Transitioning From Jamie's Employee to Equal

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[@O5o787]

Thanks, great stuff 👍

[@jeroen94704]

The myth about the spread of the common cold DEFINITELY influenced how I dealt with Covid.

[@colinb1532]

Adam! As a workplace trainer in a food distribution centre, it has been my job over the past two years to not only instruct new employees in safe food handling practices, but to also educate all our employees in "Covid Safe" work practices and precautions. I have used this Mythbusters episode on multiple occaisions as an example of both the transmision paths of pathogens (covid and other germs that can cause food poisoning) and of the dangers of cross contamination of allergens. I have found that often you can explain a thing, and it is forgotten soon after. But if you can SHOW a thing, the lesson seems to stick. Of all the enduring legacies of the Mythbusters experience, this one is perhaps the most timely and impactful. Thankyou, and please rest assured that you and your team made a real difference for the better.

[@roosterj2599]

I worked as a police officer in a small town here in New Mexico when the episode about getting skunk spray off of your body and clothes. I still remember the formula you guys used that absolutely worked to this day. I got sprayed by a skunk on a call a couple of days after watching that episode. I saved myself and my uniform. Thank you for the sacrifices you guys made to get the results.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Love that Bundaberg Ginger beer 👍 Adam, If you like alcoholic ginger beer, I recommend Crabbie's from Scotland, it tastes exactly like Bundaberg GB 👍

[@deeccummings7481]

I do enjoy that, though you recognize that you two are no longer work-compatible, that you never bash on him. It's highly professional and speaks well of the the both of you.

[@richard012]

they made a show together you tend not to do that let alone keep some ones number for 5 years if you dont like them 4:40 is when he said that

[@robo3915]

I agree, he sets a great example for work relationships in general.

[@AlecBersch]

It always cracks me up to see weird click-baity headlines like "here's WHY Adam and Jamie don't like each other anymore" or "How the relationship between Jamie and Adam from mythbusters fell apart" - just now I googled "Adam and Jamie from mythbusters hate each other" and there were so many different sites devoted to that idea. I get that "clickbait gonna clickbait", but it's still odd to me to see these headlines just pulled out of thin air. Like the way that Adam talks about Jamie, he so clearly has a ton of respect and admiration for him and looks back on all his time working with the guy very fondly. You definitely don't do that if you dislike a person.

[@sarowie]

@@AlecBersch Especially, when keeping the two characters in mind. Adam is quick to forgive and move on. Jamie is goal oriented. If Adam wants things to resolve and Jamie wants to achieve the same goal as Adam, they just move on.

[@alinepeed7167]

Like one of the comments below, I too thought Adam and Jamie hated each other (damn you clickbait). Now I see things through a different lense and have gained a ton of respect for Adam based solely on the fact that when he reflects back on work with Jamie you can hear the respect Adam has for him as well as see how memories of their time together are remembered with great fondness.

[@AcmeRacing]

One reason Jamie acted like the boss is that MythBusters took place in his shop. When you own the building, you'll tend to want to control what goes on there. More than once he was unhappy because things got damaged.

[@Doorito_]

discovery channel break things and have the presenters reacting emotionally on camera for drama. For some reason it stops people with low attention spans switch the channel

[@chevyhighrider]

Could also be their personality types. Jamie is an ISTJ and Adam ENTP. ISTJ’s like control and ENTP’s just wanna be fun goofy and creative.

[@FerrariTeddy]

That’s a very good point, I didn’t know that was HIS shop. That makes it all make a lot more sense

[@kingjames4886]

I'm still like 99% sure the reason jamie used his shop for the show was so that he could get new tools and write them off as a cost of production anyways...

[@padraiglogue3568]

@@chevyhighrider Astrology for IFreakingLoveScience types

[@Suho1004]

As a teacher, I am inspired by how Adam answers every question with such enthusiasm and sincerity. It's one thing to tell students that there is no such thing as a dumb question; it's quite another thing to actually engage with students in such a way as to make them feel proud to have asked that question. I think Adam just has an innate sense for this sort of thing.

[@Cr4z3d]

@中国的主人 lmao

[@codacreator6162]

Absolutely!

[@codacreator6162]

@中国的主人 You’re watching the wrong media. Confirmation Bias is a real thing.

[@eastonwinship2016]

People like Adam create life long learners. If you look at the world the way he does learning anything new can be fascinating if you’ll let it be.

[@joshyoung1440]

​@@dejuren1367 like what was the point of saying that? Please tell us all your nation of origin so we know where to direct our shame.

[@NoClassic]

Pulling that back up stool immediately from under the bench had me cracking up. The first was simply a stunt stool.

[@juliettaylorswift]

the real question is if it was coincidence that his other one was right there, or if he has fallen off it so many times that he keeps a backup there (and how many falls before the backup was installed)

[@-danR]

I don't think that was a backup stool . 8:46 you can see peeking out to his right a piece of an extra stool that happens to be behind. When he fell back, his stool didn't go back but his dropping legs in fact forced his stool to go in the opposite direction... _forward_ . He then banged into the back stool, forcing it back. Notice also that the bench actually _sways_ a bit, but only well after he'd fallen, so it wasn't that his feet briefly touched the bench as he fell. The stool rolled forward and banged into it.

[@seldoon_nemar]

I laughed so hard at that and then I couldn't help but hope he would jump up for something on a tangent and stumble over the original 🤣

[@NoClassic]

@@-danR You sir are correct - good eye. Still a pretty funny series of events.

[@MenacingBird]

The first stool was a paid actor

[@openingband]

I love how delicate he is when talking about Jamie. You can tell he holds back certain words because he really loves the guy and doesn't want his stories coming off and making Jamie look bad. It's like a brother who is a bit older than you and together you have your good and bad stories because you were around each other for so long.

[@JamesF0790]

Yeah, they aren't friends but they have a great respect for eachother.

[@nickyang1143]

Wow that's the best summary / analogy I've ever read about those 2 👍

[@scottimusgarrett15]

Wow, I totally copied your comment without seeing it! Oops!

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Or he's choosing his words carefully so he doesn;t look like he's picking on Jamie.

[@Chance57]

If I knew somebody who was capable of going full law abiding citizen on me, I too would choose my words carefully.

[@josephgooch1451]

I do miss seeing Jamie completely understand he’s a pretty private dude and keeps all of his business pretty private nowadays but he always had the coolest stories

[@ryanambsdorf2859]

Facts. I'd love to see him once in a while though.

[@STSGuitar16]

Pretty sure last time I looked him up he was teaching a college course at some university in like Sweden or something lmao not even joking

[@andrewbloom7694]

​@@STSGuitar16 He consults with the US military I believe, hes designed prototype anti-IED armor defences for vehicles and stuff

[@STSGuitar16]

@@andrewbloom7694 he’s not even an engineer though? What would the us military want with the old Hollywood prop/special effects maker and mythbusters guy? Grant (RIP) was the only real engineer on that show. Idk, you could be right, but it just sounds odd that the military would hire someone with no real engineering degree or experience to be an engineer lol

[@OnboardG1]

@@STSGuitar16 He's a visiting professor of practice and prototyping at a university in Finland.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

That body memory saved my life once as well and it is very humbling. I was driving my truck from work. I had done so thousands of times before. What was different that day was there was a back up of traffic into an area that there had never been before. The speed limit was 55. I have knocked something over in my truck and when I picked it up i was behind a stopped row of traffic going 55 mph. this area was always busy but traffic was never stopped. I saw cars ahead but assumed, like normal, they were moving. They were not. My truck is older so does not have ABS. I slammed on the brakes but was too close and my body remembered" locked brakes have no steering". I let off the brakes, veered to the side of the road around the cars and locked them up again, started sliding into the ditch from the gravel. I let them off again to regain control and feathered to a stop. I was 4 cars into that traffic jam by the time I was able to stop. My truck was a 92' Ford Ranger. No way I survive rear ending another car at that speed. I pulled off somewhere and I was bawling. I should be dead. My reactions and instinct saved my life. I have not had a car accident since 1987. I am a safe, defensive driver. All it takes is one lapse of judgement to get yourself killed. That day happened several years ago and still haunts me.

[@tylisirn]

ABS is great, but there are situations where even it won't save you, so it's good to have reactions to fall back on in absence of it, so good for you! For my part there is nothing scarier than having to let go of the brakes on ice against every instinct you have because you need to steer... ABS or no, sometimes you only have enough traction to do one of those, not both at the same time. I let go of the brakes and regained directional control and avoided wrecking.

[@toddcamnitz6164]

This exact thing happened to me. It’s surreal reading this. 91 integera and I had just looked away for one second (not phone) but otherwise…I remember thinking “I’m dead” before somehow guiding my car between the concrete barrier on the highway and the line of cars, somehow hitting neither. I couldn’t resume driving for quite some time

[@ArDeeMee]

When I once crashed into another car it was because they tried to enter a street that was almost invisible unless you knew about it. It was on a multi-lane street, directly behind an intersection with traffic lights (aka everyone accelerates), AND our street took a corner at the same time. And somehow, in the middle of said corner, there is apparently a street. The shock of realizing that the car in front of you brakes right as you accelerate, remembering to hit the brakes yourself, the instinct to veer wildly to the left to avoid the crash. Somehow, I remembered to look into the side mirror for the cars on the lane next to me. That’s why I stayed in my lane, but slightly angled to the left, so that I didn’t completely rear-end them. My front right kissed his back left. There was broken glass and bent metal. I am so glad we got lucky there… Not crashing into the car driving normally left of me was the best accident I‘ve ever had. I would have pushed them into the next lane over, and it was a busy street. People could have died over a knee-jerk reaction. Instead, the person I rear-ended was fine, our cars were both fine, existing damage could be fixed. My insurance got a bit more expensive. Best possible outcome. Always check your side mirrors. NO exceptions. It can save lives.

[@Steamrick]

I think anyone who's done enough car driving has a story or two. I once checked my navigation while in heavy traffic and must've seen something on the edge of my field of view, because I was hard braking before I had any conscious idea of what was going on. I barely avoided rear-ending someone that time. That was 100% trained reflex. Or a different time I was on the highway in heavy rain and decided to change lanes in the middle of a lefthand turn to overtake. The tires decided to give me a slip and I was at a right angle to the direction of travel for a moment. I regained control without crashing into anyone or anything, but that taught me a valuable lesson about tire grip on wet roads.

[@tomdonis4315]

Jesus, thought it was a truck, not just a pickup or something, made it sound intense until the final 2 rows

[@MAINFRAMELaboratories]

8:52 I love how he just instantly pulls out another stool

[@-danR]

That was the same stool. It rolled forward from his legs going down the back of it. You can see the bench sway slightly after his fall when his stool banged into the bench. The timing also makes it clear that foot-contact didn't cause the sway; the bench was rock steady until at least a second afterward. Adam banged backwards into a spare (he likes having at least two of everything around) stool behind him. You can see it briefly in frame 1 of mark 8:46 .

[@willmfrank]

"Whoops! Anyway..."

[@johnathonlevesque3784]

@@-danRShhh, I love the imagery of Adam having a collection of stools under his table

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

During my conscription in Sweden in 2004 we learned the “eyepatch” thing for night fighting, if you need to look towards a light or through night vision binoculars only use one eye (the one you don’t aim with) it takes the eye about 30 minutes to readjust if you see light with it so close to nightfall you’d also keep your one eye closed to preadjust it to darkness.

[@kevinfield2162]

Basic training I think for most armed forces.

[@EverettWilson]

Also important for darkrooms. Not that that's super relevant anymore, but I guess neither is old timey piracy.

[@msilva1359]

tell that to the somalians

[@EsherT3k]

I've just been doing this since I was 6 or 7 years old to goto the bathroom at night. No training needed. :D

[@ArDeeMee]

It is the sort of thing that seems incredibly obvious - once someone points it out to you. ;)

[@Ms24richard]

Honestly, this was so great to watch. It's like Adam is actually talking to you. Love his storytelling, humbleness, and the joy on his face as he's sharing his knowledge and experience with us.

[@peterking8586]

The eyepatch is used by the military today. Another “trick” that is used by tank gunners is as you pull the trigger is to blink, it prevents you looking through a x10 sight at a muzzle flash.

[@forgonenapster8888]

Also red torches and red light. I was tought that by some SBS guys as a cadet

[@ncc74656m]

I love that Adam is just like "...And that's when I realized I could die doing this, no matter the experts."

[@8thlvlMage]

And still did it!

[@karm65]

Jamie always seemed like the guy you want around to keep a group of creators who don't always think about safety first or second... from dying.

[@sopcannon]

Jamie is the parent to a group of toddlers with c4.

[@nicholashurst780]

Especially funny when the show had its safety officer on screen

[@PoniesNSunshine]

Safety third!

[@RobMacKendrick]

He was the grown-up in the room. That was his job, and he did well.

[@dtracers]

Until you hear any blendo

[@beagleboygaming1701]

I always found it funny when Jamie would suggest something really weird sounding and Adam would just look baffled that it ended up working

[@klauskinski4060]

When I was studying mathematics in college my fellow students and I used to tell each other this joke about our professors not worrying about their appearance because to them their bodies were just means of transportation for their minds. Adam thanking his body for saving him made me think of that.

[@5minutesaway124]

Ken Robinson fan?

[@BryanTorok]

Regarding the switch from employee to equal, in a similar matter: My employer (which had 6 locations, worked 24/7, and numerous sub units) had a policy that if one were promoted they had go work in a different area at least for a while. I was felt that if one went from being one of the guys to being the boss that some employees might have a difficult time accepting the newly promoted person as the boss. However, if one went away for a time and then returned with the new rank, then the new rank would be more readily accepted. This sounds like the break in time between being an employee and now being an equal.

[@__fu]

Ok?

[@c_routon]

@@__fu 🤡

[@__fu]

@@c_routon 💩

[@martinoconnor3020]

Thank you, Adam (and EVERYONE associated with the show), for Mythbusters. It is one of my favorite television shows ever, and provided me with too many hours of entertainment to count. And, though I know that your personal relationship with Jamie wasn't great, you guys were great together, and how well the two of you were able to work together came through every second that you were on the screen.

[@TheJoker137]

I use the eyepatch thing in my own house. If I have to walk into a lighted room at night but then walk back to my bedroom in darkness I usually keep one eye closed. It's a great method. Also wild to see just how much color is affected when you switch between the light exposed eye and the dark eye.

[@nickokona6849]

I appreciate and respect the class with which Adam talks about working with Jamie. Always frames it in "We're just very different people" rather than something combative. It's a great example of how you can have and show great respect for someone with whom you perhaps don't get along, or not like, or whatever it is.

[@FatalKitsune]

Even though they didn't always get along Adam respects Jamie and never seems to speak ill of him. I really admire that. These guys were the perfect duo for that show because they're both incredibly smart, dedicated to their work and willing to go the extra mile. The contrasting personalities made the show even more entertaining than it already was it was always fun to watch them work using their own methods. I used to watch Mythbusters all the time with my dad before he passed away and I'll always have fond memories of the show.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

8:50 Classic Adam who keeps two/ten of everything so that he doesn't run out. He falls off the stool, but instead of pulling it back under him, he has another at the ready under the desk to use. Well played sir.

[@-danR]

Yes, he does keep two of everything. But: As I elaborated above in a reply, there is another stool that's almost directly behind Adam . Pause exactly at 8:46 frame 1; its right side is peeking out a bit. When he fell he slammed _that_ stool backwards. That's the one we see roll back. Meanwhile his falling legs come down and back against the back of his normal stool and it rolls... _forward_ a tad. Notice also how the bench sways a bit _after_ he has fallen back. The sway is not because his feet had hit the table. It was rock-solid even well after the fall. The stool rolled forward and hit the bench. He isn't grabbing a spare; that's the one he'd been sitting in. If he fell back off the back of his stool, that one logically _couldn't_ be the one that rolled back behind... he fell back _behind_ it.

[@SomeGuyFrom216]

I am not ashamed to say I cried during the MythBusters finale. One of the greatest, most important shows ever created.

[@Nightweaver1]

Yes, "important" is a word I'd use. It was one of the most culturally impactful and revolutionary shows ever aired, influencing scientific views on so many subjects that previously nobody had any evidence to support. But now regularly I reference an episode of Mythbusters where they proved or disproved X as THE tested example for some strange theory people have, because I have so much respect for their scientific process.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Me too

[@rakino4418]

The spirit of mythbusters is " I think X... lets MAKE SOMETHING so we can test it" and be really honest about the limitations of our understanding is so, so beautiful.

[@nurgle-j5n]

yikes dude

[@Giantcrabz]

Junkyard Wars was campy but also inspired

[@KoriC4077]

That eyepatch myth changed my life when it came to telescope use. My scope eye I always kept ready for the dark even when needing to look at star charts

[@deinonychus1948]

For me it was more like this... when I need to go to the loo, I close one eye before turning the light on and when I'm done; I open the other eye and close the previously open eye that way I can walk through the house at night without making an idiot of myself

[@MinneapolisRaven]

I used to work in a photo lab as a kid and whatever soda Adam is drinking looks like an old bottle of photographic developer. The fact that he's always working with chemicals makes it more real and I panic every time he grabs the bottle. Love the show, thank you for being you Adam!

[@HondaBoy]

It is

[@jonmallard2176]

Love watching these videos. Such a natural story teller, and absolutely no shame in taking a dive from a chair and continuing the story! lol

[@1pcfred]

He's Adam so he can do those sorts of things. Like when a cat falls and looks around like it meant to do that.

[@juliettaylorswift]

@@1pcfred a cat really is a great description of adam in many situations. Irony also with one of the hearing aid videos where he said he was loud pre-aid.

[@RomediusWeiss]

Having the extra chair just in case was a brilliant shop decision

[@marktate2683]

After watching mythbusters for years and years, and still watching them over discovery+ I noticed that Adam's inventions tended to be a bit more abstract than Jamie's. My opinion is that even though Jamie's were usually more concrete and to the point, Adam brought in a different sort of scientific anomaly into the testing by having this very abstract idea. You can cut the cookie multiple ways, not everyime will it yield the same response but you learn something different with each iteration. That I believe is the magic in science.

[@scottimusgarrett15]

I love the way that Adam tiptoes around the "Jamie Tales" when telling them. You can tell that even though they probably drove each other nuts at times, there was still mutual respect. Oh, and always keep an emergency stool on hand! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

[@jimmyzhao2673]

The show made them both multimillionaires ten times over, with enough money to do whatever they want. *What's there to complain about ?*

[@audunkippenes4132]

oh man, growing up with Mythbusters, sitting glued to the tv every night to make sure I got it all. So good memories. Been watching Adam's Tested on a regular basis just to get some of the nostalgic feeling back. So glad I got to experience the whole Mythbusters crew together as one unit. Great video, as always, thankyou!

[@missyd0g2]

Adam, I want to thank you and Jamie for making science, engineering and failures fun and exciting. My son and daughter would watch the show together. We started to utilize your back and forth try, fail and try again. I am also a computer geek, nerd in networking that design interfaces long before TCP/IP. Adam thank you for your videos

[@mallninja9805]

TCP was 1974 (RFC675) and IP was 1981 (RFC791) - you've been designing interfaces that long?

[@marsilies]

For decades, even before the pirate eyepatch mythbusters aired, I've kept my left eye closed while using the bathroom at night so I can find my way back to bed in the dark easier. So you don't even need the eyepatch, just one closed eye, although the eyepatch can help you keep the eye closed. One downside is that it's become so habitual, when I switch from dark to bright areas, like going outside on a really sunny day, my left eye will automatically close, and even after re-opening takes a moment longer to adjust to the brighter light than my right eye does. So maybe swap which eye you keep closed instead of using the same eye for decades.

[@myaccount__7269]

Or get some smart lights so at night time they are way less strong in rooms leading to bathroom and bathroom. Then ,it’s automatic and easy.

[@marsilies]

@@myaccount__7269 we have an attached bathroom, I'm just trying to find my way to the bed without waking the wife. Also, you're not always home, maybe on a hotel or friend's house. Finally, I work in IT, so I don't trust smart devices.

[@LucidDream34]

@@marsilies amen no Alexa or nest in my house lol

[@randymagnum143]

Lack of depth of field seems like a major issue! Lol

[@marsilies]

@@randymagnum143 Your brain can estimate decent depth of field from one eye, well enough to walk back to bed without running into anything. The motion of walking and moving your head gives your brain additional temporal perspectives to work with due to parallax and such. And it's way better than walking back to bed blind in both eyes due to the bright lights destroying your night vision. Just try it, even with the lights on. With one eye closed, you can probably walk around your house fine.

[@scottcates]

I really appreciate how relatable and open Adam is.

[@kruksog]

Really appreciate how you just take time to think rather than "umming" and "erring." That's a big goal of mine.

[@LenserX]

Yeah! The Pirate "MYTH" works so well that it has been taught to infantry soldiers for decades (maybe century?) as one of the first things to do when a flair goes off in the dead of night. (Simultaneous with dropping to the ground if your are up and in the open.) It becomes an automatic reaction, as you can imagine, to close one eye when hit with a bright light at night. I still do it when hiking and someone hits me in the face with a white light, or more often when car headlights hit you at night.

[@austinpatrick2682]

8:50 I'm sorry Adam but I could watch this on repeat all day long 🤣🤣🤣

[@adamkingry6862]

It’s really great at 25% speed

[@jackharle1251]

I'm sorry, but Grant was a healthy young man. I will never not question what caused his stroke. You know what we're not allowed to talk about.

[@atquinn1975]

The cold spreading Mythbusters is my favorite. It was amazing how well Kari did!

[@aheaps71]

Mine too. When Covid first hit, I found a clip of it on KZbin and shared it to my friends.

[@pauldegroot2405]

I remember Jamie saying Adam needs a cookie in an early episode of Mythbusters. I thought it was patronising but now i understand it when learning from this YT that there were employee and boss 5 years earlier. What an eye opener 😃

[@ArDeeMee]

„You’re not you when you’re hungry.“ „Don’t tell me what to do!“ Stomps off. Eats a cookie. Everyone calms down. I can’t argue with the results…

[@1SaG]

4:00 so glad to hear Adam say this, because that was the impression I got of Jamie on the show. Always struck me as the kind of boss I always wanted to work for, but I rarely was that lucky. In my experience, most folks in leadership positions have no business being there and are making working life highly unpleasant for everyone around them.

[@nickuluss5756]

Beyond happy I found this channel! I was such a huge fan of myth-busters as a kid. Now I’m 23, in between work, and trying to figure out the ways of life. Adam, thank you for the creative fun memories you have given me from myth-busters and starting this channel which has in turn sparked a light of passion in what was a dark hollow room of my own creativity.

[@p0xus]

The problem with the myth of not using an eye in case the event of you needing to enter a hostile ship's hold is that that almost never happened. Once the top deck of a ship was taken - the people below almost always surrendered. There was nothing that they could effectivly do to take back the top deck. If they tried to storm the top deck, they would be cut down as the filled slowly on to the deck - and if they wanted to hold the lower areas of the ship - they would just end up having grenades tossed down and not having anything they could do about it. In addition to that - all of the command staff was typically on the top deck - so if the top deck has been lost, your entire command staff is also likely lost. And a futher note on the command staff being on the top deck - the command staff are usually the ones to initiate a surrender. (Though, I suppose, not if they all died (but idk how common that was))

[@Nervegas]

Been a huge fan since episode 1 of MB. I spent 17 years as a firefighter/paramedic and that sense of automaticity of response to stimuli is very real. There can be absolute chaos going on and somehow you just know what needs to get done. Neuro-mechanical response is a fascinating subject.

[@FalconFetus8]

I'm jealous of your ability to remember those life-changing instructions. If I were in that situation, I would just do what Jamie did.

[@Tokey_The_Bear]

You and Jamie did so well to bring science in an attainable and enjoyable form for millions. I have my MSME now, more than 15 years after watching mythbusters for the first time. Wouldn't change a thing.

[@Sound_Tech]

Lol, I'm apart of a white water rafting crew as a captain and the number of important things you need to know in a hundred different situations if you fall in the water can be intimidating. I've always been impressed by how well you reacted in that episode despite, what seems like, having jumped into a class 5 without working your way up to it.

[@jaytoser5212]

I resonated with Adam's statement about stunts (the Grand Canyon thing): "My body remembers those instructions". It is amazing that he can imagine a completely new situation, and then transverse it to his body without first practicing. I used to be a pretty good gymnast, and had to practice hours a day to get a routine right. However, for me, most of that practice went out the window when the High Bar was 1-1/2 feet lower than I had trained. Yes, my body also remembered those instructions, and altered my routine - - without me thinking about it - - for the change. Placed fourth when I should have failed entirely. I understand exactly what he means, and am envious that he can do this mentally without practice.

[@rong1924]

I remember seeing a picture of Mike Collins wearing an eye patch on Apollo 11 (or possibly during training) so that he could preserve his night vision for looking through a telescope to spot stars for navigation. The original Space Pirate.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

No, you wear the eye patch so that you can keep open your unused eye. This prevents eyestrain in the free eye from scrunching it shut. The same thing is done when using a telescope. If you scrunched your free eye shut for hours, you'd stress the muscles around that eye. So, the eye patch means you can keep your free eye open but also blocked.

[@rong1924]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver OK, I found the exact eye patch on exhibit in the Smithsonian. Caption reads: “This eyepatch was provided to astronaut Michael Collins during the Apollo 11 mission for maintaining night vision in one eye during earth and lunar orbit as well as covering one eye during the use of the navigational eyepiece.”

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@rong1924 No, the eye patch is employed to cover the _unused eye_ so that you don't have to scrunch it shut. You keep your eye open, but the patch blacks out the distracting view. It's a trick you do when working with microscope and telescope eyepieces. Scrunching your unused eye shut will cause sore muscles in the face and eye and cause even temporary astigmatism from the strain. The museum got it wrong.

[@DeathBringer769]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver I mean, half of the museum description *does* agree with you. Look at the "...as well as covering one eye during the use of the navigational eyepiece” part. It just says he also used it for maintaining night vision in one eye, in addition to aiding him when using the navigational eyepiece (i.e. helping you not have to scrunch your one eye closed for hours and straining your muscles, as you described.) It wasn't as in detail as how you phrased it, but it seems to be referring to the same overall thing in that part that you mentioned. Can't both things be true instead of insisting "the museum got it wrong" just because it added an additional use? Also, I'm pretty sure the Smithsonian would vet their sources and history before listing something like that publicly.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@DeathBringer769 There is no 'night vision' possible on a spacecraft with interior lights that are never turned off. As soon as you removed the patch to put your eye to the LM telescope's monocular eyepiece, your 'night vision' would be washed out instantly by the cabin light flooding in from all sides. Night vision is, for example, when you're outside in the dark looking at the night sky. The museum guessed that an eye patch would be used like pirates did it, but its function on spacecraft navigation was to prevent eyestrain by allowing the unused eye to stay open as normal while also blocking its vision. The museum has it wrong.

[@HabitatVic]

Thanks!

[@TheHylianBatman]

I greatly respect your honesty about your relationship with Jamie. Respect, admiration, fondness- but not friendship. Just "Yeah, he's alright, I like him". You remain one of the most storied and intelligent internet personalities out there. Much success and peace on you.

[@sushia.f.1809]

Ive used the info from that Flu show for my response on Covid as well as my yearly Santa gigs. Works wonders. Use it every day!

[@MissCaraMint]

The way Adam talks about Jamie is the way I talk about my dad. This is the funniest thing to me. I love my dad, but he always does think he is right, and more frustratingly he usually is. I find it infuriating, but affectionately so.

[@joyl7842]

I'm very grateful that when I went rafting down cliffs etc. on Bali I got teamed up with a couple who were both marines in the U.S. military 😅 We even got stuck just like Adam described, but still in the boat. The boat got filled with water so quickly it was truly frightening.

[@MxJanusu]

I sent that episode about the common cold spreading to my Wellness committee at work in April 2020! It was SO helpful in regards to having a good understanding of how much germs spread!

[@darenstroud6254]

The eye patch scenario is correct. When I was in the U.S. Army we would train breaching dark room and prior to entering we would cover one eye for several minutes to better see in a dark room. Or at night when a flare was lighting up the night we would cover one eye so we could better see when the flare went out.

[@JamesHelgesen]

Anyone else experience and moment of surprise that Adam had a spare stool, but them proceed it as “of course he does…”. Lol

[@Brixujel_Rimulex]

The eyepatch trick is something i find myself using when i have to get up in the middle of the night so that after a quick trip to the rest room I'm not stumbling around completely blind. it was only recently where i started asking "where the heck did I even learn this trick from?" and now I'm glad I know.

[@gregcollins3404]

Adam Savage - just about the most well-spoken chap I've ever listened to...

[@93techie]

In regards to your comment about having your feet out of the water falling into rapids, I’ve been in a similar situation. It wasn’t rapids, it was just a pool at the bottom of the waterfall, but the water was flowing fast enough that I got my legs pinned against rock and couldn’t move. I was fighting the current the entire time until one of the other guys there came and helped me. If that wasn’t the most terrifying moment of my life, it certainly ranks up there.

[@sarahshroom]

the episode about the cold has also shaped my covid response. incredibly informative and while i always appreciated the information, who knew i'd come to appreciate it just as much as i do now years later.

[@TheK9Shepherd]

Regarding the eye patch thing. When I was in basic training for the Army back in 1988, we were taught to close our "firing" eye when a flare was released. Same concept. We closed the eye we use to look down the sight of our rifle. So when the flare was out, we could open our firing eye and engage the "enemy" Closing our firing eye, kept it acclimated it for the night

[@amalfi460]

Mythbusters wouldn’t been a success without the different personalities of Jamie and Adam. Loved them both equally

[@spooks2086]

Don't forget The trio that joined the show not long after, they too were paramount to the shows success

[@ShuRugal]

the Eyepatch trick is something I used in the Army, though not for fighting. My MOS had me in and out of unlit equipment interiors, and it was easier to just keep one eye shut in the sunlight and open it in interior spaces than to swing a flashlight everywhere. I actually developed that reflex of just keeping my left eye close while outdoors in high school in AZ, where we had a bright-white-concrete campus that would give you snow blindness walking between classes. When the "eyepatch myth" first aired, my immediate reaction was "yep, do it eight times a day to walk between classes"

[@lostonwallace1396]

Man, Adam. Thank you for sharing with us. You made MYTHBUSTERS so much fun to watch, and you're still just as entertaining today. I really enjoy hearing about your experiences on the show, and I am always a sucker for checking out your latest costume or prop. Keep having fun and sharing the joy!

[@Vousie]

Keeping one eye used to the dark has another use that someone once told me about: If a car coming down the road from the opposite side has left their brights on at night you can close one eye before the light messes up your night vision. Then when it passes you can open it again, and you'll still be able to see well. Only heard about the pirate thing more recently, but of course, I knew that would work as soon as I heard it.

[@victoriadell614]

Oh Adam . . . . thanks . . . I was having kind of a lousy day. You're candor, humor, and stool stunt made my day. Much love!

[@elBusDriverKC]

There was an episode where Adam was rigging up a car (I can't remember which myth - seen so many!). I remember him saying "If you're life is going to depend on rigging (safety ropes), then you should be doing your own rigging". If it's mission critical, make sure you can trust it to yourself.

[@1dgram]

8:50 best thing I've seen all day! Thanks for the laugh Adam!

[@TheJimmyp427]

I spent a year living in a van in moab UT. And it actually aligned with the covid lock down, so this town that normally has tens of thousands of tourists was totally empty. I felt like I had one of the most beautiful places in America all to myself for a few months.

[@Secondhandstoke]

I'd love to see jamie on your channel, even if it's just for one video.

[@FinalConsensus]

He's been on several tested videos but they were from 8+ years ago

[@ballan979]

Yeah he was involved with tested early on.

[@KennethStone]

Ditto

[@user-tz8pf4pd4q]

@@ballan979 before Adam got involved? What happened was it norm like Asian guy and the ginger beard and glasses guy? I remember Adam getting involved then all of a sudden they disappeared and now it's Adams tested

[@donovangallagher962]

Mythbusters was such a staple of my childhood. Thank you Adam your truly a unique artist that has touched the hearts of many through personality and craft.

[@floramew]

I remember clips from that episode were posted on yt by... discovery or a myth busters channel or something? sometime in mid 2020-- early in the pandemic. It was super useful, and I really appreciate that whoever did that was mindful of how that could be helpful.

[@lee42048]

I have been in the situation of suddenly finding myself in the water at the worst possible moment. We had safety training but that was a couple of days prior and in a panic you tend to forget. Wish my body was like Adam's. I will be forever grateful to the guy on shore who saw my predicament and yelled, get your feet out. I spent a long time under water and I remember thinking how much longer will I have to hold my breath. Obviously it wasn't that long.

[@Izaakwalton_]

I'm so grateful for tested. FYI I bought tickets for my family and we attended A few years ago now, your live show here in Ames Iowa that you and Jamie put on. We truly enjoyed it! Thank you for everything you do Adam.

[@tkreitler]

I was just talking to a buddy today and the germ spreading episode came up. We were talking about using anti-seize and how it migrates to everything just like the fluorescent fluid in the myth.

[@rockguitarist931]

There's a lot of great advice in these clips you are posting, thanks for sharing them!

[@Cutty_Frame]

8:59 *Goofy's face: I'm gonna do it again! xD

[@Richard_Productions]

One I've always thought about is the underwater car accident episode. That one was intense and a lot of knowledge could be learned from it. I remember hearing about the women who used it to survive, I'll always remember that.

[@floramew]

Oh my dad is the exact same way, wrt "he's sure he's always right-- he usually is, to be fair, but when he's not it's almost impossible for him to see that." My dad was an officer in the us air force, and had a habit of telling his superiors when they were wrong... it's a testament to his skill that he was never discharged but did the full 20y of his contract before retiring. Idk if you have any experience with military, but the chain of command is sacrosanct.

[@sarowie]

The chain of command is sacrosanct, but so are procedures and protocols. That is an unstoppable force hitting an immovable object - and nothing happens. In more practical terms: Side step the chain of command and escalate as per procedure. The plane needs to be ready at 10pm, but that is impossible? Do not sign off maintenance, specifically state the condition and why this means no sign off in the paper work. Add lock out tags as necessary. The pilot will see the tags, ask for maintenance, they take out the logs etc.

[@insanusmaximus2857]

8:55 "The purpose of a redundancy is to prevent any disruption of system operation in the case of a technical failure or disaster by maintaining a continuity of service."

[@themostannoyingplayer4519]

Thanks for this, you are my hero! So natural and true, always(!), with big heart and wise advices!! You rock!

[@calibadgerdude6082]

8:50 that may be the most Adam Savage thing I’ve ever seen. XD Never change, Adam, never change!

[@stuartmc8779]

I use an eyepatch when I do astrophotography so I can go from messing with my computer to seeing pitch black.

[@SoSquareImCubed]

I went to moab Utah on a road trip years ago, like I was maybe 11 at the time, and I still remember it in all of its beauty and glory. Can't wait to go back some day

[@crowofcrius]

For the Mythbusters anniversary, they should do a special on Discovery: Mythbusters - "One More Myth". And have the old gang back and bust one or two myths and have a proper final goodbye!

[@zoiberg1996]

There won't be anything proper about it since one of the members died. The "round table" special did the job just fine, and everyone was there

[@crowofcrius]

@@zoiberg1996 maybe they could leave one seat open and do tribute to grants work on the show and outside

[@danwarrjack]

Body memory is a wonderful thing. I kinda taught myself how to control a sliding vehicle in the snow when I first started driving. A couple years ago I’m on a road trip, must have got a screw in my tire because the back left one blew, on the highway, going 110+kmh (68+mph). So my back end kicks out hard to the left and without thinking I let off the gas slightly and steered to the left, back end swung out to the right, I steered right and had it corrected from there. Pull over, swap on the spare, bing-bam-boom thank you body I’m back on the road

[@Vadlor]

As soon as the Covid pandemic started, one of the first things I did was share the video of that experiment around. It's great educational material!

[@pinball16]

Yep show it to students

[@michaelgroce966]

okay. You falling out of the chair imitating rapids, getting up, and saying im gonna do it again is the most adam savage thing ever. Also made me laugh out loud, uncontrollably for a while standing in my kitchen trying to make dinner.

[@joellebrooke42]

Your realization of your body remembering critical instructions helps me understand a realization I had about my own. I play and interact with the DnD community almost every day because of my occupation and fervent love for DnD. During a discussion about how I've managed to narrowly avoid serious injury time and time again, we came to a conculsion that if I were to have a character sheet with stat blocks, mine would have advantage on all dexterity saving throws. I knew part of the reason had to be my theatre/dance background but I knew there had to be more to it than that. For example, last year I blacked out (migraine and new medication gone wrong), tumbled down a full flight of stairs, and didn't have any bruises to show for it. Understanding that my body knows how to handle critical decision making during high stress situations explains quite a lot, actually. I'm curious how having this deeper understanding will affect or shift my focus next time I need to "roll a dexterity saving throw" in real life.

[@gstylez0107]

Something about this guy just makes me feel good.. He has such a positive energy about him, it's comforting to listen to him. He's intensely energetic but delightfully so.. Just a happy person. It's nice.

[@iivarimokelainen]

I personally love Jamie, and can't imagine anything mythbusters-like without him.

[@kevinwheesysouthward9295]

I was with my family, in a flash flood during what was supposed to be a lazy tubing trip down the Delaware river, up by its origin. The water was only about 4’ deep, I wish it was deeper. I was trying to get to my young son but I couldn’t swim against the current but when I tried to stand, the water just kept slamming my legs into the rocks. It was actually really terrifying. My son was in shock. He just fell asleep on his tube for most of the ordeal. It only lasted about 10 minutes but (other than my boy) we were all banged up. I broke my shin, my wife needed stitches on her knee. We have gone to that place about 10 times prior. My oldest daughter didn’t really want to go that time because she said “it’s boring”. Well, it was anything but boring that day.

[@marcusone11]

Well 3 things.... 1.. I always enjoy this channel and I thank you for that. 2.. Thank you for actually making me laugh out loud and I'm glad you didn't get hurt with the chair fall, but that was funny and 3..I need to know... What the hell are you drinking, I see it all the time in these episodes and I need to know!!! Thanks

[@belg4mit]

Bundaberg, Australian root beer. He's said he specifically drinks the sugar free because it's not sticky if he spills it.

[@AnnAmbler]

He also drinks Bundaberg Ginger Beer and even got a custom printed bottle from Bundaberg. I’m not sure which he’s drinking here, but I always thought it was ginger beer, but he loves them both!

[@J_spec6]

That chair fail... I'm rolling. 😂🤣😂🤣. You are an absolute treasure my good sir.

[@InssiAjaton]

This pretty much answered the question I never asked: How come Jamie always won when there was any sort of competition. Particularly I remember the driving (steering) a car in reversed driving position, i.e. your back towards the windshield. Another competition involved paintballs, if I recall.

[@lexwithbub]

The paintball showdown was just smart gameplay by Jamie. And just super funny seeing Adam get hit in the same spot every time 😂

[@SIGINT007]

It was clear that Jamie was far more competitive than Adam

[@Respectable_Username]

I use the knowledge of the eyepatch thing when heading to the loo at night. Keep one eye shut while in the bathroom with the light on and then open it again when navigating back to my room in the dark. Works like a charm!

[@UncleManuel]

I really like this Mythbusters BTS stuff. You can really sense how special these years were (and still are) to the whole crew. And it brings back memories to us viewers... 😎👍

[@ananaithnid7495]

This video went to a whole 'nother level for me when I realised he's drinking Bundaberg. Legend.

[@Scoots1994]

Trying to explain to someone that they must stay calm and in control in the face of real danger seems, from my experience, something that some people can't learn. Some people can compartmentalize the terror, acknowledge it, and act independent of it ... some, it seems, can't. I can look back at my life (I'm essentially Adam's age) and say "yup, could have died then" dozens of times, and really, the only major injury I ever had was 1 broken bone ... it was a vertebrae, but still I'm fine. Doing the "right" thing at the "right" time is a critical skill if danger is part of your life.

[@B1OD]

Drinking Bundaberg Ginger Beer, you're clearly a man of taste. Thank you, and MB team, for years of informative and entertaining media.

[@dternst]

Adam… you’re a GREAT storyteller. Love listening to all the stories.

[@JosephKeenanisme]

It's not just a matter of having a safety team around to help if things go wrong, you also have to remember what to do to help and make things easier for the help to get you out of the situation. Anything from getting lost in the woods to a car crash to any serious situation is the hitchhiker's guide motto: "don't panic". Staying calm and assessing the situation rationally increases the odds of survival by a poop ton. I know it took me getting to a certain age before I actually understood what my grandfather said about getting old. Don't sit on your butt being a couch potato but my days of skiing and going on roller coasters are over. :)