H.I. #31: An Enigma Wrapped in an Egg McMuffin 

I love the fire sound wave thing.

Brady's reaction and being weirdly hurt about Grey not telling him about going to the hospital always kills me.

1:03:36 Grey won't see this but if anyone else is wondering, the reflex knee thing is to check how your central nervous system is working, because sometimes the first sign of central nervous system issues is a delay or change in that response. There's actually one nerve running the entire length of your leg, so if that's still okay it'll communicate with the spine (before telling your brain what's happening, like if you reflexively pull your hand away from a hot stove) and move your leg. Edit: I'm not a doctor, but I've done research about the central nervous system and nerve issues. I might be wrong, but I looked it up to make sure and I didn't see anything immediately contradicting what I thought.

I find Brady's insistence on Grey not telling him about his incident absolutely adorable! I'm not making fun of him, it just touches my heart, Grey is such a kuudere but obviously admires Brady as a friend.

what this tells me is that on a normal average day, Grey heats his coffee to just below the point of TOTAL DISASTER. way to live on the edge

anyone watching this now? And IphoneX is here and grey just predicted the future! 17:34

It took me a while to realize that it is not a video of the physical body of CGPGrey, but some kind of sound-wave-fire-thing.

New listener here, I've been listening to these from the beginning, which someone said is not a good idea to do. Not either of you... yet. But I'm a rebel. Anyway, thank you, it's a fantastic podcast! it's really fun listening to y'all talk about current events because they remind me of them, or inform me if I hadn't heard of one. I am not an apple/iphone person so don't get a lot of those segments but that's ok, it's still interesting because I am learning a bit more about them. And it's fun because you are talking about tech a lot that is so outdated now and I'm imagining how you both will feel about all of the new stuff to come! I heard that you suspended the poscast a couple years ago like a lot of people :( I really hope you come back, am enjoying these immensly and when I finish I know I will want more! Thank you so very much for making these for us!

Greys iPhone speculation was spot on.

I have to say I absolutely agree with CGP Grey on not talking about media projects or endeavours or even a minor project with any smidgeon of creative component. It's definitely a mistake unless the person you are talking to is critical to the creation of the project. If it's just some friend or someone you think might be interested in the project, don't talk about it till it's done. Talking about it just destroys the creative impetus, because it removes the cathartic/releasing/liberating/cutting-edge aspect of the expression. We _need_ to feel like we are getting by doing something new, refreshing. Talking about it just diminishes the new-ness and freshness of the work, and hence then it isn't as worth talking about any more, especially if the person talking you talked to actually agrees with your points/ideas/suggestions. If they are critical towards you(or the expression), it's usually still all right, since you have a strong belief and your work might change their mind. If you absolutely have to talk to someone about it, owing to a lack of conversation or other reason, I'd say keeping it as far under wraps as possible is the way to go.

I relate to the pain rage so much. The car trunk shut on my head the other day and my instant reaction was just complete, wild fury.

Derk of Verbidlium did a video on the Ruben's tube (the tube on the screen) if you want to check it out ;)

Now I understand why my friends were upset when they didn't know I had a surgical operation

Brady: Tell me when stuff like this happens. Grey: Alright, I will tell you when I get a burn on my spoon hand and go to accident and emergency and get a bandage, and only when those specific things happen in that order.

If I didn't listen to a Podcast or music or whatever, then I'd fall asleep on my 40 minute drive to or from work. Pretty sure "not fully aware" beats the Hell out of "half falling asleep".

Love the footage! Especially since this is my favorite episode!

he just totally predicted the Iphone X

I AM SO HYPED for this youtube half assery thing. SO EXCITED. ITS GONNA BE AMAZING CAN'T WAIT!

Omg Grey guessed how the iPhone 7's button works years before it was released

18:31 grey was spot on with his "crazy thought"

I'm so glad you talked about the study about talking on the phone being the same as drunk driving, because I recently saw this same study (drunk driving and phone talking while driving is 4x more dangerous than normal driving, and texting while driving is 8x more dangerous). The study really opened my eyes to talking on the phone while driving; I've always disliked it because I felt less aware of my surroundings, but the study cemented it for me.

Best music visualizer ever : Rubens' tube I wonder how much gas it took to run the thing for an hour and a half.

omfg CGP Grey perdicted the iphone X... sort of lol

19:02 and this is where Grey predicted the iPhone X

WHOAH!! Chihuahuas can SNORE?!?!

19:00 when Grey accurately predicts the future of iPhones

The whole screen on the original blackberry touch screen phone was one big button, i loved it. It took me forever to get use to double tapping.

How can he put meditation and crystal balls on one level?

Science aside. I drive every weekday in India with a lot crazy traffic compared to the rest of the world while listening to music. I personally didn't find anything different with or without music. But when I started to listening to Hello Internet(my first podcast) while driving, it took me awhile to get used to both driving and listening. Since humans can only concentrate on one thing, I usually miss lots of parts of the podcast. So I started to take longer and emptier routes so I could listen to the podcast while driving and it makes me feel comfortable :p

I laughed so hard when Grey described the moment of rage that comes with pain because I am a witness to my mother's pain rage daily and it is hysterical

I’m working on listening to HI all day everyday, but I’m gonna run out of backlog

1:29:48 Brady's immediate response resonated with me on an unexpectedly deep level.

Is it reacting to the podcast?

A very interesting phenomenon that I know I do a lot when driving, is I will listen to music while driving . But the moment I am in a city or have a huge amount of traffic to deal with, I turn down or off the music, to see better. and I know I am not the only one who does this. On another note, this episode got deep. also about creative people, I will not say they are "filled" with issues, but I will say as a creative person, who also knows a lot of creative people. They/we rarely have very little, for issues, or at least overall insignificant issues in my experience. To be clear that is a subjective opinion.

Woh... just listening to this now on my iPhone X... Grey got this sooo right, screen-wise... well done!

favorite episode

That Canadian passport is amazing😂😂😂.

2:35 I took a look at that presidential study and yk what I actually kinda like it. It looks so cozy with its single person furniture and 1970's work phone. Honestly if I went all "but I am Neapolitan" this is what I would want my asylum to look like. I think I saw at most one or 2 windows and they have shades. Honestly that little isolated space looks like an amazing place to do business in solitude. Edit: 57:58 I accidentally started the next episode without realizing it so I already know how this story goes but let me just say considering that lawsuit that happened with McDonald's and their coffee I find this moment almost morbidly hilarious. Edit2: 1:03:35 Almost every cartoon I have seen mentions that the characters reflexes seem ok or sharp or the scene is prefaced by the doctor saying "I'm going to test your reflexes" I'm not sure I really remember a doctor doing this to me as a kid but my first actual experience with this was when me and my friend took turns hitting eachothers dangling knee with the edge of a wooden yard stick. And it felt so weird too, I remember I even tried like flexing my leg or tractioning my shoe against the ground to try and stop it from kicking. Edit 3: Btw I have had manny burns like this, my hands have become burn scar tapestries, so you're not alone grey from atleast 5 years ago. Edit 4: 7 years as of me typing this Last edit (hopefully): I'm not sure if this is proven science at the moment but I do remember hearing from MatPat about this psychological phenomenon where the hype around a piece of media makes it more enjoyable to the audience. It was in his film theory video about the Snyder cut. The thing about that specific situation though is that the audience had the austensibly awful experience of the original Justice League movie to compare it too. I say austensibly because I actually liked the first justice league movie. Although Ironically I really didn't like the Snyder cut, which is why I'm not sure if this is settled science (I mean to the extent that social psychology is ever really "settled" I'm pretty sure MatPat cited a study but based on the reception I'de say it's not a completely baseless concept. Anyway all of this to say, I'm really looking forward to episode 32 of Hello internet whenever I get around to watching it.

Imagine how that taxi driver felt. That plane just came out of nowhere and hit the side of the car. That would have been terrifying.

I think I like this so much because they remind me of me talking to my wife.

OMG Gray is so relatable in this episode. At least for me :D

really love the rubens' tube

I experience the mental phenomenon discussed near the end of the episode as well. I have concluded that it is in part due to discussion solidifying my creativity, making me feel like I cannot create my own thing anymore. However, the bigger issue is that once I get an idea out there, it starts to feel entirely pointless to put work into it. I've already let people know about it, so why would I put effort into refining my message? In these situations, I'd rather look for the next thing... until I start talking about that as well and then lose interest...

Grey really predicted the bezzle-less phone craze

Regarding the eggs on breakfast sandwiches: Grey is SO wrong. The McDonald's egg McMuffins are so horrible, 90% because of the egg.

Pull in the bezel... so funny hearing this in 2015 with the S8

i feel the same way Grey, i cant talk about things i want to achieve too soon or i lose the ambition

I watched that plane crash video and I think it may have been view jacked/free booted. There is a mouse cursor near the bottom left of the screen and also just when the slow motion section starts you can see the playback interface of another player for a couple frames. Of course this could have been from some sort of media player on their computer but and there was no foul play involved but then why wouldn't they just upload the file to their website if they had an original? Just thought I'd share my thoughts on that.

It's quite hilarious to go back and see people complain about large phones. Finally having a large phone was godsend. I'm quite glad that times have changed.

It took me 50 minutes to realize that the flames move with their voices 😅

I think cgp grey loses interest in making videos after talking about them because part of his enjoyment of making videos is sharing what he knows with someone. And once he already has through the medium of talking then doing so through the medium of video is less necessary.

I wonder if grey's exclamation was a quick one or a long one. Was it a "Ah! f*ck!" or was it a "FFFF*******CK!" I'd love to find out.

@19:19 Well, you got it right.

Neat! Well done. (for those wondering, it's a Ruben's Tube)

First they talk about the Iphone SE, then the Iphone X, THEN THEY TALK ABOUT HOW MRS.GREY'S HAIRCUT ISN"T ESSENTIAL. They can actually tell the future holy shit.

on the length of plane crashes...well if something happens up in the air - 10km are a long, long way down

I do not understand the obsession with phones and devices and every tiny little difference amongst them.

18:30 GREY WAS RIGHT!

"Beware of super heating your coffee people" This sounds kind of like he is talking about starbucks focused arsony.

On the topic of not changing your routines, I remember reading a creepypasta about a guy going through his routine every day, and then when it changes slightly, something horrible happening. I'll have to comment again when i find it.

Hey grey, we are so alike, i microwave my food 1:30 every time. and maybe an extra 30 seconds every now and then.

13:30 I feel the exact same way!

Boy I can't wait till next week. I'm sure it will be great. :p

I have burnt my hand in the exact same way. It is inexplicably painful.

the video for this is awesome

The one spot that refuses to light up is driving me INsane.

Grey, what are you doing? You complained like fifteen or so episodes ago about how you hate that you have to "press on a flat region of the screen" of the Kindle, so much so that you actually returned it, and now you're saying "Oh, I hope they change the iPhone so you can press on a flat region of the screen instead of having a button."

Just ignore this if it would be too much work, but I was wondering if you could upload the podcasts to google play. Great show by the way. :)

Please come back Hello Internet 🥺

Watch the flames with the sound off and try to figure out who's talking and about what.

My anti microwave luddism has saved me from possible injury. :-)

This makes me think of Bicentennial man when they're teaching the robot how to be human.

Brady....Brady said "dumbass"!

anyone knows the little poem that Brady read in this episode? it sounds good.

You don't like our passport? Booo!

well, I am allergic to eggs, so I agree with brady... for this one.

I need someone to explain to me what Brady thinks is swearing. I've heard multiple times in the Podcast that he has never swore, but he just called himself a dumbass at 1:29:27... lol

If only Brady knew at the time that the iPhone SE was coming out soon after.

but if talking on the phone even handsfree makes you equivalent to a drunk driver, what about talking to a passenger? Is it talking in general? Because then would everyone have to drive places solo? Maybe in dead silence for total focus? :P

grey: oh yea?

Still listening, but I was waiting for Grey and Brady to touch on the consequences of just talking to other passengers. Is that as bad as talking hands free on a phone? Should people be silent while driving? Reminds me of how they spoke about listening to a conversation that suddenly changes topics without one of your burning questions being answered... :(

Should I be embarrassed that I only realized that the thingy on screen represents the sound waves of the podcast after 59 minutes?

You didn't put a closing paren after "Not Safe For Planes" Grrrr Arrg

where did HI get a ruben's tube?

Lol I already listened to The Immortal Game

Pretty sure no states have total cell phone while driving bans. Some do for new drivers.

Under 200 views group YAY!

@supersmashsam it looks like it's sped up, so they probably ran it for three hours.

Ruben's Tube!!

Brady, how could you not notice that your driving is worse when you are listening to a podcast? I am constantly grading my driving and notice all sorts of things that cause me trouble. Maybe it comes from motorcycle riding, which is less forgiving.

Have they ever discussed Minecraft?

Epic

my phone has that thing it's a Motorola droid maxx

Grey, You should look at Ford's research on this. It doesn't disprove what your saying so much as adds more details. It breaks it down into many different parts; Some highlights are; Receiving a call is the worst part. Until you know who it is and why the called. It's so bad they did FMRIs to find out why. After those two things are known it goes down to about the same level as having a passenger. Out going calls without hands free are next Having kids in the car is next. out going calls with hands free are not much different then having a passenger. Having a passenger is next. I don't remember the info on the radio and such.

wait, grey uses distilled water/coffee?

Im currently having a bug where I cannot pause this Podcast no matter what I click XD

What is the object in the video?

Eggs are the worst

How in the actual hell is talking on a hands-free set any different to talking to somebody sitting in the car with you?

Sometimes I completely sympathise with Grey but then I realize that he is just very, for lack of a better word, wimpy, and that I'm Brady all the way. Then of course I annoyingly remind myself that people are not that simple.