- Hey guy , welcome back to my tiny little butt.
One of the first commentary videos I ever made
was about a Facebook magician named Rick Lax,
who exploded onto the scene by tricking millions of normies,
into thinking that he was reading their mind
when really he was just doing math.
Now for a long time, Rick had completely disappeared
off my radar until a few weeks ago
when he went viral on Twitter with some pretty
insane new tricks, for some reason,
all of them involved pouring Red Bull
on top of other things, I suppose by now,
he's run out of simple Math tricks to do
so he's moved on to Chemistry, I don't know.
Seems a little random, but he does possess magic.
So I will not doubt him.
I'd like to think that most people watching these clips
would stop it halfway through and say out loud,
"This is fake news, I'm watching a lie."
But scrolling through the comments on Facebook
where Holy Fuck, this has 178 million views,
you can see a lot of people buying into it
without much thought, which is par for the course,
This is Facebook.
This is really eye-opening stuff.
I never thought energy drinks could be so harsh.
I'm never drinking energy drinks ever again.
Indeed it is eye-opening, eye-opening Facebook,
and now eye-closing Facebook.
But you know what?
I've clowned enough on Rick in the past.
I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt here.
So while I was planning my last video, I decided,
you know what?
I'm already doing all this DIY shit.
might as well pick up a couple of Red Bulls
and take it upon myself to recreate
Rick's wacky, homemade science experiments.
Only then can we prove once and for all that magic is real
and Rick is hoarding it all to himself.
To the table!
(footsteps)
Hi, as you all can see, I've brought with me today,
an assortment of crafting equipment,
you'll notice there's no hot glue gun, thank God.
Instead, I just have a 12 pack of Red Bull,
which I never buy or drink,
but I did today just for this video,
and a bunch of other shit
that is about to get doused in Red Bull,
so this will be exciting.
The table is very short I would stand like this,
but I don't have the leg strength to maintain this
for more than about seven seconds, and we're done.
All right so there are five specific energy drink life hacks
from this video that we're gonna be attempting today
for each one that is successful,
I will be awarding one point,
if they are all successful, that's five points.
Actually the point system is arbitrary am now realizing.
But if they all work and I was wrong about doubting Rick,
then I promise to send a message to him on Facebook
apologizing for this video, as well as the other one I made
about him and I will retract every negative thing
I've ever said about Rick Lax.
If none of them work, I will be calling the cops.
You can't keep getting away with this, Rick ,
lying is worse than murder,
that's not true murder is way worse.
Hey, let's get started, all right In the first one,
he cuts a balloon and then dips it into Red Bull
and look at that, the latex seals right up.
Instantly the energy drink just binds it together
with whatever properties that Red Bull has.
I'm gonna try to recreate it as accurately as possible.
I don't have a martini glass.
Hopefully a wineglass will do just as well.
(pops) First Red Bull in the cup.
(plops) All right,
this should be easy enough to test.
(snips)
(splatters)
(soft upbeat music)
Let's try another dare, I think you have to do it twice.
He didn't say that, but that's what I'm assuming.
(blows)
(pops)
Yeah, it didn't work, let's try purple instead,
I think it was the color of the balloon.
(splatters)
Almost ready.
(blows)
(rambles)
Yeah, It's not working.
Don't worry guys that was just a fluke.
I think the other four are definitely gonna work.
This is Rick freaking lax we're talking about here,
he's never lied to anybody.
Right, so for this one,
spray fruit and vegetables with cooking spray.
And would you look at that, I have fruit and vegetable.
I'm sure I could just reuse the wineglass for this,
but for maximum authenticity,
I will be using a cup 'cause that's what he says.
I don't wanna change any variables here,
this is science we're working on.
(energy drink can hisses) (bright upbeat music)
(drink plops)
(spray whiffs)
(bright upbeat music)
Totally normal thing to be doing.
(gurgles)
Oh no, it's so slippery.
All right,
(bright upbeat music)
(groans)
let me get my legs into this.
(groans)
I mean, I squished it a little bit,
but that's because it's a lemon
and it's already a little bit squishy.
The real test is gonna be one of these bad boys,
which are so slippery right now.
I'm wondering if I'll ever be able
to hold anything ever again.
I'm just glad I get to do this again.
And this one practically has a built-in handle.
(groans)
You know what I just thought of, what if Rick's pranking me?
What if to get revenge for the other video I made about him,
he made this video knowing I would see it,
my curiosity would take hold,
and then I ended up filming myself in my kitchen,
squeezing a bunch of slippery, phallic vegetables,
If so, good job, Rick.
I'm putting these in the trash.
I just washed my hands for like two minutes
and they're still slippery.
So for this next one, we're gonna get to do
a little bit of cooking.
This should be fun.
(trickles)
- [Narrator] They ask you how you are, you just have to say
that you're fine when you're not.
(egg clatters)
- Comment below your favorite type of egg.
Wait, what's supposed to happen at the end?
(upbeat music)
Okay, they don't look stretchy yet,
but we,
(laughs)
do have some kind of reaction going on here
with the Red Bull.
Why does it feel like I shouldn't be doing this?
Oh, because I shouldn't, yeah that makes sense.
I'm gonna go ahead and turn it off
(pops)
'cause it's definitely been three minutes
and I don't know what kind of volcano is erupting.
(hums)
burnt Red Bull.
Okay well, I can tell you by looking at them
that they're not stretchy,
but of course the only way to find out
if something is stretchy is by stretching it.
So (jazz music)
Here we go,
eww! It's hot,
eww! It's hot.
You guys ever seen someone,
(chuckles)
hold an egg yolk before,
this is the grossest thing I've ever done,
and I never wanna do it again.
And that's the end of the sentence.
Yap, now I'm definitely sure that Rick is pranking me.
You know what?
I'm actually gonna give this one half a point.
It didn't work quite as advertised,
but the eggs are still technically stretched,
but then I'm gonna subtract an entire point
for making me have to clean this shit up.
Fun fact, my mother-in-law
is coming to visit in like two hours,
and Amanda is gonna be pretty mad at me
if it still smells like Red Bull and eggs.
All right, the good news is there are no more eggs.
The bad news is my hammer is about to get very sticky.
(bright upbeat music)
Okay, seems simple enough.
Good thing I came prepared.
(utensils clatter)
(sighs)
- [Narrator] When you're not really fine
but you just can't...
- I love it, I love to do this.
( can hisses)
(drink plops)
This is kind of like an ASMR except the bad.
So it's exactly like ASMR.
Just when I thought this couldn't smell any better,
we're now adding vinegar to the mix.
Best day of my life.
The hammer is wet, the kitchen is stinky,
time to see if the hammer is rubber.
Moment of truth, is it gonna be bendy?
( bumps)
No, of course not.
Why would I even think that it would be.
By the way, this video now has 186 million views, why?
I've smelled a lot of bad smells in my day.
Most of them coming from my own body,
but this takes the cake, a very stinky cake.
A fun joke I'd like to do on this channel for awhile is when
I react to something silly that didn't work
is I'll put a card up recommending my video.
Why did you think this would work?
Just a fun little meta joke I like to do,
mostly to make myself laugh.
I could have done that four times so far in this video.
Don't worry though, I think I've saved the best for last.
And this last clip, Rick is attempting
to tackle one of man's most pressing issues,
bread and its lack of portability.
Well, I got my bread here,
I wonder what the other secret ingredient is.
Red Bull, you don't say.
"Honey, you have to come back here, you're so messy."
(clatters)
I don't know who are you?
You don't sound like my wife.
When I get done with this bread, it's gonna be so portable,
oh, the places I'll be able to go with this bread.
When the bread's too big (rumbles)
to fit in your pan for your life hack,
(utensils clatter)
Perfect, I can just use this weird tray
that was already in the kitchen
when we moved into this apartment.
All right, bottoms up guys.
(fizzles)
(hums)
Not only can I take my bread with me anywhere now,
but it's gonna be all soggy
and tastes like the worst drink,
that relatable moment when regret your choice.
Coat both sides, yeah.
Good point, I'd hate not to be thorough.
Now the moment of truth, I'm gonna take my wedding ring off
because right now I don't deserve to be married.
Oh, it's really work guys. (giggling)
I'm doing it, I'm making the bread portable.
Oh guys.
- [Announcer] Today we celebrate our independence day.
(instrumental music)
- After all that shit I talked about Rick, I was wrong.
The problem was with me all along,
not this video, this works perfect.
I can take this bread to a museum,
I could take it to the beach,
I could eat this bread anywhere and everywhere
and that's what I'm gonna do, thanks Rick.
You guys wanna hear my theory as to how this one
kind of worked 'cause the bread got wet.
But hey, that's just a theory.
Wait, hold on, the content is no longer available,
is Rick watching me right now?
It all makes sense this was his plan all along,
he's had his eyes on me.
There's a camera in here Isn't there.
Come out, Rick, wherever you are.
He planted the seed and then watched as I watered it
with Red Bull and vinegar.
And now that his bidding is done, he deleted the video,
so I don't even have proof that it ever existed.
Did it ever exist, am I asleep right now?
Our light turned off.
Well, I can already see all the comments
about how I seem like I lost my mind in this video
and that's 'cause I did.
I don't even know how to end this video.
It's all dark now 'cause the light turned off,
it still stinks in here.
Well, I guess the only thing I can do is eat the bread.
All right thanks for watching guys.
(bright upbeat music)
- So I've gone back and forth on how I feel about this.
At first I was mad at Rick for making me spend like
$20 on Red Bull and a wet baguette.
But then I thought about it and I actually started
to appreciate what he's doing here.
Obviously these were not going to work,
but the fact that he even made me feel like I had
to disprove him is a success.
Rick, isn't a scientist, he's a magician
and these are just illusions.
Like I don't know how he did this balloon thing,
but he certainly made it look like he cut the balloon
and then the Red Bull fixed it.
It's at least better than staring into the camera
telling me that my number, I subtracted two from
is two less than the number I had before,
and so I have to share the video because of it.
He's adapting, he's improving his craft.
So all I have to say is good for you, Rick.
But then I thought about it some more and I got mad again.
This fucking hammer was just rubber the whole time.
That's why he's barely tapping these cans.
This vegetable was just rubber the whole time.
These eggs are... oh wait,
I guess those are real eggs.
Just kidding because he cut to a new shot
where he replaced them with rubber eggs.
Come on, Rick you're like 40 years old
and you're playing with kids toys
pretending that you did magic just so you can go viral
on Facebook, it's not all bad though.
There are some positive stories to come out of this.
I read this very inspirational message in the comments.
"Don't underestimate the power of energy drinks.
These are my before and after pictures
from when I never drank them, to when I drank three a day.
It was a lot of hard work and positive thinking too,
so if the energy drinks can't take all the credit."
And these are the pictures.
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and I'll see you tomorrow with another video
about cleaning my feet, bye.