Exploding Soda Challenge (Rhett's Fav Throwback)

Remember when we tried to stop everything from exploding? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. The sun is shining, the palm trees are swaying, and that dog in me has a thirst. that needs to be quenched, which is probably why I have a sudden urge to. relive one of our most thirst-quenching and also explosive episodes ever. This is one of your favorites that you wanna- One of my fav….

Well, from the past few years, you know? From the past few years. You gotta set your time parameters. I mean, the, the point of this episode was trying to prevent. shaken sodas from exploding. Right. If, and if we would've succeeded at that, do you really think he'd want. you to watch it again right now? No, no. Do you really think that? No, no, no. Do you really think if we succeed, we make a good episode? No. When we fail- Yeah … we make something that we wanna show you again.

Failure is the sweetest s- success. Success. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's reexperience one of my favorite episodes. This is Don't Do This to Soda Cans-. from September 30th, 2021. Release the carbonation. Let's talk about that.

Good Mythical Morning. Okay, here's a scenario. You've just purchased an ice cold soda from the vending machine, but the can took. quite a tumble through that machine, and now you gotta do all the classic moves to. avoid the fizzy explosion while opening it. There's the booty out technique, where you scoot your buns away from your reach. There's the crack and run, where you lightly crack the soda and. then run away with a gentle scream. Ah. And my personal favorite, the no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Which does absolutely nothing. It's more of a prayer to the universe, but it feels good. I can't believe that one didn't explode at all. As you may expect, the internet has all kinds of answers on how to. avoid this kind of CO2 catastrophe. But apparently, and you're gonna wanna sit down for this- I am sitting. down … the internet is full of lies. No. So let's shake things up a little bit to find out the truth, shall we? It's time for A Shaking Soda is Such a Disgrace.

What's the Best Way to Avoid This Sticky Bidet For Your Face? First things first, why does soda that's been shooketh gotta be messy like that? Well, we did a little boopity-boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop research and. discovered a thing or two about all that fizz that's trapped up in these cans. Yes, it turns out that all CO2 wants is to be free and to be a gas. But when it's trapped inside of a small pressurized space like a can, it. can't be either one of those things. Nope. But carbon dioxide knows who she really is, and that's why she stays floating.

near the surface just waiting to be released when that can is opened. Mm-hmm. Which, by the way, is the most satisfying sound in the world. Oh. Did you just open that or was that pl- No, that was Twinkie fingers. Ah. And when you shake a can of soda and all those little CO2 bubbles. at the top are moved to the sides. Oh, okay. So once that can is opened, ah, they come rushing back to the top, creating a. sort of traffic jam of carbonation- Yeah.

which is likely to erupt all over your fancy new Gucci gloves, and that is not Gucci. I've never seen you wear those. Uh, 'cause, 'cause I, I don't, I'm not around you without sodas. Now- And the two don't mix … mix. Many lunch room urban legends and internet experts disagree over which tricks and. techniques best prevent this kind of explosion from occurring, and even some. legitimate publications seem to have a tough time coming to a consensus regarding the. actual science behind these alleged hacks. So today, our goal is to finally declare the actual best way to stop these sticky.

eruptions from ever happening again. And by the way, uh, if you wanna hear more about sticky eruptions, join us for. Good Mythical Evening on October 28th. That's quite a plug. Welcome to the exploshone. We are ready for anything, as you can tell from our apparel. Yeah. Now, the first thing we need to do is we want to determine which can. of soda makes the biggest explosion. Yes, and so the Mythical crew actually started with 10 popular brands of soda,

and they determined through testing that these, Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and. Mountain Dew, had the most potential. If you wanna see that entire testing process, you should be a. member of the Mythical Society. Uh huh. mythicalsociety.com. Now, I'm told that Mikayla has made a video for us to show the. most scientifically consistent and controlled way to shake each of these. so that we can compare them correctly. We like science. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

All right. So it, yeah, it's kind of a shake weight thing, and we gotta have the same number. So let's both grab a Coke, and let's just go through these, and we'll just. compare them relative to one another. Here you go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Whoa. Whoa, whoa. How did…? That was pretty good. How did that happen? That was a double. Ooh, look what, you know why? 'Cause it didn't pop all the way open. Mine didn't pop either. They were so shaken they wouldn't even pop open. Huh, well, that's a good thing.

Let's move on to Pepsi. Yeah. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Go. Now, those opened all the way, and that was quite a…. I mean, it wasn't as high of an explosion, but it was more, I think it was more. of an explosion because they opened. This is so strange that what the Coke did. It's the same… I don't understand how that happened. I'm so confused about cans right now. Maybe we just got scared. Pepsi is our best candidate. Let's keep going.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. A little less than the actual Pepsi when you go diet I think Pepsi's winning I call. that- I think Pepsi's winning I call Pepsi actual Pepsi Actual Pepsi, Diet Pepsi. And Mountain Dew. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. Oh, I did 11, but whatever. Oh, nothing. That was underwhelming. I've got bad fingernails. You might have to be the opener in, in, uh, as we, as we move forward.

All right. So we have determined- We're going with Pepsi as the official, uh, not a sponsor, but it's. the pride of the Carolinas and that, that's where we're from And the most explosive can. Now most people don't just shake up their sodas before they drink them. Ha. I mean, some people do, but you- Speak for yourself … you don't. associate with those people. I don't associate with those people. So what we wanna do is we want to establish some more real world scenarios for how. you're usually dealing with shaky cans. Yeah, and there's actually only three of those.

Three. Uh, can can roll around in a car. Mm-hmm. It can tumble down the treacherous path of a vending machine. Right. Or it can be tossed around the room from buddies at a barbecue or a. bridesmaid or bachelorette party. Those are the three ways that cans are shaken. Okay, so let's test, uh, the car technique first. Yeah, just roll it around on the floor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. I'll roll you first. Okay. There it is. I'll roll you. All right.

And then we'll roll each other? Yeah, sure. All right, so now it's rolled around a little bit and you go- you- I'm using a. knife technique to save my fingernails. All right, and let's note how explosive this is. Three, two, one. Whoa. I mean, we got a one for two here. Mine was a dud. It's completely open and- and nothing but a little pool of Pepsi. I think it was my technique. You and your knife. Let's try the next one, which is the tumble down the vending machine. Okay. So I mean, maybe about this height.

Pepsi, please. Okay. Okay. And that's all? 'Cause you hear that cabida, cabida, cabida, and then it makes you. kinda nervous, nervous, nervous. Three, two, one. Whoa. What? That was bigger. What? That was bigger. You're telling me the… Just, just ordering a Pepsi? I'm telling you, man. It's, it's the machine's problem. Hold on, but something about the way they designed those machines. is better than what we did. Clompity, clompity, clompity. I mean- No. No, we simulated that exactly. Look at the bottom of my can, man.

Yeah, you hit pretty hard. Okay, and now the third scenario, which was what? Buddies at a barbecue. Bridesmaid party. Hey, hey, man, I love this bridesmaid party. Man, I love being here at a bridesmaid party, too. It was cool to meet you at this bridesmaid party. I'm thirsty. Can I have a drink? Yeah, man. Whoo. Yeah. Hey, man, I'm also thirsty. Can I have a drink? Yeah, here's one. Oh, this is exactly what I just threw you, but different. That's cool, man. I actually think I want mine back. I actually think I want mine back, too. I mean, when in Rome.

Well, get a little bit further. This is a big bridesmaid party. Here we go. Whoa. Oh. Man. All right, so- Oh, sugar. Whoa. Oh. Oh. Oh. You got a… You get… He… Did you see that? He's got a little miss. Man, this is a crazy bridesmaid party. Look at that. We, we, we need a new, we need a new can. Look. We need a new can. Okay. All right, forget that. How did I do… I don't even understand. This is the craziest party I've ever been to. Point it, point it that way. Ah. It's like it's peeing on the other ones. Look at that. Do, do you wanna, uh, do the whole thing again?

Yeah, just with yours up. Hey, man. This is a bridesmaid party. Bridesmaid party. Give me a drink. I want the same drink. Give me a drink. Yeah, got several. And then I want it back. Yeah, you want it back? Okay. But I still want it back. Here, no. So that's the same. All right, here we go. Three, two, one. See, and mine had been delayed. I, I should've gotten a new one, too. But again, that one wasn't as much as the second one, was it? The dropping is the best. The dropping is the popping. The dropping is the best. That's what we're gonna use. Quick reminder, if you haven't heard, we're gearing up for the.

first ever Good Mythical Evening. Whoop, whoop. This is a live ticketed event that will be very mythical, but. also for mature audiences only. Uh-oh. Uh, it's going down on October 28th. Tickets are on sale, uh, starting today. So go to goodmythicalevening.com- Or is it going up? … to gobble that up. Okay. Um, now this is what we've been waiting on, okay? Uh, everything so far is leading to this moment of figuring out which. technique- Can diminish the explosions.

and everything that we're doing is based on the stuff that we've found on the internet. You know, people have all these theories about what will cause a drink to stop. being carbonated so you can open it up. So we're gonna go through all the ones that we could find. Let's start with the tapping. You've heard about this. You get, you're fumbling with your can, and then, you know, just a little tap. right on- Just a little tap … right on the top's gonna take care of it. Now, there's two different … I just did three, but there's two. different techniques for this. One is a little tap on the drinking hole, just, like, three taps on the drinking hole.

Don't do it yet. Well, I'll pick another can. And then the other one is tapping all around. And so I'm gonna do the around tap. I'll- You wanna do the hole tap? I'll do the hole tap. Three, just three. And I'm gonna g- grab one from the back so as to not have influence that at all. So we're gonna drop it down the vending machine, and then taking the least. amount of time possible, drop it, pick it up, and three, two, one, t. Well- it would be is tap, tap, tap And I gotta, and I gotta use my knife. I'm the, I'm like the crazy uncle who just takes a knife to the party.

Drop it, pick it up. Tap, tap, tap, open. Tap, tap, tap. I'm gonna say that. Uh, yeah, okay. All right, here we go. And drop it. Whoops. Pick it up and tap, tap, tap. Oh, look, hold on. What? My… Look, my whole bottom. Look, my whole bottom is busted, so I can't set it down. Three, two, one. Whoops. Oh, okay. So it's busted open. And tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap. Open. That's not great. Whoa.

That was not great. Okay. All right. That didn't work at all. All right. The next one we try is not tapping the top in any formation, gentle or hard. It's tapping the sides. Which makes more sense because, again, the whole thing we're trying to do. is we're trying to get these bubbles dislodged and back to the top, so they. come out instead of the actual beverage. And don't raise it this high. Let's start it from here. That's more of a vending machine simulation height, I think. Okay. Three, two, one. Three, two, one. Whoops. All right. And then tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.

And open. Ah, okay. We're all tapped out, so let's move on to the next technique, which. is the old waiter's technique. If you've ever been talking to the old waiters, they're like, "Well, you know, what you would do is you would take it and you would go upside. down, and then go back right side up.". And you're gently coaxing the bubbles- Where did you… What old waiter did you talk to? … back to the top. Did you go to, like, Musso & Frank's and, like , talk to the, to the, the oldest waiter you could find?

I got him on speed dial. Speed dial. Okay, here we go. Three, two, one. Whoops. Gotta pick that up. Pick it up. And then- And just turn around. just turn it. And then turn it again … turn it back. And then- Come in here, and…. Ah. Okay. Old waiters don't know jack. I mean- Old waiters don't know jack. We just made it worse, man. We gotta go back to… It sprayed all over my face. I'm very excited about this one because this next technique is called Lady and the Tramp.

And believe it or not, this is an actual award-winning technique from. a seventh grade Maine science fair, which, by the way, is the only kind of. science fair that we're interested in. Ha. We have to take this thing and we have to put it in between our mouths. We have to both put our mouth on it. Should we practice? I'm gonna, I'm gonna m- No, I think we should do it in the moment. I don't know if my mouth goes around that. No, not y- No, you don't have to do your whole mouth around it. Just put your mouth on it. Well, that's why I wanna practice. Okay. So well, see if you can put the whole thing in your mouth. I am interested now just, just for- I-. my own entertainment.

But I would like to hold it if I'm gonna do that. Okay. Just see if you can get your whole mouth around it. I don't think this is- Oh, I got a cramp. Oh, oh, oh, God. I can imagine- Oh, God … some seventh grade- What? … Maine stu- I, I got, ow. You need to rub it? I got muscles here. Ow. You don't have to put your whole mouth on it, around it. So just- You can put your mouth on it like. And then I'm gonna do a low note, you do a high note. For how long? For five seconds. Okay.

Uh, and the r- the reason you do this is because some kid in Maine figured it out. And w- I don't know how he won an award. How hard is it to win an award in Maine? Not too hard, apparently. Let's do it up here, okay? Okay. We gotta g- do it fast. We gotta get in there, we gotta whoosh. Fast. And count to five. Count to five. Can you guys count to five? Yes. Yeah. But do it in a Maine accent. Everybody doesn't have to. All right, here we go. I'd like to order a Pepsi from this machine. Whoops. Ooh. Oh, oh.

What? What? Now let me tell you what just happened. Oh my gosh, it popped out. This t- did it take a tooth out? Uh, did it, did it- It, it popped so hard. It smushed- It popped so hard … it smushed my lip against my tooth. I'm afraid to go again, man. Okay, I think I hit the resident frequency of the can, and that was the mistake. D- I hit a G, I'll hit a C this time. I mean, see? That thing right there. Throw it back, Mikayla. I felt it. Oh, no. I'm back at the bridal party.

Oh, . Okay. See that right. there? St- st- st- st- Stop it. What? St- What? Stop it, man. Get out. I'd like to drink this Pepsi from a vending machine. This is my last dollar. Whoops. Hold that. Ooh. Pop it, pop it, pop it, pop it, pop it, pop it. Cheese.

You didn't pop it properly I didn't pop it right. That's what went wrong We gotta do it again I didn't pop it right. I'm sorry I would like a beverage, Pepsi preferably, from this vending machine. Whoops Found another dollar. There you go. Oh, that means- Man, that's all over. the place. Ah. Oh, oh shit. Wow. Sorry, man. That was a fountain situation. Uh, it was because it was bulbous.

We need another one. That technique did not work. Well, hold on. We gotta give it a- Guys, I, I, so he, this is the weird thing. I don't wanna go again. This is the weird thing. You've been doing this show for over 2,000 episodes, almost 10 years at this point. We put something on here that says The Lady and the Tramp where you. gotta hum, and we made up a thing about a freaking science fair. You did the whole thing. You did it multiple times. It was all a lie made up by the writers. At what point, at, like, do you think at maybe 20 years, that's when, that's. when it's gonna click that it- Come on, Stevie, I believe in the children of Maine.

I could've lost a tooth over this. Yeah, that's true. He's hurt. Look at my lip. He's hurt. Let's do it again. So you're saying that won't work? I'd like to have this Pepsi- We will prove to you that this will work. I'm gonna share this with all the seventh graders from the middle school. Whoops. Yep. Here we go. Ooh. This is the one. This one's the one. Yeah. Last technique Rhett talking about how much he loves s- science projects.

S- simply waiting 30 seconds. You don't have to go to Maine to figure that one out. All right, so we got us a Pepsi here. So you got a 30-second timer for us? Here we go. Yeah. I'm gonna, I'm gonna order this Pepsi. Whoops. Oh. Oh. Oh. That one, that one just, that one's open. I'd like a Pepsi from this vending machine. Whoops. And time starts now.

Kinda need to pee. 10 seconds. Five, four, three, two, one. Ha, it worked.

Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. Whoa, hold on now. Hold on now. I did, I do think it worked though. I mean, it basically didn't spray. I didn't quite get it all open, but it didn't spray anywhere, so. You know what time it is. You know, there is a theoretical possibility that there is someone out. there who was watching that episode and they got distracted in the middle of the.

humming technique, that was obviously a prank, and they did not see the reveal. Well, it wasn't obvious. They didn't, yeah, they did not see the reveal that it was a prank. And they- Oh, now they're humming? They're humming. They're getting people that- Humming on shaking cans with friends? Whenever they've got shaking cans, they're asking a friend to hum into it with them. And, uh, I just want… I just feel like you need to get the word out, you know? 'Cause that, you need to save that person a lot of embarrassment. This is, okay, if we wanna make this show responsibly, I really.

feel like that's what we need to do. We need to ask you- Don't do O Hum on shaking cans … I think you need to ask your. friends that you know that watch this show, "You're not humming on cans, are you?" Right. And, uh, because you- You, 'cause you just should be waiting 30 seconds. Right. You should just be waiting 30 seconds. That's really all it is. Just wait 30 seconds. You'll thank us later. I mean, and what does that feel like? It feels like a long time. Yeah, especially when you got nothing else to do but drink soda. Right. Like here, for, for example.

30. That was it. Yes. All right. Uh, we just posted a vlog over on the Mythical Society. We want you to watch it- Yeah … because my daughter, boy, she's, she's. really applying herself to, uh, give you something that you might like. Showing a little behind the scenes of when we went to Noodle Fest. Yeah. Well, maybe you should explain that a little bit. More specific. Your daughter shot a vlog 'cause she accompanied us.

That didn't make sense? No. There were some gaps in my- I mean, I'm sure there's some people. who got it … my presentation. But I'm g- I'm getting the … I'm rounding out the rest of you who didn't understand. Uh, yes. Just hop on a cane and do the other- Lillie shot a vlog, uh, 'cause she went along with us. She documented us going to Noodle Fest. To Noodle. And we put that on the Mythical Society. Because we, we, um, we hosted a couple of panels. Yes. But it's more exciting than that. It is more exciting, yeah. There's o- other things. She made it very exciting and funny and the things, you know. Yeah. 'Cause she's really applying herself. Let's just bring it full circle.

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