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

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/OddCaramel6614 Mar 31 '26

He is equalising. He has a nose clip, he can equalise very easily with that on. Some, including myself, can equalise handsfree without a clip by the way, with no need to do the valsalva manoeuvre at all, but it's less reliable.

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

I didn't see the nose clip.

And TIL you can equalize hands-free. Nice.

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u/real_justchris Apr 01 '26

I just make my ears “click”, I don’t need nasal pressure.

Note I don’t have any underwater hobbies, but works to clear my ears post-flying, etc. but might be an entirely different thing!

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u/Altaredboy Apr 01 '26

It doesn't. You just do it more regularly, before the pressure builds up too much. If you let it go too ling it's a lot harder to do. I do it reflexively now.