A Solid 30 Minutes of Me Explaining My State's Ridiculous Fence Laws
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I hated every moment of making this video.
Well I don't. So.
If the judge is too confused by the rediculous overly complicated nature of the laws and cant decide who the offender is, then that makes them on the fence....
I'm going to watch the whole thing.
Why did you make this video...
I hated watching it but I still watched it all out of a perverse combination of masochism and loyalty
Finally he addressed Missouri fence laws. His silence on this has been deafening
He had to draw the boundary line at some point, after all. People were starting to get defenseive when he didn't post about it. I know the last thing he wants to do is gate-keep, but the input was vital. He didn't even get barbed about it!
I'm glad he's finally taken a stand and is on the fence about the issue.
😂😂😂
@@Reepicheep28I for one appreciate a high pun per sentence comment. Thank you. 😄
W PFP
this doesnt even feel like an april fools video considering how diverse your content can be
This whole video feels like Austin actually got into litigation with his neighbor over fences and then decided to make a video about everything he learned
agreed
i...did not put those two things together until i read this comment
@@QuintenKilborn he put it in text in the video...
@@RoweClementine I would want to be on the same side as Austin then. Same side of the fence, at the very least.
30 minutes?! I'm not sure if I want to watch this in full, I'm still on the fence about it.
It's worth watching for the defense of fencing fortuity.
Get off my fence, if you break it up there you are legally responsible.
Use as a seating device is not defined within the relevant law
I am glad you “posted” this comment.
it is only little over 29 minutes :) rest is an ad
"Hey man, what'd you do on your day off work?"
"Oh the usual. Listening to a man spend 30 minutes explaining fence law for a state I don't live in."
"for a country I don't live in"* for a lot of us too
@@Imperial_Squid *A continent I don't live on.
@@nikitademodov3446 *A planet I-- wait...
@@Imperial_SquidYes! I too am, human.
Just remember, he spent a ton of time researching it too
New d&d alignment unlocked: lawful fence
Speed: 0 ft.
@@BenPernezny No, it's gotta be at least 12ft
We call that *being Neutral*. (canned_laughter.mp3)
Would that be like lawful separation?
when you're on the fence about being lawful
As a resident of MO, I can't wait to make 25 bucks off two idiots arguing over a fence.
I make a lot more just going to work. I'd be pissed having to go look at a fence for 25 bucks.
@@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28 it didn't say you have to perform days duties during business hours. Get your side hustle game going!
@@karabean surely he has a lunch hour, right?!
@karabean I wouldn't get out of the bed for a measly 25 dollars. I make that in 30 minutes working.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. 😂 Exactly!
The title said 30 minutes of discussing fences. I clicked on it, and that’s what I got. 10/10
"Posted 20 minutes ago" Liar! Blasphemer! You did not see all 30 minutes of the video yet! How could you know what's in it? Maybe the video transitions in the last 5 minutes into a Shape of Water review in Latin.
Unironically the least clickbaity video on CZcams
I watched at 2x speed so is that 5/10 or 20/10?
@@kamX-rz4uy 20/10, definitely that option. It's a higher concentration of information per time, so clearly a higher quality.
As advertised. Hard to find these days
As a Swedish person, living in Sweden, I did not need to watch this, at all. None of this information will ever be useful to me. But I can now say that I've watched it, I know more about Missouri's fencing laws than I do about my current place, and I'm absolutely fine with all that. Thank you, Austin, well done!
As someone living in Russia, I am glad to be informed that recklessly or knowingly releasing any swine to live in a wild or feral state upon any public land or private land not completely enclosed by a fence capable of containing such animals is a misdemeanor - had Austin not informed me here, I would have surely traveled to Missouri to do just that!
I laughed in newly enlisted NATO at this comment. Pure poetic irony that it's immediately followed by a comment from a Russian National 🤌
We learn useless crap about Sweden all the time. Heck, everything about Sweden is useless.
@@noteem5726 the world is a wonderful but strange place.
Dont look at the world so narrowly. A lot of the laws on the books are pretty common sense. I guarantee a lot of these statutes have similar regulations in your country. Im on the other side of the country from Missouri, and a LOT of these rules are the same here.
"Do you want to participate in arbitration over your neighbor's property?"
"No."
"PERFECT! Come with me. "
😂😂
I didn’t even realize this was an April fools video until I looked at the comments. I watched every second of this and thought it was a normal Austin McConnell video.
But those are the actual laws. I googled and read along with him.
As someone who has never before seen an Austin McConnel video, what made it April fools? I am in Missouri and planning on building a fence. I actually searched for this information. It's important to me. What makes it an April fools video? Other than the date, of course. Is any information in it inaccurate?
@@wmason1961 It's meant to be uninteresting and overwhelmingly boring, but the problem is that anything that's presented well is going to be enjoyable regardless.
@@wmason1961 Austin usually has video-essays about movies, shows or videogames. Far from Missouri fence laws
@@franciscol3510 Evidently, he should consider a pivot in content. He has a real talent for making fence law fun.
It makes me wonder when Farmer Bill and Farmer Ted are going to finally end this childish routine and admit their love for each other.
Then call each other a slur at the same time
This is actually not useless information.
Woah woah let's not get too ahead of ourselves here
@@Rose-ec6he
Too late the bill for the 8 foot high electrified fence topped with barbed wire is already in the mail. I'll see you in court.
This is definitely useless information for everyone not living in Missouri.
@@MisterFoxtonnot true, you never know who might end up moving to Missouri.
@@paulomartins1008my condolences to all those poor souls who have to move to Missouri
I think the lesson of this video is if you are nice to your neighbors and decide to work with them with your problems you won’t have to deal with stupid laws.
And three of your neighbors can live in peace
loved that character development
nearly all laws exist because at some point someone has been an asshole.
That requires neighbors who feel the same way. Good luck with that.
The 3 person committee is so funny to imagine. You're just minding your farming buisness and some judge rolls up and tells you to determine who's fence fault it was. I'm imagine secret bribes and deals to lie in court. Id watch the hell out of this
*FENCE COURT THEME PLAYS*🤣
@@BenjaminRegen Looks like this case is....fenced in 😎🕶
The deFENCE rests
@@yakovhadash this is the pun I wish I could produce. This is your POST now
As another commenter (MildSoup8978) posted:
"Do you want to participate in arbitration over your neighbor's property?"
"No."
"PERFECT! Come with me. "
As a Missouri citizen who is planning to build a fence soon, thank you for this.
Ah, the legendary "target audience."
How does the video affect your planning?
@kennethkho7165 I am also a Missourian planning on building a fence. Yes this changed my plans. I am going to going have to communicate with my evil neighbor more before I do so. When he is the sole reason I need to build a fence.
@kennethkho7165 Honestly, it doesn't. I'm just building a fence around my back yard to keep my dogs in and wildlife out.
Sounds like it could be a movie with a neighbor who moves from California to buy a small farm in Missouri but gets roped into paying for a new fence and has to jump through a litany of obstacles just to not over pay for it and constantly getting dragged into court by his neighbor. It includes a cast of three "uninterested" and unintelligent locals who only serve to make the process longer and more complicated as they extend the process to receive those lucrative 5 dollar checks. He finally completes his task of jumping through as much beurocratic red tape as possible only to be sued by the neighbor on the other side of his property, starting the whole process all over again.
All you need is a script. Nothing is more brain damaged than reality.
your description of unintelligent locals would be more apt if you could spell.
@@thedreadtyger You might want to be careful criticizing another person's ability to spell with a name like yours, "the dread tyger".
@@thedreadtyger
Your criticisms would be more apt if you knew that "capital" was more then just a location in a state.
@@BenjaminRegen I will bow to the custom of capitalization, but never to the loss of William Blake's spelling of tyger.
I know this is a joke, but this is the kind of random, mundane, highly specific, but somehow oddly compelling stuff I live for
I live in a Missouri suburb. Once the HOA tried to prohibit us from extending our 4ft fence into a 6ft fence because they claimed the yard on the other side of our backyard was not in fact our neighbors yard, but actually our second front yard behind our backyard. It was a headache but we got the fence up months later.
"You cant put a fence there, thats *your* yard!" Typical HOA bullshit omg
W-what?? Who has TWO front yards? What kinda bullshit is this even-and I'm sure your NEIGHBOR was none too pleased to have the HOA trying to declare their yard wasn't their yard!
"[...] but actually our second front yard behind our backyard" is exactly the kind of absolute nonsense an HOA would come up with to try to exploit a supposed loophole to act like tyrants.
I will never be part of an HOA. I live in a nice neighborhood in a city with _thorough_ housing and zoning laws. I don't need some group of Karens coming around telling my family that the house is lowering _their_ property value just because we have a cherry tree in the front yard and because we painted the house lemon yellow to stand out from the white houses on either side of us.
when you're trying to take a break from law school by watching an austin mcconnell video during lunch, and then he talks about fence law for 30 mins
I didn't need 5 seconds, I clicked so fast after reading the title. Weird fence laws are exactly what my ADHD brain craves.
Right? I don't know what this means about us as people but it is 100% who we are
Same. I can’t force myself to sit down for 15mins & file my taxes, but I CAN and WILL watch a 30min video about something completely irrelevant to me😭
An easy fix my ex-FIL taught to avoid all this BS... Build the fence 6" inside your property line. No one can attach to it and you maintain your own fence.
In the state I'm in you have to be sure to still tend to the 6" of land on the other side of the fence because if your neighbor is the one tending to it, those 6" eventually become theirs (I forget how long it takes ope)
@@WitchOracle And to maintain you can just spray vegetation killer on those 6 inches once a year... then they can't touch it. or attach to it or claim it
In Ontario, Canada, and I know in some US States, instead of a committee of residents, there is a whole job title called "Fence Viewers" employed by local governments, whos entire job is to arbitrate fencing disputes and keep it out of the courts.
"What do you do in life?"
"I watch fences, professionally"
So basically you get to go on nice country hikes every day? Where do I sign up?
So fence court. In Colorado we have water court, it exists solely to arbitrate water rights disputes
@@kylewitter2806 that sounds so much cooler than it is
I didn’t think I would be learning about Missouri fencing laws today
I woke up today and was like "time to learn about some fence laws!!"
Well, I did in another reality...
Thankyou so much, my neighbor tommy was raising chickens on my property, and I husbanding carrots on his. We were in a big fight, with pitchforks, and torches, and then we found your video. You have saved lives.
This video feels like an ASMR video someone in a movie or TV show would watch, only for the episode to end with them getting the bad guy of the week on a fencing-related technicality.
I can't wait for this plot arc to culminate in me somehow getting involved in a property dispute two states over.
Not gonna lie, I put this on while in bed, and fell asleep....twice. This is my third watch.
As a German citizen living in Germany, this was probably the best video I watched all day. I love these long niche videos about topics that are completely unrelated to anything in my life.
This law may have been written by Germans who migrated to the US.
@@FloydBunsenI have no idea
22:00 Holy shit the level of absolute done with your shit anger on "... for *_FARMERS"_* is so funny
As a Missourian, I can guarantee you, it is essential for us to know all these rules by heart.
Especially when people from out of state move to the ajoining property. (we've had to deal with such idiots)
I need to know it. A bunch of crazy Californians moved in next door. They are destroying their property. A new fence is becoming crucial lest their filth encroach on my property.
Get your property professionally surveyed!
"No person may take up as a stray any unbroken animal between the first day of April and the first day of November"
I'm sure there is a very simple, tedious, and completely reasonable reason behind the time range, but this is hilarious.
Reminds me of how it's illegal to hitch a giraffe to a lamppost or keep a donkey in a bathtub in New York, shoot a whale from a movie vehicle in California, hunt whales at all in Ohio, or ride a donkey down Main Street in Galveston Texas in the month of August, _unless_ said donkey is wearing a straw hat.
"And that, in so many words, is an explanation of Missouri's fencing laws..."
Huh, is 30 minutes up already? For some reason that felt shor-
"...FOR FARMERS?!!"
Ohhhhhhh. :D Let the fence law summary continue!
I’ve literally been spending the entire day writing an essay about the social implications of fences and you post this video
I haven't even started watching the video but I saw the title and immediately thought "Yes." I'm ALWAYS down for an "Austin McConnell rants about something niche that has no bearing on my life" video.
do you remember the printer episode? or how to survive a failed parachute episode? those are golden.
@@TheCommonGentry Has Austin done a video about golden parachutes yet?
@@IstasPumaNevada ...dont think so
Some people might pronounce it as 'misery' but I pronounce it 'well that was a delightfully spent half an hour'
The fools that pronounce it that way are just a@@holes.
This really is a 30min video about fence laws in Missouri. And I watched the whole thing…
Can’t tell if this is an April Fools prank or just a regular video. I’m here for it
You might think this is all excessive for fence law but having lived in rural Anatolia where not just fence law but property law itself is, to put it lightly, lax having all this legally written down saves a lot of headaches later on.
That's what I'm saying, without all this written down, specific circumstances would now be a lot more vague and the court system would be hell
Indeed, and it's not that complicated, if you need to build a fence, just briefly consult a lawyer and you'll know exactly what to do.
You can hear the histories of everyday problems in these laws. Fences are no joke -- disputes over a single fence destroyed the social fabric of my neighborhood when I was a kid. Like, people who used to be friends and a community who put on events together stopped talking to each other for years and became hostile as a direct consequence of a fence being erected by one individual. The legal and social consequences cascaded from there but the problems with property, trust, and community are really embodied with the fence; it's purpose and what it represents.
I don't think I've ever watched your videos before, but when 30 minutes of fencing law pops up, I'm watching it.
I wasn't sure why I was so excited about this and then I remembered I have autism and then it all made sense.
I get the feeling Austin has had some very unfriendly exchanges with his neighbors over this topic.
I assumed _everyone_ has had unpleasant exchanges over boundaries and/or fencing. And I'm not even American, key alone Missourian
This is exactly the kind of content I signed up for
I was way more excited about this before I realized it was an April Fools video. You made my favorite kind of content, for April Fools. As a joke.
Ouch.
Enjoying the video! Slightly sad this isn't a series, I really want a tree law video next
I just love the stare he has, its so mesmerizing every time he does one of these that i just cant stop watching. It makes me laugh every time. Great concept, really love it.
What a breathtaking view of how local laws work. As a practicing Canadian I have often pondered the dilemma that people of Missouri face on a daily basis. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for such a great report on this obviously very important issue. Have a great day.
The subtle social commentary about how absurd everything is in this legal nightmare about the most ridiculous and hilariously mundane things is the cherry on top. Managing to make a point as a joke is quite a feat I say.
The thing is, it doesn't seem like a legal nightmare for the first few minutes. Now, the three-person committee. That's crazy 😂
You present all this as if it's some bizarre thing, but in my mind this all makes sense - practically speaking, these aren't actually rules that apply or are followed **all the time**, they're rules that apply ONLY if someone pisses off someone else enough to bother the government to do something about it.
Yep! Most of these seemed pretty obvious how they could come about and fairly reasonable compromises when trying to make clear, enforceable laws in a complicated, messy world populated by thousands of millions of people.
"...for FARMERS--" 😑
Oh, I burst out laughing at that part! 😂
This is the most exciting Bill & Ted fanfic docu farm fencing film, that I've ever seen. I love this.
AustinMcConnell: "this video is so dumb nobody will watch it"
my home office neurodivergent ass: "HOLD MY FENCE!"
This is probably the most Austin McConnell video ever made.
for that 5 seconds at the start i thought it was gonna be a 30 minutes of silence
it was way, way better than that
As a Missourian I didn't know our fence laws are insanely complicated and somehow I'm not surprised.
a riveting watch. thanks, austin.
I genuinely can’t tell if this is an April Fools joke or not. Which if you think about it is the best kind of April Fools joke.
From my research some of it real. The subsection 272.060 is real. I haven’t looked into the others yet but so far that one is adding up to make the rest seem real
This feels like a very pointed response to an extremely petty and protracted fence dispute and I love it
This is my first video of yours I've seen. I choose to believe you have a special interest in farming litigation and have a channel full of videos about arcane farming regulations across the US.
My man is definitely a homeowner
"...causing problems."
*shotgun slide sound with intense zoom in on the farmer's face*
Austin, you had me cackling 🤣
I’m get away with so many fence related crimes once I find all the loopholes
The worst part was the fact my thing fritzed out and paused without me telling it to after you said “and you’re going to be spending the next five seconds deciding if you want to be a part of that” I got a double dose of the gag because of technology
Good old Missouri am I right? The firefighters got called on us because we were burning sticks in our backyard, and then like a week later, our neighbors did it and didn't get in trouble! HOW IS THAT FAIR?!
Austin: *posts half an hour talking about specific laws on a country I dont live in, on a dtate I'm not even planning to visit anytime soon.
Me: "Interesting..."
What if your fence is on a county boundary?? Does it have to meet 3 (at least) different sets of laws?
yo, how about a state border :P
So if you can get $5 in additional fees for an open gate, does that mean if livestock gets through, even if no damage is done to your property, you can sue for $5?
This feels like a classic Austin McConnell video
I'm an old Missourian. I can remember "open range" down here in the Southern Ozarks. That made doing 60 MPH on two-lane roads very interesting. On one of my farms, the guy next door was always having problems with his cattle knocking down the fence. We took care of it like gentlemen. I went and helped him fix the fence. The cattle didn't do anything but eat some grass and leave a few cowpies. BTW, trespass laws are not synonymous with fence laws. If it ain't your land, stay off of it if you don't have permission to be on it. There are various levels of trespass. My boundaries are distinctly marked by fences, ditches, purple paint, or purple tape. People may think fence laws are insignificant, but they aren't. Good fences, make good neighbors.
The fact that you used Bill & Ted for this makes it so much better. I want a "Bill & Ted: Bogus Fence" movie.
The best video on the internet. Well done.
There is a comedy screenplay in this somewhere. Two farmers going to war over a fence and the county judge that hears them every time.
I’ll write it AND film it! 😂
It took me 26 minutes to realize that this was an april fools video. I was invested the whole time.
"for farmers" caught me way off guard
Wasn't there a movie "Bill and Ted's excellent fence legal adventure" ?
this is an offenceively high-effort april fools video. exactly what i subscribed for.
this is the type of content I subscribed for
no really I mean it
So... is this your subtle way of telling us that this is going to be the big baddie in the BBCU finale in SuperZeroes right? I can see it now, the Sensational Cat-Man vs Missouri Fence Law.
PLEASE! I need this!
Well I can categorically state that that's the only worthwhile video posted in effort to April fools day. What a ride!
God i love channels that post whatever they want. I could get a video about how to fight a bear or i could get a video on fences. There's no guessing what coming next.
I thought this was an April Fool's joke, but I looked up the statutes and they're real.
Dude, more of this. Amazing.
This is the type of mundane shit I subscribed for.
Is it weird that I, a Swedish woman (that's living in Norway), listened to this with *way* more interest than anything I ever learned in school?
Now I'm waiting for the followup video showing this video being used as expert testimony in court.
I actually am needing to build a fence here within the next few months, and so this April Fool's video is going to prove very helpful for me!
April fools is always a gift on CZcams every series we thought ended now has a continuation!
I didn't know SquareSpace was in Missouri law
Mr McConnell, we appreciate these videos more than you truly know. It is literally so monotony-breaking and entertaining on a long car drive. Love all your work and encourage you to please keep going when possible.
Ha, jokes on you! I'm a relatively recently new Missouri homeowner who is considering replacing a fence, so this video is actually relevant to me!
Any Austin McConnell video that is titled "a solid X minutes of" is a must watch if for no other reason than it incentives Austin McConnell to make further "a solid X minutes of" videos, and I thrive off of your minor annoyance.
This was unusually helpful for an April Fool's video
I had to stop at min 13, when you said "increasingly annoyed judge", and take a break 🤣
I would hope that in school, the "orienter" (the person that helps kids choose a profession), would tell the kid that his life as a judge will revolve around this law ! 🤣
Omg, I'm gonna just pretend to be a super interested party so no judge can summon me forthwith
Ordinarily, I love your content. I'm not sure how to feel about this video, though. I can't decide if I love it or hate it.
One might say I'm..... on the fence about it.
You did what I see there.
When do we get liquid or gas amounts of time?
"Cows catch beef" is a vastly underrated joke!
This is awesome. We live in DFW, around age 50, aiming to retire in 3-5 years and move to Southern Missouri. Stuff like this is great!
This is glorious
idk what happened in my life to lead me to this video but here i am, n im staying the whole 30 min
This is one of your best videos just for being so entertaining and interesting.
Lmao, I forgot it was April 1st. Even so, video was actually very interesting. My dad has built and taken down fences willy nilly. Luckily he doesn't have neighbors and is just surrounded by fields. So no one has complained or stopped him lmao. My bf also said that some person dug up a big ditch back in his home town and put pigs in it. I asked him if there were any fences, and apparently not! Them pigs could get out whenever and cause mayhem. Nonetheless, the person has not been caught and is free out there somewhere 😂😂
I would ask why but I already know why.