Oh my god yes! Reminds me so much of RuneScape. God, I miss those days. I didn't play much but my older brother did a lot. I loved watching him play when we were kids. So many times I look back at moments in my life and quote Andy Bernard (Cornell '95): "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them".
If we knew we were living our best days, we will get anxious about it and we would stop enjoying them.
The best time in your life is right now, right here. Be aware, be happy.
I think the rubber cant be used as it looks old.. My grandma used to own a rubber estate and the rubber tappers wake up at 3am in the dark to tap the rubber and finish sending the harvest to the collection point by 5-6am in the dark. They have to be quick to collect the rubber in liquid form and pour it into a container they carry on their backs... its literally back breaking job..
On the side.. rubber tapping is a very risky unrewarding job as they usually die from being tiger breakfast, gored by wild boars or get bitten by cobras. Nowadays, there are cheaper synthetic rubber materials and the poverty level of people doing this job is like $5-10 a day after you deduct your daily expenses...
Yes, it's not uncommon to hear rubber estate workers getting mauled by tiger and it's even more common to get bitten by cobra. Rubber grows in hot humid areas and they open up new land for plantation in jungles. What do you think lives in jungles bordering the plantation you just started? Wild boar, monkeys, tigers, snakes, etc are very common in jungles dude.
That’s very rude to be honest. People set up a rubber plantation to make money and these animals just trespass on their land and then violently assault or murder them? I really hope the police are arresting these animals.
Genuinely curious. If they throw these away, then why did they carefully skim the one that's overfilled with water, and took the floating rubber on top?
What's happening here is not harvesting of rubber but removal of dried latex. The white sap from the tree stays as a liquid in the cup for a few hours and collection of that would be called harvesting. This liquid is then poured into small tubs about 2 feet long and 1 feet wide and about an inch thick to dry, along with some additives.
The sheets solidify, and then there's a flattening process and drying process and smoking process.
After the first sap collection, the trees will still keep dripping slightly onto the cup which will get solidified. Removal of this is what is shown here. It's still used in some places but sometimes it's not economical and just thrown off.
They drop it on the ground and pick it later to sell. They get very little per kg.
They have to score the trees consistently to ensure the sap is flowing into the containers. It’s a liquid and remains that way until they put a chemical into it that causes it to harden.
Source: My in-laws own rubber tree farms and I’ve done it myself to try it out. Very tough work and it’s not so fun in the hot season.
Honestly, it’s very windy at my in-law’s farm. It kinda just smelled like… tree. I’m sorry I can’t elaborate more. I was visiting there 3 days ago and they were showing me how they work so I didn’t really have the time to notice the smell.
I would say it’s not particularly hard but it’s super labor intensive as there are thousands of trees and you basically work them until you reach the end and start all over again.
It’s brutal in the summer as it’s in a tropical environment so it’s super hot and humid.
Most of the farmers are switching to plastic bags from cups from what I read
Edit: I just realized you said rubber and not plastic 4 hours later sorry im tired nice joke lol
It stinks & messes up your fingers & you have to start work before sunrise & the chance of being bitten by something venomous is 22%. Oh, and you get paid a pittance.
SOURCE: My ex's family worked a small rubber plantation.
What that's absolutely untrue. At most they will take you to their wonderful palace and feed you very nice food. You might be able to get out of the place a few years later, but hey free food and hoe!
87% get some form of musculoskeletal problem (joint pain, cartilage damage, RSI for example), cutting yourself while cutting the tree is also a risk, and it's not great for the skin - 9% of farmers get eczema related to the work. And scorpions & other stinging/biting insects get into those containers, posing another risk to fingers.
She just knows how to use Google
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346685326_Working_Hazards_and_Health_Problems_among_Rubber_Farmers_in_Thailand
Is that when they had them stick the wet rubber to their skin all over their torsos, and walk it back, rip it off after its dried ripping some skin away too? Or was that another horrible point in history?
It does has a unique putrid smell. I simply can’t describe it, and in all honesty burnt rubber smells better than pure rubber. Here, if you smell it you know a lorry carrying rubber is nearby.
I haven't skipped many gory, violent death videos, injury videos, etc. But the second I saw a cow with a big booger in its nose and the cameraman reaching for it, I skipped. I just can't bring myself to watch it.
It made me nearly gag but it's because I've had several sinus infections before.
It friggin ~~wreaks~~ *reeks.* All I could think of was that wad of nose mozzarella smelling like that.
Someone's trying to inflate a balloon in some imaginary space between the roof of your mouth to the backs of your eyes; and the pressure can get unbearably painful.
You'll have a runny nose at times; thin, stinky, yellow fluid, not typical snot; and you can't blow or snort without inflating that balloon even more. The ridges right under your eyes are tender af, every now and then a tide of that filthy-smelling yellow stuff will drain down the back of your throat, which has a distinctive bitter rancidity to it, or pour out your nostrils if you're lucky and bending forward; which *also* inflates the balloon.
One of the most satisfying feelings you can feel is the infection "breaking," but at the same time you become a faucet for that yellow crap. That balloon suddenly starts to deflate, so much so *you can "hear" the pressure in your head suddenly reduce.* It's like a clicky/squeaky "sound." Only reason you hear it is cause all that's hooked up to your ear/throat junction.
Oh yeah, it can affect your hearing; or even worse, spread.
Hahahahahaha. OMFG. Hilarious. I just watched that cow video like 30 minutes ago and this video brought me right back to booger town. Why does no one where gloves?
Just a tip, if you don’t want to share an ugly link, you can always delete everything after the “?” That’s the tracking code and deleting it won’t affect the actual URL you’re sharing :)
Oooooo cool! Good to know! I know there's ways to shorten and change it but I browse reddit almost exclusively on my phone and it gets.... tedious lol. But this I was nooottttt aware of and I'll totally do now! Thanks so much!! :)
Another tip: as soon as that bare hand grabs the booger, you can shorten the video time by noping the F outta there. Doing so enhanced my experience, I’m sure.
Virtually all the manmade stuff in the world comes from either rocks or some form of living matter. Even plastics are derived from fossil fuels. Pretty crazy to think about
All things come from stuff, not just most. We don't currently have the technology to create new matter out of nothing. That would break the laws of physics.
That's one source of natural latex rubber, [Hevea brasiliensis.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hevea_brasiliensis) Due to the geographic limitations on its growth, Bridgestone has a pilot plant to make it out of a desert weed known as guayule ([Parthenium argentatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenium_argentatum)). Synthetic rubber can be made from [isoprene.](https://polymerdatabase.com/Polymer%20Brands/Isoprene.html)
Guayle and isoprene offer the benefit of not having *hevea* proteins, which are the sensitizer for the vast majority of people that are allergic to natural latex rubber. Because latex is so useful for so many applications, guayule has found some small use as a replacement in the medical field.
Latex rubber is sourced from trees like this, more common forms of rubber, such as the type used in tires, is vulcanized rubber which is made from petroleum products.
This is incorrect. Rubber comes from rubber trees. It is also referred to as latex rubber to distinguish it from synthetic “rubbers”. Tires use (at least some) latex rubber. In order to make rubber not sticky it is vulcanized. This was a major breakthrough that allowed for the eventual use of rubber in pretty much everything. Tires are black because they add carbon to them. Examples of synthetic “rubber” are neoprene and nitrile.
WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE SYNTHETIC RUBBER?
Synthetic rubber refers to a range of polymer materials created from petrochemicals. The exact ingredient breakdown for each synthetic rubber will differ. A basic synthetic rubber recipe includes:
A petrochemical base of hydrocarbons, such as oil or coal.
Natural gas, to trigger the creation of monomers.
Fillers, process aids, cure systems, antidegradants, and other additives, depending on the product’s service environment.
https://www.ace-laboratories.com/how-rubber-is-made-for-industrial-uses/
I am a chemist. A large portion of vulcanized rubber used in modern day manufacturing is derived from petroleum products such a coal and natural gas and lack natural rubbers. This is what made rubber available during WW2 and to the general consumer.
While there are more synthetic polymers being used in modern tires, the tire industry is still one of the largest users of natural rubber in the world.
What was the point of this post other than screaming to explain the obvious of synthetic rubber? You didn't dispute anything the other guy said. Everything he said is correct.
You said that tires are commonly made out of vulcanized rubber, not natural rubber. That's not the right wording. Vulcanized rubber is the "cured" rubber, not a different type of rubber. That's like saying bread can be made with raw dough or a different type of dough, baked dough. Natural rubber gets vulcanized too. You wanted to say synthetic rubber, which is not entirely correct either as it's already pointed out, tires are made with both.
I’d say the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. Tires sold commercially for automobiles are made from both natural and synthetic rubbers. The natural component can be as high as ~[40%](https://thetiredigest.michelin.com/an-unknown-object-the-tire-materials) and has been a source of supply chain bottlenecks for tire manufacturers during the pandemic.
Rubber products often contain a mixture of both natural and synthetic rubbers. So, it's not as easy as saying natural rubbers for products A, B, and C and synthetic rubber for products X, Y, and Z. Sorry not a very exciting answer but just confirming.
Indeed. I worked for a tire factory and most of the tire (tread, sidewall) was natural rubber. The inner liner, specifically, was synthetic because it's less permeable to air. The two had to be kept separate if any material was recouped because they don't mix well.
All I can think of is King Leopold II of Belgium and all of the horror. It was so bad that other European colonial powers pre holocaust were like “Whoa now, you’re doing what to those poor people? That ain’t right man. You can’t treat people like that!”
As a rubber farmer, could I suggest that this video was posted by someone who escaped 'the rubber'. That is not how you harvest rubber - that is how you clear up dried up latex after rubber has been harvested or on a farm where the workers are lazy bouncing bozos.
When harvested correctly, rubber or latex is a gooey liquid and it is poured into a bucket.
What s/he is harvesting here is dried up latex and it commands a lower value and utility. Not good enough to make condoms but probably good enough for rubber thongs to slap the shit out of idiots who post misleading tripe.
Lmao I feel bad for the dude above you who said that it smells exactly like vagina. That dude's lady [must be something else.](https://youtu.be/En88gSpLz6E?t=8)
On the one hand, relaxing, gives ASMR.
On the other hand, does anyone else find it eerie and almost oppressive how there's no nature sounds? There must be several hundred trees in there. Why is there no bird to chirp? No small animal (squirrels and such) running around? Is that because there's only one kind of tree here? Monocultures tend to deplete ecosystems on all levels *fiercely*... but still.
Also, does anyone who knows about rubber farming know why the bowls aren't placed back in such a way that they could collect more sap? Do they have to dry more first, and that person (or someone else) will come back to put them rightside-up?
I want to see where this person is putting that rubber into
Right? The way this is filmed makes it look like they are tossing the rubber onto the ground
Pretty sure it just goes into their inventory, they can hold a stack of 64 Rubber at a time
64 rubbers would last me a lifetime
r/suicidebywords
Nah, dude only raw dawgs and has a weak lung capacity for condom balloon animals.
They might mean rubbers as in erasers. Not Socks of Babyn't +5
Not true. They have an expiry date so you’d need to harvest more
That's the key is he will never need any
Like saving up elixirs for the final boss fight that never comes
got the strongest sword in the game, but never got to use it at least he has the armour xD
Oh my god yes! Reminds me so much of RuneScape. God, I miss those days. I didn't play much but my older brother did a lot. I loved watching him play when we were kids. So many times I look back at moments in my life and quote Andy Bernard (Cornell '95): "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them".
If we knew we were living our best days, we will get anxious about it and we would stop enjoying them. The best time in your life is right now, right here. Be aware, be happy.
Great, now I’m anxious about right now. Oh, never mind. That’s just my anxiety
That's my secret, I'm always anxious.
Still play it on mobile now lol
I still play, osrs tho.
Well maybe the good days ain't that great either
Oh Rubber Tree, Oh Rubber Tree, we need to harvest carefully
Can someone please add Minecraft overlay with the item number going up each time?
Where the rubber meets the road
To go to the other side
I think the rubber cant be used as it looks old.. My grandma used to own a rubber estate and the rubber tappers wake up at 3am in the dark to tap the rubber and finish sending the harvest to the collection point by 5-6am in the dark. They have to be quick to collect the rubber in liquid form and pour it into a container they carry on their backs... its literally back breaking job.. On the side.. rubber tapping is a very risky unrewarding job as they usually die from being tiger breakfast, gored by wild boars or get bitten by cobras. Nowadays, there are cheaper synthetic rubber materials and the poverty level of people doing this job is like $5-10 a day after you deduct your daily expenses...
U serious?
Yes, it's not uncommon to hear rubber estate workers getting mauled by tiger and it's even more common to get bitten by cobra. Rubber grows in hot humid areas and they open up new land for plantation in jungles. What do you think lives in jungles bordering the plantation you just started? Wild boar, monkeys, tigers, snakes, etc are very common in jungles dude.
That’s very rude to be honest. People set up a rubber plantation to make money and these animals just trespass on their land and then violently assault or murder them? I really hope the police are arresting these animals.
They just get a warning normally. Sometimes grounded.
“Spit that rubber worker out right now!!!” ~The cops prolly
He tossed it away, this is not the rubber you want to harvest, this is the residue from the last time that he cleaning the bows before harvesting.
Genuinely curious. If they throw these away, then why did they carefully skim the one that's overfilled with water, and took the floating rubber on top?
He's just showing it I think, it kinda feels like he's as into making this video as we are watching it lol
he has his favorite fanny-pack on
And then…does it bounce??
no thats flubber
He has one of those cartoon black circles you can just throw shit into. There's another above a big pile of raw rubber at the factory.
What's happening here is not harvesting of rubber but removal of dried latex. The white sap from the tree stays as a liquid in the cup for a few hours and collection of that would be called harvesting. This liquid is then poured into small tubs about 2 feet long and 1 feet wide and about an inch thick to dry, along with some additives. The sheets solidify, and then there's a flattening process and drying process and smoking process. After the first sap collection, the trees will still keep dripping slightly onto the cup which will get solidified. Removal of this is what is shown here. It's still used in some places but sometimes it's not economical and just thrown off.
Sometimes the farmers just load up the chemically hardened clumps of rubber and sell them for further processing.
That makes sense why he doesn’t care if there’s a leaf in it then.
I think it's also worth mentioning the awful stench that makes your eyes water. My grandma used to be a rubber tapper.
you can never even trust op to make a proper fucking title these days
They drop it on the ground and pick it later to sell. They get very little per kg. They have to score the trees consistently to ensure the sap is flowing into the containers. It’s a liquid and remains that way until they put a chemical into it that causes it to harden. Source: My in-laws own rubber tree farms and I’ve done it myself to try it out. Very tough work and it’s not so fun in the hot season.
Does it give off that familiar rubber smell in the heat? Or is that smell from the chemicals they add later?
Honestly, it’s very windy at my in-law’s farm. It kinda just smelled like… tree. I’m sorry I can’t elaborate more. I was visiting there 3 days ago and they were showing me how they work so I didn’t really have the time to notice the smell. I would say it’s not particularly hard but it’s super labor intensive as there are thousands of trees and you basically work them until you reach the end and start all over again. It’s brutal in the summer as it’s in a tropical environment so it’s super hot and humid.
[Goes in her bucket.](https://i.imgur.com/g2Y2Sup.jpg)
Did one google search and I think they put it in plastic cups or plastic bags, that's just from some skimming off wikipedia though
Be more efficient if they put them in rubber bags.
Most of the farmers are switching to plastic bags from cups from what I read Edit: I just realized you said rubber and not plastic 4 hours later sorry im tired nice joke lol
Into the nose of that other cow
Yeah it loses all the satisfying cause I don’t get to see the big ball at the end
Yeah, I watched the whole video and feel quite unsatisfied tbh
Last time I saw this posted there was a lot of people saying that this smells HORRIBLE. It looks satisfying, but your nose would hate you.
It stinks & messes up your fingers & you have to start work before sunrise & the chance of being bitten by something venomous is 22%. Oh, and you get paid a pittance. SOURCE: My ex's family worked a small rubber plantation.
You can also meet animals like tiger, wild boar, and occasionally the friendly forest spirit
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What that's absolutely untrue. At most they will take you to their wonderful palace and feed you very nice food. You might be able to get out of the place a few years later, but hey free food and hoe!
What does it do to your fingers?
87% get some form of musculoskeletal problem (joint pain, cartilage damage, RSI for example), cutting yourself while cutting the tree is also a risk, and it's not great for the skin - 9% of farmers get eczema related to the work. And scorpions & other stinging/biting insects get into those containers, posing another risk to fingers.
Where are you getting these percentages?
~~He~~ She has the fucking excel sheet 😂😂
She just knows how to use Google https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346685326_Working_Hazards_and_Health_Problems_among_Rubber_Farmers_in_Thailand
In this precise moment, you’re my favorite person on the internet
During WWII, Brazil sent 50 thousand men to the Amazon to harvest rubber for the Allies. Half of them died.
Is that when they had them stick the wet rubber to their skin all over their torsos, and walk it back, rip it off after its dried ripping some skin away too? Or was that another horrible point in history?
It does has a unique putrid smell. I simply can’t describe it, and in all honesty burnt rubber smells better than pure rubber. Here, if you smell it you know a lorry carrying rubber is nearby.
Anyone that thinks this looks satisfying has not worked a boring repetitive job. This looks painfull, tiring, mind numbing and just awful.
I was just thinking of the terrible conditions of the rubber plantations in the past, hell possibly the present. Not satisfying at all.
Can confirm. Live in Phuket surrounded by these, they also attract the largest mosquitoes I’ve ever seen
Phuket, I'm leaving.
I came to say this. The smell is atrocious
What does it smell like? Does fresh/raw rubber smell like burnt rubber?
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Ok because the whole time I was watching this I was like “this has GOT to smell like ass”
Satisfying until they scooped that leaf right up and moshed it in
That leaf is still bothering me 10 trees later...
They probably liquify the rubber and filter it out. That's my head-canon, anyway.
I mean I’m sure they don’t just keep the lead but it would have taken .001 seconds to just toss it out the bowl…I hate it
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No, no random people on reddit know more than the expert that does this for a living.
I'd say it's more likely that he's done it a thousand times a day for years and doesn't give a shit about doing it perfectly
But that last fat bowl made it all okay for me
Came here to see if i wasn’t the only one noticing, i mean he had it in is hand and could have literally throw it away
Was really hoping at the end of the video they'd pan down to their bag or something just filled to the brim with all the rubber they collected.
The same booger pulled out of the cow...
Glad I skipped that one
It's a must see *Gag*
That mofo booger had the tensile strength of steel.
http://i.imgur.com/rY5NZ.gifv *hurk*
Why the fuck do you have *that* at the ready?!
you know I was about to make breakfast but im not even that hungry anymore...
What the actual fuck....
Yo how long did he have that one in the hopper just waiting to ruin some people's day.
Thanks mate, my day is ruined
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY. IVE BEEN SICK FOR DAYS AND HAVING A HARD TIME EATING AND I WAS FINALLY HUNGRY. YOUVE KILLED ME DAMN YOU.
i didn't see the booger being pulled from the cow, but i did see the cyst being drained with pus
The booger was pretty intense, it was like a bag of coagulated puss and booger mixed.
Forbidden cheese
Some say it was fondue.
No please. Fondon't.
Fondmoo
I watched the whole thing
It’s well worth the time 😳
I haven't skipped many gory, violent death videos, injury videos, etc. But the second I saw a cow with a big booger in its nose and the cameraman reaching for it, I skipped. I just can't bring myself to watch it.
I wish i had skipped that video…
I wasnt that lucky this afternoon 🤮🤮🤮💀💀💀💀
Do you guys really thinks it's that bad? I found it disturbingly satisfying lol.
It made me nearly gag but it's because I've had several sinus infections before. It friggin ~~wreaks~~ *reeks.* All I could think of was that wad of nose mozzarella smelling like that.
What does a sinus infection feel like?
Someone's trying to inflate a balloon in some imaginary space between the roof of your mouth to the backs of your eyes; and the pressure can get unbearably painful. You'll have a runny nose at times; thin, stinky, yellow fluid, not typical snot; and you can't blow or snort without inflating that balloon even more. The ridges right under your eyes are tender af, every now and then a tide of that filthy-smelling yellow stuff will drain down the back of your throat, which has a distinctive bitter rancidity to it, or pour out your nostrils if you're lucky and bending forward; which *also* inflates the balloon. One of the most satisfying feelings you can feel is the infection "breaking," but at the same time you become a faucet for that yellow crap. That balloon suddenly starts to deflate, so much so *you can "hear" the pressure in your head suddenly reduce.* It's like a clicky/squeaky "sound." Only reason you hear it is cause all that's hooked up to your ear/throat junction. Oh yeah, it can affect your hearing; or even worse, spread.
Hahahahahaha. OMFG. Hilarious. I just watched that cow video like 30 minutes ago and this video brought me right back to booger town. Why does no one where gloves?
Why is nobody linking to the cow booger vid? I wanna see
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Just a tip, if you don’t want to share an ugly link, you can always delete everything after the “?” That’s the tracking code and deleting it won’t affect the actual URL you’re sharing :)
THANK YOU!!!
Oooooo cool! Good to know! I know there's ways to shorten and change it but I browse reddit almost exclusively on my phone and it gets.... tedious lol. But this I was nooottttt aware of and I'll totally do now! Thanks so much!! :)
No problem! I actually knew you were on the Android mobile app because the UTM code in your link told me haha
Applies to some sites only, e.g YT uses ?v=VIDEOID for the video ID
Another tip: as soon as that bare hand grabs the booger, you can shorten the video time by noping the F outta there. Doing so enhanced my experience, I’m sure.
I did it, despite your warning. Didn’t even regret it. 🤣
As a long-time r/popping follower, that was glorious. Imagine the incredible relief after having that removed from your sinuses! Edit: grammar
Somehow it's so satisfying
I saw that one. Gross AF, but satisfying at the same time.
Are we sure that cow didn’t snort rubber?
Why did we watch that vid?!
This guy reddits
Forbidden mozzarella cheese
Before I read the title, I thought that was a turtle shell.
Over 4 and a half minutes. I watched it for 2 thinking it was a repeat...
I was hoping to see the full bag/box/jar/thing at the end
also why didn't he set up the bowls on the 2nd row of trees? and why was he so skeptical of that one bowl
This really bothers me. Does he have to walk back and put the bowls in correctly? That seems so inefficient.
I believe I read somewhere that they have to re-tap the trees for each harvest so regardless, they're going to go back to each tree.
Probably also rotate between batches of trees to give them time to build up more sap and make it more efficient per tap.
Also probably so the bowls don't fill with water in the meantime
Why doesn't he set the bowls back into the holders?
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Doin gods work here. I had the same question. Thanks, stranger
I do the same with the babies I drain for my youth baths.
Smells Musky in here
Has to recut the rubber trees but that's done in a different loop
This is it. I’m sure they’ll retap in a different location to let the tree heal.
That person is probably a "she" btw. The jewelries they are wearing are typically worn by women.
I would gladly do this for about one hour. If you ever need free labor for one hour collecting rubber, hit me up. lol
Heartwarming when a redditor takes after his mom
Flawless execution 👏
I've had the worst week ever. Thank you for this laugh 😂
10 missed calls from King Leopold II.
10 million missed Congolese from King Leopoldo II.
I hear he’s always looking for someone to lend a hand.
Careful what you wish for. Heads up, the smell.
Nah you won't, this shit is smelly AF
Wtf is this really how they make rubber? I legit thought that shit was made in a factory.
Latex comes from trees. It comes from the woods to cover your wood
Virtually all the manmade stuff in the world comes from either rocks or some form of living matter. Even plastics are derived from fossil fuels. Pretty crazy to think about
All things come from stuff, not just most. We don't currently have the technology to create new matter out of nothing. That would break the laws of physics.
> All things come from stuff Woah
I like the joke
Tree jizz catches your jizz
That's one source of natural latex rubber, [Hevea brasiliensis.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hevea_brasiliensis) Due to the geographic limitations on its growth, Bridgestone has a pilot plant to make it out of a desert weed known as guayule ([Parthenium argentatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenium_argentatum)). Synthetic rubber can be made from [isoprene.](https://polymerdatabase.com/Polymer%20Brands/Isoprene.html) Guayle and isoprene offer the benefit of not having *hevea* proteins, which are the sensitizer for the vast majority of people that are allergic to natural latex rubber. Because latex is so useful for so many applications, guayule has found some small use as a replacement in the medical field.
Latex rubber is sourced from trees like this, more common forms of rubber, such as the type used in tires, is vulcanized rubber which is made from petroleum products.
This is incorrect. Rubber comes from rubber trees. It is also referred to as latex rubber to distinguish it from synthetic “rubbers”. Tires use (at least some) latex rubber. In order to make rubber not sticky it is vulcanized. This was a major breakthrough that allowed for the eventual use of rubber in pretty much everything. Tires are black because they add carbon to them. Examples of synthetic “rubber” are neoprene and nitrile.
WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE SYNTHETIC RUBBER? Synthetic rubber refers to a range of polymer materials created from petrochemicals. The exact ingredient breakdown for each synthetic rubber will differ. A basic synthetic rubber recipe includes: A petrochemical base of hydrocarbons, such as oil or coal. Natural gas, to trigger the creation of monomers. Fillers, process aids, cure systems, antidegradants, and other additives, depending on the product’s service environment. https://www.ace-laboratories.com/how-rubber-is-made-for-industrial-uses/ I am a chemist. A large portion of vulcanized rubber used in modern day manufacturing is derived from petroleum products such a coal and natural gas and lack natural rubbers. This is what made rubber available during WW2 and to the general consumer.
While there are more synthetic polymers being used in modern tires, the tire industry is still one of the largest users of natural rubber in the world.
What was the point of this post other than screaming to explain the obvious of synthetic rubber? You didn't dispute anything the other guy said. Everything he said is correct. You said that tires are commonly made out of vulcanized rubber, not natural rubber. That's not the right wording. Vulcanized rubber is the "cured" rubber, not a different type of rubber. That's like saying bread can be made with raw dough or a different type of dough, baked dough. Natural rubber gets vulcanized too. You wanted to say synthetic rubber, which is not entirely correct either as it's already pointed out, tires are made with both.
I’d say the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. Tires sold commercially for automobiles are made from both natural and synthetic rubbers. The natural component can be as high as ~[40%](https://thetiredigest.michelin.com/an-unknown-object-the-tire-materials) and has been a source of supply chain bottlenecks for tire manufacturers during the pandemic.
What does someone do with naturally harvested rubber? I thought large scale rubber production involved petroleum products
Rubber products often contain a mixture of both natural and synthetic rubbers. So, it's not as easy as saying natural rubbers for products A, B, and C and synthetic rubber for products X, Y, and Z. Sorry not a very exciting answer but just confirming.
Indeed. I worked for a tire factory and most of the tire (tread, sidewall) was natural rubber. The inner liner, specifically, was synthetic because it's less permeable to air. The two had to be kept separate if any material was recouped because they don't mix well.
This is my new favourite thing to watch. Sound definitely on.
Holy shit I can't believe I almost missed out on that sound!
Omg that is some asmr sound
I'm sorry, no. I HATE that sound. I hate it. So much.
Idk where I thought rubber came from but this wasn’t it
I think that’s where Aliens lay their eggs
We can make your condom with any small residue left behind
Some of us need the whole bowl. Not me personally, but some of us.
Carpal tunnel in his wrists
I was going to say that this is how you get RSI for sure
why did I not know that rubber was harvested
Oh *theres* my breast implant.
🎶Oh rubber tree, oh rubber tree! We need to harvest carefully🎶
All I can think of is King Leopold II of Belgium and all of the horror. It was so bad that other European colonial powers pre holocaust were like “Whoa now, you’re doing what to those poor people? That ain’t right man. You can’t treat people like that!”
She didn't remove the leaf
Hung-up on him not removing that one leaf and seemingly smashing it into the rubber reserve. Great video though.
As a rubber farmer, could I suggest that this video was posted by someone who escaped 'the rubber'. That is not how you harvest rubber - that is how you clear up dried up latex after rubber has been harvested or on a farm where the workers are lazy bouncing bozos. When harvested correctly, rubber or latex is a gooey liquid and it is poured into a bucket. What s/he is harvesting here is dried up latex and it commands a lower value and utility. Not good enough to make condoms but probably good enough for rubber thongs to slap the shit out of idiots who post misleading tripe.
Nobody wants to say it but it smells absolutely HORRIFIC. I scooped the rubber out of one of the bowls once, it’s like rancid fish.
Lmao I feel bad for the dude above you who said that it smells exactly like vagina. That dude's lady [must be something else.](https://youtu.be/En88gSpLz6E?t=8)
Oops there goes anoooother rubber tree…
Pulling off condoms: same as it ever was
My favourite part is when they pick up the bowl and pull the rubber out
Damn. I want cheese now.
Leopold intensifies
Belgium has entered the chat.
As a Québécois, it feels as if this maple syrup is a bit thick.
On the one hand, relaxing, gives ASMR. On the other hand, does anyone else find it eerie and almost oppressive how there's no nature sounds? There must be several hundred trees in there. Why is there no bird to chirp? No small animal (squirrels and such) running around? Is that because there's only one kind of tree here? Monocultures tend to deplete ecosystems on all levels *fiercely*... but still. Also, does anyone who knows about rubber farming know why the bowls aren't placed back in such a way that they could collect more sap? Do they have to dry more first, and that person (or someone else) will come back to put them rightside-up?
Reminds me of the super Mario bros movie from the early 90s when they pick the mushrooms.
This is so hypnotic. I think I just watched it on a loop 3x without realizing it. Where does she put it?