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Ah, is he back on the teardowns again? I was an avid watcher of him for a few years until he went off the deep-end with covid and backing the canadian caravan.

by lovich 3y ago

Ah, is he back on the teardowns again? I was an avid watcher of him for a few years until he went off the deep-end with covid and backing the canadian caravan. If he's gone back to what he was good at(teardowns of tools with explanations of the materials and manufacturing choices) I might start watching him again

mikrotikker 3y ago
I enjoyed the real talk and his support of the truckers in face of the abusive Canadian government. It was a pretty popular position there in any case. Boatloads of supporters out in subzero weather proved that. I definitely empathised with all of that. There's reports and studies coming out every week proving him right so.... I guess if you're a more sensitive, tow the line type you may have been put off. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-scientists-would-not-call-lockdowns-ministers/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-sci... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html
- lovich 3y ago
  Define boatloads. Canadians going out in subzero temperature also isn’t impressive. They’re used to the cold. Your articles aren’t convincing me anymore that these were crazies. The second article for instance isn’t scientists saying lock downs weren’t needed but that it wasn’t scientists, and that committee of medical scientists in particular, role to be making wide sweeping changes to society. A completely reasonable position that doesn’t change whether or not lockdowns were needed
  - mikrotikker 3y ago
    What is crazy about not wanting to suffer under an authoritarian regime that would seize your bank account and your livelihood for calling for a change in policy? Thats called the democratic process.
simfree 3y ago
He went down the COVID conspiracy and Freedom Convoy rabbit hole? Damn, that sucks. A surprising number of Canucks went down this rabbit hole, effectively losing years of their lives to these two movements and destroying their social networks and familial bonds. One Canadian I knew cried for hours every day thinking her vaccinated extended family members were going to die. But hey, every date she listed as when I would die due to vaccine has passed and I'm still alive and healthy! So is her family, much of which is estranged from her now :c Canada built a much tighter COVID vaccination verification and retail enforcement system than the USA. Vertical integration, few gray zones and such made those who opted out feel like the walls were closing in, as your province's health authority knew your vaccine status, restaurant demanded a valid, ID matching government supplied QR Code to allow seating, and the government was willing and able to enforce the law. Comparatively, COVID restrictions were created state by state in the USA, and it was such a spotty patchwork that many who opted not to vaccinate lived much more normal lives than their counterparts in Canada. Much like the universal Canadian deployment of tap and pay, present and pay (the credit/debit card never leaves your hand ever at restaurants or stores), PIN entry for all transactions that would require a signature in the USA, Canada is able to move faster and implement more effectively than the USA.
- mikrotikker 3y ago
  It was absolutely authoritarian response the Canadian govt took. Seizing the bank accounts of protesters and supporters? Abusing state of emergency provisions. Absolutely disgusting and horrifying. I mean your family member went a little overboard but the Freedom Convoy certainly didn't and stood up in the face of totalitarianism, when others cowered and yessired. So props to them. Now reports and studies are coming out showing the Canadian govt and many other govts way over reacted to COVID. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-scientists-would-not-call-lockdowns-ministers/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-sci... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html
- lovich 3y ago
  Yea, here’s the main video that lost him a lot of viewers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y I really enjoyed how he red circled sub clauses of the sentences he think are important and ignores the rest of the sentence in other videos. The guy is legitimately impressive at understanding how tools work and the manufacturing put into them, but he’s an asshole when it comes to dealing with society at large Edit: Really sells it that he fucks up the tooling on his cnc mill while giving a rant about freedom. This was during his “I can’t actually run a cnc mill yet but am learning how phase” but he was leaning on his previous expertise to sell his opinion on the caravan
VectorLock 3y ago
Yeah he had funny delivery but the COVID conspiracy shit just made me think "is this guy actually saying anything useful or is he just saying it in a funny way?" Was pretty clear it was just the latter.
- lovich 3y ago
  When he was pulling apart machines and showing me the differences between thermoset and thermomelt plastics, or how much fiberglass was in hardened plastics, or how cast magnesium worked I really enjoyed the guy. I just didn’t enjoy him enough to deal with him going on a giant rant about how covid wasn’t real and the government was suppressing him from his god given right to breathe on us all. I checked through his YouTube channel now and he seemed to have calmed down but I am not concerned about dropping him again if he goes crazy conspiracy theorist for his YouTube channel income once more. And that’s without counting how many videos he had showing off his basic chicken rearing or fucking around and failing at cnc milling

by lovich 3y ago

mikrotikker 3y ago

I enjoyed the real talk and his support of the truckers in face of the abusive Canadian government. It was a pretty popular position there in any case. Boatloads of supporters out in subzero weather proved that. I definitely empathised with all of that. There's reports and studies coming out every week proving him right so.... I guess if you're a more sensitive, tow the line type you may have been put off. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-scientists-would-not-call-lockdowns-ministers/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-sci... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html

lovich 3y ago
Define boatloads. Canadians going out in subzero temperature also isn’t impressive. They’re used to the cold. Your articles aren’t convincing me anymore that these were crazies. The second article for instance isn’t scientists saying lock downs weren’t needed but that it wasn’t scientists, and that committee of medical scientists in particular, role to be making wide sweeping changes to society. A completely reasonable position that doesn’t change whether or not lockdowns were needed
- mikrotikker 3y ago
  What is crazy about not wanting to suffer under an authoritarian regime that would seize your bank account and your livelihood for calling for a change in policy? Thats called the democratic process.

simfree 3y ago

He went down the COVID conspiracy and Freedom Convoy rabbit hole? Damn, that sucks. A surprising number of Canucks went down this rabbit hole, effectively losing years of their lives to these two movements and destroying their social networks and familial bonds. One Canadian I knew cried for hours every day thinking her vaccinated extended family members were going to die. But hey, every date she listed as when I would die due to vaccine has passed and I'm still alive and healthy! So is her family, much of which is estranged from her now :c Canada built a much tighter COVID vaccination verification and retail enforcement system than the USA. Vertical integration, few gray zones and such made those who opted out feel like the walls were closing in, as your province's health authority knew your vaccine status, restaurant demanded a valid, ID matching government supplied QR Code to allow seating, and the government was willing and able to enforce the law. Comparatively, COVID restrictions were created state by state in the USA, and it was such a spotty patchwork that many who opted not to vaccinate lived much more normal lives than their counterparts in Canada. Much like the universal Canadian deployment of tap and pay, present and pay (the credit/debit card never leaves your hand ever at restaurants or stores), PIN entry for all transactions that would require a signature in the USA, Canada is able to move faster and implement more effectively than the USA.

mikrotikker 3y ago
It was absolutely authoritarian response the Canadian govt took. Seizing the bank accounts of protesters and supporters? Abusing state of emergency provisions. Absolutely disgusting and horrifying. I mean your family member went a little overboard but the Freedom Convoy certainly didn't and stood up in the face of totalitarianism, when others cowered and yessired. So props to them. Now reports and studies are coming out showing the Canadian govt and many other govts way over reacted to COVID. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-scientists-would-not-call-lockdowns-ministers/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-sci... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html
lovich 3y ago
Yea, here’s the main video that lost him a lot of viewers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y I really enjoyed how he red circled sub clauses of the sentences he think are important and ignores the rest of the sentence in other videos. The guy is legitimately impressive at understanding how tools work and the manufacturing put into them, but he’s an asshole when it comes to dealing with society at large Edit: Really sells it that he fucks up the tooling on his cnc mill while giving a rant about freedom. This was during his “I can’t actually run a cnc mill yet but am learning how phase” but he was leaning on his previous expertise to sell his opinion on the caravan

VectorLock 3y ago

Yeah he had funny delivery but the COVID conspiracy shit just made me think "is this guy actually saying anything useful or is he just saying it in a funny way?" Was pretty clear it was just the latter.

lovich 3y ago
When he was pulling apart machines and showing me the differences between thermoset and thermomelt plastics, or how much fiberglass was in hardened plastics, or how cast magnesium worked I really enjoyed the guy. I just didn’t enjoy him enough to deal with him going on a giant rant about how covid wasn’t real and the government was suppressing him from his god given right to breathe on us all. I checked through his YouTube channel now and he seemed to have calmed down but I am not concerned about dropping him again if he goes crazy conspiracy theorist for his YouTube channel income once more. And that’s without counting how many videos he had showing off his basic chicken rearing or fucking around and failing at cnc milling