[HN Gopher] What Got Harder as MythBusters Got Bigger? [video]
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What Got Harder as MythBusters Got Bigger? [video]
Author : Kye
Score : 13 points
Date : 2023-11-12 17:59 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| chiph wrote:
| The one myth they did that I was truly concerned for their safety
| was when they piled a bunch of lumber and construction material
| on top of a Volkswagen Jetta and drove around. Having owned one,
| I had _no_ confidence that the roof structure was strong enough
| to support it all. I think they were lucky that it didn 't
| collapse and kill them, even though they wedged a 4x4 in there
| for support.
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA_fUpCxWA
| Kye wrote:
| Don't discount the magical properties of a length of wood with
| "that'll hold" cast on it.
| tekla wrote:
| Don't discount the truck owners who believe if it fits on the
| bed of the truck, its magically becomes light enough to not
| snap the axle when the truck goes over a slight bump
| willcipriano wrote:
| 500 pounds of wood according to the video. If it can't handle
| that would be horrible if it rolled over on you.
| ilaksh wrote:
| I loved MythBusters but it's been over for quite a long time. It
| seems odd that Adam Savage keeps talking about it somewhat
| constantly.
| Kye wrote:
| 130 out of over 6000 videos isn't much. That's only ~2% of
| videos for something that was a huge part of his life and
| career.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAehaZdgrPRzj...
| rideontime wrote:
| People keep asking him.
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