RT Podcast: Ep. 408 - Has Science Gone Too Far?

[@Drabaz88]

1:10:40 Burnie tells the story about how he got cut out of doing a cameo spot on Bill Nye's new Netflix show. It's nice to finally know what and who they were referring to in this episode.

[@gryphon8023]

the entire conversation about bad drivers is great

[@anwarbenkiran3513]

yes I agree with this

[@redstreak45cat36]

zach rice I love how they have problems, I just hold the brake and rev the engine. my engine is loud and I love it.

[@Bruceskyy]

Except they're wrong about the people reversing out of a spot thing. The moving vehicle has the right-of-way, it's the job of the person backing up at 1mph to stop, not the other way around. Also, notice how in barbara's story she didn't say who was actually there first - because she didn't see them. So technically barb was the dumb driver not paying attention and then getting angry about it lol.

[@nathalieahearn6403]

redstreak 45cat your exhaust is loud

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Man... I love when the podcast starts and I see that these four are all together. My favorite combo.

[@stoneasterisk382]

Ray on podcast 420

[@scottmccoy22]

Stone Asterisk agreed

[@decaf4450]

it should be illegal to not-have him there..

[@slep10101]

Stone Asterisk off topic will hit #69 the same week so he has to come

[@bradys3768]

Someone brought that up on one of his streams and he was so against it he laughed at them

[@wesleygonzales609]

PLEASE

[@Corrieography]

59:44 And thus was born, one of the best episodes of On the Spot

[@jamesondoane32]

"Green beam casserole" Alright, that's it, that's where you can leave. The best of the podcast has been seen.

[@computermasterjr]

yesss, the regular crew is soooooo good!!

[@banzaiboy1597]

Gavin is absolutely right. Boxing Day is like chill Christmas.

[@RLynnT]

I have had times where I screw up driving and caused a problem (no accidents thankfully) and when people flip me off or honk at me, I'm just ducking my head and sadly accepting the hate. "I know I screwed up, I'm sorry. I'd be upset if I were you, too."

[@sabbywins]

Gotta hit them with the "head down, hands up, I'm sorry" wave

[@jazzdixon2325]

Barb is the best. -Green beam casserole 😂😂

[@arthurratliff760]

Jazz Dixon GOD

[@thwartedjunk9655]

I feel like someone can make a compilation for all of the times Burnie mentions Barbara turning down guys at bars lol

[@ericaashleyxo]

can we get a side by side of the ice cream seller/cellar story because I'm pretty sure they nearly quoted themselves

[@AngelCanseco1]

honestly thought i was listening to the wrong podcast lol

[@Naeshabby]

Erica Linhares why don't you post anymore videos Erica?

[@ericaashleyxo]

***** haha funny you ask. I'm actually going to start streaming on Twitch soon on EricaPlays, then post let's plays on KZbin :)

[@Naeshabby]

***** glad to hear!

[@G_G251]

I'm just watching RTP #377 where they talk about it (it's at 46:35) so I came here to search for a comment about it :)

[@jennafreer9337]

barbara is so relatable and i'm so glad that she's a regular on the podcasts

[@whiterabbit2831]

jenna f Canadian and Jewish?

[@jennafreer9337]

nah, just genuine

[@whiterabbit2831]

lol

[@whiterabbit2831]

Random but ok. She is defiantly one of my favorite guests on the podcast along with Gavin being with her, they are like two siblings messing around. But I just love the company all around.

[@jennafreer9337]

NaokoTheDragonKnight i've been listening to the rt podcast since it was called the drunk tank and i've never found her to be overly explicit or excessive in her storytelling, simply honest. this is a comedy podcast where they talk about their lives and joke around with pals, if they cut the most honest parts out i'm sure it'd be less entertaining to listen to. it's not like she's coming on weekly with a new story about how her an aaron banged the night before, she's just open and real in conversation and i think it's something to be admired

[@desaylumproduction6480]

seeing the animation of Gavin and starwars then this perfect wombo combo

[@willkill416fun]

desaylum production same

[@arvianworkshop7118]

when is they talking about star wars?

[@willkill416fun]

muhammadalfian putra it's the new animation they put up on AH channel I think that's where they put it

[@dbradshaw830]

desaylum production er

[@banzaiboy1597]

Every Christmas: It's a Wonderful Life. Best Christmas movie, Barbara.

[@Inavaru]

Gavin and Gus' calendar banter was great

[@daltonmoore8971]

As far as Blast shields. They "have" them today. Welders use them. Their helmet has a clear glass. When they strike a weld it instantly darkens protecting the eyes. No need to physically lower a shield.

[@ABrokenSociety]

When Gavin was sliding the little xmas tree into frame when Gus was reading the first ad, was I the only one who imagined someone yelling, STAR DESTROYER APPROACHING!!

[@TheOdd]

I love that they've been trying to persuade Gavin to get a driving licence for ages and then they all go on a massive rant about how horrible Texan drivers are.

[@dagirlwid]

Burnie's gift to Ashley 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@kaloncpu57]

Right at the beginning of the podcast... It might have something to do with my birthday being a week before Christmas, but I feel the most holiday cheer or whatever between Christmas and New Year's Day rather than the weeks leading up to Christmas.

[@mathiasaquilas]

Alright I'm calling it. Gus and Geoff went on Bill Nye's new show.

[@steversg9191]

As a former Mail Man, there are two ways to deliver generally. Letters are per-sorted by DPS(Delivery Point Sequence), and you can chose to leave it as is and not sort it into each address in the case, to take to the street, but then you have the issue that your Mail Man does. You have to work from two bundles, one bundle for letters, and one bundle of flats (i.e. magazines, flyers "junk mail") that's not per-sorted. So the options are take longer in the office sorting everything so you only have to finger through one bundle until you see the next address, or take longer on the street swapping between bundles. Before I left that job, I think I heard that "junk mail" accounts for like 70% of all mail delivered country wide or something close to that number. The job itself is also horrible. The routes range, from what I did, 600-1000 stops for rural carriers. I have no idea what city carriers did. Days for new people, like I was, was about 10-12 hours each work day. once you're there for a decade you get good enough to have an 7-9 hour work day.

[@CourtlandLess]

ah yes. classic all star team. no special guests or other people. love it

[@thekeytotheend]

I have finally watched all 408 podcasts, and I did it before the new year, I am excited to watch them live now. Next podcast I need to catch up on is off topic.

[@BadgerKiwi]

That conversation about flyers and stuff was really interesting to me because in New Zealand you can put a No Circulars or No Junk Mail sign on your mail box and you don't get any. That must suck to not be able to do that.

[@Cata_777]

another beautiful podcast, well done crew

[@jolkert_]

Gus: Let me read this Burnie: No. What if we say no? -basically every single podcast

[@imMarl0n]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who watches these before going to sleep

[@kylecomplains]

I really enjoyed this podcast.

[@Kamakiri86]

I don't know about the US but here in Canada you CAN request to no longer receive ad-mail.

[@Knight_Loki]

30 min. in when writing this comment. Wrote a paragraph for a college essay while listening to this and its so tempting to stop writing and just watch their reactions.

[@PartisanGamer]

"National Lampoon`s - Christmas Vacation" all the way! Ma man Gus Sorola!

[@SebScrobble]

That Seinfeld episode where Kramer wants out from getting mail is still probably my favourite episode to this day

[@mredc3]

this is my favorite podcast crew!

[@kylemoller1272]

barb said the classic thing that bill burr talks about. "I don't want shared bank accounts, unless he's rich, if not I want my own money." but then again she might have been sarcastic

[@kabrielschuster2188]

I love seeing the podcast in my subscription feed

[@burns0100]

As a Motorbike Rider I've had my fair share of encounters with Bad Drivers. A few i like to point out are the time i was simple going straight threw a roundabout and suddenly the car on my left in the left lane, I'm in the right, both marked to go straight or right lane can turn, left has to go straight. Well they didn't want to... they cut me off, mid roundabout and I'm just screwed, jamming my brakes on and hoping i don't get rear ended. Another time is when it was a busy hot day and I'm riding around town looking for somewhere to park, normally i park in a Motorbike specific spot but they were all full so i rode around about 5 minutes longer and finally found a Car Park, i went into it and positioned my bike so another bike could also fit knowing what i just went through that was the best thing to do, well as I'm getting off my bike someones horn is blasting, i take off my helmet look up and its a oldish lady laying on the horn at me and pointing for me to move for her. Everyone started looking at her and I'm just like, she's crazy if she doesn't realise I'm in the right here, i have legal rights to park here and i just walk off.

[@NoahNobody]

54:20 In Finland, you just have to put a sticker on your letterbox saying, No advertisements (junk mail), and nobody is allowed to spam you.

[@jinxingqueen738]

I love Barbara's sweater💖

[@dashiejinxx100]

12:10 that was Poggle The Lesser (a Geonosian) showing his plans to Count Dooku of the Death Star. It was Episode 2 towards the end.

[@bucketm0nkey613]

Excellent, well done crew

[@CalebDigital]

I love watching these podcasts

[@7Comic7mischief7]

Incredible, I was JUST watching the episode where they talked about the ice cream "cellar" because I saw the Lonely Island on their rewind

[@ya436]

Thanks to gus i started playing neko atsume. I cant stop.

[@goefffrey8619]

Did Burnie say 'no good deed goes unpublished'? None of the others seemed to notice.

[@besamecuh1217]

1:06:17 i keep laughing at that part😂😂

[@BOYxPrincess]

Go Barbara! Finally someone thinks realistically about the problem with joint bank accounts with married couples.

[@rayclough73]

I know it's past Xmas but I do appreciate the GameAttack Xmas tree card behind Burnie

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

I tear down all my Christmas decorations on December 26th and so should everybody.

[@lucasjarrett248]

this episode came out on my birthday! awesome! 😊😊

[@chaseteel251]

The reason the Death Star is so destructive is because it is charged by thousands of Kyber Crystals. Mind you, one Kyber Crystal powers a lightsaber permanately. Thousands of them could definetely carry the juice to destroy planets.

[@jackaustin9561]

7 years later, you do not stop for a car backing up, the reversing car has to wait.

[@lordpuppydudley]

11:40 The Death Star is referenced in Attack of the Clones and in progress at Revenge of the Sith. It's only neglected in The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace.

[@Justwalks]

Hmm. The thing about reversing is actually interesting. In Sweden you as the person who are reversing ALWAYS have to wait for other people driving. If you're reversing in a parking lot and someone is trying to get around you, you have to stop and let them through first.

[@ColonelAftershock]

GODDAMNIT GUS. The Wonderdog video has popped up and haunted me since he first mentioned it. It won't die.

[@vanehla]

i just noticed that the bottles in the intro have their names on them

[@amy_rf8397]

thanks for the driving tips. and also how to handle situations with mad idiots face to face

[@Jordi_NL]

"Put them all together and you get a green beam casserole" Goddamnit Barb xD

[@TechEnjoyer9000]

Amazon has a option where it will ship packages together if the in stock dates are close together if you opt in.

[@austinedwards6716]

hahah green beam puns gotta love it

[@seredahawke3207]

Without knowing how far Tatooine is from Alderaan I am unsure how long the trip would take but based on travel times in stuff like the Clone Wars animated series it could have taken anywhere from 10 hours to a week. It's also significant to note that the Millenium Falcon is extremely fast but seeing as Han is a smuggler it is also likely that he would take a less than direct route to Alderaan. So I think 1-5 days would be an okay guess.

[@jacobalmy6782]

They talked about Star Wars. Roosterteeth killed Carrie Fisher.

[@Genvire]

That Jacob ALmy guy is pretty cool wait

[@fuccix]

This is the only lineup i watch, i dont know why but i cant stand it when there isnt all 4 of them

[@ArtemisLuna]

Owen and Beru Lars were killed on 35:3:5 ("After resync" time system or ArS, in format Year:Month:Day), The Battle of Yavin occurred 4 days later on 35:3:9, so Luke would have been travelling with Ben for just over 3 days when the the Falcon was captured by the Deathstar and they got split up.

[@roguebogey]

Burnie isn't the biggest Star Wars geek apparently. Obi-Wan (Ben) knew Luke since he was very young. He served as a family figure, hence his nickname "Uncle Ben".

[@TheUnrealPancake]

I'm early, so if you read this, I hope you had a Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas! I also hope everybody has a safe and Happy New Year!

[@floppycheese96]

I'd have one letter slot above another one and link a slide from the top down to the bottom so whenever i get spam letters it scoops straight back out the door

[@SeBushi]

I love their dances to the little song

[@insolubletoaster8133]

i was the flipper offer dude in the story at 40:00 once. it was just instinctive to slip off the person who honked. i'm so sorry to that person i flipped off.

[@LordKerric]

I don't know if the celeb they got to film with was announced, but calling it now, it was Bill Nye, which only makes sense because he has a new show coming to Netflix.

[@Nighthawk-lr9km]

there are few things that people do that confuse me more than brake-checking

[@PoseRocks]

Actually, I did the research, and according to reddit a trip on the Milennial Falcon, from Tatooine to Alderaan, would take about 2-3 days, so Luke and Obi Wan DID know each other for more than 12 hours, albeit a short amount of time nonetheless.

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

Omg, "Milennial Falcon" sounds like a horrible indie band name

[@Werlerfer]

Science can NEVER go too far.

[@Timbo_Gaming]

35:28 Its even worse when your in the damn youtube app and you click on a link to another youtube video in the description just to have it open the link in safari. Like wtf why can't it just open it in the app!

[@JoachimIAm]

In Norway you can put a sticker on your mailbox that prevents unadressed junkmail. And if you got the sticker on your mailbox it is illegal to put junkmail in your mailbox!

[@RaiosSephi]

A tease is still great even if you already have the whole package

[@chrisglass9791]

Oh yeah my daily dose of Rooster Teeth

[@Bysentenial]

In Australia you can just put a 'No Junk Mail' sticker on your letter box and that's a law.

[@thatgirlwiththecrazyhair2067]

i approve immediately of barbaras neko atsume jumper

[@DeadlyRedGecko]

I mostly agree on the driving stuff. However, when you are driving backwards out of a parking space you are the one that is supposed to wait. Not the person trying to pass you.

[@foxthekid1906]

so right after barb makes the comment about putting all the beams together to make a green beam casserole and add for Jim beam played and all i could think was BARB HAS THE FORCE!!!!!

[@colossalsqvid4587]

Gavin should reach out to Tested, would love to see some sort of slow-mo guys collaboration with Adam Savage.

[@jackhope7201]

ColossalSqvid tested should reach out to Gavin...He's so occupied that he has no need to be seeking out jobs #HighDemand

[@Zombu47]

LOL even the ad interrupted Barbra's story...

[@dorderino4591]

the story about mail-men and junk mail is even more stupid than you think, my mom carried mail for a short time while trying to get a better job at the post office and when they are told to delivered junk mail/newspapers (at least in Missouri) they can't just give you any newspaper in the stack. each piece of that mail has a specific address and has to go to that house, so not only is it a huge waste of paper, but it's a huge waste of the mailman's time

[@ZeroSanity626]

My neighbors keep their Christmas lights up until April

[@recklessturtle7462]

ZeroSanity626 Kill them

[@jackwatson3649]

You're not meant to reverse out of a parking spot when anyone is there, it's on you if you reverse into someone, that's what the law is, which is why I reverse into spots

[@WELLZY_]

Jack Watson it's not hard to look in the mirrors and not hit anyone

[@QuakerOaths]

Jack Watson If you aren't required by law to do it then you don't have to do it. Also how you park is preferential and how people react will be mad either way or find something else to be pissed about.

[@Bruceskyy]

Exactly, they couldn't have been more wrong about the people reversing out of a spot thing. The moving vehicle has the right-of-way, it's the job of the person backing up at 1mph to stop, not the other way around. Also, notice how in barbara's story she didn't say who was actually there first - because she didn't see them. So technically barb was the dumb driver not paying attention and then getting angry about it lol.

[@decaf4450]

I was going to comment about Burnie's thing with "no good deed goes unpunished". But then he started saying it and I was thinking: "wow, what a coincidence" Until he said unpublished...

[@CocanutPeanut]

I think I heard about the fact that the dog was doing that everyday or once a week to cheer up the patients at that hospital.

[@kalebhansen4658]

sloths are dumb, they sometimes grab there own arms thinking they are vines and fall to their death.

[@chasejones]

Burnie mentioned Dirk Gently (full name Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) and if you haven't watched it, watch it. It is truly a fantastic show. Max landis did a great job.

[@kr0v3k]

when they started to talk about the car situations it started to make my blood bubble

[@RumRunner42]

I think of Gus, Gavin, Barbara, Burnie, and Gus as the core cast. I love that they generally come together for the holiday episodes.

[@dPokey]

1:18:06 he was talking about 'Why him?"

[@puppetmast]

Did they leave to many hints that Bill Nye was the person Burnie did not get to hang out with?

[@hotshot9076]

At 15:30, Burnie states that Luke and Ben only knew each other for 12 hours. FALSE. According to the official Star Wars books, Luke met Ben multiple times throughout his life, at different ages each time.

[@AnOddSmellOfficial]

When someone doesn't move when a light turns green and i'm behind them i usually revv my engine (my car is pretty loud) and they tend to get less offended than a horn. Also when someone gets mad at me while they're the one in the wrong i tend to just laugh at them and keep going. it makes them more upset but they never do anything about it

[@wishwaswhere]

here in the Philippines there are some mailboxes but most of the time there aren't so they just stick it in between the door. or just spam the doorbell till we receive the mail.

[@partykrew666]

green beam casserole is pretty good XD

[@nickm4478]

Put a no junk mail or no flyers sign on your door/mailbox