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The internet's ability to constantly find new things that are oddly satisfying
is as impressive as it is, well, satisfying.
And the latest example is a video trend called Crushing Floral Foam.
So today we're gonna try it.
Come with us as we take a trip to...
Yes, we want you to look at this show as your window
to the weird part of the internet.
The sneeze guard on the digital buffet.
It's gonna get weird, but you're safe with us.
Yes. Don't panic.
This is floral foam.
- Uh-huh. - Now you've seen this stuff.
These foam bricks, they soak up water like a sponge.
They act as a preservative to prolong the life of flowers.
They also hold the flowers in place.
But on the internet, they're used for something else.
Odd satisfaction.
Ooh, yeah. I'm starting to get it, man.
Yeah, I see where this is going.
You know how like nowadays you'll have a television up
and then you'll have like a screensaver on it with pictures?
I'm starting to think I'm gonna start running these satisfying videos on loop
on my television instead of like a wallpaper.
No. You'll become overly satisfied.
- Oh. - You don't wanna do that.
Then you'll lose all appreciation for your wife and children.
What you need to do, because you can't hold sharp things,
is you can figure out what to do with that spoon
while I play with a knife.
No, I've seen 'em scoop it before.
- But I'm gonna let you do it first. - Okay.
Now, hold on, before you do it,
I did notice that in a lot of these videos
the title in parenthesis says, "No talking."
Yeah, I'm not gonna talk.
( whispering) I'm scoring it. I'm scoring it.
( whispering ) That's nice.
I wonder what it would sound like going through your finger.
Okay.
I'm getting a little bored.
Now what?
- Oh, yeah, here we go. - Here we go.
- The big one. - This is the money shot.
Oh, yeah.
Now I'm gonna do some scooping.
You're a good scooper.
Now, here's the thing. Way before the internet,
I would find this over at my grandma's house and I would do this.
Oh, yeah, I ruined many of these.
And I would also go out to the air-conditioning vent
and I'd write my name in it.
That's the next trend. I'm just predicting this.
Look, thinly sliced.
All right, there's other things we need to try,
because what they've done is they've moved on
from just slicing dry like this
to letting it soak before crushing it,
which ups the satisfaction factor.
Rhett:
Oh, I know what I'm doing with my weekend.
Whew. Kinda makes you wanna pee.
- Really? Not you. - A little bit. That trickle--
Not me. I am me. I am you to me.
- What? - You said makes you wanna pee.
I was like, "No, makes you wanna pee."
Okay, we wanted to take this to a whole new level.
So, we don't have water, we've got Coke and milk.
I gave you the milk because, you know, I have a lactose insensitivity.
- Insensitive? - Yeah, I'm so insensitive to it.
I don't have any sensitivity. You're right.
Okay, um, you know what?
All right, I wanna hear your Coke first. Shh!
( whispering ) Show it to the people.
- Yeah. - Just a little green turd.
Okay, now let me do one over here.
Got this-- I got this big, big slab.
- Milk that foam for us, Link. - Here we go.
It's-- It's not as--
Oh, there we go.
That's what I was looking for.
You gotta use the index finger.
Here we go.
Just-- Just gettin' the foam
and the milk to erode a little bit.
This is-- This is the process
that created the mountains and the valleys...
- Yes. - on planet Earth.
Okay, I'm gonna use your technique here.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, like with a shaving technique.
I'm gonna pick up this big one and I'm just gonna squeeze it.
- Put it in your mouth. - I do wanna bite it.
Yeah, it's like a candy bar.
I think it might be toxic.
- What? - Yeah?
I think you should spit it out.
Okay, I think you should continue doing it.
That's satisfying, but doesn't taste great.
Look, look, look. Look what my index finger's doing.
Oh, wow! You're creating--
You're creating a trough.
Don't swallow that, Link. It is toxic.
- I didn't swallow it. - But of course the internet
doesn't just crush wet foam and call it a day.
This trend has levels on levels on levels.
I give you exhibit glitter.
Link:
That's the one that kinda confused me.
Just glitter on top. Here we go.
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That's it. That's it.
I am rurnt now, y'all! That is good!
You know when something's real good it just "rurns" you.
- Um-- - "Ruins you" is what they say in other places.
Other places, other than eastern North Carolina.
All right, now we ain't gonna be playing with no glitter
because we hate glitter.
Glitter is an invasive species.
- We have glitter-- - Once it gets into anything--
There's glitter on this desk.
- For decades. - Yes.
- You never get rid of it. - In past times.
You could reincarnate
- and you still got glitter on you. - Right.
So instead, we are using colored sand
and sequins and shiny beads.
- I have sequins! - And these are presoaked,
but we're gonna hold it over the water,
and let's take turns and make this really dramatic.
This one looks like it's got a bunch of holes drilled in it.
So you gotta squeeze from the bottom
to make it erupt up.
Put your palms further under, I think.
- Well-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- I just-- I wanna-- - There you go. There you go.
Be able to get a good, nice, even squeeze.
Ooh!
I feel like I broke something. Broke something beautiful.
- That's nice. Look. - Oh, look at my beautiful unicorn water.
You can still use that for something.
Okay, let me try this little one here. Look at this.
Give it a little dip down at the bottom.
Make sure it's nice and fresh. And then this is--
This is kind of a one-hander.
( grunts )
- Oh, yeah! - Okay.
- I wasn't too thrilled. - No, that one wasn't--
- That one wasn't as awesome. - I think I'm gonna get
the same thing from this one.
- I'm gonna do it real fast. - Okay.
Oh! Nope.
That didn't work. That didn't work, man.
That satisfied me. It was like popping a zit.
All right, so this one--
I've made the sand wet, that may have been a mistake.
Let's see what happens.
Eww.
- Eww. - ( grunting )
- Eww! - Ooh!
Making those human noises--
This is the reason why they said no talking or human grunting.
Like, lesson learned.
No human grunting when doing the ASMR.
All right, I got a glitter bomb.
- I mean, I got a sequin bomb. - Don't human grunt, okay?
- I want this one to be great. - Just nice and easy.
I'm gonna go medium speed,
- 'Cause my high-speed-- - That was a fail.
But slow speed isn't good enough. So, medium speed.
- Wow! - Did you see all
the different things that happened?
Yeah, it's like a--
It's like you destroyed a world.
Boy, that was a good time.
And here we've got a tombstone.
I guess this is like Captain America's tombstone.
Spoiler alert! No, I don't know--
I don't know what happens in "Infinity War."
But I'm guessing that he dies.
- That's just my prediction. - Oh, really?
Yeah. Um...
Okay, so here we go. This is the big finale.
- Make it count. - Shh! No talking.
- I won't say anything. - No human grunting.
- Yeah, yeah. - Here we go.
- ( grunts ) - Shh!
- You human grunted. - I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself.
Here we go.
- ( grunts ) - Stop!
I won't do it again.
- ( grunts ) - See, I just faked with my shoulders.
I'm sorry. Listen, it's involuntary.
When I see it I just-- Watch.
Do it. Just do it a little bit.
( grunts ) I can't help it.
Here we-- Come on, this is a big moment for us.
All right, I'll be completely quiet.
This is-- This could be peak moment for me.
Okay, I'm not gonna say anything. I promise.
( squelches )
- Oh, yeah. - I think you may have put too much effort into it.
Yeah, look at that. Look at that.
That's why you don't see the person's face in any of these videos,
because you'd pan up and the guy would be going--
( grunting )
- I'll tell you what-- - That's a whole different channel.
Just the faces of the people who are doing satisfying videos.
"Man Squeezes Things."
"Satisfying Face."
- No. - "Satisfying Faces."
Yeah, which ironically is not satisfying.
- Yes. - But let me tell you what, I feel so satisfied.
- So satisfied. - I'm putting you on high alert, florists!
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