The Sun Sneeze Gene
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- I have the photic sneeze reflex so I sneeze when I look at bright light.
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*So technically the single nucleotide swap (C instead of T) is not actually in a gene per se but in an intergenic region on chromosome 2. It's also not clear exactly how this affects physiology or causes the sun sneeze but there is correlative evidence that every copy of this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is associated with a 1.3x increase in likelihood of having the photic sneeze reflex.
I have wanted to make a video about sun-sneezing for a long time. It is something I've experienced my whole life. When I go from a dark room indoors into full sunlight I invariably sneeze. I thought everyone did it. So my original question was why do people sneeze when they see bright light? That led me to consider what possible evolutionary advantages there could be to sneezing in sunlight. The obvious advantage to me is that sunlight kills pathogens of which there may be many in your snot or mucus. So sneezing in sunshine is a much better idea than sneezing inside a dark, damp cave where you may be living.
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I actually appreciate having this gene. When I wanna let out a big sneeze but I'm having trouble, I just stare at a bright light, usually my lamp or the sun. It's the most satisfying feeling ever.
excactly.. so satisfying to release the big sneeze
unless it's one of those events when the face detaches from the skull.
@@berserkberserk997 😭😭😭
Yes exactly, that's relief
same
"Do you have any allergies?"
*no, just the sun.*
i always thoght that i was allergic of the sun
i used to think i was alergic to august
*THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZERRR*
I'm allergic to the goddamn sun. Direct sunlight sometimes makes me physically react to it like my arm feeling like it is burning me like I'm a vampire.
That is what i tell everyone who ask me, i just say I'm allergic to the sun xD
I like that I have this gene, usually when I know sneeze is coming but then it wont, I just stare My bright ceiling light and sneeze. Most satisfying feeling ever.
UncleanerBullet YAS sane here!!!!!!!
I thought everyone did that!
I think all sun sneezers do that. Such a relief xD
Same ....it's kinda helpful
I Always Do That Idk Why Lol Its Cool For Me
I'm 32, I have gone my whole life thinking everyone did this.
I have gone my whole life not knowing anyone would sneeze from the sun.
Me too exactly
I'm 28, I have gone my whole life thinking nobody did this because I've never seen someone else than me doing it.
Im 13 and also me to
I hear about this for the first time aswell.
my whole family has this gene and let's just say that when we all leave a movie theater, it's a fun walk back to the car
🤣🤣😂😂😂
I wonder what other people think when they see that
Coron
"OMG... Covid family! Stay back..."
so you go to the movies during the day with your entire family?
I thought everyone had this, very interesting. When I feel a sneeze coming going to the window and watching the bright sky triggers it even faster.
Me either, I'm glad we figured this out
Damn homosapiens...
In high school I told my science teacher that I had the solar sneeze reflex and he just laughed at me like I was making things up LOL
I forgot to say it but scientists are jerks LOL
Well, I always though almost nobody had it. I usualy sneeze 2 times on sunlight and this is the first time in my entire life I see someone else than me being a sun sneezer.
Even the term "sun sneezer" is completly new to me.
Btw I'm 28 years old x).
@@EchNelys hello fellow sun sneezer xD
Where are my sun sneezers at?!?!
Heeyahh
HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
here
Represent
It's all about girls! Here
I managed to go 15 years not knowing this doesn’t happen to everyone
I just came to know it..
Almost 23 for me
So much for get known by you... Maybe you got synesthesia too? Not everyone got this ability
26 over here. I had never done some research about this! Wow I’m so amazed
26 here
Watching a grown man waiting for a sneeze has been the highlight of my day
The sunlight of my day
this comment cracked me up soo hard😂😂😂 this has been the highlight of my week, thank you😂
...if that made your day?dude get a life😂😂
It was funny. It reminded me of the sneezing owl I saw the other day. You should look it up, it's hilarious!
Yeah
I didn’t realize that was actually a thing, I’m glad I’m not alone LOL
Me and my brother do challenge who sneez more in sun
I use to have it somehow faded out of my gened
Same 😅
Problem is that everybody now will look back to you
in my school everyone thinks im the only one with that problem
"There you go, im a sun sneezer".
i prefer the term moon truthers
People get weirded out when I feel a sneeze coming stop mid conversation an stare at a lamp. People have genuinely thought I was having a stroke 😂.
lol I do that too.. But I've been knowing about this gene for a long time so I have to explain it to them. But for some reason it feels so good. People I know sneeze all the time and hate it. Honestly I don't sneeze nearly as much as all the people I know that don't have this gene.
I do that aswell
I do this all of the time
Lmfao I do the same. My Dad thinks I’m bullshitting, its so weird.
I do it 2 or 3 times when i go outside. It honestly feels so good though
Owen Fish nah man it sucks with allergies
Zhong Tan agreed.
I agree... I love a good sneeze
Me too, it's like a little orgasm! :D
It feels like releasing all the energy for me to use
0:36 how funny would it be if the video just ended there? xD
lol xD
Sneezed, dropped the camera, end of the video.
It would be perfect for a April fool's prank.
I thought the exact same thing
would have been better if it ended just before he sneezed 0:30 .... was he a sun-sneezer or not? the world may never know...
I remember one of my friends recommended looking into the light when you feel a sneeze coming on so that you can force it out, rather than feeling it but it not coming. I didn't understand this and it never worked for me, but it had left me confused. Ten years later, I find this video, and my mind is blown.
I’ve told so many of my friends the same and they all brushed off my advice. Life makes sense now
that’s so funny😂 the light was always my source of getting a sneeze out 😂
Strange fact I learned when I was researching this - some people sneeze when they've eaten a lot (when their stomach is very full). Do any of you have that? For some reason this seems weirder to me than sun sneezing.
never heard of that, very strange
Yeah hi that would be me... and yeah it is way much weirder than sun sneezing...
And it is extra fun because I sneeze when iIam reaaaallyy full but I only eat that much when I am out to dinner.... and on top of that it is like multiple sneezes in a row
People think I make it up that the sun makes me sneeze, what are some of the reactions you've gotten when telling people why you were sneezing?
My father-in-law does that. Every time.
What causes that? Hormones? Nerves? What purpose does it have?
I almost always sneeze when I pluck my eyebrows. That probably also has to do with the trigeminal nerve...
I was actually taught, that if i want to sneeze, but its not coming out, just look into the sun.
Or just look up. Or look down for the opposite effect. No bright light required
Same just see light
It's time you learned to NOT look into the sun because common sense.
@@TheSonicFan4 He probably faces towards sun with closed eyes.
The ophthalmic nerve Derek referred to doesn't sense light, but temperature, pain touch.
@@TheSonicFan4
Its not like you're staring at it constantly one glare will do
80% of my sneezes come from walking out of department stores to my car on a sunny day.
"Honey, he's out on his porch sneezing into a camera again..."
Gold
Laughed way too hard
I had a great laught, thanks.
when I have to sneeze, I look at a bright light lol. It usually works for me
Yes same, I sometimes deliberately look up so I can get it over and done with lol.
areyousatisfied I'm a Sun sneezer and their are sometimes when the light isn't bright enough for me to sneeze, it's so irritating.
Rex - haha I know what you mean lol. Cause you automatically expect it to happen lol
Isabelle Woltering can we have t-shirts made, my fellow sun sneezer?
I do the same. I also found that momentarily switching from the light to the dark and then back would greater increase the effect. Notice how Derek looks away from the light and back to it.
I actually like having the Sun Sneeze.. couldn't imagine life without it.
Ikr imma head out for a pleasurable sneeze
You know it's a nice day when merely leaving your crib causes that double or triple sneeze, I go hard on it, too, just to wake up my lungs
I enjoy it too. Like a relief
Same. When nose is itchy, just give sun a go
me too
I'm a sun sneezer and I never knew it was genetic. Interesting.
Same for me hahaha
why do i cry when i poop
Omg! Same 😅😅😂
Because you put the lotion on your skin...
Because you force the poop out???
You had it coming.
constipation bro
It's like tickling your eye to make your nose laugh
Wright Marshall
This comment made my day.
I'VE BEEN LIED TO MY WHOLE LIFE, MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME I WAS JUST WEIRD. thanks man now I'm not alone!!! Sun sneezers squad
When I was a child, I actually addicted to sun sneeze. I kept steeping in and out the door to enjoy about 3-4 times in a row. I swear, that was really high!
I have that trait. It just have to be bright light. Often when I feel that little tingle, I go up to a bright light to force the sneeze, and I love it. Sneezing feels amazing.
I really does feel great haha. If I feel a sneeze coming, I quickly pull out my phone, turn on the flashlight and shine that bitch in my eyes
@@elgandos2 wow I never thought of that wth
Indeed, sneezing feels the best 😌
Frfrfr
Same dude someday we all go blind cus of that trick lol
Pretty amazing how it's all encoded in my jeans
*genes
@@elibo0n r/woooosh
@@elibo0n woooosh
Elery Robert Libo-on r/whooosh
R/WOOOOOOOOSSHHHHH
Watch this from 0:20 with no context. You’re welcome
Oh
* me questioning existence
Yoav Tal I LITERALLY CANNOT STOP LAUGHING 😂
Yoav Tal there ya go
I didnt even do anything and your welcoming me? Imma rob your house
Any other sun sneezers get called a liar whenever they claim to have the sun sneezer gene?
Me
@@antoniojoaquin2425 hey Antonio are you Hispanic? I have this sun sneeze too very weird.
I've had this for all my life, and found out that it was an actual thing few years ago. Really nice video Derek, keep educating!
What school other than Med School teaches about these types of conditions?
Hey Veritasium!
Just a clarification- the optic nerve (cranial nerve II) is the nerve responsible for transmitting information from the retina to the visual cortex in the back of the brain. The ophthalmic nerve (first branch of the trigeminal nerve, cranial nerve 5) is a nerve that- like you said- receives sensory information from the upper face. However, these are two very different nerves- if light were to stimulate the maxillary branch, it would have to do so through the brain itself :)
Brody Wiles scrolled way too far to find this!
Brody Wiles Brody Wiles wait doesn't the ophthalmic nerve also supply branches into the cornea, iris and the ciliary body of the eye, as well as the conjunctiva and and lacrimal gland? AND also the upper face and other parts.
Although I don't really know how the light would directly affect these parts of the eye... I guess any stimulation of these parts of the eye would be indirect, like a response to bright light with the ciliary body. It is interesting that cross over has been seen between the lacrimal nerve (serving the lacrimal gland, pretty much like the tear gland, among others) and branch of the maxillary gland.
But mainly I just wanted to mention the ophthalmic and the eye thing.
The predominant thinking, as I understand it, is the stimulation of the trigeminal nerve causes muscle contractions in the sinus cavity that simulate the itchy nose feeling which stimulates the nervous sneeze response.
Of note is at least some people who experience photic sneezing are able to do so with lamps. I can look at a light and sneeze much of the time. It's pretty irritating, though, when I need to sneeze and can't. That's a bit painful and irritating and causes pretty severe eye watering.
Brody. Not necessarily... some reflexes are not processed by the brain but are affected by the spinal cord. Since the cranial nerves sit just below the brain and I don't know if they are connected to the spinal cord or directly to the brain there is a chance it is just a reflex like stepping on a tack, retracting your foot as you straighten your other leg.
Maybe it's the squinting?
Double sun sneezer here. Leaving a movie theater in the summer is especially entertaining.
Strumzilla none shall care
I remember one time I was standing at a traffic light and I looked up to the sun and sneezed 7 times lol
Yeah, I can sneeze anywhere from three to a few dozen times upon sudden sun exposure. I've had to pull over and stop driving when going from darkly-overcast to the sun coming out suddenly.
I have that issue, but it's when I leave church.
I sneeze three times when I go outside, it is never just once or twice, it is always three
Imagine not sneezing when exposed to harsh light from the sun
(Pretentious laughter)
Edit: most likes I’ve gotten. Truly an epic gamer moment.
Sunlight? Hahhahaha...
lol
the sun is a deadly laser
@@MajkiMoo not anymore theres a blanket
Plebs
when my sister and I were very young our parents told us ‘jesus is the moon and god is the sun.’ we both have the photic sneeze reflex so my sister very seriously said to our parents ‘I’m allergic to god.’ 😂
😂😂😂
Your sneezing out the bad to let it the good
Why am I seeing so many "Baby Panda" cartoon videos in the sidebar?
Is anyone else seeing this.
Lizard Baron Yeah we do
I am seeing it as well
Lizard Baron Thanks TH-cam
Derek does kids science videos too. Might be related.
I’ve noticed that looking up helps when I’m trying to sneeze as well as looking at a light (any light, not just the sun).
yeah that works for me, if i ever have to sneeze for any non sun related reason, looking at/near the sun always makes me sneeze 100% of the time
I’ve made myself sneeze by staring at my phone’s flash light. Usually when I’m in bed.
I sneezed in my familys cave...
nothing happened because they are vaccinated
Burn
No thAy goT autIsm
Sorry karen
*dark sneezer*
Stop bragging
I thought this was everyone, when I need to sneeze but it doesn't happen I just look at something bright.
Same
Yeah same, usually at the bright lighting in my room or at work
Same, i thought everyone did.
I turn on the torch of my phone and pull it at my very eye, works wonders.
Same
Girls when they sneeze: *silenced sniper shot*
Boys when they sneeze: *revolver gunshot*
Dads when they sneeze: *rpg rocket explosion*
Grandpas when they sneeze: *tsar bomba explosion*
When MY dad sneezes it's armageddon
@@typicalboy1362 Haha that's hilarious. my grandpa was like that too.
@@HillsofSilence lol
@@HillsofSilence at least u know what I go through
Girls sneeze more like a silenced sniper shot
the acronym is ACHOO?
huh.
I thought I had a hair on my screen -_-
seems like they had to try pretty hard for that one
I remember reading somewhere that they added one extra word to the syndrome name to get that acronym. I believe it was Compelling or Helio-, but I might not remember correctly.
BuildMineSurvive that is so aggravating.
Josep I'm also a double sun sneezer, I find it so annoying tho
I'm subscribed since 2015, I already watched this when it came out 4 years ago, (and fricken loved it. Great job Derek) Yet TH-cam decided to recommend this to me now, not just once, but 6 times until I clicked. I feel sorry for you TH-camrs trying to figure out how to deal with this algorithm. It's nuts. :(
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I am a sun sneezer but if i go outside while i am erect, i dont sneeze :3 research that veritasium.
Unfair Competitions wtf
emo pizza you are just jelly of my anti-sun-sneezing erection :3
Haha im soo done with youtube comments
is that actually true?
same v:
OH MY GOD YOU FIXED MY NOSE
So I lost my sense of smell after getting Covid, and then it came back weird - for the last six months all smells have smelled... oniony. Everything smelled like onions. It was depressing; food lost its lustre.
I was looking at your diagram at 4:47 and realized that I've got nerve damage in my chin, so maybe that was interfering with my sense of smell since they're on the same nerve cluster? So I blocked one nostril, smelled, blocked the other, smelled again - and then it all smelled normal! Sorry for gushing. This is a big deal for me. Thank you for educating. You've made a real difference here.
Bro did you go to a Doctor?
I've never thought of sneezing in sunlight was genetic. I always thought everyone did that. Sometimes when i feel like about to sneeze, i look at a light to help me release it.
Exactly the same. xD
I thought I was the only one
Now it's time to talk about why we shiver when we pee...
BerendOldenburgerVEVO preach
I think scienceshow made a vid about it
why is there hair around my anus?
I have too, both sun sneeze and shiver.
ME TOO! BOTH THE THINGS!
I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS WEIRD!
Me before this video: "I am allergic to nothing, I am a god among men."
Me after: "I'm allergic to the sun."
If it makes you feel better, I’m your ideal human. No allergies ever. 😂😂😂
It’s so bad I keep looking for one. Damn.
P.S: I’m black too (I know, doesn’t prove anything).
Sun allergy has nothing to do with sneezing, it makes your skin burn and/or itch instead...
@@loriblackangelsnow So you're saying that I AM a god among men? Your words not mine
Sun sneezers where are you at! ✊🏼
I am a proud sun sneezer!
ريان الشهري yeah here is one!
Count me in !
All unite !!! aaaa- chooo! ريان الشهري
checking in!
Finally! I've been looking for an explanation!
Its a gift I appreciate to be able to complete a sneeze when the tickle starts.
I have this, and I use it to my advantage. When I feel like I need to sneeze but can't, I look at a bright light and then the sneeze comes.
same!! i love doing that, it's so refreshing
I'm actually kind of addicted to sneezing. Everyday I look at the sun to purposely trigger the sneeze couse it just feels amazing, idk... I'm not alone with this.. right ??
Marius687 you're not alone, i often use thin objects to trigger sneezing for fun 😁
now im happy i dont have the reflex, i would just sneeze all day
superlemus2 lol i do the same
Much of my life I sneezed 4 times when exposed to the sun. Since age 70, it has become a fairly consistent 5 times. It's good not to be alone in this regard.
I do not sneeze when I just look at the sun. But looking att the sun helps me sneezing when I am about to sneeze anyway.
Looking at tge sun just gives me temporary blindness
Same here. I loot at the sun or the main light source in the room when sneezes are winding up too slowly or refuse to come out.
Same
Same here. That's how good sneezing feels. But are we sun sneezers then ?
same
Me finding out that not everyone does this blew my mind. I thought I was crazy cause my girlfriend can't do it and never heard of it.
*sneezes*
“There you go”
Everyone: 😯
why are there baby videos on the right?
Oti oh yeah what's going on with that?
Oti I just clicked not interested
me too but it's still weird
yeah it is
I blocked all of them. It's a great add-on that hides youtube channels you're not interested in. *MY TH-cam EXPERIENCE WILL BE EXCELLENT!!!*
You picked one of the most beautiful backdrops in the world for your slow-mo sneeze test.
I wish I had TH-cam in my childhood to subscribe to Veritasium. I've always been asked myself this question for 20 years
YES! I KNEW I wasn't crazy! The sun DOES make me sneeze!
*"Amateurs think about tactics, Professionals think about logistics"*
-Sun Sneeze, maybe-
This slayed me
Tsun sneeze.
I once got off of a plane in Costa Rica and the cabin was super dark and it was a bright day, and I sneezed 14 times in a row...
My record is seven XD
I LOVE having this gene!! Sneezing feels so good
Autosomal Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst = ACHOO = the sound you make when you sneeze
hope I made your day
That's clever xD
Nice👌
Thank you so much for this, I'm sick of people questioning why I sneeze in the sun. Also, I also sneeze twice in the sun
ZePandaARU me too !
ZePandaARU Only twice, you're lucky! It's usually between 2 and 5 for me
I'm a sun sneezer, although it can happen with any shift from dark to bright. My father was the same way, and my grown son is also.
ACE LIGHTING HELLO sorry saw you on NileRed’s channel on photo prints n I’m a fan -if that makes sense-
@@romeoa.6634 YOU ALSO READ LOOKISM ON WEBTOON (or any other platform)??????
What’s weird for me is that my dad was, I am. Yet the last few years I cannot for the life of me sneeze by looking at the sun or bright light!! I wonder what is going on?!
Well, a lot of different things affect the trigeminal nerve, and something might just de-sensitize whatever is sensitive to bright light.
Ace Lightning could be. I just think it’s really weird. I was always able to sneeze at the drop of a hat to almost any light source including the sun. Now, no can do. It sort of bums me out! It was always so satisfying.
The sneeze gene when I was sick made me better fast, I took advantage of it
I sneeze when I pluck my eyebrows. I thought that was pretty weird but I think sun sneezing wins.
LMAO! That made my day...
I just got the vision of someone going
Pluck.. sneeze
Pluck...sneeze
Pluck...sneeze
Thank you.😁
I thought I was the only one 🤣 🤣
That is actually still part of the same sun sneezing thing is, if u go on wikipedia it will actually say so
BRUH SAME !
Bro I'm trying to plucking my eyebrow, got my eye instead :(
I'm a sun sneezer I've known ever since grade school and as long as it's not from being sick I enjoy the feeling of a sneeze every time I walk outside
When I was young nobody would believe me when I told them the sun made me sneeze 🤧. So glad to find more sun sneezers out there
Wow, just once?
When one sneeze goes off, I get thrown into a fit of at least two more, most I've had being 7!
I literally cant sneeze more than 3 times
same, my highest was 7 too
th-cam.com/video/TgyiKfNG10w/w-d-xo.html You're welcome.
That's the interesting thing about sun sneezes, though: they are usually just a single sneeze, maybe twice at most. Even those prone to multiple sneezing in regular circumstances don't seem to have as many sneezes for this reflex.
@@missiworld I consistently sun-sneeze 5 times ._.
I thought I was the only one... My parents thought I was crazy.
JD Force hopefully one of your parents is also a sun sneezer. otherwise...
otherwise check in your neighborhood
Andrew Coffin maybe the mailman has this gene but the parents do not...
JD Force i thought everyone did sneezed from the sun...
Maybe you're adopted.
So satisfying how the syndrome spells ACHOO
I'm a sun sneezer. It was a long time before I realized other people "suffered" the same anomaly I did, because whenever I asked friends if they experienced the same they said no and questioned if it was really the sun that made me sneeze. It happened to me everyday when I walked out of the school building. They eventually believed me and just thought it weird, lol. Always joked I was a vampire, allergic to the sun. Doesn't help I worked nightshift for a decade.
Does anyone else love the feeling of sneezing 🤧
and the frustration of wanting to sneeze but your lungs don't want to
It is 11% orgasm
So if one was to sneeze during climax, does that mean 111% orgasm?
verus vaga No, it's the average of the two. So 55.5% orgasm, depending on how good your spouse is or how clogged up your nostrils are
Jordan Mustone OMFG YES I WAS JUST ARGUING WITH MY FRIENDS ABOUT THAT
Being a sun sneezer is great, because sometimes when my normal sneezes won't come out I just look into something bright, so I nearly never experience those hateful half sneezes where you have the reaction but don't sneeze
Do it while tapping the bridge of your nose: nosegasm
Same its kinda nice
TH-cam just recommended this video for me and I clicked subscribe as soon as the video ended this guy way of explaining is amazing
Now you should make a video on EXPLOSIVE sneezes, particularly why I, as well as other men, cannot sneeze quietly.
Justin Cameron id say its dependent on lung capacity and whether the sneeze travels more out the mouth or the nose, its also that most people might not try hard enough not to make noise, i used to be quite loud, then just stopped, i didnt find it difficult to change :)
Deaf people tend to sneeze silently, implying it is likely a learned trait
hmmm. maybe it has something to do with the volume of expelled air?
Justin Cameron interesting i haven’t thought about that but i don’t believe that is something that you do all the time, sometimes they're small sneezes sometimes they're explosive, but it's interesting.
Because men typical sneeze louder than women. You're an oddity.
I've had this condition my whole life, I just thought it was normal and it happened to everybody. If I feel a sneeze coming on all I have to do is stare at a bright light, not necessarily the Sun, and the sneeze is achieved.
Fr I thought it was normal cuz I kept doing it in grade school and said I was sick and my teacher told me to stop looking at the sun smh
As a sun sneezer myself, it is so good to watch an informative video about it. I finally got to know that i'm not the only one haha. Also it is not just the sun that triggers it but for me, any source of bright light brings out the sneeze. I tend to stare at light sources just so i could get my sneeze out
"Hold on I have to sneeze."
*Looks at any light like I'm trying to read like my mom on her phone without her glasses on.*
Everyone else: "What are you doing?"
Yep
Yep that’s me. It’s actually so helpful.
everyone else: "What are you doing?"
Sundance McKay: i am on to something carry on with your business
My doctor actually didn't believe me that this was happening to me and said that I have a pollen allergy... but it didn't make sense to me because it also happened in winter. From my earliest memories, from way back when I was 3 years old, I had this reflex. I literally described how it feels like there's a short circuit and that I can feel the sunlight intensity with my nose.
You have no idea how helpful this video is when I try to explain why I start sneezing every time I go out of dim-lit environment. It calms down after a short while but the initial reaction is quite spontaneous and I was surprised to hear from friends that most people don't react the same way.
The lamp in my home also help me to sneeze in rainy weather.
I always thought i was a weirdo because of this.
20% of the population isn't weird enough for you?
You are a weirdo, you just have to keep looking for what's causing it
No, not because of this. 😁
@@HollywoodF1 is that supposed to be good or bad-
@@nepenthe9674 Good and bad are subjective. But when you're one-in-five, you're objectively weird. I'll leave the subjectivity to more judgmental people.
My sneezing doesn't come from the Sun, it comes from heat. Living in Maryland, we have high humidity about as much as southern states. Right now it's 90 °F.
Having A/C works wonders.
I am a sun farter
I am an all around farter myself. any weather, any lighting. I can't help it.
Evolutionary advantage: not to suffocate your cavemates
lmao!
Tepper I have massive erections when I'm exposed to sunlight
The story about the dad and his daughter rings true, wheeling my daughter through the hospital in her little trolley when she was only a few days old i passed under a skylight and she sneezed, i knew she was mine at that point.
I love this. I have an 18mo, and I love my memories of wheeling him around the loop dozens of times. ❤️
So I can't become a fighter pilot? :(
You can do night missions, over...
why did you copy your avatar after me?
NovakGoran it's like the first Google image result for ice and fire, you're not special.
It was a joke, my friend :D
I think sunglasses would fix that, besides, you always see them wearing visors. I have this problem but sunglasses prevent that.
The place that I mostly sneeze the most times is when you walk out from the dark movie theater in the light outside
I've got to memorize the "ACHOO" acronym! That's brilliant!
My mum is a dark chocolate sneezer. Two sneezes in sequence whenever she eats a piece of dark chocolate. If she eats more it won't repeat. She's the only one I know but I'm sure she's not alone in the world.
Almost my whole family has the exact same thing where you sneeze after eating a bit of dark chocolate. Ironically my mom is the only one who doesn't have this dark chocolate sneeze.
I have the same thing and I didn't realise it wasn't a common thing growing up. So I had my parents asking me if I was falling sick, I'd reply that it's just because I had some dark chocolate, and they'd get concerned for me for different reasons.
I sneeze to a light source, not necessarily the sun. Didn't know it wasn't for everybody. Cool stuff.
Same! Bright lamps sometimes work too.
Always work
Man i really thought there is something wrong with my physiology until you explained it happens to others. Great work derek as always
I used to tell my girlfriend to look at the light when she tried to sneeze but it never worked for her. I thought everyone sneezed when they looked at the light. Now I know better
I repeat sneeze; anything up to 10 sneezes in a row is just a "something has triggered the sneeze like dust or pollen", anything over 10 is _always_ a sign that I'm about to come down with a cold or flu.
I've had to master the art of _"The Open Eyed Sneeze®™©"_ because driving a car, especially at high speeds, and have the sun suddenly burst from behind a cloud which then triggers up to 10 sneezes is really no fun at all!
Both my son and daughter have inherited the condition but, luckily, they only sneeze once or twice, the Missus doesn't share our burden, I think she feels a little left out. :D
Try switching eyes when sneezing while driving...
@@plaidjunky Who do I switch my eyes with or do you mean to switch my right with my left? Should I just use a spoon to pop them out or is there a special tool/instrument for this procedure? Hmm, I have to say, it does sound like a rather dangerous thing to do while driving.
;D I couldn't resist. :P
@@Loneman_OG lol. Switching from left to right. Would you get double the sneeze, or half?
It might actually be a unsafe to drive or perform surgery if at any time you might just have to close your eyes and start convulsing for a few seconds
@@dylanjackson7325 That's true... it may be best if I wait until nighttime to perform the surgery, and I'll keep the speed to under 60mph just to be extra safe. :D
whenever I feel like I'm going to sneeze but I'm not quite there yet, I look at the sunlight and it helps me :D I like this thing because it makes us special in a way.
I think everyone has that because i dont sneeze from dark to sun but when im almost sneezing looking at the light helps me
@@joost2260 not everyone has that. I've asked, believe me, :D and most people are like, why are you looking at the light when you wanna sneeze. It makes no sense to me. Just like I feel sick while I'm reading on a bus. I can't read while a lot of people can.
This is fantastic. My family and I share something similar. We don't sneeze in sunlight, but all have the habit of stairing into any lightsource in order to tip us over the edge. Otherwise, I don't believe I have ever sneezed directly from stepping outside, or just looking at lights casually. Also, I make it a habit not to stare directly at something that can damage my eyes. XD
Love the content. Keep it up.
When I was a kid, they said I was "allergic to the sun" - made no sense to me. I'm glad to know I'm not alone and that there's a name for it - photic sneeze reflex. Thx.
This is really cool. I love little cool traits that only a small percentage of people have like this. I’m hyper mobile, can do some weird things with my fingers/elbows/shoulders.
I'm hyper mobile and a sun sneezer!
@@georgiarosenlund4302 awesome! Great conversation topics.
I thought it happened to everyone
me too!
I never knew this was a thing... Cool!
Veritasium me three
Veritasium i sneeze when i get it on the nose like from a ball. Does that happen to you?
Same here. I learned the trick from my mom, to force out a sneeze by looking into a light. I didn't realize that I inherited this trick in my genes as well. I only get a little tickle when I do it, though, only a half-sneeze worth.
When I was a kid I would tell the other kids that I'm allergic to the sun. lol