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@@grylltheonion1255 They also threw OCD in one pot with cleanliness and a tendency for meticulous/smart organisation. OCD means, as the written-out term makes quite clear, compulsive behaviors. There may be a reason why it is typically paired with order and cleanliness, but you can have those traits without any hint of OCD. I mean, if every time you enter a room that reeks, you go and open a window, that's not OCD either. That means you don't want to endure stink while others are fine with it and provide a contrast that way by normalizing it. Besides, with Top Gear we also have to always assume there is exaggeration for entertainment purposes involved.
@@grylltheonion1255 It's called obsessive compulsive personality and is not a mental illness. The many comments here from people who like to organise and label things, and who have self-diagnosed "OCD", some stating that they "realised" they suffered from it after seeing Top Gear, only goes to prove the harm that this kind of minimalising and trivialising of what is a very serious, life-changing health condition actually does. Liking cleanliness and order is not a diagnostic criteria for OCD. There is enough misinformation circulating about the condition already.
@@grylltheonion1255 OCD is going back and forth locking the front door before you leave the house because you have to make sure it's locked and end up taking 15 min before you're satisfied :v
@@TimmyJones-kp5qrHe probably could've anyway. I think it was just deliberately done badly so as to piss James off even more. And frankly, serves him right for stealing a bit of Clarkson's door in the first place.
@@jamesmcmichael6127 Also, I think it is Persian culture where you deliberately implement a little flaw in your works, expressing a spiritual theme of accepting that nothing is or needs to be perfect and that we should appreciate it anyway.
I have James's 'neat tools' gene. Once had a plumber doing a repair in the bathroom when he asked "I don't suppose you'd have a spanner?" As I emerged from the hall cupboard with a neatly size-ordered set of spanners in each hand and the query "Metric or imperial?", he looked quite terrified.
I do this, but with art supplies! Markers, paints and pencils, all organised by precise chroma. Nobody ever bothered to ask to "borrow" (steal) them in school because I'd always know which ones were missing.
Keeping tools neat and organized: totally agree. I'm with James Cataloguing parts when against time or in a race: I can't stand it. So I'm with Jeremy.
James May is the kind of person to separate all of the lego bricks by colour, shape and size before starting even the first step and ngl I respect that.
To be fair, putting things back where they were prevents you from losing it in the future and wasting time trying to find it, and keeping things tidy and aligned is much more attractive.
@@sherrattpemberton6089 Right. I mean who would disrespect another person's wishes. If I were James, I would've recorded a recording of me sleeping for Clarkson and put it on flash drive or CD and glued it in to Clarksons car on repeat. With a note on the dashboard that read, Welcome to your Hell Bitch! Then not to overlook Mr. Upside down Hammond, I would've done the same to him.
@@sherrattpemberton6089 No, Better yet, go to Clarkson's farm and Diddly Squat farm shop and spend 2 days organizing both. Then go to Hammonds restoration shop and do the same to him.
I think watching James May during my childhood has resulted in my OCD, because I also have a brush in the car for the airvents and ensure they are lined up perfectly.
My OCD came from watching Monk, I hate dust on any of the places that supposed to be clean... Though how come I never thought about a brush for the air vents?🤔 I gotta get one now...
I love the "tracing the spanners on the wall" idea. If I get done with a project and I'm missing one, I know exactly what size it is and where it goes. There's no "oh what size was that" or "oh what went on that hook", it's just "oh i'm looking for x size spanner" and then you hunt for it. May not be an issue if you're only using one at a time, but if something like an earthquake or a Jeremy happened and all your tools fell off the wall you'd immediately know what went where. The only thing I'd add is drawing on the sizes in each tracing so you know for sure what you're looking for. ETA - If you write the size number in the outline, then if you lose a spanner you know which one you need to buy to replace it.
Or you just write the number of the spanner on the wall and match them, because you're gonna have to check the number when you go to grab the spanner anyway. Tracing the outline is a roundabout way of solving a problem that doesn't exist.
James May's been wearing that pink and purple t shirt for about 15 years. There's a new video on RU-vid where he reacts to RU-vidrs' cars and he's worn the same shirt in it.
I have to agree with james on one point. cleaning a car is the one way to truly know that car. every detail,every scratch. you know instantly when something has gone wrong.
I drive for a rideshare company, and before I started, I bought an unlimited car wash membership. If I'm about to start driving and the car's a mess, I wash and vacuum it. Simple enough. I didn't realize it became a bit of a thing for me until a rider got in one night and remarked that there was glitter on the seat, at which point I showed a bit of irritation. No actual glitter, by the way; the upholstery pattern in my car has small white dots on otherwise black seats, and in the dark, this rider's eyes were fooled.
@@russellfautheree4650 Knowing nothing about cars or rideshares but a good deal about glitter, your irritation is 100% justified. That stuff never really comes out.
The absolute contrast of James “a place for everything and everything in its place” May and Jeremy “it doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be fast” Clarkson, capped off with Richard “lost 14 year old boy” Hammond is the absolute height of entertainment
Hammond has aged the best and is most overtly the most attractive, but James is so interesting, odd, sort of abnormal in such a way that he has the most sex appeal out of the three.
We could calculate the distance to the shed walls, if we know the latency of Clarkson's echo, and the speed of sound (340 m/s at STP, 20 degrees Celsius and 1013 hPa).
Whoever put the pink brick into the red section of the Lego house is a legend, who should also be feared, for daring to incur the wrath of James May's OCD.
I’m the same way. I have a brush and sometimes a string and a Q Tip to clean out the buttons in my video game controllers. Told this to my brother and he had that same look that Hammond did.
This is funny as hell. I have a different form of anxious OCD though and it has caused me much grief. So much time wasted and lost for the simplest of tasks... this is lighthearted and good though. Gave me a good chuckle.
Yeah, I wish OCD was just "they want to be neat and are particular about their things being moved." That would be nice. Keep fighting the good fight, mate.
My OCD is different also, and can be a pain to manage, but is mostly harmless. The most harmless thing about my OCD is that since September 18th, 2023, I have always liked when a man with an accent says the name "Joe". :) Probably from watching an Every time JoJo is said in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure compilation. Also, Jojo is a terrible anime, and I gave up on it. Too much blood and violence. Cowboy Bebop, Hunter X Hunter, Ghibli, One Piece, Avatar (Airbender) and Azumanga Daioh are much better.
@@kinnikubonemanIt's a spectrum, you do realise that right? Some people just like to have things neat and in order (I'm not sure this actually qualifies as OCD) and some were like my sister when she was at her worst, taking 12 hours to shower because she couldn't stop cleaning herself and washing her hands. Severe OCD of that kind is a HORRIBLE disease, nobody who hasn't experienced that fully gets it. Before she got help, she used to not do much in a day other than being in the bathroom obsessing over her not being clean and things being done a certain way. Every day. Physically unable to stop herself.
I can imagine the inner anger may gets when he sees unaligned car vents similar to Patrick Bateman's silent rage when he sees that his co-worker has a better card design
I consider part of it exaggeration for entertainment - typical Top Gear - but generally it would be unreasonable since the only thing that should matter (unless you want to do a photo shoot) is that the vents are functionally aligned ideally.
4:01 I agree with James so much. The highlight of the summer holiday prep was when I convinced my mother to leave me alone with a hoover, some wipes, a carpet brush and a paintbrush, working my way over the entire car and cleaning it out. The only bad part was that the hoover couldn’t quite hoover out as much dirt and sand as I wanted it to.
as a auto engineering student i agree with james with his ocd on that bit, not his level of ocd but, *Everyone be gangsta until a specific tool/size socket wrench or a random nut goes missing*
This is what I adore about the dynamic of James, Jeremy and Richard. They're best of friends. They're bros, and they're not shy at throwing shade and shit at each other on an hourly basis.
As someone with an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (trichotillomania), I couldn't be prouder that James May is our disorder's PR ambassador. Can't think of anyone better.
There's actually some, well, I don't think controversy is the best word for it, maybe debate, about trichotillomania and other body focused repetitive behaviors being considered OCD and not their own separate thing unrelated to it. My understanding is that it is listed under OCD in stuff like the DMS or ICD (no idea if I got the letters correct), and not separate. Many psychologist take issue with this, because, while these disorders are oftentimes caused and related to OCD, they sometimes aren't, and are more similar to an addiction or a coping mechanism. Many people have them and don't have OCD. In addition to OCD, it is often comorbid with things like anxiety, depression, and ADHD. I am mainly talking about this just to talk about it, not to disagree with you or anything.
1:45 I don't know what James planned to have in that area, but I'd be pissed off if that was for a bathroom and I had to stare at it every time I use the toilet.
I can relate James OCD too, since this is the same when you build a PC. The lack of a proper size drive, a missing screw or motherboard screw post. Making sure everything fits perfectly on the case, and hoping ventilation is fine. Its not about putting everything together and pray it works once you turn on the power switch.
manufacturing things properly is not OCD... if OCD was the way you put it, then all manufacturing companies are filled with people that suffer from OCD? lol
I've always thought James as more autistic than having OCD. These traits could easily be attributed to ASD instead of OCD and James has quite a few other traits that seem more in line with that. Besides if he does have OCD I don't think it's completely about the sort of things they jokingly 'trigger' because that would be quite mean. On a side note - that last scene is hilarious. James timing and Richard's reactions are brilliant.
This was very funny when I watched it when I was young, but I think I have increasingly turned into James May as I aged. Now I just went "oh, using a brush to clean the car works perfectly" and "of course each tool should have it's own place, how else would you find them?"
This is why I love James May, I relate to all of these situtions. The tampon idea is genius and I myself have a small paintbrush for cleaning dust off my laptop
"If it was you who did that? I hate you!" (yeah, me too) "You ate a chocolate bar in my car" and when Clarkson sits on the walkie talkie so that he can't hear James' rant :D Sometimes I think that James May and I were separated at birth
Just accessed the comments to register my annoyance at the one pink brick in the red wall, only to find that I've already voiced my James May-esque OCD-ness on that and other irritations 😁
I worked in a shop (salse). All the (primary) mechanics have a full, outlined tool board (including mallets, hammers, and weird specialty tools). Including the holders for Bondhus keys, pens, punches, etc. One guy was moderately OCD. I pranked him by reversing EVERYTING on his bench. Hanging tools turned over, right -to-left was left-to-right. A newer mechanic asked why. I said, " Just wait". When he came in, he just stopped in his tracks, and stood still. He started drumming its fingers REALLY fast, against a steel pillar (cool sound, BTW). After about two minutes (some compassion), I asked: " Problem, Jim? " (drums faster:still amazing) "...I don't know..." ( "innocent" voice) " is anything...turned around? Here, I'll fix this: get a coffee. " So relieved, he later admitted how hilarious it was. Best. Shop. Prank.Ever. (They often end in, "that's not covered by Workmans' Comp" [ i know it's Employee Compensation, but I'm quoting mechanics]).
If you did that to me, I'd be somewhere between "what in fuck did you do" and "that's incredible, I can't believe you actually did that". Also, I'm interested in what the sound of a person drumming their fingers against a steel pillar is like
I agree with keeping your things/tools organized. when you put things back in the same spot every time you'll never lose it. But organizing when you're on the clock enrages me
The biggest tell to me that he actually has ocd is his insistence on finishing what he's saying. I have ocd and while I'm definitely different, there are also a lot of shared behaviors. He probably plays it up a bit for the show, but he definitely does has ocd. After that last scene, I can almost guarantee he was thinking about that watch and what he was trying to say for the rest of the night. Probably the next morning, too.
I'm bad with it, i don't interrupt people so i can finish my sentence but when i'm talking to people about something i have to make sure they understand what i'm saying. If they glance at their phone or the TV i'll pause what i'm saying or repeat the last sentence. Also if it's something i'm interested in like a hobby or a skill i end up talking too much. Some could say it's also a sign of ADHD
I can't STAND IT when people use my tools and don't put them back EXACTLY where they got it from...Or they refuse to wipe them down after using them, You borrowed them clean,Bring them back clean!! And in their respective places!! No! Don't put the 8mm in the 10mm spot! And those sockets better not have any sand,grease,or slime in them
Wow, it is impressive that most of the people in the comment section have no idea what OCD actually is. If James's has anything that would be diagnosed at the clinical level it would be OCPD, it sounds similar but it is very different. OCD is a mental illness and to be diagnosed it should have a significant impact on your life, OCPD is part of someone's personality it is more similar to being a perfectionist. If you are similar to James then you should consider getting a diagnosis or support for OCPD if it is effecting your life significantly. OCD is not just preferring things a certain way or being uncomfortable when things are not how you like them.
@Kissalude Well it is hard to tell the extent because of how scripted Top Gear is, but the whole nature of OCD compared to OCPD is different as often People with OCPD don't think they have a problem as it is just how they like things so the main thing it can affect is relationships whereas OCD is very distressing and the sufferer sees it as a significant problem and will often reach out for help for relief of their symptoms.
Have you ever heard Callum Fairweather talk about being diagnosed with OCD?....He said people would see him and not realise that it took him over an hour to leave the house, and that on film/television sets he has medication in his pocket to control it....Incidentally, I heard he was considered to present Top Gear after Clarkson hammond and may left.
@@carynetherlaud4023 Exactly, the symptoms of OCD are often not seen. My point is not that James May does not have OCD as I do not know his life but the examples in the video are not examples of OCD. Sorry I do not think I explained myself very well.
I was recently diagnosed with OCD. Weird thing is I'm a complete slob. I just get intrusive negative thoughts 😕. At least his OCD is somewhat productive
This is not OCD it's normal behavior for some people. this is what people think OCD is like having some thing tidy (Obsessive compulsive disorder) is way worse then people think it's not this at all to fact check you ocd is a severe mental health issue (someone could have repeating thoughts that they cannot get out of their head until they do something like wash thier hands or one of their own traits that stop it from making you feel like if you don't follow throught with your thoughts something bad will happen) do some research before you say someone's got it cuz all you're doing is stereotyping it and making it look lite and easy to deal with 💀
i like having my little brushes and making sure the switches and knobs are all set just so and if anybody moves them.... i get really angry... “james you’re starting to scare me mate”
