Why Nevada Owns Less than 20% of Nevada

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[@devlinmorin7615]

The US felt bad for dropping nukes on Japan, so to make up for it, it nuked Nevada a thousand times.

[@1_fishy_boi984]

Feels great to know that as a person who lives in nevada

[@ElusiveTy]

@@1_fishy_boi984 The nuclear fallout still present in that state is a huge yikes. Border towns in Utah got screwed at the time it happened too.

[@opnic_]

@@ElusiveTyThere’s a whole Wikipedia article about “downwinders” which are people who were exposed to fallout from nuclear tests and are often afflicted with radiation-based cancer.

[@devlinmorin7615]

@@duongkhoanguyen4695 Well they legalized prostitution and have Las Vegas. Maybe they expended all their atomic perversion there.

[@meloyellow]

We’re just sitting here with our mutated limbs 😔✊

[@joughnut496]

I swear America is that chair that looks like it’s gonna fall apart the second you sit on it, but has been like that for years and is surprisingly, impossibly stable.

[@garabic8688]

And thats why we Americans love it so much, chaotic but ours

[@cactusjupiter8533]

I was betrayed by a chair like that. I sat on it one night and lost my dinner.

[@joughnut496]

@@cactusjupiter8533 😢 Im sorry for your loss.

[@aayushpatel2788]

@@cactusjupiter8533 rip

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Murica, fuck yeah. Chaos reigns, but due to that, freedom is rampant.

[@jasperjavillo686]

I love how Grey always depicts American as an extremely free-spirited young woman that just does whatever she wants without the consent of any of the states. Like a big sister that constantly and obliviously bullies her younger sister.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Or a soccer mom

[@johnadler6987]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 Oh, you must be talking about Karen? Yeah... we know about her...

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

And as any big sister knows, younger sister needs this kind of bullying or chaos would reign.

[@miles4939]

@@johnadler6987 bro move on

[@johnadler6987]

@@miles4939 Wat?

[@rmdodsonbills]

If there's ever any doubt about the Forest Service's mission, just note that it's in the Department of Agriculture. A National Forest is essentially a great big tree farm. And as such, those nearby can get a Christmas Tree for WAY less than you would spend at a Christmas Tree Farm. And by that I mean for a $10 permit you're allowed to take a tree any size up to 20 feet. You just have to be able to haul it yourself (and cut it down without killing yourself or anyone else).

[@phillyphakename1255]

Natural forests are great for legal bonsai poaching as well. 10 bucks for a legal tree, as old and weathered as you can find, all for a low flat rate.

[@pupstermobster8567]

Ah so that's why the federal government is inefficient and has so many legal loopholes.

[@_Morph1ne_]

The government testing nukes in Nevada is like stealing somebody’s food and licking it so they can’t steal it back

[@nunyabusiness4904]

Nevada are you sure you want this land that we’ve nuked dozens of times? You’re cool with me keeping it right? Cool thanks.

[@newsaxonyproductions7871]

That's a perfect analogy

[@ryalexstudios]

Most underrated comment

[@TBustah]

@Nunya Business Yes, but the testing was done on a tiny portion of it. Look at the map again. Nevadans were butting heads with an organization called BLM long before it was cool because it controls so much in the state. Whether it’s a farmer’s water rights being violated, a rancher just trying to let his cattle graze, or anyone being bothered by wild animals, BLM is always in somebody’s way. I don’t think most Nevadans would mind the state taking control of a bit of useless land (even if it meant a tax hike) if it meant that the feds weren’t there to make the parts that ARE useful (including land owned by individuals) a pain to use.

[@zacharymarentette5269]

To be fair to the federal government, almost all of the state is practically uninhabitable anyways. It's just, a huge desert.

[@metalmint-1]

Grey: “The coastal water is federal land” Me: “THE WATER IS LAND???”

[@danilovonsquawk572]

The land under the water is Federal.

[@kamrynrattana]

@@danilovonsquawk572 Not exactly the point, but ok

[@vnXun]

@@kamrynrattana Often time if you own a piece of land you own whatever on top of it to an extent, in this case sea water.

[@user-rx6xu6bs8c]

The coastal water is federal water

[@kirevkizrepnav572]

If the coastal water is federal water, does it flow away? Do you have some drips of federal water somewhere

[@foldervtolvr]

When I told my friend that the DoD owns the least amount of land of the federal land managers they were suprised, they knew that America has a massive military. And I simply said “with human made machines you can neatly pack them into hangars and warehouses. With forests and parks they are just big empty spaces of nature. The DoD is still the one with the most ‘power’ it just doesn’t have all the land”

[@KingNektus]

Not necessarily the least, just the smallest amount of the top 5 departments that own and use federal land.

[@willstuart5681]

Having lived in the barracks it is very interesting to find out why they are immune from housing regulations... Thank you

[@Cjnw]

…and HOAs!

[@SoullessCast]

Having worked for the Forest Service, "someone is always going to be angry" is basically the perfect summary of it.

[@levelup1279]

You are a hero of untold glory

[@yattobaggins3124]

And yet your profile picture doesn't look environment friendly

[@k_taaro]

@@yattobaggins3124 this is why he used "worked", past tense

[@magickpalms4025]

@@levelup1279 did you watch the video? the Forest Service are the worst and most destructive of the bunch...!

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@magickpalms4025 hum no? Cutting down trees do not mean you kill a forest. The only thing it truly changes from a natural forest is that only nicely shaped trees are kept in the forest (to make wood cutting easy) and you will rarely find a dead tree in an exploited forest

[@benjiboy9907]

I love the way Grey mixes rhyming into his scripts. Not too consistent and gimmicky, but definitely noticeable.

[@nickbrownfield8008]

Or works good length alliteration

[@breewaldenwomanizerforlife9341]

He speaks in a very poetic way it is enjoyable

[@KittySlaymaster]

One like one prey for nevada land😭😂🤣

[@slappymcface5681]

Your mom rhymes

[@claytong2069]

0:43?

[@QueenMonny]

The final panel with the forest management lady tending to her little plant is the cutest. 😂😊

[@einsteinboricua]

So we’ve gone from “What is Federal Land” to “Why Nevada owns lass than 20% of Nevada”… We see you Grey, and how you’re changing things up!

[@bobmcguffin5706]

He's making them less descriptive and more Shocking(tm)!

[@fanq_]

it's what The Algorithm wants, after all... he has to keep up with the times

[@Sara3346]

@@fanq_ True but at least he delivers on the video's premise unlike many others.

[@jackodonail1980]

@Bob McGuffin not much fond of the change, but alas, I suppose one must play the Algorithm's damnable game.

[@RipleySawzen]

@@Sara3346 Sort of, but he also didn't really feature Nevada specifically. Like, what percent does Nevada own, exactly? Edit: Ah, now I see it. TY people.

[@bookyanimations6152]

“Using contracts... and guns.” The true American way

[@safalparajuli]

By killing innocents...

[@poppy63765]

@@safalparajuli just shut up

[@safalparajuli]

@@poppy63765 Truth is bitter

[@poppy63765]

@@tobyrix7082 yes

[@poppy63765]

@@tobyrix7082 I know but the ton is like only America did it every country did "truth is bitter every one knows" what their country did at least America recognized what they did look at Japan and England

[@RapierNeedleCrime]

I will never get tired of the states and countries as stick figure ladies. It’s so cute.

[@david2618]

Specially the military ones the gat gives them serious eyes

[@theuserofthissite]

I guess the Japanese aren't the only ones who can anthropomorphize abstract concepts as cute girls.

[@cristianverdugogalaz8725]

@@theuserofthissite dem kankolle reference XP

[@deamon6681]

@@cristianverdugogalaz8725 Not even. While kankolle is the anthropomorphisation of war ships, that hardly an abstract concept. no name's statement was surely not a specific reference, but a much broader statement.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

rule 34 anyone?

[@-o6o]

This used to say ‘what is federal land?’ I think

[@gripen777]

yeah, he changed it i guess.

[@camilomadrigal6762]

Yeah I saw that and thought i was insane

[@WragrFratz]

Could you make your "in general" icon into a text character or emoji? I really like that icon, and I use the phrase "in general" quite often, so it would be handy to be able to use your icon in place of the phrase.

[@grimgamer24]

Oh wow a rare sight of Grey actually completing a story for another time. 😂

[@sirdumb1592]

grimgamer24 still waiting for free will video

[@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165]

2:43 Yeah, but in the process he opened up another one. So, really, it's a net neutral.

[@52nerfguy]

@@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165 That ones been open for a while. I don't see it getting to the top of the list any time soon

[@kylemagaro231]

@@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165 He can't actually finish a video without opening up another topic.

[@Mogris24]

@@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165 noted, but it'll be a good one if he does it.

[@octogaming3815]

As an Alaskan, I thank you for properly sizing my state.

[@papersnowman]

As another Alaskan, I knew someone had to have beaten me to this! Got an instant like for that alone!

[@xiconxyl7571]

I’ve never met an Alaskan I love your state and want the cold 🥶 😃 (Tennessee)

[@octogaming3815]

@@xiconxyl7571 awesome, hope you can make it up sometime. The mountains and do not disappoint.

[@delighteddino9363]

Fellow Alaskans. 😎

[@timothyt.82]

As a Californian I demand you give me some of your cold. It is starting to heat up too much during the Summer seasons and the tourists aren't coming to pay the billionaires to keep the middle-class and down from fizzling in the sun. Please... I beg of you...

[@calebbradley9018]

I love that this generation can have resource tiles used so casually and demonstrate the point of land so well

[@aeydra]

I just recently discovered the channel and I love the emotions of the stick figures and the humour in the narration, while making serious thought provoking points 👌🤓💖

[@PitterPatter20]

Ultimate Power Move: when settling a land dispute, drop a nuclear bomb on it to assert your dominance

[@virgilio6349]

Ahh yes the Belkan move.

[@jupitersgodzilla7114]

*T-Bomb*

[@victordossantoscosta4122]

Free Nuclear Reactors, all over land, stonks!

[@userloser4553]

Chad America Vs Virgin Nevada

[@peterstamatiou4530]

No wonder russia is so massive

[@saltysauce8692]

Imagine having actual non-federal land -This post was made by the Washington D.C gang

[@57thorns]

What is the deal there when it comes to private property (as in land)?

[@rickmcthicc3500]

@@57thorns Bruh it's not like you can't own a house here, the rules of private property are the same Edit: And DC isn't entirely "Federal Land", it's just entirely a U.S. territory. Watch the video "American Empire" to learn more.

[@geokid3026]

Haha relatable

[@j0ndav1s]

@@57thorns if they want it they take it.

[@xrueaw5961]

Yo Texas gang lmao

[@alexanderamos4185]

You can’t buy land in a park, but the park can buy land that people live in, which is handed over after the owner dies. I used to live in CVNP in Ohio

[@metEvie]

I haven’t watched CGP in a while, just found this video and wow, it’s a masterpiece. Never thought simple drawings could be this meaningful, beautiful and entertaining.

[@petersmythe6462]

Nevada and Kazakhstan: getting nuked repeatedly by their larger goverments during peacetime.

[@hanako_2137]

And an honorable mention to Novaya Zemlya for reasons.

[@danielkron2513]

@@hanako_2137 and bikini atoll (or whats left of it at this point)

[@TonyKalashnikov]

​@@hanako_2137 Over its history as a nuclear test site, Novaya Zemlya hosted 224 nuclear detonations with a total explosive energy equivalent to 265 megatons of TNT. For comparison, all explosives used in World War II, including the detonations of two US nuclear bombs, amounted to only two megatons

[@TonyKalashnikov]

@Wacky Venky Pretty sure anyone that isnt a person in a radiation suit is too dead to tell tales about that place

[@tomatoessuck4878]

@Wacky Venky Basicly Novaya Zemlya is frozen wastelands, it's not even intended to be living here

[@TheNoobTrooper]

That’s why military bases have terrible housing. This explains everything

[@Lucky10279]

That's terrible. There ought to be federal regulations.

[@azrielsatan8693]

It cant be blamed on them alone, a long time ago they hired contractors to manage the housing, these contractors took the money that they were given, and immediately tried to us as little of it as possible and then charge as much for it as they can, the army is actually in a long legal battle with most of these companies to try and kick them and there money stealing butts off of the installation but they didn't make it easy for themselves back when this all started.

[@taoliu3949]

Technically the military has full authority to set standards for base housing which they do. They just suck because reasons. Though the newer barracks are nice as fuck though.

[@Supergforce777]

Yes, that is the point of the video isn’t it

[@quasar7951]

@@azrielsatan8693 well Texas has Housing codes which could possibly mean that Texas could side with the army against the ones who keep the money

[@dixonbuttes6564]

This is such freaking great video about this subject, you’ve made my Sunday. Thank you for the cogent, honest, and highly usable educational tool you provided in this video. Stunningly well done. 👍 ⭐️

[@ushankaboy7357]

This video was once called "What is Federal Land"

[@CTyankee]

^^

[@ultradude5410]

I just love how Grey acknowledges the complications he can’t possibly cover. He makes it clear that this isn’t the full story, because a perfectly complete explaination would take ages and would be a colossal video and would need *updating* if anything changed.

[@chuckpuck6744]

Thanks for stating the obvious

[@lucussrear3507]

@@chuckpuck6744 Boy you sure seem fun at parties. He was just expressing his appreciation bro. No need to be rude.

[@chuckpuck6744]

@@lucussrear3507 I'm not fun at parties. Life is so more than parties. grow up

[@chuckpuck6744]

@@lucussrear3507 also grow a pair

[@lucussrear3507]

@@chuckpuck6744 I don’t think I ever really said life is a party. What are you talking about man? Im just saying let people enjoy things instead of being a self-righteous dipstick about people simply expressing their appreciation for someone’s content. Seek therapy dude.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

CGP Grey removes the grey from my winter day.

[@evans7771]

Look into sunlamps for seasonal affect disorder. Takes the grey out of my day

[@tk0208]

it’s not winter

[@armelfrancois7009]

compulsory shouting of popular youtuber name in response to his comment!!!

[@raymondhu7720]

Amazing! I watch your map videos and they are awsome. Good to see you here!!!

[@Moolers]

@@tk0208 Tell that to the -11 degrees outside.

[@EnderSpy007]

REALLY love the little star wars mini reference. "Fully operational federal government altering the deal (Pray I don't alter it any further") "Fully operational battlestation" "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

[@sentrygunmainman5010]

Did this video get renamed or something?

[@joko49perez]

Yes.

[@Mackzodroginstomp]

Wondered why it showed up in my notifications again after watching it over 2 years ago.

[@Syberi388]

Me: "Why is this in my recommended?" CGP Grey: *mentions BLM* Me: "Oh, the algorithm thinks he talking about current events."

[@TheYeetiest]

Well obviously the P in CGP Grey had to stand for something.

[@Eutropios]

@Anonymous okay, conservative

[@Eutropios]

@Anonymous you’re the one who denies systemic racism

[@kyleking3839]

@@TheYeetiest what does the P stand for then? I'm probably just stupid but I don't understand

[@Eutropios]

@@zer0msh551 it never stopped being one ;)

[@YodaDJmaster]

*The fact that Little Young America was already depicted as having a gun is pretty accurate.*

[@myusername3689]

Nice Try *kolibri intensifies*

[@Brams2777]

And the fact that she immediately used it to threaten someone else is also accurate

[@issstari954]

@@Brams2777 Well the first time she got slapped with a biscuit

[@itrthho]

Well she was born from war....

[@joop4809]

@@itrthho a lot of nations are created after a war, like most of them are.

[@alfa_guy09]

Only OG’s remember when this video was called Federal Land

[@AliDoesntWork]

remember when this was named "What is Federal Land?"

[@idonothaveahandleok]

Yes

[@jayanisi408]

I feel like the phrase “when push comes to shove, America can shove” is the most accurate description of the US that I have ever heard

[@nfspbarrister5681]

....not in vietnam...or cambodia, or indonesia....or afganistan... Dang, we asian are pesky rice farmers eh?

[@brodyspears8290]

@@nfspbarrister5681 cope

[@MERCENARYTAO1]

@@nfspbarrister5681 You can't shove a people without genociding them. You can shove a country though which is what the US did to all of those countries.

[@danield3871]

@@nfspbarrister5681 we definitely shoved we just didn’t win

[@flamebreaker7318]

@@danield3871 you missed your shove bro

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Forget Half Life 3 my most anticipated thing is the Reservations video

[@jonnomonodesu]

Agreed

[@Endofnames]

You and TierZoo both commenting on this video makes me realize how insular my circle of subscriptions really is. Still love your vids though.

[@MCAndyT]

+

[@jaymatt1569]

Same

[@jasonkent7858]

To be fair we have an infinitely higher likelihood of seeing a Reservations video then we ever will of an HL3.

[@brettcope9752]

Super vid! As a Westerner (Utah) I live in fear of the state obtaining ownership of federal land. Although the Fed's administration is clunky at times, the various bureaus attempt to make rational decisions. As things stands now great swaths of open land are available for recreation. I'm pretty certain that the primary focus under state administration would be selling land in order to balance budgets. Once it's gone, it's gone. Ask Arizona about pressure to sell their State Trust Lands.

[@user-gh1ql5uc8t]

The best part about this was when the federal government kept taking land from citizens who already had bought it. But it didn't compensate them for their loss, and it didn't care just swept it all under a rug.

[@Paper_Brain]

The descriptions on the "cards" in this video are genius. "Nuclear Silo Artifact land Enters battlefield tapped, tap to destroy target land"

[@Foxpawed]

So amazingly busted, doesn't even require additional mana to activate the ability.

[@Paper_Brain]

@@Foxpawed ikr, he can literally cripple the enemy's mana production as long as that card is on the board

[@TheFremontTroll07]

@@Paper_Brain don't forget about strip mine, taps for colorless and comes in untapped

[@Yhelta]

@@TheFremontTroll07 Yeah, but that one destroys itself when used. No where near as busted.

[@15stargamer98]

@@Yhelta yeah, it also destroys one river land you may have, but gives you the ability to play the nuclear silo artifact.

[@rudyossanchez]

Two Cgp gray videos in one year !!!! It's the end times

[@blackhatfreak]

It's the 5th!

[@heliowolf6334]

Now that should replace the Mayan calender! 2019 is coming...

[@arkalis_]

"Don't get used to it"

[@letsgobrandon6454]

are prayer have been answered

[@Jay-629]

Ros One Q&A with Grey (1 million?) “I upload every five weeks” paraphrased (original something like “I’ve uploaded every 5 weeks on average so far”)

[@psymar]

I love the depiction of the land(s) collection. Thank you.

[@stuff1878]

The description doesn't make any sense now that the title's been changed.

[@scofield1154]

More than one CGP Grey video in a decade. What a time to be alive.

[@wbne]

Welcome to the 20XX Wrestling Match of the Year What a time to be alive.

[@nixtypikal]

Its Nevada Neh-Vaa-Duh

[@luciferangelica]

omw to your mom's house. what a time to be alive!

[@mixis1931]

Ah, what a wonderful time to be alive!

[@unnecessaryjourney634]

Grey: I fear no man, but that thing- *the reservations* Grey: it scares me...

[@AlienValkyrie]

The reservations? Hah. In the realm of "things that Grey has mentioned and put off 'for another time' every now and then", the reigning champ of scariness isn't the reservations - it's The Troubles.

[@generalcodsworth4417]

I don't know, he's on and off promised to make a video about them. What he's truly afraid of are the troubles

[@106tricey]

AZ' can't help it with him

[@leah_loves_ladies]

You could say he has reservations about addressing them

[@MicahBarnott]

This is amazing! Would love to see a similar breakdown of how and why Canada did theirs

[@Dsomary914]

The forest service also manages ski areas on their land, which includes the vast majority of resorts in the rockies, so they are involved in recreation as well.

[@Jombo1]

Take a drink every time CGP Grey says "story for another time" and then never makes a video about it.

[@stkahla]

Jombo To be fair I’m pretty sure he said that federal land was “a story for another time” in one of his previous videos.

[@Jionunez7]

@@stkahla He most certainly did. The video right before this one, on the Statue of Liberty, he mentioned that it was on Federal Land, and that it was a "story for another time".

[@dorkmax7073]

Rather avoid alcohol poisoning thanks

[@toanoopie34]

Federal Land was a "story for another time" in the Statue of Liberty video. I think we might well be getting a Reservations video next.

[@FriendlyHouseCentipede]

if you go through all his videos, you WILL go to the hospital

[@ShiroKage009]

When he zoomed out on the nuclear testing grounds. Holy shit!

[@onomatopoeia9678]

NaNBytes Same

[@TheGreatLordDufus]

So many craters. It looked like roads had been built on the moon.

[@ChrisChoi123]

So THATS where all the nukes were tested

[@guruguru687]

1021 nukes were dropped on Nevada. It's... Honestly kind of mind boggling.

[@NJFireDepartment]

Why do you keep renaming your old video's?

[@foldervtolvr]

0:54 A tiny detail I adore is when they threaten mexico the gun is no longer in its holster. I love tiny details like that

[@P1ckledPea]

Someone visiting Nevada: What was that boom noise? Is there an Earthquake? Are they nuking us?! Nevada resident: No, they just do that every Thursday.

[@mesupposedly5291]

Well they don't nuke us anymore but almost every day you'll here an afterburner on an f22 going off

[@thunderboltpoplays1177]

@@mesupposedly5291 the commenter never said what time period his joke took place in.

[@mesupposedly5291]

@@thunderboltpoplays1177 I know that but if you ever lived in Nevada especially in Vegas you know the sound of a military jet using afterburner going over your house

[@Quintesson05]

That was part of what made Vegas grow. Atomic scientists and military big shots might lodge/game there, but in the Atomic Age, civilians would get a thrill out of watching near atomic tests go boom in the night sky from Vegas hotels.

[@deadzone4155]

@@Quintesson05 And possibly go blind

[@travisguzman5603]

Nevada looks like she's had enough.

[@sambradley9091]

Trust me, as someone who's lived in Nevada their entire lives, we kinda *are* done. There's a reason nobody lives outside of Vegas, Reno, Carson City, and other tiny holes punched in the federal land.

[@allegiant347]

we have...

[@kosherkingofisrael6381]

@@sambradley9091 Too freaking real dude.

[@who5117]

Too much

[@donovanb8247]

Sam Bradley don't forget about the *cough* reservations

[@Dodo-gy4ly]

I love it when the titles change. I get excited, rewatch the videos and have a great time all over again.

[@SqFtGardenGranny]

Thank you for explaining this. I didn't know even 1/4 of this information, but you made it easy to understand.

[@brad9343]

I’ll become Governor if Oregon, so that if I ever manage to do anything wrong, I just blame the federal government since they have 53% of the state.

[@denelson83]

No, try Nevada instead.

[@BradyPostma]

Did... did you predict the Portland protests?

[@Gayhan-]

BradyPostma what happened?

[@brad9343]

@BradyPostma, I didn’t

[@BradyPostma]

Pardon my very vague and deliberately vacuous political joke. It seems not to have gone well.

[@deay3954]

you first promised the reservations video back in 2014

[@lucasZr113]

In Wich video?

[@bobmcguffin5706]

@@lucasZr113 American Empire, about a minute or two in

[@josephschubert6561]

Hey, at least we know we'll get that Native American Reservation video some day. In the future. Hopefully.

[@2009mouser]

He hasn't promised squat. He just said "story for another time"

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

Deay39 Broken promises about reservations are a metaphor.

[@Mici]

Why is the video not called “What is federal land” anymore?

[@ahmadgames4u918]

Ikr?

[@dicknig1054]

For clicks

[@wetpigeon]

Was this vid re-named??

[@stanleymoss3877]

Yes

[@KingoftheGoofs]

probably for algorithm related reasons

[@Blade.5786]

Yep, got more clickbaity.

[@SolStJohn]

"And you, Hawaii and Alaska, to scale, for once." Instant thumbs up. Thank you!

[@Double-Negative]

except Hawaii is still too small

[@Thesappysongwriter]

As an Alaskan. I have massive respect for that.

[@stras676]

CP Grey lives in the UK. This was all over the news recently so perhaps influenced him: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45733111

[@indiegum1694]

CGP Grey has already exceed his annual video quota

[@ResandOuies]

Already? It's like 1 month left of the year. About time to fill the yearly quota then :)

[@InspectHistory]

Maybe after this, he delay a year LOL

[@indiegum1694]

@@InspectHistory You watch your mouth, sir

[@happyfacefries]

Stfu

[@johnmiller8884]

HI, I'm from 4 years in the future and the promised video on reservations is still just a promise. . . . . . .

[@jordanlarsen8950]

The Forest Service, in its own right, is a timber sale company, much like the video said. An excellent podcast sort of showcasing this example is "The Timber Wars", which is about the management/sale of old growth forest and how selling forests for timber puts the balance of endemic animals off. It's much less about OR v USA, but it does very strictly have to do with the forest service and land management

[@twgs5291]

i mean this in the nicest way i love your videos for how they make me fall asleep and i learn a lot so thank you i think

[@nakenmil]

I love the characters you made for the departments.

[@TheBelrick]

This video basically shouts out "this is what you get for losing the Southern War of State rights or independence. "

[@nakenmil]

Not sure why you commented about that on my comment, but more like "Southern War of State Rights for Some People to Legally Own Other People as Chattel". It sure as hell was the expressed reason for seceding in several of the confederate states' declarations.

[@SoCPlasma]

Yes!! I would so pay for a wall paper pack with these lovely ladies!

[@FewVidsJustComments]

"this land is your land, this land is my land, but mstly my land." -america stick figure

[@Whitsoxrule1]

From California (except for the coastal waters) to the New York Island (only the land that's been developed otherwise it probably belongs to the federal government) Hm, guess the syllables are a bit off.

[@budling5921]

This land was made for mostly me!

[@suqiuquan9606]

666

[@suqiuquan9606]

Lecks

[@tomatop6754]

Song written by a open commie who supported Stalin's Gulags. Dont know why we teach this song.

[@joemanflyer2001]

Excellent job of explaining a complicated subject. Well done !

[@zieflorendo459]

this channel makes me want to learn about important stuff thank you

[@AnnmusPnda]

State: My land? U.S.: *No, our land* *USSR Anthem intensifies*

[@davidoropeza5277]

DPProgramming Go back to school dumbass

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

@@davidoropeza5277 It's referred to as an HOI4 meme. Look it up.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Well, when USA gave away 'free land' - it basically created the states. Who's your Mama ? Lady Liberty ! :-) Although I think 40 acres and a mule would be nice right now - as long as they are green acres, not just sand and rocks. Sand and Rocks are ok, if that's 40 acres of oil drilling and mineral rights. :-)

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

@@SeaJay_Oceans Right inside and just outside the city limits where I live, there's gold mining going on. If I got land with plenty of gold and uranium to mine, I'd the living the California dream, and in Arizona no less!

[@slappy8941]

@@davidoropeza5277 Go see a doctor and get that stick taken out of your ass, idiot.

[@dylantrainer1677]

Idk exactly how to describe it, but I live the way Grey emphasizes certain syllables and uses rhymes and alliteration so much, it just feel unique in the best way.

[@MijmerMopper]

It is the way of talking befitting someone who considers every sentence a pleasant walk he is taking you along for.

[@brandonstewart8076]

Those were insanely fire bars near the beginning of the video

[@gunlancegodaurel1361]

Hold up, something's changed here...

[@MaurogDark]

When CGP Grey makes videos, he does it without reservations.

[@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165]

Nice!

[@AnRKeyTruth]

@maurog someone had Punny-combs for breakfast

[@davidweikle9921]

I make no reservations and neither should America.

[@AndyZach]

Underrated comment!

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Ha haaa ! Good one

[@sophiaramirez7787]

Two videos in two months?! Grey, you're spoiling us

[@vincent-ls9lz]

How generous of him. At this rate, we'll double the videos he made in 2017, not including vlogs, footnotes, 24 hours of death, and QnA's. yes thats true

[@ancientswordrage]

I feel like he made a bunch at once with all the same research

[@gman8760]

these videos are great!!! not only are they easy to understand but the colors and pictures help get the point across. Yes at 28 I'd rather have this kind of info delivered to me.

[@Jalmaan]

6:57 I mean they are not wrong they live inside it, it's just not the land of the national park, they're surrounded by it

[@purplepanda8805]

Western states: *exist* Federal Govt: It's free real estate.

[@ShadowFalcon]

Well, to be fair, doesn't the Federal Government already own the states anyway?

[@wtel9536]

@@ShadowFalcon no, the states own the federal government

[@ShadowFalcon]

@@wtel9536 What a weird setup.

[@reigyst]

I think you may be representing an incorrect timeline. From what I understand, it went more along the lines of: Indigenous people: exist Federal Govt: It's free real estate Western states: Hey, aren't we gonna get all that land like states farther east did? Federal Govt: No, it's mine.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

@@reigyst that's a myth and a lie, more anti-white propaganda. Something like 85% of all land that the Indians had they sold directly. In fact they often sold the same land multiple times to different buyers and got paid each time, hence the concept of "Indian giving". They were literally too stupid to understand what was going on. No one stole anything from them. They were just conquered, and purchased by a superior power. Which to be honest is the story for about 99% of human history on every continent and every country.

[@corocorascringechannel6330]

*Another* Grey video? Wait, is it 2019 already?

[@manjensen1710]

Happy new year!

[@shoaibakhtar4389]

Really?

[@TheTetrapod]

Don't get used to it. -Grey

[@nooranik21]

What this video renamed? I could have sworn it used to be called "What is Federal Land"

[@spellsword_fn6799]

Yes it was

[@spellsword_fn6799]

It was probably changed for the algorithm or something like that

[@mamagermany]

Huh, retitled? A few videos are being retitled?

[@JonRuh]

I noticed as well, I got excited for a Grey video I haven't seen somehow!

[@thomasdatdankengine5658]

I was scrolling to find a comment like this 😅

[@hotdogvan3399]

I'm seeing this with quite a few channels lately. Apparently it pleases The Algorithm.

[@Katsuragi7]

I love all the little character flag people. The department characters were so creative.

[@Zalied]

its made easy by them having flags and logos already designed

[@Thunderwalker87]

One of the very few nice touches of the video.

[@stukolied5191]

He should make like a series with them

[@MsJeffreyF]

that zoom out of the nuke craters in Nevada was super cool, never seen anything like that before!

[@parvez_design]

www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rIWhhoR9kZ4STiouxP_0TvJ6pk8&ie=UTF8&t=h&oe=UTF8&msa=0&ll=37.17682730000002%2C-116.04639600000002&z=18

[@MsJeffreyF]

@@parvez_design awesome, thanks!

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Cool, but also pretty disturbing.

[@MsJeffreyF]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated I think I heard somewhere that the American atomic bomb tests indirectly killed more people in America than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs killed

[@MsJeffreyF]

Perhaps I was wrong about that, sounds similar in scale. Although what about the indirect deaths in Japan? qz.com/1163140/us-nuclear-tests-killed-american-civilians-on-a-scale-comparable-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/

[@recursor9469]

I wonder how the Adirondack mountain range ended up *not* being Federal Land, but instead the largest *state* owned park system in America. How did some states manage to keep domain over large natural parks?

[@sithis1999]

wasnt this named something along the lines of "what is federal land"

[@frief7406]

It's to attract new people by changing names and Video pics. Cheap way to gain money through vids you made money from already

[@bentheeggboi1327]

@@frief7406 i agree

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

American Empire: “I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” The states: “This deal is getting worse all the time!”

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@shatteringeye999 I would feel that way if I had nukes blowing up in my (metaphorical) backyard. I don’t, but I would probably feel that way if I did.

[@InnovativeSparks]

Yes

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@InnovativeSparks I’m glad I don’t live anywhere where federal land is obnoxious.

[@duckhawkninja3614]

The deal is fine. Most of those states can't even be trusted to keep creationism out of their textbooks, let alone manage that amount of land.

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

Considering nuclear testing was a factor, all I can assume is that most states wouldn’t be blowing up their own backyard with nuclear weapons.

[@guymandude9054]

6:01 Kind of feel bad for Nevada, they got nuked like 300 times

[@joemiller947]

Actually more than a thousand. Over half of all nuclear weapons ever detonated by humanity were detonated in my state. It's glorious

[@zeroyuki92]

@@joemiller947 I always wonder how you guys are actually compensated for that. Did you at least got cheap healthcare for all that nuke radiations?

[@joemiller947]

@@zeroyuki92 Radiation isn't really a concern actually. No mutant spiders or anything. However we don't have to pay state taxes, so that's quite nice

[@desktopfan8870]

@@joemiller947 "No mutant spiders" *Laughs in normal sized insects and arachnids*

[@mrbigbean06]

sucks how nevada will never get to be anything more than Reno and Vegas because the US took all of its land

[@snoopyguy21]

Oh i thought this was a new video :(

[@NotAHamster]

Did this get renamed? I swear it was called Federal vs State Land at some point

[@lugialover09]

Yeah, it did. For some reason, he went through and renamed seemingly all his visits, and I have no clue why.

[@kevzzzzzz]

@@lugialover09 It's for the algorithm. Titles like these attract more viewers.

[@SomeGuy-lr7ms]

I love how he refers to the countries as “her” and “who” “she” It gives them more personality I like it

[@zain4019]

Some Guy Same:)

[@grantblattman7447]

its traditional to use female pronouns for states and countries. the only exception being germany because it is referred to as “the fatherland”.

[@idiosyncraticlawyer3400]

And male pronouns for the Vatican as well.

[@timothykeithdomingo8146]

@@AaronGeo That's sexist. Polandball has it's own canon and. Any artist can set a specific gender of a character. So leave CGP Grey and these other people alone.

[@AverageLeagueHack]

When discussing being catty, petty or bitter using female pronouns is logical.

[@SivleFred]

The reservations! What a wonderful story for another time! *Today is another time!*

[@hartenny]

So where's the video!?

[@storystimmler]

Another time, for the first time.

[@knexmanmanmanman1781]

im in a state of confusion

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

As a native Texan this is hilarious. My state joined the US by treaty and kept all of it's lands. There isn't even any federal reservations in the state.

[@bozimmerman]

True, but it gets even better. After the U.S. conquered Mexico, Texas just claimed a huge chunk of north america as being Texas. It then turned right around and traded that extra desert and crap land to the U.S. in exchange for paying off the debts of the Republic of Texas. Those chunks were mostly in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado.

[@WinGeigerman]

The moment when CGP Grey awakens from his upload hibernation is a moment to rejoice. The moment when he stays awake is a moment to remember. Please keep uploading, CGP Grey.

[@anentiresleeveoforeos2087]

he changed the title from "What is Federal Land?" to "Your State is Smaller Than You Think" and then back to "What is Federal Land?"

[@kaisersickle154]

And changed it back apparently

[@acorn1014]

"Your State is Smaller than You Think" is that it is more general and thus a better title. However, the "your" is making an America centric video more America centric.

[@IgorDz]

As not-a-subscriber (yet), most likely I would not click on "Your State is Smaller Than You Think" video

[@aimlesscorsair6502]

Yeah, "Your state is Smaller Than You Think" is much better click bait, even if it is a little America centric.

[@Broockle]

Now it says "What is Federal Land" Did it change 6 times?!

[@cyan.6399]

lmao he renamed it

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

2:40 the Mormon missionary tie on Utah was a nice touch.

[@heikoblady2499]

I love how you used Magic the Gathering land cards as a representation on actual land. 👍

[@brandong9145]

I love how he included Wastes

[@anna4aa570]

@@brandong9145 they aren't even standard legal, what type of basic land isn't standard legal

[@leaffinite3828]

Heiko Blady also tiles from settlers of catan

[@rbd6502]

@@anna4aa570 the snow covered kind? :D

[@BrinConvenient]

"Capital Swamp. Sacrifice Capital Swamp: build a capital city" Nice

[@newmono7341]

_2 CGP GREY VIDEOS IN A MONTH!?_ *we are a blessed people* EDIT: The graphics are so much more expressive than they used to be and it's really cool.

[@turn3423]

we live in a society my friend

[@AZOffRoadster]

I remember when a Ranger would occasionally stop by my very remote camp site. Nice guy. We got to know each other. Haven't seen him in decades. Cutbacks.

[@iamseamonkey6688]

This video used to be called "what is federal land?"