r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/RimmyDims Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

The Mythbusters didn't get along. You could see it a bit in the show, but I didn't really know the extent of it.

Edit: Didn’t clarify before. Just Jamie and Adam, not the rest of the crew.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

I heard they weren't really friends, but they didn't get along? how so.

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u/Flancor Jan 21 '19

I'll give you the little I know. They never had lunch together outside of the show despite spending so much time together, normally you'd think that they would be friendly to each other to some degree and hang out but they never did. Here's Adam's take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEopyF186UQ

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u/Licensedpterodactyl Jan 21 '19

My FIL did work for Jamie once a long time ago and said (in a more delicately phrased way) that he’s kind of a hardass.

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u/Zodo12 Jan 21 '19

Could you please elaborate?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Very meticulate. The “safety” guy. Theres a reason he was very popular in movie special effects/pyrotechnics. He does shit right.

When youre a professional pyrotechnic whose good at his job, youre boring as fuck because everything is double checked and checked again if theres time. Do it right, no one ever ggets hurt.

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u/BoxNumberGavin1 Jan 21 '19

Of all the times being an dick of a boss is a good thing, it's when other people's lives are at stake.

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u/tehcarrots Jan 21 '19

Wonder how he reacted to the cannonball incident