Can You Swim in Shade Balls?
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- čas přidán 27. 03. 2024
- I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear.
All the signed shade balls have now been mailed out - thanks for your support!
Receiving a shade ball:
1. Support Veritasium on any Patreon tier and enter your address ve42.co/patreon
2. In about a month I will send out signed shade balls
3. I will cover all shipping costs but if things get really crazy I will prioritize existing Patreon supporters and higher tiers
My sense was that swimming in shade balls would be difficult but still doable. This was roughly true for the single layer of shade balls. The shade balls slide past each other so they act like a liquid, albeit a viscous one owing to their significant inertia. It's much more intense exercise and it's also annoying to be bombarded with shade balls on all sides of your body, particularly your head. With multi-layer shade balls (as exists on much of LA reservoir) things get significantly more difficult. The balls bunch together and when you try to move through them quickly, they become more rigid, providing significant resistance to motion. This has the benefit that you can lie on them and as long as they stay trapped under you, you can float on them. But a little bit of motion causes them to move around and you sink through quickly.
Huge thanks to:
Jordan Schnabel and Cristian Carretero for filming and swimming and providing lifeguard services.
Raquel Nuno for filming and putting up with me.
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd, Penward Rhyme and everyone who provided feedback on an early draft of this video.
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Nice video. I also admire your courage for trying to send 10000 half liquid filled black balls all around the world!
ElectroBOOM first repoy *reply
Dont let him show you up. Sign and send 10,001 waterballoons
Time to send 10000 oscilloscopes around the world right?
Dicktron you revising for gcse physics paper two and this is on your mind just like me? Lmao
Lucas Harris bro I’m in the same boat lol
Meanwhile, I'm over here talking to farmers about grain bins.
I will lose the CZcams wars. I know that now.
(You're a genius)
Hello there
Destin, swim in those grain bins
I watched about flash light beam. It also nice one)
Collab??
"Hey it's me Destin, and welcome back to Smarter Every Day. Today we're going to find out if you can swim in a grain bin."
It was really interesting noticing how he was essentially approaching drowning. There are very specific physiological symptoms that are present in someone who is starting to have that reaction- triggered by the feeling of failing to support yourself in water- that he was absolutely showing. Specifically when he attempted swimming in multiple layers, the way his voice had that panicked "cracking" and he was breathing very heavily. If this was the depth of a reservoir, and not a pool, you would definitely die.
Very educated response
If it was deep enough, couldn’t you just swim under it?
@@zoetje9817Good luck doing it while panicking
@@zoetje9817you could, but how would you breathe? I imagine much like being under ice you can swim under but getting back up would be hard
@@beelzemobabbity that’s true.
Exactly as I thought.
1. You can swim in shade balls, just harder to do. So you should not. Great to hear that the manufacturer sees this as a concern.
2. You can swim in shade balls, just not the shade balls in the water reservoir.
3. Pool with water and floating balls, hop in.
4. They do look like boba.
Damn it dude, now I want boba
what is boba
@@notme12321 bubble tea
@@alilalani9531 oh thanks
Correction look like boba, don’t taste like boba…trust me on this one..and yes I have many regrets
Milking his viral video = genius.
These videos are very entertaining
Creativity is the best human trait.
Milking?
its third time second was the one explaining how it works.
So long science, hello click bait viral videos!
@@jogreeen not clickbait dumb ass
Turtles: no more plastic
Human: let's swim in plastic
MsBear1122 thats basically what the turtles are doing. Swimming in plastic.
But inside them
konstak05 exactly
konstak05 the plastic is swimming inside of them
HoW DeAr YOu??
seeing light rays pass through the multi-layered shade balls at 6:50 is priceless! thanks for sharing this amazing experience with us
The last part with swimming in multiple layers gave me anxiety.😱
"lets see if you can swim in shade balls"
*-cameraman already in the pool*
"am i a joke to you?"
bruh sound FX
Hey theres a drone
Roman Alexander it’s a girl so camerma’m
@@Theguywhokilledkennedy if you're unsure about a camera persons gender it's a camerathem
Angelica Schuyler ok that’s....idk
I can't believe I just watched a man swimming in balls for 10 minutes instead of doing homework
Same, procrastination gang
same
Iam without having breakfast lol
Same energy here, Now we have tasks waiting for us (*´∇`*)
Survoltron same
I love Derek's belly laughs. Also Raquel (presumably) laughing at him off camera. Part of why I love Veritasium videos is that y'all stay upbeat and leave in the goofiness.
Biggest boba drink I’ve seen yet
"But its like quicksand" - famous last words
LMAOOO
Underrated
“Oh n-“
I got anxiety for something that’s not happening to me
Hegon
those are the things mr incredible got bodied with in the first movie.
Claustrophobia engaged
The best comment
YESSS HAHAHA
i just thought about this and found your comment lol
I imagined the guy in the video getting stuck to the balls
i love it when veritasium does fun stuff like this
The pov of underwater with the shade balls above seriously looks so pretty.
Girl: I think he's cheating
Him and the boys:
I needed to read this comment
You made my day.
Yooo
He's cheating with other *_BALLS_*
so original ima like this comment.
Him: don’t try this at home!
Me: *sadly puts away the 60,000 shade balls that i have in my pocket*
I *wheezed*
You can still try this in school
_Try it at work_
Try in the YMCA pool
hahhaahah
Thanks for the laughs tonight! I enjoy these nerdy videos and explanations, and I was also mesmerized by the movement and behavior of the single layer of shade balls and the patterns on the pool floor.
I do wonder how much jumping in on them or swimming through them hurt, especially with the butterfly stroke. I have the feeling I'd probably drown and/or get pulled out with massive bruising over my entire body, but I have chronic fatigue and health issues that mean I bruise easily. However, I still want to try jumping in, just once, and I want to see the patterns beneath the surface.
You must be really powerful to swim through these like this, even Mr. Incredible couldn't manage it.
"It's kinda like quicksand."
"Oh no."
**drowns**
Normal Person 100th like
*(Bowser laugh echoes in the distance.)*
Wasted (GTA)
More like quickwater amirite?
no
its
not
I am pretty sure CZcams's gonna recommend me this 5 years later
Yeah just get it over with already
Same lol
It already did for me
Honestly
yep
Swimming in shade balls is next level workout. An inspiration to anyone wanting to get in shape.
You did this for science, great job!
"I can hardly tell that there is water under me, it's kind if like sa-"
-water seeps through
He proceeds to drown
Shawn Seo Sand? Quicksand? What’s the difference
Shawn Seo Oop-
*Player Veritasium drowned*
@@rvrb9320 there is a huge difference in sand and quick sand
@@ry1774 It was sarcasm
"I can swim but I am getting a lot of balls in my face"
~Veritasium, 2019
He just spent money to have stiff black balls slap on his face, while he could've got the same at his local dark alley at night and would've earned money for it.⚫⚫😂
I think someone in prison already said that a long time ago
Ads are gone
He said "I can swim but u am getting a lot of balls in my face.... ahh youtube..." as in he was waiting for this comment
I see a lot of potential in this quote....
6:45 These light beams are so beautiful.
Can you float in shade balls?
Him: yes and no
Mom can we have bubble tea?
Mom: we have bubble tea at home.
Bubble tea at home:
So random-
This comment deserves more appreciation
Im here before the comment get epicly more likes
Icannotthinkofaname 😂😂😂😂
I want this comment to be populair so like
“I don’t think you can swim in shade balls”; as he starts drowning.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
XD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣
chig bungus
exactly xd
As someone who loves pools but hates swimming this brought me so much joy. I guess we’ll stick to our vinyl pool cover. The overhead vies and underwear views were really amazing.
4:00 Try hexagons with a floatation and orientation device at the bottom of each one so that they will stay compact, not let essentially any light through and can float upright. Maybe the thing could be little balls or something designed more bouyee like to do that.
“You can’t swim in drinking water”
*rides boat in drinking water*
I was about to say
_Edit: as it turns out, there is still the problem of the outboard motor's exhaust gas._
If the boat is clean before entering and contact of the boat with anything else is kept to a minimum, it's definitely worth it to have a means of navigating the reservoir.
If they worry about sunlight, I imagine they want little else to enter (edit: i. e. they'd probably like to remove stuff that got into the reservoir).
Lmao
@@xCorvus7x No, that dosen't matter. The main problem is that a combustion engine from the boat will release all of it's fumes into the water, so it makes no sense that they are riding that on drinking water, but a human taking a bath is not allowed.
Neither should be allowed, but the boat with it's combustion engine, seems especially bad to me, at least use a electric motor
@@Saymon10 Are you sure that's a combustion engine?
And why would the exhaust be funneled into the water?
Exhaust fumes are given off into the air, to contaminate the water they'd have to diffuse into the water (through the layer of balls).
Especially with a breeze, the amount of exhaust getting into the water should be minimal.
Tell me why I thought these were the traps from the Incredibles
Same here
The goo balls of bloop
ikr
Im glad I'm not the only one who thought this. I'm glad someone even commented this.
Maxo Beats THANK YOU! i knew I wasent the only one
This looks so fun! I mean listen to him laughing during this activity! Let’s all go try this!!!
A fascinating couple of videos!
"I can swim but I am getting..." [pauses to contemplate if he should say it] "...a lot of balls in the face"
Veritasiium has quite a distinguished audience. I had to go digging for this comment. They must not have bat an eye when he said it
😂😂😂😂
DEEZNUTZ
"Oh youtube"
That's what she said! lol
1:33 - "We will not promote this as a thing people should do!"
9:32 - "This feels incredible!.. Feels like being in a ball pit!"
Came here to say just this. Ninja'd. :D
(but seriously, this video was pretty much the *opposite* of making people not do something)
dont forget "its amazing next level workout"
"...but it's kinda like quicksand. That's exactly like quicksand."
Or do you think swimming in quicksand sounds like fun?
Having watched this, I don't intend to every try swimming in these unless my feet could touch the bottom
Sinking in a non-newtonian ball pit with water underneath seams terrifying to me!
@@GoErikTheRed you mean unless your nose stays over the surface, otherwise your feet could always touch the bottom!!
How do you clean your shade balls? Pressure wash in a bucket? Mild soap and washcloth?
Seeing the shade balls together is a super satisfying sight
Am I the only one who has been attacked by extreme anxiety when he started sinking?
Bruh same XD
It's because we imagine what's happening with us in such a situation. Head lower than the other body isnt comfortable, and the biggest problem is that you can't do anything to change it.
But in this case you can save yourself because it's just a pool and you can swim or even stand there, and there are two professionals, but in the lake even if not alone youre probably doomed.
It's like being stuck in a narrow section of a cave because of your not very fitting equipment
@Savannah Banana there are no such creatures (dunno about Australia :D), but the situation itself is much more terrifying than some creature.
Because caves are cold as hell (if its correct to put it this way :D), and more dangerous enemy of yours will be the cold around you in the.. not worth saying amount.
Starvation is out of competition, uknow
me to
"I'm swimming but i'm getting a lot of balls into the face"
Yeah, that's why normal people don't go to public pools
Lol
*s u s*
@@preioh I’m pretty sure that the purpose of the original comment was to make it sus in the first place, so maybe think before you speak next time
@@RandomPerson-nv5km bro did I ask?
@InTristin_ hmmm
Did you try diving beneath them and poke out to draw air every now and then?
I would like to know how hard it is to get to the surface. :)
James Cameron knows how to block sunlight. The making of The Abyss! Nobody makes movies like that anymore. Sheer craftsmanship!
“You can’t swim in the drinking water.”
**Is riding in a boat on the drinking water**
Yeah same question !?? A boat might be more contaminated than a human.
I think the rule applies more to if someone drowned in the water which you really don’t want in your drinking water
@@shahulrahim4039 No. A boat is more cleaner because it can be sanitized. a human sweats, sweat has bacteria. A human also has genitals, no one except perverts wants to drink water that was touched by a penis. A human also have an anus, if your drinking water gets contaminated by fecal bacteria it can cause diseases, like E. Coli. A boat is just Solid Material, think of it like a spoon, they're clean and can be washed and don't spew out biological fluids. A human has holes and biological fluids, infact our skin basically has millions of tiny holes on them that spews out sweat. The big holes on our bodies (7 not including tear sacs, and the Vagina) also spews out biological fluids, like Sperm, Urine, Feces, Vomit, Saliva, Nasal Mucuses, Anal Mucuses, and many more, there's also the internal stuff that usually doesn't come out normally like blood or Stomach acid. If a person wears an air tight diving suit it's still as the same as a boat, it doesn't spews out any bodily fluids.
Edit: also Humans have AIDS and HIV. AIDs and HIV can be transmitted through infected blood and we don't have a cure for them yet.
Mr. Duck thanks for those lovely images that are now in my brain
@@nilsfrancis413 Anytime Bro.
This is AMAZING!
I don't know why CZcams suggested me to this, or what Shade Balls were/are before watching this, but I'm happy I chose to watch
Honestly I’d have an anxiety attack trying to get out of a something like this.
yup
I almost drowned when getting caught in a riptide on a rough beach years ago. Watching this did trigger some anxiety.
well,i would have anxiety attack too but it looks so good that it seems to be worth it
Ezrak you would drown
It feel like your gonna get drowned
"Can you swim in balls?"
*Every living being on Earth has swam in balls before.*
i-
@@roadkill236 don’t-
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marinacabiltes2665 even-
@@roadkill236 have-
i love this channel. so fun.! and it's sad i found this too late
“I’m getting a lot of balls in the face.” Now THATS a sentence to remember.
"Can You Swim in Shade Balls?"
To answer this question u have to fill the whole pool with these balls.
No water.
Linke Fake- & Lügenpresse Thats just a ball pit
BrokenMiracle’s Channel sigh
BrokenMiracle’s Channel *the question still stands*
I've been in a above ground pool filled with plastic balls and it is very easy to sink, BUT shade balls have 50% water in them so.
Can grabbing onto shade balls save you from drowning? How many shade balls can you hold onto at once?
"It's kinda like quicksand!"
Famous last words.
Yes
Yes
No
@@hissingfaunaa ne
@@hissingfaunaa your CZcams channel is actually bad
“Can you swim in shade balls?”
*survives*
“Can you swim in multi-layer shade balls?”
When you try to find a cool video like this not expecting science or math but then it hits you that this channel has a element as there profile pic.
It takes balls to do something like this.
Shade balls
A set actually
About 10,000 of them to be specific
correct
No just no you broke humour
“It’s time to release the balls”
11 yr olds: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's how old I am, but tbh there are a lot of 11 year olds who dont understand
Right?!
As a 22 year old I can confirm,
Hella funny
@@tobiasgorgen7592 right?!
@@vokeadam624 no... Absolutely wrong
Legend has it he’s still signing them today
This right here is a legend who did it for science
I’m not sure why but watching this gave me so much anxiety and made me feel claustrophobic and like I would drown.
is that means you scared of santa claus
Arif Hendriyana definitely
Arif Hendriyana I understood that reference.
The second he explained what is in them I got so much anxiety, I thought he was gonna drown
please stay away from the video then, these kind of anxiety triggers can actually bring a lot of trouble to you
"But its kinda like quick sand!"
"OH NO!"
*proceeds to literally die*
Lmao
Lmao
Lmao
Lmao
Haha
The backyard of this house looks just like the backyard of my house, overlooking the cliffs and ocean, in Laguna Niguel.😋 This looks really fin, by the way...totally jealous that I'm not able to swim in a massive heap of shade balls!! Haha.
when you do front crawl/free style you should keep your fingers closed/touching to maximize the amount of water your moving making each stroke more efficient and easier.
new irrational fear: *falling into the LA reservoir and being found too late*
you can swim under them and come up to breathe, you just can't move at the top
@@robinbli3221 what about a dead body?
@@polaris1985 if you have a hearth attack it doesn't really matter where you are. But why would you die there? just swim to the edge and get out
@@masonhunter2748 yeah ☹️
@@robinbli3221 Surely that depends on lung capacity. If you have a respiratory condition that means you can't hold your breath for more than a minute, how would you "swim under them"? You need to be able to keep your head above water and move to the shore.
“Obviously you can’t swim in the drinking water” while footage of him driving a boat through the water plays in the background
I think it’s the human waste part that makes the drinking water not drinkable Ya know water all on people’s ass crack and then that one person who doesn’t wipe just takes a dip in the water reservoir... yeah
Jonconji except boats put gas and oil into the water, which is worse, and at much larger amounts than any poop that might still be in your crack.
Niels Kloppenburg yes but two strokes are more commonly the worst offenders
@@BigBreakfast25 but unless they have a leak don't they have exhaust that just shoots smoke out of a vent?
Liquid Breakfast even if there is no big “leak” there with still be some oil and whatnot that isn’t perfectly contained, which is why the motor with be oily and black in places when you open it up. And also the boat is exhausting underwater, and water typically runs through the exhaust. So unless your motor is 100% efficient, contaminants with be getting into the water.
4:13 my soul has been satisfied with these patterns 😌
Can you tell us how you retrieved all of those shade balls from the pool and how long it took?
No.
@@phosphrite9981Lol, Hi bill cipher
Got a little anxiety watching this especially the "quick sand" part.
Is that when ever like something goes on through like a pulse
Motion-Tutor.com like I felt nervous and like mixed emotions and i felt a chill go down my spine
@@jazzlyns.5979 yes it's pretty scary looking
Yeah I'd feel better if they had a rescue pole that they can stick in under the balls so the person in the water can find the best way out.
Yeah it's very scary looking. Like a death trap. A slow death trap.
“Getting a lot of balls in the face” quote of the year
You have 69 likes now. I hope it stays that way.
Master Lavellan still strong at 69
ringggrevcccring
TronGamer38 d
ahem
Incredible visuals!
I wish I had the money to own a pool, wish I had the money to buy thousands of shade balls, wish I had the money to hire a truck, wish I had a hose pipe, wish I had a couple of friends, well one friend would do. Please don’t feel sad for me. Great entertaining video. Thanks
9:31
“This feels incredible!”
*moves*
“But its kinda like quicksand.”
*Gets sucked into a black hole*
*later*
"it's exactly like quicksand"
shade ball = black hole
I got like really stressed when he started sinking
RIP
Simone Lemoné I was gonna say that shmm
"It's like quicksand..." was the last thing he said before he drowns 😁
Aws Alkhalidi and then he says OH NOO
Aws Alkhalidi oof
A sad story
Ι said exactly the same thing
He didn't drowneded idoit!
Him: *falls in*
GRAVITY: let’s make you FALL in like quicksand
The one veritasium video that doesnt make me feel dumb lmao
"Why did you do it?"
For science
"What did it cost?"
Everything
@Andrea Jones wdym
balls
i love this comment 3000
Thanos
r/woooosh@@anythingbutmyrealname
Literally said, "We will not promote swimming in shade balls"
1 minute later: "Swimming in shade balls is a good workout!"
Calling something a good workout is the opposite of promoting it.
Nobody sane wants to work out.
Amaracea a hahahaha hilarious
Except he LITERALLY never said "Swimming in shade balls is a good workout!"
@@m3chanist You are right I do not know, but it was a funny comment. I was paraphrasing. Just adding a little jazz.
Also look up my youtube channel Buster Gifford
Seeing itslef made me suffocate. You have lot of guts for doing this
Where can I purchase shade balls, would like to use them as sustainable floats
“I can swim, but...”
*takes a moment to act professional about the words that are about to come out of his mouth*
“Im getting a lot of balls to the face. 😏”
balls in my face
@@anotheraggieburneraccounta dream
@@guhuuuugj 😳
Balls in yo jaws
@@kieranmcginley1262 , I would know. I tasted it before.
not gonna lie,
I felt like I was suffocating just watching this.
Omg me too
I felt like I was gonna drown in my own room
deathmire11 same
deathmire11 Ikr wtf....
"im not gonna lie, this is definitely me when im driving
Now I know where to go for the best pool party in LA!
Are there any behaviors to atoms being interacted with that are analogous to the way that you demonstrated moving through shade balls?
Little did we know
*he signs the ball with a black marker*
At least it was a Sharpie!
id be lazy
@@1958Cajun lol i have one(sharpie)😂
LOL!
I just got mine in the mail the other day, and it is signed with a gold sharpie. I was #5258
*Mr. Incredible starts breathing heavily*
underrated comment lmaoooo
🤣🤣🤣
😂
I properly understood that 😂😂😂👌
Omg that immediately came to my head 😂
Would it be safe to assume that these are similar to Higgs bozon that gives mass to elementary particles in quantum physics?
Will the friction between them release micro plastics in the water?
You can’t imagine how much anxiety this video is giving me. Also i can’t swim
yuriannna same
Oh no
I can’t swim either
Bro how old r u
@@Meow_teehee What does age have to do with this
*"It's time to release the balls."*
- Veritasium, 2019
Too many jokes at a small amount of time
"I can swim, but i am getting alot of balls in my face" Veritasium
I tought the same
If your dirty and reading this idk
😂😂
After a long day in work pants and you are finally back in your room: 2:13
Lol, this is the first thing that came to my mind when i watched the video about the LA reservoire 😂😂
Veritasium: I'm going to show people why not to do this.
Also Veritasium: It's like a ball pit in water
But it's a ball pit that can get you stuck if you try to swim through it. Yeah, ball pit for grown ups
300th like
@@marcelo90z snorkel and long pole at the bottom will help if you start drowning
I like the swim, so no on shade balls.
You just go under the shade balls to swim.
I can never have the balls to do this.
You can get one if you're a Patron :p
@@galaxysilver69 dont think thats what he ment
@@IXANTBREATHE ye i was joking
galaxysilver No you wasn’t
which balls? the thing that filled the pools? the balls that goes with weewee? or another word for adrenaline?
9:42 “But it’s kinda like quicksand, Oh no!” - famous last words.
Bro this is the first time I looked this man’s channel cuz I thought this man is dead
Pattreon supporter:What this ball isn’t signed
Veritasium:What yeah it is, it’s in black marker
Veritasium: What? Yeah it is, it’s inside.
@@EmanuelFrias you can edit replies?
@Young Spiff Matt You can.
@@matthewdavid4670 As Kabutey said, yes. Same way you can delete them, there's an edit button.
@@EmanuelFrias Phone users these days.
Did anyone got a mini heart attack when he almost drowned on his intro
Yes
I did
@Jaskittle savage
Oof
kinda i was like welp he ded
You see how exited he get when says balls aww man balls just hit me in my face reminds me episode of South Park weirdo 😆
As soon as you jumped in an ad played for me
Veritasium: "I brought over professionals"
Professional: *Belly Flops*
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT 😂😂
Its a butterfly stroke
I was looking for this comment. LOL
That just sounds sexual
i just thought about how painful it was be with all the balls hitting him at once, i mean belly flops hurt without a hundred plastic balls