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[@7rkdn427]

A bit more info on the man at 7:00, the reason he dug through a mountain was because his wife had a medical emergency and died en route to hospital because of the distance, so he made it his mission to ensure nobody else died because of lack of access to a hospital.

[@iclynnx]

That's really sweet, and shows a heckin' lot of determination

[@suchirghuwalewala]

Salute... Freaking legend

[@Newoboi]

Damn that's interesting

[@jaywhatshisname7212]

Truly a hero, we should be talking about this guy more!

[@jovindsouza3407]

I'm pretty sure there was a movie based on this too! He's a hero!

[@Danap-mykaykat]

To the person with green honey-- If your bees weren't munching from dye, like for slushies or m&ms, it could be from a large dandelion bloom in your area. I've heard that sometimes that'll cause green honey.

[@cursed-cat9126]

Or they're Irish

[@icedv1850]

Jack has the voice of someone suffering and trying to be a happy sounding person

[@rustythecrown9317]

Sooo...me then.

[@LineOfThy]

I love doing that to my friends

[@viscountrainbows2857]

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[@zuitsuko-fg1jf]

I understand it's supposed to be funny, but Jack's voices are just annoying after awhile.

[@raidarthegunwizard4520]

Reminds me with Spamton

[@zigzaghyena]

6:55 for those of you not familiar with mr wade's work, his dedication was such that he went so far as to go fishing in the rivers of Chernobyl. He gained permission to fish for four days in the exclusion zone searching for evidence of mutation amongst the wildlife, specifically the wels catfish. He succeeded, catching one near the pipes of the exploded reactor 4, and turned the radioactive fish in to the authorities. He is no longer allowed back to avoid levels of radiation hazardous to his long term health.

[@jacob3988]

That's so awesome. Guy had a great job, basically documenting everything he could through fishing

[@Station68]

Bro got the angler achievment in real life that raidioactive fish is an legendary

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@@Station68Stardew valley reference

[@mackado]

For the IRS computer situation: a friend of mine maintains similarly old computer systems for banks. The reasoning isn't that it's cheaper than upgrading, the idea is to limit liability. The ways in which numbers are rounded and mathematical operations are done are completely understood on these systems and no one wants the liability of confirming newer program languages will work exactly the same. A very simple error could compound and cause millions or billions.

[@SlushieDee]

Yep, it’s precisely because banks and the irs are processing massive amounts of money that they don’t “upgrade” to newer technologies. When lives and livelihoods are at stake, it’s not about speed or ease of maintenance, it’s about staying as close as possible to knowing exactly how the program behaves.

[@42KrewePhotography]

It’s not just the IRS. A lot of government budgeting systems are ancient. Partly because it’s not as sexy to spend money on IT as it is on weapons. Partly because they’re so entrenched and wrapped in manual workarounds that kept them running, replacing them is the work of years. Figuring out Interfaces and reports that need replaced is years of research. I know, I worked pre-acquisition for just one of the AF’s ancient budgeting tools.

[@renakunisaki]

If it ain't broke...

[@CursedSigma]

Another big point is security. It's way harder to mess with old tech from the outside.

[@undead890]

7:48 Desmond Doss is an incredible man. The movie "Hacksaw Ridge" is about his time in WW2, where he was played by Andrew Garfield (hence the Spiderman joke). This movie was one of the only times a movie actually scaled back someone's accomplishments because he accomplished so much, that pretty much everyone would think it was fake, were it not for the hundreds of eye witnesses to his actions.

[@gman1515]

I knew there was a movie about this but i couldn't remember the name for the life of me

[@GhostBear3067]

Another movie that did that was To Hell and Back about Audi Murphy staring the actual Audi Murphy.

[@grimknight6409]

Just to clarify, 1:00 this yellow fish is not using the jellyfish. The fish is dead, the jellyfish is just dragging around it's meal. Jellyfish can eat things several times their size, for them it's just a matter of paralyzing then wrapping itself around it's prey.

[@daisyjoy242]

Oh

[@Kittygirl-Shift-Kit]

Oh

[@happyjohn354]

The Canada "Super Pig" thing is essentially what happened in the US and why you hear about wild boars being such a problem in the south.

[@alexisgrunden1556]

That, and the fact that they have functionally no natural predators and breed like bunnies on Viagra.. In the state of Texas alone, feral hogs cause approximately one *BILLION* dollars worth of agricultural and property damage _EVERY YEAR._

[@infiniteplanes5775]

As they should!

[@jpopbest]

30-50 of them bad bois. (sorry, i had to! lol)

[@Hearthburn1]

Wild hogs are vicious, dangerous, and very intelligent. Fortunately they are also delicious.

[@angelascotney3204]

Jack is reviewing the most peaceful subreddits while robin is losing his sanity by reviewing the most infuriating subreddits from the depths of hell.

[@marlyd]

Robin jutst got to do r/mademesmile, it was wholesome af

[@darkonyx6995]

Lexi is the middle one, she reviews a little of both!

[@angelascotney3204]

@@marlyd Yeah but I’d imagine that the next video is robin reviewing r/extremelyinfuriating.

[@alexisgrunden1556]

14:35 In Banggi Island in Borneo, that would be incredibly valuable; over there, green honey comes from the traces of chlorophyll in the local flowers' nectar. But in Florida? Your dad's bees got into a buttload of M&Ms~

[@kidsuper397]

Me when the r/damsthatsinteresting is actually interesting:

[@laszlodrbernad378]

damn this comment is actually interesting

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

@@laszlodrbernad378 damn this reply is actually interesting

[@Yosh-hs6hz]

​@@tieflingcorpse9817 Damn this chain is interesting

[@OverStrive2008]

​@@tieflingcorpse9817 damn that username of this reply is interesting

[@tysxlam]

A dam that's interesting.

[@ignitiongaming136]

Bonus fact about the woman who was sucked out of the plane and crashed in the woods, if i remember correctly she now has a job (i believe a scientist) in those same woods. For more information, another youtuber by the name of Dr Mike has a video on it.

[@viddork]

Except she didn't get "sucked out". Nor did the pilot mentioned earlier. I'm not saying these are fake stories, only that they get pushed out by the pressurized air in the cabin, not sucked out. Vacuums don't suck.

[@willvan7685]

@@viddork I mean semantically, isn't that was 'sucking' is? All things usually flow/move from high to low, energy and pressure especially. Even though it's not a pulling force, since the force originated from inside the cabin (as you said), you can still reasonably say they were 'sucked out'.

[@JLocke0113]

6:59 The title leaves out the best part. He carved the path after his wife died because she couldn't get to a hospital.

[@JadianRadiator]

15:47 This reminded me of SCP 4999. Who would be there to comfort someone that would have otherwise died alone as they pass on.

[@The_Oddocto]

Doesn't he offer you a cigarette and sit down?

[@andrewollmann304]

13:42 Yes. White light is made up of the primary colors of red, blue, and green (this is different than the primary colors in art-red, blue, and yellow). Clusters of come cells detect each of these three colors. I think most mammals lack blue cone receptors as it’s a higher frequency than the other two.

[@alchemysaga3745]

Cone cells, not come cells tho I think we call that kind of cell sper-

[@fiend-off-the-grid]

actually, it's more common for the _red_ cone cells to be omitted, the lowest wavelengths. that's also why the tiger camouflage in the example works

[@StormTheSquid]

Confidently incorrect

[@CiaranMaxwell]

Magenta, Cyan, and Yellow are the primary colors of pigments. Each absorbs one of the three primary colors of light.

[@andrewollmann304]

@@fiend-off-the-grid Thanks for the correction. When I wrote “blue,” I was thinking of the tiger and was sure it was either blue or red. But, most mammal son being able to see a higher frequency of light made sense to me.

[@BeybladeASMRreviews]

0:41 ah yes the trypophobia bricks

[@kindofkool5460]

Any sub jack narrates is interesting, his narrations just give a feeling of enjoyment

[@bric3842]

The IRS running on archaic software makes a ton of sense

[@therealjammit]

I was thinking of the same thing. If a calculator works there's no need to replace it with some 16 core, 64 bit CPU with the latest GPU running on the fastest NVMe drives and 128Gig of ram. The 60 year old machine is probably running COBOL, which is very stable and is still being used as an OS/language today. The only thing you have to do is replace modules that break with newer hardware, assuming the older modules will ever break. 1+1 is still 2.

[@michaeljohnson1117]

5:38 I guarantee that 90% of those were brought in by guards and sold to inmates. Everyone else has to go through a metal detector before entering the facility.

[@KDCrane_]

Honestly, that jellyfish and little yellow fish look straight out of Subnautica.

[@platannapipidae9621]

5:03 that scientifically proves, that Czech and Hungarian people are the most attractive people in Europe.

[@markerikson7423]

It's Czech and Hungarian.

[@platannapipidae9621]

@@markerikson7423 yeah, sorry.

[@B3XBP0]

7:07 The reason he did this was because his wife died because they couldn't get to the hospital quick enought :,)

[@andrewollmann304]

8:15 The raccoon looks like it has in excess of melanin in its fur. It’s not enough to be melanism, but it is enough that it results in darker fur. Or perhaps it’s the opposite and it has less melanin.

[@kayleenlong2527]

It might be a rlly dirty albino raccoon, because it has no “mask”

[@Ari_C]

3:25 why does it look like it belongs in a cards against humanity deck

[@oliviasommerville4733]

😨

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

Same font and black background with white text

[@felixhenson9926]

"Imagine having to spend your entire life in bed" This disabled spoonie laughs at your comment from bed. 😅

[@moseszero3281]

Same here - been basically home bound since mid 2015 myself.

[@barelyrayssa9808]

13:50 not only that. Magenta is a color we see, but technically, does not exist, (as well as many other colors) because somewhere along the evolutionary line, there were apparently tones of green we needed to distinguish from each other, later being distinguished as the color magenta, despite being "green". I hate colors because of that, and I'm an artist.

[@tetraxis3011]

Note at 1:35 : The current state of Watermelons was not achieved through GMOs. It was achieved through selective planting. Only the watermelons with the most edible insides would have their seeds replanted, and farmers would do everything possible at the time to reinforce genes that favored more edible insides. Like a plant version of selective breeding.

[@jacob3988]

That kind of is still GMO. GMO doesn't always mean chemicals and stuff

[@amirferdhany3177]

@@jacob3988 yeah, it mostly just a man with a brush rubbing pollen between different flower plants. Like the guy who made the Carolina Reaper

[@alendmizori8575]

9:11 Turkey: *clears throat aggressively

[@erikarussell1142]

I’m guessing they got ahold of a green sucker or some sort of green candy. I’ve seen blue honey from bees feeding off m&ms.

[@sussyscylla3414]

just because 2 parents have the same phenotype doesn't mean an offspring cant have a different phenotype. If the both the parents have 2 different alleles for example Bb (which it has to be in this case) then they can have a offspring with a different phenotype which can be easily demonstrated in a Punnett square.

[@Ikajo]

The Punnett square is extremely simplified as well. Genetics are very complex. It could, however, be a case of melanism. Sort of a reverse albinoism. Panthers fall into this category as well.

[@690_5]

I think that fish was being digested by the jellyfish. I can't say for certain though, not a fish biologist.

[@nieqai]

i was thinking the same thing

[@grimknight6409]

Nope, you're right on that. That is half a fish being slowly devoured.

[@alexanderlambert295]

14:30 The green honey was most likely the result of getting into something sugary that was dyed green. Something similar happened in, I think, France with hives around an M&M factory.

[@thedeppressedone9236]

3:54 Did the editor superimpose Walter White onto that tire because of the unclear pronunciation? And think I wouldn't notice? FOOL.

[@SamuraiDestroy]

10:30 That's actually also happening in the Greek island of Evia. Specifically in the south.

[@denkisupremacy]

irl erymanthian boar, coming soon! now if only we could find Hercules...

[@lindseytaylor3793]

11:48 who's gonna tell him that the london bridge is still here, just dismantled and then rebuilt in arizona

[@_404_error_]

16:57 for context his mother died in child birth and then he lived in a monastery where only men were alowed to be in for the rest of his life

[@BadLeaf07]

3:42 it’s so it can’t get hacked. nuclear power plants are the same deal

[@zaragachizanparo4948]

5:00 It's gonna be awkward if someone makes a fully functional version of this only for a random guy to somehow survive riding it.

[@fakenails]

1:07 ...are you sure the jelly didn't just eat the fish. .. that looks like the really dangerous box jelly. 😂

[@amirferdhany3177]

If you seen the video, you know the fish is alive, it has a mucus layer to avoid being stung

[@konradzukowski213]

1:25 I believe it's less GMO and more "selective breeding" here. Many of fruits and vegetables we eat today are the way they are because we were planting plants that yield more desirable attributes in final products. That's for example why we have access to seedless bananas and watermelons. Seedless produce is a genetic mistake that under normal circumstances wouldn't be able to to spread further, so we instead opted for planting entire pieces of plants for growth. There exists a pretty high possibility that all bananas you eat today were possibly grown from what i can only describe as "clones" of the single plant that had that genetical error years if not decades ago

[@Ikajo]

They are still classified as GMO, though. Because they have been genetically modified through a process they wouldn't have naturally.

[@konradzukowski213]

@@Ikajo Ohhh... I've always assumed that for something to be labelled as GMO, changes done using laboratory methods were required. Didn't know that GMO extended to selective breeding as well.

[@Ikajo]

@@konradzukowski213 Most people tend to think that way. Those types of GMO usually combine factors from different organisms that would never be combined outside of a lab. Like golden rice. Selective breeding is still a form of gene modification though. Everything humans have domesticated has been genetically modified. Thus GMO. Even stuff from labs are not necessarily bad though. Some of it can potentially save lives and protect the Earth. For example, there have been attempts to make crops more resilient to draughts and fungi/pest infestations. Lowering the need of watering and using harmful chemicals.

[@therealjammit]

Selective breeding is a type of GMO. The human is intentionally causing genetic changes in the organism by selective breeding.

[@elgigante2001]

Jack, you think that the IRS being technologically behind is bad, nuclear launch sites are worse.😅

[@impagain]

My grandpa was a specific type of colorblind that made WWII jungle camouflage not work one bit on him. So he was a scout in the Pacific Islands part of the war in the jungles, pointing out where the enemy was where no one else could see them.

[@therealjammit]

The "boy in the bubble" was kept alive in the hopes that a bone marrow transplant would help.

[@madding1602]

about the IRS, the main reason is reliability. they keep using it because it works perfectly, and they don't see modernisation as a need. it's the perfect example of "if something works, don't touch it"

[@btf_flotsam478]

3:19 As someone that works at some part of a government agency, this checks out. Governments generally make so many "efficiency" cuts that you end up with shit like this.

[@SulfuRed13]

08:35 That IS a firearm, designed to fold up and be kept in your pocket to disguise it as a phone. AFAIK they know come in 9mm and .22lr variants. They're usually single-shot pistols, not having a magazine they load from like a regular pistol.

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

"Green honey is a substance reputedly made under the ground by a powerful bee endemic to Palawan Island. Stories of its mysterious origins have circulated for years across the Philippines. 'Underground' is a place on Palawan - a nationally significant subterranean river sometimes rumoured to be a source of green honey." - sage publications

[@novaknavekey]

In Norway, they actually try and reduce the crime rate, instead of making more criminals or encouraging recidivism.

[@keeganruiz2623]

15:50 Abbachio/ Axel roe:" hey I've seen this one before"

[@ohcadin6590]

4:30 That just sounds like a Danganronpa Execution

[@mapelianbutton4954]

Keeping up with the Kattarshians? A show about cats in tiny doll house?!! Now that's my kind of show!

[@OverStrive2008]

Hey guys, Mr obvious here: This subreddit has some interesting posts

[@annoyinggaster]

Wow, thanks Mr obvious!

[@OverStrive2008]

@@annoyinggaster Mr obvious here: from your username, you seem like an annoying gaster

[@masonjohnson4310]

Michael Tolotos turned into a literal fekking wizard too!

[@femboyjueviolegracefoxyali2428]

"Evolution is for me, not for thee" - Jack

[@jpopbest]

the people who narrate on this channel are perfection.

[@MelonBoy64_]

7:42 theres a movie on this guy called Hacksaw Ridge, and the actor is Andrew Garfield which was one of the actors for Spiderman. Unlike Spiderman however, Hacksaw Ridge had just a uhhh a little bit of gore

[@cursed-cat9126]

13:17 Tbh this look WAY cooler than plain white

[@Manginatorn]

2:00 Well now NASA has something that their DART program can be used for.

[@steernaught]

0:55 More like… CAT-TIVE

[@jacobhanekamp2534]

Little Fun Fact about the IRS one, but slightly unrelated. The Secret Service runs all of their computers and software on Power Strips. Electrical Standards state that if you plan to leave something plugged in for more than 48 hours, it should be through permanent power (an outlet in the wall). Basically, the Secret Service Headquarters is basically a HUGE fire risk. The only reason why they haven't fixed it is because those computers and software need to be running every single second. If any of those computers are down for even a minute, we are likely screwed.

[@proud_degenerate]

5:19 yeh, i am from Czech republic and the total inhabitant is around 11,5 million's, and our economy is kinda fucked so yeh being a pornstar may be one of the batter way's how to make money in here

[@qtluna7917]

I remember reading that your public decency laws have loopholes or something like that. Is that correct?

[@proud_degenerate]

@@qtluna7917 man you whould not believe for for the tax government i have stated that i live with my parents in Dačice but in reality i live in Jihlava with some of my friends so i play like 46% less because it's different regions i rly don't know how does it work my best friend mom helped me do it but it works she Has be doing some other stuff like for years. She is working with taxes and she knows many loopholes,but on the other hand. Some people imigrte to czech and why survive of the state money that they give them because of some loop holes so they don't go to work or shit like that they just told the streets. Fucken hate these kind of bustards.

[@g4mmalotus937]

3:17 that coding is called Cobol and it's a language that isn't really used anywhere else but the IRS Systems, they need dedicated people who know the language to do maintenance on any systems. The language dates back to when tax information was stored on tape and input was done via punch cards. Iirc they still have the rolls of tape stored away, though I don't believe they actively use it. Also, they have tried to update to a new system, but attempts have failed miserably.

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

That final bug skit made me chuckle.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

damn that bug segment at the end was hilarious and horrifying at the same time. I could tell something was coming, but that sent 'em chills down my spine nonetheless.

[@harleybenton2374]

Can we talk about how that prison cell is nicer than some houses!!!

[@j_g9109]

Corporal Desmond Doss’ achievements and actions were so amazing that they didn’t include everything he did and decreased the amount of people he saved in the movie about him (Hacksaw Ridge) because they didn’t think the audience would believe it. He was an absolutely AMAZING practically inhuman hero.

[@danser_theplayer01]

The "entertainment" bars were on every corner when I was in transit through Hubgary.

[@jackcooper4679]

12:01 its the fucking antechrist

[@alaric5521]

The guy who didn't see a woman for 80 years looks like a wizard 😂

[@amiable_monster]

Sad wizard

[@BoldDestinyAnimations]

15:53 So that's why that one helmet from Destiny 1 is called The Third Man

[@SlushieDee]

For 3:24, it’s actually not weird at all that the IRS is still using tech from the 60s. It’s precisely because their job is so important that they don’t switch to something newer, not in spite of it. Those programs have been in use on those computers for 60 years, which means 60 years to weed out any bugs and pin down exactly how the math and numbers are handled, which for something like the IRS is far more valuable than any gain in performance that could result from switching to newer technology. The IRS understandably doesn’t want to redo an entire codebase when every new line of code they write has the chance to create a literal trillion-dollar mistake. For them, COBOL on a mainframe isn’t outdated, it’s a tried-and-true solution. It’s not broken, so they have no reason to fix it.

[@flood256]

yeah that wasn't a phone that looked like a gun it's a giun that looks like a phone (at a passing glance) it's called the "ideal conceal" it's a 2 shot short range PDW

[@pauliesnug]

5:23 yeah those countries are the Czech Republic and Hungary which unfortunately, do not have the best authorities/living situations

[@zaph8015]

Not only did Carter live, but he is STILL ALIVE. He's 98. I need some of those genes, man.

[@arca9e295]

14:31 the correct Lego logic way to build a star destroyer or really anything, cause legos are about creativity

[@theactualmiuiswaifu]

Washington's coastal people are heavily dependent on salmon, as for the natives its a very important part of their culture and lives. And for the people who aren't natives, there is many jobs that are centered around salmon and salmon hunting. very proud to be a Washingtonian :D

[@superp0t807]

5:56 plot twist: it was only a half hour to her

[@frozendragon1874]

Here's a quote from Desmond doss as well, "whilst others will be taking life, I will be saving it"

[@darcystuart-russell1682]

8:34 I worked in Australian airport security, we are literally trained on how to spot these things

[@oburci9596]

5:03 Hungarian here, this is really making me realize that all them sites might not be results based on location, but just plain random chance

[@ammitthedevourer7316]

17:35 TIL Lawrence of Arabia was a British officer who fought in WWI, not just a famous movie from the 60s that Billy Joel liked. Ngl part of that’s on me, but c’mon, why didn’t my school curriculum cover WWI beyond “Franz Ferdinand, Shot Heard Round the World, lead to WWII?”

[@JacobL228]

7:25 That's an antechinus, and it's a mammal.

[@gregiep]

The phone gun is called Ideal Conceal. It is a 2-shot .380 ACP Derringer designed to look like a phone when folded.

[@Jokoko2828]

Only 23 more years until a space rock finally cleans this place up.

[@oscarcacnio8418]

"60 year old coding on mainframe computers" That could feasibly be replaced by a bank of Raspberry Pis with a CD-RW attachment...

[@Joy-full]

I'm positive this video will be as good as the others

[@starfurystudionl4732]

6:43 Wait what?! I used to watch that show as a kid! Man, I just.., wow.

[@thatguyintherain3168]

9:59 I KNEW IT! I CALLED IT! A while back I caught a ygotas reference from a vid jack was narrating, I knew he was a fan!

[@eliseoramirez1691]

Only sixteen years, the fuck was he supposed to do, catch it.

[@aidanimationmanyaaxeleeve8942]

14:34 Yellow star thistles produce green honey and types of candies such as M&M's produce colored honey as well.

[@HayTatsuko]

1:01 So that's where Square Enix got the idea for the Miw Miisv in FFXIV...

[@f-106deltadart]

17:36 I played this in battlefield 1’s ‘Nothing Is Written”campaign

[@ZN-kz3jb]

8:30 IT IS A TOY I HAVE ONE OF THOSE

[@Alien_Cultist]

7:58 isn't that the guy Hacksaw Ridge is based on?

[@tegsalise]

You need to do this same video again, but with Robin. There’s so many Finland things 😂

[@bird_b0nezz]

i actually experience something like third man syndrome, after nearly attempting i had a psychotic episode and lost my shit, im not sure what happened or if i feel sleep from the drugs i took, but a entity, i could barely see or hear, was with me the whole time, it didnt have a normal or consist shape and was very colourful, and it felt like a voice in my head, i was living alone so it was definitely a hallucination, but it was strangely comforting, it never approached me and never really entered my vision, but i could make out something there, it hasnt returned since, and im baffled by it, even when im on hard drugs, he doesnt come back, my doctor thought i was just seeing things, but it felt so real, like he was actually guiding me, idk what happened and i can barely remember, but i think of him often, hoping he will return

[@Xurnalea]

2:31 god that thing must STIIIIINK in fall

[@austinmccon2759]

That frozen captain was eating people for sure

[@amanda021174]

I was close to 3:09am. I was born at 3:33am. I wonder how rare that time is?

[@favorites8651]

For anyone curious about Desmond Doss, they made a movie about his heroic story called Hacksaw Ridge. Its a good movie that I personally really enjoyed (8.1/10 on IMDb). His dedication to his morals is really admirable, and his act of heroism is awe inspiring.