

[@LucienTheLuckless]

He's seen some shit.

[@toplobster1040]

This makes no sense but great show!

[@dangernoodle3343]

season 1 oh boy

[@jd-zr3vk]

They did not answer the question. They only tested one set of variables.

[@emmettlee5037]

Cool episode, tho they didnt have hats to catch the rain so the results arent accurate

[@Hatdog-u5d]

Well techically when you run you swet so that really adds up

[@william66788]

If you're sweating after jogging a 100 feet you're really out of shape

[@ZomboidMania]

@@william66788 no one said a distance, but yeah u right

[@EGamez]

This was uploaded in 2017 and it's still 480p lmao

[@geefreck]

It aired that way sadly. This was one of their first episodes.

[@geefreck]

(that said, it still does look like there was detail lost in the encoding, even for 480p)

[@lolexo4202]

Anyone doing this for homework?!

[@doctormcgoveran2194]

still air if you are running with the wind at your back at wind speed you would do best.

[@FittieVEVO]

I guess they have never had Windy rain

[@GregHassler]

Minute Physics came to the opposite, and obvious, conclusion.

[@andylambert6812]

They should've worn hats

[@brad3950]

785g - 757g is 28g not 18g. Suprised they keot that in

[@LittleBates]

A manager at my office said she disagrees with their results.. ok? That doesn't make u right and the results wrong though.. that's the beauty of science..

[@ZomboidMania]

everyone here is saying this video is flawed

[@ddk6549]

Why is MGK tied up in the back towards end of video?

[@brianodiwuor6056]

Really! I should test this.