5 Good Ideas That Went Horribly Wrong | Answers With Joe

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You never know what life's gonna throw at you. Often our best efforts and most brilliant ideas turn into hellish nightmares. From the plant that ate the south to a pill that destroyed a generation, here are 5 times that's happened.
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Thalidomide:
americanpregnancy.org/pregnan...
broughttolife.sciencemuseum.or...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...
Kudzu:
science.howstuffworks.com/lif...
www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
www.aces.edu/blog/topics/inva...
MTBE:
archive.epa.gov/mtbe/web/html...
www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact...
www.health.state.mn.us/commun...
www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
Cane Toads:
www.wptv.com/news/region-n-pa...
www.maitlandmercury.com.au/st...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
Asbestos:
www.epa.gov/asbestos/epa-acti...
www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
www.mesotheliomadiagnosis.com...
listverse.com/2014/07/06/10-p...

[@antonnym214]

My mom was pregnant in Germany in 1959. She was having the usual morning sickness. Her landlady, Frau Reuder, gave Mom a bottle of pills for morning sickness. When My dad got home, he asked about it, and Mom told him and he promptly flushed them down the toilet. There were no reports of problems with it, but he Didn't want her taking ANY meds while pregnant. If he hadn't done that, my twin brother and I would have been born with flippers and I wouldn't be typing this right now. The pills were Thalidomide.

[@nettieharris]

Ooof!

[@Rrodfer]

Wow, lucky that you're came alright

[@brofriendude]

We’ll see...

[@wolfzmusic9706]

Anton Nym stg Frau literally means woman in german

[@wolfzmusic9706]

Anton Nym not everyone who took it had deformed babies

[@EarlWallaceNYC]

How about: 5 Bad Ideas That Went Fantastically Well

[@JLHunter61]

Debbie Downer won't allow it.

[@martiddy]

Top 5 serendipities

[@camez2345]

You mean like Speedos?

[@tonyzed6831]

We'll see.

[@briant4266]

Travelling to the moon comes to mind.

[@robertabarnhart6240]

Fun story about kudzu - My mom is a real black thumb, every plant she touches shrivels up and dies within days. Back in the '80s, we went on a road trip across the US, and when we got to the South and saw the kudzu blanketing entire states, my mom got the bright idea that we could bring some of it back to make our California lawn a little less barren. So we stopped on the side of the road, she shoveled some dirt into a bucket, and planted some kudzu cuttings in it. By the time we got back to California, the kudzu was dead. Yep - my mom killed kudzu. So if anyone driving along a major highway back in the '80s noticed a patch of dead kudzu at the side of the road, now you know why.

[@goldenfurniture123]

Wow

[@emPIEror]

They should send your mom to handle invasive plant species

[@robertabarnhart6240]

@@emPIEror LOL 😂 I know, right?

[@g.v.hedgpeth2602]

😂

[@thomasdickson35]

Thank God your mom sucks at taking care of plants, cause bringing invasive plants to other places is a horrible idea.😅

[@stopaskingaboutmyuser3527]

“Turns out eggs run slower than rats” “It can totally kill you to death, seriously” I love you 😭

[@abdullah-_-.]

I know rightt I love this channel, his video topics somehow always tickle my fascination bone while also having banger lines in-between xD

[@LaurieAnnCurry]

I’m still laughing over the jam, slide, and bad decision

[@charles2521]

"Western ethnicity" being "western ethnicity" as always. If it were happening today they would just blame races they envy and carry on doing the same thing.

[@FabioLeprechaun]

The Butterfly Effect upgraded: "Someone ate a bat in China and, some time later, the stock market starts to crash."

[@jjohnston94]

...and I'm at home, "telecommuting" for the first time in my life, in a job that's not exactly a "work from home" kind of job. As you can see, I'm watching KZbin videos instead of working.

[@grimcat27]

@@jjohnston94 you know the only real difference is that you don't have pants on. We all know you watch answers with joe at work.

[@jjohnston94]

@@grimcat27 Wrong, sir! Wrong!! I don't wear pants at work, either.

[@shead5000]

...and I'm delivering cannabis at three times our normal rate due to people self isolating...this is good?

[@katymcdonald5481]

Fábio Duarte I believe it was actually a pangolin that they ate

[@jazzhandy9479]

*remember seeing a dude stuck in a slide naked and covered in jam* WAIT THAT WAS YOU?!

[@Darkhalo28426]

Fun fact about the mongoose thing: Kauaii is the only Hawaiian island that has their native bird species. It's something I learned while my family were vacationing there from a botanical garden tour guide. Apparently, when the mongoose were shipped out to the island, they bit the guy who was unloading them from the boat they were on. He - the guy - in return tossed the pair of animal into the sea afterwards, drowning them and unknowingly saving the island's native bird species in the process.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

That's fucking hilarious 😂

[@angryginger791]

You're telling me that out of all the deadly animals in Australia, none of them are a threat to cane toads? That's one badass toad.

[@candydandy2694]

Our deadly animals only target people LOL!

[@rachelann9362]

Super late to the party, but I did watch something recently (on real science, pbs eons, or something similar) that there are SOME predators that are learning how to deal with them, basically they’ll mess around with the toad for a bit, get it to release all its toxins for its glands and knock it around grass/dirt/water to clean it off before eating. Another species has learned how to kill them by flipping them over and basically surgically extracting one particular organ they find tasty (liver or heart or something like that.) leaves the dead toads laying around, but at least carrion bugs and such can deal with the mess and not be affected by the toxins.

[@charles2521]

The biggest invasive species of all time is something that starts with AN and ends with GLOS. But like all parasites, they hide their identity to camouflage themselves in the host. HEY, NSA, I'M TOTALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ANGLOS OK? THAT SPECIES DOESN'T EVEN EXIST, THERE'S ONLY “WESTERN ETHNICITY”. PLEASE DON'T CENSOR ME.

[@AnilKumar-mp9hk]

This channel is criminally underrated. He deserves more than 10mil subscribers

[@MysterCannabis]

We'll see

[@Anankin12]

Nah, he's good where he is. He's no expert in what he's talking about, but he's pretty good with research. Fun to listen to, too. But 10 mil at this moment in time would be bad

[@dinil5566]

@@Anankin12 nobody is expert in anything. We all just do some research and make our own theory. Even Einstein disagreed with many of the amazing ideas that rules the world now. We are all dump. But this guy is doing a better job than most of the bro.

[@dwc1964]

@@Anankin12 more important for the purposes of this channel than being an "expert" in any one thing - since it takes 20 years of full-time work to become an expert at anything - is being able to grasp the general concepts of a lot of different things and communicate those concepts to the general public. Which Joe does very well. And that's why it would be better if more of the general public came here to get that.

[@Anankin12]

@@dwc1964 Not necessarily, because not being an expert in most scientific fields means that you either misunderstand some facts or miss some completely. That's why he's good at what he does and I'm a subscriber but at the same times he needs more time to get such a massive influence. So he can fully understand what being "not an expert" implies and he learns how to have people understand that.

[@christopherhall5361]

Everyone in town: "Wow what luck..." Me: "Stop coming here...."

[@storyteller2882]

Just wish you'd spent some time explaining how Thalidomide is a cancer treatment. It hinders the growth of new capillaries which in turn starves glioma brain tumors--truly a case where a medicine is horrible for its original intended use and serendipitously good for an entirely different use.

[@evientually]

I would also have enjoyed--and this is something that does have some coverage, perhaps I'd be asking too much because chiral is a concept not everyone knows, but one form of thalidomide is just fine. It's a study in chiral molecular formation, one shape of the molecule being totally safe and the other, the mirror image of the safe form of the chemical, being the one that is problematic. OK maybe if I can explain it in less than five sentences they probably could have too, but it's not JUST an 'Ooh scary medicine!' story. I'm interested in the cancer applications too. My guess is something to do with the chirality of the molecule has an effect here as well, and it would be interesting to know whether the safe or the harmful chemical form is the one in use here.

[@tbella5186]

Yes, and there are people trying to ban it completely due to the devastation it caused

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

The chirality problem with thalidomide runs even deeper, though. Even with doses of thalidomide engineered to have the safer chirality, our bodies can synthesize it into its harmful counterpart.

[@bobfoster687]

Viagra!

[@eternalmiasma5586]

I love how Australia already had so many venomous animals and there were like “eh, what’s one more”

[@ruaridhbakke1118]

"Turns out, eggs run a lot slower than rats" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@iya3952]

"top egg speed = 0 MPH" LOLLL

[@trevormadin]

Mongooses aren't rats....

[@oliverdahlberg838]

@@trevormadin You misinterpreted what he said. They transported mongooses to Madagascar for them to kill rats. But because "eggs are a lot slower than rats", the mongooses ate the eggs instead of the rats

[@Numbabu]

Best thing about this, Rats are nocturnal, and Mongoose come out during the day, so it didn’t even solve the original problem, there was just both.

[@zoeeee2952]

You should definitely do the reverse video of terrible things that had positive outcomes

[@jaschabull2365]

I know, right? Just hearing this, it's hard to believe we shouldn't just stop trying because some left-field disastrous side effect will inevitably make it better if we hadn't. Though I guess doing nothing might have had disastrous effects too... So, really, hearing this, it's hard to believe we shouldn't all just off ourselves and snuff out human suffering in the only guaranteed way.

[@christianmarx3249]

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

[@plsdontshoot3614]

Like that time that spilled cargo crates full of rubber ducks helped cartographers map the oceans

[@storyteller2882]

One of which was Thalidomide being a very useful treatment for gliomas.

[@jussitikkuri6991]

Working the bad things done that turn out good. Just stop with equality for voters and peoples.

[@cosmicray8172]

I know this is an old video but I just had to add my comment on MTBE. While I was in college I took an organic chemistry lab, and one of our experiments involved the use of MTBE. However, being in a room full of newbie chemistry students, a lot of people forgot to re-cap their bottles. Because MTBE is highly volatile, this caused the entire room to stink of MTBE. Fun fact, another ether, diethyl ether, was used as one of the first surgical anesthetics. I learned I was very sensitive to ether that day. Walked home after the lab, dizzy as hell, and passed out in my bed for 4 hours. Good times.

[@cabin7er]

my grandmother was born in poland a few years after thalidomide was taken out of production. im unsure whether her deformed arm came from that, or the german measles her mother had while she was pregnant with her as we had previously thought, but finding out about it a few years ago really makes me wonder now which it could be. she then got polio a year later. and later was somehow mostly fine, living a full life. absolute legend.

[@glennrestvedt7143]

Society: The end is near!!!!! Farmer: We'll See...…….

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

Nigh

[@coltonbates629]

@@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 They're the same, right?

[@ryantwombly720]

Me, in the South: “Hey, I can’t see any kudzu.” *takes two steps to the left* “Ah, there it is.”

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

T R U E

[@grimcat27]

Makes the woods completely impassable.

[@joshnic6639]

eric berg Also impenetrable...unlike my ex gf

[@squirlmy]

@@joshnic6639 instead of a drum beat or cymbal crash, you get a wha-wha-wha-whaaaah.

[@grimcat27]

@@joshnic6639 always suck when you got one of them girls that everybody else penetrates.

[@mintyfreshfiend]

When you started talking about Kudzu I was driving past an gigantic patch of it

[@athelwulfgalland]

You know ... first I gave this comment a thumbs up ... then I thought ... wait; Should you be watching KZbin AND driving?! O_O

[@blainekristin6290]

I just took a bunch of pictures around the parking lot at work. I thought it looked so beautiful. Now I know it’s an invasive weed that smothers all life around it. Kind of like my ex husband. It’s far less beautiful now.

[@skafaced102]

I always love when Joe dives into the depressing bit of the story and the funky little fun music starts playing.

[@pokejoe7745]

”It can kill you to death”- Joe

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Well, killing someone BEYOND that point is really pointless...😊

[@Nobodyreallyatall]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Flogging a dead horse?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@Nobodyreallyatall >>> It is certainly MUCH SAFER than trying to flog a live one...😊

[@MikeP2055]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman You might even call it . . . overkill. [bah-dum-bum!]

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@MikeP2055 >>> Or "Megadeath"? 😊

[@GermDGator]

Remember the old saying, “If there’s one thing we’re worse at than not killing each other, it’s predicting the future”.

[@liquidminds]

In the future, we'll be able to not kill each other. ;-)

[@salzstangl]

@@liquidminds I hope we'll be able to not kill each other with nuclear fusion bombs

[@TripleMoonPanda]

Not killing each other is hard AF. I've killed like 30 people just on my way to work today. I tried to explain to the families that I'm sorry and there's not much we can do about it and all they said was "We'll see. . . "

[@squirlmy]

I always thought we were pretty good at killing each other! This saying must have come from before the nuclear weapons.

[@squirlmy]

@@liquidminds well, if we don't there won't be a future to worry about ;)

[@michaelriley2]

I was born in 1976, I remember leaded gas being sold up through the eighties. You could get leaded or unleaded gas at the gas station. So it didn't go away till the late eighties. Great videos by the way, love the channel.

[@chrissennfelder7249]

I was born in 1985, I remember that leaded "super" gas was sold until the mid 90s in Germany. Leaded normal gas was prohibited in 1988.

[@digitalfootballer9032]

Yes, same age here and I clearly remember "regular" (leaded) gas. I think sale of it was banned around '91. Prior to that the last vehicles made to run off leaded gasoline were in the 1970's but they allowed the gas to still be sold for awhile afterwards. You can actually run a car designed to take leaded gas off of unleaded, it just isn't optimal in terms of performance and wear. Similar to how a car that is supposed to take 93 octane can run off of 87 but won't be as effective or efficient. They also sold lead additive in bottles for years after it was banned at the pump, but that's been gone for awhile now.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@@digitalfootballer9032 In the US, leaded gas was being phased out by the mid-80's, esp in the East. In the SW leaded gas was still widely available. At the time I had a '75 Datsun pickup from Albuquerque, built to run on either leaded or unleaded. =It had hardened valve seats that could stand-up to unleaded gas (for several years tho), whereas lead in gas had helped the valve seats stay in and smooth.

[@BuggJohnson000]

I remember when my brother and I found out about leaded gasoline and how hard it was for Clair Patterson to overcome the oil industry (we are in our mid 30s) and I'm not sure we've ever had such an "aha!"moment. How even rudimentary reasoning seemed to be beyond many in some of the older generations (some gen x, but before them its just....across the board) and we said "Who is in power and is making all of these catastrophic decisions for the world?" These generations affected by lead poisoning.

[@paulfromperth5713]

I remember as a youngster in Queensland the cane toad problem. They were everywhere, especially at night. I clearly recall being in the family car and hearing them pop as we ran over them. It was disgusting. Luckily the family moved to Perth in 1971 and we didn’t have to put up with them anymore, though I did hear a few years ago that they had found some in Western Australia. Something else to blame Queensland for 😝

[@basementdwellercosplay]

Me: how bad can these ideas be Joe: So there was this medicine for morning sickness Me: Oh no!

[@pippetandpossum]

😂😂😂

[@pippetandpossum]

UHMMM what did they do to my emoji, it looks like the yellow Dots and that's the worst flavor😡

[@pippetandpossum]

WHAT? AGAIN?

[@joescott]

Yeah that was a big swing and a miss.

[@veralenora4033]

@@joescott The U.S. department of health got a big boost from thalidomide. The woman in charge refused to admit it into the U.S. because not enough critical trials (on people) had been done. Doctors and pregnant women were furious. Turns out of course, her caution was right and she became a public hero: Frances Kelsey at the FDA.

[@hellomynameisrodney]

A limerick from me to you: There once was a farmer from Leeds, Who swallowed a packet of seeds. It soon came to pass, He was covered with grass, But has all the tomatoes he needs.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

Did you write that?

[@foreverfreebird27]

This guy and Mr Ballen stories are my favorite thing on youtube

[@heathermedling1313]

Check out some of the many channels of Simon Whistler if you like Joe and Mr. Ballen

[@goostav8235]

Here in Latvia there is a plant called "Sosnovska Latvānis" (can't translate it) it was brought in from the alps, I think, and was used as a food for farm animals. Little did they know, that thing spreads really fast, if it has the water to do it. Not only that, but inside of it, there is a toxic "juice" that litteraly makes it look like you have burned a body part.

[@jonchowe]

It's also known as Heracleum sosnowskyi, or Sosnowsky's hogweed.

[@xeekk]

I just wanted to let you know your mild spontaneous humor lately has been spot on 😂 I’ve been enjoying your videos more and more.

[@maxic2065]

"Mild"

[@MabDarogan2]

Spontaneous? LF. Even the expressions are scripted.

[@maximilianotorro527]

@@MabDarogan2 spontaneously scripted. It’s possible.

[@Mikemcjr]

Don’t encourage him lol

[@williamjohnson9373]

Good call

[@DavidKutzler]

Q: How do you plant Kudzu? A: Drop the seeds and run.

[@jcinaz]

David Kutzler : of all the things that I have heard Joe say, this one cracked me up.

[@melissaavery4388]

Kutzu is a powerful antiviral.

[@orynrusset]

i live in metro atlanta, and seeing kudzu completely cover any forested areas in the suburbs has always been super common for me ! like right now, i’m looking out my window and mine and my neighbor’s backyards are both drowning in kudzu and i didn’t even notice before now just because i’ve grown up seeing it everywhere

[@lastnamefirst4035]

There's a song by Rodney Crowell (Wondering Boy) that mentions Kudzu Vine. Always thought it to be pretty harmless until now

[@jacklynncastle9263]

That Debbie Downer part at the beginning reminded me of that episode of Becker about Karma and how he got upset about everything good that happened because he knew something bad would follow to even out the universe, lol.

[@geoffreymayne2053]

Life's a temporary thing

[@alan10250]

I actually really needed to hear that story in the beginning. Some bad stuff happened last week but I'm going to see what happens

[@joescott]

I have to remind myself of that a lot as well.

[@jondodge5252]

Thanks Joe. The 'we'll see' story has made me think today might not be as bad as it seems. We'll see. Keep on keeping on joe

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

We'll see

[@purplefire2834]

"Eggs run much slower than rats"

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Thanks for posting...I almost missed that in the video

[@sokalbenoit]

Hi Joe :) I just found you and have been binge watching you for severeal hours now and I must say I love your humoristic comments, you're great! I haven't watched every video that you have made (yet) but if you haven't done it already - please DO the video about bad things that caused really good things to happen.

[@ErikTCG]

I started watching you yesterday Joe, I've already learned so much and I absolutely love your content, it's interesting, hilarious, and educational, keep up the good stuff man!

[@pvic6959]

this is me but today. i have binged SOOO much omg

[@ErikTCG]

Forgot about this th anks for reminding me LOL

[@pvic6959]

@@ErikTCG youre welcome! :p

[@ohaider123]

"Sir Isaac Newton, the original APPLE GUY" Brilliant.

[@liquidminds]

Just that the Tree dropped his apple and he was the one who ended up spitting genius bars ;-)

[@angrydoggy9170]

Jon Linus That’s a shitload of utter nonsense you wrote there. I don’t think anything is correct in that.

[@joescott]

You can thank my editor Nick for that one.

[@july8xx]

@@angrydoggy9170 Sounds like flat earther word salad that contradicts itself.

[@PinataOblongata]

@Jon Linus I like how you've hitched your wagon to someone else's nonsense, because you're anti-authoritarian but can't think for yourself and think whatever you've read makes some sort of sense because it sounds like it's uncovering a conspiracy by the mainstream, and everyone knows the mainstream is just brainwashing the sheeples, right? I'm not even going to read your dribble, because it's obviously anti-science, not in that it doesn't toe some imaginary "mainstream" line, but because you don't actually care about evidence, don't understand what constitutes evidence, don't know how either science or history work, and would rather just assume your conspiracy theories made up by other people are more likely to be true, regardless of having no evidence in the face of the mountains of evidence in the literature. I mean, no, actually I don't like that at all. You're an utter lunatic an there;s nothing sane in your posts to debate, might as well be debating with someone who thinks the moon /obviously/ is made of cheese and the mole people are keeping it quiet. Too ridiculous to waste time on, even in a KZbin comment thread.

[@user-zf3iq5qh1y]

*Top egg speed : 0 mph* 😂😂😂

[@happybuddhabear1155]

Just recently came across this channel. I'm in love with Joe and the channel. Love the humor. Love all the various topics and the way it is presented.

[@artbyeliza8670]

Watched this when it first came out, coming back now to let you know that some Australian species of birds and snakes have worked out how to safely eat cane toads! Ain't nature amazing? ;)

[@charles2521]

The biggest invasive species of all time is something that starts with AN and ends with GLOS. But like all parasites, they hide their identity to camouflage themselves in the host. HEY, NSA, I'M TOTALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ANGLOS OK? THAT SPECIES DOESN'T EVEN EXIST, THERE'S ONLY “WESTERN ETHNICITY”. PLEASE DON'T CENSOR ME.

[@ding1466]

"Another invasive species might help" I've seen this episode.

[@houselightkell]

*Thanos impression* I used the invasive species to destroy the invasive species

[@iced-imran1247]

*WILD KRATTS*

[@ironcito1101]

Simpsons already did it

[@krystal4378]

Hopefully the bug only attacks the kudzu

[@melonhusk6642]

I used humans TO ELIMINATE ALL INVASIVE SPECIES

[@quincyhutchison3546]

I'll be honest,I was kind of expecting a video on pandemics, "we'll see"

[@mischaminxx]

Apparently KZbin is striking videos that mention coronavirus. Or so I've been hearing.

[@taylorrhouser]

quincy hutchison knowing him he’s probably just trying to do as much research as possible to be accurate with what he shares. I’m sure it’s coming

[@yarek-karey6902]

KZbin sticking its head in the sand? Nah.

[@Bacopa68]

Joe's old video on plagues in just to the right of this comment on my recommendations list.

[@joesterling4299]

@@mischaminxx Yes, but it's based on some algorithm picking up the mention of the word. There are creative ways to talk about it without calling it by name. My favorite so far is Steve Burke's (Gamers Nexus) "human malware".

[@petergambier]

Great topic thanks Joe. I was born in the UK in 1959 and my mum had been told that thalidomide would really help her anxiety and pain, nearly every doctor and nurse and her peers told her to, including her mother-in-law were trying to get her to have it. Luckily for me, my brother and sister she never touched the stuff and left it well alone. She also stopped giving me food with any additives and preservatives because she saw what an annoying, hyperactive little shit I became. Growing up I'm from a military family we moved around a lot and I was a real dunce in school, always playing the class idiot but liked doing physical stuff, working with my hands and making things. In fact by the age of 5 you can usually tell if a child will be an academic or be good with their hands. It saves a lot of heart-ache and wasted time forcing children to do what they don't want to. I was sent to 12 different schools as a kid, 5 of them were boarding schools and I was first sent to one aged 8. In the 80's I was still using leaded fuel in the UK and can remember the clouds of vehicle exhaust fumes that the population inhaled on the street. I live and work in the countryside doing lime putty mortar and plaster work. In my 20's I worked on dairy and arable farms and my last farm job I was a cheese-maker, the farm made prize winning, proper, fine tasting cheddar cheese wrapped in lard soaked, muslin cloth. 5,000 gallons of local milk produced 40, 70lb rounds of cheddar cheese. I also worked with chemical sheep-dip and an organo-phosphate chemical used to kill the warble-fly larvae that appeared as lumps on a cows back. The fly lays eggs in the grass which a cows hoof brushes past and the eggs stick to the hair and turn into maggots which then burrow up under the skin from the foot to come out through the skin on it's back. Just like popping zits these were amazing, you put your thumb either side and give a sharp squeeze and there's a loud 'pop' and a maggot the size of my thumb bursts out in a spray of whitey-yellow puss, disgusting but fascinating at the same time. Interesting story of how and why Kudzu and the kudzu bug got to the US. It's an edible plant from the pea family and gives soil more nitrogen, used in clothing and paper it's also great for basket making. In traditional Chinese medicine kudzu was used for treating fever, headache and diarrhoea. Many invasive species do well and thrive just like the cane toads migrating west along the US and Australia. Florida has just approved a program to release 750 million GM mosquitoes into the Florida Keys , lets see what happens there. We mess with nature at our peril.

[@langolier9]

Oh my gosh I read about this story in my research on happiness and then I put it in the book I’m working on and it took many many more months for me to realize how much this applies to my own life and I just discovered your channel recently I am so so so proud of you

[@mollydooker9636]

Very similar to the Croesus quote by Herodotus “Count no man happy until the end is known” ... enjoyed this thanks.

[@wisperingiron3646]

I'm fairly sure that cane toads are poisonous and not venomous.

[@Baysidemom2]

genuinely curious what is the difference? is venom not just a form of poison?

[@wisperingiron3646]

@@Baysidemom2 Basically if it bites you and you die, it's venomous. If you bite it and you die it's poisonous. If you you aren't a native English speaker, it may seem like a quirk of the language, but toxic compounds are distinguished by whether it's injected or ingested.

[@willembester4969]

@@Baysidemom2 a poison is any form of adversely-affecting chemical that is administered orally (cyanide). A venom is any form of adversely-affecting chemical that is administered in any other way( snake venom).

[@mgx9383]

@@willembester4969 What is mustard gas then? Or just plain smoke? Serious question.

[@Baysidemom2]

I don't know how I made it to 30 and didn't know this thanks for the lesson!

[@spoiledgrl55]

You are very, very interesting and you do it all with a great sense of humor and sympathy.

[@LunaWxlf]

About the Thalidomide: I am studying Chemistry in Austria and in every lecture we have about drug testing and approval, as well as every lecture about stereochemistry (which way of the symmetry the molecule faces was the problem with thalidomide) we get told the story to always remind us what big influence such small differences can have.

[@Icriedtoday]

My dad used to have “snowball fights” with asbestos in a shipyard. He’d come home covered in the stuff. He later died of respiratory failure. . . at age 92.

[@jwenting]

yup, white asbestos is harmless. At least as far as that it doesn't cause asbestosis.

[@grimcat27]

Some people get lucky. I wonder how all his shipyard buddies faired.

[@allhumansarejusthuman.5776]

@@jwenting beat me to it. White asbestos did not fracture off into tiny bits of dust although asbestos is natural and tends to be contaminated with other forms

[@squirlmy]

I lived in a house with asbestos shingles. I've done a fair bit of house painting in my time, and nothing soaked up paint so evenly and beautifully as that asbestos.

[@Famous_Mist]

And your point is?...

[@Kknifepo1nt]

"Yey invasive species!" "I'm sure nothing will happen to them" "We'll see"

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

you can order those seeds online :D we'll see ...

[@meganrowlands98]

Me binge watching all your videos for some good feels during emotional times, but when you get to those little bits, the sentimental bits with that sentimental expression, I may as well be watching the Lloyd's adverts because I am BAWLING But genuinely thank you to you and a bunch of other educational youtubers for keeping me relatively sane at the moment Edit: I realise I commented that I'm watching these videos for good feels on a video about things going horribly wrong. Education feels good, I mean

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

This channel is so deeply under-rated. Joe actually deserves at least, At least 10 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!

[@Marc83Aus]

"Oh Joe has a new video out, should i watch it?" *open in new tab* "We'll see"

[@Knapweed]

Kipling put it more succinctly in his brilliant poem, "If': "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same..."

[@Mamamel81]

1:49 the Answer, to life and everything in it. Thanks Scott! ❣️🎉

[@danielnunn9438]

My favorite of the three wisemen maybe. Watching all the videos from the before time now. Keep up the great work Joe! And please never sell out.

[@aezldren]

Joe: “WW1 wasn’t all that bad. Women got the vote.” Farmer: “We’ll see...”

[@wschnitzler]

Jess S well played 🤣

[@Paul-ou1rx]

We've seen.

[@ESL-O.G.]

Hahahaha

[@jordansmith4040]

Yeah, it isn't as if the harsh treatment of the defeated by the victorious powers resulted in the spread of dangerous nationalists and consequently another, even bigger, war.

[@veralenora4033]

Woodrow Wilson, then President, actually made a deal with Alice Paul leader of the National Womern's Party, to support votes for women if the NWP would support U.S. entry into W.W.I Previously most suffragette groups were fervently opposed to the U.S. becoming involved in "the European War."

[@EduardoRodriguezCalzado]

"and sometimes you wake up at 4 in the morning stuck in a park slide covered in jam" will be my new bad decision example from now on

[@dakotadad8835]

I predict this channel will have a million subs by 2021, and first video in 2021 Joe will make a video about a moon base and when it’s expected to be complete

[@stevenkramer6217]

Got the first one right at least. I mean, it’s February so I’m not sure when he hit 1m...

[@melissadwiggins]

When you said "cane toad; Australian for plauge!", I almost spit cereal everywhere. 😂🤣😂

[@andrewgrc20]

New millennial comeback to boomers: “OK Lead Huffer”

[@Look_Upon_The_Heart]

Been saying this for years lol

[@funghazi]

You joke but it's considered a possible cause of the postwar crime boom, explosion of drug abuse, profligacy, sociopathy, basically everything that makes boomers boomers.

[@Look_Upon_The_Heart]

@@funghazi okay connie

[@magebox]

@@funghazi because the "postwar" in postwar crime boom isn't self explanatory

[@funghazi]

​@@magebox I'm referring to the crime wave of the 60s-90s, the prime boomer years, then the crime drop from the mid-90s to now. Through no fault of their own, the boomers ingested a ton of lead, and it likely caused a lot of neurological effects that impaired judgement and impulse control.

[@billdecat855]

Fun Fact: Asbestos, Quebec is only recently looking at changing it's name.

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

"we'll see" - A Quebeqouis Farmer says...

[@billdecat855]

@@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401 "Nous verron", a declarer le fermier Quebecois.

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

@@billdecat855 tres bien! Merci! mon amis

[@moorerm187]

I love this dudes facial expressions and inflection he uses. Dude is an an actor. I could watch his videos all day.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

The danger of Asbestos is way overblown. It’s almost treated like it’s radioactive. You have to disturb it, make it airborne, and breathe in the particles. Not only that, but even for those who worked in Asbestos Mines the onset of Mesothelioma is on average 40 years of exposure

[@erika002]

Finally something to watch! Total Lockdown from where I am, the whole island, my country's President just declared no going out no matter what. Hope everyone's safe out there. (I'm from a municipal town just a mile near the National Capital Region, Luzon Island, Philippines)

[@marccolten9801]

Maybe Cane Toads would help.

[@erika002]

@@marccolten9801 nah let's keep it in Australia

[@erika002]

@@brianschindler7955 no worries, I'm a professional isolationist. Good luck to us.

[@joescott]

Such weird times. Take care.

[@ckom0007]

Joe, you’ve just about reached your ‘standing on the porch yelling at kids to get off your lawn phase!’ Welcome to the club!

[@andrewedis9907]

I've tried to verbalize how my mind works and the intro to this video is the best example I've heard so far.

[@lizpimentel2566]

Asbestos is what gave my grandpa mesothelioma and he died before I was born. He was a construction worker and spent his whole life working only to die before retirement. Not sure how it still isn't banned at this point

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I love these stories, they’re always interesting

[@abdlhmdx]

We’ll see..

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

Bruh

[@renchesandsords]

"those who do not know history are bound to repeat it" Humanity's obsession with importing invasive species: Hold my cane stalks

[@KarryKarryKarry]

RenchesAndSords The Original invasive species in Australia is rats. Why are rats bad? Plague. They brought rats to the continent aboard ships. So people looked to introducing a natural predator; The common house cat. But of course cats like to hunt everything, so now entire native bird species (multiple) are on the brink of extinction because pets and wildcats hunt them. And we can’t blame lead in the fuel for that one. People are dumb.

[@marccolten9801]

Sadly, the same is true of 10th grade Algebra.

[@rallekralle11]

*cries in giant hogweed, skunk cabbage and signal crayfish

[@pippetandpossum]

@@KarryKarryKarry Feral cats and invasive bullfrogs are the main predator for the San Francisco Garter Snake, one of the most endangered species in the US. (Humane) DEATH TO ALL FERAL CATS. Stop feeding them assholes

[@wschnitzler]

mikkel thybo so the actual original invasive species were the Europeans building those ships

[@elisabethsyou]

i really like your soundfile at the beginning!! i remebererd it lately, but without the connection to your channel. now i remembered, and i think it terrific!

[@colemarie9262]

I love anything from our vast history of unintended consequences. Just really interesting and occasionally hilarious.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

#6: Joe's Aussie accent. Or maybe not. We'll See.

[@StanleyOrchard]

Man Joe the timing could not be more perfect for you to do a video about five tragedies that had positive outcomes! I would love to see that video!

[@keithhunter5882]

Hay Joe Aloha from Maui! I just want too say I love your show and especially your querky humor 😜 Keep up the good informative and entertaining info!! Aloha!

[@mattgalloway7786]

Great video bro! Love your information !

[@Orlor]

I remember when I was a kid that my father when he was working in the garage would have a sheet of asbestos to protect something from his butane torch. The more we know...

[@IamCoalfoot]

My mom's detached garage is paneled almost fully in asbestos sheets. It's actually fairly durable, and if a bit chips off it's outside so not going to hurt anyone. It's also not allowed to be taken down without a full EPA crew and one of those vacuum-filtered tents over it, because once you move it, it starts breaking up and that's when the fibers get airborn. So it stays there, still made of asbestos.

[@l.z.5653]

Because our house is pretty old an entire wall is covered in aspetos plates from the outside. We wanted to remove them, but it would be very expensive, because of the the danger of it getting into the air. Especially since we live near a primary school.

[@0neBadMonkey]

Yet again Mr Scott you completely forget about the tragic events of the sleepy American town of Kingston Falls. For those unfamiliar, there was an introduction of a seemingly harmless asexual family pet in December 1984, which, ultimately led to the unforeseen and deadly consequences of the animal over breeding, mutating and killing half of the town's residents. Tragic events indeed!

[@MultiTwister1998]

The roof of my highschool was made of asbestos, one classroom in special was insulated with it so much that one of the teacher whos classroom it was now was listing how many other teachers before him died of cancer, he listed around 30 people. They fixed it by changing the roof only a few years ago.

[@PsychoSavager289]

7:58 "Nailed it" Er... MTBE actually stands for Methyl tert-Butyl Ether. I'm a chemist and I've used this stuff a fair bit. The chemical name you gave doesn't and couldn't exist.

[@danwylie-sears1134]

This.

[@thatscrazy4real]

I love this channel. I love how you introduce something at the beginning of your presentation and then hit it at the end. I think your good at what you do. Keep it up

[@racerj2.03]

You know that what I find interesting is the fact that I keep running into subjects on KZbin that are presented as history that I lived through. As I am reminded of those events, I begin to remember how it was to live through them and to what degree each event in question affected my life and indeed to reflect upon the efect each had on society. I have become much more conscious of those memories it the recent month. Just Saying.

[@davidmacphee3549]

Joe, you and your team make such top notch videos so consistently. You will always be my number 1. Just thinking though. These are all highly informative, very entertaining and educational. At this time, you have 961K Subs. By now, I thought you would cruise to over 1 Meg. I think us fans should make our friends more aware of you. They had all this time on their hands the last few months and if not aware of you, missed out on a huge educational opportunity but what goes on the web, stays on the web, right? They still have time. Spread the word people!

[@nathanielacton3768]

As an Australian I suggest we solve the Cane toad problem by importing the natural predators and releasing them in to the wild. We have to restore the balance to this delicate environment.

[@alice5515]

I’ve just signed up for Patreon specifically to support this channel. Thankyou Joe. Your vids get me through meal cooking, showers...all the cool stuff. I was more than happy to give what I can and show my appreciation for the time and effort of such a nice human.👌🏻....and as an Australian, the cane toads are next level pests. I still blame Bart Simpson for it

[@bbd121]

I have a great idea; Why don't I call the police to unlock my door when I'm locked out. Why don't I ship rabbits to Australia so I have something to hunt for fun. Why don't I join Ashley Madison. Nobody can ever crack their security. Why don't I buy perishables like toilet paper or Popeyes Chicken sandwiches and selling them for twice the price. Why don't I break into a police station? Why don't I hug random people who I don't know? Why don't I invade Russia in the winter? Why don't I post unwanted jokes on Joe's KZbin video in an attempt to distract myself from the meaninglessness of life? Nothing can ever go wrong.

[@brendabenjamin155]

It's food for thought, thanks Joe Scott... simply cool

[@gregbalster522]

I love this story . So applicable / Prophetic to these days : We'll see. Thanks Joe !

[@sciencepuptheamericanjoe5812]

*Story #5: Asbestos!* Me, sitting in a room with popcorn ceiling: 👀👌🏻

[@massimookissed1023]

So long as it stays on the ceiling, you're fine.

[@sciencepuptheamericanjoe5812]

Massimo O'Kissed Of course. I just think it’s funny.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Popcorn ceiling is Satan's spawn

[@robw2379]

MTBE is Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (not Ethyl as stated in the video). -Some Chemistry Nerd.

[@amandalorien]

You're great Joe!!!!! Watching from Brazil :)

[@Adam-qs5ir]

Wow, that first story was so so sad. Also, I remember leaded and unleaded at gas stations. I remember some cars 'required' leaded fuel. I'm sure that wasn't the case much like requiring ultra unleaded in some cars in recent memory.

[@KeithNeilson]

"Sensitive dependence on initial conditions" Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park. 🤣

[@SirCharles12357]

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

[@greanstreak04]

And cane toads...

[@hyshade5132]

Does that mean the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions? I've been doing it wrong this whole time. . .

[@larrykriegshauser4358]

I write jokes and you, sir, are hiLARRYous as we say. Great stuff! Love it when you bring yourself into the humor. ...covered in jam. Great stuff!

[@geoffstockton]

You said 1998 when the text read 1989 on the partial asbestos ban. Caught'cha slippin' fool! Much love. Your channel is one of the greats.

[@GoneFeralWithSquidly]

When you said “kudzu”, I busted out laughing. I live in Alabama.

[@GoneFeralWithSquidly]

Your bigotry is showing.

[@abdlhmdx]

Sweet home alabama?

[@Jdowling357]

Ah the kudzu covered hills of Leeds AL

[@CryBlueofZ]

@Samurai nuts we don't marry our siblings

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

I live in North Carolina w/ family in Georgia and I didn't even laugh, I just sighed sadly

[@Duck-zj3wq]

I just found this channel and I am hooked , you know I’m going to binge this Well done on a great channel 👍🌸💖

[@TimD86]

So good 👍🤓 Knew about the lead problem but not about the follow-up MTBE so thanks for including that 😁

[@terablespeler]

I know this is an “educational video” but your comedy and comedy TIMING is sublime 👌🏻