Not just Aussies. More like responsible good sane people around the globe. Also on YT for example, Chloe Rose Arts is also another one who exposed many of this and made many young viewers pay attention to dangers and environmental factors too when they see these media content. And she's British.
I actually tried the steel wool one when I was younger after seeing the 5-minute craft video 😭 I threw it away in my room trashcan not realizing it still had embers, so it caused the plastic of the trash bag to melt. I didn't know that Febreze was flammable, so I hurried and grabbed the Febreze then proceeded to frantically spray the fire with it. The trashcan was made of steel so I could not move it without getting burnt. In the end, I went and grabbed oven gloves and picked it up and threw it in the shower, and turned the water on. Then my mom came running from her nap bc she thought I burnt the whole house down. SO YES 5 MINUTE CRAFTS DO INFLUENCE KIDS. I still get made fun of and yelled at bout it to this day.
And this is exactly why they should be shut down, or at a minimum made to put disclaimers on every video, during the entire video. Thank God you weren't seriously hurt and your house didn't burn down!
It's not just you, a kid started a fire in my son's classroom trying to do their "instant 3D printer" by putting a crayon in a hot melt gun. To quote my son, "luckily it was small one since it was only one sheet of paper and [they were] on the floor under their desk with it"
I was actually taught the steel wool one in a safe environment with responsible adults - it was at girl scouts and we were learning alternative campfire lighting methods so we had a safe fire pit, our hair pulled back, a bucket of water, and several adults who were all trained in fire safety as a bunch of third graders pressed a nine volt battery and steel wool together over our tinder. And ever since that day I have known never to store those two items together in a camp bag.
I get the feeling that content creators, particularly one's with children, are getting tired of 5 minute crafts total bs. I'm glad people like you, Ann from h2ct, and many others are highlighting this and standing up for the vulnerable little proto humans and down right moronic "adults" 👍
Yea some adults need this too. Remember that youtuber that got shot by his girlfriend because they thought holding a book in front of him would stop the bullet? Some people are not blessed with common sense.
Ann Reardon (an amazing Aussie channel) debunks a lot of dangerous 5 min crafts (and other channels) and she has recently done a RU-vid video about the dangers of fractal wood burning.
1:28 I remember when I was in Kindergarten, that we were painting, and I thought the paint looked really tasty. So I asked the teacher if I could eat it and she told me to go ahead. I never felt the desire to eat paint ever again.
The three ingredients in the trick blew up a ship called the Maine so completely for decades folks thought it was a torpedo or mine. Never even store them together!
I remember when five minute crafts first came on the platform, because I loved them. I love little crafty channels that show cute things that I’ll never do but are fun to watch and sometimes you learn something. I think it was about a year and a half to two years in that they just got so squirrelly I couldn’t even handle having it on in the background as I listened to creepy pastas.
I don't get how youtube still didn't ban 5 minute crafts from its platform. or put an age limit on their videos. It's good that other content creators like you are giving it the attention it needs and that youtube should provide.
RU-vid is the ultimate hypocrite on their own platform. They always have turned a blind eye to stuff they know full well is being watched almost exclusively by children because they love the ad revenue.
It's irrelevant, though, because parents rarely monitor their kids' YT usage, and they're not likely to see the videos warning people about the content.
@@ayajade6683 Not shocked but once again disappointed by unfair censorship policy. I know how they act generally speaking and it's a shame because that will be the illness crippling them from the inside until it won't be worth anything anymore at some point.
I love how after the prison tattoo you reach for the hammer. Someone seriously needs a thwacking. LOL You should check out Ann Reardon's How to Cook That 5-minute craft debunking videos. SO stickin' scary what that channel is allowed to post.
These unrealistic “hack” videos need to be banned and people who mislead others, especially with dangerous “hacks” need to face some kind of consequences!
I really dont care about the unrealistic ones. If someone is stupid enough to try them and in the worst case be out a couple of bucks. RU-vid needs to put a ban on these dangerous hacks though. But they would Lose 90 % of the content farms which generate 50 Mio + views on a Single Video. So they wont ban them. Thanks Jazz for debunking some of them. Ann reardon is doing her best on that front too
5:32 - You echo the wisdom of fellow Aussie *Ann Reardon* who busted a bunch of the "5-minute CRAP." Your pancake collab with Ann was cool, but I loved you and the other blokes in her "DIY Prank Chocolate Truffles!" When you said, *"I've eaten roadkill! I can handle this!"* 🤣
You and Ann have collabed before to make pancake art; I'd love to see you both collab to stick it to dangerous hacks. She's debunked them many times but now that you've dabbled into the fray of calling them out, I'd love to see you guys work together to help educate the masses
@@kutanra If enough high profile & well loved RU-vidrs stand up & yell loud enough it might have an impact! Hopefully! I'm Subscribed to both Anne & Jazz but I'm sure other debunking channels are standing up to This Outrageous Unconscionable Practice
We actually learned the steel wool fire starter trick in camp when I was… idk 11? But they made it very clear that this should be used for emergencies only, and stored away safely in an emergency kit. They also used it as a good opportunity to talk about safe battery storage in general, so you understand how dangerous a loose battery can be when just thrown in a junk drawer somewhere. They demonstrated quite a few ways to start a fire, and this was one of the easiest, especially if you’re trapped at home during a blackout or something (a real concern where I lived recently. We had a blackout that lasted for almost two weeks in some places, right in the dead of winter, -10F to -30F).
Incredible. My children are all eating paint. I'm eating paint. Everyone is eating paint and I have never been better. My life has been hacked and I am appropriately satisfied.
2:12 = Australia's official slogan "Now THAT'S a knife!" 8:05 =Useful advice: Don't set any more fires in Australia. The Tasmanian koalas will appreciate your kindness.
Jazza at last: "Now, I'm just... angry.", laughs disbelieving and walks away. I think that summaries it perfectly. Years ago they were fun and now it's just concerning.
Good lord, there are sooo many issues with that 'prison tattoo' one. The risk of infection is still aplenty despite their cursory attempts to reduce it
I am so glad that many of the comments here are referencing Ann Reardon's excellent breakdown of why fractal burning is moronic and should never be attempted. Was likewise worried Jazza'd try his hand at it but good on him.
I'd trust Jazza to take every precaution and have his team ready if he really tried fractal burning. It's the random tiktokers and people who wouldn't do proper research that I'd be worried about (and as Ann's video shows, with good reason).
@@neiribelin I don't doubt that that would be the case, but IMO it'd still be deeply irresponsible for someone in his position to produce a fractal wood burning video because of how it could very well encourage others to try it, disclaimers and warnings be damned
Pretty sure they send cease and desist letters out if anyone's serious about trying to sue them. But even if someone tries, they'll win because they have enough money to either create a settlement or buy lawyers that will make sure they win. They could use the excuse that adults would know better when watching the videos, and that they should be paying attention to what they're kids are doing (they should but parents can't be there 24/7 to watch them) or that the craft hacks aren't real craft hacks and weren't meant to be followed. A load of bullshit if you ask me. I enjoyed their older content- especially the clothing hacks. But they've just become so stupid or dangerous that I cam only feel hatred for 5 minute crafts now.
Because they have a disclaimer of professionally done in the description and it falls into parental/personal negligence as it's the same reason you can't win if you sue DC comics for superman flying causing your kid to jump off a tree branch breaking their leg thinking they can fly. Not to mention it being run out of countries like Thailand and Belarus via a production company so it wouldn't be based on USA law
The biggest problem is that they're based out of countries that don't care. That coupled with them only having to say the magic words "well it's not intended for kids" or "it's for entertainment purposes and not intended as tutorial" and they get away with it every time.
My dad showed me the steel wool trick when i was 10 for a science project. I should note that parental consent and supervision were involved. I love Jazza's recation to all these. He just lets off great protective dad instincts.
Makes me laugh how RU-vid allows dangerous videos on the platform then bans and take down videos highlighting the dangers of these videos citing they have breached community rules...... It's mind boggling.
honestly i think its because the big videos make youtube more money so eliminating a threat to that equals money lots of it im not sure if this is how it works but im like 99% sure
@@vlovefromeva sad really one day RU-vid will end up in court again with a massive lawsuit - currently they are protected but like with most laws get changed eventually and the flood gates will open - esp when children start dying.
@@vlovefromeva 5 Minute Crafts, TroomTroom, and similar channels are "content farms" churning out videos that are addictive to watch. They make big big money for RU-vid.
The steel wool "hack" is actually great in survival situations. I know a lot of people who pack steel wool when travelling, just in case they need to start a fire.
10:42 My reaction to seeing this one was on the same wavelength as Jazza lol. Cartoons growing up would show characters getting electrocuted after putting something metal in a toaster. This made it an entertaining and safe showing of why it's a bad idea. These days you can't show such actions in kid's shows even in the context of making it a learning moment for kids. But apparently, you can show it as a "hack" on the internet devoid of any explanation on the possible consequences of this action.
Jazza you should watch Ann Reardon's videos about dangerous hacks. Her most recent one got pulled down by youtube because she covered the most dangerous "hack" on youtube even though they've left all of the videos on how to do the "hack" up. She had to reupload it, and the new one could use with some more momentum.
@@rachellynncreates2703 with all the views and original comments erased, because while Google will happily track and SAVE everywhere you've ever been with your phone, even if you have location history turned OFF, they can't be bothered to keep the comments people made about how dang crazy it is that You tube makes so much money off of dangerous content. Though to be fair, I think they took that one down because she called them out about "featuring" vids on FB and not giving those views to the original channels, since then YT might have to pay them $$.....
When I saw "DANGEROUS Crafts... I'm shocked" in the title, I thought Jazza was going to try fractal wood burning. That scared me. DON'T do it people, unless you want to play with something that has the same amount of power as overhead powerlines.
The hack with the steel wool, battery and cotton is actually a really good way to get a fire going in any situation in which you would need to start a fire. I learned it in boy scouts, the difference between boy scouts and five minute craft videos however is that boy scouts teaches safety. So here's some tricks if your going to use that trick: 1.) you don't need a huge wad of steel wool, just separate it from the cotton once you've lit it so you can reuse it later (but it will be hot so be careful). 2.) DO NOT put steel wool in the same container as the battery, they always told us to not put them both in our pocket because you could set your pocket on fire. 3.) If you don't have experience starting fires, do this with a responsible adult (so probably not Jazza)
Theoretically he could do it on a grapefruit. It has about the same resistance as human skin. Oranges are often used for teaching how to give injections too. Fun fact! 😂
@@JustARandomOnTheWeb Yes, they are good for practicing! They’re pretty similar in terms of how much pressure is necessary, so it’s a matter of preference to a degree. I find an orange more difficult because of the shape, so bananas are easier when just beginning.
It was subtle, but I appreciate how you put some of the blame where it belongs: the algorithm. Thank you for pointing it what some people don't have the life experience to understand. And thank you for the integrity you demonstrate by including warnings and keeping a focus on safety as you do when appropriate.
Mine have steered clear of most of them, but they have seen other kids trying them IN school. Please note, they watched these vids AT SCHOOL. As I didn't let my kids watch youtube without me when they were 10 and 11.... Which is why after the first one suggested a school project that was doomed to fail (fake result) they saw the debunking ones, and hence why they know better.
Someone started to spread the rumours that stick and poke tattoos aren’t permanent. THEY 👏 ARE 👏 PERMANENT 👏. So not only are kids playing with needles possibly giving themselves an infection, they are also possibly giving themselves a tattoo at the ripe old age of 7, idk about you but I wouldn’t like any of the things I drew at 7 only my body for the rest of my life. I’m so glad how to cook that and now jazza are talking about 5 minute crafts and they dangers they are promoting. Honestly I wish RU-vid would do something about this but since they aren’t the best things we can do are, not watch the videos, don’t comment, don’t share, report for unsafe activities, don’t even dislike it. Instead watch videos like these that outline the dangers and share these channels.
I was going for a job interview to the company that makes 5 minute crafts, but thankfully their HR forgot to get back to me, and I got a job somewhere else. I always found their content dodgy, but the more videos I see calling out the content that's not just insultingly dumb, but outright dangerous - the more glad I am that it didn't work out for me.
to be fair, they actually used to have some cool hacks. I remember watching them ~5 years ago, and most of them weren't dangerous. but these days? yeah their quality has gone down the drain.
@@Esperologist "Hey, Pix, management wants you to make a video with lifehacks involving weapons-grade Plutonium" "WTF? No way, I'm not doing that!" _cocks gun_ "That wasn't a request"
@@RabbitsInBlack I do, but the company is based in Cyprus (which was the whole reason I applied). Lots of Russian / Ukrainian / Belarussian IT companies there
I love the horror at the “they’re just going to show you how to do a *PRISON TATTOO!!!“* Also the next time I stub my toe I’ll curse using the phrase, “FOIL in a TOASTER!” The confused looks of other people will distract from the pain. 🙃
@@coryman125 They are pretty much the best. I’ve been using freaky deaky light show, and thanks to my husband, “Fried fish and hormone monsters,” “frank and BEANS,” “Go get your sword,” and “Don’t TALK to me, I’m HURT.” 🙃 I also like having themed ones. Like Halloween coming up, “Caldrons and cobwebs,” has been quite popular. Gotta be festive with our non-cursing. I think by the time I’m a mom, I’ll have a small dictionary’s worth of phrases. 😂
Ann Reardon has amazing debunking vids, which is what this vid probably inspired. I love both RU-vidrs and I love how they try to keep the viewers safe! ♥️
I love these videos! Ann from how to cook that has been raising awareness about this dangerous content for a while now. RU-vid does nothing to stop it! Thanks jazza keep up the good work!
Thank you for the vid.These 5-minutes crafts make me furious. And what is make me even more furious is the fact, that nothing can be done about it. Even if they started as a useful channel, now they are dangerous.
To all the people commenting about how to cook that, Ann and if jazza knows about the channel....he does!! they collabed a few years back for a challenge video of some kind. I'm sure she was his inspiration for this video ☺️
I love watching Jazza first thing in the morning when I wake up for the following 2 reasons a) it wakes me up b) it gives me the chaotic energy I need for the day
This makes me feel a combination of sad and furious, and seeing these "hacks" made me loose a few brain cells. But I like the way Jazza addressed each of these "hacks" and clearly points out how ridiculous they all are. My kids a still too young to have any screen time alone or a phone of their own. But this type of thing make me want to say "No, you are never having one. The world is stupid". But all you can really do as a parent is teach them to question everything and to think critically. 👍
If Jazza is upset about foil in a toaster, (which is a legit concern, people have burned their houses down) he should see Ann Rearden’s videos talking about the metal cast charging plug and the fractal wood burning. There is some truly deadly dangerous stuff out there. Actually, I would love to see the art community help to lift Ann’s video about the wood burning.
What exactly _is_ fractal wood burning?? I've seen many comments, but none have explained it. From the comments it seems like people sending high voltage through wood
@@thedyingmeme6 That's exactly what it is! It involves the use of a microwave transformer and car jumper cables to send electricity through a piece of wood, which causes an admittedly cool looking lightning pattern to be burned into the wood. The problem is, the amount of electricity required to produce that effect is MORE than enough to kill you. And if you accidentally touch anything involved in the process, from the wood to the cables to the table the wood is sitting on, you will more than likely be electrocuted and die instantly. All it takes is a fraction of a second. EDIT: Removed the line about it being the same amount of energy as a lightning strike, that was incorrect. Apologies for that!
@@thedyingmeme6 thats pretty much what it is. As you can imagine, wood isn’t a great conductor of electricity, so process uses ludicrous amounts of it to penetrate wood.
@@sunsetcolored259 It literally is not same amount of energy. Lighting on average is one gigajoule (1 000 000 kilojoules) of energy. To accumulate that amount of energy you would need to charge capacitors for almost 12h with 25kW of power (that's maximum power for typical house). Average microwave transformer is designed to ~1kW of power, it could maybe withstand 10kW for very short time without immediately burning it's coils. Also it's "only" 2kV on output (at least in Europe) for comparison lighting is 10 000-20 000 kV. It's way less energy, still enough to kill and no one should really try to do that. Especially people who need tutorial for that.
@@MrKuncol YEAH I'm sorry I realized in hindsight that I probably vastly misworded that. Someone else said it was like getting struck by lightning and I just kind of took that information for granted. I should've thought about that more before I made the comment.
I wish more people brought attention to these things. I have kids that I have gotten into watching your stuff, so this will help teach them. All in all, thanks for being here Jazza.
I'm just imagining the people who make these videos coming up with these idiotic crafts at a board meeting being like: -Oh, lets wrap a steak in tinfoil and put it in a toaster that will literally explode and also let's target this to kids! - But, don't you think that will har- -*I DONT CARE* -...ok
Seeing your reaction to how incredibly stupid and dangerous 5 minute crafts videos are, was immensely cathartic. I think you healed my soul a little Jazza.
For those who want edible paint - mix some cornflour with boiling water and food colouring. The paint can be quite runny if you want. If you use boiling water it goes lovely and thick and can be used with a brush or as finger paint. One of the things we did teaching in kindergartens where we had limited funding. Lots of recipes for edible play dough and other craft materials too - just ask any older people who worked with young children!😉
Non-toxic does not mean it's safe to eat!! As I'm in the US, I'm only addressing US law. Keep that in mind. It would be great if the term "non-toxic" was regulated by some agency. Unfortunately, it isn't, and doesn't have a particular meaning (from what I can find). There is a US group called the Consumer Product Safety Commission that oversees product safety education and labeling among other things. They discuss which products require labeling as hazardous. "To require labeling, a product must first be toxic, corrosive, flammable or combustible, an irritant, or a strong sensitizer, or it must generate pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means. Second, the product must have the potential to cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children." The important part of that statement is this: "illness during or as a result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use." That means the risk would be whenever the product is used as the manufacturer intended. It's counterintuitive, I know, but that's what it means. That's why I share the information as often as I do- because a lot of people don't realize that "non-toxic" doesn't mean safe, or safe to ingest.
I just discovered your channel and pulled an all-nighter soaking in your amazing sense of humor and inspirational work. You are amazing! I'm busting out my art materials as soon as I get some sleep 😂 Keep up the incredible work!!!
I feel that as this channel seems to be partially aimed at kids as well as adults, it is a great way to bring awareness to how bad these "hacks" are and hopefully, stops people from doing them. Hopefully.
Watching you beat out a fire with a tray was the highlight of my day. 😂 For real, though, thanks for showing how dangerous these are. It's awful how these are just... allowed? And kids might actually try them? Just... no.
I miss the old five minute crafts they were cute little things for my elementary school brain to say OH I wanna make that with my friends at recess, now they just totally gone off the deep end
The steel wool trick I actually learned at a survival camp as a kid. You definitely SHOULD NOT do that trick unless you need a fire asap like in an emergency scenario. It catches super fast and while it doesnt immediately cause flames with an accelerant or kindling it catches super fast so be careful!!
In my costume design class in high school, there was this one girl that always bullied her friend and she proceeded to get a hot glue gun and burn her friend's wrist right where all the blood vessels are. And they were all just laughing like that wasn't a completely psychotic thing to do 🤦🏾
I love Jazza’s glue gun it looks like like I drill, I can imagine him picking it up and some one thinking he’s about to do some manly work or woodworking, but nah he’s just doing some crafts 😂
"Okay. Now I'm gonna pre-drill so the part can be attached easily with a screw." BLORT! "Or I could just stick the part on with this blob of hot glue."
For the 9V battery and steel wool hack: If you cant find a 9V battery, check the smoke detector, you might be able to salvage one from there. You're welcome.
If you don’t know if your smoke detector has a 9 V battery, change your smoke detector battery! And set an alarm or a reminder to do it regularly. Also, please get a carbon monoxide detector. This was your daily mom
Jazza will never fail to entertain. He should try copying more dumb art hacks from 5 minute crafts. They're always so bad. Perhaps a challenge of doing as many as he can in 1 hour.
I remember people doing stick n poke tattoos in high school. Thankfully nobody got serious infections. That being said, tattooing on fruit or fake skin would be a cool video idea!
Thank you for speaking up and helping Ann Reardon on her mission to take down that stupid channel and others like it! Hopefully with your amazing platform, yourself and other amazing creators can help bring awareness to the dangers of their content 🙏🏼
Firefighter “how did your house get on fire ma’am Me “I did a five minute craft” Firefighter “why would you do that ma’am Me “to impress my kids I can melt plastic with a knife”
Very quickly about your analysis of the purpose and reason to be of those channels. They will indeed do weird and dangerous content, not only for people to watch, but also to react. Each and every comment saying the very obvious "OMG Don't do this it's dangerous / dumb/ not practical etc ..." creates traction and engagement for their content. The thing YT bots loves and put videos on recommended feed. It's a damn clever and infuriating process. You cannot win against it... No matter your position toward their content they end up ahead.
Au contrair, you can warn friends and loved ones, esp. children, don't click! These are faked, they lie and they don't care if you die. Don't click, no views, and they loose. edit: also, if you think a hack is dangerous, don't comment, REPORT.