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Sieg posted:So earlier when you said "large amounts of people" you meant two guys and a performance art group? quote:He could run his poo poo off steam. Maybe someone should show this guy how to make an external combustion engine. http://www.crabfu.com/
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Don't professional lumber companies already have a leg walking machine that cuts trees down and replants new trees with multiple arms?
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Just came into this thread today, and was hooked on the first video. This guy is amazing, and I can't wait to get home to watch the rest. Thanks for sharing!
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 17:24 |
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When did people like this stop being harmless eccentrics and start becoming a list of psychological disorders? I think people find this guy inspirational because he has a pretty decent philosophy of life (be healthy, use your brain instead of being lazy, try to re-use and recycle rather than chuck stuff in a dump, if you practice things you'll get better at them) and does his best to live that stuff out in his day-to-day life. Sure he's using a generator for some things, but he's been designing a mini hydro plant, recharges batteries with a combination of exercise bike and solar power, heats and cooks with wood which he cuts himself. Using a generator to do a small amount of welding a couple of times a week is going to waste less fuel than someone commuting an hour a day in a car 5 days a week and heating the house with natural gas.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 17:34 |
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Holy jesus I've been watching this guy for like 4 hours.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 17:35 |
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Just watched his videos about his trip to Hong Kong. Looking forward to hearing more about his cool toy.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 17:37 |
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I never knew "living off the land" was chopping down trees to build forts and burning hundreds of gallons of gas in a filthy generator. Maybe the self-sufficient part is when he drives his truck to his dad's house to use his garage.
Guy is inventive as heck but living off the land he is not.
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dadsdementia.jpg posted:I never knew "living off the land" was chopping down trees to build forts and burning hundreds of gallons of gas in a filthy generator. Maybe the self-sufficient part is when he drives his truck to his dad's house to use his garage. I haven't finished watching all the vids, about 7 in, and he is very honest about what he consumes and what he re uses. Nor do I get an preaching angle from him about his energy and material consumption. Maybe he does so later, but I don't get the criticisms here unless people are just being  .
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 18:25 |
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Sten Freak posted:Chopping down trees to use fits squarely under living off the land. Yeah, I haven't heard him claim to be living off the land yet, but I sure have read a lot of people in this thread describing him as such. I like watching his videos, even though I find the way he talks and acts a tad off-putting, because I suspect a lot of it is a put on. But maybe I'm being to hard on the guy because I'm super jealous of his awesome life! Keep building robots robot man!
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Sten Freak posted:Chopping down trees to use fits squarely under living off the land.
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Can a 2HP motor really power that thing? 
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I've never welded anything in my life but I've seen alot of stuff done by Slung Blade and some relatives, so my god, his welds are dirty.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 19:13 |
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HardCoil posted:Can a 2HP motor really power that thing? Don't worry, he has three of them.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 19:19 |
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It's pretty comforting that he didn't grow up in the states. If he did, every teacher and "armchair psychologist" would love to tell him how many psychological disorders he has and what pills he should take to help them. After following there orders and eliminating any of the natural drive and creativity he has, he would be popping anti-depressants in a cubicle. This guy is great, and just hearing how he tries to get his younger brother to build things right away instead of putting it off is something everyone needs to hear.
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Hugh Malone posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QEI1RNzCw#t=0m45s You can see the "non-act" Jaimie in the WCAX video. He seems quite normal, actually.
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MadScientistWorking posted:No. If I were to actually do this on a large scale I would end up creating something that would end up entirely derailing this thread. Though a mad scientist megathread does seem rather enticing. That guy has made cool robots. What Jamie is doing is also cool, you twit. Now shut up. Unless you feel like posting some of your own creations. That would be cool.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 19:57 |
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This guy is amazing and should really get paid to do poo poo like this.
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Positive Housemouse posted:It's pretty comforting that he didn't grow up in the states. If he did, every teacher and "armchair psychologist" would love to tell him how many psychological disorders he has and what pills he should take to help them. After following there orders and eliminating any of the natural drive and creativity he has, he would be popping anti-depressants in a cubicle. Dude. Canada isn't all that different from America. Hamilton is like, 40 minutes from the border.
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Like I said earlier, I'm surprised someone from Hamilton managed to a) get out b) seem normal
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| # ? Nov 16, 2010 22:57 |
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1. Be a bum-gently caress-nobody film director. 2. Borrow a camera. 3. Travel to meet the robot guy. 5. Send the poo poo to Sundance. 6. Become an internationally known film director for a change. 7. gently caress bitches or whatever the next step is. What I mean to say by these points is that this is a fantastic documentary material for any filmmaker.
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Palpek posted:1. Be a bum-gently caress-nobody film director. I think unless he had a real hand in editing and shooting the documentary it wouldn't have the same magnetism his current videos do. You really get the feeling the guy is learning how to make a house, a robot, AND how to edit videos all at once. A slick production would detract from everything I think. I just really like the slapped-together style he has going.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Like I said earlier, I'm surprised someone from Hamilton managed to Aside from Rick Campanelli and Dave Thomas and Martin Short. God for a city of 500,000 Hamilton sure is lovely.
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| # ? Nov 17, 2010 00:14 |
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Being psychologically abnormal does not imply a disorder. This guy is obviously abnormal but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with him! I busted out laughing when he had to write out 180 divided by 60. Yikes man.
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Warpigeon posted:I believe free will is just an organic algorithm our brain is able to calculate and render into motivations. Why this would be different between the sexes? That is an interesting question that would be fun to answer. I do not know the answer. Differences between sexes have to start with chromosomes, women are double XX, and men are XY, but beyond that people have base pairs of genetic information. I know absolutely that Men have much more momentum to achieve goals because testosterone is a hormone that makes Men restless. It most definitely directs men towards traits of competitiveness and domination, and it doesn't particularly have anything to do with greater intelligence, but men are tinkerers and this is clear if you just watch the differences between people.
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MarshallX posted:You can see the "non-act" Jaimie in the WCAX video. He seems quite normal, actually. Wow, that is eye opening. His videos would be so much easier to watch if he acted like his normal self in them rather than some sort of idiot-savant clown character.
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Ryokashi posted:This guy is amazing and should really get paid to do poo poo like this. He wouldn't do very much with the money, though. I love his video where he explains how money is worthless but having a cool-rear end tower you built yourself is cool as poo poo even if it's worthless 
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The discussion of whether this guy is mad is stupid. He's not crazy. He lives in an awesome dome in an awesome forest with an awesome hot chick whilst building a loving spider tank, powered by an awesome amount of drive. Its *us* that are crazy because with enough motivation, so could we but instead we sit around getting fat on the internet in lovely jobs, with lovely rear end girls if any at all, and no spider tank in sight because we are lazy and unmotivated. Seriously, why pathologise genius, this dudes living the loving dream. And so could we , if we wanted to. duck monster fucked around with this message at Nov 17, 2010 around 01:07 |
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dadsdementia.jpg posted:Wow, that is eye opening. His videos would be so much easier to watch if he acted like his normal self in them rather than some sort of idiot-savant clown character. Why are so many people in this thread looking so hard for a reason to dislike this guy? Come on, live a little.
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duck monster posted:He's not crazy. He lives in an awesome dome in an awesome forest with an awesome hot chick whilst building a loving spider tank, powered by an awesome amount of drive. This. He needs to get his truck closer to his dome. Theres a Forrest in the way. What does he do? He loving makes a road. By hand.
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On Terra Firma posted:Why are so many people in this thread looking so hard for a reason to dislike this guy? Come on, live a little. I like the guy and the amazing stuff he does, but I don't like the way he acts in his videos, it is a little off-putting.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Dashaina#p/u/20/vZ0fzP4Mkes His girlfriend has a bunch of Youtube videos too. It's pretty clear he puts on a bit of an eccentric act in his videos to keep it interesting, but it looks like he is a regular guy in the off hours. Exact same sense of humour though. dadsdementia.jpg posted:Wow, that is eye opening. His videos would be so much easier to watch if he acted like his normal self in them rather than some sort of idiot-savant clown character. I... just... think... nobody agrees with you. ACanofPepsi fucked around with this message at Nov 17, 2010 around 01:39 |
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Wait, is she saying that they're polygamists in that video? That loving guy. Regarding him coming from Hamilton, he is a metaphor for the idle hands and misplaced productivity due to the factory closures and dying industry of the great steel city. Werner Herzog could make a great documentary about him, but it would seem a little cheap since he's almost doing that himself with his youtube videos. edit: quote:What is this some kinda pretty party palace or something?! This is a giant robot workshop! fyo fucked around with this message at Nov 17, 2010 around 02:03 |
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A new video is up http://www.youtube.com/user/JMEMantzel Why are these so fun to watch?! edit: He talks about us. Spoot fucked around with this message at Nov 17, 2010 around 02:18 |
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Spoot posted:A new video is up tehsid fucked around with this message at Nov 17, 2010 around 02:27 |
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Spoot posted:A new video is up It makes my heart happy too 
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Spoot posted:A new video is up
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Hazo posted:I think he's talking about reddit but we're way cooler so we should try to get him an account anyway. Clearly you can tell in this video how much of an egotistical rear end in a top hat he is! Shesh I dunno what is with some people.. You see a guy doing what he loves while living off the grid and somehow that makes him a giant douche? I just don't follow that logic one bit. All I can say on the matter is keep on being awesome you mad genius!
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| # ? Nov 17, 2010 03:00 |
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Wait what, when did I say he was a douche? 
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duck monster posted:Its *us* that are crazy because with enough motivation, so could we but instead we sit around getting fat on the internet...Seriously, why pathologise genius, this dudes living the loving dream. Exactly. I think we're all in this thread because this dude is just awesome and we all know it. Even if he puts on a schtick, that's certainly no detraction from the actual tasks he is completing, and if anything, the "act" is an indicator of his salesmanship. Perhaps it's my childish idealism speaking for me here, but I like to think he's really just that smart. People like to be inspired by their heroes who accomplish the improbable, and, being aware of this cultural need for people to see the unlikely conquered, documents his experiments in reducing the unlikelihood of accomplishing whatever project he imagines will be fun and challenging. That's exactly the mentality that worked for Mr. Wizard, Bill Nye, Beakman, Art Attack, Sesame Street, etcetera. It's uplifting, educational, and empowering in it's simple honesty, and because of that, bears many similarities to children's programming...which, to me, seems like a valid explanation for why so many posters in this thread seem to want to attribute abnormality to his mental/social functions, because he's behaving like a child. As far as I'm concerned, that's a very good thing. Slotducks posted:Theres a Forrest in the way. Can someone with Photoshop please make an image of Jamie building a road to circumnavigate Whittaker and/or Gump? I promise to laugh really hard.
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Hazo posted:Wait what, when did I say he was a douche? Yeah I'm confused as well... I think he is referring to reddit because he said the views shot up by 200,000 when we only have about 1500 lurking SA at any given time. Still I love to think that SA gave him the bump, let's get him an account so he can start a thread and post pictures. Honestly though this guy is awesome, people need to stop psychoanalyzing him and just enjoy the drat show.
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