We Survived a MASSIVE Earthquake in Japan | Trash Taste #95 

"I like earthquakes, feels like a quick-time event." The words of a true gamer -Connor 2022

the boys in the earthquake Joey: trying to stay calm with Aki Garnt: sees his whole area go dark Connor: JIBUN WO, SEKAI SAE MO

Hi, mathematician here. Yes, the logarithmic vs exponential discussion gave me an aneurysm. Yes, the Richter scale is logarithmic, which means that it depends *logarithmically* on the earthquake strength. Which means, that the earthquake strength depends *exponentially* on the Richter number (because yes, the exponent and logarithm are inverse functions of each other). Which means, that yes, there is a huge difference between 7 and 8.

It's okay Garnt, the accident wasn't your fault...

Connor getting excited over Joey doing the Skype noise never gets old

Legend is that this episode was called "The World's Worst Survival Guide" but now its "We Survived a Massive Earthquake in Japan"

Listening to them talking about if they could survive an apocalypse or on a desert island just makes me want to watch them playing Raft together

The man who tragically was in the receiving end of that radiation accident was Hisashi Ouchi, he endured over two indescribably grueling months in a special hospital wing before passing.

Zombie apocalypse: Connor: *figures out how to survive but misses first step and impulsively dies* Garnt: *befriends the wrong people and is slowly being targeted as scapegoat without notice* Joey: *comes outside after enjoying a year inside doing his own thing, and realizes he's the only person left on earth who survived a zombie apocalypse he didn't know about*

I love how during the earthquake Joey was actually just an NPC walking around, that casual walk and emotionless face and just saying "Oh there's two earthquakes" like he isn't experiencing one right now

If this pandemic told me anything it is, I owe a lot of directors an apology. I remember as a kid watching disaster movies or zombie movies and thinking to myself "There's no way people would act this stupid" Funny how often life imitates arts

The bois are practically family at this point. The only podcast I give a damn about. Thanks for the hours of content, fellas. Kept me sane over these past apocalyptic 2 years. Wouldn’t want to be watching anyone else during the end of the world. Cheers from Texas!

I still can’t Believe Trash Taste is gonna complete 100 episodes in a couple weeks! Where did I waste my life these past 2 years!!

The "Logarithmic Scale" means that the /scale/ is logarithmic, IE each step on the y axis is log(x), so an exponential function drawn on a logarithmic scale looks like a straight line - such as the richter scale. So increasing the y by a number means that the x has actually increased exponentially - the inverse of what the scale is.

28:08 "its like a fun quick time event" my favorite connor quote

And this 30:58 , my legends, is where Trash Taste's _"Dark Timeline"_ was born.

Glad to see Connor wearing the classic shirt from episode 17

Connor: Talks about guy becoming ill due to radiation "poisoning" Also Connor: It's called food "poisoning", hence it's not an illness

41:27 - I think I can relate to Joey looking calmer than he actually is during the earthquake. Whenever I was in a tense situation, like the false missile launch alert in Hawai'i, my body shuts off my emotions and focuses on being aware of my surroundings and thinking about what to do next.

This one video birthed an entire dark universe that breaks the laws of physics. Only the boys can go further beyond God level anime status without even trying

Garnt's protagonist powers are strong, he really just unknowingly prepared for an apocalypse, that's straight up like an anime character just picking stuff up in a cave and later on realizes it's a godkiller or something

Connor cosplaying as emiya once again brings back memories.

Connor, you’re not alone 😂 I LIKE tornados and thunderstorms. I’m just fascinated by these huge natural disasters. Obviously, I don’t wish for them to happen in my area and for people to get hurt, but there’s something about watching or experiencing these natural disasters that brings me a sense of peace and awe. Like, it makes me appreciate Mother Nature.

People who say "I'll just headshot a zombie" Trust me on this, the head is one of THE smallest mass you have .... Aiming at the head from distance is extremely hard; Why do you think most snipers aim at the chest area

For anyone interested in Connor's story about the 'glowing stuff' that killed a family, its called the Goiânia accident, and it happened when a hospital shut down\moved sites but failed to remove all the hazardous wasn't from the old location. A guy came in to loot the place, took a few machine parts home and remove the Caesium component, cracked it open then sold it to a scrap yard. The yard owner then brought it home and let his kids\wife play with the cool glowing blue dust - of course his young daughter painted herself in it, and they all ended up coated in this highly radioactive dust, in some cases consuming it (don't eat radioactive material, kind of a bad idea). By the end of the even 4 people died, and some 249 were contaminated in some way (proximity to the source pre breakout, direct dust contact etc).

Garnt: I'm the guy who will conserve ammo during a zombie apocalypse. *some time later during a TTRPG* Garnt: I'm conserving my mana, I cant save you.

"Do girls want a girl cave" YES. YES WE DO. Altho I think the ones who CAN get one, instead of making their separate space in the house they just...get their own apartment and not live with any man whatsoever. (Know that one episode of Close Enough where Emily browses houses for sale as escapism? I look at castles for sale in Europe the same way)

I feel so bad for Garnt... He has to let go...

Boys, here's a simple explanation of why you guys struggle with logarithmics! How logarithmic scales work: Remember when Connor said he went to a place that had a pH of 2 and Garnt was confused that Connor didn't melt ? It's the same principle with the Richter scale, both of those scales are logarithmic. A pH of 2 is vinegar and you can deal with it but a pH of 1 will leave chemical burns on your skin after a short exposition. In the same way, an earthquake of magnitude 8 is a problem, an earthquake of magnitude 9 is very dangerous. Those two scales work in base 10 which means every increment is 10 times the previous increment. As such, a pH of 1 is 10 times more acidic than a pH of 2 and a magnitude 9 earthquake is 10 times bigger than a magnitude 8 earthquake. Why the scales are logarithmic rather than exponential: Acidity and earthquakes scale linearly (+1, +1, +1...) but they do so across a very large amount of values. For example, a weak level could be 10 but a strong level could be 100 000 000. Since the range of values is so big, it's as if this linear scale was actually exponential. You can see in the example I gave that the biggest value, 100 000 000, is so big that it can be expressed as an exponential version of the smallest value, 10. As such, 10 to 100 000 000 is basically 10^1 to 10^6 which is why Joey and Garnt see earthquakes as exponential. However, as Connor said, exponentials and logarithmics are inverse which means you can use one to cancel the other. For example, half (1/2) and double (2/1) are inverse which means if you halve something then double it or double something and halve it, it cancels out. Exponential transformations tone up a scale (they increase growth) and logarithm transformations tone down a scale (they decrease growth). Since the linear growth of acidity and earthquake are so big that they behave like an exponential curve, we apply a logarithmic transformation to cancel the exponential feeling and to tone them down into... The pH or Richter scales! As such, the scales are logarithmic version of a linear scale that behaves like an exponential scale. The reason why Garnt and Joey didn't understand why it's not exponential is that the Richter scale takes the linear scale of earthquake intensity and tones it down into a logarithmic scale but Garnt and Joey start with the logarithmic Richter scale and tone it up to the linear scale of earthquake intensity. In short, they go the other way around by applying an exponential transformation to a logarithmic scale.

Connor and Garnt really showing their Engineering skills at 44:30 The sheer state of British Educational System

I live near an active rock quarry, so about every other day or so the entire house shakes. You just get used to it after a while , but it is always funny when it happens while someone is visiting. "What the hell was that!!!" "Oh, yeah, that happens sometimes."

I'm so glad Connor also went down a Kyle Hill rabbit hole lmao that guy's videos are amazing

Garnt: "I'm not ready for this earthquake." Grant from the future: "Tatakae." Garnt: "Wait a minute, I'm fully armed."

They HAVE To have a survivor style special, like we went to a deserted island with 3 items each and survived one week

Joey and Garnt's shared brain cell perfectly synchronizing to say "same brain cell" at 26:51

connor calling an earthquake a quick time event is gold.

**Earthquakes Starting** Grant: This is fine. **Lawson Conbini Closed** Grant: *OH MY GOD! OK IT'S HAPPENING!*

On the logarithm earthquake thing: The difference in intensity between the numbers on the Richter scale grows exponentionally BECAUSE it is a logarithmic scale. That means you take intensity measurement and put it through a logarithmic function to "compress" the numbers on the higher end to make is more readable/understandable. To go Back form this logarithmic scale to the "raw" intensity you would have to use a exponential function since that is the inverse.

Probably the shortest oversimplification of logarithmic vs exponential is that the log scale is just a way of putting the exponential curve(the line you se that curves and goes infinitely upwards) into a straight line.

Garnt: There's something primal about having your own man cave Me: Probably its the "CAVE" part

Remember kids, any flying object can be a UFO if you are bad enough at observing things

Stuck on an island: Connor: *dies of dysentery* Garnt: *surveys the entire island before starting to do any sort of survival* Joey : *befriends all the animals and becomes one with the island*

Connor is confusing a logarithmic scale with a logarithmic function. When you put an exponential function on a logarithmic scale you get a straight line.

When I heard Connor talk about being the MC in a apocalypse I couldn't stop thinking that his plan to have a sidekick would backfire and turn him into the mentor of the MC and lead him to sacrifice his life for the kid

"Joey do the thing" better be in the next trash taste awardw

Joey not annoyed at being told to do the skype sound? Must be at least a month old. *Earthquake talk begins* Me: Yup.

11:52 clicking wrist | 28:03 earthquake | 41:40 this is fine | 47:00 | 52:15 Antartica | 54:49 wait a minute | 59:33 nuke | 1:23:27 house of bones | 1:37:52 knife | 1:47:10 home not house | 1:56:29 murder

Thus begins the Dark Timeline.

Damn, that Magic Spoon ad read was easily the most convincing ad read they've had yet! Garnt didn't even stutter once!

I've been watching every Trash Taste episode for over 1,5 years now. Next week I'm moving to Argentina for a year and I doubt I'll have time to watch. See you guys in 2023!

I really feel like no matter what it is, zombie apocalypse, Nuclear bomb, or being stuck in an abandon island I just wouldn't want to live. I have absolutely no survival instinct in me man, if I can't play my video games and watch my anime just let me die.

Having lived in a coastal time in Miyagi for a few years, I experienced so many disaster warnings. The tsunami one yeah, pretty creepy now you mention it. The one I hated most was the missile alert from JAlert when North Korea was shooting missiles

That magic spoon segment was mind-blowing. Peak trash taste.

When I was in highschool, I had Japanese class. My teacher decided to introduce us all to kendama, and brought like 10 of them to class to give away to students. Within a week, there was not a class that went by where you didn't hear *CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK* from students with their kendama. Then it spread to the rest of the school, to the point my school banned kendama because they were everywhere and a "disruption" to class. My poor teacher felt so bad, I don't think she believed it would get as big as it did. The next year a kendama club was made, and by the time I graduated they started having kendama tournaments regularly!

Rewatching eps and man this episode was way funnier than I remember, what a treat

This is the only podcast that I actively search for. I love the trio's dynamic

Garnt:''whoever designed the Richter scale'', meanwhile Richter: ''am i a joke to you?"

The part were they talked about radiation accidents reminded me of the *"Cobalt 60 bomb"* on Mexico; Basically a medical center contraband a big ass cobalt medical machine (that I think it was for x-rays or something like that) the problem was that people on this Mexican hospital didn't knew how to use this machine so they locked it on the basement for years until the hospital said "let's sell this machine as scrap metal" not knowing COBALT IS FUCKING RADIOACTIVE. And what happened is that not only the truck were they traveled with the machine left radioactive metal pieces on the roads but also the scrap metals were used to craft a ton of metal beams, bars & furniture that was used for a TON of houses. And they actually found out the radiation problem because a truck with some of the metal went to an U.S. nuclear organization and the radiation alarms went off, so they notified the Mexican authorities to track and recollect all the metal. And how does the story end? After they search and recollected all the metal they could find, they dump it on a desert area far away from the cities, the problem is that that area was also close to another area were they recollect water, so then the water got poisoned with radiation, a ton of Mexican families either died or had a ton of health problems because of this. Yeah Latin-america having the worst governments as ever.

This is my first trash taste full podcast episode and I love it here.

1:46:18 let that SYNC in

I hate to have to comment about maths, but I think the confusion here comes from mixing up 'logarithmic scale', and 'logarithmic functions'. Plotting y = log(x) which is a logarithmic function, gives you a curve with diminishing returns like Connor said. But using a logarithmic scale, means the numbers on (usually) the y axis are the result of a log function, and so any straight curve on that chart will actually be exponential. I don't know if this makes any more sense, maths is hard and if you're reading this you're already a nerd so don't @ me.

It's been 0 days since Joey was forced to do the Skype call sound

I remember being in Fairbanks, Alaska, 365 miles from my hometown of Anchorage when it was hit by a 7.1 earthquake in 2018. My fiance and I were at our hotel when suddenly a few people, including myself felt sick before we felt the shock wave. We feel ya Japan.

Connor: You'll also probably have to kill other people as well Joey: Yeah of course, of course! Uh, Joey, why is it so for certain?

Joey waiting for the earthquake to end looked like he was threatening to call the manager.

57:00 The problem with bottled water isn't just the water itself, but also the bottle. Normal PET bottles in presence of light and air can degrade, become brittle and even leak out oxidized plastifiers (also why PET is not recommended to get into contact with hot food and liquids). It isn't true to bottles made of PP (polypropylene), as it is EXTREMELY stable to any chemical reaction even in presence of UV light, and it doesn't need plastifiers to make it plyable, which isn't the case for PET. Of course PP is more expensive to produce compared to PET, which is why PET is the material of choice for most products that are expected to be consumed within a year.

Thank you guys for the perfect podcast to try and finish all my work before finals

Garnt please let it go it wasn't your fault. Move on garnt it's ok, they are in a better place now

Connor: I like earthquakes Definitely a Villain there also sydney is like a cat, senses earthquakes before it hits

The Demon Core was the core of the Nuclear bombs, and when it was completely sealed it would go critical, Louis Slotlin was studying how close he could get it to being sealed without it going critical, using only a screwdriver to separate the seal. One day it slipped and everyone in the room got an eventually lethal death; and Slotlin died shortly after from the radiation poisoning. He was likely the first person to get that much radiation at the time

I love that Connor always has Joey do the Skype sound effect when it comes up, I would do the same

its been a tough few days feeling drained and unmotivated, and your podcast as usual has pepped me up again. Cheers fellas.

the boys have given me through countless hours of entertainment during work, homework, showers, car rides, and everything else for almost 100 episodes now!

can we get Ashly a mic, he's always adding helpful context for the boys and us. would love to hear his voice without room noise haha

30:55 The darkest timeline

RIP joey and connor

the condom thing is actually from an SAS documentary on preparing a survival kits. i believe since they are included because they are a compressed container that can carry up to 2L of water when filled.

Not a mathematician, but the intensity of the earthquake goes on the x axis, and the richter number on the y axis, because it is the result of a function that takes the intensity as a parameter. Connor was picturing it with the axis swapped.

Garnt and the Multiverse of Sadness

This was one of the most fun episode! I laughed alot! Thank you bois, keep up the good work :D

The bois not understanding the richter scale was hilarious. The reason an 8 feels so much worse than a 7 is because it is 10 times stronger, every level increases more and more

it’s crazy how i’ve seen every single one of these podcasts, probably the most committed i’ve been to something

So this is where the darkest timeline started

2:00:23 nobody noticing Connor's "I don't know if I'm correct, I might have said something misogynistic. If so, epic."

Joey’s hair looks even more amazing when styled like that!

42:26 Joey walking into the room like an Oblivion NPC.

Their arguments should be used in schools everywhere. I never knew what logarithmic was until today. Thanks Trash Taste! - also Chekhov’s gun!

I have a feeling Joey is misremembering just how assisted that backflip was haha

Advice from an Eagle Scout, when asked what 3 items to bring, look at the 3 tools that will support your 3 weakest traits. Never bring anything that will run out quickly.

The guy that got the highest radiation dose was Hisashi Ouchi, the guys that were processing fuel just bypassed most of the procedures and had the fuel reach critical mass giving Ouchi the largest dose ever recorded. Stories also say the he wanted to be put out of his misery after about a week, but the doctors kept him alive for 83 days

1:41:28 you can make a good rope substitute with plants and vines, I've seen my grandpa and other people do it. Also you can make a broom with plants... Not on the top of the list but you can make it 😅

Connor's face when he says "We don't make houses out of bones, Garnt." 😂 Trees VS Bones.

Connor is talking logarithmic/exponential functions while Garnt is talking log scale, is not the same thing.

I love how from 1:45:13 to 1:45:15 there was supposed to be an ad but all it says is a black screen with the text Magic Spoon hahaha

For island survival items the two no-brainer picks are: Fixed blade full tang knife, and container for water collection + boiling in. Something like a large, wide mouth stainless steel bottle. In my opinion the third pick should be a stainless steel cooking pot with a bail handle. If you don't know any fire starting techniques, a consistent fire starting item might be best. But on an island, you'd be surprised what can wash up on the beaches. Check out a channel called Field Days. He has found multiple usable lighters on a beach in one day. Other options might be a fishing net, which could double as a hammock, but that's something that also has a good chance of washing on shore.

okay this is my favorite Episode so far

Very cute to see Joey thinking that government organizations won’t lie

Garnt's pen spinning skillz only further proves that he is the PROTAGONIST.

This was such a great episode...So freaking entertaining and hilarious

48:55 Since they asked... a log-scale means that it grows exponentially. The 5, 6, 7, 8, etc. essentially mean that the earthquake is [x] times as heavy as the previous number. The Richter scale uses a base 10. So... a 9 scale earthquake is about 100 times heavier than a 7. We essentially use the exponent of a number. Like 10^1, 10^2, 10^3, etc.