Why Walking the Plank is a PIRATE MYTH
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Based on "Under the Black Flag" by David Cordingly
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The best pirate is me using utorrent
That should be mu, not u ;)
@@Captain_Wet_Beard ayy
You surely meant µTorrent. Not that I would know of such things.
Tapakapa ;) me neither
just so you know, μ is just m, but greek.
God, your channel is criminally unpopular. Don't forget us when you reach a million subs!
P.S. Great video. Your quality keeps improving with every upload.
Yeah
@@Ofzah i haven't seen any similar pirate videos lately 🤔 mind sharing who he "ripped off"?
Yeah don't forget us
Many ppl See him as a ripoff from sam o nella
everyone he draws stick figures, he ripped off every kindergartner ever.
Walking the plank was indeed a real thing. They didn't fasten a plank to the side just for that punishment. The plank was there to get off the ship when it was docked. The threat wasn't the plank itself, but rather the lack of a port to step onto.
“Most pirates started out as regular seamen.”
“Didn’t we all?”
...
_please continue_
It's Seeaaman! -Seaman from South park
Hahaha wow You quoted the video word for word good job you're so funny😂🤣😂🤣
i cant tell if Az 74 is sarcastic or not
We actually started as seamen except the a is gone
@@rashy360 bruh you are either 70+ or
Started out as regular seamen
*“Didn’t we all?”*
h
Not really. He's mixing up the terms semen and sperm. Semen is like gunpowder, while sperm is like the ammo.
@@carultch More like semen is the round and sperm is the bullet. So, yes, we did.
Look. Look at me. I am de captain now.
I’m sorry the ending just has me imagining kids in 3020 running around acting like modern day pirates for fun
In 3020 the kids are probably running around acting like space pirates.
Irrespective of whether space piracy will ever be a thing.
@@Tjalve70 well, technically, piracy is the commision of crimes on a ship. Now, some years ago the crew of of a nasa mission shut down their radios and gave the middle finger to houston's schedule for like a day or so. As every minute is extremely expensive aboard a spaceship/station and is taxpayer funded, one could say they were missapropiating taxpayer funds. Thus turning themdelves in the first soace pirates... until they turned their radios on and kept on working
"Look at me, i'm the captain now! Trick or treat!?"
The plank is just what they walked on to get on the ship. It wasn't the plank that was scary, it was the lack of a dock.
BRO! They brought pirates from Fortnite to real life! What a world!
Same thing happened with the Fortnite Bush™ too! It's insane!
Bartholomew Dan and even the planes I mean it’s so amazing.
Bruh I just saw a Yellow battlebus™ on the street lmao
they brought guns from fortnite into real life also
bro r u dumb pirates were here a million years before fortnite you idiot
r/woosh
ive actually been reading under the black flag by david cordingly. when i saw the picture in it of someone walking the plank I decided to look up if that was a real thing and found myself watching this thinking, hmm, this feels like its describing exactly what ive been reading from this book. checked the description to see "based on 'Under the Black Flag' by David Cordingly". Great video, some of the things I kinda struggled to grasp from the book like the difference between buccaneers, privateers etc. were made really clear in this vid. Thank you bro
Its kinda disturbing in a way that many heroic tales of old were basically armed robbers
I mean they were cruel to there victims, but there former opponents, the Empires were also cruel to there people. But now the empires have fell, and are now democratic.
Only the same as movies glamourizing mafia and violent crime today, its always been the case that we attach a romantic attitute towards such people.
Criminals: *Exist*
People: What fun lovable rogues!
Unhealthy Sexist Evil Slave Traders & Murderers: Exist
Everyone (including me): YO HO YO HOOO AHOY MATEY
CGP gray lite
that's right
Oversimplified humour and CGP grey information
Our Lord and Saviour has returned once again to bless us with his divine content.
Haven't covered Devil Fruits, Krakens, Templars and cursed Spanish gold.
6.5/10
and Somali people holding guns in the sea
I just want to point out how elegant your endcard is. Nice choice of pastel colours so that the annotations stand out, split into thirds for visual clarity, and the colour choices make it look like a national flag which really ties it all together, not to mention you clearly paid attention to formatting and text placement.
I'm a graphic design dork, I can't help but appreciate the effort.
You can't imagine how happy your comment makes me. It's great to see that someone actually notices the little things.
A gangplank is needed for embarking and debarking. If you plan to dock places that wouldn't welcome you, then you should probably bring your own. It doesn't need to be attached, just weighted enough on one end that someone could stand on the other. If that someone doesn't want to finish their walk, you just need to let the weight up enough they can slide.
Adventurers were just people who traveled distances, and if their travels weren't financed like the most famous ones, they earned with their weapons. When they couldn't contract out their swords, they put them to their own business, including banditry.
I wonder if the term seamen was just invented to poke fun at sailors.
Wouldn't that be great? ^_^
@@Tapakapa It would be the best thing ever! XD
in the days of pirates, it'd've been pronunced differently, therefore the joke, at least in the time, would't exist. Seaman(n) would be roughly pronunced like s-ae-a-m-a-n and the word semen like s-e-m-e-n, with open wovels, making the connection virtually impossible. Also... Look at the Dutch and their zeeman or Germans and their seemann.
In 300 years kids will run around with toy Kalashnikovs, with ragged clothing and saying "look at me, i'm the captain now" instead of using cutlasses and eyepatches.
Or if they are american they'll just borrow their dad's actual kalashnikov and make the "trick" portion of "trick or treat" much louder and dangerous.
If an AK'll actually last that long, probably yeah
@@Julianna.Domina we have older than 400 year old weapons still kicking, and we still have moder repos of older weapons too
@@Fede_uyz But a very, very small proportion of the originals are still in tact. Certainly not enough that they could be used as part of a halloween custome
@@Julianna.Domina yes, but tje AK and its variants are sooo much more common than any 300 year old gun. Repos would probably be the solution. But the part about using an actual ak was a joke. it would be highly illegal to give an ak to a kid and let him roam, EVEN if you empty all the internals.
Now there is a disney cartoon that says "a good pirate never steals", so long for being educational.
most underated history channel on youtube
To Err Is Human
To Arr Is Pirate
Didn't know that one. I chuckled.
Pirates are now just robbers.
Tapakapa: *uploads video*
Me: *HEy, thAT's pReTTy GoOD*
I'm so sad so many people only see you as a CGP grey copy cat, so many other types of TH-cam videos have archetypical creators. The way I see it you wanted to make educational videos on the topics you like, which are different than what cgp grey covers, but you aren't good at art so choose to employ a pleasing simplistic style which takes inspiration from CGP. Love your videos man, keep them up!
important to note, is that what was important for the pirates success was ports- those in power(Who could be bribed) let the pirates dock and spend time in the ports, selling all their plunder. Near the end of the golden age, new less bribe-able people were in power, and they cracked down on the ports making piracy a much less viable option.
K guys I know I'm a year late but 2:18 made me literally burst out laughing. Thank you for the joke, kind sir
Walking the plank wasnt a fasten plank to the side of the ship. it was just the docking board, used to get from the ship down to the port placed down without a port
I know its a great vid before ive even started watching! Great work Tapakapa
Amazing video as always, keep up the good work!
0:40 lol in France privateer are called corsair and corsair are simply called pirate
Love your videos .Keep up the good work and please upload more frequently !!!
I’m gonna be the Pirate King!
Lemme join we find the one piece together 😁
@@gyrog954 Okay you can be my swordsman
@@Fireball006 I will be the best
@@Fireball006 I'll be your fighter ig
僕が海賊王なる!
Love your stuff! Thanks for that little snicker made the rest of us feel ok about snickering
Tapakapa with another informational video! ❤️
What about Chinese pirates? They negotiated their own surrender
That is a really good story!
@@slowmofries Check out the story of Cheng I Sao, aka Ching Shih, aka Shih Heang Koo
, she commanded ~80,000 pirates and over 15,000 ships during her height, and negotiated these terms of surrender, only 337 pirates would receive punishment out of 17,318, and she would retain 120 ships, also she was a woman, which was, is it just me, a odd position for a woman to serve in the early 19 century. There is a good episode on her by Extra Credits. Also there are some icky parts of her history.
OMG! New Tapakapa video! You've made my day.
Hey. I love your videos. Keep making more.❤
Another great video , man ..
I'm starting to believe you couldn't put out a bad video if you wanted to ..
Thanks for everything you do for us ..
Appreciate yah ..!
2:35 oh no it’s the dreaded poker chip flu
You need a LOT more subscribers, i hope YT decides to feature your videos on ALL homepages :)
Dude has a great sense of humor, keep it up.
I'm gonna play Ac 4 now...
Amazing game
Neat video! Thanks for uploading!
I actually think of somalis when you're saying pirate
Woke up and saw this was uploaded... it made me stay awake lol. Great video
Corsair also makes my Power supply.
TheeAdeptBranch they also make my keyboard.
@@xcbot And linus drops them!
Imagine children being dressed up like Nazis in a few hundred years, because "the Nazis were adventurous art collectors"
I feel like there's a difference between a band of petty briggins and a group of people systematically trying to genocide multiple ethnicities, crippled people, people with genetic problems, gay people, and basically anyone who didn't fit into their master plan.
@@TopHatGames1 dont ruin the joke.
@@TopHatGames1 Yeah. It'd be more like kids dressing up like mobsters (which are already becoming romanticized), or more aptly, gangs from the hood. We have a peculiar fascination with crime.
@@TopHatGames1 the clothes looks cool though. Pirates are not just bunch of petty briggins, they're quite sadistic in trying to achieve what they want.
Not really much of difference other than the latter is more efficient in killing. Still both killing people for personal gain though.
@@TopHatGames1 bro way to ruin it
Thanks for this inspiring video, I finally know what I want to do with my life! I am going to gather a crew and sail the seas on my journey to find the one piece! I will be king of the Pirates!
if i sell copies of stolen DVDs am i not a pirate?
YOU MONSTER
In the future, our children will run around dressed as Somali pirates, when they are gone that is.
2:17 I totally saw that joke coming from a mile away
5:28 Early in the morning, nice to hear this tone again. Thanks for your video, as always!
What's its name?
@@mynamedoesnotmatter6635 Drunken Sailor, famous sea shantie
just wait until there are space pirates! Oh No!
Omori Real?!
Well, speaking about pirates. We need to find Henry Avery's treasure because Hector alcazar broke me out of prison and I owe him a lot of money
Are we here again?, since the yakuza video
I'm happy when you release a new video
Wonderful as always :)
Can we please have an episode made entirely of bloopers or bad jokes? I need something to laugh about and more things to tell people which will annoy them
fun video but its only covers piracy in the eruopean world. there were plenty of pirates kicking about in asia too
Did they walk planks?
"European world"
You mean colonies in Northern America.
Because in "European world" there were much more examples of piracy.
For example Knights Hospitalers after fall of Crusades and after Ottomans conquered their base on Cyprus, they moved to the Malta and did quite a bit of piracy there, mostly attacking Ottoman ships.
Fans of your videos
You're the new cgp :D
Or rather, CGP Grey alternate! You can have both.
Yeah it's a shame that CGP is crippled by his work ethic and only uploads twice a year
@@maxgamesst1 he is more about podcast now
@@biaslina Thats why we people need a new CGP Grey
@@xdolphin7337 ...on the contrary!
Damn you for ignoring pirates in all the rest of the world, especially Asia.
True
Personally, I wouldn’t want vitamin c deficiency.
YAY YOUR FINALLY BACK
Such underrated videos
FINNALY!! TAPAKAPA UPLOADED!
For a moment I thought CPG grey's upload. I'm still subscribing it
I know the font Tapakapa uses is KG Red Hands I love this font since 2015
It's a pretty darn nice font.
Why the fuck are people so harsh in the comments, this was a great video
wow, I just binged watched all the pirates of the Caribbean movies over the weekend and then get a youtube video on pirates :D
I played assassins creed 4 i know everything
Best game ever on a side note
But did you pirate Assassin's Creed 4?
ah yes, I too love greek yoghurt in my 20's
Ayyyy tapakapa uploaded
its a good ass day
0:22 Me armed in minecraft sea: "so, I'm a pirate?"
Well, mabye
"People call us 'pirates'
though we're muggers in a boat
Armed robbery is jolly
If it's done while you're afloat"
- Mitch Benn
Good video, see you in June!
You are awesome. Came early so you can see this!
In medieval England they were called Robin Hood.
So TH-cam algorithm blessing this guy after high boi?
Nice!
Now I wanna see a video on those Guinea pirates
American with an eye patch and a hook: Look mommy I’m a Pirate!”
Random Somalian with a speedboat and an assault rifle: “Yeah you wish.”
Reminds me of that South Park episode 😂
Hopefully I'll be able to say I subbed before you got famous.
Why everybody forgets the Vitalian Brothers. They were such a problem for the Hanseatic League, that they had to send a coalition army to war.
Wait what? when did italians mess with the hansa
@@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi sorry auto correcture. I meant the Vitalian Brothers
@@nicolasmarazuela1010 I think it's usually Victual Brothers in English. (Note: "victual" is pronounced the same as "vital".)
@@seneca983 good to know :D in Germany they were called "Vitalien Brüder" (Vitalien= old low german for Items)
Well, I haven't forgotten them. They burned my city to the ground.
2:35 am I the only one who thought those viruses were poker chips?
CGP grey light
End screen or "and scream"?
heast an neichs video vom anzigen österreicher den i auf youtube kenn. nice work my man
Daunkschee, gfreit mi wauns gfoit.
Nice another good video
I always thought walking the plank seemed idiotic. I get it's usually into waters with crocodilles or sharks or smth so they don't just swim to shore lol, but why would the same people that rape and plunder say no thanks to free labour?
The Tapakapa has returned. Rejoice, friends.
Dan most these people don't know about ''One piece,,
Yeah I would love to watch it but it has a bit to many episodes.
@@gustavgans3760 if you have the time it’s worth it
@@inkytanku8935 I don't think I have the time.
4:22 name of this song please?
I was always told "walking the plank" wasnt a excecution, more like a punishing trial. If you managed to keep balance on the end of the plank on the sea you could come back on the ship. Same as the thing where they pull them under the ship and as long as they didnt drown they could get back on the ship.
The last one you mention is called kielhalen and it was definitely lethal every time: the time you spent under water would cause you to drown and even if it didn't, the baricles at the bottom of the ship would injure you enough to be lethal.
@@Jan_Koopman kielhalen is the dutch word, the English one is keelhauling.
It's definitely not lethal every time, it would greatly depend on the size of the ship and if you were being roped the length of the ship or from side to side. If drawn to slow you could drown and drawn to quick you would be cut more by the barnacles (causing more pain, scars and possibly infect) but are most definitely survivable, specially on smaller ships.
@@chrisp.2852, fair enough. I didn't know it was spelled "keel hauling" in English. I thought it was a Dutch loan word into English
@@Jan_Koopman in all fairness they just translated the 2 separate words and called it a day. So still kinda a loan word.
3:27
...without water...
me:ok
...or food...
me:ok
...or internet.
me:what the... How could they?!
"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
" - Samuel Johnson
no mention of the stuff going on in somalia?
Yarg.. this be a great video fer me!
Good video :)
i mean, a lot of very bad people and actions go down in history as "cool". after all, we all love a good, chivalrous knight, the story of a rough and tumble mercenary band, or a noble ninja sneaking through the shadows. the part we quietly sweep under the rug is that all three are armed soldiers, murderers and thieves, and the ninja were specifically assassins for hire who killed a lot of people who didn't deserve it.
Please stop runing anime withe your historicaly facts!
Are you implying that soldiers are as bad as criminals?
@@MaxwellTornado soldiers in the employ of feudal lords? they're roving bands in the employ of a warlord, so yes. look up the crusades some time.
@@Yal_Rathol Oh, NOW you're gonna diss the crusades. Okay, fine. Send me a telegraph from hell once you get there.
@@MaxwellTornado you mean all those wars that failed? yeah, i'll diss them.
Are you the new gdp grey that uploads more as two times a year?
Yeag
doesn't it make less sense to waste time getting to a small island just to get rid of those who broke rules?
From what I’ve read, it was one of the worst punishments since it was as much a form of psychological torture as it was physical. So they didn’t bother to go to an island to maroon someone unless it was super serious (I may be wrong tho)
Take what I say with a grain of salt because I'm not knowledgeable in pirate history, but they probably just dumped the offending sailor on the nearest island they came across. They didn't go looking specifically for an island to maroon the sailor on. Until they found a suitable island, the sailor was kept in a makeshift brig.
I think they only used it if they were close to on Island, just think, wouldn't it make more sense to tie 2 barrels together and chuck the person on them and leave if they were far away from islands?
Piracy is no party
Why is that crap here
Actually, in The Netherlands, there is a political party called "De Piraten Partij" (The Pirates' Party), which strives - among other things - for the legalization of burning dvds/cds/etc. (piracy), so piraxy acrually is (or at least has) a party