No Flag Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's officially unofficial flag.
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[@nataly_171]

Keep in mind that this is the man who got so sidetracked on another project he ended up sprinting through a graveyard in a thunderstorm halfway across the globe from his home.

[@schlimmbotg472]

He knows what he meant with "staying on the NARROW path through the Forrest of all knowledge"

[@Unthinkablenames]

Is it the Staten Island video

[@webbowser8834]

@@Unthinkablenames it is indeed. Truly the most epic sidetrack to have happen in living memory.

[@eclecticsoffy]

@@webbowser8834 what about the new Tiffany video? The newer one

[@webbowser8834]

@@eclecticsoffy Not quite as epic as the Staten Island sidetrack, he didn't even travel overseas for that one. It was still a pretty epic sidetrack though.

[@lordwizrak1905]

And Grey has already met his video quota for 2019 and 2020. See you in 2021.

[@dorupero]

See you in 2023 when he actually comes back and release weekly videos.

[@teddyboragina6437]

we'll at least get 3 podcasts where he mentions this video and maybe a few more where he continues to argue he's a youtuber and not a podcaster :P

[@DuranmanX]

He will do another during Brexit

[@dthemouseb6469]

And then 7 where he talks about how much he's working on videos.

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

This be the flag 🇮🇪! *takes cover in my bunker*

[@BlackOtaku22]

"We've strayed off the path" TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE FLAGS GREY

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

I like your profile pic

[@rsidharth1903]

700th like

[@sobiaasif589]

Tell me more about flag kathreen

[@theonlyhassanelahlou]

@@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos Yes I like it too

[@arthurturezo5818]

@@theonlyhassanelahlou hentai

[@weekyle1529]

I'm Northern Irish and I definitely understand why he is being so careful with his words

[@zmanzono]

Especially since he was born in the US and lives in England.

[@liamcassidy5992]

I’m Irish too and i agree he really skilfully avoided a war in the comments

[@pvzblizzard5806]

yea same

[@joshuarobert2004]

Aye same boys smart

[@waffle1727]

Yeah im from louth and he has too be very very very careful

[@milo6464]

Can we for a moment appreciate how the quality of the animations skyrocketed?

[@FacloFormerFavorite]

Who ever he pays is doing wonders.

[@danthemango]

It's because he isn't doing them himself anymore lol

[@croneryveit9070]

He has an animator employee now.

[@ferulebezel]

No, I haven't seen any that add information more than a sequence of stills could. The're just a lot of unnecessary flooferah.

[@BrotherSergeantFlynn]

I never thought i'd see Grey and his robot dog companion in battle with a living book of The Troubles with tentacles in a dark forest, that's for sure.

[@Narokkurai]

"Have you ever tried to cut off your own hand?" I don't know Grey, HAVE YOU?

[@Denis--kl1br]

Narokkurai *ulster intensifies*

[@pepkin88]

Maybe Scotland should try, she has three of them 0:10

[@talhahhussain5603]

@@sassydispatch8934 Leopold II of Belgium: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@bandti45]

I mean its very easy to hear a tale and just assume it happened that way, pointing it out makes people question it and think about it so im all for it!

[@FlashMeterRed]

you don't know?

[@LaGuerre19]

England: cross Scotland: cross Northern Ireland: cross Ireland: stripes United Kingdom: cross/stripes Wales: *_DRAGON_*

[@feynstein1004]

Perhaps Wales is Old Valyria ;)

[@adityaprabhash5927]

Fire and blood

[@LyricalDJ]

Welsh flag = best flag. Well, in my not-so-humble opinion.

[@Abitflippant]

There's a clear winner on that list. All flags should put 🐉 on them

[@LaGuerre19]

@@LyricalDJ I agree (but I'm half Welsh, half Irish, so I may be biased).

[@mollymermaid1398]

It’s official... the geography girls wear skorts.

[@Greenlog12]

But we already know that

[@AdwinLauYuTan]

@@Greenlog12 They could be wearing dresses.

[@JamesLing42]

@@AdwinLauYuTan or skirts

[@lettuceman483]

@@JamesLing42 skorts*

[@JamesLing42]

@@lettuceman483 Skirts are a thing and i meant to spell it that way because that's how you spell it

[@HobbesHobbiton]

It is said one can tell the passing of seasons with the upload schedule of CPG Grey.

[@JimPlaysGames]

Who is this mysterious CPG Grey?

[@20quid]

He's three days early.

[@Zyy920]

It is known.

[@marlonyo]

@@20quid the season is 3 day late

[@HxH2011DRA]

So it was written

[@Nerfornothin111]

Grey's fight scene with "The Troubles" should be in a top 10 most memorable anime battles video.

[@TheJunkieBox]

The animation for this video is a big step up from his other videos.

[@graceoartyo]

His animator is really stellar :D

[@netslayeruk]

that was proper disturbing

[@jyjryu22799]

I actually yelled “what the fuck” outloud

[@ajw20]

Really amazing fight scene, I didn’t expect it whatsoever

[@johnchessant3012]

Flag aspect ratios are one of my favorite trivia topics! *The flags of Monaco and Indonesia differ only in aspect ratio. *Two countries have square flags (Vatican City and Switzerland). *The non-square flag closest to a square is Belgium (15 to 13). *The only flag to be narrower than a square is the (non-rectangular) flag of Nepal. *The widest flag is the flag of Qatar (28 to 11). *The most common aspect ratios are 3 to 2, 2 to 1, and 5 to 3. *The most complicated rational aspect ratio is 335 to 189, used by El Salvador. *Three flags have irrational aspect ratio Togo (the golden ratio 1.618034 to 1), Nepal (around 0.820338 to 1), and Iran (around 1.747703 to 1). *Iran officially provides an alternative "simplified" construction of the flag resulting in an aspect ratio of 7 to 4, or 1.75 to 1.

[@leoboi7650]

i'm from el salvador and i didn't even know that about the flag... cool.

[@danese1636]

This is why I like going through comment sections.

[@cormacsmithy3975]

I thought the Swiss flag didn't have to be square. I thought thats just people used but i dont think its required that the flag a perfect square.

[@MidnightsFirefly]

Omg I didn't realise Monaco and Indonesia had the same colours until I read this... Bless the comment section

[@seferraziel9534]

Another fun fact, the government of Nepal has a guide on how to construct the flag using compass and straightedge, and numberphile did a video on it, it's surprisingly complicated lol

[@minetieplays2092]

4:05 that flagpole falling is extremely well animated

[@Xenrys]

“If it’s good enough for sports, it’s good enough for skorts.” CGP Grey, 2019

[@demetraeconomou6096]

Better that elf on a shelf tho

[@notajtag4568]

I saw the video too.

[@danieljmldn]

r/CGPGreyQuotes

[@_FamousQuotations]

Here's that quote turned into a three-second clip! Listen to it all day! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6rVpIN4rLF6jbM

[@regenroadtrip]

Grey: "A video on the Indian Reservations would be too controversial." Also Grey: "Here's a video about The Troubles and the Ulster flag."

[@TissueCat]

It's not his fault. He was being controlled by the tentacle monster.

[@AuroDHikoshi]

@@TissueCat Also the troubles are a lot easier to sum up. Indian Reservations is probably much much more complicated

[@conorkelly947]

@@AuroDHikoshi you sound like a leading authority on the troubles

[@conorkelly947]

Too controversial for Americans is what he ment

[@whistlingbanshee5038]

An equally controversial video.

[@offlineable]

A high-quality action scene?!? CGP Grey you're spoiling us!

[@bman3977]

Offlineable CGP Grey... is Evolving! (Insert CGP Grey’s Pokémon Evolutionary Form)

[@jayjr3488]

bman3977 Omg 🤣

[@redacted7230]

Next time, pack a sheild.

[@alaskagyal]

epic

[@sammym2511]

And that animated flag falling after Northern Ireland disappeared? What an indulgence!

[@Rogue9]

The narration and info are on point as always but the animation of this episode is through the roof! Hats off to the animator(s).

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

Yea

[@VentusTheSox]

Oh hey, didnt expect to see you here.

[@bo3inprofilepic292]

Lmao love the siege vids man

[@BigNutster]

@@VentusTheSox omopkklmk

[@BigNutster]

@@bo3inprofilepic292 o

[@marcusgault9909]

Kinda obvious that the Red Hand would be a left hand, assuming that statistically the Ex owner was likely to be right handed, simply on practical grounds.

[@camzoman]

Ah, but lefties are sinister, so the behaviour is more in keeping with one of us.

[@AtelierLaoshi]

ok so the left hand but is it portrayed as looking at it from above which means thumb to the right or is it portrayed as looked at it from below with thumb to the left?

[@MarlonBitoy]

Atelär Lärare Based on the wrinkles around the thumb, whatever side it may be, it’s the palm facing you.

[@jsw68]

Unless the hand represents the one that was cut off, hence the red, in which case it would be left, or right, depending on which one was cut off.

[@MarlonBitoy]

Jake Wainberg Uhh... yeah, that’s what OP is insinuating.

[@neskey]

me : i wonder why this new episode took so long *sees animation of the flag falling down* Oh..... now i know

[@croneryveit9070]

He has an animator employee, animation is no longer the bottleneck.

[@TheQueenofNeckbeards]

@@croneryveit9070 Are you okay?

[@hehhehehohohoe8807]

He must have gotten lost in the woods of passive aggresive anger for too long. Be careful not to go there. Internet troll love to raid that place on occasion.

[@neskey]

@@croneryveit9070 *joke* _noun_ 1.a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline. i actually listen to most of his cortex podcasts, and i'm pretty sure he mentioned it too on the main channel a couple of times. the animator's work is great !

[@legogenius1667]

@@croneryveit9070 You need to lower your blood pressure somehow dude. May I suggest a vacation? Somewhere with no internet?

[@TheGiantKillers]

There has to be some form of award for this. the first-ever KZbin upload about Northern Ireland that didn't trigger half a million angry pov comments and arguments. Impressive.

[@wigsy9386]

I agree us lot are getting on better than a house on fire these days lol

[@wardenstone6021]

mark coyle most of the older people that still hold grudges about things like the troubles are slowly, but surely being blocked out by the younger generations that really don’t care where you are born, or whether you are Protestant or Catholic.

[@wigsy9386]

@@wardenstone6021 yes I agree and it’s great and that’s what our elected politicians are most feared of. They don’t want us getting along and seeing ppl as humans all on are own Journey through life. They preach peace but that’s what they fear most. 👍👌

[@Ben-fq4wp]

Came to the comments to see a load of pro-ira and pro-unionist shouting at each other.

[@cld252]

Oof

[@conall9415]

I want a whole video of Grey wondering off the path and moving from tangent to tangent with no particular focus. Edit: BTW, yes I have seen the latest video where he does that.

[@untitiled1092]

SAMEEEE

[@neilsharpson996]

Check his latest.

[@zidaryn]

Check the video about how he made the Tiffany video. Or "How a dead person ruined my life again"

[@Cypherwraith001]

Man, I liked the forest of all knowledge. I hope we get to go back

[@neferhejhej]

Yessss!!!!

[@mirjanbouma]

Same! Getting lost in there doesn't sound bad at all.

[@jonskowitz]

It's like visiting TV Tropes! Yay! Goodbye afternoon!

[@drunkenhobo8020]

How can you ever leave?

[@azealot-aka-azz]

@jonskowitz Yeah! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going on a wiki walk.

[@pikmin36]

If you were wondering where Grey has been for the last month, he spent all this time animating that flag falling down at 4:04 (and 2 days on research and drawing for the rest of the video ^^)

[@a.t.1011]

He doesn't do the animation, he had a compition a few years back.

[@MasterLagoz]

I mean he has an animator and it's summer so he has probably been gallivanting in a desert somewhere in America as he is wont to do.

[@Pawntoe4]

Genuinely saw that and thought woah Grey stepped up his game, is this where the RSI warnings-from-my-experience come from?

[@dkpsyhog]

pikmin36 clearly he strayed from the path and got lost

[@FlourishPorridge]

ah, the troubles book. My favourite recurring character of the CGP Grey cinematic universe.

[@achievedchair17]

Jarry Pota where else has it been?

[@alexey926]

Can we make CPG Grey's cinematic universe a real thing please?

[@halimceria]

@@achievedchair17 last time I saw it when Grey is talking about Brexit.

[@malachipash3824]

The troubels were real so it's just the Universe, the boring one

[@joshturner9443]

The post credit scene might have been a tease for an upcoming Spiderman movi-er, I mean Troubles video

[@devonodonnell715]

Grey: I’ll pick the O’Niels because they are easy to pronounce Me, and O’Donnell: Angry history family rivalry noises

[@MrLONGJOHN11]

Up O’Donnell!

[@briankraus7743]

The forest of all knowledge. Stay on the right path for the forest contains the greatest terror known to man: Stories for Another Time....

[@danielsjohnson]

That would be a great thing to write into a fantasy story.

[@Broockle]

I think I've strayed off the path of limitless knowledge and entertainment. I woke up this morning and it's evening now and I haven't even brushed my teeth yet.. KZbin.. it consumes me........ ooo more LotR theory discussion....

[@darrenanimatic9675]

Who will win? Black stick man and his Dogg Or The troubles

[@emytzu]

The Forest of Knowledge

[@AxeAR]

_One troubly boi_

[@liammcdonnell5632]

Hopefully the troubles. I really want him to cover it sometime soon. He's been teasing it for too long

[@skullcandy14785]

What's special about the troubles with in uk and Ireland

[@mailmandan2920]

Ask the I.R.A.

[@bluepharos9748]

It requires as much self discipline to stay on one course of a research topic as it does to stay on 1 tab on a browser. Basically impossible.

[@nokov6517]

I'm curious to see if anyone can beat the 369 tabs I have open on my iPad (the only reason I don't have more on my computer is because you stop being able to see them at ~100 tabs)

[@bluepharos9748]

@@nokov6517 I salute you good sir. I thought my 20+ tabs was excessive

[@nokov6517]

@@bluepharos9748 not at all, the more tabs the better

[@jamesmnguyen]

@@nokov6517 Does splitting the tabs across multiple windows count?

[@wanderingrandomer]

I start feeling claustrophobic after more than 5.

[@triplecastsleep1924]

"What's the troubles?" "A fantastic way to get demonotised, or forced into closing a comment section."

[@Daymickey]

Why? I don’t understand the underlying tension behind this troubles topic and discussing it on KZbin? Is it just controversial?

[@__mindflayer__]

@@Daymickey Very. Controversial. To the point that it’s kinda technically still fought over today.

[@triplecastsleep1924]

@@Daymickey Extremely. It was an internal government conflict, a rebellion against colonialism, a religious war, a terrorist insurgency and a political revolution beyond the aforementioned rebellion all wrapped up in one. It's a mess, even today, and it an extraordinarily complex topic to discuss.

[@__mindflayer__]

@@triplecastsleep1924 Not to mention, some people see those terrorists as freedom fighters.

[@triplecastsleep1924]

@@__mindflayer__ I said what I said as neutrally as I could, I did include rebellion against colonialism and political revolution, which is basically the positive take on the terrorism.

[@okuno54]

"The Troubles were a spot of difficulty when the British popped over for tea." - CGPGrey 2019

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Could also describe most of their colonial ventures; though most people would first think of the spot of trouble in the colonial americas over some tea.

[@Feyling__1]

Surely you meant a 'spot of bother'

[@L1am21]

@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd who cares i'm English not British.

[@xway2]

@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd The celts didn't originate in Britain, they too were invaders at one point.

[@notajtag4568]

I saw the video too.

[@bobmcguffin5706]

So the Troubles book mind-controls you unless you find an interesting nugget of info like "Oh, that's why there's Scottish symbols" or "Huh... flag ratios". Someone make a note of that in the SCP entry.

[@billcipherproductions1789]

Fellow SCP fan?

[@PrawilnaMordka]

That book looks like black book from Skyrim

[@tomasfiorentini4126]

@snailwithinternetaccess Maybe, but the book in itself may be an SCP, like a parasitic history book with infinite white pages, and it parasitices people to make them investigate strange and specific patches of history to fill the holes.

[@LauraSo_]

@@tomasfiorentini4126 Ok, that's an actually cool idea. Now I'm really craving for a SCP file with that creature. Sketchbook goes brrrrr...

[@lucimicle5657]

The Troubles reapear after the last episode. Me: Is this the start of the CGP Grey cinematic universe?

[@MisterJDagger]

Wait, when did Mr Chompers make his first appearance? Is this the Chompers origin? Is there a canon to CGP Grey videos?

[@AuroDHikoshi]

CGP Grey on Ireland v England?

[@TheQueenofNeckbeards]

@@MisterJDagger Mr. Chompers made his first appearance in the Q&A with Grey published May/June 2018

[@Sebach82]

Chill there, Patrick (H) Willems. ;)

[@melon_grove5694]

@@TheQueenofNeckbeards that thing has a name!?! omg its never going to leave!

[@charles3840]

I love knowing from Cortex that Grey does have an actual style guide and it wasn't a visual gag.

[@frankxie7846]

That path metaphor is the best idea ever. Hands down. (The troubles genuinely scared me though)

[@ZacharyKelsey]

I want to see that path the most

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

@@ZacharyKelsey Perhaps you should look up "history of the troubles" somewhere?

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

I'm not sure if the path metaphor is new but it is a good use of it.

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

I guess you could say the troubles genuinely.... *Troubled* you.

[@ezequielrenovato6608]

No como los chingaderas de hoy

[@yestermorrow3223]

**the troubles** That action scene was dope.

[@cannedpeaches843]

Michael Bay was definitely involved in making it

[@poankiyu7664]

@Katie Kelly I would be relatively sure they know that.

[@shaunohare3004]

@Katie Kelly I'm glad I didn't live during that period

[@ElusivEnigma]

I rewatched it 4 times.... im still shocked at the animation evolution

[@shreyaspamaraju4844]

@Crockston ikr

[@Bhatakti_Hawas]

Northern Ireland : Here's our new Ulster Flag Queen : Well yes, but actually no

[@victornelson5821]

No Surrender

[@micahdenn3765]

Donegal: Am I nothing to you?

[@Davesoft]

Ahem, I think she would more likely have said "Oh how lovely, very well done." and ignored the whole implied request entirely :P

[@kelendalkazama9926]

Loyalists can burn in the ninth circle with the rest of their ilk.

[@daylenconn282]

victor nelson you can’t defeat the Bhoys on Obin street 💪🏻🇮🇪, take your rag somewhere else prod

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

The troubles being a tentacle monster of a book is hilariously accurate

[@kikivoorburg]

A CGP Grey video about flags? Win-Win!

[@hiei82]

I want to see CGP Grey and Roman Mars get into a vexillological discussion/argument now.

[@seatspud]

Dr. Sheldon Cooper would approve!

[@alexrobertson35]

I'm sorry these are FLEEEEEGS

[@artstsym]

Real animation? In my CGP Grey video? Someone tell KZbin the account's been hacked.

[@spacesponge8732]

He has seemed like a bot lately... I don't think this is the REAL CGP Grey!

[@jmh1189]

Well, KZbin took care or it.

[@edwardnygma8533]

Oh if you only knew.

[@tedwards1025]

@@edwardnygma8533 I think they did. The comment is from 2 months ago so it's most likely a joke about the video.

[@edwardnygma8533]

@@tedwards1025 Do you mean you think OP knew he was "hacked" though you also think the joke is about this particular video? I really don't follow what you're saying here. All I'll saying is a joke about him being "hacked", which he only talked about a day or two ago

[@traktortarik8224]

CGP Grey’s video quality has really spiked recently

[@ArrowWaters]

But the content quality has dropped imo...idk this video, I felt like there was too much tomfoolery and not enough clear information, which is ultimately what I’m here for.

[@samo4648]

@@ArrowWaters well, it was nice having you 👋bye

[@wellwell5483]

Because he was subscribed to SKILLSHARE! USE THE CODE thisiseverywhere TO GET 10% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PLAN!!!1!1!!11

[@TomsThoughtsonThings]

he's working with other people for art assets! you can hear more about it on the podcast he does with myke hurley called cortex

[@BaileyVogtOut]

She got a budget now and I’m so proud to see it

[@alandudley3432]

Love the hesitant approach to the troubles, definitely a touchy subject for both unionists and nationalists but to be fair he is impartial. Can we agree from both sides (born and reared in the Republic myself) not to jump down his throat if he ever mentions it again? Would like to hear more from a fairly neutral point of view some thoughts on Irish history.

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

CDP Grey: come for knowledge, stay for sick animated monster fights

[@stroopwafelfalafel]

Олег Козлов How did you manage to mess his name up that badly?

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

@@stroopwafelfalafelstatistically speaking I got 75 percent of the letters right =). Thanks for a korrekshn tho

[@burke615]

@@stroopwafelfalafel More importantly, is a stroopwafel felafel a felafel made of stroopwafel ingredients, or a stroopwafel made of felafel ingredients? Inquiring minds want to know!

[@kenthemaster]

@@burke615 Erica! Is that you? Who let you out of the burn ward? Get over here, you!

[@frim3647]

I didn’t realise I had strayed off the path until I had spent way too much time looking up map ratios

[@oscarnemo8084]

Nepal.

[@ez45]

Flag ratios?

[@prim16]

Note it's always done height by width. CGP Grey made a mistake, Ireland is 1:2, while Netherlands (and most countries) are 2:3.

[@GOOeysan]

@@prim16 idk seems to me like it should be x axis, then y axis hence 2:1

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

@@prim16 Actually it's always [expected larger number]:[expected smaller number] of whatever you're talking about, completely independant of which one is height, width, breadth, or any other factor. Since flags are typically horizontal in nature, CGP's measurements are indeed the correct ones of width, then height. Same for the aspect ratios of screens, but not for, say, piping. For some reason carpentry appears to be an exception to this, but it's the only one I know of.

[@nikibee70]

As someone who grew up during the scribbly years in Northern Irish history, your animation of the troubles is spot on.

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

Was it as bad as it was? I heard nothing but bad about the whole era in the northern irish area...

[@smurfite1994]

@@Zach-gr3sb More troubleing that they didnt succeed

[@Butt_Slayer]

Agreed.

[@laurakirwan999]

I was in the republic and even from there u could tell it was traumatic and awful.

[@golagiswatchingyou2966]

@@doubtfuldonkey1 can't wait till your gone, Ireland belongs to the irish! Down the with the english leaches!

[@jonas-savimbi3765]

Northern Irish guy here, friend you were very careful and done very well to avoid a war in these comments. I've met some O'Neill family members and they all seem pretty nice

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

I really like the book forest metaphor, it's cool and I think you should keep going with it

[@shadowsmimic4161]

Herbivore The Carnivore agreed

[@maxinecaulfield310]

Hey, I like this thing, let's keep doing it until we run it into the ground!

[@matteatane]

mood

[@deheiligekip8174]

I love it

[@conallcoulter697]

As a guy from northern Ireland, I appreciated the troubles parasite book.

[@Davesoft]

As a brit, I love how history is portrayed as a huge fractal forest of grey vs gray encounters :D

[@Denis--kl1br]

*cries in donegal*

[@clairee4939]

As a Rabbit, I loved the "page not found" dress!

[@conallcoulter697]

@DeDermonation YT I wouldn't use that descriptor personally my friend. But if it's to describe myself, I think my Irish passport would have something to say about that.

[@conallcoulter697]

@DeDermonation YT Here g'luck

[@RamadaArtist]

"The forest of all knowledge" You mean Wikepedia?

[@reimarpb]

I think he means *Wiki*pedia

[@TheRABIDdude]

Yeah, the only place of learning that houses all knowledge truthful *AND* untruthful! :D

[@Ro_Gaming]

ReimarPB, Google: DID YOU MEAN - *HOWTOMAKETEACHERSANGERY.COM**?*

[@Ro_Gaming]

Dont click the links!

[@maxstirnersego]

The free online encyclopedia that anyone at Black Mesa can edit!

[@Mugdorna]

The red right hand is a traditional Gaelic symbol. It actually features on the crests of several Irish counties (Monaghan & Cavan in the South, and Antrim & Tyrone in N.I.)

[@Samld1200]

And a dusty black coat

[@AndrewKieran]

Well, this is a civilised comment section. I'm genuinely amazed

[@ChroDynasty]

I know my friend, it’s been a long since I’ve seen a comment section on a video about Northern Ireland where I don’t see people fighting. Truly... this is a miracle... but it probably won’t last...

[@seandoherty925]

Just thinking this myself. Mr Grey must have a quality audience judging by these comments...BTW witty and informative video!

[@ayylmaotv]

theres some toxic people but not many compared to other videos

[@liger-9990]

Look deeper, the replies are deadly.

[@kellynolen498]

I im am equally surprise the fact that there arent at least two people arguing in each comment thread is truly phenomenon I've seen more conflict on videos about colder topi s

[@KiwiPokerPlayer]

I was in Northern Ireland for The Twelfth one year and I gotta say, for a place with no flag they sure love their flags...

[@paddyk2123]

KiwiPokerPlayer flegs, flegs everywhere

[@conordudee]

Hahaha brilliant comment 😂😂

[@daylenconn282]

12th of what exactly? The 12th of July? With those filthy bigoted Orange men march about and burn our nations flag and disrespect Ireland? I surely hope you didn’t participate because that would make you a Prod

[@jaypee6061]

@@daylenconn282 Celebration of Civil and Religious liberties for all , including yourself.... Had the other lot won., it was Catholicism or the sword.... Furthermore Orange men do Not burn or disrespect your flag , your talking about bonfires in loyalist estates........ not Orangemen.

[@daylenconn282]

Jay Pee oh really? So you support a “culture” of hate and bigotry who despise Catholics and republicans. And orange men also go to those bonfires and watch and laugh and disrespect our flag and culture

[@gamemeister27]

I suddenly want to get lost in the Forest of All Knowledge.

[@gamemeister27]

@David Kornish 👀

[@hindenpeter2.04]

It's not such a great forest of all knowledge when the shape of the star is completely overlooked

[@ErikFromCanada]

I mean... You're already *on* the Internet.

[@bandti45]

@@hindenpeter2.04 i mean it's in the forest, he just was successful in not straying down that particular path

[@hindenpeter2.04]

@@bandti45 i know.. this is interesting! jahtruth.net/uflag.htm Also the war against Catholicism which NI was a battlefield or a distraction like most wars while TPTB infiltrated their enemy in the vatican changing everythin originally given by God www.ourladyisgod.com/ a forest if ever there was one!

[@markberry4198]

Everyone knows N. Ireland doesn't have flags, they have flegs.

[@wewrtyulkgjfhdgssgr2522]

or fwaaags depends where abouts your from

[@darkravenproductions7544]

Ballymena direction we pronouce As a Es.. Eg bag, beg.. Flag, fleg

[@gerardcollins80]

Outsiders call them flags, Northern Irish call them flegs, but Jamie Bryson calls them fwuaggs.

[@Zaire82]

I'm apparently not a very _"Northern Irish"_ Northern Irish person. My accent only has things like pronouncing towel like _"toule"_ or 8 like _"eeit"._ Sometimes I do the thing where my voice goes higher when I end a sentence, but that doesn't always happen anymore. I moved away and it mellowed out a lot. Btw, have other people been asked to say _"thirty three and a third",_ or was it just me?

[@catrionabean]

False. Not enough vowel sounds

[@TheLostSorcerer]

Great to see Mr Chompers join you for a walk through your latest topic.

[@thelastcube.]

I need Brady and Audrey cameo in future videos too

[@lauraireson6358]

Chaitanya Singh Or a little Audrey coming in to play with Mr Chompers before being called back.

[@OctagonDinosaur]

Actually Greg, in Northern Ireland we call them, 'flegs'.

[@eddlake5694]

Don't touch meh fleg you huns /s

[@jfrogg007]

In Belfast you do. In the Wesht not so much.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

I just love this thread so much for some reason xD

[@1888SEÁN]

Maybe in the South of Antrim, in the North its called "thon yoke"

[@Javadamutt]

Only on designated days...

[@ruth540]

KZbin: Me: KZbin: YoUrE fRoM nOrThErN iReLaNd RIGHT!?! Me: oh god, not this again . .

[@ryanmclaughlin587]

**Sweats in Gaelic**

[@SlimTheydy]

How do you think I feel?

[@ichijofestival2576]

Actually, it's: KZbin: ....Watching... "Me": Here's info on my location, viewing habits, interests and, because you're owned by Google, maybe my browsing history. Take it! Please! KZbin: ...Watch These... "Me": Thank you, master, may I have some more?

[@AngryKittens]

**Brexitsn't**

[@gerryadams7448]

@@AngryKittens I R E X I T

[@Metalgooze]

This is hands down (or thrown on an island) my favourite CGP Grey video in that little bracket of being short but wholly educational. The animations, the sly comments, the delightful storytelling and information just washing all over. Gah, it's brilliant.

[@nessy3098]

Giving my man that sweet sweet algorithm sauce

[@robynhoodie]

All hail the gods of engagement.

[@Thomas-er8xg]

Sames

[@radgamerxyz]

Hell yeah

[@proton8239]

Same

[@emiljorgensen5340]

Me too

[@leeferguson5712]

It's official, that dog is adorable and has to at least cameo in every video from now until the end of time

[@the8thgemmer467]

Yup

[@creeperlamoureux]

wooooooo!

[@simondezeeuw2042]

It's mister chompers! E: for those who don't know, just search Hello internet Mister chompers on KZbin and you'll find the story.

[@creeperlamoureux]

@@simondezeeuw2042 omg

[@calebsmith6506]

CGP, I'd love to see you do a video, or possibly a series of videos, on how to do research (into any topic) effectively. Sometimes when I'm looking up a topic I get lost, or don't know where to begin. Please send help.

[@mynewaccount2361]

This is the first of three consecutive videos of Grey getting sidetracked while researching for another video, safe to say he's also like the rest of us.

[@lizadon0740]

Ah yes the ulster stegosaurus. A well known animal in that part of Ireland.

[@Eggmanjames]

we just call them irish people but whatev's

[@redranger2561]

@@Eggmanjames Nothen Ireland is under British control so ya know.

[@Eggmanjames]

@@redranger2561 ‘ireland’

[@Eggmanjames]

Your response was -12IQ

[@dandlion1958]

All Ireland is part of Britain, you lot would be still living in mud huts and only eating patatoes.

[@durthacht5252]

Brilliant video with the complex Troubles handled very delicately. Well done.

[@hosank]

Right - seems like the best way to handle it is by just skipping over it entirely...?

[@cole9273]

hosank thou shall not say anything negative about the crown

[@clairee4939]

@@hosank Do any of us really want an Americans quick whimsical look at 35 years of murder, maiming, hatred and blame putting? I know I don't. Handled it very well. He gave a nod to it.

[@DC-tr5ih]

He never got into why the star of David is used on that flag, how it came about and what it means.

[@AnCoilean]

Kek Lord , The star represents several things. The six points represent the six counties. God’s desire for Protestant hegemony over said counties. That Ulster Protestants are a lost tribe of Israel

[@ishouldhavetried]

*New CGP Grey video uploaded 1 second ago* Never clicked on a video faster

[@tylerwilliams5465]

Same.

[@theunrealthomas4109]

Yes

[@xdolphin7337]

I am speeeeeeeeed

[@kanzai12]

and wait for another year or so..

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Fastest clicker in the west, eh?

[@mudkipgaming2584]

“If it’s good enough for sports, it’s good enough for skorts.“ -Grey, 2019

[@benmoran431]

I Love how almost twice as many people have watched this video than the entire population of northern Ireland 🤣

[@__________________________....]

we are the Republic boys

[@MattBishop]

Northern Irelander reporting in. I approve of this message 👌 Great job Grey. Delicate subject.

[@jonathanwor]

Republicans might not agree as much though. But I guess there's almost no possibility not to get stuck in that quagmire with this subject and I trust CGPGrey did not want to come across partisan.. In any case he should have refrained from saying anything about stuff sort of being recognised.

[@Erik20766]

Jonathan Wortelboer why? Is he wrong? Do people in Britain not recognize and/or use the flag?

[@legolad6771]

@@Erik20766 Not everyone, no.

[@nerdwiththehat]

Kinda-Republican chiming in - The video dances around the Troubles, and the kinda-iffy symbolism of the Lámh Dhearg Uladh - and with good reason. Grey could make a whole 3 hours-long documentary if that was the subject to cover. But for a super short video with a forest of asterisks - well done. (That said - cue the 26+6=1 memes)

[@Aikman94]

so, is it recognized as a flag or not?

[@cartmann94]

The Forest of All Knowledge. Don’t stray from the path. Avoid all Troubles.

[@wrpen99]

It is snowing on Mt. Fuji

[@joshuahitchins1897]

Flip the first two lines for a haiku

[@mnm1273]

Territory with it's own culture and people. The UK: it's free real estate

[@Zveebo]

The USA: Manifest Destiny!

[@inderpreetsingh7429]

The Spanish : Ding dong your religion is wrong

[@mnm1273]

@@inderpreetsingh7429 expects the spanish inquisition

[@aure9495]

The French : time to get civilized, and learn to cook

[@PlatinumAltaria]

I have a personal gripe with the way we treat European powers as somehow uniquely colonial, when in truth the only thing special about Europe is that it got super lucky with geography and therefore had a head-start on everyone else. Consider what Japan did at the first sign of having significant power. I also think there's a problem with claiming colonisation as evil, when surely it's the war and bloodshed that's the problem rather than human migration (the former being performed by a government, and the latter by individuals).

[@ChickenNuggets-jf5uf]

While Grey is being controlled by the book, you can see a blue mist around the borders of the screen, but this fades away when he starts talking about aspect ratios.

[@rebca_]

Ha, I love that old "missing image" icon you used at first. Takes me back.

[@osu45d]

Flags in Northern Ireland? That won't be in any way controversial...

[@plebinator-eo5ot]

@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd a united celtic homeland will make everything easier

[@TheSm1thers]

@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd Well that'll never happen. Would be a lot more simple anyway to have a united British Isles.

[@KonanTheBarbarian]

TheSm1thers haha thats where you're wrong!

[@KonanTheBarbarian]

Joseph Lydon and you're just showing off how much of a knob you are

[@seigeengine]

As someone who is a product of predominantly Irish migrants... I have no idea what you're talking about, and I barely care. Have a nice day, and try to avoid killing each other unless you really need to. Kisses.

[@aronlau8327]

Scotland has three arms! *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch* *glitch*

[@cookiesrgood1802]

Haha i just noticed that

[@jordengg3629]

Dammit I wanted to write that

[@cookiesrgood1802]

@@jordengg3629??

[@tsyf1]

@@cookiesrgood1802 In the last vid of this channel the author mentioned that glitch and said that soon the top comment here will be: "Scotland has three arms".

[@KynceShadowsong]

came back for this

[@carlosroura7581]

1:31 hey, the flag of my city, Barcelona, up there in the top-right corner! You made my day :)

[@lukeculbert267]

As a Northern Irishman, I know not of this "flag" you refer to. However, we have a lot of "flegs" worth talking/worrying/forgetting about. I hope there's an addendum video with Grey saying "fleg".

[@CrackaPackify]

Might I also add at the mention of said "fleg" YEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@nathanneville5912]

Or as wee seamie likes to call it, a "fwag"

[@CrackaPackify]

@@nathanneville5912 that is libel. Regards, Legal Team

[@aoifed8913]

Was saying fleg in my head the whole time he was talking😄

[@ethan2885]

Stfu u prod Ooh aah up the Ra 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@jordanfinch6247]

Absolutely loving the Attack of the Troubles. Excellent animation skills!

[@StevioGaming1]

As someone from Northern Ireland, great video. Very impartial stuff like this is hard to come by

[@vtec5862]

Neighbour from the Republic here. I've been to Belfast twice loved it both times.

[@sharonsloan]

I see the arguements haven't really got going yet, I'll give it time, lol

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

'Mom can I get united ireland' 'No we have Ireland at home' Ireland at home:

[@ryan1916php]

The Wee Norn Iron Woman UTRA, UTH, UTUDA, FTP, FTQ, FGAU, Tiocfaidh Ar La, KAT, KAH, I think that about covers everything 😂

[@ndonnelly883]

@@ryan1916php oh there are so many more to add to the list. I'm not going too because I don't want to embarrass the island more than it already has.

[@OrdinarilyOrdinaryGoose]

2:31 notice how he used the Mac version of control c and control v. This is the most cgp grey thing in this cgp grey video.

[@conallobrien4079]

Another problem about the flag is that 3 of the 9 counties of Ulster are part of the Republic of Ireland.

[@clickrick]

I was disappointed that there wasn't so much as a mention of that fact.

[@harryburrows2112]

Meh, not really a problem. Its known more as the Flag of Northern Ireland rather the Ulster Banner, that is just an outdated name for it.

[@noelhughes6101]

The flag for the 9 County Ulster has a yellow background and the six county Northern Ireland flag has a white background.

[@garyomaany83]

You mean the problem is that 6 counties of Ulster and Ireland are still under British rule

[@frostyblade8842]

@@garyomaany83 Yeah thats a whole 'nother issue that would take waaaaaay too long to get into

[@feynstein1004]

Ah that lovely Celtic song in the background. Grey sure knows how to pick his music.

[@oliverhollmann1659]

2:50 In half life when you're crawling through the vents and a head crab jumps you around a corner

[@ck7802]

I like how the main take away in the comments is that Grey was able to very skillfully avoid angering people through word choices. Meanwhile I'm over here wondering about the tidbit about flag ratios and thinking "I wonder if anyone has a world flag diagram with proper to scale representations of each nations flag?". I have this sidetrack thought as a result of this video. Just don't have the drive to look up the answer. there are probably thousands of things like this traversing the neurons in my brain, never to be resolved. Keep making these videos, you may solve long standing brain itches that laziness prevents the viewers from scratching.

[@sampreston2710]

I think this is most accurate and unbiased way that my country has ever been described. Good work Grey

[@Kirealta]

Let's see how the comments fare.

[@oscaro.172]

@@Kirealta fare* :)

[@Kirealta]

@@oscaro.172 *farewell

[@clairee4939]

@@Kirealta Often the mere mention of Ireland in any context brings out the nutters of KZbin in my experience! So to see this subject covered with sensitivity and the sensible responses, with no nastiness in sight has been much appreciated :)

[@daylenconn282]

Quinny McGee basically UDA are child murderers they would have games to see who could kill the most Catholics during the troubles, yet the Brit’s called us the terrorists

[@victorkelp5154]

I love how emotionless Grey is when saying "we got pulled off the path, let's get out of here."

[@keddiels9843]

0:09 Scotland has a third arm! Also please continue off the path, so many interesting topics to be found!

[@Matthew-nv2wy]

Lol That is what I said

[@VivaCristoRei9]

*the IRA*

[@scotandiamapping4549]

I see no third arm

[@Morningstar_37]

@@scotandiamapping4549 0:10

[@scotandiamapping4549]

@@Morningstar_37 oh thx

[@igormatkowski5488]

2:56 I finally know what this book is all about, what lurks in the shadows

[@mrfclarke]

As an Irish Nationalist in Northern Ireland I must congratulate you on your amazing ice skating.

[@SchenkelMcDoo]

@@vizerandevir6422 eh?

[@mr.cheese3924]

@@SchenkelMcDoo He's saying he's skimming over the situation. As in not explaining in correctly.

[@DinosawrsAreAwesome]

This video was impressive because it is so much worse than not making a video on the topic.

[@windmillwilly]

¹

[@wizardpig02]

F Clarke Yeah gotta say 10/10

[@IanAllTheTime]

As a young buck growing up in Northern Ireland my knowledge of the Red Hand of Ulster boiled down to some asshole in the changing room asking, "Do you want to see the Red Hand of Ulster?" and then proceeding to slap me as hard as he could on my bare back. Every fucking time.

[@davidrivero1755]

Lmfao

[@thepip3599]

Oh my gosh the production quality on this is amazing.

[@jenergomes]

3:36 I LOVED the flag's deception to deal with The Troubles! XD (Not that they should be avoided, but I know they would need a feature film to *perhaps* explain all.)

[@enderwiggins8248]

I like the narrative style. Also, although I know no sane person would touch I with a ten foot pole, I’d love a CGP grey video on the troubles

[@johnkennedy3403]

I dunno why it cannot be approached. Just explain the facts, they are well established.

[@lady_sir_knight3713]

No, people hold differing views on what the facts are. There is noting about the Troubles that isn’t controversial.

[@Caesar_Himself]

@@johnkennedy3403 Well, like any "conflict" that involves true in the blood ethnic/religious strife, the facts differ widely depending on who is giving them.

[@seanocallaghan48]

Ditto

[@hart-of-gold]

It is a hard subject to be completely unbiased about even as an outsider. Because of the amount of blurry lines around what was allowed, not allowed but ignored, not allowed unless you're with us, straight up corrupt to I, whoops, (likely on purpose) I shot someone dead, better frame them for something, by all sides.

[@oliverlemley9343]

if its good enough for sports its good enough for skorts grey 2019 i like that one ill find someway to use it

[@_FamousQuotations]

I suggest you just play the quote repeatedly in public :D because I've turned it into a video of its own! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6rVpIN4rLF6jbM

[@sexyscientist]

@@_FamousQuotations Good job

[@duuqnd]

The hand: **exists** Everyone: I made this.

[@Matthew-nv2wy]

Abkhazia: Hold my beer

[@bruhitsdave7957]

Georgia: _no_ Russia: _no_

[@classicambo9781]

Nah, not me. Just happy the de Burghs got onto the flag (also livid they took our yellow, the bastards).

[@dislikereporter2271]

As an actual o'neill yup its ours B)

[@QuilloManar]

1:33 - I can't believe I hadn't noticed until now that subtle touch of having the naked lady godiva having a transparent skirt as a reference to the "transparent skirt of technical correctness" at 0:07 Very nice touch! :D

[@conoroneill8067]

We O'Neills are very keen to lend a hand every now and then.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Marvelous joke. As someone who was once an O'Neill; this apocryphal story has always been one of my fave parts even if we share the story with half of Ireland and some Scots too.

[@shaneoneill1125]

O'Neills unite!

[@feynstein1004]

I had a teacher named O'Neill once :)

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

I don't wish to know that! Kindly I'm stopping this sentence now.

[@corv3007]

I wonder if j r.r Martin just copied the hand for house gardener

[@ginargent5077]

I love the Troubles as a book with dark tentacles coming out of it.

[@karlosdeevs]

yeah, it totally sums up how indeciferable the conflict was, how the outside world couldn't pick-up on it. (an invisibility like Vietnam but taking place on ones home turf, upon which he cares)

[@davidjay2250]

I really liked this style of video. Maybe we could see the algorithm doggo more often?

[@charlottex5137]

I'm northern Irish and I understand why he's being so careful with his words

[@slyar]

stolen

[@charlottex5137]

@@slyar wtf im just saying what I thought

[@slyar]

@@charlottex5137 Well it's similar to one of the top comments but one word removed so I feel like I have a justification for my thought but sorry

[@charlottex5137]

@@slyar yeah I get it I don't really read the comments so I didn't see it but fair enough

[@fhddhdhk9319]

"First technically" *Columbus Intensifies*

[@Cjnw]

ree

[@michaelhenry3234]

More like "Vikings intensifies". Columbus properly discovered America, changing world history forever. The Vikings popped in, chopped a few trees down, and left lmao.

[@fhddhdhk9319]

@@michaelhenry3234 native Americans?

[@michaelhenry3234]

@@fhddhdhk9319 Columbus discovered the Americas relative to the Old World. Obviously Native Americans were living there, but that doesn't devalue the impact of Columbus' discovery. If we discovered an alien civilization, we would say we "discovered" it, even if other aliens are aware of it.

[@fhddhdhk9319]

@@michaelhenry3234 discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ Learn to pronounce verb 1. find unexpectedly or during a search. "firemen discovered a body in the debris" According to this definition the native Americans stummble upon america and discovered it first. Columbus was the first-ish European to bring the news to the news world, "technically" discovering it first.

[@JPTQJR]

WAIT WHAT IS THAT ANIMATION I'M SEEING? Great job Grey!

[@MeirbhinOConaill]

Surprised that there was no reference to the St Patrick's Cross, which represents Ireland in the union jack since the Act of Union in 1800. As N Ireland is the only part of Ireland in the UK it may have been worth a mention. Great video overall

[@user46346bdtgry]

Also the yellow flag with red cross and red hand was the original flag of Ulster (NI makes up 2/3 of the province of Ulster with the other 1/3 being in the republic of Ireland). It was clearly changed by the pro-Britain government at the time to assert Britain's claims to NI. The background was changed to the colour white to increase its resemblance to the english flag, and the crown was added to represent the British monarchy. In the end of the day tho, the original yellow flag is still used and recognised so if anything it's more valid because it's far older and doesn't have a politically biased origin.

[@jasongarfitt1147]

I was going to ask about this too

[@ClaireScarrott258]

The Act of Union was in 1801

[@ClaireScarrott258]

At the point of the Act of Union 1801, all of Ireland, as represented by St Patrick's cross in the Union Jack, belonged to the United Kingdom. That is the whole of the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland (the six counties) was partitioned in 1921. It was now a different entity, from the one represented in the Union Jack. NI Unionists sort a different fleg

[@LayneBenofsky]

@@ClaireScarrott258 That's fascinating! Thank you. 'think maybe the UK flag will get an edit after Brexit? ;) nah, maybe it's an artifact of (aspirational) history, now.

[@daniellynskey6026]

This is a work of art, never before has someone split the issue on N.I so evenly down the middle