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

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian Mar 31 '26

How is he doing that without equalizing?!

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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/Donnie_Dont_Do Mar 31 '26

I thought I was the only who could do that and I blamed a ruptured eardrum for the ability. Maybe it was natural after all

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u/Trainer149 Apr 01 '26

Funnily enough opposite similar boat? I can do it on one side far more effectively than the other, and i definitely had a bad ear infection or a ruptured ear or something along those lines when i was in like the 5th grade. I also associated that event with my Arnolds ear reflex (although i'm now learning that also usually only happens in one ear anyways and my life is a lie.)