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[@petersz98]

Any country that demands reparations from Great Britain, the greatest country in the world, needs to offset reparations to royalty payments!

[@zaftra]

They also ended slavery, alone when it was an accepted way of life back then.

[@2bittesla]

1788, the most extremist association in history is formed, The Society for the Abolition of Slavery.

[@davidware9549]

And made the women of India have better life’s cause they be living like if they was in Iran if it wasn’t for us

[@WookieWarriorz]

yes and no chill with that claim. Its very complicated and a lot of right wing people have been co-opting this claim to spread historical misinformation of a differentt kind.

[@zaftra]

@@WookieWarriorz No, it isn't, stop trying to rewrite history; it's really very simple and an demonstrative historical fact. You're like those people when you point out it was black slavers that did most of the capturing and selling of the slave who claim, well yes they traded in slaves, but they treated them ever so nicely.

[@2bittesla]

@@WookieWarriorz It’s not so complicated. Britain 1788, the most extremist right wing association is realized, the association for abolition of slavery is formed. The first in history.

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

I'm a British design engineer or inventor if you prefer. I can tell you that the British are still on the cutting edge of design and invention. A special shout out to the Scottish, man for man (and woman to woman) are the best engineers, design and otherwise in the world. That's being said by an English Brit..

[@aledhughes3609]

What have Africans done for us?

[@DazsdWTP]

near me inside aberdeen there is a 1600's building that houses a bunch of information on aberdonian and surroundiong areas inventors and people who pushed us forward and its great (with some embelishment ill admit) but the sheer amount of things and that just from this north east area is facinating (its also free to go inside)

[@ade3628]

I'm a.brit and I didn't invent anything so I'm just me lol but my ancestors basically shaped the modern world so I tip my hat to them, and this is why I'm extremely proud of my country, were not the only country to do bad during brutal times, but for a island we definitely had a mighty punch

[@B-A-L]

Britain gave you the modern world and the ability to explore it!

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

Yes, the flushing loo, everytime you finish dropping a log in the pond, you can think of Britain!

[@katydaniels481]

My grandparents had an alarm clock that made tea 😂 It was such a treat as child ❤

[@proudofyourroots9575]

Teasmade

[@darrenlee4455]

My parents did, a teasmaid lol

[@proudofyourroots9575]

@@darrenlee4455 teasmade*

[@darrenlee4455]

​@proudofyourroots9575 thanks, we called it a teasmaid because, as a kid, she was the maid who made the tea, so ours was called Teasmaid.

[@proudofyourroots9575]

@@darrenlee4455 Need a shovel? LOL

[@raystewart3648]

That is why in the US there are so many accidents and deaths at junctions. Roundabouts stops this from happening as everyone knows when to go and when to yield (not stop). Its like three water pipes and a valve, the water flows without stopping and never clogs up the intersection, the valve keeps the water flowing in one direction.

[@lindathomas5500]

I love your warm smile and vocal tones! You always bring a smile to my face! Another great video, thank you for sharing…

[@bryanhunter2077]

Thomas Crapper invented the flushing loo

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

The British also invented the electric light bulb 💡 Mr Swan invented it. Edison just stole and improved it.

[@davidware9549]

And the apple pie Americans think they did lol

[@davidswan4083]

Sir Joseph Swan, my great (Great?) uncle. Guess what I think of Edison (It ain't pretty)

[@austinseven4720]

Technically, Humphrey Davy had the first iteration of a light bulb when he created the Safety Lamp. Working from the electric battery devised by Volta. But it was of very limited use. Too bright for use outside of mines and burnt out very quickly. That was improved upon in the 1850s before Swan and Edison created the far more viable filament based incandescent bulbs.

[@PeterDay81]

Thank you young lady.I had a Teasmade.A teasmade is a machine for making tea automatically, which was once common in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries.😄

[@lindathomas5500]

I remember my parents having one in the seventies! 😆

[@theresamyers5327]

Here for another great reaction video

[@hear.no.evil.]

Island girlz thank you for being a beacon of what's good Vs what's bad. I hope you and your beautiful family prosper and have good health. X

[@lyndabignell9660]

Loved your response. You thought through the information. I agree with you that all this should be taught in school. Love your response to your child ❤

[@Ultor_0]

8:16 The cats eye reflector is something placed at regular intervals down the middle of the road, its helps you to keep to your lane where lighting is too poor to see the painted white lines by reflecting your cars headlights back at you a little. reduces the chances of accidents in the middle of the night. they also cause a small bump if you accidentally veer over lanes which you can feel too. named cats eyes due to cats similarly having reflective eyes.

[@bazsnell3178]

@Ultor_0 The inventor got the idea from a cat that was approaching him at dusk. If the cat was going the other way he would have invented the pencil sharpener.

[@charliereah4831]

The flushing toilet was invented by thomas crapper of London. Hence why the word crap is referenced as poo

[@scande2232]

Love the way you speak, your accent and your facial expressions

[@lesleywillis6177]

So do I, but I’d rather understand what she said!

[@britbazza3568]

The British discovered Gravity, Electricity, we created the light bulb, TV, Radio, built and designed the worlds first computer, the www. Or world wide web. We invented steam trains steam engines most of the machinery used in the industrial world we were forefront in the invention of the gun basically we invented pretty much the entirety of every invention in the modern world that we rely on to this day we also invented the Hovercraft and the world's first ever vertical take off aircraft ie the Harrier Jump jet. We even invented cast iron and steel too We even invented the humble Sandwich too We also invented Longitude and latitude also with the Harrison Marine Chronometer and time itself that's why the world actually ticks to British GMT or Greenwich Mean Time because we needed to plot where we were in the world when traversing our Empire thing that the Brits invented was Penicillin( not mentioned here) we also invented a lot more besides too

[@debs6475]

Were pretty awesome for a small country 😊

[@reefrebels]

Thanks for the reaction - your son was the star!!

[@reefrebels]

and your daughter!

[@theresamyers5327]

Happy Tuesday Island Girlz blessings

[@McLintox]

Lots of innuendo around a Goblin Teasmaid !

[@brianmarjerrison8940]

Check out the Strid most dangerous stretch of river on earth, I live nearby

[@oxfamshop]

The alarm clock that makes tea . The teas made according a search was first launched in 1936 by a company called Goblin.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Teasmaid... _The first tea-making machine was invented by Charles Maynard Walker in 1891, followed by an “Automatic Tea-Making Apparatus” patented by Samuel Rowbottom in 1892_ By the way Goblin I believe is an Indian company. So in 1936 that was part of the British empire. Plus tea was stolen from China and introduced to India by the British.

[@alexmckee4683]

Most tea is from Assam strains that don't originate in China, or at least have nothing to do with the plants collected by Fortune, who bought plants but had to use subterfuge as tea plants were considered as Chinese imperial property. More important was the knowledge of Chinese tea production methods and brewing methods. Knowledge isn't legitimately a perpetual property of any group of people, it is the common heritage of the whole human species.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@alexmckee4683 You do know Assam is in India, and Indian tea originated from China, when the British took it from China and introduced it to India,

[@alexmckee4683]

@@daveofyorkshire301 of course I do. Assam tea did not come from the tea taken by Fortune from China, it is thought to be either a very ancient introduction or native to Assam.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@alexmckee4683 Thank you for correcting my knowledge in this, I must admit I never knew India has indigenous tea. After a bit of digging around I accept I was wrong. I can't understand why we took tea from China to India given India seems to have been consuming it for centuries medicinally.

[@JanineCrainich-rj6sx]

Oh I do love your reactions, you beautiful lady 🥰

[@trevorveail]

Island girl as a 76 year old Englishman I am aware of all the things we have done to helpthe world. One of those yhings was our attempt to end Slavery.

[@philstabler]

Clown, you’ve trying to b smart, but when you’re listening to half a you tube video, you’d be none the wiser, we learnt it comprehensive school in England the British abolished celebrity and that was in the 1980s when I found out it’s called the Wilberforce act in 1833 it was passed by Westminster Parliament and royal asentient the law .

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

The one thing he didn't touch on was how the British have a language which is now universal. English has become the second language in so many countries. The reason I could understand both the presenter in this video, and yourself, is that we all speak English. And the other great thing the British gave, at least to many of the Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand, is fish and chips.

[@tonyduncan9852]

A Goblin Teasmade has to be prepared before you hit the sack. The buzzer is unnecessary, because you can hear it switch its kettle on. I don't miss it.

[@peterbrazier7107]

I like the like the look of surprise on your face throughout this video'

[@arlmondgcalcutt6562]

What people should appreciate is there is a roll-over effect : where invention 2 relies on familiarity with invention 1 - This in an era that worldwide communication wasn't instant

[@aledhughes3609]

You are wonderful x

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰

[@TheDoctorFlay]

You can still visit the site in Cornwall where the old intercontinental cable was connected. Last time I was there you could still see the ends of the old cable coming out of the sand in a little shed.

[@proudofyourroots9575]

We also created the beginings of and theory of the nuclear bomb. We weredeveloping it under the tube alloys program. During ww2 we were pleading with the americans for the first few years for them to help us with the research , as all our resoures were tied up in defending our little island and not starving to death. Eventually they agreed, then once they had solved it with us, they cut Britain out and refused the share the exact final details, and claimed themselves the inventors of it. Now, the bomb can be seen as bad, but the creation of it lead to nuclear reactors and therefore nuclear power.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

Don't forget the "Electric light Bulb", "Thomson Splint", "Chocolate Bar", "Lawn mower", "Safety match", "Clock work Radio" name but a few. I am proud to be British.

[@artemisfowl66]

Only a Brit can truly understand the need to wake up to a cup of hot tea. Ahhhhhh!!

[@MikeBD187]

I really enjoyed your reaction.

[@Nardia-ob9rn]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@user-xz6qk9wf9j]

Perhaps you could react to the British crusade against slavery.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

An alarm clock that makes tea AKA teasmaid.

[@mcsporran7228]

It was the Goblin teasmade I recall, I had one when I first got married.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@mcsporran7228 They made them back in the 1890s, Goblin an Indian company I believe may be claiming the brand name in 1936, it makes no difference since India was part of the British empire prior to 1947. Interesting fact, India only has tea because the British took it from China and introduced it to India.

[@jamesmcbride6304]

Another great reaction, thanks for your comments

[@kanaika1750]

Here for another reaction video

[@johnnyshinnichi1785]

Aah, the teasmade. Who didn't have a Goblin teasmade back in the 60's? Waking up to a luverly cuppa.

[@user-zr7bn1pf7z]

Yeah right!.

[@nekite1]

Myself and my wife had a Goblin Teasmaid some 45 years ago. All the rage then, but ultimately just a bit of a fad.

[@DarkChrisHour]

Cats Eye, in case unsure is in middle of UK roads. It divides the lanes, and car ligh5s reflects off the Cats Eye reflecting the light in a way that it visible in the dark. So in essence it is a light stripe in middle of road to hel0 guide driver's around corners and to stay in lane.

[@bazsnell3178]

'DarkChrisHour The inventor got the idea from a cat that was approaching him at dusk. If the cat was going the other way he would have invented the pencil sharpener.

[@subaruwrx3381]

The english gave you the English language to destroy ( from the get go )

[@anthonyferris8912]

Yea, but apart from all that, what have the..

[@tinadurrell2943]

I am English and we did wrong but we did good also its a balance

[@spacefanatic]

We the British also conquered about 3/4 of the world along with all these inventions. Not too bad for a small country.

[@HankD13]

The British and their Empire today gets a lot of hate. It is the current fashion - but the only fair comparison is to compare it to its contemporaries - The French, the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Italians, the Germans, the Dutch, the Mughals, the Ottomans and their like. Did bad things happen? Sure, but where did they not? The British (despite being so awful) left a powerful legacy of successful and allied nations - which hardly makes sense if they really were so awful. Ending slavery for the world - including in India - strikes me as a pretty positive legacy too. Keep learning and smiling - enjoy the positivity so much.

[@davidware9549]

And we made the women of India have better life’s cause they be like like if they was in Iran otherwise

[@mcuandnonmcufan]

Please react to the documentary called "Zero Hour: A Royal Massacre"

[@maddogmcgraw5987]

People always whinge about the empire but without it a massive lump of the world wouldnt have had any kind of meanigful advancement for generations, centuries even.

[@TheDoctorFlay]

The British also invented rum in Barbados. You are welcome 🥃

[@rohnnyjotten3985]

We didn't invent everything, but we invented all the stuff that allowed other people to invent the stuff we didn't lol.

[@smythharris2635]

Gravity, courtesy of Sir Isaac Newton 😅

[@hear.no.evil.]

The reason our scientific and engineering discoveries aren't taught is because to do so is to highlight what other nations didn't do. Far better to bring the Brits down to every one else's lack of humanitorial contribution. Ultimately slavery is bad, but we didn't invent it, but we were the only ones who stopped it. For this reason we must be condemned.

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Basically, you'd all be living in caves if it wasn't for us Brits.....you're welcome..😉

[@user-uh2vw8hv6q]

i think God blessed us due to stopping by force the slave trade of the world

[@martinbynion1589]

Rutherford WASN'T a Brit - he was a Kiwi, a New Zealander.

[@robk5159]

I think you need to do a little more reading, or actually listen to what the poster is saying, before you comment. That way you won't look stupid!

[@alexmckee4683]

Rutherford was born to British parents in New Zealand, which was part of the British empire at the time. His scientific career occurred in Cambridge in England.

[@peterforfun210]

Hi sweetheart. Why not sit with your husband and watch this I am sure he would find it interesting.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰 Will do

[@elizabethmcintyre8529]

Hun there's too many British inventions for our small brains can't take it all in

[@patrickporter6536]

American reacts is just another display of ignorance.

[@philstabler]

It is tough in uk schools.