I once asked my mom what her most expensive mistake was. For some reason she didn't answer. She just sat there drinking her tea and staring at me in silence.

"I would absolutely forgive him. He's your husband"... You my dear are an absolute gem

@fall-from-grace1008

11 ай бұрын

i would probably forgive him too, but you can bet that i would bring it up every time we have a big fight lmao

@fall-from-grace1008

11 ай бұрын

@@thothtahuti5509 to forgive is not the same as forget, also, i didn't say EVERY disagreement, i said every time we have a big fight, emphasis on the big. I'm not saying it's a good thing to do, but we're all petty one way or the other, i'm no better.

@Kenneth_James

11 ай бұрын

of 50 years. if it was 2 years she would have said she would divorce him

Wanted to add my recommendation to watch Internet Historian's video on the Costa Concordia disaster. It is incredibly well researched , informative and highly entertaining. Just his ads ( yes I said ads) alone are hilarious. It is a great example of edutainment.

@Krucifus

10 ай бұрын

She should react to basically all his videos. They're all comedy gems.

They are very long videos compared to your usual content, but I think you would REALLY enjoy Internet Historian's content. Specifically "Man in Hole" and "Cost of Concordia"

My most expensive mistake was writing a single sentence to my mother in an argument back when i was 17. This sentence would send her over the edge to where she would take her life in the following hours. She never got to see my 18th birthday just 2 months later, she never got to see the 2 grandchildren that she would have now, she will miss the weddings of her three children, she would miss guiding her daughters through motherhood and miss out on the 30+ years her clock still had to run. My nephew who’s 8 pointed at a photo on my wall just last month (10 years later) and said “Who’s that woman holding mummy?” Yes this was by far my most expensive mistake

The Costa Concordia ship disaster was a event that defiantly could have been avoided. I wont go into it because The Internet Historian does a video on the whole scenario which I found to be one of the most entertaining videos I've ever watched on KZread and I highly recommend anyone curious about why it was off course to view that video. It's almost like a novel or movie purposely written with such a deep rabbit hole that it will blow your mind lol.

I dropped a whole footlong subway sandwich on the floor once. Didn't even manage a nibble. Still reeling from that 10 years later.

@snooks5607

5 ай бұрын

if it's any consolation pretty much every restaurant and grocery store purposely throws out 100x that amount every single day

Aww, you're super sweet. I'd forgive my spouse too. 50 years is a long time. That's already a blessed life. The lottery one also reminds me of when I was a kid. I collected Pepsi bottle caps and cutouts from boxes. If you collected the words "As" and "If" you would win a Jeep Wrangler. I had won several things already but I was storing my "If" bottle cap and repeat words in a closet. I finally got "As" and I rushed home after football practice to tell my mom that I'd won her a Jeep. She was so happy, we were freaking out and getting ready to call in. I went to the closet to grab "If" and everything was gone. Turns out my dad thought it was trash and had tossed it all before work that morning. I've obviously never forgotten that. I bought her one later but... damn. Dad didn't know though, he worked 12 to 16 hours a day. It was easy to forgive him.

When I was 15 I was allowed into the adult section of the public libraries in the UK. I loved the collected editions of American Short Stories, about 8 volumes I think. It was there that one writer always stood out even amongst the most famous names, and that was Joyce Carol Oates. A master of the genre.

@jazzochannel

10 ай бұрын

allowed? at 15? dafuq?

the problem with controlled burns is that they have to occur regularly, at least once every few years, and they have to occur under perfect conditions, low wind, high ambient moisture, but the underbrush still has to be dry enough to burn off. it's hard to get that sweet spot, and you definitely should not do them in high wind during drought years.

❤ Billy Connolly calls cruise ships, "Prison with the option of drowning." Thanks for the great content.

My mistake didn't cost me money, but was surely a cost of an interesting experience. A friend of my fathers was an archaeologist. He and his family had came to or house for dinner during a visit (they were from overseas) , and while at dinning he offered to take me on a dig with his team. I was 17 at the time, and I decline the offer ... DOH!

First of all, Im loving your content and your chill demeanor. My short stories recommendations would be 1) Isaac Asimov's Nine Tomorrows (especially that first story "Profession"), 2) J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories, and 3) several of Philip K. Dick's short stories are thought provoking.

I have only been watching reactions for a couple of months, in this time i have come across Tom McDonald and really enjoy seeing what people have to say, there are a few that sink their teeth into it a little but mostly superficial - this morning I came across your "The System" reaction... I must say, You are a breath of fresh air, not to make a dig, but... I have gotten so used to empty and shallow statements and conversations over the last several years that I had given up hope with the younger gens of being able to correctly articulate and convey meanings of any significance or relevance to issues of importance or, even some simple topics. I was so taken with your easy demeanor and insightful and witty comments that i watched your Carlin - Burr and this reaction, and must say i thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to your feedback and input. You have great energy, a soothing voice, you're very savvy and have a great smile that makes it personable and very easy to listen and watch. Thank You...

I love how the coast guard in charge bawled the costa concordia screamed at the captain who had evacuated already, calling him a coward, a scumbag, all sorts of things and ordering him onto the boat until everyone else was safely off.

I'm always playing the "trying to be the first one to comment only to disrupt others who for some reason want to comment first" game and thought I'd switch things up this time and actually say something appreciative about your content. #4 hits home (literally and metaphorically) for me as I grew up in the bay area and even worked in nob hill @ a coffee shop named Saint Frank. I remember the new portion of the bridge and how long it took to build. I ride motorcycles and it's a major way I experience the world. Riding over that bridge held special place in my heart as it is quite beautiful, memories to go visit my girlfriend at the time. Unfortunately she was killed by a distracted driver while riding her motorcycle to work early one morning in late 2018. Ever since then I refer to SF as the city who ate my fiancé and now reside in Santa Barbara. I enjoy your intellect and pursuit for more perspective. It reminds me of one of my favorite activities; getting lost. I get to see things I wouldn't normally when I get lost just like watching your content in how I get to see things I wouldn't normally.

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

The game has become something I look forward to when I upload, lately I’ve been waiting for your “last” comment. Thanks for mixing it up today though, and I know exactly where Saint Frank is! That’s the first place I tried Macadamia milk, I also remember liking their banana bread. I’m sorry to read about your girlfriend. I hope you still enjoy riding. A lot of times people recommend videos to this channel that I wouldn’t gravitate towards otherwise either. Thank you for being here (:

Hello from Romania 😁 Keep up the good work!

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Hii, thanks for being here so late!

Your commentary gets funnier every week 😂

Thanks for linking the first one, I missed it, somehow!

That Rogan Podcast you mentioned is one of my favorites he's done. David has been on several times and man, that dude has lived a crazy life. He's so chill and humble too. Great dude.

I believe Splendid China was redeveloped as one of the Jimmy Buffet themed resorts....Margaritaville Resort Orlando.

While I don't like short stories myself I have a lot of friends liking them. One suggestion would be Spider Robinson. It might be a bit difficult to get hold of his books but they are definitely worth it.

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard of this author but I’ll look him up right now! Thank you

Keep doing what you are doing. Love your videos.

I believe what happened in the Costa Concordia Disaster is that the Captain deviated course to impress a woman with the sights along that coastline. A man’s attempt to impress a woman cost him 16 years in prison along with the lives of 32 people and the 2 billion dollar accident.

@snooks5607

5 ай бұрын

it's a practice called a sail-by salute not a random idea of that one captain, it had been done to that island many times, he even verified the safe distance with an ex-captain, just messed it up

Great work!

I wonder if the cruise line inspired Burr's thinning the herd bit.

Justice League would've been infinitely better if, with no reference or explanation, Superman just had a mustache.

H.P. Lovecraft wrote really cool short stories. I find his writing captivating. I'm also interested in writing short stories. Do you have any advice?

There is a really interesting documentary about the re-floating of the Costa Concordia on here. It was a colossal job.

The reason for the explosion at Chernobyl was not due to the reactor being run at full power it was a result of a design flaw in the RMBK reactors which caused a power excursion when the safety control rods were lowered. This is known as a 'positive void coefficient' where the very thing that is supposed to reduce power causes a brief but massive INCREASE in power which in this case was catastrophic. This flaw was known about but not conveyed to the operators or well documented, had it been, the accident would have never happened.

And the sarcophagus that was put around the Chernobyl powerplant was the most expensive structure made by the soviets.

The Justice League Snyder Cut was MUCH better than the 2017 theatrical version. I didn't notice the mustache; will look closer the next time I watch the blu-ray. I agree on the choice of Chernobyl being the worst. That was a true disaster in every possible way I can think of.

I used to be really interested in cryptozoology, so a story about searching for dinosaurs sounds fun.

I am trying to make out the charm on No Protocol's necklace. I think it's a leaf, or two hearts that has found each other. I wonder how close I am.

7:10 I was stationed in Guam when this happened. I had gotten back from deployment and was on two week R&R, so I wasn't at work when it occurred. Instead, I got a call on my phone as I was about to do a hash run that I was not allow to talk on the phone about what happened. Of course my response was, "what happened?" Dispatcher replied with, "um...I can't say over the phone, but don't talk to anyone about it." 😂

The Ron Wayne one is not worth thinking about, it assumes jobs wouldn't have found a way to take the shares away from him. Considering Wozniak was out of the company 10 years after starting, with no shares, I highly doubt Ron could have kept his shares to this day

Fukushima. The tsunami was not avoidable, but the meltdown of the nuclear power plant was - all they needed to do during design was to set the emergency generators supplying the cooling system at a higher elevation, a relatively very low cost item, the tsunami would not have knocked out the emergency generators, the cooling system would have kept working, and the meltdown would not have occurred.

The captain of that cruise ship, not only deviated from the route and putting the ship and passengers in danger, that is not what landed him with 16 years in prison, no.. he did something even worse, not only did he ignore all safety precautions, he also was one of the first people to jump into one of the life rafts, and lied about leaving the passengers behind. His first priority was not to save the passengers, it was to safe himself. A true piece of.... you know what.

The bomber doesn't really feel like a disaster to me. The video makes it sound like the technicians weren't communicating properly, but remember this is the military. They can't do anything without permission. This was an issue of someone further up the command chain deciding not to report an issue higher. If the sensors can get gummed up by humidity, what about pollen, ash, or snow? This disaster had no fatalities but brought to light a serious issue that led to massive design improvements to newer models. Sure it cost $1.4 billion, but it probably led to tens of billions of improvements long term.

For Superman I think they purposely did a bad job to try to set the audience against the actor and use that as an excuse for the atrocious script and directing.

some painful and scary stuff.

Living on Treasure Island, I had no choice but to take bay bridge. It was cheaper to take the bus so I did that when I could

great video

If you have a bit time and interest. For Chernobyl on youtube is a one hour lesson from the MIT(3 years old- (26. Chernobyl - How It Happened - MIT OpenCourseWare)) . They break down the desaster and the steps and explain exactly why it happened, very interesting and the professor did a phenomenal job explaining it. Greetings from germany, i love your channel

I recomend you Isaac Asimov short stories, "The last question" is a good starting point.

I’m not sure how only you are but you seem like your younger than me by around a decade or so n I just have to say with your intellect you are a real credit to your generation

The NBN project in Aus cost over $50M in the end. Painfully crippled by a luddite conservative government who opted for copper over fiber. The same government responsible for this genius quote: _"The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia",_ in reference to anti-encryption and software backdoor laws they were discussing.

Regarding short stories recommendations, since i'm from Argentina i would have to recommend Jorge Luis Borges, i specifically recommend El libro de arena (The book of sand) and El informe de Brodie (Doctor Brodie's report)

Dunno, I'd rather be on a sinking ship than a crashing plane... 🤔🙂

I don't have a book recommendation but would suggest the latest psychology today magazine , there is a great article about intuition and when to trust you're 6th sense

I dont care who it is. If somebody prevents me from getting $145 million, I will hate you for the rest of I will hate them.

Hello from Minnesota. Yer looking great today D.

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Have a great afternoon there!

if you haven't read Luis Borges do so, he has plenty short stories, mostly magic realism. If you have read him and liked it maybe Alejo Carpentier's the kingdom of this world, which is also magic realism about Haití and pretty good.

Jorge Luis Borges has several collections of short stories. Also, you may like Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. She wrote Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell.

Tobias Wolff for short stories. He also wrote two excellent memoirs

Quote from the Concordia section: '... on the left port side.' Was this written by a faulty AI program?

Look...the man of steel is clean shaven. I get it.

I'm surprised the Bitcoin pizza one isn't here. A dude paid 10,000 bitcoins for one pizza. Which made it that pizza worth, at one time, $250,000,000.😖

You'd have to spend more than $40 a day on lottery tickets just to spend close to comparison to the winnings . I'm hoping no one is doing that for a $2 ticket. But addiction is one crazy drug.

Most expensive mistake? Spending years investing my time and energy with criminals and performing criminal activities at a very young age in order to fit in. In some ways I'm still paying for it decades later. I guess one of the most taxing parts is the realization that you're not the only one that it has and will effect.

I remember a case of a kid that happend last year from the country I live (Brazil) his mom gave him a lottery tickey to choose the 6 numbers but she didn't go to register the numbers in lottery... well, the kid chose the right numbers, he would be the sixth one to win like 20 million (100 million in Brazil) I really feel bad for him

So basically Chernobyl is a perfect example on why professionals shouldn't listen to suits and officials with those two groups of people have zero clue what they're talking about.

The entire Littoral Combat Ship program. It cost the Navy BILLIONS, the ships ended up being nearly useless as combat vessels, cost WAY more than projected to operate & maintain, and, started falling apart due to some serious construction flaws. 17 of the 35 ordered hulls have been delivered, and, the Navy has already started decommisioning them.

I'd have left the mustache on for the reshoots. Less expensive and just as funny. The lottery one would've haunted me for years

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Would you forgive your partner?

@ezraanderson1190

11 ай бұрын

​@@NoProtocoleventually, but I would bring it up a lot, at least in a joking manner

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Haha the passive aggression

I am not sure if I could get over losing out on that much money, it could literally change the lives of hundreds of people… damn, glad it wasn’t me

i believe with all the new led lightbulbs, lighting can be cheap ish for such builds.

Linka to your short srories wold be nice. For the genre I recommend Ray Bradbury

My most expensive mistake also have nothing to do with money.

I'm late to the party but "Homesick for Another World" by Odessa Moshfegh is a great collection of subtly dark short stories. First bought it because I liked the cover...

If we're talking about short stories, I really want to recommend Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. They even made a movie based on one of them. Arrival.

0:15 Part 1 isn't linked in the description

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for reminding me (:

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Done✔️

@FLStyle

11 ай бұрын

@@NoProtocol 👍

Judging by the map, it looks like it's housing that now stands on the site of that Splendid China theme park.

Is a 5$ toll considered high? the øresunds bridge(witch goes from Denmark to Sweden) toll, for a one way trip is 73,78$, witch I do consider expensive, but 5$ seems cheap.

short story: The Machine Stops

For an on-sight update RE Australian NBN Internet... Speeds still slower than most of the western world and many other countries. twice a month service halts for maintenance... basically half a month out of the year with no service..i usually record the dates keep texts and emails and get a refund or free month so i guess i cant complain but its an annoyance

I had to make a little program to make our 2000 customers pay one of their taxes. I didn't realize until After that ... They all payed with the 1st one bank account.

Cruises freak me out as well, couldn't do it. I even worked with a marine biologist who is quite famous and a family friend from middle school through college. I took the helm on ships and zodiacs many times, went through rough seas and storms, but something about being not in control and just a number on a cruise ship really freaks me out. And being a guy whether its still procedure or not, it's women and children first... to me anyway. I'd probably just try to find something boyant that could hold my weight and pull a Jack and Rose.

@snooks5607

5 ай бұрын

but is it any different with airplanes or buses even?

@fgialcgorge7392

5 ай бұрын

@@snooks5607 planes everyone is dead so IDC, and I don't use busses I get too car sick and they take forever.

Divorce straight away 😂

Not a short story, but mistakes caused by bad math, Humble Pi, loved it. By Matt Parker

I probably wrote this last time. My buddy told me to buy some bitcoin when you could buy them for 15 cents each, and I thought it was stupid, so I didn't. He bought $100 worth and used it to buy a game and some DLC.

@9usuck0

11 ай бұрын

The cruise ship could have been avoided so easily.

i bet anyone on YT who can do some visual effects theres allot of skilled people on YT they could make supermans mustache disapear with less deformity and could have done it for 5000 dollars or something and they would've been happy to xD

Are we getting part 2 of the American revolution oversimplified?

Lottery: a tax on hope

Watched the first example, they try and present the 25M as the cost of the moustache but sneak in that was the cost of the re-shoots not the fx for the tash in particular. I'll skip the rest (hate that kind of click bait dishonesty) and wait for your next one :)

honestly DC have some great characters and stories, but doesn't transfer well in the movies the way Marvel does.

Hey. I'm new here 😊 have you been in a respirator at one point ?

Would that first one technically be the most expensive shave ever?

Here's my expensive mistake, marrying my first wife.

So unusual to see you straight up say whatever is on your mind rather than occasionally temporarily spacing out and needing help from the post-editing No Protocol 😅

Hi, I like your smile! :)

My literary recommendation is “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom. It’s a short book so I guess that makes it a short story lol.

@NoProtocol

11 ай бұрын

Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom is the only one I’ve read, I’ll look for the one you recommend. Thank you!

💯

Titanic sank from an iceberg in the Atlantic between Europe and New York and you rarely see those anymore outside of the Arctic Circle, so if that's what you're afraid of, it should be fine! All the other mishaps could still happen though, so maybe don't listen to me lol

Superman couldn't just HAVE a mustache - just this once?

Te recomiendo "Los renglones torcidos de Dios"

You're not alone on the cruise ship thing. I'm never going to get on a skyscraper laying on its side in the water. They're just so many other things that I haven't done on land. I'll do those instead.

@snooks5607

5 ай бұрын

granted I'm not that big of a fan either but once not coming up with any better vacation ideas took a two week long cruise around mediterranean. it was around 1100€ with a big comfy bed, a private balcony, meals included from several different restaurants etc. it stopped by in italy, crete, cyprus, turkey and israel with excursions to all kinds of historical places. I'd challenge anyone to come up with a more cost-effective and stress free travel plan to visit all those locations. only thing I was iffy about was being offline for two weeks since back in those days we didn't have internet yet everywhere but in hindsight it was actually good to get away for a while, just had to load up with enough music and audiobooks.

That lottery story can't possibly true, when that happens they put a lot of work into trying to prove it and pay out if it is true. The money is accounted for, they don't lose out, and if they can show the claim is valid without the ticket they do. It's an entirely traceable system and she'd know when and where the ticket was bought..

0:50 No longer true, The Flash (2023) hasn't made half as much as Justice League did.

When living in the Bay area, did you get a chance to play the Olympic Club?

25 million to digitally remove a mustache!??? HOW? That. Is. Bananas! Btw, im never going on a cruise either.