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  • čas přidán 17. 06. 2019
  • Northern Ireland's officially unofficial flag.
    Wallpapers for Patreon supporters: / northern-ireland-27723595
    Thank you to my Patrons: Abdullah Abdulaziz, Andrea Di Biagio, Andrew Proue, Bear, Ben Schwab, Bob Kunz, Cas EliÃns, Chris Amaris, Chris Chapin, Christian Cooper, chrysilis, Colin Millions, Dag Viggo Lokøen, David F Watson, David Palomares, Derek Bonner, Derek Jackson, Donal Botkin, DretheGreat, Edward Adams, Elizabeth Keathley, Emil, emptymachine, Erik Parasiuk, Esteban Santana Santana, Faust Fairbrook, Freddi Hørlyck, Gavin Voit, George Lin, Guillermo, Jacob Ostling, James Bissonette, Jason Lewandowski, John Buchan, John Lee, JoJo Chehebar, ken mcfarlane, Kozo Ota, Leon, Maarten van der Blij, Marco Arment, Martin, Maxime Zielony, Michael Mrozek, Mikko, Nevin Spoljaric, سليمان العقل, Orbit_Junkie, Osric Lord-Williams, Peter Lomax, Phil Gardner, Rescla, Rhys Parry, Richard Jenkins, rictic, Ron Bowes, Saki Comandao, Shantanu Raj, ShiroiYami, Steven Grimm, Tómas Ãrni Jónasson, Tianyu Ge, Tijmen van Dien, Tony DiLascio, Tristan Watts-Willis, Veronica Peshterianu

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  • @nataly_171
    @nataly_171 Před 4 lety +7433

    Keep in mind that this is the man who got so sidetracked on another project he ended up sprinting through a graveyard in a thunderstorm halfway across the globe from his home.

    • @schlimmbotg472
      @schlimmbotg472 Před 3 lety +436

      He knows what he meant with "staying on the NARROW path through the Forrest of all knowledge"

    • @Unthinkablenames
      @Unthinkablenames Před 3 lety +173

      Is it the Staten Island video

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 Před 3 lety +227

      @@Unthinkablenames it is indeed. Truly the most epic sidetrack to have happen in living memory.

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy Před 2 lety +53

      @@webbowser8834 what about the new Tiffany video? The newer one

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 Před 2 lety +79

      @@eclecticsoffy Not quite as epic as the Staten Island sidetrack, he didn't even travel overseas for that one.
      It was still a pretty epic sidetrack though.

  • @Narokkurai
    @Narokkurai Před 4 lety +2352

    "Have you ever tried to cut off your own hand?" I don't know Grey, HAVE YOU?

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br Před 4 lety +29

      Narokkurai *ulster intensifies*

    • @pepkin88
      @pepkin88 Před 4 lety +128

      Maybe Scotland should try, she has three of them 0:10

    • @talhahhussain5603
      @talhahhussain5603 Před 4 lety +17

      @@sassydispatch8934 Leopold II of Belgium: Allow me to introduce myself.

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 Před 4 lety +3

      I mean its very easy to hear a tale and just assume it happened that way, pointing it out makes people question it and think about it so im all for it!

    • @FlashMeterRed
      @FlashMeterRed Před 4 lety +3

      you don't know?

  • @weekyle1529
    @weekyle1529 Před 3 lety +7611

    I'm Northern Irish and I definitely understand why he is being so careful with his words

    • @zmanzono
      @zmanzono Před 3 lety +721

      Especially since he was born in the US and lives in England.

    • @crw45able
      @crw45able Před 3 lety +450

      I'm from NI too. He's definitely someone I think would pass a buzz wire game.

    • @liamcassidy5992
      @liamcassidy5992 Před 3 lety +674

      I’m Irish too and i agree he really skilfully avoided a war in the comments

    • @pvzblizzard5806
      @pvzblizzard5806 Před 3 lety +32

      yea same

    • @joshuarobert2004
      @joshuarobert2004 Před 3 lety +27

      Aye same boys smart

  • @mollymermaid1398
    @mollymermaid1398 Před 3 lety +4173

    It’s official... the geography girls wear skorts.

    • @joshualayton1905
      @joshualayton1905 Před 3 lety +28

      But we already know that

    • @AdwinLauYuTan
      @AdwinLauYuTan Před 3 lety +123

      @@joshualayton1905 They could be wearing dresses.

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 Před 3 lety +92

      @@AdwinLauYuTan or skirts

    • @lettuceman483
      @lettuceman483 Před 3 lety +51

      @@JamesLing42 skorts*

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 Před 3 lety +57

      @@lettuceman483 Skirts are a thing and i meant to spell it that way because that's how you spell it

  • @BlackOtaku22
    @BlackOtaku22 Před 4 lety +5480

    "We've strayed off the path"
    TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE FLAGS GREY

  • @Xenrys
    @Xenrys Před 4 lety +1635

    “If it’s good enough for sports, it’s good enough for skorts.”
    CGP Grey, 2019

  • @Rogue9
    @Rogue9 Před 3 lety +3311

    The narration and info are on point as always but the animation of this episode is through the roof! Hats off to the animator(s).

  • @minetieplays2092
    @minetieplays2092 Před rokem +465

    4:05 that flagpole falling is extremely well animated

  • @milo6464
    @milo6464 Před 4 lety +9236

    Can we for a moment appreciate how the quality of the animations skyrocketed?

    • @FacloFormerFavorite
      @FacloFormerFavorite Před 4 lety +312

      Who ever he pays is doing wonders.

    • @danthemango
      @danthemango Před 4 lety +342

      It's because he isn't doing them himself anymore lol

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 Před 4 lety +188

      He has an animator employee now.

    • @ferulebezel
      @ferulebezel Před 4 lety +34

      No, I haven't seen any that add information more than a sequence of stills could. The're just a lot of unnecessary flooferah.

    • @BrotherSergeantFlynn
      @BrotherSergeantFlynn Před 4 lety +138

      I never thought i'd see Grey and his robot dog companion in battle with a living book of The Troubles with tentacles in a dark forest, that's for sure.

  • @lordwizrak1905
    @lordwizrak1905 Před 4 lety +9224

    And Grey has already met his video quota for 2019 and 2020. See you in 2021.

    • @dorupero
      @dorupero Před 4 lety +199

      See you in 2023 when he actually comes back and release weekly videos.

    • @teddyboragina6437
      @teddyboragina6437 Před 4 lety +174

      we'll at least get 3 podcasts where he mentions this video and maybe a few more where he continues to argue he's a youtuber and not a podcaster :P

    • @DuranmanX
      @DuranmanX Před 4 lety +35

      He will do another during Brexit

    • @dthemouseb6469
      @dthemouseb6469 Před 4 lety +35

      And then 7 where he talks about how much he's working on videos.

    • @armwrestlingfan6804
      @armwrestlingfan6804 Před 4 lety +19

      This be the flag 🇮🇪!
      *takes cover in my bunker*

  • @devonodonnell715
    @devonodonnell715 Před 3 lety +658

    Grey: I’ll pick the O’Niels because they are easy to pronounce
    Me, and O’Donnell: Angry history family rivalry noises

  • @triplecastsleep1924
    @triplecastsleep1924 Před 2 lety +104

    "What's the troubles?"
    "A fantastic way to get demonotised, or forced into closing a comment section."

    • @Daymickey
      @Daymickey Před 2 lety +2

      Why? I don’t understand the underlying tension behind this troubles topic and discussing it on CZcams? Is it just controversial?

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ Před 2 lety +16

      @@Daymickey Very. Controversial. To the point that it’s kinda technically still fought over today.

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Daymickey Extremely. It was an internal government conflict, a rebellion against colonialism, a religious war, a terrorist insurgency and a political revolution beyond the aforementioned rebellion all wrapped up in one. It's a mess, even today, and it an extraordinarily complex topic to discuss.

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ Před 2 lety

      @@triplecastsleep1924 Not to mention, some people see those terrorists as freedom fighters.

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 Před 2 lety +4

      @@__mindflayer__ I said what I said as neutrally as I could, I did include rebellion against colonialism and political revolution, which is basically the positive take on the terrorism.

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 Před 4 lety +7876

    England: cross
    Scotland: cross
    Northern Ireland: cross
    Ireland: stripes
    United Kingdom: cross/stripes
    Wales: *_DRAGON_*

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 Před 4 lety +235

      Perhaps Wales is Old Valyria ;)

    • @adityaprabhash5927
      @adityaprabhash5927 Před 4 lety +158

      Fire and blood

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ Před 4 lety +228

      Welsh flag = best flag. Well, in my not-so-humble opinion.

    • @rickyish
      @rickyish Před 4 lety +114

      There's a clear winner on that list. All flags should put 🐉 on them

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 4 lety +38

      @@LyricalDJ I agree (but I'm half Welsh, half Irish, so I may be biased).

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před 4 lety +1808

    Flag aspect ratios are one of my favorite trivia topics!
    *The flags of Monaco and Indonesia differ only in aspect ratio.
    *Two countries have square flags (Vatican City and Switzerland).
    *The non-square flag closest to a square is Belgium (15 to 13).
    *The only flag to be narrower than a square is the (non-rectangular) flag of Nepal.
    *The widest flag is the flag of Qatar (28 to 11).
    *The most common aspect ratios are 3 to 2, 2 to 1, and 5 to 3.
    *The most complicated rational aspect ratio is 335 to 189, used by El Salvador.
    *Three flags have irrational aspect ratio
    Togo (the golden ratio 1.618034 to 1), Nepal (around 0.820338 to 1), and Iran (around 1.747703 to 1).
    *Iran officially provides an alternative "simplified" construction of the flag resulting in an aspect ratio of 7 to 4, or 1.75 to 1.

    • @leoboi7650
      @leoboi7650 Před 4 lety +59

      i'm from el salvador and i didn't even know that about the flag... cool.

    • @danese1636
      @danese1636 Před 4 lety +129

      This is why I like going through comment sections.

    • @cormacsmithy3975
      @cormacsmithy3975 Před 4 lety +16

      I thought the Swiss flag didn't have to be square. I thought thats just people used but i dont think its required that the flag a perfect square.

    • @MidnightsFirefly
      @MidnightsFirefly Před 4 lety +10

      Omg I didn't realise Monaco and Indonesia had the same colours until I read this... Bless the comment section

    • @seferraziel9534
      @seferraziel9534 Před 4 lety +54

      Another fun fact, the government of Nepal has a guide on how to construct the flag using compass and straightedge, and numberphile did a video on it, it's surprisingly complicated lol

  • @conall9415
    @conall9415 Před 3 lety +789

    I want a whole video of Grey wondering off the path and moving from tangent to tangent with no particular focus.
    Edit: BTW, yes I have seen the latest video where he does that.

    • @untitiled1092
      @untitiled1092 Před 3 lety +4

      SAMEEEE

    • @neilsharpson996
      @neilsharpson996 Před 2 lety +5

      Check his latest.

    • @zidaryn
      @zidaryn Před 2 lety +12

      Check the video about how he made the Tiffany video. Or "How a dead person ruined my life again"

  • @ThatOneIrishFurry
    @ThatOneIrishFurry Před 3 lety +265

    The troubles being a tentacle monster of a book is hilariously accurate

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers Před 4 lety +5290

    There has to be some form of award for this. the first-ever CZcams upload about Northern Ireland that didn't trigger half a million angry pov comments and arguments. Impressive.

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 Před 3 lety +101

      I agree us lot are getting on better than a house on fire these days lol

    • @wardenstone6021
      @wardenstone6021 Před 3 lety +163

      mark coyle most of the older people that still hold grudges about things like the troubles are slowly, but surely being blocked out by the younger generations that really don’t care where you are born, or whether you are Protestant or Catholic.

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 Před 3 lety +83

      @@wardenstone6021 yes I agree and it’s great and that’s what our elected politicians are most feared of. They don’t want us getting along and seeing ppl as humans all on are own Journey through life. They preach peace but that’s what they fear most. 👍👌

    • @Ben-fq4wp
      @Ben-fq4wp Před 3 lety +56

      Came to the comments to see a load of pro-ira and pro-unionist shouting at each other.

    • @cld252
      @cld252 Před 3 lety +4

      Oof

  • @regenroadtrip
    @regenroadtrip Před 4 lety +6627

    Grey: "A video on the Indian Reservations would be too controversial."
    Also Grey: "Here's a video about The Troubles and the Ulster flag."

    • @TissueCat
      @TissueCat Před 4 lety +775

      It's not his fault. He was being controlled by the tentacle monster.

    • @CooroSnowFox
      @CooroSnowFox Před 4 lety +238

      @@TissueCat Also the troubles are a lot easier to sum up. Indian Reservations is probably much much more complicated

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 Před 4 lety +262

      @@CooroSnowFox you sound like a leading authority on the troubles

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 Před 4 lety +367

      Too controversial for Americans is what he ment

    • @whistlingbanshee5038
      @whistlingbanshee5038 Před 4 lety +30

      An equally controversial video.

  • @charles3840
    @charles3840 Před 2 lety +56

    I love knowing from Cortex that Grey does have an actual style guide and it wasn't a visual gag.

  • @Mugdorna
    @Mugdorna Před 3 lety +79

    The red right hand is a traditional Gaelic symbol. It actually features on the crests of several Irish counties (Monaghan & Cavan in the South, and Antrim & Tyrone in N.I.)

  • @offlineable
    @offlineable Před 4 lety +2714

    A high-quality action scene?!? CGP Grey you're spoiling us!

    • @bman3977
      @bman3977 Před 4 lety +25

      Offlineable CGP Grey... is Evolving!
      (Insert CGP Grey’s Pokémon Evolutionary Form)

    • @jayjr3488
      @jayjr3488 Před 4 lety +1

      bman3977 Omg 🤣

    • @redacted7230
      @redacted7230 Před 4 lety +2

      Next time, pack a sheild.

    • @alaskagyal
      @alaskagyal Před 4 lety +2

      epic

    • @sammym2511
      @sammym2511 Před 4 lety +8

      And that animated flag falling after Northern Ireland disappeared? What an indulgence!

  • @pikmin36
    @pikmin36 Před 4 lety +650

    If you were wondering where Grey has been for the last month, he spent all this time animating that flag falling down at 4:04 (and 2 days on research and drawing for the rest of the video ^^)

    • @a.t.1011
      @a.t.1011 Před 4 lety +16

      He doesn't do the animation, he had a compition a few years back.

    • @MasterLagoz
      @MasterLagoz Před 4 lety +32

      I mean he has an animator and it's summer so he has probably been gallivanting in a desert somewhere in America as he is wont to do.

    • @Pawntoe4
      @Pawntoe4 Před 4 lety +3

      Genuinely saw that and thought woah Grey stepped up his game, is this where the RSI warnings-from-my-experience come from?

    • @dkpsyhog
      @dkpsyhog Před 4 lety +2

      pikmin36 clearly he strayed from the path and got lost

  • @jonas-savimbi3765
    @jonas-savimbi3765 Před 2 lety +77

    Northern Irish guy here, friend you were very careful and done very well to avoid a war in these comments. I've met some O'Neill family members and they all seem pretty nice

  • @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf
    @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf Před rokem +55

    While Grey is being controlled by the book, you can see a blue mist around the borders of the screen, but this fades away when he starts talking about aspect ratios.

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton Před 4 lety +1977

    It is said one can tell the passing of seasons with the upload schedule of CPG Grey.

    • @JimPlaysGames
      @JimPlaysGames Před 4 lety +34

      Who is this mysterious CPG Grey?

    • @20quid
      @20quid Před 4 lety +8

      He's three days early.

    • @Zyy920
      @Zyy920 Před 4 lety +11

      It is known.

    • @marlonyo
      @marlonyo Před 4 lety +19

      @@20quid the season is 3 day late

    • @HxH2011DRA
      @HxH2011DRA Před 4 lety +7

      So it was written

  • @FlourishPorridge
    @FlourishPorridge Před 4 lety +794

    ah, the troubles book. My favourite recurring character of the CGP Grey cinematic universe.

    • @achievedchair17
      @achievedchair17 Před 4 lety +2

      Jarry Pota where else has it been?

    • @alexey926
      @alexey926 Před 4 lety +38

      Can we make CPG Grey's cinematic universe a real thing please?

    • @halimceria
      @halimceria Před 4 lety +31

      @@achievedchair17 last time I saw it when Grey is talking about Brexit.

    • @malachipash3824
      @malachipash3824 Před 4 lety +2

      The troubels were real so it's just the Universe, the boring one

    • @joshturner9443
      @joshturner9443 Před 4 lety

      The post credit scene might have been a tease for an upcoming Spiderman movi-er, I mean Troubles video

  • @Metalgooze
    @Metalgooze Před rokem +65

    This is hands down (or thrown on an island) my favourite CGP Grey video in that little bracket of being short but wholly educational. The animations, the sly comments, the delightful storytelling and information just washing all over. Gah, it's brilliant.

  • @alandudley3432
    @alandudley3432 Před 3 lety +119

    Love the hesitant approach to the troubles, definitely a touchy subject for both unionists and nationalists but to be fair he is impartial.
    Can we agree from both sides (born and reared in the Republic myself) not to jump down his throat if he ever mentions it again?
    Would like to hear more from a fairly neutral point of view some thoughts on Irish history.

  • @marcusgault9909
    @marcusgault9909 Před 4 lety +3255

    Kinda obvious that the Red Hand would be a left hand, assuming that statistically the Ex owner was likely to be right handed, simply on practical grounds.

    • @camzoman
      @camzoman Před 4 lety +174

      Ah, but lefties are sinister, so the behaviour is more in keeping with one of us.

    • @AtelierLaoshi
      @AtelierLaoshi Před 4 lety +28

      ok so the left hand but is it portrayed as looking at it from above which means thumb to the right or is it portrayed as looked at it from below with thumb to the left?

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy Před 4 lety +45

      Atelär Lärare Based on the wrinkles around the thumb, whatever side it may be, it’s the palm facing you.

    • @jsw68
      @jsw68 Před 4 lety +11

      Unless the hand represents the one that was cut off, hence the red, in which case it would be left, or right, depending on which one was cut off.

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy Před 4 lety +26

      Jake Wainberg Uhh... yeah, that’s what OP is insinuating.

  • @neskey
    @neskey Před 4 lety +1449

    me : i wonder why this new episode took so long
    *sees animation of the flag falling down*
    Oh..... now i know

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 Před 4 lety +9

      He has an animator employee, animation is no longer the bottleneck.

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards Před 4 lety +144

      @@croneryveit9070 Are you okay?

    • @hehhehehohohoe8807
      @hehhehehohohoe8807 Před 4 lety +77

      He must have gotten lost in the woods of passive aggresive anger for too long. Be careful not to go there. Internet troll love to raid that place on occasion.

    • @neskey
      @neskey Před 4 lety +23

      @@croneryveit9070
      *joke*
      _noun_
      1.a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
      i actually listen to most of his cortex podcasts, and i'm pretty sure he mentioned it too on the main channel a couple of times. the animator's work is great !

    • @legogenius1667
      @legogenius1667 Před 4 lety +5

      @@croneryveit9070 You need to lower your blood pressure somehow dude. May I suggest a vacation? Somewhere with no internet?

  • @markberry4198
    @markberry4198 Před 3 lety +506

    Everyone knows N. Ireland doesn't have flags, they have flegs.

    • @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522
      @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522 Před 3 lety +21

      or fwaaags depends where abouts your from

    • @darkravenproductions7544
      @darkravenproductions7544 Před 3 lety +3

      Ballymena direction we pronouce As a Es.. Eg bag, beg.. Flag, fleg

    • @gerardcollins80
      @gerardcollins80 Před 3 lety +8

      Outsiders call them flags, Northern Irish call them flegs, but Jamie Bryson calls them fwuaggs.

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 Před 3 lety +7

      I'm apparently not a very _"Northern Irish"_ Northern Irish person.
      My accent only has things like pronouncing towel like _"toule"_ or 8 like _"eeit"._ Sometimes I do the thing where my voice goes higher when I end a sentence, but that doesn't always happen anymore. I moved away and it mellowed out a lot.
      Btw, have other people been asked to say _"thirty three and a third",_ or was it just me?

    • @catrionabean
      @catrionabean Před 3 lety +1

      False. Not enough vowel sounds

  • @benmoran431
    @benmoran431 Před 2 lety +150

    I Love how almost twice as many people have watched this video than the entire population of northern Ireland 🤣

  • @Nerfornothin111
    @Nerfornothin111 Před 4 lety +4438

    Grey's fight scene with "The Troubles" should be in a top 10 most memorable anime battles video.

    • @TheJunkieBox
      @TheJunkieBox Před 4 lety +93

      The animation for this video is a big step up from his other videos.

    • @graceoartyo
      @graceoartyo Před 4 lety +36

      His animator is really stellar :D

    • @netslayeruk
      @netslayeruk Před 4 lety +22

      that was proper disturbing

    • @jyjryu22799
      @jyjryu22799 Před 4 lety +26

      I actually yelled “what the fuck” outloud

    • @ajw20
      @ajw20 Před 4 lety +8

      Really amazing fight scene, I didn’t expect it whatsoever

  • @Bhatakti_Hawas
    @Bhatakti_Hawas Před 4 lety +1075

    Northern Ireland : Here's our new Ulster Flag
    Queen : Well yes, but actually no

    • @victornelson5821
      @victornelson5821 Před 4 lety +7

      No Surrender

    • @micahdenn3765
      @micahdenn3765 Před 4 lety +10

      Donegal: Am I nothing to you?

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft Před 4 lety +3

      Ahem, I think she would more likely have said "Oh how lovely, very well done." and ignored the whole implied request entirely :P

    • @kelendalkazama9926
      @kelendalkazama9926 Před 4 lety +7

      Loyalists can burn in the ninth circle with the rest of their ilk.

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 Před 4 lety +2

      victor nelson you can’t defeat the Bhoys on Obin street 💪🏻🇮🇪, take your rag somewhere else prod

  • @lizadon0740
    @lizadon0740 Před 3 lety +258

    Ah yes the ulster stegosaurus. A well known animal in that part of Ireland.

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames Před 3 lety +4

      we just call them irish people but whatev's

    • @redranger2561
      @redranger2561 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Eggmanjames Nothen Ireland is under British control so ya know.

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames Před 3 lety +1

      @@redranger2561 ‘ireland’

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames Před 3 lety +1

      Your response was -12IQ

    • @dandlion1958
      @dandlion1958 Před 3 lety +4

      All Ireland is part of Britain, you lot would be still living in mud huts and only eating patatoes.

  • @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose
    @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose Před 3 lety +26

    2:31 notice how he used the Mac version of control c and control v. This is the most cgp grey thing in this cgp grey video.

  • @Cypherwraith001
    @Cypherwraith001 Před 4 lety +1352

    Man, I liked the forest of all knowledge. I hope we get to go back

    • @neferhejhej
      @neferhejhej Před 4 lety +7

      Yessss!!!!

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma Před 4 lety +27

      Same! Getting lost in there doesn't sound bad at all.

    • @jonskowitz
      @jonskowitz Před 4 lety +20

      It's like visiting TV Tropes! Yay! Goodbye afternoon!

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 Před 4 lety +2

      How can you ever leave?

    • @azealot7112
      @azealot7112 Před 4 lety +3

      @jonskowitz Yeah! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going on a wiki walk.

  • @yestermorrow3223
    @yestermorrow3223 Před 3 lety +2029

    **the troubles**
    That action scene was dope.

    • @cannedpeaches843
      @cannedpeaches843 Před 3 lety +44

      Michael Bay was definitely involved in making it

    • @poankiyu7664
      @poankiyu7664 Před 3 lety +7

      @Katie Kelly I would be relatively sure they know that.

    • @shaunohare3004
      @shaunohare3004 Před 3 lety +4

      @Katie Kelly I'm glad I didn't live during that period

    • @ElusivEnigma
      @ElusivEnigma Před 3 lety +12

      I rewatched it 4 times.... im still shocked at the animation evolution

    • @shreyaspamaraju4844
      @shreyaspamaraju4844 Před 3 lety

      @Crockston ikr

  • @ck7802
    @ck7802 Před 2 lety +37

    I like how the main take away in the comments is that Grey was able to very skillfully avoid angering people through word choices. Meanwhile I'm over here wondering about the tidbit about flag ratios and thinking "I wonder if anyone has a world flag diagram with proper to scale representations of each nations flag?". I have this sidetrack thought as a result of this video. Just don't have the drive to look up the answer. there are probably thousands of things like this traversing the neurons in my brain, never to be resolved. Keep making these videos, you may solve long standing brain itches that laziness prevents the viewers from scratching.

  • @igormatkowski5488
    @igormatkowski5488 Před rokem +14

    2:56 I finally know what this book is all about, what lurks in the shadows

  • @briankraus7743
    @briankraus7743 Před 4 lety +497

    The forest of all knowledge. Stay on the right path for the forest contains the greatest terror known to man: Stories for Another Time....

    • @danielsjohnson
      @danielsjohnson Před 4 lety +9

      That would be a great thing to write into a fantasy story.

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle Před 4 lety +4

      I think I've strayed off the path of limitless knowledge and entertainment.
      I woke up this morning and it's evening now and I haven't even brushed my teeth yet..
      CZcams.. it consumes me........ ooo more LotR theory discussion....

  • @lucimicle5657
    @lucimicle5657 Před 4 lety +523

    The Troubles reapear after the last episode.
    Me: Is this the start of the CGP Grey cinematic universe?

    • @MisterJDagger
      @MisterJDagger Před 4 lety +21

      Wait, when did Mr Chompers make his first appearance? Is this the Chompers origin? Is there a canon to CGP Grey videos?

    • @CooroSnowFox
      @CooroSnowFox Před 4 lety +3

      CGP Grey on Ireland v England?

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards Před 4 lety +7

      @@MisterJDagger Mr. Chompers made his first appearance in the Q&A with Grey published May/June 2018

    • @Sebach82
      @Sebach82 Před 4 lety

      Chill there, Patrick (H) Willems. ;)

    • @melon_grove5694
      @melon_grove5694 Před 4 lety

      @@TheQueenofNeckbeards that thing has a name!?! omg its never going to leave!

  • @carlosroura7581
    @carlosroura7581 Před 2 lety +23

    1:31 hey, the flag of my city, Barcelona, up there in the top-right corner!
    You made my day :)

  • @QuilloManar
    @QuilloManar Před 2 lety +4

    1:33 - I can't believe I hadn't noticed until now that subtle touch of having the naked lady godiva having a transparent skirt as a reference to the "transparent skirt of technical correctness" at 0:07
    Very nice touch! :D

  • @user-xq5og9lt8p
    @user-xq5og9lt8p Před 4 lety +654

    CDP Grey: come for knowledge, stay for sick animated monster fights

    • @stroopwafelfalafel
      @stroopwafelfalafel Před 4 lety +34

      Олег Козлов How did you manage to mess his name up that badly?

    • @user-xq5og9lt8p
      @user-xq5og9lt8p Před 4 lety +10

      @@stroopwafelfalafelstatistically speaking I got 75 percent of the letters right =). Thanks for a korrekshn tho

    • @burke615
      @burke615 Před 4 lety +6

      @@stroopwafelfalafel More importantly, is a stroopwafel felafel a felafel made of stroopwafel ingredients, or a stroopwafel made of felafel ingredients? Inquiring minds want to know!

    • @kenthemaster
      @kenthemaster Před 4 lety +5

      @@burke615 Erica! Is that you? Who let you out of the burn ward? Get over here, you!

  • @bluepharos9748
    @bluepharos9748 Před 4 lety +622

    It requires as much self discipline to stay on one course of a research topic as it does to stay on 1 tab on a browser.
    Basically impossible.

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 Před 4 lety +21

      I'm curious to see if anyone can beat the 369 tabs I have open on my iPad (the only reason I don't have more on my computer is because you stop being able to see them at ~100 tabs)

    • @bluepharos9748
      @bluepharos9748 Před 4 lety +9

      @@nokov6517 I salute you good sir. I thought my 20+ tabs was excessive

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 Před 4 lety +3

      @@bluepharos9748 not at all, the more tabs the better

    • @jamesmnguyen
      @jamesmnguyen Před 4 lety +12

      @@nokov6517 Does splitting the tabs across multiple windows count?

    • @wanderingrandomer
      @wanderingrandomer Před 4 lety +11

      I start feeling claustrophobic after more than 5.

  • @jenergomes
    @jenergomes Před 3 lety +12

    3:36 I LOVED the flag's deception to deal with The Troubles! XD
    (Not that they should be avoided, but I know they would need a feature film to *perhaps* explain all.)

  • @daniellynskey6026
    @daniellynskey6026 Před 2 lety +11

    This is a work of art, never before has someone split the issue on N.I so evenly down the middle

  • @okuno54
    @okuno54 Před 4 lety +1183

    "The Troubles were a spot of difficulty when the British popped over for tea."
    - CGPGrey 2019

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae Před 4 lety +45

      Could also describe most of their colonial ventures; though most people would first think of the spot of trouble in the colonial americas over some tea.

    • @Feyling__1
      @Feyling__1 Před 4 lety +37

      Surely you meant a 'spot of bother'

    • @L1am21
      @L1am21 Před 4 lety +1

      @Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd who cares i'm English not British.

    • @xway2
      @xway2 Před 4 lety +8

      @Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd The celts didn't originate in Britain, they too were invaders at one point.

    • @notajtag4568
      @notajtag4568 Před 4 lety +2

      I saw the video too.

  • @frankxie7846
    @frankxie7846 Před 4 lety +778

    That path metaphor is the best idea ever.
    Hands down.
    (The troubles genuinely scared me though)

  • @kcurran9913
    @kcurran9913 Před rokem +2

    Wow I have to say I was so impressed by how well this video was made and how you had so much knowledge on the topic.

  • @DrizzingSakuras
    @DrizzingSakuras Před 3 lety +11

    4:05 MAN that was smooth!

  • @bobmcguffin5706
    @bobmcguffin5706 Před 4 lety +844

    So the Troubles book mind-controls you unless you find an interesting nugget of info like "Oh, that's why there's Scottish symbols" or "Huh... flag ratios". Someone make a note of that in the SCP entry.

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 Před 2 lety +6

      Fellow SCP fan?

    • @PrawilnaMordka
      @PrawilnaMordka Před 2 lety +3

      That book looks like black book from Skyrim

    • @tomasfiorentini4126
      @tomasfiorentini4126 Před 2 lety +27

      @snailwithinternetaccess Maybe, but the book in itself may be an SCP, like a parasitic history book with infinite white pages, and it parasitices people to make them investigate strange and specific patches of history to fill the holes.

    • @LauraSo_
      @LauraSo_ Před 2 lety +20

      @@tomasfiorentini4126 Ok, that's an actually cool idea. Now I'm really craving for a SCP file with that creature.
      Sketchbook goes brrrrr...

  • @kikivoorburg
    @kikivoorburg Před 4 lety +629

    A CGP Grey video about flags? Win-Win!

    • @hiei82
      @hiei82 Před 4 lety

      I want to see CGP Grey and Roman Mars get into a vexillological discussion/argument now.

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud Před 4 lety +2

      Dr. Sheldon Cooper would approve!

    • @alexrobertson35
      @alexrobertson35 Před 4 lety

      I'm sorry these are FLEEEEEGS

  • @jgentilucci
    @jgentilucci Před 3 lety +14

    My grandfather was a skilled woodworker and made our families coat of arms, which had that crown and hand, and he told us that story about the race, so thats cool to hear about it somewhere

  • @christopherhume8896
    @christopherhume8896 Před 3 lety +7

    The little Troubles book reappearing at the end. So accurate. 🤣

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 Před 4 lety +442

    I really like the book forest metaphor, it's cool and I think you should keep going with it

  • @conallcoulter697
    @conallcoulter697 Před 4 lety +705

    As a guy from northern Ireland, I appreciated the troubles parasite book.

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft Před 4 lety +34

      As a brit, I love how history is portrayed as a huge fractal forest of grey vs gray encounters :D

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br Před 4 lety +15

      *cries in donegal*

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 Před 4 lety +8

      As a Rabbit, I loved the "page not found" dress!

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 Před 4 lety +3

      @DeDermonation YT I wouldn't use that descriptor personally my friend. But if it's to describe myself, I think my Irish passport would have something to say about that.

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 Před 4 lety

      @DeDermonation YT Here g'luck

  • @pigeon3332
    @pigeon3332 Před 3 lety +22

    just some bonus info from you friendly neighborhood northern Irish person. The dude who cut of hand was called eogháin. So in Irish (as in the language) the county Tyrone, translates to "eogháin's country" But cuz Irish is weird. The literally, direct translation is "country of eogháin"

    • @jordanledoux197
      @jordanledoux197 Před 3 lety +3

      Lots of languages use that form of possessives instead of the English way. That is, they go " of ". That's not something that makes Irish weird, in my opinion.

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 Před 3 lety +2

    As always, love your animations and sense of humor.

  • @traktortarik8224
    @traktortarik8224 Před 4 lety +740

    CGP Grey’s video quality has really spiked recently

    • @ArrowWaters
      @ArrowWaters Před 4 lety +51

      But the content quality has dropped imo...idk this video, I felt like there was too much tomfoolery and not enough clear information, which is ultimately what I’m here for.

    • @samo4648
      @samo4648 Před 4 lety +31

      @@ArrowWaters well, it was nice having you 👋bye

    • @wellwell5483
      @wellwell5483 Před 4 lety +12

      Because he was subscribed to SKILLSHARE! USE THE CODE thisiseverywhere TO GET 10% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PLAN!!!1!1!!11

    • @TomsThoughtsonThings
      @TomsThoughtsonThings Před 4 lety +6

      he's working with other people for art assets! you can hear more about it on the podcast he does with myke hurley called cortex

    • @BaileyVogtOut
      @BaileyVogtOut Před 4 lety

      She got a budget now and I’m so proud to see it

  • @nikibee70
    @nikibee70 Před 4 lety +382

    As someone who grew up during the scribbly years in Northern Irish history, your animation of the troubles is spot on.

    • @kyokyoniizukyo7171
      @kyokyoniizukyo7171 Před 4 lety +4

      Was it as bad as it was? I heard nothing but bad about the whole era in the northern irish area...

    • @smurfite1994
      @smurfite1994 Před 4 lety +18

      @@Zach-gr3sb More troubleing that they didnt succeed

    • @Butt_Slayer
      @Butt_Slayer Před 4 lety +1

      Agreed.

    • @laurakirwan999
      @laurakirwan999 Před 4 lety +1

      I was in the republic and even from there u could tell it was traumatic and awful.

    • @golagiswatchingyou2966
      @golagiswatchingyou2966 Před 4 lety

      @@doubtfuldonkey1 can't wait till your gone, Ireland belongs to the irish! Down the with the english leaches!

  • @anselmschueler
    @anselmschueler Před 2 lety +1

    I love the slight charm sound effect when the troubles glow subsides as he gets distracted. 3:42, it’s a very slight high ringing/singing sound.

  • @gabeslist
    @gabeslist Před 3 lety +4

    I love the metaphor (that I think is reused in newer videos) of the forest of all knowledge. I doubt you could redo the joke of certain topics leading you down wrong paths, but it's a really good way of visualizing the research process.

  • @darrenanimatic9675
    @darrenanimatic9675 Před 4 lety +2744

    Who will win?
    Black stick man and his Dogg
    Or
    The troubles

    • @emytzu
      @emytzu Před 4 lety +59

      The Forest of Knowledge

    • @AxeAR
      @AxeAR Před 4 lety +79

      _One troubly boi_

    • @liammcdonnell5632
      @liammcdonnell5632 Před 4 lety +71

      Hopefully the troubles. I really want him to cover it sometime soon. He's been teasing it for too long

    • @skullcandy14785
      @skullcandy14785 Před 4 lety +4

      What's special about the troubles with in uk and Ireland

    • @mailmandan2920
      @mailmandan2920 Před 4 lety +15

      Ask the I.R.A.

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist Před 4 lety +907

    "The forest of all knowledge"
    You mean Wikepedia?

    • @reimarpb
      @reimarpb Před 4 lety +17

      I think he means *Wiki*pedia

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude Před 4 lety +15

      Yeah, the only place of learning that houses all knowledge truthful *AND* untruthful! :D

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +13

      ReimarPB,
      Google: DID YOU MEAN - *HOWTOMAKETEACHERSANGERY.COM**?*

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +6

      Dont click the links!

    • @maxstirnersego
      @maxstirnersego Před 4 lety +6

      The free online encyclopedia that anyone at Black Mesa can edit!

  • @LanggerDangger
    @LanggerDangger Před 2 lety +2

    Whoa, that certainly felt like an adventure! Amazing job!

  • @mwaring1088
    @mwaring1088 Před 3 lety +4

    A civilized comment section on a video about Northern Ireland?! What parallel universe have a I stumbled into? Great video!

  • @artstsym
    @artstsym Před 4 lety +1797

    Real animation? In my CGP Grey video? Someone tell CZcams the account's been hacked.

    • @spacesponge8732
      @spacesponge8732 Před 4 lety +50

      He has seemed like a bot lately... I don't think this is the REAL CGP Grey!

    • @jmh1189
      @jmh1189 Před 4 lety +39

      Well, CZcams took care or it.

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 Před 4 lety +15

      Oh if you only knew.

    • @tedwards1025
      @tedwards1025 Před 4 lety +7

      @@edwardnygma8533 I think they did. The comment is from 2 months ago so it's most likely a joke about the video.

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 Před 4 lety +6

      @@tedwards1025 Do you mean you think OP knew he was "hacked" though you also think the joke is about this particular video? I really don't follow what you're saying here. All I'll saying is a joke about him being "hacked", which he only talked about a day or two ago

  • @gamemeister27
    @gamemeister27 Před 4 lety +273

    I suddenly want to get lost in the Forest of All Knowledge.

    • @gamemeister27
      @gamemeister27 Před 4 lety +2

      @David Kornish 👀

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 Před 4 lety +1

      It's not such a great forest of all knowledge when the shape of the star is completely overlooked

    • @ErikFromCanada
      @ErikFromCanada Před 4 lety +10

      I mean... You're already *on* the Internet.

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 Před 4 lety +3

      @@hindenpeter2.04 i mean it's in the forest, he just was successful in not straying down that particular path

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 Před 4 lety +1

      @@bandti45 i know.. this is interesting! jahtruth.net/uflag.htm
      Also the war against Catholicism which NI was a battlefield or a distraction like most wars while TPTB infiltrated their enemy in the vatican changing everythin originally given by God www.ourladyisgod.com/ a forest if ever there was one!

  • @MegaAdser
    @MegaAdser Před 3 lety

    Funny how times moves on contexts bring us back, nice video! From Ireland with hope 🙏

  • @bunwat223
    @bunwat223 Před 3 lety +13

    3:09 *coooloniiiised*

  • @frim3647
    @frim3647 Před 4 lety +396

    I didn’t realise I had strayed off the path until I had spent way too much time looking up map ratios

    • @oscarnemo8084
      @oscarnemo8084 Před 4 lety +12

      Nepal.

    • @ez45
      @ez45 Před 4 lety +12

      Flag ratios?

    • @prim16
      @prim16 Před 4 lety +4

      Note it's always done height by width. CGP Grey made a mistake, Ireland is 1:2, while Netherlands (and most countries) are 2:3.

    • @GOOeysan
      @GOOeysan Před 4 lety +5

      @@prim16 idk seems to me like it should be x axis, then y axis hence 2:1

    • @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa
      @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa Před 4 lety +3

      @@prim16 Actually it's always [expected larger number]:[expected smaller number] of whatever you're talking about, completely independant of which one is height, width, breadth, or any other factor. Since flags are typically horizontal in nature, CGP's measurements are indeed the correct ones of width, then height. Same for the aspect ratios of screens, but not for, say, piping. For some reason carpentry appears to be an exception to this, but it's the only one I know of.

  • @KiwiPokerPlayer
    @KiwiPokerPlayer Před 4 lety +826

    I was in Northern Ireland for The Twelfth one year and I gotta say, for a place with no flag they sure love their flags...

    • @paddyk2123
      @paddyk2123 Před 4 lety +64

      KiwiPokerPlayer flegs, flegs everywhere

    • @conordudee
      @conordudee Před 4 lety +13

      Hahaha brilliant comment 😂😂

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 Před 4 lety +37

      12th of what exactly? The 12th of July? With those filthy bigoted Orange men march about and burn our nations flag and disrespect Ireland? I surely hope you didn’t participate because that would make you a Prod

    • @jaypee6061
      @jaypee6061 Před 4 lety +54

      @@daylenconn282 Celebration of Civil and Religious liberties for all , including yourself.... Had the other lot won., it was Catholicism or the sword.... Furthermore Orange men do Not burn or disrespect your flag , your talking about bonfires in loyalist estates........ not Orangemen.

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 Před 4 lety +24

      Jay Pee oh really? So you support a “culture” of hate and bigotry who despise Catholics and republicans. And orange men also go to those bonfires and watch and laugh and disrespect our flag and culture

  • @phoebepercival6519
    @phoebepercival6519 Před 2 lety +2

    This is the most clear and unbiased telling of the story I have ever heard so well done for explaining it so well!

  • @charlottex5137
    @charlottex5137 Před 2 lety +25

    I'm northern Irish and I understand why he's being so careful with his words

    • @slyar
      @slyar Před 2 lety

      stolen

    • @charlottex5137
      @charlottex5137 Před 2 lety +6

      @@slyar wtf im just saying what I thought

    • @slyar
      @slyar Před 2 lety +1

      @@charlottex5137 Well it's similar to one of the top comments but one word removed so I feel like I have a justification for my thought but sorry

    • @charlottex5137
      @charlottex5137 Před 2 lety +2

      @@slyar yeah I get it I don't really read the comments so I didn't see it but fair enough

  • @AndrewKieran
    @AndrewKieran Před 4 lety +1142

    Well, this is a civilised comment section. I'm genuinely amazed

    • @ChroDynasty
      @ChroDynasty Před 4 lety +58

      I know my friend, it’s been a long since I’ve seen a comment section on a video about Northern Ireland where I don’t see people fighting.
      Truly... this is a miracle... but it probably won’t last...

    • @seandoherty925
      @seandoherty925 Před 4 lety +25

      Just thinking this myself. Mr Grey must have a quality audience judging by these comments...BTW witty and informative video!

    • @ayylmaotv
      @ayylmaotv Před 4 lety +13

      theres some toxic people but not many compared to other videos

    • @liger-9990
      @liger-9990 Před 4 lety +17

      Look deeper, the replies are deadly.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 Před 4 lety +4

      I im am equally surprise the fact that there arent at least two people arguing in each comment thread is truly phenomenon I've seen more conflict on videos about colder topi s

  • @ruth540
    @ruth540 Před 4 lety +1466

    CZcams:
    Me:
    CZcams: YoUrE fRoM nOrThErN iReLaNd RIGHT!?!
    Me: oh god, not this again . .

    • @ryanmclaughlin587
      @ryanmclaughlin587 Před 4 lety +137

      **Sweats in Gaelic**

    • @SlimTheydy
      @SlimTheydy Před 4 lety +30

      How do you think I feel?

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 Před 4 lety +52

      Actually, it's:
      CZcams: ....Watching...
      "Me": Here's info on my location, viewing habits, interests and, because you're owned by Google, maybe my browsing history. Take it! Please!
      CZcams: ...Watch These...
      "Me": Thank you, master, may I have some more?

    • @AngryKittens
      @AngryKittens Před 4 lety +30

      **Brexitsn't**

    • @gerryadams7448
      @gerryadams7448 Před 4 lety +19

      @@AngryKittens I R E X I T

  • @TOBCYT
    @TOBCYT Před rokem +8

    We should've seen this as foreshadowing to all of the flag videos we have now...

  • @cameronhernandez7823
    @cameronhernandez7823 Před 3 lety

    The Troubles bit is still one of my favorite pieces of your animation.

  • @TheLostSorcerer
    @TheLostSorcerer Před 4 lety +266

    Great to see Mr Chompers join you for a walk through your latest topic.

    • @thelastcube.
      @thelastcube. Před 4 lety +8

      I need Brady and Audrey cameo in future videos too

    • @lauraireson6358
      @lauraireson6358 Před 4 lety +1

      Chaitanya Singh Or a little Audrey coming in to play with Mr Chompers before being called back.

  • @nessy3098
    @nessy3098 Před 4 lety +209

    Giving my man that sweet sweet algorithm sauce

  • @Reverend_Salem
    @Reverend_Salem Před 2 lety +3

    it would be fun to learn of all the different flags and why certain ratios are more popular. and that definitely wouldn't be a massive headache and rabbit hole filled journey.

  • @blainewheaton9679
    @blainewheaton9679 Před 2 lety

    I want to complement the shown-not told story telling that was used here, absolutely excellent video

  • @OctagonDinosaur
    @OctagonDinosaur Před 4 lety +629

    Actually Greg, in Northern Ireland we call them, 'flegs'.

    • @eddlake5694
      @eddlake5694 Před 4 lety +18

      Don't touch meh fleg you huns /s

    • @jfrogg007
      @jfrogg007 Před 4 lety +11

      In Belfast you do. In the Wesht not so much.

    • @MrBigCookieCrumble
      @MrBigCookieCrumble Před 4 lety +4

      I just love this thread so much for some reason xD

    • @oisinmcshane
      @oisinmcshane Před 4 lety +2

      Maybe in the South of Antrim, in the North its called "thon yoke"

    • @Javadamutt
      @Javadamutt Před 4 lety +1

      Only on designated days...

  • @leeferguson5712
    @leeferguson5712 Před 4 lety +280

    It's official, that dog is adorable and has to at least cameo in every video from now until the end of time

  • @jordank6961
    @jordank6961 Před 3 lety +7

    My head Canon is that the forest of all knowledge is wikipedia, as you can really get sidetracked while being sidetracked

  • @jackringel485
    @jackringel485 Před rokem +4

    the whole thing with "the path" is a perfect representation of adhd

  • @MattBishop
    @MattBishop Před 4 lety +492

    Northern Irelander reporting in.
    I approve of this message 👌
    Great job Grey. Delicate subject.

    • @jonathanwor
      @jonathanwor Před 4 lety +4

      Republicans might not agree as much though. But I guess there's almost no possibility not to get stuck in that quagmire with this subject and I trust CGPGrey did not want to come across partisan.. In any case he should have refrained from saying anything about stuff sort of being recognised.

    • @Erik20766
      @Erik20766 Před 4 lety +1

      Jonathan Wortelboer why? Is he wrong? Do people in Britain not recognize and/or use the flag?

    • @legolad6771
      @legolad6771 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Erik20766 Not everyone, no.

    • @nerdwiththehat
      @nerdwiththehat Před 4 lety +8

      Kinda-Republican chiming in - The video dances around the Troubles, and the kinda-iffy symbolism of the Lámh Dhearg Uladh - and with good reason. Grey could make a whole 3 hours-long documentary if that was the subject to cover. But for a super short video with a forest of asterisks - well done.
      (That said - cue the 26+6=1 memes)

    • @troychavez
      @troychavez Před 4 lety +3

      so, is it recognized as a flag or not?

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 Před 4 lety +687

    Territory with it's own culture and people.
    The UK: it's free real estate

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo Před 4 lety +72

      The USA: Manifest Destiny!

    • @inderpreetsingh7429
      @inderpreetsingh7429 Před 4 lety +94

      The Spanish : Ding dong your religion is wrong

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 Před 4 lety +43

      @@inderpreetsingh7429 expects the spanish inquisition

    • @aure9495
      @aure9495 Před 4 lety +26

      The French : time to get civilized, and learn to cook

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria Před 4 lety +33

      I have a personal gripe with the way we treat European powers as somehow uniquely colonial, when in truth the only thing special about Europe is that it got super lucky with geography and therefore had a head-start on everyone else. Consider what Japan did at the first sign of having significant power. I also think there's a problem with claiming colonisation as evil, when surely it's the war and bloodshed that's the problem rather than human migration (the former being performed by a government, and the latter by individuals).

  • @colinh9813
    @colinh9813 Před 3 lety +3

    The star in the centre is called the six points of fellowship, the main symbol used in the Orange Order.

  • @Uranium_Enjoyer
    @Uranium_Enjoyer Před 3 lety

    The animation on this video was so cool. Especially the troubles scene.

  • @rebca_
    @rebca_ Před 4 lety +55

    Ha, I love that old "missing image" icon you used at first. Takes me back.

  • @durthacht5252
    @durthacht5252 Před 4 lety +199

    Brilliant video with the complex Troubles handled very delicately. Well done.

    • @hosank
      @hosank Před 4 lety +5

      Right - seems like the best way to handle it is by just skipping over it entirely...?

    • @cole9273
      @cole9273 Před 4 lety +1

      hosank thou shall not say anything negative about the crown

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 Před 4 lety +4

      @@hosank Do any of us really want an Americans quick whimsical look at 35 years of murder, maiming, hatred and blame putting? I know I don't. Handled it very well. He gave a nod to it.

    • @DC-tr5ih
      @DC-tr5ih Před 4 lety +3

      He never got into why the star of David is used on that flag, how it came about and what it means.

    • @AnCoilean
      @AnCoilean Před 4 lety +1

      Kek Lord , The star represents several things.
      The six points represent the six counties.
      God’s desire for Protestant hegemony over said counties.
      That Ulster Protestants are a lost tribe of Israel

  • @brickmastere5535
    @brickmastere5535 Před 3 lety +1

    Love how the Forest of All Knowledge is very similar to Mirkwood from LOTR and The Hobbit!

  • @dunk.
    @dunk. Před rokem +3

    Just noticed that during the part about the Irish flag's ratio you can see the vignette-like effect disappear. Such attention to detail!

  • @lukeculbert267
    @lukeculbert267 Před 4 lety +787

    As a Northern Irishman, I know not of this "flag" you refer to.
    However, we have a lot of "flegs" worth talking/worrying/forgetting about.
    I hope there's an addendum video with Grey saying "fleg".

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify Před 4 lety +30

      Might I also add at the mention of said "fleg"
      YEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @nathanneville5912
      @nathanneville5912 Před 4 lety +12

      Or as wee seamie likes to call it, a "fwag"

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify Před 4 lety +8

      @@nathanneville5912 that is libel.
      Regards,
      Legal Team

    • @aoifed8913
      @aoifed8913 Před 4 lety +2

      Was saying fleg in my head the whole time he was talking😄

    • @ethan2885
      @ethan2885 Před 4 lety +15

      Stfu u prod
      Ooh aah up the Ra 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

  • @ishouldhavetried
    @ishouldhavetried Před 4 lety +431

    *New CGP Grey video uploaded 1 second ago*
    Never clicked on a video faster

  • @Devil-Made
    @Devil-Made Před 2 lety

    One of the funniest yet. I love your humor.

  • @jackaguirre8576
    @jackaguirre8576 Před 3 lety +8

    "It's the same old theme since 1916..."