"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/21/2018 at 00:13 • Filed to: Rant
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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/21/2018 at 00:13 • Filed to: Rant | 5
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Skip to 13:18 if timestamp doesn’t work. He will spend what feels like half the episode geeking out over the stupidest, most mundane shit ever. Watching this you’d think he’d never encountered a trip computer before, and he’s simply amazed at how the buttons light up when they’re active (y’know, just like literally every other car ).
The bit at 2:55 and 3:55 about latching the hood also bugs me. It’s clearly a simple setup where the lever in the cabin actually acts as the latch. Unusual, but not worth the amount of time he spent over-explaining it. Barely merits a “Huh.”.
It’s as if he’s making these videos for people who have spent their whole lives in a cave and don’t know how cars work.
Quirks and features? More like basic ubiquitous car design.
Maxima Speed
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 00:25 |
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Amen!
Tapas
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 00:28 |
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Agreed. 3/7 “ quirks” are actually quirks.
The quirk inflation has to end!
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 00:29 |
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He also ripped off HHFP, so there's that.
CB
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 00:31 |
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I stopped watching Doug when he stopped writing for Jalopnik. I liked his articles, but I don’t think he’s the best video personality.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> CB
11/21/2018 at 00:32 |
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My thoughts exactly. Great writer, horrible presenter.
Urambo Tauro
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 00:48 |
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I actually enjoy these videos a lot, but they seem to keep getting longer and longer. I can’t keep watching each and every one if they’re all going to be 20 min+ long episodes. Especially with so many other great channels competing for my attention. So I don’t click on his videos anymore, unless it’s a car that I’m really interested in.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Urambo Tauro
11/21/2018 at 00:55 |
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Every once in a while I’ll be like “ok I’ll give him another shot, see if he’s improved” and then NOPE still boring and annoying.
slipperysallylikespenguins
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 01:00 |
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I’ve never watched one and have no intention to start. I never found a single watchable video made by Jalopnik staff.
InFierority Complex
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 03:23 |
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No plastic engine cover on a car designed in the 70s you say?! I get that his audience is supposed to be younger and not entirely car people, necessarily, but some of these things could be framed as more of a “this i how cars were at this time,” rather than being a quirk.
The hood latch is similar to the SII E-type hood latch, I think. The S1.5 had a latch/hook thing on both the driver and passenger side doors.
haveacarortwoorthree2
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/21/2018 at 05:41 |
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How did I miss this? Context?
jimz
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 06:46 |
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A ton of videos on YT are “reaction” crap where you’re supposed to watch someone watch something and see how they “react” to it. All seems to be geared for an audience of 8 year olds. That’s what Doug seems to be aiming for.
shop-teacher
> CB
11/21/2018 at 07:07 |
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Same here. Also I find Auto Trader’s website maddening.
adamftw
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 07:23 |
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He knows his audience, and he plays to it really well because thats what pays the bills. His interview with Farah on TST podcast was a great listen, gave me a new perspective on him. He’s literally just doing what get his clicks and views. Why wouldn’t he? I did enjoy his earlier stuff better though .
Monkey B
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 08:07 |
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his writing is exactly the same...on and on about nonsense in between points . I never understood why everyone enjoyed it, he tries way too hard and it shows. That he went to a non-enthusiast site would suggest his work is for the uninitiated...and now they think that’s what the enthusiasts is like.
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> Tapas
11/21/2018 at 08:11 |
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The whole car is a quirk in that most of the stuff still works. Being Lucas and all.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 08:58 |
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I like these videos. They’re getting to the length where I can put one on as I’m trying to go to sleep and will be unconscious before it finishes. This way I don’t have that uncomfortable silence in the room when I’m tired, but not asleep, when a video finishes...
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Tapas
> GoodIdeaAtTheTime
11/21/2018 at 09:21 |
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That is true.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> haveacarortwoorthree2
11/21/2018 at 10:35 |
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https://oppositelock.kinja.com/hmmm-i-swear-someone-already-did-this-doug-1830258546
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/21/2018 at 10:41 |
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Here’s why I don’t like Doug videos:
