What If There Was No Salt in the World?

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  • čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
  • Cities have been named after it, economies have been built on it, wars have been fought over it, your life depends on it. Salt may be the most important, and the most divisive, mineral in history.
    What is it worth to us today? There are more than 14,000 uses for salt, but to most of us, it only means one thing: high blood pressure.
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  • @KVNElhp
    @KVNElhp Před 4 lety +298

    "I learn more here than I used to in school"!!

  • @testsubject747
    @testsubject747 Před 4 lety +1557

    The video doesn't end with "But that's a story for another What If"
    Who are you and what have you done with the old narrator?

    • @Unknowndragon17
      @Unknowndragon17 Před 4 lety +23

      I dont think he said it in the last video either

    • @ikzirra273
      @ikzirra273 Před 4 lety +7

      Omg

    • @ikzirra273
      @ikzirra273 Před 4 lety +11

      Besides, he said as long as you keep watching " what if"
      Who are you???

    • @Unknowndragon17
      @Unknowndragon17 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ikzirra273 dude he meant it as a joke, chill.

    • @FearTheCreeper
      @FearTheCreeper Před 4 lety +8

      he still have "what if" in his last sentence...

  • @zomidz6353
    @zomidz6353 Před 4 lety +584

    **Salt* joined the chat
    **Chlorine* left the salt
    **Chat* exploded

    • @anujamahajan7308
      @anujamahajan7308 Před 4 lety +15

      Chat will explode only if it has water in it 😁😂😂

    • @morukuser
      @morukuser Před 4 lety +4

      Nerd joke detected

    • @Andrew-jh6nm
      @Andrew-jh6nm Před 4 lety +12

      @@anujamahajan7308 well chat is made up of humans who are mostly water so

    • @b.b.b.b.b.b.b
      @b.b.b.b.b.b.b Před 4 lety +2

      big brain required to get it

    • @divyagulwani2710
      @divyagulwani2710 Před 4 lety +1

      @@anujamahajan7308 no do u know sodium is the most reactive metal... it even reatcs with air... so there is no need of water...

  • @ThankMrGoose
    @ThankMrGoose Před 4 lety +555

    I haven’t watched this video, but I’m about 95% sure it ends with everyone dying.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +374

    If there wasn't any salt in the world, then people would actually say "GG" when you smack them in a 1v1

  • @kira.777
    @kira.777 Před 4 lety +713

    Do a video on
    What if humans lays eggs instead of giving birth?
    I've asked this before.. hope you guys would do it

    • @namankumar9478
      @namankumar9478 Před 4 lety +12

      Good idea

    • @cutiemary
      @cutiemary Před 4 lety +27

      Female Mammals have eggs inside them. But unlike Marin animals and birds, after ovulation mammals eggs are fertilized and developed inside the uterus. Then after the fetus is fully ready, the mother gives birth to it. So, technically mammals *lay* eggs but inside them.
      Sorry for bad grammar, I'm not a native English speaker.

    • @Trucker_Rich
      @Trucker_Rich Před 4 lety +3

      Cat Weirdo not true, there 2 mammals that lay eggs.

    • @Trucker_Rich
      @Trucker_Rich Před 4 lety +2

      Cat Weirdo thank you, my Environmentalist wife wasn’t here to answer lol

    • @kira.777
      @kira.777 Před 4 lety +2

      @@cutiemary yeah okay i get it but i meant what if humans lays eggs outside and babies hatches out😂😂 ( Happy hatchday to you )

  • @MalevolentFiber
    @MalevolentFiber Před 4 lety +141

    When a What If video ends without “And that’s a story for another What If”
    *_confused screaming_*

  • @angeloxdmt
    @angeloxdmt Před 4 lety +45

    1:22 people after eating taco bell

  • @VOLAIRE
    @VOLAIRE Před 4 lety +164

    Salt water creatures:
    *I’m in danger :D*

  • @wolfstormwizard424
    @wolfstormwizard424 Před 4 lety +482

    Me:What if there were no salt in the world?
    Mom: It would be because of that DAMN PHONE!!!!!!

  • @8bit__ultra905
    @8bit__ultra905 Před 4 lety +36

    1980's: There would be flying cars in 2019.
    2019: What if there was no salt on Earth.

    • @shosty575
      @shosty575 Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vestakhateeb
      @vestakhateeb Před 3 lety

      My friend in 2021: There will be flying cars in 2030!

  • @leboirichie2893
    @leboirichie2893 Před 4 lety +118

    Nobody:
    Litteraly nobody:
    Not a single being:
    What if: we will die if anything will change

  • @IntellectualHazard
    @IntellectualHazard Před 4 lety +352

    If you're talking about Chemistry salts, then we'll have no chemistry

  • @chillmushroom6016
    @chillmushroom6016 Před 4 lety +51

    If their were no salt, I would finally drink from the ocean

    • @alexacabello9625
      @alexacabello9625 Před 4 lety +1

      Just a peace of cake but the ocean wouldn’t have either

    • @ljay2k12
      @ljay2k12 Před 4 lety +1

      Drink piss basically ;)

  • @TheSurajAryan
    @TheSurajAryan Před 4 lety +12

    4:35 'Climate would go crazy'
    You know what, I seem to find that this sentence is common in most of your videos

  • @Tiberius291
    @Tiberius291 Před 4 lety +9

    Salt can be used to compliment someone, "You're the salt of the earth" and food would taste bland without salt.

  • @thediamondgauntlet8888
    @thediamondgauntlet8888 Před 4 lety +248

    no salt on my chips??
    Aww man

  • @Rishi123456789
    @Rishi123456789 Před 4 lety +124

    Your next video should be: What if there was no sugar in the world?

    • @timstephens5893
      @timstephens5893 Před 4 lety +11

      Then we wouldn't have gay people.

    • @petrikhubacek4058
      @petrikhubacek4058 Před 4 lety +1

      @@timstephens5893 what xd?

    • @kotosqoposrly
      @kotosqoposrly Před 4 lety +3

      You are basically made of long strings of carbohydrate compounds. Your own blood is pure sugar. So all in all, if there was no sugar at all, we all would die.

    • @112mirai
      @112mirai Před 4 lety +4

      @@petrikhubacek4058 he mean sugar daddies

    • @petrikhubacek4058
      @petrikhubacek4058 Před 4 lety

      @@112mirai Ohhh shit yeah now I get it lmao

  • @IanTheGabriel
    @IanTheGabriel Před 4 lety +25

    Me: Silently waiting for *SALTY* comments

  • @GuitarxWolf
    @GuitarxWolf Před 4 lety +13

    What if there’s something we are missing now and we don’t know it? Like something in between salt and sugar?

  • @mattmalyj7964
    @mattmalyj7964 Před 4 lety +84

    What if we stormed youtube head quarters

    • @mattmalyj7964
      @mattmalyj7964 Před 4 lety +5

      @Will Stewart yeah they deserve it

    • @LYNX-nz6rx
      @LYNX-nz6rx Před 4 lety +3

      Matt Malyj so YT is *area 52*

    • @suSnayC
      @suSnayC Před 4 lety

      @@LYNX-nz6rx ??

    • @frosty_teacup
      @frosty_teacup Před 4 lety +1

      Some day in the future this is gonna be a thing and someone will find this comment and say you *_predicted the future._*

    • @hahaa3341
      @hahaa3341 Před 4 lety +1

      @@LYNX-nz6rx no area 53

  • @kiranfrancisrtr1
    @kiranfrancisrtr1 Před 4 lety +48

    This is my What if 😎... Nice they thought about doing my what if

  • @laughlinfamily3337
    @laughlinfamily3337 Před 4 lety +28

    What if the world had no volcanoes?

  • @paulferma500
    @paulferma500 Před 4 lety +75

    Salt bae: salt is everything
    What if: im gonna end this men's whole career

  • @TN-mz5gw
    @TN-mz5gw Před 4 lety +38

    But wait so if salt disappeared now it would be devastating but what if it never existed. From the beginning of the universe sodium chloride never existed does that mean that the universe would have evolved to live without it and we would be living unaffected just slightly different from what we are now??

    • @Sagar10.
      @Sagar10. Před 4 lety +6

      Universe started with hydrogen atom, which due to fusion, created other elements........
      So if you are saying that their was no Sodium / Chlorine, than you are indirectly saying that "what if there was no hydrogen" .. And in that case life wouldn't exist..

    • @TN-mz5gw
      @TN-mz5gw Před 4 lety +4

      @@Sagar10. actually no that's not what I am saying
      I am saying that what if sodium/chlorine didn't combine to form what we call common salt or if the properties of it were different than what we have today like what if it was inedible to us or maybe it spontaneously reacted with oxygen or maybe was radioactive
      In brief words, what if we could consume or even access NaCl like we do now or if NaCl never even existed not just Na or Cl but NaCl together didn't exist
      I hope you understand and I mean no disrespect of your opinion

  • @shrutjain3575
    @shrutjain3575 Před 4 lety +7

    5:11 Me eating in the school's lunch break when my best friend got some tasty treats

  • @nisimayorga8932
    @nisimayorga8932 Před 4 lety +6

    Salt is the most important thing in the world
    Air:am I a joke to you?

  • @GHRTB
    @GHRTB Před 4 lety +18

    And once again the humanity perished! As expected from What if

  • @liam-man7265
    @liam-man7265 Před 4 lety +47

    If there was no salt, we would have more freshwater to drink from the oceans!

    • @berniemcdonagh7831
      @berniemcdonagh7831 Před 4 lety +4

      But its covered in plastic

    • @liam-man7265
      @liam-man7265 Před 4 lety +6

      scouse belter tunes Then if there was no plastic, we would have cleaner freshwater!

    • @softcookiessuck160
      @softcookiessuck160 Před 4 lety +1

      pacybits noob it’s still drinkable

    • @dicon912
      @dicon912 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes but we need salt to survive, unless we adapted. However, our cells, bodies and wildlife too couldn’t adapt that quick.

    • @says101
      @says101 Před 4 lety +2

      no crap sherlock

  • @nicksd8731
    @nicksd8731 Před 4 lety +4

    I love your vids keep making such asw and keep hard working love your work !!!!!

  • @utkarshanand3675
    @utkarshanand3675 Před 4 lety +1

    I barely miss any of your videos & all of a sudden a new topic hit my mind
    "What if I don't study and keep watching your videos"
    😂😂
    Love your work anyway !

  • @rainmountain
    @rainmountain Před 4 lety +2

    1:44
    In short, salt is not composed of those two elements, but is composed of Na+ and Cl-. Ions and atoms are different in nature, and they are not as dangerous to humans as atoms

  • @raw-soul
    @raw-soul Před 4 lety +13

    "and death"
    Heaven gates open 😭😭😭

  • @umbrellacorp.7125
    @umbrellacorp.7125 Před 4 lety +47

    What if there is a something that our LIVE DoEsnT' DePeeND oN It??

  • @aldinalumani1843
    @aldinalumani1843 Před 4 lety +2

    Amazing video. So educative and interesting 👍🏼💪🏼

  • @kerfluu___7052
    @kerfluu___7052 Před 4 lety

    World: * I’m in danger*

  • @erick8784
    @erick8784 Před 4 lety +4

    World without salt
    People : Meh...
    World without signal
    People : Wait that's illegal

  • @amaanakhtar
    @amaanakhtar Před 4 lety +17

    What if a gravitational wave hits earth?

  • @isopropyltoxicity
    @isopropyltoxicity Před 4 lety +4

    Dont limit your salt. Its really hard to overeat salt. If something tastes salty enough its fine just dont add extra

  • @brittneypearson9022
    @brittneypearson9022 Před 4 lety

    Sick, watching all your vids today.

  • @thegeekextreme1320
    @thegeekextreme1320 Před 4 lety +3

    The best channel .please make 'what if all the water in the world gets finished'

  • @protocol4963
    @protocol4963 Před 4 lety +5

    Please make a video on what if earth rotates from north to south

  • @zalmhendry
    @zalmhendry Před 4 lety +10

    Please do What if human spend our life under the ocean for next century or something 👍

    • @WhatIfScienceShow
      @WhatIfScienceShow  Před 4 lety +2

      Here is something similar czcams.com/video/kIelwY5ZBxU/video.html

  • @Odvic
    @Odvic Před 4 lety +2

    I think it’s important to state if you mean if it disappeared overnight or if it was never here . That would be crucial in determining if humanity would survive or not .

  • @thvichuz
    @thvichuz Před 4 lety +4

    What if.. what if's videos do not end with "thats a topic for another what if!"

    • @someone8516
      @someone8516 Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Really funny bro!!!
      But you r right 🤣

    • @vestakhateeb
      @vestakhateeb Před 3 lety

      What If's videos would be 24 hour marathons

  • @grapesnape
    @grapesnape Před 4 lety +39

    "what if there's no salt?"
    *_shocked Pikachu face_*
    *Damn my TACO* !! :'(

    • @KenshinXRikku
      @KenshinXRikku Před 4 lety

      You put salt on your taco??? o.o

    • @grapesnape
      @grapesnape Před 4 lety

      @@KenshinXRikku duh , food is tasteless without salt
      Tacos definitely have salt in them if not on them •-•

    • @KenshinXRikku
      @KenshinXRikku Před 4 lety

      @@grapesnape x.x I never put salt on my taco and it tastes good...lol...

  • @danielkyorchev6518
    @danielkyorchev6518 Před 4 lety

    Always interesting videos!

  • @Fla3meZz
    @Fla3meZz Před 4 lety +2

    This channel is literally my 3 am thoughts

  • @adityaverma6754
    @adityaverma6754 Před 4 lety +15

    Short answer : we die
    Long answer : we ddddddiiiiiiiieeeeeee

  • @DavineRoss
    @DavineRoss Před 4 lety +37

    Well us black People would go crazy cause we season everything😂

  • @naraedhawigar12
    @naraedhawigar12 Před 4 lety +2

    1:29 "Do you know what is in the canister?"

  • @swgadrunq1700
    @swgadrunq1700 Před 4 lety +1

    Gordon Ramsay on kitchen nightmares : this is your restaurant

  • @wilsoncruz7827
    @wilsoncruz7827 Před 4 lety +4

    if there was no salt we wont have salt water but we need it and we wont have CHEEZ IT

  • @cozzadurosenzafuturo
    @cozzadurosenzafuturo Před 4 lety +3

    I'm literally salting my muffins while watching this video

  • @welldendemexicocertifiedin1390

    This is what would happen to me : - Sits in corner - - Starts crying like how you do in the school bathroom lol -

  • @iamfrommars6282
    @iamfrommars6282 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for your work

  • @thegeekextreme1320
    @thegeekextreme1320 Před 4 lety +9

    The best channel. Loved the video. Please Make 'what if everybody went non veg'.

  • @trishajohnson9189
    @trishajohnson9189 Před 4 lety +3

    Thumbnail: What if there was no salt in the world?
    Me: What would I put on my chips?😩

    • @vestakhateeb
      @vestakhateeb Před 3 lety

      What would we put on boiled eggs? 😩

  • @hatter848
    @hatter848 Před 4 lety +1

    *What If: uploads a new video**
    *Me: guess we die*

  • @ussakira7294
    @ussakira7294 Před 4 lety

    Your channel is totally amazing

  • @ihaveliterallynoname
    @ihaveliterallynoname Před 4 lety +31

    Then I guess people wouldn’t be as salty 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @Konekoexe
    @Konekoexe Před 4 lety +5

    And/or what if the Earth were in the center of the solar system

  • @brittany1370
    @brittany1370 Před 4 lety +2

    Amazing how something like salt has such a big impact on everything. Like it was created by a creator for a purpose

  • @obed5oa
    @obed5oa Před 4 lety

    Love it when he pulls off the landing. 5:18

  • @47KK
    @47KK Před 4 lety +40

    Me: Reads title
    Also me: WOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH GOES ALL THE SALT WATER CREATURES HAHAHAHAHA
    Edit: I know i am evil you dont need to tell me

  • @theotherside931
    @theotherside931 Před 4 lety +9

    *In my country, Nigeria, most of the food we eat go with salt.*
    *We also preserve things with salt.*

    • @vankayalakameswarasarma1723
      @vankayalakameswarasarma1723 Před 4 lety +1

      Salt is used everywhere.
      Preserving meat requires salt along with ice.

    • @theotherside931
      @theotherside931 Před 4 lety

      @@vankayalakameswarasarma1723 *I don't know about the ice aspect. How does that work?*

    • @vankayalakameswarasarma1723
      @vankayalakameswarasarma1723 Před 4 lety

      @@theotherside931 Salt is added to kill the bacteria and sometimes dried too and ice is put to slow the decay of the dead animals.This is how fish is exported.

  • @Jay-el8jz
    @Jay-el8jz Před 4 lety

    That Frank Booth image at 4:32 was really scary.
    RIP Dennis Hopper

  • @roshanshah8020
    @roshanshah8020 Před 4 lety

    Please make video on
    WHAT IF EARTH'S NORTH POLE AND SOUTH POLE FLIP?
    I just love your videos from NEPAL 🇳🇵 😊

  • @SailendraPrakashSapkota
    @SailendraPrakashSapkota Před 4 lety +18

    what if the entire human race travels to another planet for 50 years and come back?

    • @Saigonas
      @Saigonas Před 4 lety +2

      Why should they?

    • @jakechong8354
      @jakechong8354 Před 4 lety

      @@Saigonas experimental purposes

    • @jakechong8354
      @jakechong8354 Před 4 lety

      I think earth would be greater. Trees grows more faster, oxygen starts to increase which allow insects to grow bigger, human would be terrified if they're gonna see a huge giant insect. Not only that, I think climate change would stop.

  • @harmenas5356
    @harmenas5356 Před 4 lety +9

    Riddle
    What is ?
    Cities have been named after it
    Economy's have been built on it
    Wars have been faught over it
    Your life depends on lt
    Answer : Salt 🤣

  • @adamhasny8148
    @adamhasny8148 Před 4 lety

    finally a good topic again it's been a while

  • @leelalacy8824
    @leelalacy8824 Před 4 lety

    your videos really be the reason i’m up at 3am

  • @thediamondgauntlet8888
    @thediamondgauntlet8888 Před 4 lety +20

    salt is everywhere
    that's why it's so cheap

    • @jonw9791
      @jonw9791 Před 4 lety +1

      TheDiamondGauntlet thanks chief

  • @urmom34150
    @urmom34150 Před 4 lety +8

    What if metal was never discovered?

    • @HedefTuran70
      @HedefTuran70 Před 4 lety

      Our devices wouldn't exist then

    • @Jaguar2kicks
      @Jaguar2kicks Před 4 lety

      Then rap wouldn’t exist either and we’ll be listening to the wind lol

    • @urmom34150
      @urmom34150 Před 4 lety

      jaguarkick lmao

  • @mrgm5938
    @mrgm5938 Před 4 lety

    i love the way this man explains

  • @serafinnandrade1498
    @serafinnandrade1498 Před 4 lety +1

    Any video of what if the world will end, any video uploads by this guys

  • @surabhi_kumari
    @surabhi_kumari Před 4 lety +3

    I will not have to learn a lots of chemical reactions so it will be good.

  • @axel0w
    @axel0w Před 4 lety +5

    No more salty people.
    Just imagine.

  • @AlexStefan-vs2dj
    @AlexStefan-vs2dj Před 2 lety

    I was wondering if there was a video on "what if" salt didnt exists, and i was pleasently surprised xD

  • @iamtheonewhoknocks2983
    @iamtheonewhoknocks2983 Před 4 lety +1

    I love what if channel.their anchoring is nice compared to other pisky youtubers

  • @lostmemoriez1577
    @lostmemoriez1577 Před 4 lety +11

    *What If the World Is Anime*
    Just a suggestion lol 😂😂

    • @sebbes111
      @sebbes111 Před 4 lety

      stfu anime is fuckin ass bruh

  • @greenguyz3775
    @greenguyz3775 Před 4 lety +4

    Ya yeet im early
    *89 comments* 😂 lol luv u What If!! You are inspiring and interesting 😊

  • @scott2k9184
    @scott2k9184 Před 4 lety +1

    You should do this video but about sugar

  • @mollykavlog3125
    @mollykavlog3125 Před 4 lety +2

    The first thing came into my mind, “people won’t be SALTY “

  • @jwsnyderaal
    @jwsnyderaal Před 4 lety +5

    Him: *says no salt*
    Him also: get chips to have salt
    Me: you said there wasn’t any salt.?

  • @m.v3577
    @m.v3577 Před 4 lety +3

    Hearing the intro and seeing the powder i thought it was cocaine.

    • @carbonx95.08
      @carbonx95.08 Před 4 lety +1

      And imagine if the video was bout cocaine
      How would you live without it?
      @doing my part

  • @petermatta8157
    @petermatta8157 Před 4 lety

    Can you do a video about what if we lived in Pangea ?

  • @samurai4663
    @samurai4663 Před 4 lety

    The guy to invent salt was like 'yas lemme mix these 2 super deadly things together and mix it into my neighbour's food. He will be so surprised lol.'

  • @wsphh2692
    @wsphh2692 Před 4 lety +3

    ok but what if we replaced all salt with pepper

  • @abbyd2663
    @abbyd2663 Před 4 lety +9

    please make a video on what if England 🇬🇧 never ruled india 🇮🇳 for 150 years
    those who want the episode please give thumbs up

    • @bobbysingh5666
      @bobbysingh5666 Před 4 lety +1

      i feel like nobody would be able to choose one thing. There could so many diffrent outcomes. And depending on peopls opions then their outcome would change

  • @daronchau8820
    @daronchau8820 Před 4 lety

    3/5 of the video explained what salt is and what uses it has in the world. 1/5 explained a study that examined 10 days without salt. The remaining ~1/5 actually starts answering the title of the clip at 4:06.

  • @TrickstarXindustries
    @TrickstarXindustries Před 4 lety

    at 3:55 was that the door of olymp from KH3?

  • @unhuman537
    @unhuman537 Před 4 lety +3

    I love your channel...Keep ot up..and OMG..I am 2nd viewer..😁😄😃😀🤗☺☺

  • @saraswatibaisoya8277
    @saraswatibaisoya8277 Před 4 lety +8

    Most importantly,there will be no SALT BAE.

  • @Ramsvids
    @Ramsvids Před 4 lety +1

    What if a what if video ended without “but thats a story for another what if”
    *oh wait*

  • @mercedes-benzamge55florida29

    Hey What if! Can you create a video about the life without sugar?

  • @mattortiz4706
    @mattortiz4706 Před 4 lety +6

    *sees what if there was no salt*
    *plays csgo*
    *hears russian guy*
    Me: *dies*
    Russian guy: Nice try dude
    Me:This.... This is not possible

  • @b.bhandari5673
    @b.bhandari5673 Před 4 lety +10

    Did you know
    If there was no salt the food wouldn't taste salty

  • @chrislavie3325
    @chrislavie3325 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting 👍🏿💯

  • @Taddystrix
    @Taddystrix Před 4 lety

    Please make on '' What If moon and neutron star switched ''