The Time a Fan Spooked Adam Savage a LOT

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[@YakSquad]

Check my storm trooper changed to a sandtrooper on yak squad adam .

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

I sent you guys a package years ago (to the correct address at the time), and it all came back to me in Japan...😭

[@feardragon64]

It was a very strange feeling listening to this video as a San Franciscan, seeing this comment when I finished and seeing I walked directly past this address 4 minutes ago as I was listening and walking down market.

[@TheDamokles]

I've sent you a sword to your PO box, unfortunately USPS tracking shows "In delivery" since August 9th. I fear that might be a write off....

[@ashakydd1]

People need to recognize the fact that celebrities are not their friends. Celebrities like Adam are nice people and they celebrate & appreciate their fans BUT Adam isn't your friend. As much as he has shared a lot of details about his life, we are still strangers to him and people need to accept that.

[@Saaaahdoood]

Yes and no. If you bumped into him and he had time I bet you'd go down some rabbit holes. It's the faceless meetings like this that are a problem.

[@TroyTheObtuse]

@@Saaaahdoood That makes Adam a polite, outgoing person, not my friend. Many celebrities deal with fans who imagine a relationship that simply does not exist.

[@user-fk8zw5js2p]

Calling someone a fan takes away from its original definition of fanatic. Geeking about someone famous is okay, but keep in mind that out-of-control excitement from a stranger can make others very uncomfortable, including the famous person.

[@aikumaDK]

The key word for this concept is "a parasocial relationship"

[@merickful]

Celebrities are friends, not food. Or something like that.

[@theHardChargerVids]

Adam...I sold a car yesterday to "THE" Chief Engineer of the Black Hawk and geeked out with him waiting on Finance to do his paperwork. His dad was one of the Nasa Engineers that got the Apollo 13 crew back to earth. He loved my mentality of a "Maker" which I explained that you were where I got that from. That is when he told me what a huge fan of yours he was. All that to tell you the Chief Engineer of our country's Black Hawks is a big fan of yours. I thought you would find that cool.

[@theHardChargerVids]

I also told him how I regret some life choices and wished I had become an engineer. His response was amazing and reassuring...he said you don't need a piece of paper to say you are an engineer

[@theHardChargerVids]

He said he keeps having to tell his wife she is a maker...that she doesn't believe her culinary skills qualify her as a maker. I got to look at her and tell her she absolutely was. She was grinning ear to ear...I think that extra reassurance from someone else besides her husband made her believe...it was such a cool moment.

[@samholdsworth420]

Ok

[@BillyRiff-RAF]

🤔 "I'll take things that never happened for $50 Alex," 😂😂😂

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​I'll assume RAF means you are indeed British... To which I will say: I have no doubt in my mind this happened. The people you can, and will meet over here in day to day life, might shock you. We just say "what a small world". Here's an example... I'll try to keep it super brief (despite my name lol) One year at our cabin in Alaska, my dad and uncle befriended an older gentleman who they met at the emergency walk-in clinic on back to back days. Turns out he was the first black State Trooper of Alaska*, and also the Anchorage chief of police for a time. And as it further just so happens, he lives like _35 minutes away_ from my uncle down in the state of Georgia - that's 5499km from where they were! Crazier yet, a couple years ago he was telling me that he was recently grocery shopping in Georgia, and this BIG guy approached him, and said _"YOU'RE ... You _*_kicked my ass_*_ back in !"_ Turns out to be an Inuit gentleman (Native Alaskan) from some remote town in Northern Alaska, which he did indeed have to give dude a whopping for resisting arrest... _(the guy wasn't mad, which they shook hands and chatted for a bit)_ So yea, it's crazy the people you meet in every day life! We're just more open about it lives I guess, so it's easier to find out those nuggets of info from otherwise-strangers. 😊 _[* I include that tidbit above for no other reason other than him being _*_damn proud_*_ of that fact]_

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

Fans, before you ever do ANYTHING related to some celebrity you like, ask yourself the following: "without context, would I be okay with this being done to me or my loved ones?" This single question can avoid a huge amount of issues.

[@mikestraker2180]

You are spot on . Lauren Hough just did a deep deep dive on this on Substack. Well worth checking out.

[@turbo_brian]

I mean, for most people yes, but some people would be like "I would be totally cool with this" despite the rest of us not being ok with whatever it is.

[@HMFan2010]

Sound advice that applies to MANY if not most of life’s situations. Before you do anything, STOP and think: would I like this done to me? It’s called the Golden Rule: treat others as you yourself would prefer to be treated.

[@mindhackz]

These people lack that self-awareness. So you’re preaching only to the choir.

[@СеменВанюшин-б8д]

You missed an important part. "done on regular or semi-regular basis". Because you know there are a lot of people who know this celebrity got the same idea and didn't ask themselves these questions.

[@MOSMASTERING]

Hi, is that Alameda bomb disposal? Yeah, it's Adam. No, this isn't a mythbusters episode.

[@RussetPotato]

For real

[@DarkElves2024]

At least he has them on speed dial.

[@josephharrison5639]

Only thing incorrect is he’d be on first name basis with everyone there

[@drpigeyes]

This definitely isn’t the first time a fan has shown up at Adams door! I know because back in the early 2000s when GPS’s and iPhones were becoming commonplace my family didn’t think it was weird to just drop by the myth busters studios. I was a kid at the time so we made little cards and dropped them through the mail slot in the front door. Soon after we had an Adam sighting and I remember opening the door of my dad’s sketchy beat up white truck and yelling “I’m a huge fan!!” To which Adam sped off faster on his bike(very reasonably). After we got home we ended up writing another letter saying “hey sorry we showed up at your front door we didn’t mean to scare you” and we got an amazing autograph back from the whole mythbusters cast. Proud to say that I’ve since become quite the maker and theater person! Thanks for all your work Adam!

[@Nobody-hc2bo]

Yup same lmao I forget what shop it was, but my parents mananged to find one of them and we drove to some random grey nondescript industrial park. Never met anyone tho

[@questioner1596]

I watched an old This Old House episode from the 80s where they revisited the house they renovated the prior year. The homeowner talked about having breakfast with his lady friend and finding a couple friendly older ladies from out of state peering through the back window and asking for a tour.

[@albertlong3492]

@@questioner1596 why did you send three identical comments

[@questioner1596]

@@albertlong3492 the KZbin app doesn't always respond in a timely manner, so when 5 seconds passed I clicked submit again, and a few seconds later clicked it again, thinking it didn't register my press.

[@gergofazekas97]

😊😊​@@Nobody-hc2bo

[@TomMountainbiker1994]

Adam gives a very honest, respectful but to the point way of dealing with overbearing fans :)

[@chrisgenovese8188]

he's a class act!

[@noone-qg1od]

He's to self confident, he's not as interesting as he thinks he is

[@TomMountainbiker1994]

@@noone-qg1od that's purely opinion. I find the knowledge and experience of others interesting and personally I feel he has a nice balance of confidence without being big headed

[@watcher1326]

Until I spent a lot of time on social media, I had no idea how many people were irrationally and murderously full of hate. I can totally understand how celebrities would be freaked out by packages.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Yea, for all the good there is about the internet, with LITERALLY every person in America (and other countries) being online now, it unfortunately means those with less self-control and/or lacking mental stability, now have access to the same tools we've have... and worse, puts them in connection with others of a similar (unhealthy) mindset. In the early-00s, I saw the internet as something amazing and will make life infinitely better... In the late-10s, I've seen how people and corporations have absolutely ruined that possibility, and I feel like we're doomed as a result of it... 😞 _(edit: corrected two major swipe-prediction errors)_

[@watcher1326]

@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Hard to know what the future holds. It seems like the cases where the inmates were running the asylum are quietly being rearranged. Hard for me to place too much blame, as I've been infected with it and behaved accordingly. But as bad as I got, I never pushed for anyone's demise.

[@OlympusAerial]

People need to learn not to depend on the internet, people need to be able to go out to dinner without feeling the need to scroll through videos. People also need to recognize and seek treatment for mental health concerns.

[@alaskansummertime]

LOL I sell PLANTS for a living. I'd be absolutely terrified if some of the people I made a ten dollar plant sale too ten years ago knew where I lived. There really is no upper limit for crazy.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

@@alaskansummertime Alaska... Right right... _plaaaaants_ 😏👌 I'm a repeat customer of KBeach Reef when I go to the cabin lol

[@JaySay]

There's not a lot of people in this world that will think of how others could perceive something innocent you do, even if you meant no harm (and even if you did it as a fan in this instance...) How Adam brings it up is a great way to talk about it to _inform_ others of not doing it in the future. He's not belittling the person or talking out of anger, he's rational and understanding in his aversion to what the person did, & giving them the lesson that needs to be said. I myself have been in one or maybe two circumstances where I "went a little overboard" with a friend or someone I cared deeply about because I didn't think of how they or anyone else would see my actions. I mean, why would I at the time? I was doing/saying it out of love and respect, or because I thought I was being nice. But _the other party_ doesn't have that same feeling. It's not like a married couple who have deep feelings for one another. It's one sided affection, admiration, or even fascination. And unfortunately (especially with the latter feeling,) people may not realize that what they do, say, or even feel can be misconstrued as crossing a line, or negatively affecting others.

[@PraxZimmerman]

My dad found the M5 address and took me there as a kid. I refused to leave the car and it's probably the most embarrassed i've ever been. If not for the "We're filming, please don't bother us" sign on the door i'm sure he would have tried dragging me inside 🙄

[@TransistorBased]

Yeah, it honestly surprises me when online personalities or celebrities are pretty open about where they're located. Like Corridor Digital- a lot of their videos have framing or context shots from drones over their building, so it's not very hard to find on Google maps. And I think there's actually a location marker for it. Hopefully they don't have too many people trying to show up and bug them.

[@risenfallacy3197]

I knew someone online who was a part of the sale for a safe they used in the show. Their friend sold it and needed them to drive it in their truck to the warehouse for Mythbusters. While the friend did all the paperwork, they were welcomed to just openly WALK AROUND UNATTENDED while he waited on his buddy to finish the deal. They took so many pictures and I stared at em for hours connecting all the episodes. Walking through that place could have been a museum like tourist spot. I would have easily dropped $50 to just walk around the place for an hour. You missed out lol.

[@test74088]

Plot twist: the fan was Mark Rober.

[@UnholiestJedi]

😂😂

[@Notsram77]

And the envelope was filled with glitter and fart spray.

[@zappa4ever]

Robin Williams, for all of his movies, employed the local homeless on his movies, The Fisher King being a great example esp. since that's one of the main storylines in the film. Legend.

[@MontegaB]

Robin was too kind of a soul for this world I think.

[@Tjescoo]

You can tell a good deed like that made him really happy with himself

[@johnwerth3428]

@@MontegaB Some people are not likely to live long. Don McLean's song "Vincent" comes to mind: Now I understand What you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now For they could not love you But still your love was true And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night You took your life, as lovers often do But I could've told you, Vincent This world was never meant for One as beautiful as you

[@TheoRae8289]

@@Tjescoo He, Whoopie Goldberg, and Billy Crystal were the original faces of the "fight" against homelessness. That was Robin literally just doing what he preached.

[@Jimorian]

Chappell Roan recently simply asked fans to respect her boundaries and privacy, and WAY too many of the responses to that were scarily unhinged and psychopathic. It's never wrong to draw those lines and expect people to respect them.

[@Bapuji42]

Who?

[@fiascothe63rd]

@@Bapuji42A decently popular musician of the last little while. She’s pretty good, if you’re okay with sexuality-based pop music.

[@shannonpotratz489]

I'm still figuring out where home is. I'm an artist who grew up in and worked in Spokane WA for 40+ years. I have recently moved to Georgetown KY and nothing about this place yet feels like home. At the moment, I'm feeling so displaced. Luckily, I'm now within driving distance of Kansas City, where my publisher is located. In KC, I found my tribe. Thank you for all you do, Adam. I've never commented on your channel before, but I'm always riveted to your stories and experiences. Man, what I wouldn't give to just sit down and have a conversation with you for a couple of hours. Fear not, I will not be dropping by your door unexpectedly. Cheers!

[@TransistorBased]

Have some burnt ends for me, I'd love to drive out to KC again for some food but my car is getting up there in age and I don't want to be stranded across the state

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Yeah a package with electronic stuff taped to the door is a little bit scary. Especially for a celebrity. I wouldn't blame him for calling a bomb squad.

[@brettpresta-valachovic3631]

Adam, I've been to San Francisco twice and have to say I've never experienced another city so in love with creativity. The street artists, the vendors, the painters, the actors, and the musicians are all amazing. There is a vibe there I'll never forget. It truly is a beautiful city.

[@bobwalters7414]

I agree, visited about 6 years ago. Sadly it is no longer the place that we remember. It is literally like the walking dead now. I forget the name of the street where we got on the street car but now every business has moved out. Hopefully they get their act together and bring it back.

[@DerelictCountry]

Every once in a while a KZbinr with a certain amount of subscribers or more will need to have the talk with their followers. This is that talk.

[@MixieMew]

Parasocial relationships is a problem. Vote it up on biggest problem.show

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Yep. This isn't even the first one I've seen this week. It's sad that it has to be done, but some folks just don't quite get it.

[@peterjensen6844]

Agreed. I had this in the back of my head when I met Mav. Wanted to make sure I wasn't THAT fan.

[@Kaykath-yd1ss]

Yep 😂

[@makuIa]

@@goosenotmaverick1156most of them want to seem bigger then they are, no one is driving 6 hours to see a youtuber

[@ChefSarah4104]

As someone born and raised in the Bay Area, I went to culinary school in SF, I don't want to ever leave. (The cost of living being the deciding factor in that though.)

[@AceGess]

Thank you for always inspiring others over the years.

[@Nurolight]

Adam saying he has no enemies… I don’t know, man. You shot a cannonball through a guys house.

[@as46643]

Years ago I worked as a vfx artist on a high profile science fiction TV show. I was friendly with some of the cast and I can tell you most of them had at least one absolutely chilling story about fans who went too far, tracking down their home addresses etc. One incident in particular with an obsessed fan caused mayhem in the production but as the story isn'tmine and has never been told publicly I'll leave it there. Suffice to say, Fandom is fine but keep a sense of perspective and don't be creepy.

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

I am just a normal electrician. Nothing remotely famous about me. As a teen I befreinded a guy in school who was a little mentally challenged and was bullied. One day I had been out shopping all day with my mom and when we returned home and unlocked the door we both had the eerie feeling that there wa someone in the house. We yelled out but noone answered. carefully we started inspecting the house and in the far back office room we found my not too bright friend. He was gaming on my computer with earphones on and was startled by us as well... Turns out he had come over to see if I could play. Since I wasn't home he just figured he would climb through the doggy door and play my computer while waiting... My mom had to give a whole lesson about boundaries and not entering or using other ppls homes or things without permission! LOL He was a sweet kid though. He really looked up to me and just wanted to be with me all the time wich was a bit hard to handle as a teen! :)

[@3nertia]

I think people tend to forget that the word "fan" is a shortening of the word 'fanatic' heh

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@3nertia Now, I'd argue, that the word 'Fan'* is* the full word, and _'Fanatic'_ should be reserved for those who are 'Fans' but who also don't respect the boundaries... 😏 A parallel: The term "fan-girling", where in the presence of who you are a fan, you lose control of your faculties, screaming and flailing about... That, too, does not represent *_every_* fan.

[@3nertia]

@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE The etymology of the word "fan" disagrees but you do you 🙃

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

@@3nertia Yea, you didn't follow my point, which is fine... No big deal ☺️

[@gwidao123]

Props to Adam for dealing so well with this. I mean literally, apparently he got some props by dealing with this, hope they were good ones

[@bondfool]

I feel like I have heard a lot about fans crossing fairly obvious boundaries recently. Social media has broken people’s minds.

[@roguishpaladin]

If you think it's recently, you haven't been paying attention. Think about John Lennon's murder as a simple one that comes off the top of my head. This is a phenomenon that has existed well before social media. I'm reluctant to blame social media for anything - I see it simply as a magnifying glass which brings forth our own flaws in great detail.

[@bondfool]

@@roguishpaladin Of course it happened sometimes before social media, but it has increased in frequency since the advent of it.

[@roguishpaladin]

@@bondfool No, it has not, at least not disproportionately to the increase in population over time. You are encountering what is called recency bias.

[@nicholsonfile]

​@@bondfoolThere are probably more, smaller celebrities than other times: tiktok, youtube, smaller influencers. The reason we know about the stalking and inappropriate behavior is *because* of social media.

[@piecesofstarlight]

Nah. My mother had people showing up at her door when I was a newborn. Thinking my Dad just sat around waiting to ID their plants and garden pests. For some reason they thought that he made enough money on a 3 hour show to support his whole family. Probably because of Howard Stern. Anyway. This has been happening forever. You just hear about it more. There was no public square megaphone to yell into to inform everyone back then.

[@FablesD20]

As someone who moved from LA to SAC for finacial reasons while trying to retain their art-passion, I'm fortunate to work remotely but the feeling of. 'LA person living in Sacremento" hits me daily. I've moved from MN to FL to NYC to upstate NY to LA- so you would think I would be used to it- but I've spent the most amount of time in my life in LA outside of growing up in MN. Leaving it, my friends, and peers is surprisingly a large heavy emotional weight. Thank you for this video

[@austinsphotos]

I do lots of street photography in San Francisco and am always grateful I get to take photos in a place with so much character. Always a new little spot to find.

[@immernochda0815]

This is Hans from Germany my first visit to SF was 1979 and every now and then. The last visit was 20 Years ago until last week. Do you really think it is still the way you describe it? For me as a stranger it was horrible, especially with my nice memory’s of this city. Wish you the best Hans

[@jjhh1606]

Indeed, nothing is as it once was at face value. However, if you yourself can focus on what you enjoy. You can regain some vision of it.

[@immernochda0815]

I’m aware of things change with time but drug abuse, Zombies and shops with products in Cages? I have to focus on that because it is threatening. Sure I will focus but on an other city where you can walk around and enjoy yourself.

[@MrRando-cs1sn]

How much tact can one man have? Lovely response.

[@tajjej3649]

I knew someone who worked for a charity, in a strip mall. There was a medical office next door. One day a guy tries to deliver something to the medical office, but they were closed. He decides to step into the charity office, where my friend worked, and leave the package inside. WITHOUT talking to ANYONE! About 30 minutes later, the people in the charity office realized that the was a large briefcase-sized package just lying there. No one knew anything about when or how it got there. They called the police, who sent the bomb squad. The bomb squad evacuated the building and surrounding area. They CAREFULLY moved the package across the street to an evacuated park. They attached explosives to it and detonated it. NO explosion occurred from the contents, just what the bomb squad set off. About 10 minutes later the person who left the package came back to pick it up and finish his delivery. The contents of the package, which was destroyed, was a VERY expensive medical device. After he was arrested, he was fired from the delivery company. The delivery company had to pay for the destroyed device, the police response and the replacement of the device & it's expedited delivery with a different company. I guess the people who taped the item to your door got off lucky!

[@xiaoka]

One key thing that I think people who complain about SF and the Bay Area miss is that its always been great and always been horrible at the same time. The current crime, drug abuse and homeless stuff you see on the news every night has always existed and has always been pretty rough (go back and watch Dirty Harry if you don't believe me). There have been cycles and waves in different eras, but its never been a paradise. West Oakland and The Tenderloin didn't suddenly become bad neighborhoods because of any one politician.

[@monotech20.14]

I guess people don't remember Haight Ashbury pictures that were a the news constantly back in the 60s.

[@omi_god]

Yup. I lived in SF in the early 1970s, and it was hard core then - my apartment was next door to a methadone clinic in the Haight. No dog poop laws, either - everywhere you walked you had to watch for landmines. At the same time, the place could be breathtakingly beautiful. Finally left the City because it was just too "urban" - I missed lawns and got tired of the daily struggle and crowding. Still, for a young person exploring life, it was a great place to learn the ropes.

[@3nertia]

Welcome to capitalism ...

[@Darth_Sidious_66]

@@3nertia That's interesting. I live in North Texas and we don't have that issue in Plano, Frisco, Prosper, etc. Capitalism is thriving here. I wonder why that is?.....

[@scottr.looney1774]

West Oakland was THE area for black culture before 1970 - there were clubs and bars lining 7th st, due to lots of factories as well as the naval base nearby. that's why there's a BART station there. but as the 70s progressed the factories shut down and naval base shut down and the area became crack central. the 1989 earthquake largely finished the job. ten years later when i moved in the area was still fairly blighted, though it has since improved a bit.

[@wickedneurons]

I would've freaked the fuck out, too.

[@Blowinshiddup]

Being from Atlantic Canada, I guess we treat celebrities a bit different. Firstly, I'd NEVER interrupt someone in the middle of having a meal, or accost them for a picture or autograph. I met Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard, as the band casually walked through the Metro Center while we were waiting to get in for their concert in '05. It was a simple "Hi Mr. Allen, nice to meet you"... He replied, "Thanks, mate" and kept going, and I was on cloud nine... of note, they walked through without being mobbed. I wouldn't want to be famous, and I realize some people like Adam didn't really set out with that goal. A little space, a little respect. There's events set up for the fandom.

[@edsnotgod]

The song "Native New Yorker" cones to mind. Adam doing a karaoke video is now necessary. With flowers in his hair.

[@Diabolical-Divinity]

Just made me want to go there. The effervesce you gush into the brain stem on so many subjects is pure joy! Truly providing help to me in a very long arduous period. I found my thing. I make stuff now. Your output makes me itch to go harder, aim higher and expand, might even make some money someday.

[@markjeffers1341]

in a world where so much hate is seemingly enlarging exponentially, anything thats taped on to anyone's door is at the minimum going to get the hot protocol and possibly an E.O.D. TEAM. its sad that is whats needed when nice people are just showing kindness and appreciation- however we have to be realistic and many celebrities have had issues.

[@stephen300o6]

I have friends there, and my wife is from SF. She took me there to visit her family and it immediately felt like home. Yet I live six thousand miles away.

[@DenisRyan]

I know how you feel about arriving in SF. The very day my wife and I landed in Vancouver I looked at her and said "We're never leaving" and she agreed wholeheartedly. 13 years, two kids and countless friends and we still love this place. Plus, West Coast Best Coast!!

[@robadams1645]

I had exactly the same experience with Victoria.

[@alaskansummertime]

I sell plants for a living. I'd never meet anyone in person again to make a sale. You absolutely can't imagine how many crazies are out in the world until you start meeting up with random people. There is no upper limit for crazy. It never ceases to amaze me how I sell something to someone for a few dollars and they then think that we are official friends now.

[@Luschan]

The part I struggle with is putting myself out there and opening up to new connections. Ever since high school, I always just wanted to go straight home. After school, after work, etc. I’m 33 now, finishing up my degree and working part-time, so I have access to potential new friends that most my age don’t! But I just find myself wanting to go straight home as soon as possible. I guess home is where I feel safe, and I’m naturally inclined to be alone, it rarely bothers me. But then I have times where I wish I had a support system, outside of my girlfriend, mom, and a few old friends I still talk to and see every now and then. I guess I’m just venting, but I really envy people like Adam who are compelled to socialize and aren’t drained by it, taking pleasure in things like throwing a party. I think I just need to get in the habit of being out in the world and not just rushing straight to my house, where I basically live exclusively in my bedroom avoiding roommates.

[@trevorthompson572]

One thing that is rarely touched on is how much climate plays a role. New York is sweltering hot for 2-3 months, and freezing cold for 2-3 months. Temperatures that actually inhibit or at the very least, inform the type of work being done. SF, by comparison is pretty pleasant year round.

[@pmkstudios]

Looking at the background thinking this is the guy who needs more "stuff" Thanks for being entertaining and safe and appreciated!!

[@SickSkilz]

My favorite thing about Adam is that he has a genius logic for buying tools where you buy a really cheap one, and if you decide that lt is useful and it will be part of your setup, buy the best one you can affort. My second favorite thing is that Adam doesn't abide by this and regularly mentions getting something he HAD to have and rarely if ever using it. 😂

[@okitasan]

Very interesting topic re: how location relates to artistic drive and ambition. I never fully considered that idea before. As someone who lives in LA and still feels like they’re trying to figure out a path, I certainly relate to being among other creatives who are very laser focused on what they want and feeling a bit left behind. It’s made me feel like maybe this environment isn’t for me, but maybe it’s *literally* the environment and not the industry itself. Thanks for the food for thought!

[@Madcat0]

I imagine you wearing the bomb squad suit trying to open the package 😂

[@dosesandmimoses]

You have an amazing tape selection! Well- you have an amazing collection of cool stuff period!

[@rockofshame]

I was born in Oakland and grew up around the East Bay. It really is a wonderful place. I was always so proud that the myth busters was filmed locally

[@Scientist12345678910]

SF felt like home for me too the first time I visited. I will finally be living there in 2 weeks and I can't wait.

[@ptysme]

Adam's got this whole mad genius vibe going on with the Snapple, I love it!

[@davidcaskie6680]

The way you felt about San Fran is the same feeling I had moving from Toronto to Vancouver!

[@chino581991]

The way you talk about visiting SF for the first time, I had a similar feeling when I visited bend, OR for the first time

[@BMichaelNeal]

SF is my happy place. Grew up in Bay Area, taking BART to SF for day trips, just to walk around. I don't get out there enough now a days.

[@Ravege98]

San Francisco has changed a lot, and not always the better. Do yourself a great favor and do some research before being convinced it’s the greenest of grass.

[@sabeanz]

San Francisco also felt like home when I first came here, glad I’m not the only one so in love with the city despite its downfalls

[@trisight]

I just recently moved to the bay area (Mountain View) about 7 months ago. I've been up to San Francisco only a handful of times so far, but each time I love it so much. I've spent more time in Berkeley because I love all the really cool book stores and record stores. The last time I was in San Francisco I saw this really cool duck wall with lots of rubber ducks attached to it. As a software programmer, rubber ducks hold a special place in my heart thanks to the concept of Rubber Duck Debugging :)

[@TheClownfight]

That's how I felt about Colorado. Had never visited, but drove through in college on a road trip from AZ to Chicago. Not even sure if we stayed a night here, but just driving through, and visiting Boulder, I knew this was where I wanted to be 'when I grew up'. Shortly after college at nau in Flagstaff, we were here. Still here, almost 30 years later. Can't imagine being anywhere else

[@ashenmoonclash]

Have met a few well known people passing by and just say "Love your work and hope you're doing well". Ended up in a 30 minute conversation with Robin Williams with plenty of laughter and memories being shared. Still insane to think I had a conversation with a Legend and treated me like a family member during the entire time❤ Sadly it was his last stint at Hazelden rehab😢

[@rickshaw8261]

No wonder he relapsed

[@tranzphaziktorpedo]

And this is why I am a HUGE fanboy of Adam and all his work - cause he himself is a fanboy of many people, genres and things/ideas! 😁 If I ever meet him, I've made a promise to myself to be cool, not gush and (hopefully) shake his hand! 😁 When and if the situation is warranted, I'd ask for a selfie and/or an autograph. But these guys are still so dear to our hearts and minds, we see them on a daily or weekly basis and one could have the mindset of Annie Wilkes (hopefully we have a better and clearer mindset 😊) and I see where Adam is coming from! But hopefully we as a fanbase can be respectful and keep the boundaries that we enjoy around the ones that we see each day on our TVs and devices! Be safe and healthy! LLAP 🖖 😎

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Hope all well Adam and tested team 🔥🤘❤️

[@Techstriker1]

Very relatable of the "Eh this box is probably safe, there's no big reason it wouldn't be..." ~spends the next 45 minutes making sure its actually safe~

[@UndyingShadow83]

The city of San Fransisco should put a clip of this on their website. I've never heard a more enticing pitch for living in a city.

[@Novarcharesk]

Except the mass exoduses from the city, the utter slums of fucked up drug addicts, and the total lack of interest in the Democratic regime doing anything about it kinda hinder the description here.

[@UndyingShadow83]

@@Novarcharesk Blah Blah Blah, GOP talking points, "Democratic regime", blah blah blah. No one is listening.

[@bobwalters7414]

@@UndyingShadow83 I live I southern California and he’s not wrong. People with their heads in the sand. I was in San Francisco 6 or so years ago and it was awesome, went on the trolley and did all the tourist things. Saw the video of the exodus of every store on that street where we got on the trolley. AT&T gone, Old Navy gone all the restaurants gone. Looks like the walking dead. We did witness an obviously mentally ill individual tossing everything from a cvs onto the sidewalk as a san Francisco police car sat on the street and did absolutely nothing. Not republican talking points if I literally witnessed it myself in person. It’s a society problem.

[@WellingtonIronman]

The odd thing with celebrity fandom is that usually the fan will know a LOT about that person, their history, their career, their personality, their likes and dislikes, whereas the celebrity will know literally nothing about the fan. This places the celebrity at a significant disadvantage, and inevitably they will need to be guarded and at least a little wary of that person.

[@dpilcher]

I miss San Francisco so much. Just couldn’t afford to continue to live there. I cried with joy after moving there and cried with sorrow after it chewed me up and spit me out.

[@dpilcher]

Sounds abusive…

[@enigma6482]

I hear all the homeless camps and human waste in the streets really makes San Francisco a great place to live.

[@thestalwartlovers7684]

Pretty sure the marina inn is at Steiner and Greenwich

[@simonbinder762]

Frank Lloyd Wright said "America is built on a slant and everything loose rolls to California." 😊

[@RobWVideo]

Someone posted the address of the cave on Reddit a few years ago, so I know that I stayed a block away at an AirBnB last time I was in San Francisco. I didn't choose that AirBnB because of its proximity to the cave it was just the best combination of comfort, price and proximity to public transport that I needed. While it might have fleetingly crossed my mind to stroll down and knock on the door, I *DID NOT DO IT* because the para-social relationship I have with Mr Savage is *entirely* one-sided and (if you'll pardon the phrase) he doesn't know me from Adam.

[@siti7797]

Adam. You are a master story teller and we love you. ❤❤

[@Gibsongoson]

Finished your book sir very enjoyable thank you cheers 🍻

[@Ventuskeymaster]

San Francisco is a beautiful city to visit and I always enjoy visiting and seeing the SF Bay Area, which is a perfect view of the city. I may be from San Diego but visiting San Francisco is great

[@keithmorocks]

Where ever you go there you are -- Buckaroo Bonzai

[@kylehawk9055]

Que sera sera

[@Will_14_years_ago]

Back in nam when i was still a baby at 18 we ran into gregory peck and audrey hepburn and my friend was obsessed with them for years.short story long whilst stationed near(a plane ride away actually) the battlefield . We seen him on a yacht while out cruising in a locals fishing boat. My friend dove off of the boat and swam to his yacht thinking they would snatch him up. He was so excited!! They ended up shooting him with a flame thrower and he drown in the pacific that day. We were all frightened because no one had any weapons and the yacht kept trying to chase us down while shooting at us. Luckily we were almost at the shore when they caught up and although i still lose sleep over it today we threw the weak(you woulda done the same)out as flack so we could get away and they were all taken or shot. I now dont approach celebrities anymore. True story. At the time no one would publish this in a paper and after a scary visit ive kept it to myself for almost 50 years.

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

Alas... so many innocent people can easily forget how many not innocent people roam this world...

[@grantandrews4826]

Even asking that question is crazy.

[@asjordan0yt]

Good fences make good neighbors. May you always be and feel same. Best regards.

[@LostButMakingGoodTime]

Adam has an AMAZING capacity for being kind and generous and giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. If I had to receive any variety of devastating news I would wish for Adam to deliver it. In his unerring way, he would make it feel like a gift. I also have no doubt that properly motivated, Adam could bring the thunder. He and I are much alike and there are layers and layers under that surface. But it’s Adam. This man could pull you close and look you in the eye and tell you that if you sought to harm someone he cared about, they would never find the little pieces of you. And still, you’d feel like you’d been invited to a party in your honor. 😂 Much love. All the very best.

[@gregodify]

Adam, do you recognize this? In 1996 or 7 there was an art exhibition with multiple artists. I was invited by one of the artists. The most impressive piece was a mechanical marvel. The artist had filled a huge industrial kitchen stainless steel mixing tub with milk. The mixing tub was built on a low stand and slowly rotated which created a barely perceptible swirling of the milk. Coming out of the stand was an armature that ran vertically. At the end of the armature was a film projector, the kind that schools used to have. Running through the projector was an endless loop of cows grazing on a hill somewhere. The film ran through the armature through a series of pulleys, which made an intricate pattern. This was projected onto the milk. It was a really clever design and a quirky piece of sculpture. I ask because you mentioned that you participated in the artist spaces.

[@watcher1326]

It sounds like the cost of living and amount of overcast there makes SF only good for certain people. But the aspects Adam is talking about make it sound like a dream.

[@colleenuchiyama4916]

Regarding San Francisco, I too felt the same way as you. I had just moved back to the states from Berlin, and I was given the opportunity to come out on a little jaunt. I even found myself a job during those 3 days, but alas, it was not to be. I feel you.

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

It' could've been a thermal detonator , better safe than sorry 😂😂😂

[@Liljmonster]

Omg I never noticed the disco ball 😂😂😂

[@NeonCoffeeCat]

Growing up in Australia in the 80s a lot of the American shows we saw were set in San Francisco and that to me was America and i soo want to travel to see the Golden Gate Bridge and the park and everything else.

[@TemenosL]

I think it is straight forward. Unless you are in direct communication with a person and have explicit, non-duress permission to meet them somewhere or go some place that is private to deliver anything, do not EVER breach these kinds of spaces. Go through official and sanctiined channels!

[@FUBARguy107]

Thank you for covering this subject. Similar but different, I get to work very early in the morning. Often around 0430, about an hour and some minutes before the sun. We are a multi-million dollar cannabis farm in an industrial area cul-de-sac. A few weeks ago, a worker from the trucking company next door came flying in behind me. My first thought: am I about to get robbed?

[@oryxandcake2011]

Not wrong to be cautious, being a celebrity brings you attention that others don't get and there are famous examples of celebrities being targets.

[@Namdrac]

I always appreciate your topographical explanation of "landscapes". You should know that your descriptions of your chunk of Cali are some of the few examples I can think of that have ever made me even consider visiting. Additionally, no persons, school or ad campaign description of NYC have ever painted it as a desirable destination to visit, much less live. Genuin curious question... Is the NYC "industry" actually necessary/effective or an elaborate ruse that runs on it's own fumes? Outside of Broadway and stage plays, what contributions come from there that wouldn't be better done anywhere else? Not throwing stones, just curious.

[@GoldenBeholden]

You talking about yourself as an artist always makes me reflect on my own relation with art as an engineer. I consider myself a deeply creative person, but I am not sure how this mixes with my career as an engineer and adherence to the scientific method -- these don't fall in line with the "artistic process" in my mind, yet even writing a research paper can feel like I am "doing art".

[@senseisecurityschool9337]

That's an interesting thing to think about. An architect who designs things like the Sydney opera house is certainly doing both art and engineering at the same time, so I suppose they aren't disjoint. You have me thinking about a definition of engineering I found: Engineering is the art and science of determining if a design* meets an explicit specification, based on established principles. For example, an engineer can rate a bridge design for X tons, or a data system for Y transactions per second. Note the distinction between construction and engineering. Construction is putting things together; engineering is figuring out if the design meets certain spec. What is art? Coming up with new stuff? New designs, creative -- creation. So I suppose any time you are creatively coming up with a new design that needs to meet a certain spec, you are doing both art and engineering. * The design may not be new, and may be synthesized from measurements of an *existing* artifact. Which means we can analyze an abstraction of an existing system as it currently exists. We are not limited to the *original* design, but can analyze the new design which could include the removal of a failed member, or the actual use of fasteners smaller than originally intended.

[@amyb.6368]

It's like I have two different brains when I work - one that is intuitive, creative, and emotional, and one that is cut and dry and details/fact-based. It doesn't confuse me at all, but it does confuse people I work with sometimes, how I can switch back and forth between them.

[@RDG99]

Went to SF and I did find out who I am. I am a poor person. Stuff is expensive

[@Kendilious]

I love hearing that you had a similar experience to my wife and I a few decades earlier! We came out to visit SF while we were dating in 2017 to go to Bottlerock and see the city. The first free day we had here, we walked along Van Ness and just fell in love. We both determined right then we were going to move here, and a few years later we finally made the dream come true :)

[@Kendilious]

Ha, just realized our hotel was also on Gough a few blocks south (Hotel Majestic).

[@dustind1537]

Weird thing....Adam saying the line "I cast no anger or aspersion towards the fan and their family" consistently wakes up my android phone and it tries to do a web search. What's odd is when I say it, the phone doesn't wake up.

[@az_max1044]

I mentioned on Reddit the other day that I used to eat lunch at the same place as "the voice of the Phoenix Suns" Al McCoy. He and his wife would be enjoying their lunch. We would greet him, but not interrupt their lunch. I would do the same for any celebrity.

[@ScottHess]

In the late 90s, I once got a phone call from someone who had the same niche computer system I was doing my work on. He was from a city a few hours away, and would be driving by my location, and wanted to take me to lunch. I had no idea who this person was, I had never spoken to them before. He got my info from my domain registration. I’m sure he was a nice fellow, but it was a legit spooky situation. No nothing like selling some old chairs on Facebook marketplace, of course.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

The gift taped to the door Reminds me of a story about a band trying to get signed to a record company. The band Kings of Nuthin' wanted to impress Epitaph Records so the band sent a broken piano to their office. The box was making weird klinking noises so the epitaph people called a bomb squad to come and check it out. The band ended up not getting signed.

[@RainaEmms]

San Francisco: The place to find yourself... if you can afford it. 😏

[@geneh460]

I've been around. I can only think of one city that struck me more than SF. Kyoto. High praise indeed.

[@okbelowme8078]

Please do an unpackaging of that new lathe, please please

[@eniggma9353]

I love it. That's funny. Keep it gangsta Adam :)

[@m16ty]

That reminds me of the time I met R Lee Ermey. We are at a big gun show where Gunny was filming a episode of Mail Call. Well Mr. Ermey had some downtime and was just walking around with everybody else looking at the tables and enjoying the show. I looked up and me and the friend I was with was about 5' from him. He whispers to me "I want to go shake his hand", to which I reply "just leave him alone". I didn't any more get the words out of my mouth when he just ran up to him. My friend was a big fan and very nervous, in his nervousness he lunged toward Mr Ermey with his hand out and yelled "Hey Gunny". He had his hand out to shake his hand but I'm pretty sure Gunny thought some crazy person was about to knife him in the gut. He jumped back into a table and almost fell down. Once he finally found out he was being attacked he shook his hand and went on about his business. Later on that day I ran into Mr Ermey again and I went over and apologized for my friend and what happened. He told me to go get him and come see him again. I did and in the end we got pics and autographs with him, and laughed about the whole incident. He even hung out with us for the most of the rest of the day until he had to go back on the set.

[@EgoTheSavage]

I remember when I was about 18/19 myself and friends found a house of Mighty car mods by watching looking at backgrounds details of their videos, we really wanted to go and show up to surprise our favorite KZbinrs. Luckily they were on the other side of the world and we were broke kids lol

[@marscaleb]

That's got me wondering, where do I go to get the feedback I need on my art? It certainly hasn't been where I've been looking. How do I find the right circles to be able to grow as an artist?

[@John.S92]

Just imagines Jaime Hyneman at some random group show/performance back in the crowd in a half-mumbly tone "yeah this guy could be something one day" (or some such, it's more of a mental image I got from hearing Savage talking about "group performance" and such)

[@gallaghergreen2053]

I am envisioning him peeling off that tape to find a hole in the door where they broke in, and they were just kind enough to seal it shut. LOL