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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago

No joke Mythbusters made me think more critically when I was a lad. The amount of myths I believed as hard fact they shattered for me was instrumental to me being a grumpy fuck about every rumour I’ve heard since.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

Well he wasn't wrong...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They sure blew some stuff up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

They blew up some uncritical thoughts!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

RIP Jamie, we will always remember all the shit you blew up.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're probably thinking of Grant Imahara and/or Jessi Combs who died in 2020 and 2019 respectively. They were both on the show for periods of time but not quite as well known as Jamie and Adam

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, Grant and Jessi died?! This is the first I'm hearing of this

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From Wikipedia: Combs died on August 27, 2019, after crashing a jet-powered car while setting a land-speed record as part of the North American Eagle Project on a dry lake bed in the Alvord Desert, Oregon.[2][3][7][8] The crash was caused by a failure of a front wheel, likely caused by hitting an object in the desert, which caused the front wheel assembly to collapse at a speed nearing 523 mph (842 km/h).[25]

Imahara died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 49, after suffering a ruptured, previously undiagnosed, intracranial aneurysm.[37][3]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Man, aneurysms are terrifying.

They’re often undiagnosed because they can develop over time and regular MRIs and CTs without a reason aren’t really a thing because they’re expensive.

One day you could just bump your head, go for a jog, or even sneeze and then boom, dead.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Grant died from a brain aneurysm and Jessi died trying to set a land speed record

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago