Poll of the Day > Does anybody else love the show Adam ruins everything?

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Its like a better version of penn and tellers Bullshit.. dont get me wrong, I love penn and teller (a lot, actually) but they really liked to add their own political opinions on certain topics, which even though I agreed with them mostly, I could have lived without.

I was a little skeptical about Adam ruins everything at first, but now I really love it. I love how annoying he is, I love the weird meta story that goes on in each episode, I love how fast paced it is, and I love that it actually cites its sources.

It's pretty much the best show on TV right now.
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I like it a lot!
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I wouldnt go that far, but I am happy you like it!

I kinda thought every response was gonna be LOL YOU SUCK THAT SHOW SUCKS SUCK MY DICK MICHALECOLE I HATE YOU AND YOUR STUPID FACE

People just like to hate things for reasons...
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Well to be fair I love hating things

I haven't seen much of Penn & Teller Bullshit, but didn't they actually talk about contentious topics? For example stuff like psychics and GMOs. Adam Ruins Everything just seems like it's deliberately contrarian... which I guess is kind of the point given the name of the show, but it's like "EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT ____ IS WRONG" clickbait in TV form.

Some of the shit he puts out there is misleading. I remember one about slot machines and I think he said something like they deliberately make it look like you're close to a win get you to keep playing. That isn't how they work, it's fully random. There are ways to design the reels and pay outcomes so that there's a high chance of it coming up as something that seems close, but the machine doesn't just "select" a near-win outcome.

Chewster posted...

I haven't seen much of Penn & Teller Bullshit, but didn't they actually talk about contentious topics? For example stuff like psychics and GMOs. Adam Ruins Everything just seems like it's deliberately contrarian... which I guess is kind of the point given the name of the show, but it's like "EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT ____ IS WRONG" clickbait in TV form.

Some of the shit he puts out there is misleading. I remember one about slot machines and I think he said something like they deliberately make it look like you're close to a win get you to keep playing. That isn't how they work, it's fully random. There are ways to design the reels and pay outcomes so that there's a high chance of it coming up as something that seems close, but the machine doesn't just "select" a near-win outcome.

Penn and teller had some great topics and some less than great topics. And it is over ten years old, so a lot of the things are already pretty dated. Its still awesome and I wasnt trying to talk shit about it.

And slot machines absolutely do deliberately make it look like your close to winning. Go max bet next time and as it passes one of the bonus spins or if you land on a special cleopatra or if you get two out of five of Willy Winonas candy bars itll make a loud sound and light up even if you havent won anything, and youll go, aw man so close!

It is random, but even in random they can make it seem like you were close to winning even though you were just as close when you didnt get any of the willy wonkas candy bars

Fuck yeah. Some of the College Humor stuff is funny too. I like the "if google was a person" bits.
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Firewood18 posted...

Fuck yeah. Some of the College Humor stuff is funny too. I like the "if google was a person" bits.

I do like those, as well...
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