The Dumbest War Nobody Talks About

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    The Lobster War is a classic tale of how a dispute can escalate beyond reason, particularly when the pride of nationalism is put to the test. Originating from a dispute over Spiny Lobster fishing rights, this disagreement highlighted the lack of adequate international agreements on the territorial waters and fishing rights of a nation as the events took place two decades before the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In the 1960's, French fishing vessels traveled to the Brazilian coast to harvest lobster, igniting an international debate on the legality of this which hinged on the answer to a single question: can a lobster be considered a fish? Brazil argued that because lobster crawl along the ocean floor, they are considered an economic resource apart of their continental shelf. The French, for their part, argued that lobsters "swim" as they hop along the ocean floor, making them essentially a fish that can be caught by any country's vessel. The eventual peaceful resolution of this conflict led to the extension of Brazil's territorial waters to a 200-nautical-mile zone, setting the basis for exclusive economic zones of the same length that would come in the following decades.

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  • @BlueJayYT
    @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +464

    Feel free to join the subreddit if you’re ok tainting your soul on that website: www.reddit.com/r/bluejay/

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine having a subreddit instead of a discord. I didn't know you were such a loser, BlueJay! 😂

    • @АлексейТабаков-ы8в
      @АлексейТабаков-ы8в ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm yet to watch this video, is this about Jordan Peterson in any way (probably not)?

    • @dgh25
      @dgh25 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@АлексейТабаков-ы8в wow that's random

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@АлексейТабаков-ы8в Нет. Ты чё, дурак?

    • @Liam_The_Great
      @Liam_The_Great ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@АлексейТабаков-ы8в what a strange question

  • @wjzav1971
    @wjzav1971 ปีที่แล้ว +7345

    Blue Jay: "I'm gonna talk about the dumbest war in history."
    *Australia holds its breath*
    Blue Jay: "The Lobster War"
    *Australia sighs in relief*

    • @pawn288
      @pawn288 ปีที่แล้ว +393

      I think he already did one on the Emu war, or that was sam O'nella

    • @ellicel
      @ellicel ปีที่แล้ว +311

      Sam O'nella and OverSimplified

    • @tjones1406
      @tjones1406 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I was thinking he'd cover the cod wars

    • @Pikkabuu
      @Pikkabuu ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@tjones1406
      Hopefully that is the next war. Or the Whisky War.

    • @ultimatefree8637
      @ultimatefree8637 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      ​@Pikkabuu Can you tell me more about this Whiskey War. Sounds like biggest bar fight in history.

  • @Sax_Banana
    @Sax_Banana ปีที่แล้ว +1245

    The "lobster is a fish" has some serious "humans are featherless bipeds" energy

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC ปีที่แล้ว +123

      *slaps down a plucked chicken* BEHOLD, A MAN!

    • @emberfist8347
      @emberfist8347 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@SupersuMCFeatherless bipeds with broad flat nails.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@SupersuMCdid you slap it hard enough to cook it?

    • @Em-ih5du
      @Em-ih5du ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hey remember that time the Catholic Church said beavers were fish? Good times.

    • @emberfist8347
      @emberfist8347 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Em-ih5du Well you have to give the people in the Americas something to eat during Lent.

  • @SwitchFeathers
    @SwitchFeathers ปีที่แล้ว +3709

    I was so ready for the Brazilian's file on France to just read "French" and for that to be enough of a reason to investigate.

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +947

      that would have been hilarious too haha

    • @gustavoaraujopenha8463
      @gustavoaraujopenha8463 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Or ''Brazil'' in all caps at the end of people the Frensh slighted.

    • @Solveig.Tissot
      @Solveig.Tissot ปีที่แล้ว

      Average Virgins Cringe Brainless Fatherless Anti France Trolls Fanboys taking Copium over here ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    • @luisf2793
      @luisf2793 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      I would’ve put just a JPG of a frog

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@luisf2793*_Bruh._* 😂

  • @lobstalord9627
    @lobstalord9627 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    As a Lobster myself I think its great that you are bringing light to the massacres of my people by the French and Brazilians.

    • @CourtlandJones1
      @CourtlandJones1 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I’m so sorry you had too go through that

    • @oneproudbrowncoat
      @oneproudbrowncoat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Naw, he's just buttering you up.

    • @hunterchristian8372
      @hunterchristian8372 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This MF really is a lobster O.o

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Forty-second thumb

    • @mauricedavis2160
      @mauricedavis2160 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hang in there, your not alone in the struggle!!!🙏🦂💪❣️

  • @theclandestinewitness
    @theclandestinewitness 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +306

    The bit with De Gaulle telling his aid that he gets bitches is my new favorite thing.

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Hahaha it’s definitely one of my favorite skits too, thank you so much for the support!! :)

    • @AndrewGeierMelons
      @AndrewGeierMelons 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The best part is that it's in character for De Gaulle.

  • @gustavosanches3454
    @gustavosanches3454 ปีที่แล้ว +1646

    Here in Brazil we use this as an example of Brazil's strength in solving issues diplomatically.

    • @RedCharLang
      @RedCharLang ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Its the only thing Brazil managed to solve diplomatically

    • @overlordxz_303
      @overlordxz_303 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​Acre?

    • @w3aponex870
      @w3aponex870 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RedCharLangtrüë

    • @tisFrancesfault
      @tisFrancesfault ปีที่แล้ว +143

      @@RedCharLang Thats not fair, Brazilian government has been able to commit war crime levels of brutality on its own people to achieve government goals, and the "people" have been able to achieve a staggering level of Brutality to achieve "their" goals too!

    • @gustavosanches3454
      @gustavosanches3454 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@RedCharLang Well if you don't know history then you shouldnt be talking bullshit but ok

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 ปีที่แล้ว +3226

    Considering America and British Canada nearly killed each other over a single pig, I'm not too surprised. Imagine if this war had been over snails though. Those seas would ran red.

    • @watershipup7101
      @watershipup7101 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Very true.

    • @genjis5155
      @genjis5155 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      It would've been the bloodiest war in history.

    • @NukaCola6962
      @NukaCola6962 ปีที่แล้ว

      Canada and America almost went to war over the pig because the guy Winfield Scott put in charge made war possible. Winfield Scott and the royal navy manage to get it sorted out and put a joint military force there till the Germans give the islands to America

    • @CesarGarcia-nd5xz
      @CesarGarcia-nd5xz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      canada didn't even existed in that time, it was the uk

    • @lynkrig5635
      @lynkrig5635 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      He wasn’t just a pig, he was my best friend

  • @scottyx6722
    @scottyx6722 ปีที่แล้ว +3903

    As a half brazilian and half french person, I see this war as a win-win situation.

    • @pricklyrick7253
      @pricklyrick7253 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      And technically a lose-lose situation

    • @malegria9641
      @malegria9641 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      As a fully French person I see this as an opportunity to brag about how I’m French and therefore cultured

    • @pierce9019
      @pierce9019 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go overthrow your parliament frenchie @@malegria9641

    • @jrev2284
      @jrev2284 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@pricklyrick7253why not both.

    • @crusaderanimation6967
      @crusaderanimation6967 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      You seem to be "I'm on both side so i always end up on top" kinda fella.

  • @zbyrd7647
    @zbyrd7647 ปีที่แล้ว +954

    As someone studying to be a carcinologist (crustacean biologist), hearing that the French argued lobsters were fish is insane and hilarious lmfao

    • @borobdin
      @borobdin ปีที่แล้ว +39

      But why is it called "lobster fishing" if they aren't fish?

    • @norm3380
      @norm3380 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Well California did make the Bee a fish.... so...

    • @tonybrewer7536
      @tonybrewer7536 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      ​@@borobdinI thought it was called lobster trapping

    • @borobdin
      @borobdin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonybrewer7536 Wikipedia has it as lobster fishing with pots/traps as one method. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_fishing When I lived in New England, I always heard people who catch lobsters referred to as lobstermen or lobster fishers. But some places might refer to them as lobster trappers. In any case, it was more of a joke question and certainly a biologist would make a distinction even if many types of seafood might be referred to as fish colloquially.

    • @BlueScreenOfDeathPL
      @BlueScreenOfDeathPL ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Well, in the EU trade regulations snails are treated as fish. Everything can be fish if it let’s you make money 😎

  • @TheseUseless
    @TheseUseless ปีที่แล้ว +192

    “If a lobster is a fish because it jumps, a kangaroo is a bird” - Sun-Tzu, the Art of War

  • @amhuman5138
    @amhuman5138 ปีที่แล้ว +937

    ''Paul I'm rich and the President of France, I don't get mixed signals I get Bitches''
    De Gaulle be spitting bars

    • @GPantazis
      @GPantazis ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Second best line after "lobter"

    • @sporkconsumer9051
      @sporkconsumer9051 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      “Lopter”

    • @danielkaner5156
      @danielkaner5156 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      "So don't speek to me about your poor peoples problems"

  • @robbiegarber898
    @robbiegarber898 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    The fact that Bluejays granddaughter is clearly Jolyne implies Bluejay is Old Joseph, and that seems about right.

    • @pitagorasnachos
      @pitagorasnachos ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Wouldn't it actualy imply he's Jotaro's father?

    • @robbiegarber898
      @robbiegarber898 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      @@pitagorasnachos You're right, I keep forgetting Araki likes to skip a generation. Just pretend I said "great-granddaughter" instead.

    • @eggnogalcoholic
      @eggnogalcoholic ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Who is Jolyne 🥲 I’m out of touch

    • @ygnum
      @ygnum ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@eggnogalcoholicfrom jojo

    • @eggnogalcoholic
      @eggnogalcoholic ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ygnumohhh gotcha

  • @generalrubbish9513
    @generalrubbish9513 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    12:39
    "Paul, I'm rich and the president of France, I don't get 'mixed signals', I get bitches!" is such a fucking raw line god damn

    • @kiplingwasafurry1108
      @kiplingwasafurry1108 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Historically accurate (but not really lol have you seen de Gaulle?)

    • @RipRLeeErmey
      @RipRLeeErmey ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I heard the LOUDEST Vine boom in my head after that line 😭

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Funny how the French always get the signals mixed up when dealing with Germany.

    • @kiplingwasafurry1108
      @kiplingwasafurry1108 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@toolbaggers I mean not really de Gaulle, he knew what was up with Germany from the start but nobody listened to him.

    • @inactivated101
      @inactivated101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      unfunny

  • @AlexandreMarhic
    @AlexandreMarhic หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have to come back here, I just had amazing info. My grandpa, who served in the French navy, when he was 28, was a radar operator and air support coordinator aboard the Tartu during this very incident. He told me that they had been deviated from their original course of patrol around Africa, left from Dakar towards Brazil with barely enough fuel to make the whole trip. They had to ration the fuel, so once arrived in Brazilian waters, they just completely shut down the Tartu’s engines.
    My grandpa recorded seeing several planes on his radar, flying patrols far from their position, looking for the Tartu but not finding anything. Eventually when the Brazilian bombers flew overhead, the anti air crews fired warning shots from the 127 mm and 47 mm guns without clear authorisation from their hierarchy. Hearing this, they were then ordered to cease fire immediately. At one point, the Brazilian bomber flew so close to the Tartu that the sailors on board could see that they had opened their bomb bays. Tension was pretty high at that point since the commander ordered the AA crews to lead the aerial targets constantly.
    Fortunately one of the spotters noted that the bomb bays of the Brazilian planes were empty, and so the alert for an attack was cancelled.
    However, the most terrible part of this little adventure was, according to my grandpa, the ship being stopped since they had so little fuel. The currents and waves were pretty strong, and the ship was rocking like crazy because it was no longer sailing, many of the sailors ended up sea sick and some of the living quarters just stank so bad from all the puking that the commander had to put back the engines on, for obvious sanitary reasons. By then they already had available reinforcements coming up, and the Tartu was able to return to Dakar.
    Also, about the feared French fleet near Africa, my grandpa said that “the Brazilian could never sink it because their navy was too poorly trained”. Turns out the Brazilians did manage to sink a French ship, because of their inability to maintain the “Foch” aircraft carrier they had bought from France. They had to sink it because it had become too old, full of toxic waste, and breaking down from everywhere. So the Brazilian navy did manage to sink a French ship after all !

    • @AlexandreMarhic
      @AlexandreMarhic หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      PS: Grandpa is well and kicking it like he’s still in the navy.

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is an amazing anecdote!! Thank you for sharing! Tell your grandpa I loved researching his story, it’s been one of my favorites I’ve ever made a video on

  • @imlivingunderyourbed7845
    @imlivingunderyourbed7845 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Bluejay, I think another funny topic to cover that is just like this is the "Bone Wars"; a time when early paleontologists would actively sabotage each other as they all rush to discover more and more dinosaur fossils.
    The winner of this so called war is named Othniel Charles Marsh while his rival was, fittingly named, Edward Drinker Cope.

    • @RW77777777
      @RW77777777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Othniel Chad Marsh

    • @swagcreated9147
      @swagcreated9147 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Drinker Cope lmao bro was doomed from the start

  • @paullempges7860
    @paullempges7860 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    Ahh, the 1960s, imagine being alive to witness both the Lobster wars and the Cod wars at the same time!

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      _"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of Cod, it was the time of Lobster..."_

    • @XbunkerXballerX7127
      @XbunkerXballerX7127 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Those were the days.

    • @jpaulc441
      @jpaulc441 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      You also got to witness JFK's brain.

    • @Pantsinabucket
      @Pantsinabucket ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jpaulc441well, we can at least take solace in the fact that JFK didn’t have much brains to begin with.

    • @lornbaker1083
      @lornbaker1083 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's true, He was guided by his second brain.

  • @ludoviajante
    @ludoviajante ปีที่แล้ว +2506

    No matter how long you take to post, you always put a smile on our faces! Thanks for the video.
    Much love from Brazil.

    • @pudimvideojogador3272
      @pudimvideojogador3272 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Último lugar que esperava te encontrar

    • @joaovictor536
      @joaovictor536 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ludo!

    • @latimil838
      @latimil838 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      A PESSOA AMÁVEL DA INTERNET POR AQUI?????

    • @DaimyoD0
      @DaimyoD0 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If we're talking about post turnover rate, he's got Sam O'Nella beat by like, a factor of five lol.

    • @wr3nch1379
      @wr3nch1379 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      É bem a cara do ludo ver esse tipo de vídeo bobo sobre história

  • @Hammerhead547
    @Hammerhead547 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Fun Fact:
    Before the 1920's lobster was considered so low class that it was seen as only fit for prisoners.
    There's actually court records of class action lawsuits brought by prisoners in massachusetts and maine against the respective departments of correction in those states in which the main complaint was that the prisoners were sick of being served lobster all the time.

    • @siepie830
      @siepie830 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Yeah but that was mainly to do with the fact that they were served with pieces of shell smashed into it. Because they didnt care enough to put in the work to extract the meat properly

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah, I lived with a bunch of guys from Maine in college, and they'd joke about lobster in that regard occasionally.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Not because they weren’t fresh and kinda spoiled?

  • @awall1831
    @awall1831 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    When I was young, I would love seeing the first robins show up in the spring because it meant the end of of a long winter. All these years later, and I’ve found a new bird whose return from a long absence excites me even more. Thanks for making these videos, man.

  • @berg5714
    @berg5714 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Here in Norway, we have a Supreme Court case about snow crabs, and whether they're a sedentary species or not. Basically if they live in the ocean, or if they live on the ocean floor.
    It's regarded as one of the most important supreme court cases in modern Norwegian legal history, illustrated by the fact that the hearing was attended by all SC judges, instead of the usual five SC judges in an ordinary SC hearing.

    • @berg5714
      @berg5714 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The reason for its importance is because it deals with the Svalbard Treaty, which gives Norway sovereignty over Svalbard with the condition that any other treaty party (country) can conduct activities there on equal terms as Norway. This case decided whether this condition of equal terms also applies to the resources in the continental shelf, including oil and minerals. If the snow crab is a sedentary species, the court would have to give an interpretation of the Svalbard Treaty. If snow crab isn't, then the court could leave the question of who has the rights to the continental shelf ambiguous

    • @troybaxter
      @troybaxter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What was the outcome?

  • @mementomori510
    @mementomori510 ปีที่แล้ว +481

    Lobzillia will forever be engrained in my mind. I hope you’re happy, strange bird man

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, I mean Toho did have a Lobster Monster, so it's not that crazy

    • @mattdragon333
      @mattdragon333 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I do wonder if these French guys were trying to claim for Real that there were mutant lobsters
      Tbh i can't tell how much of that is artistic liberty, or if I want to research it and Live without the possibility of it

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They prefer the term "Bird Person". Or so Rick & Morty have led me to believe...

    • @LeafBoye
      @LeafBoye ปีที่แล้ว

      Lobter

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fact that this comment had 420 likes (before I got to it) makes a little too much sense.

  • @PK-Radio
    @PK-Radio ปีที่แล้ว +460

    I rise from the grave once again for the bird has uploaded

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +95

      I love my liche fans

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BlueJayYTwoaaaaaaah!

    • @Wichtxg
      @Wichtxg ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got resument to

    • @atlanticamnesia
      @atlanticamnesia ปีที่แล้ว +4

      glad you're alive

    • @thelastone4371
      @thelastone4371 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    "I like my near-military conflicts like I like my women. Full of crabs."
    This quote greatly disturbs me in ways I can't quite articulate.

    • @Styxswimmer
      @Styxswimmer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When I was in the marines my buddy got drunk, went up to a HOT female and said "excuse me, I would like some seafood. Do you have crabs"

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    As a Brit, I can sit back, relax and laugh at France losing a diplomatic war over lobsters 😂

    • @EllpaFox47
      @EllpaFox47 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      *cod wars intensifies*

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@EllpaFox47 yeah lol 😂

    • @luisf2793
      @luisf2793 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Didn’t Brits also lose a diplomatic war with America over a pig

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@luisf2793 Didn't the Americans lose to Vietnamese farmers with guns?

    • @EllpaFox47
      @EllpaFox47 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@oliversherman2414 we didn't lose!
      we merely failed to win

  • @SwegMastah
    @SwegMastah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    4:38 i dont know why but I rewatched that paper falling animation a couple times, its so... satisfyingly smooth

  • @luanfonseca5179
    @luanfonseca5179 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    i had suggested it on your discord. the idea of operation cabralzinho (brazil's invasion plan to french guiana) was always one of my favorite alt history shenanigans

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +37

      What is your username on discord? I thanked someone else in the description but if you suggested it I'd love to credit you as well!

    • @luanfonseca5179
      @luanfonseca5179 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@BlueJayYT it's duek. i even went into the laughing at bluejay chat there to talk about the letter

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ah yes, Duek! Ok, added you to the description

    • @hagnat
      @hagnat ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@BlueJayYTwait... are you doing a video on Brazil's plan to invade French Guiana ?
      it is a little known fact, even to Brazilians, but i am unsure if there is a lot to be said about this

    • @Yamn_
      @Yamn_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There's also the "Operação surumu" in which Brazil was preparing to defend against a American and British invasion in the amazon, to hide it from the public, Brazil said it was a Combat simulation against a fictional country called Cratênia
      From what i remember

  • @TheUbberman
    @TheUbberman ปีที่แล้ว +518

    It's difficult to express how enjoyable these are.
    Real events delivered with excellent humour and presentation

    • @Eyezick-l5z
      @Eyezick-l5z ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. Really covers the whole spectrum of "entertaining"

    • @inactivated101
      @inactivated101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not a original concept. hundreds of channels did it before him. and his humor is a little dry.

  • @zacbref5022
    @zacbref5022 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    As a French student in 2nd year of Political Sciences, we surprisingly never heard anything about this conflict... 🤔. This video made me laugh so much, I knew my country made terrible decisions, but this conflict was one the stupidest things that happened in History for sure.

    • @brandonha
      @brandonha ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Change your degree now, theres still time.
      -an under employed poli sci grad

    • @panzerkampf92
      @panzerkampf92 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Look for the war of the cakes with Mexico, France started a war over a destroyed bakery in Mexico owned by a french man (in the context of riots shortly after the independence) , send a disproportionate price to repay the damaged goods (cake) and escalated the situation

    • @adrianishtar0
      @adrianishtar0 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Makes sense, I mean when your country commits the equivalent of attempted armed robbery and still runs away with its tail between its legs, it probably doesn’t go around talking about it a lot.

    • @zacbref5022
      @zacbref5022 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@adrianishtar0 I think you have no idea how much in France we talk about terrible decisions our country made, or ankward situations in our History. For instance, the "Sniffing planes affair", or the death of Felix Faure, a former French president died by having sex in his Elysee office. I just think out country sucks so much we don't have time to study everything.

    • @AzathothLives
      @AzathothLives ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@zacbref5022 Don't worry, you look at pretty much any country out there and you'll come away with some embarrassing history.

  • @cleverusername8319
    @cleverusername8319 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "I don't get mixed signals - I get bitches!" That ain't what I expected from a history lesson about lobsters, but alright

  • @MoonLitChild
    @MoonLitChild ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'd never heard of this before! Funny and informative as ever BJ! Would still be interested in a weird fashion trends part II!

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you! And I did put out a sequel in January!

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BlueJayYT I have no idea how I missed that. Thanks!

  • @ArseAllowance
    @ArseAllowance ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I love learning more about my country's ability to take advantage of other countries on a cartoon trivia channel 👍

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +27

      hell yeah, dude

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would argue the Brits have always been better than than the French at calculating which is more profitable in the end, sending fleets and armies to extract small amounts of near worthless resources by comparison or not..

  • @Braindamagedpotato
    @Braindamagedpotato ปีที่แล้ว +121

    The warships at 10:51 Is MNF Richelieu , first of her class. Despite being the most well designed treaty era Battleship her service record was unremarkable and mostly spent her time either blowing up rocks for target practice or being repaired in drydock for sailing onto a sea mines.
    i know nobody asked but i really like boats and thought someone might be interested. To that end i will continue watching the video as our great blue feathered god intended

    • @denkend8373
      @denkend8373 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thanks for the cool information! I hope you enjoyed the video:D

  • @33Ciggy
    @33Ciggy ปีที่แล้ว +355

    13:32 Once again, deGaulle's arrogance shines through. A true parisian (not by birth but by actions).

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      But his arrogance concerning britian joining the EU eas prophetic😅

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin ปีที่แล้ว

      The man basically held a life long deep grudge against the US and UK, because they helped save his nation from Nazi occupation

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@chheinrich8486 he wasnt much different to the UK really. France joined the EU and NATO but constantly bickered with their NATO allies and often went ahead and did their own thing and were pretty mistrustful of the US. The US and other NATO members during the Cold War focused more on integration of their forces and producing complementary equipment whereas France, especially under DeGaulle, focused more on their own military and producing most of their own gear and their nuclear policy was pretty divergent with the rest of NATO. They even essentially left NATO withdrawing from the command structure because they feel France is special and shouldnt be beholden to any of their allies; they want the protection that NATO provides but dont want to have to actually put in the work that NATO demands if they dont want to.

    • @icecold1805
      @icecold1805 ปีที่แล้ว

      indeed, it's amazing to think he stood against nazi germany, in retrospect he would have made a great ally of it. Lucky for france he wasn't in office to control foreign policy when the war began.

    • @F4wk3s
      @F4wk3s ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lobter

  • @CrabJelly5225
    @CrabJelly5225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Skeedaddle skeedoodle to the land of poodles lest you get the noodle” is something that I didn’t expect to enter my daily lexicon but bro I say this when I get pissed at my French lessons lol

  • @heleenlinde2866
    @heleenlinde2866 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The part about the research license honestly made my day, it was so damn sweet man

  • @WolfSlaya2030
    @WolfSlaya2030 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    you know its a good year when BlueJay posts his annual video

    • @KingAxxerr
      @KingAxxerr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He has uploaded 6 videos in the last year

    • @bisurker
      @bisurker ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's crazy is, it's in the same week as a Casually Explained video. What a week!

    • @arqueopterix007
      @arqueopterix007 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

  • @baronvonjo1929
    @baronvonjo1929 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Dear God. The dialogue in this and execution is incredible. Words really cannot express how much I am loving this

  • @SYNTHSTREL
    @SYNTHSTREL ปีที่แล้ว +227

    He really just popped out of the void and started making banger content

    • @SavageGreywolf
      @SavageGreywolf ปีที่แล้ว

      So still ripping off Sam O Nella I see :V

    • @SYNTHSTREL
      @SYNTHSTREL ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SavageGreywolf what do you mean by this?

    • @IQsveen
      @IQsveen ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@SavageGreywolfSam O'Nella and Blue Jay have similar content, sure, but not the same style or delivery

    • @nerdlord1408
      @nerdlord1408 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@SavageGreywolf Sam O'Nella has been gone for years, we needed someone to fill the void.

    • @demondoggy1825
      @demondoggy1825 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you sure about that?

  • @kdris12hihi
    @kdris12hihi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    At 13:42, I seriously thought that was an actual NYT image about the lobster war, until I noticed the squiggles 😂😂

  • @lirisa1869
    @lirisa1869 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love how bashful the junior naval officer was when they insinuated they were a couple. I hope they had a good, healthy relationship outside of the military structure.

  • @Meregolo
    @Meregolo ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love how you still put in the constellation details, especially the North star!

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’m glad you noticed :)

  • @nicolaswohrer2272
    @nicolaswohrer2272 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fun fact, Le Foch, Clemenceau sister ship, was sold to the Brazilian navy after her service in the french navy

  • @KendalDial
    @KendalDial ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "Paul, I'm rich and the president of France. I don't get mixed signals. I get bitches" is prob the quote of the year lol.

  • @notxxzara
    @notxxzara 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i dont know how to express how much i love the jojo references/people in your videos

  • @thelimon4338
    @thelimon4338 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t believe I was unsubscribed for over a year and missed loads of content but I’m glad you have gained a lot of viewers and subscribers and now I have lot of videos to binge watch

  • @hagnat
    @hagnat ปีที่แล้ว +90

    _"Brazil is not a serious country"_ -- De Gaulle, on the Lobster War

    • @Drunkieman
      @Drunkieman ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Acktually it was his Economy Minister, but who am I to say anything

    • @Zampierre
      @Zampierre ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NÃO FOI ELE

    • @maykosantiago2085
      @maykosantiago2085 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      In other words, we're not white

    • @narutotricolorffc1902
      @narutotricolorffc1902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Zampierre Fala, speed!

  • @edwardoapc
    @edwardoapc ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Just one more thing... The last communication between the vessels was the chief Brazilian destroyer wishing "bon voyage" to Paul Gaufeny as it turned away.

  • @shadowmane55
    @shadowmane55 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Your videos as well as oversimplified are possibly the only history vids i can watch straight up and not as background noise. The comedic execution in your work is unmatched in this vertical of youtube content.

  • @shawnalewis8454
    @shawnalewis8454 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “I don’t get mixed signals I get BTCS so don’t talk to me about your POOR PPL PROBLEMS” I’m a new subscriber and If this is your basic content I will be here forever 💀💀💀 you’re fuckin hilarious and educational. My 2 favorite things

  • @DonsStudios
    @DonsStudios 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I want to see your review of the War of the Pig and the Great Emu War

  • @potatonamedtate6727
    @potatonamedtate6727 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Blue jay talking dumb history? Count me in!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    "And this stubborn man considered Brazil's actions to be a slight on the majesty of France."
    It's so hard for me to resist the temptation to make the obligatory "What majesty?" joke.

    • @machill4544
      @machill4544 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      france kind of lost all its street cred after ww2 and the suez crisis

  • @tdolan500
    @tdolan500 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    15:20 actually laughed out loud!

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Haha I'm glad you liked it! I almost cut that skit, glad I didn't!

    • @MrDixon-
      @MrDixon- ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I also laughed out loud...which was a bit embarrassing since I was at work and supposed to be doing something serious.

    • @liihq
      @liihq ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "you sure are big huh?"
      I've been playing that skit on loop. 😂

    • @SSSSSS-lq2zz
      @SSSSSS-lq2zz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Such beautiful Doppler effect

    • @codyspradley6277
      @codyspradley6277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BlueJayYT i am so glad gou didn't! I needed that laugh and out of context fits more situations than it rightfully should

  • @goldenfiberwheat238
    @goldenfiberwheat238 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    8:40 could’ve had the two cia guys talking about the Cuban missle crisis here

  • @leoncaples2947
    @leoncaples2947 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a fantastic introduction to your channel.

    • @BlueJayYT
      @BlueJayYT  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hope you enjoy your stay!

  • @jeepmega629
    @jeepmega629 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The dumbest war for me is that one time were Honduras and El Salvador destroyed each other over a football game

  • @merphul
    @merphul ปีที่แล้ว +100

    yay new BlueJay!!
    BlueJay is the stepdad that I've come to accept because Sam O'Nella stepped out for smokes one day and only comes visit us once every 14 months.

    • @Colonel_RamRod
      @Colonel_RamRod ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesss 😂😂😂

    • @tsm688
      @tsm688 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wait, he returned at all?

    • @merphul
      @merphul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @tsm688 like once a year he throws out a video

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is it now OK to declare that Sam O' Nella has retired from TH-cam channel business?

  • @eggnogalcoholic
    @eggnogalcoholic ปีที่แล้ว +94

    The Pig War
    The Emu War
    The Lobster War
    None of these wars use the animal in their name as a metaphor, it’s literally a war over those animals

    • @mnxs
      @mnxs ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You forgot the Cod War

  • @RaphBlade7
    @RaphBlade7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    *The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!*
    [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] 9:39 - "Finally someone who recognizes SEAGULLs as OIL RIGs!"

  • @dylangartner578
    @dylangartner578 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    bluejay don't ever stop!!
    your one of the last real content creators on TH-cam....thank you

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid ปีที่แล้ว +51

    To be fair, the Pig War may be even stupider on account of it being _(allegedly)_ about *a* pig, singular. At least here they were fighting over _multiple_ lobsters. I think.

    • @emberfist8347
      @emberfist8347 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      No this is dumber. The Pig War was legitimate border dispute due a poorly worded treaty. This was France openly violating another nation’s sovereignty. And the Pig War didn’t get both nation’s directly involved either.

  • @00dredd
    @00dredd ปีที่แล้ว +80

    never laughed this hard for highly accurate historical story telling than this! my kids wondered if it was ok! Thank you for this blue jay. the story i never knew i needed to hear 😅😂

  • @lanzarotebello
    @lanzarotebello ปีที่แล้ว +78

    @10:53 Ah yes, De Gaulle's "Lobter" speech, inspiring French fishermen to violate Brazilian waters, very iconic

  • @feelincrispy7053
    @feelincrispy7053 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “I don’t get mixed signals, I get bitches”
    Fair

  • @jmsmzo1219
    @jmsmzo1219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I don't get mixed signals, I get bitches" is such an awesome line.

  • @scottanos9981
    @scottanos9981 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I don't get "mixed signals", I get bitches - Charles DeGaulle

  • @kreamyclub
    @kreamyclub ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love the attention to detail, especially that 760,320 gumballs really do add up to 12 miles

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's like on Well There's Your Problem, where they convert the compensation awarded to victims of disasters (and/or surviving family members) to the equivalent number of Xboxes, or Xboxen, beginning with the Hindenburg episode.

  • @notredboi
    @notredboi ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Look at Jolyne learning the histories and stuff

    • @oooeee5556
      @oooeee5556 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alternative father figure.

    • @nimrodassayag7910
      @nimrodassayag7910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looked for this

    • @JuiceMade3603
      @JuiceMade3603 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nimrodassayag7910me too lmao

  • @Megalon-qc8pf
    @Megalon-qc8pf ปีที่แล้ว +7

    14:00 No context

  • @diogodias2855
    @diogodias2855 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Found the most comedic channel in yt, this is my type of videos, information about things that i really don't need to know with a mix of humor that i love and will probably get me arrested sooner or later. Love it!

  • @Bigdog5400
    @Bigdog5400 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The most underrated channel that doesn't have 1 million subs on the internet

    • @JordanLane7
      @JordanLane7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m shocked it isn’t a much bigger channel, definitely the the most underrated

    • @EricRedbear
      @EricRedbear ปีที่แล้ว

      His inconsistency with posting content is what's hindering him. People have such short attention spans and impatience they unsubscribe if they have to wait very long.

  • @eggnogalcoholic
    @eggnogalcoholic ปีที่แล้ว +24

    5:05 WHY DONT WE GET CLOSURE TO THIS ROMANCE STORY

  • @TheVikingCarnotaur
    @TheVikingCarnotaur ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My biggest fear is now a giant lobster breaking into my house telling me “you’ll never amount to anything”

  • @shanemiles9371
    @shanemiles9371 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m glad this video was my introduction to your channel. Otw to watch all your videos onna binge

  • @meganbarnes1391
    @meganbarnes1391 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Was just wondering what this was when it was mentioned in the new Percy Jackson episode this week. Interesting timing for it to be recommended

  • @captainpalegg2860
    @captainpalegg2860 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    the most hilarious thing about this whole kerfuffle is that, if the french had just moved a little ways up the south american coast, then they would've been fishing in their own waters and the whole situation would've been avoided.

  • @atlanticamnesia
    @atlanticamnesia ปีที่แล้ว +336

    a lobster being a fish is the same argument that a pangolin is a person because they walk on 2 legs
    edit: YALL i said PANGOLIN not PENGUIN look em up way crazier than some plato penguin shit

    • @gabrielfarina9324
      @gabrielfarina9324 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      A FEATHERLESS BIPED!

    • @nyasputin
      @nyasputin ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Mmmm... Plato's man!

    • @surinderpal7323
      @surinderpal7323 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@gabrielfarina9324 *Diogenese enters the chat*

    • @N0d4chi
      @N0d4chi ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Penguins are people, they have suits on

    • @DAFLIDMAN
      @DAFLIDMAN ปีที่แล้ว +6

      BEHOLD A MAN!!

  • @Glavenuss
    @Glavenuss ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If I had a nicle for every time a war broke out during the cold war because of seafood I'd have two nicles, which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice.

    • @vidblogger12
      @vidblogger12 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Iceland has entered the chat*
      *Britain has entered the chat*

  • @justinmcintire4537
    @justinmcintire4537 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just want you to know that the videos you put up are always amazing quality. I sincerely hope your success grows exponentially

  • @gracegallimore4580
    @gracegallimore4580 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love the way you describe history. It's educational and hilarious

  • @MemesOfProduction69
    @MemesOfProduction69 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    that diplomaSEA pun is unrivaled. A round of applause everyone!!!!

  • @arthurfisher1857
    @arthurfisher1857 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My father never told me about the Lobster War... it was always "taking shelter in the Blitz this...", "cuban missle crisis that..."
    I guess some trauma is just too much for a person to articulate...😢

  • @chasekinton
    @chasekinton ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Blue Jay Penny: 11:12

  • @juanalvarez3507
    @juanalvarez3507 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    9:42
    Priceless.

  • @iasimov5960
    @iasimov5960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Captain of lobster trawler: We return with Brazilian lobsters. DeGaul: How many zeros in a brazilian?

  • @bernardocampos8363
    @bernardocampos8363 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Fun fact: since indenpendence Brazil has never lost a war

    • @VoicedNat
      @VoicedNat ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Well, I mean, like...uh
      Yeah, that's true...

    • @kpatterson14206
      @kpatterson14206 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Somebody has to keep those crazy Bolivians in check.

    • @jlGenozzV
      @jlGenozzV ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dude we lost Uruguay

    • @Spacey_key
      @Spacey_key ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@jlGenozzVhe did not said that was Brazil's independance

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 ปีที่แล้ว

      And did Lopez thought Brazil intervention against Blonco government in Uruguay was a lucky shot, something they could not repeat against the mighty Paraguayan Army?

  • @yorickzierikzee2443
    @yorickzierikzee2443 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Netherlands, as DOOM Guy is very accurate. They just stole the spice trade and were too angry to die.

    • @peteneblett9344
      @peteneblett9344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You and the Brits almost made Nutmeg extinct. On purpose.
      Because if it was extinct, but YOUR country had it, ohhh boooy, could you jack up the price.
      The East India Companies were savage af

    • @yorickzierikzee2443
      @yorickzierikzee2443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@peteneblett9344 Anything for that profit😅

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Question: Steal the spice trade. That wasn't a question but the Dutch did it anyway.

    • @haroeneissa790
      @haroeneissa790 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A small price to pay for bamischijf.

  • @latexbeep
    @latexbeep ปีที่แล้ว +12

    11:41 there is a very severe historical inaccuracy with this scene. There is no such thing as a human being that remotely likes Long John silver let alone loyal to Long John silver. This family does not exist

    • @Paul0BRM
      @Paul0BRM 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i think he confused "Silva" with "silver",Silva is a normal last name in Brazil.

  • @shinigami1357
    @shinigami1357 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s been so long since I laughed at a video this consistently oh my goodness I’m dying 😭😭

  • @EllpaFox47
    @EllpaFox47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Which runs through the town of Condom”
    May I present to you
    Ballstown, VA

    • @Halinspark
      @Halinspark 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cumming, GA

  • @Chad_Thundercock
    @Chad_Thundercock ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Your word play, alliteration, eccentric flavor, and misdirection skills are top notch.
    I wish all History could be taught this way.

  • @GoldenJLR
    @GoldenJLR ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video! When I saw the teaser on Discord I thought that you were going to talk about the time the Brazilian navy attacked a group of dolphins thinking they were German submarines during WW1.
    Brazil was always great in diplomacy. During WW2 the US wanted to Brazil to join the Allies using Hollywood but instead Brazil used the opportunity to make Brazilian propaganda to the US. Carmem Miranda was international hit and Disney created Joe Carioca and made 2 movies with him showing Brazil (Saludos Amigos and The three Caballeros, both are great)

  • @nathanthebird4625
    @nathanthebird4625 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love the idea of seeing airships in the sky. They just seem so much more graceful.

  • @chrispy104k
    @chrispy104k ปีที่แล้ว +13

    History lessons presented with humour. Can't get any better than that. Love it.

  • @ThunderGleek
    @ThunderGleek 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Who came here after the Percy Jackson Show?

  • @rsilkw2
    @rsilkw2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thank you for showing us more about these “lesser wars” your average man knows nothing about. I see this as the checkmate to oversimplified for not getting to this quicker. All Hail Blue Jay. Bird is the word.

  • @ellicel
    @ellicel ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You are always worth the wait! The piece with the escalating situation in Vietnam being ignored over the lobster issue was absolute chef's kiss! Long may you live and mock!! 😭😂

  • @abdelmalekmetidji
    @abdelmalekmetidji ปีที่แล้ว +5

    " i dont get mixed signals , i get bitches "
    - Charles de Gaul -

  • @Stefun8D
    @Stefun8D ปีที่แล้ว +12

    that diploma-sea pun earned my upvote. Thank you for your service.