Ep 3 - We Raced From USA's Northernmost to Southernmost Town 

idk man, I wouldn't be surprised if someone's said it while trying their best to get a flight during Scorpio season

Here's hoping the sentence never gets uttered again.

The first and last time I hope

Honestly, I was constantly rolling my eyes when she mentioned the astrology stuff and I got the feeling that Sam was a bit annoyed as well in that instance.

@@tombrauey dude he does NOT share her vibe, his low energy responses really tell it all

Did you know about jetlag before or did you somehow randomly find it?

One of my co workers has been watching for awhile and when he watched this one he asked me if I remember them and I said yeah I won’t forget the pressure I was under and questioning if I was allowed to do what I had done lol then he told me about the show so I watched the first two episodes before getting to my part. Now I’m excited to see what happens!

omg julie!?! thank you so much for getting us on our flight i am thrilled that you can now see the full context of how much you saved our asses -adam

@@juliepruitt6325 You'll enjoy it!

Your quick thinking was incredible to witness. Would have never thought about standby as the solution to that problem!

Or, as said in American Gods by Niel Gaimen "Do not. Mess with. Those B*these. In airports."

I don't think Adam was being a dick towards the gate agent at the start of the episode

@@op00200 I know, that's what I'm saying--Adam WASN'T being a dick, therefore the gate agent was willing to pull the standby-passenger trick to get them on the plane.

yeah. I firmly belive everyone should have at least 6 months to a year working in service-related jobs. The world would be so much better for it.

Something that seems really hard to understand for some people. I work for the Gouvernement and I have a roll where I can decide how long you will have to wait to get your money from the Gouvernement. It's Incredible how many people have a hard time to get that and are extremely rude and aggressiv. And normally I do everything I can to help the people as fast as I can. I know that some of them really need to get the money to survive, but boy, you start to be rude and you can be sure that your waiting time will be longer....

timestamp?

​@@RealGhoda69:420

@@milesgreenwood5036 you sir, win reddit for today 🤣🤣🤣

@@RealGhoda It within the first 5 min

He has always been very respectful

Gotta love it haha

If I was going to explain it to someone I would probably say "ever seen the TV show The Amazing Race, its like that but not that"

I find it also funny that it's always Ben & Adam who wind up in a situation where they have to explain they're playing a game. Like that time when they took Uber in Delaware, or when they had to explain why they must specifically rent Chevy. XD

​@@jfwfreo I'd do "so I'm doing something that is very strange and we are on a very tight schedule

Adam basically apologised for his whole job and existence like "I know, it's dumb, thank you/sorry"

"LOOK! I don't think you understand! I am Adam from Jetlag the Game. You will get me on this flight and I mean now! I know people high up at Wendover."

I agree!! One of the reasons why Adam is my favourite

​@@jkhooverlike Denver high up? 😏

I would not have the boldness to explain something like that to someone. It seems like it'd be easier to say "I can't explain why but I only have two options." than to explain, "We're, uh, racing across the country..."

@@jkhoover adam is high up at wendover

Perfect One

Nice

It looks like we're going to get drunk people on both teams 😂

@@dattoDJyeah

​@@dattoDJI hope they they do the challenge at the same time. Also I am itching for Sam to get drunk.

They play test the season a bunch of times to try to have ways the game could balance out. They hadn’t ever thought they’d have trouble getting out of Alaska on day 2. They were really worried that could bust the season. They talked about it on the podcast on Nebula.

@@jlon1066 🤓

I think it shows how well designed the gameshow is

Spoilers man… your comment was the first that popped up😂

@@dusk194 Which is weird given it's neither the first comment nor the one with the most likes or the most replies. But you could also anticipate that any comments on videos might contain spoilers and not look at them until after you've watched the episode.

Definitely Sam's best Jet Lag partner to date!

@@cvbattum they make a fun team, indeed.

@@cvbattum😂🤣

No. Michelle is the worst! She is making this season nearly unwatchable!

@@dappledlight8073 In your dreams

Just watched the next week episode in nebula and both Michelle and Adam got drunk for the drunk mile but Adam got the card

History repeats itself

@@pharedbrayson4737 Nobody likes spoilers. That's not what we pay for

@@andreiiosup6622 if they don’t like spoiler, they should get nebula and stop crying

@@pharedbrayson4737 I disagree but you do you. Now if you'll excuse I have a podcast to listen to

Welp, we need to say that every vid! I agree all the way lol

yes exactly

Bedam

The best duo of the decade

Realll

Certainly could do with a rule along the lines of “you can only burn 3 cards per day” or something. Even just having a rule that you must use each form of transport at least once on your journey

It is a little bit boring that they are only traveling by plane for the most part, but I think part of the fun of Jet Lag is going to all sorts of different places and doing wacky things, giving an opportunity to explore the world in a unique way, and having to burn through cards by doing a bunch of challenges allows for them to do that. The Flop also allows for more strategy than the random cards and points system in previous seasons. It needs a bit more work balancing the different forms of transportation, but I think it could work well if done right.

I mean the trains and cars are decent but cars for some extra mobility to drive to a better city for flights, and trains could be used mainly for overnight trains because overnight trains allow for you to spend more time moving.

@@carsonr3909 The win conditions could be whoever gets there first with the lowest carbon footprint, making trains more desireable

I don't even know what train transport is available in the US. Everything I've seen is generally short distance for an "old-timey" thing. And taking a car is substantially slower, even though flying everywhere isn't very interesting.

OMG YES IT WAS SO FUNNY!!

Michelle: WIN NOW WIN Sam: [stares into the void where the eldritch being who cursed him to be unlucky lives] This is fine

i was DYING at his description

As soon as they said goodwill outlet i lost my mind

I did not know this was a thing but then I remember hearing an NPR story about a liquidation center which seems similar. Individuals were grabbing just anything so that they could then flip it on Facebook market or Craigslist for extra money and some of them made pretty good side hustle money from it. Is that a similar goal for people who go to goodwill outlet bins? Regardless I think wendover should do a full video on that

The Seattle bins too like the Pacific Northwest does NOT mess around when it comes to the bins 😭😭

And they were on the block by the clinic right after going to goodwill. Wild lol 😂

Ben and Adam were really nice about and probably the easiest passengers she dealt with that day. Just treating customer service people with respect makes you stand out.

Yeah - if I were in Adam and Ben's position I'd be spending time during the flight working out how to get some tangible token of appreciation to her.

@@barrymckockinner8476this. I’ve had things offered to me I never asked for, and I’m always overly nice.

I'm sure the Delta booking system is listning to Scorpio seasson

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The inability to film their reaction is on par with what happened with the library in Alexandria.

yeah, when i heard they were going to the seattle goodwill outlet I laughed out loud - but seems like they managed way better than I would've!

Well, it's got pancakes with ham and Guy Fieri's approval, so that seems right.

Definitely will look into going there if I'm ever back in Seattle.

Wow, I did not get the impression Ben and Adam enjoyed it much... 😅

@@LRM12o8 I get the impression they were hurrying so much they didn't really have the chance to actually taste the food

Yeah! 😊

they've probably already decided on the next location sadly😢

My preference (considering I am European) is for the next game to be similar to the one where they raced to visit the most US states, but European version.

Anything with geowizard in it

What would the vote even be for? Kinda useless to ask for one if you dont specify

I remember once, somebody even brought in a torch and set fire to one of our bins. Seriously, goodwill outlets bring out the crazy in people.

this is _wild_ to me! I'm from the UK, and all our charity shops are very very small, and mainly run by volunteer retirees. like the exact opposite vibes, seemingly

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@@finnrummygaming thanks 😅 I wrote the comment with my glasses off and must've misread the timestamp

was thinking the same thing hahah

Right?? As soon as I heard "Goodwill outlet" I was like.... Oh no, they went to the bins lol 😂

I really wish they could have filmed there. That place is even wilder than their explanation.

I was thinking something similar. I know they probably try to create suspense by showing them trying to complete the same challenge but I wish I knew how close either team is to finishing vs the other

Yes! How big is an Idaho? A France? A Belgium?

​@@gulplastgaffelIdaho: ~83,500 mi² (~216,400 km²), roughly 480 miles (770 km) north to south and 300 miles (490 km) west to east. Takes about 8 hours to drive between Coeur d'Alene (northwest) and Idaho Falls (southeast). Roughly the size of Guyana or Belarus. France (mainland, also called metropolitan France): ~213,000 mi² (~551,700 km²), roughly 600 miles (970 km) north to south and 590 miles (950 km) west to east. Takes about 18 hours to drive between Brest (northwest) and Nice (southeast). About 80% the size of Texas and similar in size to Kenya. Belgium: ~11,800 mi² (~30,700 km²), roughly 140 miles (220 km) north to south and 170 miles (270 km) west to east. Takes about 3½ hours to drive between Bruges (northwest) and Arlon (southeast). About the size of Maryland and Delaware combined.

yeah, getting produce through airport security is generally not allowed. seems not worth doing. the birds and bees one seemed the best option if you want to turn over cards.

@@wfchannel4673really? I bring fruit on domestic flights all the time. I think it’s just if you’re trying to get past customs on an international flight, then it becomes a problem

Given that the next episode's video thumbnail they showed for the Nebula ad spot shows the pumpkin and airport security (40:33), you might just be right! (Edit: fixed timestamp.)

It’s these kinds of questions that made me suck it up and subscribe to Nebula (not an ad lol).

Airport drama on the Amazing Race was a HUGE part of the show.

Me realising it's still this game: 😒

Tbf he just started his morning and already he had to put up with stuff like people loudly doing online content in public.

They can ditch one of their tickets to get another, but at that point in the game they wanted all three of their tickets iirc

OH YOU MEANT LIKE MODEL PLANES

Ideally airports have planes, yeah

Oh... you mean in the terminal.

Planes in an Airport are preferrable, yes

This is like Amazing Race but in EVERY possible way better.

Why would he know if he's never had to use it?

@@jkhoover No deep reason, just the reputation he has as the plane guy

@@mt_xing I understand. It's just one of those things he probably never had to use. Except for JetLag, I'm sure he's not a last minute person at the airport. He probably plans well ahead.

I have a better one, you thought yourself that Ben and Adam wouldn't know this, so Sam would probably think the same and take the risk. If not... Utqiagvik cold weather and nonstop flights must've been tiring

I'm already tired of the zodiac bullshit. Only idiots believe that nonsense

If I were Julie I would be CONCERNED after hearing that lmao

what did you lose??

Give Ben a Billion dollars.

Give Ben Doyle your company he deSERVES it

Ban SSSniperwolf!

wait real youtube

Ben and Adam make all the challenges so thank them!

why was Boise Sam's option?

Anyone else catch "Idaho Falls, IOWA"? Oof, that's embarrassing😆. The state name is literally included in the city name.

Idaho / Ohio / Iowa / ... all the same. (I know they're not, but...)

@@JacksonCarson Idahiowa

I would love to see them do something not in a western nation. Brazil would be a perfect place

snack zone also isn't total bullsh*t

Yeah, I like her dynamic with Sam, but the Zodiac thing is lame.

It's pretty main character syndrome. They need to cut this content out of the videos

Fax

​@@stuartrockincompletely agree. The boys are all very scientifically minded, this nonsense goes against all that.

It's not quite the same but they did a mini jetlag in London on the channel tom scott plus

Thats how I learned about Jet lag. When they did the mini game with Tom

I meant isn’t Tom Scott done with doing RU-vid n stuff

@@museisbliss1174 def going to check that out!

​@@themysterysith9087 he is still uploading content, just not the regular monday random knowledge dumps for a while. Hes been doing it for over a decade straight, mans needs a break

Totally, you shouldn't be allowed to burn tickets, full stop

Totally disagree. In that case you will see teams both waiting for the other to take undesired tickets. More actions>less actions

Such wholesome content!

The editing is doing a lot of heavy lifting, which makes sense

These are filmed months in advance

@@IntrovertedGoose I know, but I mean to tie this infos with the video that's being displayed and the timestamp of the video itself. Not the real time infos.

@@parzivalgt3623 They are uploaded on nebula a week earlier.

An eastern Australian?

But yeah, it's 0240 for me

Hey fellow aussie

I think you should adhere to the show, and not watch during the rest period. You can prep everything to start watching at 6:00 AM local time

@@cdrrules that's gold 😂

It also really doesn't incentive using the Train/Car tickets when they just do a challenge between flights to then pick up another flight.

Yeah, maybe they'll not get as many flight cards later in the season. At least the trailer would make us believe that.

American train system is garbage

@@dannyboy2851 Yes but the ability to travel during the rest period gives trains an advantage

@@dannyboy2851 Yep, but the game could have been designed to encourage it more. Hopefully trains' over-night advantage means that they'll use them some

+1 man i cannot stand this zodiac shit

Michelle is such a delight I loved her "oh we're being normal right now?" 😂

ill NEVER betray ben and adam.... BUT .... michelle is probably THE BEST guest they have had

Ive never rooted so hard against yellow team

If you're not with me then you're my enemy

timestamp near 27:01 ben literally said they werent allowed to get new cards before using old ones too, and then the rest of the video is just burning & discarding of cards. completely agree- you were the comment I was looking for to know that I wasn't the only one who had noticed.

The best thing about Michelle being on here is that I had the opportunity to tell RU-vid to never recommend her channel to me ever! I had never heard of her, but I am now convinced absolutely anyone could get a million followers if someone that annoying can manage it!

its worse then ads to skip that nonsense with astrology bs you need to manually do that. wtf... there is no need for here to share her bs beliefs with us no wonder man looks annoyed in videos who would not be