So, the planet was claimed for memorial purposes? Definitely very human.
@christopherg23478 ай бұрын
"What do you want this planet for?" "Cementary."
@johnathanjarrett638 ай бұрын
I think this is the best place to put this. Too many of my brothers and sisters in arms have been lost to wars, both during and after. THE FINAL INSPECTION The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. 'Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you ? Have you always turned the other cheek ? To My Church have you been true?' The soldier squared his shoulders and said, 'No, Lord, I guess I ain't. Because those of us who carry guns, Can't always be a saint. I've had to work most Sundays, And at times my talk was tough. And sometimes I've been violent, Because the world is awfully rough. But, I never took a penny, That wasn't mine to keep... Though I worked a lot of overtime, When the bills got just too steep. And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears. I know I don't deserve a place, Among the people here. They never wanted me around, Except to calm their fears. If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand. There was a silence all around the throne, Where the saints had often trod. As the soldier waited quietly, For the judgment of his God. 'Step forward now, you soldier, You've borne your burdens well.. Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell.' Author Unknown~
@KrizzRobin1138 ай бұрын
"The sun shining down on these green fields of France The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance The trenches have vanished, gone under the plow No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land The thousands white crosses in mute witness stand To man's blind indifference to his fellow man And a whole generation that were butchered and damned." -Green Fields of France 😴
@albusvoltavern45008 ай бұрын
Tears. Tears every time
@lupaswolfshead99718 ай бұрын
damn you for summoning the onion ninjas😭
@notrandombeard93657 ай бұрын
It really was all because of the pride of old powerful men too. All it was, was a tragedy.
@way2dumb7 ай бұрын
My great great grand uncle is buried there. A young man of 25 years from Australia who died in WW1 in France. RIP. Lest We Forget.
@way2dumb7 ай бұрын
Australia sent thousands of its best to France.
@Aminuts20098 ай бұрын
As a former military man who has been spit on this one hit me hard.
@johnc67388 ай бұрын
You are not alone brother
@barelyasurvivor12578 ай бұрын
I will always remember this incident, It was near or at the end of the Vietnam war, I was at the airport, and there were some returning soldiers coming back, as they walked through, some anti war protestors yelled and spit on them. I was so shocked! I still remember it to this day and I am 72 now.
@iaaf_nw23678 ай бұрын
@@barelyasurvivor1257those protesters are the very reason why we lost at 'Nam.
@whiterabbit758 ай бұрын
I can never understand the mentality of people who do that, and I am infinitely happy that I cannot.
@TechnoMageB58 ай бұрын
@@barelyasurvivor1257 They should have spit on their government, even if it's besides the point. American forces had that war WON - and only because the soldiers were ordered to pull out with the job not quite finished did the Red Army there recover and take over. It wasn't the soldier's fault. That's the worst part. The soldiers themselves did not fail. And even if they did, they did not deserve such disrespect.
@kaliban47588 ай бұрын
This is why America has cemeteries in Europe.
@oliverdouglas40658 ай бұрын
May they rest in peace
@kaliban47588 ай бұрын
@@oliverdouglas4065 yes
@ISometimesAgree8 ай бұрын
I'll be honest, I didn't even know we had cemeteries overseas...Thank you for the knowledge.
@aaronwilcox43768 ай бұрын
Not only does the US have the cemeteries in Europe, but in France, the citizens maintain them. They take the responsibility very seriously. They consider it an honor. First and Second World War era cemeteries both.
@ericlondon26638 ай бұрын
When heroes weep... ... remember their mothers wailed. War is not like the movies or the games. It smells like a sewer on fire and it sounds like screams for parents who cannot hear them.
@klasandersson75228 ай бұрын
Some stories should come labeled: Beware, onion ninjas might be present in the vicinity of this story!
@arcuserarc12018 ай бұрын
psst. Onion not union
@klasandersson75228 ай бұрын
@@arcuserarc1201 Thanks, did not see that ... 😄
@arcuserarc12018 ай бұрын
@@klasandersson7522 how would Union Ninjas look like anyway?
@klasandersson75228 ай бұрын
@@arcuserarc1201 Now THAT is a good question, the answer however is harder to get to, would depend on the union I guess If they are a union of onions there would be a lot of either green slender shapes or yellow round ones! And if it is the car workers union there might be spanners and lubricant involved.... 😂
@loganshaw45278 ай бұрын
Great the onion ninja has a union now. To better sneak attack you.
@SLEPhoto8 ай бұрын
"So you want this planet as a monument?" "No, a reminder"
@weirdredpanda8 ай бұрын
The part about being hated back home just because they followed the orders of those elected by the very ones doing the hating speaks volumes. Also about the rebels fighting just to make their own rules and about history being rewritten according to other people's opinions and desires, people who were not involved. About the rebels, think about how rewritten history would call our Revolutionary War heroes if we had lost the war and were still a territory of England. They would be called rebels and terrorists. A huge like to the author!
@colincampbell7676 ай бұрын
Just like the people who fought for the South during the US Civil war are regarded nowadays. Now there is a systematic push to destroy their subculture and history.
@danielblackwulf94668 ай бұрын
As a combat veteran this story hit terribly close to home. Thanks for telling it. You are right, War will never change.
@seventhson278 ай бұрын
"And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are." -- Gen. Colon Powell
@petercampbell42208 ай бұрын
The orbiting ships are also on "eternal patrol", like the submarines and ships on the bottom.
@ameliarosealdridge64688 ай бұрын
What a brutal story... May they rest in peace
@vinnyganzano19308 ай бұрын
Take it from an infantryman who was the son of an infantryman who was the son of an artilleryman who was the son of an infantryman, war is brutal and even if you survive without a physical scratch you're still scarred.
@douglascunningham63198 ай бұрын
I appreciate them that gave in my name. I believe those that bring us war are not those who fight them. An I also pray that they'd leave us in peace. Now I think graveyards in space will become parks an gardens for are dead an family to visit.
@kaliban47588 ай бұрын
@@douglascunningham6319 cemeteries used to be where people had picnics and such, to honor the dead family members buried there
@Philip-KA4KOE8 ай бұрын
I am the son of a red leg from WW2. It marked him.@@vinnyganzano1930
@Kualinar8 ай бұрын
That's exactly why Humanity is claiming that planet. It's a planet sized Mausoleum. A tribute to the victims of a mindless, insane war.
@nathandc6 ай бұрын
As time passes, and those who fought finally sleep, it falls to us who remain to remember.
@urbypilot21367 ай бұрын
An entire planet to be designated as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
@markpacksr92168 ай бұрын
That was a very thoughtful and touching story. Thank you to the Author. Thank you, most of all for bringing us your talented narration.
@Dragonbear13-k2r8 ай бұрын
Another sad story? Another story about the inability of humankind to get along peaceably with one another? Another story about the human condition? Well written and well narrated, Squirrel. Well done, indeed. May we one day learn this hard lesson and study war no more.
@derekstein61938 ай бұрын
No, let us still study war forever more. But not as a vocation or a goal, but as a fossil of the past, as the archaeologist looking back at a time long past, never to return again.
@GyorBox8 ай бұрын
If some of these stories are accurate, then if there are Xenos out there, we should study and remember War. Because if we don't, then they will come knocking, to challenge, conquer, or to extinguish us. However, if we are alone, then I would agree that we should only study War as a lesson, and not as a need.
@JamesSavik8 ай бұрын
Methinks our narrator might need some sleep with his daily uploads. 😴🛌
@bhdw138 ай бұрын
I guess, the only thing to say here, was said so very well better one hundred and five years ago: "They shall not be forgotten."
@alfredsutton44128 ай бұрын
A sad story well read. May the algorithm shower you with good will.
@kurtismiller95448 ай бұрын
For DA SKWERL and his Nest
@Darqshadow2 күн бұрын
As a descendant of several soldiers through the generations that either came ho.e in the box or never came home, this one hit me. Its a very human thing, a memorial and reminder of mistakes made and lives lost. To all veterans and those currently serving, thank you and I am sorry for those who you lost..
@ronaldziehlke97208 ай бұрын
In war, the dead only know one thing that it's better to be alive.
@alfredsutton44128 ай бұрын
Alas, in the coming decade, the living may envy the dead. 😢
@theglichedbear8 ай бұрын
I am in a world of shit, yes, but I am alive.
@anonymousgeorge83178 ай бұрын
Joker DD and take raptorman with you
@ronaldziehlke97208 ай бұрын
@@anonymousgeorge8317 That's Rafterman. Lol
@yomogami45618 ай бұрын
sad melancholy tale that needs retold occasionally. thanks thanks for the narration
@fijipodd6 ай бұрын
I often try to explain to my wife the reason why I like these hfy stories. As ridiculous as some of them are, most of them managed to strike a very real representation of some aspect of what it is to be human. This one more than most.
@jeredmelendez61848 ай бұрын
Ouch bro. Was not prepared for a painful story
@mattbrown55118 ай бұрын
Sometimes an apple is just an apple. Too many times people attribute deeper meaning than what is actually there.
@skyrere8 ай бұрын
My friend. The last several stories you have performed have been very emotionally charged to me. You trend in waves. *Hugs*
@IRMentat8 ай бұрын
One of those stories that shines a light on what we are and how we can be.
@KostasHolopain8 ай бұрын
That was heartbreaking...one of the best stories out there!
@Shadow.Dragon8 ай бұрын
Great story; Excellent narration! So much truth in that story! May all our Dead "sleep' in peace!
@orrismckay72698 ай бұрын
Sorry l missed the live cast :/ lm going to listen now.. l hope u all have a great weekend... and on with the Story..🧜♂️🧞♀️
@Uzzgub8 ай бұрын
A Interaction for the Interaction God, a Comment for the Comment Throne, for the Almighty Algorithm
@lurkerone73892 ай бұрын
As always, well done. Some stories are a bit off, but your narration makes it fun.
@Jasdar19738 ай бұрын
Fantastic readings. hugely entertaining.
@bramslootweg8 ай бұрын
Great story! Makes you stop and think, like any good story should.
@I.C.U-c7l8 ай бұрын
Sorry to say I knew why when he said 28 million died...... IT WAS A GRAVE YARD..... And they wanted to keep it as such...
@stephenleslie69618 ай бұрын
Damn. This made me tear up a bit.
@WingManFang18 ай бұрын
Twisted, sorrowful, but justified and reasonable. This one kinda hurt. 😢 A little too close to home for us all I think.
@BatmanSeRiedeTi8 ай бұрын
I always thumbsup your vids Squirrel-man, stories may not always be good but narration always is.
@markuhler26648 ай бұрын
The author matched our narrator today. Good.
@Alex.H.B.1970something8 ай бұрын
Those who work in front line NHS know this feeling too. Bravo Sir Encore!
@najroe8 ай бұрын
thanks for the great narration and the required extra text sacrifice to the mighty AlGoRiIThM that controls the tube
@rbear12318 ай бұрын
u looked like you were having a little trouble getting to the end...and when it ended it appeared as if you came out of a trance....good
@MarrockV2 күн бұрын
I could almost pity anyone that came in and tried to salvage any of the ships for scrap... almost.
@stevemiller80328 ай бұрын
Almost 98K, let's do it, boys and girls.
@old_bluewolf8 ай бұрын
A sad and thoughtful story, thank you for bring this to us. 😴🛌
@barelyasurvivor12578 ай бұрын
Very well read as always, and a great, very sad story.
@kennethfarrand-collins64058 ай бұрын
Damn, what a hell-of-a story. So deep, sad and in a little way,..... uplifting. Worthy of a book this story line is very well written and read with heart. Yes a book of a Thousand Yards. Thank you both writer and reader for this.👏 (and the 💤 emoji the reader asked for .) Much respect from Down Under.
@TheSumone8 ай бұрын
I love the TFOS intros. Dont make him resort to the nanite swarms to please the algorithms again!
@BazilRat6 ай бұрын
And the Archbishop went home and told them all "Let the humans have this world. They have earned it in blood and should be allowed their rest."
@marvinjohnson24888 ай бұрын
This one hits hard. For the algorithm
@richardplass84536 ай бұрын
Excellent story
@CaptainShield8 ай бұрын
Rest in peace, brothers and sisters.
@GentleRain-d6j8 ай бұрын
I fell for it… … He got me to hit the LiKE button… again… thankfully there wasn’t anything sticky on it this time…
@robertreider31198 ай бұрын
I really felt that one...
@garysprandel18178 ай бұрын
Ironic that at the time this story posted today I was attending a memorial service for one of the long time congregants of my church that passed in December at 86. USAF vet with military honors and a good man.
@Ryvaken8 ай бұрын
He has one name, one name which he gave us to call him by. And we are his worst children. And he loves us anyway.
@MidnightSmoke8 ай бұрын
a sad story today, a story of unimaginable loss. Thank you for the story. Here is a like and comment for entertaining me, to help your channel grow, and get you the recognition you deserve. 😪
@eangrimes2688 ай бұрын
If this story doesn't hit you right in the the gut, you need to check to make sure your heart still beating
@badbob10664 ай бұрын
Listened to on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Day before the US holiday known as Memorial Day. Honoring those who have fallen while in military service. An appropriate story for the moment.
@mikehenthorn17788 ай бұрын
And within a year a member of the old guard will start the first of 21 steps to honor the unknown fallen.
@josephhyland89047 ай бұрын
Congratulations on 100K.
@wallacestenson85978 ай бұрын
For humanity and the algorithm
@VivianSweets8 ай бұрын
'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go, that "small nations might be free" But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves on the fringe of the great North Sea
@bf-6968 ай бұрын
Excellent story.
@shrillcrayfish61688 ай бұрын
Little like button. The sun's getting real low good sir. You've done good today more then anyone can ask for. Your more then enough. Thank you for your hard work. Get some rest my little friend and settle down. We can take on the world tomorrow for now we have earned our rest. Sleep well little like button
@dmaxcustom8 ай бұрын
"No one's left behind."
@Razalonjrt18 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace all who have dies in Way and that we will remember them long after they are gone. Why to have the planet to give them peace of mind that the dead died on Human soil and not some middle of no were dirt ball. Help the channel get to 100k People were are soo close now.
@darwinskeeper4218 ай бұрын
Sad and beautiful.
@bigjay8758 ай бұрын
Powerfully sad
@markmason92088 ай бұрын
Wow, the best yet!
@amberpelton56798 ай бұрын
Great story. ❤💤 😴
@allenmorgan10078 ай бұрын
For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!
@julonkrutor46498 ай бұрын
I do not tap, i punch that like bottom. Also, Long live the Nano-swarm.
@LTDunltd8 ай бұрын
Damn dust in the air!
@scotthinger63978 ай бұрын
If only. Thank you.
@The_Forge_Master8 ай бұрын
For the Author! 😴 For the Narrator! 😴 For the Beard! 😴 For the Algorithm! 😴
@coreycochran39838 ай бұрын
very good one
@chadrowin2956Ай бұрын
Go Tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
@MagusHabilus5 ай бұрын
I go off-grid and the "like button" gets lonely? Looks like its binge time! give the man his props you lazy bums!
@mikehenthorn17788 ай бұрын
And i have a rondovous with death at midnight in some flaming town.
@tonyneal9108 ай бұрын
Dude you REALLY got to start issuing either tissue or onion ninja warnings on your stories. There have been several I dang glad I wasn't some place public listening. Thanks for the story tale spinner. 😢
@parastitch8 ай бұрын
Makes the like button a warm glass of honey milk, tucks it into bed, and sings it a lullaby 💤 👍 💤
@mmorris28308 ай бұрын
98.2k subs. Lets GO!
@gcherfzthequietone8 ай бұрын
ufff this one sits deep and hits even harder
@whiterabbit758 ай бұрын
[pets the like button] The sun's getting low, big guy.
@billcook72858 ай бұрын
Gosh damn it. That was a good fecking story. 😢
@ronthesage27518 ай бұрын
Great reading
@artyd428 ай бұрын
Almost 98K. Go go!
@MorganSong8 ай бұрын
*Pat Pat* "sleep well lil buddy" 🛌
@GnarledStaff8 ай бұрын
As the player approached the General, the NPC lokked up and began a monologue of epic proportions.
@whirledpeaz57588 ай бұрын
I hit dat like button with a hammer. Fair winds and following seas to all who gave all.
@jeremiahhenson72718 ай бұрын
Comments for the algorithm gods!
@steel4408 ай бұрын
That one got me
@frankmoore35988 ай бұрын
Sad we don’t see a better future for mankind
@Kualinar8 ай бұрын
We don't claim this planet for it's resources as it have none, we don't intent to farm it as it don't fertile soil, we don't want to build industries on it as it's location would make those wasteful. No, nothing like that. This planet is entirely a graveyard. A place of mourning. All of it. A Mausoleum.
@MrGoesBoom8 ай бұрын
Well, unlike Mr. Ballen you actually ask people to do nice things for the Like Button. Ah well, onto the story!
@overlordmagnatron8 ай бұрын
I tapped the like button to wake it up, and it ignored me. So I went and got a hammer and made it take notice.....Now I need a new mouse.
@leonievanheerden70908 ай бұрын
😴😴😴😴 like baby hopefully sleeping.. for the Squirrel 👽🛸💐