Sad (But Funny) Facts about North Korea

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  • čas přidán 18. 03. 2024
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  • @Sideprojects
    @Sideprojects  Před 2 měsíci +12

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    • @TheLoxxxton
      @TheLoxxxton Před 2 měsíci +2

      Damn fact boy! Bit of a rehash this one.

    • @Rorgash
      @Rorgash Před 2 měsíci +2

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    • @chrisakaschulbus4903
      @chrisakaschulbus4903 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Conflict of nations... for when i want to continue the news segment while gaming.

  • @Elongated_Muskrat
    @Elongated_Muskrat Před 2 měsíci +619

    North Korea has a haircut menu but Simon can't order anything on that menu.

    • @Pastronomer69
      @Pastronomer69 Před 2 měsíci +77

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    • @DIOsNotDead
      @DIOsNotDead Před 2 měsíci +22

      💀💀💀

    • @AngelRivera-vh3df
      @AngelRivera-vh3df Před 2 měsíci +17

      Ok this made me laugh

    • @BigJeremyBeyer
      @BigJeremyBeyer Před 2 měsíci +9

      I guess I can't either, because I have a shaved head and a goatee 🤣

    • @LawfulNugget
      @LawfulNugget Před 2 měsíci +21

      Maybe they have complimentary wigs for the follicley challenged.

  • @Frogmood
    @Frogmood Před 2 měsíci +214

    only in north korea could someone say "what are you, the fashion police?" and get an unironic "yes" in response

    • @barneypaws4883
      @barneypaws4883 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Where being imprisoned by the fashion Police IS something to fear.

    • @systemakhaosu810
      @systemakhaosu810 Před 2 měsíci +11

      Not only North Korea, there's also Afghanistan, large parts of China, Iran, Saudi Arabia (And probably a few others I'm forgetting)

    • @freddiemercury2075
      @freddiemercury2075 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Iran also have fashion police.

    • @RealSaintB
      @RealSaintB Před 2 měsíci

      But the fashion police are a secret police

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Also in Iran or Saudi Arabia, but just for women.

  • @chuckiefinster544
    @chuckiefinster544 Před 2 měsíci +137

    Seasons changed at his birth? Sure. New star? Ok. Eleven holes-in-one? Fine. Operas? Novels? Possibly. Walking-talking eight month old? Absolutely. But bro did not invent the hamburger.

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu Před 2 měsíci +16

      Yeah, I was all in on the accomplishments, but inventing the hamburger was where he lost me.

    • @scottherzeg2741
      @scottherzeg2741 Před 2 měsíci +19

      "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament." -- Dr. Evil
      Sorry. It was the first thing that came to mind.

    • @chrisakaschulbus4903
      @chrisakaschulbus4903 Před 2 měsíci

      As a german i sadly have to inform all of you that we actually stole the hamburger idea from north korea.
      The whole gig with the city called hamburg... it's all just lies to cover up our diet consisting of sauerkraut and nothing else.

    • @patpierce4854
      @patpierce4854 Před měsícem +4

      Guy sounds a lot like Trump’s ridiculous nonsense….

    • @Styxswimmer
      @Styxswimmer Před měsícem

      ​@patpierce4854 no. Sounds like the media covering for biden. Biden has been the biggest disaster and failure ever and the media says he is doing a good job.

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn8444 Před 2 měsíci +163

    "North Korea's golf course." Note the singular. Just one golf course. 🤣

    • @truecynic1270
      @truecynic1270 Před 2 měsíci +5

      One ski hill too

    • @user-lt4cx2zk3i
      @user-lt4cx2zk3i Před 2 měsíci +5

      One more than any of us own

    • @bdrenfro
      @bdrenfro Před 2 měsíci +1

      And it's a public one to boot.

    • @Zurvan101
      @Zurvan101 Před 2 měsíci +10

      ​@@bdrenfro 'public' in socialist dictatorships tends to mean something other than it does in the west and elsewhere.

    • @edwardbateman3094
      @edwardbateman3094 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Zurvan101how so?

  • @krisfinley6706
    @krisfinley6706 Před 2 měsíci +85

    Those actors were really lucky to get a chance to escape. The poor teenagers though💔😢

  • @keveyson
    @keveyson Před 2 měsíci +30

    There are only three Ron Swanson approved haircuts: 1. High and Tight, 2. Crew Cut, 3. Buzz Cut. Are the sissors in your house broken son?

    • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
      @LiveFreeOrDie2A Před 2 měsíci +2

      *Scissors

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      I tried cutting my own hair once. Never again!

    • @ItsAweeb
      @ItsAweeb Před měsícem +1

      ​@@MatthewTheWanderer Me too! on that day I learned why people who work with hair have professional scissors..

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před 29 dny +1

      @@ItsAweeb Lol. When I tried cutting my own hair, I ended up missing several small spots.

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta Před měsícem +4

    He also invented jet engines, electric lights and the Technicolor film process!
    1976-1977, I was in South Korea...Camp Casey to be exact.
    We got propaganda leaflets from the North on the regular...they were pretty funny!
    My favorite were the oversized $10 bills..."Bring this to the North and get a real Ten Dollars!"
    Yep, people just swarming to defect for ten bucks...

  • @cloppin
    @cloppin Před 2 měsíci +70

    Kind of funny how the sponsor was “conflict of nations” does that ring a bell?

    • @Mart77
      @Mart77 Před 2 měsíci

      Just a happy little coincidence, am i right?

    • @cloppin
      @cloppin Před 2 měsíci

      @@Mart77 Ssems so

  • @mathieubouchard5117
    @mathieubouchard5117 Před 2 měsíci +119

    He Also does not poop. I ,no pun indented, shit you not. An escaped north Korean women gave an interview and that was one of the things she says that she used to believe. She said that he was so perfect that he used energy with amazing efficiency to the point where he did not have any waste or poop.

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Před 2 měsíci

      Kim Jong Il also invented the toilet, the hamburger, and the Internet. True story.

    • @SubxZero94
      @SubxZero94 Před 2 měsíci +12

      Thats a hilariously amazing concept for a fictional character

    • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
      @user-vm5ud4xw6n Před 2 měsíci +7

      Wow! He would make the perfect patient. Imagine never having to break your back from putting patients on and off the bedpan.

    • @edwardbateman3094
      @edwardbateman3094 Před 2 měsíci +3

      North Korean defectors will say whatever they’re told to make some money.

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Well, of course angels don’t take dumps, so why would the Divine Leader?

  • @jesseincognito.
    @jesseincognito. Před 2 měsíci +27

    That hair pamphlet is some dictator level of trolling

    • @christiangauthier727
      @christiangauthier727 Před 2 měsíci +4

      The Fashion Police is the better Ultimate Dictatorial Trolling! 😂

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +5

      The most insane, trolling part is how King Jong-Un's own haircut is NOT one of the approved hairstyles, lol. Only HE is allowed to have that style.

    • @jesseincognito.
      @jesseincognito. Před měsícem +2

      @@MatthewTheWanderer it was also called the Chinese smugglers haircut by a news outlet once

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      @@jesseincognito. What was? Kim Jong-Un's haircut?

    • @jesseincognito.
      @jesseincognito. Před měsícem +1

      @@MatthewTheWanderer yeah

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto Před 2 měsíci +19

    Wait. You mean, "Team America: World Police" and "The Interview" have never been shown (legally) in North Korea? Shocking!

  • @party4keeps28
    @party4keeps28 Před 2 měsíci +21

    Why would he invent the hamburger when the vast majority of his people cannot eat one anyway?

    • @reddwarfer999
      @reddwarfer999 Před 2 měsíci +11

      Yo'ud think that hamburgers, just like jeans, would be considered the very epitome of Western capitalism. So claiming that he invented them seems rather strange.

    • @stevenbryant1011
      @stevenbryant1011 Před měsícem

      ​@@reddwarfer999maybe it's a type of "I'll show those dirty capitalists by fooling my people that I invented it first!" Type deal

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 Před měsícem +2

      @@reddwarfer999 I think the idea was that he claims to have invented them so that other Koreans don't think he's being a hypocrite for eating them.

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      @@nathangamble125 The Kims don't seem very concerned with being seen as hypocrites, lol. Otherwise, they'd allow other people to copy their hairstyles and fashion.

  • @marshallleevalentine
    @marshallleevalentine Před měsícem +2

    “Seemed short and sent to a labor camp.” Me at 5’4, “I am now tall”

  • @K4rt80y
    @K4rt80y Před 2 měsíci +18

    "My father would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark..." -Kim Jong Un

  • @junkiejackflash
    @junkiejackflash Před 2 měsíci +12

    Simon is so big brained because he doesnt have any hair on his head sucking up his precious nutrients

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +3

      Nah, his beard does that, instead. Notice how no one in North Korea seems to have a beard?

  • @RicardoAlmeidatm
    @RicardoAlmeidatm Před 2 měsíci +19

    Simon is just BURSTING with nutrients.

  • @RandomNooby
    @RandomNooby Před 2 měsíci +10

    Ever wonder how many times a week Great Leader wakes up at night in a raging cold sweat, from nightmares of Simon Whistler...

    • @jackgibsxxx0750
      @jackgibsxxx0750 Před měsícem

      He's mad because he couldn't make SW stick to the haircut menu even if he could get him to come visit.😂😂😂

  • @pooryorick831
    @pooryorick831 Před 2 měsíci +71

    It is sad to think that right now, the people of North Korea are suffering at the hands of what I'd basically organized crime. I hope the people achieve liberty in their lifetime. Life under a tyrant is no life. I hope we in the USA don't have to find this out the hard way. 🙏🏻🙏🏻☮️ ☮️

    • @zengmaxxing
      @zengmaxxing Před 2 měsíci

      Don’t believe everything you hear about DPRK

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 Před 2 měsíci +14

      One of our two major candidates has expressed admiration for Kim Jong-Un, so…

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@gregbors8364that's the truly sad thing.

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 Před 2 měsíci

      @gregbors8364 the only way he wins is if the russian troll farms convince progressives not to vote.

    • @freddiemercury2075
      @freddiemercury2075 Před 2 měsíci

      I use to support Trump because of his anti China stance, but you can't vote a guy who encourages Russia to attack your ally just because they don't pay you enough.

  • @ericvantassell6809
    @ericvantassell6809 Před 2 měsíci +11

    The hair thing explains why you have the energy to do all these videos

  • @GLBTsovereign
    @GLBTsovereign Před 2 měsíci +8

    Conflict of nations... he finally caved to the fremium gaming sponsors.

  • @JonahTV
    @JonahTV Před 2 měsíci +4

    I'm glad you contextualized everything at the end. A lot of videos about how silly North Korea is fail to bring up how abjectly horrific it all is - in spite of the hilarity

  • @jasonarthurs3885
    @jasonarthurs3885 Před 2 měsíci +13

    I noticed that "bald" was not offered on the haircut menu; does that mean Simon, as a North Korean would be expelled?

    • @freddiemercury2075
      @freddiemercury2075 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Expelled from North korea isn't really an option ...

    • @scottherzeg2741
      @scottherzeg2741 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Three seconds in North Korea Simon would quip about something and would immediately be put in front of a firing squad. Then they'd jail him for being bald.

    • @MosoKaiser
      @MosoKaiser Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@@freddiemercury2075 They expel you from your life instead.

    • @Galiant2010
      @Galiant2010 Před měsícem +2

      @@MosoKaiser"Killed, or worse... expelled"

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      Bald people get sent to prison, probably.

  • @beatrixdobson4795
    @beatrixdobson4795 Před 2 měsíci +18

    Legend has it Kim Jong Un doesn't pee or poop either, but he once sharted during a live interview, shortly before getting blown up in a helicopter while Katy Perry's 'Firework' was being played.

  • @TheRealArtimusKnight
    @TheRealArtimusKnight Před 2 měsíci +7

    “The American scoundrels are about to start a war against us. Will we be able to defeat them?”
    No. Absolutely not. You’re doomed if you do.

  • @derekmccoy2799
    @derekmccoy2799 Před 2 měsíci +45

    Honestly. Mullets should be outlawed everywhere.

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Zoomer broccoli tops for all!

    • @tripsaplenty1227
      @tripsaplenty1227 Před 2 měsíci +1

      try to the players of the NHL "no mullets allowed". I believe you will find yourself engaged in fisticuffs.

    • @ALA9E
      @ALA9E Před 2 měsíci

      😂

    • @phaslow4393
      @phaslow4393 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Same with K-pop....

    • @tripsaplenty1227
      @tripsaplenty1227 Před 2 měsíci

      @@phaslow4393
      being russian should be illegal in the USA.

  • @jasons6021
    @jasons6021 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Imagine getting kidnapped by a crazy third World dictatorship, and then when you think things can't get any worse they lock you up with your ex.

  • @charlesmcmasters
    @charlesmcmasters Před 2 měsíci +5

    For a brief moment I though Simon was doing a collaboration with Max Millers Tasting History channel due to the thumbnail looking remarkably like Waffles 😂 Sadly no waffles, but I am sure this is as mesmerizing in a way only Simon can pull off...

  • @BrutalJambon
    @BrutalJambon Před 2 měsíci +4

    Another "funny" propaganda they do is, when the world cup of football (soccer) comes around, even though North Korea doesn't actually get qualified, they show doctored matches showing North Korea winning the cup with like a 11-0 victory (which for anyone who doesn't know is an outrageous score that just doesn't happens in footbal of this level. France's 3-0 victory against Brasil in 1998 is still legendary for this reason). I'm sure they'll be doing the same with the 2024 summer olympics in Paris since they're even scheduled to compete

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +2

      North Korea actually has qualified for the World Cup twice, in 1966 and 2010. In 1966, they actually won a game and ended up in 8th place. In 2010, they lost every game they played, including one game where they lost 0-7 to Portugal, lol. Not sure how they reported all this to their people, though.

    • @ccman322
      @ccman322 Před měsícem +2

      @@MatthewTheWandererwasn't it also played live as well. Got to wonder what they did then.

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +2

      @@ccman322 They probably didn't let people in North Korea watch it.

  • @tmhood
    @tmhood Před 2 měsíci +7

    When short on ideas there's always North Korea to fall back on.

  • @jonathanjrgensen6774
    @jonathanjrgensen6774 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Every time this man pops up on my recommended, its with a new channel, what a guy

    • @Galiant2010
      @Galiant2010 Před měsícem +4

      Welcome to the Whistlerverse.

  • @zaxapro
    @zaxapro Před měsícem +4

    Love that bald isn't on the menu 😂

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Před 2 měsíci +3

    I see that the "Glorious Leader"'s haircut doesn't appear on that "menu".
    Neither does "bald".
    I saw Clive James get a hairpiece in his "Postcard from L.A." episode - they called it a "hair unit".
    Might be time for a North Korea-approved "hair unit" ay, Simon?
    ( Just kidding! )

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      The "Glorious Leader's" haircut is intentionally left off the menu, because only Kim Jong-Un himself is allowed to have it.

  • @mho...
    @mho... Před 2 měsíci +4

    Oooh now we get snipbits from the long lost, but not forgotten Business Blaze NorthKorea Skript 🤫
    Well played, oh glorious factboy

  • @fredblonder7850
    @fredblonder7850 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Without actually seeing the golf course, I can’t agree that eleven holes-in-one is ridiculous.

  • @manoz6194
    @manoz6194 Před 2 měsíci +3

    You must have a lot of nutrients than Simon :D, is that how you keep up with so many channels?

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 2 měsíci +2

    1:40 - Chapter 1 - Meet the kims
    6:25 - Chapter 2 - Culture control

    • @nathanieljohnson1528
      @nathanieljohnson1528 Před 2 měsíci +2

      It’s a 12 minute long video who are these time stamps even for

  • @timstoy6447
    @timstoy6447 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Damn, I'd love to know how much Simon made for that ad. I know what he's said about Raid Shadow Legends

  • @Max_Mustermann
    @Max_Mustermann Před měsícem +1

    5:00 - that's almost verbatim what Putin said not that long ago regarding a potential nuclear war between Russia and the US

  • @eaphantom9214
    @eaphantom9214 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Elvis Presley hair on the thumbnail! LOL 😂

  • @paulsheehan2998
    @paulsheehan2998 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Mate
    This has been done loads
    I've seen you do it a few times already...

    • @kneau
      @kneau Před měsícem +1

      I tell myself they're just creating a shell game for the eventual video wherein they expound on Kim's mother being Japanese. Like, say more on why it matters.

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer Před měsícem +1

      @@kneau Yeah, somehow, this is the first time I've heard of Kim Jong-Un being half-Japanese.

  • @jujutrini8412
    @jujutrini8412 Před měsícem +1

    When I glanced at the thumbnail I thought it was corporate approved hairstyles in USA in the Fifties. I think I saw something in a documentary that mentioned that some time ago. 😂😂😂

  • @dezlix
    @dezlix Před 2 měsíci

    Love your videos and often fall asleep to them, but your "s" sounds are often really sharp in the mix

  • @UnicornsPoopRainbows
    @UnicornsPoopRainbows Před měsícem +1

    I was curious so looked up Jongun's mother. Having studied a lot of Korean history, this was the first time I've heard his mother was Japanese. Her name is Ko Yonghui and she was born to a Korean father in Osaka, Japan. This isn't unusual, the Japanese army moved Koreans all over the place so there are Korean descendants in Japan and Uzbekistan. Her mother is supposedly Japanese but I can't find a name. Her father, reportedly Ko Gyontaek. Worked in a sewing factory run by Japan's ministry of war so that definitely didn't win her any points either, whether her father was forced or had no other options or not.
    I'm just surprised Kim Ilsung didn't arrange for something tragic to happen to her before she started popping out babies...It isn't like she gave birth to his first grandkids, Kim Jong IL had other children

  • @kenmcgovern8775
    @kenmcgovern8775 Před 2 měsíci +1

    "You get haircut! Rook rike Moe!!!"

  • @Reallifeintheblue
    @Reallifeintheblue Před měsícem

    Simon! This is like Rage Shadow Legends! Lol

  • @mitchellwatkins6123
    @mitchellwatkins6123 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love CON!

  • @ianray8823
    @ianray8823 Před 2 měsíci

    What an interesting ad for this video

  • @Knights_of_the_Nine
    @Knights_of_the_Nine Před 2 měsíci +2

    Imagine you're the most dedicated North Korean citizen, you make sure your approved haircut is PERFECT, but then they add it to the unapproved haircut list and you're executed.

  • @claudettes9697
    @claudettes9697 Před 2 měsíci +1

    “Where are you, dear general”.

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A Před 2 měsíci +1

    Haircut #5 and #27 look identical to me..

  • @wesleynorton3079
    @wesleynorton3079 Před 2 měsíci

    Are these excerts from the infamous BB North Korea video?

  • @patrickbo2045
    @patrickbo2045 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I always love these North Korea videos. Not often that I get to "What the F" multiple times in such a short span of minutes.

  • @lekiscool
    @lekiscool Před 2 měsíci +1

    We will never know whether or not this is THE North Korean episode.

  •  Před měsícem +1

    So North Korea is in the year 112? That explains a lot.

  • @CannibalKen
    @CannibalKen Před 2 měsíci +1

    I might need to go to NK to get a decent haircut

  • @user-em2pe3rf4h
    @user-em2pe3rf4h Před 2 měsíci

    In North Korea they have the Kim's,in America we have Kim Kardashian. I'm curious if they would make a trade straight across? If N. Korea needs an incentive, maybe I could start a GoFundMe.

  • @freddiemercury2075
    @freddiemercury2075 Před 2 měsíci

    I honestly Dont know how to feel when Simon introduce the sponsor Keeps.

  • @anthonywatkins462
    @anthonywatkins462 Před 2 měsíci +11

    It would be pretty cool if the first Kim was legitimately a God or Demi-God but his son and grandson have significantly less power. So much less in fact the whole world thinks the first Kim was liar lol

    • @AaronLitz
      @AaronLitz Před 2 měsíci +1

      What?
      _What?!_

    • @Alexander711
      @Alexander711 Před 2 měsíci +2

      You need to take it easy on the greens man

  • @somejerkbag
    @somejerkbag Před 2 měsíci +25

    How does one find this child eating Godzilla movie made by kidnapped film makers?

    • @jasonmasterson686
      @jasonmasterson686 Před 2 měsíci +5

      On CZcams

    • @jesseincognito.
      @jesseincognito. Před 2 měsíci +8

      I think it’s funny that it’s some kind of allegory of how communism was supposed to help nk but didn’t

  • @Mart77
    @Mart77 Před 2 měsíci

    Has anyone ever wondered how wild would Kim's LinkedIn profile be? Inventor of cheeseburger, world's best golfer, grandson of god etc...

  • @jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879

    I wonder why the escapee at 1:01 even bothered shutting that door...

  • @SmellySumtom
    @SmellySumtom Před 2 měsíci +1

    *The 1976 tree chopping caused allot of NK's paranoia* As if that single tree hid entire battalions, one of the largest trees left over from the Korean Wars and winters, surviving being cut into fire wood all those many years, just to be chopped down through a single JSA Jr officer's ego tangent. Some of North Korea's paranoia has roots, in the end leaving no party involved blameless.

  • @jayciii29
    @jayciii29 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Jeans arent banned in nk. Or at least not anymore. If u go to nk for whatever reason, u'll see the nk citizens wearing jeans and nike shoes in the streets

    • @SetiSupreme
      @SetiSupreme Před 2 měsíci +3

      Yeah lol like they'd let you see actual citizens

    • @jayciii29
      @jayciii29 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@SetiSupreme look it up, its not hard to find on CZcams. The info its scarce in the west cos its hard for westerners go to nk. But look up 朝鮮旅行, u'll find recent vids of japanese or chinese tourists visiting nk. Look for an hr long vid that posted 8 months ago. In that video guy secretly took footage of ppl in the streets, and even broke down of their fashion(in chinese). But you would probably say those are all actors. Its like the movie the interview 24/7 over there

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@jayciii29they only let people go to approved areas and monitor them 24/7. So yeah ...

  • @scarecrow8004
    @scarecrow8004 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Gee ... I can't wait til we get our own dictator and he can tell me how to cut my hair ... hmmm ... wait a minute, I've got the same hairdo as Simon. I guess it's the gulag for us.

  • @Damons-Old-Soul
    @Damons-Old-Soul Před 2 měsíci

    9:11 'Nile'istic; that is Nile as in the river.

    • @willmurphy4073
      @willmurphy4073 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No. Both pronunciations are acceptable.

    • @Damons-Old-Soul
      @Damons-Old-Soul Před 2 měsíci

      @@willmurphy4073 I have never heard it pronounced the way he did. Is it a British English vs American English thing? Just curious.

  • @CommisarHood
    @CommisarHood Před měsícem

    On the subject of haircuts a while ago a barber in I believe London put up an ad for his business taking the mickey out of Kim Jong Un's haircut. Soon after he was visited by two men from the Korean Embassy demanding he take it down or they'd have him arrested for disrespecting the dear leader. The barber told them to take a hike which eventually they did and presumably later they called the police who presumably also told them to take a hike. While that story is funny to me it also sums up just how consumed by propaganda they are that these guys thought they could walk up to a business in a foreign country and start throwing their weight around. Must have been a shock to the system for the two "officials" when they didn't get there way and I can't imagine it was any fun explaining it to their bosses.

  • @DrlftySwlfty
    @DrlftySwlfty Před 2 měsíci +1

    Those cuts go kinda hard though 🥵

  • @Bladeworkssystems
    @Bladeworkssystems Před 2 měsíci +3

    skip to 55 seconds to skip ad

  • @apelsinuke
    @apelsinuke Před měsícem

    about birthdays used for calendar, in Japan they still use different years based on eras of each emperor's reign while also using the "western" calendar years, and celebrate currently reigning emperor's birthday as a public holiday - of which there can't be enough of, as people are still reluctant to use their actual holiday days and work really hard.
    tho, reigning years is more of a tradition and after wwii monarchy in Japan is more symbolic, and in contrast, in N Korea it's a cult of personality, which, from my "western" pov, is not very admirable.

  • @ajar1900
    @ajar1900 Před 2 měsíci

    Damn it's been a fucking long time since Simon last had a video game ad

  • @hewhoshallnotbenamed5168
    @hewhoshallnotbenamed5168 Před 2 měsíci +5

    The saddest part about this is that there are people here in the west who see the authoritarian dystopia in North Korea and other communist countries both contemporary and historical and think "that's what we need here". Utter madness.

  • @Dorama1997
    @Dorama1997 Před 2 měsíci

    👀 jvn cameo

  • @l.b8896
    @l.b8896 Před 2 měsíci

    3:22 North Korea’s golf course? Like singular? Does North Korea have one single golf course? Idk why but that’s a funny thought

  • @mr.iforgot3062
    @mr.iforgot3062 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I'm Simon's secret lover.❤Butt, I'm not keeping it a secret anymore!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @akhan4727
    @akhan4727 Před 2 měsíci +1

    how many channels does this man has?

  • @sogerc1
    @sogerc1 Před 2 měsíci

    So, the fashion police actually exists, who knew.

  • @JamesSeaberry
    @JamesSeaberry Před 2 měsíci +3

    I skipped the promo; I'm too old to spend time on that shit. 😜😜

  • @kcollier2192
    @kcollier2192 Před 2 měsíci

    Shouldn't Conflict of Nations sponsor War-O-graphics? Seems a natural fit...

  • @KnockoutsKoKings
    @KnockoutsKoKings Před 2 měsíci +3

    can you prove any of this supreme leader?
    trust me bro- the kims probably lol

    • @jameydunne3920
      @jameydunne3920 Před 2 měsíci

      I don't think they do, at least not completely. I think they really believe that they are that superior and that they are entitled to lead and be worshiped only the way a god or king would be. I think all of us not in that chaos can see the BS for what it is. But if you were perpetually brainwashed in that environment, "green" will become "blue" and you wouldn't even notice it.

  • @murraymclean9072
    @murraymclean9072 Před 2 měsíci

    Very heavy, nearly as restricted as Scotland and Canada.

  • @hairydino4568
    @hairydino4568 Před 2 měsíci

    I share my birthday with kim jong un.
    Thanks for ruining my birthday for the rest of my life.

  • @hansdegroot652
    @hansdegroot652 Před 2 měsíci

    I just tried conflict of nations but I cant even get past the tutorial.

  • @RIlianP
    @RIlianP Před 2 měsíci

    When governments/regulations starts to get too intrusive, it gets sad long before it gets funny, in Japan most of the schools have strict code of appearance that includes clothing and hair color and student underwear color, one girl with naturally brown hair was forced by the school to dye her hair black as per the dress code, that caused a chemical burn on the head, the parents sued the school, but nothing came of it as the court in regards to the school rules, however the girl was awarded some compensation.

    • @gambitacio
      @gambitacio Před 2 měsíci

      What’s wrong with a dress code again? Not your country.

    • @RIlianP
      @RIlianP Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@gambitacio Nothing wrong with dress code, per se, but when some pedantic moron start chasing you with a ruler because your this or that is slightly out of whack with their rules, it gets stupid, I am from ex-communist country, guess what, uniforms, check, government sanctioned haircuts, check, beating the snot out of you because you didn't have time to shave in the morning before school, and got stubble, check. I gave the Japanese case as an example because, it is recent, utterly pathetically stupid and makes sense in the head on some god forsaken bureaucrat.

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Před 2 měsíci

      There are schools in the west with dress codes too. Thats fine, its kids in school. They don't control what people wear outside of school. Forced hair dyeing, I don't buy that ...

  • @behindyou529
    @behindyou529 Před měsícem

    The approved haircut menu are just 15 slightly different versions of the stereotypical asian incel haircut

  • @thesjkexperience
    @thesjkexperience Před 2 měsíci

    We can be certain that the Kim family is below average in the wedding tackle department. 😂

  • @brianculham1180
    @brianculham1180 Před měsícem

    @6:01.....I'm ronery.....so ronery.....

  • @lightningrod1063
    @lightningrod1063 Před měsícem +1

    Clearly they've cured baldness because it's not one of the approved styles. Just sayin'.

  • @WaywardVet
    @WaywardVet Před 2 měsíci

    Could I pull off a Kim cut? Probably. I'm a military veteran. Now could I pull off a Simon? No. My skull and mesiofacial fractures mean I gotta hide behind all the hair I have. (Keep your Hair with Keeps. They are a sponsor. I was not paid to say that, I just pay attention when Simon talks)

  • @roverdover4449
    @roverdover4449 Před 2 měsíci

    The funny thing is that the North Korean "skin fade" style haircut has become quite popular all around the world.

  • @jamiecantwell7480
    @jamiecantwell7480 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Yup, this is what happens to a country when you let one person, group, etc, rule with all power. The people suffer, you either gover yourself so you have freedom. Or you're a slave, kinda simple, really. Wish more people understood this, vote for yourself, and care about who runs the ship or else the "captain" might toss you off the "ship." Places like North Korea will get overthrown one day when someone is born who is more than happy to die to be free, but by some miracle simply doesn't die and builds a very angry army. On a day like that, it's going to be a very bad day to king in that country.

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A Před 2 měsíci +1

    I’m the smartest, most crever, most physicarry fit; but no one erse seems to rearize it..

  • @aanntthhoonnyy
    @aanntthhoonnyy Před 2 měsíci

    I do appreciate that he gets that ad bullshit out of the way

  • @Maryfs1
    @Maryfs1 Před 2 měsíci

    It's insane how many of these are also done by the mormon church! 😂

  • @TheRealArtimusKnight
    @TheRealArtimusKnight Před 2 měsíci

    You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a North Korean man with facial hair.

  • @ImmortalTreknique
    @ImmortalTreknique Před 2 měsíci

    Fact Boy time 😊

  • @ME-ke7qc
    @ME-ke7qc Před 2 měsíci +1

    ive always wondered how can one man control the masses?

    • @ianmacdiarmid1249
      @ianmacdiarmid1249 Před 2 měsíci +5

      He doesn't. He uses others who are willing to do the dirty work.

  • @MariaMontgomery-tu2pc
    @MariaMontgomery-tu2pc Před měsícem +1

    I would never go to a dangerous place like north Korea because of the hair style policy

  • @Grommish
    @Grommish Před 2 měsíci

    Today's North Korea video brought to you by a World Word 3 game..

  • @herb9580
    @herb9580 Před 2 měsíci

    Well if long hair takes up all your nutrients then looks like Simons doing okay