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  • Let's talk about justice uwu
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  • @daisyslusher1281
    @daisyslusher1281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5017

    “leave my beautiful wet wife alone”
    -not ben shapiro

  • @emmatucker4344
    @emmatucker4344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13103

    how do i send this to my professor and tell her to just "ignore the catgirl part"

    • @categorille8330
      @categorille8330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      lmao

    • @LaMadriguera
      @LaMadriguera 3 ปีที่แล้ว +747

      Tell him that is... Because she is loosing a bet she make some time ago, so, is a inside joke.

    • @waspoppin4784
      @waspoppin4784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +763

      Emma Tucker why would you want to ignore the catgirl part

    • @xbaker3868
      @xbaker3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +746

      That’s why I lock my door every time I watch contrapoints or philosophy tube. Normies ask too many questions.

    • @rach3092
      @rach3092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Madlad vibes, don't say anything and don't even answer his questions lmao

  • @amyheath6324
    @amyheath6324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2165

    ACAB: Assigned Cat At Birth

  • @davidwilliamklak
    @davidwilliamklak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4163

    Me patiently waiting for Justice (Part 2): 👁__👁
    Update: I KNOW ABOUT ENVY, PLEASE STOP TELLING ME, I SAW IT THE DAY IT CAME OUT.

  • @martinfoley1905
    @martinfoley1905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3531

    Everyones gangsta til the Catwoman* starts talking about the odyssey

  • @333Vampirewillrule33
    @333Vampirewillrule33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9602

    Contra trying to make an intellectual point:
    Her contacts meanwhile: ⬆️↗️➡️↘️⬇️↪️⤴️↔️↖️↙️

    • @jenniferluiza8583
      @jenniferluiza8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA

    • @TheDreamSyndicateArts
      @TheDreamSyndicateArts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Alright, you win the day for directional emoji usage! 😂

    • @SnakesBeSnaken
      @SnakesBeSnaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Every time it was back in the correct position I cringed a little at imagining her moving it with her fingers that many times.

    • @WeiYinChan
      @WeiYinChan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      🔁

    • @trollololol4601
      @trollololol4601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Snakey The Snake ikr those massive nails. How r her eyes still in her head

  • @IcarusPhil
    @IcarusPhil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1615

    there's something so powerful about "people of all races have the absolute right to be low life, drug addicted, petty criminals who contribute absolutely nothing to society." so often we're expected to do great things and contribute and prove our worth as human beings, but as a person you are inherently worthy of respect and love, even if you don't do great things or advance society in any way. thank you natalie

    • @theregalproletariat
      @theregalproletariat ปีที่แล้ว +91

      "Because that is what it means to live in a free society."
      An empowering message indeed.

    • @w.b.7212
      @w.b.7212 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @BadDenverDrivers John Steinbeck, I believe.

    • @AiriRoses
      @AiriRoses ปีที่แล้ว

      So to test a principle, you have to ask, what would happen if everyone thought they had inherent worth the moment they were born and didn't need to contribute anything to society? They're worth it even when they make depraved, corrupt, idle decisions.
      Then imagine the opposite.
      I know it sounds nice and good what you're saying, but it's ultimately an idealistic fantasy. We need diligence and earnestness; we need integrity and humility. Or else this narcissistic individualism will crush us in the next upcoming crisis.
      I understand you live in a soft world, so it's easy to stick your head in the sand, but that doesn't excuse your slothful fantasies of being worthless because you have "inherent worth."

    • @moron0000
      @moron0000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I reivindicate my right to be trash (step on me nyatalie uwu)

    • @caisintlys
      @caisintlys 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh hell, how to live with that “vote democrat and bully them into doing the right thing” bit going into another hellish election year…

  • @Getz-Da-Chompy
    @Getz-Da-Chompy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1949

    So Contra's cateyes are blue, which is actually the colour that all cats have when they are first born as cats, which actually means that she is infact a catgirl, as she has not yet reached cat maturity.

    • @sadnessofwildgoats
      @sadnessofwildgoats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Well, arnt there also just . . . blue eyed cats? Like adult blue eyed cats?

    • @mynameismud8596
      @mynameismud8596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      she's also a white cat, they sometimes have blue eyes naturally through adulthood

    • @dianacortes4253
      @dianacortes4253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@ellag3265 definitely not rare. Most siamese cats have blue eyes

    • @raccoonlad5685
      @raccoonlad5685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@ellag3265 its not just siamese cats though. the colorpoint pattern that siamese cats have is genetically linked to blue eyes. all colorpoint cats, not just siamese cats (many breeds are colorpoints) have only blue eyes. blue eyed cats are rare but they are by no means THAT rare.

    • @radiomandelbrot5868
      @radiomandelbrot5868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      hi i like cats

  • @beetljam792
    @beetljam792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2121

    petition to start calling 'bible interpretations' bible headcanons

    • @jcskarambit
      @jcskarambit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Purgatory and the whole flaming Hell thing is technically fanon from Dante the famous fanfic author.

    • @stargazingstar3239
      @stargazingstar3239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      As a Christian Athiest *clears throat*
      " *Y E S* "

    • @spinter1310
      @spinter1310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Bible interpretations are the original headcanons.

    • @kristofferschmocker5993
      @kristofferschmocker5993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love this.

    • @abyss1996
      @abyss1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait- You don’t do this already? I’ve been doing calling them “head canons” for a while.

  • @EE.333
    @EE.333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4239

    I love how the contact lenses just slowly get more insane over time.

    • @guillotinepod9988
      @guillotinepod9988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Just like real life

    • @hyruleflower5695
      @hyruleflower5695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      So i used to wear cat eye contacts like that and they would just drift and go crooked in the exact same way, and it's just so nice to have my struggle validated

    • @danielheflin6658
      @danielheflin6658 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cladoxylopsida568 Yes

    • @ebolapie
      @ebolapie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@cladoxylopsida568 it's certainly very uncomfortable to watch.
      oh wait she hung a lampshade on it now it's ok
      edit: wait, scary lampshade, not ok! not ok!

    • @pursuji9613
      @pursuji9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Just glue the contacts to your eyes.. DUHH

  • @Rachel98246
    @Rachel98246 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    Love how she calls herself an “ageing bargain-bin Belle Delphine” when she’s literally one of the most radiant women on this hellscape of a planet!
    I love my two mothers, Ms. Natalie Wynn & the sea ❤️🌊

  • @Livi_Noelle
    @Livi_Noelle ปีที่แล้ว +402

    If Natalie started her own fashion label, my wardrobe would consist of nothing else.

    • @lyrainealei7848
      @lyrainealei7848 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I would love to have the Nyatalie line of Natalie's wardrobe.

    • @Livi_Noelle
      @Livi_Noelle ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lyrainealei7848 oh yes, gorge. Any of her looks, but especially Nyatalie.

    • @elfodelputoinfierno
      @elfodelputoinfierno ปีที่แล้ว +7

      !!! This
      I've been copying her makeup for like
      Three weeks
      It's now a part of my personality help

  • @darknight910
    @darknight910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1666

    It looks like Natalie is getting closer and closer to following through on her promise to unironically turn into Tabby.

    • @notanobviouschoice
      @notanobviouschoice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      “If the November 2020 election is delayed I will become you unironically”

    • @anonymousdratini
      @anonymousdratini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I'm for this.

    • @Maskami
      @Maskami 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      i have no joke been thinking about this line all year

    • @ChimeraReiax
      @ChimeraReiax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      She's expecting the 2020 election to get postponed and honestly so am I

    • @marialuke2116
      @marialuke2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Awww yeah, *_Tabby Cat ☆SQUAD☆!_*
      (or, err, Tabby Cat Commune?)

  • @Skullkidjynx
    @Skullkidjynx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1145

    “Primeval Hebrew shade” is what it’s called when my Jewish grandmother tells me to cut down at thanksgiving

    • @unoriginal1086
      @unoriginal1086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Or when you say you don't need any more food to your jewish grandmother at Rosh Hashana...

    • @Skullkidjynx
      @Skullkidjynx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Unoriginal it’s alway too much or too little lmao

    • @unoriginal1086
      @unoriginal1086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Skullkidjynx Yeah when I went last year I had just become vegan so ALL of my relatives made vegan food and i had to eat all of it... it still was really good food though...

    • @glitchygutz
      @glitchygutz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Queen Esther
      Or whenever you tell your Jewish grandmother you’re full at any family dinner, related to holidays or not lmao

    • @t3knosoulz
      @t3knosoulz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My grandma is jewish and she won't let me stop eating 😭

  • @perdu6603
    @perdu6603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    To everyone complaining about Part 2 not being released yet: do you know how long it takes to change the room's wallpaper on every episode?

  • @sillypiratehooker
    @sillypiratehooker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Re: contacts shifting. Your contacts may be weighted (they generally are weighted on one side so that they remain in place). If they are, the reason they keep moving around is because you have them in upside down.

  • @Grahf0
    @Grahf0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4056

    Fact: Nat's eyes actually rotate. She's just blaming the contacts so you won't think anything of it.

    • @twistedalicemcgee
      @twistedalicemcgee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      🤣😂 that's hilarious

    • @randomcultist398
      @randomcultist398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      >she

    • @randomcultist398
      @randomcultist398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Sourav Parik >her
      What part of a good larper doesn't make him look like the character?

    • @jeremythegeek2
      @jeremythegeek2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      This has been bothering me for a while, is it possible that these are toric (weighted) lenses? It would make sense as they'd self-correct to the right orientation unless you put them in upside down and didn't let them rotate fully.

    • @therealgooseman2358
      @therealgooseman2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      SHE'S A GOD DAMM REPTILE!!!!!!!!

  • @Js-kk7sc
    @Js-kk7sc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2302

    Bible study with ContraPoints isn't how I envisioned my evening going.

    • @MrGoblin1000
      @MrGoblin1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      The best things in life are never expected.

    • @miguelcarmona3036
      @miguelcarmona3036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      "Catra-points"

    • @isntitabeautifulday1648
      @isntitabeautifulday1648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It is exactly how I envisioned mine, but I didn’t know it before it actually happened.

    • @anteye5199
      @anteye5199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      for me a good morning bible study

    • @swanpride
      @swanpride 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Her study of Greek saga are somewhat lacking though...there is a little bit more to Odysseus reasoning for his revenge. The suitors did try to kill his son after all, and they tried to force themselves on his beloved wife.

  • @dinnerandmovie614
    @dinnerandmovie614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    I think I figured it out. We're waiting for justice, but justice never comes

    • @NaumRusomarov
      @NaumRusomarov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      omg. :-)

    • @JE-ng4ty
      @JE-ng4ty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You're a goddamn genius

    • @soaribb32
      @soaribb32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ugh...her mind.

    • @maleineperle1770
      @maleineperle1770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm schocked, you're a genius

    • @deviateedits
      @deviateedits ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But envy comes often ;)

  • @vedab7364
    @vedab7364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    'catgirl reacts to the code of hammurabi' there are actual tears in my eyes

  • @jonkirby1880
    @jonkirby1880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5650

    With enough style and polish, cringe just becomes aesthetic

    • @CatloafCreative
      @CatloafCreative 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      John Waters seal of approval 👍🏽

    • @PlaystationMasterPS3
      @PlaystationMasterPS3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      when you think about it, that's all an aesthetic ever is

    • @soumyaneelmanna3097
      @soumyaneelmanna3097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Cringe like Contrapoints?

    • @klip8726
      @klip8726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Soumyaneel Manna watch your mouth

    • @lebunnie
      @lebunnie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I was thinking the same thing. It's cute af when she does it.

  • @bidaubadeadieu
    @bidaubadeadieu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Okay but "If revenge is wild justice, then retributive justice is just domesticated revenge" is an extremely good and powerful line.

    • @itsjeninMass
      @itsjeninMass 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! So good!

    • @wolfvonversweber1109
      @wolfvonversweber1109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really...
      If revenge is indeed "(wild) justice", then it's perfectly fine to "domesticate" it, because it would be something good - "justice" - that just needs to be ordered. That's what states should do: Put good, but uncontrolled, concepts into reliable law.
      If - on the other hand - revenge isn't justice, then retributive justice also isn't just "domesticated revenge".
      The line sounds smart, but isn't a sound argument. People will only agree with it, if they share the sentiment beforehand.

    • @bidaubadeadieu
      @bidaubadeadieu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@wolfvonversweber1109 Hmm, I like the way you wrote that out a lot, but I think the point she's making is that neither should really count as just. If we have the relationship "wild justice = revenge" and then institutionalize and entrench ("domesticate") both sides of the relationship, we're left with "justice = domesticated revenge" since the institutionalization cancels out the wildness. Then, if the viewer thinks "hey wait, I think justice should be more than domesticated revenge, that description is kind of reductionist in that it conceives of justice as merely consistent and not also necessarily promoting ideals of liberation, and positive peace" and so if justice isn't really domesticated revenge, then we can work backwards and say that Francis Bacon was wrong and that revenge isn't wild justice --- revenge is no kind of justice at all! Which is exactly what she's saying at that moment, that we can conceive of justice as so much more.

    • @wolfvonversweber1109
      @wolfvonversweber1109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bidaubadeadieu I also like your comment, but I don't think your interpretation is the most accurate.
      Correct me, if I'm wrong, but you're basically reading:
      "If revenge is wild justice (and justice is nothing more), then justice is just domesticated revenge."
      You're qualifying the first relation as an exhaustive equation and leaving out the qualification of justice - specifically speaking about >retributive justice< - in the second part of the sentence.
      Otherwise it would a problem for your reading of the inference as an equation, because both mentions of "justice" need to mean the same, either both need to be qualified or neither.
      I would read the sentence as: "If revenge is wild justice [meaning: It's a form of primordial justice, not an exhaustive definition], then [the] retributive [aspect of] justice is just domesticated revenge."
      And I agree with the general sentiment of that statement. In the absense of any judicial system, revenge is a form of justice, as long as it is aimed at bringing bad consequences to bad actions, even if it often doesn't work out that way; that's why it needs to be made equal and follow rules ("domesticated").
      I would also agree with you, that justice is much more. For example: Equal treatment, rights and freedoms, unless there is a substantive reason to justify differences (children etc.).
      But that's already in the qualifier >retributive< justice.
      And that was my main point. Apart from inprecissions of the statement itself; we can both agree with the statement and come to different conclusions. Even someone that was exclusively focussed on the revenge/retributive aspect could agree with it.
      It's entirely based on your preconceived notions of justice and revenge and whether you already view them as positive or negative. You'll only arrive at the conclusions you already had.
      That's not the mark of a powerful line. It'll get a lot of agreement, but convince nobody.

    • @wolfvonversweber1109
      @wolfvonversweber1109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bidaubadeadieu Also, I don't think we should make the definition of justice too broad. Justice is fundamentally about equality; either by positively giving beings the same "benefits" others have or by negatively bringing consequences to bad actions of beings that are capable of moral wrongdoing.
      It's not a term for everything we deem good and it doesn't need to be.
      A good Society isn't based on justice alone. And justice doesn't necessarily mean free or peaceful, sometimes it runs counter to peaceful interaction.
      Even "justice systems" aren't or shouldn't be based on justice alone

  • @jakem72
    @jakem72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    "If Revenge is Wild Justice, than Retributive Justice is Domesticated Revenge." That is an awesome quote: I really want to but it in one of my legal briefs but I think the judge would look askance at the attribution to "Internet Cat-Woman Contrapoints."
    And honestly your video is a better explanation of Justice jurisprudence than you're likely to get at many law schools.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could just attribute it to "a philosopher" or "a public speaker" or something and hope nobody else in the courtroom watches ContraPoints.

  • @wickedphant0m
    @wickedphant0m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    The fact that... in the "land of the free", that supposedly believes in "liberty and justice for all"... we have to CONSANTLY explain that agents of the state aren't supposed to execute you in the street for committing a misdemeanor.

  • @dangelowallaceagain
    @dangelowallaceagain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20525

    Part 1 of 27, I'd hope

    • @denomava5470
      @denomava5470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +621

      YESS WHAT A KING

    • @oibruv3889
      @oibruv3889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      oh cool you like contra.

    • @TheKajero
      @TheKajero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +464

      a favorite youtuber of mine watching another favorite youtuber of mine

    • @ohmiohwa4199
      @ohmiohwa4199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Did not expect you here. Welcome deangelo.

    • @oliverc.9442
      @oliverc.9442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      dude you watch contra? that's so cool, i never suspected that you would be a leftist. You probably said something about it in the political compass vid, but i never got around to it. I will defiantly watch more of your shit now.

  • @sanman-xe3fy
    @sanman-xe3fy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1490

    I like how the lofi beats girl is in the background
    Still studying

    • @TarantinosNightmare
      @TarantinosNightmare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      that lofi beats girl better have a fucking PhD by now

    • @xcx000
      @xcx000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      your pfp is sending me, i love ajay

    • @Problematist
      @Problematist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The eternal punishment for being part of the school system

    • @frocco7125
      @frocco7125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just saw it lmao

    • @mollypocrass4562
      @mollypocrass4562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't even notice her. She's my jam.

  • @pomegranatejelly9767
    @pomegranatejelly9767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I put off looking at Contrapoint’s content forever because people kept recommending her and I thought she was overhyped, but I sincerely regret not giving her a chance over something so minor. She’s so smart and well spoken and hilarious, and she’s gorgeous and has an amazing sense for aesthetics and how they can add to the meaning of what she’s creating, or just add comedy or make difficult topics easier to digest, and she’s so insightful even while putting on a flippant persona. Time to binge watch her channel lol

    • @coaxill4059
      @coaxill4059 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It happens to all of us, in no small part because so many things ARE overhyped. Plus she's good for reasons that are hard to concisely describe.
      I'm just glad you're here now.

    • @mithrae4525
      @mithrae4525 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha, glad I'm not the only one! (Just a little later to the party)

  • @bernardoaraujo1049
    @bernardoaraujo1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    "they tried to make me go to rehab" "drug addicted petty criminals" hits so differently now. Hope ur doing ok and r holding on despite withdrawal.

    • @sadnessofwildgoats
      @sadnessofwildgoats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ?

    • @bernardoaraujo1049
      @bernardoaraujo1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@sadnessofwildgoats She's recovering from addiction. I think there's an IG post of hers about it.

    • @beautifuljazz1322
      @beautifuljazz1322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@bernardoaraujo1049 I hope she’s doing good. Ok it’s been a while since that whole situation but I still can’t stand how Rose tried to use it to make Natalie seem like a bad person. But instead Rose got dragged for treating addiction like a personality trait when it’s not.

    • @Billpro25
      @Billpro25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bernardoaraujo1049 Didn't know that. Hope she's doing better.

    • @radschele1815
      @radschele1815 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      she did say she is doing "funny because it is true" jokes... Still it always hits hard when you learn the truth, at least for me. Still, of course best wishes to her, no matter if she has recovered or is still in care.

  • @TheHawksEyeYT
    @TheHawksEyeYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3655

    Therapist:"Catwoman Natalie isn't real, she can't hurt you!"
    Catwoman Natalie: (I)w(/)

    • @StarberryPlacemats
      @StarberryPlacemats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      aadshgfdhfdsf this made me laugh irl

    • @Dares9
      @Dares9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      underrated comment sakjhdkjsada

    • @surfboy1921
      @surfboy1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It took me ten minutes to figure out why this was so funny

    • @Niekard
      @Niekard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMFAO. y e s

    • @Travg1866
      @Travg1866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who is this dude dressed like a girl?

  • @SarahZ
    @SarahZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3548

    the socrates shade rattle is sending me

    • @BARALover96
      @BARALover96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sup Sarah Sed

    • @user-yb2if8jz2o
      @user-yb2if8jz2o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Is there a youtube videoessay cabal where all of you meet up and plan how best to take over the world? We need answers.

    • @ultimatetadpole9607
      @ultimatetadpole9607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@user-yb2if8jz2o they're all just good mates. I think it's wholesome, love watching like a PhilosophyTube video and you just scroll down and there's Shaun saying hi.

    • @eternal__worm
      @eternal__worm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Two of my favorite youtubers :)

    • @Ash_W04
      @Ash_W04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love your channel! I'll never forget A Series of Unfornate Event's ending leading me to such a remarkable channel

  • @inaraoftyria3878
    @inaraoftyria3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I absolutely adore philosophical discussions on the meaning of justice. My addiction to them started with an anime where someone took a potato chip and ate it.

    • @junohawthorne7658
      @junohawthorne7658 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’ll take the potato chip… AND EAT IT

    • @user-rq8xx8ir9t
      @user-rq8xx8ir9t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I understood that reference

  • @JP-jh6ki
    @JP-jh6ki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I had a conversation with a priest when I was in university. I asked him about the eye for an eye justice in the Old Testament. He replied that the laws of an eye for an eye etc etc, was a reduction in punishment. The previous laws were much harsher. For example if a man killed another man the family of the dead man could kill 7 family members of the accused man. The Old Testament laws were a major reduction in punishment.

    • @ymustitho6343
      @ymustitho6343 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Genuine news for me 😂

  • @chestersnap
    @chestersnap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    The suitors weren't even being rude to Odysseus, though. He was gone for _years_ . Everyone thought he was _dead_

    • @BaldingClamydia
      @BaldingClamydia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It didn't matter at the time, but they were being rude to the wife. It does clearly state she didn't want them there, and didn't want to marry any of them.

    • @solarprogeny6736
      @solarprogeny6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      nobody ever looked for him

    • @BrieCheese
      @BrieCheese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@BaldingClamydia Yes, Penelope did try to get out of this whole ordeal by unraveling her tapestry. But speaking of Penelope, didn't Odysseus cheat on her throughout the book?

    • @BaldingClamydia
      @BaldingClamydia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@BrieCheese Yes! The old double standards are at play here 😂

    • @trollololol4601
      @trollololol4601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      mechaguess killing his son would indeed be very rude

  • @oniilazo
    @oniilazo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +907

    I cannot tell you how bittersweet it felt to see Albania (my home country) mentioned in this video, and I say bittersweet because we don't get mention a lot in any media but whenever we do is because these occurrences.
    The blood feuds didn't only create endless bloodshed between families, but also left a stain for future generations of men in Albania and how they perceive masculinity. This idea of respect (to be earned) and honor (to be maintained) rings so true to this day in my country, so much so that seeing horrific acts of violence has almost become a normal ritual every time the news comes on.
    Very recently there was a wave of reports of men brutaly killing their wifes and daughters as a means to "keep the family's name clean" because it was seen by the husband's eyes that what these women might have done was going to "throw dirt" to the families good name.
    Sometimes it feels like there isn't much hope even for the new generation of men to come in Albania because this mentality of "what a men should be" has had roots for such a long time in our society.
    Either way thanks for the video Natalie.
    Can't wait for the second part!

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I just hope that someday it'll get better. Best wishes for your country.

    • @oohforf6375
      @oohforf6375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, I will say that Sarandë looks very pretty to visit!!!

    • @havocgr1976
      @havocgr1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      To be fair, many other countries have vendettas, Sicily, my home Crete and others.Women here would give birth to kids just so they could send em on their 18th birthday to avenge a family member that was killed many years ago.Even across the world, as far as Australia.But nowadays its only found in very few small villages, so we made huge progress.

    • @theflame5919
      @theflame5919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is always an exit, it's called individualism. You can't change Albania perhaps, but you can embrace your individuality, sat fk this, and move to some other country, live ur life 💞

    • @ZenobiaofPalmyra
      @ZenobiaofPalmyra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least Hoxha tried...

  • @davidwooden3878
    @davidwooden3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Natalie, I greatly admire your style. I've always been a huge fan of absurdist. And the idea of being taught important world topics by a cat girl-woman is simply a delight

  • @Wernouis
    @Wernouis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    If you are new here, you should know that Justice Part 2 is on the "Envy" video.

    • @sandroselladore3506
      @sandroselladore3506 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh that's interesting as i had watched envy before this

  • @genieglasslamp5028
    @genieglasslamp5028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1957

    As a comic fan I cringe every time I see a police officer with a punisher sign. The fact that the Punisher also kills corrupt cops and adamantly dont want police to be like him, makes me cringe.

    • @corbiecrow9738
      @corbiecrow9738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      It reminds me of the "god emperor trump" meme the right made about Warhammer 40K which is... Honest (the emperor is a fascist dictator who is extremely xenophobic and generally a massive dick bag but then who isn't in Warhammer 40k apart from tau farsight... So a tiny faction in a tiny race on the edge of Imperial space

    • @johnpjones182
      @johnpjones182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you familiar with Steve Ditko's Mr. A?

    • @PoilishedMahogony
      @PoilishedMahogony 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Same here. I'm a fan of the character and I recognise an anti-hero at best, villain at worst. One of my biggest problems with the Netflix show of his was them trying to paint him as a good man with a chance at redemption/rehabilitation. That's more like Wolverine than it is Punisher. Punisher is a bad guy killing bad guys. There's no glory or heroism in it.

    • @quintonchurch4064
      @quintonchurch4064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@corbiecrow9738 Also, the emperor is really just a dying husk being kept nominally alive by a people who have become more concerned with destroying those within their own empire than with fulfilling their original goal of (ostensibly ) making the universe a better place.

    • @DrakeBarrow
      @DrakeBarrow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Earlier versions of Frank Castle were a lot more sympathetic, though there were a lot fewer comic characters like him at the time. He has standards of a sort, doesn't go after noncombatants or innocent people, and doesn't enjoy what he does. Just by itself this puts him head and shoulders above a crapton of cops in the States.

  • @turnercline3452
    @turnercline3452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +726

    This vid better have a scene of Contra in a Greek robe, wearing a blindfold, and swinging a scale or so help me.

    • @tatsuya5888
      @tatsuya5888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg, I'm so diwn for this

    • @ultimatequeenofdeath666
      @ultimatequeenofdeath666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      maybe in part 2

    • @LeftMouseButton961
      @LeftMouseButton961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I regeret to inform you...

    • @MeederC
      @MeederC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I'm upvoting this so she has to have it in part 2 #peerPressure

    • @turnercline3452
      @turnercline3452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LeftMouseButton961 yeah, I finished the vid. It's essentially the same.

  • @Werrick
    @Werrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Any fan of comics would know and understand the dirty, abusive, murderous cops would be the first to experience the business end of Frank's gun. I have absolutely no idea why anyone, let alone cops would think that associating themselves with The Punisher is a good look.

  • @ToriTheChicken
    @ToriTheChicken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I've liked ContraPoints for a long time, but I honestly think embracing the "cringe" and just trying out catgirl is one of the best things she's done. It's a perfect fit for the channel and the video is great too.

  • @Dewderonomy
    @Dewderonomy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2401

    It speaks volumes when the cringiest thing in this episode is the police and not the catgirl saying "nyah" and "uwu" at me.

    • @cowboycreek
      @cowboycreek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      i think u mean catwoman not catgirl

    • @inannaenigma9391
      @inannaenigma9391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      ‘Head pats for head pats, nyah!!’ OwO

    • @jessjose3638
      @jessjose3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Its funny when you have some context. She routenly takes on personas in these videos, with different levels of irony. ♡ nyaa

    • @KarishmaChanglani
      @KarishmaChanglani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      *catwoman. Sorry if that intimidates you.

    • @disasterpiece6480
      @disasterpiece6480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What do you have against catgirls my dude?

  • @diywrites8703
    @diywrites8703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1231

    "Everything's fine." She says with one eye skewed sideways ... symbolism.

    • @theocean1973
      @theocean1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      “They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you’re fine, when you’re not really fine, but you just can’t get into it now because they wouldn’t understa-”

    • @ksdtsubfil6840
      @ksdtsubfil6840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "A child"

    • @friendoftheoyster3906
      @friendoftheoyster3906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is all the media literacy I was taught in high school english class.

    • @rhyderrek6155
      @rhyderrek6155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simon Wilhelmy samesies

    • @TetoLink
      @TetoLink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Semiotics in the working

  • @pat9353
    @pat9353 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The fact that “justice part 2” never came out might be some 4d meta commentary we were just not ready for

    • @earlydest
      @earlydest ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thats "Envy". I just found out even though i watched it when it came out

    • @BrainGlobule
      @BrainGlobule ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Like "Justice has no part 2, because there is no justice." That sort of thing?

    • @tuylosotroslgbt9414
      @tuylosotroslgbt9414 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's a part 2 in the Envy video actually

  • @PeeperSnail
    @PeeperSnail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2011

    Her right contact says cat girl nyaa, but the left contact screams goat girl bleeh

    • @nozomashii821
      @nozomashii821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      it's kinda cute to think about, cat eyes are predatory but goat eyes are prey, they serve different purposes
      much like how in revenge, the predator always becomes prey, and the predator of that prey will become prey
      prob didn't intend for that but y'kno

    • @ConvincingPeople
      @ConvincingPeople 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Goat girls~

    • @nozomashii821
      @nozomashii821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@ConvincingPeople the true top tier animal waifu, the satyr babe

    • @nozomashii821
      @nozomashii821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Tread Knought I don't see a man no where

    • @katethegoat7507
      @katethegoat7507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goat girl here uwu

  • @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780
    @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    One thing I was looking for specifically when people mention police officers and soldiers identifying themselves with Frank Castle, is that Frank sees HIMSELF as a criminal equally deserving of being punished. He has stated multiple times and has shown it in multiple alternate timelines where he succeeded eliminating every trace of the criminal element that he will always be the last criminal to go on his schedule which is extremely dark.
    What we have here is police officers and military personnel identifying themselves with a man who sees himself as a criminal, ergo with a criminal, who fully intends to take his own life once his delusional quest is completed. The ideal inspiration for American law enforcement is a sort of psycho that mirrors school shooters and if that's not disturbing, I don't know what is...

    • @Vicky-uv8ri
      @Vicky-uv8ri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Also, he showed up in Daredevil, being an interesting foil. Since Daredevil is a lawyer by day, he knows justice in theory and praxis in and out and still can't stop being a vigilante.

    • @pantsfortwo4611
      @pantsfortwo4611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Police officers are literally required to be dumb. If their IQ is too high they are not accepted. Google it.
      They aren’t thinking about it that hard.
      They aren’t thinking at all.

    • @plog9572
      @plog9572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I don't think the cops who like The Punisher necessarily read the comics where these more nuanced sides of the character is portrayed. They watch the movies with the short backstory and the big booms and big gun scenes. Then they go out in the world feeling badass because they've ALSO been in the military and see so much of them in him wooow!!!!

    • @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780
      @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@plog9572 That's on them. If you put a man's symbol on your tools of the trade - you represent that man, whether you know him well, or not.

    • @RowdyBoy82
      @RowdyBoy82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780 You must not have met many American Chrisrians then. The intersectionality of The Punisher, justice, Christianity, and willfully ignoring the source material is an interesting place to stand.

  • @digbyroberts2161
    @digbyroberts2161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Rewatching 8 months later and still waiting for a continuation of that damn cliffhanger. Love you Natalie

    • @dac518
      @dac518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I cryyyyy

  • @Nayru914
    @Nayru914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    Natalie's cat eye contacts this entire video: _"Catrapoints: Italicized"_

    • @whatelseison8970
      @whatelseison8970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's actually kinda sad she thinks she needs that kind of kit to be a catty bitch. Don't shyortchange meiwself Nyatalie! miew miew! 😽

  • @liam3814
    @liam3814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1458

    "Cringe culture is dead and we have killed it" - Friedrich NYAtzsche

    • @unhingedcringe5182
      @unhingedcringe5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And annie was a smooth criminal

    • @unhingedcringe5182
      @unhingedcringe5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's dead tho

    • @thatoneguy9615
      @thatoneguy9615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      "My biggest criticism of Commumism is that the cringe isn't evenly distributed."
      -Ian N Drivel.

    • @_valentina_4111
      @_valentina_4111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHA

    • @adambebb99
      @adambebb99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wow did you help her write envy or something lol?

  • @darkfangnightcrow
    @darkfangnightcrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    In England in my personal experience I've found some cops will emulate Judge Dredd as well, I have literally had a cop yell in my face "I am the law!".

    • @KD-ou2np
      @KD-ou2np 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oof? In the UK? I guess I naively thought cops would be different in europe

    • @darkfangnightcrow
      @darkfangnightcrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KD-ou2np nope they are just as bad, just a lot more subtlety than the US.

    • @dylankennedy6020
      @dylankennedy6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      At this point let’s be real, the UK is just as jingoistic and reactionary as the US is. Boris Johnson anyone?

    • @themousemage
      @themousemage 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's very interesting, in the US we get told that UK cops require more school/training before they can take a badge. Guess not.

  • @Leetfin
    @Leetfin ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This was assigned as my homework in a crime & punishment class. Based teacher.

    • @junohawthorne7658
      @junohawthorne7658 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wish my professors were into catgirls 😢

  • @maxm7584
    @maxm7584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +710

    Police: put skull stickers on everything
    Also police: “why don’t people trust us?”

    • @nickbell8353
      @nickbell8353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The only people who trust them are the ones who are as bloodthirsty as they are.

    • @A3RAS
      @A3RAS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      "Are we the baddies?"

    • @UsenameTakenWasTaken
      @UsenameTakenWasTaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@A3RAS
      I came here specifically for that comment.

    • @Ex0dus111
      @Ex0dus111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @SoggyShrimp Yes, Believing black lives should actually matter, or that we should be against fascism... What horrible ideas.

    • @Ex0dus111
      @Ex0dus111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @SoggyShrimp No that is literally what those movements are about, and also the only thing they are about.
      I understand you've been subjected to lots of propaganda that says otherwise, and you are generally a weak person, but that's just what happens when you fight power.

  • @TheLandOfDreams
    @TheLandOfDreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1538

    The way Natalie said heterosexual made me feel.....not that

  • @idratherbewithmycatrightnow
    @idratherbewithmycatrightnow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I rewatch this a lot, I'm so pumped for part 2

  • @lalitthapa101
    @lalitthapa101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Seen these retributive justice merchants a lot.
    Especially here in India. People advocate hell treatment like mutilation,killing etc but then just leave it at that. The constant rapes in India Is a much bigger issue of a woman's position & treatment she gets in the rigid Indian society. Things like getting societal change,policy & reform in the justice system should be discussed but ofc that never happens. The "kill the criminal" take is a cheap exit. I mean "we killed the criminal,surely the crime will disappear as well.
    ( I highly recommend the quint documentary they did on Haryana & its rape cases. Perfectly shows the attitude of Indian society overall. Its horrible.)

    • @sophiedelpas6218
      @sophiedelpas6218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is the documentary name?

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sophiedelpas6218th-cam.com/video/Pgom8LRF8hQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @christophersnedeker
      @christophersnedeker ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why we need limits on what kinds of punishment can be enforced and a sense of proportion.

  • @cwonderland6259
    @cwonderland6259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1592

    "I'm sorry that I can't fix America". Finally, an honest campaign slogan.

    • @ohmarine43
      @ohmarine43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      C Wonderland Natalie 2020

    • @draco1811
      @draco1811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @James Miller Any ideas for a running mate?

    • @ohmarine43
      @ohmarine43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@draco1811 Lindsey Ellis comes to mind.

    • @draco1811
      @draco1811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ohmarine43 Let the fundraising commence... We should have enough for a national campaign by 2240 A.D., maybe 2220, if we can convince Nat to finish her Ph.D.

    • @cwonderland6259
      @cwonderland6259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@draco1811 Look, there are no rules anymore. Who needs a running mate? Who says the running mate has to be technically a real, separate person?

  • @loknopa
    @loknopa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1561

    I'm a german sociologist who has studied the work of Max Weber for over a decade now and I know all about how valid he is. But all this time I never realized how cute he was...

    • @Alphapigeon8881
      @Alphapigeon8881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ​@@unhingedcringe5182 A break well deserved. I applaud your effort in enriching the collective human experience with high quality nonsense and babbles. Trust me on this one, for high quality these babbles are. I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur on the forms of raving rambling tribble and this is of the finest vintage.
      I must admit that when i started reading the first thing to came to mind were the effect's of certain deliriants and dissociatives coupled with a case of acute insanity. This, methinks may be a ruse perpetrated by thus truly. For one, the spelling is far too orderly and consistent, very much unlike that of a subject under psychotropic influence. Nay, for youtube's standard it can even be considered good. Secondly, you show a striking amount of social consciousness, by undercutting most of your ramblings by adding idk to the end there is a sense of restraint and "not wanting to go all in" on the statements made. This mix of shyness and openness is more akin to alcoholic inebriation that many of us are familiar with. Not that of more aggressive waywardy states of the mind.
      My conclusion is that this was written in a sober state and is more of a record of the fluid semi conscious flow from the mind, rather than the direct result of pharmacology. A work of art is what this is, be it the child of passing insanity or creative genius, it holds a place in my heart, truly! You think i kid, that my professions are little but idle prater. The sort of white lie a bitter mother would tell her young child to make them feel better. NO I say, balderdash are such thoughts. In my eyes the rare edelwiess flower that lives in the crags and crevasses, high up in the alpine landscape where few people venture, has a beauty all of it's own. A beauty the mona lisa will never be able to call it's own, not as long as it is stuffed behind 5 cm's of bullet proof glass behind 100 tourists behind an entry fee that costs a small fortune. Your comment is like that edelweiss flower, hidden away in remote reaches and a greater treasure to it's finders than any visit to the louvre.
      A flowing river thy work is, but not that of the tame danube or rapid and icy ips. Thy river is like that of the Krka waterfalls in Croatia, tumbling blindly and rapidly into a large pool, swirling leisurely, biding it's time, collecting itself only to again drop over the edge, falling, straying into the next pool of azure water. The introduction to your work is akin to a spam advert for beachfront property, it has a vague feeling in it's comprehensibility, without sharp edges one may say, it reminds me of situations in a dream, fuzzy. One can see that Unhinged cringe is familiar with Natalie's work, referencing her offen at the start with such knowing terms such as "your gorg*s self" and "Contrap catnips". The focus of the work seems to drift further away for Natalie's video of justice after this section. This, what can loosely be termed the introductory paragraph, is what i consider a pool. It is a collected, kinda coherent, set of thoughts. Now comes what i term a waterfall in this work. Where the write seems to have a peculiar but familiar surfacing back to sanity. The line "It oftentimes is proven it's become lost or forgotten and some bits in the fluency are absent" seems to be the writers reflection of the work itself. Then rapidly flowing down into the next pool the attention is directed onto google and artificial intelligence. The work continues like this, until the self proclaimed rules are described, that of 0 and 1. The poetic merit that comes from starting from 0 is a favorite of mine, i enjoy it alot. After that the author informs us a rest is in order. The whole post has a genuine kind of creative insanity behind it that works well.

    • @unhingedcringe5182
      @unhingedcringe5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Alphapigeon8881 I wasn't expecting this much reflective feedback. Especially cool and adherently collective. Your response was unprecedented, yet a welcome consideration that has provoked the sense of inspired collectivity. Thank you for that!

    • @Alphapigeon8881
      @Alphapigeon8881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@unhingedcringe5182 Your welcome, it very much was my pleasure

    • @paineoftheworld
      @paineoftheworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alphapigeon8881 , Erik? Pineapple?

    • @Alphapigeon8881
      @Alphapigeon8881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@paineoftheworld Afraid not, I am but a humble sprouting student to the great stalk of our salvia master, may he stay big money till the end of days

  • @ianbrowning2190
    @ianbrowning2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    this channel is so continually charming and admirable

  • @ActiveAdvocate1
    @ActiveAdvocate1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I assume you've read Margaret Atwood's "Penelopeiad"? Really good story: it's the "Odyssey" from Penelope's perspective. But the whole idea behind killing the suitors was to do with the hospitality laws of the time. You DID NOT disrespect your host, who, in this case, was technically Telemachus, Odysseus' son. Zeus was the god of hospitality, a well as the king of the gods, so an affront from EITHER party--host or guests--was considered an affront on the gods. The laws wee, pretty much cross the entire known world at the time, that you as the host were required to provide anyone who came to you with a meal, a bath, and, if they wanted it, a bed for the night. As the guest, you were required to be polite, to make payment of SOME kind, even if you only sang them a song or told them a story, and, obviously, not to violate anyone or anything in the house. To be fair, Telemachus went above and beyond for these people, but he would have been WELL within his rights just to kick them out, given how many times over they had violated the hospitality laws. But then, of course, when Odysseus gets back--and let's not forget that the suitors did TRY to kill Telemachus--Odysseus is naturally pissed, and he's kind of supposed to be the avenger of Zeus himself, because, like I said, you violate these laws, you violate Zeus. HOWEVER, killing the slave girls is going too far. Even though they would have been considered Odysseus' and Telemachus' property, they were PROBABLY raped. The text doesn't ay outright that they were, but they PROBABLY were. These guys would go to the house and get drunk every night, after all, and there were a LOT of them, over one hundred. Even if it's only one dude out of those hundred, you know?

  • @C0nc0rdance
    @C0nc0rdance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2463

    I'm old and normie so some of the "aesthetic" goes over my head, but goddamn if Natalie doesn't challenge and educate me in every video.

    • @tugger
      @tugger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      youll be fine

    • @maxcombest2602
      @maxcombest2602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Oh my gosh, C0nc0rdance! I love your work! You, Myles Power, and James Gurney inspired me to become a scientist!

    • @HoleDweller
      @HoleDweller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Me: hmm, that name is super familiar...
      Apparently I've been subscribed to you for 11 years.

    • @nabillun
      @nabillun 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd be happier if it went over my head instead of into my ears and eyes! Have to respect the dedication to keeping it up though.

    • @tym7267
      @tym7267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      omg it is C0nc0rdance! love your videos

  • @thalgrond
    @thalgrond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    I had the vague, theoretical idea that a ContraPoints video had a lot of cuts and takes to it, but until I noticed her slit-pupil contacts slightly changing their alignment in this video every time she had to adjust them between takes, I didn't have a sense for just how many of those takes there must be. Now I've seen that, and... good lord, the amount of behind-the-scenes work that goes into one of these essays is beyond astounding.
    I can't stop seeing things like that now - little details that reveal how much effort goes into making these things as perfect as they invariably end up being. The lighting, the set design (I love the little "LoFi Hip Hop Beats to etc. etc." picture on the wall behind her. It's a nice touch.) And that's not to mention the effort of writing and researching the script in the first place, something that I had already been deeply impressed by.
    I appreciate your work and your commitment, Natalie. Good content, good catgirling. Hope you get all the head-pats and Patreon money you deserve.
    P.S. "Blow off some steam at Femboy Symposium" is a wonderful ancient Greek history reference, and I was delighted. These are the kinds of pop-culture references I can get behind: the ones 2000 years out of date.

    • @lyserberg
      @lyserberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Couldn't have put it any better.

    • @seamustheshameful9498
      @seamustheshameful9498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What was the actual femboy symposium

    • @thalgrond
      @thalgrond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@seamustheshameful9498 To simplify: a symposium in ancient Greece was a private house where men got together to talk and drink. A chill party pad, if you will. A lot of writings and art from the time indicate that there were strong homoerotic overtones to many of these gatherings, possibly to the point of many of them becoming just straight-up orgies. However, in Hellenic culture, it was seen as unmasculine, and therefore shameful for a high-status citizen, to be on the "receiving end," so to speak, of gay sex, so high-status citizens would need the company of lower-status men in the symposium, who were seen as less masculine and therefore would not be as shamed by being sodomized.

  • @therednewqueer6313
    @therednewqueer6313 ปีที่แล้ว

    I probably rewatch this every month and a half or so since it came out. So well done, probably one of my favorite contrapoints videos ❤

  • @yungtraplord1077
    @yungtraplord1077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Its impossible for me not to laugh at Richard Spencer getting punched. Thats the most iconic video of the 21st century imo.

  • @MK-ex4fe
    @MK-ex4fe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1391

    I feel like the next “shame” is gonna be Natalie admitting that she’s an unironic cat woman

    • @katewarner-clement7558
      @katewarner-clement7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      The catspiricy.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      roflll

    • @alexlyon7587
      @alexlyon7587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Hopefully she wears a cat woman suit like from Batman 🥵🥵🥵

    • @MrBaconNater
      @MrBaconNater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      She did star out by "ironically" cross dressings.

    • @leonorf2730
      @leonorf2730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Didn't she say that before she realised she was trans she would take any opportunity to dress up as a woman "ironically"?
      It's 2020 Natalie, we are all going to die. Live your best nine lives.

  • @alexander_avila
    @alexander_avila 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6001

    I dropped everything including my dignity.

    • @someguy6183
      @someguy6183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ☠☠☠

    • @splitterspiegel1414
      @splitterspiegel1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      legends supporting legends

    • @repulsethemonkey1396
      @repulsethemonkey1396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Fancy seeing you and d'angelo wallace here

    • @cerealonmytoast4663
      @cerealonmytoast4663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      bold of u to assume u had any dignity to begin with... im sorry that was uncalled for

    • @m0nk198
      @m0nk198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💀same

  • @GimliLordOfGlitteringCaves
    @GimliLordOfGlitteringCaves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I more i watch your videos the more I'm filled with a deep sense of peace and gratitude....my goodness widening ones horizon feels so good

  • @dougalexander7204
    @dougalexander7204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why have I just now found you? Intellect is brilliant. Love it that you don’t even have a box to think outside of. New subscriber and look forward to unclogging and rewiring my brain. 💕

  • @vivi-er5dk
    @vivi-er5dk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    natalie saying acab in a pretty catgirl outfit is my sexuality

    • @thoticcusprime9309
      @thoticcusprime9309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      garbage sexuality I see

    • @smoglin2369
      @smoglin2369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@thoticcusprime9309 trans girl in your pfp

    • @june29378
      @june29378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@thoticcusprime9309 Me clicking on this dude's profile only to see "Tiktok thot" videos of underage girls... I'd go off on you but you're not even worth the time
      edit: if you're reading this, please report them btw

    • @j_II8
      @j_II8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thoticcusprime9309 Stop it. Get some help.

    • @morgoth_bauglir
      @morgoth_bauglir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Waffle Stack it is comfirmed by the creator of the manga that ferris is a trans girl

  • @n.l.g.6401
    @n.l.g.6401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    Last video: "I find trans women who unironically indulge in the anime cat girl aesthetic kinda cringe, and I realize that those feelings are a me problem and want to work on it."
    This video: "Nya."
    Growth.
    (EDIT: Realized I said "ironically" went I meant the opposite, oops! Fixed.)

    • @vikio452
      @vikio452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Leaning into the cringe, turning it up to 11, letting the discomfort wash over you in waves...

    • @cabin_quilt
      @cabin_quilt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      this video is her working on it and I love that for her

    • @sirhades92
      @sirhades92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Catrapoints" lol

    • @Nina-cd2eh
      @Nina-cd2eh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Post-irony is often an inevitable relief from an uncomfortable or even opressive system of expectations.
      Embrace post-irony, be catgirl, don't give fucks, dab on the haters. Nya and uwu to your heart's content. uwu

  • @nukkapukka5959
    @nukkapukka5959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I put this on as background noise while hanging laundry and lady, I had forgotten how much I enjoy your content!

  • @heatherrockwell9012
    @heatherrockwell9012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Gotta be honest, if this video never got a sequel, it'd almost be worth it just to have "Justice - Part 1" and never close out the concept. It would reflect reality quite nicely.

  • @alli7424
    @alli7424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    I love that she kept her promise to unironically become Tabby

    • @cbowd
      @cbowd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm concerned that she's in the process of keeping that promise, lol.

    • @MrTuneslol
      @MrTuneslol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I honestly live for this spiritual rebirth of tabby! Smash!

    • @thephantomerik
      @thephantomerik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She didn't. Tabby is the one calling her and hissing at the end of the video.

  • @savannahsart3340
    @savannahsart3340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    Her contacts rotated with every turn of the discussion, we stan the consistency

  • @cybersandoval
    @cybersandoval ปีที่แล้ว +51

    "Law enforcement would be a lot easier without all these pesky laws." brilliant, sadly hilarious

  • @gabbieg229
    @gabbieg229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rewatching this to help me in my intro to law class. I totally forgot about code of Hammurabi so I researched it more and was able to use that as a talking point for a discussion post in my class. Thank you so much! Please make more videos again, I miss you!!

  • @StanislovasRiska
    @StanislovasRiska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    Having you talk about eye-for-an-eye philosophy whilst constantly adjusting the cat-eye contacts turns this into pure poetry

    • @hotchicken9703
      @hotchicken9703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      im disturbed by the eyes, yet they just draw me in further....

    • @StanislovasRiska
      @StanislovasRiska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hotchicken9703 gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

    • @Vulga
      @Vulga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StanislovasRiska nya

  • @cecilia5093
    @cecilia5093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3552

    Natalie dressed as a catgirl talking about police brutality while making cat puns is everything i needed and more

    • @slothful2039
      @slothful2039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lol this sorta shows you guys aren't taking any of this seriously whatsoever.

    • @MA-yu2ss
      @MA-yu2ss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@d.w.stratton4078 Woah there Stratton

    • @nosignal7156
      @nosignal7156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This video made me question my preference. less straight than I previously thought I would be.

    • @TheMrQuepe
      @TheMrQuepe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      catwoman*

    • @colonnellomccandless4229
      @colonnellomccandless4229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Am I sensing some Witchfinder General vibes?

  • @kaylynn600
    @kaylynn600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Nat it's been 7 months I can only rewatch this so many times 🤣😭

    • @audreylockhart90
      @audreylockhart90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also me, as I watch this for like the fifth time

  • @ApolloandMuse
    @ApolloandMuse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hope you're doing okay Natalie!!! Can't wait for the rest of this series!!!

  • @Ididathing
    @Ididathing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4786

    I dont know about America but in Australia our cops have been known to run naked through the sewers.

    • @kshitijsharma2200
      @kshitijsharma2200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      Was howtobasic a police officer? He seems like a guy who would run through the sewers naked. Nice TH-cam channel BTW. Magpies are cool.

    • @bluecats6238
      @bluecats6238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I always thought you would be here lol

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      WAIT... YOU HAVE ALLIGATORS IN THE POLICE FORCE ?
      FLORIDA IS PART OF AUSTRALIA CONFIRMED

    • @planetofthesnapes1209
      @planetofthesnapes1209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You always show up whenever I least expect it.

    • @andrewwestfall65
      @andrewwestfall65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cezarcatalin1406 They're the only ones that can survive it

  • @elisew.5230
    @elisew.5230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    I love the framed “lo-fi beats to study to” in the background.

    • @mdc47
      @mdc47 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I might steal that idea and put that up in my apartment because it's hilarious

  • @meursault7030
    @meursault7030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The absolute STATE of this channel.
    It's like the perfect form of entertainment for me. Beautiful stuff, every single video.

  • @ryandavis8000
    @ryandavis8000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Turn the other cheek was absolutely about sarcasm, but not in the way you think. In that time, Roman soldiers would always slap with their right hand, and to slap with your left hand was to break proper formation. They would backhand social inferiors and fronthand social equals. If someone backhands you with their right hand, it lands on your right cheek. Turning the other cheek was forcing the Roman soldiers to either A) break proper slapping formation or B) treat you as an equal.
    Additionally, go the extra mile also originated from Jesus's teaching. Roman soldiers were allowed to force civilians to carry their equipment for them, but only to the city limits. To go the extra mile with them would be to force the roman soldier to break the law.

    • @user-ej3iw8lw3w
      @user-ej3iw8lw3w 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you're trying to reason with a man who thinks he's a woman. that's your major mistake

  • @yakuzzi35
    @yakuzzi35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    This woman disappears for months on end and then just randomly comes back more beautiful than before

    • @lindenm.9149
      @lindenm.9149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There really was too long in this video that I was mesmerized by her lipgloss.

    • @somedudeok1451
      @somedudeok1451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He says commenting on a video where one of her eyes goes on a magical journey.

    • @ensnaredbyflesh1030
      @ensnaredbyflesh1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Takes a long time to plan, write and produce these videos

    • @ensnaredbyflesh1030
      @ensnaredbyflesh1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Habba Babba
      Yes, you got it. Woman. Good job.

    • @ensnaredbyflesh1030
      @ensnaredbyflesh1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Habba Babba
      He? There is no he. You are confused

  • @beeson97
    @beeson97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6439

    This was the first ContraPoints video i watched, so naturally, I thought this channel was essentially "catgirl explains things." I've since gone back and watched all of the other videos and realised that's only like 70% true lol. Needless to say, I'm a fan now. Thanks for all the work you put into this :)

    • @cassie5248
      @cassie5248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      I'm sure there's a market for that though

    • @bejited6932
      @bejited6932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      lmao

    • @LucianCorrvinus
      @LucianCorrvinus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Natalie is so many things..the Doc, Lord Foppimgton, Tiffany Tumbles, the OG Cat Girl, the Darkness, the Sea Mother, Opulence personified,Baltimore Maryland, Leona LaVey. A very manish Titania, the Philosopher of Traps, the Lobster Queen, the Motherboard, and quite a few thereafter....if Variety is the Spice of Life, Natalee has a flavor profile that blows other 'philosophical commentary channels' away...

    • @ksdtsubfil6840
      @ksdtsubfil6840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      HEY THAT AIN'T FAIR! I've been a fan since lockdown, why do you get a heart?!?!

    • @kanee2085
      @kanee2085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      *catwoman

  • @femboy_fatale69420
    @femboy_fatale69420 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As satisfying as revenge can be sometimes, things get really problematic when people are wrongly accused or the revenge outweighs the original crime. And when someone has biases against certain groups and also decides to take justice into their own hands… that’s when things get messy

  • @vidincrisis
    @vidincrisis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    *8 months later*
    still patiently waiting for part 2 😌

  • @TheAshube9
    @TheAshube9 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Oh my god only the second video and I'm already in love. I'm sure I'm one of thousands. This woman is a gift to the world

    • @rennnnnnnnnnnnn
      @rennnnnnnnnnnnn ปีที่แล้ว +7

      a national treasure who should be protected at all costs

    • @leftistsarenotpeople
      @leftistsarenotpeople ปีที่แล้ว

      "Man".... and I'm not so sure of that. Cogent points he makes, sure - some of them. However, you don't find absolute virtue in a raging tornado even if it does bring some rain necessary for your wilting garden patch.

    • @darrylbunch6929
      @darrylbunch6929 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leftistsarenotpeople Absolute virtue ! Man Jesus needed U at his last dinner party !

    • @leftistsarenotpeople
      @leftistsarenotpeople ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darrylbunch6929 You know what else he needed? ALL these degenerate slugs trying to convince themselves that up is down, down is up, water isn't wet and the left isn't certifiably INSANE! That would undoubtedly have quickened his desire to 'get on with it' and leave this putrid cess pit infested with such insanity.

    • @ivyivyyiivvvyyyyvy
      @ivyivyyiivvvyyyyvy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@leftistsarenotpeople nice name, openly admitting you're unwilling to engage with people you disagree with lmao

  • @concernedspectator
    @concernedspectator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    Me, in my college Philosophy course: "eh... I'll do the reading later lol"
    Me, later: taking notes while watching Catrapoints

    • @artemismoonbow2475
      @artemismoonbow2475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      College is wasted on the young and then when we are 40 and rethinking things at 3 AM, we're like, it would be cool to take some courses and actually do the work (Ok, I put in 70% effort, ugh, why do I still feel guilty?) and the realization hits that I am still paying student loans from the first time. Yeah, so what's on TV?

    • @agstinacueva1673
      @agstinacueva1673 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

    • @andrewbruckbauer6901
      @andrewbruckbauer6901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Artemis Moonbow people act like community college wasn’t an option.

    • @Hakajin
      @Hakajin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I couldn't take Philosophy because it gave me wicked anxiety, but Natalie? Natalie I'll take any day.

    • @gengiz80
      @gengiz80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@artemismoonbow2475 or it could be poorly college is poorly structured, we're not preparing undeveloped brains for the intensity of the information, etc, etc.

  • @Jade-yb8jy
    @Jade-yb8jy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3104

    i was watching this when my dad, a history teacher, walked by and stared at the screen for a while. i asked him if he was curious about what i was watching, and he asked me "is that hammurabi's code?" I, of course, said yes, as read by a catgirl -- sorry, catwoman. Then he stared at the screen for a little while longer before saying fair enough, and walking away.

    • @kaylynn600
      @kaylynn600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      ☠☠☠

    • @kisskissyangyang5252
      @kisskissyangyang5252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      beautiful

    • @Ant42Lee
      @Ant42Lee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      "fair enough" 😂

    • @leaccrobatie7100
      @leaccrobatie7100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      your dad is awesome, go hug him

    • @belladonna8425
      @belladonna8425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I just laughed so hard I snorted and scared the hell out of my cat. Your Dad is great.

  • @diegoalva3023
    @diegoalva3023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope you make part 2. This is still one of my favorites videos of yours

  • @lauraguglielmo
    @lauraguglielmo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this is my favourite video so far and you make excellent points, I love being both educated and entertained

  • @Bentley109
    @Bentley109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    "Aging bargain bin Belle Delphine impersonator" is the heading on my resume

    • @soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342
      @soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Found some of em punisher movies from the bargain bin lolz. Love that bargain bin!

    • @ericsloss5136
      @ericsloss5136 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my God it's the National Selleck guy, I'm such a huge fan 😍

    • @zieteniere7500
      @zieteniere7500 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're hired

  • @hrnekbezucha
    @hrnekbezucha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1937

    The subtle touch of having the lofi girl framed as a painting is just brilliant.

    • @soulmechanics7946
      @soulmechanics7946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love it.😍

    • @LucianCorrvinus
      @LucianCorrvinus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't know what that is, and Im to old to really want to know....Im out.

    • @chelseakelley2962
      @chelseakelley2962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Having study beats framed while Natalie drops knowledge. 👏

    • @sigmavitali333
      @sigmavitali333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Adam K Wrong. You’re wrong

    • @paineoftheworld
      @paineoftheworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      huh-yehhaaa

  • @phoenixliv
    @phoenixliv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I demand justice (part2)! Thank you Natalie, for all your content. Ive recently discovered this channel and I enjoy how fair you are to your detractors and those you disagree with but also I appreciate your point of view. It’s so important to see. Great work!

  • @aaronsande
    @aaronsande 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Punisher explains a lot about why they tend to execute people at the scenes of arrest.

    • @cxyj4y
      @cxyj4y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ik cops love him when he's an anti cop symbol in some ways

  • @Valkyrie9000
    @Valkyrie9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    Drinking game: drink every time one of Catalie's contacts turns, but you have to lean at the same angle.
    I call it Meowcrosoft Flight Simulator

    • @MrZauberelefant
      @MrZauberelefant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THAT IS PURE GOLD

    • @sopphi
      @sopphi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What do I do when the contacts lean in different directions?

    • @ayeguyy779
      @ayeguyy779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sopphi twist

    • @temmietemmieson6756
      @temmietemmieson6756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Nya-talie

    • @jackboot8432
      @jackboot8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or is that Flight Stimulator?

  • @thesquishedelf1301
    @thesquishedelf1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    “I’m sorry that I can’t fix America.
    I’m just a lonely cat...”
    Deep in my soul, I felt that

    • @akiraic
      @akiraic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he can't fix america because he's the broken part.

  • @filipbujaroski9221
    @filipbujaroski9221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this awesome work

  • @frankcallo6630
    @frankcallo6630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Girl, the world needs more people like you. Love and respect. 💛

  • @lauren8135
    @lauren8135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3905

    "A lot of what Jesus says is sarcasm." LMAO That one was perhaps that hottest take of 2020.

    • @ceejelly8783
      @ceejelly8783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      @@Dimitris_Balf Imagine Jesus saying those things in a sarcastic tone.
      I guess she means a lot those love ur enemies things Jesus said can be taken as passive-agressive comments. Like, "turning the other cheek" while showing clearly that you absolutely do not approve of your wrongdoer. Kinda like, saying those thing with a vibe. You know, like "Very fine you dishonorable uncultured men, i shall forgive you because I am not as vile as u bloats"

    • @ceejelly8783
      @ceejelly8783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@Dimitris_Balf
      I think the basis may be how "unreasonable" the teaching is relating to our natural feeling toward our wrongdoers.
      I can't speak for Contrapoint, of course. But if we are to also discuss the value of her reading, I'm guessing there are 2 points:
      1. It's one way to desensitizing the contempt you feel for your enemy, treating them like they are not worth your actual contempt.
      2. Not all things Jesus says should be taken on a literral sense.
      Extra points (and most important to me tbh): It's a funny take on the Bible.

    • @ThrottleKitty
      @ThrottleKitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      I think "passive aggressive" is the best way to describe it, over sarcastic. Coming from a Christian household, this is actually how most people seem to interrupt these teachings, deliberately or not. "Turn the other cheek" just means "Look down on people for not being as good as you, they'll get the idea" and "Love thy Neighbor" means "casually politely pester your neighbor to convert to Christianity every single day of their waking life".

    • @spaceghost8995
      @spaceghost8995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Dimitris_Balf That's up to you to decide. If he wasn't being sarcastic , he was an idiot. (if he even existed, which I don't believe he did.)

    • @DieEineMieze
      @DieEineMieze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ThrottleKitty meow