• From what the Earth would be like as a square to what an eye tastes like, we answer
some of your most burning questions about life
• Hey there, my name is Doopie, I'll be reading out the questions and answers
• Hey guys, I’m SacredSnewpee, and this is my sister Gooby – we’re here to blow
your minds with truth… through drawings. Gooby can’t talk, so she’s gonna draw
her answers and I’ll tell you what *I* think she’s trying to say
10 – heather ridings Why do plants die when you add a lot of water?
• Because dogs laugh at them and it hurts their feelings so they kill themselves? Because
dogs murder plants when you’re not looking and blame it on water – and then laugh?
(insert own thoughts) • Plants absorb water through their stems,
but additionally there are small roots that need oxygen to breathe. If there is too much
water the soil can become waterlogged and the plant can drown. Plants such as cacti
are much more susceptible since they thrive in dry environments.
9 – annasando32 Will we ever discover a new color?
• Yes, because Gooby can mix… diarrhea with… puke? Or it’s a monkey’s face
that’s been smooshed and washed out? Yeah, the key to discovering a new color is to pour
green cordial onto a dog turd and mix it up. Did you wash your hands after this? That’s
just disgusting! • Humans can already see the full spectrum
of visible light but there are other bands of light that only certain animals can see.
Birds and fish for example see in infrared. Since we can only imagine these other frequencies
it is impossible for us to actually see a new colour.
• I know you were trying to make a point, but… do you think you could, y’know, clean
up all the mess you’ve made? • No. I’ll fight you.
• *Gooby noises* • I will literally fight you both.
8 – Kacey Penton Why does it hurt when you don’t blink?
• Because Shima will… claw out your eyes if you don’t give in? Or kinda like a cat
licking their fur to cool down, your eyes have to get wet and slimy in order to… cool
down? (insert own thoughts) • Humans blink in order to keep the eyes
moist and clean. If you don’t blink they dry out, causing irritation. The reason why
it is so difficult to keep the eyes open is that they have an automatic function to blink
and prevent your eye from drying out. On average this happens 25 times a minute.
7 – kawaii marshmellow What would happen if the world was a square?
• Everybody would fall off? • I think she’s implying you’d float
away because there’s no gravity? • But if there’s no gravity why aren’t
the countries floating off? And the little people look pretty excited to be out here,
maybe they’re just jumping really high? • What – into outer space?
• Like a spacewalk. With no suits. Or oxygen. It looks fun!
• Due to gravity an object the mass and size of the Earth could not be any other shape
than spherical. In theory if the Earth was smaller and the shape of a cube, the atmosphere
would collect around the centre of each of the six faces of the cube. This means that
all the water and air would also only be accessible in those small pockets and life would be unsustainable
elsewhere on the planet. • Um… where are you going?
• Space! • But you’ll, like, die.
• No – YOU’LL DIE. Because you don’t follow your dreams. 3,2,1 liftoff!
• * • *Gooby giggle*
• Shut up.
6 – Liam Gratehouse How would someone think if they didn't know any languages?
• They’d think about fruit, like bananas, or peaches, or…. Whatever that thing is?
Is that supposed to be a coconut? Covered in… grass?
• *gooby noise* • (insert own thoughts)
• It is possible to think without language, however language plays an important role in
how we think. Some people that acquire a language later in life can recount being able to think.
For example we understand the concept of a dog, whereas someone without a language would
only think in terms of every dog they have ever seen.
5 – Black Cat2300 If you drink your own blood, are you
a cannibal? • (insert own thoughts)
• Fortunately, licking blood from a wound or blood nose is not considered cannibalism.
However there are forms of self-­‐cannibalism that involve drinking ones own blood such
as auto-­‐vampirism. It’s an aspect of the vampire lifestyle and considered cannibalistic
since the people are intentionally harvesting their own blood.
• C-can you NOT? • But you look so delicious…
• * You – you really think so-? OW • Can I have this arm?
4 – ShimasBiggestFan What would happen if you put yourself upside down for a long time?
• You’d be a cloud with clinical depression and PTSD. And you’d cry raindrop tears onto
the uncaring pavement of life. And you’d be a bit dizzy.
• Being upside down for a prolonged period of time would result in death. It is estimated
that it could take between 8-­‐10 hours depending on the person. The reason is that
humans have evolved to stand upright, and so gravity plays a role in blood getting to
the legs and feet. When the body is upside down the body has to work harder to pump blood
to the feet and so it pools in the lungs and brain.
3 – Abigail Lopez What does your eye taste like?
• A grandma? REALLY? You’re such a cannibal. • Um. Hello? YOU ATE MY ARM.
• You didn’t need it. But everyone needs a grandma – GOOBY, you monster, she’s
my grandma too. • *Gooby noises*
• Can I have your other arm? • NO.
• Once you bite through the cornea, the human eye would most likely taste like a flavourless
jelly and be somewhat chewy. This is because the eye is largely just water and filled with
a jelly-­‐like substance called vitreous humour.
2 – Swedishwolfy Kat Why does your mouth water whenever you eat hot or spicy foods?
• That’s not water, it’s sweat from all the insults that a… talking chili pepper
hurls from inside your mouth. Red hot food puns.
• If you were a banana, you wouldn’t be very A-PEEL-ING. Does that upset you? LETTUCE
talk about it. No? You don’t wanna TACO ‘bout it? What a YOLK. You’re not very
EGGciting. • Saliva is produced in the mouth in order
to protect itself from the excess heat from spicy food. Our taste buds play a role in
the production of saliva and react to spicy foods by producing more saliva than usual.
This mechanism is the bodies’ way of cooling us down; similar to why we sweat when it is
a hot day. • Please. I can handle losing an arm, but
don’t do any more puns. It’s killing me. • Dill with it.
1 – Ben Perrell What makes a rock skip across water?
• That’s not a rock at all… Gooby – what is it with you and experimenting with turds?
• *Gooby hisses* • But that’s clearly a rock.
• Hey. Shh. I don’t do YOUR job. • That’s rude.
• *Snewpee hisses* *back and forth between Snewpee & Gooby*
• It is spin that stabilizes a rock and prevents it from just sinking. In combination
with the velocity of the throw, the surface area of the rock and the angle of the throw
determine how many potential skips one can achieve with a single throw. The current world
record
is 51 skips!