H.I. #38: The F-Word

[@dukepotassium9678]

"everybody just urinate all over my arm right now"- Grey 2015

[@kacee3472]

I had just started watching the podcast, and scrolled down to look at a few comments, and this was the top comment. Now I am confused, and waiting to get to the part when grey says that, to see it in context, because out of context, that sounds really really weird.

[@kacee3472]

Okay it makes a little more sense in context now...

[@williamhughes2396]

i scrolled down and saw this literally right as it was said

[@erikwg3814]

26:23

[@benymitch]

OMG remember when brady said a bunch of white noise!

[@LazerLord10]

I listen to this podcast while soldering stuff. Electronics surgery?

[@MajoroTom]

Close enough.

[@OldClam5]

I don't think Grey realizes that a lot of people who have audio playing in the background while doing focus-intensive work aren't actually paying much attention to the words or conversation, at least for me it's like a pleasant white noise that helps me stay concentrated on what I'm doing.

[@gabe3042]

i bet grey is the type of person who needs to listen and pay attention to the info being spoken, even when doing a primary task. im the same way

[@jamsistired]

00:00 Follow-up 0:16 Surgery 6:49 Voting 11:03 Vigniapp 12:21 Freebooting & Podcasts 17:33 First-Puff 21:05 Raining animals 29:29 Apple Watch Corner 49:23 Flags & Rugby 1:44:15 Cashless Payment 1:54:14 Getting Things Done

[@TPRJones]

I can't program in silence. I have to have some sort of audio going, and usually it's podcasts because music is often too engaging. But when I'm doing bits that require real thought then the podcast gets mostly ignored and I start paying attention again during the parts that require little to no thought. But that's why Hello Internet isn't part of that playlist; I'm not willing to ignore any of HI.

[@SoulslayerAbad]

"Imma black and white kinda guy, and you, my friend, are Gray." Amazing.

[@mrcat6433]

Sorry for doing this but it's Grey, not Gray.

[@SoulslayerAbad]

@@mrcat6433 But, but, I was being clever, since gray is the US spelling of grey, but his name is Grey, so I made it Gray... no? OK.

[@joshpearson2928]

Best out of context line: "Please can everyone just urinate all over my arm right now."

[@lucidmoses]

The bit you missed on programming is that the podcast is paused while you figure out the complex bits and unpaused for the drudgery of writing out the code in the proper syntax.

[@ricardopieper11]

+Lucid Moses Yep, and also, it's not that you stop paying attention to the coding task... sometimes you want some background noise, and podcasts work very well for me. You pay less attention to the podcast, not to the coding itself.

[@gasquake]

Personally, programming and listening to something is never a big deal to me, pretty natural.

[@lucidmoses]

gasquakee Yea, fair enough. I would however recommend you start looking for some more challenging projects. As the years go by it can get fairly dull if you don't. But hay. to each there own if your ok with it at least there is plenty of work like that.

[@gasquake]

Lucid Moses I'm saying regardless of difficulty, I've been programming for years.

[@lucidmoses]

gasquakee Ok, sorry to hear that. I assumed you where just not challenged but not being able to focus on something well enough that other things drop away maybe something that they can treat. Ritalin gets prescribed at a drop of a hat now. Ritalin may not be the issue for you but at least the issues is common enough that you will not just be laughed at. Anyways. Good luck.

[@Veggie13]

7 years later he made the flag video, kinda.

[@eezJustSomeGuy]

5:30 Programmer here. The only way I stay sane is by listening to podcasts/music; I can't stand it being dead silent. It's kinda funny, I almost don't believe that there are people who _can't_ listen to podcasts while doing things.

[@ritamarques3946]

I've never actually heard of FPTP before your video Grey, I have a bachelor in Int. Relations and a Masters in Political Science. I've always know this type of voting system as "Winner Takes All" which is a clear and misunderstanding free term for it

[@madman6361]

I listen to podcasts while programming all the time! I feel that programming more uses the math/logic part of the brain over the linguistic part.

[@eloujtimereaver4504]

I do indeed program while listening to the podcast.

[@SilkNeon]

I program while listening to this podcast. Sometimes it does collide with my brain (and I turn off the podcast, which tbh I should do right now), but sometimes programming thoughts don't register as words, and if I try to work without listening to words there's this eery sort of silence that distracts me.

[@callmequaz9052]

How do you visualise programming thoughts? I'm in the process of teaching myself and I'm still fairly new to it, and that just seems somewhat odd to me.

[@frog8220]

ah back when the videos were still super nice! Brady please make the lovely videos again

[@traviswaldorf]

On the note of listening to podcasts while doing some kind of work, I listening through the whole series of this podcast as I finish a project with long hours each day. I don't think I'm biased in this, but I feel as if I work more consistently for a long period of time. While I would agree, for a 1 hour period, I could focus and could be maybe 10% more attentive, I've found that I become drained in some sense and lose focus if I try to maintain that. If instead, I keep a less stressed, more relaxed and laid back approach to my coding tasks, I often find I'm able to work for longer, more enjoyably. It requires a certain kind of task I need to solve and program and a certain frame of mind, but I do think it is beneficial.

[@CrazyHorse151]

Programming and Hello Internet: absolutely doable, saying that after listening to 38+ episodes (a few new ones) mostly while programming. You just don't listen when the mind is occupied.

[@xD-ne1lv]

F... F... F... Freebooting

[@jmvt3]

WHAT DID BRADY SAY?!

[@frosty9392]

+Kvothe The Bloodless grrr.... i hate censoring like that. too much curiosity.

[@lindseygoergen4747]

Awesome name

[@abhishekdey2579]

@@lindseygoergen4747 I'd prefer Kvothe the kingkiller

[@PeterWraaeMarino]

lol.. Mr. Grey... I'm programming while listening to this! and it's not my programming "primary" task that's terrible but listening is what drops out... and if I have some coding that needs extra attention then I always pause the audio.

[@a.h.s.3006]

Same

[@tophu7903]

24:00 I was stung by a jellyfish near San Diego once! It was NOT fun at all.

[@ariporad525]

Hey! I listen to HI while writing code! Thanks for making such an awesome podcast!

[@Malfunct1onM1ke]

25:00 do you have any idea how frustrating it is to wait until someone gets stung by a jellyfish so you can pee on somebody... ugh...

[@kneedeepinthepassengerseat]

um dude... not to kink shame... but uhhh...

[@mrcat6433]

Just make it any animal. Maybe even mosquitos.

[@crazychris960]

Another issue they didn't bring up with that ring flower Earth flag is that it's centered around the idea of 7 continents, whereas the number of continents Earth has is culturally dependent.

[@blueuniversezen]

Again i listen to you both talking while programming. thank you

[@Neeboopsh]

So, when describing the flags, on youtube with videos....after editing the whole piece....why no pics?

[@Squidward1314]

"tweet Grey if you're doing surgery right now" xD

[@aliel-araby]

-Let's talk about the thing everyone wants us to talk about. =What is it, Brady? -The F-Word. =The F-Word? -Flags.

[@rebzeng]

55:08 "proh-cess" haha Grey, you're getting the accent

[@BulletproofNerd72]

Hahaha, that ending was great!

[@roryoc31]

the last few mins of that was just great, the listeners are more powerful than us, the listeners !

[@facebren]

I got stung by jellyfish once... my mom put handgel on the stings and that was that... funny thing to me was that the stings actually itched a ton after the 2nd day or so.

[@eomoran]

If I’m not listening to stuff at 2speed while driving I fall asleep. I need that to stop myself from falling asleep to the humm of the engine or the gentle radio. You put me in any vehicle and I can fall asleep oh so quick, the alternative method for not falling asleep is for me to break the speed limit, which is definitely more dangerous than driving slowly but jamming oodles of white noise into my ear at anyone time

[@Fetrovsky]

Also... dat ending!!! Best ending for a HI ever!

[@vaclavsysel6803]

Actually speaking from my experience I can listen to podcasts when programing but! There is one big rule for me. As it works for me when I listen to podcast or do something another while developing code, it is a big problem, the result is terrible and it takes waaaay longer than it should. But when I already know how to continue with piece of code I can listen to podcast because I don't need to do anything creative, it is already in my head and I am just translating it for the computer to understand. It is fairly automated process, at least for me. As my college teacher once told us: "You can code even when you are drunk if you prepare the algorithms beforehand."

[@tbyrn21]

I listen to the podcast when I'm inputting data into access, or playing games such as FM, HOI/Vicotria and ETS

[@M3tukon]

I feel like those last lines by Brady were easily the best way to finish off the podcast since the joke Grey made with the abrupt cut off

[@josephschubert6561]

0:05:40 I actually AM writing up a more accurate system for the English language/writing system.

[@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322]

Here I am listening to this podcast while computer programming, then suddenly 5:20

[@frosty3579]

Programmer here, totally can listen to the podcast and program at the same time. It is a different part of the brain that does the programming bits. But I do have trouble reading/talking/texting/listening at the same time which I assume all use the same part of the brain.

[@johng7410]

Didn't Grey already have a rant about being scooped in an earlier Hello Internet? I feel like I just listened to a summer rerun.

[@mrchangcooler]

I'd rather spend a thousand dollars on a nice Swiss Army watch than an apple watch

[@lovrebabajko]

I would like to recommend to the commenters to follow the podcast trough other means than youtube because it's way behind on episodes and the followup is done so your messages usually won't be covered.

[@dsws2]

"You don't have to reach the post." Thank you! I really don't like the name FPTP.

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

Surgeons almost always play music in the OR. Very few prefer complete silence. On one occasion, one had me stream a march madness game so they could hear it.

[@FasAntick]

Im from Northern Ireland grey, and i noticed we do not use first past the post we use some of the voting systems you talk about. However all i would like to know is do we have a say in the uk general election? if so how does that work. :)

[@younes5043]

So I listened to a fairly long conversation about plurality and how most people don't know what it means and I was waiting for a definition in any second, but no Just change of subject. Also, I love your channel, videos, podcast, website, you get the point.

[@onepiecebigfan]

''... a red earth for the ground, and then above it, it should just show a cloud raining spiders down on a terrified population.''

[@emme-lynn]

Not this coming up on my recommended 5 years later-

[@lopis]

I program while listening, but mostly I stop paying attention most of the time.

[@bernardopinho9376]

MrEcchin Stop paying attention to work or the podcast?

[@Ruvi5000]

26:47 Urine is as sterile as nuclear waste is non-radioactive (Urine is NOT sterile)

[@sandwich2473]

Anyone got a link for that flag?

[@VampireSquirrel]

Urine is sterile is just a myth also D;

[@russelldavis1359]

It is sterile. Sterile means it has no living organisms in it

[@TalynCo]

@@russelldavis1359 It has living organisms in it. The sterile thing IS a myth. The myth comes from an era where tests for bacteria weren't very good. So the bacteria in the urine didn't come up on the test.

[@AlexanderTrefz]

@@TalynCo It is closer to sterile than tap water. That, to a first approximation for wether you would want it on your arm or not when you have gotten stung by a jellyfish is functionally equivalent to sterile.

[@ThaGr1m]

@@AlexanderTrefz yes but having less bacteria doesn't mean it has less dangerous bacteria, and you have to remember that it is a waste product so imagine what is meant to come with it

[@kneedeepinthepassengerseat]

Urine is actually bad and can make it worse. A better alternative is seawater or, even better, vinegar. Then to get rid of the remaining tentacle pieces use shaving cream or a mix of water and sand, then scrape with a shaving razor or a credit card (or similar object). It'll get worse over the next 5 minutes, but then better over the next couple of hours.

[@VenSensei]

Brady! If you're interested in a more interactive, gamification device. I would recommend a Fitbit.

[@enima8055]

where's that place they were filming in this video? look amazing.

[@sjnm4944]

F... F... F... Flan?

[@wolfendenracing2826]

6:44 THERES A BUG ON THE CAMRA

[@scruffypuppyX]

8:40 Avocado walnut past the post

[@aelliixx]

Lel was coding my website few moments before I started watching this.

[@TheScratchingKiwi]

I can't understand why First Past the Post is a bad name. The post is a majority of seats in parliament (aka: a win) The first party under FPP to get that number of seats is the winner. What is so difficult about that?

[@mrcat6433]

I like how the URL of the video has "lol" in it.

[@Dafisha]

I just realized something. Grey and Brady is just like Cry and Pewdiepie Grey: -Won't show his face on the Internet -Plays games (second channel) -Has a animated/cartoony version to replace him in the channel Cry: -Won't show his face on the Internet -Plays games -Has a animated/cartoony version to replace him in the channel Brady: -Was originally from another country(Australia) now is in Brittain -Likes to collect random stuff -Has two dogs Pewdiepie: -Was originally from another country(Sweden) now is in Brittain -Likes(More like forced really) to collect random stuff -Has two dogs

[@bigdollars656]

The surgery thing is true. My grandma had a heart attack a few years back, and her surgeon and his team are known for performing heart surgeries while blasting country music. Needless to say, granny is still up and around.

[@Howtheheckarehandleswit]

As a programmer, I find programming is more of a mathematical/logical task than a language one

[@ssamerica3062]

4:08 Ironically this was the exact moment I started laughing edit: 5:30 I think the first time I actually listened to the the JRE Neil Degrasse Tyson episode was while I was typing a program in Javascript Ironically edit: 26:43 ok idk of this is just a recent discovery or if it was always an urban legend but it turns out that urin actually does contain bacteria

[@mrping2603]

Woah, I was solving a Rubik's Cube when Brady said "unsolved Rubik's Cube" 40:08

[@majava5282]

As was I! up top...

[@_starter]

Where are the show notes?

[@malicerejoins]

what about 36 and 37?

[@authentic6825]

+malice-rejoins I think it's specially released today because of the bonus episode.

[@malicerejoins]

finally caught up to the audio podcasts; now i see the relevance. thanks!

[@ALiJ4LIFE]

40:00 How about rubix cubes?

[@SPAMMAN123456789]

that joke at the very end

[@TheRealMartin]

Why is this out of order on youtubbeee arrghhh

[@tinmanman5070]

I think he touched his mic in the audible add

[@murpheyslaw2778]

So is the Hello Internet flag some kind of black and white symbol on a grey background? Cause that matches Brady's description of the two. I just don't know what the symbol should be.

[@RaaynML]

5:30 I'm programming right now.. lol

[@Fetrovsky]

Urine is _not_ sterile.

[@RDPhotoSmith]

I listen to this podcast and program all day long. But then again, that's probably why I don't remember most of the podcast.

[@DarionBoyd]

no show notes?????

[@thiagosophia6528]

Darion Boyd no?

[@Jonago.]

You can always find them on the website :)

[@olwenpuralena7054]

No show notes :(.

[@tangyspy]

Olwen Treasa Reina Use a podcast app

[@mezzer34]

Nobody: Grey: "Get in a circle and pee on me"

[@munchlax9715]

This video was 5 years ago. Nice to see someone like me listening right now

[@Dima-ht4rb]

No notes :(

[@jayhardy1683]

5:30 im not programming but i am building a cs map rn

[@cherrymarriedindiscord1404]

Nah they won't reach their phone... They'll ask the new intern who mistakenly broke the sterility barrier in the preparation phase.... Also they're busy having staring beef with the anesthesiologist

[@GenBloodLust]

when i think OZ i think green and yellow and kangaroo. the Scouting class B uniforms they wear when the come to world wide events are green and yellow also

[@ratewcropolix]

"please, can everybody just urinate all over my arm right now" -cgp grey

[@connorjohnson7834]

First past the post is the marketing name

[@Diablo_rdk]

On the topic of the world flag, it looks like 4-in-1 chainmail linkage. (for all the armor nerds listening.)

[@danochy5522]

As a New Zealander, I'm very glad that we didn't take on a silver fern flag.

[@daltonriser1125]

does grey just not liek portmantoes of words

[@llgla]

I just realize this interesting fact abt CGPGrey - hates sound notifications, loves his mechanical keyboard.

[@trevormacintosh3939]

Um... Most Votes Wins Voting? MVW?

[@ClanWiE]

Technically, a Man O'war is not a jellyfish or even a true multi-cellular animal; it's a colony creature.

[@cutecommie]

Actually it's a 2/2 for 2U.

[@kaioker]

i've been stung by a jellyfish

[@argon7624]

And I only take one puff out of each cigarette

[@lieuwestra]

I feel grey would also hate radio shows that have callers. Those callers are the reason that I do not listen to radio. Commercials are already a good reason to stay away from radio, but callers make it way worse.

[@nerofiorentino1971]

Fun!

[@SomeSmexyBeast]

reverse the plurality of the neutron flow

[@PeterWraaeMarino]

polarity?! what is the word? and what does it mean? how do you spell it? come Mr. Grey nobody knows what that word is or used for.

[@elainebzbz]

+Peter Wraae Marino plurality..?

[@DerW0lf]

Andoid watches are open-sourced, so that you can design and download watchfaces to your will. I still find smartwatches are silly though, won't be getting one unless there's a watch that actually has significant advantages over a smartphones.

[@DerW0lf]

+errettyd Exactly. My point was, that he should get Android instead of Apple, because Android is way better when it comes to customization.

[@ferencgazdag1406]

"First past the post" is like "Peoples Republic of China"

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

Or "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea"

[@TheInsaneBrother]

so, what exactly is this channel about?