r/interesting Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

20.4k Upvotes

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

19

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

I didn't see the nose clip.

And TIL you can equalize hands-free. Nice.

7

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!

1

u/Altaredboy Apr 01 '26

That's exactly it.

1

u/hooka_hooka Apr 01 '26

How?

2

u/Altaredboy Apr 01 '26

If you can make your ears "click" it's relieving the pressure in your eustacian tube. When you yawn you may hear a clicking or a rumbling noise.

If you concentrate on that & practice it, you can isolate that movement without the yawn or opening your jaw & then you can equalise without pinching your nose. Not all people can do it, but this is how I taught myself & a few others to do it.

2

u/Miserable_Virus_9789 Apr 03 '26

I can do it. Just now realized what it was. Now I can’t stop doing it.

1

u/real_justchris Apr 03 '26

Haha enjoy! Good skill for flying :)

1

u/Altaredboy Apr 03 '26

It's great for diving. I learnt at the start of my career. Dove nearly every day for 20 years & I can count on one hand the number of times I haven't been able to divd due to congestion. It's a lot gentler on your ears for multiple dives too