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I just found out that S1E6 was essentially the Pilot Episode or basically the very first episode of Mythbusters, cause I got confused as to why it had a different opening compared to the other ones. Are all of them mislabeled or is it just season 1?

I'm currently binge watching Mythbusters on YouTube ever since I found out about last month that they're slowing uploading the entire seasons and episode on their YouTube channel and I was kinda surprised that they used "True" instead of Confirmed when confirming a myth

Was it the only episode that used words to confirm or bust myths aside from Confirmed and Busted etc?

Been watching this show for years and want to hear other opinions!

I'm a fan of the show but this is my first time posting here.

I just watched Adam's latest (I think) video and he mentioned how hard they found it to aim the reflection of the sun with a mirror.

I've always wanted to tell him that there is a way to aim the reflection where you want without seeing the reflection, itself at all. You can even use a mirror to signal an airplane in the sky where there is no possible way you can see the reflection. I learned this trick in Boy Scouts over 50 years ago. Here's how it works.

We were issued a flat piece of stainless steel about the size of a playing card, polished to a mirror finish on both sides and a hole in the middle big enough to see your target.

Hold it up and look at your target through the hole. You may need to close one eye.

Look at the reflection of your shadow on the ground in the mirror facing you and turn the mirror until the reflection you see lines up with the shadow of the mirror on the ground.

If you can see your target through the hole and at the same time the reflection of the shadow lines up with the shadow of the mirror on the ground the sun's reflection will be on the target.

It takes a few minutes of practice to get the hang of it.

What they could have done is put holes in the main mirror and a smaller mirror mounted flat to the backside. The mirror on the backside only has to be big enough to see the reflection of the shadow on the ground.

What do you think?

I get it's the first season, every interaction between every person is extremely awkward and the mythology person kinda breaks the pacing. Also using Kari's butt to model the butt in episode 2 is fine but it was so awkward the way they interacted with her lmao. I am so glad that later seasons turned out the way they did.

What a magnificent episode this was, I laughed out loud seeing the last launch, I had totally forgotten about this one.

IMHO it also shows the technical superiority of Jamie and Grant. The first seesaw that Adam builds is pretty much a total failure, the way that Jamie designs and builds it after that is on a total other level and the only input from Adam is the fluorescent paint (not on camera but I guess we can all be sure Adam did that and not Jamie). Grant makes most of the energy delivery system to the seesaw, and comes up with the inner tube filled with sand as a payload (later on stuffed in a bag to keep it together). The skydiver that Kari makes is useless as well, and I guess the skydiving by Grant and Tori (and the bungee jumping) could have been skipped by a simple google query (but I guess it makes good TV).

Anyway, don't want to sound all that negative. It's still a great team, it all makes fantastic TV and I miss it so much these days.

Hello all!

As you all may remember, I introduced a poll on the sub regarding AI. I made a stupid joke about worshipping, and I think it confused some people. Regardless of that, the results were, well. Pretty definitive.

So, going forward, Artificial Intelligence, in ANY form, in a comment OR a post, is BANNED.

The punishment scale for first, second, third, etc offenses will come at a later time, due to my second point of this post.

I would like to formally welcome /u/nealbeast to the mod team!!!

As you guys may have noticed recently, the amount of moderation in this sub has gone down. It's because the other moderators have moved on from Reddit. Which is fine. The group of mods we currently have was instilled in this mod group was instilled when I was in my junior year of high school!

I then remembered that I graduated high school over a decade ago, and I'll be 30 this year. This, combined with the fact that I am the only remaining moderator that seems to be active (and only just so. I'm quite busy with life as well.) We (me) have decided to introduce a new moderator. So, please, welcome /u/nealbeast !