If it was, I might not have clicked the video. I always look at the times and ask myself if I want to spend that time on it. Would've been worth it though.
That is why you can upload a private extending video containing the content that others do not want to see. I don't see a point against it - or is there anything against that algorithm-wise?
Canterbury (East?) station put a motivational quote up: "When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump..." Perhaps don't tell people to jump at the railway.
Nathan Kurtz ah, but that’s not what it says. It says “when it feels *scary* to jump”, not “when it *doesn’t seem safe* to jump” :p When you’re afraid to do something, provided it’s generally non-deadly, it’s probably a good idea to face your fears.
@@chadfalkin6850 that's just part of his cover to keep most ppl from realizing that each of his personalities has managed this much RU-vid success. The question though becomes which one of them is using it as a cover; does he actually hate coffee for real and Grey is secretly drinking decaf or is Grey the true manifestation and the caffeinephobic Tom is really a coffee maniac once the camera is off.
Yeah, i had trouble ven making out what the word was, had to turn on the subtitles, still went "The flip's a bog roll" then noticed the subtitles said something extra but it went by so fast i had to go back and frame advance until i caught what it said...
Oh, gosh, I needed THIS kind of controversial opinion when the rest of my social media feed is making me physically sick with ACTUAL controversial opinions. Thanks for brightening my day.
I originally used eether and neether, but then I switched to aither and naither. Of course, it's my second or third language, so I don't use it as much and I can play with it.
TP should always go outside (paper not on the wall). Tom is just crazy about that, probably the reason why he tried to remove his fingerprints with pineapple
An ADHD defense of manual gear transmission: Studies have shown (in North America anyways) that young drivers who drive manual get into fewer accidents and have fewer points on their licence than their automatic peers. Additionally, having to change gears forces you to pay attention to your speed and your position relative to other cars: it is much much harder to zone out and lose focus while driving manual than automatic. Plus, learning on manual means you can drive anywhere and you don't have to worry about needing an automatic car while traveling!
That study would have to be weirdly done to be accurate in the USA it couldn't just go off statistics. In the US it is very difficult to find a manual car so any one that has one would have had to seek it out and would be more inclined automotively then the person who just picks buys the most readily available car.
I drove a manual for about 2 decades. I've now had an automatic for a year and a half. From time to time I _still_ find my left foot attempting to stamp on the clutch and my left hand reaching for the gears to shift down. The sudden shock and recoil when I realise what I've just done has nearly caused far more accidents then manual shifting ever did. I guess that's just because it is _so_ ingrained in my brain how to switch gears in a manual car. I feel that if you can't master manual gear changes then there's a good chance you have neither the road-awareness nor the motor skills/coordination to be driving anyway. If simply changing gears is too distracting for you, then you definitely won't be able to cope with the many unexpected events and distractions which happen nearly constantly while driving today. Also, a manual gearbox makes using a mobile phone (without hands free) while driving significantly harder, which can only be a Good Thing. (Yes; that is illegal in the UK. But it's amazing how often you still see people doing it. Often the kind of person who is stuck in the middle lane on a motorway, driving slightly erratically, and completely oblivious to the lane-swapping chaos going on just behind them.)
@@Varksterable I think people who argue for automatic as default, like Tom, are under the impression that people have to take their eyes off the road to look at the gearbox or something to change gears... Gods no, i know that the car has five gears plus reverse (sometimes six plus r, though if i've not driven a six gearer for a while, i may forget about the sixth gear... Or may feel like it's not needed most of the time...), and i know where each gear is, i can feel from the movements of the gearstick where it is. So i can just quickly take my right hand off the wheel (I live in Finland, so we drive on the right and sit on the left) to quickly change gears...
@@JonVonBasslake I can tell what gear my car is in by placing my hand on the stick for a split second, never taking my eyes away from the road and mirrors. Even that is unnecessary, because unless I am stopped, actively accelerating, or in stop and go traffic, I am either in 4th or 5th. 4th for anything between 40 and 60 km/h, 5th for 70+, and I can tell by ear if it is in the correct gear for its speed. I'm not some sort of expert or anything either, I'm a pretty young driver and it just came naturally.
Also if you are skiing, working in a workshop with loud vibrating machinery, hiking where it is windy etc. I think one would like to have the greatest chance possible of not missing a call.
don't care as long as there is some in the holder they could just sit it on the bar loose finding that theres just a brown roll left is the worst thing after making a deposit
Yes to actual pockets on all clothing! To all who are wondering: there actually is such a thing as fake pockets. Most women's trousers have them. Blame the handbag industry! But did I get that right - Tom doesn't drink tea or coffee?!? I was absolutely sure he was a tea guy!
He made an International Standard cup of tea, but I don't think he drank it. I think on Tom Scott Plus, he tried a variety of coffees. However, that happened later than this video.
Here's a question, if you put cold beans in a tomato sauce on slightly crunchy water, mathematically speaking how many more "no's" will that get out of Tom?
None Of Your Business, here's why you and Tom are wrong about the cars. Manual cars typically get better gas mileage. As well as Matt's anecdote about sloppy automatic transmissions. Not only that they're easier to work on from home, automatic parts are too wrapped up in themselves. Tom argues it takes up needed brain power that could be utilized elsewhere, but how many silly cunts would just text with that free hand? Matt's as right about this as he was about the TP.
Some automatics now can be just as efficient as the manuals (or even slightly better) - e.g. the ZF8 transmission in the BMW 3 series. Having more gears and locking the torque converter more of the time rather makes a big difference. But there are still a lot of crap automatics around, I admit.
M0053yfate modern automatics are incredibly advanced and efficient. Their advanced shifting logic and high number of gears allows them to keep the engine at the ideal RPM for the task at hand.
+M0053yfate Tom wasn't arguing all cars should be automatic, just arguing that it should be the default, and manual cars should be the one that's harder to find.
Manual vs Automatic gears: Manuals keep you focused on driving. Automatic gearshifts make driving incredibly boring to me and I did find myself getting more distracted because I didn't have to pay attention to anything except for the road.
I drive an automatic for half a year now. And I miss shifting so much, that I specifically ask rental companys for a manual car on business trips/holiday/whatever. And it is a double clutch fast auto, but I still get annoyed sometimes. especially when parking, because you never know for sure when and how fast it bites the clutch. (And you have to make such a maneuver at every start and end of every drive) Manuals give me much more control, while autos are just boring.
Ya know, I was going to come in at this all nice and be like "Those opinions aren't that bad", but then Tom opened by dissing on every form of lettuce.
Nono, no - Iceberg lettuce is basically just nothing in terms of healthiness. The flavorings you add are generally unhealthy, thus netting an only slightly more healthy variant of chips/crisps. (Which is still fine, I like crunchy water, but I also like crunchy potatoes ☺)
Sorry Tom, but Matt is right about the toilet paper. It doesn't make any sense to have the paper being further away from you and having to reach beneath the actual roll in order to grab a sheet of it. The opposite makes more sense, plus the angle that you can pull the paper in is much greater when facing you instead of the wall. You might say "It doesn't matter which way you put it", which is also correct, but there's no logical defense of putting the sheet facing the wall.
Kasane1337 what about if the roll holder isn't one that hangs but instead of a solid bar set away from the wall This being in a place that makes it too close to the user when away from the wall, however when place towards the wall you have more room It's a rare situation but is a reason to be the other way
I was actually thinking of just that, and in my opinion, it's still the same thing - especially since I've never had the situation of the roll being too close to me. As long as it's in less than a stretched arm's reach it's pretty fine with me.
I have 5 cats, had 6 until recently, and one more that died before that. I've had this problem exactly once, and I set my TP the right way out. No excuse ;-)
Iceberg is great as a salad base *because* it's crunchy water. The hanging part of bogroll should hang on the side closer to you... unless you have a cat. Pretty much any condiment works on fries as long as you're dipping them and not pouring the condiment on. My favorite happens to be tartar sauce (which is basically mayo but more sour and with chunks).
"So you got a text message. Why're you telling me?" Well Matt's not gonna like my text message notification sound. With most people, it' a random sound effect. Doesn't tell any stranger that it's specifically a text message. Mine is an actual spoken audio sample of the word "text message".
When Tom said he doesn't drink tea or coffee, I found myself thinking "That in itself is controversial". I don't drink tea/coffee either and people are VERY surprised by this fact.
I've had 4 cats, 4 dogs, and 4 baby siblings over the last 20 years, and never have I experienced the problem of the toilet paper being unrolled by an agent of chaos. If that's a problem you have, feel free to switch the roll around, but it's not better any more than needing a gate at the top of the stairs is better. When it unrolls towards the wall, you have to kind of awkwardly trap it against the wall and pinch it to grab it, or try and scoop your hand between the paper and the wall. You can also find the end disappearing to the back side of the roll and you have to go hunting for it. Not really terrible problems to have, granted, but minor annoyances that could be instantly solved by having it hang down in front. You can always see where to grab it, and it's easier to grab.
Rob Mckennie I like the generic term for all of those being "agent of chaos". And yeah I agree, if it becomes a problem, hang it back, if it's not, hang it forward.
I mean I’d actually hazard a guess at saying it’s cause English IS your mother tongue, and it’s not the kind of thing you learn so linearly. It’s a thing you accept. Probably the same reason no native speaker really stops to ask why “inflammable” doesn’t mean “not flammable”. They’re just “words” and unless you specifically study, or have keen interest in, language why would you think about it?
@@silverrraven5349 Inflammable means the same thing as flammable: it catches fire easily. Probably because of "to inflame"; the "in" in front of it is not meant to negate the word.
Also going up hills with heavy loads or going on tricky roads manual is better. Autos may be very efficient but today they still manage the surface poorly.
Sun Jara why not. Personally I have those settings because I struggle with the concept of availability. When someone messages me, I feel a really weird kind of guilt for not reading it and replying immediately. But at the same time, why should I be available at all times? Kudos to folk who can see a message come in and just ignore it but I’m not one of those people
@@eilzmo thats true but what about calls? people wont call you unless it is very urgent or if its not you can ask them to call later...one has to be available for calls atleast? dont they?
As someone with ADD, driving stickshift helps me concentrate on driving, whereas driving automatic allows my mind to wander too far from the task at hand.
I agree entirely. What helps me even more is having a contest with myself to see how fast I can get from one place to another. I once made a last minute grocery run just as all the stores were closing, and got home to find that my average speed for the endeavour was 63 km/h _including the time I spent in the store._ I am extremely good at driving when I drive this way, as 100% of my consciousness is applied to the task at all times, however I feel there may be diminishing returns at some point.
also have adhd- i feel like that’s kinda similar to how i prefer to watch tv with captions- it gives me something to grip onto because otherwise my mind will just start wandering.
It's funny; I always say "either" as "eye-ther", and nearly always say "neither" as "nigh-ther" as well, but in the phrase "me neither", I do pronounce "neither" as "knee-ther".
We don't have automatic chokes in cars now. We have fuel injected engines removing carburetors and thus removing chokes on cars and in machinery that still uses carbureted engines such as chainsaws they still have traditional chokes
But the fuel injection computer will actually be doing the same as the choke, it'll enrichen the mixture when you start and drive when the engine is still cold. So in effect it is an automatic choke.
The automatic choke on my old Ford Orion was operated with a bi-metallic strip in the coolant, so would progressively turn the choke off as the engine got up to temperature. It was also triggered/bypassed by manifold pressure so would change with throttle setting. No electronics needed.
Cost of me getting my 14 year old manual gearbox fixed = €260 Cost of my mother getting her 6 year old automatic gearbox fixed = More than what my car is worth...
Actually would like to know where you got your gearbox fixed for just €260. I've been driving around without synchromesh on my 2nd gear for about 5 years now because it'd cost something like £500 to fix.
5:30 Um, actually: It's a lemma rather than a corollary. The lemma precedes a theorem whereas the corollary succeeds it. Since pockets are a prerrequisite of silent phones that makes them a lemma.
Thm: All cell phones must be on silent all the time. Pf: The statement is false, but we'll pretend it's true for now. Corollary: All pants must have pockets. Pf: If there exists a pair of pants without pockets, then its wearer will put their cell phone in a purse. Therefore they will turn on the phone's audio alerts. But all cell phones must be on silent all the time, by the previous theorem. So there cannot be such a pair of pants without pockets. QED
@@ArsenicDrone wrong. The "theorem" relies on the fact that cellphones must remain on silent. This can only be true if we prescribe all pants to have pockets. You can see this easily by examining the contrapositive: 'not all pants have pockets therefore not all cellphones must remain on silent' this "shows" that silent phones are a logical consequence of pants having pockets but the converse need not hold.
@@salvadorvillarreal1643 Yikes. Starting off a reply to a silly comment with "wrong" is pretty abrasive. But since I don't quite follow your contrapositive argument (you wrote the inverse of the lemma case, the contrapositive of the corollary case, and it reads fine to me), I'll just point out that the pocketed-pants proposition is a lemma if it's used to prove the silent-phones proposition. I doubt Matt and Tom would use that in their proof, and it seems they only discover the truth of pocketed-pants based on knowing silent-phones. Their silent-phones proof appears to rely on pure rage at being bothered, or something.
I absolutely love watching your vids. Its like watching siblings try to talk about something, and in the span of a minute, you're talking about the complete opposite thing.
Robeight Yes. If the end is on the front side (which it usually is when you tear some paper off) you’ll find it faster. You look at the roll - and bam! There’s the end!
I think Matt is confusing "cold" with "uncooked" there. The onions in salsa are uncooked. The carrots which people eat "cold" are in fact again, uncooked, etc. Beans however are cooked and then go cold.
Considering we have 10 speed automatics a 12 gear manual should not be too difficult. Come to think of it, I have driven trucks with way more than 12 gear manual gearboxes.
6:30 Automatic transmissions allow you to pay more attention to driving, but they also allow you to pay _less_ attention. With an automatic transmission, my brain takes a shortcut and says, "None of these details are relevant to me. Let me take a nap 😴 for 5 seconds." With a manual, my brain is like, "Which gear would allow me to take maximum advantage of the road conditions at the moment?" It's a fun game that keeps me focused.
"Outside of sports cars, cars should have automatic gearboxes" I disagree on several points. 1. Off road vehicles are generally more useful with precise varying of the engine power to the wheels, which while you can do it with an automatic, with a clutch it is a lot easier. 2. For the same reason as above, driving through mountainous or hilly areas are far easier and far more in control using a manual due to the ability to vary the engine braking. 3. There are some people for which having more involvement/control means a lot more focus on driving, and that driving an automatic will lead to less situation awareness. 4. People develop driving styles. Some (like myself) have a style that utilizes the additional control you get from a manual gearbox, some do not. I drive far worse in an automatic. 5. Every study I have seen on it have found no correlation between manual gearbox and a higher crash rate. This isn't to say that a Manual gearbox is better, some people cannot drive them due to disability, and there are many people who prefer automatics because it fits their driving style. It's a preferance/accessability thing to have both as options, neither should be gotten rid of.
I haven't learned to drive manual yet, but I hate that I know what gear would be best and not be able to change it. My car is regularly in 3rd (5 speed trans) when I've been on the highway going 60+ mph (100+ km/h). At 4000-6000 rpm, that is incredibly inefficient for both power and gas mileage!
@@RhodokTribesman If you're in 3rd with a 5-speed, it's not the short gear ratio that's at fault, it's that a longer ratio isn't selected despite being available. A 5-speed automatic should be in 5th while cruising at 100+ km/h unless the ratio's are absurdly long and 5th only becomes efficient at higher but still legal speeds.
then you'll have to content with: too long charge times too low range fire hazards expensive components lack of feedback to the driver until we reach the point where electric cars have acceptable ranges (at least 500km on a ful lcharge), short charge times (less than ten minutes to full) and a way for the driver to controll the transmission ratio, in case he needs more acceleration at the cost of more energy, all to an affordable price, i'll continue driving manual diesel. i heared that, in japan, they have already found a solution to those absolutely terrible charge times by having built structures similar to gas stations where a robot simply takes out your battery and replaces it with a full one so you can leave right away, but such a systhem would have to be widely implemented and then we still have the problems of the whole deal being too expensive and unsafe.
Having watched Tom's channel for a while now, I had yet to come around to watching this. This put a big smile on my face, hearty and fun. Definiately the kind of mates I'd choose to have (although I doubt I could keep the passion of a point so tame! - Automatic!)
An addition about automatic cars from an american Automatic gearboxes on most cars is great for accessibility, if someone only has one arm or leg or has to use hand controls then instead of trying to find a reasonably priced used car with an automatic, I just have to make sure the car I'm looking at is not a manual. Also the right way to use tp is to dry yourself off after using a bidet
Most autos **should** have a low gear option, which puts it in the lowest gear it can, but as I've seen, that's not always true... And when it is true, it usually causes the car to lurch back when downshifting, so I totally agree.
@@specialopsdave I haven't seen (I'm not the most observant person and I've o my owned a few automatics) one like that before and wow....that sounds scary!
It's also helpful to be able to set off in a higher than usual gear in ice or snow, you can't put as much torque through the wheels so you're less likely to get them spinning.
Go electric? There are higher tork cheaper operation smoother maintenance versions of most farm vehicles and charging frequently is surprisingly manageable for things used less than 20h more than 20 days a year... Until that becomes affordable partitioning Brussels isn't your cup of tee, is it?
@@fionafiona1146 you do realize even when electric farm equipment becomes widely available people will still be using their equipment from the 60s. Not only are they cheaper to maintain, they're also far more self-serviceable than any completely electric piece of machinery. Even with enormous battery packs things like combine harvesters would drain them rather quickly due to how much power they require to operate.
@@farLander1 I know those build in the 60s are much more convenient but most farm work is very local and requires high tork application, suitable for electric gear (similar to surprisingly many construction vehicles, wires optional )... The in between is high maintenance at the same low efficiency as 60s and prior equipment.
@@fionafiona1146 there's no such thing as an electric tractor or combine harvester and there probably never will be. However, many-geared automatic transmissions are now common on tractors.
