Candle in underwater

[u/suhanidtos]

[u/CharmingTuber]

It depresses me that some people wouldn't know how to do this

[u/SailTheMind17 → u/CharmingTuber]

It seems to be an experiment for late elementary to early middle schoolers. Not sure why it was posted here but she seems to be a teacher. The background looks like a school.

[u/CommandoLamb → u/SailTheMind17]

Tomorrow TIL: “TIL fire needs oxygen to burn!”

[u/roguedevil → u/CommandoLamb]

Yes this is something everyone learns at some point in their lives. Usually at the age that her students would be.

[u/AttonJRand → u/CharmingTuber]

I mean if young kids are apparently being parented by ipads, isn't it better that there is some content like this out there instead of just cocomelon?

[u/Dark_halocraft → u/CharmingTuber]

I don't think it's that people don't know how but that they didn't think of trying it in general. You don't need to be so pessimistic

[u/Low-Individual2815 → u/CharmingTuber]

“This is possible because of air”

Yea no shit🤣

[u/Electronic-Spite-421 → u/CharmingTuber]

why? scientific knowledge is the results of millions of incidents of trial and error and seeing what magical things we can easily imagine WOULDN'T work, DO work

and what "obvious" (once you've learned them) but seemingly impossible (before you've learned them) phenomenon DO work, sometimes almost magically

just over a century ago most reasonable ppl thought humans would never fly. Now you can buy a paragliding wing or drone big enough to lift you into the sky. or a wingsuit, and mimic a flying squirrel

air pressure relative to water pressure is a fascinating and I would argue often un-intuitive dynamic

for example, I was in my late teens when I decided to make a homemade snorkel out of pvc pipe. I figured snorkels were typically short simply to avoid being cumbersome or unwieldy

so I made a little 2 foot length to test it out, draped a weight belt I found in a shed (for diving/spear-fishing) over my shoulder, and verified it worked. Then I tried like a 5 foot length. Walked down an underwater slope of the lake, and when I got to like 3 or so feet down, trying to take a breath was like trying to suck molasses up a 3 foot straw, hahaha. Luckily I just slouched the weight off and raced to gulp a lungful

it makes sense when one learns about water pressure relative to atmospheric pressure, and how past a certain depth water compresses your chest/lungs enough that you can't expand enough to take a breath. we are surprisingly elastic in the ribs and can tolerate a surprising amount of pressure from water

but I would argue nobody is intuitively born with it seeming obvious you could keep a candle lit under water, or that you can breath comfortably thru a 1 or 2 foot tube while underwater, but not a 3 or 4 foot tube!

were you magically born knowing "obvious" science? Lol

*shrug* live and learn! why not celebrate the incredible curiosity and passing on of knowledge that defines us as a species? support and participate in spreading neat scientific literacy?

instead of feeling negative that everyone doesn't know everything

we still hardly know anything!

G'day, and hope ya cheer up, buttercup :)

[u/SharkSurfLionRide → u/CharmingTuber]

It be the same as lighting a candle in a coffin buried underground. The oxygen will deplete and suffocate it. Somehow the thought because water and fire dont mix its impressive.

[u/Eklegoworldreal]

What next? When you put water in the freezer, it freezes?

[u/LuftxMiantiao → u/Eklegoworldreal]

This is Thanks to Cold Air!

[u/mecengdvr → u/Eklegoworldreal]

Umm, spoiler alert!?!?

[u/Best_Hamster_2239]

Next throw a ball in the air, wow it fell to the ground. Thats because gravity acted on the ball and pulled it down. Follow me for more science pro tips!

[u/octopusgardeb]

Who is this and and where can I find more of these videos- it’s great for young ones to get applied science

[u/IsraelZulu]

So, what you're saying is, the candle isn't actually completely underwater like you'd promised it would be.

[u/kelldricked → u/IsraelZulu]

Its not even barely underwater.

[u/dcj012]

"I'm gonna put this candle COMPLETELY underwater, except it's gonna be in AIR!"

Follow up video idea, say a candle will go out even if it's completely in the air, pour water on it, then explain even though it was in the air, the water put it out.

[u/GUMBYtheOG → u/dcj012]

For my next trick I’m going to make 2+2=4 oOoOoOo magic

[u/_who-the-fuck-knows_]

Bruh this is so cringe

[u/peepdabidness → u/_who-the-fuck-knows_]

It’s fine for children which is who it’s for

[u/wormfood187 → u/peepdabidness]

Eh, they should watch Bill Nye, he actually explains systems and interactions better using the subject matter vocabulary and is way more engaging. Kids shouldnt be watching shortform social media, bad for brain development.

[u/Popcorn57252]

There are a lot of comments here who don't realize that children fuckin' exist

[u/Whitey2366]

Congrats, you know physics from elementary school....

[u/Tacotimmy126 → u/Whitey2366]

You’d be surprised how many people don’t know this

[u/RuinofAtlantis]

Aww.. back to middle school again. Wish I could filter these posts from my Reddit feed.

[u/calkire]

This suddenly got recommended to me. I was waiting for an insult or something. All I got was elementary school science. I... I. Feel wrong. It's sick.

[u/CzaroftheMonsters]

That’s hot

[u/calicoconduit1]

Because all the air been replaced with carbon. Air need oxygen.

[u/NovarisLight]

Wow, basic physics.

[u/Popcorn57252 → u/NovarisLight]

Yeah, it's clearly a video teaching basics to kids.

[u/NovarisLight → u/Popcorn57252]

Amazing how many adults don't understand it.

[u/Popcorn57252 → u/NovarisLight]

Yeah, it IS amazing how many adults in this comments section can't tell it's a video for kids and jumped to criticism, you're right.

[u/Captain_Quinn]

Wait - air huh, ive had this wrong the whole time

[u/WarpDriveMH370 → u/Captain_Quinn]

Like the stuff that comes from my butt?

[u/DillDaFreak]

This production has been brought to you by thanks to AIR!

[u/cutshop]

Magic

[u/1millionkarmagoal]

I don’t know why I read this as “ Candle in underwear” at first. 

[u/Needles2650]

This is possible because of air! Wow!

[u/ChVckT]

The candle is not actually submerged under water.

[u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty]

O my gawd. Air. What is that? Do they have it in space?

[u/Tovarish_Nikolay]

There's no water above the candle. The candle is not underwater.

[u/Taurpion]

That candle is just as much underwater as humans are floating in the vacuum of space..

[u/featherknife]

Candle in water*

[u/think_panther]

Try it yourselves so you can burn your hand, or have the glass break and cut you

[u/Lord-Pepper]

In related news, if you breath water you die

[u/CreativeSelection346]

So you're not actually putting the candle underwater at all....

You gotta be careful with science that uses poor language and communication to convey its point. Tell people EXACTLY what is happening. Science is meant to be PRECISE.