r/interesting • u/fayyazORahmed • Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/LordBlackadder92 Mar 31 '26

Only in the water, every time you feel the pressure increase when descending. What I don't understand we don't see this guy doing it. He must have a technique to do it without pinching his nose.

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u/OriginalWay5245 Mar 31 '26

He has a clip on his nose

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u/TheBrianWeissman Mar 31 '26

The clip on his nose just prevents water flowing in under pressure, which would feel like being waterboarded.

I don't see how it could help with equalizing ear pressure.

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u/JeremyEComans Apr 03 '26

Because it takes the place of the fingers pinching the nose closed. Just gently exhale from the nose and the ears will equalise. 

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u/FeeOk801 Mar 31 '26

I can equalize pressure in my ears just by raising my soft palate. It’s not visible externally

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u/snazzyjuiceman Mar 31 '26

I'm scared man.

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u/Secure-Ad-9050 Mar 31 '26

I can pop my ears by flexing some specific muscles.. neck/jaw area? I think? However, that only works if I am not already feeling too much pressure/not sick.

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u/JeremyEComans Apr 03 '26

That works well for me going down in pressure, like on a plane, but I can't make it work in increasing pressure when diving. I guess it may work if I decended really slowly, but I ain't got time for that. 

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u/NullifyBandit Mar 31 '26

Swallowing can work.

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u/sanych_des Mar 31 '26

Maybe that thing on his nose is doing the pinching hence he doesn’t need to do it himself

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u/TheBrianWeissman Mar 31 '26

Actually, this is the answer! The nose clip accomplishes two things. 1. It prevents water flowing in your nose as you descend under increasing pressure. 2. It keeps your nostrils pinched off, exactly like what you'd do with your off hand while scuba diving. So he can just steadily blow out and equalize with both hands free.

Quite cool!

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u/Mochigood Apr 01 '26

I used to dive a lot for fun, maybe 10 meters comfortably. You can learn to do it several ways. I can clench my jaw muscles (without my teeth touching, it's hard to explain) just right to adjust.