Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much? - Instant Egghead #25

Some of the most infuriating and stabbing pain is caused by nothing but a thin sheet of paper. Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr explains why the page of a book can sometimes cause more anguish than a blade.

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[deadmansq]

my finger gets hurt by broken glass = I feel nothing

my finger gets a paper cut = I suffer

[SevenAsses]

Papercuts hurt like a bitch, but not worse than cutting yourself on the opening of a soda can. That's some nightmare shit

[SubscribersWithoutAnyVid-ltvy]

*i have a theory*
What if paper cuts are actually paper getting its revenge? We use paper all the time. We draw on it, write on it, fold and cut it, and a lot more. That's paper abuse. We abused paper by using it and we basically kill it when we cut or tear the paper in half. And whenever we get paper cuts, that's a sign of revenge from the paper. It's trying to start a war between us. For every paper cut we get equals a shit ton of paper we have tortured. They want to try and kill us and make us feel like what their ancestors felt.

[shivanisstyle]

got hit by a truck, fall of a cliff, get attacked by a lion- its ok
got a paper cut- .why is this world so crucial, why all bad things happen to me .sob sob

[Firemasterlucky]

It's like the tree's form of revenge.

[mythrin]

Once I got a paper cut straight down the webbing in between your fingers. Yeah. I know. It was true suffering.

[cdygivs]

0:29 in and I'm cringing, not because the video is bad, but because my papercut memory is being awaken and I remember the pain.

[yuunlan]

*Walks off cliff*

Is completely fine

*Gets paper cut*

Dies next day

[annieyu]

See mom, I knew it I wasn’t overreacting when I had a paper cut!

[jena]

At the beginning he got a "paper cut" and calmly said ow. But when I get a paper cut I die inside

[trollawesomeness]

If you get a paper cut between your fingers, just cut off your hand. It's not worth the pain.

[katelewis]

This is why some people are afraid/ don't want to do their homework...

[premium]

Omggg i miss 2012-2017 best years of my life this music is so nostalgic ima bout to cry

[DingoXBX]

my teacher: it's just a paper cut.

[alexdelarosa]

I slam my finger on the door - I feel nothing

I get a paper cut- I pass out

[bakeradam]

When i step on cracked Glass = nothing. When i step on Legos= Im dead

[rillianelucifen]

Me: *reading a book*
Me: *gets a paper cut*
Me: Oh so you're going to physically hurt me now?

[Sk]

STEPPING ON LEGO BRICKS ARE MORE PAINFULL..

[khoboo]

Completely wrong, it's because the paper channel all its pain it suffered the time humans cutting the tree down. Human need to know of their pain.

[Qunarr]

Damn that sensitivity it so high on his mic i can hear his saliva sloshing around in his mouth