Grant was genuinely...
a unique person. I have never met anyone like him before, and I very much doubt
I will ever meet anyone like him again.
To say that Grant Thompson was an inspiration
doesn't...doesn't really do [him] justice.
Grant managed to touch the lives of so many people and
help so many people in ways that... that we're still learning about and still hearing about. He was...
he was an inspiration and he was a friend.
Grant was an inspiring guy. He had such a unique outlook on life, and
He always looked outside the box when coming up with new ideas for the channel.
One thing I'll always remember about Grant is his desire to always make you feel
valued and let you always know that you were doing a great job.
At the beginning of every single team meeting that we had, without fail, he would go around the room.
He'd point out every single member of the team and he'd tell you something that you were doing
that was great,
something that he felt you excelled at. It was the best thing because you always knew
that Grant appreciated the work that you did and he was thankful for the effort that you put in.
First, I would like to start by saying thank you, Grant. Thank you so much.
There was a time, when we spoke in the Internet during my interview. That made me feel like his friend,
like his colleaue, and
that made me happy. Hey grant. I
Know you are probably
Watching it somewhere out there and I just wanted to say that you are the best boss I could ever ask for and you
Have created something amazing, and you also allowed me to be part of it, and I could not be more grateful for
You are not just a boss, but also a great friend full of kindness Grant was
and still is one of most incredible people I've ever met and
I'm lucky to have been able to consider him a friend and the hero and a role model a mentor and
his guidance and his friendship and his counsel will be
surely missed. last December grant asked for my mailing address out of the blue,
you know, random but after a few weeks
I got a Christmas card and it's the first card I've received in
you know in years it was from grant and it's a handwritten message saying that he's thankful for having me as
part of his team
thank he said he thanked me for the passion and the sense of humor and I that shows through the videos and
It's something that he didn't have to do
He didn't have to go into so much trouble for but he did because that's just how he is
It's just a kind-hearted person and just shows you how he generally,
you know cares for the people he's around. Working for him
has been a blessing on my life. He's always
pushed me to be a better me and a better videographer, which I've always appreciated.
Grant and The King of Random changed my life. For many years, I've been hustling,
working as a freelance videographer an editor and The King of Random is my first ever full-time job as an editor.
He gave me so much room for opportunity and improvement.
Obviously, the impact he's had on my life has been incalculable.
My life now is
vastly different from where was two years ago and it's because he believed that I had the potential to,
well originally to be a good assistant for him; my job originally he wanted me to help him,
prototyping projects, building those out and
very shortly after he hired me. He realized that what he actually wanted was to spend more time with his family, and
he was even on the verge of shutting the channel down
but we came to the decision that he would be interested in trying having me on as a host
and fortunately
he had enough faith in me to let me keep going despite
how robotic and wooden I looked at the beginning if you check out the first videos I was in there was a lot of
staring straight ahead and not interacting with what was going on around me
but, he believed in me enough to let me keep going
to the point right could smoothly talk to a camera and to you guys, the fans, and to everyone who may be watching
and I can't even say what the effect on my life has been because it's not over it's ongoing and it will keep being
An ongoing thing possibly for the rest of my life. Probably one of my most memorable experiences with Grant was
A company retreat only a few months ago
He decided to take the the whole team on a hike and
We had we've been down south
South, Utah and there are beautiful slot canyons there
For those of you who don't know what a slot canyon is it's kind of exactly what it sounds like. It's this little
Crack between two cliffs and and sometimes the spaces are big and wide and beautiful and sometimes you're kind of wedging your way sideways
through them and
We're trekking along and there's there's several of us and I remember at a certain point
that I was getting a little claustrophobic and and the walls were pressing in around me and
We we're all just in this line
just just everybody just walks in a line until you get to the end and you can climb out and I remember thinking I
Want to go this way anymore. So I looked up and you can see the blue sky above the Red Rock and
so I basically looked at everyone and I was like
I'm going a different way
So I just took off and I climbed and I I probably got about 20 feet up before I just here Grant laughing
Beneath me and all the the guys all the crew is just like laughing and like taking pictures and joking about it
But pretty soon I really is that the Grant is not just climbing with me. He is surpassing me and
Everybody else is kept kept walking the other way and we would probably climbed
40 feet up just in these little slot canyons the two of us just the two of us
we climbed to the top and we beat everybody else up there and
he was just
so happy and so thrilled and we get to the top and
He turns and he looks at me and he says that's what we do. That's
that's what
That's what this is all about. We make our own path and and
That's what he did Grant
Grant was all about pioneering and
Finding new ways to do things life hacks and curiosity experiments and and just if there was something he didn't understand
You know
He was gonna find a way to learn it so that he could do it and then teach it to others and that
To me was the biggest inspiration
He ever gave me
Grants biggest desire of the last year was to build something that would last long after he had stepped away and he did that
Grant, I can promise you that our team is going to do
Everything we can to carry on your legacy and share with the world the passion and creativity that you have
You did a fine job. You've made something to be proud of
Love you, so Grant. Thank you very much for the opportunity
and
I'm so used to doing several takes if I ever have problems with my words. I just do it again. We cut it
I'm not sure if we're doing it this one
Thank you for the opportunity the chance to be where I am to do what I do. This is phenomenal and
I'm so glad that you were able to achieve your goal of spending more time doing what you want it being with your family
It's it's really like a glorious thing that it was able to happen
Like always you had a vision you put your mind to it and you made it work
That's how everything went with you. As far as I can tell from talking to everyone who's ever known you that was how things went
vision plan of attack
complete in that order every time
We're gonna miss you
Nate and Callie are
Such amazing people as well and and he knew that he found them and they were perfect
replacements when he was wanting to retire and
Even though he's not here anymore his passion and inspiration will always stay and I'm excited to see what the future has for us
I just want to say thank you. Again. My family wants to say thank you. Especially my little boy
He always watches the king of random so
Goodbye for a little while. We'll meet again in a better land
See you again. You can be sure man that your legacy is selecting really good hands
And I miss you very much and love you. Thank you for everything. We'll make sure that we'll do our best
To continue to make videos that we're proud of
Thank You grant and I'll do that, but I know he is flying higher than
Or and I can't think of a place he'll be happier. There was a saying that we shared that
if I don't know how to do something today, give me a day and I can do it tomorrow and
That and
The fact that we make our own paths, but
those words will stick with me for the rest of my life and I I
Can never think I'm enough for that. So, so thank you Grant
We love you and you are going to be so missed
With this one simple trick you'll be able to take any bottle of soda and pour out an instant slushie on command
Now if you don't believe what you're seeing, that's okay
But it is real and in this project you'll discover the insanely easy secret to making an instant soda slushie
For this project grab a bottle of room-temperature soda and start shaking it violently
We want as much pressure to build up inside as we can get
Now I've done this with these five hundred milliliter bottles and set them in the freezer for three hours and 15 minutes
This is the point when they're colder than freezing, but not actually frozen
Now you can show your friends that it's just a normal soda
But watch what happens if we simply release the pressure tighten the cap and turn it upside down
In just three seconds the entire bottle is turned to an icy soda slush
Pour it in a glass and you'll get a good idea of how thick the slush really is
And when it starts pushing up at the top you can see it's a light and fluffy delicious
carbonated ice
Now let's try removing the pressure very slowly. This is gonna take a bit of patience
But when you get the cap off you might notice your soda didn't freeze
If you pour it into a frosty Bowl that just came out of the freezer. It'll ice up right before your eyes
There's one chilled soda ready to be served
You could try keeping your soda liquefied by pouring it in a clean Bowl then freezing it by dropping in one flake of ice
These crystals will grow rapidly until your entire bowl is filled and now we have another chilled soda ready for your enjoyment on
A bigger scale like in a glass you'll notice that the crystals collect at the top
To get them to spread out just take a spoon or a straw and give it a little swirl
You should see the whole drink quickly ices over
Now if you're wondering why this works it's because the liquid is supercooled and actually wants to freeze
It just needs some help getting started now
This works with every soda and every sports drink that I've tried because it's the water in the drink
That's actually freezing as the ice forms, the syrup gets trapped between the ice crystals. So the slush keeps its flavor
If you try this yourself keep in mind that every freezer is a little different
So just play around at the time it takes to get your best results. I
Tried supercooling canned soda and found that they work as well
But you have to release the pressure very very slowly or it'll ice up in the can
When you do get them open, you'll see the trick works exactly the same as the other
Well now
You know how to super chill your favorite soft drink and master the art of the three-second slushie
If you liked this project, perhaps you'll like some of my others check them out at the king of random dot com
Next Tuesday, you should be on the lookout for new content
That's when we're going to start putting up new videos again and returning to your more
Normally scheduled king of random to continue on Grants legacy