The Internet Is Cursed With Tom Scott - Safety Third 89 

I love how committed Tom is to keeping his private life completely private.

How the hell did you get this man to come back?

The thought that Tom Scott may have children is one that never had crossed my head

Finally, a podcast where the main talking point is critiquing the podcast

I think the title is supposed to be: ““The Internet is Cursed”, with Tom Scott”. The way it is currently written, “The Internet is Cursed with Tom Scott”, makes it sound like Tom Scott is a curse on the internet.

I love how Tom went in somewhat reserved until he really realized it wasn't a 'good' podcast, it was a 'fun' podcast. And then started having lots of fun

We lost Nigel, now we lost Allen. Next we'll lose the dumpster.

Tom diverted the conversation from his personal life like a complete gentleman.

I always love when Tom Scott is on because it feels like the boys always awaken the very mischievous uni Tom that is lurking under the surface. I feel like we are just one more podcast away from a "Mad Cap'n Tom" moment.

Tom really is an enigma, and very hard to read. It's a miracle you got him back on here.

When Tom asked Will " How's fatherhood treating you?", I thought "oh now that he's about to wrap things up, maybe Tom's going to talk about his personal life" but as soon as Will asked " do you have any pets" Tom just shot him down 1:57

We really should get a Nigel call in episode I get he doesn't wanna fly to LA for every episode but him in the bottom right corner clearly playing a game on his other monitor would add a lot to the podcasts kinda stupid factor which is very important.

I just binge watched Bobby Fingers on Tom's recommendation, and I think he might actually be the best visual artists on RU-vid right now. His Bezos row boat is one of the greatest rollercoasters of a video I've seen ever, truly a masterpiece of poetry, music, craft, acting, and comedy.

It isn't so much that we care about Tom's personal life; we want to know that he's doing good and is happy. ❤

Glad to see Tom bigging up the Bobby Fingers RU-vid channel. It's the most creative series of videos I can remember watching. Not just the dioramas and sculptures, but the editing, music, narration are on anither level. He's also part of a famous comedy music partnership that had huge success in Ireland.

The way the "dump" button worked back when I worked on live call-in TV shows was that the show was always on a 5 second delay, but the button controlled the audio going out over the air. If a caller said something obscene, the sound guy had 5 seconds to hit the button and keep it down until the broadcast would be past the point of the call being dropped. The sound guy and call screener had to be listening intently the entire time and the host would do his best to keep a straight face, knowing that the viewers would only see him and hear the audio drop out for a few seconds and probably never know what actually happened. In my years of audio production for live TV, I think I only used that button once.

only 15 minutes in to the podcast and the hosts have come up with a better idea they'd much rather do. Welcome to Safety Third.

I thank you for sending me to the single best cinematic masterpeice I've ever seen of jeff bezos as a boat.

I'm a long haul truck driver. I listen to videos on RU-vid premium all day long, 10 hours a day with the screen off. I specifically look for the 1 hour or more for all my videos. I just queue up a few long 3 hour videos and my day is covered

If you’re British and were at secondary school in 2010, these were your truths: - A woman dumping a cat in a wheelie bin - Paul Gascoigne turning up to a murderer’s stand-off with chicken and a fishing rod - Robbie Williams back in Take That

i wasnt sure if he was actually gonna be in the video because thats not a given, even if someone is in the thumbnail on this channel, but im very happy to see he actually is

Wow, he came back even after being forced to imagine the concept of C A I L L O U H E N T A I

I resonate with what Tom says about having an idea and executing it immediately. Its something thats often lost as you start to optimize your process but it takes a lot of the fun out of it

Posy is my underrated RU-vidr. He just uploaded, so he's on my mind again, but he makes some really cool videos about relatively simple things, but in a certain way that he could blow my mind talking about a glass of water.

I desperately hope that Tom Scott and the crew actually went out and made a video on that Tesla Truck idea. I've also been waiting for something like that battlebots vs ballistic gel dummy idea for a long time

Pants are for horse riding. The first pair found are bronze age or earlier from the Mongolian steps. They had the gusset panel already by then to keep from splitting the crotch. There's an hour doc about them. They are made of 3 or 4 different fabrics and weaves, very nice.

As someone who’s super weird about keeping my private life private, I can only aspire to be as slippery as Tom 😌

AlphaPhoenix is an Awesome channel, his videos are always on my to watch list

In case you guys are interested, here are my thoughts regarding protecting your kids from the internet. I'm no expert, but I am a parent who has been through some shit with my kids, and I work in an information field. My kids are teens, so also it's possible this advice may soon be outdated. But anyways... App limits are good; keeping an eye on what your kids are consuming is good. Making your home a safe place for your kids to talk about what they're consuming without fear of judgement is good (strict parents run the risk of raising good liars). Also - and this is a big one - I think it's becoming more and more important to start teaching kids media literacy from as young as age as possible. Keep it age appropriate; start out with underscoring the difference between what's real and what's pretend (this is not a new concept; it's literally a developmental milestone). Move on to explaining how so much of what's out there, from fairy tales to TV shows to movies to RU-vid to TikTok, is designed to keep you interested and entertained, so a lot of it is made up or exaggerated - sometimes people act really rude or silly or do dangerous things to make people laugh or scare them. But it's not okay to do those things in real life because you could upset someone, or get hurt. There are lots of good resources out there for teaching kids these things. Being a Canadian of a certain age, I still remember our beloved House Hippos psa as an early example of this. Go look it up, I'm sure it's on RU-vid somewhere. In general, keep talking; don't underestimate what kids are capable of understanding. Build a trusting, respectful relationship with them. That fixes so many issues.

If I had a nickel every time a group of people all wore red shirts to mess with Tom, I'd have 3 nickels, which isn't alot but it's weird it happened thrice.

Love bobby fingers mention, he is a famous Irish musician/ tv personality/ comedian . I guess look up the rubber bandits. But people don't think comedy is art so they didn't get as much credit as they deserve especially on irish tv and how our national broadcaster treated them

I caught Toms goodbye last night. Hes a great man, he will be sorely missed in a great many ways.

I was listening to this while driving on CA-91 West, 72 mph

what is more iconic in regards of Tom Scott: the red shirt or being windswept?

"We can make it sharper" is peak Safety Third

Fun fact--Ann Reardon (How to Cook That) included Nigel's "chemically pure" cookie experiment in one of her debunking/explanatory videos. Highly recommend.

If Tom wants to know more about the button that deletes the last 10 seconds of live shows, he should speak to Dan of the H3 podcast. As far as I know they are the first livestream creators on youtube or twitch to use it. They have not one, but two of those buttons. Very expensive stuff.

Of all the collabs I’ve seen on RU-vid. None have surprised me more than the thumbnail for this one. I fully expected a bait and switch. It’s surreal seeing Tom Scott sitting in your lawn chair and holding your mic and a solo cup of all things. It’s perfect!

16:00 I imagine this like a messed up version of taskmaster. Sort of a combination of taskmaster and scrapheap challenge where you have people with the skills to build and make something, and Greg Davies demanding horrors from them.

kevin unsheathing his red t-shirt on cue killed me 💀

When they brought up underrated youtube channels i immediately thought of bobby fingers! Tom Scott is based

I really like this "more loose" Tom, and hoping they do/did the Tesla truck idea... Something I would love to see also is gameshow(s) in Tom Scott style and in Safety third style, between the two crews (technical difficulties vs Safety third) - would require another judge than Tom though...

I love the tape on William's mic, environmental storytelling at its finest.

I HIGHLY recommend Bobby Fingers if you haven't watched him. Its weird, I wanna say he's most similar to Captain Disillusion? But really they're worlds apart, but they have a similar "Total artistic integrity over every aspect of the production" thing going on.

I love that Tom Scott is promoting Bobby Fingers. It gives me hope that one day he'll come to Limerick and do a video on Chicken Hut.

BOBBY FINGERS!!! you all need to watch bobby fingers. The man cant miss.

It's nice of you guys to have Audrey on the podcast this week

British and Canadian service announcements both, scarring kids.for life, lol.

I can't believe Tom Scott is back on the podcast! Great episode!

Another one with Tom Scott, thats awesome!

So nice to see Nigel and Allen here, they always bring something interesting)

My kid's 1 year or so ahead of Potato. It's so hard, and everything you think you 'learned' you have to keep re-considering, because you suddenly realize, Oh shoot, that's different now. It's constant flux so far. And I am sure I will think that's different eventually too.

I love how they tagged a random comedy channel that hasn't uploaded in 14 years instead of kevin by accident

One of the few podcasts I like to tune in, today with my favourite guy from youtube.

one of the best guests on this pod, should be a mainstay😂

Genuinely one of the best podcast combinations.

Love the AlphaPhoenix callout. There's more awesome videos there now, love that channel.

35:30 My generation (just turning 22) didn't get terrifying PSAs. We had a sort of interactive theatre that simulated things like train tracks, a dark alleyway, one of those green electrical boxes with the fence around them, and put the fear of death into us in an immersive fashion.

I started this pod when I was driving in my car, finished it at my computer, this was a great podcast to listen to in the car

The thing with adding the music in the end credits was originally a workaround for creators to still get money even if the content was maliciously flagged for a copyright claim that wasn't actually owned by the artist. You can see this in action within ymfah's "How to Break RU-vid (Copyright Claim your own video)" from 3 years ago. It explains the situation in some detail.

One that I came up with that we used to use on the phone when our parents walked in was "air", an acronym for "Adult In Room". I wonder sometimes if our 'rents ever caught on, or wondered why the hell we were always studying the atmosphere and absolutely nothing else. Three-way phone call chains went psycho in the 90s. We'd have like nine people on the line and the first and last people in the chain couldn't hear each other for ish. Ah. Good times with homemade party lines, baebeeeeee

when Tom comes it becomes his podcast

Happy to see Tom back on. btw, personally for me, < 30 minutes watched in 1 sitting, > 50 I will usually watch in 2-3 sittings, if it's an interesting video (like this one actually!). < 10 minutes, I can easily binge 3-6 without really noticing time has passed. I have problems concentrating anyway... But ye short format is easier to binge for sure, but longer formats feel more fulfilling once you fully watch them through.

Bobby Fingers is so underrated. I have not laughed so hard in recent memory, and have not had my expectations so subverted, as when I was watching Bobby Fingers. It's a MUST watch.

Lateral is an absolute delight to listen to

This is my sleep noise, thanks for all y'all do

This does have backyard bbq dad vibes but it was also a very fun and chill time 😊 glad you got tom back this is a good gang for a podcast

I force my nieces to watch Ann rearden all the time. Usually after they want to do something they’ve seen on 5 minutes crafts.

He is back!!!, best guest ever

definitely love alpha phoenix! his speed and behaviors of electricity vids are so awesome!

Yay!! RU-vidr recommendations from creators whose work I love 💕

Just to scare you safety third is one of the only long form videos that i focus on and sit down to watch

as a Slough resident born and bred I thank Tom for the greatest meme I own that I send to family any time my train arrives at Burnham station

Tom came back, after the first visit? That's awesome.

5:20 h3podcast has the dump button and he’s literally used it to stop his credit card from being shown lol

Ive thought about the dump button idea for too long as well, usually it works by slowing down the feed by 1-2% and building up the buffer. Though as Tom said you'd need to have a local buffer before sending it to encode.

a english public service announcement I remember, a child who was trying to get a ball off the top of a transformer station was trying to get a ball then just died. Thanks Tom for reminding me of those awful announcements

I’m shocked he’s back but oh my gosh I’m so happy 😅

A little tip on the "toy that never gets boring" problem: create interest through scarcity. Don't give them access to all the toys all the time. If you buy a new thing, put an old thing they aren't currently playing with away for a bit. Rotate the options. This works very well for toddlers.

I'd love to see Tom become a maker content creator

thanks for the recommendation. truly inspiring.

I am currently on the freeway going 25 mph. Got to love that afternoon traffic

Tom doesn't know that the H3 Podcast has already implemented the button that erases the last 20 seconds of the stream.

Big “STRIKE ME DOWN ZEUS” energy at the end

Would love to see Alpha Phoenix on! Ben Krasnow would be awesome too can't imagine how that'd go lmao. As for long form content. I used to not watch it as much but have a lot more now with my new job I have to drive or occasionally fly to job sites. Even when I'm on site the work will switch between troubleshooting and then sitting around waiting. It'd come off not great if i was reading a book or staring at my phone so it's nice listening to topics I'm interested in while still looking like i'm focused lmao.

I need this to be 3x longer-- or at least have Tom on again sometime in the future. More Tom Scott is always appreciated.

The Corsair 1000D is a PC case literally made for Tom Scott's problem/idea. It fits 2 motherboards so one pc does all the content creation and the other routes everything where it needs to go.

Dude i just found tyler bell and now he is one of my favorite channels

Eagerly awaiting the "Bisectortruck ft. Tom Scott" video.

love the callout for Bobby Fingers, gotta be one of the absolute best longform youtube channels out there currently

Hey hey, met yall the other night at that little pizza joint outside Ojai. Very cool to see Tom on the podcast with y'all. Hope your za was better than mine and Kevin your wife was super nice!

What's hilarious, is most podcasts are background noise while I'm driving, but this is one I legit I have to be sitting down to be able to focus on bc it's that good.

For the topic at like 52:00, The h3 Podcast has that. Where he pushes a big red button (and a yellow button at the same time, video and audio), and it goes to a waiting screen for 20 seconds or whatever they had set it to (so as it can recoup that buffer back for future button presses), and then the show resumes after some fun waiting-screen stuff plays. They press it all the damn time lol. Tom said 10k, but I believe theirs was 20 thousand dollars lol.

I am always driving while I watch this

Well that was fantastic. Just cuz they were wondering I treat hours long videos as podcasts and just listen or watch while I do my boring work from home job.

I'm at the stage where my oldest is wanting to do more with the internet and we are giving small amounts of freedom here and there and teaching along the way and having consequences(losing tech time etc) if the rules we have in place are violated. It's a balance between letting her learn what is good and what isn't while she's safe at home, and just wanting to not let her have access to things because of how much junk is out there.

I was driving and watching the video version of the podcast at 80mph on the Interstate. Got to my destination and wrote this comment lol

58:56, yup! I'm driving for work! 25mph

On the topic of the Cybertruck, I’d like to see what would happen if one of those 400mph rocket knifes hit the door

YES, the Bobby Fingers rec. So good.