What's the deal with the popcorn button? 

Definitely this

It's dumb enough to be likely. I imagine also that since so many wavers with popcorn buttons just don't do a good job in general, it might be a general insistence (after numerous complaints) by recipe developers in many snacks and food companies: _"... also, make sure to include a disclaimer telling people to NOT use that fucking popcorn button, it's probably gonna screw them up and we'll start getting letters again."_

I think the company doesn't want to hear a bunch of complaints about the popcorn button. If they recommend to use it and it keeps destroying popcorn for example and people are going to ask for refunds.

Wouldn't that be more on the microwave than the popcorn? That would be like blaming a grease fire on the brand of bacon your cooking.

​@@takotako808 Well, the hot coffee/beverage came because someone got third degree burns from it (accidentally) spilling. McDonalds was sued because an elderly woman literally had the skin of her genital area being MOLTEN OFF HER BODY due to how hot it was. The coffee was served at 140 degrees CELCIUS (regular coffee is served at 80 degrees celcius and generally consumed at 60 degrees celcius). The lawsuit resulted into 3 actions for McDonalds, 2 which other companies have applied to avoid being sued: 1. No to-go beverage can be served above 90 degrees, this not only for consumer safety, but employee safety. 2. Recommendation to add warning labels to make people aware of their actions. Sometimes people are on auto-pilot, and since boiling water levels of temperature is basically as dangerous as carrying a mug filled with sulphuric acid, people need to be snapped out of the auto-pilot. Warning labels, how silly they sometimes may be, are one of the things that snap you out of the auto-pilot. 3. (the one other companies didnt apply, for obvious reasons) a multimillion payout to the elderly lady to cover healthcare expenses, pay for any service worker if she needs aid in hygienic matters etc, cover the costs of her lawyers etc and ofcourse a fine decided fair by the jury because she was a victim of a crime.

its clearly an american microwave.

​@@zombieblaster5754isn't a corn-related button still more fitting then

Should be good for boiling, mashing, and sticking things in a stew.

so bananas measure size, potatooes measure time, anyone know the arbitrary food to measure weight?

microwave made in ireland

Amazing

That is wild

Wtf

I think I found it, it was called the menumaster micro-popper. Really crazy that it exists. Probably for movie theaters or something

I will think about this at least once a week for the rest of my life

Commenting in hopes Alec sees this

God bless you charles

Whoa! That’s so cool

Thank you Mr popcorn

thank u

Time to hack the firmware.

Still a better "acoustic monitoring system" than Stockton Rush built.

​@@danielbishop1863 Too soon

An inverse Clapper. It turns off if you DON'T clap twice every two seconds

If you're ever stuck in a giant microwave on the popcorn setting, you can just clap your way out. Great, I'm sure this will come in handy some day.

Today we are playing: Is it lit, or is it charred. Couldn't think of a better punny name at such short notice. Wouldn't be too hard to make a website that accepts reports from users through a form, but spreading word about it would require a bit of luck…

Real

The 'Science-Anime' Dr Stone is pretty good. Watch it if you havent. Watch it and then help me figure-out some of the science cause science is cool

Done.

@@idontknoq4813 You refer to my comment??

Nothing should have a pasta button

@@nitroAlewhat does the pasta button do

​@@milkflysmake italians sad obviously

Let's not even talk about the pizza button... There are already enough wars going on as it is.

😂90% of salespeople are clueless.

@@barry1122 and 90% of statistics are made up.

Yup, it's basically an implementation of pulse-width modulation, (a good compariosn would be analog to digital signals, where digital transmitted as 0 & 1's (or on/off) while analog transmitted in waves) basically instead of being able to smoothly turn it's power level up/down to desired frequency, it instead does the on-off to create the same effect. Well, at least in theory anyways, since it greatly depends on various factors. But if done well, it achieves the same effect with little-to-no noticeable difference (well, at least when it comes to re-heating your food that is).

@@barry1122yup he’s talking 20 years ago

Inverter microwave

Sounds like it's just needing a little encouragement!

Amazing! I also have to clap repeatedly to get my dishwasher to work (my wife says she appreciates the applause)

​@@internziko😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Hahaha this is so wonderful and whimsical.

@@internziko hmm i need one of those , how can i find one of these ?

Wait, did you use the popcorn button or like a reheat button or leftovers button, lol. My microwave and my air fryer as well have like dozens of settings i never use. Tbf, the air fryer just has presets that have a temperature and time preset, but you can still change it after if you wanna play around with it.

@@Cman04092 I pressed the popcorn button. I thought I had a bad one because it asked for weight, but the largest available size value gave me a very specific time, perfect for a nice leftover plate

@@BillyMcBillface well, if it does a shit job on actual popcorn at least now you can use it for a "reheating the leftovers" button instead, lol.

​@@BillyMcBillfaceinteresting! Thanks for the science lol

I didn't know that button existed

I loved that at least twice the time was set at 4:20

Heck yeah! My old microwave had a turndial for that, though the microwave itself wasn’t very good. Turndials are pretty unreliable for adjusting the power level. Our new one (over ten yo by now) has a button that goes 100-80-50-30. It’s sooo good.

Reheating leftovers at 70-80% with a slightly longer cook time works so well for me. I hated getting all the way to the table and then finding a cold spot in my soup.

Wrong lever

You threw off my groove!!!

What, the self destruct lever? You know… for… “reasons.” Lol

"Strange... that usually works." "So does this!"

For curious check

Impressive to know that every other one doesn’t

What a riveting experience to be had making new discoveries with the popcorn button

Trail's end allows you to experiment too!

The popcorn hoax 🍿

popcorn gate

Wow, I didn't realize the add 30 seconds button could be used more than once at a time; I'm going to try your one button method next time I'm microwaving.

@@MM-jf1me after watching this video I'm now a 2-button user. My popcorn button works fantastically so I use that for popcorn. But everything else is still "Add 30 seconds"!

Yea, the great microwaves of yesteryear just had a dial you would twist to the time you wanted and that started the microwave, when it was done a metal bell went 'ping' :) Now they're a mess of buttons and a buzzer that wakes the whole house, if you want to let the food cool a while, the buzzer will just keep bleating - because product designers are such a clever bunch! :D

@@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV I still use a microwave like this: it is annoying to try to adjust the time accurately and that DING is super loud!

​@@ericbarr734Your comment has genuinely changed my life for the better. I practically feel giddy when using the +30s button at my sister's house! It's such a seemingly small thing, but learning this tip from you has helped me out so much (when looking after a toddler, only having to worry about a single button can be a godsend at times). Thank you so much!

Sad Reality.

I came here immediately hoping that someone would make a latent heat joke and I'm thrilled that the internet did not disappoint! ☺️👍🍿

Superlative 😂😂😂❤❤

Yeah, we need this slogan on some merch.

​@@DeviantOllamDude, why do I see you freaking everywhere on RU-vid? You really get around...

Didn't even describe the refrigeration cycle

Mine asked me for the size of the bag so I was deeply disappointed

pppcorn

Yep i saw that but decided not to correct myself.

good, it's beautiful @@lemurkat

⁠​⁠​⁠@@lemurkat oh my god I didn't even see that. It's funny how the brain just works like that, reading the word as a whole instead of every letter. For emaxlpe, you suhlod be albe to raed tihs prefertlcy, eevn touhgh It's jsut a jmubeld mses, aoccdrnig to rseacrh by cmarbidge uvernisty. It has nothing to do with the comment or video, but I figured i'd share this fun nugget of knowledge.

My rental house has one of those as well - perfect every single time.

This is life goals for me, i would name that microwave Elizabeth

3:34 and he appears, just like D.T filming him self infront of a N.S.A

My microwave is almost perfect, it's the popcorn button plus 30 seconds, but pressing Start adds 30 seconds. So it's just Popcorn Button + double-tap the Start Button

​@@mariokarter13mine does it perfect but I always add 10-15 sec, I like mine just so slightly overcooked lol

I liked the scene @ 2:17

I'm 3 minutes in and I don't even own a microwave

​@@lettus143 yikes

Ummmmmm actually it’s 13 minutes long 🤓☝️

no, you chose to learn accountability for your actions/choices

Probably because we don't need all that

Back then, companies had pride of making the best products so you'd buy from them instead of their competitors. Nowadays, companies have greed encouraging them to make cheap products that break and cost little to make so you have to buy from them more often.

ikr

​@@jessiehogue. And East Europe is still using appliances shat out by a factory using convict labour in Siberia in the 50's.

@@Cotac_Rastic Did they make good appliances? :P

Don't believe those who tell you to use the popcorn button. Don't even listen to them. If you've allowed a popcorn button propagandist to talk, _it's already too late._

a part of

Whatever you do, don't press the button.

Toss in a handful of grapes and silverware, then hit the popcorn button. It's about sending a message.

@@Vexas345 "YOU NO LET ME USE POPCORN BUTTON ME BURN YOUR HOUSE VIA POPCORN BUTTON"

"A microwave with proper popcorn popping prowess"

@@jwoahlnt probably

yeah, this video is filled with alliterations, it's great

Alliteration ❤

Yeah it’s called assimilation and this is one of the best examples of it that I’ve seen in awhile.

“Ten years of practice for one minute on stage” is hardly low effort.

@@caelestigladii in the previous Clapper video, he said he was doing "no effort November" It's wild to me that this was "no effort" given the quality of the video.

So many out-takes for being "no effort" 🤣

@@Reactor89 Yeah, but some were barely bloops. For example, there was nothing wrong with how he said “seconds.”

@checksanity I have a feeling that's OCD kicking in. What was "wrong" with it was the stressing of the "e" in "seconds".

This video was essentially a 14min mic test. I can’t say I noticed any popping P’s

Literal perfection

Perfectly performed! 😏

And, at 3:00 to 3:02!

And I expected to see some practice performances in the bloopers, but not a one! Peter Percival Patterson's pet pig Porky loved it!

Me too, especially the "reheat" button, which I now use all the time. It made me look closer at an old microwave I have sitting in storage: an old Litton "Meal-in-one" which did not even need a turntable and could use a temperature probe. That could be the subject of its own video.

Having a button just for potato is CRAZY

Who microwaves potatoes that often

@@ereviscale3966 it's the easiest way to bake a potato.

Mine has a pizza button 🤣

What surprises me more is that, despite having only single digit millions of subscribers, almost every new Technology Connections, Wendover Productions, Real Life Lore, and Tom Scott video consistently hits the top 5 trending videos each time says something about the dedication of their subscriber base. Small but loyal!

@@meltingtomato that makes sense, usually when TC makes a vid I want to watch it - he knows his audience, unlike some other youtubers.

@@meltingtomato single digit million subs is not "small", but yeah it's smaller than the Minecraft channels and e-girl farming simps

​@@marcogenovesi8570100%, more so small in relative terms, because 2m subs is still a lot.

I’ve loved this channel for a long time. I love that it’s trending and the subscriber bases continues to grow for videos that really explain how things work. I mean, who else has stopped most rinsing most of their dishes, adding a bit of prewash and running the hot water for a few seconds before starting a load because of multiple dishwasher videos…dishwasher videos…and we watched them…all… the… way… through. Keep putting out the high quality content!!

If it’s just a basic microwave it’s not sending the sound anywhere. I doubt even the app controlled ones do.

It's really going to blow your mind when you learn that every speaker is a microphone and every microphone is a speaker

Only concerning if it connects to The Internet of Things. Ie: its smart and can connect to your smartphone for whatever reason.

The most rampant example I can think of are knock sensors on car engines, as that tech has been around since the 1970s. For the unaware, they are shielded microphones threaded into the tops of engines to monitor for misfires. They're tuned to hunt for high frequency pinging, and on top of being shielded, buried in the engine, and surrounded by body panels and sound deadening, the only thing they can hear is what is going on inside that engine. I used to read up on loonies that would cut the wires to them thinking the government was spying on them! Haha! People have forgotten those times in favor of fearing the infotainment console and over the air updates, which honestly is a valid concern (Looking at you, Ford).

@@lindseys3708 *watches FBI knock down our door and smuggle the Microwave to their lab for audio analyses of the contents of a data storage medium inside it*

I do too. I just wait to hear the singular wet fart pop and it's done. I can literally count the kernels on one hand and not a one burned

This. My microwave has 2 settings based on the size of the popcorn bag. Pops perfect every time. Have used it on every microwave I have owned and all have worked fine.

@@Piledriver2006 your popcorn is farting? Can you document this?

Pleasant un-pedantic prose from you, pal! :)

Okay, there's no point to me even trying. This post wins.

It's my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me "P".

​@@TheChangBI am Q and m better than you

Perhaps partially premeditated prose posted past paramount purveyance permeates pleasurable playfulness. Please people, partake!

Amusing that you use assonance to applaud alteration.

​@@ratamacue0320Alteration? Ambiguous..

He calls his old microwave an antique. My kitchen microwave is from 1982. My parents bought it new in 82 and I've been using it nonstop ever since. When I moved my parents gave it to me. It works. Why buy a new one that won't be built as well?

This comment was whimsically weird, wonderful and a winner. (couldn't resist)

@@christo930 Well, chances are that 1982 unit has no support, parts and other available information. That said, my Mom received her parents' old 1975-ish Panasonic and we used that from when I was in elementary school (I was in 5th Grade, there-abouts, maybe 6th) and it lasted to about 2017 or 2018. When we moved, a microwave came with the place and the old Panasonic beast was retired. My unit was also retired and both were in e-waste. Mine was rusted on the inside, so we decided not to use it. The timer was falling apart (it was an old flip-card clock style with an alarm clock in it that started the microwave automatically and it also had a plug in thermometer probe for some settings which I thought was neat) It had a list of cooking options in two radio tuner-style displays (like in an old radio receiver). It was an awesome machine.

Same my microwave popcorn button works great

Same as well. Mine has a setting for how many ounces you're popping. Maybe people just need to buy better microwaves

What brand/model?

Impossible, this must be a lie

Now try the pizza button on leftover pizza 👀

Agreed! The fan episode was fantastic!

Please part with petty puns!

Im so glad yall noticed, cuz i loved the use of the p's

i went to the comments exactly for this reason 😭

I love English

Who else thought of the principle that spits his Ps from That’s So Raven 😅

Depends on the air fryer, but mostly it's presets regarding temp and time. With my Instant brand one I have noticed that the difference between Bake and Air Fry is that Air Fry tells you to turn the food around 2/3 of the way through but Bake doesn't. Other modes in may also run the convection fan at different speeds as well.

I refuse to use that word. It's a miniature convection oven.

Best Buy had a recall on a model of theirs. It was a very popular model.@@n325aej

@@AdroSlice Same here, I wish they'd just call it there - there is no frying involved!

Mine has one mode. There’s just a dial for time and a dial for temperature

The pizza button reheats pizza perfectly!

ask LGR. he had a computer with a pizza button.

The other buttons just adjust the power level

only way to reheat pizza is in a hot hot skillet with some oil, then add a sploosh of water and cover steam for a minute.... crispy crust and gooey cheese every time

​@@beamshooterhuh. That's an interesting idea.

I Hate burnt popcorn. Tastes like ash. I always stop my microwave as soon as the popping slows (regardless how much time left on the screen) .

Persnickety!

Prathanks profor prothis

This is what a dad says to his kids when they think he's disappointed in them for their life choices. He's not but he could have done it in a way that doesnt seem farcical or sarcastic or even satyrical. You're using profound way too much. once is too much when its a video about a microwave. But you are doing a tongue twister on purpose but it just takes away....like trying to do a haiku, most don't know how to do it without sounding contrived and forced. Its ok dad, he doesn't hate you

what a carefully crafted comment! can this cavernous caper of cacophonous chatter calm? this cautiously connected catalogue of creative comments compiled of convoluted conduct can cease coagulation!

Honestly, I want a commercial grade microwave for personal use. Well, I'll do a little research to see if it makes sense, but they are so much better than a normie microwave.

@@Gandhi_Physique I think the commercial grade ones are cool. And fast!

The one I had as a kid you’d hit the popcorn button and add 30 seconds to pop all the popcorn and it wouldn’t be burned. When I got older and had a newer one I tried the same and burned the popcorn, yet there was still unpopped popcorn in the bag. So I still needed around 15 seconds.

Did they call you Fireguy after that?

@@positivelynegative9149 I was known as Firestarter or popcorn-killer for a little bit lol

That's awesome. I love family memes.

I think it was Mitch Hedberg that had a bit about having a microwave with "Plate of food" as an option. I had one of those, and I did always wonder how the appliance knew what kind of plate, and what kind of food lol

Probably the paper towel that was at fault.

@@Skenjin Yup, the microwave never detected the moisture given off by the potato as it cooked, which is needed to determine how much the potato has cooked. The moisture was absorbed by the paper towel during cooking so the microwave couldn't tell when to stop.

Thats possible, but an alternate theory is user control/agency. The company is motivated to sell product. If you buy product, hit "popcorn" and it comes out burnt, you are way less likely to blame your microwave and are more likely to blame the brand (thats my guess, people are irrational). If they tell you wishy-washy instructions and you burn it, you'll adjust their instructions, and if you suceed, you'll feel good about figuring out the problem and thus, feel good about the brand.

@@mcpr5971 gotta give people at least some credit, i think most people would realize it was the microwave.

​@mrpc5971 why would most people blame the popcorn brand? It's literally just a bag of kernels

1m50s soon

@@admiralrhino4049not consciously, but you’ll never associate your microwave with burning popcorn, you use it for lots of things. BUT you may associate shitty (burnt) popcorn with a new popcorn brand you bought for the first time and be less likely to get it again. As a dumb user, I’d probably be less likely to buy the same popcorn if I burned it a couple times, than a different brand that doesn’t get burned on me.

4:20 yooo 😝

It's like the BatSignal, those numbers... Imagine there's a dispensary or two out there with an actual 420 in the street address. "Yes, that's 420 Hemp-hill Street"...

No effort November failed

I noticed that too

​@@rubberduck2078damn :( time to start efforting all over the place

I know, I’m thinking of all the years wasted with a fancy microwave, lol

The various food options are preset profiles for power levels vs pulse time. Microwaves don't really penetrate the -fool- *food* very far, so there is a tendency for foods to overheat on the outside. The power profiles allow some resting time between bursts of microwaving, which allows the heat to conduct (soak) into the center of the food. . "Vegetable" setting might apply 50% power in bursts of 15 seconds. "Reheat Coffee" might apply 100% power continuously. "Defrost Meat" might apply 75% power for 10 seconds, then 10% power for 20 seconds. . Also, higher-end microwaves have various sensors to detect the best time to change heating profiles and/or stop depending on the type of food selected. . Inverter microwaves can vary the power level dynamically, rather than just switching the magnetron on 100% and off 0% on a timer. Not all microwaves have sensors or inverter drive.

@@johncoops6897 "Microwaves don't really penetrate the fool very far" I mean, if you throw it hard enough...

@@klaus6027 - 🤣 yes, that's absolutely true. For some obscure reason, your reply made me think of Photonic Induction... "oh, I popped that human". I've fixed my hilarious typo 😉

I have a Panasonic with a lot of fancy buttons I've never used. But I also have over 20 years experience just setting a time and pushing start, then checking it, and either eating it, letting it cool off, or cooking it more.

Thank you

IM GONNA PUSH THE BUTTON!

That's always been my motto for learning computer software and systems; Just click everything! If you accidentally blow something up, that means it was poorly designed and not really your fault. This is how I end up learning lots of things, when starting a new job :)

It is actually how hackers became good at hacking, pushing buttons.

Especially the big red ones.

Not to mention the bowing chef

it's adorable for sure

It also has a bowing chef for - i think - completing the inbuilt recepies.

Didn't expect you here

My reaction to this was, "there's someone, somewhere, who's job it was to create that animation, how do they feel about that today?"

All microwaves have hot and cold spots in them, that is why they almost all have a rotating carousel.

@@blaster-zy7xxmy glass plate broke so now when I heat stuff up some parts get super hit and other stay cold. I manually turn the plate 2-3 times 😂

@alexvillalobos7137 nothing special about that, all microwaves used to require you to rotate the food manually, the turntable is a relatively new feature with a lot of microwaves even from the 90s and 2000s not coming with one.

​@@joemamr710That makes it special as all microwaves now have the turntables.

Your conjecture that there "may be" a half wave rectified 50% cooking mode (@ 10 min, 12 sec) would be easy to confirm with an oscilloscope monitoring line current. But don't mind me, I am a nerd and an EE. I love your curiosity, and your humor, and attention to detail. THANK YOU Be Rad

Read probably.

We would burn our popcorn

Wait 1-2 seconds between pops.

Idk bro 😢

hey, i know you

Some folks have hyper diligence. Even with the explicit intention to half ass something they get an itch to keep refining it.

I usually have subtitles off because no one does them, they are now on thanks, it helps with accents and when the ears don’t work.

@@roaming_data I learned long ago to turn on CC for any TC video, and watch alllll the way to the end.

And they're accurate subtitles! Most people who add them use the script that they already typed rather than what is actually said in the video.

Well, if you have lines like "popcorn people put a purportedly proper popcorn preparation primer on every package of popcorn"... you make sure the captioners can enjoy it too.

You clearly don't own an airfryer

@@pintadocachorrao Would it make watching content totally unrelated to your interests more normal? I don’t even eat popcorn yet somehow I sat through this whole thing. 😂

​@@Prockskiit's not that long, even. his regular videos are often over half an hour in length. and yes, it's normal to learn something new and fascinating, you didn't know it even exists before watching them. like how street lights turn on and why they're on for a bit after a power outage, and such.

The air fryer reply is a reference to something unrelated. Also how short is your attention span that 13 minutes seems "so long"?

@@alicemalice1047 Its "long" in the sense that I have no interest in this topic at all and usually would click off to watch something more up my street. I was just suggesting that it took me a lot longer to kind of snap out of the trance this put me in and was not in fact some kind of pointer to my general attention span.

Date is wrong but the time is always 4:20 lol.

It also said "42069" on the scoreboard of the pinball machine in that video

Right? That sounds like a lot of effort for no effort november haha

sounds like too much effort for no effort November, he just cant let himself make low quality content smh

Nice.

Panasonic makes inverter microwaves. They are pretty much the best kind, because they vary the actual magnetron output power to achieve different "power levels" versus the traditional method of using a 10 second variable duty cycle (ie: 50% power = 5 seconds full power on/5 seconds off. It allows for much more accurate control of the heating, which is why it nails defrosting and reheating/popcorn/sensor functions, and things like melting butter/chocolate, softening ice cream, etc so well. I miss my Panasonic microwave for that reason. The LG I have now is good but it's not an inverter and tends to get things a little hot while defrosting if I don't pay attention to it.

@@MobileTaz Thanks for the insight! It totally gets it right for defrosting.

It's for the thrill. Grab life by the horns and don't be afraid of burnt popcorn.

Live a little

Your opinion has been biased by big popcorn. All those warnings on the bag have slowly seeped into your subconscious

A risk? What's the worst that could happen? (he said standing before the burning wreckage of his house)

Mine's right next to the self-destruct button so...

its custom

@@NoName-zn1sbIt's not, the sharp microwave really is like that. He even made a video about it!

agree

It was designed during the "bubble" years of Japan.

@@kimbersauce exactly. I saw that video he did on microwaves & that specific microwave. It was surprisingly awesome for a video on microwaves

You clearly don't own an air fryer.

​@@InventorZahranI mean it is just a convection oven, but what makes them better is the smaller size leading to a more efficient and quicker cooker than a regular convection oven.

It truly is just a small convection oven, but the small size does affect both the cooking results and the convenience factor when compared to a full-size.

@@RayvenQ My toaster oven has a fan, it's an "air fryer" too. Small convection ovens are nothing new, but the stupid marketing for overpriced "air fryers" is.

@@NickCombsthe big difference is the basket, though. My recent full size convection oven replacement had an optional extra feature, namely a baking tray full of holes similar to an air fryer basket. That actually works really well.

IDAHO

I've seen lots of microwaves with a baked potato button. I don't think I have EVER pushed one. Even on baked potatoes. Quite honestly, I' usually just hit the 30 second button however many time I think appropriate.

IDAHO

I mean if the popcorn manufacturers actually cared they would do cook times by wattage but they don't so this whole video is kinda dumb but entertaining.

I saw the spider in your profile pic, chuckled and opened the replies to find people that commented on it, realized no one commented on it, and quickly scrolled my screen to make sure it wasn't actually on my end lol.

"no effort November" by the way

I was so looking for this comment!!

I have mixed feelings about this video. It feels lovely no-effort, but clearly a fair amount of effort went into writing and researching this video 😂. This channel is perfect for perusing popular practical appliances with perfect presentation and a personable personality. (Then again, this comment only took 3 minutes, maybe the script wrote itself)

love this alliteration! could have become a Haiku if it werent "no effort month"...😂

Part of the reason I watch, really, the language-creativity.

Exactly 😂😂

I was like what he said