Banishing Dante

[@bradypostma5167]

Starts with Dante, ends with refuting flat earthers.

[@paulaunger3061]

The perfect video 👍❤️

[@francoislacombe9071]

Fyi, Dante's guide in Hell and Purgatory was the Roman poet Virgil. Beatrice was his guide in Heaven.

[@latenighter1965]

I LOVE how at the end you said rocket surgeon, I have been using that line for the last 40 years..... LOL

[@michaelmccarthy5455]

The Divine Comedy is one of my favorite pieces of literature. I also like that NOBODY was spared the Inferno or Purgatory, from common folk up to the papacy and Kings.

[@pakde8002]

No one is spared from purgatory except for saints.

[@christosvoskresye]

@@pakde8002 Even many of them came up through Purgatory.

[@vincentpellegrino789]

Rocket Surgeon?! lol good one.

[@LuinTathren]

It seems to be a running joke. I've heard him say it in other videos. He says it so matter-of-factly that I almost didn't notice it the first time I heard him say it.

[@antonkovalenko364]

It is a quote from NFL player turned commentator Joe Theismann that has since ascended to common colloquialism. I use the original "It's not rocket surgery." quite often myself.

[@laurenmary9296]

@@antonkovalenko364 Of which, the trophy's fame, no doubt...I assume, bc sports are one of a select few topics I know very little about.

[@CrisMind]

Dante's "Divine Comedy" was just an ancient Fan Fiction XD

[@birdielein9636]

You need to come back to this channel, Simon! As much as my fave Simon is Business Blaze Simon, I like this Simon too! And I love the creepy stories.

[@Travenspear8]

I think Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and less turtle-named artists would want to have a word with Madonna and Cher "making" using only a first name popular

[@dimitriosmakropoulos8641]

She: (playing record) This is by Madonna. Me: Madonna who? She: Just Madonna, she goes by only one name. Me: I get it, like Meatloaf. Okay, I was pulling her chain, but oy vey, the fireworks!

[@jamesvass498]

loved this video! The Divine Comedy was my first proper foray into literature as an adult, and the whole story behind it all was just fascinating to me. I also have a real distaste for the recent fad referred to as the "Flat Earth Movement..." Love the passive aggressive jabs... "Rocket Surgeon" was my fave!

[@nickmurray5119]

Great video, best part is the humon-music intro

[@sussekind9717]

I don't understand, that after all these thousands of years, why it's such a hard thing for people to get through their thick skulls, that the earth is a sphere (Ok, it's an oblate spheroid, whatever). I just don't get it.

[@josephteller9715]

Its a political litmus test, rather than an actual belief. They want people for their other less savory views who can debate an absolutely ridiculous and unscientific position so that they can argue other things that are unpopular and also depend on non-facts. Flat Earthers are inevitably Trumpies and the like.

[@mangot589]

And then of course, there’s always the ones who put politics into every single conversation, no matter how unwarranted, because even though they can’t believe it, not everybody in the world runs their lives according to politics, and have other things they think/believe in, no matter how outrageous it seems to others.

[@pakde8002]

I went to Indonesia and I didn't fall off. Also I went from Indonesia to Australia to Las Angeles to New York and from New York to Korea over the Arctic circle then back to Indonesia. It seems pretty round from the air. I think you're probably right.

[@christosvoskresye]

@@josephteller9715 Interesting that there are so many "Trumpies" in the NBA. Oh, wait; it's just that you like making up "facts".

[@BillyLingard]

It's like rehab coming here from business blaze

[@generaldissaray4109]

ok simon, this is the sixth channel i've subscibed to that features you. how many channels do you have?

[@currykingwurst6393]

He has 7 active channels. Which ones are you subscribed to?

[@currykingwurst6393]

I could've asked which one you're not subscribed to, but... how would you know?

[@generaldissaray4109]

@@currykingwurst6393 that was a month ago. i'm up to eight now.

[@currykingwurst6393]

@@generaldissaray4109 Good. I'm at 10.

[@ravenhill_night_visitor_1968]

very interesting.

[@locustfire75]

Come for Dante, stay for the rant against flat earthers. Brilliant

[@jasondawn1095]

Can't wait for the flat earthers to hear this one. Great video as always.

[@ChristmasLore]

And one Simon's channels I knew nothing about! Love the armchair!

[@hazeldecker622]

It ain't rocket surgery!

[@grimnir6169]

But it is Brain science!

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

*_Nice_*

[@colinp2238]

I think that these are written into the script to see if we are all listening.

[@samanjj]

Let’s burn that bridge when we get to it

[@twincities867]

Also to support the ancients and their knowledge of a round earth; look at Job 26:10 where “He described a circle upon the face of the waters, until the day and night come to an end.” A spherical Earth is also described in Isaiah 40:21-22-“the circle of the earth.” (Cir. 8th Century B.C.?)

[@twincities867]

Somebody should do a large scale production cable TV miniseries on Dante's Divine Comedy. Done right and true to form it would be really amazing.

[@twincities867]

Btw - I often wonder if the Paradiso may be the inspiration of the last parts of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odessy'.

[@TrapperAaron]

Dante prolly didn't help himself out much putting a gang of popes and other religious leaders in several of the sections of hell in the 1st part of his trilogy "the inferno"

[@lorenzolabella7045]

Well, to be fair, that was mostly after those people had died and their rivals had gained power.

[@williamclarke8732]

Yeah, he put whoever he did not like into hell so I find is hilarious he put religious figures in hell

[@lorenzolabella7045]

@@williamclarke8732 Religious figures who had actually committed the sins he accused them of, mind you

[@williamclarke8732]

@@lorenzolabella7045 so it was not just people he hated?

[@lorenzolabella7045]

@@williamclarke8732 No, that's a common misconception. He also put many of his heroes in Hell, like Virgil himself, Caesar, Ulysses, his mentor Brunetto Latini, and so on.

[@Zak6959]

Grazie, do you know who Don Cherry is ?, just asking.

[@1003JustinLaw]

My attempt at a bonus fact to add to this video: Dante's Divine Comedy actually contains three parts, Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise). Most people just know about the first part, Inferno, but the later two parts are equally interesting.

[@spacefonz949]

How many channels do you have Simon?

[@DaringNote62]

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[@Wolfe911]

It's been bugging me, but I finally figured out why the theme was so familiar. Anyone else hear the Castle theme?

[@Tyleya]

The Bible says the earth was round....but we ain’t ready to have that conversation.

[@todddougherty9492]

Tyleya, didn’t u get the txt? God changed that. But I think he only sent the txt to a couple of idio.... people. (Sorry, had something caught in my throat at the end there)

[@williamclarke8732]

Also fun fact: Christopher Columbus thought the earth was pear shaped

[@mudgetheexpendable]

howzabout doin one of these on Heron of Alexandria? That'd really be one in the teeth for the "olden-timey ignoramus" crowd plus he was really a fun guy. (IIRC)

[@wayneschiller5985]

Rocket surgeon! Nice one fact boy.

[@kreiner1]

Most people knew and accepted this till now when you can talk to a person who can read and write has been to school and somehow thinks the world is flat

[@sebern2]

I privately smile every time you say "rocket surgery."

[@manicmechanic448]

And yet there are people who can't even fathom a round earth.

[@MartinWessels-KrakowPoland]

What is a rocket surgeon?

[@Lafiel17]

Is this channel dead?

[@terrygrossmann2295]

And still to this day some still believe the Earth is flat.

[@nicholaslewis8594]

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a more common belief today.

[@briancrawford8751]

What? Beatrice didn't die of typhus in Corfu at age of 12?

[@paulaunger3061]

Great title! Very enjoyable vid - and I do love it when you refute the flat earthers 🤩😎😍 [edit: damn you autocorrect and your flat earth sympathies!]

[@Pikrodafni]

A "rocket surgeon"?! Simon, calm down...

[@Chef_PC]

Sure, Simon. Explain the lizard people then.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:45 - Bonus fact

[@katrinarandle2842]

Can you please do a Today I Found Out on "Does dreams mean anything?"

[@blah2blah65]

Great topic idea. Could include historical answers to the question.

[@thetexastickler5698]

Noti gang gang

[@gungriffen]

Is it true that Britain didn't have their British accent before the Victorian Era and the US has the original English accent?

[@konker420]

this is the last channel left. bye simon

[@TheJediCaptain]

Did Columbus' men believe the Earth was flat? Miami (possibly all American) schools taught us that his crew was on the verge of mutiny when land was finally spotted.

[@JonatasAdoM]

I came for Dante's inferno.

[@drewdurant3835]

Simon whistler.

[@catherinegreer854]

A Rocket surgeon?🤨🤨

[@rhijulbec1]

Wasn't Barbra the first to be known by her first name, in modern times I mean, of course. Madonna and others may deserve it (depending upon your tastes) but, Barbra was first and the best. Jenn in Canada 🇨🇦

[@donna30044]

Nope. Liberace and Charo predated Barbra, Cher, Madonna, and the rest.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

is this channel dead? it says new videos every day but nothing for 5 monthes.

[@adil391]

Dante's inferno is based off of this

[@jaewok5G]

oh ffs, ANOTHER ANOTHER SIMON CHANNEL … half my subscriptions are simon …

[@eddyguizonde401]

oh boy, incoming triggered flat earthers...

[@stephjovi]

Isn't it sad? Over 2000 years ago people realise the earth isn't flat. 2020 we have pictures from spade and people say no it looks flat it is flat and gravity is fake too 😩

[@voodoomagic90]

@@stephjovi that's what happens when you have a pathetic education system and terrible teachers unfortunately.

[@Tux.Penguin]

Ramya A Some people are determined to believe what they want to believe, even if good school teachers state clearly that the globe is spherical. I haven’t yet seen a flat earther change his mind after losing an argument.

[@voodoomagic90]

@@Tux.Penguin I wonder if theism has something to do with that. I've heard from some of my friends who'd try and debate these flat Earth believers in their discord groups that a lot of them (not all) are usually theists and that it seems to be part of the reason they don't want to believe or let go of their argument even if they lost. Of course there could be tons of other factors but apparently this was a common one among them 🤔

[@Tux.Penguin]

Ramya A I can imagine that some flat earthers might fall back on some form of religion or dogma when they perceive their theory is under attack, but I don’t know that there’s necessarily a correlation or causation. Some people just really want to believe certain notions, even notions outside the sphere of theism.

[@silascochran9705]

Rocket surgeon That's funny.😁👍 I think the comment below. Does not realize it was a pun. That's punny

[@Overworkedandunderpaid]

I think i follow every channel you guys have except business Blaze.

[@ketoose]

My wife named our son after him

[@diyeana]

Of course people knew the Earth isn't flat. They weren't stupid, like some people of today. >.>

[@Tux.Penguin]

Melissa BigMac There have been plenty of stupid people throughout history, but even the stupid ones back then were probably aware that the earth is a ball. Which makes today’s flat earthers even MORE absurd.

[@diyeana]

@@Tux.Penguin you speak truth. A sad, horrid truth.

[@JohnnieWalkerGreen]

Please make a video about "David Rittenhouse"

[@colinp2238]

My bottom is curved and I ain't a rocket surgeon or sientist.

[@RabidChild82]

Rocket surgeon 😂

[@mihai7192]

besides, the Bible says the Earth is a sphere

[@paulfinlinson4436]

What is a rocket surgeon? lol

[@magikman79]

WTF is a Rocket surgeon???

[@ex-navyspook]

I'm guessing all the dislikes are from Flat-Earthers.

[@wyoman6987]

This channel must be dead, no new videos in 3 months.

[@NoName-sb9tp]

Hm... so people are getting more and more stupid as time went on.

[@samanjj]

Dude what’s up with the colour palette. Just keep it real. This blue-green muck is not cool

[@laurenmary9296]

Yeah, hearing Simon say "rocket surgeon/surgery", always makes me think of the "Ricky-ism", said by the character of the same name, in the Canadian comedy show: Trailer Park Boys...."rocket alliance", like: "It's not rocket alliance(s)..."