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Now it's at $100k!!!!!
At that price you could put someone through a glass blowing course and then have them work for a few months making thousands of these for you.
Still wouldn’t be too surprised though if someone bought it.
Destin has a knack for taking relatively mundane topics and making them interesting. I’ve had low expectations going into his videos on coast guard search patterns, center-pivot irrigators, and a film factory tour, but ended up enjoying them because of his emphasis on the little optimizations that are inherent in all human endeavors, and the people who carry them out. It’s like Dirty Jobs (which I also liked) but for…
The Kodak factory series is especially fantastic.
But in general I think Destin's latest videos have been a bit "trying too hard" and everything is "genius" etc
It's all "Prince Rupert's drop" or "Non-newtonian fluid" (and Oobleck is the only one they know about) or "Air cannon" or "shooting slow motion". It's the same topics going in a circle.
(But do watch the coast guard videos if you want to know how to whistle)
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Does it all have to be 30 minutes though? Not just him to be sure but I’m not a fan of YouTube’s crusade to incentivize long form content which just seems to have made everyone pad out every topic as much as they can. Very rare have I seen 30 minute videos that truly deserve that time commitment.
I watched it at 2.25x to cut it down to ~13m, but even at that speed I agree a lot of videos are unnecessarily dragged out.
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There's a reason early Model T's are collectibles, and why 1980s Ford Escorts are in junkyards.
I think Ford Escort means something different here in the UK. They've gone up in value hugely in the last 20 years and are generally worth a lot more than Model T Fords now. (Annoyingly they're worth much more than a contemporary Porsche 944, which was much more desirable when new. Annoyingly because I own a 944 and not an Escort). https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1980-ford-escort-rec0351... https://www.evoke-clas…
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The Kodak factory series is especially fantastic.
True, very underrated But in general I think Destin's latest videos have been a bit "trying too hard" and everything is "genius" etc It's all "Prince Rupert's drop" or "Non-newtonian fluid" (and Oobleck is the only one they know about) or "Air cannon" or "shooting slow motion". It's the same topics going in a circle. (But do watch the coast guard videos if you want to know how to whistle)
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True, very underrated But in general I think Destin's latest videos have been a bit "trying too hard" and everything is "genius" etc It's all "Prince Rupert's drop" or "Non-newtonian fluid" (and Oobleck is the only one they know about) or "Air cannon" or "shooting slow motion". It's the same topics going in a circle. (But do watch the coast guard videos if you want to know how to whistle)
They always use shear-thickening fluids because they're so counterintuitive, but shear-thinning fluids are a fun example of a mixed blessing — the same property that keeps paint from dripping off a brush/roller until you apply it is also what makes it so hard to pour the right amount of ketchup.
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I think Ford Escort means something different here in the UK. They've gone up in value hugely in the last 20 years and are generally worth a lot more than Model T Fords now. (Annoyingly they're worth much more than a contemporary Porsche 944, which was much more desirable when new. Annoyingly because I own a 944 and not an Escort). https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1980-ford-escort-rec0351... https://www.evoke-clas…
In fairness, that's the RS2000 which is definitely not a regular ford escort. An ordinary 1980 ford escort isn't worth anything like that much. Maybe 1/10th of the price if in really good condition.
Even the boring models command ridiculous values now: https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/ford/escort/351743
For £6750 you can have one in really bad condition and with the steering wheel on the wrong side: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234972695631
Dustin’s high speed videos are an incredible treasure trove of science and engineering to learn from.
Does it all have to be 30 minutes though? Not just him to be sure but I’m not a fan of YouTube’s crusade to incentivize long form content which just seems to have made everyone pad out every topic as much as they can. Very rare have I seen 30 minute videos that truly deserve that time commitment.
Almost everyone that claims that is wrong...
I prefer 15-45min videos, I hate both the Trend to 3-4hr "streams" and the "we gotta beat tiktok" vertical video shorts...
//sidenote... Bring back the 00's where people were shamed for posting vertical video....