Not sure if anyone's pointed this out, but when the UK guy said Smarties they showed the US smarties, which are similar to what we call "Refreshers" here. Our Smarties are chocolate in a hard candy shell, similar to M&Ms.

@danceswithferrets

Жыл бұрын

Only smarties have the answer!

@MsKaz1000

Жыл бұрын

I thought they look like Swizzles my favourite sweet/candy to have in the cinema are Chewits or Fruittella

@zoeadams2635

Жыл бұрын

@@MsKaz1000 Refreshers are by Swizzles 😊

@Stormyweld05

8 ай бұрын

​@@danceswithferretsThey had a better answer when they were in the round tubes with plastic 'popping' lids. I miss those. ☹️

@neilmcdonald9164

6 ай бұрын

Uk smarties are large m and ms without the "M" on them🎩

Americans think it's "gross" we butter our sandwiches but slather their popcorn in butter. You silly things, you.

@pem...

Жыл бұрын

I only learnt that the other day 🤯

@SerenitySoonish

Жыл бұрын

Wait what they don't butter sandwiches?!

@DADYOFDEATH2

Жыл бұрын

@@SerenitySoonish how do they not put butter on bread also im pretty sure cineimas used to use real butter on popcorn but it got banned or restricted because it gave people food poisoning

@Dan_druft

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but US butter is rank

@gregorybiestek3431

Жыл бұрын

Not gross, just very, very odd like with a lot of very strange things you do. We like our buttered popcorn, so please just stay away on your little island and try not to bother your betters.

In Britain 🇬🇧 we go to the cinema to see films, we go to theatres to see plays, musicals etc.

@DuncanHolland

8 ай бұрын

Except when we go to the pictures.

@vickytaylor9155

Ай бұрын

Let’s not start a northern versus southern debate.

I used to work in a cinema, and one time an American tourist asked for buttered popcorn and I was so confused. "What? Buttered? What do you mean? Huh? No? It's sweet, salted or mixed, what other way is there?" and he seemed just as confused at my confusion

No we don’t have buttered popcorn in the U.K., we only have sweet and salted.

@elemar5

Жыл бұрын

With the brand name Butterkist.

@lisasun5609

Жыл бұрын

We can buy it in the packets though- in the shops

@gregorybiestek3431

Жыл бұрын

As with most things in life you have your little quirky ways that only the British keep doing, different from the rest of us. The only reason most Americans or even Canadians even go to a movie is to enjoy the buttered popcorn, many people people in the US don't go more than a couple times a year anymore.

@Trebor74

Жыл бұрын

And sweet/salted mix. Which started as a way to empty the popcorn heaters

@davidz2690

4 ай бұрын

@@gregorybiestek3431 everywhere is different, simple minded uncultured swine

The idea of butter on popcorn goes through me... that's vile, hands in the popcorn, butter all over your fingers... touching the chairs, the door handles... that's vile!

@gregorybiestek3431

Жыл бұрын

Then please DO NOT come to America. We want our stuff, the way we like thank you and would much prefer it if you just stay away.

Yes they are both milk chocolate. The Mars chocolate company in the U.K. are Cadbury’s rival. They are in constant competition with each other to produce chocolate snacks that people will constantly buy. I must say those Galaxy Minstrels are really nice.

We have toffee popcorn over here though.

I remember as a kid my mum cooking me hot dogs wrapped in tinfoil to sneak into the cinema, when i went to see Grease, at the time it was £1 for adults 50p for kids to see a movie to buy a hot dog was 25p so different now.......ah growing up in the 70's did have some great times the world was so much simpler then..........

@margoakley2345

Жыл бұрын

My friend’s sister used to bring a half bottle of vodka in her handbag to the cinema!

In the UK we're allowed to take our own drinks and snacks into the cinema 😊

You don't butter your sandwiches and you think we are weird for not putting it on popcorn.

We used to have butter, but it was horrible to clean up everyday 😅 many cases of cinemas not even bothering 😂😂😂

Cinema food is normally twice as much as we would buy the in a shop

If I wanted to take a family of 4 to an odeon, each get a large popcorn and drink, that would cost me approximately £110 or $140 which for me is a ⅓ of a weeks take home pay.

@faithpearlgenied-a5517

Жыл бұрын

Crikey where do you live!? At our local cinema it's 12 quid for an adult, 6 for kids. Popcorn £5 and drink around 5 as well. Would only cost just over £75 in total (which is still ridiculous)

I loved your reaction to UK theaters having alcohol on the menu. You'd freak out when you saw that McDonald's has beer on offer (including as an option for the McMenu) in Belgium.

I do find the puzzlement in your face amusing when you find out that we butter our sandwiches, and we don't butter our popcorn ^^ We feel the same way when you don't butter your sandwiches (maniacs!) and drizzle what looks like thickened... something that shall not be named on your popcorn ^^

That manky 'butter' gloop you guys put all over your popcorn looks completely gross and a heart attack waiting to happen. We don't do that, stop doing that! My fave popcorn is sweet and salted combo.

@IncubiAkster

Жыл бұрын

Thats pretty much any american food you think is the same in the UK. Take the UK varient, and add lots of extra nasty preservatives and processed fats that can't be considered food.

@jameslewis2635

Жыл бұрын

Going by the other UK/US food comparisons I have seen we probably don't get the butter flavouring because it contains something nasty that doesn't pass our food safety standards.

@wallythewondercorncake8657

Жыл бұрын

​@@jameslewis2635I'd imagine it's probably just flavoured vegetable oil

@gregorybiestek3431

Жыл бұрын

Sorry but we will absolutely keep having the buttered stuff! Most Americans only go to a movie to have the buttered popcorn, which is the only place we can get it. Otherwise we stay home with sweet kettle corn, spicy corn, cheese corn, etc. If you don't like it, fine just stay on your little island and don't bother us

@Mystic_Void

9 ай бұрын

@@gregorybiestek3431The butter on the popcorn looks like it had springfield nuclear waste tipped all over it. Wouldnt suprise me if it also glows in the dark.

It used to be banned to bring in your own snacks in the UK, but a few years ago I was stunned to find that you could. They just ban bringing in hot food and alcohol near me.

@Jimmy_Jones

Жыл бұрын

I think they would rather people come and buy a drink. At least they can make some money that way. I imagine it's tough to just get the numbers through the door nowadays. So any money is good.

@wallythewondercorncake8657

Жыл бұрын

Idk if this is the case everywhere, but my local Odeon sells alcohol

@carlena4300

Жыл бұрын

I think it depends on the cinema. There is an independent one in LGC who search your bags, if they find any food they ask you to store the bags in a little room!

@wallythewondercorncake8657

Жыл бұрын

@@wobaguk Yh, I commented before I got to the alcohol part of the video

@wallythewondercorncake8657

Жыл бұрын

@@carlena4300 What's LGC?

We used to have buttered popcorn, they used to pump it on, but it disappeared from cinemas like a decade ago You can buy some brands of microwave popcorn that are butter flavour, they're the best

@no-oneinparticular7264

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of that at all, and I'm 70. Must have been a regional thing?

@lisasun5609

Жыл бұрын

A long time ago you could buy toffee popcorn you microwave at home. They don’t sell it anymore. Must of caused to many burn injuries 😂

@delbarker8095

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of that either just salted or sweet and butterkist toffee

Blows my mind that UK Odeon doesn't have buttered popcorn. Went to an Odeon last month, here in Ireland and they asked if I wanted butter. Of course I said yes. I feel like I need an extra drink if I didn't have the butter

@LuvNickynGina4ever

Жыл бұрын

Yup, i haven't been to the cinema recently but growing up here in ireland, i always remembered having buttered popcorn

@reactingtomyroots

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, so the Irish theaters do have buttered popcorn. I'm shocked at all the people in the comments that think buttered popcorn would be gross. As someone who has ate both plain and buttered popcorn, buttered is the only way to eat it.

@smiley9872

9 ай бұрын

@@reactingtomyrootsalways butter popcorn for me in Ireland

For a long time I believed you couldn't take your own snacks into a UK cinema but they don't care, I do it all the time now, much much cheaper

@Trebor74

Жыл бұрын

Cinemas do not make a profit on the film's. They're kept in business purely by the concessions

@coaster_dad

Жыл бұрын

@@Trebor74 no doubt. I’m still not going to pay those silly prices when I can take in my own snacks 🤷‍♂️ I went last night with stuff from the supermarket.

@RickyT15

6 ай бұрын

I believe it actually use to be but they stopped checking and just allowed it over time.

Steve, our normal popcorn is unbuttered.

Never tasted popcorn with butter in it. Butter flavour, yes, (a powder) but not with actual butter. We're allowed to bring our own snacks in, although they of course would prefer you'd buy theirs. I love pic'n'mix because then you get a bit of everything without giving myself diabetes...

I went to a cinema in NYC and the popcorn came plain and there was a 'butter' tap for you to add your own. The japanese have interesting popcorn flavours at their cinemas including toffee orange, strawberry, BBQ and hot and spicy, you can even get churros!

I don't buy food and drink at the cinema, way too expensive! I get my own stuff from the shops before hand and take that in. How much does it cost to see a film in the US? At our Vue cinemas, it's £4.99 - at least it was the last time I went a few months ago.

@andyjdhurley

Жыл бұрын

Last time I went to our cinema it was £9, that was a year or so ago so probably over £10 now. Yes, we tend to take our own snacks but that is partly as my wife has a lot of allergies and can't eat any of the options available. We usually just get a drink and call it a day.

@lottie2525

Жыл бұрын

@@andyjdhurley You had me doubting myself, so I went and checked, yeah, Vue really is only £4.99. Wow, bargain :)

We had buttered popcorn when i was younger in the cinema's in the UK

When I was a kid (so long, long ago now) we would have a Saturday matinee at the cinema. they would show a main film and a couple of shorts like Zorro or Charlie Drake, maybe some cartoons and probably something from The Children's Film Foundation. It was a great day out for kids to get away from their parents for a while.

@missmerrily4830

Жыл бұрын

I can still remember the song we all sang in ABC cinemas, with the singing led by the long-suffering cinema manager who had to stand in front of the screen and endure the whole thing being pelted with bits of popcorn and anything else handy. (He must have dreaded Saturday mornings!) Huge fun but completely manic. There were teen 'monitors' who did nothing but add to the general sense of confusion and mayhem! The song? 'We are the boys and girls all known as, minors of the ABC, and every Saturday all line up, to see the films we like and shout aloud with glee. We like to laugh and have a sing-song, such a happy band are we, we're all pals together, we're minors of the ABC!

@LowPlainsDrifter60

9 ай бұрын

We used to call that Saturday Morning Pictures & yes, it got my sister a I out from under my mum's feet for 3 hours. It cost 6d each. How times have changed.

My first job here in the UK was when I was 17 in a cinema. Although very rare, you CAN in some old school cinemas get butter but as time goes on its less and les likely. Mainly because we have the sweet version as well as salted as I don't think sweet popcorn is a thing in the US. Likewise it's the same for store bought popcorn, you just wouldn't be able to buy popcorn butter or put it on at home

They used to police people coming into the cinema with food when I was younger but nowadays here in London (Wimbledon) I just pop Into Morrison's supermarket right next door and buy all my snacks (except the drink for some reason 😂) and then stroll in like its picnic time 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also as an adult there's one thing I miss in cinemas that I had as a kid and that's someone coming round halfway through selling ice-cream! 😋 😅

I can't think of anything worse to do to popcorn than making it all soggy and greasy with melted butter. Popcorn should be salt and sugar and nothing else.

I'm from the UK and in 2005 we went to visit our friends in Idaho. While there we went to see a Harry Potter film at the cinema and I was horrified to find butter popcorn, plus an option for extra butter. My husband was keen to try it, which he enjoyed. I, however, had one mouthful and felt like I have a layer of wax coating the inside of my mouth. So weird... and gross! 🤢

I dread to think what is in that "butter"

One old cinema in West Yorkshire has a bar at the back of the room where they’d pour you a pint of beer to take back to your seat.

@HomeCookingSpain

10 ай бұрын

My kind of cinema👍

OMG! Those Nachos are unbelievably disgusting! I had them last year in the US, whilst on holiday. The cheese sauce tasted like molten plastic! 😩

Why on earth would you put butter on popcorn 🤮🤮

I used to work in an Aussie cinema and we never had butter on it either. In fact, I’ve never had buttered popcorn in my life. In Australia, the recommended daily allowance of real butter is one teaspoon per day.

I remember watching a TV proframme where they explained the exploitation of cinema food. One pence to make a potion of popcorn which would then be sold for a 3000% markup

You can't get Dasani Water here in the UK, they were bottling tap water in the bottles, like Del Boy in Only Fools & Horses, didn't end well for Dasani...

23:23 You can normally get chocolate covered peanuts, and sometimes chocolate covered brazils, as a pick and mix option. (UK)

I never ate anything at the cinema. I went to watch the film, and I didn't need food.

@pem...

Жыл бұрын

Just beer👍🏻

@ladykaycey

Жыл бұрын

I'm totally with you there! Lol

@LowPlainsDrifter60

9 ай бұрын

Have your dinner before you go, stuff your face with cinema goodies while watching the film & then get a McDonalds or takeaway on the way home. 🙄

Hey Steve - II love watching your videos, and I just wanted to give you a tip: I notice you often pause the videos, (sometimes because you didn't catch a word for example) and often try and rewind using the scroll bar at the bottom. Did you know you can just press the left arrow key to rewind 5 seconds? So, you can double tap for 10 seconds and so on. I hope this helps for future videos! Keep up the good work!

If you think the cinema hot dog is bad, in the UK we also have pre made hot dogs that you heat up in the microwave, bun and all.

Wine gums are called that because they used to have different wines in them.

I worked at a local multiplex in the UK. Don't eat anything that does not come pre packaged. Some of the stuff we sold to people I wouldn't give to a farm pig.

@reactingtomyroots

Жыл бұрын

That's good to know. LOL :)

I'm fascinated by hearing how Joe says "Costa coffee". We say it "cost a coffee" and to my ears he's saying "Coast a coffee"

@DuncanHolland

8 ай бұрын

Almost as bad as 'cosmos'. 'Kazmowse' No no 'cosmos'. 'Kazmowse' Forget it.

Toffee popcorn is my fave! When I make popcorn at home, I will sometimes put butter and sugar on mine tbh.

Goobers are what we call 'Poppets' here, they are choc covered raisin and peanuts Yes at some big chains you can buy alcohol, we also have bougie chain cinenas (Everyman is one) that have table service to your cinema chair!

We sneak are own drinks and snacks in the cinemas lol 😅

They tried to prevent people bringing their own food into British Movie Theatres and there was a court case in which the Odeons were basically told they had no legal right to do so

When we make popcorn at home we put in approx one teaspoon of toil in pan before covering the bottom of pan with the corn then it’s heated up but you can make popcorn without any fat too

Here in the UK our top brand of popcorn is called ' Butterkist' speaks for itself.

Looking forward to the next one 👍🏼

I make my own popcorn, then give it a spritze of oil (sunflower usually) and then it goes in a bowl where I add flavourings, eg cayenne pepper or garlic salt. the oil helps the flavour to stick to the corn.

We used to have AMC cinemas in the UK in the late 80's, early 90's then I think they were bought out by odeon or some other UK company. Butter on popcorn was common at those AMC but that seemed to stop when they went, and also probably due to health concerns , as it was a really sickly thing to eat, I always felt like vomiting when the butter ran down my throat!

19:30 when I was a teen (15 years ago) they used to search your bags to check for food/drinks. These days they are not allowed (or just don't care anymore) to and everyone more or less brings their owns food. Personally I like buttered popcorn but I couldn't imagine eating it at a cinema. Home for sure, because I can wash my hands.

I once went to the cinema in the UK on a blind date and because I didn't like her within 5 minutes, but could tell she liked me, to drop a hint I asked if they did garlic popcorn. 😂

There's a lovely cinema in Bristol called The Everyman that has armchairs and sofas (sort of), and they'll bring a glass of wine and a freshly made pizza to your seat at the start of the film. It's expensive but worth it for a treat.

@reactingtomyroots

Жыл бұрын

That's sounds like a nice way to see a movie. :)

We used to I remember when I was a kid, we still have butterkist but I've noticed its sweet but not buttery like it used to be, I had some today

Ice blasts are the best! All the cups are empty, just showing for size comparison as it’s a frozen drink.

I’ve never heard of butter on popcorn , we absolutely do not have that ( except our best selling cinema brand is called “ butterkist “ but it’s like a toffee on the popcorn ) .

One brand of UK popcorn I love is Butterkist, and also toffee flavoured. I hate savoury popcorn

Haha no we don't top our corn with chocolate buttons! Though one of my favourite flavour combos, is Walkers (lays) salt and vinegar crisps with a smashed up galaxy ripple in there. So now you got me thinking lol 🤔

Thats not butter 😉 Ive not been to the cinema in decades. Noisy people using phones isnt my idea of fun. When i did go food was irrelevant, i was going to watch a film. If i wanted a meal id go to a restaurant.

Fun fact. Costa Coffee originally started as the Whitbread Brewery. The breweries no longer exists, although their beers are brewed by others today.

@paulgallacher5384

Жыл бұрын

I was once having a pint of Whitbread and it had a weird smell. I looked at the woman next to me and said "hawl.. You fart in ma whitbread?" She said " naw.. i'm tessa sanderson".. I'm here all night..

Tango blast is fire 🔥 Haven't had one in years so im craving one now 😂

Vegetarian/vegan population is growing rapidly in the uk Almost all menus at eateries have some vegetarian/vegan options as do the vast majority of food stores Also when buying coffees you have a choice of milks regular, almond, soy etc

You've only been to buy alcohol at cinema in the uk in maybe the last 2 years. Before that it wasn't available at any cinema in the uk that i know of.

In Australia we have butter in popcorn both in the theatre and in shop.

We get nacho cheese sauce like what you'd get with taco bell (I have one here in Yorkshire) Really funny reaction. I love these guys too. Look up their 'food tours' series where they take each other around favourite places to eat, in each others respective countries

Dasani water was banned in the uk and may still be due to it coming out of a tap and then bromide was then found in the bottles themselves.

That 'butter' actually consists of a seasoning called flavacol (salt and colouring, hence the yellow) plus a 'butter flavoured topping' (why not use actual butter - just a suggestion....🤷🏽‍♀️). The 'butter flavoured topping' is an oil that mimics the taste of butter and is made with a cocktail of chemicals such as beta carotene, polydimethylsiloxane, which is a silicon polymer, tertiary butyhydroquinone (an antioxidant but you can look up the dangers of eating that stuff), and hydrogenated soybean oil (a trans-fatty acid). Are you sure you want to be eating that let alone feeding it to your children...? Personally, I'd rather stick with the UK version. Thanks but no thanks 🤢🤮👎🏼

@Trebor74

Жыл бұрын

There's a disease called "popcorn lung" which developed in the workers making the "butter" flavouring

@LowPlainsDrifter60

9 ай бұрын

The agrochemical industry has a finger in every pie in the US.

Odeon nachos with the cheese when it's hot is amazing. We definitely have costa at my local odeons the large one at the metrocentre had the actual costa shop in it and the Durham odeon has a very swish auto coffee machine

Yes we have put butter (real) on our personal home made popcorn..

Our popcorn makers that you can buy in the UK, in the shops, supermarkets, online ( where you can also buy, the on the stove, popcorn cooker, with the stirring handle, on the lid.). are electric and air pop, the popcorn.

Hi Steve, just found your channel today, watched quite a few of you videos and love your enthusiasm for the UK. You have a lot of questions, I can probably help answer some of those. Happy to chat if you want to learn about this funny little island.

@reactingtomyroots

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jolly. I do love this journey of learning about your side of the pond.

Popcorn with butter is wild to me, especially in the cinema- don't your hands get all greasy and then you're picking up cups and touching stuff lmao just sounds unpractical idk

@LuvNickynGina4ever

Жыл бұрын

They do give you alot of napkins to help with greasy fingers

@chi6801

Жыл бұрын

@@LuvNickynGina4ever fair enough haha

There are two main brands who make sweets and chocolate. We have Cadbury’s and Mars. They both make milk and dark chocolate

The crunchy bit inside a Malteesers is small pellets of dough like mixture placed in a low pressure container which forces bubbles into the mixture to expand making the pellets larger. Then the pellets are coated in chocolate and polished.

@cocoaicci_

10 ай бұрын

Its malt, not dough. You know the Ovalteen powder? That, but crunchy/crispy

I really want to try the buttered popcorn. It sounds like a real treat 😁

@reactingtomyroots

Жыл бұрын

You absolutely should try it. Place your popcorn in a bowl, pour a small amount of melted butter over the popcorn, salt the popcorn and then shake it up with a covered lid until well mixed. I'm not a huge popcorn fan, but it's definitely enjoyable every once in a while.

@jcbrookbanks1755

Жыл бұрын

butterkist do microwave butter popcorn in supermarkets. i’m from the uk and practically grew up on it - it’s really good!

We do have Buttered...but we do sweet or slated!

New subscriber here. INTERESTING fact our cinema was used in the movie THE ATONEMENT. KEIRA KNIGHTLY AND HAMES MCAVOY..now have a new cinema where the old one was.on the sea front. Inside have a bar and a proper restaurant upstairs. We are super lucky as it's just at the bottom of our road..

We could hardly afford to go to the pictures(movies) so when we did it was a treat, but we took our own snacks with us, smuggled in under our coats

It's often more common to have some people smuggling in Alcohol than buy it. In most cases, the booze is terrible and EXPENSIVE.

Dasani Water lmfao. They tried that in the UK and when people learned it's tap water, we pretty much laughed them out of the country.

As a kid in Scotland we usedto melt butter and Golden syrup, we would poor this mixture on Popcorn, SSSOOooo good lovely andwarm also sticky.

I just want to say that we can get butter popcorn in the UK. in fact ASDA sells the microwave ones in butter, sweet, or salted

We also have toffee popcorn from the supermarket why pay them prices. We used to stock up with popcorn sweets drinks, from the supermarket and take it in underneath a coat or in a bag. Yes that imitation butter popcorn i wonder if it glows in the dark ? Plutonium comes to mind lol 😂😂😂

I love the fact that americans take popcorn, a healthy snack and then throw BUTTER on it.

Maltesers are chocolate covered malt balls.

ive never heard anyone pronounce jalapenos the way he did

I went to see Vice at the independent cinema above Croydon library, and I had a white wine that I could take into the theatre

I love Costa coffee and think it beats Starbucks hands down BUT the caffeine measurement is (I believe) way more than Starbucks I used to get a large cappuccino every morning when I was at work but had to cut down to one or two a week because it was affecting my stomach but it’s sooooo good 🤷🏼‍♀️

We are sneaky in the UK. So the price of sweets in the UK cinema is 3 times more than in our local supermarkets, so we put food in our pockets or rucksacks. Me and my husband buy a meal deal at our local Sainsbury’s (a sandwich,bag of crisps, and a drink) and put it into our pockets or bags to avoid the horrendous costs of buying food at the cinema. We even get points on our loyalty cards when we go to our local cinema, which means if we go and see 3 films we get,a free bucket of popcorn! And since covid, our cinema has reduced the price of tickets across the board. We now have seat’s that recline and are further apart! And we get free parking. Our local council charges something called council tax for local businesses. This means that the closer you are to the centre of town, the more you pay. So our business have moved cinemas to the outskirts of towns and cities. We also have things called industrial estates. So this is an area where local businesses can work without the horrendously high taxes of towns and cities. So you can visit a vet, get your car serviced, buy food goods from abroad ( we have in Peterborough a massive Indian, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian and Armenian people’s) without paying city centre prices. There are 74 different languages spoken in Peterborough. A truly multicultural city which I love but unfortunately I am among the few xx

Disney's WISH not long came out recently, maybe you could go watch that together with Sophia and Lyndsay 😊

They never stop us from bringing in our own food or drinks in the UK

I can't relate to any of this, the last film i've seen in the cinema was Terminator 2. I found out i had Epilepsy not long after so being in a dark room with a lot of flashing images isn't good for me. For those who don't understand how much flashing actually happens, sit in a dark room and "watch" something with your eyes closed, you'll see how muck "flashing" happens

Didnt see Revels i got.them at the cinema last time. That is a combination of coffe, toffee, rasians, chocolate and orange balls all together in 1 bag 21:48

My local cinema has a vegan café and a bar. There are also speciality pop corn like Canadian bacon and maple syrup or wasabi and lime

When I make popcorn at home I cook it in ghee to give it some buttery flavour, then top with whatever, caramel syrup is good for a sweet hit.

No we don’t have butter on popcorn in the UK….. We don’t like to have greasy fingers in the UK. The sandwich was invented because some guy did not want to get greasy fingers 😂