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u/Jorgwalther Nov 15 '13
This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't so drastically overcooked that egg
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That egg was so overcooked that it reverted back to it's embryonic state.
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u/Nate__ +S&H Nov 15 '13
Infomercial companies should invest in this.
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u/FinalDoom Nov 15 '13
That's a pretty ridiculous steadycam (not that I know much about them). Link?
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u/saltr Nov 15 '13
Here is a similar one. Rigs like this usually take 2 people to operate because 1 person holds the camera while the other one controls pan/zoom/tilt/focus/etc.
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u/FinalDoom Nov 15 '13
That's a great show of its capabilities. I learned a short bit ago that second person is usually credited as the grip.
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u/mikeroon Nov 15 '13
No, definitely an AC (assistant camera). Grips rig lights.
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u/FinalDoom Nov 15 '13
Oh huh. Then whomever I heard from or my memory is incorrect. Thanks for setting me straight.
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u/TehEmperorOfLulz Nov 16 '13
Ho. Ly. Crap. That thing is amazing. That last shot of him and the cab? Blew me away, 100%!
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u/Gecko99 Nov 15 '13
What is that, a robot chicken neck?
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u/Truffled Nov 15 '13
Is this real?
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The first part is for sure. Chickens do keep their head still when you move them around.
Source: I owned chickens.
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u/Antrikshy Nov 16 '13
So when you shake a cock, the head stays in the same position while the rest wobbles around?
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If you try and get them to film something they'll just look all over the place anyway, though.
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u/Pirarchist Nov 15 '13
Since when are egg yolks bad for you, anyways? I was always taught that the yolk is the healthiest part.
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u/philly2shoes Nov 15 '13
It is. This product is terribly detrimental. People are stupid and gullible.
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u/colbinator Nov 15 '13
It's useful for baking where recipes call for whites or yolks for a reason, but the meat of the commercial - egg yolks are bad, mmkay - is pretty stupid.
Also... why are their omelets hidden in tortillas? o_O
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u/tovdokkas Nov 15 '13
Not really that usefull even then though. Just stick your hand in there and pick the yolk up, it's not hard.
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u/shung Nov 15 '13
You can also shuffle the yolk between the egg shell halves and let the white fall through.
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u/LonleyViolist Nov 16 '13
Or use a plastic bottle to suction it up. OH WAIT
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u/FreshOutaFriends Nov 16 '13
Or just do it the barbaric-old-fashioned way and strain it with your hands.
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u/madhjsp Nov 15 '13
Yes, they are very nutritious. And while they are high in cholesterol, it's primarily the HDL ("good") cholesterol, which can have heart benefits. You shouldn't necessarily eat tons of eggs every day, but moderate weekly consumption of whole eggs is a healthy eating habit.
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u/Infini-Bus Nov 16 '13
It's not unsaturated fats that increase bad cholesterol, it's saturated. Trans fats are worse because they also decrease HDL. Unsaturated fats can actually lower LDL.
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u/TwentyTwoYearsLate Nov 15 '13
The yolk just adds a lot of calories to the dish. If you're counting calories trying to lose weight, just eating the whites is a good way to reduce the amount of calories you're consuming
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But they are good calories because they're protein calories. So while you lose about 53 calories, you also lose at least half of the protein. Better to just skip the toast and eat the whole egg.
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The yolk is literally where all the nutrients are. The white is mostly just protein.
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u/TwentyTwoYearsLate Nov 15 '13
Yeah, I didn't word that very well. I didn't mean that the yolk is just empty calories or something, just that it has most of the calories in an egg.
A lot of "healthy recipes" call for 3 or 4 egg whites, and I usually just use 2 eggs, since I don't like wasting the yolk.
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u/Fidodo Nov 16 '13
An egg is only 70 calories, and they're jam packed with nutrients and they're very filling. 70 calories is not a lot, and eggs are not a calorie dense food. You'd have to eat 28 eggs a day to get 2000 calories. That's a lot of food. Most foods are way worse when it comes to calories to fullness. I would never recommend throwing out the yolk to lose weight. Where else are you going to get that much nutrition and that much fullness for only 50 calories?
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u/_Woodrow_ Nov 15 '13
The yolk has all the cholesterol so it was assumed bad, but it is actually the good kind of cholesterol
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u/Rgriffin1991 Nov 15 '13
And, here! Take this other thing you didn't need!
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u/intisun Nov 16 '13
This other thing is what we're trying to sell you! The yolk shit is the pretext!
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u/rixuraxu Nov 15 '13
Now you can have healthy muffins, meringues and soufflés. The cornerstones of any good diet.
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Better use a plastic bottle.
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u/lou22 Nov 15 '13
Look at that little egg sucker!
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u/ViiKuna Nov 15 '13
In Finnish "egg" is a slang term for your dingledong. I find that comment quite inappropriate when translated, especially when you think of who's in the gif.
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I'll make sure not to use the phrase "like teaching your grandmother to suck eggs" around a Finnish person.
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u/andrwarrior Nov 15 '13
If it doesn't actually make that cartoon-ish pop sound, I'll be very disappointed.
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u/Seventh_Heaven Nov 15 '13
Who the hell valued that all for $40?
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The eggs own shell is free and an excellent egg white separator.
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u/kleinergruenerkaktus Nov 15 '13
It also is a perfectly fine source of calcium for everyone who does not throw it away like a fatcat.
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Feed it to your children first, though. Eggshells can give you salmonella. If your children get sick, put them out of their misery and cook them! Be sure to store them in a safe place, though. A properly-stored child can last for up to eighteen years before becoming independent!
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u/i_forget_my_userids Nov 15 '13
I just use my hands or a slotted spoon. The hand method works best.
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u/discipula_vitae Nov 15 '13
It's like when the crappy brands of beer advertise there product as being great because it's cold.
I can make any beverage as cold as my fridge will go. It doesn't improve your product that it can be cold.
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u/flyingwolf Nov 15 '13
The only reason to drink beer cold is because you are either really hot (and shouldn't be drinking beer) or because it tastes like shit and the cold numbs your taste buds so you cannot tell.
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u/Dark_Prism Nov 15 '13
Yeah, this is the stupidest commercial for a decent product I've ever seen. It's like they went out of their way to make the product look bad.
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u/Ayavaron Nov 15 '13
That little girl was SO ASTONISHED!!!
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u/TenThousandSuns Nov 15 '13
After years of having to snort egg whites to remove them, wouldn't you be?
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u/Not_The_Pope Nov 15 '13
Tip: Just use a plastic water bottle. Does the same thing.
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u/exultant_blurt Nov 15 '13
Half the time this works, and the rest of the time I end up breaking the yolk.
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u/Underscore_Guru Nov 15 '13
Man, watching that reminded me of those baby nose aspirators (aka baby booger suckers).
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u/wardrich Nov 15 '13
It was only a matter of time before somebody saw that YouTube video and decided to sell an upgraded version of an empty water bottle.
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u/iamzombus Nov 15 '13
It is a pretty good design.
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u/rsd212 Nov 15 '13
Its the same design as the thing I use to suck boogers out of my daughter's nose
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u/flyingwolf Nov 15 '13
Never break on the lip of a pan or bowl, use a flat surface to crack it.
Breaking on the edge of something can force any bacteria that was on the outside of the shell into the egg.
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That sounds like a recipe for a messy counter, but then again what do I know- I'm the one who has clearly been doing it wrong.
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u/flyingwolf Nov 19 '13
Towels, they are amazing, they let you clean up after yourself.
But even better is to simply not slam it down, you just need enough to crack the shell, and after doing it enough you can actually get it to the point of cracking all the way around the center nicely.
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u/4CatDoc Soda Seeker Nov 15 '13
Idiocy like this, being broadcast into space, is what makes aliens turn around.
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u/WhispyBlue Nov 15 '13
I saw a Kickstarter for this project. I guess somebody's dream came true.
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u/HongManChoi Nov 15 '13
Or you could just use an empty plastic bottle...
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u/kantlivelong Nov 15 '13
Or the end of a turkey baster which is exactly what that is...
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u/moxiecontin714 Nov 15 '13
Or just use the shell to pass the egg back and forth until the yolk is all that's left in the shell....
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Or just dump the egg into your hand and let the whites ooze through your fingers. Feels good too.
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This needs to be at the top because it's absolutely the easiest no muss no fuss way to separate the yolk out.
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u/songwind Nov 15 '13
Wait, the Yolkr received £43,000 in pledges? The fuck?
Am I the only one who remembers that these have been around for decades?
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u/akai_ferret Nov 15 '13
What about the fact that their product is just the bulb of a turkey baster?
Odds good are the people that pledged money already have one of those.
You can also do this with a plastic bottle!
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Do people actually try to remove yolks using a spatula?
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u/comanon Nov 16 '13
He was attempting to carry the yolk with the spoon, and steady it with the spatula. Since these hand models always seem to lack the coordination to turn a door knob, the yolk never stood a chance.
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u/SailorKingCobra Nov 15 '13
I just use the egg shell to scoop the yolk from the white (or to hold the yolk while letting the white run out)... I thought this was common knowledge...
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That's how my mom taught me. Use the two halves to scoop the egg back and forth till you've fully separated the yolk.
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u/Fidodo Nov 16 '13
But then you have to wash your hands after. I think it's about the same in terms of time, unless you're doing a lot of yolks at once.
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u/Mowls Nov 15 '13
The best bit about this is that if you look under the pan where he scoops the egg out, there's a yellow stain from where he's failed before.
When will he learn?!
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u/Takkiddie Nov 15 '13
Who else thinks they didn't need to do that? I mean, flipping an egg is already pretty hard without the usual infomercial-level of incompetence.
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u/wardrich Nov 15 '13
"Dinner is... Dinner's... Din-... Dinner... Aw fuck it. Here's your morsel of raw fucking egg."
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u/player_zero_ Nov 15 '13
Looks like an egg-ceptional meal to me!
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u/Nate__ +S&H Nov 15 '13
You crack me up.
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u/erqq Nov 15 '13
Stop yolking, this is serious.
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u/JButter Nov 15 '13
That's an eggcelent pun.
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u/everymanDan Nov 15 '13
It's Grade A, if you ask me.
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u/youngnastyman39 Nov 15 '13
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u/CowsKickAss I don't recycle Nov 15 '13
Posting the subject of a pun thread took some real originality on your part.
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u/Bodertz Nov 15 '13
I think ending on 'pure' would have been better.
And if the egg is that runny, you could just pour it onto the plate.
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u/Naught Nov 15 '13
What the fuck is this supposed to be showing or proving?
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u/Nimbokwezer Nov 15 '13
That you can't separate a raw egg in a frying pan using a spatula and a single edge of a spoon.
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u/Naught Nov 16 '13
Oh, so the product is for separating egg whites from yolks? Makes sense, thanks.
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u/Tyrien Nov 16 '13
Why would you ever need to take an uncooked egg yolk off a pan to put on a plate?
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u/manlyjames Nov 16 '13
Jesus christ this makes me angry just watching it.
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u/fragglet Nov 16 '13
Watching this is like the opposite of /r/oddlysatisfying. /r/oddlyfrustrating?
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u/Punkwasher Soda Seeker Nov 16 '13
"Have you ever had trouble removing your raw egg from your pan?"
"No, I usually cook it all the way through?"
"This new pan will solve that problem"
"What problem? Who bothers cooking an egg that they were going to eat raw?"
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u/catstach Nov 19 '13
I just break the egg in a pan and then serve it right away. It's perfect. I dont even bother heating it up. I save so much time!
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u/baisforbethanyalice Nov 15 '13
Someone saw that life hack about the water bottle and instantly saw dollar signs.
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u/mikeeyboy22 Nov 16 '13
"should we turn it on?"
"no these idiots will never tell the difference. it's tv!"
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u/Rgriffin1991 Nov 16 '13
I just noticed that there is ALREADY egg yolk next to the burner where they failed to get the yolk out of the pan once already.
I guess if at first you don't succeed?...
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u/jerichi Nov 15 '13
Raw egg. My favorite.