Food Theory: The SECRET Language of Water

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Listen up, Theorists! No, seriously, I need you to listen very closely. . . to the sounds of hot and cold water being poured. I promise it is WAY more exciting than it sounds! In fact, there is a sound difference between the two waters that you may have NEVER realized. Grab a fresh cup of H20 and let’s dive in. . .


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Zach Stewart
Editors: Dan "Cybert" Seibert, Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, Tyler Mascola, and AbsolutePixel
Assistant Editor: GeekyPeanut
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[BuiHieuDong]

Imagine waking up at 3am, all thirsty and reaching for your cup of water just to hear it talk, how terrifying it would be.

[LarvaTubaShow]

I mean honestly, I can just hear the steam on the “hot” pour. It’s a very familiar and calming sound because I love steam.

[zacknightthefifthking]

7:17 Matpat is slowly learning "Dad Loudness." Next he'll sneeze and cause an Earth quake

[stupidsensei]

13:03 "IT'S WATER-" Tom 2022
Most iconic quote, frfr 🤩

[anonyme-lbfx]

1:58 after all these years mark finally got his own theory silhouette

[PlatinumSkull]

My hypothesis for why Steph did the best discerning temperatures is that since she likely cooks more than the other two do, she has a better idea of the differences of what cold and hot water sounds like. It could also just be by chance but I’d like to see different chefs go up against each other or even scientists who work with different water temperatures.

[minisquirtle]

I love how Mattpat looks genuinely interested in how they describe it in 8:42. I mean i get thats the point but after seeing him pull his hair out for FNAF stuff for so long and me binging all of that, its nice seeing him actually invested

[just-a-fnf-fan]

I love how much chemistry this channel has. As someone who’s intrested in it, I’ve fallen in love with this channel.

[MushKinPuff]

Would've been interesting to see if Oliver could hear the difference! It could show if this is an instinctual thing all humans experience, or if it's something adults subconsciously pick up on during their lives.

[katherineryssel]

Interesting water experience I had: I have a genetic thing where my ears overproduce earwax--I didn't know until I was 16, when I started getting severe migraines and ear pain after a hardened piece of earwax lodged itself in my eardrum (gross, I know). Anyway, I had a doctor clean out my ears and wow--EVERYTHING was so loud afterwords. The weirdest part, though, was that when I went to wash my hands later, the water FELT significantly different-almost 'lighter' is the way I would describe it. A bit of googling on my part revealed to me that your brain automatically balances the frequencies at which you hear things and feel things simultaneously, so my brain was registering the feeling of water by touch differently than I was used to because of the change in sound caused by my ears being clean for the first time in years. Crazy.

[thepimpofpaths]

1:58
I really enjoy the sea of theives reference. No idea why that was used but it made me happy.

[ChatookaMusic]

I feel like the hard part about trying to order the various temperatures would be remembering the subtleties of each one as you get further in. Like I could see being able to hear the difference in each one but there's no way I'm gonna remember the difference between the first one and the last one

[kingofbudokai]

At first I was excited because Steph's energy was contagious when she got 3 correct answers. But then I was even more excited when she made a Princess Bride reference.

[wiktorszymczak]

To be honest sound of flowing water while on a walk when youre not expecting it evokes that one specific kind of excitement mixed with feeling of purpose

[--Rare_Diamond--]

13:01
"Ya gotta listen to the texture, Tom!"
"Tex- ITS WAHTAH"

[rifflechipz.furrrr]

Idk if it exactly fits into food theory but I’d love to see Matt talk about the study done where plants show signs of stress if you connect them to a lie detector and threaten them

[yaroslavsky]

Something else I want to point out from my own personal experience. I find that I can tell when food is done cooking entirely by sound, particularly when frying something. Also, there is telling when a pitcher has finished filling in the sink before it overflows, which I feel is probably more common skill. I just find it fascinating that with enough practice, our sense of hearing can be so useful.

[shadowisanoob]

The theories are being more and more random and I’m all here for it! Also loving the bot spam lmao

[agreenperson_playz]

when he said that he confused his cat with a theif, i felt so understood

[mrkisukes]

The difference I hear is that the hot water sounded more fizzy, which would make sense if it's at the temperature where it's taking on the properties of steam.