This Myth SEEMED Like a Good Idea ... But Ended Up HORRIBLE

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[@Sylvia-t1f]

I want to add my voice to all the others saying that the Water Torture episode was really impactful on me as a kid, and honestly I think is one of the building blocks of a lot of my morality as an adult. You showed how torture isn't about physical discomfort, it's 99.9% psychological, and Kari's genuine reaction made sure I never forgot that. It showed how much harm you can do to someone without laying a finger on them, and I think more people need to understand that, especially in the internet era.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

I was blown away with how deeply it seemed to affect Kari when I watched that too. Like damn, it sounds like a joke at first but when you see it in action you realize quickly that no, this is legitimately torturous.

[@MediaMunkee]

I had a series of interactions with a former friend of four years online that went so disastrously, so quickly, that over the course of 5 days it culminated in us both on verge of a long walk off a short overpass (you know what I mean) for separate reasons. The worst possible outcome was avoided, if narrowly, but it's left a permanent mark. Almost all of my most significant, long-term friendships have been online. The people I've known online have both made and broken me. Haven't needed to meet a single one of them in person to have had my life both enriched and rattled. Don't get me wrong, some people are absolutely snowflakes for no good reason, or sometimes a good-enough reason that nevertheless makes them insufferable in certain contexts. I do my best not to be that guy, but some things still raise my hackles that didn't before. Doesn't help when there's no good way to process or find closure for such events. You all have the power to make someone's day better or worse. Not usually to great extent perhaps, but with how things can spread online... it's best not to play with firecrackers near open flame, is all I'm saying.

[@drrocketman7794]

Kari crying made a grown man cry. That was genuinely awful to watch. I realized that water boarding is indeed torture. You don't need to actually harm, kill, or threaten to kill someone to torture them. You only have to put them in an uncomfortable situation they can't escape. There was a quadriplegic man who got stuck in the It's a Small World ride for 40 minutes. He was unable to move and unable to escape, and listening to It's a Small World After All on repeat for 40 minutes, in an artificially upbeat, brightly lit area, was torture for him. It didn't harm him physically but the situation left him scarred for life.

[@beauleidig8670]

I was already an adult when that episode aired, and it didn't have as profound an effect on me. Though, I was surprised at how strong a reaction Kari had. Mostly, because she knew she wasn't in any real danger, and could stop the experiment at any time she chose. I always wondered if her reaction was brought on by the restraints more so than the water, and would her reaction have been the same had she not been restrained just lying on a table with water dripping on her forehead, or just restrained with no water at all? Of course, they rightfully ended the experiment once she started to freak out, so we'll never know the answer. Though, I've always remembered that episode. For the dramatics involved, but also because I always felt like something was missing in the methodology.

[@ICKY427]

totally agree! we shouldnt shy away from that kind of stuff. its a great lesson for humanity.

[@C4s4ndr4]

I remember the Bush era "enhanced interrogation" discussion and I'm glad that you did that water torture episode. It really showed how things that might not sound that horrible on paper are still horrific in practice.

[@mromutt]

Yeah I feel like it was a very important episode. Its one thing for someone to tell you want its like or its effects, but to see what it does to a person well even being in the best conditions possible to have the least effect (can make it stop any time and you trust everyone). The look on her face, that emotion, told that story more than anything could have.

[@peterclarke7006]

"enhanced interrogation" sounds horrific enough, when you stop and think about it. But that was the point of a lot of Bush-era phrases: they were designed to sound excusable so long as you didn't examine them.

[@trashwebsite_user01]

Check out some of the Enhanced Interrogation techniques of the Taliban, Hamas, Veitcong etc... They will put things for ya'll in perspective. 😇

[@gideonnewmark4628]

The real hero was that conservative talkshow host who got waterboarded to prove it wasn't torture, and after half a second stopped and admitted yes, it's torture. He's the only chicken hawk out of all the chicken hawks who put his money where his mouth was. Hannity, Bill O'Reilley, none of those guys were willing to get the treatment they insisted was ok for prisoners to get.

[@randysmith9715]

There was a politician who tried that "interrogation technique", and afterward said, "It's torture!"

[@WACOMalt]

3:25 thank you Norm for not muting :P

[@BIGSchuZ]

Beat me to it haha

[@bbarnhouse9022]

I am beginning to suspect that Norm is Adam's imaginary friend

[@cintron3d]

Yeah I'm not muting that 😂😂😂😂

[@cidmontenegro8225]

The question is... Will Adam ever watch the final product to even know it was not muted?

[@N94able]

There is no editing that goes into these.

[@EmptyeyeDotCom]

I remember the Chinese Water Torture episode, specifically the end of it. After the myth, the crew goes and visit a counselors who worked with POWs who had actually been tortured, and the counselor tells them, phrased as nicely as possible, "You're a bunch of %^#%ing idiots." Though I did learn from the Adam portion that adult diapers are meant for, I believe the exact phrasing was "Occasional minor leakage", NOT full-on pee-your-pants attacks.

[@EmilyGoff-xc4ur]

There are adult diapers that are meant to contain a "full load", as it were, but they're not sold in drugstores and grocery stores, you have to go to a medical supply place for those.

[@gideonnewmark4628]

@@EmilyGoff-xc4ur You learn something every day!

[@squeakyelbows]

Adult diapers are not meant for minors.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

As others have said, I think that torture episode might have had a better and deeper impact than you might have expected, in helping counter the police-state narrative that "it's fine, really".

[@Stewart-u5z]

I remember Kari getting quite upset when she was restrained in the torture episode. I suspected she kept her composure until it occurred to her how much worse that would be in the real case of torture. That was not a good episode, but Kari's genuine emotion really touched me, as does Adam's recollection of it here.

[@AtomicDogg0213]

Although there was "nothing entertaining" about that episode, it was extremely informativeand eye opening. The sight and sound of Kari's sobbing while being strapped down cut straight to my heart, and I was left painfully aware of the depth of cruelty humans are capable of. It doesn't always have to be jokes and pratfalls.

[@lindsayjones4795]

The fact that it affected her so even though she knew she was safe and could call it off when she decided was the real kicker for me. If it was that bad in a safe and carefully controlled environment, the reality is unimaginably worse.

[@Originalsunrunner20]

Thank you for publishing the water torture episode anyway. It was an eye opener for myself as a child that "The Road to hell is paved with good intentions."

[@gallaghergreen2053]

I know what you mean about the torture episodes. I am a novelist, and while writing one story, I wanted a girl to have survived being buried alive as an infant, but needed to know if an infant had any chance of surviving that. So I started researching... That is awful. I found story after story of infants and young children have survived being buried alive. Sometimes things that sound like an interesting story element get really rough when you see the reality.

[@Triaxx2]

And that's the story of how I ended up on that watch list. I'm not a bad person, just an author.

[@enkerro-ti8jg]

did you write that episode of Lost?

[@johnp5250]

Reality is stranger than fiction.

[@gallaghergreen2053]

@ I do have Onion browser in case the research is about things that go boom. LOL It is funny seeing my ads freak out trying to decide what they should show me. LOL

[@crisr.8280]

Honestly, even the terrible torture stuff was safely informative rather than letting some randoms try it out with less safe and uglier recordings.

[@John-ir4id]

I remember seeing the water torture episode. Kari Byron was such a trooper throughout. But the main lesson I learned from watching that episode was that there are certain things, certain facts, that are so self-evident that they are not worth pursuing. Torture is awful and ineffective at anything except... well, torturing people.

[@danielstickney2400]

Welding sunburn is no joke. I took one welding class wearing a red hoody sweatshirt and it faded noticeably. I went right out to the showroom and bought a proper welding jacket.

[@artor9175]

My uncle welded on his tractor on a hot day in nothing but a wife-beater. He only did that once.

[@TumbleweedRancher]

I wore a carhartt jacket for my welding class. It was already fairly faded. Found a welding jacket at an estate sale recently.

[@pastaalalamborghini]

I knew there would be a group of us attesting to this in the comments. When I learned how to tig from my buddy in his dad's garage we only wore masks, no other PPE.. we were young and stupid, we had tig burn regularly like it was cool... So dumb

[@thecrowcook]

I would wear cheap sweaters/long sleeve shirts cause they were cooler than the welding jacket in the summer, they would only last about 2-3 months before I could literally just pull them apart from the UV deterioration

[@Jake-bt3fc]

I don't even weld and I still kinda want a nice suede welding jacket as a beater, lol.

[@atlasfeynman1039]

You missed the mute, Norm.

[@FireIceEarth]

Maybe because the sound was so cartoonishly perfect for blowing a nose?!

[@TheJaymack1016]

Came to the comments immediately to say that

[@discopants68]

No he didn’t. He added the ridiculous trumpet sound effect in post.

[@ValkyrieTiara]

No. He DODGED the mute 😏

[@xutubeify]

Someone's getting fired

[@aikumaDK]

If I recall correctly from a previous video where Adam talked about the lead balloon myth, the German company - who probably has done a renaming by now - managed to deliver the thin sheets, by rolling as thin as they could and then put two of those sheets into their rolling machinery.

[@chris4536]

That's how they roll

[@jeromethiel4323]

That's also how tin foil is made. That's why there is one shiny side and one dull side. The dull side is the side that was pressed against another sheet of aluminum.

[@elizabethtichenor]

The episode that stressed me out the most was the crash drop of Tory, Kari, and Grant in airplane seats. How did the insurance company allow that?!? I have worked as a production coordinator so maybe it hits me differently 😱😂

[@61rampy65]

If I remember correctly, all three had back pain for a while after that.

[@stevepoling]

Nobody thinks steel is highly reflective of UV radiation. In my factory days I got flash burns in my eyes because a guy behind my workstation was welding a bunch of parts and my workstation was directly in front of a sheet of unpainted steel. I never saw the arc welding flash, b/c the steel wasn't reflective in visual spectrum.

[@LibrarianValkyrie]

Wow. I've never even thought about the part we can't see. I've wondered about the sounds that are out of range because of my experience with audio production but I've never once thought about the light outside our spectrum.

[@stevepoling]

@@LibrarianValkyrie The thing that struck me was the way steel isn't particularly reflective in the visual spectrum, but in the UVC band it's reflective enough to give flash burns.

[@JustTheInformationPlease]

As soon as he said "not from the sun" I knew it would be welding. He probably looked like Dreyfuss in Close Encounters

[@slarratt]

He was welding, the sun burnt his leg due to a hole in his pants...

[@nekhumonta]

​@@slarratt no the UV rays from welding gave him a sunburn

[@HariSeldon913]

Not only am I not surprised the German company exceeded your specifications, it wouldn't have surprised me if they had included the working balloon with the order.

[@PanEtRosa]

considering how well they performed the packaging to ship such a fragile stack of lead paper, I fully believe they could've assembled and packed it in balloon form as well

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

The last time the Germans delivered a giant balloon to the USA, things did not go so well. But that is another myth...

[@templar804]

The surprise sunburn from welding reminds me of a day in high school. I went to a polytechnic high school, so I got to take manufacturing classes. Junior year was all about oxy-acetylene welding, and of the projects was using an oxy-acetylene cutter to cut... something, I don't remember what. Anyways, there was a big piece of leather you were supposed to cover your legs with to protect you from the slag, along with the usual welder's coat. Once I was done cutting, I noticed that I hadn't covered up that well, and there were a half-dozen small burn marks, and one dime-sized hole burned through my hiking pants. I liked those pants too much to stop wearing them, and I kept them through college.

[@JaenEngineering]

That story about the lead foil reminds of a similar story I once heard. An American company declares it's made the worls smallest droll bit. They send it to a German company who proceed to drill a hole down the middle of it and send it back. Don't know how true it is, but I've worked with a few Germans and that's very much their sense of humour.

[@christopherdean1326]

I heard the same story about micro steel tubing. Some company (possibly German but I don't remember) claimed they made the smallest tubing in the world, and sent a sample to a British company (Accles & Pollock) who had made a similar claim. A&P sent it back to them with holes drilled longitudinally down the WALLS of the sample...

[@edwardekiert4790]

In the version I heard it was Swiss and Japan companies, one made a smallest rod, the other one made it into a tube. Perhaps there is something to these anecdotes after all.

[@Incandescentiron]

This is how my father told it to me, suggesting this was only ever a joke. I'll take specific countries out of it. Country A claims to have made the world's smallest drill bit, sends it to Country B, who sends it back with a hole drilled through it. Country A then sends it to Country C with the message "top this". Country C returns it complete with axle and bearings.

[@nekodesigner]

i remember hearing something similar from my dad back in the early 90s, so no internet involved

[@christopherdean1326]

@@nekodesignerI heard it back in the 70s, definitely no internet back then! My dad had worked for a high end engineering company just after the war, so he probably heard it there and told me about it before I started work in '79.

[@heatherfraserdaley460]

Craigs line from a few months ago when introducing you was the best, “He used to be a ginger but he’s better now”

[@naterocks96]

"Elegant" may not be the perfect way of describing it, but Adam has such a way of speaking and conducting himself, it always feels like you become smarter watching him. Maybe it's just the bleed over from my childhood days of watching Mythbusters, but I always feel like I learn so much from him

[@KingCobbones]

Eloquent might be a better word for your sentiment.

[@blindjustice8718]

He uses advanced vocabulary in a manner that is organic and doesn't come off as "college professor arrogance."

[@naterocks96]

@@blindjustice8718 Exactly! Or "I'm gonna pretend I'm smarter than I am."

[@MDay8]

Oof, that water torture episode made such an impact, and I was a kid at the time. It was a very important lesson in morality and humanity that we tend to forget is important when enjoying science as entertainment. I'm glad you made it.

[@tmanook]

The torture episode was useful after a fashion. It helped me realize just how horrible torture was. I know many were making light of it at the time in the media. USA was accused of using torture around that time. Some right-wing media was saying it wasn't a big deal.

[@clueless_cutie]

Exactly. If torture techniques can be so distressing under the best of conditions (safe environment with medical on stand by surrounded by people who don't actually want to hurt you), how awful does it become under the worst conditions??? I remember seeing the photo of the guy held by the US officials standing on a box holding a jump rope with something over his head. It looked goofy to me as a kid, but then I remembered thinking the same thing when they first started the water experiment and how quickly it devolved into discomfort. It gave me perspective and a valuable lesson into how things that seem harmless can be excruciating. I had the same thought when colleges were getting sued for fraternity and sorority hazings... and it all started with that episode of Mythbusters when I was a kid. I understand why they may regret it, but it helped me be a more empathetic person as an adult.

[@puckerings]

Christopher Hitchens famously said it was okay, and even volunteered to undergo waterboarding. He lasted less than a second and immediately changed his position on torture. People just don't realize what it's really like.

[@pablosskates7067]

And the far left would tell you koombaya let them all in and forgive everyone. Both extreme ends of the political spectrum are full of nuts. It’s important we all realise this and aim to get back to the center.

[@clueless_cutie]

​@ I understand what you're saying but it's a very very slippery slope. And one that doesn't even yield reliable results. When there are better options, I think it would be wise to pursue alternatives first and foremost. Especially because the people applying these techniques are rarely if ever considered. How does any sane person in such a position justify their own actions when they *know* statistically, there's been at least one innocent on their table/in their chair? The answer is they don't. And the argument of using people who enjoy their work just means we get more unreliable information because they have minimal restraint. It's just never going to be an ideal solution. Especially when also most everything we need can be acquired through technology and, where technology fails, incentives.

[@dgriff-can]

@@pablosskates7067there is no far left. There’s just normal people.

[@skyborne80]

I remember watching the water torture episode recently on KZbin and Kari Byron nearly having a nervous breakdown! And some smartass in the comments was calling her a drama queen. That was no act, you could clearly see how distressed she was.

[@BSKustomz]

I don't know why but as soon as you said "I got one sunburn on MythBusters" my brain immediately went to "I bet he got it welding"

[@Vickie-Bligh]

I am always so grateful when you choose a question of mine. Thank you so much.

[@nbsmith100]

Torture is about breaking will, not pain... (pain just happens to be an easy way of doing that for most). in chinese water torture the sinister thing about the drops of water is that it brings your attention and focus back to your situation, while being done in a way that staves off going to sleep or zoning out. and when you are restrained, and in the dark, and have no sound, and it is difficult to distract yourself or become disconnected from the situation- it doesn't take long for your brain to start going through a destructive feedback loop. when I saw the opening to the torture episode was about the only time out of all the mythbusters episodes that I really thought something along the lines of "You guys are being really stupid here, this is a bad idea."

[@lizard3755]

I have mixed feelings on the water torture episode. On the one hand, I think it really drove home how awful torture is to civilians who've never had a reason to know much about torture, but at the same time I feel so awful that Kari had to experience that. I'm glad that it was aired so that we could all learn from it, I just hope Kari was able to get all the support she needed to recover from that experience.

[@benmcclellan]

6:54 Yeah, watching Kari break down into tears on camera was a tough watch.

[@mitchellradspinner4491]

I understand why the torture episodes were the worst but I also think they may have been really important for many of us to see first hand.

[@oz_jones]

Second hand. You werent there

[@chris-hayes]

I've heard the lead balloon story before, but I love that this retelling included a German accent, haha.

[@adudewhodoes]

I love the distain for the imperial system that they moved the goalposts of difficulty in order to make the math easy. Love the Germans.

[@dmc01]

Ja

[@billd66]

I remember watching the Chinese Water Torture episode and wondering if there was any safe and ethical way to test that one. But I also knew from watching the show for a long time how much emphasis you all put on safety in making the show, and figured that if anyone could figure out how to do it, Mythbusters would. That had real potential to do lasting damage to the "victim" and not of the "go to the emergency room and get patched up" variety.

[@stevencamp3602]

Adam you're just such a sweet human being. Your innocence and kindness are so beautiful! Your light in this world is truly a blessing. I can't watch you and not leave happier and more warm inside. Thank you for all you do and the joy you bring! God's blessings upon you and your family!!

[@Takillas149]

I always wish Mythbusters could have done a another security myth special, testing whether you could fool voice locks with recordings or even if retinal scanners could be fooled.

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

I’m melanin-challenged as well. I can relate. Few people can empathize with difficulties I face during beach vacations. My dark skinned wife and children derive entirely too much entertainment at my pasty white expense.

[@Lessinath]

They should wear sunscreen too, although they likely don't have to apply it as often. Melanin helps, but no one is immune to skin cancer!

[@randysmith9715]

On Daytona beach there are spray booths with sun screen in the spray gun. Gives you a nice even coat of protection without any skips.

[@SyntheticFuture]

Boardroom meeting: torture, that sounds like fun! On the production floor: wait... This is literal torture....

[@craigwelsh]

Voice-over add "they were so focused on whether they could, they never stopped to think if the should" Adams recalling of that reminds me of the naïvety of scientists and engineers sometimes on the implications of the problem being solved..

[@xXTomokoKurokiXx]

​​@@craigwelshOppenheimer is the perfect demonstration of this principle - curiousity is a wonderful thing, a key component of being human, even, but it is just as dangerous as it is useful. And discovering things you don't want to, or never _wanted_ to know, is a very common result. It's why you always need to be careful and consider ethical concerns in all that you do scientific work, because while inethical research may be enlightening to a degree, it's more often than not just plain torture or too dangerous to be useful.

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

Yup, relatable, worst sunburn I've had in recent history was from welding up a rather agricultural assemblage of steel to jack up and support a building while I reblocked it ;) all down my right arm...

[@kidcrow1393]

Adam, sorry this is unrelated to the video at hand, but I was wondering how you feel about the Bambu TOS being changed? Many are saying the changes are anti-consumer and anti-3rd party, and people are worried about the future of the company. Adam, with you being the biggest maker who owns Bambu printers, this may be a valuable video to make.

[@DavidLindes]

1:21 / 1:24 - I remember when Spangenberg Theatre in Palo Alto (on the Gunn High school campus) upgraded our follow spot from carbon-arc to xenon arc. We hadn't added light shielding to the bottom of the door (that used to need to open regularly, to replace the rods), and the first person who operated it in the new configuration got a bright red sun burn in diagonal stripes across each arm. It was long-sleeves only, after that (until I think we eventually did ad shielding). Which kinda sucked, 'cause it could get hot up in that booth... but, yeah, better hot than sunburned! :)

[@DAWS0NStream]

the results from the bamboo experiment, were almost vile, its so brutal

[@Birkguitars]

The water torture episode may have raised questions in the long term but it was a very powerful story. It may not have seemed "entertaining" but it was compelling and I think gave the show a gravitas that supported other stories. A series of entertaining but light hearted vignettes would have been a very different type of programme and I suspect not as popular. Filming animals in the wild makes great TV because it has the weight of reality behind it. Here in the UK we have the BBC producing what I consider to be the finest wildlife documentaries ever made but they were castigated for one scenario where they were filming polar bears and used some clips of a mother and cub in what I would describe as their ice nest that was not filmed in the wild. It was filmed in a zoo but that was not explained in the programme. It caused a furore because it challenged the conceit that everything in the programme was genuine. Flipping that around Mythbusters was by its very essence in the same market place. What is myth and what is real? And real isn't always pretty or funny or inconsequential. I think these uncomfortable subjects helped reinforce the shows credentials and through that enhanced its appeal, its longevity and its residence in the collective consciousness.

[@Coastfog]

Norm: "Wait, you expect me to watch this before editing & uploading?"

[@Shauma_llama]

I made the mistake of having my teeth whitened once, since I had a coupon for a big discount. There are points where they are shining some light on your teeth in a certain spot and they tell you not to move your head AT ALL until a timer goes off. This was several minutes, bit it seemed like HOURS every time they moved it to a new area. Not being able to move, at all, and having to set perfectly still, felt like torture in and of itself.

[@adamwallace1863]

I was, and remain, a big fan of Adam's hat. Jamie's berret was iconic but Adam's hat was sensible for all the outdoor work.

[@ilyaholt8607]

Goddamit Norm, you had ONE job!

[@christopherwalker2228]

Adam, Idk if this is a compliment you get often, but you have a great vocabulary and are such a good speaker.

[@novosib9017]

this is a perfect example of time frames. It took them a year to do the bamboo episode. And 15 years ago i only had 28 minutes to watch it, including ads.

[@JonasHamill]

I thought this said 'SMELLED Like a Good Idea' and had my imagination going wild

[@TexJester-no8th]

Mythbusters has long been one of my favorite shows. My favorite - "Jamie like .. big boom". The cement truck episode .... the sound of that explosion on tv was INTENSE!!

[@benleppla9008]

The first time my dad showed me how to weld, we were refurbishing a boat trailer into a mower trailer. He didn't say anything about me wearing a t-shirt. Found out that night when i took a shower. He was like "ya you got a weld burn." With a chuckle. Like it was no big deal.

[@mrechannel2023]

when I lived on Maui we had to hack down bamboo every few days else it grew through our deck. Pushed up nailed-down boards with ease.

[@MrSkaDan]

Norm, you had ONE job! And you did it very well - well done!

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

7:30 - you say that there’s nothing entertain in showing torture; fun fact - in the U.K. we have a long running (been on the air for more than 50 years straight) quiz show on tv that was modelled after Gestapo interrogation techniques (the creator of the show had been a PoW in WWII and experienced said interrogations first hand).

[@lindsaygale5279]

What is the show called?

[@notNajimi]

I would also like to know the name of it

[@beemoh]

Is it Mastermind? Funnily enough, that was on Discovery for a while...

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

@@beemoh yep.

[@UnDeath91]

americans : break equippment making foil.. germans: we can do it thinner.. hold my beer :kekw:

[@jackradzelovage6961]

to be fair tho, this wouldve been at a time when american manufacturing was really going out the door, so it makes sense that there would only be a select few companies that even bothered to have that ability, much less be able to accommodate such a weird order. hopefully that gets turned right around here soon

[@deathstalker0000]

The Myth was actually the Skydiver who "aimed" for the seesaw and hit it, launching the little girl several stories high! I LOVED/STILL LOVE Mythbusters!! Thanks Adam, and Jamie if he sees this (prolly not)!!!

[@jackradzelovage6961]

top security bird house ftw XD

[@juliojimenez9794]

Thank you Norm for the mute 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iancarlson-l9h]

For anyone in a creative field.... Just poking around his shop and looking at all the neat stuff would be a dream come true...

[@Drakith90]

Always felt real bad for Kari during that episode. And got a pretty good chuckle at Adam breaking the sound barrier to go pee after sitting in a soggy la-z-boy for an hour..

[@patrickdix772]

Yeah, that's up there with the Baghdad battery electric fence shock with how bad it was to watch. It's one thing to see someone (usually Tory) messing around and getting hurt but it's something entirely different when it's intentional harm.

[@Felice_Enellen]

Adam: "Thank you Norm, on the mute!" Norm: 😏

[@parkerlt9068]

I almost felt bad for the lead foil companies that both lost the sale and broke their machine, but then they should have known better the capabilities of their machines, and since they didn't, it forced them to learn what they were, lol.

[@mycosys]

"catapult over the border" reminder made me wonder if anyone has catapulted to wingsuit - apparently not, but they have to a base jump - so theres an opportunity for someone? XD

[@chrisfleming701]

Have you seen the highlights they jump from? I don’t think a catapult would get you the speed needed for lift.

[@mycosys]

@@chrisfleming701 they catapulted off a cliff - you can search catapult base jump, but yeah i was thinking trebuchet really

[@jason197920]

Bamboo torture, I saw that first run, I was in my late teens, and I never forgot that one. Just knowing that bamboo can do that 😮

[@HerrLoeblich]

When he said "Led Balloon" I thought, haha, funny, not Led Zeppelin, but Led Balloon... then I felt really stupid when I realised he meant "Lead Ballon"...

[@chuckthetekkie]

I loved the Lead Balloon myth as now anytime time someone says to me "That'll go over like a lead balloon" I then tell them that lead balloons actually do float. So I thank you guys for giving that comeback to me.

[@Paulafan5]

Lead foil was almost impossible to make to specs when they made the show. It would have been impossible to make a generation earlier. So the myth was right until technology evolved so you could barely do it, provided you had some help from Germans.

[@evilmarken]

5:59 this was one of my favorite episodes as a child lol

[@MrAnimal1971]

Thank you Norm for not muting that Savage nose bugle. LOL

[@EeroafHeurlin]

"welders tan" is brutal. My dumb ass once needed to weld some large steel tubing (15cm per side square, 1cm thick) for a hobby project and the day was incredibly hot (for what we're used to here in the Norther Europe), so I decided that "I can deal with a bit of metal spatter of my arms", not thinking things trhough, and did the welding in a t-shirt.... Thankfully only first degree (blisters would be second degree) "sunburn" from the UV from the welding arc but it was *bad* for first degree, a very painful lesson (and of course increased risk of skin cancer, but it's been 10 years and no anomalies found yet).

[@mjh5947]

I just looked up the Eppstein Foils factory and it is as lovely and German looking as you could ever hope for. Somehow that makes the process of busting that myth better.

[@deviljon]

I wwas watching Reacher the other day and he kicked someone's car so hard the airbag went off. I wish Mythbuster were still around to test that one.

[@captainspaulding5963]

Depending on where it was kicked, this is in fact completely possible. The sensors, especially on the front and rear bumper, are pretty sensitive.

[@Relkond]

I thought they had multiple sensors, needing to trip at at least two, so a bug or sparrow hitting the car doesn't die the airbags...

[@ajsteffen41]

As a torture survivor, I am of course in two minds about the water torture segment. 1. It shows the most common reality that torture rarely involves any sort of mark or physical damage and instead is about breaking the will of the person to fight back. 2. It is horrifying and even when placed in a safe environment with an easy way to immediately get out. It isn't a fun idea and probably shouldn't have been attempted. I do think the fit was well done though as I think it balances the educational aspect and the emotional aspect well enough to be impactful. A sort of, "We screwed up and here is why this is so bad." moment

[@gideonnewmark4628]

The water torture experiment would have been slapped down HARD by a human subject review board. I remember the consternation of the expert they interviewed for the show. He basically said, without coming out and saying, "you would have to be CRAZY to do this as an experiment."

[@cosmoissleeping]

The dead pigs in the car also seems like it must have been awful

[@christopherdean1326]

Reminds me of the great Billy Connolly talking about going to Australia "I'm from Scotland, I'm BLUE! I need three days in the sun to turn white!" I remember Scottie got really uncomfortable with the water torture thing, and that nearly broke my heart because I had/have a MASSIVE crush on her!

[@shuashua958]

Thank you Norm! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@rciancia]

I thought it was when the vacuum motor took a bite out of your lip on Mythbusters. :) Love ya Adam - keep being you brother

[@KyleRobots]

Whenever I forget who directs my favorite movies, Mythbusters reminds me; Ballistic Gel Torso.

[@TherealWashtali]

Adam goes off on the best tangents!

[@Bobaphatt555]

Adam you’ll dig Broken Social Scene especially the first few albums with Feist on them.

[@hariman7727]

German foil maker: "Lead foil 1/1000th of an inch thick? Challenge accepted!"

[@TheCornBanana]

That lead balloon episode was one of the best

[@EastCoastPeace3]

"oh no we broke our equipment" Germany: "Hold my beer cheese."

[@XperimentorEES]

I'm surprised the torture episode even aired, but I'm glad it did because it's a reminder jut how evil people can be regardless of their goal. Didn't know there was so much behind the scenes trouble for lead balloon, but it's one of my favorites for testing old phrases.

[@jamescaldwell5]

I too have fair skin, with ginger hair. However I love outdoor sun filled activities like Cycling, surfing, etc. My new go to sunblock is the Alba brand Spray. I also play close attention to the UV index. For example if I am in a tropical location, I can enjoy time in the ocean and on the beach in the morning until the UV index reaches a 5 and in the afternoon when it dips down to 5 again without sunblock. I am also in the SF Bay Area and have discovered that certain times of the year there will be a prolonged UV high of 5 and unfortunately this can lead to a light burn. But on sunny winter days I can lay out in the sun without a worry. The afternoon sun can feel very hot, but is often less than a UV rating of 4 and is not going to burn your skin. I started an experiment a few years ago, about twice a week when I go to the gym, I spend 20 min in the sun regardless of how strong it is, 10 min face up and 10 min face down. This is not long enough to burn, but over time gives me a tan like I have never had before in my 46 years on this planet. This tan is reluctant to go away and also seems to make me a little more resilient when I do go on a Mexican vacation (although definitely does not replace the need for sunblock). I Highly recommend you trying a winter sunbath, today I think the UV index reached a high of 3, Being able to enjoy the warm sun on your skin without the fear of burning is so pleasant.

[@WhiskeyNixon]

I remember seeing the torture episode when it first aired. I remember feeling so bad for Kari.

[@jim2386]

Dammit norm. You had ONE job!

[@LP2Life]

When you make such a good show that 10 years after it ends you get almost 7 million followers just by telling stories about it. That's how good Mythbusters was/is!

[@darrinbrunner6429]

I'd forgotten about the water torture one, that was hard to watch. I'm a little surprised it was aired.

[@dolaski]

I vividly remember watching the bamboo one on TV back then 😂

[@hrkristoffer]

Love this videos thank you so much take me back to good times

[@sliceofsparta8985]

Adam: Thanks Norm! Norm: **wry smile**

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

What Adam said about being restrained, I can totally see how it can be true.... and that comes solely from getting a Quest 3 VR headset for Christmas. I will often get a slight itch or my eyelashes will lock and I'll want to rub my eyes _(having long lashes sucks, dunno why women want them lol)..._ I go to touch my have and **clunk** "Oh, right, my face is covered..." 😅 So yea, being unable to do something as trivial as scratch an itch due to being restrained, I can definitely imagine as being only the tip of a _massive_ iceberg!

[@grandmasterautistwizard4291]

Adam, can you go over your thoughts and opinions about Bambu Lab's new firmware rollout?

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@bluefish239]

I'm a little surprised the one bad UV burn from the show was a hole you didn't know your pants had, having seen you weld and cut without protecting bare skin here on tested I'd have thought you'd have ended up with more little burns at least.

[@richardjoyce1]

I remember Kari having a really hard time with the water torture. It was hard to watch.

[@visualartsbyjr2464]

I hold a welding ticket and am a site first responder industrial first aid ticket. Welding burns are not very fun and I have had to have talks with welders about it. Why? Two guys only wore welding gloves, helmet, and T-shirts. Both their arms were so bad the following day, not to mention the healing process. If it’s a hot summer day just wear a 1/2 jacket!

[@rebeccaturner5503]

"all the thoughts around it were awful" Yah a uck feeling !