Fact Fiend - That Time Breaking Bad Had To Make It's Own Poison Tequila

[@godofsquirrels494]

Ill drink when this channel dies

[@FactFiend]

So will I. A toast to half a decade where myself and some of my closest friends got paid to hang out and entertain literally millions of people. It’ll be bittersweet sure, but will allow me to take a well earned break and finally enjoy the fruits of the success I had during that time. Thanks for the kind thoughts. - Karl.

[@evanlinden4410]

@@FactFiendObnoxious OP aside, I hope you’re not planning to end the channel soon

[@DesidiosumCorporosumHominis]

Stay strong my friend, I know it's difficult when one of your favourite content creators decides to end their channel but you shouldn't let your depression drive you to drink. I'm sure you probably have friends and family that will support you through tough times. I know alcohol can be appealing, numb the pain, but it's only a crutch at best. No matter how much you consume it will never fill that void in your life. I hope all the best for you and that you'll find joy and self fulfilment in your own life instead of relying on others to provide your happiness.

[@ericmalikyte885]

@@FactFiend May it not end any time soon.

[@devinodonnell]

"I'll drink when this channel dies" -- don't assume malice, as it could also be read as "It'll be a sad day if this channel does die, and if that happens I'll have a drink to commemorate it", but that doesn't mean the OP is actively seeking or wishing for that outcome.

[@TheGilgameshLore]

This feels like the episode of Pokemon that caused seizures and Porygon was blamed even though Pikachu's attack did it

[@robertnorman2815]

Literally just watched a video about banned Pokemon episodes

[@Crocogator]

i love how he'll always remind us that he was a bartender. that shot glass flip was perfect.

[@ericmalikyte885]

Cheeky Brad: "But did Tr*mp really lose? I've heard all these stories that he didn't lose." Karl: "This drink is fantastic: (Translation: not touching that fucken subject with a 30-meter pole)."

[@stephaniec9539]

I giggled hehe

[@ZachHixsonTutorials]

Lol, as an American was like "holy shit, I don't think Brad realizes he's about to absolutely destroy the comment section," before Karl cut him off. He was probably joking, but there's a chance he's just a bit unplugged from politics and thinks there was a legitimate confusion over who won based on the little he's heard.

[@misirtere9836]

@@ZachHixsonTutorials As an australian, he's obviously saying it sarcastically ya bloody lemon

[@ZachHixsonTutorials]

@@misirtere9836 I'd hope so, but I've been shocked too many times realizing halfway through a conversation "wait... This person's actually serious," where I can't completely disregard stuff like that anymore.

[@ericmalikyte885]

@@ZachHixsonTutorials Brad's not one of those people, though.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

05:30 I've had constant migraines since the mid 90s. One of the major effects is nausea and so I'm no stranger to vomiting. Since watching this scene years ago, like Walter, I have adopted Gus's towel technique.

[@BadTwin]

This great video sums up that saying... Zero publicity is BAD publicity.

[@reichstein011]

On the bit about taste, there are 3 points I have heard that contribute to "acquired taste". 1. What Kyle said (taste buds die off as you age) 2. If you keep consuming something, your brain will reduce the proportional taste of negative aspects. 3. Cold reduces the perceived flavour. So using a beer as a common example, the flavour gets reduced as you age, becomes less bitter if you keep drinking it regularly, and is somewhat muted when really cold.

[@ganaceable]

"I'll try not to spoil anything" immediately after spoiling Gus' death.

[@FactFiend]

This is why I added a spoiler warning in the intro, spoilers were inevitable for this one 😂 - Lucas

[@Chalepastel]

the show started in 2008, grow up

[@mrgrimrjs]

Telling people to grow up lol

[@roddan0038]

I so want a strean when Trymp dies where everyone just drinks talks shit and has a good time

[@toast99bubbles]

I've known of this for years, but it always reminds me of Doctor Strange and I think you did a video on it, where most car companies didn't want to be thecar where Benedict Cumberbatch almost died in, even though it wasn't the car's fault, but Dr Strange's bad attention to what he was doing.

[@tntkff9901]

"Companies don't want anything negative mark their products." God I miss the 90's commercials: Slim Jim: Macho Man blows shit up Hawaiian Punch: guy gets knocked the fuck out Sega Saturn: Segata Sanshiro Capri Sun: "respect the pouch, Respect it!" Basically the method of advertising was "Buy our product or we'll beat the shit out of you!"

[@raymondparisza5094]

The thing about “taste” is that most of it comes from smells. Taste buds can only detect six “tastes” (salt, sweet, bitter, sour,savory, and umami)which is why food has less/no taste when you are congested. Having less taste buds actually allows you to pick out the nuances and flavors that are otherwise overpowered by the main six. So as your taste buds die, you can taste more

[@FriscoFlame]

Talking about companies being pissed about their products killing people...Peloton got pretty pissed about the show "Billions" have a character having a heart attack on their bike...which was also a month after a Peloton Heart Attack killed Mr Big on the Sex and the City reboot 😂

[@darceymcfarlane9925]

In season 5 episode 10 of better call Saul, don eladio meets nacho vargo and talks with lalo Salamanca and he’s not by the pool but that’s the only episode

[@MadSproute]

I had a drink when Thatcher died too! But it wasn't alcohol... I had a glass of milk...

[@devinodonnell]

I mean, one of the nicknames I heard for Tequila while growing up was _literally_ "Te-kill-ya" so this is a bit odd that they didn't sign off as it's not a "new" perception on the parts of the public.

[@danieloconnell695]

Recently Peloton took a huge stock hit after Big had a heart attack riding one in the Sex and the City reboot.

[@chloebarnett4216]

So what you're saying is everyone in chat should buy Olmeca and make sure they know FactFiend sent us in the hope they send you a case. Gotcha!

[@JPriz416]

The smoothest drink I ever had was a shot of Louis the X111 Cognac.

[@jessehenson8923]

Gonna have some Tullamore and an Indica heavy hybrid when he dies.

[@AdviceGinger]

Not sure if you know this one, but the brand Old Forrester actually made a Statesman Whiskey for a limited run to go along with Kingsman 2. It's hit or miss.

[@j-bob_oreo]

drink not with thine enemy - klingons

[@Altitudes]

I want to say for the record that my Dad used to let me have a sip of his beer when I was a kid and I always loved it, so today I learned I appreciate beer the most.

[@Altitudes]

Tequila is one of those things I only drink when I really shouldn't be having another drink.

[@JPriz416]

Tequila companies made a grave mistake not allowing their product to be in that scene.

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

My favorite kind of alcohol is this kind of mead I found at a Christmas market. The year I found it I basically used it as a Christmas calendar and drank a bit of it every day until Christmas Eve. But that market did not survive after lockdown and there wasn’t enough information on the bottle, so I haven’t been able to find it since.

[@Irish381]

Poison in the Tylenol caused a massive loss of stock market value in the company, so of course Jose Cuervo other companies were not going to risk their brand reputation.

[@SolracLegacy]

but those were also murders that actually happened back in the 80s that caused for a change in legislature that required that companies have anti-tampering seals. I don't think that's quite the same as seeing a product on TV.

[@Irish381]

@@SolracLegacy UPS had first dibs for the movie Castaway, starring Tom Hanks, but the idea of a UPS aero plane blowing up, was NOT a a good look for the company. So FedEX bought the rights for the movie.

[@Irish381]

@@SolracLegacy Also it was a voluntary decision to make ALL medicine bottles tamper proof. But then the FDA approved the decision and made it mandatory for all pill bottles.

[@thunderfist232]

Also how the sales of Corona beer was affected during the COVID just because they had a similar name

[@Irish381]

@@thunderfist232 I found the Corona Beer was okay, but rather amusing about it being not bought because it had the same name.

[@Deadman_4679]

Wish I could drink when Maggie snuffed it but ay well can drink now, I'll be sure to drink when the next knob goes feet up.

[@MovieTV-e3v]

I didn’t no that’s how the clinking became a custom *that’s dope!*

[@L33tSkE3t]

You can’t drink the alcohol in liquor ads in the U.S. either

[@Marx1684]

5:13 Thank you. Still learning on the channel. Didn’t know that bit about hitting the glasses together.

[@thomasgrinde2971]

I would totally make an add of my brand of alcohol killing a cartel leader, and say something like «Poisoning the cartel since 1994»

[@larskjar]

The tequila that killed the cartel don might also have unfortunate consequences if you do most of your business in Mexico. I mean some cartels are know to be quite thin skinned.

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

I have trouble finding a tequila that goes down as smooth as Clase Azul Tequila Reposado (it's the white and blue bottle with the bell at the top) -- but it's damn too expensive to drink casually. So much thanks to Karl to providing us with the name of an alternative tequila to try out! Here's hoping I can hunt some down over here.

[@zachverser9879]

Number Juan is a good replacement for clase

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

Thanks much; I'll check 'em out!@@zachverser9879

[@proctorpiff8235]

Hornidos

[@leannkennett905]

Walter didn’t melt someone down in a bathtub. Walter told Jessy to get a specific type of plastic tub that would not be eaten by the acid. Jessy was an idiot and decided it would be easier to use the bathtub! The acid ate through the porcelain and metal tub and then fell onto the floor below because Jessy didn’t listen to Walt.

[@Scriven42]

Hey, Chekov's Gun! You brought out the Jack Daniel's, gotta take a shot! :D

[@karmaduckyt]

Gus was calm while throwing up the poison so his heart rate didn’t spike and his body ingested it faster

[@meirl5700]

i would love like a fact fiend mini on that last section on taste, as uni student we use vodka as the "punishment drink" since tequila is too expense now :|

[@Inconsistent-Dogwash]

vampire?! surely he is a selkie or merman.

[@sck8000]

The "tastebuds die as you get older" thing is an urban myth - the changes are to do with psychology and brain chemistry, rather than your taste receptors. Your brain gets used to certain flavours and responds less strongly to certain tastes - both good and bad - as you get older and experience things more often. Drinking your first pint of bitter probably tastes horrid; drinking your thousandth pint likely doesn't bother you at all. Snobbery isn't cool, either way. Great video though! And I applaud your taste in whiskey :)

[@frankkennedy6388]

Imagine turning 16 and asking a dealership you want the car that ran over Shia Lebouf. 😂

[@Scriven42]

The best thing Thatcher ever did was create a gender neutral public bathroom at her grave site.

[@ThePyrotechniss]

would have been funny if they used a universaly considered shitty tequila

[@DesidiosumCorporosumHominis]

If I was in marketing and Transformers approached me wanting one of my cars to be a Decepticon I wouldn't turn down the offer because "Decepticons are evil". I'd turn down the offer because the Decepticons will inevitably be defeated and who wants their product associated with a bunch of losers?

[@bloodfarts5317]

Jesus christ, I need to rewatch breaking bad

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Maybe Don Eladio's car is Vampire?

[@raevir]

Damn, didn’t realize that fact about taste buds and aging. Feel it though.

[@PierceMainville]

It's my birthday on the 2nd I'll definitely drink to this 😂

[@davidpowers746]

Brad gets a pass being from the UK and all, but if you say Texas to Jack Daniels Tennessee Whisky, that's a paddlin'.

[@pyrosinugami]

I don't know if it's because I'm autistic but I've just never really like coffee or beer or intensely bitter stuff to be honest it seems like the flavor profile hasn't really changed for me and I'm like 35

[@KylarRaynor]

Wild Turkey American Honey, it's as sweet as whiskey can get. Also, as an American, 80 quid for Makers Mark is hilarious

[@Nostripe361]

I don't drink much alcohol because its always been way to bitter for me. Perhaps when I get older I'll start drinking more.

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

My mind goes immediately to Idiocracy, wherein Mike Judge roasts the hell out of the likes of Carl's Jr., Costco, and Fuddruckers. Even then, the big-bad ends up being Brawndo.

[@oxcare5]

While it's nothing special, my favourite alcoholic drink is probably rum coke. Specifically Spiced Gold Captain Morgan and regular Coca Cola.

[@Helixnl]

but police cars in America are still Ford right? So they kinda screwed them anyway.

[@L33tSkE3t]

Ford and GM (Chevy)

[@jeremypayne5078]

They made Zafiro Añejo look so delicious. I want to try it.

[@noti7510]

I heard from a cooking youtuber (adam ragusea) that since the childhoods of you all, farmers have started selectively breeding 'sweeter' brassica stuff, including broccoli and brussel sprouts, and another factor is that boiling vegetables isn't fashionable, relative to roasting, which has some sort of effect on how the bitter compounds break down or something. but you're likely right that the death of tastebuds is also a factor

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

It would be a great opportunity to sell a few more bottles to cosplayers. Instead of some random bottle, they would need your bottle to be accurate

[@davidwhiteley7189]

The scene with Hank and Walt it was tequila too

[@SebbyCrook]

That's actually the reason a lot of kids like their food plain or no condiments/sauces on it because they can taste a wider range of flavors and they don't think they mix well

[@C3N50R3D]

Thank you for reminding me about better call saul I will watch it again

[@TheBigbum1974]

Gotta say, I understand companies being paranoid. Corona beer is the current best example.

[@spiceyslicey]

I'm not really an alcohol person so I don't know, is there a real life brand of tequila that would fit the concept of "holy shit this is so rare I have to share it will all my guys immediately"?

[@diavionwilder4972]

My partner bought the brandy dragon at Costco last week, just because he wanted the bottle.

[@ianlow7862]

I want Fizzy Bubblech from You Dont Mess With The Zohan to be a real thing

[@andrewjames9132]

I learned how to appreciate scotch from the owner of a scotch bar owner, and I still think all scotch taste like turpentine.

[@Balrog4242]

If there had been a brand of booze that killed everybody at the red wedding on game o thrones EVERYBODY would have bought it.

[@ericmalikyte885]

I'm not a fan of Jack Daniels. You've had a bottle of bourbon on the shelf I've tried before, but the small batch of Frontier is much better IMO. If you guys can get it over there, I recommend Booker's, Blanton's, and Stag whiskey (it's over 100 proof and is delicious...though I eat spicy food like it's going out of style, so be warned, it will be spicy).

[@goffrd137]

When it comes to whiskey my preference is for a locally made whiskey called Dry Fly Washington Wheat. To me it is smooth and sweet.

[@Fsant]

On the subject of shelf appeal, I impulse bought a bottle of Tres Comas tequila as soon as I saw it at a corner store because I love Silicon Valley. Even though it was repeatedly mentioned it was nasty, and it is, i still happily killed the bottle and i wanna put the empty bottle up somewhere with its big ugly comma-shaped cap

[@SuperScribeMonkey]

Oregon laws are the same with drinking and ads

[@anewbimproves5622]

I feel like "don't drink the koolaid" may explain why brands may be the hesitant to be associated with poison.

[@brendonpearce14]

Agavero is some smooth tequila

[@FearHimself666]

I’m not much of a drinker, but when Chump dies I might get sloshed to celebrate.

[@brickguy42-misprint-collecter]

18:00 oh my god this would have made a funny video or short if it didn’t miss

[@CommodoreRayne.IMP.C-1824]

8:30 And yet mustangs still have a reputation for crashing into audiences 😂

[@Razefummel]

Just to comment in that Taste Notion here: I believe that Taste is something highly subjective and People just prefer different Things and that is generally a good Thing. Everyone should eat and drink what ever they like as long as they don´t over do it. The over doing Part is the Reason why i don´t like Tequila anymore and the Reason why i don´t like Asparagus is the combination of the Taste and the Texture of it... because the combination of "Mouth Feel", smell and Taste is quite an Repellent even if i know that many People like that Stuff even when their Wee smells like an rotten Rats Corpse afterwards. So enough Food for the Algorithm. Have a good one.

[@Beardpool1817]

It's the same in America for the alcohol ads

[@jamieparker4010]

I'm a Scotch drinker, tried plenty and so far only found 3 that were palettable neat, one pretty expensive, one expensive and one that isn't anymore than that tequila (I've only had Patron and still found it quite repugnant)

[@colrumj5115]

PLEASE sort out the mic reverb when Karl puts his hand down.

[@FactFiend]

We have a mic arm now as a solution, just a few older recordings aren't using it yet, like in this video. - Lucas

[@Floran_Plantman]

I miss the old edition of these videos, constantly they are talking of something like that kraken bottle and I need to open a Google tab to know what are they talking about, in the previous videos a photo of the bottle would had appeared in the video

[@anti-liberal7167]

SOA was on FX and Breaking Bad was on AMC not the same network at all

[@i0rpheus15]

They're probably on the same network or streaming service in the UK.

[@brobs0463]

What if Don Eladio is vampire?

[@gregoryellory9760]

It's funny they call it a anejo but the colouration is more of a reposado

[@ElderonAnalas]

I really like the liquor Hpnotiq it's about the only liquor I can drink straight that my bad pavilion reaction to alcohol doesn't kick in.

[@sneakfail]

Making a mental note to try olmeca sometime

[@hurdco7]

I enjoy Tequila generally not a huge fan of Alcohol. I've also not found a beer that I like. Beer taste like Beer, I've tried local brewery and etc but to me it's all the same. I typically enjoy Bourbon, Rum, and Tequila

[@estercrow]

Watching this again, why is the word pool censored?

[@FearHimself666]

But Barricade WAS a mustang. So I guess someone relented.

[@cearlach32]

The episode of Bob's Burger when they hunted down a mushroon the blue moon something i think they made it up but i and other people looked it up to try it untill we relized its not real also the cook book they made based on the daily Burger

[@leoncoy1264]

Tthis explains why i keep needing stronger whiskeys

[@johnsuarilla141]

Is there a "tequila Mockingbird" brand?

[@RossTheNinja]

This is such a marketing fail

[@thumper8684]

They should have used Ferrero Roche

[@Swift96]

Maybe is vampire

[@Liam_219]

It’s funny that people get mad when someone calls Gus gay, cause Vince Gilligan himself literally said he’s gay

[@C3N50R3D]

Blue agave tequila

[@roboticgentlemen1970]

Didnt peleton prove that being a product the kills a character is bad for sales

[@omegapanda9980]

tequila as a punishment for school!? what the heck? I never had that before

[@TheBlackcredo]

College and university culture in the UK is heavily based around drinking. Students come up with all sorts of silly drinking games.

[@omegapanda9980]

@@TheBlackcredo Thats wild!!! Thanks for the clarification; talk about culture shock

[@TheBlackcredo]

@@omegapanda9980 what is college and university culture like where you are?

[@omegapanda9980]

@@TheBlackcredo Not too different depending on the college. Was originally in central U.S. (Illinois) before I moved to the west coast (Washington). If you have a fraternity I think that stuff might be more typical were alot of drinking games make an appearance; but depending on were your at (south, west, central) students might be more isolated and to themselves or very lively. For me most students didn’t interact much outside of small groups/connections and drinking wasn’t allowed on campus. You could bring meals, order food, even choose to be late to classes (since your paying for your class), but alcohol was expressly forbidden.

[@TheBlackcredo]

@@omegapanda9980 do you mean that you had a room in campus? Some students do that here, but most live in shared houses around the city. Weird that they don't let you drink in your own room.

[@kingjohanson6455]

only complaint is when carl puts his hand down on decent head phones it over powers everything else, kinda sounds like someone stomping upstairs, i dont do sound so i dont know how to fix it just noticing it more and more often. could also be the way the sound is mixed on my headphones so take it with a grain of salt.

[@FactFiend]

We have a mic arm now as a solution, just a few older recordings aren't using it yet, like in this video. - Lucas