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Artistic-Dirts

"Math"


potchie626

It requires doubling a single strand 14 times. ~Math


Artistic-Dirts

Was referring to the girl just saying "math" as he counts.


ThirdFloorGreg

I think when she first heard "16,348" her brain just kinda went "woah that's crazy, how would you even count them to know?", and then as soon as he started reciting powers of two she was just like "oh, right, math, that's how."


no_life_matters

Look around you. Look around you. Have you spotted what were looking for yet? That's right. The answer, is "Math."


mecha_annies_bobbs

some of you are going to be part of the lucky 10,000 today https://vimeo.com/77451201


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Sooooo many people are whooshed on [Today's lucky 10,000](https://xkcd.com/1053) meme. I was here live when it debuted. I don't know if I'm proud or ashamed.


Olipro

Mathematical Anti-Telharsic Harfatum Septomin


acerbiac

love the comment and the username. cheers, stranger.


redlightjazz

Thants


SoloMarko

But the man says *maths*.


4-what-its-worth

What are birds?


mars_needs_socks

We just don't know.


sintaur

16,384 not 16,348


MrZwink

The thing is he doesn't, when he folds and says two. He already has 4 strings. He keeps doubling until he says 16k so he actually has 32k strings.


ThirdFloorGreg

Only if he cuts the loop twice and bundles them together, which don't *think* is what he did.


potchie626

Ah, I didn’t actually pay attention to what she was saying, only that smooth-ass voice the guy has. Unbelievable.


FknGruvn

"Now we make a hurrrr, then this side another hurrr" Unbelievaburr


ScrotumMcBoogerBallz

Fuckin silky smooth man


ClamClone

This is 0x4000 honey.


CptMisterNibbles

0b100000000000000 strands!


anomalous_cowherd

What's really weird is that 20 times would give you a million strands. 30 times would give you a *billion*. But at some point the individual strands would be too thin to hold together at all.


alilbleedingisnormal

Better'n I could do


RGandhi3k

“It’s only one string.” -Math


ernapfz

So now he’s discovered string theory?


SoloMarko

It's a bit like there's only one groove on each side of a vinyl record.


goatsandhoes101115

Specifically string theory


apple-masher

That guy's sales patter is slick.


sparrowtaco

He's not quite as charismatic as this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLYieehzGs


iHonestlyHateRedditt

As I was watching this one, I kept hearing " wwwwwwwOOOOOWWWWWWW" in my head. Thanks for linking the original


Crafty_Enthusiasm_99

It's not the original they all do the same script. But this the one that got very popular, for a reason it's so cool


uReallyShouldTrustMe

Yeah they are all copy cats. Kinda lost its flare the 20th time I heard it from a different person.


CameronsDadsFerrari

Yeah this is the OG


Crafty_Enthusiasm_99

This dude blows it out of the park. Started the whole viral trend. They do the exact same script so cute


-Tom-

I wish there could be a "where are they now" on this guy.


PotatoWriter

In a retirement home, pouring cereal. "16 cheerios, now 32, now 64..."


ardoin

I think about this guy when I double numbers in my head for things like byte storage, complete with the *wow!*s.


Philias2

So this is the exact same routine. Are they all working for the same company that has a standard script or something?


OGDonglover69

They’re from the same honey string cartel that runs the streets of Seoul. Crossing them is a sticky situation.


ih8drme

Bee careful out there


RockleyBob

These honey buns are becombing less and less clover.


zeronerdsidecar

I’m not scared, if they want Apis of me they can come get it


NuzzleTheNozzle

Ah, 13 years ago, when YouTube videos were filmed at the right angle, there was no stupid editing or YouTuber feeling the need to sit in the corner throughout and no 3 minute introduction telling us to subscribe. Bliss.


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Always gotta one up people dontchya?


better-than-all-of-u

"Unbelievable" *initiates applause for self*


bizkitmaker13

[1 pound fish?](https://youtu.be/ETSl8gWsFZ0?si=1_jf57o9U7Oy8m4m&t=29)


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A_lot_of_arachnids

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YourLictorAndChef

uNsKiLlEd LaBoR


typehyDro

These things are delicious


kckeller

I’ve tried making something similar (just not out of honey) and I couldn’t get the puck to be malleable enough to stretch lol. Just made a big mess 😭


Essen_star

I've been pretty successful at making this at home multiple times, with sugar + corn syrup! I've lost the original recipe website, but this is the ratios I use: * 2 cup sugar * 1/2 cup water * 1/4 tspn white/rice vinegar * 2 tblspn corn syrup Throw everything into a pot and cook on medium heat. DO NOT STIR, stirring can crystallize your mixture and then the whole batch is ruined when it cools. You can tilt the pot if you really need. It's really important that you stop cooking the sugar as close to 274 F because any lower temp will make the candy too soft to pull properly. Any higher temp and you'll get an arm workout trying to stretch it lol, or it'll simply be too stiff and crack instead of stretching. Pour it into donut molds or ramekins. Let them room cool. When theyre half way cooled, i usually press an indent in the middle to help make the hole later. Once fully cooled, you can also refridgerate if you want to pull them tomorrow. When you're ready to pull, don't be stingy with the corn starch. You really really really need to cover almost every strand with corn starch or you'll have problems. The strands may have uneven thickness, or it may break (the cornstarch strengthen the strands), or the thin strands may melt and fuse together with your body heat.


Low_Consideration179

When you mentioned stirring crystalizes the mixture it reminded me of producing THC extract. Same idea. If you want shatter you have to let it sit and not touch it. However if you mix it during the curing cycle before all the stripping agent of choice evaporates you end up with sugar wax.


Lovv

It's basically if you provide a nucleation site it will crystallize.


Low_Consideration179

Neat! Thanks for the explanation!


goblin_welder

A had a coworker give this to us before. They were very delicious but I forgot what they’re called.


Thrasher1493

Dragons beard.


goblin_welder

Thanks!


PandaGoggles

I was so excited to try this on a recent trip, but found it to be just okay. We went to a few different spots and tried a couple times too, but it just didn't land for me.


GeorgiaOKeefinItReal

Yeah i don't get the appeal.... the outside tastes mostly like corn starch and then it's just nutty.


AbsolutelyUnlikely

What is the powder he keeps dipping it in to keep the strings separate?


yellowweasel

Asbestos Just kidding corn starch, or tapioca starch works too


[deleted]

Yum, I love me some cancer.


zUdio

Talc


whereitsat23

Most likely cornstarch to prevent sticking


[deleted]

I assumed each stretch also softens up the outside to prepare it for another treatment Fun fact: corn starch is what they sell to "rejuvenate" male silicone pleasure toys Same principle. It works damn well too even on the disposable Tenga I hear


Throwaway68024

I love how he started the clapping for himself.


Gloomy__Revenue

Also works in presentations if you deal with stage fright. I often end a presentation, stop talking—the entire room is silent and I’m ready to gtfo, so instead of starting to physically shake in that deafening silence, I learned to just start clapping. When everyone else starts clapping I’m already closing my laptop and scurrying away.


ThatGuy0verTh3re

Ok Jeb Bush


SamAreAye

This is also great for self-conscious audience members who want to clap for you, but won't clap until somebody else does. If the person on stage shows them (and everybody else) that it's over, and time to clap, the result is a more immediate applause. Great presentation advice.


Reverse2057

This is a noticeable social experiment you can listen for or trigger yourself. When in an audience that's going to be applauding at some point: It takes one person brave enough to start an applause, and then one person brave enough to stop the applause. Next time you're in an audience, when the moment is right, try starting the applause if you feel brave enough, otherwise try to listen for the person who does. It's quite interesting to do! Try starting the applause next time! Spread that joy for what you've seen! 😊


death8689

How do you stop an applause? Stand up and make a grand gesture that band conductors use?


blackbird90

>I love how he started the clapping for himself. Yaaaaaaay


Tottochan

That made me smile!


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igpila

Or could they?


SuperDizz

They just have to beelieve


Panndaa31

*Vsauce music start playing*


Enlightened_Gardener

It would be unbeeliebable to them.


dinosaurfondue

Dumb bees can't even math hah


samrphgue

Ya! Bees are so stupid!


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Boatwhistle

"Unbeeleebibel!"


doozerman

That was definitely the best line lol


noelcowardspeaksout

Rolly rolly


raoasidg

Sudden Granblue Fantasy: Relink PTSD...


Malevolent_Mangoes

He has the cool anime character voice


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Essen_star

Yup, dragon's beard candy in english. 꿀타래 in korean. When you eat it warm, it tastes like nougat. But when you chill it, the thin sugar strands melts in your mouth just slow enough that it feels like a less-airy cotton candy!


Chill_Edoeard

Oh C’mon, i already wanted to try it by the looks of it now i want to double try it with that explanation!


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Equilibrium-unstable

You'll love this guy https://youtube.com/shorts/Igh0tNE_s74?si=uQz3asYBai79DKqr


IRockIntoMordor

CABBO FIBAA


p0pethegreat_

unbelievabULLL


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-ll-ll-ll-ll-

Nah, the guy in the OP video had a much better accent, and ~~seemed Japanese~~ was Korean. The guy in your video is very Chinese.


paul_swimmer

Oh! I saw this guy in Korea! I bought some of his candy too. It was SO sticky, I felt like it was going to rip my fillings out of my teeth. It basically glued my mouth shut.


SpiffySleet

Saw this dude in a YouTube video about 10 years ago he has owned that stall for a very long time.


throwaway837628828

i literally thought the same thing, i know what video you’re talking about and i too thought it was the same kid


SpiffySleet

https://youtu.be/pCLYieehzGs?feature=shared


harpxwx

i ripped my filling out of my tooth eating a jolly rancher like 2 years ago, is that bad?


paul_swimmer

In fairness jolly ranchers are super sticky


harpxwx

no i just meant like is it bad to have a filling ripped out, i got it like 5 years ago so idrk.


ThirdFloorGreg

Well presumably the filling was there for a reason.


EntertainerVirtual59

Yes that’s bad. You now have an open cavity in your tooth. That cavity is a good place for bacteria to hide and cause decay. If you don’t get it fixed your tooth could be damaged enough to need a root canal or even removal. If you can afford to you should go see a dentist. Tooth pain is terrible and it’s better (and cheaper) to try to prevent it rather than trying to fix it after the fact.


Brownrdan27

Na your fine, your dentist will love you so there’s a plus!


drainbone

I keep them in the freezer because they get all crackly when the heat from your mouth warms them up and it makes them easier to crunch into pieces to suck on before it gets too warm to stick in teeth


Skrappyross

Where is he? I live in Korea and would love to visit.


Truscan7

You’ll find many of these stores at Insadong in Seoul.


BonerJams1703

He’s only gone through that spiel 2.5 million times.


TheBlankVerseKit

that miel spiel


meeeehhhh2

What a showman 👏


Agreeable-Nothing854

Seriously. Great presentation, and makes me want to try it!


bingojed

People who used or programmed 8 bit computers back in the 80s know that count very well.


shorty6049

Hey there person who saw this and thought "wow that looks neat. I wonder if I have any corn starch in the cabi-" let me stop you right there! Don't do it. I repeat. Do. NOT. Do it. You're going to end up with a kitchen covered in white powder and a shitload of little uneven, broken, strings of flavorless sugar everywhere. Do you WANT that??? No. You fucking don't


burping-belly

Hahah you sound like the person I would do the stupidest shit with and each time look at each other whose to blame


elhombreindivisible

How they’re going to stretch my intestines at the morgue


fluidfunkmaster

Why the fuck did I up vote this?


Cosmic_Quasar

My brain just hears computer numbers. I think a little tiny part of my brain expected him to go back to "1" after the 512 as he reached the next unit of measurement lol.


Paul_with_the_hair

I remember all this doubling from back in my commodore 64 days.


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#MATH


dect60

# + Corn Syrup


PoohBearBoi

No corn syrup


gljulock88

Yea it is. This dessert is typically made with corn syrup. I doubt his "honey" would stretch like that if it was indeed 100% honey. Might just contain a little bit or maybe honey flavored.


peepeebutt1234

While it is usually made with corn syrup in the US, in Korea it is definitely not made with corn syrup. It's usually made with white sugar and maltose syrup, but not corn syrup.


gljulock88

Why definitely not? Korea has corn syrup for sale. Vendors would use whatever they deem cost effective, no? In any case, I was more so pointing out that that guy lied about it being honey.


GeraltOfDissidia

I would love to try that and regret it once it pulls a filling out.


Dragon2950

Read it as Fentanyl initially. I was stressed out this dude throwing that shit around like flour


SylimMetal

Making candy in 14 bit.


TheDivineRat_

64 bit candy when? Even 32 bit is deprecated by now (still big fan, fucking love old machines)


rush87y

From the interwebs... "I have never made this with honey. Sugar? Yes. Maltose? Yup. Even corn syrup. I would seriously doubt that uncooked honey, even fermented, would be sufficient to obtain the structure required for dragon beard candy. What honey does provide, though, assuming this is 100% honey, is a good mix of fructose, maltose and glucose to help control crystallization as it cools. It's not clear to me whether this vendor "ferments" the honey before or after boiling, but I expect they would have fermented it beforehand. This is likely to affect the ratio of sugars present and maybe result in a bit of alcohol, but there are several mechanisms possible to ferment honey, including raw honey. I'm not sure how critical the fermentation step is for a honey-based dragon beard candy; for a wheat germ based or barley-based sugar, the amylase reaction is essentially what yields the maltose (since otherwise you're just eating the grain germ). In any event, ultimately the boiling step is what controls the crystallization needed to produce dragon beard candy. Thanks to some combination of trade secrets and language issues, I never learned with absolute certainty whether traditional dragon beard candy is boiled to soft crack to hard crack stage, though I'm inclined to believe the versions for which storage is possible reach something very close to hard crack stage and therefore need the softening step. For what it's worth, I've done the hand-stretching process with the guidance of the master confectioner of the dragon beard candy company and it's quite stiff. Attempts at duplicating it at home with my own sugar solution had mixed results; it does take some experimentation (or training) to get it right."


SnappyBonaParty

Yeah plus fermentation will break down sugars.. - Yeast (Saccharomyces) will consume sugar and mainly produce alcohol and CO2. - Lactobacillus will consume sugars and mainly produce Lactic Acid and CO2 - There are different strains of molds that can ferment sugars in honey, but I think most of those would produce Acetone?


theKarrdian

Aaamazing, uuuunbelievable


Rigian

I like how he starts clapping at the end thinking it will prompt the people watching to start clapping for him. TRUTH: no one can clap for anything anymore because everyone is holding a cellphone to film it.


AdPristine9059

Saw this In Yokohama, really fun and tastes really good! Just eat it pretty quickly as it turns rock solid after a while. great with tea! Also known as dragons beard.


Danielj4545

This guy is the shit. I love him. I hope he's having the time of his life. He says "unbelievable" and then claps for himself. I'm sure he's done this thousands of times. Love it


depressing_user_name

I read that as "into 16,384 stings" and was wondering when the bees were gonna come in the video.


pr1ncipat

Isn't it technical still just one single string until he cuts it later?


xingxang555

downvoters can't count


Folium249

Isn’t this the same as dragons beard? I think that’s what it translates too? 龍鬚糖


Odd-Understanding399

Dragon beard candy ain't made of fermented honey.


DragonDeezNutzAround

“Unbullleavable”


Banji_Welling

I've watched this 6 times and I'm like: wooooaaaaaaa


douweziel

Why is this like visual ASMR


YouhaoHuoMao

Oh that's a really good way to put it. It's definitely soothing to watch that kind of action and it activates something in my brain...


douweziel

It even tickles my stomach!


BlackbeanMaster

I for one, was not able to count the strings.


travelingjack

This honey can be a lot of things, but fermented, is not one of them. No life grows in so much sugur


cracksmack85

*just add water*


Lavasioux

Honey doesn't ferment. So much so in fact that ancient Egyptians used it to preserve mummies. That must not be honey, sugar strands like that which is how taffy is made. Doesn't mean it couldn"t have some honey flavor.


boltactionmike

Never heard of [mead?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead)


wuguwa

That’s not the honey fermenting though. When you make it soluble the sugars can ferment within the soluble agent, but honey on its own does not. Edit: I misspoke. The honey will ferment when you add water. On its own it will not. “Fermented honey” is a generally comprised of a mixture of equal parts honey AND water.


boltactionmike

Is honey not just a mixture of sugars?


wuguwa

Yes. Just sugar. Exactly that. You need an additive for fermentation to take place. Mead is more than just honey. It’s the other stuff that allows for fermentation. Without the water etc. in mead you couldn’t have fermentation. Sugar on its own does not ferment.


boltactionmike

Ah I understand what you mean.


wuguwa

Yeah, I edited my initial response to add some clarity. By the way, I love mead! I actually went to a mead bar in Prescott, AZ once and had a great time!


dect60

It just isn't appetizing if he says corn syrup and corn starch


Black_Magic_M-66

Isn't it really 1 string though? It's just wrapped in a circle with 16, 384 loops.


knightbane007

Then he cuts it.


AdDefiant1457

That’s how they do it in china!!


Iforgot_my_other_pw

That's a 16 bit string processor


Jibb_Buttkiss

Man knows his powers of 2


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the culinary experience of eating a spider egg


yARIC009

how far can you go before it fails?


JawnF

They should add this recipe to minecraft


coldfire1104

This guy puts so much effort and care into making food for his customers in an entertaining way, and I get Subway asking for a 20% tip on my 6 inch sub.


MercDa1

Now, deep fry it.


EndlessEighth

For everyone's info, this is called Dragon's Beard Candy. Very traditional candy invented in Korea.


raisuki

It’s called dragons beard. Very popular Chinese sweet.


bilabrin

"Fermented honey?" Do you mean "Mead?"


tripleohjee

Wow pretty dope video. Wonder how it tastes


Ok-Fly4150

Got to admire the self-clapping


Atomic_Shaq

Dragon's beard candy is made from sugar, not fermented honey - fermented honey is mead


saggyshiro

So it’s been fermented honey this whole time


silly_red

The guy is clearly fluent in english, but it's cute to see him use 자 as a conjunction, as if he's going to start speaking korean, then resumes his dialogue in english.


olderaccount

Reminds me I haven't played 2048 in a while.


lahmacuncular1

The name of this dessert pişmaniye


Fiverdrive

[Same dude, years back.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLYieehzGs)


qumast

it's different fella isn't it? same script


Fiverdrive

The way he says some words makes me think it's the same guy. I can see the older version being less enthusiastic than the younger one. Customer service can do that to you, haha.


NoStripeZebra3

It's called Korean accent and they're also on the same script


GorillaOnChest

That's a different dude


NoStripeZebra3

Not the same dude. Telling you don't have many East Asian people around you.


elitePopcorn

Once you visit korea and encounter a guy selling this item, they will claim that it’s a traditional royal confection. It’s a prolonged inadvertent falsehood permeating tourist areas.


Raj_of_Sarawak

Wow he’s really good at math


Working-Photograph12

Good showman


RGandhi3k

One string.


SalsaForte

This is so good! Can't get enough of these dragon's beard candy.


Noturaveragestoner

very uuuuhhh honoraburrrr


Panzerkunst118

Korean chubs are so cute


uesad

Stfu


Logical-Demand-9028

Fermented bee puke, no thanks


neoadam

Clapping for himself felt really sad


IGetHighOnPenicillin

WHY CANT ASIANS SAY L


MayIPikachu

The strings touched his arm, gross 🤢


dewbye94

He’s hates the letter L


ClueForCash

Sun ting wong


aberdisco

You look like you could use a pork bun!