Jet Lag AU$TRALIA: A Travel Game Ep 3 | First Reactions

[@robertkraszewski9533]

Anybody else here from the layover episode. I do want to try your view out fas a different perspective

[@sashajoseph576]

❤❤❤

[@noahkeatonhawks6931]

Yes Wasn't hard to find even though they bleep the name.

[@robertkraszewski9533]

​@@noahkeatonhawks6931sam dud say it a few minutes later though

[@sashajoseph576]

@@noahkeatonhawks6931 that was hilarious!

[@Dreamprism]

@@noahkeatonhawks6931They only bleeped the name the first time. They still said it eventually.

[@Melissa-337]

More Sasha and Taran quizzes! That was great! I only started watching Jet Lag because I wanted to see these two podcast together and I have really enjoyed both the show and podcast.

[@justinbchen]

When the Jet Lag crew mentioned on the Layover that a podcast was covering them I knew it had to be y'all! I've been watching for a long time (including Crime Spree) and it's great to see y'all cover it!

[@sashajoseph576]

Love it!!

[@barbijackson7174]

Really loving the show and wanted to say thanks for the recommendation! The games they come up with are so clever, fun and equitable. Have you thought about inviting them on to your podcast as a guest? If not for this one, maybe one of the other strategy games you cover that they may be into. It would be a super fun way to get some answers to what happens to their discarded challenge tools or learn more about some of their game development and strategy. 🤓✌💛

[@ihappentobejosh8977]

As a big Jet Lag fan this podcast existing at all is a crazing clashing of worlds, it would be so cool for them to interact! Some of what you're talking about (mostly strategy talk in episode recaps + occasional off-season game design eps) they cover in their own weekly podcast The Layover (which Taran and Sasha referenced a few times) on Nebula, it's a really fun listen. This week they even had a whole bit at the top about RHAP and how they're now pushed down to the second biggest podcast for their own show

[@barbijackson7174]

@@ihappentobejosh8977 Thanks - I do want to check out their podcast for sure. They put so much into their game design it's really impressive and I certainly don't mind contributing to that in a very small way. 🙂 That's awesome they referenced RHAP too. Real recognize real, love to hear it!

[@ihappentobejosh8977]

Yeah, the cliffhangers are definitely sometimes overly forced but since Jet Lag's main revenue is getting Nebula signups, making people want to pay for the next week's episode as much as possible makes sense

[@Dreamprism]

Good point. The cliffhanger might not do much in terms of week to week viewers, but it does increase the likelihood of someone not yet on Nebula subscribing to it.

[@JimCullen]

Yeah this season especially is, I think, the first time the show has been a "Nebula Original", so funded directly by Nebula/Standard the company. So it makes sense that there would be heavier on the cliffhangers. The only problem is, as a Nebula subscriber, I still have to live with the cliffhangers! I just get to see the cliffhanger one week earlier, and the resolution to it one week earlier...

[@JimCullen]

ambo: short for ambulance. They're a paramedic. battler: means what it sounds like. One who battles. They're tough. chucked a sickie: took a sick day, skipped work by claiming (true or otherwise) to be sick chockers: short for "chock-a-block", crammed full, very busy. But I'll admit, coming up with the right answer was hard. "You absolute servo" makes no sense to me. Servo = service station/petrol station. Americans would probably say gas station. What does it mean to call someone a servo? Unclear. But "you absolute X" usually means "you idiot", whatever X is. So probably that. Tockies doesn't mean anything. I think they said that on Layover. "Hard yakka" means hard work. In context I _guess_ it means "damn, sounds tough", but usually it's more along the lines of saying "I was working hard". "arvo" is afternoon, and the rest of that sentence is very straightforward once you know that. From memory I think C was the correct answer, but it's a bit of a stretch from my (Australian) perspective.

[@shannonv8827]

We need Sasha to quiz Taran on every podcast. It's such a fun addition. Great podcast as usual!

[@sashajoseph576]

Give me some ideas lol I’m down to mess with Taran, always

[@ashleyporeda3127]

Thanks for the Jet Lag recommendation! I'm obsessed thanks to you.

[@sashajoseph576]

One of us! One of us!

[@MiscBeccaNicole]

Thank you for including the clip of Ben wiping his face with a sock.

[@sashajoseph576]

We aim to please

[@arnilsso]

@@sashajoseph576 I watched it so many times over at nebula, never noticed the sock. Thanks for including it

[@sashajoseph576]

@@arnilssoit was killing me lol I literally wrote down the time so people could see for themselves

[@arnilsso]

@@sashajoseph576 in jet lag discord (speculation channel), we discussed every clip from the teaser and trailer, and tried to figure out where in the city it was. I think all of us assumed it was near a public washroom or something like that. We didn't consider a sock-cloth (BTW: great podcast, you guys was shouted out from the layover podcast, but I'm sure you already knew that)

[@kevwwong]

Never noticed this before. That was odd. But let's be honest - we kind of expect this sort of chaotic neutral activity from Ben.

[@austinpoudrette1574]

That sock call was amazing! I think you’re right. I found you guys from their layover from the other day. Enjoyable hearing a different perspective

[@ncubesays]

The vibes on this podcast are sublime. Perfect pairing!!

[@sashajoseph576]

💕💕💕

[@Dreamprism]

You should go on the first off-season episode of The Layover between this season and the next so they can interview you as a host of a podcast about their show. I'm sure they'd love it. Just reach out.

[@sashajoseph576]

👀👀👀

[@Haleysunshineee]

I’ve never seen this show before these pods but y’all have sold me. So I went back & watched them all 😂

[@Marsha-pz3jc]

Where is it ? Netflix

[@katherineannerivera1926]

@@Marsha-pz3jcJetlag is here on KZbin!

[@V-vision]

It's right here on YT or on Nebula if you want to support them

[@V-vision]

Same. So far I went back and watched the NZ season since it's the most related to this one

[@Dreamprism]

It's nice to see there are people on this channel discovering Jet Lag through this podcast. Now if I can only get my mom to watch... 😅

[@AlphaOutlaw]

I really like that Sam and Tobi made the pivot they did in regards to the challenges. It does make me wonder if it's an editing clue for Ben and Adam to fail to some degree and have to play from behind for at least a day (could be more if a steal goes horribly wrong)

[@thatdomguy2857]

RE: Sasha’s where’s your Spirit Air? Australia has a weird airline industry especially since Covid. We basically have two main Domestic Airlines (the dominate Qantas (and their “low cost” holiday subsidiary JetStar) and Virgin, who are rebuilding after they almost went bankrupt from COVID) there are some smaller airlines who mainly serve regional airports with some flights between big cities (REX and until recently Bonza). That basically means Qantas and Virgin have a duopoly (with Qantas effectively having a Monopoly between many cities). Also land transport between cities suck … there have been pushes to have High Speed Rail along the east coast (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and other big towns) but each pitch struggles to gain traction. But it adds to the duopoly they airlines have. I’m an Aussie

[@JimCullen]

The lack of action on highspeed rail is so frustrating. Brisbane to Melbourne is basically the perfect setup for it. They're _extremely_ highly trafficked (each of the pairs: Sydney/Melbourne, Sydney/Brisbane, Brisbane/Melbourne were all in the top 50 busiest air corridors in the world, pre-COVID, at 3rd, 18th, 34th respectively). Add in the populations of some intermediate cities, like GC, Newcastle, and Canberra, and you could absolutely make a viable high-speed rail route. But unfortunately despite the huge amount we spend on roads, there just isn't political willpower to do really good public transport in this country, _especially_ inter-city public transport.

[@sashajoseph576]

Thank you!! This is actually so helpful

[@thatdomguy2857]

Anytime. I’m enjoying you & Taran on the podcast

[@micahfisher6125]

I appreciate that you guys are fans of the show, but are also able to critique it! Excited for more Jet Lag content!

[@V-vision]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw a sock 😂. Like Taran said, any off-center force is going to mess up the push on the cart, so I was thinking it'd be pretty hard, but he made a compelling meta argument for why it probably works out for them. Anyone else inextricably associate Staying Alive and I Will Survive because of The Office?

[@sashajoseph576]

I was in shambles with the socks

[@sashajoseph576]

😂😂

[@V-vision]

@@sashajoseph576 Truly! When you mentioned it on the podcast I fell out lol

[@chelle6]

The only reason I can think of anyone calling someone a kookaburra in Australia is for their laugh not their looks

[@sashajoseph576]

Ooooo interesting!

[@brigoode]

The Cha Cha Slide Taran ! I can’t believe Sasha Aman Chappell and Pooya have let you know down this hard 😂😂😂

[@jag519]

Yup, I 100% went "Ok, this is the original of Amish Paradise...the original is...Gangster's!"

[@logansmith2703]

Which is incidentally not the original. There's an entirely separate song by LV that came before where some of the vocals came from AND the Stevie Wonder song pasttime paradise came before that.

[@sashajoseph576]

Ooooo Logan I didn’t know that lol

[@qwertyTRiG]

All I recognised was the twenty-third Psalm.

[@forgottenrelic1]

Yeah I mean I think we can give them a pass on the cliffhangers since they're youtubers just trying to get people over to Nebula to fund the show. It's a little different than Netflix lol

[@justinbchen]

Yeah the medium affects the necessary structure. On TV the cliffhangers need to be best at bringing you back after a week. On streaming, the cliffhangers need to be best at making you go to the next episode. In this case, the conditions are more like streaming because they want to convert people from KZbin onto Nebula so they can get the immediate resolution to the cliffhanger.

[@sashajoseph576]

Haha I believe in supporting all Jet lags rights and wrongs

[@j-trainchannel4626]

I disagree quite a bit with both of their philosophies on memorization. As much as it might seem like “just memorizing” is good enough, you can almost always get more out of your memory with mnemonics. Sasha’s concerns seemed especially silly to me. You’re not gonna mix up dish and dinner looking at the flag, because you’ll never then conclude the flag’s country is Bangladinner. If a mnemonic leads you astray, memorization without tricks absolutely would have the same problem. It’s not like people using mnemonics aren’t also trying to directly memorize. That’s the final goal anyway.

[@nuriko455]

Not yall with the swipe sound graphics!

[@bundnar2212]

I have to say I like it, how you are doing the podcast and it's quite cool to hear the experience from a viewer, but it's so confusing, that you are doing it about the episode from last week.

[@sashajoseph576]

Hey! We are going by the public posting of the Jet Lag Episodes not nebula!

[@bundnar2212]

@@sashajoseph576 Well, this actually makes a lot of sense. I should think about hearing this podcast, before watching the new episode :)