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Humphreys posted:Georgia really looks beautiful! The Stalin sketch was great, but I knew something was up when they described the region as peaceful and prosperous when one is partially occupied by Russia and the other is in permanent low-grade conflict with Armenia.
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Well they did show that part where the guy wasn't allowed to work on his own land because Russia claimed part of it.
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Yeah, right, that was fine. I meant in the intro, when they called the region peaceful, I immediately wondered if they're going to get themselves "accidentally" involved in one of the conflicts somehow. E: just caught up with the last episode too. The restomodded Delta was great but ridiculously expensive, the Stratos looks cool but yeah it's a hacked up Ferrari for 650k, dunno about that. Is the GT2 really 1900kg? I think the new M5 weighs less than that. Still, with lovely old tires I could see it possibly winning though on a tighter track. As for the helmet, it didn't look like there was any space whatsoever for one, but it's probably pretty safe as long as it wasn't the accident-prone little midget driving it. The airport segment was fun but reminded me that motorized suitcases were already a thing:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/modobag-world-s-first-motorized-rideable-luggage#/ The indigogo campaign raised like $800k but the whole thing fell apart as huge lithium batteries are somewhat problematic in luggage. Also it cost 1.5 grand which is a loving joke, it takes like $50 to motorize anything with a brushless motor and ESC mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Apr 1, 2019 |
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Probably the safest place to stand, but only relatively.
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Grakkus posted:I disagree, I think they've been improving steadily over the last couple of seasons and were great in the latest episode. The thing about onscreen chemistry of this kind is that it takes time to develop and find its tone. Which you can't do if you're changing presenters every 12 episodes I agree with this, even the "So Called Top Gear" took several seasons to become The Top Gear, the handful of first seasons were only "mostly unusually not-boring car show".
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That special was absolutely amazing, everything about it. However, I didn't see this scene in it. I guess there was about 6 days 22.5 hours worth of time they had to cut out
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That's one of the still pictures available in the Xray. Don't read the last bit of trivia in the Xray, you guys. Just don't. You're better off not knowing. Amazing episode.
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Is there a way to just have the X-ray stuff pop up? I always forget about it until I pause.
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What's Xray? Have I been watching Prime shows... incorrectly?
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pik_d posted:What's Xray? Have I been watching Prime shows... incorrectly? When you pause things on Amazon, there will often be interesting trivia about something in that scene, as well as what song is currently playing, and a list of actors in the scene.
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That was one of the best, if not the best special they've ever done. The axle hop was hilarious. RIP John.
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You monster.
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I'll admit I pulled up Google Maps for Moron, Mongolia and tried to figure out their route. Amazingly good special. Making them build their own car was an excellent twist.
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Deteriorata posted:I'll admit I pulled up Google Maps for Moron, Mongolia and tried to figure out their route. Same. It's not easy but I'm also not looking at their map while I do it. I was looking for that giant faultline and couldn't, but I'll admit I didn't try very hard.
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Probably the best episode of the grand tour.
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Qmass posted:Probably the best episode of the grand tour.  or the previous was also great.
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mobby_6kl posted:It is, but sadly they barely showed anything of Georgia really, there's way more interesting stuff outside the main cities that didn't make it on the show. I've been meaning to go back since before the war and sadly just keep postponing it. The Stalin sketch was dumb black book of communism propaganda. Lol that you can even compare Hitler to Stalin. But I guess when you’re making bits on behalf of the richest man in the world, you gotta pander
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Rated PG-34 posted:The Stalin sketch was dumb black book of communism propaganda. Lol that you can even compare Hitler to Stalin. But I guess when you’re making bits on behalf of the richest man in the world, you gotta pander
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Communism propaganda? Wasn't it just Jokes I about stalin and Hitler as kids wanting to grow up to be mass murderers? Even if you like communism, you have to admit stalin was bad.
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Oh no is someone badmouthing my genocidal hero.
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I love being lied to in service of a historical narrative that benefits the rich and powerful. Stalin may have had his faults, but we should be honest about those faults and not embellish them
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Apr 6, 2019 17:02
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I mean sure there were purges and terrors and millions of people died for nothing but
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Rated PG-34 posted:I love being lied to in service of a historical narrative that benefits the rich and powerful. Stalin may have had his faults, but we should be honest about those faults and not embellish them Hey man, if you want to praise communism and talk about Lenin or Trotsky or whatever, fine, I don't care. But Stalin was a power hungry bucket of poo poo who killed people for no reason.
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Rated PG-34 posted:Stalin may have had his faults Lol
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Deteriorata posted:I'll admit I pulled up Google Maps for Moron, Mongolia and tried to figure out their route. That and the fact that they all had to rely on the same vehicle. Have they done that before? It works incredibly well.
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Cojawfee posted:Hey man, if you want to praise communism and talk about Lenin or Trotsky or whatever, fine, I don't care. But Stalin was a power hungry bucket of poo poo who killed people for no reason. 
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Cacator posted:That and the fact that they all had to rely on the same vehicle. Have they done that before? It works incredibly well. Not all of them, but the arctic special had Jeremy and James rely on the one truck. I think that's what made it good, and that's what makes this good. A competition is nice, but it always ends with them sabotaging each others cars when the cars are already breaking. I'd love to see more specials where they get one car and they have to get it all the way there together. We have plenty of shows of them working against each other, but not many where they are forced to work together. Being forced to deal with each other gave the special a whole different kind of chemistry.
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The Cold War is over and we don’t have to spew Cold War propaganda any more to the benefit of Nazis, and wealthy elites
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Rated PG-34 posted:The Cold War is over and we don’t have to spew Cold War propaganda any more to the benefit of Nazis, and wealthy elites You are right, Stalin was a swell guy.
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I’m not claiming that Stalin is a swell guy, I’m claiming that the propaganda is unfair to him and by proxy the USSR and communism to the benefit of nazis and wealthy scum like Jeff Bezos. We shouldn’t repeat old cold war propaganda, and instead have a more sober analysis and critique of history.
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I'd love to hear your thoughts about Ghengis Khan
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What is the genghis khan narrative that benefits nazis and wealthy elites
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I hate this
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