Should You WALK or RUN in the RAIN? DEBUNKED

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[deltasprey]

Simple solution. You just have to run fast enough so that the air pressure in front of you blows the rain out of the way. Disclaimer, you may end up creating a sonic boom

[buckethead]

Another option: Spend years of your life training to memorize every rain pattern to perfectly avoid each drop.

[CuppoJoe_]

For more of an advanced technique, quickly dig a burrow into the ground and tunnel your way to your destination when it starts raining so you don't get wet at all

[saintNDsinner]

3:03 My guy was legit crossing the road running while carrying the umbrella closed 🌂 💀😂😂

[Lionspride-tnjd]

If it starts raining, im walking even slower. I just embrace it.😂

[Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

What about crab-walking or "galloping" sideways to reduce the cross-section of your body in the direction you are moving? You will definitely look like an idiot, but will you be a slightly drier idiot once you reach your destination?

[Metal_Auditor]

The way I see it is that the feeling of getting pelted by raindrops is the unpleasant part, not merely being wet. So I run, not to get less wet, but to lessen the amount of time I'm spending in the rain.

[JustWastedHoursHere]

What I always do is run IN BETWEEN the rain drops, arriving at my destination bone dry! Or, option 2: Carry an umbrella.

[vedantdevashrayee]

this is a video id watch at 3 am when i cant fall asleep

[danielseifu]

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[mimp]

I once saw a stranger in the rain and they had some sort of hand-held object that blocks the rain when held above the head. Then a bit later the stranger got into a gunfight and used the object to deflect bullets in the same way. It truly was a piece of incredible technology.

[Jackattack]

1:33 even though they both get wet at the same rate, running would still allow you to stay dryer. The person walking actually gets twice as wet as the runner because at the point they’d been hit 4 times, the runner had only been hit twice.

[dankcoyote]

I have a groundbreaking thought experiment. What if someone invented some sort of shell type material we could wear over our clothes. It could even have a zipper on the front so as to be easily removed when not needed.

[potatoslayer]

I dont care what anyone says, im running in the rain

[bluey]

I does amaze us how seemingly "simple" question have such complex answer. Always remember that when a curious child ask you a question 😁

[theangrypotato.]

This was incredible overcomplicated when you remember wind exists and will flow the rain at an angle, making you always get hit by the water from all sides whether you run or walk.

[antonfelice]

For me, when it just started to rain, the rain droplets are smaller so it's better to Sprint immediately than getting caught by bigger rain drops.

[ProfessorChops]

Mythbusters tested this and found the opposite. I'm surprised you didn't mention that in the video. They had both presenters walk through controlled rain in a warehouse both with and without wind. They then weighed the cotton overalls to see how much weight they had gained during the walk/run. They found that running actually increased the amount of water collected by almost twice the amount across the entire 100 foot course.

[jiminverness]

You forgot the obvious 0:14 into the video: _"you feel a drop of what is about to be cascading sheets of rain"_ Start running for shelter before the drop becomes "cascading sheets" and you might beat the drenching, perhaps completely.

[Jacob-ldk]

*"Observe the rain, everything has a pattern. Observe that patterns."*

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