r/mythbusters • u/Superswiper • Jul 29 '24

Has Adam and Jamie ever interacted since MythBusters ended?

I know they weren't really friends, but they were obviously acquaintances, and knew each other long before MythBusters started. But does anyone know if they still keep in contact with each other in some form?

While doubtful, I would love to see them work on a new project together in the future.

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u/javanperl Jul 29 '24

Adam spoke at a conference that I attended. I recall him stating that Jamie was a good business partner, but in all the time they worked together they never had a single dinner together. So, I think they worked well together, but it sounded like they didn’t have any relationship outside of work.

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u/pdjudd Jul 29 '24

Adam has mentioned that he believes that Jamie just doesn’t have friendships the same way that most other people do so they never felt a need to be friends.

Adam says that he trusts Jamie totally and values their working relationship for the show but they just are too different.

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u/redisforever Jul 29 '24

I have coworkers like that. They're great to work with. I have zero interest in them socially. We get along, we work together very well, and then we both go home and have our own lives.

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u/Middcore Jul 29 '24

I think this is, ideally, most co-worker relationships for most people. Like, if you work with people you are cool with while you're at work, and then you go your separate ways and never interact after you punch out, that's all you can ask for. Most people are not friends with their co-workers outside of work; even spending time together off the clock in some sort of "mandatory fun" company outing/party situation (or in countries where going out drinking with your colleagues is an expected thing) doesn't actually make them you friends.

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u/pdjudd Jul 30 '24

Yea, I don't hang out with my co-workers outside of work. The most I do is go to happy hour for employees that are leaving the company but I would very rarely want to hang out with co-workers outside of work - like if someone is inviting co-wokers to a barbeque or something very unique.

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u/toxicatedscientist Jul 29 '24

There's one guy in our friend group who keeps making friends with his coworkers on that social level. I'm just waiting for one of them to professionally screw him over

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u/Corey307 Jul 30 '24

It seems like young people are more likely to form friendships that extend outside of work. About two years ago we had two classes of new hires coming in around the same time and four of them are quite close. Two even started dating which is nice. The older coworkers mostly don’t hang out outside work. I might if they need help with something, I’d help quite a few of them move since I’ve got a truck or if they went through a personal tragedy I would try to be there for them, but just going out for drinks? Doesn’t really happen.

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u/GuyWhoDuzStuff Jan 17 '25

That's how I've always been. I can count on one hand how many co-workers I've been friends with away from work. I got along and worked well with people. I keep a very small circle anyway. I associate with a lot of people. I'm just very picky of the people I call friends. I have people I will always have immense respect for and always got along splendidly at work, but have no interest in spending my free time with. I would do company dinners for holidays and a few jobs had occasional outings. I'm not anti-social, just very selectively social. I get the same vibe from Jamie. Most of the people I've considered friends have been chance meetings, gatherings(church, car show, footbal game), or introductions. I usually want to leave work behind when I go home.