Why Am I Upside-Down When I Look in a Spoon?

We’d like to know why you’re staring at yourself in a spoon in the first place. But we can at least answer the question of why you look upside-down when you do.

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[Lucky]

Finally, an explanation of concave vs convex mirrors that actually makes sense!

[Ghost_Of_SAS]

"Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?"

"Because it's dull, you twit: it'll hurt _more"_

[tilywinn]

I wanna know why the body sometimes randomly stabs you with pain for like a second or two and then its gone. What is it doing in there...?

[MissyMitchel]

I was watching Mike's video before this one and I was really really hoping to hear Hank say "Please patronize us" at the end.

[ForeverSisAngel]

I FEEL SO SATISFIED THANK YOU, SCISHOW. I have been curious about this since I was a wee child AND IT FEELS SO GOOD TO FINALLY KNOW.

[attractiveguy]

But what if "My spoon is too big!" ?

[BillyKamp]

I already knew the answer, but I would stop for a few seconds and reach the answer, your way of explaining turns it into a immediate answer.

Shocks me no one teaches like that when I was at school.

[igorilyasov]

you don't always make me laugh, Hank, but when you do, you do a great job at it... thanks dude! hahaha

[harasnicole]

After scrolling the comments...

There's no such thing as a "stupid" question. Just because it may sound stupid to you, doesn't mean it is to the person who asks. -_-

[sporkafife]

How is a spoon real if our eyes aren't real?

[Fellow_Traveller]

Weird, I was wandering around my apartment yesterday with a spoon in my hand asking this very question.

[kat_the_mouse]

Neato. Can't wait to bust this out at dinner and probably completely mangle all the science.

[sblazzing]

This is THE best explanation that I've ever heard of this phenomenon

[FwiiChan]

wow hank your hair looks great in this video. im envious.

[BrandonBurch]

Takes a spoon out of the kitchen drawer and tries it - your mom asks "what are you doing?"

[pianofluteflute]

Hank, you're a wonderful person!

[runningsandwich]

Haha! This is one of the few qqs I knew the answer to before watching! I feel special.

[joi]

this is a Thing i hated last year in physiks class but that explained everything and im so thankful

[astdenis]

U explained 2 months worth of my science class in less than 3mins and i understand it better here than i did in vlass

[cortster]

I already know this, but Sci Show always makes these little kid questions interesting!