Why Hat Making was Lethal

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  • čas přidán 26. 02. 2019
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    Sources / reference:
    Gamber, W. (1992). A precarious independence: Milliners and dressmakers in Boston, 1860-1890. Journal of Women's history, 4(1), 60-88.
    A Brief History of Millinery. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.torbandreiner.com/Milliner...
    Anderson, D. (2017, June 22). The incredible story of how hatmakers really did 'go mad' 300 years ago. Retrieved from Business Insider: www.businessinsider.com/mad-h...
    Foulds, A. (2018, October 7). Horrible Health and Safety Histories: Erethism or Mad Hatter Syndrome . Retrieved from Amalgamate: www.amalgamate-safety.com/2018...
    Little, B. (2016, October 17). Killer Clothing Was All the Rage In the 19th Century. Retrieved from National Geographic: news.nationalgeographic.com/2...
    Mad as a Hatter. (2019). Retrieved from Corrosion Doctors: www.corrosion-doctors.org/Elem...

Komentáře • 1,3K

  • @NewbyTon
    @NewbyTon Před 5 lety +4790

    RIP Bob
    Age: 19
    Cause of death: Hat.

    • @Scroll120
      @Scroll120 Před 5 lety +176

      I want to see the killcam.

    • @godie3140
      @godie3140 Před 5 lety +24

      @@Scroll120 same

    • @nevm5611
      @nevm5611 Před 5 lety +33

      I wonder if that's on a gravestone

    • @NewbyTon
      @NewbyTon Před 5 lety +53

      @@Scroll120 kill cam replay:
      Please let me finish... One.... Last hat..... Bleh

    • @imcintyre01
      @imcintyre01 Před 5 lety +7

      Now that’s just a sad display.

  • @jamesh9647
    @jamesh9647 Před 5 lety +1911

    Always wondered where mad hatter came from

    • @Mr.LaughingDuck
      @Mr.LaughingDuck Před 5 lety +25

      From the Golden Age of Industry, before the advent of irksome health and workplace regulations.

    • @cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085
      @cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085 Před 5 lety +4

      Ya me too

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 Před 5 lety +14

      Just read DC comics I believe its a Batman villain

    • @OpticBeatz
      @OpticBeatz Před 5 lety +5

      Nandinho Cunha it’s a real thing tho

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 Před 5 lety +13

      @@OpticBeatz r/whoosh. I was telling a joke. Again theres a Batman villain called mad hatter

  • @evaristegalois6282
    @evaristegalois6282 Před 5 lety +4078

    There isn’t a job out there that’s more dangerous than being a soldier
    Hat maker: “Hold my beer”

  • @brasilball353
    @brasilball353 Před 5 lety +4247

    So this is why valve only added hats in TF2 later, huh?

    • @Alinetzy11
      @Alinetzy11 Před 5 lety +19

      @@igorblyat7839 what

    • @Bikeru
      @Bikeru Před 5 lety +63

      Soldier Gaming keep yourself safe mate, okay? Have a good day

    • @Alinetzy11
      @Alinetzy11 Před 5 lety +1

      @@elitemation fine but i need 32 subscribers and i make 200 subscribers sorry for my com

    • @samuelrashleigh7761
      @samuelrashleigh7761 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Alinetzy11 i subscribed

    • @ivantheterrible4703
      @ivantheterrible4703 Před 5 lety +6

      Really
      ??

  • @fortie6902
    @fortie6902 Před 5 lety +1646

    3:35 Isn’t that the Monopoly Man?

  • @SuperLlama42
    @SuperLlama42 Před 5 lety +323

    "How could making hats possibly be dangero-"
    > Mercury
    "Oooooooh."

  • @sybrenvm5944
    @sybrenvm5944 Před 5 lety +691

    So, there's actually a real reason why The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland is mad? Sweet

  • @GeorgTheGr8
    @GeorgTheGr8 Před 5 lety +1847

    *_Hat Kid wants to know your location_*

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache

    The boys and I would get together every once in a while and pass around stories of hat making. Some of us were lucky to get out alive. *lights up cigarette, looks up at sky* Some of us never really left. *sheds tear*

    • @anddrom6853
      @anddrom6853 Před 5 lety +4

      What is that?

    • @georgelyddane8283
      @georgelyddane8283 Před 5 lety +4

      Provocateur LMAO

    • @gumunduringigumundsson9344
      @gumunduringigumundsson9344 Před 5 lety +6

      One more reason to not be too judgemental on our past people. That is just awful and so little was known as the cause with demon horror stories fuelling the fear and misery. I take my hat off for past humans that despite all still progressed so much so fast. Love. Respect!

    • @devriestown
      @devriestown Před 5 lety +4

      Hahahaha

    • @justinambru8529
      @justinambru8529 Před 5 lety +4

      If had a dollar for every time I saw you. I'd buy the winchster mansion.

  • @salmanige318
    @salmanige318 Před 5 lety +278

    I just want to say hats off to the workers.

  • @JustAGuyProduction
    @JustAGuyProduction Před 5 lety +109

    Badass jobs of the middle ages:
    3. Bear hunter
    2. Knight
    1. Hat maker

    • @nikolas_schreck
      @nikolas_schreck Před 4 lety +5

      Court jester was a dangerous job...let the royals down and its death.

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes Před 3 lety +3

      @@nikolas_schreck Most things surrounding royalty were dangerous. The king's chef had to basically be his physician as well. I would not want the pressure of being the royal chef. What if you were blamed for health problems?

  • @mattyaqin7501
    @mattyaqin7501 Před 5 lety +327

    2:45 is that Rich Uncle Pennybags aka Mr Monopoly?

    • @PersonManManManMan
      @PersonManManManMan Před 5 lety +22

      Perhaps, he does look like classical stereotypical super wealthy rich man of past industrial era

    • @MelonLord8
      @MelonLord8 Před 5 lety +2

      Yep

    • @princessapplestrach6327
      @princessapplestrach6327 Před 5 lety +8

      He has a name ?!?!? I feel strange .....

    • @mindjuice499
      @mindjuice499 Před 5 lety +5

      @@princessapplestrach6327 yeah me too when I found out. Feelt like his name should be Monopoly Man.

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 3 lety +18

    I gotta appreciate these guys for risking their lives. Their hats make me look taller.

  • @docsalty9679
    @docsalty9679 Před 5 lety +71

    To the best of my knowledge, this is actually why you will find little bows in the back of a hat, to represent skull and crossbones in memory of all the hatters who have past away due to this process

  • @bobisconsumed520
    @bobisconsumed520 Před 5 lety +57

    Damn everything could kill someone back them, even hats

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 Před 5 lety +203

    230BC: first emperor of China dies of mercury poisoning
    19th century: this mercury will make a great ingredient for large scale manufacturing
    We never learn do we?

    • @FordGTmaniac
      @FordGTmaniac Před 5 lety +17

      The ancient Romans used lead to sweeten their wine. Just... why?

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Před 5 lety +11

      @@FordGTmaniac because lead actually tastes very sweet. Don't test it for yourself however but you can watch a sci show YT video where they explain that exact question

    • @historiculgeomocule5569
      @historiculgeomocule5569 Před 5 lety +1

      Note to future, be ultra careful when using mercury!

    • @historiculgeomocule5569
      @historiculgeomocule5569 Před 5 lety +1

      And by the way, don't consume lead!

    • @rikosaikawa9024
      @rikosaikawa9024 Před 5 lety +4

      How would they possibly know mercury killed the emperor? Back then that is?

  • @hellriegel7837
    @hellriegel7837 Před 5 lety +70

    For the next dangerous job, can you do “Radium girls”?

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 5 lety +902

    As the haymaker became increasingly exposed to the chemical fumes, eventually he would stop thinking.

  • @_Reaps
    @_Reaps Před 5 lety +28

    Hat makers: hats arent easy to make
    Tf2 crafting table:hold my beer

  • @3xtreme.
    @3xtreme. Před 5 lety +321

    Will you make a story about Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu October 3rd 1993? where Army Ranger, Delta Force, Malaysian and Pakistan Army were fought on battlefield.

    • @littlejamil
      @littlejamil Před 5 lety +19

      Soldier Gaming give us a good reason why

    • @rn-zu5ld
      @rn-zu5ld Před 5 lety +20

      @@Alinetzy11 if you pay $2000000000000000000 to everyone alive I will

    • @gregoryaparker
      @gregoryaparker Před 5 lety +9

      I've got a picture with the rotor blade section of Super 61 when I was in the US on vacation last year.

    • @irrelevant9424
      @irrelevant9424 Před 5 lety

      Syameer Ezral Give us a reason why not to...

    • @flats2774
      @flats2774 Před 5 lety +4

      Just saying it’s called the Battle of Mogadishu, and it is also called Operation Gothic Serpent.

  • @theteacher7619
    @theteacher7619 Před 5 lety +10

    Interesting, very interesting. Love finding out the meaning behind phrases we grew up with, such as "Mad as a Hatter."

  • @Michel73526
    @Michel73526 Před 5 lety +6

    I love simple history videos and look forward to all the releases. This one is Incredibly interesting. Good work simple history

  • @awesomemangoes8072
    @awesomemangoes8072 Před 5 lety +700

    KAISERREICH HAT SUPPORTERS RISE UP

  • @Bobobobobob741
    @Bobobobobob741 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the information! Good video!

  • @mikey980610
    @mikey980610 Před 5 lety +9

    another phrase “Danbury Shakes” were also used as well in reference to Danbury, Connecticut

  • @castsmith6783
    @castsmith6783 Před 5 lety +35

    2:45 so this is where pennybags get his hat

  • @joshuaduhaime5535
    @joshuaduhaime5535 Před 5 lety +2

    Man, the quality of these videos just keep going up!

  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521

    Hey man, sometimes that’s what it takes to look good

  • @elitemation
    @elitemation Před 5 lety +136

    Gas: lethal
    Shotgun: very lethal
    Hat making: *IT SEEMS GOD HAS REMOVED THIS WEAPON TRY A DIFFERENT WEAPON*

  • @JesterSeregdhel
    @JesterSeregdhel Před 5 lety +9

    "Worth it." - Abraham Lincoln, renown hat enthusiast and president.

  • @discotech6178
    @discotech6178 Před 5 lety

    I love how your animations are getting better

  • @Isakalexander1
    @Isakalexander1 Před 5 lety

    Learning much thank you!

  • @nousername636
    @nousername636 Před 5 lety +165

    I knew the answer from 1000 Ways to Die

  • @Wafflepudding
    @Wafflepudding Před 5 lety +27

    No wonder we're never getting Half Life 3. Valve's devs must have gone insane.

  • @cbwavy
    @cbwavy Před 5 lety

    This is my favorite CZcams channel, keep it up guys!

  • @aliletocq7017
    @aliletocq7017 Před 5 lety

    I really enjoy your videos keep up the good work!

  • @ketchupballs9196
    @ketchupballs9196 Před 5 lety +10

    Good style doesn’t come free

  • @Yesnog05
    @Yesnog05 Před 5 lety +3

    I knew about this when I googled why the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland was "Mad" instead of "Silly" like how he was in the movie. Had a huge respect for the hat makers and all the craftsman in the old times since then.

  • @littlesamurai802
    @littlesamurai802 Před 5 lety

    Love the channel keep up the work

  • @mr.johnzussino6217
    @mr.johnzussino6217 Před rokem

    Great video - thanks:)

  • @chai4029
    @chai4029 Před 5 lety +11

    This makes sense why the Mad Hatter is crazy! I never knew

  • @random_history_dude7305
    @random_history_dude7305 Před 5 lety +6

    Could you please make a video about the ostlegion?

  • @tim_p2835
    @tim_p2835 Před 5 lety

    I love your vids!!! Keep up the good work!!!

  • @LaterPlanet
    @LaterPlanet Před 5 lety

    I subscribed and i love to learn here it's a good way to educate people☺

  • @igorblyat7839
    @igorblyat7839 Před 5 lety +8

    I CANT STOP MANUFACTURING HEAD WEAR!!!!

  • @mixis1931
    @mixis1931 Před 5 lety +3

    I read the title as:
    "Why hat making was ILLEGAL"

  • @A_Sus_Mime_Girl
    @A_Sus_Mime_Girl Před 5 lety

    Nice video. Keep up the good work.

  • @con6951
    @con6951 Před 5 lety

    Learning something new everyday thanks simple history!

  • @SomeGuy-dq8pn
    @SomeGuy-dq8pn Před 5 lety +4

    This is really weird, I had just watched that "1000 ways to day" episode about the hatter dieing via mercury exposure the other day...

  • @Dauntless7005
    @Dauntless7005 Před 5 lety +4

    Woods: I was not gonna die in a f$&king hat shop

  • @whiterunguard5316
    @whiterunguard5316 Před 5 lety

    By far the best youtube channel

  • @winstonsallet9541
    @winstonsallet9541 Před 5 lety

    The symptom animations are chill-inspiring

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman Před 5 lety +63

    Well that explains the mad hatter 🎩

    • @bee5440
      @bee5440 Před 5 lety +4

      Yep that's the actual reason

  • @clamsandwich6373
    @clamsandwich6373 Před 5 lety +3

    Rip: Hatticus Toppat
    1909-1927
    Cause of death: Fashion.

  • @cbwavy
    @cbwavy Před 5 lety +2

    The fact that this explained the term 'mad hatter' got this video a thumbs up

  • @Sereolol
    @Sereolol Před 5 lety

    U make the best vids!

  • @CastorDeEuropa
    @CastorDeEuropa Před 5 lety +5

    “Simple History”
    5 minutes on making hats
    30 seconds on a wix advert
    Illusion 100

  • @Raptor-km2ij
    @Raptor-km2ij Před 5 lety +117

    Am I the only one who's always late to watch videos because of school.

  • @Memelander
    @Memelander Před 4 lety +1

    3:35 Mr. Monopoly gonna charge you double rent on Mayfair ( or Boardwalk ) for using his identity without permission.

  • @SMGYTCHAN
    @SMGYTCHAN Před 5 lety +1

    Wasn't expecting this

  • @nyarlathotep9178
    @nyarlathotep9178 Před 5 lety +36

    What do you mean I see nothing strange in making human leather cow boy hats...
    I mean,we are in a rim world...

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 Před 5 lety

      Nyarlathotep I thought this was a Dwarf Fortress, damn it!

  • @josesalas6750
    @josesalas6750 Před 5 lety +55

    Way to die 501: hats all folks!
    Edit: thank you!

  • @alex.c9524
    @alex.c9524 Před 5 lety

    Hats off to these guys

  • @sanneopavontuur3913
    @sanneopavontuur3913 Před 5 lety +1

    Good video!!!

  • @republikperangid
    @republikperangid Před 5 lety +3

    Hats off for them everyone

  • @AG.Floats
    @AG.Floats Před 4 lety +5

    Haven't watched yet
    But I'm guessing the term
    "Mad Hatter" is explained here lol

  • @user-qj4db4lt2f
    @user-qj4db4lt2f Před 5 lety

    Wow, i didnt know that. thanks!

  • @justinkong9954
    @justinkong9954 Před 5 lety

    Hats off to you

  • @yeetusthefetus260
    @yeetusthefetus260 Před 5 lety +9

    WW1 Soldier:I have killed 10 soldiers in 30 seconds and risked my life to destroy a tank
    Hat maker:I go crazy after making lots of hats

  • @gianni7479
    @gianni7479 Před 5 lety +3

    “The Mad Hatter”

  • @WaveTheConqueror
    @WaveTheConqueror Před 5 lety

    I own a french Tophat and I knew already how dangerouse this craftsship was and nowadays its different, but I still love these kind of Hats and I respect the difficulty to make them.

  • @kennethsitanggang1246
    @kennethsitanggang1246 Před 5 lety

    It was midnight in my timeline... (GMT+7) but still not sleep so i watch ur video

  • @davidsi5376
    @davidsi5376 Před 5 lety +3

    Who would have guessed?! Sometimes you overlook the dangerous jobs that people did or are still doing!

  • @Tyclone
    @Tyclone Před 5 lety +30

    And that's why they call him *The Mad Hatter* True story

    • @Tyclone
      @Tyclone Před 5 lety +3

      Oh at 2:18 they cover this.. lol. Wasn't that far into the video yet.

  • @YegaSRT
    @YegaSRT Před 5 lety

    2:20 I was literally about to type that and then you said it :D

  • @mario8bit857
    @mario8bit857 Před 5 lety +1

    Do you guys still do weapon vids? Can you guys do a vid on the 1887 Winchester shotgun?

  • @crocodileguy4319
    @crocodileguy4319 Před 5 lety +3

    Mad hatter's were totally ruined by Disney and Timmy burrito.

  • @aerolchristopherinfante
    @aerolchristopherinfante Před 5 lety +4

    Hmm what can I use? Ah! My urine.
    He was ahead of his time.

  • @quentinmobley1032
    @quentinmobley1032 Před 5 lety

    Do you think you could do an episode on the first and second boer wars? I just think it would be cool if you did.

  • @thehunter6855
    @thehunter6855 Před 5 lety +1

    LOVE THE VIDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @boitanghopknz4576
    @boitanghopknz4576 Před 5 lety +13

    So that why in alice in wonderland the mad hatter was like that now i know

  • @ern210delarosa3
    @ern210delarosa3 Před 5 lety +16

    Simple History make a video about filipinos fighting in Korea

  • @owentomalin1200
    @owentomalin1200 Před 5 lety

    Do a vid on the S.O.E(secret operations exsetutive)it would be amazing

  • @LegoManiac231
    @LegoManiac231 Před 4 lety

    I make beaver and rabbit fur felt hats, but I also restore old silk top hats from this era. Since the silk used in the hats isn't made any more you can only buy and fix old ones and a lot of people still can get sick from just fixing them up.

  • @SirStalingrad
    @SirStalingrad Před 5 lety +3

    Hat Warfare

  • @randomguy0102
    @randomguy0102 Před 5 lety +21

    01:26 Looks like a orange juice.

  • @DanceySteveYNWA
    @DanceySteveYNWA Před 5 lety

    Mad as a Hatter 🎩, dying of laughter 😁2:02 🎺 👐 jazz hands 👐

  • @tatoaim385
    @tatoaim385 Před 5 lety +1

    This is pretty neat

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher Před 5 lety +8

    Thanks I will now use a hat to take over the world

  • @italiancountryball865
    @italiancountryball865 Před 5 lety +6

    I knowed it This job dangerous cuz they used mercury and cyanide to counceal the animal leather

  • @ThatGuy-vw6gc
    @ThatGuy-vw6gc Před 5 lety

    I’m sorry but that guys eye just rolling around in his socket is just so funny, I can’t stop laughing

  • @sherrytravers2371
    @sherrytravers2371 Před 5 lety

    Can you do a video about the dambusters and barns wallis

  • @takumifujiwara300
    @takumifujiwara300 Před 5 lety +10

    Soldier is the most dangerous job in History.
    Hat Maker: Hold my mercury

  • @MatoyaBOI
    @MatoyaBOI Před 5 lety +21

    Well who knew that?
    Edit: I love simple history 😀

  • @willchonn5637
    @willchonn5637 Před 5 lety

    Do a video on Hat city please

  • @alexd531
    @alexd531 Před 5 lety +1

    Origin of the mad hatter
    *video quotes it* damn. Missed my chance

  • @-adam-
    @-adam- Před 5 lety +11

    Where’s the other voice I like it more

    • @jeffreychandra912
      @jeffreychandra912 Před 5 lety +1

      Nah I like this voice I don't like a deep voice

    • @-adam-
      @-adam- Před 5 lety

      Ok if you insist.

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- Před 5 lety +4

      @@jeffreychandra912 Is my voice really that deep? I didn't think it was. But thanks for the feedback I will have to adjust my mixing so it's not overpowering! 😊

  • @coolioxii5197
    @coolioxii5197 Před 5 lety +4

    *in heaven*
    Hat maker: how did you die?
    Man: I was killed in war
    Hat maker: eh..
    Man: what about you?
    Hat maker: oh I died making hats
    Man: wait what
    LOGIC

  • @mariemmohy9496
    @mariemmohy9496 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing

  • @tibbers3755
    @tibbers3755 Před 5 lety

    *it hurts to look this good*