"America Dismantles Pirate Nations For Touching Their Boats" | Kip Reacts to The Fat Electrician

[@isaacgraff8288]

Part of me is wondering what Morocco is thinking. They signed a beneficial peace treaty with America, then they looked next door at their neighbors. Only to see them getting wrecked and currently on fire. "Huh... dodged a bullet on that one."

[@otsderpy]

More like, dodged a CANNON. . . . . I'll see myself out.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

probably why morocco hasn't broken that peace treaty to this day, lol.

[@carbonwolf3865]

@@otsderpy no no, you get back here. you got potential

[@commandercritic9036]

No no, they woke up one morning, heading to pray… buuuuut, in the Muslim faith, morning prayer is done facing the rising sun… which is east… And all they see is smoke and American naval flags Morocco: 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@kabob0077]

_Do. Not. Touch. _*_THE BOATS!_*

[@hyuseamv8424]

Never Touch the freedom water trains!

[@nanovox9418]

Boat

[@Crazyfrog41]

"But what if..." Do. NOT. Touch. THE BOATS!!!!

[@BackUpAccount-eg4vb]

Don't tread on boats.

[@nanovox9418]

There some good merch ideas

[@maeckknox6535]

Pepsi leapfrogged to 6th most powerful navy in 1989 when the soviet union gave them ships as payment for Pepsi becoming available in the soviet union.The ships acquired where 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. Pepsi then quickly sold the ship to a Swedish scraping company The founder of Pepsi joked that he was "disarming the USSR faster than President Reagan".

[@TylerRichardson14]

That is amazing! Haha thank you for the information.

[@djphroop]

This is one of my favorites within Soviet history.

[@weldonwin]

To be fair, this is the Soviet/Russian navy we are talking about, so they would have been rusted out scows, held together only by the blood of dead sailors anyway.

[@Maria_Erias]

@@weldonwin And the only thing keeping any of them remotely afloat were the empty vodka bottles belowdecks.

[@weldonwin]

@@Maria_Erias And would probably devour any crews Pepsi Corp tried to put aboard them. Seriously, some Russian navy ships have reputations like they were haunted or outright possessed by demons and demanded human sacrifices. Submarine K-19, the famous Widowmaker, killed dozens of men during construction and had a lethal fire onboard before she was even commissioned. Even AFTER she was scrapped, she claimed one last victim when a former crewmember bought a section of her bridge, converted it into a home and then died there when a section collapsed on him.

[@gilmadreth680]

In regards to the pirate captain who pretended to surrender, then started shooting...Perfidy is one of those things where, even if you pull it off, you'd better make damn sure no one EVER hears about it because from thar point forward you're going to be granted no quarter by any of your enemies from then on out. You will be considered 100% a shoot on sight target until someone takes you out.

[@benn454]

It's literally a war crime

[@gilliganallmighty3]

There's a reason they made it a war crime in the Geneva Conventions.

[@RaderizDorret]

Yup. Perfidy is a war crime for a reason.

[@alaneskew2664]

You know what tickles me is that the moment Stephen Decatur saw that guys ship, you know the music from Doom Eternal started playing.

[@shaunjohns5987]

​@@alaneskew2664 pirates: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@JaxMerrick]

"Peace was achieved through the mouth of our cannons." has the same vibe as "I'm going to defeat you with the power of friendship... And this gun I found!"

[@gilmadreth680]

Them: Stop invading our countries! US: Stop touching my stuff.

[@crocadillius6418]

Stop being so easy to invade

[@carbonwolf3865]

"stop spawn killing us" "Stop spawning"

[@alexfischer7876]

"Our" stuff. There are multiple "S" in US.

[@guardianboreal1432]

Them: Stop invading us! USA: Only when you stop touching my stuff!

[@NagaTales]

Pressley O'bannon and the Mameluke Sword are another legend preserved in Marine Corps culture, alongside Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, and a fair list of others. The fame (or infamy) of the Marine Corps started here, even though it would take almost a century for that to build and coalesce into the 'Best Friend, Wost Enemy' reputation we ended up with. But even back then, when we were basically just 'sailors with rifles', you can see the 'fuck it, we ball' attitude that would come to characterize the Marine expeditionary mindset xD

[@alaneskew2664]

That's the one thing about Marines, the moment they step onto the battlefield the Boss music starts up. And it's either the sephiroth theme music or Doom eternal

[@Xynth25]

Today you'd never have a diplomat brokering a deal to that extent because near-instant international communication is a thing. They're not empowered to that extent. Previously, diplomats had to be more greatly empowered to act as agents of the state without a superior like SecState micromanaging.

[@hannibal-rb3go]

The US actually wanted more of Mexico from the Mexican-american war. But the dude negotiating the deal hated the war so undercut the deal and congress had to accept or look like the US was going to keep warmongering beyond just Mexico.

[@captin3149]

He wasn't empowered to that extent THEN.....

[@prestonjones1653]

​@hannibal-rb3go That did play a part, but the larger reason was the balance of slave vs. free states. Too much southern real estate would have given the slave states too much power. If we had figured out whether or not black people were people just 30 years sooner we would have gotten all of Mexico.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

The thing I love about historical events and stories like this one, is you get to see how and why America is the way it is today. You see the building blocks to a country's entire future attitude and behaviour, and it suddenly makes _so much_ make perfect sense. Suddenly actions that seemed to have no solid reasoning or basis behind them or appeared to "go too far" fall into perfect clarity. And I think too many people take the surface level acts at face value without delving into the historical how's and whys that led to that action or decision and underpin them.

[@KipReacts]

It's why I think of the Roman Empire every single day. Historical events 100% play a part in why society is what it is today. Learn from History to get a, "Get Out of Jail Free" card by not making the same mistakes.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

@@KipReacts Yeah it's fun to learn how each prior event lead into future ones. Time may be linear, but historical events rarely are - they're more a tangled web of connections and consequences and changes. And often the most surprising thing to find out is it's not always the biggest consequences of a single event that leads to the _next_ big event - it's often the far more subtle consequences, that tend to escape the scrutiny of the average public, that cause the biggest knock-on effects and next big events. And for me it's those _subtle_ connections that are the most interesting and entertaining because it's surprising to learn just how significant an apparent inconsequential effect can truly be. That's why it's _so hard_ for history teachers to actually teach history in its complete form - it's far too complex a topic for such a short teaching period.

[@Ender-bg2hx]

Isnt this what gave birth to the USMC’s legendary reputation and a permanent force that stands to this day?

[@ismaeljimenez6562]

Essentially, the line of "from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" is a promise of anytime anywhere

[@SITHINDarthImperious]

i believe their reputation was gained during ww1 when they were called devil dogs by the germans during the battle of belleau woods

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

yep.

[@Plastikdoom]

Partially. We kicked ass in the revolution also, this, the war of 1812, then second half of the Barbary wars. And basically everywhere else. But yeah was definitely a factor in it, the thing that truly cemented it for all to know. Was what we did in WWI and especially WWII, also the defense in Korea, when horribly outnumbered, no air power or other support but themselves and some tanks, with limited help from our Allie’s, as yes. Were many other nations with us there…but they had low numbers, extremely low numbers per nation.

[@suribachi8698]

Marine here. Yes, the emergency power Congress gave to the Office of the Presidency to use the USMC "at their discretion" was never rescinded and remains active to this day.

[@datmanydocris]

11:45 That's just how us nerds operate. I can't count how many times I've been in the middle of a D&D session and all of a sudden we just started having a debate about current politics and geopolitical issues.

[@phildicks4721]

Yep

[@AXE2501]

What can we say, the US likes to get very “proportional” when sending a No Touchie message.

[@Deras_]

the "paddle" as far as i can tell is essentially a aztec/mayan sword... or incan... i think, it had slots where you would glue shards of obsidian into

[@blaze-ex8ht]

i thought it was just a paddle for the wife

[@FluffehStuff274]

It kind of looks like one of those Asian oversized clubs that they always depict ogres carrying. The wood one not the spiked metal bat thing.

[@InstrucTube]

@Deras_ @FluffehStuff274 Just FYI if you ever want to look at those, the aztec sword was the Macahuitl, and the japanese club you are talking about is... well, a club. The spiked metal bat thing is a Kanabo.

[@jeffjag2691]

I was going to say it’s a “shark tooth club” I don’t know know the original name and I think it’s Hawaiian.

[@unclemiguel4221]

@@jeffjag2691 shark tooth club is indeed Hawaiian and Polynesian

[@seirsbr8756]

34:00 I once remember this being described in later combat tactics as using “overwhelming force and violence of action”

[@liamgriffin218]

Rules of war: 1. It's not a war crime the first time 2. Don't invade -Russia- Ukraine in winter 3. Don't fight a land war in Asia 4. DO NOT FUCKING TOUCH AMERICA'S BOATS

[@Spearofinamorata]

Well said

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

​@@Spearofinamorata5. Never gamble with a Sicilian when death is on the line

[@domination1985]

Now to be fair these pirates are also the reason that we don't use the metric system they stole samples

[@waterloo32594]

God works in mysterious ways

[@Deadxman616]

Those were the pirates of the Caribbean. ( and yes I too now want to see Capt Jack Sparrow do this in the next film.)

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

it's wild to think that pirates literally stole the metric system. that's carmen sandiego levels of theft.

[@ghostofdeath6692]

@27:16 you can hear kips intrigue when the USS O'Bannan was mentioned. You could then see it when the fat electrician mentioned the potato incident.

[@CCIPres]

It seems the problem most people have with speaking on more recent historical events, which then becomes a political discussion/debate, is they color their telling of the subject with their own political leanings. E.G., "The US Ebassy in Benghazi requested additional security, but were denied." Vs. "The US Embassy in Benghazi requested additional security, but for some ridiculous reason, Hillary decided they couldn't be bothered." One's purely factional, the other's inflammatory.

[@red14carbluebattleship76]

And this is what journalists do when writing headlines as well. They will word in such a way as to make someone look better than they actually are, or worse than what they actually are. Most people don’t even read the article or newspaper, just the headline.

[@CCIPres]

@red14carbluebattleship76 exactly. Basically, biased journalism.

[@Enchie]

Basically, time numbs events until people can see them in more neutral ways. Napoleon is a good example. He was seen in the 19th and early 20th century as we see Hitler today; a monster with no redeeming quality that did all things bad.

[@Cramblit]

"Welcome to America, don't touch the boats" Should be the new welcome sign.

[@aaron2669]

As a FYI the chubby electeon guy is actually going to college pursuing a history degree

[@Drak239]

We sunk two boats, they dropped the Sun on us twice

[@Yuki_Ika7]

yeah, sorry about that, was it extreme? yes, was it morally wrong, yes, but it was the best way to end the war with the fewest amount of lives lost (while still ensuring that America gets the best deal on a peace treaty)

[@Spearofinamorata]

Russian badger fan

[@kizunadragon9]

this is why the Marine Corps is often called the Presidents personal army

[@lairdcummings9092]

AKA "America's 911 Force."

[@JMsolidsnake]

As soon as you hear marines say "i guess we're doing this." RUN

[@mugenokami2201]

Translation: fuck it we ball

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

"Hold my beer." "Ah, fuck it." "Leroy Jenkins!" "Get me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"

[@Isolder74]

There was something else the pirates wanted to do with the USS Philadelphia. They were negotiating selling it to the British because the American frigates carried more guns then was thought possible on their hull size and the Brits wanted to know how we did it when they couldn't do it safely.

[@williambarnes5023]

The answer was we didn't do it safely. We just did it anyways.

[@jlgavitt]

Which is quintessential American. I watched another reaction (on a totally unrelated topic) where the reactor described it as "complete American, 0% thought to consequences but 110% commitment..." Fair enough.

[@kraigshall]

"And then the Marines got involved." oh no

[@williambarnes5023]

Those are my favorite moments. Those little horrified, "You have made a _mistake_ you don't even comprehend." moments.

[@iitim2152]

Hyper aggression is a core doctrine of the marine core and all successful military organizations...

[@Maria_Erias]

And yet, the "Cult of the Offensive" was the reason millions of men died during WW1. The key comes from knowing *when* to be hyper aggressive... and when it's pointless sending a million men charging into fortified, prepared machinegun emplacements across an open field with artillery already sighted in on it. What tends to separate the Marines (and most of the American military throughout its history) is that emphasis is placed on the discretion of the commander in the field rather than being forced to solely rely on an overall commander passing orders down the chain of command. You really see this codified, strictly regimented doctrine in armies like the Imperial Russian Army and, later, the early Soviet army.

[@RaderizDorret]

The thing about "Blitzkreig" is it's more "Bewegungskrieg" or "maneuver warfare". The German doctrine is about rapid and aggressive movement to break through the enemy lines and then encircle enemy forces to force them to surrender. It's actually quite and old strategy, going back to the days of heavy cavalry.

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

I mainly learned about the Barbary Wars by playing the Constructable Card Game made by Wizkids called Pirates of the Crimson Coast and one of it's expansions Pirates of the Barbary Coast that featured the Barbary Corsairs faction their ships were interesting in design

[@grantharriman284]

5:00 Best I can tell that appears to be a shark tooth war club. Basically what various Hawaiian and possibly some mainland coastal tribes used as weapons of war in the absence of metal to make cutting edges. They didn't have anything to make a long cutting edge out of, so they attached a bunch of shark teeth to a wooden club and hit their enemies with it. The wood alone is heavy and hard enough to be a viable weapon, but the shark teeth make it much worse as it doesn't slice cleanly, but rather would tend to RIP AND TEAR the flesh of its victims.

[@alaxbird4954]

looks more like a Macuahuitl. same idea but using obsidian instead of shark teeh

[@grantharriman284]

@@alaxbird4954 It could well be. I would not hope to tell the difference from the blurry small out of focus image we have to work with.

[@theamericanadventure]

The second most powerful navy in the world is America's fleet of museum ships...

[@roxrequiem2935]

You know its real man shit when you hear cargo pockets on underwear and the first thing you ask is "Can you fit a switch in it?"

[@Plastikdoom]

The sword is only for officers us NCO’s have the NCO saber. But yes the officers sword is still patterned after his. And the leather collar wasn’t just for pirates, remember everything is still single shot, unless it has multiple barrels/chambers, bayonets and swords/sabers, boarding pikes(short spears) and knives/tomahaks or clubs of some sort were still all standard weapons all around the world for close in fights. As you have at most a handful of shots if a wealthy officer at hand, then sword time, enlisted one or two shots a times then bayonet and NCO, a couple shots with a pistol at most. Then saber time. Thats how you took the field/won the battle, yes cannons, played a big part, a lot times, and gunfire, but ultimately if you wanted the ground they were on. It was shell/advance and shoot them, then get into to hand to hand. And take it by force in hand to hand. With some shooting as able. Unless the enemy ran, giving it to you.

[@emm4rmstrong]

The collar (stock) was something the British war too, which is why the Royal Marines are known as Bootnecks.

[@TheDarkWarrior137]

fat electrician makes ads in a way that i actually watch them. its so off-script and unhinged and has actual honest opinions about the products, and is fucking hilarious

[@KipReacts]

More people need to ad read like he does. He's great!

[@TheDarkWarrior137]

@@KipReacts Exactly. Also he tells you how to use the products in ways no one else would be able to tell you. The NordVPN ad he did when talking about the Aimo sources was a good example.

[@michaelpalumbo2416]

The blitzkrieg or charge has always been part of war. Art of War. Speed is everything

[@Agent-Strawman]

How to lose your empire because you touched our boats. Part 1

[@tylerneild8176]

The barbary wars should absolutely be tought literally is the foundation for 90% of how our country operates today. 1. We dont negotiate with terrorists 2. The first us spec ops misson 3. The first time the u.s helps a foreign insurrection to overthrow a dictator 4. The founding of the u.s navy 5. the beginning thought process of how we spend 90% of our buget on military 6. The origin of DO NOT TOUCH THE BOATS Literally this war shaped the backbone of the us you can argue that alot of this may of happened anyway in other conflicts but that doesnt matter this is the conflict that started it all it was the first for all of these

[@ryantannar5301]

Stashing portable gaming systems in your Sheath underwear is bound to result in people bragging about how big of a system they can fit in there. "I've got a Steam Deck in mine, bet you can only fit an ipod shuffle"

[@quarterbritish7283]

These guys are the reason the marines are the way they are.

[@mintconditioncoinrings]

Millions in defense before a cent in tribute. “Merica” baby!!! I’m a U.S. Army combat veteran. We don’t negotiate with terrorists, period!!

[@RockinAfr0]

I love your comments about being apolitical, because it does not HAVE to be hard! My best friend is right wing and I am left wing (in Europe for context) and we can talk about politics because we respect eachother. If you just look at the facts, you can have differing opinions about these facts, that is/can be the beauty of political debate when you stay calm and reasonable and are not focused on winning votes, winning arguments, winning elections, etc. I love that your stance is similar to that, thank you Kip!!

[@TheItzal11]

I mean I started by watching the Electrician, the algorithm then decided I wanted to watch people commentating on him, so technically, he led me to you... and that history teacher guy who also comments on Electrician.

[@KipReacts]

Glad to have you here! Fat Eletrician is just amazing.

[@Kez_DXX]

Pepsi had the sixth largest navy in the world for a very brief moment in history, not necessarily the sixth most powerful because I don't exactly know if the USSR was keep on arming thise ships before handing them off to Pepsi-Cola

[@koosh138]

Extra history: Corsica was plagued by the Barbary Pirates too until a particular battle in which Spain sank multiple Barbary ships containing 4 Barbary Princes. To this day, Corsica hangs the heads of those 4 princes on their flag.

[@bacr4103]

Yea, we sinked two boats... And they have dropped the SUN on us! Twice!!!

[@Samagryn]

Two boats, two suns, seems proportional to me.

[@Spearofinamorata]

​@@Samagrynyeah we get pretty proportional with our responses

[@alaxbird4954]

A Perfectly Proportional Response. Also at 5:00 i think that is a Macuahuitl. the edges are usually lined with obsidian.

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

That one looks like it has knobbly insets, maybe stone. Maybe Polynesian/Hawaiian?

[@carbonwolf3865]

i think its funny how, consistently, the US has tried to stay out of conflict and yet still gets dragged into it. the First Barbary War (boats were touched), Spanish-American war (blame the Maine on Spain), the Second Barbary War (they didnt learn from the first time), WW1 (submarines attacking boats), WW2 (Pearl Harbor, they touched the boats again), Iran-Iraq war (Iran touched Samuel b. Roberts). The last one is a bit questionable considering the ships involved were both knowingly in a war zone, and protecting Kuwaiti oil tankers which were the targets. it wasnt really until after the Gulf war that the US went 'FINE, you want war? we'll give you war!' also, sidenote i found was that the US was involved with the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War back to back

[@pronoblewolf]

Lettuce begin with BOAT

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

For the questioning at 38 min in. America now has the Logan act.

[@spiritotter8963]

OMG as soon mention the women's pockets thing i went into rage mode omg I have a outfit It has pockets BUT THEY STICHED UP THE POCKETS their fully fucontnal pockets but there stitched up WHAT THE POINT OMG

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

Pretty sure the logic is that they make the clothing look bad when the pocket is full. They're just there to look nice. Yes it is retarded, I hear it's called 'fashoin'.

[@benn454]

ThEy'Re DeCoRaTiVe 🙄

[@ruthdeckman9781]

The pockets thing is why i typically wear mens jeans. But i do have some pjs that have pockets, which i find really interesting, like they're pjs, why do they need pockets?!

[@coenisgreat]

The Pepsi Navy thing is a myth, it resurfaces on the internet every couple of years. The warships purchased were in fact purchased by a Norwegian shipping company in 1989, who paid for them partially with Pepsi, so they could get some of the profit, this was because the owner of the shipping company was friends with Pepsi CEO Donald Kendall, so they could get 25% of the sale value when they were sold for scrap. Later on in 1990 Pepsi brokered a deal to trade Pepsi for vodka (as it had been doing up to that point) alongside 10 soviet-built ships to be sold for scrap, but these weren't warships. The deal fell through when the Soviet Union collapsed the next year. Even if Pepsi DID end up owning those warships, they wouldn't have been the 6th largest navy in the world, they wouldn't even be in the top 40.

[@kasperjam]

Ahh yes, Where the other nickname for the Marines came from. Leatherneck stemmed from an actual stiff leather collar they wore to protect the neck from being cleaved off from swords. Not sure if it would have completely and please sorta forgive me for making a pun here but, “Saved their necks.” But the Barbary war is also where the Marine Officer Corps received their iconic dress sword. Presented to a Marine First Lieutenant as a gift from the Pasha of Tripoli.

[@DivusMagus]

Why is accidentally firing the Ramrod for their only cannon so they just turn hyper aggressive to still win the battle the most Marine thing ever.

[@dead-claudia]

right up there with eating crayons

[@PolymurExcel]

I think you’re thinking of the War of 1812. The British could’ve totally squashed the U.S., but they were caught up fighting Napoleon at that time. In the American Revolution, France bankrolled the U.S. and even had some battles in Europe in support of the U.S..

[@RexZShadow]

Pretty much, other enemy of Britian thought of it as a good opportunity to weaken them. In the end America just too far away when they got France right next to them to deal with.

[@apple_dragon226]

wait wasn't the British empire in the middle of a war with the Chinese empire right around that time? (I think the first opioid war) or I got the two timelines wrong?

[@Dan-ASICPlug]

Pepsi had the 6th largest military navy at one point. Great story.

[@CyberWolfGaming2020]

Do Not Mess With Our Stuff!! -US Navy

[@farvadafatazz2274]

Most reaction channels promote the original videos, but not as passionately as you do, and I love it. Anyone who finds this man through you, and gets into his channel, LOVE IT. The reverse, I found your channel through him, I love watching people react to and LOVE this man

[@WurrzagsMorkyMischeif]

14:55 lets see how much "the prophet" protects you against 18 pounder cannons straight to the face

[@jadenkarnatz5292]

If you want more Nava history look into drachinifel. It's his thing. He goes from age of sail to just after wwii

[@davegray3049]

For those who don't know he is referring to the green beret and he has short videos about it

[@johngillespie3409]

Subtly 🤣

[@-Luna-tic.exe-]

Sooooo... we got ppl messing with our boats again currently...

[@KipReacts]

People just need to leave the boats alone, it just never goes well.

[@ADVTR.LessSkyess]

As a marine, this made me happy

[@williamoneal4112]

America has always been extremely violent when it comes to our water trains🤣

[@XtremeXC29]

In regards to the British being at war with the French during the American Revolution, you're technically right, but it was not a seperate conflict. France was taking advantage of the revolution in multiple ways. They supplied us to the point that the king of France nearly went bankrupt while also helping us by attacking British holdings all over the world, forcing the British to spread their forces out more than they could reasonably at the time.

[@inkman4703]

according to an inflation calculator, $6,000,000 in 1800 would be $140,069,523.81 today. A fuck ton.

[@KipReacts]

This hurts my soul. I should've dropped out of Elementary School too pursue a stable career, invest in property, and hadn't a 401k pay for retirement by the time I'm 70.

[@inkman4703]

@@KipReacts I feel it.

[@bionicleone]

I’ll be honest. I’ve never been interested in vtubers. Most just aren’t my thing but I actually enjoy your stuff. You aren’t acting by putting on a voice or something. Just chilling. Also I’m pretty sure that isn’t a paddle but perhaps something similar to the sword some islanders would use edged with obsidian.

[@chandlerbullock7551]

I learn more history from this video then at school.

[@Tar-Numendil]

You'd probably enjoy watching Unsubscribe Podcast. Nic (The Fat Electrician) and Brandon Herrera just became hosts. And Cody (Donut Operator) came back as a host.

[@universejumper5371]

Welcome to the origin story of F around and Find out

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

I love, how the *do not touch america's boats!* meme is the equivalent. Of the spongebob *How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?* meme XD

[@sonar357]

Of Decatur's raid on the Philadelphia, Lord Admiral (insert really, REALLY long list of titles here) Horatio Nelson, who was pretty much the most OP badass in Royal Navy history, called it "the most bold and daring act of the age".

[@Scott_Burton]

About "Before Korea" I didn't get taught about Korea in school, nor really about Vietnam. I learned much of what I knew from the fact that my father grew up during Korea, and served during Vietnam. I learned my most valuable lesson about WWII from a single conversation with my grandfather, who was deployed to Europe, during WWII. I was an early teenager, he basically never spoke of it, even to my mother (his daughter) or his wife (my grandmother) But one afternoon it was just me and him. It was maybe 20 minutes. What he told me in that time, I wish I had been more attentive because I know I've forgotten a lot of his story. I was young and wanted to do other things. But it's the only time in my life I ever saw him tear up. It wouldn't be for a few years that some aspects would really hit me. He wouldn't speak of it again. Most poignant thing my grandfather said, which I didn't understand at the time was "I lost many brothers, but they were never kin to you." 18:48-18:57 "That's 'back then money' that would be so much more today" If you could afford to _pay attention_ The Fat Electrician just, absolutely literally said the millions "might was well be hundreds of billions today" 18:41-18:43

[@Cobalt_Dragon0716]

Japan touches America's boats, gets the sun dropped on them TWICE.

[@matthewgreenwod9422]

13:33 I'm pretty shure you're thinking of 1812, but the French did support the US in the revolution.

[@IncomitatusExcelsior]

It doesn't happen much anymore in our era of instant communication, but in the past sometimes representatives of a country could be given "permission in advance" to make agreements they felt proper. The term for that is that they were invested with plenipotentiary powers. At the time of the Barbary Wars, all ambassadors, many diplomats, all admirals and naval captains would have had that authority.

[@JesseJOSmith]

Speaking of pockets, at my work they gave out vests. All the girls were like these pockets are amazing and I just looked and them and were like these pockets suck! They are so small! So yea girl pockets must be shit...

[@RexZShadow]

I seen my mom deal with the alway looming issue of where to out her wallet or phone if she doesn't want to take her purse. And its like thank god i got these pockets XD.

[@ObservingLibertarian]

10:17 What you're trying to say is that _recent_ history is still *prescient* and therefore opens up the door to present political discourse rather than historical over-view: which is a direction and sector of discourse you don't want to engage in on your channel. That's perfectly acceptable - it's your channel and you're the one who will face consequences if viewers start saying things that an opposition takes exception to.

[@o3ojrgaming682]

Thomas Jefferson wrote the rules so he knew how to break them properly

[@Isolder74]

Actually that was James Madison.

[@maharai23]

Blitzkrieg was based off of modernization of Mongolian cavalry tactics, modernized for the Era of tanks, not from this. Fat Electrician actually does a video on it, discussing the British officer (Percy "Hobo" Hobart) that authored the tactics later used by Germany in WW2. Basically, Mongolian cavalry would penetrate and flank enemy forces, get behind the front lines, and take out supply lines for the front troops, allowing the more conventional forces to crush the unsupported force more easily. Blitzkrieg roots go back to Genghis Khan.

[@QuixoteBadger]

We got a cool sword out of it.

[@Plastikdoom]

And I want everyone to pause and think for a minute…these 8 Marines….who also hired 50 Greek mercenaries believe that they can and will take an enemy costal fort guarding a major port of of pirate empire that’s been around 300 years…with the addition of one cannon, even better they actually do, and only after one cannon shot fired as described…ahaha, god I love my Corps. I would say insane, but they don’t meet the definition of it…so we are something else entirely. 8 Marines and one naval officer believed they could take a fort with the help of 50 others who were part of a two sided mutiny not focused against them, but a two sided mutiny none the less for agreed upon terms. I don’t think most people really think about that one. They were basically like yeah, 8 of us that can fully counted upon can take a whole fort, of needed, if only we have a cannon, then they get one shot off, fucking that up too…and resort to silly and stupid shit…aka, charge. And they actually win, ahaha.

[@cerberus0225]

My issue with setting a specific year as the cutoff is that it works, until it doesn't. Other groups I've seen use something like a set amount of time in the past, like a 20-year rule, to decide when something becomes history. However, that doesn't always work well either, as some events are significantly more impactful and remain controversial long after their occurrence. If you were to try to account for that, though, you'd ultimately wind up with a controversial mishmash of events that are inevitably interrelated but you can talk about some and not others. I think for the sake of a youtube channel like yours, just setting a year like 2000 or 2001 or etc and avoiding the potential controversy is the safest route. As for an actual definition of history vs current events, though, I'm not sure if there's ever really a solid divide. More just a gradient. I mean, we can look back and see how the knock-on effects of things in history still matter today, and the interpretation of history itself is, on its own, a 'current events' issue.

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

07:11 that is exactly what is happening. The biggest companies who lobbied in the cities to make it so police won't attend unless the theft is over $1000 were the big chains who could tank the loss while simultaneously destroying their competition.

[@jpjh8844]

I still love that one of those 6 frigates is still on Active service in the US Navy to this day.

[@AndrewFalgout]

500 million to sink them, 250 million to make them look the other way. America: 1 billion dollar.. Proportional response incoming.

[@GhostWatcher2024]

"...if anything WERE to happen...better get 'proportional'." Yup. And thats the story of how the Barbary Pirates got Eminem'd.

[@sephuris5555]

Just goes to show since our inception we have been the masters of fuck around and find out

[@kns6958]

Sir, Canada's crazy tactics are some of the reasons why we now have a little something called the Geneva Convention. Lol, not soley obviously, but, seriously, when you bait your enemy by tossing cans of food into the trenches, and then after so long of conditioning them to believe that food is raining from the sky, you instead toss them 'nades, I can believe it.

[@DonPatrono]

as to why the pirates (and the ottomans in general) never really adopted that frigade's design, it's because that was an oceanic liner, meant for maneuvers in the high waters of the ocean and ship-on-ship cannon warfare. Those pirates mostly operated in the Mediterranean, oftentimes in close proximity to the coasts, enough to launch coastal raids, and had the main goal of boarding the ship to capture it, acquire the cargo and enslave the crew, not sink it, which is why they favored smaller and more agile vessels that, obviously, carried a lot less cannons, so the frigade for them was too heavy and frankly powerful to be used as an actual pirating ship, but would work perfectly as coastal artillery.

[@AniwayasSong]

While I respect your effort(s),,, trying to keep anything 'Military' separate from 'Politics' is impossible. The first is the 'Tool' of the second, and you cannot have one w/o the other. (Yes, it is often the suck. As a USMC Veteran, I know-of-what-I-type...) ;-) Still, this wonderful Man and his ability to Narrate a VERY important segment of America's Navy, is sheer brilliance!

[@TheRyujinLP]

Sadly to the far progressive left, you not wanting to make things political to them, makes it super political. I've had situations in my hobbies I've had to deal with far leftists where I told them, "Cool. I don't care about your politics. I just want to have fun. What you believe in outside of this is your business." This made me a "probable bigot" somehow. They then asked me, "So, if someone was a nazi you'd still let them play?" and I was like, "Yeah, so long as they're not hurting anyone they're allowed to have opinions that differ from mine. I don't need to agree with it or like it but they are still free to it. You guys are commies and your side has done as much, if not more, harm then the nazi's but I'm still willing to ignore this and have fun." Welp, that made me an actual nazi as far as the were concerned (you know being a small government conservative who believes in the power of the people and capitalism makes you somehow the same as an authoritarian form of market socialism that is rooted deeply in collectivism... that makes sense). They then stormed out, knocking over and damaging thing (which belong to the game store and not me... ). So sadly even if you try not to be political, they'll try to make it anyways. Despite that, good on you man. I just want to chill and listen to people who interesting stuff to say. I don't give two flying fucks who voted for or what your politics are. If I want that, I'll got to channels that are about that. Here, I just want to see you take on The Chubby Electron's content and unwind from a hard day at work.

[@sarahgould5435]

I know this has nothing to do with the video at large, but yes, women's pockets are basically just decorative. That's why we carry ginormous purses everywhere. Fortunately, my job provides me with a vest that has two pockets that...actually could probably carry a Switch. So even on the job I can still carry my lotion and phone and chapstick and nail clippers and... yeah.

[@KipReacts]

I have done so many rants on women's pockets. They actually frustrate me, and I feel bad they're standard on women's pants. Vest comes in clutch.

[@GhostBear3067]

Those leather collars also led to the "Jar Head" nickname for Marines because someone said it made Marines look like their heads were screwed on like jar lids.

[@ethanharman9584]

A bit late, but the Oar/Club behind him appears to be some variety of Wooden Macuahuitl.

[@williamsweeney2660]

The wooden "paddle" is actually a sword. The Macuahuitl was used by the Nahuatl peoples. It has shaped and sharpened obsidian in the edges and was used in combat and smaller versions of similar design were used in various activities. Not the least of which was religious observance and in cleaning flesh from meat in hunted game, fish ex cetera

[@0sirus1989]

I found you by accident because I've watched 80% of everything the fat electrician

[@bluesky896]

3:25 keys and wallet in your spare cargo pocket when you go places you may get robbed. Just had the thought I had to share.

[@reverendrico5631]

Less the boats and more the enslaving the crews…

[@thomasohanlon1060]

Tha "paddle" looks a little like a Macuahuitl was an Aztec wooden obsidian sword.

[@evandonnelly2760]

Japan attack three boats that belong to America. America dropped the sun on Japan twice.

[@AbruptandOffensive]

Fun fact: When he talks about the “Special Operation” He jokes about how the US Government says “so you wanna get dropped into hostile territory, find a rebel leader and his men, train then how to topple a tyrannical dictator, and then use them to fight people we don’t like FOR us” and how we would never dedicate a whole branch of Special Operations to it; he’s referring to the US Army Special Forces (SF) Green Beret “Commandos” They are the United States Army’s foreign warfare specialists. Green Berets specialize in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counterterrorism, and special reconnaissance. Green Berets emphasize language, cultural, and training skills in working with and training foreign troops. Basically Commandos are the guys know EVERYTHING about the areas they are assigned to and their job is to insert into hostile territory and train the good guys on how to kill the bad guys so we don’t have to sacrifice American lives. These guys are THE most comprehensively capable warriors with the most knowledge on the modern battlefield, even more than SEALs and Delta.