Favorite MythBusters Dogs and Off-Camera Narration Habits

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[@arlosb9899]

Dude. As a carpenter of forty years I have always talked to myself. I've heard 'Who are you talking to..?' and 'Got a mouse in your pocket' too many times to count. I dealt with literally hundreds of measurements and angles every day of my working career and constant verbal reinforcement of those measurements and the procedure to follow in implementing a build, whether it be a staircase, a wall or cabinet plumbing was a tool to remain focused and prevent errors. It's the mental tool of a craftsman, never doubt that a second.

[@candycrusher45]

I love how thoughtful Adam is about almost any question posed to him. What a fascinating individual!

[@justlook.productions]

Yup. This. 👏💣

[@rodchallis8031]

I've always found swearing at an uncooperative part or piece of equipment quite helpful. They seem to respond to threats. What actually happens, I think, is that swearing allows me to blow off a little steam, get rid of the frustration clouds so I can think clearly. Inner Narrator: If I'm reading a really good book and I'm totally immersed in it, the time away from the book will have me thinking in the tone and writing style of the book's author.

[@donjones4719]

The ice bucket test has shown that swearing helps us deal with pain. I'm convinced swearing helps me deal with mental pain. When I'm stressed by something I start swearing under my breath - at least I hope I'm that quiet. I think you're describing something similar. For me particularly I'm cursed with randomly thinking of some slightly painful awkward moment from days or years a go. I immediately swear.

[@rodchallis8031]

@@donjones4719 Oh yeah.

[@thewingedporpoise]

I do very much the same thing with my internal monologue. It's quite fun after I've been reading some Terry Pratchett to think in that way. Or sometimes with speech patterns of entertainers or the like, with their voices sounding in my head, too.

[@brandongaines1731]

I always end up internally narrating like the main star of whatever days-in-the-life show that I've been watching the most lately - which will inevitably be a show about someone with their dream job. Richard Rawlings of the Discovery network show Fast 'N' Loud has lent his voice to my inner musings more than once, with naturally amusing results 😂

[@earlcowley3393]

I have talked to cars, trucks, people and aeroplanes. So far aeroplanes are the best listeners.

[@veganconservative1109]

Plants. Especially corn.

[@BenKonosky]

​@@veganconservative1109 a big lump with knobs!

[@johnniemiec3286]

Jet or piston?

[@earlcowley3393]

@@johnniemiec3286 sailplanes mostly (Blanik L23)

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

@@earlcowley3393 Sailplanes... No WONDER you found them the best listener, when they lack a _speech-engine_ to respond! 😏

[@UncleManuel]

Adam's presentation of a story is always so colorful that you really can visualize it. His enthusiasm is always so infectious... 😁😎🤟

[@reallyweirdperson1]

As a lighting tech I find myself talking to the lights CONSTANTLY. Moving light won't reset back to its home position? "THATS YOUR HOME! ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME??"

[@malloryharack301]

I LITERALLY CRIED WHEN HE READ MY QUESTION! Made my entire year!!! :D

[@chris24hdez]

4:30 This is EXACTLY the secret sauce that makes your videos so good. You use a more intimate inclusive-feeling conversational style, rather than an impersonal presentation style.

[@barcodenosebleed5485]

The conversational style and the royal you is much appreciated. It drives me bonkers when I hear some DJ or podcast host say something like "coming at you guys", "hello out there in radio land", "all my listeners", "tell the listeners", or similar variants. It just immediately sets up distance between the host and listener and unnecessarily reminds you your experience is being mediated by technology. I went to college for communications and focused on radio (talk about a dumb career choice in 2007 lol) and the first and last thing that was taught is when you are on the air, you should imagine you are having a conversation with a single other person in their living room. If you have a guest on the show, you're still in that living room and the listener is still there in a nearby chair enjoying the conversation. And you always refer to the listener using the royal you. This was harped on by every professor I had and drilled into my head. It makes a huge difference in the intimacy and accessibility of the listening experience. This medium, with this type of content seems a perfect analog. Of course there are some great personalities that don't abide this, but the good ones usually at least have some interesting character/content-informed motivation for framing the host-listener relationship differently. But there's plenty of good hosts with great content, often younger/part of the podcast revolution, that never had any training/mentors or never thought this through and it can get a little cringetastic. It's a bummer as it's something easy to do that can make a big difference.

[@cycoholic]

I used to have a black cocker spaniel/red setter cross called Gypsy. I discovered that she loved to howl, and we would howl together. The sheer joy it brought to her was very evident. Still miss my Gypsy dog. She's been gone now a couple decades. 🥺

[@deborahmartin9682]

the description of a dog howling is both spot-on and hilarious!

[@michaelhazen8658]

I have fond memories of my german grandfather. master mechanic and welder. One of his most memorable traits was hw he would mutter to himself as he worked. "Was is das? How comes this is stick in...how comes....ah zo!" It was an oddly comforting murmur as I watched him do something like repair his gas powered reel mower or something. I realize now that it was like a cat's purr; an indication that the board was green, the systems are all working and he is in a happy place. I have inherited this habit, although my version is far more...crude and vulgar...

[@grogvaughan5649]

Mr Savage, as a former Army sniper, I wanted to say thank you. Without my spotters I was only 50% effective. All those hours, days and decades looking at the world through my scope I could lose the big picture as well as my situational awareness. Not only did they give me the information I needed to put rounds on target, they kept me alive to write this.

[@yobgodababua1862]

I used to work with an amazing man who, among other things, scent trained his dogs and used them in active search and rescue in New Mexico. Most dogs are smart, but many use their gifts only to figure out the best way of manipulating their local two-legs. Watching a well trained S&R dog track and run search patterns is like watching a well trained musician, athlete, or watchmaker do their thing. Sadly, he passed recently. Rest in peace MSW.

[@robbokeys]

Is it me or do you find yourself looking for your daily dose of Adam’s words & thoughts? I’ve been a fan since mythbusters but I love the You Tube format as you really get to know more of the person in their thoughts and personality. Love the channel

[@JonDaviesIsHere]

As a "high functioning dyslexic" (I can read and write very well, not the normal stereotype), one of the game-changing pro-tips given to me by my assessor, was to "see it, say it, do it". The more forms of stimuli you can throw at a problem, the better your brain can process the solution. It's probably not the case for everyone, but it really work well for me, and looks like it really works well for you too.

[@johnderoy916]

Based on usage numbers I have to say my favorite vocalization while working on projects is "Oh come on man!"

[@WillBeebe]

I say things out loud all the time. I really love these videos, thank you Adam for letting us into your world. 🙇‍♂

[@WillBeebe]

You're peeing on my rocks dude!

[@corrinastanley125]

Scaling back not required , your enthusiasm is actually much enjoyed.

[@briandeschene8424]

When working with a thing I will find myself reminding it that I didn’t ask for its opinion and that it needs to just do what I’m telling it to do. Amazingly this is often the point when it complies. Whatever works I guess.

[@TheInsaneTD]

I love Husky howling. It's amazing. And really atmospheric when you are in a foggy forest and they start howling. Kinda makes me miss doing dry land sledding.

[@billhemphill2139]

Regarding huskies, our neighbors have four and sometimes host up to five more. A fire station is nearby. It. Is. Glorious.

[@Lordmaniax357]

I have ADD and I'm a Tradesman... I am almost always narrating what I'm doing because it is one of the tactics I used to keep focused on task. (and I also don't know any tradesmen/craftsmen that HASN'T talked to his tools at least once a project. LOL)

[@iainburgess8577]

There's actual studies about talking to yourself; as I recall, verbalising helps to solidify, define & recall thoughts/memory accurately.

[@mycosys]

I so know what you mean its amazing to see a dog forming sounds with their mouth, when they howl is amazing but i have a pup (15m now) who is seemingly learning to talk and the way he articulates his lips that are totally unsuited to our sounds is just wild. He's actually getting quite good at it XD

[@DanJanTube]

OPSEC Alert: You guys should be aware that Adam's Apple watch is a potential security issue. The text message he received @7:00 is 100% legible in 4k

[@criggie]

I noticed the new watch, but watching at lower res hid that detail. Great spotting !

[@tothesummit5864]

Good catch. Just seemed to be from someone off screen (a producer) feeding him fan questions but could definitely be a security issue if he received something sensetive.

[@scottldcp]

I also talk to my projects, and the world at large. I suspect it is to do with not having an internal monologue*. Very helpful. *Edit: weird autocorrect.

[@Jemppu]

*LOVED* the dog walk episode. More, please, when ever possible

[@christopherdurham1999]

The thumbnail for this video is perfect.

[@Berm_Blaster]

Adam's energy is the type of uplifting energy I want to surround myself with

[@lithiumcopper]

Dude same! When I'm looking for the problem with a car, I'll just mutter "Hey, what's feeling bad" as if I'm talking to the car.

[@sadiejustin]

Your response was exactly as I hoped it would be. The two tracking bloodhound episodes were my favorite dog related episodes by far.

[@CitizenSnips69]

Dogs are truly amazing, and I think we sometimes waste the amazing talents they have by now training them better.They can even sniff out complex biological processes going on inside of us, and that’s useful in so many ways. What I’ve learned owning just a normal yellow lab is that if you talk to them regularly, they can pick up on a lot of what you say. I think those channels where the dogs communicate with buttons really demonstrates their ability to grasp language, and how they can also think with words too. I’ve gotten really close with my dog just by talking to her frequently, and now there’s so many things she understands. I never knew just how much you could actually communicate to a dog.

[@richardrejmer8721]

Talking out loud to yourself can also be a VERY important safety aid. I worked most of my life before I retired as an operator in Power Stations. It is the operators who "Isolate" equipment to make it ready for Maintenance people to work on that equipment safely. Part of that isolation process often involved shutting off electrical suppy to the equipment to be worked on (of course, you don't want something to start running while someone is working on it) Equally, you *DON'T* want to shut off the power to the WRONG piece of equipment accidentally by NOT paying attention to what it is you are working on. . My power station had FOUR generating Units. each of those generating units had 3 "ABC" pumps to supply high pressure water. If the Mintenance people are going to work on Unit 2, ABC pump number 2, you want to isolate the supply to THAT pump and no other. SO, when I was in the electrical switchroom with the printed isolation sheet in my hand, I would read OUT LOUD the *PRECISE* wording and designation of the piece of equipment I'm about to isolate the electrical supply to. AND then I would READ OUT LOUD the label of the electrical switch I was just about to operate. . Then do it *again* . . Double checking. I didn't care if anybody saw or heard me doing what I was doing. . It was a very important safety tool I used to make sure I NEVER (in 33 years) operated the wrong switch/valve/actuator/lever etc.

[@randallyons8745]

Love learning and adding to my vocabulary. Kiril is that the way to spell mirror items

[@richardanderson7183]

This was a new word to me as well... It's 'Chiral'

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

I had a Schnauzer who would howl at sirens. I wonder if that is an instinctual thing for dogs.

[@michaelholmstrom7677]

Asking myself am I used to be making this cut or drill this hole, has saved me countless times.

[@spacemissing]

Working without talking about what I am doing doesn't often turn out well. The most notable exception I can think of happened today as I replaced the power transformer in a vintage guitar amplifier. I noticed my silence with great wonder. And the project was an unqualified success, which is remarkable in itself.

[@undefined40]

It ia completely normal to complain to the parts one is working with. However, it allays gets a bit awkward if they reply.

[@willmorton6800]

Adam, I think you are one of the coolest guys on the planet. Anyone who is within your orbit that can learn from you are the luckiest people on the planet. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

❤ that story. ❤ animals.

[@Bargle5]

I regularly talk to myself when I'm working on something. Especially when an object won't cooperate with what I'm trying to do. "Get in the hole you stupid piece of crap!" is very popular with me.

[@JonesNate]

1:35 reminds me of Happy Gilmore talking to the ball.

[@DrakeMagnum]

Mr. Savage throwing out the first names "Destin, or Derek" really makes me happy.

[@wandlbaker]

One thing I used when I was an instructor in electronic repair in the US Air Force is a statement/attribution of Isaac Asimov, "Professional Explainer." It is one thing to explain the basics of something but a whole different level when you strive to do it as professionally as possible (complete without being condescending)

[@Starbelt]

That reminds me of this thing I heard while watching a Japanese subway video. They call it ‘say it, do it’ as a method of safety. Additionally there’s this idea for pilots: you don’t let the plane go somewhere your mind hasn’t gone 5 minutes ago. I do this during work because saying a thing out loud let’s you hear it.

[@losergene7002]

You are always super entertaining.

[@jonneexplorer]

To add a little controversy about the law enforcement dogs. There are also cases where a dog is well trained, and good at the job when they start. But bad reward cycles and wanting to please the handler (this is the fault of the handler because they should be pleased with a negative result as well) leading to false positive responses down the line for drugs etc. So while a handler might love the dog, and care for them...They ruin the careful training more often than they should. Because again a handler should reward the dog for doing a good job, whether that is a negative or a positive test.

[@mcm4point2o]

"tab down, orange on the left!" is my Mantra when I'm stuffing cat6

[@wytfish4855]

soliloquy is like a superpower that everyone has access to. really helpful and also kinda therapeutic.

[@timepear]

When I worked as a boom operator I always had a bag of dog treats for location shoots.

[@davidsutherland5044]

I talk to myself a lot. Sometimes it is the only time I can have an intelligent conversation

[@HarrySinanian]

Speaking of dogs... I have good reason to believe, the person responsible for creating CHEWBAKKA owned a border collie just like mine... CHEWS, BARKS and talks just like the character.

[@blindleader42]

So... You're not going to admit that your border collie's name is Chew Barker, Chew Bahkah or some such?😁

[@HarrySinanian]

@@blindleader42 nah, only realised once she started chewing on me!

[@blindleader42]

@@HarrySinanian I just can't express how disappointed in you I am.🙃

[@patricksanders858]

I repeat long number sequences out loud because the cadence and rhythms help remind me.

[@glennmorganfan9411]

I don't talk to myself, but I have been known to talk to my PROJECTS. I remember one day in college I was working on a portrait bust and I said "Alright, what are we going to do with you?" .....and then a woman across the room just looked at me........and I had to apologize for the weirdness.

[@maxtardiveau]

That's not what "chiral" means: "An object or a system is chiral if it is distinguishable from its mirror image; that is, it cannot be superimposed onto it." Love the show!

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

I think most of us talk to ourselves when we are in our maker environments- I know I do, and my wife even asked me to turn off the intercom because of my chunnering.. Am I just alone?

[@ThatVideoGuyTom]

LOVE seeing the human Adam Savage.

[@xXbaker1025Xx]

In my experience, complaining at the stuff you're doing helps with keeping yourself level-headed when something isn't going your way

[@WillBeebe]

Lol, yes.

[@bboomer7th]

I’ve found that there is a direct correlation in my mind depending on the complexity of the task.

[@RobertForslund]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who talks to inanimate objects as if they had a consciousness! 😁👍

[@imark7777777]

A few days ago I was thinking to myself out loud well setting up for an event I really should just stick a camera up and record myself because I'm already talking to myself about what I'm doing out loud it would be great to put on my KZbin channel. This is not the first time I've thought about this although I thought about it in different ways over the years. this was the first time I actually got around to Recording myself even though I thought about this multiple times as being somebody who thinks and talks out loud as they're thinking it would be the perfect combination.

[@jamesbethune6602]

I was watching fireball tool on KZbin with his milling and old machines and I was wondering if you ever watch his builds.?

[@jamescrowley2733]

Saying things out loud helps because language is logical. Expressing things vocally engages other parts of the brain. It is why the military forces members to say their intentions out loud

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

I talk to myself so the part of my brain connected to my mouth can communicate with the part connected to my ears. I may be short a couple of patch cables.

[@NaughtyShepherd]

Our German Shepherd howls when my wife and I leave the house together, even though our daughter is here to keep him company… yeah that’s him in my profile pic. 😂

[@vurrath7716]

Gday Adam, re talking to yourself, auditory stimulus can be assessed more quickly without as much processing-of-processing, than visual, because of the temporal lobes position closer to the frontal lobes / decision making process(es). It's a utilization of what naturally we need in order to respond to different sounds, faster, than visual recognition. There is a processing delay, when it comes to visual - that doesn't mean that we can't train ourselves to do things like hand-eye super-fast reactions, but it means that there is a kind of instinct? mmm wrong word ... impulse is maybe closer ... for efficiency VIA using sound rather than visual. And also, you can create speech via sound, to yourself, hands-free, ofc. writing to yourself say, on a whiteboard and then wiping it, would be the equivalent. who'd do that, rather than talk to oneself? never consider it somehow outside life-management or an issue of MH or anything. It's not, it's as simple as 'Hands-free' descriptive reminder-setting. Thinking to remind oneself, does not have a short-term senses-stimulus stored memory, necessarily, either. The energy literally, from sound, can indirectly cause short term memories to form from the mmm 'mechanical' effect of the ear and your brains' monitoring of it. Writing on a board COULD, but the brain is also more prepared, or, reserves space and is more ready, to convert sound INTO something worth remembering. Compare that, to say, ignoring roadside advertising while filtering road-signs. It's also why we find audio ads more annoying than visual a lot of the time. no worries! if the nurse with the rubber glove and all that is giving you crap, tell her she's no damn neuroscientist! there's nothing wrong with it.

[@rrl4245]

Thanks Adam. I leaned a new word: 'chiral', I pride myself in my extensive vocabulary, but I'd never encountered that one. And I'm an engineer, so you'd think I would have. It's apparently most used in chemistry... And, please list URLs to your favorite KZbin channels. You mentioned a number of them, here today.

[@DrMonty-ng5fo]

It's a word that's used all the time in chemistry, but I've never heard it used in a non-chemistry context. Very interesting!

[@Koooo4]

Adams use of it here wasnt really correct. Chiral is more specific than just mirror image. An object is only considered chiral if it's mirror image cannot be superimposed onto it. It's also used in math and physics. You might have heard it described as "handedness". It's very important concept in chemistry/biology since a molecule and it's chiral twin can effect the body in significantly different ways. Most famously is probably the drug Thalidomide which was prescribed to pregnant women as an anti nausea/vomiting drug. And while one molecule did just that, the chiral twin caused birth-defects.

[@fieromike1]

Hey Adam, I love your videos

[@Yogi8156]

I am the same way Adam, I am sure alot more people do this as well

[@madddog7]

I talk to things I am working on also. Generally blue and not printable tho :-)

[@gopherman96]

I definitely talk to projects. In my spare time I volunteer at a non-profit computer recycler/refurbisher, and I've cracked up the other folks there numerous times by talking to the hardware. Trying to boot off a CD and the optical drive closes before I can get the disc in, "Wait! No! Gimme that back!" There are also a lot of Mythbusters references in the shop when I'm around. Find an obvious issue/fix, or one that's easy but also easy to overlook? "Well there's your problem!" On a more serious note, though, I do find talking to myself to be a great way to get my thoughts in order. For example, when I'm writing and get stuck on a word or idea, or can't quite seem to remember what I'm trying to do for more than 2 consecutive seconds. (If that last comment isn't a clear enough sign, I have ADHD haha) On the topic of Mythbusters dogs, I remember the bloodhound episode and I clearly remember one point where Adam got caught and the dog just comes bounding up to him while he laughs like crazy, "aww, you found me!" One of the more heartwarming episodes, I thought. Also sums up my reaction to pretty much any dog lol

[@daltongrowley5280]

Have you ever thought about using your science communication skills and production skills, and starting a Science communication production company that trains other science communicators? Seems like a field that could really benefit from your experience and know how. As an aspiring teacher, while I am in class, I frequently reflect not just on the lessons but on the pedagogy of the teachers, It seems similar to what you talk about with KZbin with science communicators.

[@WalkerKlondyke]

I narrate what I’m doing as though there’s a show but I’ve never been on tv nor do I make YT videos.

[@adamgh0]

I'm pretty sure my neighbors have heard me talking to my P.O.S. weed whacker on more than one occasion.

[@elangomattab]

Lol at whoever on the Tested crew had a little fun with the unflattering thumbnail for this video.

[@vilstef6988]

Talking to yourself helps you walk yourself through a process.

[@OldManBrodie]

Words have power. A part of cognitive behavioral theory is that you should speak your fears; your anxieties. Talk out loud about what you are afraid of. This robs the fear of some of its power over you. Simply speaking it out loud, even if it's just to yourself, helps make these fears something concrete that you can deal with, instead of something ephemeral in your head.

[@randycarter2001]

I'm constantly telling thing I'm working on, "Be reasonable, do it my way."

[@arty2k]

Watching a mechanic work and talk to themselves is usually quite colourful.

[@reverendtattoo]

Is that a Ghostbuster logo on the press ?

[@giordanonin]

You do the "Hey! look at me!" thing, but you follow up with "so, let's talk about it" an THEN it turns into a conversation.

[@nathkrupa3463]

Nice information sir

[@justlook.productions]

If you listen to enough Myth Busters Adam Savage’s voice just comes to you if you really listen but be careful. It’s HARD to turn off. Use with caution!

[@Christian-cz9bu]

Wait, are you saying that TOT could use an extra hand in his videos?

[@ChrisB...]

I just taught my Rat Terrier to howl on cue, it's all about the lips and the bottom teeth, so cool to watch and listen to. We call it "Ra-ra-roooooooooo", and it's definitely a bonding experience when I howl along with her. Pretty sure it's therapeutic for both of us, she gets into major play mode after the howling.

[@johnmcanulty7341]

My day is complete: The giant swiss army knife display is back in motion. Sigh...

[@richardjoyce1]

I don't complain to the stuff I'm working with, I curse it!

[@pumirya]

Thanks for another fun video.

[@justayoutuber1906]

It's okay to talk to yourself - just don't argue.

[@CloakedToaster]

That thumb nail tho. Lol

[@patricksanders858]

I've also been involved with some dog tracking and it is ever bit as awesome as Adam says plus more! I did police k9, so there was bite work as well as tracking.

[@Loop_Kat]

While I don't have any background in presenting, I very much relate to your internal thought process as someone who also has adhd. You really do end up being your own conversation partner in a lot of ways because a common thing with adhd is processing information in different ways than most people Like, I cannot tell you how many times throughout my life I've tried to read something and end up re-reading the same paragraph 3 or 4 times because the information simply does not make it from my eyes to my brain unless I understand the _importance_ of what's being said. I think that's also why a lot of people with adhd tend to skim through text or even start by skipping to the very end of a paragraph, we're looking for _context_ to help us understand what we're _about_ to absorb, which is also where talking to yourself comes into play It's similar to the concept of "rubber duck debugging" where programmers will explain their code line-by-line to a rubber duck (or another inanimate object) in order to figure out what's wrong with it. It's not that you're trying to put on a presentation for anyone in particular, you're just "talking to someone" for the sake of problem-solving and reminding yourself of things you may have forgotten or overlooked. It's easy for adhd brains to be distracted or forgetful and so, by talking to ourselves, we're making a conscious effort to fully understand the task at hand while also holding ourselves accountable, in a way. The example of drilling holes into a piece of wood is a good demonstration of this because saying out loud, "remember, drill into the _non-curved_ side" is like grounding that information in the physical event of actually saying it, rather than writing it down on a mental sticky note and hoping it won't get lost in a sea of other thoughts within the next 5 minutes, lol

[@iabervon]

I also find I have better sense memory than attention, so I can remember hearing my voice saying something longer than I can fix a thought in my mind to the same degree of specificity.

[@steadfasttherenowned2460]

Tony is going to wig out on the floor like a teenaged girl at a boy band concert when he finds out you name dropped him 😊

[@rossk7927]

I find talking out loud forces my brain to fess up to its lies and admit there are details missing. Our minds seek cohesion, not completeness, and will happily fill in the gaps with "nothing to see here, move along" tricks.

[@cannednolan8194]

Internal monologue. Apparently that’s the name for the voice in her head. There was a movie where they gave it a different name. Kinda like it was your enemy and it’s name is...

[@Aleph-Noll]

i think chiral is adams favorite word

[@manuellujan666]

Talk to myself while I do nerd stuff was sure it looks crazy but it's ok if I'm not the only one right 😂

[@elizabethsloan3192]

I always feel talking out loud while working on a project helps me use both hemispheres of my brain.

[@richardgreen3068]

New watch?

[@johnabbottphotography]

I liked the time you said that on camera, everyone needs to be themselves plus a little bit more. And I think for you, you said its you "plus 10%, and 10% more of me is enough". I'm paraphrasing, of course.