The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People

[@dirkalpha3895]

That light-beam budget was well spend

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[@daleykun]

Anyone else just get taken back to early 2000s internet and “imma firin’ ma lazor?”

[@CortexNewsService]

worth every penny

[@gigaherz_]

@@daleykun Now that you mention it.... but I was thinking of the Dubstep Guns video by Corridor.

[@chu121su12]

"blast" budget

[@BraindeadCRY]

This is a petition to officially refer to the underground roundabout as an undergroundabout from here on. Please sign here:

[@ngcpiano]

AS A BRIT, I OFFICIALLY SIGN THE UNDERGROUNDABOUT: *_-Undergroundabout-_*

[@OMBgaming]

Got my vote

[@HarrytheDinosaur]

Yup

[@giantpickle]

My signature: ~~~~~~~

[@carltonleboss]

Got my signature.

[@Dorgpoop]

The Faroese government will build a tunnel to connect to 1200 people, but the British government keeps saying that it isn't worth bothering building a tunnel to the isle of Wight which has over 140000 people.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Yea all that is needed to be done is just have those 140000 people have a special tax for the next decade or so.

[@gregoryclark8217]

The Isle of Wight ferries are particularly terrible at the moment, so there's never been a better time to push for a tunnel, apart from the fact the the UK is skint and we can't afford new infrastructure. I'm all for a tunnel as long as the hovercraft keeps running.

[@NGCAnderopolis]

​@@AL-lh2ht no, you put a toll on the tunnel use.

[@DarkHarlequin]

Have you considered that the British government doesn´t give a sh*** about good long term choices or helping its people on the isle though 🤔🤔

[@Ushio01]

Just get the people on the isle of Wight to not vote against a tunnel then. It also takes just 10 minutes by hovercraft which leaves every 30 minutes hardly comparable to the hour plus mentioned for ferry's in the video.

[@mattyt1961]

In the Eysturoyartunnilin, there is a radio station that you can tune into that plays music made from the construction sounds (I think it is the construction sounds) of the tunnel. so Drill & Blast music is even more accurate.

[@yutahkotomi1195]

That's pretty cool and funny

[@NOTHING-AT-ALL.]

Hello my good frien, this is the great trivia. Thank you

[@AliJ5533]

How dare you create the best new genre of music and not immediately release a full album of Drill & Blast tunes for us to enjoy

[@pvic6959]

drill and BLAST full song when?????

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[@jamesjross]

Type Andy C into youtube - can't go wrong

[@emurphy42]

ROCK AND STONE

[@DarkHarlequin]

🤘🤘

[@johnladuke6475]

Okay, those tunnel construction costs make _WAY_ more sense knowing the cost for the ferry service. If a year of ferry operation costs as much as 500m of tunnel it starts to look feasible over the long run, particularly with the increased reliability of the tunnels. And when you think about it, by the time a tunnel pays for itself, you'd probably also have needed to buy a whole new ferry.

[@MrThijmenmees]

To be fair, depreciation of the ferry is probably included in the figure, so buying a new one is accounted for. But still, you're very right. If it saves that much money annually, it makes perfect sense

[@TheFinalFrontiersman]

Some napkin math indicates that the tunnel would cost a bit over 14 dollars a day per person over 30 years... Which does sound pretty close to a ferry ticket now that you mention it!

[@mnxs]

Don't forget, however, that the tunnels also have upkeep costs; maintenance, electricity, pumps, etc. So you'd need to subtract the tunnel upkeep from the ferry upkeep before comparing how long it'd take for it to pay itself off in this manner.

[@ktspaz]

Drill & Blast just being the genre "Drum & Bass" (DnB) was so stupid clever I'm mad.

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[@GarrettEulett]

Drill n bass is also a genre

[@FischerNilsA]

@@GarrettEulett it is now

[@1SSJA]

The joke is funny but thats not what drum and bass sounds like. That sounded like dubstep Oh at the end was definitely DnB

[@dumbeau]

:)

[@ShaunHautly]

The “drill and blast” joke went on for too long. And that’s why it was perfect.

[@SayAhh]

Rule of 3

[@JeffDvrx]

The coffee mug blasting was perfect lol at that point I went "ok now they're just flexing on the joke and I have to respect that"

[@billhayes3219]

@@JeffDvrx I died laughing at the coffee mug

[@Phippe]

Well, I’ve got news for you… (watch the latest video about Hawaii’s H-3 interstate)

[@abhishekrao1525]

If anyone's interested, Drill & Blast is actually Bass House/UK Bass, and 7:18 is Drum 'n' Bass (DNB)

[@deniskhaidarov9166]

We need jungle, I'm afraid

[@NadeWillow]

The first one is electro/fidget house

[@kahlzun]

those names are impossible to search

[@_TheBreda_]

but you know the music name?

[@K3end0]

​@@deniskhaidarov9166I get that reference!

[@ChrisRovers0]

Jetlag: The Game, Faroe Islands edition when?

[@Gurumeierhans]

I dont like KZbin Shorts

[@squeaksquawk4255]

@@Gurumeierhans Jetlag is 40-60 minutes per episode.

[@Bacopa68]

Anglo-Saxons near the Danelaw attacked a Nordic settlement because the Viking settlers were too sexy and had good personal hygiene. All the marriageable women were eloping to be with Vikings in the Faroes rather than hook up with the local incel boys.

[@topapo3661]

@@squeaksquawk4255you missed the joke didnt you

[@washyourhands]

It'd actually be an adorable mini series. Maybe they can film one next summer :)

[@ngcpiano]

3:17 Definitely the best music you’ve created in your channel lol😅 Edit: if you put subtitles, it says “[horrible EDM-ish sounds]” 😂😂😂

[@superJ5858]

Much better than the mix tape

[@chellinacell7450]

I want that and at 7:20 as in full version

[@GoldClav]

Omg, it actually does say that lol😂

[@sabersz]

I shazammed it hoping it was an actual track only to be disappointed with 'no result' Well, Sam, come on, make a full track and release it!!!

[@ngcpiano]

@@sabersz try Google "search for a song"

[@BojanMilic84]

Drill and blast slaps!

[@D_Winds]

I love that band.

[@blehblahov7398]

You're a genius! Drill + blast + slap 😮 Imagine that

[@selfification]

@@blehblahov7398 Davie504 is proud and shedding a tear rn.

[@error-ko4vo]

I was there in June. Those tunnels really make their lives easier and more convenient. Such an amazing place!

[@PerMortensen]

I was there from July... 1991 until 2015, and yes, the tunnels have been absolutely transformative.

[@gardenpixie20]

I never even knew this part of the world existed 😮

[@crazikyle]

Each of those tunnels would probably cost close to $1 billion each in the US, so barely even $500 mil for 4 tunnels is impressive as hell.

[@Xamufam]

Most of the cost are regulations and bureaucracy

[@hedgehog3180]

@@Xamufam I don't know if you noticed but these are single lane tunnels, in the US they'd probably need to have at least two lanes in each direction and that raises the costs a lot.

[@PinnysVids]

@@hedgehog3180 I count two lanes at 2:35. Sam does mention 'scary narrow tunnels' built in the 80's, that do look like they're 1 lane though (but not underwater)

[@chippysteve4524]

It is only impressive when being screwed by the super rich via their puppets in govt and the MSM has been normalised.First comes the apathy then the asphyxiation.Will the Americans wake up before they are suffocated in their sleep? Murdoch is not in jail so I doubt it. :-)

[@kkmac7247]

⁠@@PinnysVidsthat looks like one lane in each direction to me, hedgehog was talking about two lanes in each direction

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Sam, a couple questions: 1. When does your LP drop? 2. Is the next Season of Jet Lag on the Faroe Islands?

[@PatataMaxtex]

Jet Lag started last week (if you have nebula, otherwise wait a bit more than a day) in Italy

[@jeremiahracer2196]

You must have spent a lot on the laser effects. It's not much, but I hope you recover from such an expense.

[@effbar2400]

This man spent money

[@strawberriesandcum]

@@effbar2400 lots of it :O, HAI is not in the positive 📈📈

[@TrulyPointless]

I don't know how he does it, but sam manages to be the most robotic, and the most relatable person I can think of ...

[@Bacopa68]

I think it's because he is from Colorado. They are all like that. It's the thin air. Only lowlanders are capable of the full range of emotions.

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

Standard stock footage and slick editing for the "robotic" part and good sense of humor as well as actual personality for the "relatable" part. It looks like a soulless content mill, but the person behind it genuinely seems to have fun with it.

[@tomlxyz]

​@@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598 the way he covers topics and talks also seems to follow a formula quite closely which seems robotic. No one could talk like that naturally

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

@@tomlxyz That's called "having a script". Most youtubers do.

[@TugaAvenger]

0:30 That is actually their parliament. Charming.

[@PerMortensen]

Close, but not quite. Historically that is where the parliament was located, but it has since moved. It is currently the main government office though.

[@isedmiston2]

Sam might be on to something with this “drill and blast”

[@alansierra91]

It already exists, the last song was a genre called Drum & Bass

[@AkunPulivari]

Nailed it again! Watching this I thought "This sounds like Amy wrote it" and sure enough, Amy was the writer for this one :D It's fun how individual writer's personalities influence these scripts!

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[@DarkHarlequin]

No way Ben would know what DnB is 😋

[@paulknight5018]

@@DarkHarlequin I like Ben but you are right.

[@andersjjensen]

#PayRaiseForAmy

[@PhaseControlDNB]

The DnB at 7:18 is a banger!

[@marianandnorbert]

I wish the full song was released 😢

[@titlingur2009]

Did not expect my country on this channel😂 and they are planning on doing a tunnel that is 23 km long (14,3 miles). Jeez I love how pronounced our names😂😂😂😂

[@PerMortensen]

He pronounced some names decently, but Gásadalur was downright hilarious.

[@titlingur2009]

@@PerMortensennope not the worst

[@andersjjensen]

@@PerMortensen I'm more impressed that he didn't have a stroke trying :P

[@PerMortensen]

@@andersjjensen Heh, that's fair

[@Croz89]

Thorn and Eth aren't hard for English speakers since we already use them, we just don't have the special letters for them.

[@JesseRoamsFree]

Sam I’m here again to say never stop being you, I love all your content across all your channels and platforms. Your editing is great and the cross eyed bald eagle was top notch 😂

[@B3Band]

Shoutout to the guy who marked all the "Filler/Tangent" sections in SponsorBlock. The real MVP.

[@jabarbors]

To each their own; I don't find any parts of HAI videos skipworthy but I also recognize the effort. Totally unrelated but I wish the Jon Oliver viewership wouldn't downvote all the filler segments, that show has the worst non-sequiturs.

[@Astrophysikus]

A couple months back there was was an _amazing_ video about the tunnels and their construction on the B1M channel. You should seriously check it out! The host actually went there and also conducted interviews.

[@sabersz]

WOO! Fellow B1M viewer. Fred is a legend

[@christinecrawford]

That video was super interesting! #fellowFredfan

[@armienn]

You're actually pronouncing the names surprisingly well! Good job! Edit: Except Gásadalur, ouch... Edit the 2nd: Maybe I should waited with my comment until I watched the rest of the video...

[@nekajuii]

HAI used to be a boring learning channel with a Sam that read the script off in a hypermonotone voice Then he hired writers and now we have the Drill and Blast segment. I love HAI now.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

Boring? I like tunnel bores!

[@JosephMesh]

The fact the subtitles for Drill & Blast said "horrible EDM-ish sounds" is a level of detail that is absolutely fantastic! Props to the team for making the jokes fully accessible, and for adding extra humour while doing so.

[@sunmethods]

4:41 good effort! the letter ð is indeed like “th” in english, but it’s specifically the *voiced* dental fricative, like we use in “the”, as opposed to the unvoiced, like in “thing” (the mouth shape is the same - the only difference is that your vocal cords are vibrating during one, and for the other it’s like whispering) edit: jk it’s silent in faroese sometimes lol

[@PerMortensen]

In English, yes. In Faroese though the ð is usually silent, with some exceptions. It is never a dental fricative, voiced or unvoiced. In particular in the case of "Norðoyatunnilin" it is silent.

[@sunmethods]

@@PerMortensen well english doesn’t have the letter at all, but otherwise i’m glad to stand corrected in the case of faroese! i extrapolated from my very novice knowledge of icelandic

[@PerMortensen]

@sunmethods Oops. Yeah, that was a silly mistake for me to make. Of course English doesn't have an eth. I don't know what I was thinking.

[@erlendursmari]

A quick comment on compound words: For example Gásadalur is a compound word that splits into Gása-Dalur and means Gása Valley. Each part of the compound should be pronounced separately as Gása -- Dalur but not Gá -- Sadalur. The same holds for words like kilometre that splits into kilo-metre and should be pronounced like that (and not like ki -- lometre).

[@WilliamTM]

Drill and blast absolutely slaps and those graphics are fire. 🔥

[@samaster65]

I have to point out how brilliant that transition to ad read was

[@CarneyBarney-qo7wq]

4:46 leirvík sounds just like lerwick, the capitol of Shetland which until about 1800-1850 shared a language very close to Faroese. That's cool.

[@Spacemongerr]

Yep, leir(e) means mud or clay, and vik means bay or inlet in Norwegian (and Faeroese, Norse and Norn, with some minor spelling differences). There are several places in Norway named Leirvik as well.

[@erikg3732]

Went to the Faroe islands in September for 5 days and went to 3 of these tunnels. I have never been in such type of tunnels but it works well because with a rental car you can easily go from one to another island. The underwater roundabout is also really cool, there is actually a radio station that only works in the tunnel where you can listen to peaceful kinda of underwater noises Really beautiful country with spectecular nature, very expensive tho

[@Mynthio]

1:54 My condolences to your saturday nights.

[@Nicholas-xe5rl]

One time my state gets mentioned we get mislabeled smh

[@pianobear7491]

Whatcha doin' today? Feroese: tunnilin'

[@akanabahi]

Everyday I'm tunnilin tu tu tu tu tu tu tu du du du du du du

[@minimappering]

that 3:14 bit peak

[@justsomeguy5103]

The PDF at 3:36 is ancient, judging by the black/white photos and the reference to a company name that hasn't existed in decades. I reckon surveying costs as a percentage has gone down since then, thanks to the ever ballooning costs of projects like this.

[@mrroger-t6m]

Effective infrastructure building that actually helps people and it's actually economically sound

[@bigbossimmotal]

For the same $158,000 per person that the tunnel cost, they could have each bought their own personal yacht.

[@benchoflemons398]

@@bigbossimmotalyes, but it was not built for the local population. It was built for tourists which maintains the economy.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

@@bigbossimmotal Wasn't that 8130€ oer capita?

[@bigbossimmotal]

@@jannikheidemann3805 Dunno, my keyboard doesn't even have that odd little character next to the number. lol

[@bigbossimmotal]

@@benchoflemons398 1,200 private yachts! I think tourists would pay to come see that. AND pay for the ferry to bring them over to see it too. lol

[@XinGraves13]

I was feeling down because I broke my favorite mug. Your drill and blast segments cheered me up a bit. Thanks for that, Sam.

[@liquirius]

5:00 Ah yes, the fond memories of playing Magicka with friends.

[@R3troguy]

Back in the 50s, my grandfather was a teacher in both Gásadalur and the neighbouring town of Bøur, alternating every other week. As this was way before the tunnels were built, he got back and forth by literally just hiking across the mountain every Sunday.

[@SeverityOne]

It ought to be mentioned that the Faeroe islands have a rather healthy GDP per capita. That often makes things a little easier.

[@conrad.taylor]

I LOVE DRILL & BLAST

[@P-Mouse]

if you just keep a constant stream of tunneling-projects going, you avoid a lot of the issues/cost of having to start and stop projects. you reuse the same companies, machines, workers, and institutional know-how.

[@NickyHendriks]

Guess that's what they're doing in Norway. Never saw more tunnels during a single drive than over there. Most impressive was the tunnel with a roundabout that would continue as a suspended bridge only to go back directly into a tunnel. The Hardangerbrua really is a piece of art

[@amp.piine98]

First time ive seen a youtuber mention New Albany lol

[@jimsvideos7201]

Nah he was talking about the other one. Sorry.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

how do New Steamed Hams taste to you?

[@kb1598]

I was half asleep watching this and perked up so fast😭

[@Palemagpie]

Here's the thing. This highlights the difference between logistical investment for purpose, Vs for profit. Now over time those tunnels may require additional funds for repairs and renovations. However, they're indispensable and a positive asset to the country. Their value isn't purely monetary. They weren't built with money making specifically in mind. It's a fantastic infrastructure investment. Opening up the isles to function more as a combined territory. Speed and availability of transportation are the main contributes of a functional logistical system. If it had been the US they'd have built airfields on every island because it was cheaper. If it was the UK they'd have merely expanded the existing airport with additional runways because that'll fix the issue somehow. If it was China, they'd have built a better (yet unnecessary) port system to better connect the island chain. All these other approaches would have factored in financials directly as opposed to indirectly. Because they cannot see infrastructure as something that needn't turn a profit. They are incapable of looking at an economic project as a positive economic drain. Sometimes things that cost the government money, especially over time. Are a good thing. It stops money pooling and stagnating in public funds. Ongoing costs can actually be an economic net benefit. Those tunnels will require staff for maintenance. Roadies, sparks, engineers for the pump system, painters. What have you. Now, those individuals are civil servants. The upkeep and maintenance of those tunnels is important don't get me wrong. But it's also a positive feedback loop. They get paid by the government, and that money circulates within the local economy, which in turn builds a solid foundation for shops, stores, industry. All at the local level. Which in turn brings in outside capital. Not so much foreign investment, but more so tourist and holiday money. A strong, wide, baseline civil service is the greatest hedge against inflation any country can have. Faroe also does something very clever, which although it is directly a detriment to the rest of us. They took the quick and dirty solution to the foreign investment problem. You can't buy land on Faroe as a foreigner. You can't soak up any of their assets. This keeps exploitative investment out. In exchange for no massive economic booms. Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing. No booms, also gives them a severely diminished chance of a bust. Or big downturn period. Aslong as they don't become overly reliant on tourist money. They'll weather any global financial crisis. And a level of self sufficiency where they don't have to rely on exports or private companies to handle their transportation between the islands. Means they're basically unbeholden to the greater global economic situation at any one time. Ie, it all comes back to the tunnels lads.

[@ReginOlasen]

Good points, however the Faroese economy is also extremely reliant on salmon farming and pelagic fisheries, which could both crash at any time, and have done so in the past, leading to economic crisis

[@oadka]

I disagree on the chinese bit. They would have built all the tunnels at once with too much capacity and no chance of breaking even.

[@Palemagpie]

@@ReginOlasen Thats true. And over reliance on any singular industry. Particularly ones with finite or seasonal resources prone to over-abuse. Is an issue.

[@eirikarnesen9691]

in case anyone is wondering, the names of the islands are very traditional. they are called "north island, sounth island, west island and care to make a guess on the last one?" propper old fashion scandinavian naming system.

[@eirikarnesen9691]

@@TheRedBaronHP im not gonna watch the video again, but there for sure was a north island. west island was an assumpion based on patterns. could have been the name of the tunnel though, not the island

[@Laremy]

DnB has new meaning in my brain now. Thank you.

[@samm8500]

It makes sense to keep building tunnels once you've started and have the tools, people, processes and expertise. It seems we often do "one off" projects and reinvent the wheel each time.

[@JaketheEmpoleon]

This has to be the highest production value I have ever seen in a KZbin video

[@ScottStruzik]

The music in the video was a little too loud. This was very interesting! Thanks for making this!

[@ngcpiano]

*_Fun Fact_* Alternate title: Drill and Blast established in Faroe Islands by HAI 99% of comments about Drill and Blast 1% of comments about the Faroe Islands

[@IfEnjoinder]

Drill and blast needs more coverage. Also: Aimy needs to cover the next tunneling.

[@mannyislikethat]

1:34 Did he just say the Great State of New Jersey? 😂

[@JoshuaPeisach]

Phil Murphy: “we’re from Jersey baby and you’re not”

[@ZetaPyro]

Yeah that one surprised me, especially with all of the times he's dissed Newark Liberty Airport.

[@DFWHoppe]

Typo in the script, for sure. Let's just blame Ben

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Honestly, that musical bit there was FIRE

[@Waldohasaskit210]

I'm gonna need a ten hour version of that drill and blast song for the next time I need to cram an entire semester of studying into a single all nighter.

[@michealdrake3421]

The Drill and Blast music joke is the best joke to come out of HAI in a long time. Not to say the jokes aren't usually good, this is just the best one.

[@Fl33ty]

Whoever you hired to make drill and blast deserves a raise

[@beaksters]

I want the drill and blast song as a stand alone video.

[@varana]

Planning session: "Let's do that crossing with an underwater roundabout!" "But why?" "Because we can!" "Good point."

[@Nazuiko]

Gotta admit that is one of the most insane things ive ever heard done. If you told me yesterday, "What if Europe tried putting a roundabout in a tunnel?" id stare at you until my eyes twitch, doubting the feasibility. But here we are.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@Nazuiko It's not particularly hard or weird, it's obviously cheaper to build one tunnel that can connect three islands than three seperate tunnels between each. And when you have three roads that meet you need some sort of intersection and roundabouts are the most efficient form of intersection if you aren't limited by space.

[@bluedog1337]

im american but i fell in love with reading about the faroe islands in middle school and high school. one of my favorite bands, the dreams, are from there.

[@kfcroc18]

is that eagle cross-eyed? 2:27

[@potatojake197]

No its american

[@BankC6969]

@@potatojake197🫶😂😂

[@MujaffaElAchmedAlSharif]

Sam, this is probably the best video to date. Love the Drill n Blast music genre. Can't wait for a full release! Pronounciation was in the gutter, but that's to be expected when dealing with anything that came out of Scandinavia.

[@RenatoAndrade144]

The Drill and Blast bit has to be one of the funniest jokes in this channel. Good job to whoever came up with that.

[@mzaite]

I never knew I wanted this, but now I want to do a Solstice Midnight sun road tour of the Faroes.

[@SvdSinner]

Please finish Drill and Blast and release it!

[@Nighthunter006]

In Norway we have a lot of ferries and also a lot of undersea tunnels. The ferries are often operated by the county and subsidised by the state. One of the ways tunnels get funded is that if the county replaces a ferry with a tunnel, the state will continue paying the ferry subsidy. Some tunnels are financed basically entirely through that together with the tolls (equivalent to the ferry ticket).

[@billwhite1603]

B1M did a video on this a while back. I think he stood around the round about. But the thought of being under there creeped me out. I'd be on a boat.

[@kulik03]

I drove thru some of these tunnels last summer, I HIGHLY recommend the Faroe Islands, the most beautiful country in the world imo

[@RitaFredsham]

I plan to retire at the end of 2025 at 62 after 36 years in Telecom as a sales engineer. My wife will retire in May 2026 and she's loving life! But walking away from a good income stream and building the nest egg to living from the nest egg is a scary proposition couple with the alarming recession and CPI report

[@ClemensGoermer]

I feel your pain mate, as a fellow retiree, I'd suggest you look into passive index fund investing and learn some more. For me, I had my share of ups and downs when I first started looking for a consistent passive income so I hired an expert advisor for aid, and following her advice, I poured $30k in value stocks and digital assets, Up to 200k so far and pretty sure I'm ready for whatever comes.

[@VonNothias-f7h]

My advice: for newbies to grow financially this year, invest. Saving is good, but investing elevates your finances. Why newbie make huge losses on trade is because investing without proper guidance can lead to mistakes and losses. that will stop you from trading, this has been one of the biggest problem to new traders, I've learned this from my own experience

[@ClemensGoermer]

Tracy Britt Cool Consulting was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I made so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Tracy.

[@SueliPavlenko]

I'm surprised that this name is being mentioned here, I stumbled upon one of her clients testimonies on CNBC news last week...

[@SueliPavlenko]

I keep hearing a lot about Mis. Tracy Britt Cool Consulting O'Reilly, she must be really good

[@luc122c]

Drill and Blast videos are the new brick videos.

[@Divoonatam]

Interesting

[@Laremy]

Half as

[@yutahkotomi1195]

3:15 Everyone talking about the Drill & Blast music, but did anyone notice he blasted through Wendover Productions?

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: In 2021, researchers found evidence of a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that appears to be shedding its atmosphere in a massive, comet-like tail.

[@WaffleAbuser]

We should build a tunnel there.

[@calumbaxter9946]

About 10 years ago we were on a cruise which took in the Faroe islands. We hired a car for the day and did a road trip to the most northerly part we could reach (Viðareiði). We used 1 sea tunnel which was illuminated like a discotheque, but the other mountain tunnels were the “suicide” types with single track with passing places. Playing chicken with an oncoming pair of headlights was somewhat bum clenching but I thoroughly recommend the experience of driving through these beautiful islands with their amazing feats of engineering.

[@Blitz6804]

I totally want to get an album of Sam's drill-and-blast. Make it happen!

[@TheWulf899]

There goes Wendover productions' CGI budget for the next 10 years

[@lakrids-pibe]

The tourism industry in the Faroe Islands is growing. People do indeed go on road trips. You can also buy some very nice wool sweaters as souvenirs. Or just wool yarn for your knitting hobby.

[@Sonad47]

such a good Hai video I didn't even think about how long it's been since we've had a brick video

[@Kaaxe]

I have found hardly any jokes on this channel funny so far. But this drill and blast gag gets a thumbs up : P

[@kevinnolan4280]

Interesting video about the Faroe Islands! 🇫🇴 One correction to note is that the map at 1:45 is missing the state line of Virginia. I’ve actually been through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, & the National Historic Park in the area is home to the tripoint of Virginia, Tennessee, & Kentucky! There is even an interesting monument for it. Cheers

[@futureandevolution8315]

I like how the narrator struggles to pronounce a specific word, then suddenly pronounces the next few words which are the same kind, but perfectly

[@Spacemongerr]

Trust me, not a single Faeroese word was pronounced anywhere close to perfectly in this video 😅

[@OmarSoubhieh]

3:20 there goes the VFX department budget! It's time to do some layouts!

[@richardclapton5592]

I am now planning a road trip to the faroe islands and will be listening to only drill and blast the whole time

[@giogullotto]

the drill&blast is the greatest thing i have ever seen

[@SchilkeSmooth]

There has to be a season of Jet Lag based around this.

[@styrax7280]

Someone had a ton of fun with that drill&blast animation ^^

[@doublepinger]

Shout out to the graphics team for making the sheep x70,000 move with the sheep's mouth. THAT is why the tunnels were built!

[@ofiros1987]

Drill and Blast sounds AWESOME

[@DevinSloan]

Thats it. The whole graphics budget for the rest of they year. On Sams 4 second music video.

[@mundzine]

Refreshing to hear a country invests in infrastructure to make their people's lives better

[@Derekzparty]

3:25 IMA FIRIN MA LAZOR!!!

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

Very cool. Iceland has quite a few tunnels to connect parts of the island and avoid long detours around the mountains (and in and out of all the fjords). It's nice to see a country invest in infrastructure...

[@simoncauxbarge]

The "Drill and Blast" joke was way funnier than it had any right to be.

[@Nooticus]

I have, in fact, roadtripped the Faroe Islands. And also written my EPQ qualification (last year of high school equivalent thing) on this exact topic of undersea tunnels in the Faroe Islands

[@joeybulford5266]

That bald eagle had the most legendary side-eye

[@VistasSrinagarun]

Rofl, Impeccable humour 😅😅😅

[@General12th]

Hi Sam! Don't lie. You sampled Drill & Blast from Amy's hot new single. She deserves a raise!

[@Bacopa68]

We blew up a tunnel connecting Seabrook and Deer Park to Baytown here in TX. It connected maybe a quarter million people. Replaced it with a giant-ass bridge though. Tunnel caused silting in a major port area.

[@RaccoonHenry]

"road tripping the faroe islands" yes please