Floods: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • @emilygruber9421
    @emilygruber9421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4757

    The fact that there was a guy sitting under John Oliver's desk this entire segment with his hand shoved up a seagull puppet is the only reason I'm still alive.

    • @ParadoxAAA
      @ParadoxAAA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +351

      for me it's 3 questions "was a person under the desk?" or "was there a trapdoor under is desk encase the skit calls for a 3rd hand?" and is after thinking about the 2nd question "has every time John grab something under his desk it wasn't just out of view but through a trap door that leads to a large room full of props from past videos and props for the with live video feed of John and lights to warn the person when to give John the thing or do the thing they're needed to do?"

    • @Kat-qr7hv
      @Kat-qr7hv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      I wanna know how to become his intern lmao

    • @svennoren9047
      @svennoren9047 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      SilentLoneWolf
      Not the one that shows up at about 5:20

    • @adityarao2827
      @adityarao2827 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Paradox Wyvrn Jesus, you looked way to into that... I want that desk now

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      SilentLoneWolf only the earlier one was hanging from the string, the other one is a puppet from under the desk.

  • @GlennDavey
    @GlennDavey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1288

    "[SUBJECT]...... It's that thing you never think about, until I devote a segment to it." - Every John Oliver show

    • @therebex23
      @therebex23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That's why he had to move to the US because Americans are oblivious. The rest of us think of this stuff all the time.

    • @somethingelse4424
      @somethingelse4424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      [CONTROVERSIAL INDIVDUAL] the [UNPLEASANT EVENT] that looks like an [UNUSUAL ANIMAL] f*cked an [OBSCURE ITEM].

    • @davewebb9452
      @davewebb9452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He doesn't even say that on this episode.

    • @pcrilley06
      @pcrilley06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've heard of it because it's my job. And he's totally right 😂😭

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget the "I'm an expert on it because I throw in an occasional joke"

  • @andrineslife
    @andrineslife 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4713

    "Gorgeous at a distance and bizarre up close" is my new tinder bio.

    • @raiyan3348
      @raiyan3348 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      andrineslife lol

    • @lucasaltasair9474
      @lucasaltasair9474 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WTF LastWeekTonight Is this troll from someone else or is your account hacked or something?

    • @SweIsak
      @SweIsak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes IAmInNightMode It's a spambot that copied LWT and pretends to be the real thing.

    • @TwinCityKillaz
      @TwinCityKillaz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always said this about Anna Faris... House Bunny Movie Sexy as all, but not up close!

    • @ooglepants
      @ooglepants 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      the old saying was "good from far, far from good." this one is much better. good choice andrineslife

  • @__-dr5vm
    @__-dr5vm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2456

    "We may not have definitive proof of until 1980"

    • @maryanneslater9675
      @maryanneslater9675 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      I love that line.

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      That was one classy burn.

    • @jessicawhitmore5350
      @jessicawhitmore5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Late 1980s*

    • @Lazy2332
      @Lazy2332 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The way I kackled

    • @zumabbar
      @zumabbar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what's the joke about??

  • @dannykopp1992
    @dannykopp1992 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2657

    Whoever acted as the puppeteer for that seagull deserves a raise

    • @diegomontesleon136
      @diegomontesleon136 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Danny Kopp That seagull deserves its own section in the show.

    • @themysticalfrog1323
      @themysticalfrog1323 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      What if I told you that wasn't a puppet...🐥

    • @schlibbity
      @schlibbity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I think the puppeteer might be Noel MacNeal... It sounds a lot like Bear in the Big Blue House.

    • @pattongilbert
      @pattongilbert 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Jawschlarsen It is. According to Wikipedia, he's the resident puppeteer for John Oliver and Last Week Tonight.

    • @Mike190
      @Mike190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh my god...mind blown

  • @Minox_
    @Minox_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2741

    Americans are willing to pay for people who refuse to move out of a danger area but not for people who get sick and cannot help it. That is really something.

    • @flewkisdead
      @flewkisdead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The majority of the US population is along water. This is pretty much true for any country on Earth.
      Your reasoning does not work.

    • @Minox_
      @Minox_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      That still doesn't change a thing about the fact you'll happily give to the rich, now for example in corporate tax cuts, but get your jimmies rustled when its about affordable healthcare for people who'd otherwise live shitty lives because of jacked up medical expenses.

    • @javiercs006
      @javiercs006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Simple. Because flood prone states have a lot of swing voters.

    • @maryanneslater9675
      @maryanneslater9675 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Not to mention that it would be a hell of a lot cheaper to help poor people move away from flood zones than to rebuild their houses a dozen times. And it would be so much healthier for them too.
      And every major country with universal health care pays less than people in the US do for health care, and for better outcomes.

    • @godlygamer911
      @godlygamer911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@flewkisdead source?

  • @Canada1994
    @Canada1994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    The seagull was played by Noel MacNeal (who was also Mr. Nutterbutter). He was Bear in "Bear and the big blue house" a show I loved as a young kid. That is the closest the show has gotten to my childhood since Pokemon was mentioned in the Chiitan segment and the segment about third parties.

    • @Jarod-te2bi
      @Jarod-te2bi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for reminding me of bear in the big blue house.

    • @Fate263
      @Fate263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn... Bear in the Big Blue House... That sure takes me back.

    • @Znotyou14
      @Znotyou14 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You're telling me the man who sang to the moon every episode is the same man that told Bob Murray to eat shit?

    • @Canada1994
      @Canada1994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Znotyou14 yep

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude you have too much time on you're hands get a life.

  • @danielbroome5690
    @danielbroome5690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2522

    USA: socialize the costs, privatize the profits.

    • @Noises
      @Noises 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Tax revenue goes in, profits go to the Seychelles for the benefit of people who then get the clowncar convoys to chant "no taxes, small government!" like they actually understand what they're enabling.

    • @mikepict9011
      @mikepict9011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That's why they have this huge military and refuse to defend the constitution... they have zero intention on paying it back ... it's time for private armies for corporations

    • @thirdrockfromdsun2873
      @thirdrockfromdsun2873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's also what happens when you allow the Insurance industry to bribe our politicians so they can get paid from our tax dollars for doing almost nothing. It's a corrupt system all around.

    • @puckerings
      @puckerings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Absolutely. This is exactly why private companies shouldn't be involved in this sort of thing. The government started this program so that it wouldn't have to pay out so much in disaster relief, but since it ultimately foots the bill now anyway, and then pays fees to the insurance industry on top of that, it has actually increased the costs to the taxpayer, while siphoning money off to insurance companies.
      It's the same reason your healthcare is so gaddamned expensive.

    • @mikepict9011
      @mikepict9011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@puckerings th-cam.com/video/zrYivf-aI1Q/w-d-xo.html

  • @billybobjoe9010
    @billybobjoe9010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    I found John Oliver 4 days ago and I have watched 5 hours of videos every day since. Not even joking.

    • @Tamaki742
      @Tamaki742 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's really addictive.

    • @leafface5890
      @leafface5890 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very addictive!

    • @Mansplained
      @Mansplained 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yay brainwashing!

    • @Tamaki742
      @Tamaki742 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mansplained Why are you here, then?

    • @BassReeves45
      @BassReeves45 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did the same thing the first time I saw one of his videos

  • @officerravioli
    @officerravioli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2586

    1:20 I love how the cameraman slightly moved the camera to let John' s face be seen between the E and the Y.

    • @randomanswer2698
      @randomanswer2698 7 ปีที่แล้ว +490

      I love the fact that someone managed to see this detail

    • @na9640
      @na9640 7 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      FenriS
      Aww, it's the little things

    • @AyoWow
      @AyoWow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      so wholesome

    • @theclawyaww3740
      @theclawyaww3740 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Do you really love that or did you just see it and now want likes for it.

    • @Marchello09
      @Marchello09 7 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      I think he does love it and one day he's gonna marry it and they're going to have kids together

  • @theboard7512
    @theboard7512 7 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    I just recently found John Oliver here on TH-cam and i say without doubt he is one of the best satirists I've ever seen.

    • @7Lace77
      @7Lace77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Max Ernst He is good, although I think he can overdo some of the tangents he goes on.

    • @thesuperginge1348
      @thesuperginge1348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@7Lace77 agreed. Some of them are funny, but most make me cringe a bit.

    • @joemcgill5232
      @joemcgill5232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Too bad it isn't satire

    • @magicman9218
      @magicman9218 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has a team of writers brainstorming his every word, so he's the funniest teleprompter reader

    • @immortalsun
      @immortalsun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Magic man John writes the majority of the script, actually.

  • @matthewwang7020
    @matthewwang7020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Im in China and watching this via VPN. I created an account just to say this: Love your show! and Loved your standup in Melbourne a few years back!

    • @CadeKuzniaSaxinet
      @CadeKuzniaSaxinet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are doing the work thousands should be. I congratulate you, sir.

    • @DopeyDetector
      @DopeyDetector 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All that work and no one cares

  • @joefavela9634
    @joefavela9634 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I've lived in New Orleans less than a year, but something I'm going to remember for the rest of my life was the last flood we had a couple months back. Not because of the damage, not because of the roads backed up, not because all the typical flood stuff. I'm going to remember it because of the one guy I saw, whi was in so much need for a drink, that he took a kayak and paddled into a bar in a wetsuit and paid in plastic-wrapped cash.
    That man... That man is my hero.

    • @KayleeCee
      @KayleeCee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Favela Now that's dedication!

    • @tinnitusthenight5545
      @tinnitusthenight5545 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lived there ten years and I'm not surprised in the least, pretty normal stuff down there. Thanks for the story made me miss home.

  • @smokinace926
    @smokinace926 7 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    "We may not have definitive proof until the late 1980's" lmao

    • @zumabbar
      @zumabbar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what's the joke??

  • @doglady9334
    @doglady9334 7 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    John, thanks for addressing this. As a hydrogeologist w a specialization in Stormwater Municipal Planning who does therapeutic bodywork for a living, this is a serious issue that is ignored. People call crazy "rain tax" when its an impact fee that puts the onus of addressing mitigation onto those who create additional impervious surface instead of joe taxpayer.. Havent watched this entire segment, but as i prepare to teach a class on stormwater management, aka flood minimization and pollution prevention, i greatly appreciate this comedic relief.

    • @grendelum
      @grendelum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tammie Heazlit - I really wish state and local governments employed more people like you full time to properly plan and upgrade our municipalities. Currently where I live in Florida, a new development has been approved right on the water unanimously by the city council with no requirements to mitigate the flooding that *_will_* eventually happen. ::sigh::

    • @doglady9334
      @doglady9334 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and guess what i'm doing for work now? Massage, or therapeutic bodywork, as there are no jobs for someone like me. Everyone tells me how knowledgeable on the subject, and that i'm a polished presenter. BUt it doesn't make any difference. And now with Pruitt head of the EPA, its just going to get much worse.

  • @robbinsmify
    @robbinsmify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    John Oliver makes me feel like sanity exists in the world

    • @noobkiller3567
      @noobkiller3567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He's yelling at a fake bird...sanity?

    • @Joostmhw
      @Joostmhw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe he is just the world's sanity embodied?

    • @ericaubin8024
      @ericaubin8024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's a certain irony to that feeling.

    • @IDontEvenKnowWhatToPutThisAs
      @IDontEvenKnowWhatToPutThisAs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In a world where empathy is insanity, sanity is insanity

    • @littlesecret8213
      @littlesecret8213 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IDontEvenKnowWhatToPutThisAsI feel like that’s a paradox

  • @MrGearOfficial
    @MrGearOfficial 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2967

    Never thought you can make seagull joke that funny.

    • @Lightfiend
      @Lightfiend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      MrGear 1000 degree tostito vs seagull

    • @CRASHjester
      @CRASHjester 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      How else do you think he got those Emmys?

    • @emmettj1984
      @emmettj1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's the 1000 degree knife meme lord!!!

    • @evanblake5252
      @evanblake5252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's the magic of John Oliver.

    • @evanblake5252
      @evanblake5252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *airhorn sounds

  • @GordWayne
    @GordWayne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    That damn seagull doing the staircase walk under the desk at 5:40 is fucking magnificent. I hope you get a raise for that seagull-puppet person.

  • @NFSHeld
    @NFSHeld 7 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    In Germany, those programs would be
    - limited coverage up to the value the house itself has but not more
    - applicable only for houses built earlier than a fixed year
    - only if you live there for more than 50% of the year
    - would not be applicable anymore after the house is sold
    So basically the program's motto would be "If you are already living in a home that is prone to flooding and you're stuck with it - fine, we'll help you out there. But if you decide to take the risk now AFTER you have been warned - good luck."

    • @georgeb.wolffsohn30
      @georgeb.wolffsohn30 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NFSHeld i bet rich folks don't have the same limitations on their flood insurance.

    • @Atombender
      @Atombender 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Rich folks can afford high premiums.

    • @caiusmariusc
      @caiusmariusc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      NFSHeld as a german this episode is in deed one of the weirdest to watch..

    • @eijeoje
      @eijeoje 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i highly doubt it.
      Merkel can't even fix your border.

    • @FirstnameLastname-gr5kb
      @FirstnameLastname-gr5kb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Jonny Dark Honey, she'd needa change the law for that. But luckily, even with refugees, our crime rates are still far lower than in the US :) The only thing Merkel did wrong concerning immigration and refugees was not to install better programs and such. If they could work & be supervised while doing so (even if it's just making a garden or maybe renovating an old house which again would benefit them without the state having to pay a lot), then there would definitely be less crime. Also, they should have gotten a bit more opportunities to learn the language and about the values that they have to accept here.

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    @16:51: There's actually a saying in Vietnamese to describe someone who is delusionally assinine or stubborn in the face of the inevitable before they finally act, "waiting around until the water gets to your feet."

    • @adonaiorion
      @adonaiorion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂

    • @TheNinthGeneration1
      @TheNinthGeneration1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Apparently that saying should have been your knees instead of your feet

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The short version is : America

    • @synthestesia654
      @synthestesia654 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have a version of that in English too: “arrogant dumbass”

  • @atticusrex9468
    @atticusrex9468 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Props to whoever was operating that gull puppet at 5:20. That walking away shimmy made it funnier than the bit has any right to be

  • @JoseChavez-ct1db
    @JoseChavez-ct1db 7 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    That seagull puppeteer deserves a gotdang Emmy! 5:18

    • @Onus6688
      @Onus6688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I KNOW RIGHT?! LOL

    • @sadiejay_
      @sadiejay_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      SOUNDS LIKE BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE OMGGG

    • @jackholmes6877
      @jackholmes6877 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      God Damn

  • @jhjfss
    @jhjfss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Just give the poor seagull some damn tostitos, John.

    • @bgriffininsd
      @bgriffininsd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah. I would be shocked if there's not at least one vending machine in the building with Tostitos.

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      noooooo! Don't fall into the trap.

    • @Rowsy91
      @Rowsy91 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      worst thing you can do with seagulls

  • @quentinwach
    @quentinwach 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    The funny thing is: There is some guy under his desk playing with seagull puppets.

    • @Debland1989
      @Debland1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Quentin Wach Exactly! Ppl are commenting on the funny seagull jokes but aren’t saying anything about some guy having to stare at John’s crotch for 20 mins lol

    • @adrianbongiorno9295
      @adrianbongiorno9295 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor guy

    • @stevefutterer573
      @stevefutterer573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how did you know John's nickname for his testicles?

    • @catnip2235
      @catnip2235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevefutterer573 LOL

  • @roshango125ab
    @roshango125ab 7 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    Funny coincidence, i live in the Northeast, my phone buzzes with a Flash Flood alert...almost a minute later i get a youtube notification about this video about floods

    • @jacobbarker544
      @jacobbarker544 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tis the season

    • @charlesgreen632
      @charlesgreen632 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Coincidence I think not😅

    • @amykelley666
      @amykelley666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ^ I wouldn't click on that. That is, of course, not the real "LastWeekTonight" channel. Click on the link to their channel and you'll see this lastweektonight has no videos up. Of course don't click on the "goo.gl" link though.

    • @Jay-ir1vc
      @Jay-ir1vc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yoo. I got that same notification, lotsa rain today in the northeast- geez

    • @iandaley61
      @iandaley61 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ug, that stupid frog

  • @overlord2304
    @overlord2304 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    As someone from the Netherlands, a country that is largely below sea level I can tell you that floods are perfectly preventable if you take the right measures. How do I know? Because we haven't had any real floods in my lifetime, or since the sixties.

    • @INFERN0FIRE
      @INFERN0FIRE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      overlord2304
      We also don't build houses in the seawater, at least not without first preventing the sea from reaching that house ever again.
      Our country is also a lot smaller and more densely populated, so making sure what little land we have stays dry is much more financially viable. Yet even in the Netherlands, the goverment has been lacking when it comes to strenghtening the dams and dunes sufficiently according to our own safety rules, because as long as there is no flood there's no financial incentive to try and prevent floods. Preventing floods is expensive (even though if the area is densely populated enough the potential costs of covering the damages are much greater)
      Of course, this doesn't apply to to parts of the US that are densely populated and yet are flood-risk areas, where enough money could be gathered to prevent floods in these areas.

    • @lesseva96
      @lesseva96 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah but your coastline is tiny compared to ours. Even if you consider the per capita or per gdp qualifiers, it's way way easier for y'all to deal with your floods.

    • @Anthony-pb8ri
      @Anthony-pb8ri 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dude gtfoh you live in a Nordic country. You guys have common sense and shit

    • @daltonstallworth8523
      @daltonstallworth8523 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...you also host zero hurricanes, which cause a major portion of US floods. Must be nice.

    • @glossygloss472
      @glossygloss472 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Last time I checked the Netherlands don’t have flash floods and hurricanes.

  • @cassandro9445
    @cassandro9445 7 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    This guy mastered the art of sharing news this millennium

    • @JjOpoku55
      @JjOpoku55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Shim Novak facts I’ve learned more from John then in college

    • @Kit438
      @Kit438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      JjOpoku55 I’m learning more from this show then from my high school

    • @Dman9fp
      @Dman9fp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And subtly mentioning that people live in a water body (seriously Tampa Bay is water, Tampa is the city)

  • @seldomfollows
    @seldomfollows 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how this show can find a topic that isn’t exactly sexy or prominent in the public’s immediate focus, but manage to make it both interesting and informative. They call to attention an issue that is going largely unnoticed, highlight the impact in a relatable way, and use humor to make a very serious topic approachable and digestible to viewers that might otherwise avoid the subject. That’s just damned good story telling. Your writers are doing a fantastic job, and frequently make more of a contribution than mainstream reporting. Well done.

  • @odstarmor557
    @odstarmor557 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    16:48 that is the most beautiful picture of stubbornness i have ever seen

  • @jexxer
    @jexxer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    If you're literally overlooking a bayou then your life is literally made a living hell by the mosquitoes alone.

    • @stephenjacks8196
      @stephenjacks8196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I ❤ mosquitoes.

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Every night means 1-3 new bites at least. I remember it even in a nice suburb house on a gold course surrounded by bayou.

  • @LeahandLevi
    @LeahandLevi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    As a geography student this is like every class I take... but with the added benefit of the seagull warning. That is seriously helpful...
    Edit: Woah damn! Top comment! Going to take this opportunity to plug my nerdy geography youtube channel where I'm trying to not get depressed about the world going to shit lol. Thanks all!

    • @jamesroby1948
      @jamesroby1948 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same. I'm literally doing a report on climate change and flooding, and I'm going to ask my teacher if I can use this as a source.

    • @CrimsonBlasphemy
      @CrimsonBlasphemy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yep, people who actually make a study of geography we see this constantly. You just have to suppress the facepalms and go see Geostorm drunk. Like falling down drunk. So drunk that your Uber driver will call for a Lyft to take you to the theater. Drunk geographers at disaster movies is a thing.

    • @msjkramey
      @msjkramey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CrimsonBlasphemy haha best description of drunkeness I've ever heard. And now I feel like I have to study geography or I'll be missing out... Thanks a lot... I hate geography >.

    • @KendallMartin
      @KendallMartin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      people still study geography?

    • @LeahandLevi
      @LeahandLevi 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      HAHA that's amazing! I mean it's probably very well researched so why not?

  • @mechengr1731
    @mechengr1731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Omg, the two guys splashing through maybe ankle deep water was just the best thing.
    You know the producers were cursing and someone probably got fired for letting it happen.
    But props to Michelle, she didn't break character, she stuck to the bit

  • @WakeNBakeMusic
    @WakeNBakeMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Flying beach rat is the best/most accurate description of a seagull in a long time

  • @ovdb2002
    @ovdb2002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    And we may not have prove until the late 1980's. Daaamn

    • @strapkovic
      @strapkovic 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Olaf Ulaf that had me laughing so hard. 1980s! Ha!

  • @TheModernInvestor
    @TheModernInvestor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1066

    I've never gotten why people always move to areas with a high risk of flooding and to areas where tornados hit EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.

    • @brodiecrain13
      @brodiecrain13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      The Modern Investor 90% of time its because the area is beatiful or really affordable

    • @andersonneil2293
      @andersonneil2293 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      In Houston, for example, homes in flood planes happen to be the cheapest.

    • @taylorbastian9670
      @taylorbastian9670 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      The Modern Investor No matter where you go, there are natural disaster possibilities. People just chose to deal with those ones.

    • @calholli
      @calholli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It is simply because of ignorance. They don't teach any of this in school, so we all have to learn it the hard way, learning from mistakes.

    • @symayad
      @symayad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The Modern Investor North-Snowstorms/blizzards, West Coast- Earthquakes, Midwest-tornadoes, East Coast- Hurricanes, South-Hurricanes/tornadoes

  • @elle_channel
    @elle_channel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Every time I see a seagull, I now say, “No Tostitos.”

    • @thomasford2032
      @thomasford2032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've never eaten tostitos in my life, what are they?

    • @elle_channel
      @elle_channel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thomas Ford it’s a brand of corn chips. Pretty good, imo.

    • @marvinfurio2081
      @marvinfurio2081 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      USA: socialize the costs, privatize the profits.

  • @ChaosKeep
    @ChaosKeep 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    As someone who works in Floodplain Management and is a Certified Floodplain Manager, you are right, and even without climate change, they will get worse because we DO NOT HAVE THE DATA NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE RISK IS. We need 800 years worth of data, and only have 30 to 50 years at best. We need to tell people what the actual area of risk is, the Geologic Floodplain.

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If your house floods more than once from anything other then a water main break, you are at risk. Simple as that

  • @VArsovski10
    @VArsovski10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    5:19 - 5:33 whoever puppetted that seagull should have his/her/their payment doubled, that was some seriously good emotional presentation, such a joy to rewatch

  • @TheRealEvilkitten3
    @TheRealEvilkitten3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    tostito gull is my new fave please make him a reoccurring character omg

  • @Nynzy
    @Nynzy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wanna give props to whomever typed up those little blurbs to go with the headlines, despite the fact they were hard to see. That is some serious dedication to the bit and I love it!~

  • @MonkJordanMusic
    @MonkJordanMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Every time I've seen a TH-cam update for last week I have a sense of excitement and dread for whatever I'm about to learn.

  • @matthewhayes8961
    @matthewhayes8961 7 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    This video was a flood of information. Also the photo (13:40) could have been taken by a seagull with a go pro.

    • @TheWarriorpony
      @TheWarriorpony 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Matthew Hayes baited with Tostitos

    • @FeyTheBin
      @FeyTheBin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You won't believe what them seagulls would do for a munch.

    • @hawkeye5955
      @hawkeye5955 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Future sporting events will have aerial coverage provided by Tostitos addicted seagulls with GoPros.

    • @graysonchristian2668
      @graysonchristian2668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn why couldn’t that be the joke

  • @jillianeliza8153
    @jillianeliza8153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Alternative Title: John Oliver bullies birds for 20 minutes

    • @ASHl33164
      @ASHl33164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You mean “a bird bullies other birds for 20 minutes”

    • @stevefutterer573
      @stevefutterer573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      f*ck birds.

    • @tamarbeker1701
      @tamarbeker1701 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ASHl33164 🤣

  • @coalblooded
    @coalblooded ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:28 : "gorgeous at a distance and bizarre up close" is exactly how I would describe myself.

  • @k1llez4fun65
    @k1llez4fun65 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I can totally see John and his staff arguing about that photo for a week. I would’ve loved to have been there

  • @danieldougan269
    @danieldougan269 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The house I used to own was technically in a flood plain, so I had to buy flood insurance. It was ridiculous because the creek was quite small, and it was behind the houses across the street. And downhill. And the house was built on a slab...no basement, no crawl space. The flood insurance cost more than the homeowner's insurance.
    It was a real problem when it came time to sell, so I got a surveyor out, and he found that the house was not a flood risk. So the requirement was waived, and I sold the house.
    Months later, I got a call from the buyer, and she said the requirement was reinstated after she bought it.

  • @bradleyogilvie8869
    @bradleyogilvie8869 7 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Of course people didn't move after learning about flood risk. We are a species that jumps out of airplanes FOR FUN. The potential risk of danger is not going to motivate people to uproot their lives and move.

    • @jnyerere
      @jnyerere 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      but jumping out of airplanes for fun is less riskier than living in a flood plain. Just saying. lol.

    • @PeppoMusic
      @PeppoMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well especially if taking that risk is financially incentivised and not at all penalized. Even though the risk is almost 100% more certain than skydiving and still avoidable and unnecessary. Which was what the piece was mainly about I think.

    • @JohnSmith-el2nj
      @JohnSmith-el2nj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People are basically idiotic. They'll jump out of planes for fun and drive snakes to extinction whether they are venomous or not.

    • @StardustLegend
      @StardustLegend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad that people are taking risks, but unless the payoff for taking that risk outweighs the potential repercussions, then it's just a stupid move. And sure the payoff and repercussions of any situation can be objective, is THIS raelly worth it?

    • @ziljin
      @ziljin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cnjdev how about the idiots who intentionally buy coastal flooding homes

  • @benderbender-ij7ld
    @benderbender-ij7ld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    I'm a seagull and I find this fictional depiction deeply offensive. Addiction is a serious and ongoing problem in our community and your lack of sensitivity hurts the waterfowl community as a whole.

    • @aeroman911
      @aeroman911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Lol go eat a chip u dumb bird.

    • @nmarrs8539
      @nmarrs8539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I hate seagulls every ducking summer you nest next to my window. Then you make noise all fucking day and night. Go fuck yourselves

    • @SeoDeadeHenn
      @SeoDeadeHenn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@nmarrs8539 scuse me while I hop on over to my local Tostito dispensary

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Get out of here you flying beach rat!

    • @adrianbongiorno9295
      @adrianbongiorno9295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude they even come inland

  • @libby2648
    @libby2648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Seeing a grown man yell in rage over a Tostito-addicted seagull is honestly amazing.

  • @donparkison4617
    @donparkison4617 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I have done a lot of work with those flood maps and they are near worthless. The surveying & engineering was done in the 60's & 70's and has been updated in few areas. Millions of acres of subdivision maps have flood zones that were surveyed before the subdivisions were even built. That and the downstream areas that did exist at the time of the survey dont have flood areas that account for the increased runoff from those subdivisions. But no one complains about not being in a flood zone on a map that would cause you to pay more in homeowners insurance.

    • @LeolaGlamour
      @LeolaGlamour 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don Parkison If you own a home you should have to have flood insurance. IMO the problem is that they only give you the insurance in flood zone areas.

    • @j.kol3491
      @j.kol3491 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don Parkison same. GIS is much better now and I can't believe those ancient maps are still used..

    • @donparkison4617
      @donparkison4617 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GIS based flood plane modeling could produce a better answer, but I believe there is something in the law that says it has to be surveyed by engineers on the ground. Its the enormous cost of doing the survey that is keeping them from doing it. But yea, they should just change that part of the law to allow the software to get closer to an acceptable answer than the professionally surveyed data from 40 years ago.

    • @daleinaz1
      @daleinaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LeolaGlamour They only REQUIRE flood insurance in flood prone areas. They don't GIVE you anything.

    • @LeolaGlamour
      @LeolaGlamour 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daleinaz1 I don’t believe it’s required it’s optional

  • @shivam.maharshi
    @shivam.maharshi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    John Oliver is so consistently great! He is way better than Colbert or Noah. No fucking comparison.

  • @melissasaint3283
    @melissasaint3283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    If you're from the heartland and you've never visited the coast: this is an accurate representation of Seagulls.

    • @tomat6362
      @tomat6362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lake gulls are the best kept secret (shhhh)

    • @melissasaint3283
      @melissasaint3283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tomat6362 Now I'm curious! Where do you mean? I assume they're around the great lakes region, but are they also around lakes in places like Nebraska?

    • @coleweede1953
      @coleweede1953 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seagulls are everywhere across America when weather is good

    • @itreallydoesntmatter160
      @itreallydoesntmatter160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      melissa saint don’t know about Nebraska but in Wisconsin yes we have seagulls or lake gulls I guess but yes, they are places that don’t have water- and that’s why they’re always hanging out around Walmart

    • @jennifer9047
      @jennifer9047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tomat6362 Yup, central Illinois, can confirm. In the Shop 'n' Save parking lots. Damn Cheetos addicts.

  • @sihyuanwu5492
    @sihyuanwu5492 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Only John is able to incorporate a tostito loving seagull into a segment about flooding and make it seem natural.

  • @jeancarlo1227
    @jeancarlo1227 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    “BUT YOURE STANDING IN WATER!!!!”

  • @KikiFox
    @KikiFox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +860

    The resemblance between John Oliver and that seagull is uncanny

    • @drookor
      @drookor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You really need to find a better choice in life....Comedy is not something you are good at.

    • @nlewis2386
      @nlewis2386 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stand up is clever but needs practice

    • @lmaogetrektbish3441
      @lmaogetrektbish3441 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      May I recommend you not choose comedy as your hobby

    • @arielkozak
      @arielkozak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I bet oliver and the seagul have a lot in common actually

    • @alfalafelstine1536
      @alfalafelstine1536 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *Ariel Kozak* Like a love of Tostitos...

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I remember a local flood where several houses by a creek fed from a dam repeatedly got damaged by spring floods. The government came in, paid the owners fair market value for the properties, torn the buildings down, carted away the remains and did not allow anyone to rebuild there. Problem solved.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Seagulls can live in those houses...

    • @hawkeye5955
      @hawkeye5955 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @_Paws_ : Houses with bags of Tostitos.

    • @chasemiller2548
      @chasemiller2548 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And eat all of your tostitos

  • @kobelester
    @kobelester 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    That’s me rowing over my responsibilities while my friends get things done

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice meme. I shall steal it from you!

    • @starlight8554
      @starlight8554 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol tru 😭

  • @willstern5084
    @willstern5084 7 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    Why do i learn more from some british guy behind a desk then my high school teachers?

    • @axeltenveils6816
      @axeltenveils6816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Will Stern Because you don't pay attention in class.

    • @willstern5084
      @willstern5084 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Axel Tenveils Spitting Facts

    • @tolnocc
      @tolnocc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Because you feel like a hero for listening for 30 min on youtube whereas listening for hours a day feels like work. And it is work

    • @Arkyubus
      @Arkyubus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Will Stern It's actually proven that the human mind retains more information when you laugh. It's actually pretty scary. You could potentially use that psychological quirk to brainwash people...

    • @goblinwisdom
      @goblinwisdom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Will Stern because you have shit education? Maybe take advantage of the internet and an encyclopedia (you know, hard copy of imfo just incase your flooded); )

  • @maggiee639
    @maggiee639 7 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Half a mil paid out in flood insurance on a $60k house? Makes sense.

    • @7Lace77
      @7Lace77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maggie E Of course, no other solution.

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Should have bought a pontoon houseboat and moored it there. Best long term investment and it’s flood proof

    • @daleinaz1
      @daleinaz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We should have a regulation that once we the taxpayers have paid out more than the property is worth, we should buy the owner out, raze the house, and declare the property ineligible for habitation. Turn it into a park. Get people out of harm's way. We also need to change the building codes, to require higher elevation of homes in flood-prone areas. Just as we can build homes that don't collapse in earthquakes, we can build homes that don't get flooded. (And homes built in "Tornado Alley" should be required to have a "safe room" to protect the people who live there.) Just put some engineers in charge, instead of lawyers, and we can fix things.

  • @xandersantos7838
    @xandersantos7838 7 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Last Week Tonight with Zazu

  • @JoseChavez-ct1db
    @JoseChavez-ct1db 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    John Oliver saying 'Tostitos' has got to be one of the best clips on TV right now.

  • @AirbusPvP
    @AirbusPvP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2371

    N O T O S T I T O S

    • @Sonicsis
      @Sonicsis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AirbusPvP >:(

    • @doctorbatman8520
      @doctorbatman8520 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      AirbusPvP How hard would it have been to get a real seagull. :(

    • @gogahorvatin9863
      @gogahorvatin9863 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shaduup scammer

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are they actually addicted to them?

    • @marwaabdel-aziz2127
      @marwaabdel-aziz2127 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      اع نىلغ ش"تتذظ1ءر
      &&/1

  • @QueenBoadicea
    @QueenBoadicea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    12:44 "Other kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp. But I built it all the same...just to show 'em! It sank into the swamp."

  • @darthbert42
    @darthbert42 7 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    17:30. It is. It just fucking is.

    • @johnthemangood8700
      @johnthemangood8700 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Quidfacis I need to get that on my phone

    • @calholli
      @calholli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That chart shows that sea level is up 8 cm in 20 years.
      Great argument.

    • @Mictla155
      @Mictla155 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That is a lot.

    • @Trickytickler
      @Trickytickler 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Are you really just saying the same argument to every comment? 8cm is a fuckton. You're either trolling or willfully ignorant if you don't think that is significant. No one can possibly be that dumb.

    • @TehMasterSword
      @TehMasterSword 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      If you think the seas rising by 3 inches per 20 years is not a sufficient argument for the severity of climate change, you're a fucking idiot. You just are.

  • @perks6292
    @perks6292 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Well John clearly had some Tostitos recently, unless he never throws out the empty bags, so the seagull had every reason to ask.

  • @mimironshead4107
    @mimironshead4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Its about DAMN time, Mr Oliver

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LastWeekTonight you can't fool me you glorified ad bot

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LastWeekTonight Bloody Hell. I hate the ugly bastards that run these bots.

    • @joenelsaracho4836
      @joenelsaracho4836 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mimiron's Head so 2 weeks he is gone so now your back world is back in the norm again I'm not depressed anymore

    • @johamjoham4550
      @johamjoham4550 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vo7tron

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joham Joham I get the reference

  • @KatizeLuka
    @KatizeLuka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    To the tune of Despacito: "no tostitos~"

    • @Hadfield15
      @Hadfield15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice 😂

    • @Mammoth_X1
      @Mammoth_X1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉

  • @David-zl4wf
    @David-zl4wf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    As a European it is so fucking strange and funny to see that it is still necessary to state that climate change is real...

    • @aerchys4779
      @aerchys4779 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      lots ofthings Welcome to the USA. ‘Nuff said. Sometimes, I want to tell this country to fuck themselves.

    • @PeppoMusic
      @PeppoMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      lots ofthings my hypothesis is that it is kind of a 'first world problem' taken to an extreme. Some people have gotten so comfortable with a lot of the securities, freedoms and conveniences the country provides, they are unwilling to give them up for anything, even if that means blindly rejecting the obvious (to us) truth. That, and circlejerking on the internet and television validating idiots and there are big companies also profiting from a lot of those idiots.

    • @David-zl4wf
      @David-zl4wf 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peppo I wish there were more people like you. But I am honest and say that, although I try to environmental-friendly, I don’t have an electric car or very eco-friendly house. But this is not because I don’t want to, but because I don’t have the money. (Except the car-thing, I love cars and would always prefer a car with a combustion engine over an elecric car)

    • @TomSistermans
      @TomSistermans 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not exactly unheard of, I'm Dutch and I've had these discussions with other Dutch people, and that's coming from the country at least 60% below sea level...

    • @David-zl4wf
      @David-zl4wf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tom Sistermans were those the same people that voted for Geert Wilders?^^

  • @oncoucharrest5910
    @oncoucharrest5910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We live near a town that has a river running through it and every few years the town floods in the spring. Our joke is, people must stay because once in awhile they can say “we have waterfront property”

  • @Wafflepudding
    @Wafflepudding 7 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I don't care what your party affiliation or ideology is, if you can't appreciate the simple joy in a tostito-addicted sea bird, I feel a little sorry for you.

    • @TheCrimsonSky7
      @TheCrimsonSky7 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are tired of being brainwashed by leftist media, check out politically incorrect on 4chan

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      sdfsadfasdf You are part of the problem

    • @mr.x2567
      @mr.x2567 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yu tell em KidSnivy!

    • @onekid10
      @onekid10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      sdfsadfasdf NO POLITICS THE FUCK DID HE JUST SAY

  • @AnimalLover101195
    @AnimalLover101195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Kudos to the intern or whoever sat under John's desk the entire show with a seagull puppet.
    Truly doing god's work lmao!

  • @trinomitri4135
    @trinomitri4135 7 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    i have to go to school tomorrow buuuuuut, it's John Oliver

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trinomitri cheers, I can relate

    • @chitoo.250
      @chitoo.250 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too.

    • @SnipeU696
      @SnipeU696 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same here.

    • @ascent8487
      @ascent8487 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too. Homework to do. But it's Oliver.

    • @mariasalazar1280
      @mariasalazar1280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trinomitri I have no school on Monday

  • @pebofatso
    @pebofatso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "World's smuggest man's rickety sea prison"
    I love that phrase!

  • @oneeco
    @oneeco 7 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Listening to Despacito...
    While yelling at a Gull, "No Tostitos!!!"

    • @hawkeye5955
      @hawkeye5955 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @CardinalGamer: "No Tostitos" should be a Weird Al parody of Despacito. 😂

    • @aurealfantasy3127
      @aurealfantasy3127 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Despacito, Tostitos?
      This is USA don't let them invade us.

    • @royaldeer87
      @royaldeer87 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Swiper no tostitos!!😂😂

    • @fandomguy8025
      @fandomguy8025 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Au Realfantasy This is USA it's always been multi-cultural.

  • @cathyleatherman3097
    @cathyleatherman3097 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always enjoy John Oliver and his way of presenting the news

  • @amiradrummer
    @amiradrummer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I love this video

  • @marbetu5394
    @marbetu5394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I wish I could stop watching John Oliver !! He takes up so much of my time and I don't even live in the US, so a lot of the issues are not relevant to my situation, but he is just SO GOOD :-)

    • @marbetu5394
      @marbetu5394 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      mom pls stop using this account to watch him thats the only thing reccomended now

  • @manospondylus
    @manospondylus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Why is every important institution in the United States either outdated or corrupt?

    • @Mictla155
      @Mictla155 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We don't like change. Well that and if there is money being made it does not matter.

    • @VegetaSoup
      @VegetaSoup 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Capitalism. Just...capitalism.

    • @jarodathehunter9124
      @jarodathehunter9124 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Disappointed Turtle Because the last ‘good’ generation fought in World War 2.

    • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      USA is built from the ground up on deep rooted corruption to keep the powerful powerful and the poor without any voice. It's the furthest thing from a Democracy yet it's "Land of the Free." Free to enslave.

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Disappointed Turtle
      Like in every other country?

  • @Debland1989
    @Debland1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I honestly wasn’t sure what he was gonna talk about floods for aside from, “floods are bad, stop doing it” but I actually learned something new lol

  • @Soy_boi
    @Soy_boi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    We need to build a wall around the ocean! that will solve our problems!
    And it's a plan the president would actually agree to because it is arguable insane.

    • @helloofthebeach
      @helloofthebeach 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Just don't tell him where you're building it and you'll have the money for it tomorrow

    • @henkdedikkesteen
      @henkdedikkesteen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Well... In the Netherlands we built what is practically a sand wall all around the coast of the country, and we haven't had a flooding in like 60 years despite most of the country being below sea level

    • @dkail08
      @dkail08 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sea walls are normal things in many places in the world... Typical liberal wants to make a Trump joke but doesn't know anything about the topic.

    • @Dan59ten
      @Dan59ten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Fox Fire We should call it a dam

    • @wiltonater
      @wiltonater 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Dutch have been doing that for centuries

  • @k_a_y_l_e_e
    @k_a_y_l_e_e 7 ปีที่แล้ว +825

    no tostitos! NO TOSTITOS!!
    Aside: Tostitos no longer looks like a word and I'm still not convinced I spelled it correctly.

    • @felipecarrera9127
      @felipecarrera9127 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You did.

    • @Otrebor2099
      @Otrebor2099 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      in spanish *TOSTADA* is a tortilla made it like crips chips, so *TOSTITOS* is a slang from it

    • @Healermain15
      @Healermain15 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In the Netherlands, Tosties are roasted bread with cheese.

    • @kinsmed
      @kinsmed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cheetos. Fritos. Doritos... Tostitos.
      Yeah. You got it.

    • @arcm4210
      @arcm4210 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      this *tostito*

  • @graysonchristian2668
    @graysonchristian2668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    John is having none of climate change deniers crap this week

    • @SovietReunionYT
      @SovietReunionYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes. It remains a confirmed theory. As opposed to getting downgraded to a hypothesis. Which it is not in danger of. I don't get why you think this somehow supports your denialist agenda.

    • @eijeoje
      @eijeoje 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're incredibly dense. Please take a few environmental science courses at your local community college.

    • @dStrojdStroj
      @dStrojdStroj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoever even chucles at any of his "jokes" needs to stay off drugs. Take away that laugh track you have nothing. Big bang theory is better than this...

    • @hobbs1701a
      @hobbs1701a 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's because climate change deniers are fucking idiots.

    • @MakoMori
      @MakoMori 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are flat-earthers like you even using the internet today.

  • @stanphillips7277
    @stanphillips7277 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in FL and once lived in a trailer park/ neighborhood of houses called "Highland Park". I split the rent with friends but ironically "Highland Park" is in a "Low lying Area" so when it rained we'd have to move everything up from the floor ( Speakers, computer tower, etc ..) onto tables until the water drained and then break out the mops.
    Flood advisories are common even in places no where near the beach and even without the threat of a hurricane.
    The urban sprawl in Miami - Dade county is so bad that all it takes is a hard rain storm if you live in a low lying area to be have your home flooded. It's better than having no place to live though considering a studio Apt costs a minimum of a thousand dollars!

  • @GameplayandTalk
    @GameplayandTalk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2972

    "This episode sponsored by Tostitos."

    • @JA-vz1nl
      @JA-vz1nl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Cawww cawwwwwwww

    • @MrMCDiggles
      @MrMCDiggles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Do you have any Tostitos?

    • @metalXking20850
      @metalXking20850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He doesnt endorse

    • @TheJonFreib
      @TheJonFreib 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sure probably but i wish it was a got any grapes at the end

    • @alexsmith1207
      @alexsmith1207 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Truth Robot educate yourself and you might not be brainwashed

  • @mountainbikerdave
    @mountainbikerdave 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    6:49 "we will gladly accept huge risks to our personal safety for the sake of a discount" that was the entire premise for "BLACK FRIDAY". its called black Friday for the 2 black eyes you wake up with the next day from wrestling a dancing Elmo out of the hands of a sleeveless middle aged woman 5 Minutes past midnight.

    • @Ch4pp13
      @Ch4pp13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      david kowalkowski i'm willing to bet my life that you're better off buying whatever you want than to risk your life trying to get a tv for cheap, as you're going to be paying way more in hospital bills than you will for that fucking tv.
      Judging from footage of black friday openings, i'm fairly fucking certain.

    • @tamarbeker1701
      @tamarbeker1701 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure that's an American thing

  • @bryceforrestmusicunauthori9522
    @bryceforrestmusicunauthori9522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Thank you. I love your show ... I'm poor folk, so my only TV is TH-cam. At risk of sounding totally pathetic, this episode was the highlight of my day. You really are a talented bunch. And yes, John Oliver is totally sexy, lol!

    • @eideticex
      @eideticex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I'm poor folk too. However you should never feel pathetic for TH-cam being your source of video entertainment. Day time TV is far worse.

    • @tony91200211
      @tony91200211 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bryce Forrest Music Unauthorized you're not missing much I have cable and there's nothing on ever and if you want to watch something you can just google it.

    • @slantedtime
      @slantedtime 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here bud, TH-cam is my tv. And hey at least we're watching the best of what's on Tv by watching this fine man :)

    • @Eunoialagom
      @Eunoialagom 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poor folk or not, I'd choose TH-cam over T. V anyday

    • @mahanadir
      @mahanadir 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also youtube shows you ads now. So HBO gets money either way

  • @Killhop22
    @Killhop22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    finally Canadians can watch this episode

  • @GerackSerack
    @GerackSerack 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The fact that Stossel got benifited by the program and he's still capable of seeing its flaws tells the man is coherent. That's a good thing.

    • @HideousConformity
      @HideousConformity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I got the impression that he never would have built that box by sea in the first place if not for the NFIP. In other words, he probably knew all along that he'd benefit from it and cynically took advantage of that.

  • @ArachCobra
    @ArachCobra 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The problem with people not moving reminded me of things I learned in university recently. How many of these predictions fail because they rely upon people acting rationally, whereas in reality they... Well, they don't.

    • @tisroc100
      @tisroc100 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bet those houses are real cheap...seemed like a fun neighborhood to live in. Come on, this is New York

    • @Omar-cr9jf
      @Omar-cr9jf 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Game theory

    • @Harry-tt6be
      @Harry-tt6be 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      tiscroc100
      Not every part of New York is expensive. NYC is but the New York State itself pretty much a dull.

    • @Shadowcam00
      @Shadowcam00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The problem is that it IS rational. The rich get to have their vacation homes guaranteed by the government, while the poor are left with the option of either staying put, or throwing away a big investment in order to leave. The responsibility for getting a better outcome lies with Congress. Until they stop paying for vacation homes, and start helping people in need get out of risky areas, the cycle will continue indefinitely. But the biggest obstacle is the insurance companies; they get profit guaranteed by taxpayer money, and spend a chunk of it buying politicians to keep it that way. That's why money in politics is the biggest threat to our country; it cripples our problem-solving ability.

  • @BrianGivensYtube
    @BrianGivensYtube 7 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Im just gonna build a house on the sun and get fire damage insurance. Makes just much sense as this...

    • @thelastholdout
      @thelastholdout 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh please. Do you know how expensive rent is on the Sun?

    • @Sethslayer1147
      @Sethslayer1147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least you don't have to pay for heating

    • @ryanthompson1244
      @ryanthompson1244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, but the commute to work is a bitch!

  • @BKirkpatrick
    @BKirkpatrick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    7:54 that guy puts his dog in the boat but makes his wife walk along the side in the water. Relatable.

    • @carmenbarr4830
      @carmenbarr4830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blue Kirkpatrick OH MY GOD BLUE!!! HIIIIII ❤❤

    • @BKirkpatrick
      @BKirkpatrick 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahahahaha!

    • @thomasdrnec4783
      @thomasdrnec4783 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Respec the Wahmen, don't attac

  • @dfbracho
    @dfbracho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    It never ceases to surprise me how, in the US, companies and private sector find a way to profit from the government and the taxpayers in the most outrageous and (surprisingly) legal ways. It just teaches so much about the way a completely free and unregulated economy works.

    • @strider7557
      @strider7557 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And nothing about how increasing size and scope government attracts those companies like flies to honey?

    • @robearhart5796
      @robearhart5796 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The funny part is that these companies are making money directly from government regulations.

    • @deregulationIC
      @deregulationIC 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @dfbracho
      @dfbracho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unregulated Market Economy do your evil laugh.

    • @Mansplained
      @Mansplained 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So the law crafted by politicians that spends tax money on these insurance companies....this law is a good example for you of a "free and unregulated economy?" Really sad that people have no idea what unregulated or free means in these terms and just think of them as naughty words. Politicians making stupid laws is not evidence that capitalism is bad, it's evidence that politicians, and by extension, bureaucracy as a whole, is bad. Without having a giant government body with a bunch of stolen money to spend that they can lobby, these insurance companies would be a lot more toothless, don't you think? Corporations gain their sickening power through corruption of politicians. It is a gross symbiotic system. The idea that we just need to have government take over everything is so wrong I fear for what will become of America, when the opinion is so widespread. Socialism and the collapse of the empire seems like the likely outcome.

  • @osmium3691
    @osmium3691 7 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    Everybody loves to point out how John looks like a parrot... and now he's actually going to voice the parrot in the new Lion King reboot. I am so excited, the jokes are endless!

    • @pattmcruss4604
      @pattmcruss4604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Nathan Bonnell ITS NOT A FUCKING PARROT!!

    • @wingedbluj1674
      @wingedbluj1674 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      He's a Hornbill

    • @arturofernandez4058
      @arturofernandez4058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well, he messes with birds a LOT on this program. And now he IS one.

    • @ifeoluwaadeoye6557
      @ifeoluwaadeoye6557 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Zazu's not a fucking parrot

    • @PaddySnuffles
      @PaddySnuffles 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Zazu is a red-billed hornbill, not a parrot. They're different bird groups, but share the "distinction" of being one of the most endangered bird groups in the world.

  • @laughingman4570
    @laughingman4570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "Who wants to buy my house, it's in a flood plane?"
    WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BUY IT!!!

    • @wendyweaver8749
      @wendyweaver8749 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The house may not have been in a flood plain when purchased. Or the family could have built the house before the government developed the flood plain maps.

  • @Breezey357
    @Breezey357 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I once gave a goose at a campsite some Doritos. After being stalked for days, the goose started runninging into my knees, demanding More and More Doritos. I had to hide in the tent at that point to escape the Goose

    • @thomasford2032
      @thomasford2032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Geese are terrifying. They can kill you.

    • @jefflabbecomedy
      @jefflabbecomedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fight geese on the downs, fight them on the beaches...

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Must of been ranch flavored lol

    • @cameronjadewallace
      @cameronjadewallace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you're lucky that's all the goose did

  • @gameofpayne
    @gameofpayne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My families house flooded in August of 2016. The only reason we did is because the concrete median on the interstate next to our house trapped all the water and forced up the whole interstate for 10 miles from the river. Our Parish is suing the State for that, not that anything will come from it. The State was also supposed to build a divergent canal since 10 years ago, but the project has languished incomplete because the government is corrupt and is pocketing all the casino tax money that was supposed to go to the project. Meanwhile the governor had to fight tooth and nail just to get the Federal Government to give our state enough money to rebuild. And as if that wasn't bad enough, all the area's that were flooded have had their flood zones redrawn, and now our flood insurance is triple what it was before. Fuck FEMA.

    • @Mimyakko
      @Mimyakko 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How much money was the flood insurance before?? And how much is it now?

    • @jb888888888
      @jb888888888 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good question Mimyakko. "triple" of $1,000 to $3,000 is a lot, triple of $5 to $15 isn't.

    • @gameofpayne
      @gameofpayne 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      $3000 is only enough to get structural damages insurance. If we want to have the contents of our home covered, we'd have to pay double that. And we HAVE to have insurance, because even though our house has been here for almost over 30 years, we aren't grandfathered in, which means we would have to raise our house to be over 6 feet off the ground (something that would cost more than the house is probably even worth)

  • @edancoll3250
    @edancoll3250 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This video isn't getting enough views. You should have named it "Seagull and Parrot Fight Over Tostitos"

  • @jakegwolford
    @jakegwolford 7 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    No Tostitos
    *JUST SAUCE*

    • @kourii
      @kourii 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raw sauce?

  • @BiteBolt_77
    @BiteBolt_77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Missing a lot of Dutch vibes. Maybe John could make an episode on how we Dutch people deal with the water.

    • @MijmerMopper
      @MijmerMopper ปีที่แล้ว

      They probably looked up the word "waterschapsverkiezingen" and just ran away at the prononciation.