That Time Sears Stole a Guy's Special Wrench (Why Hasn't This Been Invented)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @soulweaver64
    @soulweaver64 4 года назад +451

    That patent lawyer just flipping around on Roberts feels like a huge breach of contract. Geez. I hope he was disbarred.

    • @rambo8863
      @rambo8863 4 года назад +66

      i hope the patent lawyers ass itch and his arms grow short

    • @mattburnham6501
      @mattburnham6501 4 года назад +48

      I hope all his bacon burns.

    • @EwanMarshall
      @EwanMarshall 4 года назад +84

      Not just breach of contract, the ethics rules have some specific things to say about handling conflicts of interest.

    • @---cr8nw
      @---cr8nw 4 года назад +32

      Yeah, that lawyer should have been disbarred.

    • @ruzzodac
      @ruzzodac 4 года назад +9

      we all know public servants that screw up get promotions.

  • @bricenduff2030
    @bricenduff2030 4 года назад +551

    Roberts Lawyer on his death bed: “Avenge the wrench”
    His son: “ what wench?”
    Him”No, Roberts wrench...” *dies*

  • @baggle8203
    @baggle8203 4 года назад +581

    A response to the beginning: As an owner of a 3D printer, accept for the electronics, you can 3D print most of a 3D printer. Many 3D printers are made up of certain structural parts that are 3D printed.

    • @baggle8203
      @baggle8203 4 года назад +59

      okay I watched the whole vid now, why don't you just have a toaster oven?

    • @harrisonkelly
      @harrisonkelly 4 года назад +4

      WolfMan that is literally yourself

    • @TheUserid82
      @TheUserid82 4 года назад +30

      Any company that is 3d printing production parts for mass sales has the "Only tool is a hammer" issue as it would be much faster to once you know the part simply print out a master mold to make silicone molds for resin casting.

    • @Yamy-py8su
      @Yamy-py8su 4 года назад +11

      @@TheUserid82 well sometimes if the part is very unpopular or not used that often the 3d printing will be cheaper.

    • @poseidon4g
      @poseidon4g 4 года назад +5

      Have you ever heard of a von-noimen probe? It follows the same premise and is really interesting

  • @nataliebartlett3457
    @nataliebartlett3457 4 года назад +135

    As a lawyer this has made me so angry.
    Side note: the lawyer who advised him and the head office person who lied about value are exactly the people who Jigsaw would kidnap and torture to teach a lesson.

    • @mrenygma181
      @mrenygma181 4 года назад +7

      Close, but naw. Give those pieces of shit to Jigsaw's crazy bitch protégé. She made ACTUAL death-traps. No hope of esvape, just a shot-ton of pain, and then death. People like that CANNOT be taught decency or basic fucking humanity, and just need to be erased from our species.
      I like your idea, though. Just needs to go one step further.

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, that patent lawyer should have been able to be disbarred for that shit. That's ridiculous.

  • @NikStarow
    @NikStarow 4 года назад +191

    The big worth was in the patent, they were probably scared that a judge would find the agreement null and void, in which Roberts could have licenced it out.

    • @Michael75579
      @Michael75579 4 года назад +17

      $8 million doesn't seem nearly enough for what Sears did. They should have been required to turn over all profits made from sales of the wrench with interest added, as well as punitive damages for the theft and subsequent lies, and all the guy's legal costs. Once the civil matters have been dealt with, the courts can start looking into criminal charges for perjury. His original lawyer should have been disbarred.

    • @tyrellmorris9503
      @tyrellmorris9503 4 года назад +11

      I'm betting they had done similar things to others and didn't want to set a precedent of having to actually pay what inventions were worth as well.

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 4 года назад +207

    They (Sears) managed to screw thousands more ppl when they went bust, too. At least they were consistent.

    • @devinwalton408
      @devinwalton408 4 года назад +26

      That’s why when they started shutting down people robbed them blind.

    • @devinwalton408
      @devinwalton408 4 года назад +16

      I’ve got a bunch of hand tools that I got from Sears in Cupertino when it closed. Not to mention all the stuff I paid for.

    • @TheScilenced
      @TheScilenced 4 года назад +14

      They took some of my coworkers savings accounts that were tied to the company. Went bankrupt and "couldn't" pay, after buying Kmart.

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 4 года назад +5

      @@TheScilenced Exactly the sort of thing I was referring to. LOADS of people got stiffed.

    • @TheScilenced
      @TheScilenced 4 года назад +8

      @@andyb1653 one guy was almost 70 and set to retire in a year, living on the Hawaiian islands. He earned the dream and had it stolen, had to move back to the mainland.

  • @brentbutter
    @brentbutter 4 года назад +116

    He should have gotten his lawyer disbarred because he broke the fundamental agreement of he has to do the best for his client

    • @brentbutter
      @brentbutter 4 года назад +15

      I'm talking about the patent lawyer

    • @aaronmontgomery2055
      @aaronmontgomery2055 4 года назад +14

      @@MrWhiteVzla it's beyond just that, he should have also sued sears for that as well

    • @Laocoon283
      @Laocoon283 4 года назад

      He did. He got him 10k.

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 2 года назад +1

      @@Laocoon283 No he didn't. He cut a deal with Sears to get a fat layout for himself by advising him to take a crap deal.

  • @yaluckyboy
    @yaluckyboy 4 года назад +50

    the way Siri ruined his joke about her at the end is a perfect example of modern technology

  • @allanjmcpherson
    @allanjmcpherson 4 года назад +111

    We already have a toaster that will toast perfectly every time: The Sunbeam Radiant Control came out decades ago, but was discontinued in favour of cruddy timers.

    • @Gumshoesamurai
      @Gumshoesamurai 4 года назад +28

      It appears you watch
      Technology Connections as well *Cue outro music 🎶

    • @Gumshoesamurai
      @Gumshoesamurai 4 года назад +6

      @cas curse You're welcome to exit but you can never leave.

    • @IAmSolblitz
      @IAmSolblitz 4 года назад +1

      @@Gumshoesamurai Hotel California

    • @allanjmcpherson
      @allanjmcpherson 4 года назад +2

      @@Gumshoesamurai 👀 you don't know me 👀

    • @jackpfefferkorn3734
      @jackpfefferkorn3734 4 года назад +7

      The Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster has fairly small bread slots, so it probably won't fit Karl's crumpets. What we really need is a modernization of the Radiant Control toaster with adjustable bread guides and a bagel mode.

  • @172satoshi
    @172satoshi 4 года назад +49

    "It's connected to my headphones, technology sucks"
    That actually made the joke better

  • @cameronscholes237
    @cameronscholes237 4 года назад +380

    He should get a toaster oven

    • @yagahixs
      @yagahixs 4 года назад +16

      My thoughts exactly 😆

    • @lucifchristo
      @lucifchristo 4 года назад +29

      It amazes me that Carl is not aware of the existence of this piece of technology

    • @dinkurdead4392
      @dinkurdead4392 4 года назад +13

      THANK GOD SOMEONE SAID THIS

    • @dinkurdead4392
      @dinkurdead4392 4 года назад +12

      You think it’s an American thing? Cause Neisha doesn’t know either. (Probably butchered her name my bad 😅)

    • @chriseverhart6993
      @chriseverhart6993 4 года назад +10

      I would expect that in a small British kitchen a 1/8 scale oven would come in very handy.

  • @ritchiemiller4879
    @ritchiemiller4879 4 года назад +144

    Crumpets getting stuck in a toaster is the most British problem I've ever heard

    • @calum5975
      @calum5975 4 года назад +3

      I've had my house electrical breaker trip a few times due to crumpets making contact with the element. Entire house goes dark. Hot Cross buns are a nightmare too (although they can be grilled)

    • @jamielonsdale3018
      @jamielonsdale3018 4 года назад +4

      Not quite. Digestives falling in tea with no way to stop the bottom of your tea being filled with soaked biscuit dust. That's probably the most British problem ever. This is why I dip Hobnobs into coffee instead of digestives into tea. Digestives are just begging to disappoint upon dip. Whereas you can drop your entire Hobnob into your cuppa, run to get a spoon to fish it back out and it still be pretty much completely intact after being in the coffee for a full 2 minutes. Not only that, but you can actually fish the damn thing back out without the spoon causing immediate disintegration of the biscuit.

    • @canaan5337
      @canaan5337 4 года назад

      As an American, what the hell is a crumpet?

    • @calum5975
      @calum5975 4 года назад +1

      @@canaan5337 Aerated pancake sorta thing made with a slightly soured batter. Similar to an english muffin with the texture of a sponge.

    • @noahpaulette1490
      @noahpaulette1490 4 года назад

      @@calum5975 since it seems like this is such a common issue you guys should learn what a toaster oven is lol.

  • @sunnyheadcase
    @sunnyheadcase 4 года назад +311

    The toaster oven is superior to the conventional toaster for these reasons.

    • @Exarian
      @Exarian 4 года назад +19

      I use my toaster oven for so much stuff its so handy. It's like an oven that doesn't take forever to pre-heat.

    • @crumblesilkskin
      @crumblesilkskin 4 года назад +5

      @@nathansmith116
      I even use my toaster oven to cook sausage very quick with no clean up.

    • @robertschnabele6871
      @robertschnabele6871 4 года назад +1

      I'd like to throw the contact grill into the ring. Toasts my stuff reliably everywhere all the time,

    • @a.z7469
      @a.z7469 4 года назад +6

      I have a convection toaster oven too, love the thing. I’ve made everything from toasts to full roasts in it.

    • @scotto.2113
      @scotto.2113 4 года назад +4

      Yep, i went to put this exact same response, Toaster oven does it all, thank you William Hadaway

  • @asoomi7063
    @asoomi7063 4 года назад +479

    Ah yes, the "special" wrench. The most powerful of wrenches.

    • @eedwards2859
      @eedwards2859 4 года назад +18

      Wielding a “special” wrench increases one stat of your choice by +1

    • @playamcnugeegames8267
      @playamcnugeegames8267 4 года назад +2

      It quite fairly is you could use a socket wrench during the zombie apocalypse and I doubt it would break within the first year.

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 4 года назад

      Ratchet agrees

    • @Printedperformance
      @Printedperformance 4 года назад

      I’ve heard it’s a little slow.

    • @jamielonsdale3018
      @jamielonsdale3018 4 года назад

      @@eedwards2859 I would figure that the 'special wrench' comes with a +5 to tool dexterity, and a +1 to strength.
      Also, is it possible/practical to use a wrench to help turn another wrench?

  • @philiplynx6991
    @philiplynx6991 4 года назад +69

    Sears: 'We're not making any money from this.'
    Judge: 'And yet you are willing to spend *millions* to keep it.'
    Sears: '... so, like we said, we're not making any money from this.'

  • @JoshuaMiller-ny5uf
    @JoshuaMiller-ny5uf 4 года назад +398

    The [un]fun fact about 3D printers is that they gained prominence because some patents expired. They're not new. Just a friendly reminder that patents expiring is important to public interest.
    Edit: I didn't mean to cause a row. I'm not saying it was an unfun fact because patents exist. I am actually a proponent of them. I just like that they have a pretty concrete expiration date. It's an unfun fact because it's dry and to most people would be boring.

    • @johnbeauvais3159
      @johnbeauvais3159 4 года назад +11

      Same with AR components

    • @Dimitri88888888
      @Dimitri88888888 4 года назад +34

      Wow almost like patents crushes innovation. Who would of thought that being the sole person allowed to make something would make sure no one at all make it instead.

    • @l.c.8475
      @l.c.8475 4 года назад +8

      I don't think they would have gotten this big in the consumer/hobby space if it came out without the internet and opensource being were they were in 2008

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +11

      @@Dimitri88888888 in some cases its kinda difficult spending bajillions of money developing something with no guarantee that someone else wont just screw you over in sales afterwards, though i heard this from my teacher in the context of medicine that is mad expensive to develop and where it really sucks to have restricted production

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 4 года назад +8

      That guy from next door parents are good, as you just saw, it makes sure the guy who owns an invention gets paid, or has a net to get paid. Cause this isn’t Communism.
      Just pay a person for their invention, they worked hard for it, it makes sense that they get paid their fair share

  • @oneproudukrainian2063
    @oneproudukrainian2063 4 года назад +33

    That lawyer dynasty is legendary

  • @DexyD20
    @DexyD20 4 года назад +167

    My mom used to work for sears. Just to show you how bad they are. They gave my mom a 20 dollar sears gift card as a Christmas bonus. Then fired her for using it...

    • @lottie7289
      @lottie7289 4 года назад +12

      How does that work, sorry that happened to your mum

    • @DexyD20
      @DexyD20 4 года назад +36

      @@lottie7289 yeah, she worked there for a couple years. Years before sears went bankrupt to, when I was a kid. When they realized she used the bonus gift card for Christmas, they accused her off stealing it and fired her even tho they should have had it on record but I think the manager might have actually given her a stolen card, or really wanted an excuse to fire her. Yeah, doesn't make sense to me either, but that's what I remember and what my mom says she remembers. I told her too sue when it happened but she didn't want to cause extra trouble for herself, oh well they lost all of their money and we still have a small bit🤣

    • @lottie7289
      @lottie7289 4 года назад +9

      @@DexyD20 oh bless, at least a happy ending happened lol, have a nice day

    • @DexyD20
      @DexyD20 4 года назад +4

      @@lottie7289 Lol, Thanks, You have a nice day as well!

    • @WebGrekomon
      @WebGrekomon 4 года назад +10

      Bummer that happened. Probably a bad loss prevention manager trying to get internals. Retail chains have a big issue with internal theft and reward highly for catching those internal criminals, so some loss prevention managers spend a lot of time watching employees instead of for shoplifting. I worked for SEARS for about 15 years, early on in my career there, between 2003 and 2005, a loss prevention manager pulled me into their office one time and pointed a computer screen and asked “what’s this?” I had to ask “What’s what?” since I didn’t know how to read the screen he was looking at. He told me it showed I used my associate discount when buying something and I paid with a corporate gift card. He then accused me of stealing gift cards for myself and asked how I got it to show as corporate. I was fairly confused because I rarely had gift cards at that time and was trying to figure why I had it. Luckily I was able to remember that it was sent to me as part of an associate appreciation program at that time. An other time, the same guy came running up behind me when I was leaving for the day. He told me we’re required to check out with them if we have a bag because I had a canvas tote that I brought to work everyday. I let him know this was the first I had heard this and asked why the previous manager or his current employees had asked me to show them before, he told me he always checks everyone’s bags, I then pointed towards the women employees with purses that he didn’t check. They also asked him why he wanted to look in their bags for the first time ever. He tried to accuse me of stealing company property because of my back belt in the bag. I had to remind him that I paid for the belt myself because he didn’t have one to provide me in my size when said I was required to wear the belt when lifting heavy merchandise. For about two months he would pretend to check purses whenever I was leaving. Years later a different loss prevention manager got frustrated and told me to stop asking them to check my bag since I was the only one who did it, they had a camera at the lockers where employees stored their belongings, and the bag check policy was only for employee shopping bags to verify unpaid merchandise wasn’t in the bag.

  • @sebastianbruhn7031
    @sebastianbruhn7031 4 года назад +133

    3d printers that print 3d printers are called reprap.

    • @BandanaDrummer95
      @BandanaDrummer95 4 года назад +5

      *stares at the Prusa print farm*

    • @C8-H8
      @C8-H8 4 года назад +1

      @@BandanaDrummer95 exactly what i thought

    • @ShockburnVR
      @ShockburnVR 4 года назад

      Yes but actually no
      A true 3d printer that prints a full 3d printer is not here yet. with that i mean all the electronics and metal parts as well

    • @adamkaris
      @adamkaris 4 года назад +1

      @@ShockburnVR And printing it already assembled

  • @Abighor
    @Abighor 4 года назад +30

    Regarding the smoothie, I just throw some detergent and water in the "cup" and give it a wizz. Good for getting the blades clean too. Also, I miss Sears as much as I miss Smallpox.

  • @fatheromalleyoconnelocarol4014
    @fatheromalleyoconnelocarol4014 4 года назад +22

    For the joggers, you can fix the drawstring by getting a wire clothes hanger, unwinding it, and running it through the holes so you can hook the string and pull it back through. Unfortunately I’ve had to do it many times.

    • @cinkin
      @cinkin 4 года назад +3

      I was going to suggest attending a safety pin to one end and feeding it through. But this coat hanger method sounds less time consuming.

    • @TheLostSorcerer
      @TheLostSorcerer 4 года назад +1

      Also to prevent the problem in the future, tie the ends together before washing.

    • @timwisbar5467
      @timwisbar5467 4 года назад +2

      Most of mine have the String sown in at the back. Since they are only ever pulled out and not pushed in they don't come out. They don't even misalign

    • @microwar
      @microwar 4 года назад +1

      To hard. Just use a saftypin on the string, and push it thru the hole. Then you can do the push grab technique to move it to the other end.

    • @ellahyland1705
      @ellahyland1705 4 года назад

      @@timwisbar5467 I have a pair like that and it's great, never have to worry about it.

  • @GodlessDad
    @GodlessDad 4 года назад +14

    Your "all-inclusive" toaster is called a toaster oven. I use mine everyday.

  • @JohnGunn
    @JohnGunn 4 года назад +16

    Re: toasters - check Technology Connections' video on "The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours" - there IS a toaster that works and the design is decades old and no one uses it. Because reasons?

  • @EnnesArms
    @EnnesArms 4 года назад +16

    You can theoretically 3d print more printers by combining a 3d printer, cnc machine, and laser cutter. (Along with something that can print circuit boards)

  • @BritnHaviland
    @BritnHaviland 4 года назад +10

    They did this to me when I worked for them. I came up with a way to change how we did customer shipping that saved them 7.5 million per year and they gave me $800 and promptly fired me.

    • @mrenygma181
      @mrenygma181 4 года назад +2

      American ultra-capitalism at work, ladies and gents.
      I vehemently HATE the people of my homeland. They'll happily bend over and take a $1000 reaming for a goddamned phone. A.....PHOOOOOONE. A fucking phone. NOT because it's superior IN ANY WAY. No no, that'd make too much fucking sense. No, we take the $1000 reaming for a picture of A FUCKING BITTEN APPLE.
      God I hate the U.S., and I fucking live here. God help us in November.

    • @Rysussybaka
      @Rysussybaka 4 года назад +1

      Damn, big corporations really stifle innovation, huh?

    • @Laocoon283
      @Laocoon283 4 года назад

      No u didnt

  • @Tkon321
    @Tkon321 4 года назад +1

    To get the string back in, put a safety pin on the end, and thread it pushing the pin along the waistband. Makes it loads easier than trying to just push the string.

  • @Kurdent
    @Kurdent 4 года назад +3

    As a kid I had one of the most brilliant idea ever for a class project.
    So in sixth grade (from canada, was 11) our teacher asked us to invent something or an upgrade to something that existed. So I searched my whole house in order to find something interesting and as I was making myself a pbj sandwich I was strucked by a genius idea. I just got my hands covered in peanut butter by trying to get what was left in the bottom and I was disgusted and that's when I immewdiately tought "Wouldn't that be great if saomeone invented peanut butter in slice just like kraft cheese slice" and my dad just looked at me and went "Son! That's it! There's your presentation!
    And then I spent the whole week-end with my dad writing down the perfect speech and it went something like this "Hey you! Yes, you! Aren't you tired of getting yourself covered in peanut butter or getting bread crumbs everywhere in your kitchen? Well search no more for this existential problem! Here's a revolutionary invention, sliced peanut butter! It's just like sliced cheese but it's peanut butter! You just have to open the packet, slap it on your slice of bread and there you go!"
    I got a 100% and had to present it to our principal since everyone flipped shit about how wonderful the idea was. We need soemthing like it. And sliced jam. Go on, steal my idea I don,t fucking care, I want my sliced peanut butter even 14 years later.

  • @mrpresident1527
    @mrpresident1527 4 года назад +24

    Someone needs to invent the 3 seashells

    • @Bushprowler
      @Bushprowler 4 года назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 DPSFSU doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells, can you believe it? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @gitcheeyahktick3841
      @gitcheeyahktick3841 4 года назад

      😂😭

  • @TheScilenced
    @TheScilenced 4 года назад +5

    When I worked for Sears I noticed that they would have a "selection" of the same type of item, usually 3-4 "economic" options for 1 quality expensive item. Looking back at the old catalogs was an eye opener to how profit margins became the sole focus of the company. Also craftsman tools was an "exclusive" seller to Sears that had a sharp decline in quality.

  • @thecodemachine
    @thecodemachine 4 года назад +2

    That lawyer should be disbarred for that. That isn't working in the interest of his client.

  • @turtled6301
    @turtled6301 4 года назад +15

    I've always wondered if clap activated lights turn into a rave if ur watching something with a clapping audience

  • @vicwolfrin
    @vicwolfrin 4 года назад +5

    I can imagine the lawyer in the clouds, lion king style. Telling his son to continue the trial.

  • @miniair
    @miniair 4 года назад +10

    They fight so hard so it doesn't set a precedent that will hurt them from other cases they or other corporations are or will be involved in.

  • @fluffycritter
    @fluffycritter 3 года назад +1

    It is always very frustrating when a large company spends more on lawyers to prove that they can rip someone off than it would be to just pay the person they've ripped off.

  • @Iceman-kr6df
    @Iceman-kr6df 4 года назад +3

    Toaster oven is superior for all those reasons, toasts break, toasts crumpets, you can use it for pizza bagels, or reheating anything that fits inside it

  • @Grimlock794
    @Grimlock794 4 года назад +3

    My dad bought a stationary bike from Sears that was missing parts and they refused to get new parts or refund his money. I guess Sears has a long history of screwing over people.

  • @jessevazquez8984
    @jessevazquez8984 4 года назад +4

    Father :dies
    Son: I will finish what you started!

  • @bluebroham
    @bluebroham 4 года назад +1

    Whinging about crumpets is one of the most painfully British moments of the show.

  • @hafbrydhellsing
    @hafbrydhellsing 4 года назад +3

    “3D printer that prints, 3D printers” yeah, that’s been a thing. For years. They have printers that print houses, they used the original concrete printer to print a second, and so on to help with a major disaster back around 2016ish not long after 3D printers took off. They had plastic/metal printers that printed the parts to replicate its self maybe a year or two before that. Wasn’t advanced enough to put all the pieces together upon printing, but it was capable of laying the internal wiring. I’m not sure if the concrete printer assembled it’s replicate itself or if it had to be assembled. Did a tech news report for my vocational school in high school, was pretty awesome to hear where the innovations had led disaster relief efforts.

  • @reddrift3022
    @reddrift3022 3 года назад +1

    An all purpose toasting, pan cooking, chip cooking, pizza reheater, etc.
    Is your humble sandwich maker. Literally a portable, electric powered, double sided pan with an easy open and a light to tell you when it's hot. Genius

  • @DunkinOnCripples
    @DunkinOnCripples 4 года назад +5

    Lawyer dies*
    His son: Fine I’ll do it myself

  • @BeastGuyver
    @BeastGuyver 4 года назад +3

    about toasting, here in the states we have a thing called a toaster oven. and hey if you don't like the devices you can always go the old school route bread on a stick over a fire.

  • @lucyfyrre7593
    @lucyfyrre7593 4 года назад +11

    i was rewatching old fact fiend videos and this popped up! neat!

  • @kiljaeden7663
    @kiljaeden7663 4 года назад +3

    You can get the drawstring back in by fixing it to something solid - I favour a big safety pin - and feeding through that through.

  • @kingarthurthe5th
    @kingarthurthe5th 4 года назад +9

    Technically a printer that prints “printers” already exists. Look up “Prusa mk3” they use their printers to print parts for more of the same printer

  • @CatvsShark
    @CatvsShark 4 года назад

    Bro your channel fr the best, I appreciate the way you stay true to you instead of confirming like all other content creators

  • @GenKraid
    @GenKraid 4 года назад +12

    Just dropping by to say, "toaster oven".

  • @sophiespillane4674
    @sophiespillane4674 4 года назад +1

    thing is that there are smoothie makers and reusable bottles that are easily cleaned and don't stink up after a while, but they're made of glass which drives up their cost.

  • @Matu007
    @Matu007 4 года назад +5

    You need to watch the "How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's" video by Technology Connections, there is a toaster from 40's that can toast anything

  • @Kafen8d
    @Kafen8d 4 года назад +1

    Holy shit props to the editor for that SEAMLESS cut at 0:42

  • @zeldywind
    @zeldywind 4 года назад +3

    9:08 makes me wish this story was turned into an anime

  • @AndrewTraver
    @AndrewTraver 4 года назад +2

    Makes me feel better that Sears went so hard out of business in my city's mall XD

  • @maximman102n7
    @maximman102n7 4 года назад +3

    Sears stole the bionic wrench recently

  • @tuckinatorinator787
    @tuckinatorinator787 4 года назад +2

    I haven't thought of Sears in years

  • @the0pro
    @the0pro 4 года назад +3

    Into: playing
    Me: literally sitting here fixing my 3d printers: yeah, they are pretty cool

  • @tomgustard9281
    @tomgustard9281 4 года назад +2

    There's this device like kinda a grill/toaster combo and does everything to satisfy your toast/crumpet needs

  • @svenNL
    @svenNL 4 года назад +3

    Im literally crying from this wrench story

  • @brianreiner8855
    @brianreiner8855 4 года назад

    For the smoothy problem. Some blenders will fit a standard mason jar ( for the screw on part with the blades). The glass is easier to clean and lids are easy to find as well.

  • @Glaceon42
    @Glaceon42 4 года назад +3

    Karl's shirt is pretty damn awesome...

  • @xenfiladex
    @xenfiladex 4 года назад +2

    "Sorry for anyone with a echo".. then proceeds to say alexa like 20 times.

  • @markwoodger2
    @markwoodger2 4 года назад +3

    The perfect toaster was invented in the sixties, there is a video on technology connections on it,

  • @CursedBrainJuice
    @CursedBrainJuice 4 года назад

    Fun fact: 3D printers have been around since about the 80's. Its only in the last 20 years where commercial, consumer grade printers became prominent, this was a largely due to the RepRap project which enabled users to build printers capable of producing parts for themselves and other printers included in the program. Joseph Prusa was one of the guys behind the project and now, his company Prusa research basically mass produces 3D printers for sale using a fleet of his own production stock.

  • @Rhewin
    @Rhewin 4 года назад +4

    Speaking of Sears they have a ton of amazing stories. Going back to the old catalogue days, Richard Sears made the Sears catalogue smaller than the Montgomery Ward one. That was so when people in rural areas put them out on the coffee table, they would also stack the Sears catalogue on top.
    Oh and the time they gave a struggling Kmart Holdings money, and Kmart took that money and freaking bought Sears with the money Sears just gave them.

  • @mjx8137
    @mjx8137 4 года назад

    okay so idk if anyone has said this yet, but a lot of nutribullets/blenders can be cleaned pretty thourouly by putting water and a teeny bit of washing up loquid in them and turning them on, then rinsing in water. Also to fix your joggers, tie one end of the cord to a safety pin/paperclip or similar and you should be able to feed it through with relative ease, though it might take some time :)

  • @keenanfarago6882
    @keenanfarago6882 4 года назад +3

    Wait a second... you don’t unplug your toaster when you stick something metal in it to get something out

  • @mikathomo391
    @mikathomo391 4 года назад

    Carl just toast the bread for one minute or more and once it's done just pop it back in upsidedown, and then toast it again for however long you want.
    I normally do 1 min then rotate onto the side and do another min and do this process untill it has done a full rotation. Total time is about 5 minutes if you have everything really the night before.
    As you go about the house you can pop it back in and to the rotation thing, while you get ready to leave.

  • @Skippy-here
    @Skippy-here 4 года назад +4

    There is already a 3D printer printing houses WTF

  • @yuedarkangel1
    @yuedarkangel1 4 года назад

    At the end, when they are talking about why things haven't been fixed, it was explained by my economics teacher in high school. The team is called Planned Obsolescence, wherein we currently have the technology to make a stapler that will literally last forever outside of being used improperly or outright abused, however, that stapler would only be sold once. Whereas if you design a stapler to eventually break and fall apart every few years, people will always have to buy a replacement thus generating a constant flow of money under the idea of "well these things happen."

  • @bananajones9396
    @bananajones9396 4 года назад +4

    Ummm unplug the tester might relieve some of the death from your food preparations lol

    • @Shinobi-tp3yq
      @Shinobi-tp3yq 4 года назад +1

      Toasters have capacitors they can still kill you unplugged (i think that is the electrical jargon term that is the part im thinking of)

    • @bananajones9396
      @bananajones9396 4 года назад +1

      @@Shinobi-tp3yq idk the inner workings of tosters but I'll keep that in mind next time I go digging around it one lol

  • @libertariantimes1335
    @libertariantimes1335 4 года назад

    Our editor designed a wireless device charger for both cellphones and for hanging tv's when he was 19.
    Nobody would fund him getting a patent because it was "absurd". 8 years later it was patented and now it is definitely not absurd.

  • @appleseedgames6934
    @appleseedgames6934 4 года назад +3

    I've never heard of Sears before but I officially hate them now

    • @Laocoon283
      @Laocoon283 4 года назад

      Huge department store franchise in the u.s

    • @kjcorder
      @kjcorder 3 года назад

      They were great in many ways but corporate greed ruined them

  • @basbarbeque6718
    @basbarbeque6718 4 года назад +2

    "I will finish what you started!"

  • @LucasBell420
    @LucasBell420 4 года назад +4

    Sears

  • @thomasfordham7465
    @thomasfordham7465 4 года назад +2

    Pro tip for fishing toast and crumpets out of a toaster. Use a plastic fork

    • @GeorgieChaos
      @GeorgieChaos 4 года назад

      Or a wooden disposable chopstick. And probably unplug the toaster before trying it.

  • @chaoscrew694
    @chaoscrew694 4 года назад +3

    Everybody's always under looking the most important invention the toilet

  • @Eggs_hatching
    @Eggs_hatching 4 года назад

    easy trick to get your drawstring back in ur joggers: clip a safety-pin to one end of the string and feed it through. The metal makes it easy to find the loose end through the fabric and keep sliding it until you get it back out the other side.

  • @PotatoLover112
    @PotatoLover112 4 года назад +4

    Hey carl if you want I have a special tool that restrings hoodies and joggers

    • @hippiehippo9030
      @hippiehippo9030 4 года назад

      Thats just some wire, yo.

    • @PotatoLover112
      @PotatoLover112 4 года назад +1

      @@hippiehippo9030 no
      it's a specialized tool

    • @hippiehippo9030
      @hippiehippo9030 4 года назад +1

      @@PotatoLover112 I mean that you can use just some wire to do it.

  • @skyedoust8702
    @skyedoust8702 4 года назад +1

    Protip for getting stuff out a toaster: use chopsticks. They're wooden, so risk of electrocution is practically negligible.

    • @StonerWaifu
      @StonerWaifu 4 года назад

      Or simply unplug the toaster.

  • @FamiliarFacesChannel
    @FamiliarFacesChannel 4 года назад +5

    My grandma love the new airfyrer I got her for Christmas. Makes good pork chops and fish without having to heat up the kitchen with the oven or go out to the grill.

  • @nickmaynard3079
    @nickmaynard3079 4 года назад +2

    Had an idea for a cigarette case that could be a lighter ashtray and have a clip to hang from freeing pocket space
    It didn't go though for several reasons (mostly personal)
    There's also the issue that cigarettes and cigars are a limited market with the health issues related to them so products that caters to people who buys them can be viewed negatively

  • @Andrew-df9gr
    @Andrew-df9gr 4 года назад +7

    3D printers printing other 3D printers look up mulbot on RUclips

  • @Helker
    @Helker 4 года назад +1

    "I'm still waiting for the first person to make a 3d printer that makes other 3d printers, then is game over!" uhm... geting Dr. Stone's Byakuya deja vu over here! xD

  • @nunsluna8107
    @nunsluna8107 4 года назад +30

    I’m here but I’m not funny

    • @lucyfyrre7593
      @lucyfyrre7593 4 года назад +1

      me too don't worry

    • @journeyofawesome8473
      @journeyofawesome8473 4 года назад

      we know. ;-)

    • @Onomere
      @Onomere 4 года назад

      On the other hand: I am really funny. Almost hilarious. Just let you all know. Have a nice day.

    • @eddieramirez8292
      @eddieramirez8292 4 года назад +1

      Statistically speaking, someone thinks you're a riot to hang out with

    • @nunsluna8107
      @nunsluna8107 4 года назад

      @@eddieramirez8292 appreciate it

  • @felhorn6890
    @felhorn6890 4 года назад +2

    The drawstring is an easy fix, just sow it in at the back.

  • @kokoboy6993
    @kokoboy6993 4 года назад +8

    2d printer that prints a 1d printer

    • @iotaplays
      @iotaplays 4 года назад

      so a square that prints a line

    • @hepchaos
      @hepchaos 4 года назад +1

      @@iotaplays - No, a square and a line are both 2d. 1dimension is just a theoretical concept.

  • @russelldavis1539
    @russelldavis1539 4 года назад

    In regards to the smoothie problem. A good old fashioned oyster blender the base has the same threading as a standard mason jar you can put everything you want for your smoothie in a mason jar screw on the base with the blade inside the jar make your smoothie and go about your day. The advantage of the Mason jar is that it can be sterilized with boiling water or a dishwasher. You can order special mason jars with lids and straws and even handles.

  • @Freesliterature
    @Freesliterature 4 года назад +3

    Wrench

  • @Rok_Satanas
    @Rok_Satanas 4 года назад

    About the pants string. You tie one end on something solid (i.e. pencil) And put that item on one side of the hole and can use the solid item to drag the string through to the other hole.

  • @Dappersworth
    @Dappersworth 4 года назад +2

    I believe this isn't the first time Sears stole a wrench design. Another design was an auto-adjusting through-hole wrench.
    Edit: it's called the bionic wrench, sears stopped selling the product and outsourced manufacturing to china, the product being under the name of "Craftsman"

    • @Blerdunn2618
      @Blerdunn2618 3 года назад +1

      Sears, and other companies, engage in what they can "efficient infringement". Basically, they ID a product they think will be profitable with a business they think can't afford the cost of defending it. Then they steal the product.

  • @uwustomp5528
    @uwustomp5528 4 года назад

    I had the idea 10 years ago to put led lights in a hoodie, and everyone called my crazy. When alot of people are calling your invention crazy, that's when you KNOW it's a good idea!

  • @calicantdrive
    @calicantdrive 3 года назад +1

    It's much less frustrating when you realize that Sears literally drove themselves out of business fighting this kind of fight over and over.

  • @lordgiacomos2551
    @lordgiacomos2551 4 года назад

    The toaster oven is exactly the device that fixes your toaster problems. Just flip the bread over halfway through

  • @Geckur0
    @Geckur0 4 года назад +1

    10:42 you're thinking of a toaster oven, its already been invented.

  • @AramiHeartilly
    @AramiHeartilly 4 года назад

    If you have any safety pins big enough, attach one end of the jogging bottoms tie, then feed it through. I do the same thing whenever I make/re-work clothes.

  • @setarcos42
    @setarcos42 4 года назад

    The phone glass thing is a marketing angle. Keeps people coming back for repairs

  • @AndrewTraver
    @AndrewTraver 4 года назад +2

    This has been one of the most inderhanded stories I've heard XD and im at the start XD

  • @midgarcloud4550
    @midgarcloud4550 4 года назад

    I worked for Sears for years, as a backroom and sales floor employee, and in the orientation/training video it claimed all ideas from employees in regards to products were property of Sears because while working there anything you came up with was conflict of interest with Sears itself, even if you work on your idea outside of work.

  • @KanchidoShinokyoufu
    @KanchidoShinokyoufu 4 года назад

    A toaster oven is an all purpose toasting device that can toast slices of bread to crumpets, & even bake goods at a small scale.

  • @spacegandalf7490
    @spacegandalf7490 4 года назад +1

    Only thing i like about sears is that they’d let me and my friends chill on their furniture.

  • @bugsmith9751
    @bugsmith9751 4 года назад

    i think the most useful invention or modification i can think of, is give most electronics that need to be plugged in, a battery pack for when the power goes out, when you need light, it would be so much easier to just be able to turn on your floor lamp still, instead of needing to use a flashlight for everything