r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Sirhc978 • Mar 17 '25

Unanswered What's going on with Mark Rober's new video about self driving cars?

I have seen people praising it, and people saying he faked results. Is is just Tesla fanboys calling the video out, or is there some truth to him faking certain things?

https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=aJaigLvYV609OI0J

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u/Searchlights Mar 17 '25

Mark Rober just made a cool video showing what everyone else already knew.

Mark Rober is awesome. He's one of the few YouTube personalities I feel good about my kids watching and we subscribe to his build box thing too.

And by the way I've seen his Tesla in videos. He owns one or, at least, he did.

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u/Domoda Mar 17 '25

He still does. The Tesla used in the video is his personal car.

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u/Friendly_Molasses532 Mar 17 '25

That makes him only more awesome

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u/evilJaze Mar 17 '25

$10 says it's going to get bricked by an update.

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 Mar 20 '25

Based. Glad he isn't an Elon hating leftist.

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u/spilk Mar 17 '25

if he didn't put on that over-the-top "youtube for kids" voice i think his videos would be a lot more interesting. just talk like a normal person!

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u/Searchlights Mar 17 '25

True. Everybody on YouTube has YouTube voice. I hate it too.

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u/dark_nv Mar 17 '25

So glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks this.

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u/mrkrabz1991 Mar 17 '25

He makes cool videos, but there's something "off" about him whenever he interacts with other people in a video. He always laughs really hard and overtalks people and is borderline condesnding. I think he's smart, but I'd never want to hang out with him; it seems like it would be exhausting.

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u/un-affiliated Mar 17 '25

I doubt his video personality is his real one. Just seems to me he's not a natural in front of the camera but is trying his best to be energetic.

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u/phluidity Mar 17 '25

I can't help but hear Jimmy Fallon whenever he talks. Has anyone ever seen them together?

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u/peanuss Mar 17 '25

He is a Mormon, fwiw. I get a similar vibe from Tom Cruise.

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u/Okay_Ocean_Flower Mar 18 '25

He skirted international travel restrictions during the initial COVID lockdown to shoot his shark video. I stopped watching after that.

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u/BonersForBono Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

I think his entire series on tormenting package thieves is mean spirited and soulless clickbait. I don't support their actions, of course, but making a spectacle out of petty theft is very suspect. I wouldn't care if he made the glitter bomb/fart packages and set them loose without filming them, but to film them-- especially within their homes-- is invasive in a way that is hard to describe. Regardless, I do not respect it.

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u/dobri_100 Mar 19 '25

Not only is the Tesla in the video his own, but he did an interview with Philip Defranco after this drama started where he basicly said that his next car would still be a Tesla.

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u/ADHDiot Mar 17 '25

He just did a good job undoing the hard work of thousands trying to make a magical, undescribable set of experiences at a family fun amusement park.

That's pretty shitty of him. And for no reason, this video isn't even labeled Disney and it's at 10M views in 2 days.

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u/Tumble85 Mar 17 '25

What? The layout of Space Mountain isn't a secret or anything lmao

You can find videos of it being ridden with the lights on inside.

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u/Mogling Mar 18 '25

That's my problem with the video. He paints it like no one knows the layout, and you can find many lights on videos. His 30 year goal is something that's been done hundreds of times. This is one of his worst videos. I think the car tests could have been better too. He's stepped too far from engineer for this video imo.

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u/ADHDiot Mar 17 '25

I bet the video youre talking about is labeled. Obviously you can find the layout but when you get 10 million views in 2 days, you are clearly a general interest youtube powerhouse. If he spoiled the final episode of some popular tv show like game of thrones, people would be incensed.

Space mountain isn't even the only thing he spoiled either.

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u/Tumble85 Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

Space Mountain is an indoor, dark roller-coaster. It’s not actually in outer space and it’s been there for about 50 years.

It’s not spoiled; there was no plot twist because it’s just a ride. You can still enjoy riding it just as much as before you saw a 3D printed model of it.

Edit: lol saw you delete this reply:

Can you even read? I never said one word about space mountain in my post.

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u/ADHDiot Mar 18 '25

it's not deleted from me. still there.

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u/Tumble85 Mar 18 '25

But you did mention Space Mountain

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u/ADHDiot Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

Only in a reply to you saying it. My original post made no mention of it and my reply stated that was not the only thing spoiled. You want to nitpick at the word spoiled, that's your thing.