The Hat Chat Podcast #19 - Nothing is REAL!

[@HistoryMatters]

You lads do deserve to hit that millie. The biggest problem is always that the ground is moving from under your feet and you've no idea what will work and if it will ever work again. It's nice just to see a channel like yours making content because you want to and having that be rewarding too.

[@kiko114kiko114]

i Love your channel dude, no idea u knew hatfilms

[@GavConnn]

You're videos are great man, have been binging loads of them recently, extremely weird seeing you commenting on a hat films vid tho lul

[@tree427]

don't hit anyone, even if their name is Millie

[@zaydlayton3459]

You probably dont give a shit but does anybody know of a method to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me.

[@willpaxton9179]

@Zayd Layton instablaster =)

[@Crokto]

i really admire ross's willingness to commit to a bit. seriously. mad respect

[@jaskarnsangha9797]

Do it for the bit, always

[@redtukeguy4263]

He's a mad lad

[@liamconnelly7964]

No one: Ross: Now in funny news woman molested outside her house!!

[@Bongadoo]

I'm 36 years old, have been watching you guys since the early days. This is the best content you do; I'm sure you must realise that as you're getting older. I hope you pursue what you think it right - your audience ages alongside you, so you may have the leading edge saying they don't like political content or what-have-you, but that's what I'm interested in nowadays. Your thought experiments and learning of the world in parallel to mine are what keep us unified. If you can pull in a younger generation to attempt critical thinking via GTA videos then you have done a great service to the world, and I hope you're rewarded for it. I'm glad you're still struggling on with KZbin. HatChat and the Triforce podcast are about all that keeps me going these days with a 2 year old and another on the way in January. To think from those heady Minecraft days to now. I hope you can keep going for as long as you can, you've accomplished a great deal.

[@MartinOlminkhof]

We know your real name, Alan Smiddy

[@jesse5769]

Thanks for still continuing to do KZbin guys it means the world to me, you were the first KZbin channel I subscribed to and my favourite still! Keep up the great work much love from Australia

[@hubble970]

I have no idea which crossings Smith is talking about in Amsterdam. The 4 way crossings we have are either controlled by speedbump like things instead of signs, have traffic lights or are low intensity/ low speed like the canal roads.

[@jamblesss]

Smith is such a tourist in the Netherlands. The system is incredibly easy to navigate unless you're an ignorant tourist lmfao

[@lolageez1]

Literally watched Midnight Run last night, a film about bounty bonds. Today I learn what they are Other films sort of related to this episode: Tom Hanks - Terminal ; Man lives in airport for several weeks Jim Carey - The Truman show ; reality is an illusion

[@beanbag-crowsnestgaming1268]

What was the gecko reference at the start for smiff?? is his gecko ok? :( dont he just kinda said "its not nice" when ross said he can talk about it. Hope he's ok!

[@alsmiffy1]

CrowsNestGaming my created gecko is laying too many eggs and has given herself MBD - don’t worry shes been to the vets and we’ve got lots of things to give her to get better.

[@beanbag-crowsnestgaming1268]

@@alsmiffy1 Ahh bless her i love cresties. MBD is a bugger for lizards! Glad to hear shes in good care though and its quite treatable. Probably lost too much calcium through making the eggs. Lost my best friend Gordon my panther chameleon a couple of months back through kidney failure. Still miss him!

[@moondusk8385]

Thank you for a purrrrrrfect Hat Chat. Never fails to make me smile.

[@xxhellspawnedxx]

Occam's Razor isn't quite "The simplest solution is usually right". That is too simplistic, and leaves aside that there's a whole lot of very complex shit in the universe. What the principle actually states is: In cases where there are two or more competing hypotheses to an issue, the one which requires the least amount of assumptions (leaps of faith) is usually the correct one. So, in the case of Trump and deep fakes, the hypotheses are: That he really is as stupid as he seems (only requires one assumption: That he is that stupid); Or that a global conspiracy of millions of people and entities has set out to misrepresent him in that light, somehow managing to foil the entire might of US government in this quest, and spent billions of dollars to produce believable fakes of him doing and saying all this stupid shit (The assumptions here are bordering on infinite)? According to Occam's Razor, the first hypothesis is infinitely more likely than than the second.

[@Helldhaz]

22:22 "I always struggle to get into the politics thing because I don't know enough about it"

[@threemoo]

I'm moving out of the UK soon and I'm glad that I found you guys a while back. I'm glad I know of your channel, where I can hear people speaking British English, with opinions that make sense to me. I asked after the first podcast (I think it was the first) if I could be on the podcast as a guest since you guys said maybe you would have a GameDev on as a guest. I'd still keep the offer up, if you ever want a GameDev up on the show then let me knw, I'd love to be back in the UK for that... Since I'm moving out for a job in Game Dev :D See you guys.

[@Chick3nluvver]

we all know what Smiff was doing in Amsterdam

[@awesomeaartvark]

A nice chill podcast to watch after a busy day, enjoyed this! But I dunno, Trott might have something there, like, but what if it is robots? hahaha, also, I really wanna see someone do that glass bottle version of the theme song now, that would be sooooo cool

[@MaccyLing]

Love you boys ❤️will always support you

[@mr.j4696]

I know this isn't at all one of the issues discussed on the podcast, but it bothered me that Smith didn't recognise the Telegram logo 😂 For those who don't know, it's basically a much better and more developed messenger platform than WhatsApp. It's rapidly growing in Asia, but hasn't really reached the west yet.

[@GaenaralHONK]

In Germany driving a bicycle drunk still counts as driving under the influenece and you can lose your license for that

[@Chapizard]

To expand on the "bounty hunter" (called bail enforcement agent where I live) topic, there's a huge loophole or gray area on the methods of retrieval used. As long as they're alive upon their return to prison just about anything goes.

[@jt1687]

I am genuinely concerned with how easy it is to find the living address of a few of the Yog members.

[@ghazthegamer7109]

As a resident of Milford Haven, this does not surprise me in the slightest. LOl

[@trevorwovz6614]

and with that i am finally caught up with hat chat

[@robertwlovett]

I think the generalisation around korean idols isn't exactly accurate. At the very least, the larger bands are having more autonomy regarding the decisions they make, and usually the fans of those idols are actually ones supporting that autonomy. Otaku culture in Japan/JPop could be different though tbf.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

a lot of time I hear the assertion that Facebook is relegated to old people. I'm 56, but also a game and anime fan and in many groups about those and there are a shitload of young people on Facebook, from all over the world.

[@TheDexecutioner]

Good one, Boris

[@velrex8140]

I still think you guys should one day get Lewis on your podcast. I think his devil's advocate style would really work with how you guys converse/argue/discuss.

[@TheHarleyEvans]

the scooters vs bike argument, have you ever seen a drunk man on a bike? Case closed

[@GretchenDawntreader]

Renminbi is Chinese Yuan. 2 names for the same currency. Not fake.

[@AshLilburne]

Another positive of less homeless people is that they then have homes

[@DirkCjelli42]

It's got to be automotive lobbyists behind the electric scooter bans. The more convenient and affordable the mode of transportation the more people would give up automobiles for that mode.

[@SolstaceWinters]

Hat Chat x Radio Dead Air crossover when? I'm REALLY getting the vibes.

[@Duendue]

In Denmark, the government has been pretty relaxed with the rules and regulations in regards to electric scooters. This means that in every major city, the streets are littered with unused scooters, seemingly thrown carelessly away, making a both environmental hazard and a danger for the traffic. Furthermore, new research seems to point towards the fact that a great portion of the users of the scooters used to be pedestrians or bikers before, so the scooters are actually replacing the greener travelers, instead of the car drivers.

[@alsmiffy1]

Marcus Due I’m not necessarily for companies renting them out. I agree every city I’ve been to where they have companies who do this, the scooters are littered everywhere. I’m more for personal ownership so you actually care for the scooter and not just trash it and mess up a city.

[@ActuallyJakob]

@@alsmiffy1 In Brisbane, Australia, they've limited the amount of scooters allowed on the streets and forced competition between companies by introducing more than one company to the city. I agree that they are still a bit of a mess but the situation definitely seems to be improving. Personal ownership of scooters would solve many problems but personally I can't justify the up front cost of buying a scooter compared to just spending a few dollars at a time.

[@Duendue]

@@alsmiffy1 I think we both agree on the same points, my comment was mainly an attempt to illustrate some of the nuances in regards to the scooter-debate. Innovation happens much quicker than political change, and regulations are different from country to country. Rented Scooter-services are more prominent over here, so I’m more experienced with those than privately owned scooters. I agree that with personal ownership, more responsibility emerges. The problem lies in the complexity and uncertainty of the individual laws.

[@ZorroLocoStudios]

Regarding the German scooterers that got arrested, I just wanna say, a scooter is a lot, and I mean a LOT less likely to hurt or kill someone if they get into a crash, compared to a car. I don't think they deserved to have their licenses suspended. Like Smith said, bicycles are no safer than electric scooters.

[@_SneaRo]

Riding your bike while drunk can also get your license suspended in Germany

[@eDWICHt]

Walking while drunk and interfering with traffic can get your license suspended, as well.

[@WilfredSteele]

I know this video is old, but I just had to say: at 17:24 Trott makes a statement that perfectly outlines why Smith's formulation of Occam's Razor, "the simplest answer is often the right one," is the wrong way to state the principle - Trott, "Donald Trump is a robot, that sounds quite simple." Trott is right, that would be the simplest answer. Occam's Razor is actually the principle that given to competing theories the ones which relies on the fewer assumptions is probably the correct one where in philosophy an assumption is anything assumed to be true within the argument but not proven to be true and includes hidden assumptions (that we are capable of creating and have created truly lifelike robots that can perfectly mimic human beings is a hidden assumption in Trott's statement because it must be true for the rest of his argument to hold, but his argument makes no mention of such robots being possible at this time) and explicit ones (Donald Trump is not human). Therefor, the most likely correct argument (theory) is the one which argues out all of the points it rests on demonstrating their truth as well which actually leads to a more complicated argument, not simple. So Occam's Razor actually doesn't mean the simplest argument at all, just the one with the fewer unproven assumptions. Anyway, just thought I'd point that out because I laughed my f-ing a-- off when I heard Trott's response here since this is a point so rarely made but mostly because Trump as a robot is... well, totally believable if we all remember that microsoft machine learning experience that had an app chatting with people till it was tricked into being completely racist.

[@gregorytoth4015]

smith is literally one of the best example of somebody who spouts more big words and somewhat well formulated sentences than facts, makes me laugh Oh WeLL ThAtS aN 0oF fR0M mE

[@enigmaPL]

These episodes could easily go to 2 hours each, and I'd watch that. Doesn't KZbin algorithm favor longer videos, and longer watch times anyway? I think you guys could pull it off. As for regulations and licensing for bicycles; Don't be ridiculous. Just requires a little bit of common sense. If someone doesn't posses that, it doesn't make sense to punish everyone else for their incompetence. If back in the day, I could bike home on mushrooms, perfectly safely, late into the night, no one has any excuse for not being able to get home safe. lol Got close to home as the sun was coming up, with a pink/purple/orange-y sky and vivid green trees everywhere. What a great bike ride that was. lol

[@ActuallyJakob]

At one point longer videos may have been favoured but the algorithm is a fickle beast and ultimately nobody knows what it favours anymore. That's what they speak about with the video that reached one million recently.

[@RageQuitSon]

Round abouts are good. but people in my state, we only have a few, DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THEM! the state needs to have like public lessons... (i mean on that note my state doesn't know how to handle those 4 stop sign intersections)

[@elongatedmuskrat2690]

Smith continues to proudly flaunt his sub-room temp. IQ

[@shaydore1561]

Love you boiks, keep it up

[@ChrisTHEHOBBIT]

I’d like to challenge you lot to make a video of you three reading out every patron’s name

[@Pratalax]

if you can't out-accelerate an electric scooter on rollerskates, let alone a bike, yous a bishhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Also in the cycling world, the subject of compulsory helmet use is something that is very thoroughly debated - good arguments either way. But yeah, being drunk in charge should be penalised although a revocation of drivers license (especially in that oktoberfest instance) i think is pretttty hawrsh.

[@ZendikarMage42750]

I personally prefer the hard topics, but I'm a nihilist philosophy major, heh heh...

[@TROONTRON]

Today on brainwash olympics with Alan Smidd: leftist journalists and reddit headlines are infallible yet he claims he's "open minded".

[@Demolishor27]

Very late to the podcast here. Games do not make a person violent, but violence does. Dont have a reference handy, but a few studies have linked violent media to increased desensitization (becoming less responsive) to violence. That includes games, movies, news articles and of course witnessing real violence. Also the brain cannot distinguish real/fake violence. If it looks like it , it will be interpreted as such subconsciously. TLDR: consuming violent media makes you respond less to seeing violence, and may also lead to an increase in aggression both short and long term after being exposed to violent media. (Dont take my word for it. Google Scholar is your friend)

[@bjoern007]

fucking chris trott and his Truman Show complex haha

[@samarchism_]

I loved the political/philosophy discussion in this one lads, more of this type of thing would be interesting!

[@Kactus_Kris]

I'd love to see a hat film with a political KZbinr. but it may be a bit controversial.

[@Helldhaz]

As long as that political KZbinr didn't sit in the centre like the boys, yeah maybe.

[@Helldhaz]

They are though, pretty much, can't imagine any of them voted for Corbyn's Labour, and they say plenty of things the left wouldn't approve of, like the time fairly recently when Smith called Trott a nonce.

[@klenkidd]

Lads, even riding a normal muscle powered bicycle while drunk will have you lose your driver’s license if caught.

[@Steven-rb7ph]

You can get a DUI on a bicycle as well.

[@lin90210]

Hmmm if the buns are vegan then it might be good for my lactose intolerant ass because a lot of buns have milk in them :/

[@__Albin__]

To be clear here. Japanese/South Korean Idols are "manufactured" to various extents. But so are some western pop stars. It wasn't explicitly stated but I got the impression that they though it was only a Japanse/Korean thing. Which either means they don't fully understand what an Idol is or they are very naive when it comes to western pop stars. Or maybe they do understand and it just didn't come across properly.

[@OnlyOneTubing]

Intersections are just crossroads.

[@modernostheos]

Cheers for not succumbing to the fortnite crap boiks, really appreciate your videos, you got tegridy! Never give up, never surrender!

[@nathanpoloni6303]

Pressure to succeed is a self defense mechanism that we and society as a whole self impose as a way to cope with the fear of our own death. Pressure to succeed is acknowledgement that we don't live forever, and therefore we must make the most of the time we have. It's a spectrum thing though obviously, some people want more and some less, but most importantly we need to be able to recognize and act accordingly as a society when the relevance of a small number of individuals' wants surpasses the needs of the masses.

[@CaptainTashigi]

Wow ross is so cute ugh

[@user-co2ps4yo7k]

trott read theory

[@C4P_10]

Alex next time take the train to Amsterdam m8

[@wyvernrock3041]

I feel like a vid is missing, not from hat chat but the one where they were handing out their new hat film porn shirts.

[@GavConnn]

They did a stream announcement vid where they were doing a giveaway of 20 of the shirts, but they always unlist the stream announcement vids once the stream's done so that people don't see it after the fact and think that they are about to go live.

[@MrPyroduck]

trottimus hands looks skeletons hands

[@claytongeorgemusic]

alec schmidt

[@deanreynolds8605]

I don't know if it's a good idea to put the blame on a woman being molested because she presents as desirable rather than the crazed molester

[@drayzorn]

Good track by Boards of Canada

[@bldarkman]

Just as an aside, that Turkey/Kurd situation is complicated. There are a lot of us Americans who think we shouldn’t really be in the Middle East anymore, and they have a point. And yet, we also shouldn’t just abandon allies and people that have helped us fight to be slaughtered. Trump is doing this out of pure greed, and I’m sure Turkey somehow leveraged the Trump Towers there in Turkey against him in someway. It pisses me off to no end that things have gotten this bad, but at least Pelosi has finally gotten off her ass and is trying to move forward with impeachment proceedings. The majority of Americans do not want Trump, but some major changes have to happen to fix the broken system that allowed him to be elected, and those changes aren’t going to happen quickly nor quietly.

[@apophisdd]

Impeach him for what? Being an unpleasant human being? Try again. Whether he is impeached or not, he'll be re-elected next year because the democrats' only policy is "orange man bad". No, the majority of Americans don't want him out, that's just what the bought and paid for media tells you. All the democratic nominees (in with a chance) have their own disastrous issues. Biden actually did the thing they are wanting to impeach Trump for. Warren is a serial liar. Sanders is toast. Clinton may run, and will lose again. Once again the lads commenting on politics they have no clue about besides amateur opinion and legacy media bias. If the lads want an objective understanding of us politics, unfiltered by biased legacy media, they ought to do a shit load more research than watching snippets from CNN. Watch TIM POOL or STYXHEXENHAMMER666. Else stick to the fucking gaming content that they actually know about and can be trusted on with their opinions. Political nonsense will lose you subscribers. STICK TO GAMES FFS.

[@bldarkman]

apophisdd Aww did a snowflake get butthurt? Whether you want to believe it or not, it’s a fact that the majority of Americans do not support Trump. And if you’d read and watch other news sources beside alt-right apologists with no credibility or straight-up right-wing propaganda, you’d see there are plenty of causes for impeachment. And he won’t be able to be elected again because he’ll be in prison or would have fled the country. People like you are anti-American and the antithesis to American values. So keep trolling if you’d like, because you bring nothing intellectual to any discussion you’re involved in and aren’t worthy of any further interaction.

[@jasminetremain2162]

Donald Trump is real because he was in home alone

[@ArkonArchive]

While I enjoy HatChat I always cringe when they talk about politics. Specially politics foreign to them. It really shows how ignorant they are of Trump and how much they listen to the liberal fake media. Ironically too, as they mention how this is a problem in this very video.

[@user-co2ps4yo7k]

lmao ok boomer

[@ArkonArchive]

@@user-co2ps4yo7k Is this where I say, "screw you millennial"? Regardless I'm younger than the hatbois so good job on calling me out

[@TerraZetzz]

I agree. They're not looking at all the good he's done. Although, I don't blame them because any positive news about Trump is most likely never mentioned over there.

[@Joeyd123abc2]

using the phrase "liberal fake media" is the best way to lose all sense of credibility in just 3 words. just because you don't like the media, doesn't mean its fake.

[@SolstaceWinters]

We got one, boiks!

[@someperson3601]

Hmm how did I miss this one?