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  • @Qxir
    @Qxir  Рік тому +223

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    • @g_ninja
      @g_ninja Рік тому +5

      How did that Tournament go btw? I know you won but you haven’t talked about it, so I was just curious

    • @meinkamph5327
      @meinkamph5327 Рік тому

      Springfield has a lot too offer,
      dr. Seuss was born here, basketball was invented here, I live here.
      Please Please Please ! ! !

    • @Earlierfour
      @Earlierfour Рік тому +1

      @@g_ninja that's when you know he's a good youtuber he's not bragging that he won he's just doing what he wants

    • @mookinbabysealfurmittens
      @mookinbabysealfurmittens Рік тому

      💖

    • @mookinbabysealfurmittens
      @mookinbabysealfurmittens Рік тому

      You should stream on Twitch!

  • @douglasquinten3002
    @douglasquinten3002 Рік тому +1986

    Being from Detroit Michigan, was very happy to see you clarified why the Midwest is called as such. Not because i was mad, but because I didn’t know why it was called that either.

    • @Qxir
      @Qxir  Рік тому +403

      I genuinely have no clue how many people in America know or don't know this lol - no idea if it's common knowledge

    • @Childneglecter
      @Childneglecter Рік тому +131

      you live in detroit? im sorry bro

    • @theiaraine
      @theiaraine Рік тому +32

      @@Qxir It probably isn't. I didn't know it either and none of my family did.

    • @megakidicarus4647
      @megakidicarus4647 Рік тому +22

      It's one of those mundane-silly things one gets used to after not too long. I may have questioned it (and several things) in my early school years, but, like a lot of Jeopardy(TM) episodes, most often, I can answer less than 10% of questions about miscellaneous facts.

    • @cd5433
      @cd5433 Рік тому +4

      @@Qxir I didn’t know it until now

  • @brycealthoff8092
    @brycealthoff8092 Рік тому +330

    My childhood home was just down the road from the Farley, IA bomb site. As a rural farming community, we had never experienced anything like this. My dad forbid my sister and I from fetching the mail for weeks. He would open the mailbox himself with the help of a cane before jumping out of the way.

    • @adriftinglink
      @adriftinglink Рік тому +44

      That’s a dad of the year award right there.

    • @HPsawus
      @HPsawus Рік тому +27

      That’s a dad right there 👏👏

    • @sominboy2757
      @sominboy2757 11 місяців тому +5

      ​@@adriftinglink I lived less than mile from the Helders farm near Pine Island MN with my grandma at the time when I was 5. We had to go through a checkpoint during the manhunt

    • @RuinedItAgain
      @RuinedItAgain 4 місяці тому

      It's such a weird thing to do.
      I'm curious, did Americans lose any freedoms over this?
      Did any agency gain more power?
      How would a 21 year old burnout accomplish this alone with no outside guidance?

  • @Name-xs3bd
    @Name-xs3bd Рік тому +4779

    As an American I appreciate the segment where you explained why we call it the Midwest, but your initial explanation was far more accurate.

    • @Infernos94
      @Infernos94 Рік тому +124

      @@RinckStarr well i mean the video is also about Americans so thats probably why

    • @dutchvanderlinde2002
      @dutchvanderlinde2002 Рік тому +95

      @@RinckStarr what did you expect? Make a video about any country and someone from there is going to talk about being from there.

    • @legbert123
      @legbert123 Рік тому +48

      Also 75% of Qxirs videos are about us in some way so ya we comment.

    • @commenter9303
      @commenter9303 Рік тому +13

      ​@@RinckStarrYou really get them for any video which concerns one or another region, relax.

    • @babscabs1987
      @babscabs1987 Рік тому +17

      Mid West vs Middle East

  • @jamesmclemore9123
    @jamesmclemore9123 Рік тому +996

    Love how the Irishman was about to explain how to make a pipe bomb.

    • @cole009productions7
      @cole009productions7 Рік тому +102

      They explain car bombs better than how a professor explains their subjects

    • @stuartgmk
      @stuartgmk Рік тому +5

      ❤😂🇦🇺

    • @00Hundert
      @00Hundert Рік тому +28

      Tiocfaidh ár lá, mo dheartheáireacha

    • @fork2309
      @fork2309 Рік тому +40

      “come out ye black and tans”

    • @MarkPrice-gs9xh
      @MarkPrice-gs9xh Рік тому +2

      I see wat U did there

  • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
    @D44RK_Iced_Yogs Рік тому +2002

    I love how you sketched the smiley face killer and the bombing. Your videos are peak comedy and amazingly educational.

    • @Utonian21
      @Utonian21 Рік тому +11

      I mean, I don't think you'd find it as funny if you were one of the people who opened one of the mailboxes, but I understand your point

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Рік тому +6

      One of my favorites is the one about terrorists at a Scottish airport.
      YT suggested Qxir's vid about dying in a submarine. It hooked me, I shared it with my son and it hooked him.

    • @ThinBear4
      @ThinBear4 Рік тому +2

      @@mbryson2899 Yo, if you mean that video about sinking of USS Thresher, then that's how I found Qxir too. Thanks Mr. Algorithm 👍

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Рік тому +5

      @@ThinBear4 Yep, it was one of his "Last Moments" series. I bingewatched those, then "Tales Frim the Bottle," and the rest was history.

    • @harry_monk
      @harry_monk Рік тому +2

      @@mbryson2899 my fave is his take on the soldier who took a bunch of meth & was quote "tripping balls" as he skiid through an enemy encampment 🙃

  • @Mike.The.Jeweler
    @Mike.The.Jeweler Рік тому +537

    Driving on the right side of the road is also a historical hangover, we drive on the right side of the road because large produce wagons used to be pulled by teams of horses, and the horse driver would sit on the rear left most horse so his whip hand (right) could reach all of the horses in the team, and driving on the right side allowed them to judge distance from obsticles passing on the left easier.
    You guys across the pond drive on the left for similar reason, in the days of knights youd ride your horse on the left side to keep your sword side (right) towards passing traffic incase there was an enemy on the trail.
    So we drive on the right because we industrialized, you drive on the left incase you need to TALLY HO, STAND AND DELIVER someone.

    • @wrdwdwrd
      @wrdwdwrd Рік тому +64

      in addition, about 2/3 of the world pop. drives on the right and the main reason the other 1/3 doesn't is british colonialism

    • @rubberneckinc.8937
      @rubberneckinc.8937 Рік тому +18

      Thanks for sharing the groovy knowledge. I did not know why we right sided it. Thought it was just to be rude to the English doing it the other way. Typical Great Britainer acting like they do it the right way. (Qxir, not you) If I had my armor and I was on the wrong side of the road I'd show him

    • @pkwithmeplease
      @pkwithmeplease Рік тому +6

      Most under rated comment because it's true

    • @timhinchcliffe5372
      @timhinchcliffe5372 Рік тому +5

      Driving on the left is safer though, as most people are right eye dominant, it's easier to look down the line of traffic sitting in the right side seat.
      I read somewhere that a study pretty much proved it when a European country that switched from left to right (Sweden I think) had a higher rate of accidents... and that accounted for the initial transition period of drivers getting used to the change.

    • @timhinchcliffe5372
      @timhinchcliffe5372 Рік тому +1

      Maybe check your history... the UK was the first country to industrialise. Ireland was apart of the UK back then.

  • @gk4204
    @gk4204 Рік тому +762

    Lmao. I love how detailed the eyes were but the mouth was just a few dots. Great doodles as usual. Thank you for the great vid.

    • @JamesFromTexas
      @JamesFromTexas Рік тому +79

      Yeah, thankfully he decided to spread the smile out. Who knows how many he'd have to place to get a straight line?

    • @bubba99009
      @bubba99009 Рік тому +52

      Yea you could tell he was psyched in the beginning but then didn't really follow through on the execution - wonder if he would have even finished it if he hadn't been caught or would have just gotten bored and went home anyway.

    • @chucklebutt4470
      @chucklebutt4470 Рік тому +35

      @@bubba99009 I wonder if he started to feel remorse when he realized the actual harm it was causing? Maybe not. The bomb where he left the battery out makes me think so, a little bit.

    • @andymouse
      @andymouse Рік тому +1

      Doodles ? there works of art !

    • @gk4204
      @gk4204 Рік тому +4

      @@andymouse doodles was not meant as a disrespect. I 100% agree.

  • @jkangaroo
    @jkangaroo Рік тому +48

    I'm not sure what's more surprising... The fact this man is being held a mere 10-minute drive from where I used to live, or the fact there is a Federal Medical Center there and I've never even heard of it until I watched this video

  • @benmatsuda863
    @benmatsuda863 Рік тому +146

    Your art has improved so much over the years, thanks for doing what you do

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Рік тому +1

      True dat x(2)

  • @adamroberts5849
    @adamroberts5849 Рік тому +120

    “SEGMENT REMOVED FOLLOWING LEGAL ADVICE” had me laughing literally out loud. Love the videos man

  • @HECKproductions
    @HECKproductions Рік тому +84

    honestly the amount of comittment and work is commendable
    imagine someone would make that much of an effort for something good and useful

    • @TheLakabanzaichrg
      @TheLakabanzaichrg Рік тому +23

      Don'tbe so hard on Qxir mate

    • @randomtinypotatocried
      @randomtinypotatocried Рік тому +5

      @@TheLakabanzaichrg I hate how I laughed at your comment. Thanks OP I needed that after a rough day

    • @TheLakabanzaichrg
      @TheLakabanzaichrg Рік тому +4

      @@randomtinypotatocried you're welcome man, hope today went better

  • @blackflyingfox3365
    @blackflyingfox3365 Рік тому +673

    How do you find all these weird and strange true crime stories? I like them. The more bizarre the better.

    • @robokid20001
      @robokid20001 Рік тому +48

      I'd imagine now that he's a bigger channel, he gets people emailing him interesting stories all the time.

    • @TOXWORKS
      @TOXWORKS Рік тому +40

      he used to use a list in wikipedia of uncommon events but he probably has more sources now

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Рік тому

      Athefumen

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk Рік тому

      I call it the Mid-East. If the east coast elites are wrong, I'll be wrong too.

    • @Wulfjager
      @Wulfjager Рік тому +21

      ​@@hicknopunk don't tell us 'muricans that we have the middle east in the US, we'll start oil drilling in all our national parks lmao

  • @JOE_THE_ACCURSED
    @JOE_THE_ACCURSED Рік тому +131

    This is literally the best entertainment I could of hoped for on a Friday night. Thank you.

    • @arthurnaut-1
      @arthurnaut-1 Рік тому

      SAME

    • @arthurnaut-1
      @arthurnaut-1 Рік тому

      I was already in a good mood because school's out but Qxir uploaded so now its better.

  • @jonofthehill
    @jonofthehill Рік тому +245

    Born in Kansas, raised in Illinois, came to age in Iowa, and i never even thought of why we were called the mid-west.
    Surprised to find this plot for a bombing spree that I also had never heard of (during that time period we mostly worried about school shootings, just as today) but my main take from the video is why my stomping ground is called 'The Midwest.' I don't know whether that is unfortunate or ironic but thank you for the info.
    I'm glad the guy didn't kill anyone at least, most crazy Jokers in our U S of A do a lot worse.
    Guns and bombs are cool and fun to play with, but only when the are directed at NOT PEOPLE.

    • @Seppes94
      @Seppes94 Рік тому +9

      I'd like to point out, that you highlighted school shootings as a passing period and added context for future generations. Let's hope your viewpoint prevails and this mess is viewed as an oddity by future history students.

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 Рік тому +3

      Plus, they are good for instant Darwin award delivery

    • @JonathanBell-xl4dl
      @JonathanBell-xl4dl Рік тому

      or when the military uses them on people the government doesn't like.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts Рік тому +2

      You might want to add "when they're directed at NOT ANIMALS, BIRDS, OR OTHER WILDLIFE" too.

  • @josephattwell1006
    @josephattwell1006 Рік тому +187

    I wonder how the police found the bombs in the mailboxes before they could detonate.

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna Рік тому +106

      "STOP, IN THE NAME OF THE LAW! SURPRISE MAILBOX INSPECTION!"

    • @JamesFromTexas
      @JamesFromTexas Рік тому +89

      Failure to detonate for some, cautiously opening the box for at least one.

    • @drno62
      @drno62 Рік тому +42

      I'd imagine word would get out fairly quickly after two went off

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan Рік тому

      You see something suspicious, like wires where they shouldn't be, you call the police and report a bomb.
      At least, that's how it is in the UK because of the IRA. And, later, islamic terror, and now the IRA once again because apparently someone let them out.
      America is INCREDIBLY lax about actual security despite their love of security theater, so god knows how they actually found it. Maybe the trigger was faulty.

    • @jamesb.9155
      @jamesb.9155 Рік тому +12

      Superman's X-ray vision.

  • @dawsonpierce263
    @dawsonpierce263 Рік тому +33

    As an Iowan, our state only gets known for the having the first primaries in the presidential election, having tons of insurance companies, large amounts of farms, and crazy people who do insane things like this.

    • @rubberneckinc.8937
      @rubberneckinc.8937 Рік тому +1

      Very true Mr. Iowa. (If Dawson is a ladies name I apologize.) Being an average grumpy American I was aware of the first ones but not so much that you have the crazies too. I mean I assumed as much it being a state & all that. I have been to Iowa. It's nice if empty-ish. (Well where I passed thru anyway)

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Рік тому +5

      Iowa? Congratulations on finally getting the internet! What kind of dialup is it?

    • @ct6502-c7w
      @ct6502-c7w 16 днів тому

      I thought it was for corn 🌽 🤔

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Рік тому +22

    Planting Smiley Bomb is something you would see in GTA parody world

    • @thryi
      @thryi Рік тому +2

      I swear, your one whitty comment bot lol

    • @lonesome3958
      @lonesome3958 Рік тому

      WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE AHHHHHHH

  • @shaunwalsh8993
    @shaunwalsh8993 Рік тому +5

    As a Midwesterner I'm so glad you clarified that at the end. I am also glad I didn't rush to the comments and say that before finishing the end of the video

    • @dezznutz3743
      @dezznutz3743 Рік тому

      I did anyways to make fun of all our fellow uneducated American idiots who didnt know.

  • @Mike-eo5jk
    @Mike-eo5jk Рік тому +47

    As a Michigander, nice explanation of the Midwest. Here's a tidbit - the University of Michigan's fight song "The Victors", written in 1898 has a line "Champions of the West", when there wasn't much past the Mississippi! Cheers!

  • @TheMasonX23
    @TheMasonX23 Рік тому +11

    As a Midwesterner, I appreciate the Midwest etymology lesson and taking back what you said about us being bad at directions haha

  • @adenkyramud5005
    @adenkyramud5005 Рік тому +8

    Really fucken rough time right now, flood of old memories and emotions overloading my brain. So this vid is perfectly timed... Thanks man, helps distracting me.

  • @gmodplayerxd6886
    @gmodplayerxd6886 Рік тому +12

    Poor mailmen. First they get attacked by dogs, cats, robbers and now bombs.

  • @caramelsensation6943
    @caramelsensation6943 Рік тому +34

    As a fellow Irishman I love your videos, my only wish is that you don't fall into the routine of rehashing stories that have already had a tonne of videos done on them, your record so far is impeccable, love your content and don't be afraid to do that serious selfie cam thing as well as the animation, refreshing content

  • @MeyerBen27
    @MeyerBen27 Рік тому +4

    5:33 This... Is a masterpiece of art. I would get this tattooed (stylized a little differently but a DAMN good outline/jumpoff point), and I bet GOOD money Qxir had drawn tattoos for himself and or friends!

  • @NotATF.
    @NotATF. Рік тому +55

    I love these videos it’s always a good day when qxir uploads

  • @MikinessAnalog
    @MikinessAnalog Рік тому +12

    Hats off to those that educated Qxir.
    As a Japanese citizen, Qxir posts fast you most likely will not uncover without deepdives.
    Big hugz from Fukuoka, Kyushu.

  • @Wulfjager
    @Wulfjager Рік тому +34

    Can't believe, as an Idahoan, I had to get an Irishman to tell me why the folks to my east call themselves Midwesterners. Thanks for the info fellow potato lover

  • @MeyerBen27
    @MeyerBen27 Рік тому +5

    4:45 "SADGASM" is the DOPEST name for a grunge band I ever heard. I gotta catch up on my classic Simpsons! Def haven't seen em all lol

  • @shiftbloxx1076
    @shiftbloxx1076 Рік тому +11

    My favorite channel where I can mindlessy watch videos of these facts instead of doing my essays

  • @TrickiVicBB71
    @TrickiVicBB71 Рік тому +3

    you always manage to find stories people don't or rarely hear about. first time i heard about this Smiley Face Bomber

  • @scarletcrusader5431
    @scarletcrusader5431 Рік тому +56

    Been subbed since your first few vids and have caught every single upload. You've come so far in terms of viewership and content quality! The road to 1 mil is almost complete, keep up the stupendous work you Cretin!

    • @SvdSinner
      @SvdSinner Рік тому +3

      Nice to see that I'm not the only old-timer waiting for the 1M mark.

    • @scarletcrusader5431
      @scarletcrusader5431 Рік тому +1

      @@SvdSinner It's insane it's been 5 years of Qxir already

  • @AndrewB-s2m
    @AndrewB-s2m Рік тому +6

    Holy cow. I attended UW Stout the same year that all happened. I had completely forgotten about that until I saw the graphic for the video and it all came flooding back. It was the talk of the campus. I do enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

    • @LifelessRyan
      @LifelessRyan Рік тому

      currently attending UW-Stout and just learning about this

    • @AndrewB-s2m
      @AndrewB-s2m Рік тому +1

      @@LifelessRyan
      Yeah, there was very little information known to the students at the time. All we really knew was that he was suspected of bombings and the authorities searched his apartment. Keep in mind, the school year started with 9/11, so it was kind of scary and seeming like the world was coming apart.

    • @KeesGardenExperience
      @KeesGardenExperience 10 місяців тому

      I also started uw-stout and actually met Luke, the bomber at a house party. We had an interesting conversation, he asked for my number and called to ask me to coffee. I didn’t return his call, never saw him again. It wasn’t long after that I was visiting my parents and my mom yelled, “hey did you know this kid?” My stomach dropped. Whenever I hear of his story it just creeps me out.

  • @taylor22222222
    @taylor22222222 Рік тому +7

    @6:20 you almost broke me with prior comments about the geographical location and it's namesake lol

  • @MadScientist267
    @MadScientist267 Рік тому +1

    I for one greatly appreciated the in depth how to there... The all important inner most workings are so often overlooked.

  • @sgtbender1335
    @sgtbender1335 Рік тому +7

    Your explanation of the Midwest had me in stitches 😂👍
    Also, "... because it's the RIGHT side, as opposed to the WRONG side." 🤣

    • @h2.t2
      @h2.t2 Рік тому

      its because they didnt want to name it because arabs live in MIDEAST!!!

    • @mchanna06
      @mchanna06 9 місяців тому

      It is the right side, a majority of countries drive on the right side of the road.

  • @jsshambaugh
    @jsshambaugh Рік тому +1

    I saw the one in Morrisons Il go off. From fleldmen rd. across a corn field at a friend's house when i was 15. Every one in town was opening mail boxes with broom handles and pull strings for weeks. Marilyn was my mail lady and it realy mangled her arm up. She was the best mail carrier we ever had.

  • @aron7973
    @aron7973 Рік тому +14

    Lmaoooo at the Anthony Fantano drawing at 5:03

  • @makkus_
    @makkus_ Рік тому +9

    As a Midwesterner thank you for the full explanation, but admittedly I liked the first explanation better 😂

  • @MrNaleIt
    @MrNaleIt Рік тому +3

    as a midwesterner, I appreciate you taking the time to explore my heritage

  • @adasworld1597
    @adasworld1597 Рік тому +51

    He took "Theres a pipe bomb in your mailbox." to a whole other level 💀

  • @BrandoInIowa
    @BrandoInIowa Рік тому

    I grew up in Tipton iowa and vividly remember this happening and how the community felt afterwards, for small towns things like this leave either no effect and is quickly forgotten or a lasting effect and this one stuck around

  • @thatfroggie
    @thatfroggie Рік тому +23

    Over the last week or so you’ve become one of my favorite UA-camrs
    Great bits, great drawings, morbidly fascinating stories literally every week

  • @thelvadam2884
    @thelvadam2884 Рік тому +9

    That Jesus part killed me xD
    I couldn't stop laughing my ass off

  • @miel1074
    @miel1074 Рік тому +7

    Since we’re on the subject of “tank you’s” ….tank you for putting out such great content!

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 Рік тому

    I had cataract surgery done and missed seeing your video. I had to catch up. Thanks for a wonderful lesson in history.

  • @brothazoot
    @brothazoot Рік тому +5

    Thanks for always dropping interesting content. Genuinely appreciate your storytelling.

  • @justinwilcox6853
    @justinwilcox6853 Рік тому +1

    On my 4 hour drive from Providence to NJ today, I exclusively listened to Qxir.

  • @harry_monk
    @harry_monk Рік тому +17

    Dude I think your artwork is #1, very clever man. 🎉

  • @alm5992
    @alm5992 Рік тому +2

    That is the happiest grunger I have ever seen. Usually we don't smile.

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Рік тому

      Still had all of his teeth

  • @jemrawc
    @jemrawc Рік тому +6

    Yet another awesome video, thank you! And I did learn something so thought I’d share. I live in an Ontario city that shares a border with the state of Michigan. Until watching this video I never knew or understood why Michigan was considered to be Midwest. Plus I’d never heard of this smiley face bomber before either. So this was a win win for me! Thank you,
    ❤ from Shannon in Canada 🇨🇦

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Рік тому

      Me either...Joel from Tucson.

  • @carsonclashed8860
    @carsonclashed8860 Рік тому +6

    Honestly props to the police for detecting so many of them. It’s impressive they helped this much in having no one die

  • @animationsanimations2177
    @animationsanimations2177 Рік тому +17

    Love your videos and cant wait for more

  • @nateupton7065
    @nateupton7065 Рік тому

    As a resident of iowa for my 20 years of life I never knew this happened here. Thann you qxir

  • @AidenRKrone
    @AidenRKrone Рік тому +5

    Before the perpetrator was revealed, I was sure that it was a team of people, rather than one person - and a college student, no less. I'm surprised Helder was able to cover all that ground by himself.

  • @yellowteethvillage8671
    @yellowteethvillage8671 9 місяців тому

    as a midwesterner that travels a lot, its crazy hearing all these town names and going "hey, ive been there"

  • @toad6417
    @toad6417 Рік тому +17

    Subbed a few days ago. Your content is endlessly entertaining, even if the video title doesnt seem like my cup of tea

  • @cainmathewson1857
    @cainmathewson1857 Рік тому +2

    Lol the rest of the world just can't get past that old "driving on the right side of the road" bit. Its kinda funny. Great video, again. I really do love these

  • @corngreaterthanwheat
    @corngreaterthanwheat Рік тому +45

    As a midwesterner, thank you for not taking all the piss out of us.

    • @Web720
      @Web720 Рік тому +2

      Corn.

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng Рік тому +1

      Cleveland

    • @dezznutz3743
      @dezznutz3743 Рік тому

      For what? Why would he, hes a Brit! He no better off (READ: WORSE) than anyone in the MidWest, save for Chicogans and those still left in Detroit.

  • @JaCrispy3060
    @JaCrispy3060 Рік тому

    Thank you for explaining the midwest

  • @Squishy_yhsiuqS
    @Squishy_yhsiuqS Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much for including subtitles in your videos by the way, I appreciate it a lot

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 Рік тому +5

    3:55 bro that’s the craziest shotgun I’ve ever seen. It’s like if you mashed an mp18 with a mas and gave it a shotgun tube and barrel. I don’t know what to say other than I want one

    • @CJMapping
      @CJMapping Рік тому +1

      It’s from fortnite

  • @openthinker6562
    @openthinker6562 Рік тому +33

    This is oddly timed… because I just read a manga story involving a fictional arsonist who set fires in the city of Tokyo in the shape of the character “火”, which translates to the word “Fire”. I didn’t know that something like this happened irl, but in the US.
    (For those wondering, it’s the “Detective Conan” manga series, which is actually a really good mystery series running since the 1990’s, I highly recommend it!)

    • @gustiwidyanta5492
      @gustiwidyanta5492 Рік тому

      What episode are you on?
      I'm just waiting for the fucking thing to end lmfao

    • @yesno8273
      @yesno8273 Рік тому

      i think detective conan also holds the title for most filler episode lmao, i just wish i can see the ending before i die

  • @benb9151
    @benb9151 Рік тому +2

    6:13 Qxir enjoyed researching the Midwest so much he had to make content about it

  • @Eggboi3000
    @Eggboi3000 Рік тому +60

    God I love this channel.

  • @steamrailwilly
    @steamrailwilly Рік тому +2

    Holy Moly! I grew up in Albion Nebraska, and I never knew that a bomb was found here. Strange what you can learn about your hometown from the internet.

  • @backslash_iii
    @backslash_iii Рік тому +3

    Historical hangover is also why when people refer to "The South", what they really mean is the southeastern part of the US.

  • @GlitchedBlox
    @GlitchedBlox Рік тому +1

    Bombings: "Horrible, why would someone even do this?"
    Bombings in the shape of something: "Awesome, great work of art."

  • @Choppytehbear1337
    @Choppytehbear1337 Рік тому +3

    2:32 My grandparents and some of my Aunts and Uncles live in Albion. They never talked about it, so I assume none of them were the intended victims. But Albion has a population of less than 2000 people, so there is a good chance that one of them could have been a victim.

  • @MDries-se8uw
    @MDries-se8uw Рік тому +1

    One of the best channels on UA-cam. Always a delight to see, that you uploaded

  • @Just-Pebbles
    @Just-Pebbles Рік тому +16

    Great video, entertaining and educational.

  • @MahlonMiller
    @MahlonMiller Рік тому

    I went to elementary school in Anamosa, Iowa in the early 2000s. I never expected i'd hear that town mentioned in a Qxir video.

  • @PHANTOMS969
    @PHANTOMS969 Рік тому +6

    Love your videos

  • @RussDoesStuff99
    @RussDoesStuff99 Рік тому

    Qxir puts in so much work i would watch this on tv

  • @gunther482
    @gunther482 Рік тому +2

    I grew up in Eastern Iowa around 20 minutes from where two or three of the bombings were and people were terrified of it. My mom would not let my brother or I check the mail (I was around 10 at the time) and my dad would stand to the side of the mail box and open it with a five foot old iron hook he found in the barn.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Рік тому +14

    I feel like motivating your acts of violence with freedoms of the people being restricted by the government, and then proceeding to exclusively target the common people and seemingly nobody actually affiliated directly with the government, is kind of defeating the point, is it not?

    • @SydneyCarton2085
      @SydneyCarton2085 Рік тому +1

      This is literally every mass gunman. Why do they always target children and randos instead of those who they claim are responsible for their rage?

  • @sominboy2757
    @sominboy2757 11 місяців тому

    I lived as a child with my grandma near the Helders home in Southeastern Minnesota at the time. We had to go through a police checkpoint every time going in and out of Rochester during the manhunt and county sheriffs went door to door handing out wanted posters of Helder in the trailer park we lived in

  • @LucasIsHereYT
    @LucasIsHereYT Рік тому +5

    As a lifelong Nebraska resident, I wonder why the jackass who planted those bombs did so in small nowhere towns. Even if they didn't want to do it in big cities, do it in larger but still small cities like Wayne or Grand Island or David City or some shit, not Seward.

  • @dirtybeanwater6935
    @dirtybeanwater6935 Рік тому

    I never thought my home town of Salida, CO (a town of ~5000) would be mentioned on this channel.

  • @BobbyOfEarth
    @BobbyOfEarth Рік тому +7

    I had to crack the fuk up at 1:24... lol

  • @bawdydog176
    @bawdydog176 Рік тому

    I heartily recommend watching more Qxir videos!

  • @buzzlightyearpfp7641
    @buzzlightyearpfp7641 Рік тому +6

    The level of planning and resources needed for this is acrually supervillain levels

  • @Alwaysoutdoorsbushcraft
    @Alwaysoutdoorsbushcraft Рік тому +1

    I always crack my first bottle on Friday while watching tales from the bottle, wish there was one for every other day of the week

  • @spider.jasper
    @spider.jasper Рік тому +5

    glaggle bomb

  • @xybalba
    @xybalba Рік тому

    Just binged the entirety of this series in two days. Phenomenal work! I'm glad to be one of the subscribers in your journey to one million. Look forward to watching them as they're released but for now on to your other videos and QXIR2.

  • @simonhull1042
    @simonhull1042 Рік тому

    I actually live south of Hastings, NE, (moved here a year ago) and I’m also familiar with Columbus and Davenport. The area just southwest of the city used to be a huge naval ammunition depot, (now closed) but is still largely owned by the government. I can imagine how scary that might’ve been, given the government property

  • @gremlinaa
    @gremlinaa Рік тому +6

    0:20 how joyous 🙂

  • @mrichards4724
    @mrichards4724 Рік тому +1

    Been on board with the channel since about 300k subs. Stoked you're getting close to the 1mil mark. Keep at it mate, your vids are awesome 👌
    Cheers from Sydney, Australia.

  • @koffiewolf
    @koffiewolf Рік тому +6

    1:48 what is it with blowing up random people to make a political point

  • @moonspots01
    @moonspots01 Рік тому +1

    I was wondering about this recently. I remember when it happened and was intrigued by how crazy it seemed. But I never heard what happened to the culprit. Thanks for filling that gap of knowledge in my mind.

  • @satanresurrectedgaming7765
    @satanresurrectedgaming7765 Рік тому +3

    00:30 ha!

  • @Bawamba
    @Bawamba Рік тому +2

    Thanks for another top story :) MY favorite is still the soldier on drugs and the painting you did for it. Remember when you uploaded it, hadnt laughed like that for long! Keep it up man :)

    • @happylightvibes2837
      @happylightvibes2837 Рік тому

      My favourite is the Mexican who fought off the cartel from inside his house.

  • @cupgunner
    @cupgunner Рік тому +4

    wtf glaggleland no.......

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg Рік тому

    Getting close to that million subs! Proud of you qxir!

  • @YuriVelcroripper
    @YuriVelcroripper Рік тому +3

    0:49 one of my great×6 Grandfather's was Julien Dubuque, the first white dude, with the native's blessing, to start a community in the Dubuque, Iowa region. The economy centered around a lead mine supplying everyone in the region:The natives, France, Spain, Britain, and then the U.S. after the Louisiana purchase. He was a total Libertarian Chad, who was dope as fuck. So dope the local native chief gave Juilien his daughter. Qxir study my grandpa plzzzz🙏

  • @MeyerBen27
    @MeyerBen27 Рік тому +1

    Bruh... Anyone capable of building dozens of pipe bombs, driving all across America planting said bombs all while avoiding detection, is definitely competent to stand trial, smh.

  • @flamingrice7227
    @flamingrice7227 Рік тому +7

    5:31 as a Christian i fans that hilarious

    • @lochlanmuir2291
      @lochlanmuir2291 3 місяці тому

      *find

    • @lochlanmuir2291
      @lochlanmuir2291 3 місяці тому +1

      I’m Christian. I find that pretty offensive. God doesn’t kill people. He cares for us and loves us very much. No matter what we believe in or what we do, Christ loves us.

    • @JamiwHalbeiw
      @JamiwHalbeiw 11 днів тому

      ​@@lochlanmuir2291 then how do you explain the peoplegod killed?

  • @TheReaperAwaits1337
    @TheReaperAwaits1337 Рік тому +1

    “It’s called trolling, we do a bit of trolling”
    -Luke Helder

  • @ADBBuild
    @ADBBuild Рік тому +8

    0:30 Aaaaaaand DEMONETIZED!

  • @teaburg
    @teaburg Рік тому

    Thank you for explaining the midWest. I'd heard the term, even recently, but that isn't where I thought it was.