( music playing )
Predicting the next trend on the Internet
is just about impossible.
Case in point,
people are now cutting soap
and cleaning up with hundreds of thousands of views.
Yeah, apparently watching people cut soap
tickles the same part of the brain as ASMR videos
and those "visually satisfying" videos.
- Uh-huh. - We've talked about those before.
This is one video from the "soapstagram" community.
Link:
- And a knife. - And a knife.
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Ooh, there's some sound.
It is satisfying to watch.
Yeah, the way it just--
it just travels right through it.
Gotta be careful. Gotta be so careful.
Those blue nails are like safety devices, I guess.
We didn't paint our nails, but we do have soap,
and we do have utility knives.
And if you keep watching,
she just cuts through the whole bar of glycerin soap,
just like what we have here.
Gonna try that out.
If you do it in person, like at a live show,
you also can add the smell factor.
Are you talking about a 4D experience?
Yes! Now, we're gonna try this,
and I've been given clearance to use-- ooh!-- this knife...
Oh, gosh.
...while also using these gloves.
- All right, here I go. - Where are your gloves?
Well, famous last words,
where I'm going, I don't need gloves.
Oh, the way you're cutting, too, seems...
Ooh, look how smooth.
Oh, yes. Can I touch that?
Well, you have your own.
You can lick it. You wanna lick it?
No, it's soap. I'm not that easily fooled.
But we have to one-up these videos.
This has got to go viral, man.
"Have you seen the soap licking channel?"
( imitating Valley girl ) "Soap licking. They cut it and then they lick it.
It's crazy. Like, they were cutting it.
And I was like, 'That's so satisfying.'
And then the next thing I know,
they started licking it.
You gotta see it. It's so smooth."
I'm glad I had a glove on.
Did you just hit yourself?
Now, the thing is, I'm noticing
that the more deliberate and slow and steady you are,
the more satisfying that it is to me.
And I think it's satisfying to watch
because you know how satisfying it would be to do it.
Look. Look what I'm doing. Look what I'm doing.
Oh, yeah, it's like bread slices.
It's like, welcome to the bakery.
Welcome to Rhett's bakery.
He serves soap.
You do find yourself wanting to eat it,
but I'm not going to.
Look how smooth it is on both sides.
Just give it a lick. Just give it a lick. Get the views.
Give it a lick.
It's so smooth.
It's not bad either.
It's pretty good.
It's a good-tasting soap.
- It's 'cause of the smoothness. - Yeah.
Let's keep going. The soap cutting game,
it turns out, has many layers.
We give you cube cutting.
See, this is precut in,
like, a crisscross fashion.
Uh-huh-- oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ooh, that's nice.
Looks like soap bars for Stewart Little.
It does look like little cheese for a little mouse.
Now, this is how-- I don't know if you ever watched me do this,
but I can do an avocado like that
because Miss Alison Fishman--
Remember her? Back-- Way back.
- The voice of mashed potatoes. - The voice of mashed potatoes.
- Yeah. - Taught us how to do that.
So, I do the scoring of my avocados.
Do it. So it's pre-scored.
Oh, yeah.
And, look, if you've got any very small babies that need to be cleaned,
they can line up and you can give them a little-- a little touch of soap.
This is for the very frugal-- like you-- very frugal dad.
He's like, "Take a cube of soap.
This is all you get, kids."
I've been cleared to use this knife
with this thoroughly scored piece of soap.
Your bar has been scored every which a way.
But loose.
All right, so I'm gonna...
Oh, that's the tip of my thumb.
I'm okay. Uh, why don't you take over?
I have a knife. I have a knife.
- Okay-- - I will lick it when you're done.
I may not do any better than you, but let's see.
Yeah, I did better than you.
Oh, yeah, there it is.
It really looks like cheese. It makes you hungry.
All right, everybody-- everybody gather around.
Take a cube. Put it in your mouth.
Pop it like a pill.
Ugh, how did this become part of it?
This is like some Tyler Durden situation.
Not good.
People are also getting their ASMR on
- via vegetable peeler. - Okay.
There it is.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
It just looks like coconut heaven coming off of there.
Ah, I totally get this.
- Yes. - Totally get it.
( imitating scraping )
You can imagine yourself doing it,
but we already could just do it.
You don't have to imagine it, Link. Just do it.
- Look at that right there. - Show us how it's done.
I got a couple of them here.
With your little sailboat soap.
Now, she was going towards.
I don't like going towards myself.
Well, you've got a glove on.
Do whatever makes you-- Do whatever floats your boat.
Ooh, look at how pristine that color is.
There-- whatever floats my boat?
- That's why I said it. - Oh, I thought you were...
Thought I was onto something.
Does your soap float?
"Soap Floats" is one of my favorite parody movies.
Look at it, guys.
That is pretty cool right there,
what you've created right there.
It is so happy-making.
Oh, it smells good.
You wanna know the key to happiness?
I just can't help put things in my mouth. I'm sorry.
Slicing soap is the frickin' key to happiness.
Well, Link, I love what you're doing over there,
but I kind of feel like you can take it a couple steps further.
Oh, wow.
You going Jersey Mike's on me?
Yeah, I am.
Oh, wow.
Here we go. "What'll it be?"
"Soap."
Ooh, nope. Uh-oh.
You already messed it up?
Watch your fingers now.
Slowly.
Aww, yeah.
There it is.
I gotta say, man, the blunt force trauma
of what you're doing is not as satisfying as this.
Pay no attention to the man with the deli slicer.
I actually think all the cameras on on you.
Look at that. Look at those slabs I'm creating.
Oh, that's nice. Now you're getting it.
Take yourself a slab. Put it in your mouth.
It's like sliced cheese.
Ugh.
I can make you an SLT.
( slicer squealing )
Ooh, all right. That's good.
- It's thoroughly clean. - Look at this.
Turn it off before I accidentally
put an appendage in there.
Look how many slices.
I tell you, if you took your soap
and you sliced it like this
and you distribute it amongst your family members,
think about how long this would last.
You'd be like, "You get this. One week.
You get this. Two weeks."
Think about how much money you would save
if you just sliced your soap up before you put it on your body.
I'm sorry, I wasn't listening to you
because I was in a satisfied zone.
- Okay, I totally get this trend. - Yeah.
You know what I'm gonna be doing the rest of the day.
I do think they should add licking to the agenda.
I'm sure that's--
What I just did right there? 700 more views.
- Yeah? - 700 more.
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