Why Do These People Live in the Middle of a Lake?

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  3 роки тому +180

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    • @ikira2464
      @ikira2464 3 роки тому +7

      Yea dude your like cool

    • @ClockChess
      @ClockChess 3 роки тому +2

      Nice :v

    • @Romesdramazone
      @Romesdramazone 3 роки тому

      Dude are you Ever going to shave that 70s porn mustache 🤔 Don't get me wrong... It's legendary considering you're the only one rocking it like you do, but it's time for a change 😁

    • @belacoak5796
      @belacoak5796 3 роки тому +1

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      @therock5878 3 роки тому +2

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  • @sbass301
    @sbass301 3 роки тому +2211

    I swear he was trying to see how many times he could say "Titicaca" in one video!

    • @veligotti
      @veligotti 3 роки тому +88

      Definitely should've done a Titicaca count

    • @imbarmstrong
      @imbarmstrong 3 роки тому +14

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
      @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 роки тому +20

      Someone count how many times he says it

    • @diobrando666
      @diobrando666 3 роки тому +2

      Ikr

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 роки тому +18

      "Animaniacs" flashback, anyone?

  • @finallychangedmyname3614
    @finallychangedmyname3614 3 роки тому +738

    *"Oh, grow up"*
    He knows us so well 😂

    • @Ron4885
      @Ron4885 3 роки тому +8

      I caught that too. :)

    • @rickhunter7
      @rickhunter7 3 роки тому +2

      Righ on point!

    • @Rawwhhh
      @Rawwhhh 3 роки тому +17

      He said it a fraction of a second after I chuckled and the missus looked at me as if I were a child inside this 30 year old body..

    • @rickhunter7
      @rickhunter7 3 роки тому +7

      @@Rawwhhh don't know about you but I AM a child inside this 39 year old body, grey hair and all.

    • @robertdoherty2001
      @robertdoherty2001 3 роки тому +2

      I actually blushed. Tee hee.

  • @TheTinyTyphoon
    @TheTinyTyphoon 3 роки тому +426

    saying “Titicaca” witha straight face, give this man an award.

    • @konradzuse8083
      @konradzuse8083 3 роки тому +1

      Fun fact: In German "Titti" means exactly that while "Ka(c)ka" means "shit/feces".
      Additional fact: Not even the slightest grin is given when someone says "Titikaka".
      I wonder why that is. Might be an interesting subject to do some research on...

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому

      @@konradzuse8083 Wir sagen "cack" auf englisch auch.

    • @Bonnie-lo3zh
      @Bonnie-lo3zh 3 роки тому +3

      I think the mustache hides it

    • @richardanderson6531
      @richardanderson6531 2 роки тому

      Doesn't Titicaca mean of sun and moon in the Spanish or native inhabitants language I forget which one

    • @Deenaziamazinjg14
      @Deenaziamazinjg14 2 роки тому

      Or he’s not immature lol

  • @crisqr16
    @crisqr16 3 роки тому +297

    As a peruvian myself, I feel honored that you made a video about our Uros people! I live in Lima, capital city, bit my mom has been to the lake a couple times and she always recalls good things from there. Also, the islands are a kind of national treasure and are featured in many ads and products. Thank you for talking about them!💙

    • @aaronlawrence666
      @aaronlawrence666 3 роки тому +5

      You live in an amazing country. I was there around 10 years or so ago and was in Lima, Arequipa, Puno (and Lake Titicaca) and Cuzco areas. The best trip ever! I was there when the big earthquake happened near Ica. I was in Lima at the time. I’ve never experienced anything like that before and It certainly made it a memorable trip. I really would like to return one day and see more.

    • @crisqr16
      @crisqr16 3 роки тому +1

      @@aaronlawrence666 Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed being here, it actually is an amazing place to live. Cusco is magical, Lima is very interesting and, well, haven't been to Puno and Arequipa myself but heard good things. Hopefully you can come back and see more (the rainforest, for example), and hopefully we get to choose a good president this time so you can actually see the good things we have to offer (elections are in ten days and the thing looks pretty bad).

    • @aaronlawrence666
      @aaronlawrence666 3 роки тому +3

      @@crisqr16 I'd love to go back and visit the north and rainforest. One day I hope! The food is amazing too. There are only a few Peruvian restaurants here in Toronto and they are good, but they don't serve Guinea pig (which I really liked) I looked up the date of the earthquake and it was in 2007 so I guess it was more than 10 years ago. If you ever get the chance Arequipa and Puno are definitely worth the visit. It's a long trip from Lima though but great sights to see along the way.

    • @crisqr16
      @crisqr16 3 роки тому +2

      @@aaronlawrence666 Arequipa and Puno are in my bucket list! Shame on me, really. Food is actually one of the things we peruvians are the most proud of, we always ask people if they tried ceviche and stuff, even the journalists ask that to celebrities that come haha. I want so badly to go to Canada! I love snow, haven't seen much of it yet. I hope one day I can go! Didn't know there were Peruvian restaurants there, that's amazing! I guess guinea pig is not considered a delicacy for many (me included), and there must be some limitations to actually cook it. But I hope you enjoy the other dishes!

    • @aaronlawrence666
      @aaronlawrence666 3 роки тому +2

      @@crisqr16 The ceviche is probably my favourite food from there. I also liked Lomo Saltado, arroz con pollo, papa rellena, anticuchos, lots of different potato dishes, alpaca, and so many other great foods. I wish I got the chance to try Peruvian Chinese food as I heard that is really good. The coca tea was great and that is very hard to find anywhere else. I wish I could get that here!
      The winter is great here, although a lot of Torontonians do not like it like I do. I love it when there’s lots of snow. Winter is best in Quebec, especially Quebec City. They enjoy the winter much more there.

  • @5280ryan
    @5280ryan 3 роки тому +181

    I’m 44 years old and I remember Mrs Harvey in 6th grade getting upset when we laughed every time she said Lake Titicaca.

    • @sageoffourwinds6640
      @sageoffourwinds6640 3 роки тому +11

      I'm 33 and I still giggle at the mention of lake titicacca

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +14

      C'mon, Mrs. Harvey, they're kids, what did you really expect, mature behavior!? I'm 65, and, I'm trying NOT to giggle at the thought of it! MY inner child is very healthy, and, silly.

    • @picoleavb
      @picoleavb 3 роки тому +12

      I'm from bolivia and I can assure you that everyone here laugh at the name, we even have a lot of jokes about it. So it's okay, the name is very funny specially in Spanish hahaha

    • @southanime
      @southanime 2 роки тому +1

      I would to say Titicaca until stopped being funny

    • @chadnewfield8866
      @chadnewfield8866 2 роки тому +2

      If I was in the 6th grade I would be in detention from cracking too many dumb jokes about the name Titicaca during class.

  • @milesbrewis2375
    @milesbrewis2375 3 роки тому +525

    Having been on one of those reed islands, the most memorable part of the experience was that a few children were running about during the whole tour and as expected, one eventually fell flat on his face. Everyone gasps in shock as you would when a child falls over but then a second later, it dawns on everyone simultaneously that an island made entirely of soft reeds does not have the same damaging properties of tarmac and the children get strait back up, unharmed
    The place is truly incredible but that stuck with me even so many years after the fact

    • @MasterMatter
      @MasterMatter 3 роки тому +8

      Thanks for sharing this man, I remember learning of this lake in 6th grade.

    • @AmericanMadeAdventures
      @AmericanMadeAdventures 3 роки тому +6

      Were there lots of bugs?

    • @milesbrewis2375
      @milesbrewis2375 3 роки тому +18

      @@AmericanMadeAdventures surprisingly not, it's probably the altitude that keeps them out for the most part

    • @lancedr6752
      @lancedr6752 3 роки тому +24

      @Safwaan They put new reeds on top. The bottom parts will rot or melted by water with time and will drift off. Then the top layer will become bottom layer so the cycle continue.

    • @menthols4625
      @menthols4625 3 роки тому +17

      @Safwaan Tradition I suppose? I mean there are a lot of alternatives to what they are doing, they could all just live on giant floating boats if they wanted, but at this point its tradition. Plus they need their islands to be unique like that, because it's what attracts tourism and allows them to survive.
      But yeah they really should add some kind of water-proof, sturdier base to the bottom then cover all of that in reed, would make their life a hell of a lot easier.

  • @MARCUSK298
    @MARCUSK298 3 роки тому +448

    I happen to be drinking Reed tea with a digestive.. thank you very much

    • @nicolasraby2967
      @nicolasraby2967 3 роки тому +9

      Any good?

    • @blakenelson8477
      @blakenelson8477 3 роки тому +7

      @@nicolasraby2967 probably not lol

    • @ariellealexander1534
      @ariellealexander1534 3 роки тому +8

      @@blakenelson8477 but what if it is and we just missing out? Lol

    • @brosefph_
      @brosefph_ 3 роки тому +4

      They are good believe me

    • @ariellealexander1534
      @ariellealexander1534 3 роки тому +7

      @@brosefph_ profile on the flavor please... ya'll say it's good and I'm spooked. But I want some....

  • @aaronburratwood.6957
    @aaronburratwood.6957 3 роки тому +146

    “Lake Titicaca”
    In my best Cornholio voice. “I need TP for my bunghole.”

  • @ZENMASTERME1
    @ZENMASTERME1 3 роки тому +736

    I am quite certain that a very entertaining host of an absolutely epically awesome UA-cam channel, really really enjoys saying the name of a certain lake.

  • @KaruizawaS2
    @KaruizawaS2 3 роки тому +81

    'Tsk, oh grow up~' and I took that personally XD

    • @mikoto7693
      @mikoto7693 3 роки тому +3

      I was halfway through thinking. "That's an unfortunate name."

    • @lilcritkl8350
      @lilcritkl8350 3 роки тому +3

      Do you know what the word "titi" means in Filipino or Tagalog?

    • @scrossman27
      @scrossman27 3 роки тому +2

      My husband says " they let the local pervert name the lake" we had to pause the video to laugh like 12 year olds

  • @giuliosancin7201
    @giuliosancin7201 3 роки тому +8

    "I can finally reed in peace" is the best pun! I love how you continuosly give them.

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher 3 роки тому +15

    I went there in 1971. It was a young adventure over summer for my friends and I. The people were beyond friendly and kind.

  • @liamparker459
    @liamparker459 3 роки тому +76

    Dude these have such high quality, we can see how much time you take on your videos, You are definitely underrated.

    • @zachaliles
      @zachaliles 3 роки тому +9

      He has nearly 3.8 million subscribers. I wouldn't consider that underrated. The quality of the videos is relative to the amount of subscribers. High sub count, high video quality and visey versey.

    • @user-ie6jr4bg1w
      @user-ie6jr4bg1w 3 роки тому +2

      @@zachaliles haha i was about to say the exact same thing!

    • @bombercountyblues
      @bombercountyblues 3 роки тому +3

      I see this quite a lot lately.. the actual meaning of the word seems to have been lost in online comment sections..

    • @vitobucher4992
      @vitobucher4992 2 роки тому +2

      @@zachaliles visey versey lol

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku 3 роки тому +186

    Aztecs: (stares at an Eagle yeeting a snake in a lake)
    also Aztecs: Ferb, I know what we will gonna do today

    • @123stevehead
      @123stevehead 3 роки тому +16

      what does this video have to do with the Aztecs?

    • @seanb3516
      @seanb3516 3 роки тому +4

      So wait....Ferb is his Dad AND his Brother? Very Handy...

    • @exudeku
      @exudeku 3 роки тому +20

      @@123stevehead The Aztecs built Tenochtitlan in the Mexico Lake...now the lake is dried up and the modern name of Tenochtitlan is Mexico City

    • @123stevehead
      @123stevehead 3 роки тому +8

      @@exudeku Yea but this video is about a completely different lake

    • @exudeku
      @exudeku 3 роки тому +13

      @@123stevehead same concept, different location
      The Aztec reason is kinda wack because they built Tenochtitlan just because they saw an Eagle threw a snake in the river (And you can see it in Mexico's Flag!)

  • @srice8959
    @srice8959 3 роки тому +34

    Not gonna lie as a kid growing up I’ve ALWAYS Dreamed of having an island 🏝 in the middle of the water like that, it could literally be anywhere in the world for me! I remember as a kid in the 70’s seeing pictures of castles in Europe that was built like that, and that that was the picture of perfection!

    • @decker528
      @decker528 2 роки тому +1

      I may build a little one on a pond one day

    • @srice8959
      @srice8959 2 роки тому +2

      @@decker528
      I’ve seen that done before, and it looks so damn cool. My uncle when he was digging out his pond he left a small piece of land like that with a Gazebo in the middle of it with a BBQ Pit, and whenever the weather was nice he’d be out there grilling. Use to love spending summers on his farm as a kid

    • @spencer5508
      @spencer5508 2 роки тому +1

      @@srice8959 wow that sounds fun.

    • @srice8959
      @srice8959 2 роки тому +1

      @@spencer5508
      It really was extremely fun. His Pond was Huge because he raised Cattle, and built the pond so that the Cattle could always get water, and stocked it with fish. The Pond was I’d say about 1,500’x3,000’ and the Gazebo was connected by a Dock that stretched out 400’ from the bank. The only reason I knew that about the dock part is i along with my cousins helped to build it. The Center Island was 25’x25’.

    • @spencer5508
      @spencer5508 2 роки тому +1

      @@srice8959 Thank you sir for sharing your wonderful experience with me.
      PS: I would love to swim there if the water was not too deep.😀

  • @BucketListTravellers
    @BucketListTravellers 3 роки тому +20

    Fascinating! Amazing to see how resourceful they have been and the complex architecture of the islands. Definitely somewhere we'd love to visit one of these days.

  • @YourLocalGamerFan
    @YourLocalGamerFan 3 роки тому +43

    I’ve been on these ”islands”! Very cool and they were super welcoming.

    • @khairulazlan5318
      @khairulazlan5318 3 роки тому +4

      Ofc they were, if they weren't you wouldn't buy their handicrafts

    • @creativohugo
      @creativohugo 3 роки тому +10

      @@khairulazlan5318 or maybe they are just nice people, or maybe both who knows.

    • @winnifredforbes1114
      @winnifredforbes1114 3 роки тому +2

      How did you end up in such a place?

  • @Adam_K_
    @Adam_K_ 3 роки тому +22

    My grandparents went there a few years back, me and my cousins all got a little knitted llama each made by the school children to sell to tourists!

  • @whenthemusicsover6028
    @whenthemusicsover6028 3 роки тому +6

    "You were lucky to live in a lake. There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road!"

  • @nathanmorris4981
    @nathanmorris4981 3 роки тому +18

    Fun fact, ive been on the island, its actually filled with so many cats that just sit and gaze into the lake

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 3 роки тому +4

      Lol,what else is there to do for a cat?

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +9

      Every cat there; "Look at ALL that damn Water!"

    • @chadnewfield8866
      @chadnewfield8866 2 роки тому

      Kitties want fish 🐟

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector 3 роки тому +10

    A very eloquent and moving tribute to these wonderful people .
    Cheers,
    Rik Spector

  • @sulekhamane5653
    @sulekhamane5653 3 роки тому +229

    Fun fact : this title is going to be changed soon 😆

    • @davidgaebler1909
      @davidgaebler1909 3 роки тому +15

      Do you know why he does that? Genuinely curious

    • @duckgaming7518
      @duckgaming7518 3 роки тому +5

      But why

    • @cusy1054
      @cusy1054 3 роки тому +25

      The current one is "meet the people who live in the middle of a lake

    • @Knight_Igris
      @Knight_Igris 3 роки тому +1

      Yep

    • @oldls7t_211
      @oldls7t_211 3 роки тому +19

      @@davidgaebler1909 maybe getting more people to click on it or click it again

  • @ashlankemp2400
    @ashlankemp2400 2 роки тому +35

    I have to say, although most of this information is correct some of it has been a little sensationalized. I visited Puno and the Uros people of lake Titicaca while I was a UNI student in Peru. Some islands chose not to participate in the tourism although the vast majority did because it allowed them to afford luxuries that they previously could not have had as an indigenous people. Some islands didn’t enjoy it and didn’t participate but the several I visited did and we’re very honest about their satellite dishes and other modern luxury‘s at the bloom in tourism had allowed them. Perú has a history of discriminating against indigenous people and this boom in tourism has help them so much as a community. Many of their children do seek an education and may go on to move off the islands, although many will choose to stay simply because it is tradition and many families do not want to see their culture die. While visiting I met the Chiefs daughter of one island, and in a mixture of Spanish and her native language (I presume Quechua) she was already telling me about the island at the age of three or four. She showed me the little fish ponds that they have to grow their own fish and feed tourists. Although they do sell trinkets they also so many other things like overnight stays, clothes and traditional food/medicines

    • @d3vastat0r89
      @d3vastat0r89 2 роки тому +1

      Oh wow. I had assumed that other south American countries viewed indigenous people more favorably. I'm part Amerindian and growing up in Guyana the rest of the population always thought us to be inherently stupid.

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky Рік тому

      Where do they bury dead people?
      Shove overboard?

  • @JohnA...
    @JohnA... 3 роки тому +6

    I love that they are still living on floating islands on a lake, but they have solar power. Basically they are just hippies now.

  • @suzz1776
    @suzz1776 3 роки тому +69

    am I the only one who thinks those solar panels they have on that island, is really freaking cool and also very surprising! :)

    • @CrazyLocoInsane1
      @CrazyLocoInsane1 3 роки тому

      Thats because your "suzz"

    • @chadnewfield8866
      @chadnewfield8866 2 роки тому

      Awesome enginuity. I'll always respect a culture that just wants to live in peace. Yes, this is pretty cool 😎

  • @zachaliles
    @zachaliles 3 роки тому +57

    I was mislead as to the location of lake Titicaca. I was under the impression it was in Nicaragua. Beavis and Butt-Head lied to me. What else did they lie about? Is TP really for your bunghole?

    • @miguelmejia4656
      @miguelmejia4656 3 роки тому +3

      @zachariah liles well for one, americans know nothing of central or south america.

    • @koda0027
      @koda0027 3 роки тому +4

      You don't know about the 3 seashells?

    • @latterdaydude6125
      @latterdaydude6125 3 роки тому +3

      @@koda0027 He doesn’t know about the three sea shells...hahahahaha.

    • @latterdaydude6125
      @latterdaydude6125 3 роки тому +2

      @@miguelmejia4656 We know you all have that good cocaine and coffee. Don’t care about much else.

    • @padraig5335
      @padraig5335 3 роки тому +2

      @@miguelmejia4656 We don't? What about all the Americans with family from these countries or friends? I know plenty thank you.

  • @orenjirenji
    @orenjirenji 3 роки тому +5

    That “oh grow up” got us all! 😂

  • @cut--
    @cut-- 3 роки тому +11

    This reminds me so much of the Amish in Lancaster Pa. I knew so many of them over the years and at some point, 1970's, 80's there were some mysterious stories the press ran with and Lancaster soon became a tourist destination. The Amish religion is against such vanities, they don't even have mirrors. Ironically, a society who wants to be left alone devolves into a zoo. I would regularly pull over and berate tourist who were out of their cars, taking pictures, waving and being completely ignorant. I moved away in 2005. A few years later I went back to visit a friend and there almost none of them left. They had moved to other states as far as they could get away from outsiders. The only difference is that the UROS people haven't seemed to evolve much economically and the Amish have so much CASH they could create their own state in Canada !

  • @AusDenBergen
    @AusDenBergen 3 роки тому +15

    That's crazy to see a navy landlocked like that.
    What's the most inland navy?

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому +5

      Depends how you define it. The Caspian Sea has naval vessels on it, but is an inland sea. My guess would be some of the African lakes, but it depends whether you consider smaller vessels a navy.
      Bolivia used to have a coastline and lost it, so they probably need a fleet on the lake to compensate.

  • @joeysduckieseighteen
    @joeysduckieseighteen 3 роки тому +102

    this man is so knowledgeable that when he posts videos, they get more likes than views.

    • @ragequitgodd3514
      @ragequitgodd3514 3 роки тому +9

      And thats not even possible. That’s how good my mans videos are

    • @AMisfit
      @AMisfit 3 роки тому +9

      That's because we tend to hit the Like button before we even watch the video 😉

    • @ragequitgodd3514
      @ragequitgodd3514 3 роки тому +3

      @@AMisfit mhm.

    • @sushitraxh6736
      @sushitraxh6736 3 роки тому +5

      @@AMisfit thanks for pointing out the obvious sir ❤️

    • @uwuowo4856
      @uwuowo4856 3 роки тому +1

      What

  • @nathanvaladez803
    @nathanvaladez803 3 роки тому +5

    Just because you don’t have a nice house doesn’t mean you’re poor. You can still be rich with tradition and culture. Anyways, I hope and pray these amazing people continue to have a bright future 🙏🏽

  • @XenXenOfficial
    @XenXenOfficial 3 роки тому +16

    Remember guys, when they say "industry leading encryption" or "military grade encryption", it's really talking about SHA-256 encryption which is just the normal standard for a lot of things.

    • @thesebas3090
      @thesebas3090 2 роки тому

      SHA-256 all the things! haha

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk 2 роки тому

      GOST people in the house!

  • @KaasIsLekker
    @KaasIsLekker 3 роки тому +12

    Meet the lice that live in the middle of thoughty2s mustache

  • @typelogin
    @typelogin 3 роки тому +41

    drinking game: take a shot every time Thoughty2 says Titicaca

  • @bangscutter
    @bangscutter 3 роки тому +10

    I wonder how they prevent in-breeding issues in such a small tribe, especially with little interaction with outsiders?

  • @picoleavb
    @picoleavb 3 роки тому +2

    Hi! A bolivian right here! I might not be from La Paz (the city where the lake it's located), but I have many friends who had the chance to go to this beautiful village. If you ever go please be very respectful to everyone and the culture (many people are very rude about the food, so please don't be like that), all bolivians and peruvians we'll be very grateful for that! And thank you Thoughty2 for talking about our culture!! I hope some day you can visit us

  • @hutchsmash
    @hutchsmash 3 роки тому +28

    You have such an entertaining way of sharing knowledge, thank you for posting these videos!

  • @tarunkurkal326
    @tarunkurkal326 3 роки тому +16

    "Now I can finally reed in peace..." lmao

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +1

      REALLY, okay, really, well, isn't that... REALLY, now?!

  • @mrjay8472
    @mrjay8472 3 роки тому +2

    This reminds me of this guy I saw on TV many year's ago. He'd made his own island with plastic bottles.

  • @KingOath
    @KingOath 3 роки тому +1

    I just noticed how good the audio quality is on your videos. The speech is super crisp and clear. Really stands out when you go back to your old vids from years ago 😂

  • @Commenter26
    @Commenter26 3 роки тому +16

    How my parents say they went to school: 13:46

  • @MiroslavDrahos
    @MiroslavDrahos 3 роки тому +3

    Not such a long trip to Titicaca for me. I'm currently in Paraguay, deciding where to backpack to next. Thanks for the tip, thanks for the video.
    After one year of living in South America I definitely see at least one very good point in living in the middle of the lake. Mosquitos. There are no mosquitos on the water.

    • @mikes5637
      @mikes5637 3 роки тому

      Go for it. Safe trip.

  • @nicksothep8472
    @nicksothep8472 3 роки тому +6

    I've always found the Uros extremely fascinating, as besides the obvious novelty of building a settlement on a lake out of reeds, they remind me of those out of planet human settlements you'd see on the Stargate tv series, using modern technology (although not all of them did) while maintaining a simple rural society. From a purely anthropological point of view i actually find their behavior more natural than that of most of today's humanity. Provided a good record of history is kept, good education, as in real education and not the indoctrination that currently passes as such, and finally, advancement of sciences, lets say for all the above specific modern settlement were built, i think a more simple and rural life style for "commoners" and the rest of the general population, could be a good way for humanity to overcome many of our current problems and the stigma that is the addiction to comfort, which pretty much desensitized us from reality.

  • @umadapuma5644
    @umadapuma5644 3 роки тому +6

    When he said "Lake Titicaca is an unquestionably splendid sight" I knew he did this episode just to say that

  • @Maddog00427
    @Maddog00427 3 роки тому +13

    The OG "Raft" players

  • @FairyWeatherMan
    @FairyWeatherMan 3 роки тому +25

    Islas flotantes, the floating Islands, are not used any longer, as far as I know. I visited the location some years ago and Uros people commute to the Islands any morning from Puno. They're just tourist traps nowadays.

    • @FairyWeatherMan
      @FairyWeatherMan 3 роки тому +6

      @@DanielScutt-nq6ky you've a point here, it makes sense. I'm just reporting my impression derived from a one-day trip, so I can possibly be wrong. Or maybe the truth is in middle: some of the Uros people are still there (or in the Amantani Island, which is a real island) making their living with tourism

    • @jimg9820
      @jimg9820 3 роки тому +6

      I visited two years ago and had the impression they live there pretty much permanently. I suppose they may stay only in tourist season. You can stay overnight so some people must be staying overnight. There is quite a population to boat in everyday.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому

      @@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 He cobbles his videos together from info he finds online. I'd be amazed if he has ever been there.

    • @Misteribel
      @Misteribel 3 роки тому +6

      Not mentioned in the video, some 200 Uros still speak the almost extinct native Uru language, but not natively anymore. There are still some 3000 Uros people, of them, around 1200 live on the floating islands (the rest on mainland Peru). They have two children schools (Christian and traditional), older children go to the mainland.
      So yes, they still live on these islands, and apparently the number of islands is even growing (I did not verify this claim), though most have embraced the modern life with (shared) solar panels, internet, a radio station and outboard motors on their (traditional) boats. Some people work on mainland Peru, but commute back to the islands.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому +2

      @@Misteribel Thanks for info on language. It is always a shame when languages get into trouble. I can understand Manx which has a similar number of speakers.

  • @CliffCardi
    @CliffCardi 3 роки тому +81

    Incas and Spanish: “Nooooo! You can’t just evade conquest by making giant rafts out of reeds and float in the middle of a lake!”
    Uros: “Haha reed island go whoosh”

  • @LGMUFO
    @LGMUFO 3 роки тому +5

    I was able to visit this place a few years back! A wonderful and very interesting place, and the fish was so tasty!

  • @Mediocre_JT
    @Mediocre_JT 3 роки тому +6

    Titicaca, Phuket, Bangkok... Just a few great names

    • @davidcruz8667
      @davidcruz8667 3 роки тому

      You're thinking like some Gringo. There are no double entendres where these places are located, they'd probably just look at you like you're some kind of idiot.

  • @iamanapachehelicopter
    @iamanapachehelicopter 2 роки тому +2

    God, I seriously can't stop watching these videos. Amazing work seriously.

  • @smuggthecomrade1477
    @smuggthecomrade1477 3 роки тому +5

    The man is the smoothest when it comes to putting in his sponsor, in the video. I see you thoughty2 💣💥

  • @dumbman8774
    @dumbman8774 3 роки тому +58

    Guy:sees one reed floating
    Guy to his friend:Im a make an Island out of that and live on it

    • @Ron4885
      @Ron4885 3 роки тому +1

      I would come over for a visit maybe buy a few reed mats but as for living there for ever, , , hummmmm not to sure. :)

    • @mummywelldaddywell6976
      @mummywelldaddywell6976 3 роки тому

      “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
      - Alan Kay

    • @rockydee7499
      @rockydee7499 2 роки тому

      He must've been a chad to name the island over bobs.

  • @cmac6136
    @cmac6136 3 роки тому +9

    That was the quickest sponsor pitch I have ever heard.

  • @SaiedEshaghi
    @SaiedEshaghi 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for being here thoughty2. You always have good stuff to report.

  • @mortsllaf
    @mortsllaf 3 роки тому +6

    Thoughty2: Uses Metres and Miles for the same lake.
    Me: Visible Confusion
    Edits: Spelling

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому

      * Metres
      I've never understood using American spelling for a system they almost never use.

    • @thethirdhokanye3760
      @thethirdhokanye3760 3 роки тому +1

      You spelled it right. Metres is the British spelling for Meters.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому

      @@thethirdhokanye3760 Meters is the American spelling of metres. And Americans don't use them

  • @cameronorcutt5505
    @cameronorcutt5505 3 роки тому +6

    What I think is funny is that Thoughty has been sponsored by NordVPN, one of SurfShark's direct rivals before.

  • @mikoto7693
    @mikoto7693 3 роки тому +17

    Lol, his comment at the start when he first said Titicaca got me because I was just thinking. "That's an unfortunate name."

  • @MrDadutch
    @MrDadutch 3 роки тому +3

    This channels is just amazing. You bring up topics that really blow your mind. This is one sad story. Money, tourism and technology have destroyed this peaceful culture of people who were happy for centuries. This channels really points out flaws in this society on a level that is amazing.

  • @jacksquat2067
    @jacksquat2067 3 роки тому +2

    "Oh, grow up." I feel like you were talking directly to me. 😆

  • @solvingpolitics3172
    @solvingpolitics3172 3 роки тому +4

    Great video on Lake Titikkaka, poopoo, wewe!

  • @creekochee3592
    @creekochee3592 3 роки тому +7

    I have been there, it it very interesting but the way of life is very harsh and poor. The lake stinks near the city and the area is extremely impoverished.

    • @cquiroz7874
      @cquiroz7874 3 роки тому +3

      To be fair, that could be said for all of South America with the exception of a couple capitals or the estates of certain families. Life is hard down there.

    • @creekochee3592
      @creekochee3592 3 роки тому +2

      @@cquiroz7874 No, like this is bad, worse than the norm. Bugs are everywhere on the islands and the sewage is all dumped in the lake. There is no Municipal system in Juliaca (the closest city) ever since the Army abandoned it to the smuggling cartels. It’s essentially a failed micro state with barely any working infrastructure. Tourism is pretty much the only industry that brings in a lot of money, besides the smuggling.

  • @jacksonhartgraves
    @jacksonhartgraves 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve visited lake titicaca in person and you were very accurate with so many different descriptions of the lake and what it’s like visiting.

  • @whyevenbother8068
    @whyevenbother8068 3 роки тому +4

    I always enjoy watching these videos while doing history homework, makes me feel much smarter

  • @dogzer
    @dogzer 3 роки тому +3

    Great video, great mustache, as always! It's crazy all my life I knew about the existence of lake Titicaca, had no idea people lived like that over there. Sad that they may abandon such lifestyle but it must be rough to live in such a way.

  • @antonthompson7838
    @antonthompson7838 3 роки тому +6

    Line up the tequila and every time Thoughty2 says “Lake Titicaca” take a shot🥴

  • @AntonioGonzalez-wo7tz
    @AntonioGonzalez-wo7tz 2 роки тому +2

    I spent several nights here and it’s so amazing! It’s a shame most touristic visitors don’t choose to have the same experience

  • @xSean0607
    @xSean0607 3 роки тому +2

    I never ever heard of them, thanks for making such nice video on these interesting people, their resilience is amazing.

  • @adamgillespie8508
    @adamgillespie8508 3 роки тому +4

    You pronounce a lot of words weird, but the way you say titicaca takes the cake.

  • @Patrick_Bateman_69
    @Patrick_Bateman_69 3 роки тому +51

    Ive actually been to that island before when I was 12, it’s a pretty cool place but I’m pretty sure they made me dress like a girl at some point, these lady’s kept trying to put weird clothes and hats on me

    • @Bonnie-lo3zh
      @Bonnie-lo3zh 3 роки тому +4

      LOL WHAT?? Are you okay ? 💀 I’m so sorry you had to experience strange women putting clothes on u

    • @andrewmoore3232
      @andrewmoore3232 3 роки тому +5

      Sorry can't relate. Ladies usually just try to take my clothes off all the time ☺☺

    • @celladoor9696
      @celladoor9696 3 роки тому +1

      🤣

    • @Losterinho_
      @Losterinho_ 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrewmoore3232 yea for me they run away Ha

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +2

      Now, if I weren't of a mature mind, I CIULD say something demeaning, like; "Well, maybe, those women knew what they were doing!". But, I won't, because, well, maturity.😉

  • @Sylphaeri
    @Sylphaeri 3 роки тому +1

    I really like these interesting history tidbits and oddities; they were the original reason why I started watching years ago.

  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 3 місяці тому +1

    Since I’ve seen this video, the islands appear in my dreams once in a while. That I live there, or that I’m on vacation, it’s always nice.

  • @klausgartenstiel4586
    @klausgartenstiel4586 3 роки тому +70

    "conquistadors can't swim." -old inca proverb

    • @sal2975
      @sal2975 3 роки тому +1

      Inca were conquerors too.

  • @LetsbeHonestOfficial
    @LetsbeHonestOfficial 3 роки тому +30

    Out of the Spanish, Incas and Uros. It's like the Uros picked the invisible cloak out of the 3 deathly hallows.
    Might be the most nerdy comment I've written, but I'm fine with it.

    • @neillundgren4434
      @neillundgren4434 3 роки тому +3

      Totally get the reference, some would say they chose the cowardly route. Me, I think they knew what would happen if they didn't make a radical change in their lifestyle and where they chose to live.

    • @LetsbeHonestOfficial
      @LetsbeHonestOfficial 3 роки тому +4

      @@neillundgren4434
      Agreed.
      And perhaps:
      The Spanish picked the wand since they had superior weapons, and the incas picked the stone since they ''played with death'' (the sacrifices)

    • @neillundgren4434
      @neillundgren4434 3 роки тому +4

      @@LetsbeHonestOfficial your not wrong in my opinion. We cannot conceive of what their daily life was fraught with on a daily basis. We cannot fathom what hardships they had to endure to survive. That is why I am amazed and impressed at what they accomplished in so short a time span.

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +2

      You makes your choices, and, you takes your chances!

  • @Timber81
    @Timber81 3 роки тому +1

    I love your Channel ! Very interesting topics but the way you present them is what brings me back. Thank you!

  • @WingManFang1
    @WingManFang1 3 роки тому +3

    This was awesome 👏 I hope they last another 500 years at least

  • @zeideerskine3462
    @zeideerskine3462 3 роки тому +13

    The Inca had a knotted language which is a form of writing.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому +7

      The word you are looking for is "quipu" and it is debatable whether it was writing or just a tally system. The best description is proto-writing.

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 3 роки тому +2

      So, when they'd rather "knot" speak, do they just stop tying!

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 3 роки тому +1

      @@petergant8767 "Hang on a minute, I have someone on the other line."

    • @MmeHyraelle
      @MmeHyraelle 2 роки тому

      Wasnt it only for numbers?

    • @zeideerskine3462
      @zeideerskine3462 2 роки тому

      Probably not but probably also not for high literature and music. There needed to be information to put the numbers into context but verbal language is possibly more complex than can be expressed in knots. However, the English language seems to be doing fine with just a few letters and punctuation compared to Chinese. One could probably write English just fine in a knot language.

  • @squidulu
    @squidulu 3 роки тому +2

    This would be really cool in a D&D campaign or a novel

  • @jasonjlloyd
    @jasonjlloyd 2 роки тому +1

    Love this channel. So fun and informative. Every sub deserved. Presented perfectly.

  • @steenro
    @steenro 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for an extreemly good video - you are a wonderful contentcreator. A warm thanks.

  • @ghostcrusader487
    @ghostcrusader487 3 роки тому +8

    Me: *hears titicaca* beavis and butthead flashbacks intensify

    • @scrossman27
      @scrossman27 3 роки тому +2

      Seriously made this reference yesterday. I need tp for my bung hole!

    • @davekennedy6315
      @davekennedy6315 3 роки тому

      I am the Great Cornhollio!

  • @aaronlawrence666
    @aaronlawrence666 3 роки тому +1

    I was on these islands a number of years ago and it’s really worth a visit. The whole region is beautiful and the people are awesome. I’ll admit, the name of the lake was a factor in choosing to go. Guinea Pig is delicious too!

  • @alexeyp281
    @alexeyp281 3 роки тому

    I haven't heard of this before. You broaden my horizons. Thank you.

  • @bycoxtax8562
    @bycoxtax8562 3 роки тому +4

    Lol, i live 30km from betanzos (its a town here in Galicia, Spain)nice pubs and parties there, also the guys name was like saying mike from pasadena xd

  • @trinisavagegaming7241
    @trinisavagegaming7241 3 роки тому +9

    Beavis and butt head was the first human I ever hear using this body of water name that was in the 90s lol true story 😔

  • @TnT_F0X
    @TnT_F0X 3 роки тому +2

    That thumbnail looks like an awesome house.
    If they can lay internet cables across the Atlantic then they can get me Wifi on the island. Just need Amazon Drones to be a thing and I'd move there.
    Or maybe its just covid and I want a huge moat around my house.

  • @ThoughTMusic
    @ThoughTMusic 3 роки тому +1

    That trip to school is still safer than the one for many inner city kids’ walk to school in Chicago.

  • @katekrylov
    @katekrylov 3 роки тому +3

    Reminds me of Fenimore Cooper's story about the floating house on the lake. That was located in Canada.

  • @imsavor
    @imsavor 3 роки тому +3

    “Oh grow up” caught me laughin like an 8 year old 😂

  • @robvangessel3766
    @robvangessel3766 2 роки тому +1

    In ancient times, living on those islands was an ingenious way to avoid enemies, but it's hard to understand why they bother living that way in modern times. Esp. because of the danger to young kids.

  • @breadcrumbhoarder
    @breadcrumbhoarder 3 роки тому +1

    I visited Lake Titicaca and the islands with my school once! The reeds are pretty good, they taste kinda watery like the spine of a lettuce leaf, but you can’t eat too much as they are natural laxatives! Guinea pig is definitely an acquired taste though, I thought it was slimy. It was also served whole and fried so you had to look at its fried face while eating it which can ruin anyone’s appetite but I suppose that could just be me haha.

  • @aleksmts7758
    @aleksmts7758 3 роки тому +4

    I love your videos, keep up the awesome content!

  • @yewchewed
    @yewchewed 3 роки тому +6

    I like the effort on the adverts but I wouldn't believe you've use PIA vpn, then you used Nord vpn and now your Surf Shark unless youre getting it for free. I also studied computer science and I just stick with PIA. Its a banger. Ive been watching for years, didnt like the moustache but now that, also, is a banger lmao

  • @storytellingsnek5255
    @storytellingsnek5255 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely amazing and ingenious!
    I wonder if GRRM got his idea for Greywater Watch and the House Reed from this or at least part of it?

  • @razrsedj2776
    @razrsedj2776 3 роки тому

    Watched your videos for so long now, I ordered your book. It arrived today. Can't wait to start reading.

  • @rhyleymaster
    @rhyleymaster 3 роки тому +3

    The name "titicaca" makes me think of the great Cornholio.

  • @banano24
    @banano24 3 роки тому +5

    Would you be interested in The Bosnian Pyramid ?

  • @wendychavez5348
    @wendychavez5348 3 роки тому

    My mom was in Bolivia the same way 2 years that my dad was in Vietnam. She used to enjoy cui about once a month. Several years ago I was given two female guinea pigs named Chocolate and Vanilla, and she started teasing me about eating them, but a few years later when she went back for a visit, she couldn't bring herself to eat cui again. I think the village she was stationed in was reasonably close to Lake Titicaca, or at least she visited the Uros for a day or two. Thanks for this reminder.

  • @LifeTries_STEVE
    @LifeTries_STEVE 3 роки тому +1

    Really enjoyed this video thanks for keeping us entertained in these not so entertaining times

  • @rvfiasco
    @rvfiasco 3 роки тому +7

    Woot!! I swear this channel brings me the equivalent of prozac straight through my eyes into my brainstem. 42 forever!