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

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  • @nataly_171
    @nataly_171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7555

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

    • @schlimmbotg472
      @schlimmbotg472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +444

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

    • @Unthinkablenames
      @Unthinkablenames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Is it the Staten Island video

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

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

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @webbowser8834
      @webbowser8834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

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

  • @Narokkurai
    @Narokkurai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2391

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

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Narokkurai *ulster intensifies*

    • @pepkin88
      @pepkin88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

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

    • @talhahhussain5603
      @talhahhussain5603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @FlashMeterRed
      @FlashMeterRed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you don't know?

  • @mollymermaid1398
    @mollymermaid1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4232

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

    • @joshualayton1905
      @joshualayton1905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      But we already know that

    • @AdwinLauYuTan
      @AdwinLauYuTan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@joshualayton1905 They could be wearing dresses.

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@AdwinLauYuTan or skirts

    • @lettuceman483
      @lettuceman483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@JamesLing42 skorts*

    • @JamesLing42
      @JamesLing42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

  • @weekyle1529
    @weekyle1529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7681

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

    • @zmanzono
      @zmanzono 3 ปีที่แล้ว +722

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

    • @crw45able
      @crw45able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +452

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

    • @liamcassidy5992
      @liamcassidy5992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +682

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

    • @pvzblizzard5806
      @pvzblizzard5806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      yea same

    • @joshuarobert2004
      @joshuarobert2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Aye same boys smart

  • @BlackOtaku22
    @BlackOtaku22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5525

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

  • @regenroadtrip
    @regenroadtrip 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6663

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

    • @TissueCat
      @TissueCat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +779

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

    • @CooroSnowFox
      @CooroSnowFox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

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

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +264

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

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      Too controversial for Americans is what he ment

    • @whistlingbanshee5038
      @whistlingbanshee5038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      An equally controversial video.

  • @minetieplays2092
    @minetieplays2092 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    4:05 that flagpole falling is extremely well animated

  • @Rogue9
    @Rogue9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3322

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

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7938

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

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      Perhaps Wales is Old Valyria ;)

    • @adityaprabhash5927
      @adityaprabhash5927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Fire and blood

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

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

    • @Abitflippant
      @Abitflippant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

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

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

  • @milo6464
    @milo6464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9261

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

    • @FacloFormerFavorite
      @FacloFormerFavorite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +312

      Who ever he pays is doing wonders.

    • @danthemango
      @danthemango 5 ปีที่แล้ว +342

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

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      He has an animator employee now.

    • @ferulebezel
      @ferulebezel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @BrotherSergeantFlynn
      @BrotherSergeantFlynn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

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

  • @devonodonnell715
    @devonodonnell715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +665

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

  • @conall9415
    @conall9415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +795

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

    • @untitiled1092
      @untitiled1092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SAMEEEE

    • @neilsharpson996
      @neilsharpson996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Check his latest.

    • @zidaryn
      @zidaryn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @lordwizrak1905
    @lordwizrak1905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9235

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

    • @dorupero
      @dorupero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

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

    • @teddyboragina6437
      @teddyboragina6437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

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

    • @DuranmanX
      @DuranmanX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      He will do another during Brexit

    • @dthemouseb6469
      @dthemouseb6469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @armwrestlingfan6804
      @armwrestlingfan6804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @Xenrys
    @Xenrys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1643

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

    • @demetraeconomou6096
      @demetraeconomou6096 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Better that elf on a shelf tho

    • @notajtag4568
      @notajtag4568 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw the video too.

    • @danieljmldn
      @danieljmldn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      r/CGPGreyQuotes

    • @_FamousQuotations
      @_FamousQuotations 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here's that quote turned into a three-second clip! Listen to it all day! th-cam.com/video/5yrsPBwLGWQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @ThatOneIrishFurry
    @ThatOneIrishFurry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

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

  • @triplecastsleep1924
    @triplecastsleep1924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

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

    • @Daymickey
      @Daymickey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @__mindflayer__
      @__mindflayer__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @neskey
    @neskey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1452

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

    • @croneryveit9070
      @croneryveit9070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@croneryveit9070 Are you okay?

    • @hehhehehohohoe8807
      @hehhehehohohoe8807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

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

    • @neskey
      @neskey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @legogenius1667
      @legogenius1667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1812

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

    • @leoboi7650
      @leoboi7650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

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

    • @danese1636
      @danese1636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      This is why I like going through comment sections.

    • @cormacsmithy3975
      @cormacsmithy3975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @MidnightsFirefly
      @MidnightsFirefly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @seferraziel9534
      @seferraziel9534 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

  • @charles3840
    @charles3840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

  • @markberry4198
    @markberry4198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +510

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

    • @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522
      @wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      or fwaaags depends where abouts your from

    • @darkravenproductions7544
      @darkravenproductions7544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @gerardcollins80
      @gerardcollins80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @catrionabean
      @catrionabean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      False. Not enough vowel sounds

  • @Nerfornothin111
    @Nerfornothin111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4443

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

    • @TheJunkieBox
      @TheJunkieBox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

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

    • @graceoartyo
      @graceoartyo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      His animator is really stellar :D

    • @netslayeruk
      @netslayeruk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      that was proper disturbing

    • @jyjryu22799
      @jyjryu22799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I actually yelled “what the fuck” outloud

    • @ajw20
      @ajw20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1976

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

    • @JimPlaysGames
      @JimPlaysGames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Who is this mysterious CPG Grey?

    • @20quid
      @20quid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He's three days early.

    • @Zyy920
      @Zyy920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It is known.

    • @marlonyo
      @marlonyo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@20quid the season is 3 day late

    • @HxH2011DRA
      @HxH2011DRA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So it was written

  • @jonas-savimbi3765
    @jonas-savimbi3765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

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

  • @Mugdorna
    @Mugdorna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

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

    • @Samld1200
      @Samld1200 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And a dusty black coat

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5293

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

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

    • @wardenstone6021
      @wardenstone6021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

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

    • @wigsy9386
      @wigsy9386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

    • @Ben-fq4wp
      @Ben-fq4wp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @cld252
      @cld252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oof

  • @marcusgault9909
    @marcusgault9909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3257

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

    • @camzoman
      @camzoman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

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

    • @AtelierLaoshi
      @AtelierLaoshi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @jsw68
      @jsw68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @Metalgooze
    @Metalgooze ปีที่แล้ว +67

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

  • @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf
    @ChickenNuggets-jf5uf ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

  • @pikmin36
    @pikmin36 5 ปีที่แล้ว +650

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

    • @a.t.1011
      @a.t.1011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @MasterLagoz
      @MasterLagoz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @Pawntoe4
      @Pawntoe4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @dkpsyhog
      @dkpsyhog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pikmin36 clearly he strayed from the path and got lost

  • @offlineable
    @offlineable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2716

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

    • @bman3977
      @bman3977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @jayjr3488
      @jayjr3488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bman3977 Omg 🤣

    • @redacted7230
      @redacted7230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Next time, pack a sheild.

    • @alaskagyal
      @alaskagyal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      epic

    • @sammym2511
      @sammym2511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @lizadon0740
    @lizadon0740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

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

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      we just call them irish people but whatev's

    • @redranger2561
      @redranger2561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@redranger2561 ‘ireland’

    • @Eggmanjames
      @Eggmanjames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your response was -12IQ

    • @dandlion1958
      @dandlion1958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @benmoran431
    @benmoran431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

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

  • @FlourishPorridge
    @FlourishPorridge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +796

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

    • @achievedchair17
      @achievedchair17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jarry Pota where else has it been?

    • @alexey926
      @alexey926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @halimceria
      @halimceria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @malachipash3824
      @malachipash3824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @joshturner9443
      @joshturner9443 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Cypherwraith001
    @Cypherwraith001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1353

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

    • @neferhejhej
      @neferhejhej 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yessss!!!!

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @jonskowitz
      @jonskowitz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How can you ever leave?

    • @azealot7112
      @azealot7112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @alandudley3432
    @alandudley3432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

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

  • @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose
    @OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @Bhatakti_Hawas
    @Bhatakti_Hawas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1075

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

    • @victornelson5821
      @victornelson5821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No Surrender

    • @micahdenn3765
      @micahdenn3765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Donegal: Am I nothing to you?

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @kelendalkazama9926
      @kelendalkazama9926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @bluepharos9748
    @bluepharos9748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +623

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

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @bluepharos9748
      @bluepharos9748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @nokov6517
      @nokov6517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jamesmnguyen
      @jamesmnguyen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @wanderingrandomer
      @wanderingrandomer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I start feeling claustrophobic after more than 5.

  • @ck7802
    @ck7802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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

  • @carlosroura7581
    @carlosroura7581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

  • @okuno54
    @okuno54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1184

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

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @Feyling__1
      @Feyling__1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Surely you meant a 'spot of bother'

    • @L1am21
      @L1am21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @xway2
      @xway2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @notajtag4568
      @notajtag4568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw the video too.

  • @briankraus7743
    @briankraus7743 5 ปีที่แล้ว +497

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

    • @danielsjohnson
      @danielsjohnson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @QuilloManar
    @QuilloManar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @igormatkowski5488
    @igormatkowski5488 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @yestermorrow3223
    @yestermorrow3223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2031

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

    • @cannedpeaches843
      @cannedpeaches843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Michael Bay was definitely involved in making it

    • @poankiyu7664
      @poankiyu7664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @shaunohare3004
      @shaunohare3004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ElusivEnigma
      @ElusivEnigma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @shreyaspamaraju4844
      @shreyaspamaraju4844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Crockston ikr

  • @frankxie7846
    @frankxie7846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +778

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

    • @ZacharyKelsey
      @ZacharyKelsey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want to see that path the most

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @leonardofranzinribeiro4220
      @leonardofranzinribeiro4220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @ezequielrenovato6608
      @ezequielrenovato6608 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No como los chingaderas de hoy

  • @charlottex5137
    @charlottex5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'm northern Irish and I understand why he's being so careful with his words

    • @slyar
      @slyar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      stolen

    • @charlottex5137
      @charlottex5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@slyar wtf im just saying what I thought

    • @slyar
      @slyar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@charlottex5137 Well it's similar to one of the top comments but one word removed so I feel like I have a justification for my thought but sorry

    • @charlottex5137
      @charlottex5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slyar yeah I get it I don't really read the comments so I didn't see it but fair enough

  • @jenergomes
    @jenergomes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @lucimicle5657
    @lucimicle5657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +524

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

    • @MisterJDagger
      @MisterJDagger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @CooroSnowFox
      @CooroSnowFox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CGP Grey on Ireland v England?

    • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
      @TheQueenofNeckbeards 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @Sebach82
      @Sebach82 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chill there, Patrick (H) Willems. ;)

    • @melon_grove5694
      @melon_grove5694 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @user-xq5og9lt8p
    @user-xq5og9lt8p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +655

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

    • @stroopwafelfalafel
      @stroopwafelfalafel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @user-xq5og9lt8p
      @user-xq5og9lt8p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @burke615
      @burke615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @kenthemaster
      @kenthemaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @TOBCYT
    @TOBCYT ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We should've seen this as foreshadowing to all of the flag videos we have now...

  • @pigeon3332
    @pigeon3332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @jordanledoux197
      @jordanledoux197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +442

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

  • @bobmcguffin5706
    @bobmcguffin5706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +844

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

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fellow SCP fan?

    • @PrawilnaMordka
      @PrawilnaMordka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That book looks like black book from Skyrim

    • @tomasfiorentini4126
      @tomasfiorentini4126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @LauraSo_
      @LauraSo_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @jgentilucci
    @jgentilucci 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My grandfather was a skilled woodworker and made our families coat of arms, which had that crown and hand, and he told us that story about the race, so thats cool to hear about it somewhere

  • @daniellynskey6026
    @daniellynskey6026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a work of art, never before has someone split the issue on N.I so evenly down the middle

  • @traktortarik8224
    @traktortarik8224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    CGP Grey’s video quality has really spiked recently

    • @ArrowWaters
      @ArrowWaters 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

    • @samo4648
      @samo4648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @wellwell5483
      @wellwell5483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @TomsThoughtsonThings
      @TomsThoughtsonThings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @BaileyVogtOut
      @BaileyVogtOut 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kikivoorburg
    @kikivoorburg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +629

    A CGP Grey video about flags? Win-Win!

    • @hiei82
      @hiei82 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dr. Sheldon Cooper would approve!

    • @alexrobertson35
      @alexrobertson35 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sorry these are FLEEEEEGS

  • @gabhagael6983
    @gabhagael6983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Any time you drive through an area with those flags, you lock your doors and speed up.

    • @oscarhaddock8850
      @oscarhaddock8850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahaha true

    • @michaelhiggins6832
      @michaelhiggins6832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If I see a British flag anywhere in Ireland/Northern I just try to avoid talking ngl I don't wanna argue with anyone

    • @jonathanclulow73
      @jonathanclulow73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Funny, any time I drive through an area with the tricolour flying, I do the same.

    • @pfhrmb
      @pfhrmb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jonathanclulow73 which is ironic because the meaning behind the tricolour is one of peace and unity between orange and green

    • @jonathanclulow73
      @jonathanclulow73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@pfhrmb not where I'm from mate!! 😳

  • @christopherhume8896
    @christopherhume8896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The little Troubles book reappearing at the end. So accurate. 🤣

  • @artstsym
    @artstsym 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1797

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

    • @spacesponge8732
      @spacesponge8732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @jmh1189
      @jmh1189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Well, TH-cam took care or it.

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh if you only knew.

    • @tedwards1025
      @tedwards1025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +908

    "The forest of all knowledge"
    You mean Wikepedia?

    • @reimarpb
      @reimarpb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I think he means *Wiki*pedia

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dont click the links!

    • @maxstirnersego
      @maxstirnersego 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @mwaring1088
    @mwaring1088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A civilized comment section on a video about Northern Ireland?! What parallel universe have a I stumbled into? Great video!

  • @mayosanta
    @mayosanta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fun fact: this video has more views than the population of Northern Ireland.

  • @frim3647
    @frim3647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +396

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

    • @oscarnemo8084
      @oscarnemo8084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nepal.

    • @ez45
      @ez45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Flag ratios?

    • @prim16
      @prim16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @GOOeysan
      @GOOeysan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa
      @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @nikibee70
    @nikibee70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +382

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

    • @kyokyoniizukyo7171
      @kyokyoniizukyo7171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @smurfite1994
      @smurfite1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Zach-gr3sb More troubleing that they didnt succeed

    • @Butt_Slayer
      @Butt_Slayer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed.

    • @laurakirwan999
      @laurakirwan999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @golagiswatchingyou2966
      @golagiswatchingyou2966 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kcurran9913
    @kcurran9913 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow I have to say I was so impressed by how well this video was made and how you had so much knowledge on the topic.

  • @DrizzingSakuras
    @DrizzingSakuras 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:05 MAN that was smooth!

  • @darrenanimatic9675
    @darrenanimatic9675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2745

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

    • @emytzu
      @emytzu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      The Forest of Knowledge

    • @AxeAR
      @AxeAR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      _One troubly boi_

    • @liammcdonnell5632
      @liammcdonnell5632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

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

    • @skullcandy14785
      @skullcandy14785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @mailmandan2920
      @mailmandan2920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ask the I.R.A.

  • @conallcoulter697
    @conallcoulter697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +705

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

    • @Davesoft
      @Davesoft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @Denis--kl1br
      @Denis--kl1br 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *cries in donegal*

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @conallcoulter697
      @conallcoulter697 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @DeDermonation YT Here g'luck

  • @jordank6961
    @jordank6961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My head Canon is that the forest of all knowledge is wikipedia, as you can really get sidetracked while being sidetracked

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As always, love your animations and sense of humor.

  • @gamemeister27
    @gamemeister27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +273

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

    • @gamemeister27
      @gamemeister27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @David Kornish 👀

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ErikFromCanada
      @ErikFromCanada 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @bandti45
      @bandti45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @hindenpeter2.04
      @hindenpeter2.04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @KiwiPokerPlayer
    @KiwiPokerPlayer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +827

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

    • @paddyk2123
      @paddyk2123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      KiwiPokerPlayer flegs, flegs everywhere

    • @conordudee
      @conordudee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hahaha brilliant comment 😂😂

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @jaypee6061
      @jaypee6061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @daylenconn282
      @daylenconn282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @anselmschueler
    @anselmschueler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the slight charm sound effect when the troubles glow subsides as he gets distracted. 3:42, it’s a very slight high ringing/singing sound.

  • @gabeslist
    @gabeslist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the metaphor (that I think is reused in newer videos) of the forest of all knowledge. I doubt you could redo the joke of certain topics leading you down wrong paths, but it's a really good way of visualizing the research process.

  • @OctagonDinosaur
    @OctagonDinosaur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +629

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

    • @eddlake5694
      @eddlake5694 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Don't touch meh fleg you huns /s

    • @jfrogg007
      @jfrogg007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @MrBigCookieCrumble
      @MrBigCookieCrumble 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just love this thread so much for some reason xD

    • @oisinmcshane
      @oisinmcshane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Javadamutt
      @Javadamutt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only on designated days...

  • @ruth540
    @ruth540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1466

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

    • @ryanmclaughlin587
      @ryanmclaughlin587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      **Sweats in Gaelic**

    • @SlimTheydy
      @SlimTheydy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      How do you think I feel?

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @AngryKittens
      @AngryKittens 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      **Brexitsn't**

    • @gerryadams7448
      @gerryadams7448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@AngryKittens I R E X I T

  • @gavinthecrafter
    @gavinthecrafter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I want to see a video where Grey just wanders off the path of knowledge endlessly and just keeps getting into different topics

  • @maxpaws3977
    @maxpaws3977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    It's not a flag...
    It's a fleg!!!

  • @AndrewKieran
    @AndrewKieran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1143

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

    • @ChroDynasty
      @ChroDynasty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

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

    • @seandoherty925
      @seandoherty925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @ayylmaotv
      @ayylmaotv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      theres some toxic people but not many compared to other videos

    • @liger-9990
      @liger-9990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Look deeper, the replies are deadly.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @rebca_
    @rebca_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

  • @thiagoxavier6737
    @thiagoxavier6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:50 me when i try to do a school assignment but the everything else around the assignment is more interesting

  • @cameronhernandez7823
    @cameronhernandez7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Troubles bit is still one of my favorite pieces of your animation.

  • @TheLostSorcerer
    @TheLostSorcerer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +266

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

    • @thelastcube.
      @thelastcube. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I need Brady and Audrey cameo in future videos too

    • @lauraireson6358
      @lauraireson6358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @leeferguson5712
    @leeferguson5712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +280

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

    • @the8thgemmer467
      @the8thgemmer467 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @creeperlamoureux
      @creeperlamoureux 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      wooooooo!

    • @simondezeeuw2042
      @simondezeeuw2042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's mister chompers!
      E: for those who don't know, just search Hello internet Mister chompers on TH-cam and you'll find the story.

    • @creeperlamoureux
      @creeperlamoureux 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simondezeeuw2042 omg

  • @MegaAdser
    @MegaAdser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how times moves on contexts bring us back, nice video! From Ireland with hope 🙏

  • @phoebepercival6519
    @phoebepercival6519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the most clear and unbiased telling of the story I have ever heard so well done for explaining it so well!

  • @nessy3098
    @nessy3098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Giving my man that sweet sweet algorithm sauce

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +686

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

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      The USA: Manifest Destiny!

    • @inderpreetsingh7429
      @inderpreetsingh7429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      The Spanish : Ding dong your religion is wrong

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@inderpreetsingh7429 expects the spanish inquisition

    • @aure9495
      @aure9495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @Reverend_Salem
    @Reverend_Salem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    it would be fun to learn of all the different flags and why certain ratios are more popular. and that definitely wouldn't be a massive headache and rabbit hole filled journey.

  • @jackaguirre8576
    @jackaguirre8576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "It's the same old theme since 1916..."

  • @mudkipgaming2584
    @mudkipgaming2584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +577

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

  • @MattBishop
    @MattBishop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +493

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

    • @jonathanwor
      @jonathanwor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Erik20766
      @Erik20766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @legolad6771
      @legolad6771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Erik20766 Not everyone, no.

    • @nerdwiththehat
      @nerdwiththehat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @troychavez
      @troychavez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so, is it recognized as a flag or not?

  • @LanggerDangger
    @LanggerDangger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whoa, that certainly felt like an adventure! Amazing job!

  • @dunk.
    @dunk. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just noticed that during the part about the Irish flag's ratio you can see the vignette-like effect disappear. Such attention to detail!

  • @lukeculbert267
    @lukeculbert267 5 ปีที่แล้ว +786

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

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @nathanneville5912
      @nathanneville5912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @CrackaPackify
      @CrackaPackify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nathanneville5912 that is libel.
      Regards,
      Legal Team

    • @aoifed8913
      @aoifed8913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @ethan2885
      @ethan2885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @durthacht5252
    @durthacht5252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

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

    • @hosank
      @hosank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @cole9273
      @cole9273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hosank thou shall not say anything negative about the crown

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @DC-tr5ih
      @DC-tr5ih 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @AnCoilean
      @AnCoilean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @leof6046
    @leof6046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now I kind of want Grey to make a video all about the different flag sizes

  • @rossyd147
    @rossyd147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The star in the Northern Irish flag is representing the 6 counties of Northern Ireland