What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse

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[@mstegosaurus]

"gold is about 20 times denser than a duck" *takes notes furiously*

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This *is* important. It means gold is not a witch.

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Who are you so wise in the words of science?

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@@radekc5325 monthy pyton reference? :D

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Yeah

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which is why watching it stoned is mindblowing

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@ yeah... but... ummm... I can't understand your language...

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Helo

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there's a book called "What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" that I'd highly recommend.

[@justinquah]

"lets say Midas stumbles again." He doesn't learn does he.

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Underrated comment

[@ethancarlos3809]

Guys here me out, turn the earth to uranium/plutonium

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@@ethancarlos3809 Similar problems, but with radiation.

[@alphys1172]

@@ethancarlos3809 Anti matter

[@jackhazardous4008]

The idea that Midas just violently explodes the first time he uses his curse is too funny to pass up

[@dnpjj]

King Midas: 🥹🪙💥

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So true

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@@dnpjj dawg thats the funniest shit ive seen all year

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"because we have no idea what it could have been"

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Don't touch grass

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@@oldest200 lol

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r/TIL motto

[@sharkdentures3247]

I should no longer worry that; if the solid body of the Earth became solid Gold, I would slowly STARVE to death! (as there would be no more arable land to grow crops) No Sirree! I would instead die from a big explosion, burning up, or a giant SPLAT! YAY! . . . . uh? . . .Wait a minute. . . . .

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That was far more catastrophic and deadly than I was expecting...

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Anybody realized the cure for the gold touch was using Running water On the object So essentially the earth would suddenly gain mass then.... Go back to normal till he touched it again

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@@badatsomerhing oh, right. Was still fun tho

[@venn7257]

I was expecting "so now there's no more food to eat, and the scenery will get boring after a while", not "and the world is F*CKED"

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shouldn't you be playing diep now?

[@thejesuschrist]

Thank you for FINALLY addressing magic.

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Hi, Jesus. How's heaven?

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2nd Yo ma man make this a little more realistic

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yo how God doing bro?

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Hello God Please make 2021 better

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Does that mean that it's dead?

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pure "gold"

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pun intended :D

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That right there was a violation. personally, I woudn't have it

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i'll do swimmingly, then

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Ikr

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I learned that living things, humans included, can only survive environments they were designed for.

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nah living things would probably do fine if the change spread at a slow rate of say 100kg of a material a day slowly spreading from the initial contact point. Yes starvation would kick in but the change would be gradual enough as to be survivable so long as food and water were covered.

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@@brendago4505 we werent designed. we evolved to live here

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“Not this shit again...”

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"If you learned anything in this video, let us know what it was" Truly a masterful educator quote

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ikr lol

[@installtherodent7571]

I learned that existential crisis exist again

[@person_lk5738]

sounds like what teachers should say after your classes end.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

Not sure tl:df

[@person_lk5738]

@D Cheru that is fair enough

[@isaiahwegwitz]

Lesson learned: King Midas touching his daughter and turning her to gold was NOT the worst thing that could have happened.

[@l3alamiya]

He must never stumble

[@locally_grown_hampters]

Very true

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Wonder if he peed no hands.

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@@who9387 The term Metalhead has a whole new meaning now.

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@@mathewwright4129 Nice

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For everything Kurzgesagt is, I greatly appreciate all of the transparency. Not enough channels are.

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Near the end, I was like "good, everyone is already dead, so they can't illustrate more horrific death sequences." And then the mountains had faces.

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lmao

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They add faces to everything, i expect that sometime they are going to put a face on a door

[@brianhart2343]

@@marcoantoniosenzanoarteaga1857 lol

[@swagmoneybuge]

Sound of Perseverance but GOLD

[@faniecoetsee3172]

You could say the Hills have eyes

[@SofosProject]

Moral of the story: Magic is easy, the consequences are not.

[@ahmedamine24]

Just ask The VVitch.

[@IrvanQadri]

well, it's a curse so yeah

[@nightgazr]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of King Midas, the greedy?

[@mathunit1]

@@nightgazr Is it possible to learn this power?

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There are no consequences if I have nothing to lose

[@TheMrpotatoes1]

So, in theory the third scenario just makes earth soup? A bunch of animals and plants boiled in water? It would even be well seasoned.

[@androkguz]

Served in a platter of gold

[@GrimdourTheRampager]

best tasting soup, in a golden bowl... kinda.

[@kazzieOR]

a bit salty perhaps

[@kenobean]

All the salt would be gold

[@thebrushtooth8402]

It’s not a scenario it’s just God making soup

[@ReySilverskin]

Any discrepancies between the original myth and this interpretation can be easily explained with "Midas can't learn his lesson if the world is destroyed, so his gold touch only works on things the gods want it to work on." When you use science to analyze magic, it simply fights back with more magic.

[@okebedoke]

i like how this implies the world being destroyed would be perfectly fine as long as midas learns his lesson first

[@Toonrick12]

​@@okebedokeThat would be a very Greek god thing of them to do.

[@Taos169]

That is more science than this nerdy quantum physics book I'm reading.

[@MM126.90]

@@Toonrick12 But the gods like their sacrifices , so blowing up the world wouldn’t be entirely in their best interest

[@Baset_]

​@@MM126.90 but isn't that really the ultimate sacrifice? lolol

[@nerdtalk1789]

The moral of the story is, never underestimate Kurzegsats ability to turn any scenario, into the most gruesome end of the world story you can imagine

[@Pearlswin]

That i agree. I love the animation when i eat somthing but i will need a paper bag to breath after watching this . Anything or any scenario could kill u if kruzgazts is making a video

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Ikr, it even rivals What if, the master of apocalyptic scenarios!

[@neon-sphinxfoster5340]

and still make it sounds as wholesome and fun as possible too. It's the only channel I've found out that makes the apocalypse sound fun to learn about without freaking me out XD

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ditto

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Way to go Kurzgesagt, making a Greek mythology so realistic and cruel

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What i learned in this video: *"Gold is about 20 times denser than duck"*

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ur a teacher aka poopy head

[@WarpigCTS]

@@lolliii5477 I was about to make a comment about that ! "What can also float ?" ... "Ducks !" "Okay, so if we attach her to a duck and wood, and if she floats, then she is made of wood, which means ..." "SHE'S A WITCH !!!"

[@cheesyhfake1541]

@@lolliii5477 what

[@Eli-uu4vt]

But does it float like a duck?

[@cheesyhfake1541]

@@WarpigCTS i didn’t really get it

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"In one instant, Basically all of humanity gets smashed into red puddles' Happy, upbeat music in the background

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It’s like minecraft

[@mikelangelo3877]

Yea, that moment just made me laugh :D perfect combo noone expected :D :D

[@yahirhuerta4168]

Not gonna lie, suddenly floating for 10 minutes only to fall down on a very dense mineral sounds terrifying.

[@logan4844]

thatd kinda hit rn ngl

[@trashboat115]

Fr, n if u somehow survived ud be in pain for a while just to see more of the apocalypse unfold as you burn alive ☠️

[@sythosz1571]

I learned that MIdas' touch is less "get all the money you would ever want" and more "I can erase every trace of life on this planet if I sneeze too hard"

[@The_WhitePencil]

What's the point of having money if anything you buy with it turns into more money?

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@Ì Am ĶèvìñBB Shut off, not even a shut up because you don't deserve it

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He could also remove the economy. And plummet the price of gold

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It’s funny how to narrator is so calm in every scenario, he talks about humanity dying like it’s a normal occurrence like “yup they die again :)”

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It happened before. Mother Nature survived still. It will happen again, no doubt about it. So if ya know a thing or two about living things and the Earth's history, yeah it's a common occurrence.

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Welcome to the Kurzgesagt channel where everyone dies casually every other day

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I see that my wording makes me sound like I’m new to the channel... nope been here for 2-3 years so far (obviously no one will care but I’m putting this here before I get slapped with more welcomes)

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They probably use a text to speech software

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Pretty trippy ya ?

[@autum6764]

“Hey whats going on with the physics engine?” “The ducks are back at it... again...”

[@5daboz]

Its code has a duck in it.

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Unity has crashed Reason: Quack

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God dammit.

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*Lord Jesus died & rose again to free u from sin accept His Gift by faith*

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@@aaravyadav9906 ...

[@ObjectShowStudio]

6:23 “Which is a bad thing if you like living” Made my day

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My favorite quote: “Which is a bad thing if you like living”

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Reminds me of glados

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Ha! Jokes on them cause I hate it >:)

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@@Bernardoribei no

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Literally every one of Kurzgesact's videos has this quote

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"Everyone is dead, and then things get bad."

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"The atmospheric presser quadruples which is a bad thing if you like living" More proof that this show is pure gold Pun absolutely intended

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Science resumed in a single phrase

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[@teukukeanu3078]

"...Causing the duck to explode with the power of half a ton of tnt, and leaving a very dead midas" ... "This isn't a very good way for midas's power to work"

[@evanthegamer2658]

" So, what if midas' power was to rearrange the gold using the atoms? This is makes a funky gold with tiny microscopic gaps, which is progress.."

[@ronanhenderson4528]

I know right

[@yakb.7690]

I dont quite get why though..? the duck is mostly water and lighter elements so if those same atomes turn to gold how come they are suddenly too close to each other..?

[@markinipannini]

@yak B. because most stuff in our body is made from molecules, but when each atom turns into a gold atom the molecules fall apart releasing some energy and also gold atoms which are initially as close to each other as original atoms in the molecule were, are now much larger so they get violently pushed apart? I have no idea how they calculated what the energy of that explosion would be though...

[@yakb.7690]

@@markinipannini I read up on it now and not quite.. its just that gold atoms are much much larger than most of the atoms in the duck (water, helium) so if each of them swells up there is suddenly much less space available between the atoms. Now GOld is naturally denser than water but gold atoms are so much larger that it becomes too dense even for gold. Thats what threw me off originally

[@jefonespace5622]

7:38 its probably: "dont turn the world into gold for *science*"

[@spamtongspamton9900]

i learned that calling someone “gold” is a great insult since that means they’re 20x denser than a duck

[@jamesleduke873]

Okay, we can all go home. The internet has been won for today. We can all try again tomorrow.

[@PiePiellow]

Damm fella, you're gold

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

black hole is more powerful

[@nikitadutta3286]

Lmfaooooo I'm screaming 😭🤣😭🤣

[@anggeloleonardohurtadoravi4854]

amateurs. the best insult is your like the universe. beacuse it expands more and more everyday

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

What I learned: Being careless when modifying physics is probably a bad idea.

[@Ciro_Esposto]

SOUP

[@knopfir]

@@Ciro_Esposto S O U P

[@phoenixiscul]

What I learned: not using my Midas curse on the planet :-(

[@Catman_321]

What i learned: modifying physics is a bad idea in general

[@phoenixiscul]

@Asvo 777 YES

[@chester1882]

“Gold is 20x more dense than a duck” Citation needed

[@nickel36]

You uh.. you got a water bath and a duck?

[@lordythegreat88]

Yes, but does it float?

[@daringcuteseal]

Hmm

[@maknyc1539]

@@nickel36 ok

[@alexwang982]

Well, gold isn't a witch.

[@WhatWeSpend]

My son said he learned that we shouldn’t make the earth into gold. Thanks for the lesson.

[@despg]

Midas: *near a stone on the ground* Humanity: [softly] Don't.

[@randomshit688]

this is underrated

[@benjaminboonen8361]

"However, gold is very dense: about 20x denser than a duck" One of my favorite Kurzgezagt quotes

[@Bawn1990]

Good one

[@Flammifleure]

So we can conclude that gold is not a witch?

[@pleb0073]

"According to science, the moon is big and very massive"

[@Firemon6000]

And then the duck sounds afterwards. 😂

[@wesleystoltz8421]

​​@@FlammifleureWho are you good sir so wise in the ways of science.

[@technolousy2258]

It's funny how the narrator is saying "You would spatter on to the earth's surface like a water balloon, turning into a puddle on blood" with a calm voice, and lively music is being played in the backgroud

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@Ailsa Ni are you a bot

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That's exactly why a lot of "In a Nutshell out of context" videos exist!

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@@grandmacat406 most likely

[@Epicguy_101]

Lol u copied me and still got more likes. Well done! Hats off to u

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@@Epicguy_101 nah you just wrote very little

[@samarthr]

This is the first Kurzgesagt video I watched (a few years back) and it got me hooked. Its still my favourite video on this channel - there's something about it that makes it a really enjoyable watch. Can't exactly pinpoint what that is

[@blueikeabag]

“Gold is 20x denser than a duck” that’s the info I’m leaving this video with

[@maxximumb]

And ducks float; therefore a witch!

[@ronin3381]

@@maxximumb Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[@BP--]

Hmmm just turn the ocean into gold too.

[@skippy7301]

what does dense mean?

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Maxx B You were faster than me

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

One little detail I liked is that the water never turned to gold in the video. In the original myth, water was either a means of reverting the gold back into its original form or simply just the one thing immune to Midas' cursed blessing.

[@Ezzekiel73]

Funny, cause that’s not what happened in the Aladdin adaptation

[@kenconnelly773]

There was some kind of divine limiting agent in the original story. Midas danced on the earth barefoot and only the blades of grass turned to gold.

[@robinchesterfield42]

I think water was involved in reversing the curse in the Ducktales 2-parter, too.

[@gusanims]

Why is the water turning into gold in the thumbnail-

[@Abigail-hu5wf]

In the original myth, when Midas touched his daughter she turned to gold. Midas prayed to God to relieve him of his foolish wish, and he instructed Midas to take his daughter and wash her in the river. She came alive again and his curse was lifted. The water itself is just a symbol of the cleansing power of God, while the myth is specifically about the hubris of wishing for great wealth without regard for consequence. Water doesn't have magic powers in the story, it's all about God giving and taking away - the water is just symbolism, like the rest of it.

[@prathneo]

I learnt that Kurzgesagt uses cute birds to explain how we are going to die in darker and darker settings.

[@timothy7988]

oh dear

[@throkir1]

I perceived this setting as very.... bright. Almost like shiny gold...

[@rjtimmerman2861]

@@timothy7988 yes, and that's perfectly fine

[@voidblood2574]

yup, basically

[@tofuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

@@timothy7988 Why does it matter

[@mugiwaramochi]

This is one of my favorite videos, the results of earth being gold causing major danger everywhere is really interesting

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Kurzgesagt: You want Earth turn to gold? Anyone: Yes Kurzgesagt: *DIE*

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Correction: Kurzgesagt: You die off da

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[@SanderMalus]

"This is funky and doesn't explode, which is progress." - My favourite Kurzgesagt quote so far.

[@giovanniperalta9798]

I feel that's us humans when we invent something

[@randomytpstation3261]

what about "biggest anime betrayal" in a video about the life?

[@Fordeyyyyy]

In the world of Kurzgesagt, not exploding is definitely progress.

[@adithyaramesh5634]

Mine is,'No one knows and that's why we do science.'

[@randomytpstation3261]

@Manju Manju shut

[@gossiperzoroark9629]

“Almost all of humanity is squished in an instant” _Joyful music continues_

[@gabrieltona5833]

yes

[@specterknight0542]

I was like: aa what a good doom for us

[@realcucumberyt]

WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

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*Ode to Joy starts playing*

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This is my kind of entertainment.

[@su_el_paula]

Watching KGZ feels like magic! Those animation and smooth narration are simply beautiful and makes me feel amazed by everything in the video. And then, when you think 'Huh, nice theories', it hits you that they actually did all the math behind this

[@mateowang6570]

Kurzgesagt's answer in any KZbin video: "So basically, everyone dies."

[@Cyberdyne_research]

3 ppl have copied you in an hour and all of them have more likes. I'll never understand why people do this. It's very primitive behavior. Maybe we all should turn gold and blow up. We can't even respect each other, let alone the rock we live on.

[@isaach4296]

I came looking for copper and I found gold. Pun intended.

[@sebbes333]

Yes, and no. "Everyone dies" is just the short answer, the LONG answer is: "This is HOW everyone will die", and THAT is what makes this channel so great ;D

[@mountyania9321]

@@Cyberdyne_research Legends say you are still counting comments

as life is a concept of reaching death eventually

[@TheBasikShow]

The lesson is: if you’re granting a mortal magic gold-transformation powers, give them a maximum range.

[@mohitreddy8082]

Lol so true

[@blazingeek]

The almost viral spread of the gold is insane. The energy input required... 😂

[@alexd1559]

Also make it the explosion version so that the problem "solves" itself. A one time use sort of thing with a maximum range of say hmmm....one duck.

[@benjystrauss2524]

@@blazingeek Yeah, they didn't take that into consideration with E=mc^2

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

The one time the fay will say, "Dude . . . are you sure you want to phrase it that way?"

[@lukemills237]

The lesson here is that pre-scientific storytellers rarely stopped to think about the implications of the powers they were giving their characters.

[@gammarailgun5406]

> rarely ... you mean they did at _all?_ :V

[@Py687]

I mean according to another comment, the original Midas could turn grass blades to gold but not the actual earth. So I contend the real lesson is that pre-scientific myths were more aware of the implications than we realize! (jk of course...)

[@AlphaNinjaFTW1]

ahh yes cause post scientific storytellers have ALWAYS thought about the implications of the powers they were giving their characters.

[@Wilson907]

The irony here is that the entire point of the story of King Midas is about the implications of the power he had

[@dirtypure2023]

"Pre-scientific" storytellers were usually relating a moral, something practical or positive attitudes that people should think about and apply to their own lives and relationships. There's a lot more to life than just science.

[@ketchupstudios9070]

This was the first kurzgesagt vid i ever watched. Two years later, it’s still a banger 👌

[@Grandflea02]

Scenario 1: Everybody dies Scenario 2: Everybody dies Scenario 3: Everybody dies *Magic is a beautiful thing*

[@you.know_me]

✨Glorious indeed✨

[@fbiagent9666]

Answer: Dethrone the Grim Reaper

[@1amSam]

Ok but at least scenario 2 you get to fly for a bit

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

scenario 4: profit

[@Grandflea02]

@@1amSam true, that'd be fun for a while. Ynow, until you get smashed into a red puddle.

[@benjiusofficial]

"Gold is 22 times denser than a duck." Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?

[@PatricioHondagneuRoig]

From now on I'll expect the channel to measure density in ducks.

[@snacksnake7418]

Underrated comment

[@evantyler8647]

I guess that means gold is 22 times denser then wood as well

[@user-hc3kf6dw7n]

Probably some guy from a certain country where they certainly doesn't use metric units

[@createvideo561]

It's 20 times denser u r wrong;)-

[@KloPoon13]

Planet: **Literally turns into gold** The atmosphere: *Ight imma head out*

[@lookatthepicture4107]

Is more like: you have chosen death

[@Toastedletoast]

The atmosphere: imma go back to Mars, peace!

[@christianovibes4556]

so funny

[@janeharrowing8145]

@@Toastedletoast 1 million years later imma go make life

[@raccoon2276]

atmosphere pressure: ight imma head *in*

[@Enevixality]

The fact he puts so much detail into just a 9 minute animation

[@darthnerd4432]

Scenario 1: Death Scenario 2: Death Scenario 3: Death Sounds about right.

[@readysteadywhoa]

Well we won't know for sure until we try it!

[@pumpkin8222]

Jokes on you queen Elizabeth will walk of without a scratch

[@RodLandaeta]

It wouldn't be a kurzgesagt video if there is no existential threat :D

[@pumpkin8222]

@@Heilkromer shut up, she has some MILK

[@christopherg2347]

It is like a Prequell: It is not about where we end, only about the way we take to get there :)

[@lunaloo6971]

“this is funky and doesn’t explode, so...progress!” something about the way they phrased that is so funny to me lol

[@chronophagocytosis]

Lesson: Don't ask a genie to give you the Midas curse. No matter how the genie mischievously interprets the details of that wish, it's always going to be extremely catastrophic.

[@Dour888]

Funny part is that probably even a well intentioned and honest Genie would be hard pressed to grant your wish in a manner that dosen't have catastrophic consequences. Heck, even the oringinal curse taken at face value from the original story was indeed a *curse* and served as a cautionary tale

[@nicbarrax76]

Don't worry, I'm sure I'm special enough to come up with something that will benefit everyone. 😂

[@randoman8654]

@@nicbarrax76 you're going to come up with us all as the earth starts imploding because you touched it

[@fulviopontarollo2952]

@@Dour888 the only thing I can think of is limiting the power to the actual thing he touches instead of the whole, like if he falls he would turn only the grass and the soil he touches to gold instead of the whole world The problem of the possibility of the bloke having the idea of going mountaineering remains, but a lot of problems are quite more avoidable The real horrific thing would become how cruelly people touched by him would die, since with this new rule he would only turn the skin into gold

[@Dour888]

@@fulviopontarollo2952 or maybe limiting it to only singular and contigous objects/creatures.(if he touches sand, only the singular grains he touches would turn, if he touches a person, the clothes remain unturned and vice versa) But really the only true workaround would either be the wisher to specify that it must be controlled by will or the genie beign level headed and benevolent and choosing to interpret his wish that way even if the wisher didn't specify.

[@JamshidAliqulov-r5e]

I always try to watch your amaizing videos every day 2 or 3 times for each, and i can expand my knowledge about everything i am interested in. keep going

[@panzerofthelake4460]

someone: "Hmm, I wonder what would happen if--" Kurzgesagt: "Chaos, death and destruction, apocalypse from the deep sights of hell"

[@Savoic]

Legit

[@calvinscarvings.66]

B I R D S

[@scartyz762]

golden earth looks so cool

[@AnUnknownClone]

Nice copy and paste from the german version 😂

[@dominikjakistam7561]

But Kurzgesagt will survive

[@Name-co5qi]

humans: get splattered like water balloons music: *happiness noises*

[@JK-vp2ux]

But not if you were inside. Then you'd just fall down from the ceiling. (Assuming the building was still attached to the planet.) You'd have to wait for the next part of the disaster to kill you.

[@mountainc1027]

@@JK-vp2ux The ceiling is also moving at insanely fast speeds, so you'll still smash into the floor

[@Dexuz]

@@JK-vp2ux Say you're in a car going at 500 miles per hour. What would happen if it abruptly stopped mid race? You would get catapulted outside at that very speed. That's how inertia works.

[@bruhbro1181]

Proof the world has turned into 'gold' In circulation, There are $37 trillion, meaning abt 34.45 thousand cubic meters of gold, $1.2 quadrillion in cryptocurrencies. That is equal to 1.12 million cubic meters of gold, so world has 1.15 million cubic meters of gold, and Elon Musk's home is full of 'figurative gold'

[@randomnotes4258]

Hey I’m fine with that

[@rse_0122]

As soon as I saw only a duck explode with the force of half a ton of TNT I knew this wasn't going to end well.

[@wavelengths1728]

A very dead Midas

[@inhumanthoughts3509]

@@wavelengths1728 a very very dead everyone

[@blendyboi5023]

A very very very dead death

[@kiwithespaceperson5408]

A very dead grim reaper

[@JohnTheLadWasTaken]

A very dead world

[@AlexanderErickson-p9o]

the music for this is just so perfect, and I love the way the music slowly ramps up when everything slams into earth.

[@divyanshsingh5585]

Moral of the story: Don't ever let Midas stumble.

[@AubreyGal]

Just put some latex on that bad boy and we’ll be alright

[@irmgardhenneberger6195]

@oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop dont worry I wont

[@vaishnavisingh9244]

@oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop not going to :)

[@drkillalot2493]

So true

[@dabomb2564]

@oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop对不起，我不会说粤语 sorry I don't speak cantonese

[@daburgerbandit1598]

"This is funky, and doesn't explode, which is progress!"

[@Absenteeee]

Me on a good day

[@danielrelva]

Kurzgesat out of context part 6 is coming!

[@Theaksten]

My KSP rocket engineering motto.

[@SSP50505]

" I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. "

[@YEAHMAP]

It's unbelievable what kind of work you have put into the animation of the video!

[@subhashrimajhi4985]

Yeah he is just very Hardworking and Kind

[@novamystique7958]

@Ì Àm Ķēvïn BB okay....i hate u

[@newmemer8070]

Love your videos man!

[@landf3501]

Beautiful work.

[@ajitpawar1736]

Yoo

[@D-RAXball11]

Awesome as always!!

[@cyan2910]

Everyone: gets splattered Kurzgesagt: “and this is the start of our problems”

[@rommul1389]

Amogus

[@M_4C4z]

Amogus

[@devonsoto3573]

Amogus

[@manjuegazos4672]

Idk why but Amogus

[@lamardavisakald4438]

Amogus is cringe

[@vexits9143]

Cute baby duck: enjoying a soda Kurzgesagt: yeah actually just get compressed and cooked at the same time.

[@RustingSilver]

. . _______

[@yagzkerimcnar7356]

Yeah but I felt bad for it :(

[@RustingSilver]

Baby duck dying is unpog

[@ezrahadwi135]

@HackingEevee or probably halal 😅

[@user-rc8bb7yb1e]

*at the SAME TeIme

[@maimee1]

Lesson: Turn off physics when you do magic, else the results be catastrophic.

[@ujjwal7502]

Else you can't do magic

[@lihengfu7426]

Turn off science

[@kleinpferd]

But... if you turn off physics, how can we then still exist? We need gravity to stay on top of our precious earth surface. Without thermodynamics, we wouldn't be able to breath, get rid of excess heat energy, make food, congest food and so on. Mechanics and electromagnetism also also certainly handy for living as desired on earth. So, I assume you meant to only turn off certain parts of physics, but I don't know which you referred to. Please explain. Maybe then @Kurzgesagt could eventually make a video about that. :laugh:

[@anrye]

@@kleinpferd something flew over your head

[@acooks4968]

@@kleinpferd did you not get the joke

[@fibsh546]

The Genie: "HA! TRICKED YOU! MAYBE THIS WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON ABOUT GREED!" Midas: "watch this."

[@greenredblue]

Nobody: Kurzgesagt: _"Hey everybody we thought up yet another way to make a planet-sized bomb!"_

[@oscarwang7227]

“Yay” KZbin stock sound

[@jooabergstrom3697]

they made a black hole sized bomb made out of a black hole so why not

[@ricoparadiso]

*Lord Jesus died & rose again to free u from sin accept His Gift by faith*

[@oscarwang7227]

@@ricoparadiso what

[@devine9018]

"This is funky, and doesn't explode, which is progress." I want that on a T-shirt, a mug, a poster...

[@antlantis1234]

... a wall, a shoe, a window, a postcard...

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

“NOT explode?!!! What heresy is this?” - Elon Musk

[@niall7258]

you make it sound like the original version was a suicide vest

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

We want that shirt please get on it!

[@meganpinnington3166]

@Ì Am ĶèvìñBB you are the best KZbin ever :) (By the way I am not stupid I will not like your video to ‘annoy’ you)

[@annaelizabeth8909]

“This is funky, and doesn’t explode, so this is progress.” thanks for the graduation quote guys

[@cummiewummie6502]

Lol

[@apesing7477]

Bro you got 666 likes.... SIKE NOT ANYMORE BI****

[@arghpee]

seeing gore and dead birds in a kurzgesagt video is so grim lol

[@Enneamorph]

Kurzgesagt: gets backlash for a post Also Kurzgesagt: takes the backlash, finds the problem, fixes it, accepts the criticism, and is then grateful for it can we get some extra appreciation for them right quick

[@lampshade7235]

scientific revision at its damned best

[@pilchulkwak2804]

They’re goddamn saints man I love this channel

[@mathewwright4129]

Literally the best educational KZbin channel. I’ve got three of their posters and the year 12,021 calendar. Gotta support. Edit: OHH... And their App! Check it out it’s awesome.

[@imeann...]

@@mathewwright4129 their app is beeeeautiful

[@dreamingpichu2334]

YES

[@ysgramornorris2452]

One thing I learned: On top of being awful people, the gods of Olympus were dangerously stupid.

[@retosius7962]

you didn't learn this from any of the other myths?!

[@heatherrockwell9012]

Unless I misremember, this story is more about Midas himself being dangerously stupid than the god who granted his wish. (And not all of them are THAT bad- Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Artemis are practically cordial)

[@ultimateroyale5774]

So true

[@SalreixVonOtsuu]

@@heatherrockwell9012 >aphrodite see trojan war and a ton of other myths

[@heatherrockwell9012]

@@SalreixVonOtsuu Look, I'm comparing to people like Zeus and Hera here, the bar is low.

[@TimeBucks]

The people that wrote myths had no idea what they're doing

[@grasshoper3770]

?? Lol wut

[@oxnard_audit9923]

Do you know what you're doing?

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Well, it's a story from ancient Greece, it was just for fun and how the hell were they supposed to know the physics? Midas never turned the Earth into gold in the story anyway and probably couldn't.

[@teresagg9809]

@@ub3rfr3nzy94 I agree he probably couldn't. The earth's surface is not a homogenous solid. Each particle he touches would turn to gold. I don't think it would spread.

[@doubtalot8384]

a lot of whoosh here

[@NhiNguyen-tw2pi]

3:37 *plays happy music while everyone on earth is KABOOMing*

[@Wylyth-nr3hq]

If people are wondering how the third example can have liquid water despite the planet being lethally hot, its because at higher pressures water will remain liquid at higher temperatures than normal, and same thing with the reverse, lower pressures will have water boil at lower temperatures than normal. Mars is an example of the latter, which is why water will boil on Mars despite not reaching the normal boiling point of water. So, Golden Earth V3 is hot enough for no life to survive, but not hot enough to pass the boiling point threshold of that high pressure.

[@Oddi0]

I _was_ wondering about that, thanks!

[@jdotoz]

Plus water's specific heat is much higher than air's- there probably wouldn't be enough energy in the atmosphere to boil away even a lot of the water. Specific heat of water is 4x air at STP, and there is something like a thousand times as much mass in the oceans as in the atmosphere.

[@hangebza6625]

I just wonder why the water did not turn to gold as well. But thanks anyway :D

[@Jamesk6127]

Thanks!

[@srikarpappu6245]

The water should be gold

[@keithwallace5277]

"so, midas stumbles again" GOD DAMMIT MIDAS!!! NOT AGAIN!!!

[@merp9610]

LMFAO, best comment yet today

[@sbsheep]

Ok Midas, you can have the duck, but leave earth alone!

[@joshuaclark518]

🤣🤣

[@midasredding]

teehee, i'm such a klutz

[@keithwallace5277]

​@@midasredding Midas: TEHE 🤣🤣

[@williambrilliant1419]

The lesson was: Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it’s the super hot plasma that was once your atmosphere.

[@robinchesterfield42]

This comment definitely needs more likes. :)

[@TheSignatureK]

Only shooting stars break the mould.

[@JTS-Games]

S O M E B O D Y

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@TheSignatureK 😭😭😭🤣

[@mrmoneybagz]

This is hands down my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@ashleyheuser9936]

You've heard of Atlas Shrugged, now get ready for its devastating sequel: Midas Tripped

[@afrizaldaniswaraali8980]

What's that first thing?

[@tranquilclaws8470]

@@afrizaldaniswaraali8980 It is said that Atlas holds the world on his shoulders. Shrugging would imply the world was suddenly accelerated in the direction his shoulder pushed it, or worse yet, it gets dropped and shatters on the surface Atlas is standing on which I can't remember.

[@l1ghtd3m0n3]

@@afrizaldaniswaraali8980 Basically, an euphemism for an earthquake

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@tranquilclaws8470 it is also a very popular dystopian fiction book placed on par with ferenhieght 51 and 1984.

[@atlas3556]

*WHOMST HAS SUMMONED THE ALMIGHTY ONE?*

[@koru2374]

Viewer: What if the world turned to gold? Kurzgesagt: So basically, everybody dies.

[@xXDaneyDimes42069Xx]

True True

[@Cyberdyne_research]

Nobody.. absolutely nobody. Kurzgesagt: so basically, everything dies.

[@LucianCanad]

Short answer: you die. Long answer: it depends.

[@reallyWyrd]

To be fair, there *many* kinds of rapid change that would have the same end state.

[@zeffmalchazeen3429]

it's an oversimplification, but yes

[@darealbossman8020]

Well, I learnt something new: no matter the scenario, everyone dies.

[@ChuntyMcFist]

It's like WebMD for stoner science.

[@randumbstuf3817]

just jump lol

[@iiiivvvv9986]

Pun intended?

[@thegrouchization]

The universe in a nutshell, methinks.

[@JBDazen]

Life in a nutshell.

[@DrippyPootis]

3:55 I am glad they are including units of measurement for people who played minecraft.

[@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.]

TNT isn’t from minecraft

[@DrippyPootis]

@@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Ik, it was a joke

[@lishixin2673]

@@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[@innovationco.221]

"However Gold is very dense. About 20 times denser than a duck." - Kurzgesagt, 2021

[@d3fau1thmph]

Does that imply that rich people are dumb?

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

American measurements in a nutshell

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

“Quack.” -Duck, 2021

[@markchapman6800]

So it's not a witch, then.

[@tiedeman39]

@@TheFunniBaconMan But Kurzgesagt is German. So this is German measurements

[@reggiereggiesauce5755]

I was half expecting him to say ‘short answer, you die, long answer, it depends’

[@scionofdorn9101]

Incorrect, it's "Short answer: you die. Long answer: like this."

[@loganswims]

TED: let’s answer questions that people are always wondering about Kurzgesagt: let’s create scenarios that people will wonder about for a year, then explain it

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Don't forget about Half as Interesting.

[@anawesomepet]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 Everything almost no one wonders about.

[@sushi-mayo]

@@anawesomepet but is still mindblowing

[@ricoparadiso]

*Lord Jesus died & rose again to free u from sin accept His Gift by faith*

[@fallout3fan623]

Lets answer questions no one asked, and yet are fascinating

[@dustyagent]

This is so incredibly brilliant, the funniest thing on this side of evolution

[@mercuriallily]

Lesson: Midas should have wished for an element with 30% of the atomic weight of gold. Like maybe copper. Which is pretty useful and valuable too

[@filipwolffs]

I'd suggest tin. Bronze is expensive because tin is rare. If Midas had access to a virtually unlimited supply of tin he'd automatically be one of the most powerful and influential figures in history.

[@fionagibson7529]

In the modern world, if he went with chromium he could make a fortune with stainless steel and synthetic rubies! That’s much less dense than gold!

[@NOOBCRASTINATOR69]

Or he couldve wished for teddy bears... everything he touches becomes a squishy fluffy teddy bear!!

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@filipwolffs Unless he oversupplies the market.

[@datcap6289]

or he could’ve wished that everything he touches becomes loyal to him, could be used very well or very wrong... or y’know, something actually reasonable like wishing for his family and his children and him to have a good life? but that’s boooooorringgg.

[@AditiSingh-ie6fy]

"This is funky, and doesn't explode, which is a progress" *Chemists can relate*

[@creamymilk4857]

Lol

[@vedantgupta6956]

@@TheFalseShepphard uh, yeah? of course! every gen z likes *B E A N S*

[@aurias42]

"if you learned anything from this video, let us know, because we're not sure." I absolutely love the direction this channel has taken. Strange hypotheticals but with good maths. Fantastic and hilarious.

[@kevinzhang5983]

only kurzgesagt can turn any fucking random topic into literally an education masterpiece.

[@TotalSkeptic]

I still like Rick and Morty better.

[@mathewwright4129]

@@TotalSkeptic Lol they are kinda similar in a way. Kurzgesagt is still my top pick though.

[@TotalSkeptic]

@@mathewwright4129 actually, I don't believe they're similar at all. I like my nonsense straightforward. This is nonsense with math attached. But don't get me wrong, I do love the math!

[@kirill429]

I disagree

[@Dcook85]

Mythical Character: "I can touch anything and turn it to gold!!" Everyone: "WoooHooo!" Scientists: "Oh God, please.........no".

[@kokucat]

What about the air?

[@bionicleapple1254]

@@kokucat well, if air molecules count to be converted to gold, the entire air inside the Earth's atmosphere would turn gold, encasing everything in. People have air inside them, so they would have all of the air inside them turn into gold, which would probably damage the organs, make the person extremely heavy, and leave them with no air. The best place to be during that would be underwater and praying the golden atmosphere doesn't fall on you. Probably other funky stuff would happen both to the Earth and to humans but I'm not a scientist, so I wouldn't know. So yeah, Midas better stay dead or have no curse stuff.

[@Nejvyn]

Other possibility: since air isn't a solid, the Midas touch only works on the air molecules that Midas touches directly. That means as soon as the curse starts, gold dust starts to trickle down from every body part that's cursed. If Midas' whole body surface has this property, he'll die in a few minutes from asphyxiation since he's only breathing gold dust. When he passes out and drops to the floor, he touches it and Gold Apocalypse ensues.

[@zpydd_]

you two really made midas touch worse

[@bionicleapple1254]

@@zpydd_ yeah lol, but I think Nejvyn's explanation was better, I didn't think about the air molecules being fairly far away from each other. If Midas' finger was the only body part cursed it wouldn't be that bad, only gold dust would fall from Midas' fingers. If everywhere on Midas' body is cursed, he would basically be the first one to die, and if by sheer luck he wasn't standing on any earth material, we might not have much of a problem

[@kiwithespaceperson5408]

Midas: **trips** The Earth: now set your oven to 400°F

[@kiwithespaceperson5408]

If you hear screaming, that's normal

[@elextroblaze]

"Aw dang it, I forgot to preheat it"

[@kiwithespaceperson5408]

@@elextroblaze no.... Global warming IS the preheat

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

@@kiwithespaceperson5408 u mean my oven has microscopic primates that’s are heating my oven for me? How insightful of them.

[@kiwithespaceperson5408]

@@afailureofaanimator6744 You can help them by commiting arson to your home

[@josiahlee2098]

“Leaving only gold dust and a very dead Midas. This is clearly not a good way for Midas power to work” 🤣 the neutral voice always makes these kinds of these hilarious

[@callummcneill6266]

IKR?

[@Mooondoggy]

British Understatement is one of our proudest traditions

[@Vatharian]

It turned out to be the safest outcome...

[@SeamusDonohueEVEOnline]

@@Vatharian Scenario 1 Fatalities: 1 duck, 1 Midas Scenario 2 and 3 fatalities: Everyone

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I imagine the outtakes are full of laughter.

[@ianwashere12345]

good job it was really interesting!!!!😄

[@thelibrarianarchive]

Can we appreciate that they took the time to fix something that they didn’t even have to because they just wanted to do it for fun? Props to these guys

[@princehawkins5245]

@@Lacktoes900 no he meant about the video

[@HassanAhmed-rf9xr]

@@Lacktoes900 oh im religious an i believe in evolution just not all of it

[@TheMieraEra]

The

[@TheMieraEra]

The

[@michalinaklimas5617]

@@HassanAhmed-rf9xr How can you believe in only a part of evolution?

[@craigbryant3191]

Kurzgesagt: What if the world turned into gold? Me: Is that, like, a *risk?*

[@hassassinator8858]

Anything is a risk when Kurzgesagt gets involved.

[@zenu8830]

@@hassassinator8858 lol so true

[@MayZen141]

You added an extra t

[@darkened666death]

I was worried when I saw this in my news feed at first. 👀 I thought "oh god... This probably means Covid developed this weird ass property that turns everything into gold..."

[@timtsai9285]

"yo what's the density of gold?" -About 20 ducks I'd say

[@omgamuslim]

So 20 zeros give us ow much gold?

[@BlueMiaou]

@BananasForScale

[@najimi41]

sounds american

[@ronron208]

Another addition for Imperial system measurement?

[@arthurwilmer3536]

@@najimi41 KKkkkkkkkkkkkk omg so true man, so true

[@QUEfrang]

2:16 the best kurz quote