When People in Japan Got Rich Buying and Selling Poop

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  • @Sheepdog1314
    @Sheepdog1314 3 роки тому +305

    In mediaeval Europe the leather tanneries used human urine for tanning and softening leather. Poor people sold their pee to tanneries, every family had a special pot for the goods if they could afford it - that's where the sayings "piss-poor" or "they don't have a pot to piss in" comes from

    • @Nepafarius
      @Nepafarius 2 роки тому +28

      Not only tanning. Stale urine has been used as laundry detergent for millenia.
      The romans had a urine tax and the saying "pecunia non olet."
      Money doesn't smell.

    • @roiq5263
      @roiq5263 2 роки тому +9

      Pee was also used to make ammunitoon. No kidding.

    • @1-eye-willy
      @1-eye-willy 2 роки тому +5

      the dog poop was used at the taneries. the job of the person to pick up dog turds on the street were some of the worst victorian era jobs

    • @lizmol-san
      @lizmol-san 2 роки тому +1

      Wow.... didn't know that!!! 🤓

    • @michaelmoorrees3585
      @michaelmoorrees3585 Рік тому +9

      @@roiq5263 - Yes, when gunpowder reached Europe, there was another use for pee & poop. A mix of pee & poop, left to rot, results in nitrates (saltpeter) as a byproduct.

  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  4 роки тому +256

    Never thought I’d make a whole ass video about poop.

    • @Sovietube
      @Sovietube 3 роки тому +4

      No one did

    • @mandydandy9190
      @mandydandy9190 3 роки тому +9

      What a shitty idea you had!

    • @kenshix7902
      @kenshix7902 3 роки тому +1

      I wanna know, why was Japan so eager to impress the West so much. Every video mentioning Japan's transition into the Meiji Era and WW2 has the words: "To impress Western countries/To avoid embarassing themselves in front of the West/To not look barbaric in front of the West/To copy the West."? In my eyes, Chinese culture looks more eloquent compared to the west. So why does Japan even now act like beta c*ck suckers when faced with Western powers? Like you said in the video, Europe was 10000x less Hygienic before technological advancement. So why did the Europeans suddenly act like their s**t don't stink? I'm sorry but Japan's worship of Europe really p**ses me off and this is coming. Maybe my views are biased in this regard due to my African heritage, who knows. I just need to understand this mindset. Even now in the context of pop culture, I hear that Japanese people where fine with Scarlett Johansson portraying Major Kusanagi. I also saw this worship of Westernness in an anime called Jujutsu Kaisen where the main character said that he is into girls with large b-tts like Jennifer Lawrence. I'm here scratching my head because the whole big b-tt thing is mostly associated with African women and celebrities.

    • @qiannishen2942
      @qiannishen2942 3 роки тому

      @@kenshix7902 Because they had their asses kicked in Meiji and "worshipped" the West for its technology and modernization. The whole concept of "enriching the nation" (so we can kick the Westerner's asses later on in WW2) propelled the initial pro-Western movement. As for the pop culture part, the occupation of Japan after WW2 definitely posed a huge influence on their interest with the West, and America is the main export of culture in today's world, and Japan is its main "victim".

  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  4 роки тому +742

    Yes, I did advertise a food company in a poop video.

    • @heysiri8748
      @heysiri8748 4 роки тому +5

      Dong farmer eh?

    • @kattiesotelo8377
      @kattiesotelo8377 4 роки тому +18

      I felt when he said “DiSaPoInTmEnT”, it’s what my parents think of me

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +29

      Haha oh no, I'm sure they love you

    • @dezopenguin9649
      @dezopenguin9649 4 роки тому +2

      Gotta keep the "business" going, after all.

    • @TheOneHoddToward
      @TheOneHoddToward 4 роки тому +1

      Brave man

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 4 роки тому +482

    Yeah, in the meantime in London, there was the "great stink" of 1858. After a prolonged hot\dry summer, the River Thames lost several feet of water, exposing walls of pure compacted butt nuggets that had been building up for literal millennia. As it dried, the stench became so bad that life anywhere in the city became unbearable. The Government - who had started hanging ammonia-soaked sheets in their windows, which didn't even help - actually considered abandoning London as the capitol entirely, before eventually agreeing to build a huge new sewer system.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +78

      I would love to hop in a time machine and visit London during that time. Just visit.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 4 роки тому +64

      @@Linfamy It's not quite the same thing, but the game Assassin's Creed Syndicate is set in London just a few years after that. You can even see the sewer being constructed around the city, which was some great attention to detail. You get all the sights and sounds of 19th Century London, but thankfully none of the smells.

    • @TheSeanoops
      @TheSeanoops 4 роки тому +54

      The civil engineer who built central London’s sewer system in response to the big stink, Joseph Bazalgette, deserves a medal. Civil engineers like him save more lives than doctors.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 4 роки тому +31

      @@TheSeanoops Oh yeah, absolutely. And IIRC, it was the largest, most complicated, and most expensive, public works project in history up to that point. And it's still in use today, which is damned impressive.

    • @PinkBunnyCorporation
      @PinkBunnyCorporation 4 роки тому +13

      @@jasonblalock4429 and solved the ground water issue as well.

  • @mr.present6591
    @mr.present6591 4 роки тому +472

    Me: *is eating*
    Also me: "Oh look a new video! Nice."
    Also also me: *watches video* "OHHHH CRAP... "

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +34

      Sorry 😅

    • @BabaBeanis
      @BabaBeanis 4 роки тому +3

      Linfamy don’t worry man I know your channel will skyrocket I’ve seen like 5 channels all around 75k to 200k subscribers grow to 1 mill in months. I believe in you man and I know your content is easily good enough for this to happen man just be patient and a wave of subscribers will come.

    • @BabaBeanis
      @BabaBeanis 4 роки тому +1

      Linfamy I have a feeling that your channel will have massive growth very soon 😃

    • @doop4wow540
      @doop4wow540 4 роки тому +3

      Pretty shity

    • @Yuki_Ika7
      @Yuki_Ika7 4 роки тому +2

      me: continues eating (just talk of history of pee and poop does not bother me besides any mentioning of touching the stuff)

  • @MrKIMBO345
    @MrKIMBO345 4 роки тому +393

    Interesting. Japanese had have a strong culture of being a clean before Industrial revolution in the 19th century Japan.

    • @medeaendor3706
      @medeaendor3706 4 роки тому +31

      I live in Germany. I live how the Germans think they are the most progressive and clean culture even though the were walking in there shit a few centuries ago

    • @yaleyoon6856
      @yaleyoon6856 3 роки тому +21

      Yea Edo Japan was the most prosperous time for Japan before modern Japan, so on top of the culture of washing that was already a thing before the Edo period, the economic and political stability and prosperity of the Edo/Tokugawa period made the hygiene situation even better for Japan. On the other hand, for neighboring Korea there was also a strong culture of washing for a very long time, but starting in the 1600s the country went into a general decline due to the war with Japan, rebellions, famine and what not. Due to this, many people became poor and the country in general went through a lot in the late 1500s and most of the 1600s. So good hygiene became less common. Although this isn't the only reason but mostly

    • @boredfangerrude
      @boredfangerrude 3 роки тому +4

      @@medeaendor3706 Exaggeration.....

    • @boredfangerrude
      @boredfangerrude 3 роки тому

      @@medeaendor3706 Watch this, it has information on this very subject. ua-cam.com/video/z1m4LYn3mOg/v-deo.html

    • @goku-sangreen4510
      @goku-sangreen4510 3 роки тому +1

      @@medeaendor3706 oml stfu if they're clean now it doesn't matter they used to be dirty

  • @Sandra.Molchanova
    @Sandra.Molchanova 4 роки тому +307

    We had this authour, Vasily Aksyonov, who wrote a dystopian novel about the USSR selling its poop in 2048. He had no idea someone had already had this idea - and realized it 😵

    • @banyalaplace
      @banyalaplace 4 роки тому +3

      Now I want to read his books xD what were they named?

    • @Sandra.Molchanova
      @Sandra.Molchanova 4 роки тому +6

      @@banyalaplace Jeez, only now have I realized that I'd mistakent the name of the authour X(( The authour's Voynovich, and this is the Wikipedia page for the book I was talking about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_2042. I don't think it's translated to English, but I see that NYT did a review ;)

    • @yigitferhatkurtulmus817
      @yigitferhatkurtulmus817 3 роки тому +1

      Ah yes 2048

    • @supergojira5695
      @supergojira5695 3 роки тому +1

      Fantastic we have skipped 20 years

    • @09robinhood
      @09robinhood 3 роки тому +3

      The Egyptians had even a better idea to solve the farming problem they just used the flooding of the Nile to grow their vegetables river water is very rich and nutrients actually there were wars fought over sea bird and bat guano even now worm castings and fish emulsion and bat and seabird guano are still a huge business worldwide especially in the marijuana business organics can raise the price of your product by quite a bit the difference between organic food and other food is significantly different.

  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  4 роки тому +205

    Who likes the sayings/proverbs? :P

    • @heysiri8748
      @heysiri8748 4 роки тому +18

      You ever heard of the English proverb “ if you follow the herd all day, you’ll just be stepping in poop all day”

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +14

      @@heysiri8748 never heard of that, but it's good 👍

    • @heysiri8748
      @heysiri8748 4 роки тому +10

      I just searched up English proverbs about poop ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

    • @DrCatdeJong
      @DrCatdeJong 4 роки тому +5

      When i'd drop something my dad would yell "do you have poop in your hands?" Kind of a rude way of saying you're being clumsy in the Netherlands.
      I might have daddy issues

    • @goodnightmyprince6734
      @goodnightmyprince6734 3 роки тому

      What a load of crap, lol

  • @no-one5310
    @no-one5310 4 роки тому +600

    PSA warning! Don't get the idea of thinking pooping into your veggy garden after watching this video. Human diseases can transfer to plants from your poop.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +158

      Hah yes, bad idea.

    • @gilgameschvonuruk4982
      @gilgameschvonuruk4982 4 роки тому +91

      there are people who let poop dry for a year, before using it as fertilizer, hoping this will kill the diseases.

    • @atsukorichards1675
      @atsukorichards1675 4 роки тому +59

      Yes, you are right. We did have the parasite problems in Japan.

    • @saiyajedi
      @saiyajedi 4 роки тому +50

      There are stories of GIs from the American occupation who got sick after eating local produce because of GI tract bacteria/parasites from human fertilizer. From one “GI” to another....

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 4 роки тому +54

      You can get past that if you can have a hot composting setup that can reach at least 53°C but preferably 60°C

  • @KyoushaPumpItUp
    @KyoushaPumpItUp 4 роки тому +381

    Wolfgang Mozart would enjoy this video if he was alive today.

  • @defnekolay7496
    @defnekolay7496 4 роки тому +160

    "It exploded as much as this channel didn't" when you said that I was confused so I checked your number of subscribers and I can't believe this. This is like my favorite channel ever. You deserve A LOT more than what you have! I hope more and more people will see your value!!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +17

      Just a joke, I'm pretty happy with the numbers! Glad you like the channel :D

  • @VtheWanderer
    @VtheWanderer 4 роки тому +101

    Father Linfamy: Hey. Hey, disappointment.
    *That was immensely relatable.*
    Also, great video. Thank you for leaving some sources in the description. You make really cool videos on... let's say, _interesting_ subjects and I love to learn more.
    Also also, nice pun streak.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +5

    • @Readund
      @Readund 4 роки тому +1

      𝙻𝙾𝙰𝙳𝚂 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙶𝚄𝙽--

    • @maks-tldr56
      @maks-tldr56 4 роки тому

      @@Readund Alright Shawn. Where are you?

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 роки тому +171

    This topic is full of _crap,_ literally

  • @jenniferglenn14
    @jenniferglenn14 4 роки тому +117

    “Water supply was cleaner than their ‘your-a-peein’ friends”. Yes, I crack myself up. I’ve been locked in my house too damn long lol

    • @HenshinFanatic
      @HenshinFanatic 4 роки тому +1

      I would have laughed even before the Pooh Pox was making its rounds.

  • @o0Avalon0o
    @o0Avalon0o 3 роки тому +153

    The Japanese were into reduce, reuse, & recycle long before everyone else. No wonder they still have incredibly advanced recycling systems.

    • @johnynoway9127
      @johnynoway9127 2 роки тому +3

      issue is that recycling isnt exactly a good thing since each time you recycle it gets weaker and weaker

    • @coleburns5497
      @coleburns5497 2 роки тому +4

      @@johnynoway9127 But they did for such a long time

    • @DccAnh
      @DccAnh 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnynoway9127 wdym ? So just throw trash and poop on the street is the better alternative ? Bruh did you even use your brain at all ?

    • @funveeable
      @funveeable Рік тому

      Using night soil in Europe spreads disease. The Japanese are all the same ethnic group so every single one of them already had the same pathogens as everyone else in the country.

  • @paulnash6944
    @paulnash6944 3 роки тому +33

    “Japan had a Toilet God.”
    Me: I am therefore leaving immediately for Japan, where I intend to live as a god.

  • @IsaPodrasky
    @IsaPodrasky 4 роки тому +254

    Drinking game: take a shot whenever he says “poop”.

    • @littlefox_100
      @littlefox_100 4 роки тому +2

      Welp ok

    • @Mikeztarp
      @Mikeztarp 4 роки тому +21

      You're gonna poop out your liver.

    • @koopaking6148
      @koopaking6148 4 роки тому +1

      @@Mikeztarp worth it

    • @IsaPodrasky
      @IsaPodrasky 4 роки тому

      @@BrickSaturn Yeah, I'd like that evening too!

    • @IsaPodrasky
      @IsaPodrasky 4 роки тому

      @Klaidi Rubiku Only one way to find out!

  • @epicgamers242
    @epicgamers242 4 роки тому +99

    Dad: Hey dissapointment.
    Us to asian: you are not alone

    • @romax3115
      @romax3115 4 роки тому +4

      its his nickname, along with his bro fail abortion

  • @ryansperry2693
    @ryansperry2693 4 роки тому +88

    One of the "historical" manga titles I am following has some peasants being recruited as "samurai" during the late Edo period (around 1868). Two of the minor characters plan on opening a "night soil" business and plan on using their new status as samurai to get the good poop of the samurai and royalty. They actually spend quite a bit of time planning it and even discuss getting a big enough boat to haul all that night soil.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +11

      That does sound interesting 😁👍

    • @ivymoody4238
      @ivymoody4238 4 роки тому +10

      What's it called?

    • @Falcon364
      @Falcon364 4 роки тому +6

      What's it called?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +10

      What's it called?

    • @ryansperry2693
      @ryansperry2693 4 роки тому +16

      Ichigeki by Matsumoto Jiro and Nagai Yoshio. The artwork could be better, but has its own unique style. Fair warning though, adult content.

  • @yoshikossem
    @yoshikossem 4 роки тому +48

    Hey Linfamy
    I've been looking forward to your new video all week.
    I love how you make Japanese history so light and entertaining.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +2

      Thank you, glad you like

  • @robertdicke7249
    @robertdicke7249 4 роки тому +23

    "Silver? SILVER! SIL-VER!? Back in my day we accepted vegetables grown from our bum gifts as payment for our bum gifts, and we liked it! Kids these days demanding SiLvEr for their night soil like they all deserve more from the world!"

  • @CodingWithAsad
    @CodingWithAsad 4 роки тому +107

    0:34 foreign visitors were amazed & still get amazed by how clean there cities are.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +28

      Yeah they're disturbingly clean.

    • @CodingWithAsad
      @CodingWithAsad 4 роки тому +10

      @@Linfamy combine with fact that you cant find Trash Can or dumpster in cities like Shibuya

    • @Borderose
      @Borderose 4 роки тому +5

      @@Linfamy I'd call it delightful.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +3

      @@Borderose agreed 😅

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 3 роки тому

      I wish I lived in Japan. My state as a whole and especially my city started doing more programs to help the homeless so we wound up with a huge surge of homeless people moving here, to the point that (no joke) we had an increase of roughly 30-50 times what the homeless population was 10 years ago despite the economy actually improving alot. My city now looks like a giant garbage pit and there are streets that look like they belong on the set of a post apocalyptic movie.

  • @PS3PCDJ
    @PS3PCDJ 4 роки тому +24

    Me: Sees the video
    Me: Not sure if true or if a high quality shitpost

  • @1Maklak
    @1Maklak 3 роки тому +25

    I'm interested in how the process worked. Wouldn't just dumping it into a flooded rice field cause parasites? Did they compost it? There are some composting toilets around. The most basic way is to use a bucket and cover the poop with soil. Maybe I should finally read the book "Humanure".

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +13

      I believe they kept the poop in a dry place for a month or two before using.

  • @angeliki5135
    @angeliki5135 4 роки тому +67

    You said poop 63 times.
    I love your videos and this one made me smile after a difficult day, so rewatching it just to count how many times you said poop was honestly more fun than sitting on a toilet and praying to the toilet God. 🤣

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +16

      Glad it made a hard day a little less hard

    • @angeliki5135
      @angeliki5135 4 роки тому +7

      @@Linfamy Thank you! I plan to share the video in the morning with my family so we can all bond and laugh together. We have the same humor so I cannot wait. 😄

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +5

      Not over breakfast 😱😂

    • @angeliki5135
      @angeliki5135 4 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy Oh I have to now! Itll be too great! 🤣

    • @nightshadowone2989
      @nightshadowone2989 Рік тому

      @angeliki5135...😨Thanks a lot😤Now my OCD is making me go back and watch again so I can count his "poops"😢

  • @ginnyjollykidd
    @ginnyjollykidd 4 роки тому +43

    Our city zoo (Louisville Zoo in Louisville, KY) collects their animals' poop and sells it in the gift shop -well, outside the gift shop - in bags of sanitized manure. It is called zoopoopiedoo, and it is very popular as to be bought up as soon as it makes it to the gift shop. People love it for their gardens.
    Another thing available is a composting toilet with which some people compost their poop with Red Wiggler annelid composting worms. The worms and poop are well away from your hind end.
    The glory of vermicomposting is that the worms sanitize the poop and turn it into excellent fertilizer: black gold! It has a lot of nutrients, but also lots of plant - usable nitrogen. And nitrogen is what plants vie for! So a mixture of poop and pee would seem to be ideal for these hero worms!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +4

      That's very interesting, and good use of animal waste. Thanks for sharing!

    • @TheSlipperyNUwUdle
      @TheSlipperyNUwUdle 3 роки тому

      Hey! Fellow Louisville resident. I haven’t ever seen that at the zoo! I guess because I avoid the gift shop. Lmao don’t have money for those prices.

  • @alexforce9
    @alexforce9 4 роки тому +15

    From now and forever, I shall recall "poop" only by its one true name - bum gifts!

  • @jasonsteele6920
    @jasonsteele6920 4 роки тому +45

    "Serious fecal matters". 🤣🤣🤣 THIS is why I subbed, man.

  • @itanchiro5524
    @itanchiro5524 4 роки тому +51

    So can we say that having a constipation was kind of bad luck in ancient Japan 😀?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +31

      "Stop hoarding your money!"

    • @baditude41
      @baditude41 4 роки тому +6

      Lol!! You're holding out on me!

  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody 4 роки тому +82

    No meat culture - the whole "How vegetarian are/were the Japanese actually" would be a great topic for a video, there seems to be lots of confusion around that.

    • @dyllanfreiheit6330
      @dyllanfreiheit6330 4 роки тому +8

      It's mostly Buddhist influence from Tang China, started from year 675 when Emperor Tenmu banned his citizen from eating beef, chicken, horse's meat, dog's meat and ape's meat.

    • @charlotteyu2145
      @charlotteyu2145 4 роки тому +29

      It’s not that they didn’t eat meat, it’s just that they ate fish instead, which doesn’t need farming as opposed to pigs, or cows.

    • @minhkhangtran6948
      @minhkhangtran6948 4 роки тому +16

      @@charlotteyu2145 Also Cow, pig and other cattle-like animal need both massive farmland and massive amount of feed for these thing, both thing feudal Japan have eternal shortage of, so it's inevitably going to be a rich-people-only thing.

    • @dyllanfreiheit6330
      @dyllanfreiheit6330 4 роки тому +10

      @@charlotteyu2145 Yes and eating livestock meat is considered a disgrace act in the higher class in Heian Japan. Only eggs, shellfish and fish (both freshwater and saltwater) are acceptable non-vegetarian food for Heian nobilities. Their diet is considered very unhealthy from a modern prespective, with so little meat/protein and way too much pickled vegetables and fine rice, causing their life expectancy to be only around 30. Remember the beriberi disease (linfamy made a video about it)? A number of Heian royalties, both men and women, were killed by it.
      Btw Heian commoners doesn't care about the no meat diet code, and they tend to live longer than the nobilities. This diet code started to fade in the Edo period, following the rise of the samurai class.

    • @dyllanfreiheit6330
      @dyllanfreiheit6330 4 роки тому +8

      Btw's btw: Although China brought Buddhist influence to Japan, it never had such a thing as no meat culture, though livestock meat was still limited in the higher class until 20th century. As a native Chinese, I think it's because China have way much territory and way much fertile farmlands than Japan does. These two cultures are kind of similar but also different and both charming in their own ways (I personally like kimono more than hanfu)

  • @jenniferglenn14
    @jenniferglenn14 4 роки тому +39

    The people who made ‘two girls, one cup’ also saw the importance of poop...
    Seriously though, always love your content so thank u. My mom is Japanese, born and raised, and I’m definitely going to order her that bokksu subscription for a gift. She’s always having our family in Japan send snacks so she will love it. The question is though, will she share? lol

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +10

      I've never watched that video, and never will 🤢
      I didn't share mine 🤤

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 4 роки тому

      If you're a that cultured individual, do you also know _2 kids 1 sandbox?_
      PS: to Linfamy and any empaths, watching this video is highly discouraged

    • @jenniferglenn14
      @jenniferglenn14 4 роки тому +2

      Linfamy Trust me, that’s a video I wish I could unsee.

    • @jenniferglenn14
      @jenniferglenn14 4 роки тому +1

      edi I haven’t seen it, but after the other video I’m too afraid to lol

  • @sarah3796
    @sarah3796 4 роки тому +6

    I wanna know the difference between rich and poor poop

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +3

      Alright fine. Rich poop was fat and greasy while poor poop was small, light, and lonely.
      See how hard I work for you :p

  • @cassandralyris4918
    @cassandralyris4918 3 роки тому +12

    This really changes the meaning of the phrase "Don't lose your shit".

  • @DonnaBarrHerself
    @DonnaBarrHerself 2 роки тому +9

    Victor Hugo would love this. He once paused in the middle of a novel to take a whole chapter raging about how Paris was throwing away its valuable rubbish while the fields starved.

  • @chibivesicle9612
    @chibivesicle9612 3 роки тому +11

    Loved the additional 'commentary' about the daimyo who really liked daikons. Great video about how a country with little arable land would need to be very aware of the impacts of over farming and use their resources as efficiently as possible.

  • @Miraihi
    @Miraihi 4 роки тому +29

    This is actually wonderful how the lack of farmable soil forces people to create more sustainable economy. We can learn a thing or two here.

  • @TheKenchanx
    @TheKenchanx 4 роки тому +24

    The word "Poop" sounds weird to me now.

    • @FBISHOJI
      @FBISHOJI 4 роки тому

      Just call it Shit

    • @nunusrandom7534
      @nunusrandom7534 4 роки тому +1

      @@FBISHOJI or call it like a childish weeb, "Unchi"

  • @ringlhach
    @ringlhach 4 роки тому +14

    I'm actually eating less snacks than I used to, mostly because my apartment doesn't have a vending machine and I tend to go grocery shopping as little as possible.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +2

      That's good for you. I'm eating more because of stocking up. Bad idea :P

  • @SomeOne-oh7cg
    @SomeOne-oh7cg 4 роки тому +19

    When u said “just like this UA-cam channel isn’t “ I felt that 😭

  • @ajawang2401
    @ajawang2401 4 роки тому +11

    “I’m talking about poop here. I can’t get distracted” 😂
    Script for this video is superior!

  • @dillonklasse4980
    @dillonklasse4980 4 роки тому +8

    So wait people stole poop? I didn't know turd burglars actually excited.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +4

      Turd burglars is a wonderful phrase.

    • @dennisshank2715
      @dennisshank2715 2 роки тому

      This puts a whole new twist on the statement " Getting your s**t stole".

  • @focariina
    @focariina 4 роки тому +11

    69 or 60 when I recount it the times you said poop and if I did get it right can i have the Nine-Tailed Fox?

  • @latoyathunderstar9585
    @latoyathunderstar9585 4 роки тому +12

    I wasn’t counting, but it was funny when you keep on saying ‘poop’. I’m sorry I was late to your Live.
    My guess is 30 times for today’s question.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +4

    Hey Linfamy, I loved the video, looking forward to your next upload

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w Рік тому +3

    11:07 “Seriously, Edo’s water system was excellent and they did it without the superior technology of their European friends. The reason it was so good was more than just poop collection but we’re talking about poop here so I can’t get distracted.”
    I’d actually really welcome a video about how and why Edo’s water system was so good or maybe the water system and the whole waste (aside from poop, that is) collection system, if there was one.

  • @mmangaboi_5355
    @mmangaboi_5355 4 роки тому +7

    There's no evidence that they flung poop. There's also no evidence they DIDN'T.
    -Linfamy 2020

  • @corcborc2547
    @corcborc2547 3 роки тому +3

    I cried when I heard bokksu because "bok" literally means "sh*t" and bokksu means "sh*tty" in my native language 😂

  • @denalaba1892
    @denalaba1892 3 роки тому +8

    Me: This topic is nasty
    Me after 13 mins: Still watching

  • @joseangeles8382
    @joseangeles8382 4 роки тому +5

    Pee collectors tried to disturb the income STREAM
    Oh mah gOodness you’re on rOle with these puns 🥴

  • @azanmanwar
    @azanmanwar 4 роки тому +9

    random thought
    since average height in japan during the edo period was 4'10 so samurais were really just midgets with swords
    like levi from aot

    • @medeaendor3706
      @medeaendor3706 4 роки тому

      But is that proven?

    • @azanmanwar
      @azanmanwar 4 роки тому

      @@medeaendor3706 its called a joke

    • @medeaendor3706
      @medeaendor3706 4 роки тому

      @@azanmanwar okay sorry, but maybe they really were that small I wouldn't ne surprised

    • @TheSlipperyNUwUdle
      @TheSlipperyNUwUdle 3 роки тому

      The average Japanese man of today was 5’7” so I could honestly believe that.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 3 роки тому

      I heard that when some Dutch traders visited a port once the local Japanese freaked out thinking that the giant red and blonde haired sailors were oni (like ogres) since they were so barbaric, filthy from months at sea, and stood over a foot taller then the locals.

  • @sonnytesla4452
    @sonnytesla4452 4 роки тому +8

    Oh god the puns! The hundreds of beautiful puns!
    Thank you Linfamy.

  • @GrayAvian
    @GrayAvian 4 роки тому +3

    57 times, 60 times if you include the three he said at the end card

  • @Sk0lzky
    @Sk0lzky 4 роки тому +3

    Well, most European cities (back in the "walled era" that is) used to have shit cleaners that made good buck selling manure of all kind, in some cases in addition to money from the townhall for cleaning the streets. They also had to live in the outskirts for obvious reasons lmao
    For some reason, though, by the XVIIIc. poop collectors became incredibly poor though and the already shitty trade became even less popular among the people who could find any other way of earning money - like begging and or becoming a professional murderer at the age of 9.

  • @drizzlemcnasty7733
    @drizzlemcnasty7733 4 роки тому +23

    Imagine a Daimyo just drunk and talking to his samurai or generals telling them that he told a peasant that I'm so important my literal shit is valued more than you.

    • @namedrop721
      @namedrop721 3 роки тому

      You can hear this in almost any customer service interaction in the modern era...

  • @themarshmellow4630
    @themarshmellow4630 3 роки тому +6

    “Guilds are also great for if you need a healer in your party”
    lol

  • @gnuman1841
    @gnuman1841 4 роки тому +8

    "There isn't any evidence that they didn't..."
    Therefore, by Feynmann's rule of nature, "Any thing that is not forbidden must happen"
    (the above 'quote' is a paraphrase from memory, not precise quote)

    • @the11382
      @the11382 3 роки тому

      Not how law works.

  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  4 роки тому +99

    How White Rice Mysteriously Threatened the Japanese Military and Caused a National Emergency: ua-cam.com/video/IzIBpFDRr5g/v-deo.html
    Please consider supporting the channel =)
    🔸PATREON (blog, art): www.patreon.com/Linfamy
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    • @lizzychang3834
      @lizzychang3834 4 роки тому +1

      First!!

    • @mrm6001
      @mrm6001 4 роки тому +1

      I'm guessing it was 58

    • @noodlesjineat5577
      @noodlesjineat5577 4 роки тому

      I think you said poop for 42 or 41

    • @noodlesjineat5577
      @noodlesjineat5577 4 роки тому

      OR 43

    • @area609joe2
      @area609joe2 4 роки тому +2

      Can’t wait to try your sponsor out. Just just trying and get KitKats from Japan is a mission. This might be an easier route.

  • @LouisPhung999
    @LouisPhung999 4 роки тому +8

    That explains why I’ve been seeing gold statues if these “commodities” in Japan.

  • @aihara2799
    @aihara2799 3 роки тому +4

    “Toilet paper god has abandoned this place”
    - Sakata Gintoki

  • @thunderwazp7653
    @thunderwazp7653 4 роки тому +9

    Answer: Too many times

  • @violetopal6264
    @violetopal6264 2 роки тому +4

    So many good lines in this video 😂
    Horses were walking around town like the world was their oyster and the street was their toilet.
    Twice something sky rocketed, unlike the channel.
    - My own take on that is it's weird it happened twice.

  • @jimbeam7636
    @jimbeam7636 3 роки тому +4

    The phrase "you stole my shit!" has a different meaning in the past...

  • @laudreport3798
    @laudreport3798 3 роки тому +4

    This channel is the shit❗Awesome, literally❗😣😄

  • @taiwan1895
    @taiwan1895 4 роки тому +3

    Great video! However, wouldn't the use of human waste as fertilizer have increased the risk of parasitic transmissions?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +4

      They usually kept it dry for a month before using, but yeah there's the risk of disease.

  • @sneakers_smh
    @sneakers_smh 3 роки тому +2

    I have a feeling he said "poop" around 55-56 times the entire video (yes I counted)

  • @grebnedlog6262
    @grebnedlog6262 4 роки тому +12

    Your daikon drama at 10:34 made me cry too.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +5

      Thank you. My genius often goes unappreciated 😥

    • @grebnedlog6262
      @grebnedlog6262 4 роки тому

      ​@@Linfamy Indeed it does, Disappointment.

    • @deanuemura8061
      @deanuemura8061 4 роки тому

      Agreed, but dai-cahn? You made me mad enough to lose my poop!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому

      @@deanuemura8061 is that not how you pronounce it? 🤔

    • @deanuemura8061
      @deanuemura8061 4 роки тому

      I can’t tell if you’re serious now. Your pronunciation of names has been really good so this took me by surprise.

  • @sophisticatedchaosgb
    @sophisticatedchaosgb 4 роки тому +11

    I love how I’m spending my Monday Listening to a man talk about Poop...

  • @shanedoesyoutube8001
    @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому +1

    If you think about it, modern Japan retains the night soil business just by getting people to pay for public toilet use. Am I wrong???

  • @danielderamus9573
    @danielderamus9573 4 роки тому +4

    I liked your FF7 nod on the finger pointers and sounds

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 4 роки тому +1

    From historybooks, I always thought that European cities were dirtiest during the MiddleAges.
    But that's completely untrue. Sure they were dirty but they were also relatively small compared to cities in the Industrial Age.
    When I read about London during the Industrial Revolution, I learned about The Big Stink. When the city was so foulsmelling that Parliament had large sheets drenched in bleach hanging from the windows to keep out the smell.
    London and the other big European cities during the Industrial Revolution must have been a hundred times worse than the mediëval cities. And of course, apart from the foul stench of poop and stuff, there were also the factories built right inside residential areas. That was because the workers had to have to get to work mostly on foot.

  • @vanokuda
    @vanokuda 4 роки тому +4

    Ah, yes
    Bon appetite
    Although, the title and preview weren't really misleading
    So, I guess it's my fault for watching it before dinner

  • @ANTSEMUT1
    @ANTSEMUT1 4 роки тому +3

    They could have reduced the smell through composting the night soil with leaves or straw.

  • @The_real_yuna
    @The_real_yuna 4 роки тому +4

    I wish I could sell my poop today to gain money to buy some merch

  • @jojos-here
    @jojos-here 4 роки тому +4

    Imagine telling what type of poop is richer... yeah couldn’t be me. 😬

  • @alexandrac.macarthur4785
    @alexandrac.macarthur4785 4 роки тому +8

    This is simply brilliant.

  • @tobitobi2493
    @tobitobi2493 3 роки тому +3

    10:34 im half listening while doing my skincare routine and look back just in time to see a daimyoXdaikon fanfiction-

  • @giabread
    @giabread 3 роки тому +3

    If I took a drink every time you said "poop" in this video I'd have alcohol poisoning by the end of it.

  • @turtled1775
    @turtled1775 3 роки тому +2

    1:14 "hey hey disappointment" "hey dad what's up" fatherly love at its prime

  • @ErikHare
    @ErikHare 4 роки тому +14

    I really like how you get the poop on history. These videos are so valuable. So it all makes sense.

  • @TheArchemman
    @TheArchemman 4 роки тому +2

    So back in the day, taking crap from the government was lucrative? 🤔🤨
    Although this video is full of s#+t, it very educational 😊👍
    Always enjoyed learning about Japan's crappy history 😄😄😄

  • @GhostDrewSenju
    @GhostDrewSenju 4 роки тому +9

    I guess I dont need to tell you where I'm watching this.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +2

      Does it help?

    • @GhostDrewSenju
      @GhostDrewSenju 4 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy surprisingly. Yes.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +3

      @@GhostDrewSenju 😅🤦‍♂️

  • @Sophia-wc9ys
    @Sophia-wc9ys 4 роки тому +2

    I kinda wanna know how do those people tell which poop is from the poor and which is from the rich lol

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +1

      So... apparently rich poop is big and fat. Poor poop is thin and sad.

    • @Sophia-wc9ys
      @Sophia-wc9ys 4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the info! Wait... didn’t you say you stoped reading the rest? How did you know???

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +1

      I read it just for you ;)

    • @Sophia-wc9ys
      @Sophia-wc9ys 4 роки тому +2

      That’s so nice of u!

  • @varad6540
    @varad6540 4 роки тому +7

    :0 another video :D can’t wait!

  • @gazepreyed
    @gazepreyed 4 роки тому +2

    Um Linfamy, I don't think condoms existed back then so I'm not sure what "protection" the sex-ed Daimyo would've been teaching.
    But man I wish I could turn my poop into money.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  4 роки тому +1

      Me too, me too

  • @phelyxz
    @phelyxz 3 роки тому +4

    This is such a bizarre and informative and at the same time funny video! Thank you and great work you do here!

  • @livelovelife32
    @livelovelife32 3 роки тому +1

    Me when I see the title: they STILL sell poop. It's just called fertilizer now...

  • @cecilchesley7406
    @cecilchesley7406 4 роки тому +4

    Sounds like the sod wars. That was some violence over a patch of dark soil

  • @stancer25
    @stancer25 3 роки тому +2

    The most poop puns I've seen in a video.🤣

  • @Borderose
    @Borderose 4 роки тому +3

    That's a lot of crap packed into one video.

  • @lolaseiss
    @lolaseiss 11 місяців тому +2

    With all this talk of rpg professions I’m amazed that not once have I seen a single one attempt to implement an option to have a night-soil guid party member join the group. All I want now is to be able to recruit a party member who is a healer and doesn’t give a shit without proper compensation and will take as much shit they can carry if they have the coin 🪙. They probably have high constitution stats and a resistance against any debuffs that come from sickness thanks to their boosted immune system 😂

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  11 місяців тому +1

      Bout time for some new professions.

  • @maxkim7937
    @maxkim7937 4 роки тому +3

    it's stuff like this that made me really appreciate the "poop" episode from desert punk when it was a thing

  • @Simon_Electric
    @Simon_Electric Рік тому +2

    When I'm finally able to purchase my house the first thing I am installing is a state of the art toilet with a heated seat and a jet to wash my ass. As silly as it may sound this is my first priority.😅

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +1

      A perfectly fine priority.

  • @joeywall4657
    @joeywall4657 4 роки тому +3

    You did an especially fantastic job with the illustrations and images for this video.

  • @georgemakrisstudios7361
    @georgemakrisstudios7361 4 роки тому +3

    linfamy: Time to speack about how was the poop economy in Japan
    me: hold up, wait a minute.
    my friend watching this wail in the bathroom thrying to take a shit: *visible frastasion*
    The entire 0-5: *surprised picachu face*
    SCP 049: I smell pestalens coming arrownd the corner
    Linfamy: Don't you mean poop sme-
    SCP 049: YOU DERE OPOSE ME MORTAL!!
    linfamy: *confewsed screaming*

  • @vishnurajagopalUHD
    @vishnurajagopalUHD 4 роки тому +3

    that story about daikon around 10:43 tho lmao

  • @Megat0n
    @Megat0n 3 роки тому +2

    Imagine how excited they would've been if they found out someone had diarrhea

  • @hulCAWmanianUniverse
    @hulCAWmanianUniverse 3 роки тому +3

    me eating...
    watches this video
    "interesting..."

  • @madame360
    @madame360 4 роки тому +64

    Laws against, “human waste, animal remains and *dead bodies* the usual things that end up on the streets” 🤣 lol.

  • @sunglassshinpan1352
    @sunglassshinpan1352 4 роки тому +3

    4:54, 熊本城、Kumamoto Castle
    Do I win a prize?

  • @ddesterrennacht
    @ddesterrennacht 3 роки тому +3

    Legend has it that linfamy is still hearting comments to this day