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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • Northern Ireland's officially unofficial flag.
    Wallpapers for Patreon supporters: / northern-ireland-27723595
    Thank you to my Patrons: Abdullah Abdulaziz, Andrea Di Biagio, Andrew Proue, Bear, Ben Schwab, Bob Kunz, Cas EliÃns, Chris Amaris, Chris Chapin, Christian Cooper, chrysilis, Colin Millions, Dag Viggo Lokøen, David F Watson, David Palomares, Derek Bonner, Derek Jackson, Donal Botkin, DretheGreat, Edward Adams, Elizabeth Keathley, Emil, emptymachine, Erik Parasiuk, Esteban Santana Santana, Faust Fairbrook, Freddi Hørlyck, Gavin Voit, George Lin, Guillermo, Jacob Ostling, James Bissonette, Jason Lewandowski, John Buchan, John Lee, JoJo Chehebar, ken mcfarlane, Kozo Ota, Leon, Maarten van der Blij, Marco Arment, Martin, Maxime Zielony, Michael Mrozek, Mikko, Nevin Spoljaric, سليمان العقل, Orbit_Junkie, Osric Lord-Williams, Peter Lomax, Phil Gardner, Rescla, Rhys Parry, Richard Jenkins, rictic, Ron Bowes, Saki Comandao, Shantanu Raj, ShiroiYami, Steven Grimm, Tómas Ãrni Jónasson, Tianyu Ge, Tijmen van Dien, Tony DiLascio, Tristan Watts-Willis, Veronica Peshterianu

КОМЕНТАРІ • 8 тис.

  • @nataly_171
    @nataly_171 4 роки тому +7917

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

    • @schlimmbotg472
      @schlimmbotg472 3 роки тому +460

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

    • @Unthinkablenames
      @Unthinkablenames 3 роки тому +182

      Is it the Staten Island video

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 3 роки тому +241

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

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 3 роки тому +54

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

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 3 роки тому +86

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

  • @milo6464
    @milo6464 5 років тому +9340

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

    • @FacloFormerFavorite
      @FacloFormerFavorite 5 років тому +313

      Who ever he pays is doing wonders.

    • @danthemango
      @danthemango 5 років тому +342

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

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 5 років тому +189

      He has an animator employee now.

    • @ferulebezel
      @ferulebezel 5 років тому +34

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

    • @BrotherSergeantFlynn
      @BrotherSergeantFlynn 5 років тому +137

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

  • @regenroadtrip
    @regenroadtrip 5 років тому +6752

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

    • @TissueCat
      @TissueCat 5 років тому +792

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

    • @AuroDHikoshi
      @AuroDHikoshi 5 років тому +244

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

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 5 років тому +266

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

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 5 років тому +371

      Too controversial for Americans is what he ment

    • @whistlingbanshee5038
      @whistlingbanshee5038 5 років тому +30

      An equally controversial video.

  • @weekyle1529
    @weekyle1529 3 роки тому +7861

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

    • @zmanzono
      @zmanzono 3 роки тому +743

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

    • @crw45able
      @crw45able 3 роки тому +465

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

    • @liamcassidy5992
      @liamcassidy5992 3 роки тому +697

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

    • @pvzblizzard5806
      @pvzblizzard5806 3 роки тому +32

      yea same

    • @joshuarobert2004
      @joshuarobert2004 3 роки тому +28

      Aye same boys smart

  • @BlackOtaku22
    @BlackOtaku22 4 роки тому +5642

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

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 5 років тому +1836

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

    • @leoboi7650
      @leoboi7650 5 років тому +60

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

    • @danese1636
      @danese1636 5 років тому +129

      This is why I like going through comment sections.

    • @cormacsmithy3975
      @cormacsmithy3975 5 років тому +16

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

    • @MidnightsFirefly
      @MidnightsFirefly 5 років тому +10

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

    • @seferraziel9534
      @seferraziel9534 5 років тому +54

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

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 5 років тому +8058

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

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 5 років тому +244

      Perhaps Wales is Old Valyria ;)

    • @adityaprabhash5927
      @adityaprabhash5927 5 років тому +161

      Fire and blood

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ 5 років тому +237

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

    • @Abitflippant
      @Abitflippant 5 років тому +119

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

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 5 років тому +39

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

  • @Rogue9
    @Rogue9 3 роки тому +3342

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

  • @Narokkurai
    @Narokkurai 5 років тому +2502

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

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br 5 років тому +31

      Narokkurai *ulster intensifies*

    • @pepkin88
      @pepkin88 5 років тому +131

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

    • @talhahhussain5603
      @talhahhussain5603 5 років тому +17

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

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 5 років тому +3

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

    • @FlashMeterRed
      @FlashMeterRed 5 років тому +3

      you don't know?

  • @lordwizrak1905
    @lordwizrak1905 5 років тому +9259

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

    • @dorupero
      @dorupero 5 років тому +200

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

    • @teddyboragina6437
      @teddyboragina6437 5 років тому +174

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

    • @DuranmanX
      @DuranmanX 5 років тому +35

      He will do another during Brexit

    • @dthemouseb6469
      @dthemouseb6469 5 років тому +35

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

    • @armwrestlingfan6804
      @armwrestlingfan6804 5 років тому +19

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

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers 4 роки тому +5320

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

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 4 роки тому +103

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

    • @wardenstone6021
      @wardenstone6021 3 роки тому +164

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

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 3 роки тому +84

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

    • @Ben-fq4wp
      @Ben-fq4wp 3 роки тому +58

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

    • @cld252
      @cld252 3 роки тому +4

      Oof

  • @mollymermaid1398
    @mollymermaid1398 3 роки тому +4367

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

    • @Greenlog12
      @Greenlog12 3 роки тому +31

      But we already know that

    • @AdwinLauYuTan
      @AdwinLauYuTan 3 роки тому +127

      @@Greenlog12 They could be wearing dresses.

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 3 роки тому +98

      @@AdwinLauYuTan or skirts

    • @lettuceman483
      @lettuceman483 3 роки тому +52

      @@JamesLing42 skorts*

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 3 роки тому +59

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

  • @offlineable
    @offlineable 5 років тому +2727

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

    • @bman3977
      @bman3977 5 років тому +25

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

    • @jayjr3488
      @jayjr3488 5 років тому +1

      bman3977 Omg 🤣

    • @redacted7230
      @redacted7230 5 років тому +2

      Next time, pack a sheild.

    • @alaskagyal
      @alaskagyal 5 років тому +2

      epic

    • @sammym2511
      @sammym2511 5 років тому +9

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

  • @Xenrys
    @Xenrys 5 років тому +1660

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

    • @demetraeconomou6096
      @demetraeconomou6096 5 років тому +5

      Better that elf on a shelf tho

    • @notajtag4568
      @notajtag4568 5 років тому

      I saw the video too.

    • @danieljmldn
      @danieljmldn 5 років тому

      r/CGPGreyQuotes

    • @_FamousQuotations
      @_FamousQuotations 5 років тому

      Here's that quote turned into a three-second clip! Listen to it all day! ua-cam.com/video/5yrsPBwLGWQ/v-deo.html

  • @marcusgault9909
    @marcusgault9909 5 років тому +3259

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

    • @camzoman
      @camzoman 4 роки тому +175

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

    • @AtelierLaoshi
      @AtelierLaoshi 4 роки тому +28

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

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 4 роки тому +45

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

    • @jsw68
      @jsw68 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 4 роки тому +26

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

  • @minetieplays2092
    @minetieplays2092 Рік тому +515

    4:05 that flagpole falling is extremely well animated

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 5 років тому +1976

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

    • @JimPlaysGames
      @JimPlaysGames 5 років тому +34

      Who is this mysterious CPG Grey?

    • @20quid
      @20quid 5 років тому +8

      He's three days early.

    • @Zyy920
      @Zyy920 5 років тому +11

      It is known.

    • @marlonyo
      @marlonyo 5 років тому +19

      @@20quid the season is 3 day late

    • @HxH2011DRA
      @HxH2011DRA 5 років тому +7

      So it was written

  • @Nerfornothin111
    @Nerfornothin111 5 років тому +4464

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

    • @TheJunkieBox
      @TheJunkieBox 5 років тому +93

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

    • @graceoartyo
      @graceoartyo 5 років тому +36

      His animator is really stellar :D

    • @netslayeruk
      @netslayeruk 5 років тому +22

      that was proper disturbing

    • @jyjryu22799
      @jyjryu22799 5 років тому +26

      I actually yelled “what the fuck” outloud

    • @ajw20
      @ajw20 5 років тому +8

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

  • @pikmin36
    @pikmin36 5 років тому +651

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

    • @a.t.1011
      @a.t.1011 5 років тому +16

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

    • @MasterLagoz
      @MasterLagoz 5 років тому +32

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

    • @Pawntoe4
      @Pawntoe4 5 років тому +3

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

    • @dkpsyhog
      @dkpsyhog 5 років тому +2

      pikmin36 clearly he strayed from the path and got lost

  • @devonodonnell715
    @devonodonnell715 3 роки тому +679

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

  • @FlourishPorridge
    @FlourishPorridge 5 років тому +797

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

    • @achievedchair17
      @achievedchair17 5 років тому +2

      Jarry Pota where else has it been?

    • @alexey926
      @alexey926 5 років тому +38

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

    • @halimceria
      @halimceria 5 років тому +31

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

    • @malachipash3824
      @malachipash3824 5 років тому +2

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

    • @joshturner9443
      @joshturner9443 5 років тому

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

  • @Cypherwraith001
    @Cypherwraith001 5 років тому +1354

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

    • @neferhejhej
      @neferhejhej 5 років тому +7

      Yessss!!!!

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 5 років тому +27

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

    • @jonskowitz
      @jonskowitz 5 років тому +20

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

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 5 років тому +2

      How can you ever leave?

    • @azealot7112
      @azealot7112 5 років тому +3

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

  • @bluepharos9748
    @bluepharos9748 5 років тому +626

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

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 5 років тому +21

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

    • @bluepharos9748
      @bluepharos9748 5 років тому +9

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

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 5 років тому +3

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

    • @jamesmnguyen
      @jamesmnguyen 5 років тому +12

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

    • @wanderingrandomer
      @wanderingrandomer 5 років тому +11

      I start feeling claustrophobic after more than 5.

  • @conall9415
    @conall9415 3 роки тому +806

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

    • @untitiled1092
      @untitiled1092 3 роки тому +4

      SAMEEEE

    • @neilsharpson996
      @neilsharpson996 3 роки тому +5

      Check his latest.

    • @zidaryn
      @zidaryn 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @neskey
    @neskey 5 років тому +1465

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

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 5 років тому +9

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

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards 5 років тому +145

      @@croneryveit9070 Are you okay?

    • @hehhehehohohoe8807
      @hehhehehohohoe8807 5 років тому +78

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

    • @neskey
      @neskey 5 років тому +23

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

    • @legogenius1667
      @legogenius1667 5 років тому +5

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

  • @briankraus7743
    @briankraus7743 5 років тому +498

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

    • @danielsjohnson
      @danielsjohnson 5 років тому +9

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

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 5 років тому +4

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

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 5 років тому +442

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

  • @triplecastsleep1924
    @triplecastsleep1924 3 роки тому +145

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

    • @Daymickey
      @Daymickey 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ 3 роки тому +19

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

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 3 роки тому +29

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

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ 3 роки тому

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

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @Bhatakti_Hawas
    @Bhatakti_Hawas 5 років тому +1074

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

    • @victornelson5821
      @victornelson5821 5 років тому +7

      No Surrender

    • @micahdenn3765
      @micahdenn3765 5 років тому +10

      Donegal: Am I nothing to you?

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft 5 років тому +3

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

    • @kelendalkazama9926
      @kelendalkazama9926 5 років тому +7

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

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 5 років тому +2

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

  • @okuno54
    @okuno54 5 років тому +1187

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

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 5 років тому +45

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

    • @Feyling__1
      @Feyling__1 5 років тому +37

      Surely you meant a 'spot of bother'

    • @L1am21
      @L1am21 5 років тому +1

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

    • @xway2
      @xway2 5 років тому +8

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

    • @notajtag4568
      @notajtag4568 5 років тому +2

      I saw the video too.

  • @frankxie7846
    @frankxie7846 5 років тому +777

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

    • @ZacharyKelsey
      @ZacharyKelsey 5 років тому +2

      I want to see that path the most

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 5 років тому +7

      @@ZacharyKelsey Perhaps you should look up "history of the troubles" somewhere?

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 5 років тому +10

      I'm not sure if the path metaphor is new but it is a good use of it.

    • @leonardofranzinribeiro4220
      @leonardofranzinribeiro4220 5 років тому +22

      I guess you could say the troubles genuinely....
      *Troubled* you.

    • @ezequielrenovato6608
      @ezequielrenovato6608 5 років тому

      No como los chingaderas de hoy

  • @charles3840
    @charles3840 2 роки тому +59

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

  • @yestermorrow3223
    @yestermorrow3223 4 роки тому +2032

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

    • @cannedpeaches843
      @cannedpeaches843 4 роки тому +44

      Michael Bay was definitely involved in making it

    • @poankiyu7664
      @poankiyu7664 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @shaunohare3004
      @shaunohare3004 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @ElusivEnigma
      @ElusivEnigma 3 роки тому +12

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

    • @shreyaspamaraju4844
      @shreyaspamaraju4844 3 роки тому

      @Crockston ikr

  • @nikibee70
    @nikibee70 5 років тому +382

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

    • @kyokyoniizukyo7171
      @kyokyoniizukyo7171 5 років тому +4

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

    • @smurfite1994
      @smurfite1994 5 років тому +18

      @@Zach-gr3sb More troubleing that they didnt succeed

    • @Butt_Slayer
      @Butt_Slayer 5 років тому +1

      Agreed.

    • @laurakirwan999
      @laurakirwan999 5 років тому +1

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

    • @golagiswatchingyou2966
      @golagiswatchingyou2966 5 років тому

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

  • @traktortarik8224
    @traktortarik8224 5 років тому +739

    CGP Grey’s video quality has really spiked recently

    • @ArrowWaters
      @ArrowWaters 5 років тому +51

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

    • @samo4648
      @samo4648 5 років тому +31

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

    • @wellwell5483
      @wellwell5483 5 років тому +12

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

    • @TomsThoughtsonThings
      @TomsThoughtsonThings 5 років тому +6

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

    • @BaileyVogtOut
      @BaileyVogtOut 5 років тому

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

  • @ThatOneIrishFurry
    @ThatOneIrishFurry 3 роки тому +277

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

  • @lucimicle5657
    @lucimicle5657 5 років тому +525

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

    • @MisterJDagger
      @MisterJDagger 5 років тому +21

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

    • @AuroDHikoshi
      @AuroDHikoshi 5 років тому +3

      CGP Grey on Ireland v England?

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards 5 років тому +7

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

    • @Sebach82
      @Sebach82 5 років тому

      Chill there, Patrick (H) Willems. ;)

    • @melon_grove5694
      @melon_grove5694 5 років тому

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

  • @artstsym
    @artstsym 5 років тому +1795

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

    • @spacesponge8732
      @spacesponge8732 4 роки тому +50

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

    • @jmh1189
      @jmh1189 4 роки тому +39

      Well, UA-cam took care or it.

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 роки тому +15

      Oh if you only knew.

    • @tedwards1025
      @tedwards1025 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @kikivoorburg
    @kikivoorburg 5 років тому +628

    A CGP Grey video about flags? Win-Win!

    • @hiei82
      @hiei82 5 років тому

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

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 5 років тому +2

      Dr. Sheldon Cooper would approve!

    • @alexrobertson35
      @alexrobertson35 5 років тому

      I'm sorry these are FLEEEEEGS

  • @Metalgooze
    @Metalgooze Рік тому +67

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

  • @darrenanimatic9675
    @darrenanimatic9675 5 років тому +2743

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

    • @emytzu
      @emytzu 5 років тому +59

      The Forest of Knowledge

    • @AxeAR
      @AxeAR 5 років тому +79

      _One troubly boi_

    • @liammcdonnell5632
      @liammcdonnell5632 5 років тому +71

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

    • @skullcandy14785
      @skullcandy14785 5 років тому +4

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

    • @mailmandan2920
      @mailmandan2920 5 років тому +15

      Ask the I.R.A.

  • @MattBishop
    @MattBishop 5 років тому +493

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

    • @jonathanwor
      @jonathanwor 5 років тому +4

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

    • @Erik20766
      @Erik20766 5 років тому +1

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

    • @legolad6771
      @legolad6771 5 років тому +1

      @@Erik20766 Not everyone, no.

    • @nerdwiththehat
      @nerdwiththehat 5 років тому +8

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

    • @Aikman94
      @Aikman94 5 років тому +3

      so, is it recognized as a flag or not?

  • @user-xq5og9lt8p
    @user-xq5og9lt8p 5 років тому +652

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

    • @stroopwafelfalafel
      @stroopwafelfalafel 5 років тому +34

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

    • @user-xq5og9lt8p
      @user-xq5og9lt8p 5 років тому +10

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

    • @burke615
      @burke615 5 років тому +6

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

    • @kenthemaster
      @kenthemaster 5 років тому +5

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

  • @markberry4198
    @markberry4198 3 роки тому +513

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

    • @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522
      @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522 3 роки тому +21

      or fwaaags depends where abouts your from

    • @darkravenproductions7544
      @darkravenproductions7544 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @gerardcollins80
      @gerardcollins80 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 3 роки тому +7

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

    • @catrionabean
      @catrionabean 3 роки тому +1

      False. Not enough vowel sounds

  • @bobmcguffin5706
    @bobmcguffin5706 4 роки тому +844

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

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 3 роки тому +6

      Fellow SCP fan?

    • @PrawilnaMordka
      @PrawilnaMordka 3 роки тому +3

      That book looks like black book from Skyrim

    • @tomasfiorentini4126
      @tomasfiorentini4126 3 роки тому +27

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

    • @LauraSo_
      @LauraSo_ 3 роки тому +20

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

  • @AndrewKieran
    @AndrewKieran 5 років тому +1143

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

    • @ChroDynasty
      @ChroDynasty 5 років тому +59

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

    • @seandoherty925
      @seandoherty925 5 років тому +25

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

    • @ayylmaotv
      @ayylmaotv 5 років тому +13

      theres some toxic people but not many compared to other videos

    • @liger-9990
      @liger-9990 5 років тому +17

      Look deeper, the replies are deadly.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 5 років тому +5

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

  • @TheLostSorcerer
    @TheLostSorcerer 5 років тому +266

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

    • @thelastcube.
      @thelastcube. 5 років тому +8

      I need Brady and Audrey cameo in future videos too

    • @lauraireson6358
      @lauraireson6358 5 років тому +1

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

  • @jonas-savimbi3765
    @jonas-savimbi3765 3 роки тому +82

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

  • @conallcoulter697
    @conallcoulter697 5 років тому +706

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

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft 5 років тому +34

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

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br 5 років тому +15

      *cries in donegal*

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 років тому +8

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

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 5 років тому +3

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

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 5 років тому

      @DeDermonation YT Here g'luck

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist 5 років тому +908

    "The forest of all knowledge"
    You mean Wikepedia?

    • @reimarpb
      @reimarpb 4 роки тому +17

      I think he means *Wiki*pedia

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude 4 роки тому +15

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

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 4 роки тому +13

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

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 4 роки тому +6

      Dont click the links!

    • @maxstirnersego
      @maxstirnersego 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @durthacht5252
    @durthacht5252 5 років тому +199

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

    • @hosank
      @hosank 5 років тому +5

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

    • @cole9273
      @cole9273 5 років тому +1

      hosank thou shall not say anything negative about the crown

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 років тому +4

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

    • @DC-tr5ih
      @DC-tr5ih 5 років тому +3

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

    • @AnCoilean
      @AnCoilean 5 років тому +1

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

  • @Mugdorna
    @Mugdorna 3 роки тому +83

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

    • @Samld1200
      @Samld1200 2 роки тому +2

      And a dusty black coat

  • @OctagonDinosaur
    @OctagonDinosaur 5 років тому +628

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

    • @eddlake5694
      @eddlake5694 5 років тому +18

      Don't touch meh fleg you huns /s

    • @jfrogg007
      @jfrogg007 5 років тому +11

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

    • @MrBigCookieCrumble
      @MrBigCookieCrumble 5 років тому +4

      I just love this thread so much for some reason xD

    • @1888SEÁN
      @1888SEÁN 5 років тому +2

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

    • @Javadamutt
      @Javadamutt 5 років тому +1

      Only on designated days...

  • @KiwiPokerPlayer
    @KiwiPokerPlayer 5 років тому +826

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

    • @paddyk2123
      @paddyk2123 5 років тому +65

      KiwiPokerPlayer flegs, flegs everywhere

    • @conordudee
      @conordudee 5 років тому +13

      Hahaha brilliant comment 😂😂

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 5 років тому +37

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

    • @jaypee6061
      @jaypee6061 5 років тому +54

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

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 5 років тому +24

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

  • @frim3647
    @frim3647 5 років тому +395

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

    • @oscarnemo8084
      @oscarnemo8084 5 років тому +12

      Nepal.

    • @ez45
      @ez45 5 років тому +12

      Flag ratios?

    • @prim16
      @prim16 5 років тому +4

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

    • @GOOeysan
      @GOOeysan 5 років тому +5

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

    • @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa
      @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa 5 років тому +3

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

  • @alandudley3432
    @alandudley3432 4 роки тому +120

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

  • @rebca_
    @rebca_ 5 років тому +55

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

  • @gamemeister27
    @gamemeister27 5 років тому +273

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

    • @gamemeister27
      @gamemeister27 5 років тому +2

      @David Kornish 👀

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 5 років тому +1

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

    • @ErikFromCanada
      @ErikFromCanada 5 років тому +10

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

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 5 років тому +3

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

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 5 років тому +1

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

  • @leeferguson5712
    @leeferguson5712 5 років тому +280

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

  • @lizadon0740
    @lizadon0740 4 роки тому +261

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

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 роки тому +5

      we just call them irish people but whatev's

    • @redranger2561
      @redranger2561 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 роки тому +1

      @@redranger2561 ‘ireland’

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 роки тому +1

      Your response was -12IQ

    • @dandlion1958
      @dandlion1958 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @lukeculbert267
    @lukeculbert267 5 років тому +785

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

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify 5 років тому +30

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

    • @nathanneville5912
      @nathanneville5912 5 років тому +12

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

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify 5 років тому +8

      @@nathanneville5912 that is libel.
      Regards,
      Legal Team

    • @aoifed8913
      @aoifed8913 5 років тому +2

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

    • @ethan2885
      @ethan2885 5 років тому +15

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

  • @ruth540
    @ruth540 5 років тому +1465

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

    • @ryanmclaughlin587
      @ryanmclaughlin587 5 років тому +137

      **Sweats in Gaelic**

    • @SlimTheydy
      @SlimTheydy 5 років тому +30

      How do you think I feel?

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 5 років тому +52

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

    • @AngryKittens
      @AngryKittens 5 років тому +30

      **Brexitsn't**

    • @gerryadams7448
      @gerryadams7448 5 років тому +19

      @@AngryKittens I R E X I T

  • @nessy3098
    @nessy3098 5 років тому +209

    Giving my man that sweet sweet algorithm sauce

  • @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf
    @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf Рік тому +59

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

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 5 років тому +686

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

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo 5 років тому +72

      The USA: Manifest Destiny!

    • @inderpreetsingh7429
      @inderpreetsingh7429 5 років тому +94

      The Spanish : Ding dong your religion is wrong

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 5 років тому +43

      @@inderpreetsingh7429 expects the spanish inquisition

    • @aure9495
      @aure9495 5 років тому +26

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

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 5 років тому +33

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

  • @jordanfinch6247
    @jordanfinch6247 5 років тому +32

    Absolutely loving the Attack of the Troubles. Excellent animation skills!

  • @mudkipgaming2584
    @mudkipgaming2584 4 роки тому +577

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

  • @ck7802
    @ck7802 2 роки тому +40

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

  • @ishouldhavetried
    @ishouldhavetried 5 років тому +432

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

  • @StevioGaming1
    @StevioGaming1 5 років тому +105

    As someone from Northern Ireland, great video. Very impartial stuff like this is hard to come by

    • @vtec5862
      @vtec5862 5 років тому +7

      Neighbour from the Republic here. I've been to Belfast twice loved it both times.

    • @sharonsloan
      @sharonsloan 5 років тому +19

      I see the arguements haven't really got going yet, I'll give it time, lol

    • @xavierrodriguez2463
      @xavierrodriguez2463 5 років тому +7

      'Mom can I get united ireland'
      'No we have Ireland at home'
      Ireland at home:

    • @ryan1916php
      @ryan1916php 5 років тому +2

      The Wee Norn Iron Woman UTRA, UTH, UTUDA, FTP, FTQ, FGAU, Tiocfaidh Ar La, KAT, KAH, I think that about covers everything 😂

    • @ndonnelly883
      @ndonnelly883 5 років тому +1

      @@ryan1916php oh there are so many more to add to the list. I'm not going too because I don't want to embarrass the island more than it already has.

  • @mrfclarke
    @mrfclarke 5 років тому +736

    As an Irish Nationalist in Northern Ireland I must congratulate you on your amazing ice skating.

    • @SchenkelMcDoo
      @SchenkelMcDoo 5 років тому +1

      @@vizerandevir6422 eh?

    • @mr.cheese3924
      @mr.cheese3924 5 років тому +30

      @@SchenkelMcDoo He's saying he's skimming over the situation. As in not explaining in correctly.

    • @DinosawrsAreAwesome
      @DinosawrsAreAwesome 5 років тому +25

      This video was impressive because it is so much worse than not making a video on the topic.

    • @windmillwilly
      @windmillwilly 5 років тому

      ¹

    • @wizardpig02
      @wizardpig02 5 років тому

      F Clarke Yeah gotta say 10/10

  • @benmoran431
    @benmoran431 3 роки тому +150

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

  • @sampreston2710
    @sampreston2710 5 років тому +96

    I think this is most accurate and unbiased way that my country has ever been described. Good work Grey

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta 5 років тому +5

      Let's see how the comments fare.

    • @oscaro.172
      @oscaro.172 5 років тому +2

      @@Kirealta fare* :)

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta 5 років тому +1

      @@oscaro.172 *farewell

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 років тому

      @@Kirealta Often the mere mention of Ireland in any context brings out the nutters of UA-cam in my experience! So to see this subject covered with sensitivity and the sensible responses, with no nastiness in sight has been much appreciated :)

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 5 років тому

      Quinny McGee basically UDA are child murderers they would have games to see who could kill the most Catholics during the troubles, yet the Brit’s called us the terrorists

  • @osu45d
    @osu45d 5 років тому +329

    Flags in Northern Ireland?
    That won't be in any way controversial...

    • @plebinator-eo5ot
      @plebinator-eo5ot 5 років тому +9

      @Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd a united celtic homeland will make everything easier

    • @TheSm1thers
      @TheSm1thers 5 років тому +3

      @Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd Well that'll never happen. Would be a lot more simple anyway to have a united British Isles.

    • @KonanTheBarbarian
      @KonanTheBarbarian 5 років тому +4

      TheSm1thers haha thats where you're wrong!

    • @KonanTheBarbarian
      @KonanTheBarbarian 5 років тому +10

      Joseph Lydon and you're just showing off how much of a knob you are

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 5 років тому

      As someone who is a product of predominantly Irish migrants... I have no idea what you're talking about, and I barely care. Have a nice day, and try to avoid killing each other unless you really need to. Kisses.

  • @thepip3599
    @thepip3599 5 років тому +12

    Oh my gosh the production quality on this is amazing.

  • @carlosroura7581
    @carlosroura7581 2 роки тому +47

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

  • @conallobrien4079
    @conallobrien4079 5 років тому +252

    Another problem about the flag is that 3 of the 9 counties of Ulster are part of the Republic of Ireland.

    • @clickrick
      @clickrick 4 роки тому +36

      I was disappointed that there wasn't so much as a mention of that fact.

    • @harryburrows2112
      @harryburrows2112 4 роки тому +18

      Meh, not really a problem. Its known more as the Flag of Northern Ireland rather the Ulster Banner, that is just an outdated name for it.

    • @noelhughes6101
      @noelhughes6101 4 роки тому +19

      The flag for the 9 County Ulster has a yellow background and the six county Northern Ireland flag has a white background.

    • @garyomaany83
      @garyomaany83 4 роки тому +39

      You mean the problem is that 6 counties of Ulster and Ireland are still under British rule

    • @frostyblade8842
      @frostyblade8842 4 роки тому +7

      @@garyomaany83 Yeah thats a whole 'nother issue that would take waaaaaay too long to get into

  • @aronlau8327
    @aronlau8327 4 роки тому +169

    Scotland has three arms!
    *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch*

    • @cookiesrgood1802
      @cookiesrgood1802 4 роки тому +2

      Haha i just noticed that

    • @jordengg3629
      @jordengg3629 4 роки тому +2

      Dammit I wanted to write that

    • @cookiesrgood1802
      @cookiesrgood1802 4 роки тому +1

      @@jordengg3629??

    • @tsyf1
      @tsyf1 4 роки тому +4

      @@cookiesrgood1802 In the last vid of this channel the author mentioned that glitch and said that soon the top comment here will be: "Scotland has three arms".

    • @KynceShadowsong
      @KynceShadowsong 4 роки тому +4

      came back for this

  • @IanAllTheTime
    @IanAllTheTime 5 років тому +29

    As a young buck growing up in Northern Ireland my knowledge of the Red Hand of Ulster boiled down to some asshole in the changing room asking, "Do you want to see the Red Hand of Ulster?" and then proceeding to slap me as hard as he could on my bare back. Every fucking time.

  • @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose
    @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @oliverhollmann1659
    @oliverhollmann1659 5 років тому +46

    2:50 In half life when you're crawling through the vents and a head crab jumps you around a corner

  • @cartmann94
    @cartmann94 5 років тому +178

    The Forest of All Knowledge.
    Don’t stray from the path.
    Avoid all Troubles.

    • @wrpen99
      @wrpen99 5 років тому +3

      It is snowing on Mt. Fuji

    • @joshuahitchins1897
      @joshuahitchins1897 5 років тому +1

      Flip the first two lines for a haiku

  • @duuqnd
    @duuqnd 5 років тому +470

    The hand: **exists**
    Everyone: I made this.

    • @Matthew-nv2wy
      @Matthew-nv2wy 4 роки тому +1

      Abkhazia: Hold my beer

    • @bruhitsdave7957
      @bruhitsdave7957 4 роки тому

      Georgia: _no_
      Russia: _no_

    • @classicambo9781
      @classicambo9781 3 роки тому

      Nah, not me. Just happy the de Burghs got onto the flag (also livid they took our yellow, the bastards).

    • @dislikereporter2271
      @dislikereporter2271 3 роки тому

      As an actual o'neill yup its ours B)

  • @QuilloManar
    @QuilloManar 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @calebsmith6506
    @calebsmith6506 5 років тому +180

    CGP, I'd love to see you do a video, or possibly a series of videos, on how to do research (into any topic) effectively. Sometimes when I'm looking up a topic I get lost, or don't know where to begin. Please send help.

    • @mynewaccount2361
      @mynewaccount2361 4 роки тому +22

      This is the first of three consecutive videos of Grey getting sidetracked while researching for another video, safe to say he's also like the rest of us.

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 5 років тому +44

    Ah that lovely Celtic song in the background. Grey sure knows how to pick his music.

  • @janetdevlin
    @janetdevlin 5 років тому +14

    FairPlay for tackling such a “touchy” subject! Loved the video! Also the new animation is amazing! 🙌🏻

    • @refoliation
      @refoliation 5 років тому

      Is it really tackled though?

    • @infinitehonkworks195
      @infinitehonkworks195 4 роки тому

      @@refoliation a proper tackling would be little different to willfully stepping on a landmine

  • @jenergomes
    @jenergomes 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @enderwiggins8248
    @enderwiggins8248 5 років тому +114

    I like the narrative style. Also, although I know no sane person would touch I with a ten foot pole, I’d love a CGP grey video on the troubles

    • @johnkennedy3403
      @johnkennedy3403 5 років тому +4

      I dunno why it cannot be approached. Just explain the facts, they are well established.

    • @lady_sir_knight3713
      @lady_sir_knight3713 5 років тому +27

      No, people hold differing views on what the facts are. There is noting about the Troubles that isn’t controversial.

    • @Caesar_Himself
      @Caesar_Himself 5 років тому +11

      @@johnkennedy3403 Well, like any "conflict" that involves true in the blood ethnic/religious strife, the facts differ widely depending on who is giving them.

    • @seanocallaghan48
      @seanocallaghan48 5 років тому +1

      Ditto

    • @hart-of-gold
      @hart-of-gold 5 років тому +3

      It is a hard subject to be completely unbiased about even as an outsider. Because of the amount of blurry lines around what was allowed, not allowed but ignored, not allowed unless you're with us, straight up corrupt to I, whoops, (likely on purpose) I shot someone dead, better frame them for something, by all sides.

  • @JPTQJR
    @JPTQJR 5 років тому +14

    WAIT WHAT IS THAT ANIMATION I'M SEEING?
    Great job Grey!

  • @luid2683
    @luid2683 5 років тому +507

    It's not pronounced flag, it's pronounced FLEG

    • @kevinpalmer4137
      @kevinpalmer4137 5 років тому +21

      Are ya gonna fleg tha video?

    • @somethingunknown6119
      @somethingunknown6119 5 років тому

      No you IDIOT

    • @bennett1994
      @bennett1994 5 років тому +6

      I came here for this comment

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 років тому +1

      @@bennett1994 Think we all did! :-D LOL!

    • @judithbell6937
      @judithbell6937 5 років тому +1

      I genuinely have trouble saying "flag" now, and I don't even have a Belfast accent...

  • @bunwat223
    @bunwat223 3 роки тому +15

    3:09 *coooloniiiised*

  • @keddiels9843
    @keddiels9843 4 роки тому +86

    0:09 Scotland has a third arm!
    Also please continue off the path, so many interesting topics to be found!

  • @victorkelp5154
    @victorkelp5154 5 років тому +111

    I love how emotionless Grey is when saying "we got pulled off the path, let's get out of here."

  • @fhddhdhk9319
    @fhddhdhk9319 5 років тому +214

    "First technically"
    *Columbus Intensifies*

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 5 років тому +4

      ree

    • @michaelhenry3234
      @michaelhenry3234 5 років тому +6

      More like "Vikings intensifies". Columbus properly discovered America, changing world history forever. The Vikings popped in, chopped a few trees down, and left lmao.

    • @fhddhdhk9319
      @fhddhdhk9319 5 років тому +8

      @@michaelhenry3234 native Americans?

    • @michaelhenry3234
      @michaelhenry3234 5 років тому +5

      @@fhddhdhk9319 Columbus discovered the Americas relative to the Old World. Obviously Native Americans were living there, but that doesn't devalue the impact of Columbus' discovery. If we discovered an alien civilization, we would say we "discovered" it, even if other aliens are aware of it.

    • @fhddhdhk9319
      @fhddhdhk9319 5 років тому +2

      @@michaelhenry3234 discover
      /dɪˈskʌvə/
      Learn to pronounce
      verb
      1.
      find unexpectedly or during a search.
      "firemen discovered a body in the debris"
      According to this definition the native Americans stummble upon america and discovered it first. Columbus was the first-ish European to bring the news to the news world, "technically" discovering it first.

  • @igormatkowski5488
    @igormatkowski5488 Рік тому +17

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

  • @jammybap
    @jammybap 5 років тому +18

    Thanks for an impartial review of Northern Irelands flag. Honestly in 30 years its the first breakdown ive seen which isnt dripping with political agenda - much appreciated!

  • @conoroneill8067
    @conoroneill8067 5 років тому +68

    We O'Neills are very keen to lend a hand every now and then.

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 5 років тому +8

      Marvelous joke. As someone who was once an O'Neill; this apocryphal story has always been one of my fave parts even if we share the story with half of Ireland and some Scots too.

    • @shaneoneill1125
      @shaneoneill1125 5 років тому +3

      O'Neills unite!

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 5 років тому +3

      I had a teacher named O'Neill once :)

    • @Look_Dad_Old_Tunes
      @Look_Dad_Old_Tunes 5 років тому +1

      I don't wish to know that! Kindly I'm stopping this sentence now.

    • @corv3007
      @corv3007 5 років тому

      I wonder if j r.r Martin just copied the hand for house gardener

  • @ginargent5077
    @ginargent5077 5 років тому +66

    I love the Troubles as a book with dark tentacles coming out of it.

    • @karlosdeevs
      @karlosdeevs 5 років тому +6

      yeah, it totally sums up how indeciferable the conflict was, how the outside world couldn't pick-up on it. (an invisibility like Vietnam but taking place on ones home turf, upon which he cares)

  • @pigeon3332
    @pigeon3332 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @jordanledoux197
      @jordanledoux197 3 роки тому +3

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