Food Theory: We Need To Talk About The Green M&M

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  • čas přidán 3. 09. 2022
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    There is a lot of talk out there about the Green M&M. She's gone through some... iterations, but that is NOT what we are talking about today. At least, not the most important thing. What I'm looking to see is if green M&Ms can help you get LUCKY! Think of this as the spiritual successor to our chocolate episode a while back.
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  • @liamkemmett7347
    @liamkemmett7347 Před rokem +4710

    I like it how the original photo of MatPat's cutout he uses still looks like it's been photoshopped in

    • @criss7351
      @criss7351 Před rokem +231

      LMAO that's exactly what i said

    • @JanbluTheDerg
      @JanbluTheDerg Před rokem +484

      I feel like we've gotten so used to the cutout that the original photo just looks... off

    • @ManMad17
      @ManMad17 Před rokem +239

      It is the original picture, but it just doesn't feel right to look...

    • @FootballPsychoPS3T
      @FootballPsychoPS3T Před rokem +46

      Ronnie is in that photo. 💚

    • @poycixyz4614
      @poycixyz4614 Před rokem +9

      @@JanbluTheDerg Sameee

  • @ice_agebaby6939
    @ice_agebaby6939 Před rokem +7504

    I feel like everyone's overlooking the most probable fact that the green m&m was the first and only female mascot for years

    • @someguy8365
      @someguy8365 Před rokem +534

      Green M&Mussy 🥵

    • @Ph03n1xx
      @Ph03n1xx Před rokem +461

      @@someguy8365 (this is hilarious) never say that again. Never. (That was funny)

    • @JhelleMies
      @JhelleMies Před rokem +65

      Yah this came first to my mind

    • @georgehater8370
      @georgehater8370 Před rokem +60

      @@someguy8365 red m&mussy 😳

    • @FrostiTruth
      @FrostiTruth Před rokem +54

      or that chocolate is an aphrodisiac

  • @pinkybanerjee2228
    @pinkybanerjee2228 Před rokem +623

    Matpat: trying very hard not to explain birds and the bees
    Also matpat: makes a video about candy mascots being canibals

    • @MatejVranka-in7ku
      @MatejVranka-in7ku Před 8 měsíci +16

      I think that's on CZcams guidelines.

    • @s0up_1223
      @s0up_1223 Před 8 měsíci +22

      I mean I would rather talk about cannibals then birds and bees

    • @rsyvbh
      @rsyvbh Před 6 měsíci +5

      I mean hey he won't get demonetised

    • @samdo-kn6li
      @samdo-kn6li Před 4 měsíci +3

      Also Matpat:
      Making videos on "Luigi's green pipe"

    • @Alexaq268
      @Alexaq268 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Bro doesn't want to get demonitized

  • @alexus4015
    @alexus4015 Před rokem +733

    I think that maybe another thing could be that seeing M&Ms with an assortment of colors provides the participants with comfort knowing that there is a variety despite there being no actual flavor difference among all the colors. Being given only one color of M&Ms makes it seem as though they are bland or all only one flavor and won’t be as satisfying.

  • @thephony1651
    @thephony1651 Před rokem +3596

    Food Theory Idea: Are banana peels really slippery? What makes them slippery? Are other fruit peels slippery? Which peel is the slipperiest?

    • @HerresherOfTaza
      @HerresherOfTaza Před rokem +45

      That’s interesting

    • @Entertainment0verdose
      @Entertainment0verdose Před rokem +30

      Good idea!

    • @wooshifgay462
      @wooshifgay462 Před rokem +96

      They are, what makes them slippery is the liquid inside them, when you squeeze them a super small amount of oily liquid gets released
      The slipperiest peel is mango peel

    • @darladay4766
      @darladay4766 Před rokem +24

      It's pretty well established they've killed quite a few people but if you're asking I assume younger people don't know

    • @pleasepie1928
      @pleasepie1928 Před rokem +28

      Myth busters actually had an episode with this!

  • @shawnjones99
    @shawnjones99 Před rokem +5813

    I love how hard MatPat is trying to keep this family friendly.

  • @TotallynotAmalee
    @TotallynotAmalee Před 2 měsíci +11

    7:20 “I see red when I’m MAD 😡”

  • @ethanpetersen810
    @ethanpetersen810 Před rokem +33

    1:22 Somehow, phrasing it that way makes me even more uncomfortable...

  • @riktang3062
    @riktang3062 Před rokem +23113

    food theory idea: could eating food you dont like actually make you sick
    edit: that question sounded better in my head, but now i realize its just dumb so nevermind
    also i did NOT expect this many likes whatsoever i thought it get like 40 maximum

  • @MorningDusk7734
    @MorningDusk7734 Před rokem +1914

    I know that if I were in a study, and a bowl of singular-colored candy was presented to me, I would be distracted by trying to figure out what the study was trying to discover, whereas being in a room with a bowl of normal distribution candy colors, I would assume they were just there as a bonus snack to help the subjects focus on the task at hand. Maybe that's a future theory too, "does eating while doing a task help you focus?"

    • @graciegirl2658
      @graciegirl2658 Před rokem +8

      I would watch that video

    • @GremlinSciences
      @GremlinSciences Před rokem +43

      Studies have shown that chewing gum helps improve focus so I would assume that snacking/eating can help one to stay focused, but you know what they say about assumptions.
      Related food fact; drinking tends to calm emotions. Next time you realize you're getting a bit too heated, take a sip of water. It also works if you're too exited or too sad.

    • @neolithiumproduction
      @neolithiumproduction Před rokem +11

      Agreed. I would immediately be suspicious as to why my m&ms were all one color. xD

    • @_Fizel_
      @_Fizel_ Před rokem +6

      @@neolithiumproduction I guess unless it was Valentine's Day and they had the all green bags in stores XD

    • @Chimpson2009
      @Chimpson2009 Před rokem

      That and listening to music

  • @gothnerd887
    @gothnerd887 Před rokem +12

    0:12 "Wink wink, nudge nudge. Say no more"

  • @kudiratadediran3690
    @kudiratadediran3690 Před rokem +30

    When the photo is so over used that the original image looks photo shaped (11:05)

  • @kristyc8249
    @kristyc8249 Před rokem +1843

    I hypothesize that a mixed bowl of color is possibly more "fun" thus leading to a higher rating than just a plain color, no matter what color that is

    • @Shirby857
      @Shirby857 Před rokem +66

      That’s what I was thinking too. Maybe more colors = more mental stimulation = more “arousal”

    • @Larucos
      @Larucos Před rokem +29

      i was thinking the same thing, many colors is more visually stimulating than plain color candy, i'm pretty sure that's why m&m's and skittles are so colorful in first place

    • @CyberCy2
      @CyberCy2 Před rokem +10

      Taste the rainbow!

    • @brandonprater4613
      @brandonprater4613 Před rokem +15

      Especially if you threw in some of the less common colors. I can still remember how hyped blue M&M's were when they were introduced into the mix.

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint Před rokem +5

      @@brandonprater4613 Oh yeah that was exciting.

  • @jamesedgar4099
    @jamesedgar4099 Před rokem +948

    When I was young I recall reading that British soldiers in WW2 would keep their green Smarties (a candy-coated chocolate like M&Ms) to throw into the grass when they returned home. Why? So their kids would spend the afternoon trying to find them, while dad was inside making up for lost time with mom.
    Tried to find a reference online, but can't find one. But as M&Ms are inspired by Smarties, the connection is there - assuming some author wasn't lying to me!

    • @lou626
      @lou626 Před rokem +34

      thats disgusting

    • @Dkarm26
      @Dkarm26 Před rokem +19

      i've never heard of that in my life, also smarties are only similar to m&ms in looks they're two very seperate sweets

    • @jamesedgar4099
      @jamesedgar4099 Před rokem +86

      @@Dkarm26 not US Smarties (which are called Rockets elsewhere). Outside of the US Smarties are candy-coated chocolates, like M&Ms, only flatter and wider.

    • @isakhan7585
      @isakhan7585 Před rokem +26

      @@jamesedgar4099 I forgot that others don’t think smarties are the chocolate thank you for reminding me

    • @akwala__
      @akwala__ Před rokem +4

      @@Dkarm26 not really. They are both chocolate with a crunchy shell with colours

  • @strangerscience3659
    @strangerscience3659 Před rokem +5

    As an irish lad i rarely heard 1st base etc we just ask no hidden meaning words it's just " have u shifted " "have u done IT with her/him/them" "yous are together ?/ together now" and the questions can start (depending on which county or friends ur with ) from "yous are together" to" have u shifted" or" yous are together ?" Whats he/she / or are they like etc etc

  • @jamessmithson-br7rm
    @jamessmithson-br7rm Před rokem +4

    Thanks MatPat… Changing my dating app profile pic to one of me holding a bowl of mixed M&Ms

  • @fishybrickfilms
    @fishybrickfilms Před rokem +2910

    Can we all appreciate how hard mat pat is trying to not get demonetized

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem +3

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....czcams.com/video/EizxCxjZhFo/video.html

    • @Thisissoawesome
      @Thisissoawesome Před rokem

      clip czcams.com/video/gGssQIIwim8/video.html

    • @meh_idk.5105
      @meh_idk.5105 Před rokem +15

      I feel sorry for all the boys 😢

    • @Kingy_ra_d
      @Kingy_ra_d Před rokem +34

      So many bots in the comments

    • @noobatrain4437
      @noobatrain4437 Před rokem +3

      Bot day

  • @Shenonator
    @Shenonator Před rokem +2476

    As a german, i can say it took me years to figure out what the whole "bases" thing means in detail, we dont have a really common methaphor here, we get straight to the point !^^

    • @ameyaachivukula
      @ameyaachivukula Před rokem +18

      how about cricket...not all of europe plays it (pretty much only uk and surrounding regions) but it's there no?

    • @helianthus_miko
      @helianthus_miko Před rokem +66

      @@ameyaachivukula Yeah it's there but we don't use it as a metaphor, I think Rounders is more our equivalent to baseball but we don't use that either. We just don't really use sports themed metaphors, or at least not commonly.

    • @PriyaPans
      @PriyaPans Před rokem +12

      @@ameyaachivukula cricket is popular on the UK, Australia, new Zealand,the West Indies, Africa and South africa and some other parts of Europe and other island nations - enough that there are significant national teams that compete.

    • @Dkarm26
      @Dkarm26 Před rokem +19

      @@ameyaachivukula cricket is technically "popular" but go up to a random person on the street and most of them wouldn't have watched cricket ever, it's more popular in south asian countries than here

    • @dereinzigwahre8764
      @dereinzigwahre8764 Před rokem

      einlochen wie beim Golfen

  • @capsfederation3154
    @capsfederation3154 Před rokem +7

    Ooh try with normal m&ms but double the amount of greens or reds. That way we get the normalization of a full bowl but a subtle alteration to see the affects

  • @BillsworldToonz98
    @BillsworldToonz98 Před 5 měsíci +1

    3:26 we have cricket even though it’s mostly Australian but that’s still there!

  • @rend3ring
    @rend3ring Před rokem +2442

    Fun story. There was an upperclassmen in my physics class that didn't like purple Skittles and said they tasted like children's tears. So she would offer them to the table and I would usually eat them. So now I love to say I like eating children's tears everytime I eat purple Skittles.

    • @ellendallanora7404
      @ellendallanora7404 Před rokem +56

      Actually laughed out loud with this one.

    • @rebeccadavenport8607
      @rebeccadavenport8607 Před rokem +6

      Lol

    • @lykos..
      @lykos.. Před rokem +16

      I just opened a pack of skittles as I read this

    • @aditigunjal4231
      @aditigunjal4231 Před rokem +38

      Ok, but why does your teacher know how children's tears taste😶
      Hello internet, welcome to teacher theory!

    • @myhopeworld
      @myhopeworld Před rokem +15

      do children tears taste different from other tears?

  • @lyeanotfound
    @lyeanotfound Před rokem +1329

    The real question is what Mat’s Google searches looked like after this 😂

  • @flowergirltwins8916
    @flowergirltwins8916 Před 10 měsíci

    Food theory all the theories make me shine my day

  • @justagalwhocomments
    @justagalwhocomments Před rokem +5

    0:43 brownie or crispy any days
    Green m&ms spokecandy is pretty ngl

  • @verena99
    @verena99 Před rokem +865

    I honest to god didn't even know that there was such a thing as the green m&m making you in the mood.
    Also, as a Dutch person, as far as I know we don't really have things like first and second base like you guys have over in the USA, though I am also 23 and didn't date at all in my high school years so maybe I just missed out on that stuff. Who knows really

    • @Bluberyline827
      @Bluberyline827 Před rokem +31

      yeah exactly i didnt think there was a equivalent either. i think america is just weird. also wtf are those other spam comments above me?

    • @user-hd9oh9bk8b
      @user-hd9oh9bk8b Před rokem +25

      @@Bluberyline827 welcome to youtube. we have a fuckload of bots

    • @georgiancountryball202
      @georgiancountryball202 Před rokem +7

      well done you have won a jackpot of getting 2 bot comments under your comment how does that make you feel

    • @satan3862
      @satan3862 Před rokem

      i just finished high school and the closes thing i ever saw was people making finger gestures to each others or making weird signs

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před rokem +3

      Mexican here. Never heard about it with. I just love green as a color, so I happened to prefer the green ones over the rest.

  • @raymondtillotson6985
    @raymondtillotson6985 Před rokem +447

    So, my marketing teacher in high school swore up and down that one of his students started the whole green M&M thing as a stunt to outsell other student groups in a regional contest, and that the legend grew from there. For the record I was always dubious of his claim, although he had never before told any tall tales of the sort. He told us this back in 1996 in the US state of Connecticut, though I'm not sure how long beforehand this took place.

    • @bluelfsuma
      @bluelfsuma Před rokem +4

      I hope that's true. That'd be hilarious.

    • @raymondtillotson6985
      @raymondtillotson6985 Před rokem +2

      @@bluelfsuma I doubt only because it seems too good to be true. I'd love if it was though.

    • @coolgun9547
      @coolgun9547 Před rokem

      @@raymondtillotson6985 it probably is considering theres a bot in your comments with no dad

  • @toben7981
    @toben7981 Před rokem

    5:55 oh my god that is the best thing I've heard all day

  • @Borrego12
    @Borrego12 Před dnem +1

    The fact that i literally eating m&m's while watching the video lol 😂

  • @kingleonidas2182
    @kingleonidas2182 Před rokem +1048

    For the theory, I think the all green/red m&m’s just made people think about what was going on. Becoming more critical probably made more people second guess if they were truly attracted to someone.

  • @aidanmartin4583
    @aidanmartin4583 Před rokem +104

    Honestly, 11:10 just shows me that after seeing the PNG matpat be used for so long the real image now looks fake and photoshopped to me.

  • @Half_Baked
    @Half_Baked Před 6 měsíci +1

    3:32 Alright, Alright, you have officially convinced me to rewatch every office epsiode

  • @nameshaillay2691
    @nameshaillay2691 Před 10 měsíci +2

    9/10 on the pronunciation of Mel'bin. We are very stuck up about it. You get points (We would apologize for it, but pretention is our most fearsome weapon against Sydney)

  • @monroerobbins7551
    @monroerobbins7551 Před rokem +696

    Honestly, I thought it was placebo since the Green M&M was associated with a salacious character, but I guess it was the other way around. My bad.
    (And I also had no bloody idea this whole “green M&M’s turn you on” thing existed, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.)

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....czcams.com/video/EizxCxjZhFo/video.html

    • @mreggman4682
      @mreggman4682 Před rokem +1

      same

    • @chommy4913
      @chommy4913 Před rokem +31

      Let’s be honest we all hate these scam links

    • @SlizMaster
      @SlizMaster Před rokem

      Same here

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae Před rokem +14

      @Thank me later 🅥 Youre **LITERALLY ONE OF THE BOTS**

  • @Andreamom001
    @Andreamom001 Před rokem +446

    Um, when I was a teen, people didn’t say that made you feel any particular way, but they were a secret signal. So like, if someone wanted some intimate time with someone else, they would offer them a green one as a signal. If it was accepted, that mean the person was willing.

    • @YiPeaches
      @YiPeaches Před rokem +108

      As someone who is never in the loop about anything this terrifies me

    • @pichulxdanimation2359
      @pichulxdanimation2359 Před rokem +1

      Hi

    • @simonghoul3602
      @simonghoul3602 Před rokem +8

      Oh boy I bet that has led to a bunch of awkward situations
      Unless you gave them a bag full of green m&ms.... but that might be too much for some

  • @Sciencelover54
    @Sciencelover54 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Nothing says eat my candy like the Lorax getting front ended by a truck had me rolling on the floor 😂 8:45

  • @Fennily
    @Fennily Před 9 měsíci +1

    Id never heard of this before 😂. So I definitely didn't understand why the Green spokes candy was so saucy😂😂😂

  • @Jacquelinsane
    @Jacquelinsane Před rokem +1683

    When Mat said “Melbun” my Aussie heart soared.
    Every Aussie knows you say Melbourne as “Melbun”, and non-Aussies who do it are praised.

    • @vflowersimp
      @vflowersimp Před rokem +33

      hello there, fellow aussie

    • @deeshyeet6847
      @deeshyeet6847 Před rokem +17

      Same here, and I was just like hey I go to that University nice!

    • @dapotatoking4699
      @dapotatoking4699 Před rokem +14

      gday fellow aussie.

    • @TheSucram729
      @TheSucram729 Před rokem +12

      “MelboRn” 🤮

    • @dumbandconfused
      @dumbandconfused Před rokem +7

      Kinda like a town where I live is spelled S E N O I A, and everyone says Sih-noy-uh. The pronunciation is Suh-noy. Tmyk

  • @Stofferjib
    @Stofferjib Před rokem +342

    I've been following the theory channels for almost as long as they've been running. I'd friggen LOVE to participate on one of the studies

    • @tomanderson2006
      @tomanderson2006 Před rokem

      Only with three comments lol

    • @shadowscp1391
      @shadowscp1391 Před rokem

      Same here!!

    • @alexxxxx666
      @alexxxxx666 Před rokem

      Me too! It would be so much fun to be a part of this

    • @fox4dayz278
      @fox4dayz278 Před rokem

      RIGHT?? Same here! I've lived through and loved the totality of all 3 Theory Channels for as long as I can remember, always excited to have MatPat at the very top of my recommended feed! Honestly, having grown up with MatPat as such an idol has really shaped the way I think and view the world, and it would be such an honor to get to partake in even just a single experiment with them!! Guess we'll have to see what they've got planned for the future!

  • @mr.player8290
    @mr.player8290 Před rokem +1

    Just saw Nugget in the intro, in a big pile of nuggets. I feel happy now

  • @Freckless_onpawzz
    @Freckless_onpawzz Před 20 dny

    Ok no, but I need "the toy theorists", im new into this theory things but I'm already in love with them

  • @terrasilvershade5678
    @terrasilvershade5678 Před rokem +465

    Food Theory: food expiration dates! My partner and I had a conversation about when to throw the milk out and when it exactly goes bad. I know there’s a difference between “sell by” and “expiration” but how long after the date does it take for bacteria to grow?

    • @Oberkiller
      @Oberkiller Před rokem +22

      I like your suggestion in regards to bacteria growth and don't have an answer about that, but here's a fun fact: sour milk won't make you sick. Sure, once it's gone sour and curdled it's disgusting, that's definitely the suggested point at which you should probably stop trying to drink it. But drinking sour milk won't give you food poisoning or anything like that.

    • @thegamerboytgb4350
      @thegamerboytgb4350 Před rokem +11

      @@Oberkiller probably a bad stomach ace, and force you to hug the toilet lol

    • @ExcludedShadow
      @ExcludedShadow Před rokem +5

      I’m definitely interested in an episode on this. I will drink milk more than a month “expired” as long as it smells fine and has no chunks 🤷‍♀️

    • @shinyrayquaza9
      @shinyrayquaza9 Před rokem +5

      sell by is just the average shelf life of the product, it cam go bad sooner or after that date

    • @gooberdale
      @gooberdale Před rokem +4

      @@Oberkiller just a tummy ache and some botulism

  • @nofear1999
    @nofear1999 Před rokem +216

    I recently noticed something about peanut m&ms and thought you might be interested in reviewing. I had a family sized bag and noticed all the m&ms were wonky shaped, even some doubles and one missing a peanut. If you buy a small bag like from a gas station, they are all perfectly shaped. My theory is they use the perfect ones for the small bags, impulse buys, and they use all the wonky rejects for the large family bags.

    • @anintrovertonyoutube5271
      @anintrovertonyoutube5271 Před rokem +8

      Cool. That would be an interesting theory.

    • @TannerWombat
      @TannerWombat Před rokem +7

      I also think smaller individual bags or single packs of any treat (personal sized candy bars/bags, single server pastries or snack cakes, etc) taste better. I think it’s to entice us to buy the bigger packs 😂

    • @zinniaedits
      @zinniaedits Před rokem +2

      that would be a cool theory

    • @philippa4650
      @philippa4650 Před rokem +2

      @@TannerWombat I think that happens because due to the smaller portion, you enjoy them more. It's like the FT episode about left vs right twix bars

    • @rickrolled3666
      @rickrolled3666 Před rokem

      Found footage: czcams.com/video/ZztA_-oVaB4/video.html.

  • @CatBountieHunter
    @CatBountieHunter Před 11 měsíci

    I would love to participate in something like this, it just sounds so fun. Plus SCIENCE!!!

  • @eevee5699
    @eevee5699 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Back in my ELEMENTARY and middle school, we had "The Tree". You start at the "dirt" and when you get to the top branch, you're married lol
    The dirt being: they don't know you exist

  • @Leaffons
    @Leaffons Před rokem +435

    As a german, coming from a country which actually takes a lot of pride and enthusiasm in their football/soccer: no, we do not make Relationship references using sports:))

    • @oluwatimahwise6859
      @oluwatimahwise6859 Před rokem +12

      So I'm just curious since not a lot of folks have answered, do you guys have any sort of euphemism for different levels of intimacy? Not necessarily sports related ones but just some other sort of family friendly way of referencing s*x?

    • @jurandfantom
      @jurandfantom Před rokem +6

      @@oluwatimahwise6859 at least in Poland...nope

    • @kenobi_812
      @kenobi_812 Před rokem +11

      @@oluwatimahwise6859 As another German I’m pretty sure we don’t have stuff like that or it could have just went over my head when I was younger

    • @olamajosta3621
      @olamajosta3621 Před rokem +4

      @@oluwatimahwise6859 nah, it's more 1st and 2nd date that is emphasized. 1st base is generally thrown out in favour of talking about it directly as in crushes, perceived flirting, describing the intimacy directly.

    • @Leaffons
      @Leaffons Před rokem +6

      @@oluwatimahwise6859 hard question because in theory: yes
      The problem is, we love sayings
      So for example if we we want to say someone is imagining the worst outcome one could say "you are painting the devil on the wall"
      And we have a lot of these
      So basically yes we have sayings with family friendly words for having s*x, but they've become normalized in the way that they aren't family friendly anymore
      (And also not quite sports related)

  • @crmsn_wari
    @crmsn_wari Před rokem +338

    also, placebo is a thing. believing the green m&M's actually make you feel "something"

    • @gogauze
      @gogauze Před rokem

      This is one of the most understated and misunderstood things in pop science. Placebo reactions are a massive part of everyone's daily life, and they significantly impact our quality of life.
      The whole reason you give a placebo pill in the identical shape and color, in the exact same way, to a control group in a medical study, is because the expectation of the thing can, in part or in full, be causal to the thing. We don't want a medicine to just be better than nothing, we want it to be better than our perceptions can manipulate.
      A lot of folks think of the word as bad or dirty. It gets a lot of attention when something gets deemed to be "no more effective than a placebo," and folks who use or do those things don't respond well to being told the benefits they experience aren't real. The thing is, they probably are getting benefits.
      Like, if you grew up with your parents telling you that orange juice makes you better when you're feeling sick, you are very likely to actually get better. No joke, it frequently shortens your recovery and blunts your symptoms if you believe that. But we know for a fact that there are zero objective benefits from drinking orange juice compared to water and a few calories. How can those two things both be true? Because we don't actually deal with objective reality as much as we think we do.
      That's what science means when it mentions placebos. Your brain can take information and make your body do a bunch of things that don't seem like they should be possible. Those reactions are frequently belief based, and they do meaningfully help. They just aren't universal to every human.
      This is really just the tip of this iceberg. If it occurred to you that negative things could happen in the same way, you're absolutely right. And the sheer number of things a placebo reaction can do are not presently calculable. But it's a lot, and the differences are significant.

    • @MagpieMew
      @MagpieMew Před rokem +1

      Good point

    • @Werewolf914
      @Werewolf914 Před rokem +2

      Green is my favorite color must mean I'm constantly thinking of 👏 🍑 which I'll neither confirm nor deny without my Lawyer present

    • @kuza3991
      @kuza3991 Před rokem

      This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
      Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
      Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

    • @iurope4834
      @iurope4834 Před měsícem

      @@Werewolf914 WHY

  • @sohansaha4693
    @sohansaha4693 Před rokem +1

    i love when he says "three *foood theories*" in the most rough manly way possible in the midde of explaining how green skittles make you ho- nvm
    but man i love when he does that

  • @GinnyNReviews
    @GinnyNReviews Před 3 měsíci

    The fact they always have a control group make me happy :D

  • @earthsteward70
    @earthsteward70 Před rokem +881

    My favorite fact about M&Ms.
    Eddie van Halen would mandate that a bowl of M&Ms be put in the back room of the venue exactly in the middle of the room and there would be NO brown candies, and this is item 295 out of 541 of setting up a typical van Halen concert.
    If they messed up the candy, then van Halen suspected the pyrotechnics we're neglected too, and would just cancel the concert.

    • @ChanceTheBrony
      @ChanceTheBrony Před rokem +166

      What’s sad is that I think a lot of people misinterpreted that fact back in the day, because “no brown M&Ms” has since become a trope establishing that a character is a diva, despite Van Halen having *genuine concern for his life* if something went wrong.

    • @earthsteward70
      @earthsteward70 Před rokem +103

      @@ChanceTheBrony AND THE FANS, my god Eddie didn't want to blow up the fans! An amp alone can cause a serious fire.

    • @retosius7962
      @retosius7962 Před rokem +108

      that is honestly a genius way to test how dedicated they are

    • @KefkeWren
      @KefkeWren Před rokem +114

      @@ChanceTheBrony Exactly. It seems like a ridiculous request, because it _was._ It was a single, strange, completely arbitrary request stuck in the middle of a list of provisions to catch the kind of people who either didn't read the list fully, or would cut corners they didn't see as important.

    • @Agt_Seven
      @Agt_Seven Před rokem +24

      This kind of has the same energy as that one gag from Wayne's World 2 where Del tells a story about getting Ozzy Osbourne 1000 brown m&ms

  • @firewolf4824
    @firewolf4824 Před rokem +909

    "But first do you see that big red button down there? Does it make you feel some type of emotion deep down?"
    MatPat just gave the phrase "smash that subscribe button" a whole new meaning.

  • @huckthegamer
    @huckthegamer Před 11 měsíci

    5:55 was the reason I subscribed 😂

  • @AlienXfoldsgoku
    @AlienXfoldsgoku Před rokem

    “Before they put me on yet ANOTHER watchlist” what kind of watchlist are you already on

  • @iGamezRo
    @iGamezRo Před rokem +529

    MatPat keeping things family friendly even if he has a mature enough audience by this point.

    • @kbtvstudios9528
      @kbtvstudios9528 Před rokem +14

      @don't be surprised Imagine being a comment bot

    • @jayvhoncalma3458
      @jayvhoncalma3458 Před rokem +8

      Blame the algorithm :/

    • @its_aj251
      @its_aj251 Před rokem +3

      This is youtube's fault tbh

    • @mixedbaggamer
      @mixedbaggamer Před rokem +5

      I raise you the FNAF ARG. Well not everybody in the community's fault it definitely escalated to a very arguably immature level what with the disruption of multiple businesses in that area to a point where Matt Pat had to step in and tell everybody to stop

    • @samirbelica2358
      @samirbelica2358 Před rokem +3

      For the money, man. For the money.

  • @YourRyeBread
    @YourRyeBread Před rokem

    12:37 my theory is that the red and green are stimulating as a more unique color but not alone (in this candy specific situation anyway)

  • @xarysjaszczurski3975
    @xarysjaszczurski3975 Před 5 měsíci

    3:18 like in poland we usually refer to sports like football/socker cal it what you like or we try to refer to things in every day jobs or popular jokes

  • @MysteryMusic512
    @MysteryMusic512 Před rokem +187

    Matpat: “I CAN’T SAY THAT WORD!”
    Also Matpat: *Proceeds to put the word in the video multiple times*

  • @novacorponline
    @novacorponline Před rokem +219

    The placebo effect seems like something that should have also warranted a mention. 'Knowing' that the candy is stimulating due to rumors may lead to a placebo effect where it does actually cause you to become stimulated by it.

  • @Ninjaworriargamerofficial

    3:22 we have cricket which is kinda the same thing but the rackets are bigger and more rectangular look it up

  • @ravirai7255
    @ravirai7255 Před 8 měsíci

    Every time I hear that intro my head goes CRAZY*MY HEAD SHAKING VIOLENTLY*

  • @TessHex
    @TessHex Před rokem +181

    Some European perspective, if it's of any help:
    In my experience, we just don't use the "base" metaphors; we just say what we mean-- but we _are_ second-hand familiar with them because of American media. I just haven't experienced anyone using them sincerely/unironically.
    I've never heard anyone claim the green M&Ms to have any particular properties; and so, prior to watching this episode, I had just assumed it was a psychological thing, relating it back to the Green M&M from the advertising.
    If anything, the hot-ticket M&Ms over here (at least, in the UK) are the blue ones, because they disappeared from the market during... the 2000s, I think? Maybe the '90s?-- and when they came back, they made a HUGE deal out of it. Again, I think it had something to do with a connection being alleged between food-colouring and carcinogens.

    • @oscarwillimott9296
      @oscarwillimott9296 Před rokem +6

      Someone's really unlucky with bots.
      But, yeah, I agree.

    • @orionhardy
      @orionhardy Před rokem +6

      Here in the UK we used the word scored as an equivalent metaphor to a home run, which is a Football Thing.

    • @oscarwillimott9296
      @oscarwillimott9296 Před rokem +1

      @@orionhardy I didn't know that. And I live there.

    • @vulpusgenius
      @vulpusgenius Před rokem

      I think it was something to do with the blue colouring making kids more hyper due to it being a drug or something... not too sure tho

    • @vivibee3943
      @vivibee3943 Před rokem

      Agreed. It's rather funny bcs in Finland we do have baseball (even though it's not the same as the American, but anyways) and we still don't use baseball vocab for this purpose. Ice hockey is more popular, of course, but we don't use that either.

  • @terry_the_terrible
    @terry_the_terrible Před rokem +321

    My theory:
    A full bowl of vari coloured M&Ms could induce a sense of security thanks to the perception of choice. Participants may also have been in a better mood because the garish colours made them think it was a party and thus socially appropriate to let loose.
    Meanwhile, single coloured M&m bowls could have induce a manufactured sense of scarcity, which would make people hesitant to date since they wouldn't have the resources to finish the seduction process.
    All in all, I think the lighting results are polluted with the sugar results and social perception.
    It would have been better to isolate the colour variable

    • @erilopez9564
      @erilopez9564 Před rokem +9

      i'm gonna be honest, i think you overcomplicated it. i don't think most people associate a full bowl of multi color m&m's with a party, but moreso a doctor's office. also idk if the scarcity part makes sense? realistically, one would think, "hmm, they're all one color, so clearly someone grabbed a fuckton of m&m's bags and kept only some colors." i think even i'm overcomplicating it. no hate btw, i just like debating theories

    • @wqrw1290
      @wqrw1290 Před rokem +1

      @@erilopez9564 How a doctors office? What a great doctor you may have but I would think I would a associate a full bowl of m&ms with a party

    • @erilopez9564
      @erilopez9564 Před rokem

      @@wqrw1290 because it's one of those "officey" type of things. bowl of m&m's or a bowl of tootsie rolls or whatever cheap treat. whereas at a party there's... alcohol? never been to a party with a bowl of m&m's lol

    • @sethbettwieser
      @sethbettwieser Před rokem

      @@erilopez9564 I've never been to a business with candy bowls. And every party I can remember going to has had m&m's or some other bowl of candy.

  • @cautionhazardous2236
    @cautionhazardous2236 Před rokem

    Maybe stimulating bright colours all mixed together make people feel happier & energized? I think about party lights at concerts/raves

  • @scrapykatofficial
    @scrapykatofficial Před rokem

    Who drew the color characters? That's some good artwork

  • @provolonefatboy5875
    @provolonefatboy5875 Před rokem +443

    Here’s my theory: The bowls of the same colored candy definitely had something to do with color theory (maybe not all but at least a little). But my guess is that they also made the brain a little confused. You see, when you see an ad for m&m’s you see (usually) see all the colors, and so you kind of get used to it, anytime you see a bowl of same colored m&m’s its for a reason- its there to prove some sort of point (like in on the desk of a receptionist or something, hopefully that makes sense). But in conclusion it just doesn’t make sense to our brain is some way, like the uncanny valley of candy.
    Though I did see a theory on here saying something about the fact that they’d be suspicious is they walked in a room for an experiment and saw a bowl of same colored m&m’s there, they might wonder a little more what the experiment is about and get distracted. I could see this making sense in a way.

    • @Starrygirl821
      @Starrygirl821 Před rokem

      Ppp

    • @left4twenty
      @left4twenty Před rokem +13

      the uncandy valley 😏

    • @aceboy1357
      @aceboy1357 Před rokem +7

      My theory is that people find the green M&M mascot hot

    • @Darling_Dame_Anastasia
      @Darling_Dame_Anastasia Před rokem

      I feel like that's more color psychology as opposed to color theory. Color theory is which colors for together and things like that, lol

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots Před rokem

      ???

  • @sin-t
    @sin-t Před rokem +1150

    As an European, no, we don’t have similar things like “the first base” to indicate that kind of things. We are more straightforward lmao

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx Před rokem +134

      Chad Europeans vs Beta Americans

    • @minm4234
      @minm4234 Před rokem +52

      straightforward people are awesome, and im all about it

    • @minm4234
      @minm4234 Před rokem +18

      social nuances are a pain :P

    • @torazely
      @torazely Před rokem +56

      @@minm4234 I mean. I can certainly do forward, but I tried being straight for the first 18 years of my life. It's not for me.

    • @poke-talia268
      @poke-talia268 Před rokem +5

      I never really got the base things for what was what outside of homerun. Lol

  • @OparuGacha200
    @OparuGacha200 Před 7 měsíci

    What I heard: The green m&ms mean you can’t find your favorite toothbrush

  • @tiahere8499
    @tiahere8499 Před rokem +1

    3:12 yea we dont rlly have that, we just actually say what we're thinking about because why wouldnt we-

  • @dudeawsomeness1
    @dudeawsomeness1 Před rokem +415

    There comes a time in every boy's life when he gets the talk... about the green M&Ms.

  • @angelrosepetal9825
    @angelrosepetal9825 Před rokem +510

    When MatPat was struggling to find a way to say the question of the video without getting demonetized, my first thought for the question was "Are green M&M's an aphrodisiac?" You can say that without getting demonetized, right?

    • @DirectorDelta
      @DirectorDelta Před rokem +6

      Yeah same, literally just on my way down to comment lmao

    • @franktank302
      @franktank302 Před rokem +16

      He also played Austin Powers, so why not just say “randy” lol

    • @lars7747
      @lars7747 Před rokem +11

      A CZcamsr got stroked for saying he liked grapes so i wouldn't take chances

  • @officialblimp
    @officialblimp Před rokem

    this is actually fascinating

  • @sagemage6599
    @sagemage6599 Před 9 měsíci

    3:27 we have rounders so we can still use the bases as an example

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED Před rokem +281

    Matpat : "In short, Colours with longer wavelengths tend to be more stimulating than those with shorter wavelengths" [7:26]
    _Hey! I'm sure they have a GREAT personality to go with those short wavelengths !!!_

  • @dakotamerriman872
    @dakotamerriman872 Před rokem +145

    Alternative hypothesis: the bowls of same colored candies doesn't allow the brain to rest. Think of how an addict gets diminishing returns after repeated drug use. The bowl of mixed candy gives the brain variation and makes those bursts of "love" chemicals more potent.

    • @anintrovertonyoutube5271
      @anintrovertonyoutube5271 Před rokem +3

      That's a cool hypothesis

    • @qs-ii1872
      @qs-ii1872 Před rokem +4

      Personally I believe it’s this mixed with us all previously having knowledge that it’s supposed to be mix, and therefor that it’s strange to be monochrome.
      If it was any other candy out there that comes in one color, it wishing face the same
      Issues.
      Then again, I’m not a fan of multicolored foods in the first place. So you might be more inline with the world for all I know.

  • @rexron-yy5rg
    @rexron-yy5rg Před 9 měsíci

    i watch your vids all day long

  • @Angie2343
    @Angie2343 Před rokem

    The talking candies are amazing!

  • @EeveePrincessXD
    @EeveePrincessXD Před rokem +88

    Here’s an idea to further iterate on this experiment: since you now know that a mix of colors produces better results than a bowl of just one colored candies, try running the experiment again with mixed bowls each time, but with two bowls where the mix has been artificially bloated with extra red or green M&Ms respectively. Consider doing the same for the other candy colors as well, just to see if there are any unexpected contenders.

  • @NodzergHorde1997
    @NodzergHorde1997 Před rokem +52

    11:00 that real picture just looks fake after i have seen that png for so long

  • @DavetheAf
    @DavetheAf Před 10 měsíci

    3:22 ONG THANK YOU MAT PAT FOR NOT SAYING SOCCER! YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE! IM SO HAPPY!

  • @Hillers62
    @Hillers62 Před rokem +1

    At 8:10 ...Orange didn't replace red M&M's...TAN ones did...until red ones came back...I know...I lived it...

  • @irs4373
    @irs4373 Před rokem +329

    Imagine just not being in the mood and then she pulls out the green m&ms

    • @user-lk2ex7ng8r
      @user-lk2ex7ng8r Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....czcams.com/video/EizxCxjZhFo/video.html

    • @gmg6863
      @gmg6863 Před rokem +21

      Sad, 3 bots on 1 video, i might try that whit my crush tho

    • @3man3
      @3man3 Před rokem +4

      @@gmg6863 your done for if she's seen this tho

    • @gmg6863
      @gmg6863 Před rokem +5

      @@3man3 fr, lets hope she doesnt open this comment section :)

    • @user-jb6cj7or6u
      @user-jb6cj7or6u Před rokem

      @@gmg6863 goodluck bossman

  • @armandbier2502
    @armandbier2502 Před rokem +55

    1:50 i love how you can tell matpat is smiling after he delivers that line

  • @thepoonhound3003
    @thepoonhound3003 Před rokem

    it could be related to farva saying it in super troopers 2, although i think that may have came afterwards

  • @Douhnut1667
    @Douhnut1667 Před rokem +1

    Me: *walks up to crush* Hey want some M&Ms?~

  • @masonyoung1502
    @masonyoung1502 Před rokem +180

    You could just say “are green M&Ms an aphrodisiac”. As far as I am aware that is the commonly used, more “family friendly” term.

    • @aaliakhan396
      @aaliakhan396 Před rokem +2

      I was also about to comment the same!

    • @jaimemoralessanroman3160
      @jaimemoralessanroman3160 Před rokem +3

      I think they are just having fun with the idea of not being able to use the most common word

  • @trophygatherer
    @trophygatherer Před rokem +249

    I would love to see this come up again around Christmas time, when they have the Chistmas mixes of both green & red.

  • @joaomiguelcarneiro8025
    @joaomiguelcarneiro8025 Před rokem +4

    Here in Brazil, even though baseball isn't part of the culture, we still use this metaphor of bases for romantic relations, not that common that everybody says, but still something that exists

    • @icarus4302
      @icarus4302 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I was wondering this thank you!

  • @zoechapman8375
    @zoechapman8375 Před rokem

    -12:30 I love that part "yeah baby" was so jumpy and funny
    Edit a little bit before -12:30

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před rokem +971

    I’d say MatPat did quite a great job with the topic of procreation while tiptoeing around the community guidelines.

    • @ked49
      @ked49 Před rokem

      Hi I didn’t know you watched the theories

    • @regalseagull
      @regalseagull Před rokem +8

      Botfest, it gets so annoying...

    • @enigma479
      @enigma479 Před rokem +5

      @Thank me later 🅥 even the bot has to respect the guy 😂

    • @emmabennett3985
      @emmabennett3985 Před rokem +3

      Omg you changed your pfp. I’m going to miss the reminder of that guy from fairy tail that I can’t even remember his name

    • @jjh2472
      @jjh2472 Před rokem +1

      Of course you’re here

  • @celianunn2070
    @celianunn2070 Před rokem +169

    Great Job except u forgot 1 thing: Chocolate ITSELF is an aphrodisiac. So whoever ate the most candieswhile ranking would b more likely to rank higher.

    • @777SilverPhoenix777
      @777SilverPhoenix777 Před rokem +7

      actually it's not. it only boosts your mood, not your libido.

    • @IncubiAkster
      @IncubiAkster Před rokem

      Sorry to break it to you, theres no such thing as an aphrodisiac, its all in your head making stuff up.

    • @tftc97
      @tftc97 Před 7 měsíci +2

      no, chocolate is the "feels good in your mouth" aphrodisiac. not the "make you want to have s--" aphrodisiac.

  • @CrazyTobster
    @CrazyTobster Před 8 měsíci

    Strewburies brings out the horn 😁
    Smarties vs M&Ms. Apparently Smarties is made with natural fruit flavourings while M&Ms are all e-numbers.
    Do you guys have Smarties in the US?
    Your videos are great: :-)

  • @Fishboy67
    @Fishboy67 Před 7 měsíci

    jeeeez that green sketch at 6:09 is making me giddy 0_0

  • @Lewlewbg6
    @Lewlewbg6 Před rokem +173

    Food theory idea: you know the saying “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”? Well how hungry would you actually have to be to eat a full horse?

    • @williammartin9612
      @williammartin9612 Před rokem +1

      W suggestion

    • @jacobawojtowicz
      @jacobawojtowicz Před rokem +3

      Didn't he just connect with a competitive eating champ through Mr Beast? We could see how long it takes to eat an entire horse 🤣

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation Před rokem +2

      Don't think a human could even physically do that, because the number of calories in a FULL HORSE would be way too high no matter how hungry you are.

    • @woteveruk1
      @woteveruk1 Před rokem

      @@RGC_animation i dunno, i think it depends on the kind of horse we are talking about, because there are some breeds that are really small, like 3 or 4 feet high

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx Před rokem

      @@woteveruk1 even a pig is too much

  • @meepothegreat
    @meepothegreat Před rokem +46

    Everytime I see a bowl of singular color M&Ms my first thought is someone touched all that candy...like someone picked out all that one color from a series of bags to make a bowl. Kinda weird since I know they can just produce single color bags. My brain just instinctively goes where's the other colors?

    • @y00uzu
      @y00uzu Před rokem +9

      your profile picture literally looks like a green m&m

    • @neraslight4997
      @neraslight4997 Před rokem

      @@y00uzu bruhhhhh

  • @organicgardeningbirmingham6831

    matt when he finds out abt the green m&m: *GasP* i MUSt AlErt thE thEroSts

  • @eviesanders1344
    @eviesanders1344 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Brings whole new meaning to Goated with the sauce.

  • @monroerobbins7551
    @monroerobbins7551 Před rokem +99

    Credit to the editor and artist drawing the representations of colors, it’s bloody hilarious, and I love it, cause… yeah, I know *certain* artists are officially peaked by these things, lol.

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....czcams.com/video/EizxCxjZhFo/video.html

    • @NekoOnigiri01
      @NekoOnigiri01 Před rokem +13

      Thank you! I had fun drawing them :P

    • @oscarcacnio8418
      @oscarcacnio8418 Před rokem +2

      In and amongst all of the spam content, behold: Neko Onigiri, editor for Game Theory.

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 Před rokem +1

      @@oscarcacnio8418 the actual people in a swarm of bots, lol

  • @JonathanHernandez-wz2ul
    @JonathanHernandez-wz2ul Před rokem +109

    My theory: a full bowl of colorful m&ms looks like a rainbow. Rainbows and colorful things are often associated with joy and excitement in our culture. The sight of rainbows might make people inherently lean towards happier more optimistic thoughts thus making the ratings go way up high

    • @coolercoolguy
      @coolercoolguy Před rokem +1

      Sounds like a pretty solid theory my guy 👍

    • @szymonjakistam3776
      @szymonjakistam3776 Před rokem

      It would make sense, But you Don't have purple m&m and Brown isnt really happy colour

    • @Pla63
      @Pla63 Před rokem +1

      Dada

  • @normalhuman9878
    @normalhuman9878 Před rokem

    I would absolutely love to participate in a study! I also live in a neighboring state so I’m not too far.
    Not this particular study though, I don’t really find anyone or anything hot

  • @emmadixon4930
    @emmadixon4930 Před rokem

    for the question if we have a game like baseball i do its the exact same but its called rounders

  • @AmenKing1999
    @AmenKing1999 Před rokem +104

    Oh yeah, Try Not to Get Age Restricted..
    3:36 Holy sh-