Can You Drink With a Hydrophobic Straw?

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  • I check if it is possible to drink with a super hydrophobic straw. I show some weird effects with the straw.
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  • @panqueque445
    @panqueque445 3 года назад +12845

    I love how this channel answers the questions I didn't know I wanted answered.

    • @ald.ackleyvisd6194
      @ald.ackleyvisd6194 3 года назад +38

      Same here. The Vulcan mind-meld

    • @jungleaxe8102
      @jungleaxe8102 3 года назад +15

      agreed

    • @Reddblue
      @Reddblue 3 года назад +74

      This man creates answers before problems

    • @eppssilon
      @eppssilon 3 года назад +3

      @panqueque445 I recognize that profile picture from a discord friend, where is that from ?

    • @sanuiii
      @sanuiii 3 года назад +12

      Fellow Cat vape

  • @SrikarMaddula
    @SrikarMaddula 3 года назад +5654

    People: Scared when he was working around Fumed Silica without a mask
    Him: Let me drink through Fumed Silica

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK 3 года назад +348

      he's kinda crazy sometimes

    • @vivanjaiswal1039
      @vivanjaiswal1039 3 года назад +177

      @@THESLlCK "kinda" being the keyword

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK 3 года назад +218

      @@vivanjaiswal1039 I would say the keyword is crazy, he could die from inhalation OR ingestion by doing that

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK 3 года назад +149

      @Luke Gilson All I can say is I'm happy he's still with us

    • @lunaticbseker
      @lunaticbseker 3 года назад +182

      @Luke Gilson He is a good example of built different

  • @amyisaway7800
    @amyisaway7800 3 года назад +3772

    i read this as homophobic straw and was like "damn technology is advancing"

  • @terrenusvitae
    @terrenusvitae 3 года назад +6722

    I can't belive we're condoning hydrophobia in this day and age.

    • @asu_meii
      @asu_meii 3 года назад +646

      Ikr, water deserves rights too

    • @thatotherandrew_
      @thatotherandrew_ 3 года назад +611

      Get your "waiting for the person who misses the joke" ticket here!

    • @logitchy
      @logitchy 3 года назад +24

      @@asu_meii picme 💀

    • @gannonruby1119
      @gannonruby1119 3 года назад +15

      This is funny

    • @chiralvandal
      @chiralvandal 3 года назад +18

      Old Yeller agrees.

  • @Daulity
    @Daulity 3 года назад +3594

    “Can you drink through a homophobic straw?” -My Friend.

    • @psychoduck4264
      @psychoduck4264 3 года назад +36

      maybe

    • @Cec1nator
      @Cec1nator 3 года назад +638

      as long as you say no homo before sucking

    • @dagoosetm3299
      @dagoosetm3299 3 года назад +99

      @@Cec1nator NOOOOOO

    • @ZakWlak
      @ZakWlak 3 года назад +66

      3:41 there's your answer.

    • @pedroleal1078
      @pedroleal1078 3 года назад +35

      This has nothing to do with your comment, but I havent changed my pfp for years and its ironic that u have the same one

  • @kazuuedits3808
    @kazuuedits3808 3 года назад +314

    Teacher: Don’t touch the hybrophobic gel!!
    Me: Alright *touches it*
    Teacher: Why would you do that!?!
    Me: It’s alright I’ll just wash it off….. oh.

  • @splitsee2526
    @splitsee2526 3 года назад +3494

    At this point, the next video would be titled: "Can you eat a hydrophobic burger under water?"

    • @transgenderism.isreal
      @transgenderism.isreal 3 года назад +118

      I need this to be a video

    • @zzztriplezzz5264
      @zzztriplezzz5264 3 года назад +15

      @Hefty Pancake obviously…

    • @VillagerManDude
      @VillagerManDude 3 года назад +163

      @@zzztriplezzz5264 The real challenge is eating it without drowning

    • @jaffil4026
      @jaffil4026 3 года назад +21

      @@VillagerManDude take a bite breath and breathe

    • @OZZY9669
      @OZZY9669 3 года назад

      That's what I was gonna say lmao

  • @Astromath
    @Astromath 3 года назад +1801

    "It makes anything that it touches hydrophobic."
    _Touches it with his fingers_
    *He obviously doesn't want to wash his hands anymore*

    • @roxxonsnowball8146
      @roxxonsnowball8146 3 года назад +32

      If you touch hydrophovic and u cant get rid of it you must wash your hands but

    • @qpSubZeroqp
      @qpSubZeroqp 3 года назад +104

      Just put your hands in a vacuum. Problem solved 😂

    • @GS-td3yc
      @GS-td3yc 3 года назад +15

      @@roxxonsnowball8146 He need to wash it with some thing than water

    • @Astromath
      @Astromath 3 года назад +8

      I don't even know; can you get it off with soap?

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 3 года назад +84

      @@Astromath yea, you can use soap. I had to mess with hydrophobic coatings in labs before. Washing your hand with just water does nothing. It'll feel clean for a little while (because I just got some on my hand, not completely coated) but after awhile you'll feel it on you again. Soap with water works though.

  • @moretrenmoreben2523
    @moretrenmoreben2523 3 года назад +471

    Imagine this being applied on a water slide 😃

    • @eti4256
      @eti4256 3 года назад +49

      I was thinking the same thing. Imagine how fast the ride would be.

    • @wonderinart8429
      @wonderinart8429 3 года назад +21

      I could finally use a slip-and-slide!

    • @Sebastian-rf1hz
      @Sebastian-rf1hz 3 года назад +86

      The water would go down fast, but for you it would feel like the slide is dry I suppose.

    • @utribal5258
      @utribal5258 3 года назад +55

      The slide would probably be bone dry and hurt like hell with swim clothing

    • @geomettrix3875
      @geomettrix3875 3 года назад +13

      @@eti4256 are you some sort of water lifeform? last time I checked we are quite dry on the outside. just like my humor.

  • @xW01F
    @xW01F 3 года назад +2799

    *boat sinking*
    "We have no life rafts"
    *pulls our fumed silicate*
    "We do now"

    • @oceania5831
      @oceania5831 3 года назад +6

      Lol

    • @afez2752
      @afez2752 3 года назад +98

      Wouldn't that make it sink faster, as there would be no bouyant force?

    • @ilyte1
      @ilyte1 3 года назад +63

      @@afez2752 so you're telling me that being pushed away from water pulls you into water

    • @MlorenDraymeer
      @MlorenDraymeer 3 года назад +120

      @@ilyte1 No, the water is pushed away from the boat leaving a cavity underneath so the boat falls down

    • @redtoxic8701
      @redtoxic8701 3 года назад +122

      @@afez2752 I guess action lab needs to do another experiment

  • @ZipplyZane
    @ZipplyZane 3 года назад +2270

    It's weird how, even knowing you just added red coloring to the water, I kept imagining it being flavored when you sucked it up, and sticky otherise.

    • @tsukinomiweasel551
      @tsukinomiweasel551 3 года назад +105

      Humming bird instincts

    • @kerbosplat5119
      @kerbosplat5119 3 года назад +36

      Kool aid

    • @operaaahhh
      @operaaahhh 3 года назад +14

      @@BlueHat1 I read that as color-
      But I believe it doesn't, and if it does it's very mild and probably gets diluted

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад +17

      @@BlueHat1 nope that’s flavoring

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад +9

      @@BlueHat1 both are used for Color but one is specifically for color

  • @fleentstones117
    @fleentstones117 3 года назад +103

    Realistically I know that no additional air can get into the submerged part of the straw meaning it obviously would still work as a straw. But dammit if this man didn't have me second guessing myself because of his whacky as science shenanigans.

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 3 года назад +7

      I think the theory is the air could go down the outside of the straw, around the bottom and up the inside wall. I'm not sure why it didn't work that way.

    • @patrickhector
      @patrickhector 3 года назад +4

      @@chaos.corner ig it's less because it's hydrophobic, and more that it's air-phillic? The air sticks to the straw, and isn't able to move freely- this air barrier also prevents the water from touching the straw, it just slips along the stuck air.
      Something like that anyway.

    • @jawa6306
      @jawa6306 3 года назад +6

      Ok, so here's the thing, it probably wouldn't matter much if air got into the straw as he was using it, so long as he could maintain a ΔP great enough for atmospheric pressure to overcome the gravity of the water.
      When using a straw, you don't "suck" liquids through. Instead, you remove air inside the straw lowering the pressure enough to allow the atmosphere to "push" the liquid up through the straw. This is also why siphons work.
      You can prove this by picking up a small roll of 1/4" vinyl tubing at your local hardware store. Take a bucket of water and place one end of the tube in the bucket. With both ends of your "straw" at similar heights, you can easily pull water through the long tube and drink from it just as you would a regular straw.
      However, if you get up on a ladder some 10-15 feet above your bucket, you will find that no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to draw water through the straw. This is because the force of gravity on the column of water (static water pressure is measured only by height, not volume) is too much to overcome using just the net pressure difference of the air inside the straw.

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 2 года назад

      @@jawa6306 I think you mean 33.8 feet

  • @1FatLittleMonkey
    @1FatLittleMonkey 3 года назад +2374

    Seeing you inhaling through something coated with fumed silica made my lungs itch.

    • @mathiasvv7072
      @mathiasvv7072 3 года назад +265

      yeah i was thinking the same thing, silicosis is a nasty thing

    • @aetius31
      @aetius31 3 года назад +293

      silica fume is mainly non crystalline so he will be ok, I bet you do more harm to your lung when you go to the beach on a windy day.

    • @loading8452
      @loading8452 3 года назад +15

      @@turnerfore930 yeah why wouldn’t you it lets you live

    • @inevitablesound7465
      @inevitablesound7465 3 года назад +2

      @@loading8452 his emphasis was on singular

    • @1FatLittleMonkey
      @1FatLittleMonkey 3 года назад +167

      @@aetius31 Good info. Prompted me to check and it has been explicitly researched, mainly for workers exposed to high levels over their careers. Fumed silica is an irritant, but doesn't appear to cause silicosis or increase lung cancer risks.

  • @sans4life315
    @sans4life315 3 года назад +3212

    Everybody gangsta till he makes himself hydrophobic and gose to the bottom of the ocean

    • @geoman265.
      @geoman265. 3 года назад +167

      I mean, you wouldn't drown...

    • @sheebababy6607
      @sheebababy6607 3 года назад +37

      @@geoman265. exactly

    • @gwamhurt
      @gwamhurt 3 года назад +282

      If you leapt into the ocean in a set of hydrophobic scuba gear you would literally fall through it to the bottom. Possibly the pressure might overcome the hydrophobia at some point, but given the cavitations you'd leave above your fall it might literally not catch up to you in order to put that pressure above you actually ON you. Hard to say, I'm far from an expert.

    • @pointlessprocrastination
      @pointlessprocrastination 3 года назад +157

      @Geoman265 He would drown, this is because the oxygen in the air barrier around him would deplete and he would die of asphyxiation

    • @geoman265.
      @geoman265. 3 года назад +111

      @@pointlessprocrastination Technically, that wouldn't be drowning, since he wouldn't be inhaling water.

  • @nindoninshu
    @nindoninshu 3 года назад +96

    This is part of the 1% of people who actually remember how to use stem science from their science fairs

  • @rhirhisax
    @rhirhisax 3 года назад +842

    "They have almost no friction going through there, so they just shoot out he end!"
    Me: :turns to the left to look at my waterslide plans:
    *hmm*

    • @JNJNRobin1337
      @JNJNRobin1337 3 года назад +31

      Wait Are Regular Waterslides Not Hydrophobic?

    • @rhirhisax
      @rhirhisax 3 года назад +23

      @@JNJNRobin1337 Haha nope

    • @Eiferius
      @Eiferius 3 года назад +73

      @@JNJNRobin1337 i think the problem is, that the water doesnt lube the slide anymore, meaning that if you tried sliding down, you just would sit on the dry slide, while water is flowing besides you. You need the water to reduce the friction between yourself and the slide.

    • @whylivelife
      @whylivelife 3 года назад +2

      Oh wow-😯

    • @abdisaniini
      @abdisaniini 3 года назад +53

      @@Eiferius So what your saying is that we need to replace the water with lube!

  • @eugenes9751
    @eugenes9751 3 года назад +2701

    Please don't breathe fumed silica, that's how you get silicosis. You've got a perfectly good vacuum pump.

    • @rdizzy1
      @rdizzy1 3 года назад +392

      I think this is treated hydrophobic aggregated fumed silica, not the same as just breathing fumed silica, once it sets around another object, it locks into place, the rest of the particles will fall away. If it fell away like this, they wouldn't use it in so many tubes for consumer products, as it would just all fall off and be useless in production after an extremely short period of time, but it doesn't , it stays attached to the tubes.

    • @jackriley77
      @jackriley77 3 года назад +82

      What’s fumed silica and what’s silicosis

    • @blank8969
      @blank8969 3 года назад +166

      nono, you're thinking of silicosis. silicosis is the condition where your spine is misaligned.

    • @jackriley77
      @jackriley77 3 года назад +374

      @@blank8969 that’s scoliosis

    • @jmicwiggle
      @jmicwiggle 3 года назад +54

      @@blank8969 WHAT

  • @erikjohnson5608
    @erikjohnson5608 3 года назад +32

    Congratulations on solving air lock in a closed conduit system… I’d go get a utility patent

    • @DeathmetalPersian
      @DeathmetalPersian 3 года назад +8

      exactly what I was thinking. If it isn't already a patented technology than its a gold mine waiting to be taken advantage of. Someone out there must be manufacturing hydrophobic tubes / wires.

    • @xethified
      @xethified 2 года назад

      It's definitely not commonly available on the market so there might be something in this.

  • @jdudeoes
    @jdudeoes 3 года назад +977

    *makes myself hydrophobic and jumps into the ocean*
    "Reality can be whatever I want"

    • @lazyer0511
      @lazyer0511 3 года назад +66

      "Gravity is a harness."

    • @DeathmetalPersian
      @DeathmetalPersian 3 года назад +34

      You will cave to pressure in more ways than one

    • @TheFinagle
      @TheFinagle 3 года назад +6

      ruclips.net/video/GcdB5bFwio4/видео.html heres what would really happen

    • @jdudeoes
      @jdudeoes 3 года назад +11

      @Bunny Fluff Dabu but not of drowning

    • @O_Ciel_Phant0mhive
      @O_Ciel_Phant0mhive 3 года назад

      @@jdudeoes is that better ? what type of question smh.

  • @LaMelon
    @LaMelon 3 года назад +469

    next video: making myself hydrophobic and seeing if i can breathe underwater
    edit: guys it's a joke... I get that it doesn't work that way lol

    • @user-gc6tg5qx9h
      @user-gc6tg5qx9h 3 года назад +22

      Maybe F L O A T

    • @yelbydd8952
      @yelbydd8952 3 года назад +9

      Underrated comment

    • @michealtm
      @michealtm 3 года назад +30

      you're onto something! Truth is, judging by this experiment, you won't breathe, and when they make you hydrophobic, your mouth and potentially other holes would shoot water and blood out like a waterfall, till you lose all liquid from your body.

    • @yelbydd8952
      @yelbydd8952 3 года назад +11

      @@michealtm Plus, putting that aside you'd have to make the entire inside of your lungs hydrophobic, otherwise water will easily find its way in

    • @eddycolon1986
      @eddycolon1986 3 года назад +3

      Come here you little piece of.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Not_Bage
    @Not_Bage 3 года назад +1161

    Everyday, water faces discrimination together we can stop this.

    • @Foxttellio
      @Foxttellio 3 года назад +59

      Everyday, water gets bullied. It gets sucked up and then dropped again over land,
      Together we can stop this!

    • @laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587
      @laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 3 года назад +34

      text STOP to 8564

    • @whats_tungsten9178
      @whats_tungsten9178 3 года назад +30

      i’d have enough of these hydraphobes WLM water lives matter

    • @hank561
      @hank561 3 года назад +44

      I am a water racist...... I don't give a damn about what happens to water lives.... Water lives are slaves......I preach the idea of solid state supremacy......

    • @felixmylove0325
      @felixmylove0325 3 года назад +17

      as a fellow water, i agree that hydrophobia must stop!! please stop being hydrophobic to us waters! we have feelings too!!!

  • @WirelessSushi
    @WirelessSushi 3 года назад +603

    The water seems to be pissed off when you put it in the hydrophobic straw

  • @danielburgess7101
    @danielburgess7101 3 года назад +23

    You have a great ability to pose a question to me that I had never even nearly considered, then make me curious about the answer at the same time.

  • @zackshrigley
    @zackshrigley 3 года назад +726

    Please be careful inhaling through something coated in fumed silica.

    • @emilysilkart
      @emilysilkart 3 года назад +68

      @Lukas Zieba easy pneumonia cure, coat alveoli with fumed silica cough out water

    • @TheRealMirCat
      @TheRealMirCat 3 года назад +60

      @@emilysilkart "New contraceptive. Gynecologist hate him!"

    • @HarnaiDigital
      @HarnaiDigital 3 года назад +6

      How is Fumed Silica Made?

    • @theserious-ly476
      @theserious-ly476 3 года назад

      @Lukas Zieba lmaoo

    • @arkesh110
      @arkesh110 3 года назад +1

      @@HarnaiDigital search RUclips or Google

  • @kentheparasiticwatermelon5046
    @kentheparasiticwatermelon5046 3 года назад +618

    If he was my science teacher I would love science and school even more
    Edit:I said they instead of he for the people who asked what I said earlier my bad

  • @gamerxxgamer6723
    @gamerxxgamer6723 3 года назад +26

    I love how the intro is always "Hey everyone Today im going to show you"
    on every video he uploads.

  • @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189
    @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 3 года назад +532

    Man...this stuff would definitely kill a wet T-shirt contest.

    • @travisnorton9288
      @travisnorton9288 3 года назад +55

      I would love to see this as a prank where no matter how hard they try it will never get wet 😂

    • @menkaragamble8175
      @menkaragamble8175 3 года назад +6

      Sounds like marriage

    • @mitchellbarton7915
      @mitchellbarton7915 3 года назад +7

      Or make an incredible prank at one. Draw pictures in the hydrophobic stuff in their shirt and see the chaos unfold after they're wet.

    • @aphr0d
      @aphr0d 3 года назад +1

      menkara gamble someone is bitter

    • @mitchellbarton7915
      @mitchellbarton7915 3 года назад +1

      @@menkaragamble8175 lol maybe yours

  • @StefanFritz23
    @StefanFritz23 3 года назад +343

    "so I got contacted by a physicist that works on Higgs Boson measurements" (no big deal)

    • @ald.ackleyvisd6194
      @ald.ackleyvisd6194 3 года назад +3

      very cool

    • @adrianrybarczyk7902
      @adrianrybarczyk7902 3 года назад +6

      Yep, they try to contact with me all the time, i had to mobe most of their emails to spam folder, theh schuld finnaly stop writing to strangers.

    • @ald.ackleyvisd6194
      @ald.ackleyvisd6194 3 года назад +2

      The most I've ever done is take part in a project we had in a university nuclear Physics class where we ran an experiment using a cyclotron.

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 3 года назад +5

    1:54 its like a slide for water!

  • @TonyHammitt
    @TonyHammitt 3 года назад +138

    I assume that fumed silica isn't safe to breathe in...

    • @notyou2353
      @notyou2353 3 года назад +9

      Or ingest.

    • @notyou2353
      @notyou2353 3 года назад +2

      @Jay Smith You don't go ingesting toothpaste, mostly because of the fluoride.
      Saying it's in toothpaste isn't a very good endorsement for it being okay to drink.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 3 года назад +2

      @Jay Smith Well... being used in products doesn't mean it is safe nor dangerous. Water is used in production of plastics and in nuclear reactors. Doesn't make it dangerous. Mercury is used on some vaccines, doesn't mean it is safe. Everything can be safe in small enough dose (albeit very very tiny for some) or dangerous at high enough dosage.
      In the wikipedia article you linked, "fumed silica can easily become airborne, making it an inhalation risk, capable of causing irritation."
      So yes, fumed silica can be a health hazard, particularly for your respiratory system. Sucking a straw coated with fumed silica thus isn't a healthy thing to do.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 3 года назад +2

      @Jay Smith Well I don't think this was a necessary risk. While fumed silica isn't inherently toxic, the fine particles does pose a risk, especially when sucking it up with a straw. A hand pump, or something similar to create a suction would be sufficient without actually sucking up fumed silica. Same applies for any fine particles in general, don't mean to claim fumed silica as inherently toxic btw. Any small particulate is a potential health hazard.

    • @jacksonandbowenwatch4163
      @jacksonandbowenwatch4163 3 года назад

      @@notyou2353 i do

  • @shivambulsara8509
    @shivambulsara8509 3 года назад +203

    I have a perfect real-world application for this, *A WATER SLIDE!*

    • @57F100
      @57F100 3 года назад +17

      That would be sick

    • @N3onDr1v3
      @N3onDr1v3 3 года назад +53

      @@57F100 *slick

    • @SWTH71
      @SWTH71 3 года назад +38

      Idk if that would work very well because your butt would still come in contact with the slide but with less water to lubricate

    • @57F100
      @57F100 3 года назад +12

      @@SWTH71 good theory. I wanna see the slide irl to see if it would work.

    • @ahmetikbal8652
      @ahmetikbal8652 3 года назад +20

      It won't work. You would probably scrape your ass through because you need a little bit of water to stick to slide and create a cushion for you to slide across.

  • @heinrichschultze6720
    @heinrichschultze6720 3 года назад +8

    This Channel really is just the
    “I dont need sleep, i need answers” meme

  • @roadent217
    @roadent217 3 года назад +169

    The way water drips out of the hydrophobic straw in droplets reminds me of the blue and orange paint in Portal 2.

    • @ImAchlys
      @ImAchlys 3 года назад +7

      Bro hear me out
      Remember that mobile game where you had to get water to shower the crocodile called “where’s my water?”
      Its just that

    • @laflammechristophe4548
      @laflammechristophe4548 3 года назад

      @@ImAchlys swampy?

    • @laflammechristophe4548
      @laflammechristophe4548 3 года назад

      @@ImAchlys i just reinstalled it.😂😂

    • @ImAchlys
      @ImAchlys 3 года назад +1

      @@laflammechristophe4548 YES hahaha
      This is just irl swampy

  • @extramedium4389
    @extramedium4389 3 года назад +239

    Prediction: it will go up but wont touch the inside edges
    Edit: I think i was a little off

  • @Zolbat
    @Zolbat 3 года назад +10

    This could have quite a good use in liquid cooling, where air pockets impact the performance. The coating could direct the air pockets to a designated area to drain it.

  • @Filipcorobivblenderi
    @Filipcorobivblenderi 3 года назад +166

    imagine being physicist that is a magician at the same time. I need those cards

    • @bradbrandon2506
      @bradbrandon2506 3 года назад +12

      That would make you a physician!

    • @legohexman2858
      @legohexman2858 3 года назад

      Wizards are high tier physisicts

    • @lord_khufu
      @lord_khufu 3 года назад

      Wizards are basically physicists on potion.

  • @maneater901
    @maneater901 3 года назад +130

    Imagine being hydrophobic in 2021, especially during pride month SMH

    • @aarohansharma4551
      @aarohansharma4551 3 года назад +3

      Ugh man, bad joke booooooooooooopo

    • @mckenziekeith7434
      @mckenziekeith7434 3 года назад +28

      It's no laughing matter. Hydrosexual people are just like the rest of us. They want to be respected and live their lives and not constantly face persecution and snide jokes just because they love water.

    • @ntl5983
      @ntl5983 3 года назад +6

      It must suck.

    • @speeedycuber
      @speeedycuber 3 года назад +2

      @@mckenziekeith7434 Yes, I agree

    • @vlucas6134
      @vlucas6134 3 года назад

      Lmfao

  • @illusion-xiii
    @illusion-xiii 3 года назад +9

    When he was pulling the water up through the straw and bringing the straw up out of the cup, you could see that the air current was affecting the water in the straw, and even making it rise up a little before it fell out. So theoretically, if he sucked hard enough, the air current could probably become strong enough to pull the liquid through the straw through the friction of the air's movement alone. However I wouldn't recommend that, since once the water reached the end, it would probably shoot down his throat most unpleasantly.

  • @daesplays8737
    @daesplays8737 3 года назад +232

    I was not the only one who read "Can you drink with a homophobic straw?", right?

  • @mbuyelo7131
    @mbuyelo7131 3 года назад +319

    never thought I'd see a homophobic straw in my lifetime.

    • @FeeshCTRL
      @FeeshCTRL 3 года назад +23

      Aquaphobic. It really hates water. Like *REALLY* hates water. *LOATHES* it even.

    • @fifervonpiper6707
      @fifervonpiper6707 3 года назад +13

      @@FeeshCTRL Androphobic. It really hates men. Like *REALLY* hates men. *LOATHES* it even.

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 года назад +3

      @@fifervonpiper6707 they just like me fr

    • @sethreign8103
      @sethreign8103 3 года назад +4

      This is a toxic part of youtube 😕

    • @mattymcpattys1617
      @mattymcpattys1617 3 года назад

      @@sethreign8103 fr

  • @coderdbd
    @coderdbd 3 года назад +21

    So, in summary: "Yes, and also buy these cards." Damn, that was one long ad.

    • @pedrojuan8050
      @pedrojuan8050 3 года назад +1

      At least it wasn't a 10 minute over stretched video.

  • @thebetterterrablade809
    @thebetterterrablade809 3 года назад +606

    This notification is one of the few that caught my attention IMMEDIATELY.

  • @m_j_r
    @m_j_r 3 года назад +258

    I’d like to see if it increased/decreased the pressure required for drinking. Also, is it cleaner than a non hydrophobic straw?

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 3 года назад +2

      Do you really think this guy care about what you want to see?
      He doesn't even knows the difference between a straw and a plumbing tube... lol

    • @3dguy299
      @3dguy299 3 года назад +53

      @@Reth_Hard do you think anyone cares about your comment?
      Get off the internet, your opinion has as much worth as a wet notebook

    • @suleimanismaeil7484
      @suleimanismaeil7484 3 года назад +15

      @@3dguy299 what a comment im going to steal this if u were to be so kind

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 3 года назад +13

      @@Reth_Hard I haven't seen a transparent straw yet and it being transparent is very important for filming. Also, straw is a much more common word and sucking a liquid through a straw is much more familiar to most people than sucking a liquid through a tube. It makes a lot of sense to use the word because attracts more viewer that way.

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 3 года назад +2

      @@Kenionatus
      I know what you mean but don't tell me this is a "regular straw"! And also, are you removing your straw from your cup when you're drinking something like he does in the video? I don't think so!

  • @themarlboromandalorian
    @themarlboromandalorian 3 года назад +6

    Ok.
    Now look into hydrophobic bearings as a form of frictionless bearings.
    I'm curious about the longevity of the thing, and how it'll handle heat tolerances.

    • @sirascaron
      @sirascaron 3 года назад +1

      A hydrophobic object is only "frictionless" in water. I don't know what bearings you are talking about, but if it's something like ball bearings, then having them covered in a powder like fumed silica is gonna ruin them pretty quickly.

  • @rxyan_
    @rxyan_ 3 года назад +108

    Next can you swim with hydrophobic layer on your skin

    • @Daniel-eu9sb
      @Daniel-eu9sb 3 года назад +6

      He kind of already did that with aerogel

    • @erikhendrych190
      @erikhendrych190 3 года назад +26

      You mean like Derek@Veritasium with the aerogel? ruclips.net/video/GcdB5bFwio4/видео.html

    • @nou4898
      @nou4898 3 года назад +1

      yes or someone would abuse it and create *free energy 100% real*

    • @Daniel-eu9sb
      @Daniel-eu9sb 3 года назад

      @@erikhendrych190 oh, i mixed that up, thanks for correcting

    • @centauria9122
      @centauria9122 3 года назад +3

      I believe you can, as it could still add drag and friction towards the water when moving. But will it make you more buoyant in the water tho? 🤔

  • @KatorNia
    @KatorNia 3 года назад +84

    1:04 _"Makes anything it touches hydrophobic."_
    What if it touches water? 👀

    • @zaaphyyre
      @zaaphyyre 3 года назад +25

      The water kills itself

    • @moose4134
      @moose4134 3 года назад +31

      he made hydrophobic water in another video. its pretty cool

    • @citybay1385
      @citybay1385 3 года назад +9

      If it touches water, water reports it to HR

  • @jawa6306
    @jawa6306 3 года назад +4

    Just an important physics reminder, when you use a straw, you aren't actually *pulling* the liquid through the straw the atmosphere is *pushing*.
    Atmospheric pressure is pushing down on the liquid in the cup and by removing the air already in the straw you're creating a pressure difference. This means the net force on the water is actually the atmosphere pushing the liquid through the straw not the person sucking.

  • @yizelindbizle
    @yizelindbizle 3 года назад +16

    Fumed silica and lungs really really doesn't mix too well.

  • @nickdavis3035
    @nickdavis3035 3 года назад +48

    I feel like there is some sort of application for hydrophobic tubes.

  • @cinema.zipfile
    @cinema.zipfile 3 года назад +7

    this dude out here answering questions i only think about when i’m high asf

  • @thecoolaxolotlnova8523
    @thecoolaxolotlnova8523 3 года назад +24

    "Let's put water in the unwaterable." Said no sane person ever

  • @JustinEEEyearsago
    @JustinEEEyearsago 3 года назад +144

    I read this a homophobic and now I’m celebrating not living anymore

    • @roses3584
      @roses3584 3 года назад +1

      Same lol

    • @mikastarrydust
      @mikastarrydust 3 года назад +1

      S-Same....

    • @Bobbies1
      @Bobbies1 3 года назад +15

      What does the plastic tube got against homosexuals?

    • @TH-yg7cm
      @TH-yg7cm 3 года назад +1

      Gotta love those homophobic straws that everybody knows about

    • @enricopucci7205
      @enricopucci7205 3 года назад

      @@Bobbies1 honestly it might have reasons.

  • @ReubsWalsh
    @ReubsWalsh 3 года назад +4

    Did you also make the outside and the bottom edge of the straw hydrophobic with the fumed silica? Because if not, the fact you can drink through it so long as it stays submerged doesn't tell us anything about your hypothesis that the layer of air would become a tunnel and break the seal for the pressure differential. So I'm curious to know :)

  • @play3r5games85
    @play3r5games85 3 года назад +147

    me: "Reads title"
    This will be interesting....

  • @ddalton8754
    @ddalton8754 3 года назад +20

    Just wanted to say.. I struggle with a few mental disorders resulting from my service with the military. I take to RUclips to relieve stress as I am very interested in science. I appreciate every video do and you make a difference in my life. Thank you Action Lab.

  • @ivydixie2080
    @ivydixie2080 3 года назад +3

    I can't believe he was hydrophobic in June 😔

  • @vikhyatdogra4796
    @vikhyatdogra4796 3 года назад +27

    If you ever feel useless remember there is a straw that Cannot be used

    • @joshnorton2742
      @joshnorton2742 3 года назад +3

      technically he was able to suck the water through the straw so it can still be used

    • @moussetache
      @moussetache 3 года назад +1

      Watch till the end please

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 3 года назад

      @@moussetache Where did they mention a straw that cannot be used? I know really long ones can't be used, but I don't see that anywhere in the video. If you are talking about the hydrophobic straw, it can be used, under certain circumstances.

  • @baudiyusupov3636
    @baudiyusupov3636 3 года назад +13

    When I break my leg and start screaming and someone says Suck it up
    Me: 3:41

  • @colonelsanders9637
    @colonelsanders9637 3 года назад +3

    You should do a test to see how thin a straw you need to hold the water/ prevent air from passing the liquid inside the straw.

  • @GAMERIN-rn6dj
    @GAMERIN-rn6dj 3 года назад +62

    “His next video be like- Blending the whole universe and making a universe smoothie 🥤
    cuz he already made water hydrophobic to water he dont give a s*** about physics”

  • @blueeye2281
    @blueeye2281 3 года назад +35

    Alternate Title: Grown man tortures BLOODY water for 5 minutes straight.

  • @figbat6363
    @figbat6363 3 года назад +4

    I love the action lab. This guy is one of my personal heros

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 3 года назад +4

    @1:38 no, no I did not see the drop shoot out of it. Not even on the slow-mo close-up. Am I the only one? Am I missing something?

  • @Auriee_
    @Auriee_ 3 года назад +5

    Next video: Can you breathe underwater with hydrophobic lungs?

  • @JimDavis0001
    @JimDavis0001 3 года назад +2

    Can you swim if you are wearing a super hydrophobic wetsuit?

  • @VaiskHD
    @VaiskHD 3 года назад +15

    What the hell. I was literally wondering yesterday while drinking my mcdonalds coffee in a plastic straw if there was a way to use carton without all its disadvantages (fall apart when wet) and came across that idea

  • @driz101
    @driz101 3 года назад +31

    Him: "Fumed silica has a cool ability to make anything it touches hydrophobic" 1:05
    My brain: "Fumed silica was cursed to turn everything it touches hydrophobic. It was not able to drink water hence after a few days, it died-"
    Me: "WTF brain!?"

  • @MrBruh281
    @MrBruh281 3 года назад +2

    What did water ever do to the straw?//?? cancelled1!!1!1!1!1

  • @Dzeroed
    @Dzeroed 3 года назад +11

    Wouldn't the coating have applications in Hydro-Electric dams/power plants/anywhere where liquid friction costs efficiency and money?

    • @sirascaron
      @sirascaron 3 года назад +4

      Yes, but keep in mind the cost of production for hydrophobic coats, the action of coating something and the renewal of such a coat every time it scrapes off. It definetly would have good applications, but would it also be cost- and work efficient?

  • @JackyDacky
    @JackyDacky 3 года назад +5

    Have you ever tried dropping hydrophobic water in a larger mass of water

    • @mrorangejuice9682
      @mrorangejuice9682 3 года назад +2

      That sounds cursed yet it's a good idea

    • @notahuman-r4j
      @notahuman-r4j 3 года назад +2

      He already did it but in a smaller scale

    • @BrendonGreenNZL
      @BrendonGreenNZL 3 года назад

      You want water that doesn't like getting wet?

  • @airfriedquadsbw
    @airfriedquadsbw 3 года назад +1

    1 correction I would like to offer. Fumed silica is hydrophilic. It needs a treatment or coating of polydimethylsiloxane or similar to make it hydrophobic. Fumed silica is amorpheus or without crystalline structure. It can be thought of as similar to popcorn but made from grains of silica. Without the treatment, it absorbs water like crazy, and regains its crystal structure as it dries. It has an increadable amount of surface area. 1 cubic cm has as much surface area as a football field. Inhaling it is not healthy as it gels in the lungs. The small amount on the surface of that straw is not a danger, but i would not recommend making it a habbit. Eating it is not a problem. It is in many food products. Powdered soups would be clumps without it. Mix just a tiny amount in starch or flower and they will flow almost like a liquid. Very cool stuff.

  • @dibyojyotibose2436
    @dibyojyotibose2436 3 года назад +24

    "Can't suck it up"
    -The Action Lab 2021

  • @guilhermetorresj
    @guilhermetorresj 3 года назад +18

    Don't breathe through a tube covered in fumed silica, kids.

  • @minibugxkittynoir984
    @minibugxkittynoir984 3 года назад +1

    Honestly thought it said homophobic straw, got confused and proceeded to click on the video out of sheer curiosity. Then I got disappointed that I misread the title. Then I was interested in what would happen.
    Roller coaster of emotions
    9/10

  • @Buffalochickencalzone
    @Buffalochickencalzone 3 года назад +7

    0:38
    people describing my life:

  • @tae-kwon-dot2987
    @tae-kwon-dot2987 3 года назад +11

    Seriously straw your gonna be hydrophobic, in June of all months

  • @paulkeating2049
    @paulkeating2049 3 года назад +6

    Let's see what happens when I huff a bunch of hydrophobic dust deep into my lungs.
    Good videos.

  • @killerkonnat
    @killerkonnat 2 года назад +1

    My prediction before seeing the result:
    It either HAS to be able to suck up water, or at least it will be impossible to suck air through the straw, because otherwise you could breathe underwater by just sticking a bunch of straws in your mouth.

  • @arthurrosa9403
    @arthurrosa9403 3 года назад +28

    "I can't suck it up."
    Action Lab, The

  • @washqz7775
    @washqz7775 3 года назад +16

    I feel like there’s got to be a functioning usage of hydrophobic straw/tubing. Maybe not just powdered silica, but this is cool 😎

    • @agentbarron3945
      @agentbarron3945 3 года назад +4

      theres tons, i coat my hiking boots in it before i go hiking to waterproof them even more than they all ready are

    • @westonding8953
      @westonding8953 3 года назад +1

      There definitely are applications. Waterproofing, etc. A funnel that is hydrophobic is able to repel liquids and avoid molding if placed into a sealed environment.

  • @Imamotherfreakingavocado
    @Imamotherfreakingavocado 3 года назад +1

    Am I the only one who thinks the water moving in the straw while the ends are plugged looks more natural than it just staying in place?

  • @ProlificInvention
    @ProlificInvention 3 года назад +11

    Id love to see you do some further experiments with the best Superhydrophobic/oleophobic coating I've experimented with "Ultra Ever Dry"
    It's a little more involved than fumed silica because it requires a bottom and top coat as well as drying time, but it's quite permanent. It repels water, grease, mud, wet cement, poop, urine, honey, paint, and many other things. Excellent videos btw, I always watch and like them all.

    • @areadenial2343
      @areadenial2343 3 года назад +2

      Dang, what does it look like when repelling honey? Do honey droplets just slide right off like it's a frictionless surface? That would be pretty weird behavior to see from such a viscous substance

    • @ProlificInvention
      @ProlificInvention 3 года назад

      @@areadenial2343 I can't find the honey video, but this one shows alot of Ultra Ever Dry features:
      ruclips.net/video/IPM8OR6W6WE/видео.html

  • @ManOfParody
    @ManOfParody 3 года назад +8

    You really need to collab with smartereveryday and his high speed camera. Some of this stuff would be nuts to watch on it.

  • @nicklittle8399
    @nicklittle8399 3 года назад +1

    1:10 YIKES NOOO!!!! Please please please don't try drinking through that oh god, silicone will destroy your lungs dude

  • @fehnboi5491
    @fehnboi5491 3 года назад +18

    What happens with iron when you put it in a chamber with 100% oxygen? (compared to normal air)

    • @BrendonGreenNZL
      @BrendonGreenNZL 3 года назад

      It rusts?

    • @fehnboi5491
      @fehnboi5491 3 года назад

      @@BrendonGreenNZL oh, really, genius?

    • @BrendonGreenNZL
      @BrendonGreenNZL 3 года назад

      @@fehnboi5491 of course it does. What do you think rust _is_?

    • @fehnboi5491
      @fehnboi5491 3 года назад

      @@BrendonGreenNZL lol, dude, ok, I'll explain it, I mean how fast it would rust, compared to the normal air

    • @robertreitze3192
      @robertreitze3192 3 года назад +1

      I don‘t think it would rust because the process requires water molecules… google „iron rust chemistry“ and look at the first image.

  • @xxgetshot55xx84
    @xxgetshot55xx84 3 года назад +5

    I wonder how fast you could go with a hydrophobic water slide

  • @MisterIncog
    @MisterIncog 2 года назад +1

    Anything when covered by fumed silica:
    *I quickly became hydrophobic. Hating water became part of my lifestyle.*

  • @JoeMama-zd1im
    @JoeMama-zd1im 3 года назад +7

    You should probably see what would happen if you cover the inside of a toilet with the hydrophobic powder

    • @giannipiccioni8411
      @giannipiccioni8411 3 года назад +5

      The cleanest toilet in the world.
      Wait a fricking second... Isn't this an extremely good idea? A toilet that needs no cleaning? Am I dumb, or is this a million dollars idea?

    • @dutchik5107
      @dutchik5107 3 года назад +3

      @@giannipiccioni8411 poop isn't water.
      Also. You couldn't clean it as easily

  • @erikhendrych190
    @erikhendrych190 3 года назад +4

    fumed silica has the cool ability to make everything it touches hydrophobic. Like your tongue and lungs?

    • @mrorangejuice9682
      @mrorangejuice9682 3 года назад

      Well you wouldn't want a hydrophobic tongue because you wouldn't be able to taste drinks(or something like that)

    • @MossyMangrove
      @MossyMangrove 3 года назад

      Hydrophobic lungs would make smoking so much safer tho haha

    • @figmentpez
      @figmentpez 3 года назад

      Getting silica in your lungs is a very bad thing. Look up silicosis, it's similar to what happens with asbestos.

    • @mckenziekeith7434
      @mckenziekeith7434 3 года назад

      @@figmentpez In another comment thread someone said that fumed silica is not linked to silicosis. Sounded like they looked into it, but I am not really sure. Might be worth checking into in case it is true. But for sure silicosis is bad news, and miners are at risk due to the rock dust.

  • @OGSontar
    @OGSontar 3 года назад +1

    The double slit experiment is famous, but what about a triple slit? Four slits? I've never seen anyone try that. Perhaps you could give it a shot please?

  • @desertgecko4549
    @desertgecko4549 3 года назад +6

    Now I want to see a hydrophilic (loves water) straw and water.

    • @hehehe4364
      @hehehe4364 3 года назад +1

      Honestly that might be more interesting

    • @AhmedRazaAli_2009_pk
      @AhmedRazaAli_2009_pk 3 года назад

      @@hehehe4364 it would get soggy because it would absorb water

  • @itis318
    @itis318 3 года назад +4

    Who got the notification of "What If" channel too.

  • @yeetthegargantuanleviathan6216
    @yeetthegargantuanleviathan6216 3 года назад +1

    I wonder if hydrophobic propellers would have any advantages of you made the side of the propellers meant for pushing the water hydrophobic, I could see it increasing or decreasing efficiency

  • @brx3649
    @brx3649 3 года назад +7

    You said "cool ability" but I heard coolability. New word invented right here on The Action Lab. lol

    • @melvin.martis
      @melvin.martis 3 года назад +1

      Same!

    • @leximatic
      @leximatic 3 года назад +1

      Is a guy, who has coolability cooler than a guy who has coolness?

  • @potato305
    @potato305 3 года назад +9

    At this point after so many magical videos you have made I accept that you're Gandalf

  • @aaronarrietta6519
    @aaronarrietta6519 3 года назад +2

    Who else thought the title said homophobic straw 😭😂

  • @georgewashington7384
    @georgewashington7384 3 года назад +15

    2:47 I did not know that was a thing water did. I guess you learn something new every day

    • @Bakumatsu1
      @Bakumatsu1 3 года назад

      go chop down a cherry tree it's a straw water doesn't do that

  • @oorsmaal3173
    @oorsmaal3173 3 года назад +4

    2:10
    Wait... that’s illegal

  • @GhostRevenant
    @GhostRevenant 3 года назад +1

    this guy really just casually says "so I got contacted by a physicist who works on Higgs-Boson measurements", jfc

  • @rashidmahmood3953
    @rashidmahmood3953 3 года назад +6

    For how long this straw can stay hydrophilic if water flowing through it?