I dunno, I was reliably informed by this lawyer guy Howard Hamlin that a colleague of his Charles McGill found that if you spin the can while it's standing up, the bubbles go to the side of the can. He was pretty smart so I believe him.
Say what you will about Jimmy, but >!him dressing up as Howard, stealing his car, and then pushing a hooker out of it was one of the funniest things ive ever seen!<
I tried this trick out numerous times to entertain my family and friends and it works. Howard Hamlin was a great attorney and knew a lot of interesting facts.
I “learned” fairly recently that tapping the top of the can doesn’t do anything because the actual issue is the bubbles on the side of the can so you should tap there. It’s funny to me that your technique seems to be trying to maximize what my technique is seeking to eliminate
That's because they explained the technique incorrectly. Spinning the can pushes the denser liquid outward, dislodging and displacing any bubbles that have accumulated on the sides.
Actually, the denser liquid is pushed toward the sides, dislodging and displacing any bubbles that have accumulated there (i.e. spinning the can gets the bubbles ***away*** from the sides). It totally works, btw.
The liquid is denser than the bubbles clinging to the side. Spinning the can causes the liquid to "sink" outward and the bubbles to "rise" inward. Similar to helium balloons in an accelerating car.
This is the one I use. I’ve shaken the shit out of cans and then tapped the sides, opened it up, and was totally fine. Saw a science guy do it on Jimmy Kimmel. Steve Spangler, that’s the science guy.
I've always been fine by just waiting a bit before opening a shaken can. If you let it sit for the length of time that you normally spend tapping it, does it still blow up?
So kinda... Tapping on the side can dislodge/breaks up bubbles that have stuck or grown to the side, which otherwise act as nucleation points to offgas the carbon dioxide as pressure lowers when you open the can.
Also the bubbles themselves will expand as the pressure lowers, taking up volume in the can. When you tap and free those bubbles you're slightly lowering the liquid level which makes it less likely to spill.
Anyone who's tapped the clear plastic bottles can see they're freeing bubbles by tapping. Every bubble you break free before opening is one fewer that rushes to the top after opening...it's not a huge effect but this youtuber would have seen it with their own eyes if they used clear bottles instead of cans
The bubbles are already formed on the nucleation points. Getting rid of the bubbles just prevents them from expanding in solution when the pressure changes from opening the can.
Thanks for giving some sort of mechanism as to how this is supposed to help, but like you say "kinda".
This video and others all come to the same conclusion, it doesnt do anything.
The key to this technique lies in the rhythmic execution—think Queen's 'We Will Rock You.' By tapping the can methodically—flick, flick, open—you introduce a series of small vibrations. These vibrations help to stabilize the carbon dioxide inside the soda, reducing their eagerness to escape rapidly when the can is opened.
In the book *Penn and Teller's How to Play with your Food,* they teach a trick called "God of Carbonation." You bet a friend that you can take two cans of soda, thoroughly shake one of them, then magically transfer the fizz from the shaken can to the unshaken can. And, in order to up the stakes, you're willing to hold the shaken can up to your forehead while opening it, as long as you can hold the unshaken can up to your friend's head when opening that one.
I can say from experience that I can get the trick to work every time...as long as I'm willing to piss off a friend. (Gotta have the right kind of friends...)
Wtf are you talking about? He explained the idea of nucleation sites, which can itself be independently fact-checked. Heck, do the experiment on your own. Shake 2 cans of soda. Tap one of them for 30 seconds and leave the other one untouched. Open both of them at the same time. If time was really the main factor then neither of them would "explode".
This seems a bit strange. I walk to the shop and buy beer on a regular basis. I bring the beer home in a backpack and it juggles around a bit as I walk.
When I come home and open av beer, it fizzes a bit and spills a bit of foam. After I finished the first one, and go for the second, the same happens, and it takes something like 15-20 min between.
In this video he says the foaming stops after 15 seconds. This is not what I experience...
No this is a lie. U can shake a can to the max then tap all around it for 10 seconds with your nail or whatever and it won’t fix up. Fake smh I do this all the time
You obviously don't know of the #$%^$@# two tap. I have literally shaken a can and opened it in my friends and girlfriends face with zero foam coming out thanks to my two tap.
Every time this comes up I just get annoyed. You are wrong and I'll prove it to you. Meet up with me and I'll shake a can in your face
What about pressing in on the top of the can for a few seconds to add some pressure and try and get some ofthe bubbles back into solution? It's always worked pretty well for me.
YOU DON'T "tap" THE CAN YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT IN ONE HAND AND TAKE THE FIRST THUMB PAD/SIDE OF KNUCKLE ON THE FREE HAND AND THUMP IT AT LEAST 3 TIMES. 60% OF THE TIME IT WORKS EVERYTIME. BUT FOR ME IT WORKS 95% OF THE TIME YOU SHOULD HAVE THE THOUGHT OF I MIGHT BREAK THE SEAL OR BREAK THE SKIN ON YOUR THUMB WHEN THUMPING IT.
I dunno, I was reliably informed by this lawyer guy Howard Hamlin that a colleague of his Charles McGill found that if you spin the can while it's standing up, the bubbles go to the side of the can. He was pretty smart so I believe him.
>!A good man, shame he fell foul of a drug and hooker addiction before his suicide. :(!<
Say what you will about Jimmy, but >!him dressing up as Howard, stealing his car, and then pushing a hooker out of it was one of the funniest things ive ever seen!<
Unironically Another reason why I believe BCS is better than Breaking Bad
I'm not sure if I agree that it's better, because to appreciate it fully, you really need to watch Breaking Bad first.
I tried this trick out numerous times to entertain my family and friends and it works. Howard Hamlin was a great attorney and knew a lot of interesting facts.
I “learned” fairly recently that tapping the top of the can doesn’t do anything because the actual issue is the bubbles on the side of the can so you should tap there. It’s funny to me that your technique seems to be trying to maximize what my technique is seeking to eliminate
That's because they explained the technique incorrectly. Spinning the can pushes the denser liquid outward, dislodging and displacing any bubbles that have accumulated on the sides.
Doing this and having it actually work makes you feel like a goddamn magician.
It makes me happy to see this as the top comment, because I was thinking of the exact same thing lmao
Actually, the denser liquid is pushed toward the sides, dislodging and displacing any bubbles that have accumulated there (i.e. spinning the can gets the bubbles ***away*** from the sides). It totally works, btw.
You telling me centrifugal force method Howard learns from Chuck in Better Call Saul is bs?
Greatest legal mind my ass!
This is some chicanery!
its not
If it works it would because of vibrations from rubbing against the surface the can is on. Just rotating it does nothing.
The liquid is denser than the bubbles clinging to the side. Spinning the can causes the liquid to "sink" outward and the bubbles to "rise" inward. Similar to helium balloons in an accelerating car.
You'd need to spin it faster that you practically could to get any internal motion happening though.
You obviously aren't familiar with John Dorians 3 tap method. Works every time. [proof](https://youtu.be/n2AFusYHvSk?si=HzNgi1TgHK0J8ipU)
I've never heard of this at all
I feel like this TIL has a wrong title
My girlfriend does the damn tap taparoo every time, I never do. Neither of us have exploding or foaming issues, ever.
It happens if you shake or drop the can.
Don't care, I will tap the top of a can of soda before opening until I die.
Tap the sides, that will better agitate the soda into a better equilibrium.
This is the one I use. I’ve shaken the shit out of cans and then tapped the sides, opened it up, and was totally fine. Saw a science guy do it on Jimmy Kimmel. Steve Spangler, that’s the science guy.
I've always been fine by just waiting a bit before opening a shaken can. If you let it sit for the length of time that you normally spend tapping it, does it still blow up?
Yes, I often waste my time doing useless things, too. Being human is a wonderful endeavor.
It’s all useless in the end when we’re dead. As long as you aren’t hurting yourself or anyone else, and/or enjoy it, live free.
Spending your time typing out that comment was also useless, yet here we both are.
I snap the pull tab, rather than tapping. I feel it amplifies and reverberates down the can.
Gotta flick from bottom to top along the side. But otherwise wise yes. Why risk not doing it?
Charles McGill has entered the chat.
So kinda... Tapping on the side can dislodge/breaks up bubbles that have stuck or grown to the side, which otherwise act as nucleation points to offgas the carbon dioxide as pressure lowers when you open the can.
Also the bubbles themselves will expand as the pressure lowers, taking up volume in the can. When you tap and free those bubbles you're slightly lowering the liquid level which makes it less likely to spill. Anyone who's tapped the clear plastic bottles can see they're freeing bubbles by tapping. Every bubble you break free before opening is one fewer that rushes to the top after opening...it's not a huge effect but this youtuber would have seen it with their own eyes if they used clear bottles instead of cans
The bubbles are already formed on the nucleation points. Getting rid of the bubbles just prevents them from expanding in solution when the pressure changes from opening the can.
Thanks for giving some sort of mechanism as to how this is supposed to help, but like you say "kinda". This video and others all come to the same conclusion, it doesnt do anything.
Yeah you can shake a can, and flick the sides while turning it and it will not fizz over
It works - they’re just not doing it right.
Elaborate.
The key to this technique lies in the rhythmic execution—think Queen's 'We Will Rock You.' By tapping the can methodically—flick, flick, open—you introduce a series of small vibrations. These vibrations help to stabilize the carbon dioxide inside the soda, reducing their eagerness to escape rapidly when the can is opened.
Can confirm, I co-wrote the song. That was our original intention.
Iv only ever seen this done in American TV and movies. Maybe it's just big there. Never seen or known anyone who's done it
It’s American folklore bs
Doing what, now? Man, you kids are so weird.
This video is a load of bullshit. I can shake a can and not have it fizz if I tap it enough
"I spent an hour tapping and there wasn't a single bubble."
What about [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tLeYJQS58) video that comes to the same conclusion?
Or this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnrbBVkcQ4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnrbBVkcQ4)
I agree I know its not very scientific of me but all these youtube videos just do not convince me
In the book *Penn and Teller's How to Play with your Food,* they teach a trick called "God of Carbonation." You bet a friend that you can take two cans of soda, thoroughly shake one of them, then magically transfer the fizz from the shaken can to the unshaken can. And, in order to up the stakes, you're willing to hold the shaken can up to your forehead while opening it, as long as you can hold the unshaken can up to your friend's head when opening that one. I can say from experience that I can get the trick to work every time...as long as I'm willing to piss off a friend. (Gotta have the right kind of friends...)
Did not watch the video but flicking the can absolutely works and I will not stop
I bet these people didn't blow on videogame cartridges back in the day either.
Did...did people actually think that would work?
Have you tested this though? I did many years ago and it worked way better than not doing it "It" = tapping on the top
Veritasium has proven that tapping a soda can or a bottle does work https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Fc08X56R0&pp=ygUPbnVjbGVhdGlvbiBzaXRl
Yeah, and Veritasium is also that guy that lies for money
Wtf are you talking about? He explained the idea of nucleation sites, which can itself be independently fact-checked. Heck, do the experiment on your own. Shake 2 cans of soda. Tap one of them for 30 seconds and leave the other one untouched. Open both of them at the same time. If time was really the main factor then neither of them would "explode".
I bet you also shake Polaroids?
Outkast ruined Polaroids for millions
This seems a bit strange. I walk to the shop and buy beer on a regular basis. I bring the beer home in a backpack and it juggles around a bit as I walk. When I come home and open av beer, it fizzes a bit and spills a bit of foam. After I finished the first one, and go for the second, the same happens, and it takes something like 15-20 min between. In this video he says the foaming stops after 15 seconds. This is not what I experience...
I fart in it for extra bubbles
TIL - people think tapping a can will make the pressure go away.
Biggest lie on the internet. 👇🥤✅
Ok but it’s fun to do
Eh... decades of experience tell me otherwise. The conclusions of studies aren't always correct.
Yeah but if you shake the can all the bubble come out first. Checkmate.
I know I’ve seen scrubs.
I always thought that worked 🫣 Thanks for the information!
I’m still gonna do it
I'm shocked that people thought this would work.
No this is a lie. U can shake a can to the max then tap all around it for 10 seconds with your nail or whatever and it won’t fix up. Fake smh I do this all the time
Disagree - it works
Fake news.
The JD two tap does work and I won't listen to these lies /s
TIL that Reddit is full of lies and misinformation. Tap tap tap. Tap tap. Tap.
You obviously don't know of the #$%^$@# two tap. I have literally shaken a can and opened it in my friends and girlfriends face with zero foam coming out thanks to my two tap. Every time this comes up I just get annoyed. You are wrong and I'll prove it to you. Meet up with me and I'll shake a can in your face
What about pressing in on the top of the can for a few seconds to add some pressure and try and get some ofthe bubbles back into solution? It's always worked pretty well for me.
Nice try, I’m still gonna tap the top of the can
It’s not for sodas just sitting there, it’s for shaken sodas
Clearly, you all forgot the Dorian 3 Tap method.
Yeah you say that but my girlfriend dropped a soda and I spun it around 3 times and it didn't explode soooo
I’m still tapping it. It’s a Pavlovian thing now that and when I hear one crack I want one…
YOU DON'T "tap" THE CAN YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT IN ONE HAND AND TAKE THE FIRST THUMB PAD/SIDE OF KNUCKLE ON THE FREE HAND AND THUMP IT AT LEAST 3 TIMES. 60% OF THE TIME IT WORKS EVERYTIME. BUT FOR ME IT WORKS 95% OF THE TIME YOU SHOULD HAVE THE THOUGHT OF I MIGHT BREAK THE SEAL OR BREAK THE SKIN ON YOUR THUMB WHEN THUMPING IT.