I am of the firm opinion that God only allowed golf to exist because he knew it would one day lead to the creation of a lesbian underground golf mafia death game anime where the characters use what are effectively Jojo's Bizarre Adventure powers to push balls into holes.
Ironically a lof of historical golf courses in England are built intentionally on old historic riverbank lands like ours are, so that if they flooded, which they do, no debris gets into the river and no property is damaged. Now our local golf course has sold off parts of its course to build houses on to people that don't realise its floodland. It all got planning permission despite the reason it was deemed ONLY suitable for a golf course was because of flooding. They completed the Noddy box houses that sold for nearly £500k but are smaller than our Victorian little house worth less than half as much, and they flooded 1 week after. I then explained to the owners that the information regarding the flood likelihood was available free on the govt. climate change flood map and all they said was; "why were they allowed to be built" and "why didn't anyone tell us" my response; capital interests...
There's a golf course in the town of Coober Pedy in the middle of the Australian desert. You're given a little patch of turf to carry around with you to put your ball on, and quite often games are played at night (with glow-in-the-dark balls) due to daytime temperatures being too high.
Sucks that for some reason the video of that is not available in the UK. I know that everything we get here is shit but it's the exact same internet, come on.
1:40 “A golfer is a terrible thing to be” Never a truer word said. Well, maybe not, but golf courses are objectively the most elitist and inefficient use of public green space.
Certainly a waste of space. The two courses owned by the city I live in could be used to house ~60,000 people, yet instead my taxes pay for the upkeep of something I have no interest in using.
Not all golf courses are part of exclusive clubs. Many us towns have public courses, and some of those are par-3 (shorter links). The grass on those is often brown rather than green in the summer, but they are very inexpensive. At least they used to be. So cheap that even we as high school students would play for a couple of bucks each, even rent a cart. We made it more interesting by hiding beer in our golf bags :)
Golf commune kitchen discourse aside, the idea of not putting kitchens in them makes a little more sense to me if they were intended to be rich people vacation homes. Staying in a hotel has taught me that I can live just fine without a kitchen if there are nearby restaurants and I have spending money.
The best land use a golf course I ever saw was in Glenview Illinois, where they built a 9 hole golf course and driving range on top of the old landfill. It has to be the best land use possible for a landfill. There are no trees, and it has a distinct enormous sand dune vibe with long grass, and the course outside the green uses the naturally occuring grass, just well maintained and rolled.
So, when are we going to get a Well There's Your Problem analysis of Godzilla Minus One, one of the few movies which seems directly inspired by a Well There's Your Problem episode.
If you havn't seen the Jonathan Meades episode on golf called 'Middlebrow-on-Tee' its worth a watch (its here on CZcams for free in 3 parts btw) where he delves into the sociopolitical aspect of it and how insidious it is.
I, of course, refer everyone to the George Carlin bit on golf courses, but will also say: Golf isn't a sport. Sports imply any form of physical exercise and if you can completely veto the most *basic* of exercises (walking) for a fee and get drunk on the field, then your gear shouldn't be next to the equipment of real sports like tennis, basketball, football (american or international) or baseball. FUCKING BASEBALL MOVES FASTER THAN GOLF! And let it be known, I like baseball, but there's no denying there are some pretty tubby players.
@@ericb.4313 I mean, it depends on your definition of sport, and clearly I've seen plenty of definitions that would include "mind games" in that. But even going by the physical exercise definition, at least on a real professional level people like Tiger Woods do seem to take the exercising and practice as seriously as any other sport, and they seem to be much better than the average golfer. On the other hand, it's not like there's anything stopping you from playing those other sports drunk and with someone to collect your ball for you, it's just you'll be no match for people actually good at the game. So I'd still certainly count it as a sport... though whether it's a good sport is another matter. Oh and I agree with everything said George Carlin said.
@welltheresyourproblempodca1465 Great work as always. Golf is boring as shit to play let alone watch and you all have made it bearable, albeit for only a few minutes. But I digress… With Dune Part Deaux coming out soon and the obvious political and engineering connections between the story and your podcast, have you all(y’all?) considered doing an episode on something fictional? I think Dune would be a wonderful subject for an upcoming episode. I for one, would LOVE to see it dissected by your technical intellect and skewered with your carving fork-esque wit. I mean, c’mon. You commies must appreciate or be familiar with the book, right? The Baron vs. The Fremen is an obvious analogue to the gluttonous pig-like oink of Capitalism in contrast with the stern, stoic, selfless, and oft tragic bleat of communism upon our geopolitics. What’s more leftist than, “a man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe”? The ultimate utilitarian left society! None of this Trotskyite nonsense of human contentment and wellbeing! “Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.” As so you all would be so kind to do as well. By doing an episode on Dune, please. Pretty please? Love the show as always either way. Keep up the always great and always hilarious work! Signed with love and bountiful affection. - Capitalist Pig-Dog
I am of the firm opinion that God only allowed golf to exist because he knew it would one day lead to the creation of a lesbian underground golf mafia death game anime where the characters use what are effectively Jojo's Bizarre Adventure powers to push balls into holes.
Mysterious be His ways.
Birdie Wing was more fun than it has any right to be
Birdie Wing was peak anime and no one can prove me otherwise
Pushes Balls Into Holes is my spirit-name.
Holy fucking shit, this is actually real.
* Adds "Birdie Wing" to the must-watch list *
minigolf will always be superior to "real" golf.
less environmentally destructive, cheaper, funner courses, and able to be played by anyone.
PJ O'Rourke said golf is a conservative fantasy in that it's acres and acres of beautiful grass...that someone else has to mow.
Golf bad, minigolf good
Ironically a lof of historical golf courses in England are built intentionally on old historic riverbank lands like ours are, so that if they flooded, which they do, no debris gets into the river and no property is damaged. Now our local golf course has sold off parts of its course to build houses on to people that don't realise its floodland. It all got planning permission despite the reason it was deemed ONLY suitable for a golf course was because of flooding. They completed the Noddy box houses that sold for nearly £500k but are smaller than our Victorian little house worth less than half as much, and they flooded 1 week after. I then explained to the owners that the information regarding the flood likelihood was available free on the govt. climate change flood map and all they said was; "why were they allowed to be built" and "why didn't anyone tell us" my response; capital interests...
The irony of the golf episode being behind a paywall is not lost on me
There's a golf course in the town of Coober Pedy in the middle of the Australian desert. You're given a little patch of turf to carry around with you to put your ball on, and quite often games are played at night (with glow-in-the-dark balls) due to daytime temperatures being too high.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver yesterday was so much like a WTYP episode that hbomberguy is going to do a 4 hour video essay on it.
I saw the reference to Lac Megantic and almost called a lawyer for them XD I see you, writer's room.
Sucks that for some reason the video of that is not available in the UK. I know that everything we get here is shit but it's the exact same internet, come on.
It was like the Vince McMahon meme of WTYP topics.
Trains good 😐
Precision Scheduled Railroading 😀
Lac Megantic 🤩
Labor Exploitation 🤯
I think the original work of "doing a complete recreation of classic Thomas the Tank Engine" constitutes enough original work for it to be ok.
@@matthewegan5281 I was making a joke. Touch some grass, socialize, get out of the perpetual online mindset.
1:40 “A golfer is a terrible thing to be” Never a truer word said.
Well, maybe not, but golf courses are objectively the most elitist and inefficient use of public green space.
Certainly a waste of space. The two courses owned by the city I live in could be used to house ~60,000 people, yet instead my taxes pay for the upkeep of something I have no interest in using.
"Golf is a good nature walk, ruined."
List of golfers I know the name of:
- Tiger Woods
- ...Second Golfer
The only other one I can think of is Arnold Palmer. Took me years to figure out it wasn't just the name of a drink.
I know Jack Nicolson, but only because of the other Jack Nicolson
The only other golfer's name I could summon was Happy Gilmore.
golf player names are made up
you can just say something like Gary Player and probably be right
there was this guy, but I only remember because he married Denmarks big tennis star
After watching Last Week Tonight, I wonder should the segment be renamef Safety Fourth?
My old hometown of Oak Ridge, TN funded the construction of the golf course. Another case of socialized risk and privatized profits.
wii golf is fun af tbf
This blended in with all the other videogame videos in my feed, then I took a closer look.
You may be able to eat Alfalfa, Alice, but you can’t digest it.
Not all golf courses are part of exclusive clubs. Many us towns have public courses, and some of those are par-3 (shorter links). The grass on those is often brown rather than green in the summer, but they are very inexpensive. At least they used to be. So cheap that even we as high school students would play for a couple of bucks each, even rent a cart. We made it more interesting by hiding beer in our golf bags :)
Please send help to us Floridians, we can't go anywhere without tripping over a bajillionaire's personal golf course.
5:30 Every time WTYP mentions a place in Florida I've lived it's like a little jump scare.
Our council turned land given to the town by Brunell, it was parkland designed for the enjoyment of all, into a private golf course.
aw... I though that was about the Volkswagen scandal
That thumbnail validates my belief that the only form of golf that should exist is Mario Golf (the Nintendo 64 game in particular)
I used to play the shit out of that game as a kid lol
Opinion on wii sports golf?
wii sports golf destroyed at least a handful of televisions. Signs point to good.
Golf commune kitchen discourse aside, the idea of not putting kitchens in them makes a little more sense to me if they were intended to be rich people vacation homes. Staying in a hotel has taught me that I can live just fine without a kitchen if there are nearby restaurants and I have spending money.
Golf cart good, golf bad.
Also.. for whatever reason the iPhone Lock Screen gave up what episode 148 is while listening to this episode 😂
The best land use a golf course I ever saw was in Glenview Illinois, where they built a 9 hole golf course and driving range on top of the old landfill. It has to be the best land use possible for a landfill. There are no trees, and it has a distinct enormous sand dune vibe with long grass, and the course outside the green uses the naturally occuring grass, just well maintained and rolled.
Golf provides a handy list of people who should be isolated from society at all costs.
This problem solves itself, so long as you permit the golf course to exist
Golf is a counter-revolutionary sport.
@@rorythomas9469You put a machinegun in the bunker
So, when are we going to get a Well There's Your Problem analysis of Godzilla Minus One, one of the few movies which seems directly inspired by a Well There's Your Problem episode.
You missed an opportunity by not including the caddies roasting Trump and son like they do everyone else.
Love yours channel ❤
Justin Roczniak we are from Poland? U have a Polish surname 😂❤
"waiting for a kind golf stalin to emerge" that's phil greaves
Imagining some rich fuck watching a couple guys who are just INSANELY good at golf and just going, "Pfft! Professionals."
I had a nightmare last night where I was playing golf. I don't play golf. Thanks.
Golf!?!
I need to flip a table....
Yay Liam!
Golph
My home town of Temple Terrace featured in an episode 😍
Alice may not be able to eat alfalfa, but she sure can eat the horse
7:05 The model here sounds suspiciously like The Villages in Florida.
Look I love golf and even I know it’s terrible land use.
Hell yeah
Gold should be only a thing in themed bars.
Not all concretes who Rome, are lost.
Attack and dethrone golf
You can definitely eat alfalfa sprouts - they get put in a lot of salad sandwiches here.
A sports episode not by Liam? Interesting.
I need to know if Alice can eat Alfalfa
Every time I hear or see Tiger Woods I can’t help to think that someone said “he’s half Thai and half black let nickname him ‘Tiger.’”
If you havn't seen the Jonathan Meades episode on golf called 'Middlebrow-on-Tee' its worth a watch (its here on CZcams for free in 3 parts btw) where he delves into the sociopolitical aspect of it and how insidious it is.
I'll say it as often as I have to: if Laguna Seca goes under, we're bulldozing Augusta. You have been warned.
Without golf, there is no 'Caddyshack' movie.
And lightning strikes on douchebags.
Oh no, not Golf Communism!!!
I, of course, refer everyone to the George Carlin bit on golf courses, but will also say:
Golf isn't a sport. Sports imply any form of physical exercise and if you can completely veto the most *basic* of exercises (walking) for a fee and get drunk on the field, then your gear shouldn't be next to the equipment of real sports like tennis, basketball, football (american or international) or baseball.
FUCKING BASEBALL MOVES FASTER THAN GOLF! And let it be known, I like baseball, but there's no denying there are some pretty tubby players.
isn't chess a sport?
@@limejet if it is, it shouldn't.
@@ericb.4313 I mean, it depends on your definition of sport, and clearly I've seen plenty of definitions that would include "mind games" in that. But even going by the physical exercise definition, at least on a real professional level people like Tiger Woods do seem to take the exercising and practice as seriously as any other sport, and they seem to be much better than the average golfer. On the other hand, it's not like there's anything stopping you from playing those other sports drunk and with someone to collect your ball for you, it's just you'll be no match for people actually good at the game. So I'd still certainly count it as a sport... though whether it's a good sport is another matter. Oh and I agree with everything said George Carlin said.
One day I will form a non prof for buying up golf courses and letting them go back to nature and/or turn them into communal food forests
The only golf worth watching is birdie wing, the lesbian yugioh golf mafia anime
Boners episode
Wife bad
I hate golf so much
first
@welltheresyourproblempodca1465 Great work as always. Golf is boring as shit to play let alone watch and you all have made it bearable, albeit for only a few minutes. But I digress…
With Dune Part Deaux coming out soon and the obvious political and engineering connections between the story and your podcast, have you all(y’all?) considered doing an episode on something fictional? I think Dune would be a wonderful subject for an upcoming episode. I for one, would LOVE to see it dissected by your technical intellect and skewered with your carving fork-esque wit.
I mean, c’mon. You commies must appreciate or be familiar with the book, right? The Baron vs. The Fremen is an obvious analogue to the gluttonous pig-like oink of Capitalism in contrast with the stern, stoic, selfless, and oft tragic bleat of communism upon our geopolitics.
What’s more leftist than, “a man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe”? The ultimate utilitarian left society! None of this Trotskyite nonsense of human contentment and wellbeing! “Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.” As so you all would be so kind to do as well. By doing an episode on Dune, please. Pretty please?
Love the show as always either way. Keep up the always great and always hilarious work!
Signed with love and bountiful affection.
- Capitalist Pig-Dog