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  • čas přidán 8. 11. 2017
  • To find out I put almost 8 flasks (640lbs) in a reinforced plastic tub and step in.
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  • @likrecelineation
    @likrecelineation Před 8 měsíci +254

    How can you play with that all willy nilly and be fine

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 8 měsíci +220

      Because its danger has been wildly exaggerated.

    • @Donald_Trump_2024
      @Donald_Trump_2024 Před 8 měsíci +11

      ​@@theCodyReederwhat about gallium? ive heard its pretty tame and unreactive

    • @kono12345
      @kono12345 Před 8 měsíci +11

      just trust the process

    • @navygravy9708
      @navygravy9708 Před 8 měsíci +52

      I love how he returns to old videos to answer a question that was asked just a day ago

    • @coyotedomino
      @coyotedomino Před 8 měsíci +11

      ⁠@@theCodyReeder the Karen Wetterhahn dimethylmercury incident still spooky tho

  • @ericknabenshue5689
    @ericknabenshue5689 Před 5 lety +9301

    I figured a man would have walked on Mars before Mercury

    • @user-jg8bi5kw5l
      @user-jg8bi5kw5l Před 5 lety +115

      good 1

    • @prowlingtiger2226
      @prowlingtiger2226 Před 5 lety +24

      haha

    • @richardbonnette490
      @richardbonnette490 Před 5 lety +124

      ......*Thinks slowly to self* .....
      .....
      ....
      ....
      OH, I GET IT! .......
      That makes sense! Since mars is closer to the sun than mercury is in the solar system, so a man would walk on mars on a space mission before .... wait a second, there's something else going on here ....

    • @prestonang8216
      @prestonang8216 Před 5 lety +49

      Dissapointed i couldnt woosh anybody here

    • @tjyoyo3
      @tjyoyo3 Před 5 lety +6

      r/dankmeems

  • @achintya1535
    @achintya1535 Před 5 lety +3226

    He is one lab accident away from turning into super vilian or hero

  • @user-ft3us6wx3x
    @user-ft3us6wx3x Před 3 lety +276

    I was afraid of the old broken thermometer.
    This man.

    • @thevirtualtraveler
      @thevirtualtraveler Před 6 měsíci +5

      I miss the old mercury filled thermometers. You will never convince me that the alcohol filled ones are as accurate.

    • @simonas8547
      @simonas8547 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@thevirtualtraveler mercury thermometers are the most accurate. These times it's very easy to convince people to fear anything.

    • @mh6276
      @mh6276 Před 5 měsíci

      However the mercury is still dangerous if it reacts with something else and ends up poisoning animals.

    •  Před 4 měsíci

      ​​​ They're not. Mine never give me the right temperature. They give me different results too.

    • @rajatshukla8588
      @rajatshukla8588 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Same

  • @logantc.1353
    @logantc.1353 Před 3 lety +701

    It just seems so odd how that little tub had 640lbs of mercury in it.

    • @ossiehalvorson7702
      @ossiehalvorson7702 Před 2 lety +119

      It's like, consciously I know how dense mercury is being metal. It cognitively makes perfect sense that a tub of the stuff would be extremely heavy.
      Actually physically seeing it, my brain doesn't accept it. It looks like I should be able to grab that tub and lug it around with a little effort.

    • @jupiter_ios
      @jupiter_ios Před 2 lety +8

      You gave to imagine the mercury as a solid

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 Před 2 lety +15

      @@jupiter_ios Why imagine a liquid as a solid if it's not a solid? Is that really the best way for us to understand things -- by pretending those things are not what they really are -- instead of just training our brains to be better at understanding the things in the world around us as they _actually_ are?

    • @TimpBizkit
      @TimpBizkit Před 2 lety +5

      @@davecarsley8773 in the sun from some angles it just looks like water and you can imagine that thing is heavy but not unliftable like a massive steel block that size.

    • @anarcocapitalista3700
      @anarcocapitalista3700 Před 2 lety +4

      Mercury is the heaviest liquid because it is the densest liquid.

  • @hugo511
    @hugo511 Před 6 lety +4009

    Oh my god Cody is actually obsessed with mercury. We’re going to see him on “My Strange Addiction” quite soon.

  • @PlasmaHH
    @PlasmaHH Před 6 lety +3524

    "My boyfriend took me out for dinner, what did yours this weekend?" ... "oh, nothing special, he took me out for a swim in mercury..."

    • @r3dp9
      @r3dp9 Před 6 lety +118

      Those two are an incredibly lucky couple.

    • @SupremeShuckle
      @SupremeShuckle Před 6 lety +42

      That sounds like code for something

    • @TheSqoou
      @TheSqoou Před 6 lety +36

      It's an elaborate ruse. He was actually testing if she's a witch. lol j/k
      I'm pretty sure they're engaged ...

    • @biguprochester
      @biguprochester Před 6 lety +21

      Dennis don’t let these guys judge you for having a boyfriend. They’re just jealous.

    • @textexadecimal9340
      @textexadecimal9340 Před 6 lety +17

      I wonder how much effort it would take to swim to the bottom of a pool of mercury.

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67

    Now, swim on solid nitrogen

    • @danielr.
      @danielr. Před 5 lety +14

      How are you supposed to swim on a solid?

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight Před 5 lety +3

      @@danielr. solid nitrogen is freezing as well, colder than liquid nitrogen

    • @mist4488
      @mist4488 Před 5 lety

      Flashlight not as cold as liquid oxygen tho ;)

    • @henriquepacheco7473
      @henriquepacheco7473 Před 4 lety

      @@mist4488 Not as could as liquid helium tho ;)

    • @ok-kb7yz
      @ok-kb7yz Před 4 lety

      @YO k not as cold as Antarctica tho :)

  • @kootheshoe257
    @kootheshoe257 Před 4 lety +776

    Man addicted to mercury
    *Here’s what happened to his appendix*

    • @geejae4243
      @geejae4243 Před 4 lety +6

      Lol My Strange Addiction: Bathing in Mercury

    • @sheldorium5026
      @sheldorium5026 Před 4 lety +75

      CL is a 30 year old man, presenting to the emergency room unconscious

    • @andrewmtgx
      @andrewmtgx Před 4 lety +5

      THE ASIAN TIUBER YEAH AHAHAA

    • @radityaadit5433
      @radityaadit5433 Před 4 lety +32

      Chubbyemu reference

    • @sportsfails4998
      @sportsfails4998 Před 4 lety +21

      Mercuremia. Presence of mercury in blood.

  • @lemmingscanfly5
    @lemmingscanfly5 Před 6 lety +442

    not triple distilled? BAH! I only drink the finest mercury.

  • @augustsawzak5401
    @augustsawzak5401 Před 6 lety +2335

    That paper towel not soaking up mercury was crazy weird

    • @Syclone0044
      @Syclone0044 Před 6 lety +62

      August Sawzak Yes!! So glad someone mentioned this.

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 Před 6 lety +174

      Mercury doesn't soak up, it's too dense for that.

    • @highfire666
      @highfire666 Před 6 lety +364

      It's not really the density that causes it. Mercury is extremely cohesive and less adhesive than water, that's why it can clump together to create those big droplets and generally doesn't stick to surfaces. Water "sticks" more easily to another material and makes less big droplets which will end up in the porous structure of a paper towel.
      On top of that water also sticks to paper towels because of the cellulose fibers, which it will cling to even more.

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 Před 6 lety +39

      highfire666 - Alright, thanks for correcting me.

    • @Jessicurrrrrrrrr
      @Jessicurrrrrrrrr Před 6 lety +2

      Why

  • @ajfager2333
    @ajfager2333 Před 3 lety +351

    Better Title: "How to float on $20,000.00."

  • @tribbinvw
    @tribbinvw Před 6 lety +1084

    Eat that, space agencies! Cody beat you as the first man on Mercury!

    • @Sman16
      @Sman16 Před 6 lety +45

      Best comment ever

    • @vivekkumarsingh4226
      @vivekkumarsingh4226 Před 6 lety +5

      tribbinvw hahaha.. This made me lol😂😂😂😂😂

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 6 lety +45

      And Canyon's the first woman.

    • @kylemauser8079
      @kylemauser8079 Před 6 lety +7

      I laughed way too hard reading this comment

    • @ultimus616
      @ultimus616 Před 6 lety +3

      I don't know how to properly express how angry this comment made me because I'm laughing too hard

  • @wesusmaikelhier1718
    @wesusmaikelhier1718 Před 6 lety +2976

    Next Video:
    Drinking 2 liters of mercury

    • @airplus7834
      @airplus7834 Před 5 lety +11

      GVDanie860 LoL

    • @tejasbhandare251
      @tejasbhandare251 Před 5 lety +228

      Chubbyemu : a man drank 2 liters of elemental mercury this is what happend to his body🤣

    • @excalibirb9204
      @excalibirb9204 Před 5 lety +17

      @@tejasbhandare251 more like: this is what happened to his pet snake

    • @Julsies_
      @Julsies_ Před 5 lety +6

      Wow that’s suicide WHAT A GREAT YT VIDEO

    • @AeroZeppelin-rb4pt
      @AeroZeppelin-rb4pt Před 5 lety +10

      It's not as dangerous as people think have a drink

  • @bjornzek
    @bjornzek Před 5 lety +95

    3:19 he sounded like a robot lmao

  • @connorvaughn6460
    @connorvaughn6460 Před 5 lety +239

    There was once a time when a scientist floated on liquid mercury. And he exclaimed "Boing boing."

  • @seasong7655
    @seasong7655 Před 6 lety +2643

    literally the silver surfer

  • @TommyCallaway
    @TommyCallaway Před 6 lety +5418

    Still waiting for the series "Cody eats the periodic table" haha

    • @someguy3054
      @someguy3054 Před 6 lety +191

      Tommy Callaway cody already dead long before trying out half the transitional metals

    • @TommyCallaway
      @TommyCallaway Před 6 lety +254

      He's already eaten cyanide. He's immortal.

    • @matheusazevedo3138
      @matheusazevedo3138 Před 6 lety +18

      Tommy Callaway This would be amazing

    • @asheep4756
      @asheep4756 Před 6 lety +50

      Arsenic would be interesting

    • @AkiSan0
      @AkiSan0 Před 6 lety +22

      nah, pure arsenic metal is way less toxic than you think. ;)

  • @titusjames4912
    @titusjames4912 Před 3 lety +40

    3:42 "You can clearly see that I am indeed floating." I'll put that on the list of things I wasn't expecting to hear today.

  • @MissionFailed2
    @MissionFailed2 Před 2 lety +69

    Wears massive gloves to protect from mercury. Wipes them on his hair 😂

    • @FuneFox
      @FuneFox Před 8 měsíci +9

      I know I'm late but I think it's probably just because the Mercury is very cold. He put his bare hands into mercury multiple times before.

  • @communistwaffle6517
    @communistwaffle6517 Před 6 lety +506

    Finally, an answer to the age old question: "How much fun can a grown man have with a shit ton of mercury"

    • @applegwava
      @applegwava Před 6 lety +15

      bf/gf things to do together,
      ice skating was so last year

    • @dabigboom8140
      @dabigboom8140 Před 6 lety

      Zutaca *grammer nazi

    • @rahulram4963
      @rahulram4963 Před 6 lety +4

      Dabigboom “grammer”

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon Před 6 lety

      now we need a whole lake of mercury

    • @ChuckBeefOG
      @ChuckBeefOG Před 6 lety

      I just wanna poop in it then throw a chrome plated turd at someone.

  • @evam2351
    @evam2351 Před 6 lety +86

    I guess trying to step in mercury could feel like trying to force a beach ball underwater.

  • @LivingDeathGuy
    @LivingDeathGuy Před 4 lety +60

    “It’s almost like soapy water” next episode: I swam in Mercury

  • @MrPartyWaffle
    @MrPartyWaffle Před 5 lety +44

    You've got people walking on Mercury before Mars, damn, when are we going to walk on Uranus?

  • @Theboss24611
    @Theboss24611 Před 6 lety +538

    Only Cody casually has a couple gallons of liquid mercury.

    • @ryannlarge8414
      @ryannlarge8414 Před 6 lety +18

      about 4.43 gallons actually.

    • @toddt6730
      @toddt6730 Před 6 lety +49

      Theboss24611 no, that's not just mercury ,it's freshly distilled mercury🙃

    • @TheBaldr
      @TheBaldr Před 6 lety +5

      I though he said he has about 300lbs, which is less than 3 gallons. Though that was quite a while ago.

    • @WuClear
      @WuClear Před 6 lety +8

      Its 640 lbs. Check desc

    • @MyLonewolf25
      @MyLonewolf25 Před 6 lety +2

      Actually a little under 6 gal going by the description

  • @xgozulx
    @xgozulx Před 6 lety +1590

    Congrats, you are the first one tu have put his ''footprint'' on mercury

    • @Unknown-wi8yv
      @Unknown-wi8yv Před 6 lety +16

      I see what you did there 😉

    • @Elitesniper257
      @Elitesniper257 Před 6 lety +6

      genius lol

    • @Elitesniper257
      @Elitesniper257 Před 6 lety +25

      D Mack maybe you should be the first to leave their "footprint" on the Sun?

    • @user-bl4oq7fd8d
      @user-bl4oq7fd8d Před 6 lety +10

      The first chinese emperor had a model of a china map in his grave. The rivers in there were filled with liquid mercury. I would say that some of the builders of this funeral chamber already put a footprint in it more than 2000 years ago ;)

    • @Zoval82
      @Zoval82 Před 6 lety +2

      😂👍

  • @CharliesLazy3DPrints
    @CharliesLazy3DPrints Před 5 lety +133

    Me trying to balance my life together 3:05

  • @FaynarsSaiqo
    @FaynarsSaiqo Před 8 měsíci +1

    I appreciate that you include the cleanup of this demonstration. It's a very nice touch to see, thanks for including it!

  • @skeet1144
    @skeet1144 Před 6 lety +504

    15. Burger king foot mercury

    • @thecreatoralqxx
      @thecreatoralqxx Před 4 lety +39

      The last thing youd want on your burger king burger is somebodys foot mercuryy

    • @jamesvogt4739
      @jamesvogt4739 Před 4 lety +29

      Xtinguished but as it turns out, that might be what you gäêt

    • @thecreatoralqxx
      @thecreatoralqxx Před 4 lety +24

      @@jamesvogt4739 A 4channer uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing his feet in a plastic bin of mercury with the statement: "This is the mercury you drink at Burger King." *Admittedly, he had boots on. But thats even worse.*

    • @anthonyl6060
      @anthonyl6060 Před 4 lety +3

      Xtinguished as known as Ëxhibit Å

    • @thecreatoralqxx
      @thecreatoralqxx Před 4 lety +1

      @@anthonyl6060 lol

  • @daynater
    @daynater Před 6 lety +350

    First Cody was suspended from CZcams, now he's been suspended in mercury! What else will happen to him?

  • @mozz6319
    @mozz6319 Před 3 lety +8

    "You were so preoccupied with wether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should".

  • @catc750
    @catc750 Před 5 lety +32

    reminds me of going into a pool with crocs on

  • @Ryanhelpmeunderstand
    @Ryanhelpmeunderstand Před 6 lety +2317

    Codys’ way of taking a girl on a date.. “Hey! You want to go out tonight? I have some Mercury we can try to stand on!” 🤣 awesome!

  • @IneptOrange
    @IneptOrange Před 6 lety +220

    _I am watching a strange viking man jiggle around in a silver liquid in a bath tub in his back garden in the middle of nowhere._

    • @charliekraemer7216
      @charliekraemer7216 Před 6 lety

      IneptOrange didn't know why I was watching this until I found this comment. my life is complete now

    • @mridu5685
      @mridu5685 Před 5 lety +1

      that is jesus, child

  • @TheBlackYoshie
    @TheBlackYoshie Před 4 lety +7

    I would really like to see if you could walk across a kitty pool or something of that nature. The question I have with this is "how can one redistribute their mass so that they don't fall over" and other questions of that nature. I'm sure its very possible to walk across quicksilver, but weight, gravity, and density seem like they're all combining factors to this.

  • @samsimington5563
    @samsimington5563 Před 3 lety +4

    7:25 That's a common misconception with water in swimming pools because know humans can be buoyant enough to actually float. There's no way to naturally stabilize the pressure because gravity (your body weight) will *ALWAYS* be more dominant than every other existing force

  • @jdotoz
    @jdotoz Před 6 lety +123

    I like how all the safety police are fixated on the mercury and only like one guy seems concerned about the much more urgent hazard of falling on his face.

    • @olivetom1599
      @olivetom1599 Před 6 lety +2

      Nothing terrible happens most of the time when falling on his face. however he lost 10 years of life expectancy doing it x)

    • @chancemoran4324
      @chancemoran4324 Před 6 lety +1

      Oliv étom An proof for this claim?

    • @olivetom1599
      @olivetom1599 Před 6 lety +4

      Nah it was more of a joke.
      However you can search on Wikipedia for gas toxicity of metal mercury (when oxydized it releases few amounts of mercury that goes in air and when you breath it, it goes to lungs, becomes another chemical form of mercury which is neurotoxic), and about the ridiculously low amount of mercury required to get intoxicated.
      He's totally responsive of his own life but I would certainly stay very far away from this mercury bath :p

    • @chancemoran4324
      @chancemoran4324 Před 6 lety

      Oliv étom Ok lol. But, this mercury is not oxidized it is room temp. When the mercury is boiling then it releases a toxic gas.

    • @olivetom1599
      @olivetom1599 Před 6 lety +1

      Actually it evaporates at room temperature.
      If he does what he did in this video twice in a lifetime, I believe it's quite OK, especially being outside (well ventilated area, I guess :p)

  • @Lasersplitter
    @Lasersplitter Před 6 lety +457

    He's wearing gloves while working with mercury?
    Who are you and what did you do to Cody?

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 Před 6 lety +47

      The CZcams two week suspension changed him 😱 Now he's afraid of being flagged for anything silly 😥

    • @danielstover3892
      @danielstover3892 Před 6 lety +76

      It looks like he has a open wound on his finger during his explanation shots maybe that is why

    • @cochbob
      @cochbob Před 6 lety +50

      Daniel Stover it's the knife wound from the nitroglycerin video

    • @shigekax
      @shigekax Před 6 lety +13

      Or just the -1°C of the mercury?

    • @cochbob
      @cochbob Před 6 lety +17

      -Yuri - thin rubber gloves aren't gonna help with cold temperatures....

  • @whateverppl1229
    @whateverppl1229 Před měsícem +1

    I would love to see enough of this to float in like a pool, would be so easy to float on the surface

  • @muaddib6107
    @muaddib6107 Před 2 měsíci

    I had always thought that the danger of mercury was it's low vapor pressure. So you may inhale a lot of the vapors which are invisible to the naked eye.
    Love your content Cody, I've been watching you for the better part of a decade.

  • @walkingdead171
    @walkingdead171 Před 6 lety +236

    You'll float too

    • @vipervidsgamingplus5723
      @vipervidsgamingplus5723 Před 6 lety +9

      David Linnik they all float down here

    • @pablozeking3509
      @pablozeking3509 Před 6 lety

      GODDAMNIT

    • @isaiahhahn3995
      @isaiahhahn3995 Před 6 lety

      Viper vids gaming plus no your mom doesnt

    • @vipervidsgamingplus5723
      @vipervidsgamingplus5723 Před 6 lety

      isuckathisgame gamer nope my mother does not have the mass required to she is only 120 pounds she is a feather weight however I bet your mother does

    • @isaiahhahn3995
      @isaiahhahn3995 Před 6 lety

      Viper vids gaming plus your right my mom cant even float in space becouse that is how fat she is

  • @lincolnnoronha4128
    @lincolnnoronha4128 Před 6 lety +1684

    Its oficial. Cody is chemistry Jesus, now.

  • @MJR_ATX
    @MJR_ATX Před 22 dny

    “I have a wound on my toe so I think I’ll wear boots to stand in this tub of mercury”
    Some of this makes sense

  • @HumanOddity69
    @HumanOddity69 Před 3 lety +5

    Man, your brilliant insanity never fails to shock and inspire. I am more politically and culturally minded as a student of history, literature and human behavior but you are the other side of my coin. What I paint with words you cover over on the same canvas with the wisdom of concrete science which challenges me to paint more and teaches me to forget myself within the process because the work is for the work and it necessitates it's own need to be. Thanks for that, you perhaps have no idea of how not alone it makes me feel.

  • @alexinf5765
    @alexinf5765 Před 6 lety +337

    number 15: codys lab foot mercury

    • @fuzzy4461
      @fuzzy4461 Před 5 lety +2

      Lol

    • @edge21str
      @edge21str Před 5 lety +46

      The last thing you’d want in your mercury is cody’s foot fungus but as if turns out that might be what ypu gãæët.

    • @92_miata
      @92_miata Před 5 lety +2

      Yes. Great innovation. This remark is very intelligent indeed.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight Před 5 lety +4

      @@edge21str the last thing you want in your liquid Mercury is an ingrown toenail

    • @govindarajd3248
      @govindarajd3248 Před 5 lety +1

      Lmao!!

  • @7MOUD0GUNNER
    @7MOUD0GUNNER Před 6 lety +46

    Do you know what Michael Jackson’s favourite gas?
    Helium( HeHe)
    I’m gonna die alone

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 Před 6 lety

      Drunken Hobo unless there was two separate balloons filled, then it'd be HeHe

  • @Jonathan_Doe_
    @Jonathan_Doe_ Před 8 měsíci +1

    Government: Yo we’re banning fluorescent lights because they contain a bit of mercury and it’s an environmental hazard. This guy: So I’ve got 640lb’s of mercury here.

  • @stassji5041
    @stassji5041 Před 3 lety +24

    God bless this guy for being brave and sacrificing his life to show us the properties of mercury. 🤴🏻

    • @zooning-6843
      @zooning-6843 Před 2 lety

      What do you think about that vid about getting metal from bones he did last month, pretty neat right?

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt Před 2 lety

      Somebody didn't watch the blood test result video. The only brave part of this is the chance of losing balance.
      Touching mercury is not remotely the same as eating things that have _compounds_ of mercury in them, like all the fish some "healthy" people may be eating too much of.
      Sodium makes explosive fire in contact with _water._ Chlorine is poisonous. _Sodium chloride_ is a vital part of our physiology in proper doses, and makes fried potatoes taste better.

  • @ZEGTHEFISH
    @ZEGTHEFISH Před 6 lety +96

    First man to stand on mercury.

  • @athavulf
    @athavulf Před 6 lety +43

    If your boots/shoes had a large enough surface area on the bottom you could probably walk on top of a pool of mercury. Kind of like snowshoes. Great video!

  • @robinreel2879
    @robinreel2879 Před 4 lety +26

    2:14 when you take fall damage in old minecraft

    • @Jason-bd5iq
      @Jason-bd5iq Před 4 lety

      Minecraft doesn’t have fall damage anymore?

    • @litkeys3497
      @litkeys3497 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Jason-bd5iq I think he means the sound changed

  • @LnDSuv
    @LnDSuv Před 6 lety +257

    Now it's time to get a hazmat suit, enough mercury and swim in it.

    • @Reximusprimebeta
      @Reximusprimebeta Před 6 lety +17

      I imagine it would feel very similar to laying on a water bed.

    • @DarkCook1es
      @DarkCook1es Před 6 lety +13

      thats like $1200 in mercury for every 50 lbs

    • @SupremeShuckle
      @SupremeShuckle Před 6 lety +1

      Belly flop

    • @spinn4ntier487
      @spinn4ntier487 Před 6 lety +3

      It's Too dense to swim I

    • @r3dp9
      @r3dp9 Před 6 lety +10

      You could skim on the surface. Man, that would be WEIRD. There should totally be a carnival event where you put on hazmat suits and play in a mercury pool.

  • @Andrew..J
    @Andrew..J Před 6 lety +681

    Fact: even saying the word mercury kills you instantly.

  • @LBCAndrew
    @LBCAndrew Před 3 lety +2

    I'm sure you've heard the phrase 'Mad as a Hatter'....

  • @DaSpoonyBard
    @DaSpoonyBard Před 5 lety +2

    So many ways to top this in the future. I hear tap dancing with plutonium to plutonium contact is supposed to make a really pretty light show.

  • @josephcote6120
    @josephcote6120 Před 6 lety +27

    My dad had a friend who worked at an electroplating shop. They had a small drum, maybe 20 gallon size, of mercury. The challenge was to put your whole arm in and touch the bottom. Always fun to watch people try it for the first time.

    • @Sanjay_ar1
      @Sanjay_ar1 Před 2 lety +1

      Wouldn't that be toxic?

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 Před 2 lety +14

      @@Sanjay_ar1 Not at all. Liquid elemental mercury is pretty safe.

    • @Sanjay_ar1
      @Sanjay_ar1 Před 2 lety +9

      @@josephcote6120 I had a friend of mine who's dad used to work in a refinery.
      He now has Alzheimer's disease and fids.
      Doctors have said that it's due to exposure to heavy metals.
      He passed away 3 weeks ago..

    • @Settings208
      @Settings208 Před 8 měsíci +11

      @@Sanjay_ar1 he's not talking about refining it, he's talking about elemental mercury, which in itself is largely ok to touch bare handed (as shown in this video when cody sticks his foot in it)

    • @Sanjay_ar1
      @Sanjay_ar1 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@Settings208 the vapors enter your lungs

  • @rogeliobeltran1742
    @rogeliobeltran1742 Před 6 lety +383

    i think the best thing about this video was the last few minutes, seeing him clean up everything, so methodical, careful, ensuring everything was clean and clear and properly handled. Respect man. thats why everyone loves you and you got your channel back
    i only wish good things for you in the future. we need more people like you around

  • @visix8910
    @visix8910 Před rokem +1

    Next video: can i swim in liquid Mercury?

  • @As_Asa_PhD
    @As_Asa_PhD Před 2 měsíci +1

    You guys know that swimming pool that is the deepest pool on the Earth? They use it for research and stuff. What if they filled that with mercury? There's probably not that much mercury on Earth but hypothetically. I bet we couldn't even build something that could contain the pressure at the bottom. Hypothetically what if you froze a big water balloon and you pulled it all the way to the bottom? I wonder if there is a way to figure out how fast it would be going if you let it go and it shot up to the surface.

  • @pleasehelpicanneverthinkof5026

    One half of these comments is people mixing up elemental and organic Mercury
    The other half is saying Cody=jesus

  • @mukulkumar8681
    @mukulkumar8681 Před 6 lety +18

    The part where you show how you NOT waste the mercury and clean up is actually the most educational part in your video, especially considered that the major audience is the small ones
    --- liked and subscribed ---

    • @bigboineptune9567
      @bigboineptune9567 Před 5 lety +3

      That much mercury is impossible to get for "the young ones". It runs about $3500 a gallon.

  • @NateB
    @NateB Před 7 měsíci

    A grown man, buoyant at what looks like less than a foot. I wasn’t expecting that. 🎉

  • @Nethseaar
    @Nethseaar Před 4 lety +2

    Excellent video! Very helpful for a discussion I was having with my roommate.

  • @ddevineisofine
    @ddevineisofine Před 6 lety +317

    Yes CODY IS BACK and he is swimming in Mercury, nothing has changed, my life is in balance again.

    • @kjellnorman4140
      @kjellnorman4140 Před 6 lety

      Dan Devine Haha i feel the same :)

    • @ddevineisofine
      @ddevineisofine Před 6 lety +6

      Darkwing Duck why do you think he uses the over sized trough

  • @zebracherub
    @zebracherub Před 6 lety +776

    Cody, have you ever thought about making cheese? I don't know if you have direct access to milk but it may be cool to make some classic European cheeses?

  • @Jacob-yg7lz
    @Jacob-yg7lz Před 3 lety +1

    Walking on water was the easy part, Jesus's real remarkable trait was his sense of balance.

  • @pcman87654
    @pcman87654 Před 9 měsíci

    My old chem prof said back in his day in high school his teachers would come by each students desk and drop mercury on their table so they could play with it

  • @RichardsWorld
    @RichardsWorld Před 6 lety +1090

    Maybe you broke a world record here!

    • @Tombombadillo999
      @Tombombadillo999 Před 6 lety +61

      Richard's World Traveler i think he did for real. Hes probably too smart to send the application, which would agree with as its mostly braking bs records, and making cheap entertainment.

    • @iliasasdf
      @iliasasdf Před 6 lety +179

      Yeah he broke the world record for "Highest deliberate exposure to elemental mercury & vapors in the 21rst century"

    • @petertomo95
      @petertomo95 Před 6 lety +40

      Charles Darwin would be proud

    • @tommytwobrews
      @tommytwobrews Před 6 lety +2

      Richard's World Traveler what record?

    • @RT-dg6sk
      @RT-dg6sk Před 6 lety +3

      Hi There more like the record to try to kill himself

  • @Andre-oi3yv
    @Andre-oi3yv Před 6 lety +75

    Glad to have you back!

  • @gorgonzolastan
    @gorgonzolastan Před 5 lety

    I read that the Spanish used to make the Native Americans in South America trudge through a mixture of mercury and silver ore to help extract it because the mines were at too high an elevation to reduce it with a fire that uses atmospheric oxygen. I gather that the pools must have been more shallow than I originally imagined.

  • @coolminer1231
    @coolminer1231 Před 3 lety +1

    Year right, Mercury is liquid? Ha whatever next thing you’ll try to tell me is that Neptune is made of gas.

  • @mikeelooelo8040
    @mikeelooelo8040 Před 6 lety +81

    Cody next month:
    Mercury Pool

  • @doubledarefan
    @doubledarefan Před 6 lety +321

    Should have attached a couple vertical pieces (2x4s will do) to the tank, so you would have an easy way to stabilize yourself.

    • @modolief
      @modolief Před 6 lety +5

      Or maybe something like a clothesline. Or maybe hold a balance stick like people walking across a high wire.

    • @darkviprin762
      @darkviprin762 Před 6 lety

      Double Dare Fan stfu

    • @avvery8593
      @avvery8593 Před 6 lety +7

      but then we wouldn't be able to look at him struggle

    • @chloejcunningham9699
      @chloejcunningham9699 Před 6 lety

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  • @brianhartling7767
    @brianhartling7767 Před 3 lety +1

    There is a reason we have the saying "Mad as a Hatter". It seeps through clothing and skin and exposure over the years can be bad.

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 Před 3 lety

      "over the years"

    • @qvindicator
      @qvindicator Před 3 lety

      @@fish4225 I guess his short few seconds of dipping his hands and toes into the stuff have turned into years now

    • @brianhartling7767
      @brianhartling7767 Před 6 měsíci

      @@fish4225 True but we actually don't know what the long or shortterm effect he may have if enough seeped in. We would assume he'd be alright but could lead to health issues. There's a reason people are told to put on protective gear when dealing with things like this, even if it's for a short exposure. Same with carcinogens.

  • @christopherleubner6633
    @christopherleubner6633 Před měsícem

    The chemistry instruxtor: OmG a thermometer broke,evacuate and call hasmat cleanup😮
    ..
    Cody: hold my flask of mercury... ill show you how to REALly play with mercury. 😂

  • @vercingetorix3839
    @vercingetorix3839 Před 6 lety +85

    Cody walks on mercury and turns pee into gunpowder

  • @DAndyLord
    @DAndyLord Před 6 lety +373

    Hey Cody,
    Can mercury be carbonated?
    Like if you put mercury in a high pressure flask with some dry ice, what'd happen?
    Thanks,
    love your content!

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder  Před 6 lety +178

      Dont know about co2 but hydrogen and water vapor will dissolve into it

    • @jpmisme1998
      @jpmisme1998 Před 6 lety +20

      I don't think that would be very safe or smart.

    • @MegaAdeny
      @MegaAdeny Před 6 lety +45

      What if instead of using carbon dioxide you were to use something proportionately dense, like, say, tungsten hexafluoride?

    • @jonathangrey2183
      @jonathangrey2183 Před 6 lety +48

      jpmisme1998 has that stopped Cody yet?

    • @jpmisme1998
      @jpmisme1998 Před 6 lety +11

      Home made gunpowder, home made cannon, liquid nitrogen experiments..... I see your point lol

  • @sirpleasee3472
    @sirpleasee3472 Před 7 měsíci

    I love their property especially at the edge. The clouds are literally so close

  • @acasualescapedscp4418
    @acasualescapedscp4418 Před 5 lety +7

    I imagine if you had shoes with a higher surface area, balancing and walking would be a whole lot easier.

  • @ciamarrajohn
    @ciamarrajohn Před 6 lety +32

    But will it blend? That is the question.
    *opens lid* - Mercury dust . . . don't breathe this

  • @alexcorona
    @alexcorona Před 6 lety +1047

    Now you know what it feels like to be Jesus

    • @carsonraney7349
      @carsonraney7349 Před 6 lety +49

      He kinda looks like him.

    • @tribbinvw
      @tribbinvw Před 6 lety +18

      Middle-eastern?

    • @LiaLia0407
      @LiaLia0407 Před 6 lety +2

      Universal balance is nesesary

    • @defaultmesh
      @defaultmesh Před 6 lety +7

      the gamer plot twist: he's jesus

    • @jf8138
      @jf8138 Před 6 lety +35

      Fake ass not real jesus. The guy that never existed. Cody is way better than jesus because he is trying to educate people on real stuff. He isn't a fake dude making fake claims through a shitty false book :)

  • @therestaurant
    @therestaurant Před 4 lety +1

    First man to stand on the surface of Mercury. Next stop Mars then Uranus.

  • @qazmatron
    @qazmatron Před rokem

    National Geographic (October 1972) showed someone SITTING on/in mercury.

  • @ViliRagnarok
    @ViliRagnarok Před 6 lety +71

    You need to take the time and make a 5-10 minute video on the science of mercury. That way, you can link it at the start of every video that contains it so people quite wierding out all concerned. If that video exists already, I don't remember seeing it.

    • @averyjudgmentalperson.6192
      @averyjudgmentalperson.6192 Před 6 lety +1

      Harold Love You need to take the time to do some easy searching before telling someone else to make a video of something that already exists.

  • @oddarneroll
    @oddarneroll Před 6 lety +231

    can you pour Mercury in a loudspeaker and shine a laser at it while playing harmonic frequencies? (would it make a cool laser show?)

  • @F_L_U_X
    @F_L_U_X Před 7 měsíci

    I've been subbed to you for years and just read your comment on that Joel Hacker video about the anvil floating on murcury video. That's so sad, man. Keep those copyright claims going! We love you!

  • @lukemagdalin6169
    @lukemagdalin6169 Před 4 lety +3

    I spent 5 minutes of my life watching cody stand on metal

  • @tastybunch6230
    @tastybunch6230 Před 6 lety +165

    Could you imagine a planet with an ocean of mercury?

    • @rustbuster69
      @rustbuster69 Před 6 lety +18

      In one of the infinite realities there is

    • @hey7328
      @hey7328 Před 6 lety +23

      a planet made from 100% liquid mercury and the radius of earth would have a surface gravity of 2.463g

    • @Chronically_ChiII
      @Chronically_ChiII Před 6 lety +11

      No because that is stupid and your mother doesn't love you.

    • @lanchanoinguyen2914
      @lanchanoinguyen2914 Před 6 lety +5

      and the mercury will make a mercury rain and will absorb into your body and damage your blood and brain quickly.

    • @TheMbmdcrew
      @TheMbmdcrew Před 6 lety

      woah that would be cool as frick

  • @bananannnnful
    @bananannnnful Před 6 lety +1622

    jesus debunked

    • @keplerj4192
      @keplerj4192 Před 6 lety +62

      oh my god this is best fucking comment of the month

    • @paradoxicalpanda7666
      @paradoxicalpanda7666 Před 6 lety +73

      They all thought the water was silver because of the moon light

    • @NG-sz2xi
      @NG-sz2xi Před 6 lety +13

      Rude

    • @jessealdous9828
      @jessealdous9828 Před 6 lety +6

      This post is 100 percent better because he looks like the amazing athiest

    • @confusednaru6969
      @confusednaru6969 Před 6 lety +8

      I swear it looks like water for afar

  • @diocles1743
    @diocles1743 Před 4 lety +2

    Next video:
    Can I stand on weapons grad Uranium?

  • @DarqeDestroyer
    @DarqeDestroyer Před 5 lety +2

    You can now truthfully claim to be the first man to walk on mercury. Without ever leaving earth.

  • @CRUSTAAY
    @CRUSTAAY Před 6 lety +54

    "i wonder if there will be a new cody's lab video soon"
    *youtube notification*

  • @WarpedPerception
    @WarpedPerception Před 6 lety +709

    Dangerous Act -- demonetized ! Yellow icon ... Lol....

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS Před 6 lety +3

      Warped Perception Be careful, they just might do it

    • @cpovey1
      @cpovey1 Před 6 lety +10

      Liquid mercury is not as dangerous as you might think. Mercury is really dangerous in the form of a vapor.

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS Před 6 lety +4

      cpovey1 Or in its organic version

    • @Lordmuhkuh23
      @Lordmuhkuh23 Před 6 lety +4

      Or in form of any salt, so Hg-Ions are also really toxic!

    • @AshtrayAnnie
      @AshtrayAnnie Před 6 lety +2

      Lol you go ahead and try that bud hahahaha

  • @BiggMo
    @BiggMo Před 3 lety

    Will mercury stop a bullet? The Demolition Ranch fans would love to see a collaboration

  • @anon7219
    @anon7219 Před 3 lety +1

    It's amazing to see something that looks like the density of water to do this.

  • @Ash-ft5su
    @Ash-ft5su Před 6 lety +153

    See.. this is why every loves you!
    Nobody else gives us content like this!! 👍

  • @mickyr171
    @mickyr171 Před 6 lety +132

    Youll float too!!

  • @splatbot8091
    @splatbot8091 Před 11 měsíci

    Imagine having something to float on, on all four limbs, and you can just float super stable. That would be quite a sight.

  • @literalphoton
    @literalphoton Před 4 měsíci

    me when i have a bunch of liquid mercury sitting around

  • @carsonkacirek4612
    @carsonkacirek4612 Před 6 lety +79

    is that FL E X S E A L