Things that are ALLEGEDLY Scams

[@brainblaze6526]

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[@jeffdroog]

Is the video constantly flashing for other people?

[@marcbeebee6969]

Lol in germany earth is also yellow and green. Seems to be a EU stnadard 😂. But you can see the old qires had different colours

[@marcbeebee6969]

Hah i also lost my toyota key once. The only one car was stranded for a month. My problem was it was the last key so you have to replace not just key but also pc. That was 1500 euros. I was lucky i found the key while cutting grass. Get the key, is it gone it will be 3 times as expensive

[@Comfort031]

Simon you can buy a replacement key fob online if its one of the keyless entry/keyless start ones and either program it yourself or see if a locksmith near you is able to program it. There are videos online on how to program them. I found an OEM key online for like $60 when I lost one of my keys which is still a lot but much better than $300-500. Fortunately I found the key the next day but yea there are options besides going to the dealership.

[@bofh139]

Green and White is the outside, so I think this is linked to the Cult from the pass.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

Green is earth, because its green. Blue is neutral because its the sky And brown is the colour your pants go when you touch it because it's live.

[@vctrsigma]

USA: the most common colors are: Black or Red is hot. White or Grey is neutral, Green or bare is ground. So you can usually work out in order from what makes the most sense for ground, then neutral, then whatever is left is "hot". Though one should always use a way other than just the color to directly verify wires are dead before they risk becoming dead; never bet your life that some idiot didn't do it wrong at some point in the past.

[@rmeredithm]

😂🤣💀

[@rmeredithm]

Do people in the UK actually say “earth” and not “ground?” I’ve never heard that… only ground/grounded.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@vctrsigmacorrect: green or bare can only be used for ground (earthing) , and in fact must not be installed in such a way that anything other than a catastrophic malfunction ever puts voltage on it. so green is safe. white or gray are, with only a few exceptions, only allowed to be used for a neutral wire, (officially grounded conductor) and the exceptions require the wire to be permanently marked at all available ends. anything else is probably hot. of course, I always cite the universal safety rule: "if it isn't yours, don't touch it."

[@HistoricalEducation]

@@rmeredithm I have only ever heard it referred to as earth wires/pins in the UK

[@FancyRPGCanada]

Wow Dave, thank you for sharing your story about your first baby. I'm so deeply sorry you and your wife had to experience the loss of the child. I'm a mother as well and I could never imagine what it would feel like to lose my own baby.

[@Lunch2391]

My condolences as well. this is my worst nightmare and I can't imagine the pain his family went through.

[@michelehaytko]

Oh Dave... Sending warm thoughts to you and your wife. My oldest 3 children passed away after being born prematurely. Alright they thought they had figured out the why, we nearly lost our next two as well, who, while born early were saved by excellent neonatal care. It's been 16+ years at this point, but that spot in your heart always remains.

[@leftyeh6495]

That sucks but I can't imagine why you kept putting yourself through it. After the first 2 I would quit trying 😮

[@michelehaytko]

​@@leftyeh6495the first pregnancy was twins and the doctor told me that because preterm delivery happened often with multiples, it would likely not happen again. My next pregnancy was a single, so we assumed lightning wouldn't strike twice. Statistically, the odds were in our favor, but it wasn't until that delivery that they realized my cervix was damaged due to my biological mother's use of DES. The first surgery I had helped me deliver preterm twins who, at 27w, were lucky enough to get great NICU support. Although I didn't plan to get pregnant again because of my age, I went on to have a second surgery that made it possible for me to deliver my younger kids full term. At this point, I'm old enough the baby ship has sailed so it's no longer an issue.

[@rossG1221]

there are no words. All love.

[@michelehaytko]

​@@rossG1221thank you ❤️

[@michelehaytko]

​@@leftyeh6495I thought I replied. I'm sorry if you get this twice. My first two were twins and the doctor thought it was just a fluke, told us it happened a lot. My next child, all looked great... Until I went into labor again. I underwent surgery, but still ended up in the NICU after my next kids (twins) came way too early. Thankfully, they are now teenagers. I had a follow up surgery just in case I ever did get pregnant again, and that surgery gave me 3 full term pregnancies. It was a tough journey, especially because of all the unknowns.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - Grounding products 3:05 - Mid roll ads 4:25 - Back to the video 7:05 - Chapter 2 - Ultra high capacity flash drives 13:40 - Chapter 3 - Unverified IPTV services 17:35 - Chapter 4 - Psychics, mediums & other spirits botherers PS: Well, the last chapter went dark pretty fast...

[@trevorfernandez6886]

Don't forget the car keys tangent meme 7:22

[@burningchrome70]

Woah, dark and direct...

[@b3ans4eva]

Hearing Simon go on about his drive issues and I’m here recalling he’s a Backblaze subscriber.

[@scubaad64]

I was thinking the samething!

[@robatkins8366]

I was thinking he might get lucky by restoring the partition table....

[@SEAZNDragon]

Backup your backups. Probably good to have a physical storage medium if the web goes down.

[@zalafinari]

3-2-1 You should have 3 copies of your data (your production data and 2 backup copies) on two different media (disk and tape) with one copy off-site for disaster recovery.

[@MotanTurbat]

Even before they sponsored him! Maybe he should just call and ask for a copy.

[@eliscanfield3913]

*hugs* for Dave and all who've lost a child. I saw how torn up my grandparents were to lose Mom, and she was 55, not 5.

[@katashworth41]

I was the one who had to tell my grandma (and even worse my dad) when my mum died, weirdly also at 55.

[@ericsmith6394]

Outlet designer: Let's make the dangerous bits dark. No one will be working on wiring in the dark. They'd have to turn off the electricity to do that.

[@JimmyJoeBob]

You're joking but, I've worked for people that sound like that. "Why do we need extra doors in case of fire? If we're on fire nobody's going to want to come in anyway."

[@kingkrisyx]

im an HVAC tech and i fucking felt this comment to my core!!!!!

[@canaan5337]

I keep a led headlamp with my electrician tools because it’s often you have to do electrical work with the lights out. I keep it right there with the little wand that beeps and lights up around electricity, so I don’t get electrocuted.

[@Swiftkitten88]

i laughed unreasonably hard at this.

[@Pantology_Enthusiast]

That's why I design hidden surfaces as mid-brown. Black is the most common colour for plastics so there is contrast when you need to work on it.

[@stuffedninja1337]

Dave, I’m sorry for your loss. It’s really down to luck that I have two older sisters (one isn’t a bio sister, but an old friend of my bio sister, who was born extremely sick). Medical science, of course, but also luck. I’m sorry you’ve had to shoulder that pain.

[@carlstanland5333]

You let an electronics salesman in a Chinese market plug a drive into your laptop? 🤨

[@zurielsss]

Everyone sounds stupid if you put it this way

[@starwyvern010]

That made me scream internally as well! Noooo

[@BlazinMason]

RIGHT!??! 😬😂

[@Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.]

Who would do such a thing? Stupid question, Simon would.

[@nontrickpony]

😂

[@seanb3516]

So do the BedSheets also have Lightning Surge Arrestors? Because if they don't someone is going to become a HotPocket.

[@kmillerdevx3]

yeah there's no way I'm trusting not only that my house was wired 100% correctly but that also no device anywhere in my house will ever malfunction and short to ground.

[@baalzeebub4230]

Umm, yeah! We have some bad science going on over here in the corner. That simply isn’t how it works. Caller #1: you’d need to place yourself BETWEEN the lightning and ground, so unless you were using the sheet as a kite and sleeping on it at the same time, not going to happen. Caller #2: Please don’t wire every thing in your house to yourself, then lie down on the sheet. If you refrain from that, you’re gonna be ok.

[@TheCanagoose]

Loosing a child is by far the hardest thing i ever had to go through. My first son passed away 23 minutes after he was born. Just celebrated his 11th birthday at the end if February. My heart goes out to anyone who looses a child for whatever reason. Its a hurt i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Thanks dave you absolute B.a.m.f.❤❤❤

[@oxylepy2]

I love that Simon's team all seem to leave a touch of the experience of doing their portion of the job. Simon freaking about the camera being off, absolute gold. Writers dropping us "I spent all this time reading up about this and it's all wrong" and I'm sure the editors have too

[@scragar]

In the UK's defence before joining the EU red was live(for danger) and green was ground(because green = safe and also the colour of grass), and neutral was black. . The problem was for accessibility this is terrible. The most common colorblindness can't distinguish red and green so red was swapped to the nearest non-confusable colour(brown). The black neutral wire was often difficult to see against the black case of some plugs and most cables are wrapped in thicker black insulation making them harder to distinguish, so that got swapped to blue. Then the green wire had a yellow highlight added because some rarer colourblineness can confuse green/blue. Every change was designed to be the least disruptive, but the combined impact was kind of a mess.

[@Thromash]

You know it's a true tangent when Simon forgets what he is talking about mid tangent.

[@whyjnot420]

My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a child.

[@DILFDylF]

My heart goes out to anyone who has found a child.

[@hoodzzeee]

@@DILFDylF My heart goes out to anyone who has found someones dead child.

[@o-hogameplay185]

my hearth goes out to anyone who has a child

[@Jerakk30]

And this is why reading submitted papers isn't NEARLY AS IMPORTANT as being able to comprehend anything within said paper. This is especially true if the paper is not in a related field of expertise. Not every paper submitted is considered "established science" or even legitimate. A lot of them are more anecdotal than anything. Nothing against Simon, but even if you were versed in how to properly "read" a submission, that doesn't automatically mean you understand what's being said in it, or more importantly what's being left out of it. It's critically important that you follow up with connecting with others either directly involved with the research and/or those who's expertise is directly related to the field of study. I mean it's because of issues like this that you have some scientists who are rather brilliant in their field... coming out and saying things that are COMPLETELY NONSENSE in other unrelated fields. Like those who study organic chemistry.. but yet sit there and try to claim that vaccines are "dangerous". Because they take some of their own expertise, read a paper, extrapolate from incomplete data, aren't versed in the topic of the paper or related fields, and then come up with their own interpretation of things and then get on social media in an attempt to spread their own ignorance to even more people who will trust them because "well this person's an organic chemist.. so he MUST know what's going on right?"

[@danielhoglan3468]

FYI: For most cars you can program your own key that is bought cheaply online. The last one I did was like a NES Contra cheat code, no joke. Something like turn the ignition to on, but not crank 7x, press the unlock button on the driver door 3x, turn on and off the headlights 2x, then switch the ignition on and off 2 more times.

[@chriswarr641]

Replacement car keys are so expensive because they can be. You have no other options to get a replacement so they can charge as much as they want for what is essentially just a quick copy paste.

[@occheermommy]

There are companies that will be at Home Depot and Lowe’s sometimes that make them for like half the price

[@AeriFyrein]

For the scam flash drive sizes, there is also another easy way for them to get away with it: Generally, most products will be listed as having a size in some form of bytes: Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, etc. These would be shortened to MB, GB, TB, etc. However, a lot of data storage is also listed in *BITS*, rather than bytes. These tend to have a lowercase 'b' instead of an uppercase 'B' in their shortened versions, i.e. Mb, Gb, Tb, etc. There is also differences in data sizes being listed on either 1000 or 1024 as the base, which gives you other measurements like mebibits, gibibits, and tebibits, etc. 1 byte is equal to 8 bits. So, a drive that was listed as having "1 Tb of storage!" would actually be ~128 Gigabytes. This would be a likely case as to why, when Dave used that software to look up the actual size of the drive, it might have only been 128 GB: The item was actually saying it only had 1 *Terabit* of storage, rather than 1 *Terabyte*.

[@cheaterman49]

Yes but no. The OS knows the difference.

[@AeriFyrein]

@@cheaterman49 Doesn't matter if the OS knows. This is only about the marketing on the box/packaging/website being used to fool people.

[@cheaterman49]

@@AeriFyrein Yes, and they can't get away with bits vs bytes there, although they definitely do the mega vs mebi thing - some people even decided it's "normal", although I definitely agree with you it's very much misleading marketing...

[@moogle68]

I've found that people also don't know that storage devices have data transfer speed ratings (Class 1-10), which is generally what dictates the cost aside from the capacity, obviously. The super cheap terabyte drives can sometimes just be extremely low speed classes, like sub 10MB/s for a 1TB drive, making using so much storage a pain in the ass in the modern day where GBs worth of data are fairly common. I still remember being in high school growing up and seeing 8 or 16GB flash drives being on sale for $15-20 and thinking that was a good deal. I also remember using mp3/video players with 8GB capacities and being able to squeeze dozens of videos on them as a decent quality 30 minute TV show episode would only be 150MB

[@KoboldKorner]

I actually am dealing with the death of a child, and much as I appreciate the warning, I found Simon's rant positive, well founded and even validating. Listened to it several times. Can we get that as a clip on its own? Look at the replay bar, I'm not the only one.

[@KrisRyanStallard]

Simon, I feel your pain. I once lost my car keys, so I called the dealer and asked if I stopped in with the title and my ID could they cut a new key. They said I would also have to have the car towed in (which they were happy to over charge me for) because the key couldn't be programed without the car present, as in the car was somehow important to the transfer of the data from their computer to the key. The key and programing service cost $500.

[@Iamthestig42069]

Cars need to be able to talk to the key in order to be programmed, it's not 1995 anymore.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Depending on the key, and the car, the key has the equivalent of a pet microchip in it. The car has to be present because it has to be told that specific chip is correct and to allow the security system to enable everything. It's the car itself that has to be programmed to recognize the new key, not the key programmed to the car. The programming takes time to upload into the cars module as well. And that's just the simple "transponder" style keys that we've had since... Like the late 90s. GM VATS was a super simple system that used simple resistors. That was the last time a key with a security feature could leave the dealership prepared to start the car immediately.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

The data isn't stored on the key in most cases. It's stored in the car. A new key has a set identifier that has to be allowed as an expected one inside the security system. There is no talking going on to the key beyond bouncing a signal and getting a set response. The CAR is the part that identifies wether or not that key is correct.

[@mikieswart]

i feel like stig and goose are pooping on you, but they’re right… that doesn’t mean it feels like a fucking racket tho right? it’s wild how much it “costs” ps you can, allegedly, do it yourself, but don’t ask me how i know

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

@@mikieswart oh no no I'm not intending to be pooping on anyone. I apologize to anyone that it came across that way to. That was not the intent. So I'm sorry for that. I was just attempting to explain why the car needs to be present and why they do what they do. I won't ever argue that it's not outrageously expensive. I literally have a spare key to one of my cars that's never been programmed due to the cost. My brother ended up buying a scantool capable of it, so I'm supposed to go over this weekend and program it 😂 It's stupid, and stupid expensive, and there are easier ways to do it but are less secure. The cost really sucks, and even with the systems, some manufacturers end up making them too easy to program, and they get stolen a ton. I'm looking at you, Dodge and Hyundai

[@donaldwert7137]

My great-aunt Gertrude died a couple of years ago, having hidden her jewelry valued at around $100K. No one has been able to find it. Could someone give her a call and ask where it is so? Thanks.

[@pj9615]

I'd check the crawl space in the attic

[@gifttanz]

My gran hid her valubles in a coffee jar which nearly got yeeted when we cleared out her flat, if only for the fact that I (9) spotted it and new that was where she hid it because I'd found it whilst looking for her secret stash of sugar cubes.

[@mikieswart]

@@gifttanz went searching for sweet, sweet treasure only to find more treasure

[@pseula]

Check within the hollow space of the bathtub form. That's where my granny hid $60k wrapped in newspapers and plastic grocery store bags. However, she did this while still alive and kicking enough to accuse everyone in my family of stealing it up to and including when my ape-armed brother reached in and found it had simply been pushed farther back than granny could easily reach. The inside of the tub was accessed through a panel in a narrow linen closet that created a separation between the toilet and tub area. At first, she accused my brother of having replaced the money...cuz 60k in 20s, 50s, and 100s would totally fit up even a large dude's sleeve, especially intact in its original brick form packaging. After all, who would actually spend money they stole? Best to keep it intact and easily recognizable, for a rainy day.

[@emilyc8958]

Behind the hot water tank

[@StevieB33]

Wow, that sign-off had genuine emotion. I’m with you Simon.

[@light-master]

In the US, its Black, White, and bare copper, and sometimes a Red wire if there are 4. Black is hot White is neutral Bare Copper is ground (this way if theres a fault with the other wires, theres a super easy non-insulated path back to ground) Red is a 2nd hot wire or a traveller wire for switches.

[@cheekyb71]

In New Zealand - black is neutral, red is live, and green with yellow stripes (think candycane) is earth You'd think they'd have some type of standardisation 😂

[@mikieswart]

@@cheekyb71 standardization? what’s that! just touch all the wires with your bare fingers, then you’ll definitely know which one is live! who needs standards when you have seven good fingers…

[@cheekyb71]

@mikieswart I genuinely can't tell if you're trying to be funny and failing, or if you're really that dense?

[@ApothecaryTerry]

@@cheekyb71 Sorry, but that one is on you, he's obviously being very sarcastic and it's moderately amusing...not comedy genius, but by the standards of KZbin comments, at least average or better.

[@josephschaefer9163]

Oh yeah? what's the yellow one for the lol

[@stephen3164]

Re: grounding the body. I mean, it sounds like bs, but I’ll also say that I play electric guitar. The electronics in the guitar are grounded to the bridge, which is attached to metal strings you play. The ground wire is also connected to the output jack, which then connects to the ground of the amplifier itself, which has a 3 prong power cable, which is grounded to earth. When you touch the strings of an electric guitar, sometimes if there’s a slight humming sound from the pickups, that will go away as long as you are touching the strings or the bridge. It’s clear that touching the strings grounds the player to earth - so simply playing guitar for an hour a day would have the same health benefits as walking barefoot in field, but with less chance of getting stuck with a heroin needle. (Less chance, but not zero.) After decades of playing guitar, I’m not convinced of any health benefits from being grounded.

[@Gearhart_Music]

"Daddy Chill" - What the hell is even that?!?!?! haha!!! I love the editors.

[@four_20hitman___97]

I’m sorry for the loss of your child. I lost a daughter in 2016, she was 4 months old. I’m not religious, but I had a dream one night that changed my life. Since then I live for her. Enjoy as much as I can for her. Because she didn’t have the luxury of time to waste. So why should I. Live for your child and you’ll be ok no matter what comes after death.

[@roberw1912]

I love this "I don't believe Amazon sells these memory sticks, you should buy from reputable sellers like Amazon"

[@stigmaoftherose]

Amazon listing is 90% scams and 10% scalpers.

[@QBCPerdition]

He means Amazon directly, not Bob who is using Amazon to sell his stuff. And I don't mean Amazon branded stuff, as the few times I have bought that, it has been crap, too.

[@KevSixFeet]

​@@QBCPerditionas someone who manages a business selling on amazon, lots of scam and bullshit products are sold by Amazon, they just shipped in to FBA. No one sell fulfills anymore. Another common scam product is power banks. All the cheap ones sold have nowhere near the mAh they advertise.

[@FullMetalPanicNL]

"Sold by Amazon" is always legit tbh.

[@Kevindaly382]

I noticed that too😂.

[@MichaelLewis-uz7pm]

The KZbin premium ad when Simon was talking about Torrenting was quite simply, exquisitely timed 😂

[@rhov-anion]

I recently lost my mom. She was very religious, so for the month I stayed there helping my dad and planning the funeral, and I had a hard time not laughing at some of the stuff my siblings believe. Her church friends kept coming over, and I struggled to not roll my eyes. It was how they grieve, it helps them, so although I found it silly and my brother found it outright upsetting, my opinion is "let them believe whatever they want." However, when I got back home, one of my friends is into mysticism and told me to come see her psychic. Even though she was willing to pay, I knew I simply couldn't sit there for a session without laughing. If my mom's weird Christian cult-ish stuff was silly, a medium would make me burst out in belly laughs, and while I could have used the levity, I didn't want to disrespect my friend's "faith."

[@AldrickExGladius]

13:21 yeah, my dad always said "you get what you pay for", but he also bought shit C-clamps from Big Lots, so....

[@baalzeebub4230]

Well, not your dad but also guilty. How did you expect me to know they were shit c clamps before buying them? If I then went back to Big Lots for more, then there’s a problem. Also, mine is, “ if it’s too good to be true then it’s not true” (I’m gonna build a wall and have Mexico pay for it…..)

[@BradMoutoux]

OMFG, as Simon says this about the wires, I'm like NO. Brown is Hot, Blue is Neutral, and Green is ground.

[@seanb3516]

Electrical Plugs in Canada... Black to Brass Screw...White to Silver Screw...Green to Grounding Screw... And yet almost everyone gets it wrong. I know because my job is to chop them off the ends of extension cords if wrong. :D

[@davidioanhedges]

Above 128GB is where the price of USB drives realistically changes, so putting a 1GB or 128GB drive in it makes no difference in price, and 128GB might mean they never notice ...

[@SafetySpooon]

I had no idea you had lost a child. I am so sorry to hear this, & only hope that telling us is helping ease your suffering.

[@melodyecho4156]

I've always heard that GReen is GRound, since in America, we call it ground instead of earth

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

"Why go with 128gb?" The scams go all the way back to the factories, who are probably using rejected batches of memory.

[@Busto]

The picture of Simon used for this graphic 10:57, is friggin perfect! That is precisely the look 95% of Best Buy employees give you when you ask them the most basic question

[@ecclips611]

With all your channels combined you should really get a PROPER backup 😂

[@oxenrat]

I live in the country and run a plant nursery on our 15 acres of land. I am barefoot a good 3/4 of the time at home. I even have bee hives, pigs, chickens, turkeys and cows. The only thing that I occasionally stand on is a rock or two. Its easy to avoid animal poo and insects, just watch where you put ya feet. I do live in New Zealand so it's quite normal for people to be barefoot from childhood. I have to say, my feet love it, not sure about any other health benefits but I suspect it keeps me in tune with the seasons. I only wear shoes when wet and frosty. Dave, as everyone else has said, much love for you and your wife. The loss of a child is unbearable.

[@KyleOchoa-k6e]

1:30 Definitely wrong. I almost always walk around barefoot and I literally slept on the ground on my pool deck until my wife- then girlfriend moved in when I was 27. It's very nice if you live somewhere remote, the ambient noise of the outside, the humid, muggy night air and cold ground in summer, the crisp air and a warm sleeping bag in winter. I recommend any single man with a pool deck, porch or any concrete pad outside their house try it.

[@AldrickExGladius]

Im a welder, not an electrician, but I think in America we use red, white, green, black, yellow, blue, red with white stripe, white with red stripe, yellow with purple polka dot stripes, etc etc. Again, I'm not an electrician. But I did get shocked by my machine so bad one time that I couldn't see for a couple of seconds and caused me to unplug my machine before cleaning/maintenance afterwards lol

[@enlightendbel]

The reason to sell a 64-128GB drive as a 1-2TB fake one is that if you do a test on those drives with a 10-20-30GB file (which most people don't have laying around), it will actually work. It's when you go beyond the real storage size of the drive things start going poof. These drives will cost more though. The usual scam is like a 2TB drive for $15 and those tend to just be 2-8GB old stock they bought up for 1 cent per gig.

[@skeptik212]

Sorry to hear about your loss Dave : ( I have watched your cooking videos and you seem like a really nice guy. Nice guy or nod, nobody should have to go through that.

[@about7grams]

If these people are just trying to help their fellow humans cope with the loss of their loved ones out of the goodness of their heart and a genuine want to help people, why do they charge money for it

[@gavkavOnUtube]

@2:51 When we were lil kids in Ireland we were told "The live brown bear walks on the green and yellow earth, looking at the neutral blue sky" as a safety rhyme. I am surprised our neighbours in the UK didn't have the same.🤯

[@Psilomuscimol]

Sadly, our colors aren't as easy to make a cute thing to remember it.

[@Psilomuscimol]

In the US

[@narwahlssb]

The loss of a child is one of the shittest feelings any one can experience. Be it a son/daughter niece/nephew or Grand child. My brother and his wife lost a child about 4 years back and are now doing courses to learn how to help people with the loss of a child. I'm proud of them and it still hurts. I hope any one who goes through this finds a way to find peace in the situation.

[@Marauder99991]

"Buy from a reputable seller or Amazon." Don't think that was intentional shade, but still, nice.

[@kellyosullivan990]

Dave I'm sorry for your loss, and lots of hugs.

[@greg-op2jh]

I am an electrician and it is a cluster fuck. Especially on old construction. When I first started learning I kept thinking that red was hot like it is when things use DC like in a car. Black is positive, green is always ground (usually just a bare cooper wire) and the little trick of the day. The neutral and ground are both wired to the grounding bus in your breaker box. They are interchangeable. So if you are doing something on an older home that doesn't have a specific ground you can just bridge the neutral. Have a wonderful day!

[@AncientCelestialBird]

I was taken off guard with the Brennan Lee Mulligan clip, but I was absolutely flabbergasted at the Keijo clip. This man is the same brand of degenerate as me.

[@samuelstafford5303]

Hi electrician here, I understand your frustration with electrical outlets Simon! I had no idea that the UK uses a green-yellow, blue, and brown color system for ground, neutral, and hot respectively. For my fellow Americans, it’s green, blue or red wiring, and black for ground, neutral, and hot respectively. Sadly anyone in the EU I have no information for your electrical color system. Have a great day or night eveyone!

[@scloftin8861]

I paid $14 for two 2TB drives from wish. Given that an equal drive is like $49 at Walmart, the fact that one of them actually works made it a bargain. Someone goofed. Meanwhile, the delivery info I got gave me the giggles as it left the warehouse, so it was worth the price ...

[@bradthompson8934]

SAM!! Your the man, the Tangent Projectile...😂😂😂 GOAT. The writing, the memes and delivery (especially Brain Blaze) are amazing I watch everything. Well almost, so many channels man 😆 Don't Stop, thank you.

[@ThePsychoticnut]

The problem with saying people who believe their loved ones have gone to a better place process grief more efficiently is that they're not actually processing their grief. They're deluding themselves so that they don't have to process it.

[@ScarabD]

I guess maybe this is a time wherein I can accept that 'lack of processing'. You never entirely get over the loss of a loved one, and if there's really nothing afterwards... well, then it's not like you're ever going to HAVE to process it, is it? So this is one of those delusions I can understand and don't see as all that harmful. Our relationship with life and death is an incredibly complicated one with a lot of cultural significance, so I can see why we put some degree of faith in what we cannot really know.

[@alibentz8692]

@@ScarabDit becomes harmful to others who are trying to move on.

[@ScarabD]

That's fair, I guess everyone has their own way of dealing with these things, and maybe it's cuz Im a brit but i've always felt grief is quite a personal thing anyway @@alibentz8692

[@R0bobb1e]

Judge: "What brought you to be standing here before me?" Me: "Simon told me Grand Theft Auto was an excellent deal!"

[@nontrickpony]

I’m sorry Dave, and I’m sorry you had to hear idiots like that speak rubbish to you in that difficult time x

[@randomperson5579]

The problem i find with psychics and the like is, they charge such insane prices, and then try to sell you random things for even more exorbitant prices, and ok yeah they probably dont get a lot of customers and thats why they charge so much, but it's still ridiculous. My older sister went to see one and she said it cost her about $200 (in aud) for 45 minutes, (my sister can be kinda bad with money sometimes, she got into crypto about 2-3 months before it heavily crashed), they tried selling her stuff but she just declined, and never went back.

[@supermexicanroboninja3116]

What I don't understand is Simon's unwarranted frustration with people believing in an afterlife. Going up to someone who just lost a child and being like "They're in a better place now" is insensitive and frustrating, but if someone loses a child and believes them to be in a better place, it has literally nothing to do with you, what's the problem? Are you really so pessimistic about life that you're going to tear down everyone around you, or are you just THAT concerned about making sure everyone thinks you're correct?

[@gblingerfelt]

It's more phonetic. Green dot Ground is easy to remember. In the US, we use Black, White, and bare for standard plugs. Everything is built to that. So, on an outlet, you have four screws, two on each side. One size is brass and the other is silver. The bare wire is ground (Green in Ground), then black on brass.

[@TomGodinho]

It's more like copying a car rather than stealing it

[@EShirako]

Wow, sudden 'feels in my FACE!' with poor Dave's lost baby...that was unexpectedly-perfectly-placed, and I'm so sorry to hear that. The pause for the 'trigger warning' was so long that I tabbed back over to see what was going on and BLAP! Oh no! I hope Dave and his wife are doing better nowadays. Losing a baby is hard on everyone.

[@masonlitowsky]

In North America, we have red = live, black = neutral (or ground depending on the type of plug) and green for ground when needed. We live by the saying "red, you're dead" so you know not to touch it lol.

[@ApothecaryTerry]

Also, red/green colourblind, you're dead! That's why the UK changed, used to be red/black too. Brown was definitely a weird choice though, I'll support the move away from red, but I'm as baffled as anyone about the brown. That said, it does have one advantage in remembering it: Brown is the colour of your pants if you touch it. Of course, you have to remember that first...

[@MG6960]

100% onboard with the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law clip

[@patrickfutato6555]

Using reputable sellers on Amazon doesn’t necessarily keep you safe. Amazon allows sellers to pool inventory, meaning a seller can physically have inventory in one warehouse, but then sell the exact same item from a different warehouse. It’s part of how they have fast shipping, even from small, non local sellers. Unfortunately this also means legit items from reputable sellers can get mixed up with counterfeit items from shady sellers.

[@jooleebilly]

OMG a new "Daddy Chill" I love this. 3:00

[@konastar]

Want a super fast flashdrive, get a $60 M.2 MVME USB C case, and a cheap 1TH M.2 MVME. Fastest Usb drive I have ever used!

[@patrickfutato6555]

I remember learning about this fake flash drive scam back when the fake ones advertised the absurdly large capacity of 8GB. It blows my mind that people are still falling for so many years later.

[@danielmarcus420]

I work in the parts dept of a car dealership and have to be the person who tells you the new key runs $350 - $400. It's pretty ridiculous to us too.

[@cicad2007]

I ran into that thumbdrive scam a few years ago. A 1TB stick that turned out to be 64K. Bastids! Now I have to test any drive I get for capacity. What a pain!

[@carlrowlinson2833]

Simon angrily ranting about how he's the smooth-brain! 🤣

[@TheMostOrdinaryPersonOnEarth]

As an admittedly very drunk electrical/tech guy - Please don't stick anything in a wall socket you will then sleep with (including heated sheets) - also those Android TV boxes are full of malware, so VLAN safely

[@zioming]

I recall writing an essay about this during my uni days, about a woman who created a bot that would pretend to be your deceased other, trained based on your past digital conversations to be able to respond in a way similar to the deceased person. As for the morality of it all, she claimed to do this to improve the mental health of grieving people at first, only to switch to a "rent an AI girlfriend/boyfriend that you can talk to and add to your pictures" model once she figured out that's where the money was... Also, from what I recall, the gf bots were programmed to learn from the Internet, so, naturally, they ended up making up storied about how they were sexually abused by their parents, etc. when talking to people, so I assume the whole thing ended up crashing and burning.

[@houserhythm]

You should always return defective/misrepresented/scam items to Amazon, no matter how cheap. If more people (everybody) would do it, they'd take a big L on shipping and have to take the listing down. But if everybody goes "it's too little $ to bother" it becomes a very profitable item and of course they keep it up.

[@tylerlang5220]

As an American electrician, his little rant on plugs drove me nuts lol. I’ve wired up European lights with those colors and it seemed obvious to me even though it was my first time seeing it.

[@Sirlix89]

Concerning the grounding bed sheet. Instead of spending 100$+ on that one, simply buy an ESD (electrostatic-discharge) bracelet for 0.5$ and connect that to the ground during work (metal pipes are supposed to be grounded, metal housing of electric devices that are connected to a socket are usually grounded as well). Those bracelets are staples for everyone working with electronics, they are high resistance connections to earth (so you don't accidentally make a short circuit between Earth and whatever you are working on), so safe as well. ps.: I am living in VN, they don't have earth wires in most installations I have seen. And most three-pronged sockets just fake the Earth connection.

[@majorcrime6067]

The UK used to be red for live, black for neutral and green for earth. Then the EU got a committee together and changed the whole of the EU to the current brown, blue, green / yellow. Makes sense for everyone to use the same but maybe have someone who has wired a plug on the committee.

[@Ulfhednir9]

Came for Simon's facts, Stayed for Simon's ADD Tangents

[@DaveTexas]

Simon has personally advertised scammy products on his channel, too! Can we say Scottish Nobility Title scam? Or that awful Magic Spoon cereal, which does NOT taste anything like the sugary cereals it imitates?

[@spacebees86]

Ed: Oh shit here it comes Fact Boy one minute later: Why am I talking about this?

[@the-chillian]

In the US, wire colors are typically red for live, white for neutral, and plain old green -- or even just bare wire -- for earth. Much more intuitive, I think.

[@osric729]

@4:54 ... wait, so you're saying I actually SHOULD touch grass.

[@Alaryicjude]

I gotta say one of the best naps I've ever had in my life was at a friend of my then bf's house who had one of those grounding sheets on the bed. I normally don't sleep well or even at all #1 in a strange bed or #2 with another person but we woke up so refreshed! I kinda believe those things work but I don't have anything of my own bc I'm poor, lol!

[@ImpmanPDX]

I sleep much better when I'm in contact with the ground, but I've always slept better when I'm camping anyway. I think the lack of noise and general being out of the city means I get better quality sleep rather than my electrical imbalances being cleared.

[@SeventhSwell]

Scams on Amazon? He's just now hearing about this? Welcome to the party, pal!

[@jeffree9015]

British plugs are one of the best designed products in human history.

[@MrThechadman24]

How are ALL of your coffee mugs chipped and how do you drink from them without pouring coffee down that glorious beard?!?!

[@phantomechelon3628]

Even if that bedsheet with the woven silver fibres doesn't help heal your body, it should still be good for repelling vampires. 😉

[@mdl8767]

Re lost spare car key; If you have two working keys you can program a third yourself in many newer cars.

[@gennystout8952]

14:22 I don't watch TV either......I watch KZbin. Mostly videos from the Whistlerverse. 😅😅😅😅

[@FarmerEnvoyXtreme]

This is gonna be a awesome episode, Allegedly

[@Psycheitout]

2:47 that explains so much to me. I've worked on imported electronics where the brown was the hot wire and always thought that was weird. Now I know they were following a precedent. I have seen green and yellow be used as ground but in the US it's kind of a Free for all. I've seen everything from white to brown to just straight up bare copper.

[@occheermommy]

That doesnt sound terrifying at all!!! I thought black was ground in the US and red was hot. My husband usually is the one to mess with electric stuff and is a bit reckless for my taste. I have gotten him to turn off all of the power to the house instead of just to that outlet now. I am sure you can see where I am going with this.

[@Psycheitout]

@occheermommy Lol on the bright side the hot wire usually red, most of the time... depending on how cheap the wiring the original contractors used, or how little they gave a crap the day the ran the wiring for that outlet. When doing any rewiring its always important to make a note of how the line was originally hooked up.

[@occheermommy]

@@Psycheitout yeah. He needs to be a bit more careful.

[@peterking8586]

Most cars can clone existing keys (you typically need 2 functioning keys). Typically when you delete files only the index is erased. When you do a DoD wipe, zeros or ones are written to the entire disk.

[@snoox27]

The face at 40secs was gold

[@cyndiebirkner704]

Why Simon would let a stranger plug ANYTHING into his laptop!?

[@Caderynwolf]

One of the harddrive scan things is that it just keeps overwriting, so until you look at the files it appears normal. If you want a cheap portable harddrive you can buy a normal pc drive and a cheap enclosure for it.

[@mattgravy]

my heart goes out to anyone who has lost a child, stay strong everyone, try not to let these physic's take advantage of you.

[@jasongleave355]

My aunt and her BF are spiritualist's, it's amazing how many intellectual and powerful people they know due to this, myself I believe every one of them are fkin nuts

[@noodles3559]

A video about scams? God I wish this had an AG1 sponsor

[@hoodzzeee]

As a Dave, I can only agree with most of this story. As an electrician named Dave , I can agree with some of this story. If you haven't been scammed by Kingston 2TB SD cards for $3 you haven't lived.