What Really Happens on The World's Strangest Island?

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  • @diGritz1
    @diGritz1 Před 3 lety +2042

    Imagine how their world would change if they knew the truth.
    The truth that Amazon Prime and FedEx are the deities of cargo and all things deliverable.

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian Před 3 lety +39

      diGritz1 don’t forget the bringers of the UPS! Remember, it comes from the up and delivers the UPS...it brings promises of well, not sure: the means to go up or the explanation of what IS up there?

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian Před 3 lety +5

      Alexander-Maurice Mill I trust you DO understand I was not at all being serious or even remotely considering anything beyond the fact the acronym also means something, which doesn’t work with DHL. Sorry ‘bout your package, I know UPS has been known to make the occasional mistake or two 🙄

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian Před 3 lety +3

      Alexander-Maurice Mill Cheers then! ✌️😉👍

    • @TheAughoti
      @TheAughoti Před 3 lety +13

      Take John Frum and insert Jesus Christ. Do you really think telling someone they are wrong will change anything? Knowledge is only powerful if people want to believe it.

    • @ducks7015
      @ducks7015 Před 3 lety +9

      Have you prayed to your UPS shrine today brother?

  • @robertsides3626
    @robertsides3626 Před 3 lety +898

    Everyone asks, "who is John Frum?"
    But never does anyone ask "where is John from?"

    • @DrFranklynAnderson
      @DrFranklynAnderson Před 3 lety +49

      Robert Sides I’ll do you one better-WHY is John from!

    • @chefbadlarry6712
      @chefbadlarry6712 Před 3 lety +2

      Genius

    • @Iku00
      @Iku00 Před 3 lety +5

      How about "What is John from?"

    • @ashtonsenko536
      @ashtonsenko536 Před 3 lety +4

      DrFranklynAnderson I know exactly what movie that’s from and I hate that you brought that hilarious line back into my head

    • @aerrantnight3513
      @aerrantnight3513 Před 3 lety +4

      I’ve heard this story before... the name was “John Fromrica” tho

  • @catchacobra4765
    @catchacobra4765 Před 3 lety +1051

    As someone with a Melanesian background - I appreciate the non sensationalised and respectful way in which you told this story.
    Many channels can’t even get their depictions of native peoples correct let alone anything else right!
    Thank you.

    • @37thraven
      @37thraven Před 3 lety +25

      He got a little colonialist for a minute, and then rounded it up respectfully talking about wealth inequality. Very fair and balanced :)

    • @Logan_93
      @Logan_93 Před 3 lety +23

      To think that these people got this way simply due to "wealth inequality" is absolutely insane.

    • @bubbafug00gle51
      @bubbafug00gle51 Před 3 lety +62

      @@Logan_93 Do you have survival experience? I don't get how you can look down on the "intelligence" of these people if you could not feed, shelter and clothe yourself if left on an island. The concept of IQ is simplistic and rooted in a bias toward western thinking and assumes the very baseline of wealth being mentioned.
      So I have to ask, just to be clear, are you saying that they are genetically inferior? Is it your opinion that an average newborn child taken from this island would not be educable to say the high school graduate level if they were raised in a wealthy western household and attended schools there? If that is not your assertion than the only thing lacking is the wealth. It's hard to find time for calculus when your days are spent on subsistence living. It's hard to build beyond subsistence living when you are stuck on an island with very limited resources.

    • @redegg7530
      @redegg7530 Před 3 lety +21

      @@Logan_93 Damn your IQ must be so lower because you won't even survive a month in an island.

    • @augustinf
      @augustinf Před 3 lety +9

      @@Logan_93 wow... your IQ must be really low if you can't even remotely understand the situation

  • @ABCDEFGHIJKELA...
    @ABCDEFGHIJKELA... Před 3 lety +83

    that's probably the sweetest descriptive version explaining "Cargo Cults" I've heard. I hope the dude got his 25hp boat motor.

  • @KilgorMaimphace
    @KilgorMaimphace Před 3 lety +5618

    Makes me want to coordinate a cargo drop. They'd be so happy.

    • @Warhawk76
      @Warhawk76 Před 3 lety +503

      We should totally drop some stuff for them! Gifts from the gods as it were...

    • @chairman3427
      @chairman3427 Před 3 lety +467

      Bombs

    • @KilgorMaimphace
      @KilgorMaimphace Před 3 lety +535

      @@Warhawk76 I was thinking a cargo plane full of sex dolls

    • @ambsemlay
      @ambsemlay Před 3 lety +431

      it’s such a sad story to me, like they were just abandoned as soon as they were useless to the US and they can’t see that:(

    • @KilgorMaimphace
      @KilgorMaimphace Před 3 lety +214

      @@ambsemlay you can be one of the dolls.

  • @211inprogress
    @211inprogress Před 3 lety +3889

    We should drop them some cargo, every now and again.

    • @albinozar
      @albinozar Před 3 lety +345

      someone make a go fund me!
      let's make miracles happen

    • @211inprogress
      @211inprogress Před 3 lety +87

      @@albinozar Great idea. 👍

    • @forwatching6708
      @forwatching6708 Před 3 lety +190

      But that would just solidify their beliefs.

    • @commode7x
      @commode7x Před 3 lety +434

      @@forwatching6708 What better way to solidify the fact that we're a superior civilization by creating and supplying an entire religion just for our own amusement?

    • @albinozar
      @albinozar Před 3 lety +50

      @@commode7x Yeees lets send them a mix of satanism lusefarainism occultism and heavens gate

  • @vueher4965
    @vueher4965 Před 3 lety +197

    Jon Fron sounds like a really chill dude that just wants to heal their broken spirits

  • @robertgallagher7734
    @robertgallagher7734 Před 3 lety +85

    Remember reading about this in National Geographic back in the 70's. Hard to believe that this still goes on.

    • @davidarundel6187
      @davidarundel6187 Před 2 lety +5

      It's called Foriegn Aid these days

    • @mysterious_truth6907
      @mysterious_truth6907 Před 2 lety +3

      I like to think it's more of a symbolism than religious nowadays like how atheist celebrate Christmas not because they believe in Jesus but just for the fun of it

    • @jonnylawless6797
      @jonnylawless6797 Před 2 lety +1

      No it's not.

    • @mogshade66
      @mogshade66 Před 2 lety +2

      Robert
      I'm with you on this one.
      We are in the workshop whilst watching this.
      My husband asked me about this and I replied
      "WW2 down here"
      "Soldiers passing through"
      "Tribe still doing this"???
      We live in the South Pacific.🌿

  • @Enderborn272
    @Enderborn272 Před 3 lety +4174

    "what would symbolize gods love more than kicking the holy shit out of a child"
    Whoever writes your videos should get a raise.

    • @ZELDAMAN1000
      @ZELDAMAN1000 Před 3 lety +51

      Indeed

    • @pickie5171
      @pickie5171 Před 3 lety +27

      @@ZELDAMAN1000 hello fellow army member

    • @ZELDAMAN1000
      @ZELDAMAN1000 Před 3 lety +18

      @@pickie5171 oh yeah yeah

    • @jaxsullivan2117
      @jaxsullivan2117 Před 3 lety +21

      Yes indeed my parents did the same thing...
      My hands still have scar holes.

    • @wavular
      @wavular Před 3 lety +12

      Yeah let's corrupt and destroy their society from the inside like an infection in a gangrenous leg like the USA does every day!

  • @Blamehoffman2501
    @Blamehoffman2501 Před 3 lety +1096

    This sounds like something out of the Fallout Universe.

    • @scorpion0498
      @scorpion0498 Před 3 lety +20

      wow you're totally right. trippy

    • @cosmicrider5898
      @cosmicrider5898 Před 3 lety +16

      I imagine John Frum is a giant eagle that attacks you with cargo drops.

    • @Ren-Rwem-Ren
      @Ren-Rwem-Ren Před 3 lety

      69th like 😳

    • @vinodkumaraug
      @vinodkumaraug Před 3 lety +6

      These people are much more intelligent than simps of Belle Delphine

    • @raptorjesus6120
      @raptorjesus6120 Před 3 lety +15

      I'm reasonably certain the Boomer faction was directly inspired by cargo cults.

  • @mitchellthorp5711
    @mitchellthorp5711 Před 3 lety +213

    Ultimately we are all a part of this cargo cult.

  • @Oliisawesome
    @Oliisawesome Před 3 lety +63

    Imagine how they’ll react when they hear prince Philip died

  • @Animator22538
    @Animator22538 Před 3 lety +2328

    Mrbeast: dropping cargo in this island and surprising people

  • @Catatomica
    @Catatomica Před 3 lety +1405

    The real cargo was the friendship they made along the way after all

    • @cainthebraindrain7056
      @cainthebraindrain7056 Před 3 lety +24

      Scandalously underrated comment

    • @williamrosenbloom215
      @williamrosenbloom215 Před 3 lety +3

      I expected thousands of likes

    • @37thraven
      @37thraven Před 3 lety +6

      I love you to the end of times Tom. Nguyen for Thoughty2 Comments President 2022. 😂

    • @37thraven
      @37thraven Před 3 lety

      Also, kind of beautiful when you think how material wealth relegated most of their "cargo"-less society as "rubbish men"

    • @caitlynryder8639
      @caitlynryder8639 Před 2 lety +1

      Inspired comment 🤣

  • @ValensBellator
    @ValensBellator Před 3 lety +29

    I had to check the date to make sure this wasn’t an April Fools Day joke. Those mock-ups of planes and landing strips are so cool!

  • @michaelwhaley3063
    @michaelwhaley3063 Před 2 lety +8

    I heard a third hand story about a couple of Australian blokes visiting a Micronesian Island in their boat, which had Johnson outboard engines. The locals were obsessed by the idea that the presence of these outboards was a sign that cargo was imminent.

  • @jacksquat2067
    @jacksquat2067 Před 3 lety +257

    Some of the people of Tanna actually came to the USA (with our help) in search of a man they called "Jim Navy." He was a US Navy soldier who guided the tribe out of danger during wartime, and they credit him for the preservation of their culture. There's an interesting documentary about it.

    • @chrisS19019
      @chrisS19019 Před 2 lety +6

      I can’t find the documentary anywhere, any chance you know what it’s called?

    • @chrisS19019
      @chrisS19019 Před 2 lety +12

      I figured it out actually, his name was Tom Navy

    • @jimmy_kirk
      @jimmy_kirk Před 2 lety +8

      @@chrisS19019 This is ground control to Navy Tom...

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Před rokem

      us navy SAILOR.

    • @jgxxxxfky6144
      @jgxxxxfky6144 Před rokem

      "Our help"??? 🤣🤣

  • @Pomegranate44
    @Pomegranate44 Před 3 lety +490

    “What the fu** is going on.”
    Couldnt have said it better myself

  • @manslaughter3180
    @manslaughter3180 Před 2 lety +59

    We're seeing a prime example of how religions formed. Humans saw interesting stuff they can't explain easily, they thought it was mysterious and magical, BAM - god. Very cool, love their dedication, especially since it's completely harmless.

  • @Justin-xd7zj
    @Justin-xd7zj Před 3 lety +12

    I'm buying up some attire at a military surplus and coming on that island with iphones and canned beans on a jet ski

  • @matthewfleming2857
    @matthewfleming2857 Před 3 lety +1137

    title: What happens on the worlds strangest island?
    Me: Wonder what goes on in such a crazy place
    VIDEO BEGINS TALKING ABOUT THE ISLAND I LIVE ON

  • @raimuchibenshin9577
    @raimuchibenshin9577 Před 3 lety +454

    this made me imagine that aliens have their own youtube and made a video titled, "What Really Happens on The Universe's Most Primitive Planet?"

    • @LieutenantOzarAnThaceDoneDirty
      @LieutenantOzarAnThaceDoneDirty Před 3 lety +25

      I mean...this isn't far out tho

    • @allistancooper1502
      @allistancooper1502 Před 3 lety +18

      What planet is that if earth that's a stretch because we don't know the development of other planets or how many species even develop to this point or in the galaxy as a whole.
      So I highly dounbt we are the most primitive civilization definitely not the most advanced (if there are other advanced civilization out there) but definitely not the most primitive because the most primitive will be stone age.

    • @raimuchibenshin9577
      @raimuchibenshin9577 Před 3 lety +30

      @@allistancooper1502 yes, we don't know the development of other planets, like the people who live in that island not knowing the development of the earth

    • @Journey_Awaits
      @Journey_Awaits Před 3 lety +1

      Well nothing because that would be a bare rock

    • @jefflei215
      @jefflei215 Před 3 lety +9

      *Goes to our internet*
      *goes to reddit then 4chan*
      "Ready the laser cannon"

  • @carldagroundskeeper
    @carldagroundskeeper Před rokem +1

    Makes me think of the episode of Star Trek The Next Generation called "Who watches the watchers?", when Picard beams that girl up and she's in awe of the transporter and doors that open simply when you get close enough.

  • @charleschidsey6192
    @charleschidsey6192 Před 3 lety +9

    I first learned of the existence of cargo cults from the 1962 film ‘Mondo Cane’ (Dog’s World); a very interesting documentary covering a wide range of bizarre cultural practices around the world.

  • @MF-R
    @MF-R Před 3 lety +494

    I like to imagine that John Frum was just a random GI who drank the drug tea, thought it was awesome; and started a mad legendary party.

    • @slimothyjames4577
      @slimothyjames4577 Před 3 lety +8

      The OG madlad lmfao

    • @helloshklosh4111
      @helloshklosh4111 Před 3 lety +7

      That can’t stop until he returns... 🤔 maybe he intended it. Hopped up in his high ponder he came up with the greatest idea ever. John Frum became as the gods that night

    • @uncannyvalley2350
      @uncannyvalley2350 Před 3 lety +28

      Some say if you listen on a dark starlit night, you can still hear him throwing up in the bushes

    • @bubbafug00gle51
      @bubbafug00gle51 Před 3 lety +4

      @@uncannyvalley2350 LMAO, how am I the only like on this comment?

    • @aaftiyoDkcdicurak
      @aaftiyoDkcdicurak Před rokem

      Kava mostly makes you're mouth numb.

  • @thatoneguy9734
    @thatoneguy9734 Před 3 lety +1625

    These people are more dedicated to America than the Americans.

    • @emilhappy5696
      @emilhappy5696 Před 3 lety +44

      and that says A LOT!

    • @jenaogirl
      @jenaogirl Před 3 lety +29

      Not every American...

    • @andknuckles101
      @andknuckles101 Před 3 lety +6

      Impossible

    • @dimu5638
      @dimu5638 Před 3 lety +18

      @@jenaogirl Not all orcs

    • @VV-ov8lk
      @VV-ov8lk Před 3 lety +12

      I am dedicated to my Oma’s vision of America, that of a nation of equals. To me, patriotism is a melting pot.

  • @nathanndruwin1782
    @nathanndruwin1782 Před 2 lety +3

    I am from Papua New Guinean my friend, on the 5th day of quarantine on my way to work.. damn Covid. During the last five days I've watched your videos and come to love your absolutely quality presentations. I couldn't be more prouder when you brought out a, however, "not-so-proud-of" history of ours here. But I must say you're a true historian, with possibly imense efforts to studying and background checks for your materials, unlike some I've come across. Fairly accurate in your reference to how "big man" were (or maybe, are) perceived culturally within our societies and how this viewing paved for "cargo cults" to spring up here and there in those years. As it's been decades ago, things have changed a lot. However it saddens me to see some other forms of the similar "cargo cult" putting on a different mask these days and still people keep falling for their get-rich-quick promises (think this is more of a worldwide problem). Long story short, thank you for your sincere and well expressed conclusions in the video regarding community bonding :) keep them videos coming. For this video, I subscribe to your channel 👍

  • @TheFiddle101
    @TheFiddle101 Před 2 lety +3

    Started a bit flippantly but then became thoughtful and rather sympathetic. A very good presentation. Thank you.

  • @glitchyglitch1235
    @glitchyglitch1235 Před 3 lety +533

    If I ever become a Billionaire I'll go there with million's worth of food and goods and declare myself John Frum.

    • @izawa9211
      @izawa9211 Před 3 lety +30

      I would declare myself God and would kill someone whith gun and they would be like wtf is that and i would say its my god like power

    • @titaniumtemplar3560
      @titaniumtemplar3560 Před 2 lety +39

      @@izawa9211 well you went jack sparrow in no short order lol.

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Před 2 lety +31

      @@izawa9211 first thing you do as their 'god' is commit murder ?

    • @GeekRaj
      @GeekRaj Před 2 lety +19

      @@izawa9211 I hope you never become a god if murder is what the first thing you will do.

    • @TeoZMuff313
      @TeoZMuff313 Před 2 lety

      Pathetic

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 Před 3 lety +1012

    *Just Imagine*
    if someone named "John Frum" is watching this video

  • @zackriggs293
    @zackriggs293 Před 3 lety +12

    This is the equivalent of people dressing up as aliens to go to area 51

    • @thegreenbird795
      @thegreenbird795 Před 3 lety +1

      This makes me wonder if an advanced alien people were to reveal themselves to the people of Earth, would we start worshipping them?

    • @co2_os
      @co2_os Před 2 lety

      @@thegreenbird795 I'm more concerned with the updates on existing religions, I bet they'll try to find any explanation to fit with their narrative, and that's gonna be entertaining.

    • @SvengelskaBlondie
      @SvengelskaBlondie Před rokem

      "This is the equivalent of people dressing up as aliens to go to area 51"
      Only if people expected the aliens to start giving them free things cause they where supposed to belong to the people, but for some mystifystical f*****g reason ended up with the aliens.

  • @emmabaptista5645
    @emmabaptista5645 Před 2 lety

    5:57 I love how you can sound so serious and then all of a sudden say something so blunt and unexpected 🤣😂

  • @izzycspp3514
    @izzycspp3514 Před 3 lety +1494

    *God returns to Earth*
    Everyone: God?
    God: No. John Frum.

  • @Tis_Bee
    @Tis_Bee Před 3 lety +410

    This sounds like something that would come off the SCP wiki

    • @alvaroabreu4518
      @alvaroabreu4518 Před 3 lety +5

      Then do it. You can write it and send it to the wiki

    • @johnpears9558
      @johnpears9558 Před 3 lety +2

      @@alvaroabreu4518 there’s a lot of cults in the sci universe though.

    • @alvaroabreu4518
      @alvaroabreu4518 Před 3 lety +2

      @@johnpears9558 true but he can submit to the official wikipage

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Před 3 lety +3

      Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.

    • @YurieSnowie
      @YurieSnowie Před 3 lety

      like the Serpent's Hand?

  • @HeyItsKora
    @HeyItsKora Před rokem +1

    Ahh yeah I first heard about this in one of Richard Feynman’s books, found it fascinating the first time, and all the more so now on CZcams! Great video!

  • @joaaby2319
    @joaaby2319 Před 3 lety +11

    this ordeal perfectly simulates following a youtbe redstone tutorial.

  • @giusepperana6354
    @giusepperana6354 Před 3 lety +494

    The irony is that their cultish beliefs could actually come true lol.
    I wonder when someone will get the idea to start a fundraiser to make this happen.

    • @accidiaet
      @accidiaet Před 3 lety +22

      @Gold Stacking A good ole american hustler

    • @accidiaet
      @accidiaet Před 3 lety +5

      @Gold Stacking oop😲

    • @wizzotizzo
      @wizzotizzo Před 3 lety +6

      @Gold Stacking Your name literally reflects your comment lol.

    • @sanpurutekisuto6709
      @sanpurutekisuto6709 Před 3 lety +2

      @@wizzotizzo To be fair gold is quite shiny and shiny stuff are quite nice.

    • @sanpurutekisuto6709
      @sanpurutekisuto6709 Před 3 lety

      @Gold Stacking that's actually a smart idea, have you done or seen something like this before?

  • @dreamdesk7258
    @dreamdesk7258 Před 3 lety +238

    Everyone asks “where is John Frum?” But no one asks “how is John Frum?”
    Think about it

    • @human_bing
      @human_bing Před 3 lety +1

      deep 😔

    • @dreamdesk7258
      @dreamdesk7258 Před 3 lety

      Count Anonymous I meant emotionally

    • @dreamdesk7258
      @dreamdesk7258 Před 3 lety

      Count Anonymous well that’s good

    • @sorrenzz3610
      @sorrenzz3610 Před 3 lety +1

      @Count Anonymous that's quite the explanation

    • @djsonicc
      @djsonicc Před 3 lety +3

      I'll do you one better, "Why is John Frum?"

  • @ryderlisa1
    @ryderlisa1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    ive know about this for years but this is the best video ive seen about it. THANK YOU

  • @noahfuc7131
    @noahfuc7131 Před 3 lety +11

    I'm overcome with a desire to visit this place to just chill with all of these cultists. They seem so welcoming and amusing

  • @bon7029
    @bon7029 Před 3 lety +619

    If I was some bizarrely wealthy person with nothing better to do, I would get me a plane and drop a bunch of cargo and record their reactions.

    • @Nemo7The7Pirate7
      @Nemo7The7Pirate7 Před 3 lety +22

      No you wouldn't. You would try to get even more wealthy.

    • @bon7029
      @bon7029 Před 3 lety +144

      @@Nemo7The7Pirate7 The hell I wouldn't. Stop projecting onto others.

    • @jatpack3
      @jatpack3 Před 3 lety +56

      What would you drop?
      Drugs or pornography or maybe cell phones so these people can get calls about their cars extended warranty maybe.

    • @jeffpayne4697
      @jeffpayne4697 Před 3 lety +27

      @@jatpack3 I think it would be an interesting opportunity to do long term experiments on how a new culture can come from innocent things. Like a random song or an old printing press just to see what they do

    • @jeremydewitte5952
      @jeremydewitte5952 Před 3 lety +16

      I'd drops knives and axes, get the popcorn out a d have a watch.

  • @ivantheslav9256
    @ivantheslav9256 Před 3 lety +97

    Maybe the real cargo was the friends we made along the way

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 Před 2 lety +1

    Good telling of this old story. Nicely done, Sir.

  • @rapiersister5032
    @rapiersister5032 Před 3 lety +11

    I wish I was a rich enough so I could charter a plane to drop them some "cargo".

    • @cmelton6796
      @cmelton6796 Před 2 lety +2

      I'd give them food and medicine, instructions to make more, and when to use the meds.

    • @davidarundel6187
      @davidarundel6187 Před 2 lety

      Best do that with the Andaman Islands, in the Indian Ocean, as they kill all who land on the islands.

  • @DrumToTheBassWoop
    @DrumToTheBassWoop Před 3 lety +153

    👽 Alien soldier: “The gorgon empire is near defeat, surrender is now imminent”
    👽 Alien Commander: “good, let’s land on this squalid bit of planet temporarily, set up for the final push”
    *Alien ships parking up in earth*
    Humans: *woah* 😮😦

    • @BoWeava
      @BoWeava Před 3 lety +7

      DrumtotheBass Woop *ting* I'm sitting here thinking about the same thing. You said it better tho...lol

    • @wisemankugelmemicus1701
      @wisemankugelmemicus1701 Před 3 lety

      Aren't Gorgons like..Medusa?

    • @DrumToTheBassWoop
      @DrumToTheBassWoop Před 3 lety

      Wisemankugel Memicus exactly, *ancient aliens* maybe ? 😂

  • @SM-ft2jv
    @SM-ft2jv Před 3 lety +330

    Thoughty2: Worlds strangest island
    Epstein: Hold my child, i mean beer

  • @jasonberezny9705
    @jasonberezny9705 Před 2 lety +1

    Puts me in the mind of a few episodes of Star Trek original series where Spock and Kirk beam down to an alien planet or colony,to find it has been manipulated by some old earth history. Love it!❤️🇨🇦

  • @anatolydyatlov963
    @anatolydyatlov963 Před rokem +6

    Going there with a bunch of cargo and getting worshipped is an interesting idea. You could basically live the rest of your life as a god. From there, you could work remotely, e.g. as a software developer, by using a satellite connection like Starlink and ordering gasoline periodically for your power generator, so you'd have money for more "cargo" and thus cement your position as a local cargo deity.

    • @SpuddMacgyver
      @SpuddMacgyver Před rokem +4

      Sounds good until u fail to solve their problems and you get stigmatized as a "false god" and that never ends well. Usually ends over a fire.

    • @anatolydyatlov963
      @anatolydyatlov963 Před rokem +1

      @@SpuddMacgyver Yep, good point.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 3 lety +1270

    I wouldn't mind it if worshipping your mustache was a religion

  • @rhythmmandal3377
    @rhythmmandal3377 Před 3 lety +344

    "kicking the holy shit out of a child" - best line of 2020.

  • @allanmacdougall5268
    @allanmacdougall5268 Před rokem

    A practical spin on the Cargo Cult thing. Nice to see this from the perspective of people undoing having their culture been conquered. Bravo!

  • @vanuatuuncharted3235
    @vanuatuuncharted3235 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful explained..thanks . Lived there for 4 years .. amazing experience and looking forward to go back there after this pandemic

  • @markrausch7393
    @markrausch7393 Před 3 lety +131

    When you suddenly remember that spongebob episode where he and Patrick started a cargo cult...
    All hail the magic conch!!

  • @brayden141
    @brayden141 Před 3 lety +2749

    bruh

    • @Jaggededge112
      @Jaggededge112 Před 3 lety +119

      I was just thinking that. Seriously during his ad he looked like a proper English gentleman.

    • @CitrusMike
      @CitrusMike Před 3 lety +67

      He needs a monocle

    • @Ron4885
      @Ron4885 Před 3 lety +11

      @@CitrusMike lol, that would be very cool to see.

    • @fakuri913
      @fakuri913 Před 3 lety +24

      @@CitrusMike and a hat too

    • @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551
      @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 Před 3 lety +9

      I agree we call them Hipsters in NYC we dont did em much. I dig Thorty2 though lol

  • @shanaynay333
    @shanaynay333 Před 2 lety

    Wow. There is so much insight about humanity and our tendencies in this scenario. Mindblown.

  • @melhupby
    @melhupby Před 3 lety

    8:45 Missed golden opportunity for the Rowan Atkinson "Magick, _snort snort"_ meme lol.

  • @Jeffmetal42
    @Jeffmetal42 Před 3 lety +275

    This whole phenomenon is insanely interesting. It is a very good glimpse into how religions have started amongst "primitive" people.

    • @co2_os
      @co2_os Před 2 lety +24

      I kinda wanna know what actually happened with jesus, probably it was very similar to the life of brian lol.

    • @Jeffmetal42
      @Jeffmetal42 Před 2 lety +4

      @@co2_os lmfao! "He's a very naughty boy!"

    • @GreyPunkWolf
      @GreyPunkWolf Před 2 lety +5

      @@co2_os I heard historians are now pretty sure he was asexual, judging by what we have left of his teachings and the stories of his followers.
      Maybe that also explains why conservatives are so against lgbt+, who knows.

    • @JeanneBook
      @JeanneBook Před 2 lety +4

      Religion is also used to colonize a certain country. Be it Christianity or Catholicism

    • @gamingcreatesworlddd2425
      @gamingcreatesworlddd2425 Před 2 lety +2

      @@JeanneBookall are same religion was man made as a method of uniting people but it killed so many millions of innocent people over religious reasons

  • @charlieslyng1989
    @charlieslyng1989 Před 3 lety +180

    Just like in Rust - when there's a airdrop in a server, people go nuts.

    • @soy_jacks
      @soy_jacks Před 3 lety +26

      You're walking along the beaches of Rustafield when you hear an ear-piecing screech, you jerk your to the head side. You're met meet eye to eye with a bald naked man squatting on a nearby boulder. You're petrified in the uncomfortable silence when suddenly in a 9 year old's voice "WHERE IS LOOOOOOT, WHERE IS CRAAAAAATE, YOU HAVE CRAAAATE!!!!!". Terrified you turn a 360 and make a b line into the forest. "WHY RUNNING, YOU HAVE AK!!!! GIVE ME AK!!! GIVE ME LOOOT BL- A gunshot cuts the screeching off as you hear various older British voices in the distance "FOOOOOK!!! BLOODY BASTID HE DONT GOT THE LOOOOOT!!! OI YOU RUNNING AFTER ME AIRDROP YOU YANKEE FOOKIN CUNT EH!!! ME FOOKIN CROIT!!". Bullets fly past you as nearby buildings begin exploding, exchanging rocket fire on the crowd of bald females gathered near the side of a mountain. You hear one final "GET THE FOOK AWAY FROM ME CROIIIIIT!!!" before a final explosion turns everything black.

    • @kaliberaiz8703
      @kaliberaiz8703 Před 3 lety

      what's that ? I've heard that rust evolved over time but I never seen playthrough of it , not even one gamplay.

    • @stealthninja1414
      @stealthninja1414 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kaliberaiz8703 It's exactly the way George HW Bush explained it.

    • @DamanD
      @DamanD Před 3 lety +2

      @@soy_jacks That was way too accurate lmao

    • @BestFighter50
      @BestFighter50 Před 3 lety +1

      Imagine the melanesians finally find airdrop, and get a stone spear inside, and some pants

  • @andyhinds542
    @andyhinds542 Před 2 lety

    You learn something new every day. Thank you for this fascinating video!

  • @OmegaMusicYT
    @OmegaMusicYT Před 3 lety +18

    Far Cry 5 players: "Hey, I've seen this one!"

    • @izawa9211
      @izawa9211 Před 3 lety +2

      "What you mean you've seen that, its brand new"

  • @djsawtooth7889
    @djsawtooth7889 Před 3 lety +31

    "...However searching the bushes you find no sign of Ashton, nor of Satan..."
    Definitely using that as a line of dialog in my next DND campaign.

  • @jameskoitsky3526
    @jameskoitsky3526 Před 3 lety +69

    Got an ad at 6:30 and dude said "who or what can this be?" And the google pixrl ad showed up and said "its the new google pixel"

  • @Phi_MD
    @Phi_MD Před rokem

    I had to check if this video was released on April 1st. Never heard of this, Fascinating

  • @nomolossb9024
    @nomolossb9024 Před 2 lety +15

    I’m from New Zealand. Please don’t consider this as a “reputation” of us. What happened was sad, but in no way represents us. Hope you understand what I’m trying to say.

    • @Yvs8962
      @Yvs8962 Před 2 lety +4

      No what you said was not understandable I am going to believe bad things about New Zealanders now HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😈😈😈

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 Před 2 lety

      Is it over? Wikipedia says Gloriavale still exists, with over 600 followers.

  • @romerivera4504
    @romerivera4504 Před 3 lety +121

    Reminds me of when my daughters would act like the remote was their cell phone and boxes were cars. I picture a bunch of these islanders with fake cars (traffic, cutting each other off, shaking fist at each other while Flintstoning around).

    • @akriegguardsman
      @akriegguardsman Před 3 lety +11

      Imagine a bunch of people running around in boxes on dirt roads and shouting At eachother cuz someone is running in front if him

    • @joshualuntsford
      @joshualuntsford Před 3 lety +13

      That’s crazy. I think they only mimic the planes and cargo. Stuff they saw from military. They never saw our city’s ways. They would freak out. Probably think they were in some hell

    • @yeahbuddy7217
      @yeahbuddy7217 Před 2 lety +3

      @@joshualuntsford I think it was just a funny idea

    • @psychedelicpunk5031
      @psychedelicpunk5031 Před rokem +1

      @@joshualuntsford They wouldn't be wrong

    • @joshualuntsford
      @joshualuntsford Před rokem

      @@psychedelicpunk5031 ikr

  • @konkeydonged
    @konkeydonged Před 3 lety +84

    This shit is really fascinating. love the feynmann quote. Fun fact: Feynmann regularly played bongo drums at a local strip club nearby his employer, Caltech.

  • @brian81
    @brian81 Před 2 lety

    New subb loving your channel keep up the great work support from Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @johnmorgan1629
    @johnmorgan1629 Před 3 lety +1

    Had the opportunity to say, 'Look what John Frum brought me.' In the sponsors spot.

  • @probe9914
    @probe9914 Před 3 lety +152

    they took "roleplaying" in a whole new level

  • @smoke4131
    @smoke4131 Před 3 lety +594

    This man's pushing himself to some serious level

  • @amazinggrapes3045
    @amazinggrapes3045 Před rokem +2

    There is something sort of unnerving about realizing that the powerful people of your country or culture are like gods to ordinary people

  • @sJs78
    @sJs78 Před rokem +1

    There was a similar thing in papua newGuinee, they made an aeroplane out of cane, spinning propeller even, because during wwll , planes landed and bought food for soldiers, that gave some to the villagers, when the war ended, and everyone left, they thought if they built this bamboo plane, it would attract them back...many years later some documentary makers landed on the island once agin, the locals came running up to them, crying their eyes out and waleing, hugging them and dropping to their knees, the film makers didn't have a clue what was going on until a translator explained..these poor villagers associated the plane with food, tools, and kind helpful white men..!they didnt understand when they left that the war ended, and the villagers thought they dis something wrong, and where abandoned because of it...heart breaking...

  • @killjoy3373
    @killjoy3373 Před 3 lety +164

    Imagine that when they start going through the bronze age and so on and we will be about to create colonies on mars.

    • @BigBargeXL
      @BigBargeXL Před 3 lety +8

      Bruh

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 Před 3 lety +46

      Even bruher, they probably won't progress to the bronze age on those tiny islands with no resources. If they're left completely alone, they'll still be tribal while we've developed warp drives and colonized half the galaxy.

    • @jimmyredd
      @jimmyredd Před 3 lety +10

      @@BierBart12 Hopefully we can find some way to use them as fuel or something, so they're not left behind.

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 Před 3 lety +14

      @@jimmyredd Can always turn the surplus population into protein paste

    • @sadethesad
      @sadethesad Před 3 lety +3

      Well they are really racist. If you look up cargo cult. They think the white man stole the planes from them.

  • @loganwolv3393
    @loganwolv3393 Před 3 lety +465

    At least they don't attack on sight like Sentinelesse do.

    • @paul-sr8qk
      @paul-sr8qk Před 3 lety +49

      Tbh i do not blame them they live in one of the very few places left free of pollution and disease and if we was welcomed it would not belong before we start polluting them.

    • @cowboyjohnn
      @cowboyjohnn Před 3 lety +48

      @@paul-sr8qk you think tribal life is clean and disease free? you truley are a fool what do you think happens if you get a gash on your arm of leg ill give you a hint they dont take antibiotics
      also no plumbing so rarely bathing and no showers

    • @paul-sr8qk
      @paul-sr8qk Před 3 lety +9

      @@cowboyjohnn they use plants with natural antibacterial properties and they do not have to worry about deadly infections the bacteria does not exist where they are.

    • @obrnenydrevokocur9344
      @obrnenydrevokocur9344 Před 3 lety +30

      @@paul-sr8qk Bacteria are present absolutely everywhere on Earth, the Sentinelese do need to worry about infections just as anyone else.

    • @paul-sr8qk
      @paul-sr8qk Před 3 lety +10

      @@obrnenydrevokocur9344 If they had the same worries as a massive population then they would already be dead, you said your self they do not have anti biotics so why are they still alive?

  • @ryanlemley4866
    @ryanlemley4866 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is how ancient aliens came to be. Just plain unfamiliar cultures, meets secluded cultures.

  • @jeremybenoit759
    @jeremybenoit759 Před 2 lety +5

    hearing this story of an advanced civilization coming into contact with a primitive tribe, and then that tribe imitating the actions of the visitors, sounds a little familiar, kind of like the ancient stories of the sky people. Kind of makes you wonder, did these ancient stories originate from contact with aliens or just other more advanced human civilizations.

  • @devilsmaycry9877
    @devilsmaycry9877 Před 3 lety +47

    If you remember thoughty2 with his infamous black suit with a red tie with no facial hair, you’ve been here for a long while and salute you for remaining a loyal fan :)

  • @ledboypenglypengly6911
    @ledboypenglypengly6911 Před 3 lety +57

    "Every cargo truck act gangsta until the cargo cult pull up."😂

    • @Jaggededge112
      @Jaggededge112 Před 3 lety

      All the cargo pants act gangster until the cargo cult pulls up lol.

    • @glenm2214
      @glenm2214 Před 3 lety +2

      All the cargo tankers carrying cargo containers full of cargo pants loaded onto cargo trucks act gangster until the cargo cult pulls up... had to do it ;)

  • @jordanw9204
    @jordanw9204 Před 3 lety

    You have a certain way with swearing which is hilarious! i can't stop watching your videos lad keep it up

  • @Nate-wu8rr
    @Nate-wu8rr Před 2 lety

    1:08 Also sounds like a great way to vent and let off a little steam! Besides you never really feel more manly or like a tough guy than after a hard-fought battle with vicious competitors like senior citizens, young children, and small defenseless women. What a group of brave warriors! Maybe "hero" is a better term! These guys are right up there with people who battle rabid attack puppies and kittens with heroic battle tactics like starvation and neglect!

  • @burrito_0189
    @burrito_0189 Před 3 lety +12

    Could you actually imagine how those tribes must of felt when one day they were just chillin on their island when huge flying machines started going overhead, giant boats bigger than small islands started sailing by, and the people had weapons that could kill the strongest warrior in one second. Talk about a culture shock

  • @HK_541
    @HK_541 Před 3 lety +79

    this is literally far cry 5 without the drugs

    • @timcirulis5273
      @timcirulis5273 Před 3 lety +8

      They drink that tea it is a hallucinogen there's your drug. 🥴😂😂

  • @EPetras
    @EPetras Před 3 lety +6

    I wonder how they would react to Prince Philip’s death :((

  • @misscorrie4239
    @misscorrie4239 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the way you build a narrative 👌

  • @thejkyle
    @thejkyle Před 3 lety +572

    So the story of the Island Natives is basically how religion starts.

  • @ttv-abdullbtw2137
    @ttv-abdullbtw2137 Před 3 lety +397

    I feel bad for these people they’ve been waiting on 100 years for him to come back

    • @ofthecaribbean
      @ofthecaribbean Před 3 lety +131

      We Christians have been waiting for over two thousand and twenty years. Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!

    • @Fourside__
      @Fourside__ Před 3 lety +19

      Math is hard

    • @Alucia0
      @Alucia0 Před 3 lety +9

      @@ofthecaribbean Not gunna lie, this comment confuses the heck out of me. It's funny but confusing.

    • @trueduckcommander
      @trueduckcommander Před 3 lety +30

      captainRailgun Christians are waiting for Jesus to come back and take all the believers to heaven and burn the rest of the world with all the “sinners”. Don’t try and make sense or religion you won’t find much logic in it.

    • @Alucia0
      @Alucia0 Před 3 lety +8

      @@trueduckcommander I know that but what confuses me is that they are making fun of their own religious beliefs. I get being able to poke fun at your self I just find it ironic that a Christian is making fun of their own religion.

  • @jur1963
    @jur1963 Před 2 lety +2

    this sounds like another farcry setting

  •  Před 3 lety +292

    Cargo Cults are proof that Star Trek’s Prime Directive should be incorporated into real life.

    • @discountpotato5680
      @discountpotato5680 Před 3 lety +9

      Nah lets just sell guns to them

    • @ColdNorth0628
      @ColdNorth0628 Před 3 lety +6

      The prime directive is a garbage system that apologizes to genocide and then some all for the individual culture.

    • @cultofeyes7260
      @cultofeyes7260 Před 3 lety +1

      @@discountpotato5680 everyone deserves the boom booms :)

    • @bellicosebean
      @bellicosebean Před 3 lety +6

      @Pelinal Whitestrake There is a major difference between Star Wars and Star Trek

    • @The_Blue_Otaku
      @The_Blue_Otaku Před 3 lety +9

      @Pelinal Whitestrake dude I've been watching Star Wars scenes I was 4. But Episode 7,8,9 are so awful that I'm starting to watch Star Trek
      And I see why so many people are fans of Star Trek

  • @luigi55125
    @luigi55125 Před 3 lety +45

    That island is how we learned from the aliens lmao. They just stopped here to get fuel or something, and a group of cavemen tried to imitate them.

  • @johncamp7679
    @johncamp7679 Před 2 lety

    Thoughty2’s sense of humor is the best

  • @dependentu40
    @dependentu40 Před 3 lety +6

    Prince Phillip missed his flight

  • @BenderTheOffender
    @BenderTheOffender Před 3 lety +290

    This cult is so strange. Beleiving, that a guy they never met will return and save them. Crazy.
    Oh wait.....

    • @Mrcarvalher
      @Mrcarvalher Před 3 lety +7

      And it makes you wonder 🤔

    • @memalang94
      @memalang94 Před 3 lety +4

      JEZUZ FRIES!

    • @srinivasmetta2852
      @srinivasmetta2852 Před 3 lety +1

      Come to jesus

    • @njones420
      @njones420 Před 3 lety +1

      @Spirit of source 22 I'm guessing he just doesn't believe in fairy stories

    • @njones420
      @njones420 Před 3 lety +2

      @Spirit of source 22 no I don't, but it would be like asking a human if leprechauns exist?
      god is just "I don't know, therefore god" so every discovery humanity makes, makes the probability of existence smaller (and he's running out of things to claim).

  • @ravoniesravenshir3926
    @ravoniesravenshir3926 Před 3 lety +51

    Melanesia sounds like someone broke the prime directive.

  • @dehartfamily3091
    @dehartfamily3091 Před 2 lety

    That Melanesia reminds me of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. All the kids would chant echos of the past about Captain Walker coming back.

  • @joelnomameswey8381
    @joelnomameswey8381 Před 2 lety +1

    I'll have to admit this. It's weird that I've learned this before through a Matt Patt's Minecraft's Lore video...
    Pretty cool either way

  • @WesTECH
    @WesTECH Před 3 lety +120

    You must have never seen the move "The Gods Must Be Crazy".

  • @hueyiroquois3839
    @hueyiroquois3839 Před 3 lety +44

    If they ever get that 25HP engine, someone's gonna say, "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat."

    • @FSCforal
      @FSCforal Před 3 lety +1

      is thier a esso on the island for fuel ?

    • @peterzingler6221
      @peterzingler6221 Před 3 lety

      @@FSCforal they could run it on moonshine

  • @kiingg_george9440
    @kiingg_george9440 Před 3 lety +10

    So nobody is gonna say anything about the thumb nail lmfao made me crack up

  • @sanelememela3680
    @sanelememela3680 Před 2 lety +2

    "And when they needed him the most.... John Frum never returned"

  • @CobsonN
    @CobsonN Před 3 lety +504

    Please don’t steal my girlfriend with your mustache

    • @anewspinonthings
      @anewspinonthings Před 3 lety +46

      He could steal me from my girlfriend

    • @alexanderwesthuis3486
      @alexanderwesthuis3486 Před 3 lety +13

      that mustache...
      that damn mustache...

    • @tenkaiechi01
      @tenkaiechi01 Před 3 lety +11

      he cant make promises for the Stache? The Stache wants what the stache wants.

    • @IvanOoze1990
      @IvanOoze1990 Před 3 lety +6

      what do you like to drink again?

    • @daddyzgirlz22
      @daddyzgirlz22 Před 3 lety +3

      If she could wake up everyday to a stache slap, you know bloody well she’d leave you