Origin of "I Reject Your Reality ..."

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[@RPRsChannel]

No, not quite. I brought this up Adam a few days ago here on YT, and I found out it's NOT from DungeonMaster, it's from an episode of Dr.Who in 1974. It was copied in Dungeonmaster(1984).

[@tested]

@@RPRsChannel Adam is explaining where he got the expression. He got it from Dungeonmaster. He has never been a Doctor Who fan or viewer.

[@RPRsChannel]

@@tested Yeah, and I am telling Adam he's wrong. If "wrong" is a hard word, he is incorrect about it's origin. It's origin is not from Dungeonmaster, it's from an episode of Dr.Who that aired a decade earlier. Also, I'm gunna take a few mins in a void of disbelief that Adam has never watched Dr.Who. The amount of crappy effects that were on Dr.Who should have attracted him; to laugh, mock and spend 5mins making better than what was on that show. In this day and age, it's important to tell what you identify as: I am no Whovian.

[@gazpal]

@@RPRsChannel but Adam makes it clear where he got the saying from..... Not where his source got it from 😉

[@alee_enn]

Is Adam missing an eyebrow?

[@MistaC1998]

"Our death ray doesn't seem to be working. I'm standing right in it, and, I'm not dead yet" -Jamie Hyneman

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Jamie wanted big boom.

[@phazonlord0098]

Well... there's your problem!

[@phazonlord0098]

Also, "Quack, Damn You!

[@robholts7302]

From IT Crowd: "Wow! A gun! I wonder if it's loaded." [click] [click] [click] [click] [click] "No."

[@theyshisizj]

When in doubt, C4!

[@synsofthefather]

"The next distance we'll be firing from is 500 yards, the distance of your average restraining order." - Adam Savage.

[@ElectroDFW]

And about half the distance of a cold stare.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

*Evil Cackle*

[@MrArcadia2009]

LMAO!!!! LOVE IT!

[@Liquefaction]

It's weird because i read this in Jamie's voice

[@ReelCinnemonProducts]

My favorite one is from Jamie, “Adam, the police officer says you need to drink more.”

[@vampjoseph]

Adam: The doctor says I need to smoke more because I'm not getting enough tar"

[@cliffprowse3341]

I think mine is, “Quack, damn you!”.

[@dheijnemans]

Jamie wants big boom Am I missing an eyebrow? Jamie inside a fire suit: I like it in here, it's private

[@habichiblah7534]

Jamie in a wetsuit, ''I dunno, I feel kinda sexy'' :-D

[@feuerdrachen257]

"Quack damn you"-Jamie

[@adamjohnson2914]

My favorite is when jamie was supposed to climb up an airduct as quietly as possible with magnets and every time he stuck the magnet on the duct it sounded like a bomb was going off and Adam says "why.... Thor, the God of thunder, is trying to enter my building!" I couldnt breathe it was so funny the first time I saw it.

[@TVD1984]

I'm literally dead on the sofa from laughter, I TOTALLY forgot about that one. It's one of the few times tears came out of my eyes from laughing when I first saw that episode.

[@troyking6156]

Yes! One my absolute favorites, too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a33Sp3qMp9d8q80

[@ooflord702]

I never laughed so hard in my life, KEERRR-CHIIING!!!!!!! Might as well try and rob the place with the alarm blaring!!! But Grants laugh was pretty much like mine. R.I.P. Grant

[@TheAuron32]

"i believe in the security manual, the correct response upon hearing that noise coming from your duct, is to just riddle your duct with bullets"

[@devent10n]

Oh my God, that just careened the memory of watching that straight into my brain like a nostalgia water heater through a roof.

[@nicholaslindell]

"We were doing an episode about handguns..." Do you have the *slightest* idea how little that narrows it down?

[@willmfrank]

The elongated pause before he says "I can't remember which one" would seem to indicate that he does.

[@SirChaosS]

my thought exactly!!

[@SavageGreywolf]

was that Batman Beyond reference intentional?

[@zeikjt]

@@SavageGreywolf Most people don't know the context, they just know the meme or the phrase alone because of the meme

[@playwme3]

@skOsH or “so Jamie was wearing a white shirt and a beret”

[@tweetthang96]

I think my favorite Mythbusters quote is "Failure is always an option!" Also really enjoy "The difference between science and screwing around is writing it down!" Two quotes I've attempted to apply to life more

[@LuckYeti]

This mindset has made my life better as I approach problems. Acknowledging possibility of failure keeps you grounded in reality. Failure is possible, so how do you react to it? How do you minimize its impact? This has become a mantra for me.

[@CooroSnowFox]

"Am I missing an eyebrow?"

[@tweetthang96]

@@CooroSnowFox Also an EXCELLENT one haha

[@tweetthang96]

@@LuckYeti Exactly! I'm an artist and a perfectionist, but I enjoy learning new things and playing with new mediums. Accepting that failure is an option makes it easier to make it part of learning rather than a discouragement.

[@KiithnarasAshaa]

I'm more a fan of this phrased by Howard Tayler's 70th Maxim (For Maximally-Effective Mercenaries): "Failure is not an option. It is mandatory. The option is whether you allow Failure to be the last thing you do."

[@LeglessWonder]

“When in doubt, C4” As a USMC Combat Engineer, I used that mindset a LOT

[@azraelf.6287]

Kaboom? Yes, Rico. Kaboom

[@Sanquinity]

I've always had that one as one of my top quotes from the show. :p

[@pauliewalnuts2527]

didnt you lose a war to goat hurders and rice farmers? yea id hold off on the ego pal.

[@oxide9679]

@@pauliewalnuts2527 You should hold off on the ego too, since you can't spell herders.

[@dgwdgw]

I thought Stargate SG-1 was modeled on the USAF though 🤔 😂

[@vamposdecampos]

"I swear I left it right here!" after blowing the cement mixer truck to smithereens

[@Ahrpigi]

They went on to do bigger explosions, but nothing ever topped that one for me. The very specific sound of a cement truck vaporizing, it's lodged in my memory forever.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

@@Ahrpigi The best way to describe that sound would be, "the devil started ww3 with a fart"

[@medicbabe2ID]

That unearthly sound. It's a permanent audio file in my brain. Never heard anything like it before or since, civilian or military.

[@SchismTP]

My favorite was Adam in the ep with the helium inflated life raft. He got tangled up and says, "This wins as the strangest position I've ever been in on this show. " and Kari looks at the camera and says, "Don't you love how he qualifies it with 'on this show'?"

[@FlagCutie]

I remember almost doing a spit take when I first watched the episode 😂

[@williambryant6175]

Kari’s off the cuff commentaries were the best

[@skurys]

@@williambryant6175 "my toast always lands butter siiiide up" her delivery gets me every time

[@geoshark12]

Adam “its not my phrase” Me” i reject your reality and substitute my own”

[@jonmayer]

I reject *your* reality and substitute *my* own.

[@BennettsShed]

I reject your reality and substitute Rich Evans

[@katyungodly]

I reject your reality and substitute the drink for a milkshake

[@gorillaau]

@@katyungodly I reject your milkshake and substitute something stronger.

[@djcbanks]

@@gorillaau I reject your something stronger because my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

[@rustievian8634]

I still laugh at Jamie saying”quack damn you” to the duck. That is my all time favorite myth and quote.

[@ThestuffthatSaralikes]

YEEESSS!!!!😂

[@diegovillasenor3967]

that one is gold!

[@mellchiril]

Quack damn you made me wheeze in laughter when it showed up in the finger in the barrel of a gun episode and they made a cartoon version of Adam and Jamie. They used that quote from Jamie and I just couldn't stop laughing.

[@refsmithy]

I've always loved the simple "Jamie wants big boom". The Hyneman verbalising the wishes of the audience!

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

When in doubt... C4!

[@dimitreze]

Rich Evans and Adam Savage, the next dynamic duo

[@kenji3009]

One day build of plinketto board or wheel of misfortune would be great. Rich is good builder, Adam is funny.

[@Cyromantik]

@@kenji3009 A One Day Build diorama of RLM's studio with the Plinketto board in it would be great!

[@FungleFunTime]

@@Cyromantik But Adam has actual energy.

[@aramchek]

@@FungleFunTime *sad Rich Evans jpg*

[@ballerswagbro9k611]

CAN THE WORLD HANDLE SUCH RAW POWER?

[@SavageGreywolf]

"Hopefully, the 27th time's the charm" - Grant Imahara

[@ericspecullaas2841]

RIP Grant you were taken to soon

[@KitsuneAdorable]

😢

[@cleverusername9369]

I'm envious of this man's ability to recall the name of almost everyone he's ever worked with in any capacity.

[@Unknownfriendx]

The quote is from Robert Anton Wilson in his illuminatus trilogy.

[@FenrirAldebrand]

RIGHT?! Someone could tell me their name and I'd forget anywhere between instantly and 5 minutes later 😂

[@anor_naur]

Civilization VI took one of your quotes! “Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics yet?”

[@SomeHobo7]

I know it's a quote but To answer that question, the patron Saint of field artillery is St. Barbara, so close enough.

[@griffinwolf5704]

Is it attributed to him?

[@DreamFearless]

@@griffinwolf5704 yep

[@saghwteam]

Nah I'd just sing to Brother Heckler and Brother Koch

[@DelcoRanz93]

I'd have to say my favorite moment is when you're doing your "Wild Hyneman" routine while Jamie is in the background breaking sticks and he turns to the camera and outright asks "Is he doing his David Attenborough thing again?" After which you bust out laughing.

[@modifyreality3807]

@@scottstacy643 was it the Ducttape island episode?

[@Riley_Mundt]

​@@modifyreality3807I think it was Alcatraz Escape.

[@Cobalttoyota]

"Over-Engineering is the mark of inferior design" - Jamie. As a design engineer now, I go back to that one a lot.

[@icu_corey_rn_903]

I like that one a lot too

[@Paxmax]

Yep! It is about taking the first crucial steps in the right direction since it takes alot of slow tough steps in the muck to shift to the right path!

[@MrShadowpanther3]

Over-engineering is never having to say... wow, just a little bit more and that would not have come apart.

[@Jrez]

Yes!! I so often marvel at the design of things which do something very cool in a very simple way, things like old compressed air tools with just 2 moving parts, or stuff on old cars which managed assumedly complicated engine functions before computers like carburetors or parts of the engine which work on vacuum. Really old machines, the marvel of the highly accurate screw which modern society is based on. A good design to me is one that tells us thath people of the past were in no way simpler or less intelligent, just more limited in what was available. And limitation breeds creativity.

[@HipposHateWater]

I often quote this when people keep hoisting ancient engineering on a pedestal, making it out to be superior to modern engineering: "Anyone can slap on enough material until something's too durable to fail. It takes an engineer to apply the exact amount of material needed to achieve the intended function for the intended lifespan. Over-engineering's easy, red-lining efficiency is hard as all fuck."

[@jonathanc8845]

"Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science, is writing it down." Is my favorite

[@zuiderzee9141]

A favorite Mythbusters quote of ours comes from an episode involving skydiving somehow, and poor Tori is... not super jazzed about jumping out of an airplane for the myth, and as his plane taxis away Grant starts waving and shouts,” I’m keeping your tools!”

[@markfryer9880]

Just for reassurance!

[@ShowToddSomeLove]

Tori got the tools in the end

[@vladtepes97]

@@ShowToddSomeLove too soon.

[@ReeseBadman]

"Research is what I'm doing when I have no idea what I'm doing." - Richard Feynman

[@Valkbg]

I live by that line.

[@byang2453]

"The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" That quote stuck with me growing up and is the reason why I got into data science as a career. The genesis of my successful career has been that moment on Mythbusters.

[@joew717]

that's wild!

[@charlieholmes3147]

I'm rather fond of that quote as well

[@TC-ry1jw]

"You kids quit screwing around!" "Yes sir!" *Gets notepad and resumes activities.*

[@GorgeousMerc]

My favorite too

[@MaxNiebergall0]

Wildly enough, me too! Mythbusters did more to get people into science than almost anything else

[@youramagician]

"These things are always catching on fire" while welding the Hindenburg model and it started burning

[@MirunaNero]

"No... I reject your reality... and SUBSTITUTE MY OWN!" "Nice! Dungeon Master!" "No, Mythbusters... what the hell is Dungeon Master..?" "Oh... I was so happy there for a moment..."

[@thomassparling4739]

The joke has now come full circle

[@MirunaNero]

@@thomassparling4739 couldn't help myself honestly. I love SAOA too much

[@thomassparling4739]

@@MirunaNero I don't blame you. It's one of the best abridged shows

[@MirunaNero]

@@thomassparling4739 SAOA, HSUA, and DBZA imo are some of the best of the best out there

[@KazyEXE]

Thank you

[@CarBore]

A joke that never fails to make me laugh "Come, Silent Walrus, let us storm the castle! I will don my safety gear!" 🤣

[@zach2beat]

Followed by the sound of Jamie’s loud ass magnet vent climbers.

[@DrDingsGaster]

This one is one of my favourites!

[@katrinschirmer8018]

@@zach2beat Thor the god of thunder is trying to enter my building! XD

[@joermnyc]

“Am I missing an eyebrow?” Yes he was... and he had a date later that day... and she went on to become Mrs. Don’t Try This At Home.

[@drops2cents260]

I guess that Julia Ward just said to herself on that evening: "Hey, that bloke has the cojones to still show up on a first date although he has his hair singed on one side of his head and is missing one eyebrow - if that ain't a keeper, I don't know wo could be." And as far as I know, they're still married and thus shall celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary in September 2021 - so I assume they got over Adams hair malfunction.

[@brianm6117]

Definitely one of my favorites.

[@drops2cents260]

Yes, "am I.. missing an eyebrow?" is a true classic in its own right - and rightfuly so if one knows the context. :-)

[@soul0360]

The funniest part is just afterwards, when someone told him, that he lost some hair to (though it was negligible). He goes from sort of laughing, to instantly freezing, and you can just see how he realizes that he has a date. He is almost about to cry at that point. Just mentioning it, for the few that haven't seen it. As I recall, that part wasn't aired. Might be wrong though. Anyway, it's in a lot of outtake compilations here on YT.

[@Sheerspeechcraft]

Ah I remember that

[@cygnata]

"The best scientists never stopped being 5 years old." My advisor's response: "Wrong! I never stopped being 4!"

[@lucky4leafedclover442]

😂😂

[@darkninjacorporation]

I think Adam just radiates “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” energy, and that’s why it stuck so much. It’s a great quote for him.

[@SpaceMarshalGyorni]

On the topic of Scientists screwing around: I once interviewed for a position as a Technician in a biomedical research lab in Germany that did a lot of work on Drosophila (a.k.a. Fruit Flies). When they showed me around the lab we got to one room with a self-built machine they called "The Inebriator". It was basically a long vertical tube with lots of funnels in it. The small ends of the funnels had optical barriers in them, and the atmosphere in the whole tube could be saturated with alcohol vapour. The experimental setup was this: You put, say, 30 fruit flies in the top, so they sit in the first funnel. As they breathe the alcohol fumes, they get drunk. As they get more and more drunk over time, they will lose their footing and fall down into the next funnel. The more drunk they get, the more they tumble towards the bottom. At the very end of the tube, the last funnel leads into a collection jar where the flies are captured again. You let the flies sober up, and them send them for another round. Repeat that a few times, and you get a value for the alcohol resistance they build up, signified by the mean time it takes the average fruit fly to get drunk enough to just fall over, lol. Do this with genetically modified flies, and you can measure the impact of genes on the initial as well as acquired resistance to alcohol. So yeah - There are scientists in this world who spend their working hours trying to get fruit flies shitfaced enough to keel over. I'm still a bit salty that I didn't get the job.

[@SavageGreywolf]

I expect the fruit flies in the control group were also a bit disappointed

[@ElectroDFW]

Worth the read. 😁 💯

[@SpaceMarshalGyorni]

@@SavageGreywolf That's the beauty: The control group consists of flies without genetic modification. Sure they needed to take some measurements of sober flies to prove the system works when they initially set it up, but in practical use the "control" consists of different values in time-to-fall-over and level-of-acquired-alcohol-tolerance. In other words, all the flies are getting shitfaced all the time. This was in Germany after all.

[@TheR00ndar]

So why are they interested in the alcohol resistance of fruit flies?

[@SpaceMarshalGyorni]

​@@TheR00ndar Good question! Fruit Flies count among the most popular "model organisms", especially for genetics. They aren't really being studied for their own sake, but because there's a good chance that what you find in fruit flies translates fairly well to other species, including humans. A surprising amount of the genes discovered in fruit flies have "analogs" in other species like mice or humans. That's a roundabout way of saying that these researchers are (ultimately) interested in factors that drive Human addictive behaviour, and they study fruit flies in order to identify interesting genetic candidates. Identifying genes that play a role in some specific behaviour is a lot simpler and more practical to do in flies because of a number of reasons: For one the genetics of flies are generally more simple, given that fruit flies only have four chromosomes where humans have 24. Another factor is that they can easily be genetically manipulated, because you can just take a tiny needle and inject whatever DNA you want right into the egg. You can also experiment with crossing different lines and so build very complex mutants in relatively short time, because their generational cycle is so short. With mice, for example, generating a double-knockout mice (with two specific genes disabled) can take several months, because you need three weeks for the pups to be born and another three weeks till they reach fertility and you can cross the next generation. With fruit flies, you can do the same stuff in a matter of days. Not to mention that the ethics of experimenting on flies are a lot less questionable than doing experiments on mammals, even if they're "only" rodents. I could go on like this, but I feel like I'm just rambling now. I hope this gives you some idea!

[@yarnjplays2028]

"Quack damn you."

[@Bladedcloud6159]

"When in doubt, C-4"

[@wytfish4855]

"jamie wants big boom"

[@LewisMacDonald22B]

"It was the lard that did it!"

[@gregsteele806]

Damn, beat me to it. Here, take my like.

[@phoenixdk]

(wearing thermal suit) "I kinda like it in here. It's private."

[@elskabee]

"this is why we can't have nice things" is obviously not solely a mythbusters thing, but i associate the quote with the show so much

[@arponto]

As a science teacher I used to use your quote, "The only different between science and screwing around if writing it down." A lot. The students could understand it, plus they too knew it as a Myth busters quote.

[@heidihanna3131]

Adam: I love linear data. Jamie: I'm partial to exponential curves myself.

[@AdmiralSym]

I just heard about the origin from RLM Best of the Worst

[@ClaireDuhLune]

I saw that yesterday

[@PJ-ku5lp]

Clearly where the idea for this video came from, wish he would have given the boys a shout-out.

[@djbred18]

Ditto....

[@rocketforthree4479]

@@PJ-ku5lp Sadly, I don't think anyone has told him about the RLM video, they just asked him about the quote without context. Edit: Thought, RLM is credited in the description and a link to their video.

[@kuhpunkt]

@@rocketforthree4479 Well, it's at least in the description of the video with a tag and link to the video.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

_"What's the opposite of what I should say?"_ That pretty much sums up Adam Savage doesn't it.

[@alechall7082]

I just realized that i say "Well there's you're problem" at least once a week at work because of mythbusters.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Isn't that quite a dark twist to "Well there's your problem"?

[@GuiSmith]

“This is a wobbery” will probably live in my head rent free from now on

[@Yophillips3272]

It's free Real Estate.

[@Molloy244]

I watched that in my lab and am now crying with laughter, now to screw around. I am sure I left my note book somewhere.

[@BoneCrusherXD]

"Why, Thor, the god of thunder, is trying to enter my building!" Always been one of my favourites.

[@undead890]

I loved that countdown of "3...2...1...go" and then this crashing sound coming from the vents.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Honestly the context of that scene makes it infinitely better, and its even better with Avenger's jokes NOOOBBBMAAASTERRRRRRRR69999!!!!

[@RuffsTV]

I watched this episode this morning, so funny!

[@KDBryson]

I quote this one often when it storms XD people always look at me like I've lost my mind

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@KDBryson Well they are wrong

[@Koumajutsu]

Imagine how much more immersive Adam's vlogs like this would be if he had permission to show clips from the show instead of having to describe the scene

[@PsychoSavager289]

From one of the international shark episodes, Grant and Tory exchanging some friendly digs at each other: Tory: I hear they like sushi! Grant: Oh yeah? I hear they like Italian!

[@Javin12345]

"hang on just a second" *ad proceeds to play* Now that's some timing

[@PhantomStella]

That was so smooooth I'm not even mad

[@oscarbaezsoria1650]

"Am I missing an eyebrow?"

[@nicotti]

Did Adam ever say if the date he was going on that night was with his current wife or not?

[@dannyminxe5807]

Yes 😂😂👌

[@lylesperry5132]

I laughed until I peed myself when he said that.

[@scholes2012]

You beat me to it.

[@willmfrank]

"Yeah. Uh, and also...some hair." "WHAT?!!!"

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

My favourite Adam Savage 'quote' that doesn't get alot of mileage from it. Comes from the Movie Heist break in episode where Jamie & Adam. Try to break into a building via the air duct. When Jamie is trying to climb the duct with magnets & Adam says. *"Why Thor the God of Thunder is trying to break into my building!"*

[@BarbarianGod]

My personal favourite science-y quote: The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …” - Isaac Asimov

[@thomabb]

Mine is "Well shit, that didn't work."

[@rrmordikay]

"Huh, that's weird ..."

[@Lintary]

I always been partial to: "When in doubt, C4"

[@dantevalehuntik28]

I still quote that sometimes lmao

[@Isheian]

As an EOD tech I used the shit out of that quote. Another good one was “there’s not much in life that can’t be solved by good whisky or a liberal application of explosives.”

[@FarrellMcGovern]

My fav one about C4 is from the game Command & Conquer: "A little C4 knocking at your door..."

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Jamie wants big boom.

[@Isheian]

@@PrinceAlhorian Adam Savage: “ Say it with me now: Jamie wants big boom”

[@noferblatz]

"Am I missing... an... eyebrow?" "I like it in here-- it's private."

[@pamelaf2519]

Those were my favorites too!!! I was a kid and those two quotes stuck with me for life it seems

[@drops2cents260]

@@renevile Yes, that look was priceless indeed, but the rest of the story which Adam told in a "Behind the scenes"-Episode of Mythbusters really takes the cake: At that very same day, Adam had a date and so he was obviously a wee bit concerned about how he looked. But as he also told in that same Episode, the date "went spectacular" - and as he married his wife Julia Ward in September 2004, I assume that she was that date he was referring to. :-)

[@Christopher-N]

"That second stage was a hell of a thing!" -- Adam Savage "So our goal was to fuse metal and pancake the car. Did we achieve that? What car?" -- Jamie Hyneman _MythBusters,_ episode "Demolition Derby" (2009)

[@Tbrous4]

Such a great episode!

[@greybeardmc]

One of my favorite quotes involved when you were testing a pirate myth (don't recall which one) and were using pigs as human analogs. I don't recall the exact wording, but it was something like, "As you know, we use pigs as human analogs. Well, there are very few differences between humans and pirates, so pigs also make good pirate analogs."

[@NP-zl7dz]

"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing"

[@zeikjt]

Someone else quoted Jamie as saying "Over-Engineering is the mark of inferior design"! Time for the quotes to duel.

[@caturdaynite7217]

There is no kill like overkill.

[@Moakmeister]

“Did you leave a log burning on the kitchen table?” *Jamie voice* “Aw crap, I did.”

[@KoroPF]

Saying Jamie voice is very crucial. It just wouldn’t be the same

[@zman1508]

Mythbusters was one of the best parts of my childhood. Watching it on SBS religiously and sometimes I wasn't allowed to stay up and watch it so my dad would stay up and record it to tape or DVD for me. As someone now involved in the engineering field thanks for all the sparks your show set off in that kids mind!

[@bilinasmini3480]

I do some coding in my job, and of course, it never works the first time. Or the second. Sometimes it goes on and one. And I often find and say, "Well, there's your problem."

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Tested and Red Letter Media, two of my favorite channels!

[@AllanBProductions]

73!

[@MichaelDeGarArt]

The greatest crossover of all time!

[@christhepotato]

What brought RLM into the chat?

[@MichaelDeGarArt]

@@christhepotato RLM reviewed the movie where the quote originated, and showed a clip of Adam saying the quote on mythbusters.

[@trashheapian]

When did RLM review dungeon master? They just did a commentary track for dungeons and dragons and that's all that comes up when I search RLM Dungeon master.

[@GundamFranxx]

Jamie: "When in doubt, c4!" "I call it my little pop gun!"

[@morgfarm1]

I used the C4 quote at work a few times. usually on break. visiting the vending machine. C4 always had a kit-kat bar in it :D

[@FrostedMike]

"Jamie wants a big boom."

[@jedironin380]

@@FrostedMike ^ THIS!!

[@jbreezy101]

Debris test firing at adam

[@cliffprowse3341]

“Quack, damn you!”

[@drkTmplar422a]

“Well there’s your problem.” -Favorite mythbusters quote

[@jbreezy101]

Mine too

[@heathergrace694]

My favorite quote from Mythbusters is when in an early episode Jamie said “When in doubt…C4”

[@Highwaym4n]

...."In a tiny Schmoo voice...." That moment you realize Mr Savage is old enough to have been watching the same saturday morning cartoons you were...

[@pjabrony8280]

My favorite: "Is he doing his David Attenborough thing?"

[@DynamicSeq]

Yes..Absolutely gold...

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

I love the walrus lines, brilliant stuff and comedy gold! 😄

[@Gilgamezsh72]

"There's your problem" always made me chuckle.

[@TylerWitucki]

"Failure is always an option." is so underrated!!

[@morgfarm1]

As the household (and work) technical ...."Expert".... I say that more times than I'd like.

[@VoxVocisCruora]

My favorite has always been "Am I missing an eyebrow?" because it's just so absurd and funny. And it was always doubly funny to me back then because Adam looked a lot like my dad, and my dad was permanently missing some of his eyebrow from an old accident. So when we'd seen that episode of the show, he started to just randomly quote it whenever things happened to go wrong or something happened, even if it had nothing to do with eyebrows, and it never failed to get a laugh from me. Can't remember if it was the same side or not, but yeah, that scene holds a bit of a special place in my heart.

[@marthacrimson3289]

I literally gasped when he brought the Noisy Cricket on camera! Would love to see an MIB movie where the agents restock in Adams cave, revealing that some of his replicas are actual alien tech.

[@cr4zyg047]

RedLetterMedia - Dungeonmaster on Best of the Worst

[@mass-cp6jf]

i just watched this episode and now this gets uploaded lol i was like oh shit!

[@odiedodieuk]

@@mass-cp6jf obviously. People had never heard of the movie and assumed Adam made it up... he could’ve told us at any point when it took off.

[@staretimecomics]

I clapped when I saw this. It's about family.

[@robertf3479]

"Am I missing an eyebrow?" When I saw this during the opening of the very first Mythbusters that I had ever seen (I had been at sea when the series was first introduced) I KNEW I was in for a treat, and you guys never disappointed. My wife and both of our kids thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot right along with me. I know I may be asking a lot Adam, but stay safe buddy.

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

The border slingshot episode had a quote that was always my favorite, because it was very simple and straight-to-the-point. At one point, Jamie stated "This is gonna kill you!"

[@RustOnWheels]

This series is genuinely interesting, fun and wholesome. Adam lifting up the curtains and giving credit where credit is due. Great stuff!

[@kingjames4886]

the more adam talks about jamie's odd sense of humor the more I want to hear about it...

[@tested]

Jamie is EXTREMELY funny. Just not always in a family-TV-show way.

[@Chadok89]

@@tested it just give me even more want to hear it...'

[@brolohalflemming7042]

@@tested Hmm.. so I wonder if the producers realise the potential for a Mythbusters-Uncut edition?

[@fredrikfjeld1575]

@@tested So.. The best kind of funny then

[@tahoemike5828]

@@tested Oh, the things that could have been tested on "Mythbusters, After Dark!"

[@MitchCyan]

I knew this was coming when I saw it on RLM.

[@DanWorksTV]

The internet is a small place

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

Those RLM fans, man. I'll throw this into the universe and see what happens: What if Adam guest-starred on Best of the Worst?

[@King_Stranger]

@@jesusnthedaisychain Or HE built a new Wheel

[@dimsumboy22]

Spooky discovered it first

[@sir.v3x403]

Deus vult

[@Half-timeHero]

One of my favorite science quotes comes from my mom. "It's not fun, it's science!" As we were volunteered to run our elementary school's science night. I was complaining that my experiment was boring and the kids lost interest halfway through my explanation. This was not exactly the response we had been expecting.

[@Kelleyyye621]

I know this video is old and y'all will probably never see this but both mythbuster's and the tested channel have really revived my love for science and engineering. it's given me direction when I'm directionless and I just want to thank you for that.

[@joemedley195]

Largely unnoticed is an episode of Mythbusters where Adam is wearing a t shirt that says, “I reject your reality TV and substitute my own.” I want that shirt.

[@marscaleb]

I distinctly remember seeing that shirt on the very first episode where they stopped using that line in the title sequence. I was so saddened that they stopped using the line, and then was so happy to see it on his shirt!

[@MiguelVicoR]

“The Only Difference Between Screwing Around and Science Is Writing It Down” -Adam Savage-

[@MiguelVicoR]

Ok, i just finished the video XD

[@BoredPodcaster]

"Mush" and "Quack, damn you" were two of my favorites from Jamie. "Am I missing an eyebrow?" is probably my favorite Adam quote.

[@just_a_nother_Matt_on_YouTube]

My favorite quote is " Remember, kids, the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

[@dustynewman1]

"Jamie want's big boom".

[@ricks2651]

That's my favorite.

[@Eidolon2003]

When in doubt, C4

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Who is Jamie Want?

[@furuleetsaingo]

"Gravity its not only a good idea its the law"

[@ElectroDFW]

Gravity always wins in the end.

[@RekItRyan]

“ Is everybody ready for diving”- one of my favourite Adam lines

[@aquilazyy1125]

"Something just touched me." Grant said calmly.

[@derekfedde2147]

"Failure is always an option." "When in doubt, C4."

[@TheWarrior2387]

"Here comes chaos!"

[@PhantomObserver]

I always kinda liked “Failure is *always* an option,” myself.

[@FarrellMcGovern]

YES!!

[@billbucktube]

'Cause it is! No way around it.

[@danielpayne1597]

I apply this to real life daily

[@Mythilt]

The pedantic test engineer in me has always hated it, an option is something you deliberately design into something, and if you design it in, it is not a failure (unless your failure feature fails to work.) The better (but admittedly less catchy) phrase is 'Failure is also an outcome.' or 'Failure is a possibility.' If you are familiar with computer science, there is always 'Failure is just another feature.'

[@danielpayne1597]

@@Mythilt True, but part of the point of the statement is to say something humorous and outlandish, a play on the original "Failure is NOT an option."

[@EMurph42]

I can’t even tell how how much I appreciate the origins of jokes. For future reference I feel as long as you give credit, you can tell others jokes. Especially if you say “my favorite joke of Kari’s...” or whomever. It’s a fond memory & a compliment. I would pay good money for a book of cut Adam & Jamie lines! The end

[@desertpunk252]

It sounded and felt so cool, hearing Adam explain that last joke. You could really see how important that quote is to him. Appreciate you sharing that with us, Adam

[@daveandlisapilkington9701]

My favorite: "It's time to de-ass the area with the quickness." - J D Nelson

[@BrBobMackeSJ]

"Am I missing an eyebrow?" is still a classic.

[@lauram8504]

Oh! I just remembered sharing a cabin with some friends, and in lighting the barbecue, I caused a momentarily giant fireball. Everyone else was inside and just saw this huge flash. I then ran in, looked at everyone and said "do I still have eyebrows???" XD

[@Piromanofeliz]

HAHAHAHA When I was 16 I burnt my friends eyebrows in an alcohol explosion

[@cloud_appreciation_society]

As soon as I read that I heard Adam's voice saying it with his exact intonation. I've heard it so many times lol

[@Pervere1621]

"The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down" became my high school senior quote. Thank you for it Adam!

[@PikaPetey]

My fav quote from Adam is "REMEMBER KIDS! the difference between SCIENCE and screwing around is writing it down!" Changed my life

[@Govanmauler]

RLM V Adam Savage crossover ........I feel very warm inside

[@killerbee2562]

When this pandemic is over I want Adam on a best of the worst!

[@loraleitourtillottwiehr2473]

"The difference between science and screwing around..." Has been hugely helpful for me as a homeschool parent. When my mythbusters loving kid didn't want to track the data of an experiment, and didn't want to listen to me, she would do it anyway because "Adam Savage told me to". So thanks for that!

[@takumi2023]

So precious

[@VidGamer123]

You have a good kid, Loralei!

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

"Failure is always an option" will forever have a special place in my heart. :)

[@cggc9510]

"The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down." That quote is something I use in my teaching of students who refuse to write in their lab notebooks.

[@stefan1024]

I love that the Myth Busters extended universe and the RLM extended universe are connected now.

[@WhyNotAParadox]

The "science and screwing around" quote hit my engineering department at university hard and was nearly turned into official signage in the various shops and labs. Engineering students in their twenties, fully in the mode of absorbing everything into our brains, watching as many episodes of Mythbusters as possible, working on everything from cars to canoes to computers - that quote is lodged deep into our collective memories. Thank you to both of you for that delightfully nerdy earworm!

[@skyraider87]

"Today's forecast: 70% chance of science!"

[@ChaseKelleh]

My favorite quote is "Failure is always an option!" It's such a counter to how our society sees failure. Everybody fails, it's preserverance that shows your success.

[@xVMouseVx]

“Quack damn you” -Jamie Hyneman

[@Epinardscaramel]

“the difference between science and screwing around is writing it down” Still my favorite quote

[@widowmak3r813]

I use “Well There’s Your Problem” all the time. Still 1 of my favorite moments in the show. The look on Jamie’s face when he said it was just priceless.

[@jonathonhilton4455]

18 now and grew up with myth busters, the one I remember is the screwing around/writing it down. Loved that.

[@dantevalehuntik28]

"Failure is always an option" Not to get fake deep but that line has definitely helped me through a lot lmao

[@niccthicc3234]

SHATNER, TAKE NOTES. THIS IS HOW YOU RESPOND TO RLM.

[@ol1294]

Hahahahah 😂 Mike hasn't been the same when his idol talked bad about RML

[@killerbee2562]

I think Adam is more aware of how the internet works than poor Bill.

[@quarterburnt]

@@ol1294 I love how through all the laughter you can genuinely tell Mike was in pain.

[@ViktorKruger99]

Shatner is not aware ofAdam Savage's "podcast" tho

[@snailsaredumb9412]

Rlm?

[@SciMajor1]

"Well there's your problem" is one I've used many times. Love it.