Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron

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[@nukeflower.1759]

I love how this version of mrs.frizzle tries to scare adam but he pulls a reverse card on her

[@Zycrian]

Same

[@HonorJanas]

You could say he ruined the show.

[@schwoop5699]

He could've just said the Vikings got there first and we would've been done. I like how people are still replying to this

[@victorantonsndergaardkofod8419]

Yes

[@muskatDR]

And without genocide

[@tristantaddeo8434]

Adam: actually

[@toddkubela2657]

Well they didn’t put it on a map

[@lopez4311]

Nah because Adam wont try sound a like totally genius but reality he's an idiot

[@doodlesville9136]

His ships were filled with child labor, all of them got sick immediately and Columbus continued despite his entire crew’s wishes.

[@onemorerep6597]

Something tells me Adam was the kid in school that everyone hated and reminded the teacher when she forgot to assign homework.

[@seerserric]

And pointed out when the teacher was wrong, always had his hand up, and ruined EVERYTHING.

[@Mich-jk2ze]

@@seerserric definitely the kind of guy to pickup his wife’s gf and bring him over for dinner.

[@seerserric]

@Mich107 I don't have enough brain cells to process what you just said

[@Mich-jk2ze]

@@seerserric then you don’t understand a meme

[@seerserric]

@Mich107 Likely, Cause I live under a rock lol

[@brennanelson4293]

I genuinely thought that all of this was common knowledge.

[@Reids0me]

It is, idk why he made this video.

[@bread3050]

Read the comments, a surprising amount of people are retarded.

[@desisarod]

the video is WRONG on so many levels

[@redstormfighter4863]

Desirée Rodríguez Please explain in more detail about why this video is wrong?

[@spooky_accordion7676]

Some people cant handle the truth. No joke intended, as that would be cringey.

[@Coolsomeone234]

2:32 so apparently Canada doesn't exist

[@LoverOfStuff]

Someone 234 As a Canadian, I can confirm that’s how I feel every time I look at the internet

[@CatVomitX0]

I thought Canada was a mythical land made up by people who wish for free healthcare

[@michaelwatts5481]

But Leif Erickson went to Vineland first.

[@heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281]

Wait people think canada exists??? I thougt I was stupid, but i guess not

[@TheFINNHERO]

What's a "Canada"?

[@CindyDijkema]

Teacher: Christo- Adam: Bing bong that story was wrong!

[@rnaodmsomething]

Hippity Hoppity your lesson is now my property

[@6juggalo6balls6]

Kian macatuno true

[@mantokaspiri5405]

Some of the natives of the Caribbean were canibals and we don't want to talk about the Aztecs to the Northwest

[@slevinchannel7589]

Yeah, ok, i get what he says at the end of the video but the Question remains: WHY IS THIS NOT TAUGHT AT SCHOOL LIKE IN THIS VIDEO?!?! Same for much other stuff on this Channel!!! Heck, this is important stuff to know.

[@reentrysfs6317]

First most deaths were related to disease witch Columbus had no control over

[@just_a_mollusk]

Adam: The Taino didn’t have any gold! Animators: *”lets draw them with gold jewelry”*

[@beanmann000]

There are yellow-colored metals that aren’t gold, though.

[@kaiumeda3690]

Those piercings weren’t gold you moron

[@themanwhosucksatgames3078]

Well the Taino where all half to full naked so.....

[@notpukicho2950]

@@beanmann000 like what?

[@beanmann000]

@@notpukicho2950 Bronze

[@wuznab5109]

A C T U A L L Y When people say Americas they don’t mean the US. The continents are both named America (north/south) therefore he did step foot on America.

[@Liam_xxii]

WuzNab I know I hate when people say he didn’t go to America. Edit- changed “discover” to “go to” cause I forgot he died thinking he found India

[@henryvanh9961]

@@Liam_xxii He didnt. Lief Eriksen did. The difference being Colombus had far more influence.

[@aellalee4767]

Thalmor Wizard um then what about the people from Eastern Asia who came to the Americas 30,000yrs ago? Leif Ericson was one of the first Europeans to set foot in the Americas, but I'm pretty sure the First Nations people kinda discovered the Americas first.

[@justinmccurdy9319]

@@henryvanh9961 You are correct. However, that knowledge had been passed off as myth and was largely forgotten by Columbus's time.

[@FastForwardPlans]

He never got past the Caribbean islands, in fact he was completely unaware of the continent he would have found if he sailed a little further. As the Caribbean islands are not part of the American continent, he never discovered, found after, or any other technicality to do with that landmass. Or at least that is the mindset Adam is taking, as I am pretty sure he only fumbled on the usa thing. In reality he did land in north America, hanging around for a few weeks, and later central America where he hung around for about 4 months trying to find a way west.

[@jeramahia123]

And when he got back his Queen was so appalled by his treatment of the natives that she threw him in jail.

[@zyaicob]

jeramahia123 actually they threw Chris in jail because he failed to get enough riches for the crown, but i suppose that could be a reason too.

[@kaya-1094]

The way I learned it he got thrown in jail mainly because of the way he managed the colony, particularly the handful of noblemen who had come along with him. The lackey returns in terms of wealth didn't help him either though.

[@zyaicob]

@@jeffreybernstein3628 he was a representative of the Spanish Crown. What he did was a reflection of the throne of Spain

[@LuizRanieri.]

He didn't set foot on america because he didn't stepped in USA? WHAT ABOUT AMERICA, THE CONTINENT?

[@funlilyplays9100]

He set foot on South America

[@matheuscardoso7266]

Wtf, Cuba, Haiti and all those countries are in Central America. He did set foot on America, in the continent. USA is not America. Just stop it. Your country isn't the totality of the world or the continent. Open your eyes

[@irondolphin9387]

Matheus Cardoso I think he is agreeing with you.

[@Veronicz]

Well, he said America in reference to the country, not the continent. And I think you have to say "Americas" in order to be referring to the continent.

[@marlonguttormsen4416]

@@Veronicz No... Saying the 'Americas' is something the USA started so that they could call themselves America. But if you google 'all continents' youll see that America is listed as a continent, not the americas.

[@ImmrtlPhnx]

3:31 “what is gold?” While he’s wearing a gold necklace

[@RepublicOfIraq]

It's probably a yellow ore

[@joshuawall646]

A lot natives had gold but that used it for decoration/jewelry or for religious idols it just they didn’t use it for coin since they trade in goods.

[@Test-ht5hj]

They prob didn’t name it gold...or that was a necklace made from bones of animals (since native Americans don’t like to waste) that turned slightly yellow

[@webpombo7765]

@@aidenthesnork3055 Either bronze, or the tribes just used gold for jewels and religious stuff, and since it _used_ to be extremely plentiful, they didn't see value in it

[@anayamundamattam1303]

The Taino probably didn't call it gold. Or they didn't really know what it was

[@tpaytas4004]

Columbus: *Hi is this the krusty krab?* World: *No this is Haiti*

[@sethdotson8186]

Welp I'll just enslave your people

[@kingzahak2759]

If you want an counterargument to this video look at knowing better's video "Columbus, an exaggerated evil"

[@memeswithcringe1624]

I agree, Columbus isn’t as bad as they portrayed him to be. But I still think that he doesn’t really deserve his own day...

[@alexceous]

Hi is this America? No this is Hati.

[@Parisroam]

ANDTHEYDON’TSTOPCOMING ANDTHEYDON’TSTOPCOMING forgot about the rape

[@mauriciovillegas7285]

America is a continental landmass, USA is a country

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

And was named after the guy that mapped it, Amerigo Vespucci.

[@geraldbodden6791]

Most of the world knows this, but in the USA they refuse to see it, funny if you think about the MAGA folks, reminds me a bit of what they do with football (soccer...)

[@tam7254]

And you are a continental nerd

[@mistakedrake]

Gerald Bodden bold of you to assume all of us who live in the US are the same

[@DahianaG]

I was looking for this comment :/

[@gamerplaynintendofan3469]

My teacher ruined it before I could

[@yourlocalfemboy4470]

italian guy: we know a guy that knows a guy that discovered american and is italian captions: we know a guy that knows a guy that discovered america and visit aliens

[@joko49perez]

Thanks for this. As a Dominican it's really annoying to hear all those lies being spewed by foreign people.

[@isabellafelix8718]

joko49perez I feel you.

[@skyguy1236]

Yeah I don't know why they teach us this stuff in America

[@RicochetForce]

Because it's pure propaganda. It's another myth in service of inflating Europeans' self-image and hiding grievous incompetence and failure.

[@ftferlo8868]

Bro if Europeans didnt get to america the natives would still be making hundreds of sacrifices atop their pyramids and the phones you guys are typing this bs wouldn't have been invented

[@joko49perez]

@@ftferlo8868 that's really dumb

[@crypticant3964]

Columbus wasn't the first European to discover the america's either. Leif Erikson arrived in what is now Canada in 1000 A.D

[@samuelfelty]

Yeah, but all he did was make a settlement and stay there for while, and then leave. They didn't really have much impact OnAmerica. Although, Columbus was the first to start colonizing the continent and make it known to the world that it existed. EDIT:My bad, amerigo vespucci was the one to make it known to the world. Columbus was the first to have a major impact on the continent, though.

[@gfggism]

And the Vikings also found it before Columbus as well.

[@manuelcampi8956]

Who cares. They didn't recognize it as a new land aka Columbus was the first

[@nanyingli4089]

@@samuelfelty no, it wasn't until amerigo vespucci went to the americas and discovered it was a different land. That's why it is called north and south america. Both named in honor of amerigo vespucci. All columbus did was guide the way by killing a bunch of ppl for stuff like turkeys, pineapples, and hammocks,

[@pixelpudding3914]

“HAPPY LEAF ERIKSON DAY”-Spongebob

[@frankofam1069]

5:00 So funny lol "This is NYC! We hate pizza, and always will hate it"

[@jassimmannai9459]

Francesco Armetta at least they can feed turtles.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Pizza with tomato is Spanish Pizza.. Spanish Explorers put tomato originally FROM MEXICO on Greek Cheese Pitza Pies (what you call Pizza) when they conquered Mexico around year 1520.. , making it a Spanish Food, not Italian as you are lied to everyday. And Pizza (Greek Pitza pie) is old as Grecia (Greek). Its just a wheat pie with cheese and oil on top. That is Not Italian either. Italians crooks as they like to be, changed the name from Greek Pitza- to "Pizza". Italians have been fooling you, suckers..

[@umbumb715]

@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC actually no. yes, tomato comes from america but it wasn't the tomato we know now. it was a yellow berry. that's why in italy tomatoes are called "pomodoro" wich means gold apple. The tomato we know now was crossed with other plants in the region of campania (in the agro nocerino) and only then it was a red berry with sweet falvor. Then the napolitan created the first pizza by using the pitsa (a baked bread that was etruscan), mozzarella (the tipical italian cheese) and the tomato sauce.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@umbumb715 Bullshittt.. In 1554 an Italian herbalist talks about a red tomato variety the Spanish brought to Napoli. Napoli was controlled by The Borgias Family of Spain. You are Columbusing (Claiming you discovered something discovered by others before).. -- Liar...

[@umbumb715]

​@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC They describe a green yellow fruit brought by the spanish and they even thought that was a special tipe of eggplant. the first mention of a red tomato was in the book written by the medic Pietro Andrea Mattioli in his book "commento a Dioscoride" in 1574. By the way i'm not saying that spanish didn't discovered tomatoes. that was a really great spanish discovery brought to europe by cortez and italy would not be the same without it. I'm just saying that italians modified it a little so that the fruit can have that bright red color. And they didn't even do that because they wanted to eat it. until 1280 everyone in italy tought that tomatoes where toxic and the plants where used only for aesthetics. Tomatoes where ornamental plant. italians made them red only because they wanted them to be cuter.

[@spacegay9309]

"He never set foot at the US" and....? Cuba is in America. Also, I think you kinda overlooked the genocide and rape part

[@ronswanson9324]

Well he included the genocide but skipped all the rapes

[@Leonardo-G]

@@ronswanson9324 wanna keep that TV-14 rating!

[@someone-pp6io]

Actually, the supposed genocide was because of unintentional bw. The settlers brought diseases like measles and chickenpox that killed the natives without knowing it. Oh, and rape was actually forbidden under the law.

[@miguelangelmartinezcasado8935]

@@someone-pp6io unintentional... well no. I mean, in that times conquering terrain and murdering was normal. As they didn't found gold, they came back with slaves to give them to que queen of Spain. It's true that most of the death were because the plagues, but, it wasnt unintentional all the murdering, it was just the normal thing to do back then

[@stormichow5325]

Cuba isn't a part of the U.S.

[@ripper2045]

"Our people will get more from the idea he represented than from the jelly bean he actually was." - Rick and Morty writers

[@Ian-bf4yk]

Ripper haha so true

[@itsnicole11]

I love rick and morty

[@gorditorene]

This is better than the Netflix version of the magic School bus

[@rohansan6940]

Rene G so true. The netflix magic school bus has cheesy animation, and the characters act like complete robots.

[@summeraidan5815]

R GG it is tho

[@shanefm02]

The real holiday should be for Amerigo Vespucci, the man who proved America wasn't Asia, and actually acted more like the romantic idea of what an adventurer should do

[@maogu1999]

shanefm02 I thought just the same thing.

[@rickysanders6487]

shanefm02 Not to mention he was also the man that America is literally named after.

[@judgec7588]

And didn't needlessly kill innocent people.

[@awesome10pickles32]

He was also the one who mapped a large majority of the east coast.

[@BellicIV]

Nah brah, native americans found america

[@mistea1413]

Our teachers: FINALLY I’m done teaching those children now I gotta relax on a July day... Adam: *you’re not done yet*

[@wintertime1607]

Better than the magic school bus Netflix reboot

[@TuckyBlue]

Yeah

[@mrmongraalairn141]

Better effort.

[@mrmongraalairn141]

Better animation

[@KatBambi]

Big Bang Review Pappa John

[@ReziahT]

I'm in Australia where Netflix charges twice as much and gives us half as many things to watch. What the heck is this? Magic school bus reboot? Why do I get a creepy "Veggie Tales" vibe from that?

[@thaothelazycat930]

Actually, Adam, there might be one fact in which you overlooked when it came to Columbus' occupation of Hispaniola: that diseases in which Columbus and his men brought exterminated the majority of the Taíno. Even with mass slaughter campaigns executed by swords, armor, and guns, it would be impossible for a smaller group of men to exterminate thousands of indigenous people with that alone. More indirect yet equally lethal factors, especially disease-inflicting pathogens, would have contributed more to the Taínos' extinction than sheer violence alone. Simply put, the Taíno lived in a rather isolated society when livestock bore negligible presence. Animals can carry diseases that evolve to infect humans as well, but through exposure to such diseases, humans can develop immunity. The Taíno were never exposed to such prerequisite conditions nor diseases and thus did not evolve to acquire such immunity against diseases from Columbus' homeland. Columbus lived in an area that traditionally cultivated livestock as a food and fiber source. His people bore the uses as well as the diseases from those animals. Several diseases ravaged those people, yet some managed to survive and develop biological resistance. Compared to the Taíno, Columbus' party had a pathological advantage. When a people not previously exposed to a certain disease for a long enough period of time to acquire immunity becomes afflicted with it, they die. It is noted that 90% of the Taíno died from smallpox by 1548, although killings, enslavement, and rape did constitute another 10% of the brutality. Professor Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel" can indubitably confirm this.

[@Sarah-yd9gt]

Columbus was not in charge for very long on the ground in Hispaniola. Excluding the Spanish themselves, Columbus was responsible for the deaths of a few thousand natives and mostly through trying to enslave them but having them die of diseases on the way back to Europe. The Spanish crews and settlers hated the Italian Columbus. They tried to mutiny on the first voyage and gave him continuous problems until they drove him away. First voyage, Columbus was only in the Carribean from late October 1492 until mid January 1493. The men Columbus left behind after his first voyage died and their settlement burnt to the ground. The only time Columbus was in charge on the ground in Hispaniola was during his second visit. Columbus returned to the Americas from November 3, 1493 until March 10, 1496. By the end of 1494, two-thirds of the Spanish settlers were dead and the settlement was in chaos. In late 1494, the Spanish monarchs were told there was no gold. Most of the rest of the time Columbus was sick. Columbus was not in charge in Hispaniola during his third or fourth trips. On August 19, 1498 (third voyage), Columbus arrived back in Hispaniola only to find the remaining settlers were in rebellion. He was taken back to Spain in chains. The chains were at his request. He was put on trial, his governorship was revoked, and he was thrown in jail. He made sure to wear clothing to show off the scars made by the chains. He went on a fourth voyage. The king and queen had forbidden him from even visiting Hispaniola, but Columbus went there anyway because he had been stuck in Jamaica for a year. The current governor of the Spanish colony tried unsuccessfully to get the natives to kill Columbus and then fought Columbus himself. The brutalities of the Spanish colonies in the Americas were due to subsequent lesser-known governors. Columbus, a guy in charge for a bit and then thrown in jail, wasn't representative. A proper analysis would take a sampling of the later governors and discuss how they behaved towards the natives.

[@tm-mc]

I love how they didn't include Canada on the map.

[@soupshot9107]

Some Canadian Guy gimme all your frickin syrup!

[@PM-vs3rh]

Some Canadian Guy No Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua or any South American countries either.

[@stakeaphobicz498]

Canadian Superior medical?!?!?!? LMFAOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL don't confuse availability for quality.

[@ajrosad1983]

Some Canadian Guy Well that's because Canada is not real, duh!

[@inda_kota]

they didn't need to, they were only talking about the Caribbean and The Americas

[@animefan25]

I know this is a parody of it, but I have to say RIP Joanna Cole, the author of "The Magic School Bus".

[@gravelroad1228]

Also, he wasn't even the first European to visit the Americas. The Vikings beat him by 500 years.

[@isabellafelix8718]

NationalismBG The vikings got to North America, Colombus got to South America or more exactly The caribbean

[@skyguy1236]

He wasn't the first European?

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

GoldenGames360 the Vikings made it to Canada way before Columbus was born

[@RicochetForce]

They found evidence of Vikings up in Newfoundland centuries before Columbus arrived in the New World.

[@omarabdelghany7248]

Isabella Felix ‘AMERICAS’

[@emmaniac6676]

also, vikings had already been to America several times before Colombus

[@Retrovorious]

EMMANIAC, what about the native Americans

[@ilovekittieification]

EMMANIAC Yeah but they didn't discover it

[@kennymartin5976]

Supreme Disappointment Shin Sure they did, they did cross the land bridge thousands of years ago, that's when humans discovered North America.

[@videocian12345678910]

Just got to love how Vikings discovered what most people would consider the US and Canada, but kept poor records of where it was and everything like that. If I remember correctly it was basically like " hey I went to this one land mass over to the west" and another Viking would be like " okay, cool story" and left it at that.

[@emmaniac6676]

That's not what I'm implying? I'm just saying that lots of people had travelled to the Americas long before him. I don't think you could even "discover" America, as it was already populated.

[@Wencater]

When people say "Christopher Colombus discovered america" i think they mean the continent of the Americas, not the united stated of America.

[@pol...]

Yes, I thought this was common knowledge. I thought most of the video was common knowledge. That Columbus reached parts of Central America, thought that he had reached India and also slaughtered a lot of people is common knowledge in Spain.

[@alleycatgillis1964]

TØMAS well, it is still false ni matter what you or people mean.....ya know

[@bleachproductions2568]

my teacher never said colombus discovered america instead somebody else

[@nickn2794]

Actually he believed he was in India, the "real discoverer" was Amerigo Vespucci, that discovered Columbus reached two new continents. So they named the contintents Americas after him. Yeah the vikings reached them first but they didn't stay there for long and didn't say to the world that they discovered new lands, probably they didn't even know where they were. Sincerely I don't understand why people don't praise Amerigo Vespucci (italian too) instead of Columbus. But probably cartographers are less cool than explorers. Anyway Columbus behaved like a man of his time, and at least catholics tried to convert slaves and native americans instead of just killing them because believed they were evil like calvinists did....

[@jacobgrimstad7423]

And Vikings were in Canada before

[@devilgamehow6856]

Teacher: disagrees with Adam most of the time Also teacher: *agrees with Adam

[@jagged1725]

Taino: what is gold? Also Taino: *wearing a gold necklace*

[@touruuu2752]

aidenthesnork shut up

[@haanaamonotonedmajintimepa8105]

admiralty brass

[@artemisfowldragon]

It wouldn’t have had the same value for them since they didn’t use a currency based system, likely used only for decoration due to its shininess, but also brass exists

[@palblue]

Fools gold?

[@sleepyexe644]

it could be brass you know

[@JaxBlade]

damn

[@mykenbarnes8782]

Lol same

[@alannahardrey2520]

Rotepter Same here 👋

[@TheCoolBacon]

lol never thought i'd see you here haha dragonball fan haha found you through quaaman

[@computervirus789]

Oh like ur vids

[@nightwolf8450]

JaxBlade woah jaxblade watches this......

[@fayrie905]

Also the vikings discovered America.

[@epiccollision]

BlueTwo they didn't tell anyone and didn't come back so? I'm sure the people that drove the Vikings out discovered it long before they did.

[@Josh-gp9up]

And Columbus and explorers of his time created a link to the New world and "discovered" America. Technically the natives were there first and some vikings have been there first but if it wasn't for Columbus then Europe and the Americas wouldn't have been connected

[@italianguy4195]

Josh Voelkner and natives would own there land and there wouldn't of been smallpox

[@Josh-gp9up]

italian guy and they would continue to live 1000 years in the past and wouldn't developed tools and technologies up to par with ones in England at the time for hundreds of years or if at all. And Europe would suffer too, without new land,crops and technologies and ideas the natives had.

[@saraevang884]

BlueTwo LEIF!!ERIKSSON!!

[@geraldwatts5492]

Really appreciate the in-video citations! I was a history minor but mostly focused on Europe and Russia, this is crazy new news for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisbelnavis2850]

well i learned all of this in history class but then again i was taught in jamaica

[@chrisbelnavis2850]

one of those countries he visited and enslaved and slaughtered indigenous people and founded one of the many islands that started the slave trade... the more you know

[@zyaicob]

And he landed in the Bahamas.

[@barrettmullins213]

Chris Bell hate to tell ya bro slave trading has been going on for awhile before Columbus

[@heartdragon2386]

Bananas14 maybe I'm just too old for that to be true, but most of this I didn't learn till after high school. And I'm from Ohio

[@bananas1443]

I believe it is now an Ohio standard could be wrong though

[@chinoschmino9108]

Adam was the kid in school who had glasses a mop hair buck teeth a weasily voice and snorts “Ackchually”

[@phobiahd9954]

It’s fucking true

[@nikhiljoshi2961]

And wore the same Mario shirt every day

[@ricya1982]

but was right most times. :D Take that, loser.

[@wockytalkie8352]

also me

[@deusexmachina101]

@@phobiahd9954 citation

[@davidsamolkin6199]

Haha haha magic school bus

[@hootenannyskeleton]

David Samolkin TAKE A RIDE ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS

[@gamewiz720]

SPANK A PLANKTON TOO

[@ren5332]

David Samolkin i

[@katherinebobadilla8025]

David Samolkin lol

[@amberluca1]

David Samolkin magic van

[@brunopereda9787]

Adam: Actually, he didn’t arrive in AMERICA, he arrived in america

[@tristanbeal261]

@Kian 2 And the new world has three parts, north america, central america and south america

[@ogarcia2672]

@@tristanbeal261 only in united states , on latin america america is one part from alaska to argentina. But as usual they like divide people.

[@tchuxferenczy8669]

@@ogarcia2672 I will add in Europe, America is also Alaska to Patagonia. Only in USA they think only they are America. The term America was in honor of Americio Vespucio or Americo Vespucci, who supposely first sight the coast of San Salvador. The new lands were called the New World at first but the term America started getting popular in Europe becouse of the writings of Vespucci about the travels and people started callin America to the New continent way before they even know north-america was there. No, Columbus never put a foot in USA but he really got to America (not saying discovering, the natives allready knew it and could be previous travels from vikings from europe). In USA they are so self absrob they don´t realize is a bigger orld out there.

[@tjpkuin4933]

Yes, the confusion of homonyms, Adam is talking about the US, not the Americas in this video. If you watch his show then you can see the stuff he talks about pertain only to the US, such as his videos on taxing and tipping. (Or like the ton of videos where he mentions companies bribing the US government)

[@tjpkuin4933]

@@tchuxferenczy8669 look at my previous comment lol, only people with sticks up there ass say things like "only Americans think everything is about their nation" on a video about America (USA)

[@lilplant2250]

Only in English is the U.S. "America". In Spanish it refers to the whole continent.

[@sup4744]

That's a common mistake U.S. citizens and even foreign people make.

[@20DollarGoldPiece]

Nadia Jones The rest of the world believes that the 2 continents are North & South America. Only South Americans believe that America is one big continent

[@dividebyfive]

in English America is a continent in American English it's a country

[@CaptainPIanet]

Pretty sure the whole of Europe also call people from the USA, Americans.

[@sinbadsolomon8508]

Actually, we also use America in Spanish to refer to the U.S. just as we use "Americanos" when talking about people from the U.S.

[@robertoneves8641]

Taino peeps: What is gold? Taino peeps: *wearing gold*

[@4203105]

Roberto Neves yeah the animation department wasn't on their a-game this episode.

[@collinleecrawford]

wait who discovered Europe in 600 bc i know for sure the natives of the americas did not have good enough ships to travel that far

[@TheoneandonlyDrops]

Not all that glitters is gold though. there are other alloys that look similar to gold. Bronze for example (which most civilisations learn of very early) looks similar, and at this level of detail in the animation, it would probably look the same.

[@lilac9346]

TheGhost What?

[@tnttiger3079]

Yeah, it was probs bronze or brass

[@iloper]

Don't forget Portugal didn't give him the money first and then the Spanish did

[@brunoss.3273]

Well, Portugal didn't gave him the money because we already had a route to India, by going around Africa. So his plan was basically useless to the portuguese.

[@КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф]

iloper he first tried to convince the British and the French.

[@pedrojoseocampo2333]

And so south america is also america. America contains such north, central and south america, it isn't only united states

[@seanss]

What is this magellan?

[@javierburgos7]

@@brunoss.3273 too bad for them in the end i guess

[@Chase14videos]

This whole video is predicated on the idea that Columbus made claims, THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE

[@iminavegetativestatestudio1730]

Well actually if you read his accounts and accounts from that time, most of the stuff in this video happened. The video is of course a bit exaggerated for comical relief, as are most of Adams videos. The thing about him thinking the earth is a pear seems really off. But the atrocities definitely happened. People that were good friends and even glorified Columbus said that he went to far. Columbus also described how his men would rape 9 year old girls.

[@ricya1982]

Chase, read a book, snowflake.

[@nocthemedic2951]

@@iminavegetativestatestudio1730 Columbus never said that he was the first person to say that the globe was around. That's pretty stupid. People have known the globe was around since ancient Egypt

[@jackcullen1074]

I'm In A Vegetative State Help me Barely any of it is really true. This video is a joke. Columbus thought the earth was a lot smaller than what scientists and other explorers thought it was. He brought barely any supplies and the pear is completely false. So he already knew the earth was round.

[@TakeUpYourCross]

Thank you!

[@jamesgiles6134]

"Never set foot in America ... non of the countries he set foot in were in the United States" Classic American, thinks America is a country, not two continents

[@DahianaG]

One... i think

[@jamesgiles6134]

@@DahianaG North and South

[@CheesecakeAndMatcha]

@@jamesgiles6134 it's just one

[@jamesgiles6134]

@@CheesecakeAndMatcha Just double checked for you, there are 7 continents and north and south are two separate continents

[@exurge-virus1944]

They meant North America/U.S.A, and didn't know what North And South America Was

[@RRW359]

While most of what he said is right, "never stepped foot in America" depends on what you consider America. In many countries, "America" means all of the New World. Also, the country obviously didn't exist at the time, but if he means that he never stepped foot on what would later be America, I'm pretty certain we owned Cuba at one point.

[@RRW359]

Who controlled it after we won the Spanish American war?

[@flash98449]

RRW he means america the country edition

[@RRW359]

flash 98449 He is supposed to be dispelling myths tought in schools and other educational institutions. I have NEVER heard anyone claim that Columbus discovered the US. I occasionally hear that he discovered America, but as I said, that doesn't always mean the same thing.

[@artsyfartsy6286]

He didn’t discover anything. All of those lands already occupied by the natives long before he set foot there.

[@RRW359]

Mark Venditti That's like saying the British in WW2 never discovered how to crack the Enigma because the Germans already knew how.

[@NankitaBR]

"Columbus never set foot in America" Actually, America is a CONTINENT, NOT A COUNTRY.

[@ThePaganSun]

EXACTLY!!!

[@CatBorgor]

Bianca Durante NO ITS NOT America is the USA the continents are North South and Central America

[@undercoverA1]

Maybe he meant that because you celebrate colombus day in USA, not where he stepped foot on, I mean maybe

[@themmefatale]

You know what he meant Caucasiana.

[@kiwuwuwu]

Yes, and the fact he said "America" refers to the continent since he included Canada at 2:32. People might have been confused because he didn't specify. He went to SOUTH America, but not North America.

[@natalieAJ-gn2hs]

"I knew I should have stayed home today..."

[@NewMessage]

So.. Christopher Columbus didn't discover America, find the fountain of youth, invent the metric system, prove that the earth is hollow and full of pot addicted mole men who hate us for our Frito's, married American flag maker Diana Ross, won the Civil War for the south, then fooled the north into THINKING they won, and eventually became the award winning writer and director of such cherished films as Gremlins, Home Alone, Jingle all the way, and of course, Gone with the wind? Damn these DeVos history textbook correction stickers!!!!

[@hellothere_1257]

No you are actually entirely correct. Columbus just eventually rewrote the history books to make him look like an idiot so no one would catch onto him.

[@jorgegodinezreyes]

America is the name of the whole continent not only of the United States.

[@G4LCTC]

Melody Clark not in English, it comes from poor, but deliberate, public schooling in the United States.

[@PhaseGamer]

theres south america and north america. separate continents, together they are called the americas. people in the united states are called americans, but in your country im sure you just call them the gringos

[@dy4058]

Melody Clark your fucking country's name is literally United States of America. Not "America" in english oh my god

[@guidomf]

PhaseGamer the term "gringo" differs in meanings, in my country it refers to a person with blonde hair. A person with white skin but dark brown or black hair won't be called gringo, even though this person is from the USA. We call people from the US, estadounidense not American (Americans)

[@QmanTheGamer]

deadpools Americas = Continent America = Country Shut up please.

[@-SUM1-]

I don't know why Americans are so fucking touchy about this subject. We get it, you want to have your history and cherish your colonial origins, but do you really have to throw a fit when anyone mentions the destruction and death it caused the indigenous Americans? Just move on and accept it already.

[@sadstonks9216]

SUM1 May I ask what country you are from so I can bash a common belief of yours and then say "accept it."

[@zach1262]

no one throws a fit, tf you talking about?

[@jgunner280]

Who is being touchy? Most people love regurgitating this "Actually, did you know this wasn't what you were told when you were eight!" thing, and 90% of the comments I'm seeing are "Well... yeah." or making tiny corrections like the difference between USA and America

[@user-wz9cf6kq7x]

Where you and I came from doesn't fucking matter. Bashing is one thing but stating fact is another. It doesn't fucking matter how common it is. Pretty sure everyone's ancestor was a rapist/murderer/thief along the line. The only reason you're offended is that because you can't separate the past from the present. You have nothing to do with past generations apart from that fact that you happen to be born under it. Their achievements, as well as their atrocities, have nothing to do with you because you didn't contribute shit either way. Don't be proud of where you're from and what irrelevant dead people have done for you, instead be proud of who you can become and what you can achieve yourself. Nationalism is stupid. 'Nuff said.

[@Blox117]

the death and destruction came from disease idiot. stop your SJW narrative

[@VMSage]

"Say hi Edward... kill me" Made me die of laughter XD

[@davidjentjens9239]

ahem... central america is america folks

[@007kingifrit]

but its not AMERICAAAAAAAA

[@StopLying11]

But the point was that he was made falsely famous for discovering the USA

[@StopLying11]

You do know that Puerto Rico is part of the US, right? Also, there are other U.S. islands in the Caribbean which Columbus visited. You reversed it, tho. The U.S.A. a.k.a. U.S. or America where what the world refers to as Americans come from is perfectly described by either name. When you "travel to America" everyone knows where you are going. What Columbus could never claim is that he discovered it when people were already living there and Europeans had visited hundreds of years earlier. He rediscovered it at a time when more Europeans had better ships and were able to map it.

[@007kingifrit]

if anything that just means we should conquer central america

[@BoyoDragon]

David Jentjens no, it’s part of The America’s

[@DW94576]

They haven't been teaching about Columbus as a hero for a while now or at least when I was taught about him it was like this and that was in around 2009. Maybe I just had an honest history teacher...

[@shjsshhshs9936]

Danny I was taught in 2008 and my called him a hero discovered America etc.

[@NoNo-bw6mo]

FleeTurtle Weird, they made it specificly clear for me in seventh grade he was an idiot.

[@Child_Friendly_Child_I_Swear]

No No Same.

[@orekihoutarou6107]

Danny I don't remember much, but I remember Columbus being celebrated and a movie glorifying Columbus. In that movie Columbus had a perilous voyage trying to find a trip to India and he found and was helped by stereotypical Thanksgiving style Native Americans. He made it back to England and Europe set out to explore the brave new world.

[@Zorro9129]

It's political correctness, not honesty. Basically the "Black Legend" is based off the exaggerated writings of one commentator.

[@mariodark4012]

*Reads the title* Murderous Moron is a little too much isn't it ? *Watches the video* Murderous Moron it is !!

[@mariodark4012]

89Crono Makes u mad, doesn't it ?

[@grantl9561]

Don't Read My Profile Picture hooray for being open minded! +1 Internet for being woke

[@89Crono]

Yeah, especially since he ended up getting pardoned.

[@diegoburnham6985]

Don't Read My Profile Picture That's not what happened, they didn't have him the money the first money

[@elisha1853]

Don't Read My Profile Picture I already fail for your scam in another video, don't go to this guy's channel y'all!!!!!!

[@eric01406]

I showed this video to my little sister. And then her teacher went ahead and said that Christopher Columbus discovered America and proved that the earth was round. She didn't correct her teacher, but she did tell her that he was a murderer.

[@kylemorello4787]

I mean, technically Columbus did find the small parts of South America without ever realizing or caring that he found a new land, which led to other voyagers coming to America and actually realizing they found a new land. That was the only good thing to come out of this. Columbus was no hero. He was just the start of a chain reaction. Really, we should've made a Holiday about Amerigo Vespucci, the voyager who played such a major role in the Age of Discovery, America was literally named after him!

[@franlapietra885]

América is a continent. Your country is called "The United States of America". Si since he set foot in Cuba he actually did set foot in America.

[@Zero_Ninety]

The United States of America; commonly shortened to 'America'. Moron.

[@franlapietra885]

@@Zero_Ninety There was no need for the moron part bit you can call It the "US" or "USA" fucktwat.

[@franlapietra885]

@Felix E I know that but It isn't yours either.

[@nadz5253]

@@Zero_Ninety It seems you are a true american, Do nothing with brains except to lash out on everbody else. Come lets set sail for a far away land, so that we can plunder anything they have. Be it spices, gold or oil. What's gonna be next? Just ask yourself whatever happend to the natives? Did almost all of them die of natural causes, or where the land of america so rich in natural resources that people simply killed the habitants to make room for aliens with no regard for nature or life( be it humans, plants or animals).

[@havr1979]

Education in the USA still states that America is the United States, he did not discover North America, that is the United Stares of Mexico, the United States of America and Canada.

[@pol...]

Man when you say that Columbus never set foot in America who would have thought that you referred to the egocentric way USA's citizens refer to the United States of America? When people say Columbus reached America they do not refer to the USA, that is common knowledge.

[@gopher3572]

Smalde Jesus you people get upset over a fucking name. America is a shortened version of United States of America, similar to how US is the abbreviated of it.

[@pol...]

Gopher yeah I was stupid

[@gopher3572]

Smalde It's okay. I'm sick of hearing people say that

[@poo9]

He said that Columbus never set foot in the United states

[@yvanalabbe2066]

I’m sick of listening this too

[@FerPaleta]

When people says "he discover America" is the continent, not the country which usurped the name

[@miipuns6318]

Pernoctador America isn't a continent.

[@fadhlysukawidjaja174]

its not UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hence its the continent...

[@jopersoniusker4268]

MiiPuns Indeed. It are 2 continents, a northern and southern one

[@georgemoore4068]

MiiPuns Oh yeah, South America and North America are separate continents so both of them are America - it is two continents.

[@nyphe5420]

Pernoctador a Central America too xD

[@darrellshepherd9948]

Columbus: "I did my calculations *but man am I bad at math."*

[@ios-helper9990]

Hey today is Christopher Columbus Day when I'm watching lol.

[@jamesfeng9922]

Tbh, no one really cares besides the day off that he brings...

[@jongplays1891]

i likes stuffs it was 2 months ago!!

[@christophercolumbus480]

*smacks lips* You like? (;;

[@yvesfromloona1647]

Christopher Columbus O_O

[@christophercolumbus480]

Evelyn W Yes? Got a problem?

[@diegovelazquez9550]

America is a continent not just the USA...

[@melodyclark1944]

America is the United States in English.

[@starandfox601]

there are 2 continents called america the reason there's 2 is cause geography says so. there is a country called the united states of america which gets shorten to america.

[@eddiemathews5491]

Melody Clark That doesn't make sense

[@melodyclark1944]

In the English language the word America primarily refers to the United States.

[@eddiemathews5491]

WhiteTrashPlayz Thank you

[@froyohead]

_This is why I don't Columbus Day off from work_

[@MetalSonicReject]

FroyoHead Animation That is some admirable protesting, my friend. If only I wasn't so lazy....

[@Drood.]

I don't either.... Because I live in England and it's not a national holiday.... but still!

[@xxtokyoxx8394]

EliFrost _ still, free day off!

[@ecallahan9913]

Squeaks The second can't argue with that lol.

[@evelynyanez2488]

FroyoHead Animation LOL

[@christianzeugna]

fun fact: columbus (who's real name was cristoforo colombo) was an italian merchant who only wanted to demonstrate that he could get from portugal to china going the other way around, he didn't know where he was, so he thought he landed in china, that man only wanted some spices, he didn't kill a soul, the genocide of the so-called american indians was committed by english, spanish, portoguese and french

[@Furrnox]

Adam for someone who's supposed to know everything he really f-ed up that America part.

[@frenchflag9390]

Furrnox That is true though.

[@CatBorgor]

Furrnox America is the USA the continents are North South And Central America

[@hammerschattenindustries]

@@CatBorgor The country called America lies on the continent North America. Ok. Now divide America into three pieces. North America, central America and South America are all in South North America... That makes sense and is not confusing at all.

[@bob45142]

You know what he meant he meant Columbus didnt go on to USA territory like some people think

[@threefirstnames7771]

@@hammerschattenindustries ive never heard of a country called amrica

[@mr.j774]

You forgot to mention the 9 year old he “married”

[@Nothingeveralways]

what?!

[@ashleypayette1009]

Mr. J // and how he raped many Native American women (and girls)

[@kingzahak2759]

The quote that people use to say he raped 9 year olds is wildly taken out of context. It's is part of one of his letter complaining about his men raping 9 year olds.

[@wofi784]

That’s Muhammad.

[@borderjay1758]

@@Dorkeydaze at least they dont commit genocide on a continental scale

[@cascalavera9388]

Are we pretending Cuba and Puerto Rico are in Australia instead? Alrighty, just making sure.

[@Devin-hg8cq]

I know, right?!

[@V25021]

I honestly didn't catch that bit, haha

[@ThePaganSun]

🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏

[@axelcool1249]

Naaa they are in Asia

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Columbus said; All the caribbean is in Asia,,.. Pass the word.

[@wendigowarlock1956]

"We dont have any gold" is literally wearing gold

[@reubenjames7644]

Not real gold common ore that look like gold he came to the caribbean

[@tc_48]

For Columbus Day this year, our AP World History teacher had us analyze Columbus' horrible and terrifying deeds. We learned that he's a murderous sadist as well as a fool.

[@SnipeMD]

So...without Christopher Columbus, there would be no pizza in America?

[@gopher3572]

Snipe M.D Yep

[@gopher3572]

Genocide is okay if it is over pizza

[@smokedmemes2082]

Another reason he deserves a day, along with discovering North America.

[@ABEL-cd2sp]

Pizza came along later on when they remade tomato pies

[@tobyparker6239]

"What's is gold?" Whilst wearing a gold necklace!

[@SouthChineseTiger]

Toby Parker That pissed Columbus the ef off.

[@Resi1ience]

they don't know what gold is, to them it's just pretty rock

[@Hatuey-vw2gb]

Only the Taino chieftains had gold necklaces

[@ketchup_lube]

While*

[@osmanysantos3842]

It may have been copper or bronze though.

[@jjbast]

Funny how they pretend they do not know that America is what the continent is called in Spanish, not the country, so yes... He set foot in America, but never in the United States - Fun fact: in Spanish, Americans (US citizens) are called Estadounidenses - And they believed that indigenous people were peaceful? They resisted a conqueror and they killed each other too, just like any other region in the world at some point in history. Read a book! Or at least, watch Apocalypto.

[@matthewwestra6079]

Except Columbus was popular even before Irving. Hence the reason we named our capital the District of Columbia already in 1790. The Italians encouraged it but Columbus was always a hero until we started caring more about the Indigenous Peoples in the last half century.

[@Rizryan11]

Wait do North Americans REALLY believe that? I thought Adam's explanation is the basic knowledge there. And Columbus day? WTF

[@Chamelionroses]

RyanFerdinand not all. Some in the US maybe but then not even all.

[@desisarod]

he did conquer... and spaniards DID discover America... even if he "murder" people... is still an achievement!!... that we have to look at from an historical point of view... it was 500 years ago, and it does not affect us today!!

[@rebelbeammasterx8472]

American education sucks.

[@onekom7562]

No. We are taught in school about him killing the natives

[@theoriginalsache]

At least when I was in school, it sort of goes in tiers. When you're tiny, Columbus was a great hero who discovered America while trying to find India! By the time you hit 5th grade (about 10-11 years old) the "Well, actually" begins. Well, actually, the Vikings made it to Vinland about 500 years earlier. Well, actually, Columbus wasn't trying to prove the Earth was round so much as prove he could get to India cheaper and faster. We didn't find out about the raping and pillaging of natives until High School and even then, it's only the Honors and AP classes. I can only assume that it's because before then, they don't think students are mature enough to handle the truth and nuance. Or something. There's a similar cycle with our stories about the first Thanksgiving and our founding fathers. It's all folk stories during your formative years, and then they slowly break out the Well, Actually. If you're lucky. I should point out that I'm in my mid-30's, so I hope it's different now, but when I was in school in the 80's and 90's, that's absolutely how it went. I can imagine some older teachers still sticking to the sanitized version.

[@wendysisbae6473]

it’s horrible how they make him seem so great and powerful we even have a holiday for home when he is really a monster

[@andreas.o6085]

Sidenote: Danish vikings where the first europeans to Discovery America

[@joshuawall646]

Yeah but they only stayed in Newfoundland and never properly explored the area and eventually forgot about it so...

[@leetheracoon6775]

yes ur right colombus wasnt the first to discovery ameica

[@deppresedonion5146]

@@joshuawall646 yeah we probably should have wrote more shit down

[@randomgamer937]

"what is gold?" says the character drawn wearing a gold necklace

[@melodyclark1944]

LOL It's like the wedding video that said the bride couldn't wear white because it was too difficult to keep clean and you can see the other characters behind her wearing white.

[@ryan8374]

They wouldn't have known the meaning of the word "Gold". They would have had another name.

[@hemtin6764]

ryan8374 no wonder he got pissed off language barriers lol

[@ewkak.8470]

RIP brain

[@MariuigiKhed]

2:33 still he was on American Continent land

[@kannon8801]

Still, there were hundreds of thousands of people already living there. So how did he discover it?

[@MariuigiKhed]

@@kannon8801 Colombo passes in history as the first that discovered America, but in reality was the first that shows a path from Europe and America. But still, for his era, America and Australia didn't exist, "discovering" a country it's like to saying be the first one to shows it to the rest of the world

[@MariuigiKhed]

@@kannon8801 and then, from Prehistory people lived everywhere. Colombo discovered America from the rest of the knownd world

[@h0len]

@@MariuigiKhed actually the first European to get to America was a Viking who was banished from Norway and Iceland. Both of which are European countries

[@MariuigiKhed]

@@h0len Erik the Red didn't knew to be in America, he tought it was part of Greenland and didn't pass to the world his new discovery, so he was the first Europen to be in America, but Colombus showed it to the rest of the world, primary to demonstrate that the Earth was round.

[@MFo-sm7tc]

No no no, the Columbus worship has nothing to do with Italian immigrants. The USA has been enamored with Columbus ever since the colonial era

[@joshuawall646]

Just look at any city named Columbus, or the District of Columbia, or the country of Columbia. Or the fact the female depiction of Columbia (that was a thing) was used in paintings glorifying manifest destiny.

[@odysseus231]

Perhaps some Italian immigrants contributed to reinforcing the hype around the character of Colombus? I really don't know anything about it so I can't give an answer, but it seems to me that the video does not claim that Italian immigrants created the myth around Colombus but rather tried to make it even stronger and more widespread.

[@kristinmarie862]

@@odysseus231 When Philadelphia was deciding whether or not to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus a group of armed people of Italian descent surrounded it to "protect their heritage"

[@jimpeschke3435]

Adam gets his timing wrong frequently. His bacon video is a good example - he blames events for glorifying bacon that happened years after bacon was already a "thing".

[@lucaaverna6886]

Amerigo vespucci: Am i a joke to you?

[@kylemorello4787]

Yes, apparently. I have no idea why you weren't given the holiday.

[@something_wrong5014]

You forgot about how columbus not only wasn't the one who discovered america, but he wasn't even the first european to set foot in america. the vikings (who were from denmark, norway, and sweden) had colonies in canada hundreds of years before he even exsisted.

[@darkspeedsterz]

The vikings usualy don't count and at the time brazil was already a colony... it's weird how no one knows this... my point is (south) America was already discovered and without bloodshed so why is that greedy idiot without brains the only one people know?

[@hazard4349]

Most of them were put down by the natives

[@steven2457]

@@darkspeedsterz found the portugese guy

[@AndrePerex]

The first people that set foot in America were egysptians, 4000 B.C if Im not wrong, check it out by yourself

[@hazard4349]

@@AndrePerex, and egypt wasnt a thing until 3100bce

[@HarrisonJBounel]

2:26 Adam needs to pick up a book and learn about the continents of North and South America.

[@dominiquethomas3775]

The issue is a lot of schools actually taught the Columbus set foot in the USA. Especially before the 2000s.

[@ok1058]

What about Central America and Insular America (aka the Caribbean)? Those are continents in America too,aren't they?

[@HarrisonJBounel]

@@ok1058 Those aren't continents but He should still learn about them.

[@HarrisonJBounel]

@@dominiquethomas3775 What does that have to do with the fact Adam can't tell the USA from the North American continent?

[@alexbeltran6668]

The Late Night Documentary Channel obviously he cant tell. What hes saying is he didnt step foot in present day USA. Cause when we were children thats what they taught us. So when you hear Adam say America, he literally means the country

[@birderjohn3396]

He did discover America. He discovered it for Spain whom didn't know it was there.

[@anonymousfood9700]

He discovered the AMERICAS, not the USA.

[@birderjohn3396]

'America' or 'The Americas' is one in the same. North, South, and all the islands in-between constitute 'America'.

[@davidblass3767]

Michael John it's different for people who actually live in the americas. I live in pa, and when I refer to my country, I generally switch between U.S. and America, because america can be used to specify either north or South America. I think the writers on the show have the same tendency, hence the confusion.

[@kyanhowe8777]

Did you guys know that Christopher Columbus wasn't actually Genoan? He was a Portuguese navigator, and the Portuguese were the best navigators. They sailed for Portugal, Spain and a lot of them because they where so good.

[@nanopixel6460]

I don't think anyone thought he was genoan

[@MsFashizo]

What we were taught in highschool history class: Columbus discovered America. Adam: well in truth No.

[@christopherareed]

"Hi, my names Ninoooo!" - Christopher Columbus

[@ignemuton5500]

to be fair he wasn't the only one who thought the earth was small.

[@sorban5352]

Yes but he is the most famous one who say it.

[@vincenzoimbragulia8152]

Samy Khadre Not at all. Consider Aristotle.

[@evgiz0r]

small'er' - small is not a good word for describing something without context

[@ignemuton5500]

i am obviously talking about our current measurements and the measurements of the king and queen's scientists, i don't think anyone really needs context here, unless they didn't watch the video in which case, what are you doing here? i think you just really wanted to comment something and found someone who made a grammar mistake and thought "well i have nothing else to comment" it's not like you could just pass over this comment and not say anything.

[@sorban5352]

Aristote said Earth is 400 000 stade (80 000km) so he fink it's 8x bigger.

[@skeleguardian4207]

*This inraged Columbus, who punished them severely.*

[@figborehead3102]

9/11 jokes are just plane wrong

[@damplamp1047]

ViewLess Bear lol I get it

[@vi7husan]

It was an inside job

[@YungJamin]

this meme is from 2001

[@sludgerton]

YungJamin still a funny meme if you make it funny

[@kriegofficergary6921]

HAHA 😂

[@vilkku792]

He didn't set foot in America because he didn't go to the US. By that logic you haven't been in Europe before you have been to Germany(for example).

[@김상우-b5h]

Technically the whole continent is considered Americas and the singular noun of America does referr to USA

[@vilkku792]

CamioDraws Then why is it called the United states of America and not the United states of Americas

[@hezechiahjones8365]

vilkku BecUse the Americas and America are two different things? The USA is America, which is part of the Americas.

[@vilkku792]

Hezechiah Jones So the USA means the United states of America, in which America stands for the USA. That means you are saying it's the United states of the USA.

[@Reids0me]

People in the states call our country "America" and the area as a whole "the Americas". It's not incorrect, it's just not the way other countries refer to it.

[@Leaninmyspleen.]

wtf their necklaces are gold

[@anousenic]

"All that glitters is not gold"

[@quitmychanel121]

Jill Clark its paint

[@jeffgoble9206]

True. Then later, when they didn't have any more gold or silver to give, their necklaces were their own hands. Chopped off as punishment and worn around their neck as warning. Happy Columbus Day!

[@Leaninmyspleen.]

Kevinoghorns 287 10/10 English

[@leec439]

Jill Clark maybe copper

[@alaskagyal]

4:16 Also, he found out he reached America before he died. He wasn't THAT stupid.

[@firesd7306]

I don’t actually think he did

[@alaskagyal]

Firestardude Not "America", but he realized "lmao this is the wrong place, but we'll pillage it anyways and tell everyone we found india"

[@kenabbott8585]

Maps well into the 16th century were referring to North America as "New India." Columbus was one of the first to suspect that he had found an entirely new continent.

[@fuguthefish]

He wasn't stupid at all*

[@MathCoreMan]

Is incredible how the gringos cannot distinguish between a continent and a country

[@anedge6706]

@@henryvanh9961 he didnt said white people he said gringos

[@Cloverfr]

@@henryvanh9961 It's incredibly how you automatically assume he is referring to white people.

[@thepeoplesrepublicofdisney5058]

He didn’t sail for the White he sailed for the tan

[@endingphoenix2526]

Gringos is an insult spanish people use against Americans. Americans are majority white so in a way it is a white insult.

[@nocthemedic2951]

@@Cloverfr historically gringo is a white slur

[@GamerSmacks]

You know if you actually read your textbook like a good kid, it told you most of this, so the only thing I've learned from this is don't trust Italian's recollection history.

[@kylord]

Adam I love your show , but there is something wrong here. Christopher Columbus did arrive to America ,CENTER and SOUTH AMERICA. I know you're referring to the US when saying America but that needs to change...

[@darthmalvado1]

It's not going to change. Almost everyone around the world uses America and American to describe the USA. Not to mention there is not a readily available phrase to describe the citizens here. It's honestly just a part of how the country is described, and it makes things easier. If there was an alternative to Americans then it would be used, but there's not.

[@elizathepossesseddoll8105]

Yea they just mean he never actually discovered The USA when we thought he did. But yea they need to be more specific

[@Exelius]

nate kunz : actually nobody outside the US calls it America, sorry to burst your bubble. America its a continent, not a country

[@darthmalvado1]

You're not bursting my bubble. I know that most Europeans will call people from the US Americans. Simple. Technically North America and South America are continents. Not just America.

[@angiemarin622]

Actually, no. as A Mexican it really hurts to see people thinking we're not Americans, and we are. Sorry to tell you but your people call themselves America because of a document "Destino Manifesto​" that said "America for Americans" REFERRING TO THE WHOLE CONTINENT! this document was written after MY nation gained independence from Spain, but the united states people thought "huh, this means we can take over because from now on WE are the only Americans. you all have been living a lie

[@tomzhu6373]

Adam:(refers to the US as "America") Canadians: Am I a joke to you

[@eliza9011]

I'm sorry what do Canadians refer to people from the USA in fact what do world refer to them as? Americans right?

[@karlrosal5891]

i wish adam was my teacher

[@matthew5100]

Me too

[@kingofalldoges4149]

I agree

[@ninjayapper209]

Me too

[@jessicabolling520]

I agree to

[@youunfriendlyoutlaw4691]

DreadJupiter381 lol he presents information it doesn’t make him a nazi or a “commie” know your facts idiot

[@juanramirez7951]

Wait, who said South AMERICA is not America?!!!!!! That's mean

[@pinkpixie806]

Juan Sebastián Ramírez no just no

[@007kingifrit]

do they wake up each morning to the national anthem soaring under an iron eagle that lactates bacon and freedom? nope

[@juanramirez7951]

Actually national anthem in Colombia sounds each mornig and each afternoon at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., so yes, we wake up with our anthem

[@user-kj2fj8qr9l]

Some people refer to the USA as America, and the USA is in North America. I think using the name America in that context is confusing so I try to avoid doing so, but when those people refer to the new world they may often say "The Americas" instead.

[@LK-qk8fm]

Juan Sebastián Ramírez when people say they're from America, it's obviously referring to the USA. "America” is different than "the Americas". And because the United States of America is typically referred to as America, like how Great Britain is referred to as Britain, it's widely stated in the USA that "Culumbus discovered America", when people should say that he discovered "the Americas". The entire point of the video to about the misconceptions in America (USA) about Culumbus. Which I honestly think you already knew. You just felt like nitpicking.

[@JoshIsASoftie]

In Canada we don't even learn about Columbus at all as it relates to settling the Americas because he's sincerely not that important (apart from the horrific shit) as we all know now.

[@slytherin0queen]

Josh Martin I remeber learning about him.

[@slytherin0queen]

Josh Martin Unfortunately we didnt. I'm in Ontario, maybe theyve changed it by now.

[@DavideGobbicchi]

How can you not learn about Colombo? That is common history...

[@KManAbout]

we learned about the french settleers and discoverers

[@BTRshow]

Davide Gobbicchi in school, did they teach you about Jacques Cartier?

[@Jack-zz7bc]

You didn't even get to the part where he cut the natives hands off and forced them to wear them around their necks.

[@nia.r5988]

Yeah and how the natives were forced to were bells on their necks and if they didnt fill them up by the end of the time, they would be slaughtered.

[@WarRatchet-]

leonardi rutherfurd well on KZbin u can only include so much gore in your video

[@someone-pp6io]

Eh- I think you confused Columbus' settlers for the Belgians who occupied Congo. The Belgians were the only ones who had a norm of cutting off hands, while on the other hand any other settling power, including Spain, banned that and created laws against slave abuse.

[@kenabbott8585]

He didn't get to that part because it wasn't true. Columbus set that rule for the SPANISH. Spanish nobles used connections and bribes to get appointed to head Economendiendas--basically, plantation towns, to grow tobacco or sugar. Columbus was the governor, and these guys would make a fortune and then skip out on the taxes that it was his job to collect. So he started up that little system as a reminder. Keep in mind these guys made a fortune by exploiting the shit out of the natives, and Columbus was only upset because he didn't get his cut--but nonetheless, he wasn't doing the old King-of-Belgium thing.

[@hyrumwilliams7586]

It’s a given fact that Cuba and Puerto Rico (another island Columbus sailed too) were/is part of the United States of America. Also the video didn’t mention at allow the diseases the Europeans had really were the true killers, the fact that Colombia’s men were about to mutiny right before he found land, and that the Taino people’s island did actually did have a gold quarry. Sorry, actual facts being listed here. And they aren’t from “reputable” news articles over 15 years-old.

[@qcengr]

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