Texas' Embassy in Washington DC
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Actually texas did not have an embassy but a lega-
You had 60 likes at the beginning of the vid and at the end you had 152
wOw I have the most liked reply to the most liked comment for this vid ima add that to my cv
219 likes
Noah Americans will use video length as a measurement to keep away from the metric system.
FINISH THE SENTENCE
Noah And now, 10 minutes later it is over 500
Mexico: "I didn't lose, I merely failed to win!"
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy
I get that reference.
Accurate portrayal of Britain 1783, US 1973 and USSR 1989
I like the OverSimplified reference, good one!
US in Vietnam
WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!
Sooo… This video was just:
"Texas had an Embassy in the US back when it was still a sovereign country."
Welcome to HAI, enjoy your stay
No this video was "Texas had a legation in the US back when it was still a sovereign country but I'm going to call it an Embassy because no one knows what a legation is"
No, there's also a Skill Share Ad.
Yeah right? I thought Texas still had an embassy in D.C. today for some strange historical reason...
It’s half interesting ain’t it
2:52
*slowly deletes entire comment*
Noice
Lol
The American government in a nutshell
I laughed way too hard at the “expelled a bunch of Native Americans which was just a ripoff of the U.S. policy” joke
The us just ripped off the Spanish and British with that
umop apIsdn Why can’t these countries be creative🤦🏽♂️ so unoriginal😂
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 Britain just removed them because they were trespassing on British territories. So natives had to go to somewhere that British people wouldn't like, such as Nevada or New Mexico. Natives should have asked Britain for permission :-]]]
@@brazeiar9672 that joke will not age well
@Lenny Mill America itself will not age well.
As a Mexican, I can confirm that we still have really important stuff to do, but once we're finished, we're coming for you, Texas!
They made a new wall for you to climb on. Very nice of them I think. Mexicans look like good climbers ;)
Well, the USA military has advanced since those days
@@wigglebot2368 Literally even the Somalian military has advanced since then you plank.
Better control all those drug cartels!
😂
A French legation was built in Austin in 1841. Still stands today.
i visited there a few months ago and i have to say the view of the capitol is astonishing
55 Days in Austin (iykyk)
I'd totally click on a HAI video titled "Texas' Legation in Washington DC", mainly to find out what a legation is. Is is some kind of brick?
The slogan could be: "If you're looking for a brick that's fancier than it is strong, the Legation Brick is just right for you!"
Still waiting for the brick video...
Fun fact, most embassies in Washington DC today are still located in different buildings across the city. Embassies are groups of people, not buildings. The headquarters building of an embassy is called a chancery.
Legations are likewise the people of a diplomatic mission, but ranked as second-rate compared to embassies which originally would only be sent between major kingdoms. The rise of the US and France as republic great powers broke down this hierarchy over the next century.
The last legation to exist was the Swedish one to South Africa, who had suspended their diplomatic developments to ZA in protest of apartheid until that broke down in 1994.
The Texas Embassy in London is a "TexMex" restaurant.
Wait is this fr?
@@samgibson7218 Yes, sort of. As a Texican ('cuz I'm a Texi-can, not a Texi-can't!) who lived in the UK for 15 years on active military service and is married to a lovely English rose, I can tell you that I have had many a, well, uh, hmm...mediocre TexMex meal at the Texas Embassy in London. Yes, there was a Texas Embassy in the UK. No, the restaurant that is now the Texas Embassy is not in the actual building that the real one was. But, whatchagonna do? It's as close as you are going to get without putting the brisket on the bbq at 5am yourself. ;-)
What’s the name of it?
@@eliasmaier6988 See comment above yours.
TexMex is Jesus.
Texas: I want to be a US state
US: no
Some time later
US: *hippity hoppity this is now my property*
Texas: Aight
Didn't Texas ask to be annexed?
Well Texas had oil so of course we wanted it!
@Timothy Two well Alaska was bought so 2 states that weren't annexed
The part about Mexico taking the time off. It seems many times Mexico once again took the time to concentrate on Texas that things did not go the way the Texans would have liked. If Texas had not become a US state more then likely Mexico would have taken control once again. In the end, the US more then likely knew Texas would become a state. After all, it was full of US citizens that had settled there for the free land.
I was literally watching Binging with Babish before watching this video. Stop reading my mind.
recently he has been like half of my recommended
I watched him this morning
Same lol
@@bracco23 dont forget to stabilize it with "american" cheese!
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
I only know what a legation is because of the 80s sci-fi series ‘V’.
Amazing TV series. The remake was awful
@@tezzingtonsir28 Well, the original series was not that great either. But the original mini-series(es?) were pretty good.
@@frankswarbrick7562 I was quite young and it made an impact on me. I remember the TV series. Not sure I know the mini series or vice versa. It was very visceral for my tiny little mind. The mice eating and all.
As an Irishman myself I would like to say that a war between the North and South has never happened... well at least not this year... I think
I hope..... Please
I am the other type of Irish man and can confirm the undesirables have behaved for at least a year!
2020.. Still seven months to go, juste wait.
@@manhoosnick Well Ireland (South) is neutral and has been since independence. Ireland has a military but it's mostly just infantry troops, a navy more like the US coastguard with just patrol ships no missiles, and an air force with just some helicopters and transports. Air defence is done by the UK. In practice Ireland only maintains an army so it can contribute to peacekeeping operations overseas with the UN.
Michael Kidd I’m the other type of Irishman again, and I say in the words of the late Rev. Paisley “ I say if they don’t behave themselves in the south, there will be shots across the border”
Edit: I’m only sleggin, I suppose from the outside some may see it as a type of proxy war, with the free state providing sanctuary for provos to run across the border after attacks, and loyalist incursions into Monaghan and of course the Glenanne gangs bombings of Monaghan and Dublin, and the supposed involvement of British intelligence with the Mid Ulster UVF(Glenanne gang) also the very real likelihood there was of a potential conflict of the IRA and Carson’s UVF over home rule, but then of course it was all Ireland at that stage before partition.
I live in Austin Texas. Been in Texas 2/3 of my life. Never seen that "rip-off" flag before.
But according to a quick Google search it's the Texas Navy flag not the national flag.
Just FYI.
BRB while I Google my own flag :p
I thought he kept showing the Liberian flag 🥴
@@kayzeaza he was
@@daikolirae155 no it the Texas flag from when it was independent
@@LukeLopez-Adventures1776 no it ain't nigga
"Welcome to Binging with Babish where this week I'll be making Wendover Production's Airplane Food."
i would watch that
Someone please tag Andrew Rea
LMAO
Half of interesting makes everything twice as interesting
So just interesting?
@@BeastinlosersHD yes. They should change the channel name to "interesting"
It's called Half As Interesting because it's the normal amount of interesting but it's half as long
Mexico: "oh we lose this empty lands what is the worse that can happen"
EEUU: *Discovers oil*
Bilingual joke O_O
Why is the USA called EEUU??? It's called the Estados Unidos, not the Estados Estados Unidos Unidos. Edit: I looked it up. The doubling of the Es and Us makes it into a plural. That is possibly the maddest stuff I've ever heard. Unbelievable
Juicy Boi, Spanish abbreviations do work that way. In French the US is just EU. Also in French the EU is UE. Fun with Romance languages!
Actually it was the California goldrush discovered in 49. Nobody cared about oil.
@@OHYS also because Mexico's full name (translated from Spanish to English) is "The United Mexican States", and the initials in Spanish are EUM. Easier to do "EEUU" to distinguish the USA than EUM and EUA I guess.
Texas: _Being unique since the cowboy days_
So help him
Abel Schröder it’s a challenge lol
@@AidanJ___ you don't need to ask people for subs you just have to force your people get a youtube account and subscribe to you. Then you have at least 28 subs
they apparently also have the ability to explode into 5 states without having to ask the US Government
"and they started to expel native americans which was a rip off of the US's policy" LMAO
*_"tHeY DiDn'T HaVe a CoUnTrY" - some american_*
The Mexican government handed out land grants for free to use the settlers as a literal meat sheild from the native Americans in the plains, because the Mexican army was unable to prevent tribes like the Comanche who were experts at horseback warfare, from going and progressing farther down into Mexico were they would torture kill and rape homesteads to expel people. Super interesting stuff that's highly documented that some politicians deemed not necessary to be apart of schools curriculum.
I mean the us ripped off Great Britain with that
@@KanyeTheGayFish69Which Great Britain in turn ripped off from Spain and Portugal.
And Spain and Portugal stole their ideas from the Arabs, the Romans, and the Phoenicians among othersm
Half As Interesting: "I'm gonna watch Binging With Babish"
Did he just break the 4th wall?
Ghostlurker
What?
“Geez Rick, I don’t like how meta this is getting...”
You betcha. He's broken the 12th wall minimum by this point.
4th wall only works in fiction.
If you knew what the 4th wall was, you could’ve made a funny joke.
US : "You can't become a state"
Also US: proceeds to annex Texas
They couldn't figure out where the cowboys were going to play without texas.
They had to balance space and free states
James K. Polk was a great President
@@bumface8350 No he wasn't. Polk was a terrible president who waged war at his pleasure and sacrificed American lives for the sake of manifest destiny.
@@dj13dj_official Just like FDR when he sacrificed American lives at Pearl Harbor. 😁
The building in London that was the former Texas Legation (i.e. 'embassy') in St. James' Place is now a posh wine shop, there is a small brass plaque on the
4:03 😂 The joke itself + the delivery on “that would never happen” is just hilarious
Just for your information, the flag with 13 stripes, the field of blue with a single star in the upper corner was the Texas "naval" flag flown by the Republic of Texas naval ships, not the State of Texas flag.
It also looks way too similar to the Liberian flag 🇱🇷
@@k-isfor-kristina
The Liberian flag was not adopted and did not exist until late 1847.
I messed with Texas once. It asked politely "Don't."
Texas: Has slaves
Mexico: No
The US : No, buuut
Mexico: Still has slaves
I mean Mexico didn't really care, it made them money
@Angel Navarro it was more the Mexican government wanted to commit Genicide on all of the Texans
@Angel Navarro that's the next war; we are talking the first war Texas had.
Angel Navarro Why else would they revolt.
i Just watched a binging with babish video , lol
Learnin how to make mac'n'cheese was great!
Same
Same
That is the Texas naval flag are you ok
The Texas naval flag looks like Liberia's
Edit: I confused the naval flag with liberia's. I am not ok
Edit: the thumbnail changed
no
@@halfasinteresting 😂😂🤣
Why is hai so savage.
While it originally was the naval flag, it became the de facto national flag between 1835 and 1839.
@@scoot2653 I think he said no to being ok
Imagine being smart but also being funny
cant relate
@@iwasborn8470 same
I'd be happy with either
Im half way there
No thanks
Wow, I love that Babish call out. Good self awareness to know you both post on the same day and have crowd cross over
Texas was independent and next to the US, makes sense that they would have an embassy there
The fact that this video isn't actually about an embassy, but rather just a legation makes it only half as interesting. Thank you, that's exactly what I subscribed for!
HAI: 1% learning 99% jokes
@Venky Wank included in jokes
Ads are 50/50
50% learning
50% who cares
Still higher % learning than school.
“I don’t know what a legation is, I’m gonna watch Binging with Babish” hit a little too close to home to my thought process.
I'd love to see a Wendover/HAI crossover Binging With Babish. I'd bet you'd each build on each other's humor.
Do you think being openly self aware about lying for clickbait is enough to be forgiven by your fanbase?
Well it is.
Not really lying
“In the 1830’s, Washington was basically a hot swamp full of bugs, sewage and powdered wigs.”
Bruh, it still is. XD
Fun fact : in Federal Germany, each state (Länder) has its own representation in Berlin, working as an "embassy" to the federal government.
The US Senate was intended to serve that role, but ever since the adoption of the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution (direct election of US senators), it has largely lost that role.
I suppose because the Allies wanted strong state governments and a weak central government. That's what our Founding Fathers originally wanted.
Great video. Thanks. Interestingly, at that time state recognition and the establishment of diplomatic relations were in fact far more divorced than they are today. Embassies tended to be the exception rather than the rule.
2:30 turning pages like this should be punishable with jail time
True
@@wigglebot2368 how dare you watch this with an arizona flag
HAI: 0:52
Liberia: *Takes notes*
Love the oversimplification of Texas history, and I don’t know how to get it across that I’m not being sarcastic. Also love that my state’s history is being recognised.
Mom: I just a watched a comedian he was really good, you should watch him
Me: I’m fine I watched half as interesting.
“Taking a break” Felluuurrr. We caught Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto. Check mate. 🤠
Conflict between Ireland and northern Ireland is not an accurate way of discussing the troubles, or the history of either of the countries
Yeah you're right, the troubles are not something to be made fun of.
@@graham6525 No one likes being around overly-sensitive people. Grow up.
@@cwg73160 You're overly sensitive enough to have been triggered by my comment
@@graham6525 It’s cool, man. You don’t have to be liked for you to live your life. As long as you know you’re an oversensitive idiot, you have the knowledge to change.
@@cwg73160 Interesting to see how sensitive you are, seeing how looking at all of your recent comments they're all of you being triggered.
0:59 That stock footage woman in the centre, I recognize her from stock footage where she is acting as a scientist.
Same hairstyle and glasses.
When you went to an Embassy in Washington DC but your still in the US.
English 100
I thought you were going to say that Texas still embassy in Washington, DC.
Honestly I wouldn’t put it past them
Me: oh a state had an embassy in Washington, that’s cool.
HAI: texas had an embassy back when it was a country
Me: Texas was a WHAT NOW?!
You aint a Texan yall get him!
"Faster than you can say yee-haw"
Me, a Texan: Hell yeah
Best wishes, from the capital of Texas, Houston.
Also, at least one of those countries that recognized Texas' independence reciprocated as there is still a place in Austin known as the French Legation. I haven't visited yet despite 2 decades here, but it is on my Stuff To Do In Austin One Day List.
I bet it’s still on that one day list lol
@@nick.100 I moved out of Texas altogether without visiting! :)
Great, Now I want to know how to make Spongebob's favorite felafel
Mexico watching this video: Damn...
Always great seeing a new video from my favorite channel
I mean, it wasn’t *just* a cessation of conflict. We didn’t just “take it as a win”. We got General Santa Anna to sign a peace treaty after the Battle of San Jacinto, and then when he got back to his seat of power he just recanted. Iirc, it was something about Texas not being a sovereign region and therefore the peace treaty was void, since in Mexico’s view they weren’t at war with an independent power but were putting down a particularly large-scale, well-organized, and surprisingly effective insurrection. But we *did* have his signature on a treaty that recognized Texas as sovereign territory, so it was kinda mixed messages.
So basically Yexas broke up with Mexico by text, but then at school the next day Mexico showed up and pretended it hadn't read the text. Smh.
Idea for a video: if a person was born in a sovereign state that was annexed by the US, would they qualify for president? Would any of the Texans who served as "ambassadors" to the US be eligible to run for president, or if the US annexed British Columbia (for example), would a person born in BC then be eligible to run for president?
Ik this is a year late, but the answer is no. You have to be a naturalized citizen in order to run for president, and the US determines that as someone who was born on US soil. Since it wasn’t US soil at the time of birth, then it wasn’t US soil period. Not an expert btw but I’m pretty sure I’m right
@@BlueEsplosion Was George Washington born on US soil?
@@AaronInCincy that’s different though because the citizens and laws at the time were obviously biased
Goldwater was born in Arizona Territory. McCain was born in the Canal Zone.
Im so smart, I know what a liti- oh...
Normie
There was a Stake house in London called the Taxes Embassy right behind the Canadian High Commission
this video was so good that I was like
"Oh wow I should subscribe"
I then realized That i've been subscribed for a few year now.
2:09 - "Washington DC was basically a haw swamped, filled with bugs, sewage, and powdered wibs."
You ok?
As a Texans, this was great! The shade, I love it!
Mexico: where’s this guy going I’m just stretching my legs get back here it’s not over
I very much appreciate the logic behind using clickbait in the title. I feel much less tricked now and can go on with my day in satisfaction.
This video made me imagine if the USA had just stopped expanding in the 1800s and all the states that didn't exist yet ended up as part of smaller independent countries.
Next Up: California Embassy thing in russia or whatever it is/was.
Russia controlled Alaska and parts of California. This was the anthem both places had back then had at one point - ua-cam.com/video/BV0-gMuAClQ/v-deo.html
these vids are the only way i keep track of the days
Now I really want to learn how to cook Spongebob’s favourite Falafel (great vid btw, love your channel)
Sam, please do a skillshare course explaining how to do videos like the ones you do!!
4:52 *What y'all clicked for*
Thank you. Very informative. Great work💙
I actually watched this over a binging with babish video. So well done HAI
Sitting in a class listening to a college professor telling this story with the Americans as the ruthless villains and the Mexican government as the innocent victim was the worst day of my life.
?
@@Zakoota_Jin .
@@hiimjustin8826 im saying why was it the worst day of your life
@@Zakoota_Jin That class was always terrible because everyone just sat in silence while he ranted about whatever was on his mind that day. But that class was particularly annoying because I know the history surrounding that time period and he was simplifying it down to an episode of Batman & Robin
@@hiimjustin8826 oh now i get it i guess that would be annoying
A conflict between Ireland and Northern Ireland? That's never happened
*2020 : OR IS IT*
pls no
Am I missing a joke or do you just not know that there has been conflict between them
Northern Irish person here. I find it incredibly disturbing
that this is the first im hearing of it
@@jonesjones4036 wait what
Farhan Nuzhadiwa they used to hate each other
You can still visit the building that was used as the Texas embassy in London
Fun fact [Which is not a fact actually]: The bunch of people who formed the Rep. of Texas were sponsored by Skillshare, Curiosity Stream, NEBULA, Brilliant, Dashlane, NordVPN, Hover, Squarespace primarily.
Ireland fighting northern Ireland wouldn't ever happen( Ireland fighting the UK or some people who live in Northern Ireland has happened and could again)
It's called a joke
@@blackiechan9008 a joke that didn't make sense
@@od9694 Can confirm, does not make sense
Ireland has never went to war with the North. There was sectarian violence but that was within Northern Ireland, not a war between countries.
last time I was this early, texas wasn't part of the union
The building that was the French Legation in Texas survives in Austin and is still called "The French Legation." That would suggest that Texas would have had a legation in Paris, but I can't swear.
loving the binging with babish shout out.
Fun fact: Florida has something similar called the Florida House, which is a self described “State Embassy” in Northeast, near the Supreme Court. At the Florida House, people can visit and get a free glass of orange juice, among other important things.
Contrary to popular belief, however, the State of Florida has no involvement with the foundation running the Florida House.
Funnier fact: some federations have representatives and envoys present in their capital, these representatives are real and able to make binding decisions. For instance, there is a bunch of “plenipotentiary representative offices” in Moscow. For federal republics mostly.
Even funnier fact: It does work in both ways, meaning that federal center can have its representatives in the capital cities of its subjects.
#1
i am a response to your comment
U are first mate.
You are actually forst!
Yes
Gee, I forgot to mention your amazing unexpected video endings, you always catch me and make me smile, smile with a grin on your face way. ; ) C.
I loved the Binging with Babish reference 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Native Americans exist
Texas: *_hippity hoppoty get out of your property_*
Hippity hoppity you’re now my property
Very rarely will I find myself laughing at one of your semi-mediocre jokes.
Same here.
Babish and SpongeBob? You’re a true and epic man of culture
That Ad at the end was sick 😂
'"or..maybe you do know what a legation is and you're halfway through writing a comment about how smart you are right now"
I really enjoyed the legation side trip! Lol
3:16 10/10 stars for this explanation. I know me and many others were like "Woah, That's not how I remember Memucan Hunt"
I literally watched the Binging, Mac and Cheese episode RIGHT before this one, damn you're good.
that moment when he said "im gonna go watch binging with babish" as you have a new binging with babish video open in another tab
Lmao the thing is I was actually gonna watch banish cook Cheese 😂
smoothest transition to sponsered ad ever
I love your sarcastic way, with a grin on your face way, of calling them out.
I like your style mister! Thank you for your excellent content, delivered in such few minutes...I sometimes have to stop and rewind, you speak very fast for someone who's native language isn't English lol!. Namaste. C.
That was the best segue ever in the history of ever. Bravo!
HIF keeping me sane in quarantine.
This channel has one of the best clever writings ever....
This may have been your best one yet.