10 Fascinating Examples of Unintended Consequences

[@rtrThanos]

As a computer technician our new boss decided to rate us based on the number of helpdesk tickets we closed thinking it would increase productivity. What happened instead is that people would only take quick easy tickets, like replacing a mouse or keyboard, and stayed away from more in-depth tickets, like going through lines of code to figure out why a database is running slow. He no longer works for us.

[@charlytaylor1748]

Didn't Microsoft early workers get paid per line of code, thereby making shortcuts "unprofitable"?

[@Nionivek]

I am reminded how many lawyers are paid by the word and thus their are GREATLY advantaged to write laws in as wordy and often impossible to parse way as possible... even dipping into other languages at times. They will also often just reference other laws or simply not explain certain aspects of what was written. . There have been MANY attempts to rewrite the laws in a manner that doesn't require a law degree to understand (Many laws are simple at heart, but impossibly obfuscated in how they are written)... But it is prohibitively expensive.

[@ML98837bob]

I think the guy now works for our company.

[@Colorado_Native]

@@Nionivek Look up how many pages it took to get a fruitcake for the USAF. I'll save you the trouble - it was 18. Why? Because unscrupulous bakers would bake the most basic, simplest cake possible, throw in a couple of pieces of some kind of fruit, and then insist it met the requirements. Introduce the lawyers. This is what you have to bake for the USAF to buy it. It's not always the lawyers who are responsible. Now, imagine how many pages it takes to describe an airplane or a new ship. No, I am not an attorney, but did have to study contract law to get my MBA.

[@mkvv5687]

Yeah, when they tried to rate programmers by the number of lines of code they wrote, they'd end up with, instead of "C equals B plus A", the following: C Equals B Plus A

[@erichopkinsable]

Humans: "... and it was an ecological disaster."

[@HyperionaSilverleaf]

Sounds like a Monty Python skit

[@marccolten9801]

Check out the "What If" channel that posits so many differences in the Universe. Spoiler alert - humanity dies.

[@marccolten9801]

@Casanova Frankenstein Depends on your viewpoint.

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Not really op. More like Humans: think they know better than nature. Or Humans: think they can do a better job than an ecosystem that's been stable for millennia. Or Humans: only care about money.

[@taelib1425]

@@terryfuldsgaming7995 Yeah, so when humans do anything

[@omikronweapon]

The Smokey Bear effect is a great example of man's arrogance when it comes to wanting to preserve nature. While it's a great sentiment to want to protect nature, many people simply don't understand enough of its complexity.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

entropy is the end result of the chemical and mechanical reactions of the universe

[@flagmichael]

I think the central thing we forget is the system got this way naturally. Anything we do to change it will be less stable.

[@amim4701]

California fires...

[@earndoggy]

Which is why, at least in Alaska, we do not fight naturally started fires unless they threaten human lives.

[@Shaka1660]

The part he failed to mention in the video is that firefighters also make fires (called controlled burns) to counter-act the exact point he's making. The "Smokey Bear effect" isn't as much of a problem or as dramatic as your comment suggests.

[@PeterSedesse]

1980s when plastic shopping bags were introduced to save the trees by replacing paper bags..

[@Paulafan5]

Environmentalists created a massive ecological disaster. They need to own up to it.

[@3434-b1u]

I'm not suprised. It was something new, no one could predict what would happen.

[@TinKnight]

So, when plastic bags were introduced, they weren't envisioned to be single-use & then thrown in landfills. They were intended for multiple uses & to be recycled, & when used correctly, they are FAR more environmentally friendly than any competing materials. Production & shipping for heavier paper & textile bags create a HUGE increase in emissions, in addition to the tree clearing. It's the laziness of the consumer & the retailers that have created the plastic bag phenomenon we're experiencing today.

[@jaspermervin5204]

Yeah, but look how many trees we saved, all those loggers went to work in the oil patch!

[@tammyashley7312]

@@Paulafan5 5

[@luciferangelica]

not long ago in my local area a man was stopped for driving drunk and subsequently tried to buy all the newspapers in his local store so none of his associates would find out. his attempt at obfuscation landed his story on the local tv news

[@PuzzleQodec]

Streisand effect! I love it.

[@dx1450]

I eschew obfuscation.

[@rogersheddy.8497]

I had something similar to this happen with regard to me. I was given a prestigious volunteer award by the YMCA. A local newspaper reporter asked me to drop by their office with it. They took a picture of me holding it and put it on the front page of a weekly free handout that they would put in racks all around the town and a large part of the county. There was someone who really hated me so badly that they had actually tried to kill me the year before (failing at MULTIPLE attempts), so a whole bunch of this individual's relatives and friends went around as soon as they became aware of what was on those papers, they grabbed them all and hauled them out to burn them. People who liked getting that paper out of those racks swamped the newspaper office with telephone calls. Some of these people went to other locations that my adversary's friends had missed and actually spread those around to all their friends. The newspaper printed up a new batch and spread it around, and people came out very quickly,and it was spread out pretty far. As was that article of me receiving this award...

[@TomFromYoutube]

@@rogersheddy.8497 why did the dude try to kill you?

[@CliftonPhotographer]

I thumbed up your comment for use of the word "obfuscation" !

[@sarahgray430]

my favorite example of unintended consequences is Prohibition, which led to an INCREASE of alcohol consumption and a switch from beer and wine to hard liquor, and the rise of organized crime.

[@Oddman1980]

Similar to prohibition is the so called Was on Drugs, which is another big pile of unintended consequences.

[@DeadGuyOnGround]

Sarah Gray because people are horrible

[@ladyi7609]

Oddman1980, you'd think people would know better after the failure of Prohibition, but I guess not.

[@Nightdare]

+Oddman1980 Ironically, we are fighting the war on drugs because prohibition ended Because organized crime lost their income on illegal alcohol, they required another means to make money And from that point, heroine, coke and amphetamines were brought in by the boatload

[@Michael-bk5nz]

Prohibition did not lead to an increase in the consumption of alcohol, that is a total myth. In fact, under Prohibition, alcohol consumption declined by more than 50%, and after Prohibition ended, it took more than 50 years for alcohol consumption to return to its pre-Prohibition levels.

[@Henchman1977]

The banning of trans-fats leading to the increased demand for palm oil which subsequently caused deforestation of large areas of rainforest is another great example of unintended consequences. As well, making prescription opioid pills harder to obtain and abuse has led to the increased use of fentanyl and caused a great number of deaths from overdose of the much more dangerous drug.

[@lilaclizard4504]

The pressure for "vegan" labels is a big factor in the switch over to palm oil too, especially in cosmetics, so that one is even more ironic!

[@j0hnnygl4ze]

It was the EU's support for bio fuels that decimated the rainforests, to increase the supply of palm oil, and created mankind's greatest ecological disaster. Food and cosmetics was and is a tiny fraction of the demand for pal oil. But you're right in one thing. Palm oil is the best modern example of unintended consequences. And if Trump and the US was behind that debacle, it would be all the news media ever talked about for the next 5 decades.

[@lilaclizard4504]

hmm I had no idea bio-fuel was even possible or made at any scale form palm oil, but looking it up in response to that comment, it's one of the best, wow! Never knew! Thanks John, great info!

[@darthblackandmild1742]

If people couldn’t make money defiling the planet, nobody would. While capitalism exists, and unscrupulous “business men” are allowed to run amok. Anything and everything that CAN be Monetized, WILL be. Including the incarceration of American Citizens. The fact of the matter is the EVERY choice has consequences, intended and unintended. The idea of cosmic string theory or the butterfly effect means that even if we tried we couldn’t account for all variables.

[@jimstanley_49]

This was after the relatively healthy oils were replaced with the new, "much healthier" trans-fat. The vegans didn't like the meat-based oil, so they forced a replacement with what turned out to be a slow-acting poison. Then they got upset at the poison and forced everyone to change to vegetable oil, which I hear is turning out to be unhealthy too.

[@justas423]

"How do we make Germany not want to start another war? OH I KNOW we cripple them with debt and ruin their army. That totally won't backfire"

[@MrBoreray]

@Rusty Shackleford--It wasn't an 'arms race' Britain was/is a maritime nation where all her trading was by sea routes,the navy was created to defend it's commerce from pirates/unfriendly nations,Germany on the other hand were the ones creating a navy with the view of disrupting British trade i.e.they wanted to create their own empire,the RN was never a threat to Germany before ww1.

[@tiffanysanchez9184]

Slimeustas and how on earth do we prevent Japan attacking us at Pearl Harbor and thus pulling us into WWII? Oh I know let’s take away their oil that definitely won’t backfire lmao 😂

[@veralenora4033]

The Versailles Treaty was so bad that the Germans actually used it for revenge against the French (who had been the prime movers behind the treaty's ugly terms). When Germany conquered the French they made the French sign "the Versailles Treaty" again ... in reverse. Not one word was changed except the names and dates. And France screamed and the Allies published how terrible the surrender treaty was, without mentioning it was just a reversal. BTW, personally I blame the treaty and thus the French as being responsible for WW II. Retired Librarian, Michigan

[@macman975]

@@veralenora4033 Hitler even made them sign it in the exact same railway carriage.

[@chocomanger6873]

Oh Germany... Will you EVER win? Funny that they lost both WW1 AND WW2!

[@steves1015]

A more tragic example (sort of, although it was much more about company negligence), was the Piper Alpha disaster. As part of the fire procedures workers were told to go to the living quarters and remain there. Jumping off the platform (considering the height and the cold seas) was considered to be certain death. The oil rig caught fire. Many workers dutifully followed the training. Others sensed something wrong and jumped. As it turns out, due to the design, when the oil rig caught fire the living quarters were eventually engulfed in flames and made escape impossible. Hence those who followed the safety instructions died a horrible death. Most of the survivors were those who ignored safety advice and jumped into the sea.

[@OmicronX-1999]

I mean, if you're gonna reman in a burning structure just because the rules say you have to then...

[@totalweirdo8538]

@@OmicronX-1999 That's not really fair, if you're informed that option B is certain death and option A is potential death, what are you going to do?

[@darrenrobinson9041]

@@totalweirdo8538 Wait for the Pfizer option

[@stephenlee5929]

Same sort of thang as happened in Grenfell Tower block fire. Not sure, there may have been similar in the Twin Towers Fire.

[@charlesyoung7436]

That reminds me of the Korean ship sinking with a large loss of life among its passengers, many of whom were school kids. They were told to stay down below to await rescue, but only those bold enough to go topside survived. BTW, I just watched (here on KZbin) a 1957 TV broadcast called "The Night America Trembled" about the Orson Welles 1938 radio play that panicked millions into thinking Martians had landed in New Jersey. Now, there were some serious unintended consequences!

[@lilykat.]

He looks like a British combination of Vsauce and Matthias

[@thilsiktonix]

Upper half is Vsauce. Bottom half is Matthias. Just kidding. He's just British Vsauce.

[@DastardlyDawar]

Someone put this man on reddit

[@DastardlyDawar]

And put a red circle on my comment in the screenshot with an arrow pointing at it like a clickbait thumbnail

[@soldierboy7598]

R/rareinsults

[@soldierboy7598]

Dawar Ali u just got your wish

[@jfan4reva]

I've heard that when anti-lock brakes were introduced, the accident rate for cars with them went up. Why? Because the people who bought cars with antilock brakes thought they could drive around on ice and snow the same way they drove around on dry pavement. Instead of staying home in bad weather, or driving cautiously like they normally did, they went out and drove beyond the capabilities of the cars (or rather the capabilities of the tires on slick surfaces) resulting in the higher than normal accident rate.

[@flagmichael]

There was also a problem with people getting spooked by the "growl" they felt in the brake pedal when the ABS operated, causing them to let up just as they would if the brakes locked.

[@dreamwolf7302]

Same issue i have with Traction Control then...i grew up learning to cope with icy conditions, so when i got a truck with TC, i find myself losing control on the ice...i have to turn it off...but every time the truck is shut off and then started back up, the TC turns back on...

[@lillianward2810]

There’s a similar effect with seatbelts and airbags. Also led to increasing cyclists deaths.

[@kathleenpang7138]

jfan4reva Right! I’ve noticed -and often said - that by the time you need 4-wheel drive due to weather, you should really just stay home!

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

@@flagmichael Exactly what I did, the first time I ever drove a car with ABS!

[@maximaldinotrap]

The Streisand Effect is my favorite one lol. She drew more attention to the fact that it was her house than she would have if she stayed quiet lol.

[@kathleenpang7138]

maximaldinotrap A dean at a college I lived near put out a memo to all faculty, staff, and students to avoid the old mine behind one of the buildings - thus alerting everyone to its existence, after which many looked for it, etc. Duh.

[@zeusathena26]

Streisand has always been a mean person, this is just the most famous example.

[@cascorick8253]

Just because they're famous, doesn't mean they're smart!

[@prairiedweller8917]

Hmm, Google street view.

[@susieq9751]

Maybe she knew exactly what she was doing, and wanted to 'show off' her house / brag, while appearing to be a private humble person. Maybe she wanted to publicise her home to inflate its value.

[@Steel_]

"The allied powers set out to ensure the German war machine could never threaten them again" *and there lies your first mistake, jimbo*

[@newbells1337]

One angry austrian: allow me to introduce myself...

[@nicechoicee]

@@newbells1337 one starved nation: rolls over the red carpet

[@jasperzanovich2504]

Just lok at it, they wanted to secure their safety by a forces promise. They could just aswell take cover behind the paper the contract was written on.

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Thanks for that. Not like i just watched the video where that was literally the point or anything.

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

A more comically harmless one from Denmark, was how the company in charge of the railway, started doing commercials to get more people to favor public transportation, which involved a puppet who would play the "dumb" part of a duo, where his human colleague would play the reasonable, but bland counterpart, taking the train to work, while the puppet would prefer taking his car. People were so charmed by the multi-story-line of the puppet, they preferred their car...

[@brontewcat]

Oh dear. Why did they make the interesting one take the car?

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

They probably thought since the puppet would play the idiot of the duo and often times do idiotic things, people would point and laugh and be like _"I better not be like this clown! So I will take the train!"_ I don't know. While the commercials are in Danish, you can search *"DSB Harry"* if curious. If you see thumbnails with a purple "muppet"-like creature, that'd be him. (this is probably one of the more visually interesting ones: watch?v=9JpxJNPQ4Mw )

[@henrikbger4111]

Ahhh, Harry and his old, trustworthy, brown Ford Taunus ... miss him!!! just read they did 90 commercials in all over 11 years

[@danconrad920]

It's a case of, what's going to happen next

[@jflebeaux6660]

@Scooters Videos We also know how people just accept the invasion of refugees too, cause you know diversity is "cool and a source of enrichment".

[@daskampffredchen]

Allies : Cripple German economy to prevent another world war Hitler : Uses this depression to win people for himself and start another world war Allies : Surprised Pikachu face

[@thedog4499]

Iv heard Hitler knew of the Balfourd declaration.

[@availanila]

That's a funny summary of historical events

[@robpolaris7272]

A more recent example. A small village in Africa that required its people to walk over a dozen miles every day to get muddy drinking water. Matt Damon brought in equipment to run a well that gave everyone more than enough fresh water. A "militia" decided they didn't want locals to have it. The militia murdered every man woman and child and stole all the well equipment.

[@Beafypotato]

I thought one of these was going to be the D.A.R.E. project. Meant to educate children on drugs on many details, even their methods of usage and effects. But all it did was make many kids more curious about trying them.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

I wouldn't say that's all it did. That might have been the largest observable effect, but that's not the same thing as the only effect, which would be difficult to document as such.

[@tt600pch]

Kids need the drug avoidance program my Dad used. Exact phrase from Dad when I was in school. "DON'T TRY DOPE...IT WON'T KILL YOU...I WILL!" I proud to say I have never touch anything, not even weed.

[@imaginti259]

@@tt600pch Then are you even living really?

[@tt600pch]

@@imaginti259 Yes I am always living ! I did drink in high school, so maybe that was "living" in my youth. I live very well and at 57 years old have a clean sound mind. I have worked with some guys now for over 25 years and their memories of things we worked on are few or quite skewed from reality. My kids have no substance abuse issues while most of my coworkers have adult children that struggle with alcohol and drugs. New company regulations are zero tolerance, so most my coworkers are now clean. Random testing is a fear the "users" live with every day.

[@rowanwoodart538]

And stranger danger. Taught kids to be terrified of everyone except the people with access to them at home, school, church....

[@jessshu2390]

fun fact: most Chinese don't know that the great famine was caused by Mao's declaration to kill sparrows. My parents, who were very young kids during the famine, have no idea about any sparrow killing campaign. I always wish I have more positive things to say to support my country, but this sort of thing really makes it hard.

[@fivetriplezero8985]

Hey at least you have a rich history of true intellectuals and influential thinkers. Don't be so discouraged just because the recent power structure has been filled with impertinent morons.

[@medexamtoolscom]

Here's another example of unintended consequences for China, the one-child-per-family rule now a generation later has made like 70% of the population male, and the females in China are even more uppity with more ridiculous standards and high self-valuations than in the US.

[@LlibertarianGalt]

It's literally called the Great Leap Forward lmao.

[@paulharland7280]

I strongly suspect that the past hundred years will be looked back on as a low point in Chinese history. Hopefully the next will be a time when the Chinese gain freedom in their thought, speech, movement, and finances.

[@Abdega]

Every country tries to cover up its past mistakes; which is unfortunate because you cannot learn from it that way

[@stevehousden2699]

The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967, and the national adoption of its concept were certainly well intentioned, but have been a disaster we are dealing with increasingly every day. Briefly, this movement was intended to ease the suffering of the mentally ill living in asylums...by releasing them to fend for themselves on the streets. Today’s ‘homeless’ crisis consists in large part of schizophrenics who would otherwise be housed in facilities where they would have food, beds, a roof, and access to help if wanted. Instead they are on the streets. Not fair to them, not fair to us. Many of those involved in this ‘reform’ movement realized it was a failure within a few years of its enactment.

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

A-fucking-men, Steve Housden!! Same thing happened here in Canada. As you say, not fair to the mentally ill, not fair to the general population.

[@richardlloyd2589]

And also in the U.K., under the moniker,”care in the community.”

[@r5t6y7u8]

... Which in turn came from another unintended consequence. When mental illness became a science in the late 1800s (prior to then, people were considered to be possessed by the Devil) mental hospitals were the quick solution cure-all. People, especially women, were shipped off to asylums for every reason from disobeying their parents to wanting a divorce. Watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Those guys weren't dangerous, they were just society's oddballs and misfits who had no other place to live.

[@CT68]

Streisand's pursuit of the photographer brought a new term into the lexicon. Describing when a powerful entity tries to bury information by threatening a smaller entity, and thus makes that information more well known, the "Streisand effect" is still being used today when a story goes viral. Maybe she wishes she hadn't done that, but she's so rich she might not even care.

[@antartis]

I want to like the video but I afraid of the unintended consequences of liking it.

[@TheEternalPheonix]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[@Friendship1nmillion]

😕

[@deemariedubois4916]

@Laverne Blaszczyk Decisions Decisions.

[@frankthelion]

If you do : more people will see simons videos, more will find his beard similar to Eastern European beards, Hungary becomes fashionable, Hungary becomes a european super power, Hungary sets up a new trade group separate from the E.U., the Hungarian Union swallows several Eastern European nations, as a world super power equally america and russia, Hungary stamps out globalist politicking and interference by america and russia, america becomes isolated and withdrawn causing a great economic decline, while russia relaxes in what it considers world peace, this leads to contentment by all except Liechtenstein, which rises to power, annexes switzerland, financially cripples Hungary, and takes over the world.

[@CariettaW]

That shipping company was absolutely at fault. They should have done all the testing required before taking on passengers.

[@wendygoerl9162]

They did all the testing that was required (at the time, metacentric height wasn't part of the testing). Then a businessman convinced a regulator (neither of which had any engineering knowledge) to authorize a higher passenger capacity in a phone conversation. And this kind of thing is still going on today: People hear about something to make things "safer" and then demand that something everywhere, without considering if there are any negative consequences to employing it.

[@AC3handle]

"There will be...CONSEQUENCES!!!" Car slams into player

[@gregoriit8797]

Number 5: The main problem came from the need to bite the end of the cartridge open to load the rifle. Both groups had issue with the consumption of any part of one of the two animals, causing the outrage.

[@michealdrake3421]

Something else interesting about the Titanic: At the time, there was a debate going on in the US about whether or not to adopt the central banking system. Aboard the Titanic, and all lost when it went down, were a few prominent economists who all strongly opposed the adoption of the central banking system and were on their way to America to argue against its use in the debates. Some speculate that had they been alive to offer their own points and counterpoints, the central banking system might have never been adopted by the US, or at least, not until a much later date.

[@johndavis5570]

would've been nice had they made it.

[@denisenova7494]

Titanic was an inside job.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Denise Nova By who your mama

[@alexc2265]

Sounds like something people would make a conspiracy theory out of!

[@MetalSandman999]

I don't know though. The controversy over a central bank was nothing new in the early 20th century. It had been an issue since the days of the founding fathers, and the Federal Reserve wasn't the first central bank the US had. They kind of came and went depending on who was president and the political winds of the time. I don't know if a few economists who probably had the same arguments of every other central bank opponent before them over the previous 130 years would have made a big different.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

It's an old series, but take a look a James Burke's Connections about more unintended (but, fortunately, not unfortunate!) consequences.

[@qdllc]

Alternate title: "How to pave the road to Hell."

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I like how you go from the most petty situation to probably the most serious situation in human history.

[@rileyernst9086]

My favorite: In the movie Finding Nemo, a young clown fish that is stolen from the Great Barrier Reef illegally by a hobby aquariumist and eventually is re-united with his father. People watched the movie, decided clown fish were very cute and illegal sales of wild caught clown fish soared soon after...

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Ironic to the max!

[@melskunk]

Because of this, the creators of Phineas and Ferb picked a platypus for their pet to forego any possible chance of a run on pet stores for them

[@Loralanthalas]

It'd not like Disney didn't know exactly what would happen. Anyone who was suprised was young or stupid: and Disney is not.

[@alfr1]

Because Platypui are poisonous? @@melskunk

[@kiiltochii1607]

Happened with Game of Thrones as well: people wanted their own "direwolves" and got a husky without realizing how much exercise (and other care) they need

[@Luraldir_Original]

Mr.Whistler you never fail to impress me, the Enfield rifle story is very obscure and I haven't heard it spoken about ever outside of my history A-Level, yet when put in perspective it affected so much of world history and particular British Colonialism. I doff my hat.

[@sandyviewcottagelakeeriedu7330]

Not so much the presence of animal fat as the sepoys were expected to tear the outer packaging off with their teeth.

[@alfr1]

Nope, you got it wrong. Most Muslims are NOT going to bite the Pig-fat greased paper.@@sandyviewcottagelakeeriedu7330

[@gerrardbrown8203]

HMS Dreadnaught did not single handedly render the Royal Navy's existing battleship fleet obsolete, while she was the first all big gun battleship to be launched, she was not the first to be started, the Japanese Satsuma was the first all big gun battleship to be laid down but she just took longer to build than Dreadnaught. Plans for all big gun battleships were in place in several navies of this time, and the British and Japanese were not the only navies with a all big gun battleship under construction in 1905, the American navy also had one under construction. So the idea of a all big gun battleship was well circulated even without one being physically built. In the Japanese Russian war, which took place before there were plans for any or the first all big gun battleships, all of the naval battles between the Japanese and Russian navies took place at ranges where only their big guns could fire and did not, as the pre-existing naval theory went, close to ranges where the smaller quicker firing guns could take part. This was a practical proof that only the big guns on a battleship mattered. In summary, HMS Dreadnaught did not make previous battleships obsolete by herself, others like her were already laid down in other navies, the idea was a well known one supported by evidence from combat so if the Royal Navy did not build her then the Japanese or American ships would have been the first and been the ship to reset all Navies's battleship counts to zero. The only difference in that case would be instead of calling that sort of battleship a "Dreadnaught" we would say a "Satsuma", it would have still given the German navy a chance to try to catch up with the Royal Navy.

[@pratvachan]

First Westerner I found that called 1857 war against British as "War of Independence" . Thank you!

[@bradmiller2329]

Civil War -- yes. War of Independence -- no. When half of your people are fighting on the OTHER side, it's a civil war.

[@pphtm]

New life taking over a de-militarized zone is beautifully poetic

[@andrewbuhman1066]

It's actually the most militarized zone you'll ever see...

[@johnh7918]

Kida what's happening at Chernobyl. Unsafe for humans for the next 1000 years, but animal life seems to be regaining there

[@saintsdayeve]

Hey Simon! Not to correct you BUT germany's army after the war was reduced 100,000 men..not 10,000😊👍

[@bigmc88]

Quadrillion aire he changed it in subtitles for you lol

[@cyrinaefox6828]

Why would you say "Not to correct you," when that's exactly why you commented?

[@usa-israelncr-enclave705]

Also, he called China under Mao Zedong "The Democratic Republic of China", when it's actually the People's Republic of China. When you search "Democratic Republic of China", you get Nationalist China/Taiwan, the ones who Mao Zedong fought for decades to defeat.

[@bibasik7]

Whenever someone says "Not to ____ you but", that means that they are about to do ____.

[@voittolehti2432]

Kind of like I'm not a racist, but...

[@Nastyswimmer]

You could add the Davey "safety" lamp. It was supposedly introduced to prevent coal miners being killed by naked flames causing explosions of coal gas. In reality it allowed mine owners to exploit gassy coal seams that couldn't have been worked previously. The lamp didn't cause explosions, but sparks from picks certainly did and the death rate in mining climbed

[@tavdy79]

Re. #1: one of the animals thriving in the DMZ but at risk of extinction outside it is Korean water deer, one of two subspecies of water deer. The Korean DMZ is the only area within their native range where water deer are not at risk of extinction, however the other subspecies, Chinese water deer, are also expected to survive. A few hundred escaped captivity in western Bedfordshire, England, and have spent the decades since gradually spreading throughout the east of the country. They are thriving so well there that Chinese ecologists now travel to the UK to study water deer, as they are easier to find than in their native range. It's another example of unintended consequences: it's unlikely the wealthy Victorian landowners responsible for introducing the deer to their lands would have imagined that their actions might safeguard the species' future. All they wanted was some interesting curiosities - "vampire deer", as they're known due to their tusks.

[@darthblackandmild1742]

tavdy79 99% of all species that have ever existed on this planet are extinct. Humans didn’t kill them all!!!! Such hubris to ellivate ones self above “nature” and imagine we have the slightest idea what moves the mechanism of existence. Humans are the same decaying organic matter as EVERYTHING ELSE. Wake up and smell the insignificance!

[@zotaninoron3548]

Actually, because of our relentless segregating and terraforming of lands to build cities, farms and other types of human habitats, humans have been directly responsible for the recent wave of extinctions. While there were various epochs of the past that resulted in a great many extinctions. We should not ignore the impact we have now. Indeed, we now live in what many regard as the anthropocene. The human epoch where human activity has directly lead to the disappearance of countless plant and animal species and we've left an indelible mark upon the geological history of the world.

[@101jir]

Really cool about how the DMZ is working. However, one thing I don't get is how they survive the landmines?

[@henners8910]

101jir They don’t they go bang 😂

[@BenoHourglass]

Darth yeah, but we're a lot better than nature in making species extinct.

[@GraybeardWithUncommonSense]

My favorite example was the Clinton ban on pistol magazines over 10 rounds. Prohibited from having 15-round 9mm pistols, gun owners “upgraded” to 10-round 45 cal. handguns., thereby vastly increasing the lethality of the average carry pistol and the total number of weapons in circulation as a glut of cheap used 9mm pistols hit the market.

[@hotwax9376]

The Flint water crisis is a brilliant example of unintended consequences as well. It was supposed to save residents money on their water bills, but turned into a complete disaster once it was realized that the water was tainted and Detroit wouldn't let them reconnect.

[@Ben28782]

The flint water crisis was much more evil than that. I live in the area. They knew full well what would happen to the old lead pipes when they switched sources without properly treating the water. They simply thought they would get away with it.

[@hotwax9376]

@@Ben28782 I live in the area too (not saying specifically where, so don't ask), and one of my relatives is a pediatric intensive care nurse in one of the leading Flint hospitals. She experienced the whole thing from start to finish. NPR actually did an excellent documentary on it that I highly recommend. If anybody acted evil, it was the city officials in Detroit who, sadly, will probably never be brought to justice.

[@MwRYum]

#7 The Treaty of Versailles has one more unintended consequence: for the Treaty made German-occupited Chinese territories handed to Japan instead of back to China, it spaked the May-Fourth Movement. May-Fourth Movement is significant not only it was the starting point of genuine popular modern nationalism in China, the advent of the CPC can also trace its root back to May-Fourth Movement as well. The Treaty of Versailles has far more profound effect to the world.

[@RamdomView]

The DMZ is free from human activity. Except for the occasional deer or tiger getting too heavy and triggering a mine.

[@chocomanger6873]

So deer and tigers are human now?

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@chocomanger6873 Well a mine placed by humans going off could be considered "human activity"

[@ramsey276]

MEOWCH! DEER ME... What would animal witnesses think??? "How did that tiger DO THAT?! AND WHY!?!"

[@missymotors]

I read this as, “coincidences” and set it aside while I listened. I thought what does the Titanic have to do with rabbits on a remote island? 😆oops

[@edwardgilmour9013]

The Australian Antarctic division and Tasmanian National Parks recently announced that they had eradicated rodents from Macquarie Island too. They used bates en-mass and trained rodent hunting dogs to check the results; the dogs have gone home too.

[@ClaireCaoimheRaeMoonshadow]

Mistake in the closed captions. Simon says “10,000”, captions read, “100,000”.

[@LastBastion]

Not it's the mistake on simon, the corrections is on the CC

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Those are auto generated.

[@ClaireCaoimheRaeMoonshadow]

With all the extras in the captions, I think they’re added later.

[@Wooktent]

There MANY more mistakes in the captions. Whoever wrote them rushed and didn't care to get the words right. Like one the guy says "many people" but then the caption says "so many peoples" for some reason.

[@LVP201]

Wooktent usually the captions are just a copy of the script. If the actor goes slightly off script you notice it in the captions.

[@michaelwilkening8542]

The Eastland was a badly designed and ungainly (topheavy) vessel quote. If the addition of a couple of lifeboats caused the ship to capsize it probably was as unstable as the Vasa and would have capsized at sea with a much greater loss of life.

[@aufowithwificoverage3328]

Ah Yes, this past semester I made an oral presentation on World War l and you sir, are correct, the Treaty of Peace was one of the reasons that led to World War ll Juh...I guess projects do help educate 🤔

[@JustButton]

A UFO with WiFi coverage who woulda thunk?

[@MerkhVision]

Yeah, thanks for clearing that up for us man. We really needed a high schooler to verify all this for us -_-

[@zachsmith1676]

Another thing that could’ve saved many lives in the Titanic incident would’ve been to put out the bow bunker fire that had been burning for 3 days prior to setting sail. The metal hull had weakened due to being heated by the bunker fire, then being cold shocked when she left the shipyard. The fire was still burning in the bunker when the iceberg hit the weakened hull section

[@TheSaltRose]

Geeze, people will complain about anything including how you breathe. You’re fine sir. Keep doin what you do. I like your cadence.

[@chocomanger6873]

I hate it when people complain about complainers. They don't seem to see the irony.

[@aidsdoh8286]

@@chocomanger6873 but you just complained about a complainer complaing about somebody complaining.

[@blisterbill8477]

Irony sandwiches!

[@aidsdoh8286]

yayy!

[@stevetaylor9846]

The Salt Rose : And some people don't. We call it having an opinion. Just as you have.

[@alanrogers7090]

At the time of sailing, the RMS Titanic actually had more lifeboats then a similar-sized ship would normally carry. In the common terms of the day, she was actually overstocked. It was only, as you mention, that after she had sunk, that the number of lifeboats per ship, had to be increased to hold everyone aboard.

[@milkman28]

How did you fail to mention that the phrase "bite the bullet" comes exactly from this historical moment, such a cool anecdote. Very nice video of course.

[@Stephen-cr3sc]

Unintended consequences work the other way as well. Some of the best parts of my life were the result of unintended consequences. People often think in terms of an immediate short-term issue, but receive the long-term benefits of their actions. A girl who was a friend of my younger brother, came to see him because she was very unhappy...My brother wasn't there. I had been invited to a party I hadn't intended to go to. But she was very unhappy so I invited her to go with me...Until she died of cancer, we were together for 40 years, have two daughters and three grandchildren. Totally unintended.

[@kaiza9184]

i come here for the great content, but i stay for the comments 😐

[@Zeldarw104]

Lightning Fast lol!☺👍

[@BlindLibrary]

That's me on any KZbin video that interests me; Even if I can't see anything since I was born (yes, totally blind - since birth.)

[@chocomanger6873]

Right?... This is one of the few videos where the comment section is readable.

[@Contrafactum]

Thank you Simon, having a live presenter, along with the fine research and smooth accurate visuals make your work always worth viewing.

[@Jedi862001]

This video reminds me of the story of the Zen Master and a little boy. A little boy in a village gets a horse for his birthday and the people in the village rejoice saying "How wonderful, the boy got a horse." And the Zen Master says "We'll see." Then a few years later the boy falls off the horse and mangles his leg to the point where he cant walk or run properly and the people in the village cry "How terrible, the boy hurt his leg." And the Zen Master says "We'll see." Then a few years after that war breaks out and all the young men run off to fight it except the little boy, who is now a young man, who cant because his leg is all messed up, and the people cry "How wonderful, the boy doesn't have to go to war." And the Zen Master says "We'll see."

[@juliusraben3526]

Im betting you got it from Charlie Wilsons war xD

[@thevinmeister5015]

Thank you for pointing out the Smokey the Bear effect.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

The Vinmeister nope it’s never had the “the” in his name look up the Mandela Effect

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

I remember his name the same way u do but according to reality he’s never been called Smokey THE bear

[@heikesiegl2640]

The problem is: the extra weight of the lifeboats SHOULDN'T have been a problem.. so

[@BandGGaming]

It wasn't the weight itself, so much as the weight distribution being so high up.

[@jennymisteqq695]

No terrible background music. I love it Simon!

[@insanity4462]

Usually not a fan of top 10 lists, but this one was particularely interesting and informative. Thanks

[@jimeiden2360]

As a Chicago Native, thank you for mentioning the Eastland Disaster. It is represented by one of the ted stars on the city flag.

[@The1larian]

Versalles was not unintended, look at the words of Woodrow Wilson... he specifically intended to "MAKE THEM PAY" and he was one of the primary creators of that mess

[@MrJakson112]

It wasn't intended to start a wat

[@mbear1639]

Nature reclaiming the DMZ reminds me of the reversal of nature around Pripyat (exclusion zone around Chernobyl).

[@samal1244]

Me too. I'm told the no mans-y bits around the berlin wall have been reclaimed too. I wonder if there a video in "The times it went bad for humans, but went quite well for nature." :p

[@mbear1639]

Sam Al I didnt know that around the Berlin Wall. Interesting. Thanks

[@AshleyKaulitz007]

Plus landmines...

[@davidwuhrer6704]

The maritime fish population had a chance to recover during the Great War.

[@joanne775]

I really love your TopTenz. I love getting tidbits of interesting information and then I investigate it further. Thanks! PS I've never heard of the Estland before this too ten.

[@susanm436]

As children we were encouraged to collect donations door-to-door to drill wells in Africa to provide life sustaining water. The additional water turned out to also be used for cattle, which were bartered as money besides for labor and food. The explosion of cattle over gazed the already arid land. The Cattle Began To starve, and farmland was lost due to erosion and...the subsequent sandstorms blew dust and sand into the wells, choking them off. The areas were abandoned as no longer habitable. I feel slightly less guilty, knowing I was a lazy and ineffectual money-begger, though.

[@kimweaver3323]

"The source of most problems is solutions".

[@katherinkeegan8601]

Only if devised by politicans 😉

[@kimweaver3323]

@@katherinkeegan8601 You obviously have never worked with engineers or built a house, boat, or vehicle.

[@katherinkeegan8601]

@@kimweaver3323 obviously you don't understand tongue in cheek humor or emojis. All solutions by anybody/everybody can cause problems if all factors are not considered. Most times we don't understand what all the factors are or how all factors effect the problems. As a species we need to work on long term planning. We need to understand how interconnected the world is and what happens when we destroy it's balance.

[@kimweaver3323]

@@katherinkeegan8601 And you are not familiar with "Sevareid's Law"......... "The chief cause of problems is solutions". You probably have never worked with engineers on building or repairing a complicated machine, either.

[@jeaniebird999]

Let's introduce an invasive species to take care of the invasive species we accidentally introduced! Hmmm, maybe we should introduce ANOTHER invasive species? Hell, if you wanted to destroy the place, you only needed to populate it with humans.

[@lupus67remus7]

Ain't that the truth...

[@TomOkkaTom]

The trick is to introduce an invasive species that dies in winter.

[@tiki_trash]

There was an old woman who swallowed fly...

[@heatherhillman1]

Right??? I had a bad feeling for the birds when he mentioned the cats. Humanity can be so ignorant. How we got to the top of the food chain is a mystery.

[@bradmiller2329]

@@heatherhillman1 We're meaner than anything that's bigger than we are?

[@stevenedwards4470]

It's cute that Streisand thinks she's still famous 😝

[@davidwuhrer6704]

She is famous for the Streisand effect.

[@Fazzel]

You still know who she is.

[@carlausoff6407]

She is still famous. It is sad that she still thinks she believes she is still relevant.

[@adamreily7079]

Who?

[@medexamtoolscom]

The last I heard of her is Eric Cartman literally using her name as a swear word to set off his chip in the South Park movie. She was a joke long before the streisand effect was named.

[@mariak.chalmers2577]

Emphasizing "Stranger Danger" to children while ignoring the fact that most abuse comes from the people in that child's circle.

[@andrewunjo158]

Simon your videos are always informative and entertaining but you've outdone yourself with this one!

[@AlexConnor_]

Dreadnought may have kickstarted a new generation of battleships and obsoleted Britain's own navy but the idea of dreadnought-like battleships was already well discussed at the time, both America and Japan had started to build comparable ships before Dreadnought was even ordered. Quite simply, if Britain hadn't built a dreadnought someone else would have done so, and the Royal Navy would have been playing catch-up. Instead, by building HMS Dreadnought in only one year and then another 9 dreadnoughts over the next 5 years Britain took a substantial lead in this new generation of warships, even if the previous 2-power standard could not be maintained.

[@Vmax1988]

USS FLORIDA iirc. Also, naval technology was advancing so quickly in those years that the early dreadnoughts were obsolete as well soon after WWI. All that kept the "newer" ones useful was the Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty that banned most new construction for most of the inter-war years.

[@mqbitsko25]

A perfect example: Worried about the increasingly popular and violent Nazi Party, and its failed putsch, the German Weimar Republic instituted universal gun registration, the idea being to know how many Nazis had guns. When the Nazis came to power at the BALLOT BOX they immediately used the gun registration records to disarm Jews, Communists and other perceived "enemies."

[@greenaum]

Yeah but if those laws didn't exist already, the Nazis would have made them. Hitler would have disarmed his enemies soon enough either way.

[@uzefulvideos3440]

​@Mike Evans Are you kidding? Since when is the possession of weapons a human right?

[@asktheetruscans9857]

@@uzefulvideos3440 Since forever. The right to defend one's self, family and possessions from unprovoked aggression has always been a right. The first one tyrants take away, actually.

[@kurtuhlig2553]

ask the Etruscans urgi “gun control”

[@jamesengland7461]

That gun registration was an intended early step to confiscation, the removal of citizens' ability to defend their lives.

[@goliath257]

Excellent presentation!

[@PaulineMontagna]

We had a Streisand Effect here in Australia a couple of years ago. Conservative MP Cory Bernardi was outraged to hear that a primary school was asking the boys to come to school in a dress for one day and jumped on to social media to complain. The ignoramus had no idea that this was a fundraiser which had already been held annually for several years with the aim of raising a few hundred dollars to support education for girls in Africa. Their goal that year was to raise $900. Because of Bernardi’s public outrage, the cause was taken up by gay activists and in the end the school raised over $200,000 and Bernardi’s reputation has never recovered. He left his party to form his own and vanished into well-deserved obscurity.

[@jamesfarrell8339]

This is one of my favorite videos you have done. Brilliant 👌

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Here in Australia- in the 1880s a big rural industry was growing sugar cane. The canefields became infested with a cane beetle which chewed crops to dust. (It came from o/s too). So the government imported a seriously gross thing called a cane toad. And now, a hundred years on, unwanted immigrants poisoning dogs, even poisoning water bowls. My fur baby has come a whisker close to death twice, so I'd say- imo, unintended consequences SUCK!!

[@LoPhatKao]

"There's not enough poisonous creatures around here... let's import some!"

[@ceeleegee825]

Bilinda Law-Morley Correct! The beetles were successfully kept under control by the cane toads in South America, so some genius decided to bring them into Queensland. However, the beetles were different to the South American ones, and the toads wouldn't eat them. Hence, 2 importec species creating havoc. Now of course the toads have migrated south and west. smh

[@lilaclizard4504]

Celia I'm pretty sure they weren't even keeping them under control in South America, they just saw the toads & saw that there weren't as many beetles & knew that toads ate small stuff like beetles & so assumed the toads were eating them

[@heathcliff4914]

the problem was the beetles lived in the sugar cane and cane toads can't climb, smart. And Bilinda your dog might be addicted to the high it gets from the toad. check out this vid on youtube (Dog Licks Toad, Gets High) funny.

[@ceeleegee825]

Lilac Lizard That's probably right! They didn't think of the consequently of being wrong!

[@sunnylovett5533]

One worth mentioning would be the introduction of Koalas to Kangaroo Island. Like the rabbits of Macquarie they are eating themselves into starvation. and the only viable solution, culling, is considered unconscionable by the greater populace because Koalas are cute.

[@CynBH]

Sunny Lovett I didn't know that one. Thanks for adding it 😊

[@jayg9283]

Relocate as many as reasonably possible then cull the ones left over, and allow them to be kept as outdoor pets for the general populace. Idk, anything along those lines is slightly more humane, but in either case, anything is more humane than letting them starve to death

[@marshmallowmountains4636]

I don't think they're cute and I'm OK with a shotgun, send me over and I'll shoot as many as you want me to!

[@RabidLeroy]

Perhaps the best method would be a total 100% transfer to as many feasible areas in parts of Australia where koala populations could be reintroduced once again. Of course it would likely be easier said than done one way, but should slowly contribute to koala populations... ...right?

[@rhodawatkins4516]

Posting 1 yr after you when portions of Australia are on fire, thus endangering the koala population, and hoping there are still enough of them safe in the wild to continue the species.

[@jeffreybernath6627]

I LOVE the curveball at the end, showing a favorable unintended consequence. Hooray for the DMZ!

[@un0RRS]

"My friends and I dropped acid in the woods, and let me tell you this: Smokey the Bear is way more intense in person." ~Mitch Hedberg RIP

[@Mixer-he2wb]

Picturing a kid tipping over a container of liquid causing a mess on the ... wait ... oh ... Oooohh.

[@radioactive9861]

I would add two more: Prohibition in the US, and 'gun control' in the US..........

[@valentinoreid9253]

Don't forget the war on drugs

[@daskampffredchen]

I would also add Affirmativ Action

[@WoodysAR]

@@valentinoreid9253 whoa, was just coming to type that,.. rise of the black market from prohibition!

[@Jason_Hubred]

DEI hires

[@juliewinkler9203]

I'm not surprised to hear that the rabbits in the first entry caused as much damage as they did. A female rabbit is sexually mature at around 6 months old, and the average pregnancy lasts for around 30 days. Given that rabbits are genetically engineered to reproduce as much as possible, a female rabbit in the wild can technically give birth to a litter of around 3-6 babies pr. month. The average rabbit lives around 5 years, which means that it can technically give birth to (5 years * 12 months) * 5 rabbits pr. litter = 300 rabbits.... I would imagine that such a large amount of rabbits would have quite a big impact on the environment

[@lilaclizard4504]

pfft that's nothing compared to the rats that were also released on the same island Sexually mature at six weeks of age and can give birth to a litter of up to 10 offspring every 20 days.

[@juliewinkler9203]

Jeez, it's impressive how quickly such furry little critters can spread!

[@jaschabull2365]

Yep, anyone who's heard anything about rabbits and the South Pacific could know where that was going, but I guess it was only a terrible idea in hindsight. I think the study of ecology was just beginning to get its footing, so it might not have been as predictable at the time.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Why did they think they needed rabbits when there were already seals?

[@jaschabull2365]

+David Wührer I think the idea was that shipwrecked sailors wouldn't have the proper equipment to hunt for seals (it's pretty hard for a person to do without boats, if they swim off, you're up the creek), but an ol' sucker of a castaway can catch rabbits. At least that's my guess at the logic of people living several decades before now.

[@gore1047]

plastic shopping bags came about because of the movement to save trees that were grown to make paper

[@shadowwolflycan6176]

Omg nooooooooooo!!! 😭

[@Paulafan5]

"Save trees! Use plastic"... yeah, 35 years later, that's turned sideways on environmentalists.

[@Jason-fm4my]

The Korean DMZ is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in person. It's totally worth checking out if you ever find yourself in Asia.

[@benmoses881]

The way Simon smiles while describing the way Macquarie island was/is being destroyed is sociopathic.

[@shawnlatour1825]

Today I learned that this channel exists

[@marccolten9801]

And you have no way of knowing how this will affect your life.

[@luckystar9279]

It's been a year since they commented so I'm sure they have a general idea by now

[@brian554xx]

Simon, why do you talk like this throughout most of each video, only to speak more fluidly during the outro?

[@adamreily7079]

I think you meant Michael

[@heaanlasai866]

Insert thank you gif.

[@lql1094]

I know I noticed it too.

[@omikronweapon]

probably because he didnt write it, but just memorized it, or reading from auto-cue or something. (see credits)

[@richlee3777]

Go ahead and make a number of 15 minute long videos and read them from a teleprompter. Often he does an amazing job, but using a teleprompter causes this kind of speaking cadence.

[@jeannineclark2106]

Where I live plastic bags have been banned years ago...only paper or reusable bags. It was annoying at first but now I just keep some folded up fabric bags in my purse and we all adjusted.

[@jasonmohn1472]

To clarify a few things on number 9, the Titanic had more lifeboats than legally required at the time. At the time of the Titanic the number of lifeboats were determined by tonnage of ship not numbers of passengers so the Titanic actually exceeded safety regulations at the time. Also the Eastland didn't have a bad design, it was designed to be fast. In it's day it was considered like the Concord as it was the fastest way across the river. To achieve this the ship was designed to sit high in the water to reduce friction and thus increase speed and it had a perfect safety record. As passengers got on the ship they moved to one side causing more weight on one side of the ship than the other, which is normal during loading an unloading, but because of the extra weight at the top due to the new law the ship tilted more than designed and capsized. It wasn't a "bad design" it was one that was designed for a purpose using the information at the time and then failed due to a design change.

[@calichef1962]

I really hope that if Korea does actually reintegrate that they leave the DMZ as a tribute/memorial to the senselessness of war and keep it as a park and wildlife sanctuary. I'd hate to see it turned into just a 2.5 mile wide swath of new housing only for the wealthy.

[@greenaum]

I'd like to see it turned into houses for the wealthy. Then if the war starts up again, they'll be right on the front line.

[@walterbushell7029]

@@greenaum Actually laughing out loud. Bernie moved into the upper 10% from his book royalties. According to a recent NYT anal-ysis the the lower 90% are losing, the 10 to 1% are keeping up and the 1% are getting ahead of their percentage of the national wealth. This includes transfer payments.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Left it on a high note...

[@carojamnz]

Linda Ciccoli i

[@starlinguk]

I'm still depressed.

[@mekkler]

So if we had a giant wall between US and Mexico, we would have lots of ....what, owls?

[@davidmehnert6206]

Bunga Bunga!

[@sillynacannada6718]

Linda Ciccoli couldn’t sum it up better. Thanks for that.

[@kaitriley1932]

Conservationists set out to kill every cat on the island! Lmao

[@jaredevildog6343]

Very interesting. Thank you ! Please never stop !

[@brockshean6168]

man im glad i have these vids to learn more...can never know to much and honestly these vuds are great for learning new things

[@awesomeblader45]

Actually it was proven that Titanic never had enough time to launch its limited compliment of lifeboats, and having even more may have slowed the launch of ones already on board.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

@5:30 Not "10 thousand men" but 100,000 men. The Germans would always say that their army was made up of "100 thousand officers".

[@vojtechpribyl7386]

The thing with the Dreadnaught was that the British knew that Germany and USA already were laying plans to build a similar ship, so they didn't really have a choice not to build one.

[@destinycircle8192]

Another example of unintended consequences: because of serious soil erosion in the US Deep South, somebody had the bright idea to bring kudzu from Asia. Kudzu is a vine that grows very quickly. But there's nothing in the region that eats or otherwise controls it, therefore, kudzu has over-run the area.

[@kurtuhlig2553]

Destiny Circle Today it’s known as the vine that ate the south

[@TealVillian]

Im surprised D.A.R.E. wasn't on this list.

[@lachlanchester8142]

He wouldn’t.... dare

[@garrettcreech4162]

How many breaths can a man take? “Over eight” *breath “hundred” *breath “people lost their lives”

[@deecee784]

The CIA calls unfavorable unintended consequences " Blowback".

[@petercouchey]

I forget which country it was, but in the British empire, there were to many snakes so they put a bounty on snakes. Every dead snake the locals brought in, they would pay them a set amount. This backfired when the locals decided it was easier to breed the snakes instead of hunting them. When the British found out, the discontinued their policy of paying for the snakes so the locals released all of their bread snakes back into the area significantly more infested than before

[@meowmeow7895]

makes ya wonder what will happen to all that wildlife in korea that's safe if the two sides get together........

[@SteelsCrow]

Lilac Lizard / I was thinking this is exactly what should be done, as it provides not only a nice park full of interesting animals, but a national monument of sorts showcasing the history of the Korean peninsula.

[@unoriented_x4957]

Ecotourism!

[@lilaclizard4504]

SteelsCrow, yeh that was part of what happened in Europe. I just edited my comment to add a link into it that goes into the cultural heritage as well as wildlife impact, or check out the documentary "Iron curtain: ribbon of life" Incredible what they did there & how they turned it into an amazing, lasting positive achievement

[@RobinTheBot]

Meow Meow789 there are 20,000 mines hidden in there and none of them are well documented. I think the bunnies will be safe for a while.

[@henrikbger4111]

as long as they don't get too heavy ...

[@cheery-hex]

you may as well just call this: The Failure of Government