- I have to squeeze it! Come on.
(satisfied sigh)
Oh, that is good.
- Whoa, look at that!
- Is this part of it? - OOH!
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (FBE) Are you easy to satisfy?
- Um, I'd say so, yeah.
- Sure. I've never been asked that question before.
- Oh, that's an interesting question.
Like a really good breakfast? Yeah, no. Yeah, no.
I'm pretty easy to satisfy.
- No, in any context.
I'm never satisfied. - That's fair.
- I can never be satisfied.
- (FBE) Today, we are here at VidCon doing
an "oddly satisfying" episode. - Ooh, okay. Sounds good.
- These are my favorite videos!
- I've done one of these oddly satisfying things before
and made some noises that could have
got you demonetized.
- (FBE) But there is a twist. - Okay.
- (FBE) Today, you'll be doing a "try not to try" challenge,
but with all oddly satisfying products. - What?
- Try not to try? What do you mean by that?
- (FBE) We're gonna show you the commercials
for a variety of oddly satisfying products,
then we will actually give you the product and you will have
the option to try it.
If you do try the product, then you're out for that round
but you can still come back for the next round.
- That's like giving me a button that I'm not allowed to press!
- Oh, I like to try stuff, but I also like to win, so...
I'm at conflict here.
- I'm going to try everything. - I'm going to fail this.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- This is one of those squishy balls thingies.
- DNA beads? Ick! I don't want to touch that.
What does that mean, DNA beads?
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- "Calming sensory stimulation." That's cool.
- Immediately want to destroy that with my hands.
- Ooh! Squishy, slimy.
- That looks cool. Squishy stuff is fun.
- There's no way I'm not gonna be able to squeeze this
if you put it in front of me.
- I would probably try that but it's not like you're gonna
put it in front of me and make me have to choose, right?
(wry chuckle) That's not how this works.
- (FBE) Here you go. Do you want to try this out?
- It almost looks slimy and gross so I don't even want to touch it,
so easy.
- I don't like it.
It looks like moist-- it's full of DNA and I have
no desire to touch that.
- This would not be my kind of sensory stimulation,
so I'm actually not tempted. - Nah.
It looks like someone put a bunch of gumballs in a condom.
- Yeah, I'll give it a go. (buzzer)
Yeah, that's really cool.
I'm glad I did this.
(buzzer)
- Yeah, that's pretty fun.
- Look at this.
Look at the balls just coming out. This is crazy.
- Wow, oh my-- oh! (exclaiming squeamishly)
What do I do--? Oh, that's the mic!
(laughing)
- I have to squeeze it! Come on.
(satisfied sigh) Oh, that is good.
That is really good.
(buzzer)
- Oh, this is satisfying. Okay, it feels so gooey.
Can I keep this?
- Wow! I usually have one of those stress balls,
but this is different because it has little pillows inside.
It's even better.
- That is a disgusting texture.
It feels like I'm squishing a stomach that's
full of partially digested food.
- (voice-over) Is your keyboard a germ jungle?
Does your cellphone have a science project on it?
- I love these commercials! They're so bad!
- (voice-over) Does your cellphone have a science project--
- Nobody coughs like that on their phone!
- (voice-over) ...clean that filthy remote control.
When you want it clean, there's Cyber Clean.
- Oh, wow.
- (voice-over) ...cleaning compound for high tech equipment.
- This looks a bit gross. I'm being honest.
- (voice-over) Taking apart your keyboard is almost impossible,
but with Cyber Clean, simply press down
and it automatically penetrates the tightest areas,
pulling out dirt, dust, and killing germs--
- I need that!
- Oh, I need that. - (voice-over) ...press down--
- That's because you sneeze on-- - My keyboard is nasty!
Look at how dirty it is.
- (voice-over) ...pulling out dirt, dust, and killing germs in seconds!
- Ewww... I don't want to know what that thing is cleaning
out of people's keyboards.
- (voice-over) Together, they leave electronics clean,
healthy, and fresh smelling. - Yeah, because my electronics
are always so stinky.
- Could you just imagine... (as child) "Hey, mommy, I'm gonna want
to use my DS. Can you clean this?"
(as mom) "Sure!"
SMACK, SMACK, SMACK!
- It just looks like it would be fun to play,
like it's silly putty. - Hmmm.
You're silly, buddy. (cheeky laugh)
Put that in! - Put that in. Put that in.
- I don't want to touch this computer anymore
after seeing that.
I don't know what's going on in here.
- Oh, no!
It's all dirty. Is that Cheetos?
Can I have some?
- Oh, and we have something to clean?
- I can't clean my phone with it? - (laughing)
- What have you done to this controller?
This is the most disgusting remote I've ever seen.
- (FBE) So are you going to try this one?
- I admit I want to clean that remote.
If I'm gonna lose this, I'm gonna do it with something
that's really, truly, deeply satisfying and I don't want
to catch a cold from this remote because there's something
wrong with it.
- No, I'm gonna leave it here. I don't clean things.
- I think I'll hold off.
I have a dirty enough keyboard at home.
I'm not gonna clean your keyboard for you.
Nice try, though.
- I don't even feel the need to want to clean this.
Whoever did this to the keyboard deserves to have it dirty,
so I'm out.
- Nah, [bleep] it. - No, I'm good.
I'm good.
I really wanna clean that phone.
- Oh, it feels like slime. I could just sit here
and play with it.
- (sniffing)
That smells so bad! Like, what...?
Ew! I should not have touched-- no, no, no, no, no, no.
I regret this.
Oh, it does the job though. That's for sure.
It does the damn thing, so good for it.
(buzzer)
(product squelching)
- This is gross.
- All right, here we go. Ugh! Eww!
Oh, it's clean though. I'll give them that.
But now this is disgusting. I don't want to touch it again.
- (voice-over) When to stop watching reality TV?
- Now. (laughing)
- It's a Sharpie ad! Yay!
- Highlighters? Oh, the line is so straight!
- Ooh! Is it a clear Sharpie?
(Sharpie gliding cross paper) - Oh, cool.
- That does look awfully satisfying.
- (voice-over) Always know when to stop.
Sharpie Clear View, now with a see-through tip
for precise highlighting. - It's genius.
It's so simple but it's so smart.
It's like why isn't every highlighter like that?
- Bring it out! I'm not gonna touch it at all.
- (FBE) Here is the highlighter. Do you want to try this one out?
- Okay, now that it's in front of me, I'm curious.
No, I'm good.
- Nope!
- No. I already have one.
HA!
- I'm not touching it EVER.
- No, I don't.
Okay, Sharpie, you're out.
It reminds me of school and I quit school for a reason.
- I'm gonna pass.
It doesn't seem anything sat-- I think I feel like
there's gonna be a lot more satisfying things
that we're gonna see, so I can hold off on that 100%.
- It's a thing of beauty, guys. No, no, no.
Didn't do it.
- (voice-over) Take the hassle out of quartering small fruits--
- Oh, okay. This might be satisfying to me.
- (voice-over) ...take the hassle out of quartering small--
- No! They did surgery on a grape?
- Oh, I need to try this.
- Oh, because I always want to quarter my fruit.
- (voice-over) While ideal for grapes-- - It's like the Slap Chop.
I love the Slap Chop.
- That's my satisfaction right there. - How necessary is it though?
Is someone like, "Oh, this grape is just too big.
I need it in little pieces." - For your child!
- This is one of those products that we don't really need in life.
We have a knife.
- I'm not sold, honestly.
It does look a bit satisfying to use but you know me.
I'm a chef. Come on, you know? I like to cut things.
- (FBE) Here it is! - Here we have it.
- (FBE) Do you want to try the product? - No.
No, I don't need to.
- I think I'm not gonna use it.
- I think there's gonna be something better.
I can sense it.
- It's solving an important problem we all face every day,
but not today.
- Pull it down... wow.
You put it in there, then you squeeze it.
Look at this. Are you ready?
(muttering)
Oh, wow! Oh! Oh!
And now you can eat the grapes four times.
- You're gonna make fun of me if I do it?
- I'm not gonna make fun of you.
You can try the grape cutter.
- I kinda want to try the grape cutter.
Do I just do it on the table?
- Put it in the little container, the medicine bottle container.
Is this part of it? - Ooh!
- Just put in here and go like this.
That's so bad! It squirted all over me!
(buzzer)
- Time to meet your doom, little grape!
Oh, that was good!
- Oh, cool. I liked that.
- I haven't had fruit today. (wheezing)
You are reaping the rewards of my labor.
- (children) Kinetic, Kinetic, Kinetic Sand!
- Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!
- (children) Kinetic Sand! - I'm trying this.
That's for sure.
- (children) Kinetic Sand!
- I've always wanted to try this.
- Oh, no! I've always seen this on television
and I've always wanted to try it.
- (voice-over) With the Kinetic Sandbox Set--
- Okay, I definitely saw commercials for this as a kid
and wanted desperately to try it.
- (voice-over) Play anywhere you want, anyway you want!
- That stuff Is actual witchcraft. I don't understand it.
♪ Or mold it, mold it ♪
- It's like clay!
- (voice-over) ...something amazing! It's easy to clean,
so you can always create--
- It almost looks more satisfying that Play-Doh.
- (voice-over) How do you Kinetic Sand?
- I already know I'm gonna lose. I'm trying that.
For sure, I'm 100% trying that.
- Yeah, I don't even really care about winning anymore.
I have to try the sand.
- I made a video about it on my side channel,
thinking it'd get no views and I checked a year later
and it had three million views from sand people
that just want to watch sand all day, so I didn't know where
that came from.
I've got a new sand audience somewhere out there.
- I tried this before. I had such a good time
and now you're putting it right in front of me?
Oh, you even got the little sculptures.
- (FBE) So do you want to try this one out?
- I have been so bad at this challenge.
This is the only one I've played with before,
so I'm gonna abstain. Hands off the sand.
- Do it! - We're all gonna die someday.
Whatever. - Let's dig in.
- Let's do it. - Come on.
- I can't not. - (gasping)
♪ ...or mold it, or mold it ♪
♪ Kinetic Sand ♪
(gasping) I made myself a little temple!
- Do you have a mold of my face? - (laughing)
(buzzer)
- It's like gum but then it's sand.
Wow!
- This does not feel as satisfying as they do
in the commercials.
(buzzer)
- (sighing) This is awful!
Ugh, it's just sand. It's just...
It's just stickier colored sand.
(buzzer)
- Whoa, look at that!
(buzzer) - Wow.
So that's how they built the pyramids, huh?
- I'm building a little sandcastle here.
(gasping) It's beautiful! We could live there.
- I see the individual bricks.
The tip is a little broken off but that is nice.
Now let me destroy it. That's the best part.
That's nice.
- It's a little softer than sand. It's so nice.
It's cold, it's soft to the touch, it doesn't stick--
Well, I mean, I take that back. It kinda does stick to your hand.
- This is just as cool as I thought it would be
and I can make a little pyramid.
Screw this challenge. I just want to play with this.
I can take this home, you said?
- That was fun. - Yeah.
- We lost-- or I lost really hardcore.
- Some Smurfs got Thanosed.
- (laughing) No!
- (FBE) So you tried some of these products
and therefore you lost this challenge.
- I'm proud.
I lost and I'm proud of it.
- I got to play with some cool stuff,
so I feel like a winner.
- (FBE) So finally, as someone who spends a lot of time
on the internet, why do you think the internet is so obsessed
with things like this that are oddly satisfying?
- It's addicting.
It feels euphoric while you watch it.
- I don't know.
I can't put my finger on it. It's a weird phenomenon.
It's kind of like ASMR.
- I only see these things on my phone, on Instagram
or YouTube, when I'm laying in bed, ready to go to sleep
and then I watch it and I'm like
this brightens up my day. That's why I watch it.
- I think it's a combination of it being relaxing,
but also just pleasing to look at.
You know when you look at something delicious
and you're like, "I'm so hungry."
It's just like that feeling but with your hands.
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- Hey, guys, Vartuhi here from FBE.
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