How much helium does it take to lift a person?
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Published 2022-09-12
Edited by Michelle Martin twitter.com/mrsmmartin
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All Comments (21)
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Apologies for the creaking noises here: they weren't that loud in person, it's just that lavalier microphones don't work that well when lying down!
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I love how this and the robotic elephant create an unintended subseries of "French people recreating Jules Verne concepts in real life". Can't wait to learn about more steampunk adventures I could do for my next French holiday.
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I'm surprised to see no one's talking about what good value for money this is - 60 euro is a fantastic price for a once in a lifetime thing like this. I'm going to have to try this at least once before I die, it looks so amazing.
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I love how he filters through viewers by just straight up answering the question. Like "now you're just here to see me!"
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This seems more like everyone's dream of flying than those car drones or jetpacks. On the drone cars or a jetpacks you're kind of constantly stressed and worried about accidentally hitting something, but this is more like a dream where you're just being lifted up and enjoying it.
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Tom at this point is just the physical embodiment of that one random ass thought that appears in your brain
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Makes the title a question, immediantly answers the question, then provides entertainment for the duration of the video. Tom Scott is a Youtuber like no other.
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tom's living the life. he gets to have once in a lifetime experiences on a weekly basis and get paid
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I really respect you opening the video with the answer for anybody who wanted to find out quickly! Though I am definitely here for the whole video :)
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I really like the stark contrast between Tom freaking out about standing on a metal mesh up high, but also not freaking out about literally floating by a helium balloon. Great video as always, this is definitely now on my bucket list!
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Imagine hearing an air raid siren and then seeing an army of Tom Scott balloons come from behind the clouds. Someone needs to make a movie about that.
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It makes me wanna cry to think that almost 250 years ago people would draw sketches of such machines but never could saw it come true, nor fly them. And now we can.
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This is now on my list of things to see/do in France if I ever end up going there. Very cool video Tom and a big thanks to all those who make such a fun, scientific activity available.
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Tom has accomplished his lifelong dream of becoming an airship, congrats Tom!
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Can we just stop and thank the instructor. He did a very good job explaining the mechanics of the blimp 👍 as well as instructing Tom from what we can see
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Added to my bucketlist! Respect for the instructor! He explains how to operate perfectly and one will feel completely safe.
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Thanks Tom... your experience is so inspiring and fresh to the soul! Thanks again for your work.
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Love how he doesn’t beat around the bush. Just walks into frame and tells you the answer. Amazing.
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I loved Antoine's calm and slow demeanor, he really sets the speed of how people are going to act in there.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO, AND ADDING EVERYTHING ELSE AFTER
