Project Cybersyn and Military Fridges: Citation Needed 4x02

We're off to the Left Bit of Bottom America (thanks Matt), to Chile, and to a socialist scheme to bring a computer revolution decades early. Just one problem: people.

UPDATE: There were several jokes in here about the 1973 Chilean coup. Those jokes crossed a line, and were offensive to Chilean folks. If we'd have known the full context of the coup, which we didn't in the rush of filming, we wouldn't have made them. The fault lies solely with me as the editor: I should have fact-checked and understood the context before publishing. I try to make sure the series is suitable for all, and in this case it's fair to say I got the balance wrong. I'm sorry.

Thank you to our anonymous subtitler, and all the people who've helped translate last week's episode!

GARY is @garybrannan on Twitter
and CHRIS doesn't do this social media nonsense.

[TomScottGo]

It looks like Google forgot about the pinned comment I left here, so: there are several jokes in here about the 1973 Chilean coup. Those jokes crossed a line, and were offensive to Chilean folks. If we'd have known the full context of the coup, which we didn't in the rush of filming, we wouldn't have made them. The fault lies solely with me as the editor: I should have fact-checked and understood the context before publishing. I try to make sure the series is suitable for all, and in this case it's fair to say I got the balance wrong. I'm sorry.

[safflower_s]

I swear, "Chile is far left of bottom America" is my absolute favourite phrase on this channel

[Jimbrts]

"It just says 'Death', whatever I press"

I see it's running Windows 8

[ingridplata]

Those moments when Tom has clearly lost control of the situation and is just like "Project Cybersyn, gentlemen" make my day every time

[PowersOfDarkness]

damn, chile was working on a star trek future and the US was like "we prefer star wars : )"

[csquirrelrun]

Well I guess you can cross Chile off the list of countries to offend, and return to bagging the French again next time.

[Mical]

How dare you, Tom, claim that us Chileans don't actually have robotics death pigeons controlled by the government!

[salasart]

I'm from Chile! can't believe my little country showed up in your conversation!

[lutzjamesa]

One of the best Citation Neededs ever! Dying of laughter the entire way through!
"The far left of bottom America, right?" just absolutely nailed it.

[kojisposts]

1:11 6:10 8:45 Matt Gray says "America" x3 - all using different voices! Found it interesting.

[suneenough]

Happy birthday to you
Here's a military coup
You've 5 minutes to leave
And your family too

[affablegiraffable]

knowing the history of chile this episode is super dark, but fairly understandable to not know

[jsbarretto]

Allende was awesome and so was Cybersyn ;-(

[bart-ik]

As an American from the south, I can confirm him saying "The south" is done in a correct accent

[notthere]

"Basically a tech startup" - I think that's unfair. With most tech startups, it's their own fault that they fail, while this project got killed by external forces.

[ShakilAhmed-kfnd]

I've finally realisef why Chris reminds me of Bill Bailey, and it's not the looks. It's how he remembers those tiny little facts your geography teacher might have once told you

[requiembeeblebroxx]

And today I learned that Gary has a surprisingly lovely singing voice.

[Jaredoic]

I wonder what a subtitle translator would do with the minute long detour into pigeon armies via the "coup/coo" homophone. It's a good example of that difficulty for your future video about subtitles Tom.

[Leidon]

I'm Chilean and i thought this was hilarious. You get a like for such a lovely topic.

[royalninja]

Took me a while, but I finally realized that "for those of you just tuning in" is just a long-standing habit from his radio days instead of some random phrase to get back on topic.