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[@marcsandro5479]

The head of MIT's Media Lab recently said: "If you give everyone a voice, the a**holes will be the loudest." I just love that sentence.

[@ArcanineEspeon]

But the real question is, is the asshole on the face of a public figure?

[@csy897]

haha makes more sense today than "Empty vessels make the most noise"

[@ericvulgate]

and 'take our voices away' is a solution to that?

[@nekomancer4821]

@@ericvulgate I dunno what you mean by "ours" but yes! Thats called the paradox of intolerance.

[@lentoturmahub8214]

eric vulgate No, which is why nobody is doing it. Not in the West, at least.

[@wyattp8479]

y'all been binging john oliver videos and found that they've gotten increasingly more relevant?

[@basilbliss7116]

yes. also here trying to understand the underlying cause of myanmar this morning and apparently it’s hate speech on facebook. because, of course it is. this is beyond scary

[@bobrien5397]

Lmf r vtffren F snzgy fllne.fSpl y zx

[@markerwarrior3403]

Since the friggin beginning of this shit show pandemic

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@markerwarrior3403 not really. the show has been handling VERY relevant topics for quite some time before the pandemic. it just honestly is a great mix of humour and factual analysis of real issues

[@markerwarrior3403]

@@jurgnobs1308 yea I meant I've been binging it everyday since the pandemic started, I've been a fan for a while watching episodes everyday or whenever a new one comes around I'm just now constantly hearing his voice for reason like a) funny b) informative C) the noise keeps out the silence of slow descending madness and chaos....... D) it's fun on a drive 😂

[@karamellcookiee4190]

I'm on a John Oliver binge-tour because he is great and I love watching him. Also most topics are still relevant today. greetings from Germany

[@Sara-mf3px]

Laughing because I am binge watching a year later do to the writers strike. John is the best. ♥️

[@karrikemppainen1535]

Joining your laughs 😂 Greetings from Finland

[@Mark-jt7ww]

The best thing as german citizen is: You feel good about germany! at least in comparison to the US

[@gnr311182pj]

I am in America and I am an American and I am so sad to say that all of what J.O. says appears to be at least 98% accurate. I just discovered his show a month or so ago but have watched gotta be 50 of these clips at this point and yes again…sadly this is extremely accurate. I don’t know what happened but we all (not just America) seem to be in a bit of trouble. It’s coming…likely sooner than later. I e commented on a few about simple right from wrong…this simple concept can fix a lot of the worlds problems. Like your parents taught you when you were kids. It’s kind of a feeling that you just feel givin the situation. Really not as complicated as it appears to be.

[@qdp3301]

We need a second episode of this especially for whats happening these days with facebook!!!

[@jamirimaj6880]

he did already, title is Misinformation

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Zuckerberg had another chip installed

[@simonwyzik8661]

No no, it’s META now. Big difference

[@leocordeiro81]

“There is a purity and integrity to toilets that Facebook seriously lacks” truer words have never been spoken

[@montcliffeekuban1335]

Ownerthekpwner Fox definitely. CNN and MSNBC are still not that bad.

[@jimato01]

You can clean and disinfect a toilet in minutes. How long does it take to remove your personal info from FB ?

[@montcliffeekuban1335]

James Kerwin well probably close to impossible. Even after you deactivate your account, FB still has your data on their servers.

[@darrellhhhayes1035]

Ownerthekpwner mm

[@my81lowrider]

@Ownerthekpwner deviant? Interesting description CNN has real news and producetheir own content like the series "the road to the White House" MSNBC's Rachel Maddow does research and delivers a coherent informational story. She's liberal and goes easy on it. Fox is the real hack. As far as I can tell from checking regularly they produce no content. It's opinion 24/7 by true hacks like tucker Carlson and Laura in graham.

[@mustashee]

Every time someone mentions that John looks like a bird I remember that he's playing Zazu in the new Lion King

[@sunnysside6709]

Ashley Cl. WAIT HE IS????

[@mustashee]

@@sunnysside6709 Heck yeah, man! It's official! 😄

[@Poketom-ob1dl]

Oh good helix I thought you were making a joke but it’s true! Who’s idea was that!?!

[@mustashee]

@@Poketom-ob1dl whoever did the casting for the movie I suppose lol. Who knows? Maybe the Last Week Tonight community begged them to have him as Zazu!

[@aricaine5024]

I'm seeing Lion King. Now.

[@adrielsebastian5216]

"Myanmar, a country you think about so little..." Oof, I don't think we're in danger of that anytime soon, John.

[@maximillion322]

“I can gather information from Facebook” -that’s backwards. Facebook gathers information from you

[@nikinikolov6570]

Oh dear. No good has come after the words "I get my news from Facebook".

[@TonyMezaXD]

niki nikolov Or “how did you not hear about the news, it’s all over Facebook” 🤦🏻‍♂️ Very troubling.

[@bellumios]

If you live in an asian country (like indonesia for example) the shit that gets passed around in facebook is so stupid that it's down right funny... Well it would have been funny if people actually don't believe it

[@amolkhobaragade]

@@TonyMezaXD Get your news from 'The Hill's Rising' . It is bipartisan and accurate and it's on KZbin.

[@TonyMezaXD]

Amol Khobaragade I’m good thanks

[@TheJerbol]

I mean I follow newspapers on facebook, so it wouldn't be different otherwise

[@SomeoneCommenting]

That Gorbachev thing was genius LOL

[@alfalfasnow]

Nope. That joke was too old in Myanmar since Gorbachev was alive.

[@huyueqi]

Alfalfa Snow Gorbachev is still alive

[@cobraimploder]

You mean Glasnost? Haha, JK.

[@BennyLadden]

I almost die

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

John Oliver is like The Onion except less theatrical. Years later it is still relevant as ever.

[@coreywelton8659]

I forgot my password two years ago and as easy as it would be to change it, it's much easier to forget that I even have an account.

[@generalofchaos5174]

"A country you think about so little..." Dammit! It's another country isn't it?! "That's not even a country, it's Gorbachev's birthmark!" I stand corrected.

[@brandonayong7656]

General of Chaos Every single time he does that i actually fall for it , John Oliver is making us understand that we were all sleeping in geography classes

[@RyanStorey1231]

I will never get tired of this running gag. I love it so much.

[@RyanStorey1231]

John Oliver: a person you think about so little, you didn't even realize that that's not John Oliver, that's Steve Carrell wearing glasses.

[@brandonayong7656]

RyanX1231 The best one , the absolute best was the canada one , " Canada. A country you think so little about .....That's it ..End of sentance " I die every time haha

[@RyanStorey1231]

brandon ayong - Well, I for one think about Canada a lot. Actually, I have quite a bit of an obsession with Canada. When I was a kid, I even lied to my classmates, telling them that I was Canadian.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

What's with all the negative sentiment toward _toilets?_ Let's just take a moment to remember what life was like before _toilets_ came along.

[@AnEvolvingApe]

Remember the good old days when every city smelled like human feces?

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Right? When they said that at the end, I was flushed.

[@LordAmerican]

What was so bad about raw sewage flooding the streets and spreading horrible diseases like cholera?

[@touchyissues799]

lazyperfectionist1 Those were hard times. Back then, "shitting on your own doorstep" wasn't a figure of speech, it was a daily routine.

[@dreamerabe]

Let's also all remember a time before hating on Facebook was the cool and hip thing to do.

[@sunnysuman1255]

The exact same thing is happening in India at the moment. It's scary.

[@aalamahmad25]

Oh brother tell me about it

[@flames4856]

And in china. Fuck the fucking world I hate it here.

[@kevinshah527]

Nope nothing like that is happening in India. There might be 1 or 2 incidents that's it.

[@animeshpatra5106]

@@kevinshah527 butuh😂

[@rahuljosephkickyourass]

@@kevinshah527 Bangalore riots recently?

[@Tanya37red]

My dad literally believes everything he reads on facebook . He even believes Facebook is the actual internet . I tried to explain but yeah .....

[@missydelcoglin4087]

I feel your pain. I have found that my 80 year old mother is more receptive to explanations like this, where it is broken down to show the other point of view rather than just a discussion with me Unfortunately she hates "the f word" and so watching this with her wouldn't help. I know some of his videos are censored for language. If anyone can find this one in the cleaner version, I would appreciate it. Hey, we are quarantined together, we are quickly running out of things to watch.

[@ravenjade2553]

Look you write an article about something they agree with put it on a site and send him the link. Hidden in it towards the end you put 'by the way my dad's an idiot that believes this shit isn't it easy to makes look official?' And either he read the whole thing and sees it or shares it without reading all of it and either way you proved your point. Or if your not into insulting him, but are into long term projects slowly give him links to make him believe something really dumb and later tell you wrote and made all of it up.

[@MrHistory269]

Sad

[@tirthpatel1562]

My parents are openly Xenophobic and it is so disgusting. Misinformation and conspiracy theories are being propelled on Facebook, WhatsApp and other Social media sites. It's absolutely horrifying.

[@moniquedamphousse9682]

My spouse is always asking me about things on facebook and the internet. Is this true, how do you tell if it's a scam. I get so tired of explaining it day after day after day. =P But we're in our 70's and some people just don't understand it. At least he asks about it before he clicks on anything.

[@GrimGalore]

When multi-billion dollar companies give you things to use for free... You are the product being sold.

[@Simon-io6xr]

Wow you can hear someone else's comment and parrot It, so intelligent.

[@4philipp]

Simon O'Brien people need to be reminded of it often, so a parrot 🦜 is doing a good job.

[@falconJB]

And yet here we are watching a free show on a free video hosting site.

[@marksanchez6580]

@@falconJB 😂😂😂

[@Nirrrina]

That's actually pretty understandable since they need a way to make money. As long as you are informed that they are using your information I don't really have a problem with it. To a point anyway. Basically you're not getting it for free. Instead you are paying for it with your information. Otherwise just don't use it. Or possibly use a VPN. Also don't ever post anything you're not willing to share with the entire world. But most of all take what you see/hear with at least fifty pounds of salt.

[@Eroc.48]

I lost my shit when someone commented that John Oliver looks like "A distressed bird in a pet shop desperately trying to get your attention." 😂🤣😂🤣 9:25

[@user-qx1om2wj1h]

Well it is the most accurate way to describe him.

[@QuesoGr7]

@newswars-dotcom .....riiiiiight.....

[@QuesoGr7]

newswars-dotcom Obvious sarcasm

[@Raptor3698]

newswars-dotcom So what news sources do YOU recommend?

[@Capri_00]

Raptor 3698 why hasn’t he responded yet?

[@laslen]

"Connecting the world" Me listening during 2020 pandemic: "uh oh."

[@Angela-po7cr]

represent.us/action/the-solution-4/ here how we can fix this passing our own law CORRUPTION KILLING US AND WILL GET WORSE

[@priyangshusaiba1541]

The good old days when facebook simply helped you to connect with almost forgotten acquaintances instead of being a platform for hate, fake news and trash.

[@fancyorangemittens]

I stopped trusting Oliver's maps over a year ago.

[@thethird3d]

Why?

[@wohfab]

Cause Facebook said it :D

[@chasegarner6924]

Danielle Then lol same

[@smhdpt12]

Ya, using the same joke over and over again is lame.

[@Hedington]

Oh ye of little faith..

[@joao_morais]

I've only ever reported hate speech or threat of violence twice on Facebook, in both instances the comments were pretty clear and could not be mistaken as sarcasm or comedy, both times Facebook said it didn't violate their terms of use. Facebook is a joke.

[@TheDarkie12]

João Morais maybe you’re just a bit sensitive and have a very loose definition of what is hate speech?

[@purpleghost106]

​@@TheDarkie12 Nah mate, you're giving FB too much credit. Like waaay too much credit. It was exposed not that long ago that FB staff were trained to not take down videos of child abuse, even violence child abuse with an adult straight up beating the kid (www.bbc.com/news/technology-44859407) Knowing that it shouldn't surprise you that the AI won't take down even pictures of violent bloody rape of children. It also ignores very direct death threats a whole lot, and we're talking in english so there's no excuse. Like Facebook is BAD at taking down heinous things. They need to fucking fix their shit.

[@TheDarkie12]

@@purpleghost106 You're probably right and if you are i agree with you completely, but my comment was specifically ment for João regarding hate speech. Hate speech as an example is so hard to define because what some consider to be hate speech others see as something completely different.

[@purpleghost106]

@@TheDarkie12 Fair enough, certainly I'm not denying that ppl do have a heck of a time agreeing on stuff. Definitions being the least of it. :/

[@purpleghost106]

@@TheDarkie12 -- I do wanna add though, that we totally can (and arguably should) use Science on that question. Like, we can know what's harm and what's just hurt feelz I know some ppl in America don't value science, but as a Canadian, I think it's the easiest way to have some kind of definitive standard

[@FatCatProductions]

The fact that that Olsen twin joke went laughless is a tragedy

[@matthiasnagorski8411]

Because it isn't a joke. John Oliver has an entire room dedicated to this.

[@Surreality22992]

I just caught the Olsen twin joke, and yes, it is tragic to not hear laughter after that.

[@ammaleslie509]

I laughed at home!

[@thatman6916]

Can anyone explain ?

[@irenebertoni]

I missed that one. At what point in the video did the joke appear?

[@mandymoore5774]

Still don’t have a Facebook account! 42 years old & going strong!

[@elijahculper5522]

Best “a country you think so little about...” ever.

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

seriously, they were almost getting a bit boring, but that was genuinely awesome

[@VanBurenOfficial]

I think about all countries you rhube

[@brycehickson374]

14:22 I mean in Zuck's defense he was speaking to Congress. The same group of people that asked questions like "How do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for your service?" and "Is Twitter the same as what you do?" Can't blame the guy for really trying to break it down for them.

[@texyo]

Yeah, I thought his scathing remark was pretty far-reaching as well

[@CamLovesOlliepop]

Man I didn't even watch the whole congress thing, but jesus fuck those questions they kept asking. lol

[@werewolf74]

It's hard to do what they do over that series of tubes that make up the internet.... Yeah it was pretty scary to see how woefully uneducated they are on the internet and various social media platforms. he could have told them that he was going to turn the flux capacitor up and it would fix everything and they would have just nodded at him and let him go.

[@thenineyearoldarmy6070]

Bryce Hickson his response had me deaddd “ well sir we run ads”

[@richardberglund4765]

This is a great point but really all shows like this have writers that dig up any little thing to make there point valid for the segment they are doing. (not saying thats bad by the way)

[@douglasmcfarland9040]

Hi John I deeply appreciate you and your entire writing staff. I wish you and them continued success.

[@selvalss]

The section from Myanmar aged like fine wine.

[@TheTorridestCheese]

Audience didn't catch that Olsen twin joke.

[@abderrahmanatef8456]

waht?? where was it??

[@easyaspi31415]

@@abderrahmanatef8456 exactly 😂

[@zackmorgan9754]

@@abderrahmanatef8456 during the Facebook commercial parody the guy remarks about her moving back and forth

[@danieljensen2626]

@@zackmorgan9754 Ah, I was wondering what he was talking about definitely didn't catch the Olson twin bit.

[@lechauvesouris2969]

But audience caught the baloons at 3:12 . Lies everywhere.

[@PerfectlyLostMySanity]

People bullied me for not getting Facebook when I was younger... WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, MOM!

[@willritter4076]

Facebook is on the way down, but we can't be sure that its replacement won't be something worse... I'd be honored if some fellow Oliver fans/concerned citizens would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of 80s/90s classic songs on my channel. Covers include Sting, Prince, George Michael, Phil Collins, Tom Petty, the GooGoo Dolls, Sarah McClachlan, Billy Joel, Earth Wind & Fire, plus a couple of '010s classics from Bruno Mars and Coldplay. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.

[@jamesdoe8690]

Ah.. ignorance is bliss

[@Gyropilot42]

I mean, your nick name is "Lost my Sanity"

[@mnrsteeljoutafel]

Lost My Sanity still your mom

[@Bluecho4]

Didn't expect to see you here, Lost My Sanity.

[@robertpaulacuna6097]

Eye opening! Very pertinent data. Can't stop binge watching Mr. Oliver's info.

[@norcodaev]

Sooooo glad I resisted the pressure of friends and family and never, ever, ever, created a Facebook account😅

[@Pikminiman]

Facebook's goal is not to bring people together. Their goal is to keep users on the site for as long as possible, and the easiest way to do that is to prioritize provocative and incendiary comments.

[@dreamlab311]

That's all media.

[@cherryliang5117]

insightful

[@breetoldyouso]

I didn't really think about that but it's pretty true. Maybe they're so slow moving because it's not in their best interest to shut the toxicity down.

[@AshutoshKumar-jm8kc]

Pikminiman Thanks.

[@Koolzak-gmail]

Evil Zuckerberg

[@gidikalchhauser]

Cmon don't go from 1,2% to 18 million.. that's unworthy of this show. Stick with either of them if you wanna get your point across.

[@peixebanana]

I thought the same thing, that was pretty shady info...totally not worthy of the awesome work they normally do

[@MartinVettorazzi]

Agree with the criticism. For posterity, population in Myanmar is 53,582,855 according to wiki, which would make it 18 million 33,59%. But yeah. Weird that they wouldnt just bother with that.

[@noahmeade-kelly3128]

It’s 1/3 of all the people in Myanmar, they should have just kept it in percentages

[@Howtohandlemebaby8173]

Wow, I’m glad to see that I wasn’t the only person bothered by this. It’s so weird that they did that.

[@MK-fy8uz]

agree. Saying a percentage and then a number and expecting all of us to know the population of a country we only know is far away in asia and people live there. just for the record it's around 53 million people.

[@arkachatterjee8911]

I love it. For the past two months, I've been a regular to your shows in youtube. It's fascinating how easily manipulated are we. We need journalism of your kind. Great respect from India.

[@shayanshahid2874]

Need a show like this for twitter also.

[@LunaDelTuna]

I miss MySpace. Tom was always there for me.

[@willowrosekucera8022]

I went to school with Tom!!

[@samlerf]

Dragonball z abridged?

[@marioanothlp]

@@getzybaggins And Facebook didn't?! They had their servers hacked compromising 120 million people.......well....

[@gwendolinekitaen4890]

Samy is my Hero!

[@bobhamster9576]

Courtney Kline Tom, you have been replaced

[@k1llez4fun65]

Why this gotta come up when I’m trying to sleep

[@otakon17]

You too huh?

[@iCGreen_]

I’m gonna be late for work cuz of this.

[@rhondawaldron]

I know right

[@paddleduck5328]

Ditto.

[@davidashraf1283]

Ikr 😂😂

[@jaridkeen123]

I quit facebook years ago

[@jameszumwalt7338]

No you didn't. You just posted a couple months ago.

[@takashi.mizuiro]

i have never used it

[@anomalocaris2593]

@@jameszumwalt7338 It is literally impossible. I have been trying delete my account, it will not stay deleted

[@imastatistic8347]

@@anomalocaris2593 so basically Facebook is stupid and if you re login at all it “re-activates” your account you have to stay off completely no messagner no login in for 3 months straight and it will delete it

[@randomchance7796]

Facebook is the home of all of those sentences that used to start with, "My brother-in-law's cousin was there when . . . "

[@romanr9883]

4:10 little tip don't randomly jump from percentages to actual numbers

[@oodjee]

thought the same thing!!

[@MYKEBOY1894]

Roughly 53 million people so it’s about 33 percent. I thought the same thing when I saw it. There was no way to calculate what the growth was with their numbers.

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

Stop lying to yourself, they know very well what they're doing.

[@Yetipfote]

I just looked up the population of Myanmar on Wikipedia: 53,370,609. So 1.2% of the population is 640,447 dudes 18,000,000 people is about 30% of the population

[@graup1309]

@@Yetipfote I honestly don't know why they did this. I mean, usually you'd do this to mask inconsistencies in the numbers, but getting from 1% population access to 30% in 5 years is actually pretty impressive.

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

This happened 2 years ago in Indonesia: During the governational election of Jakarta, Indonesia, a surge of hate speech and xenophobia posts inflitrated to many of our facebook timeline. Promoting a toxic division between the natives and Chinese Indonesian. Later it was proven that the xenophobic posts were backed up by the opponent political party who were taking an advantage of facebook's flawed system. It was utterly toxic, that caused an actual riot between many ethnicities & religions. This is why facebook needs to fix this issue fast. Especially political parties who are using fake news as a tool to "win". It's almost the presidential election next year, i hope these fake news epidemic will be cured soon before then

[@evolvedape2161]

corgisbutt It was not/is not facebook’s fault that people rioted. You don’t blame at&t when people call each other to stage a riot so why would you blame Facebook?

[@peepo8521]

I am a Chinese who live and born in Indonesia can confirm it's not the Facebook fault .. but some narrow minded people who's easily influenced by some corrupt politician

[@evolvedape2161]

The Dude If you encourage violence you can be held liable. Everything else you said is fine, but not the violence part.

[@LunaS043]

@@elemenz888 You can very easily be arrested for inciting violence. You tell people go kill people and they do kill people because you were the influence. You are partially responsible.

[@arrowhead697]

The thing is, it happened in India too. I get that in social networking sites most stuff is user generated, but there definitely needs to be some regulations. People literally were publicly lynched to death because of whatsapp forwards! Atleast ad(promoted) content should be monitored. Whatsapp officials actually had a meeting with govt representatives for the same. Probably a local database or something will be made not totally sure. It's hard, sure, but can't brush it off. It's not their fault, ofcourse, but monitoring which does not violate privacy of good users is important.

[@G_Six]

The really sad part with Facebook is that a persons gesture don’t mean anything unless you post it on Facebook. I had a friend that passed and I ran into a old friend in the store & said they thought me and the deceased was friends, I replied yea we are & this person said I didn’t think so cause They didn’t see a post from me on Facebook. No I called & went to see the family ... like a normal ( irl firms would)

[@aristarr9416]

I just wanted to tell you John that I love you -you make me laugh every time I see your program thank you - you are adorable

[@pdharvey6973]

When you have to flee to Bangladesh, things have gone terribly wrong.

[@Riasat202]

LOL true... ex-Muslim who had to flee Bangladesh here.

[@bananawal8215]

Oof. As a Bangladeshi, I have to agree

[@constructionworker3188]

That is quite hurtful.

[@constructionworker3188]

@@Riasat202 if you hate it, why are you here?

[@probablypossessed2075]

I can’t be the only one who read this in Johns voice

[@Kadz]

*_Gimme ur data_* ~ The Zucc

[@imavileone7360]

It ain't that bad you guys

[@aryamansinha9309]

Kadz the *Z U C C* is God

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Kadz How about The Zuck give us all HIS data?

[@detroitmetro101]

facebook is a reflection of us, if it is a toilet, then guess what we are...

[@gz2223]

Asznee

[@frankbosch3638]

I can not unsee John as a petshop bird hopping in his cage. He is a flipping cockatoo! (and i adore him)

[@hugorezende199]

That Gorbachev joke was genious. People that write that shit must bê well rewarded.

[@Chrish3594]

I was bullied onto Facebook by my family. 10 years wasted on crap. I'm happy to report I'm clean and free of Facebook for 6 months now!

[@firsttimeisawjupiter1031]

Sounds like Facebook is meth and now it can't contaminate you anymore. Let's see it sink like a ship in an oil spill

[@Funkopedia]

Now you just gotta quit KZbin...

[@Ch4pp13]

Funkopedia and go to where, Dailymotion?

[@elisabeth4912]

I am sorry for your experience, but I don't think that's facebooks problem

[@julymagnus493]

I never got the appeal of Facebook, I just argue with Holocaust deniers on KZbin for hours on end like a normal person.

[@keelysmash]

So a Meme page gets taken down almost instantly BUT wide spread Islamophobia stays prominent on FB for years Cool...cool cool cool

[@kosmaslemo]

widespread (around 11 mil facebook users, i ll go on and assume not all of them hate on muslims while on facebook). in myanmar btw. the kind of country that doesnt even exist in these peoples heads unless they can make profit out of it islamophobia, yes, but in burmese, a language we just learned the algorithm doesnt even fully understand (understandably so) meanwhile your first world memes, in english. by the time you get to them they have already been reposted and reuploaded 10 brazilion times unchanged

[@Lucas-ns9hd]

Which is weird considering dank meme pages and islamophobia go hand in hand

[@audreymcneal]

Meme pages are stolen content, though.

[@mystre3550]

It's not Islamic phobia, it is reality. They are slowly but surely taking over countries.

[@uhno5989]

Andrew eby you sound Texan.

[@insanitysreign6195]

I was playing a game on my phone, and at 12:25 when he says "it's a bad time to" an ad popped up for a war game saying "OPEN FIRE" 🤣

[@_crazyscientist97]

"As It's transitioned to a quasi civilian government..." Burmese Military 2021: How about No?

[@bargh70]

Deleted facebook in 2012 and I never looked back. Really a great decision.

[@wohfab]

How is still there, if you deleted it?

[@TheRealpennyInfo]

Deletes Facebook opens snapchat

[@rexvs_]

Noob, I deleted it before Facebook existed.

[@shane-o-matic]

Same for me in 2009. Talk about a stress reduction! Lol

[@snatchadams69]

Facebook has now introduced true account deletion..

[@andrewshea6652]

“I don’t know what any of these words mean but my staff assures me they make sense.” -John Oliver That’s why they had you flossing in KZbin rewind

[@user-fq4hj8yv2z]

Burn

[@benharira1626]

Please don't remind me with that

[@antonellacastro376]

"Connecting the world" Me listening during 2020 pandemic: "uh oh."

[@nixonpark683]

They did what?

[@tobaliciousholland12]

"Everyone should be treating everything on their site with extreme skepticism, and see Facebook for what it actually is: a fetid swamp of mis-truths and outright lies, interspersed with the occasional reminder of a dead pet."

[@geraldspencer1956]

Calling Facebook a toilet is a little unfair to toilets. 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@BRTxNL]

It's the reason I didn't visit Myanmar on my trip through Asia last year. It was all going on at the time, many backpackers were still visiting, despite the reports of genocide. I actively tried persuade people to postpone their trips. It's an awful thing that happened there, but despite all that shit people would still go. If people will stand up against something stupid like a Nike commercial, can we at least all come together when something horrific like this is happening.

[@nunyabusiness3786]

Do you want an ak-47 I'll sell it to you for sixty bucks no questions asked +1 capitalism

[@lynnlo]

It's a nice place actually (most of it)

[@affenkosmonaut9626]

I do not agree with you BRTxNL. I have been visiting Myanmar in September 2017 when the riots were violent in the north west of the country. I Think people there just do not see the proplems that are there. I think there is just a big lack of education and reliable newsfeed. I Think it would be better if even more people are visiting the country and are discussing those things.

[@radmoonable]

@@affenkosmonaut9626 The problem is people do not go to educate themselves. They simply enjoy themselves, get fancy pics for insta and in the process support a genocidal government financially.

[@Yellowmellowbromod]

I found this video because someone shared it on facebook.

[@dertythegrower]

Cheston Shacklett who cares, that is like assuming you would not find links on other websites. fecesbook has been ZERO innovation over myspace, truly.. myspace tom is the true social media hype genius cashed out.. zuckerberg is a wannabe of tom who paid to fame via veiled celebrity advertising, just like crApple.. over valued and techies avoided apple and fecebook from day 1

[@officialspaceefrain]

🤪

[@jb888888888]

Just proves his point, you can find any and all shit on FB. Even (ugh!) _Last Week Tonight._

[@chickrepelant]

ayyyyyy

[@Arigator2]

Sorry, but that monk isn't wrong about Islam.

[@nicholasmartello4110]

3 years later, and more relevant then ever.

[@RicoBurghFan]

It's great watching old episodes and seeing how prescient they were.

[@azulcrescent715]

I was born in Myanmar, and grew up there, and it saddens me to see the country portrayed like this, because IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. There's a whole lot of hatred and paranoia in the country, and it uses religion (Buddhism) as a way to persecute people of other religions and ethnicity. If you are of any religion than Buddhism, you're the "other" and are very likely not safe. Hell, they even think of the other sect of Buddhism, Mahayana, as a demonic religion, when there's very few differences between the two sects (Myanmar practices Theravada). This episode is completely accurate in portraying the prevalence of facebook in Myanmar. People may not have any idea how to use google, or enter a URL, but they can use facebook for pretty much everything. Facebook is basically substituted for tinder, yelp, twitter, pornhub and more in that country. And when facebook is the "internet" for the entire country, you better believe any "news" that goes viral is going to be common news for the people there. There's no fact checking, and people accept it as completely legit, and this is a very prevalent way in which hate is riled up there. It's absolutely appalling, and sadly, I don't see it changing anytime soon. The country has been put too backwards by the military dictatorship, and the education system in the country is outdated by 20~40 years depending on the subject. Thanks to LastWeekTonight for creating this episode. Even though I have no attachments to the country, it's nice to know that more people will now be more aware of the atrocities and problems in Myanmar.

[@TheaHFrancis]

Thanks for the info

[@eagle3676]

You support which buddhist? The one who peacefully follows his/her religion without harming any other human being or the one committing genocide in myanmar? In the first case, nice good on ya mate, I support those buddhists as well and in the second case, fuck off and screw you.

[@deutschesmaedchen]

Azul Crescent kinda reminds you of the truth about Buddhism, which is that it’s NOT a peaceful, mindful religion, doesn’t it? Everything humans touch turns to shit.

[@bansho7076]

Would it help at all if this video were subtitled in Burmese?

[@rickrudd]

Reminds me of every Islamic country on the planet.

[@acatssoftnose3940]

Just two years ago, I was a heavy Facebook user. I primarily used it to communicate with my friends during college, and to read the news. Now, I no longer have Facebook. Google News gets the job done; and as for my friends, I just text them. Get rid of it, and make the world a better place. If you have a group or community page on Facebook, please consider moving them to a newsletter (and/or just start your own site). Your most serious followers will follow you over. Those who don't ... they haven't cared to visit your group/community page since they joined. Don't worry about them.

[@skadimaniac]

Same for me! I quit and never looked back

[@BeefPapa]

I have this opinion, everyone please follow my opinion.

[@chrisallot66]

Congratulations? I like how the comment section is filled will people pointing out the fact that they left facebook, almost as if it's some monumental feat. We choose whether or not to consume things. Facebook is one of them.

[@SilverMoon459]

Yeah now I just use whatsapp and gmail, or talk to my friends and family in person. Haven't used facebook in years actually, even before I had whatsapp on my phone.

[@skadimaniac]

@@chrisallot66 why not? we also congratulate people on quitting smoking, so why not that? don't get too hung up on things in comment sections.

[@FlanaFugue]

12:44 He accidentally calls it "Fakesbook". Perfect.

[@firefalcoln]

The description of Oliver as a distressed bird was so on-point. I wonder now if they even animated Zazu in the recent Lion King or if they just filmed Mr. Oliver flailing around while delivering the lines.

[@EveryThingGirl238]

'Someone just said they want to murder my family.' "We don't know what you just said, but it sounded great!" Me: *Holding in laughter*

[@martinb6461]

Congrats for the well deserved Emmy Award (Outstanding Variety Talk Series) - I would consider the Academy Awards for outstanding acting :) Hope John and the writers behind this show got a life-time HBO contract. Keep us entertained and informed.

[@christopherkettler8727]

Except when he jokes about 9/11 cinspiracies like the truth movement is a bunch of tinfoil hats but for those who take the time to really look at the evidence and the serious people who have done the research including ex cia retired fbi and military generals,professional Architects and engineers,aviation professionals,all of whom have raised serious and compelling questions that any thinking person could not easily dismiss as everybody on tv does.i love john he is smart and funny but it bothers me that he makes snid jokes about it without giving any of those serious credible people the voice they deserve.

[@AeternusNox.]

I get to see pictures of my kids we posted years ago as babies and it makes me smile. I found out a good friend of mine died and was able to attend his funeral and pay my respects to him and his family. Sure Facebook has it's issues, but thanks to Facebook I'm able to be a part of life and stay connected with those around me without having to be on the phone for hours and hours like my parents did back in the day.

[@ammaleslie509]

You could do both of those things without Facebook. There's a big internet out there and you can send and receive pictures and be at events remotely without using Facebook to do it.

[@RickyB1959]

You're missing the point. Facebook makes it easier to do. Some of us don't want to go wandering all over the internet for 20minutes, when we can do the same thing on Facebook in 5. If Facebook seems like garbage to you, that may reflect your participation more than the platform.

[@Onigirli]

@@RickyB1959 "May reflect your participation more than the platform?" Did you not watch the effing video?

[@64standardtrickyness]

"Is ______ free" is what I ask whenever I hear something is free.

[@moniquedamphousse9682]

I always say 'what's the catch?'

[@bryanmontes1374]

Hey distressed bird a little bit of attention over here. Please do a Nicaragua episode man, I promise you will find so much material for a whole season!! Help us out Zazu! Please

[@scorpioninpink]

Nicaragua and Guatemala are in distress right now. So is Venezuela.

[@Jake007123]

What is happening there? No "official" news from there in a while in my country.

[@bryanmontes1374]

@@Jake007123 www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-nicaragua-unrest-20180726-story.html you can read it from here

[@Jake007123]

Thank you, I know I could google it but I didn't have the time (I'm just leaving house right now actually), I'll check it!

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Well, Bangladesh is in turmoil, Iran was attacked, Brazil is on the eve of a major election that could reshape the political spectrum, Germany is seeing neo nazis in power, Austria and Poland are breaking away into authoritarianism, Sweeden is also seeing neo nazis, the Brexit stalled and the UN is about to meet in the General Assembly. So, good luck on that...

[@brumfeldo]

Somehow, whenever I see the actual Mark Zuckerberg I think of someone that's doing a bad impression of the Jesse Eisenberg performance in The Social Network.

[@Basementjacks]

I can't imagine his wife sleeping with him. Those dead goldfish eyes. Almost seems like he's just possessed and just walking around like a zombie🤷‍♀️

[@BURSV]

I can't believe people would say these mean things about John Oli, I appreciate his existence

[@DestinationD]

The only thing I crave to know now is did Reuters get the man a decent webcam?!

[@sbk1398]

The way the guy said "Butt part" was hilarious

[@rgderen88]

Watch it again, but listen to him say erection

[@NigelNquande]

Racism: Funny as f**k. No, dude, just no!

[@Rayfireful]

As the way that guy looked at the butt part do

[@yankis.]

@@NigelNquande Where exactly is that racist? Accents are not racism.

[@nuibui6667]

@@yankis. I would love to hear you say gaand or chuttad in hindi.

[@consoleking9670]

We deserve this for abandoning MySpace. They had their shit together

[@BossGalka]

Tom did nothing wrong.

[@Informatic1]

Boss Galka The hero we need but not the one we deserve

[@tlovespeaksss]

Nathan Frantz this comment and the replies are literally the greatest!

[@EddyA1337]

This my friends, is what we call a good zinger. Thanks for the laugh friend.

[@TheRealpennyInfo]

#BRINGTOMBACK

[@13lood13ath]

I think this highlights a larger problem of people blindly accepting what's force fed to them, rather than doing research.

[@wongelgebru1644]

My favorite part of this was hearing him say privacy with his awesome accent.

[@yngvebjrnsethrevheim6344]

18:10 "There is only one explanation. Moving back and forward very fast" OLSEN TWINS NOT TWINS CONFIRMED!

[@ollis.1605]

He actually says that you know! "There is only one OLSEN TWIN..." not "explanation" :D

[@dreamerabe]

That's how the Reverse Flash fooled Barry back in season one.

[@ollis.1605]

@@dreamerabe Oh I had no idea Bill Hader has a dual role in that. I've only watched a few episodes so far.

[@coosoorlog]

@olli s. thank you! I could not for the life of me figure out what he said there.

[@ClemensAlive]

In 2016 I made a YT Video in Germany, that nearly gut 7 million views (wich is absolute fantastic for Germany). Than about 500 people downloaded it, overwrote my watermark with theirs and posted it on their FB site without giving me any credits. Most of these videos also got more than 1 million views...it pushed their sites so damn good. So I spoke to my lawyer..cause I am not accepting other people stealing my content and promote it as their own. The lawyer spoke to FB that we need these peoples info to contact them, cause they broke the law. Reply from FB: "Naw...fuck you, we have our own rules. You're not getting anything." They really did not care that so many people steal and profit from the work of others...that is so frustrating as a creator!

[@edgarevanmendez8829]

Congrats on those 500 downloads.

[@leiajiang7877]

Many artist and creators face that problem too, but as long as fb is getting money, they dont give a crap

[@CaptainCaterpillars]

Should have put a better watermark on it.

[@edgarevanmendez8829]

Kiki?

[@edgarevanmendez8829]

I do know that shi bro! You wrote that!

[@JohnOhkumaThiel]

Laughed myself to tears at the end, must share this on Facebook!

[@aidenzorn8322]

thanks for compiling such interesting information. this really helped me do my project for 1/3 of my grade the night before it had to be presented which also just so happened to be 2 weeks after i was supposed to turn it in. fun!

[@99gentsia]

Never had I expected that the things which were initially designed to bring people together is actually pushing them farther. I miss those good old NOKIA and it's "Connecting People" days

[@jasonbourney3869]

Copy paste bitch

[@99gentsia]

@Zack Smith Bro, how did you know I am an Indian???

[@99gentsia]

@@jasonbourney3869 What the fuck, bro?

[@qualityinn5063]

Tech companies are notoriously arrogant with their inventions

[@wordforger]

Hehe. Reminds me of the entry on the Babel Fish i Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. By having a way to communicate to other species so perfectly translated, it's caused many wars.

[@vipergx]

Hats off to the Gorbachov joke! You sir trolled us good :D

[@myquest666420]

VIPER.GX there are a few things I’ve learned from Last Week Tonight. 1. The Olsen twin is dangerously fast. 2. Dewalt ladders are second to none. 3. And finally, never trust an outline of a country that you aren’t familiar with.

[@firdousansari9442]

Keep up the Good work John Oliver and the Team.

[@NigelNquande]

"There is a purity and integrity to toilets that Facebook [, Google, KZbin, et al] seriously lacks."

[@yvesmassaad]

I'm definitely sharing this on Facebook.

[@Stacey_Robinson]

The LWT team deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

[@oncoucharrest5910]

I used to go on FB and think, wow, other people’s lives seem so much happier than mine! I haven’t been on FB in over 3 years and I’ve never been happier, what a waste of time. More time to watch LWT with John!

[@JITCompilation]

I feel the same way just being off social media in general.

[@towedarray7217]

3:13 that part of the job must be so fun. Coming up with an intentionally bad or crappy celebration kazoo sound and weak/lame balloon confetti flourish. I feel like I’d excel at this part of the job. The graphics teams at the late night show don’t get enough credit for what the do. Most people finally are acknowledging writing staff almost as much as the hosts themselves but these graphics/media teams do awesome stuff too, most of it only gets shown for a few seconds and they just don’t get enough credit. Whoever did Dipshit Uncle Quarterly, for example, is a genius.

[@TheRacingMonkey]

Facebook is like a creepy old uncle...you don’t really want to visit it, but you still do it sometimes...

[@redlion145]

You really don't. Nothing but social pressure (or perhaps an inheritance?) make you HAVE to visit your uncle. Absolutely nothing makes you have to visit facebook.

[@edwardlulofs444]

Yes. I only use facebook to find out what my family is doing. I hate computers and cars but use them too. I can find some good in anyone. But like that creepy uncle some people are a challenge to find the good.

[@maxkordon]

WHY THO? You don't have to, you choose to, choose to stop, please

[@redlion145]

Are you seriously saying that it's impossible to find another job? You would literally starve without facebook? That's incredibly hard to believe. There aren't any employment opportunities available? None? I submit that you are willfully ignoring lesser options simply because your income WITH facebook is much higher than it would be without it. That is not a dilemma involving starvation, it's a dilemma involving less pay or greater pay. People make their own choices about what is important. Your personal pay may be more important to you than the potential negative impacts of that company. But that's a far cry from saying you have no choice, it's this or starving.

[@felixthehuman]

Jeremy Hughes aren't a lot of the businesses on fb mlms?

[@bit0159]

You don't even need to look out for hate speech in fancy languages. Facebook wouldn't even delete hate speech in English.

[@adamjulijevic1069]

@Ali Beli "B-but muh freedom of speeeeeech :(((((" Freedom of speech ends when you incite violence, which is what this piece is talking about.

[@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q]

They removed Alex Jones after 8 years of nonstop frenetic hate filled bullshits.

[@basiliskos119]

Adam Mitchell hmm sounds like the typical “alt-right” excuse for defending hate speech. You can recognize hate speech immediately, it’s not something vague, or open to interpretation. To say otherwise is disingenuous, at least..

[@basiliskos119]

Adam Mitchell are you, mate? Well, I don’t actually care

[@splintercell4eva]

You're saying he's alt-right which these days is code for neo-nazi because he doesn't want to arrest people for what they say? Actual Nazis were all about arresting people for saying things they didn't like. It may be clear to you what is or isn't hate speech, but your definition may not line up with a prosecuting attorney when they try to send you to jail for voicing opinion because it violates their idea of what hate speech is.

[@Hannah-nl5qq]

The Myanmar bit hasn't aged super well...or I suppose you could say it's aged perfectly

[@ericcaloosa371]

The Last two minutes are spot on. I think this needs to have a part 2.

[@joryjones6808]

John Oliver is the most tremendously awesome late-night host we’ve seen from the standpoint of the Emmys.

[@TheTonyEntertainment]

Lol

[@tyiffpeijc8702]

what about from the standpoint of water?

[@joryjones6808]

Tyiff Pejic he’s the most average we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of being 66.6...% water.

[@Edmund._.Dantes]

6:44 it did the same thing in the US and Europe did you expect it not to do the same in another country that hid its animosity toward a certain group of people? This is par for the course for social media, it is no longer about connecting with friends and family, it is an echo chamber for people that hate and a mirror to express people's vanity.

[@LSSYLondon]

Wirathu openly blamed Muslims for instigating the recent violence. Wirathu claimed that Myanmar's Muslims are being financed by Middle Eastern forces, saying, "The local Muslims are crude and savage because the extremists are pulling the strings, providing them with financial, military and technical power".[18] On 21 July 2013, he was the apparent target of a bomb explosion, but he remained unscathed. Five people were slightly injured in the blast, including a novice monk. Wirathu claimed that the bombing was an attempt by Muslim extremists to silence his voice.[19][20][21]

[@Fatgeologist]

@@LSSYLondon you say it is no longer about connecting with friends and family, but as far as I am concerned, that is entirely what it is about, as well as a source of information about the arts (mostly).

[@rahatjobayar9596]

ex Facebook user (2008-2017). It was hard to see how this thing went into nutters. Once I quit it, the mental peace was too obvious for me. Not checking my phone every 15 seconds, flicking the screen and see nothing, not getting boxed-in with only supportive voices and so on. It feels surreal to watch other people doing that and it feels like they are transfixed.

[@adamosity7127]

I stopped twitching two months after closing my facebook account. I'm much better now. Filled my time with things that actually move me forward.

[@iancamba7375]

Congrats for the Emmy! (I know I'm late) #cheersforthenextemmy

[@LeviathanLP]

Survive the Emmys!

[@redwoods7370]

I went on Facebook for a week when it first came out. Cancelled it and have never looked back. Never been a part of my life and it's great.

[@Beardedvikingweirdo]

I'm jealous

[@loudcloud6889]

Did you post this on Facebook?

[@juliaomelchenko1132]

It was a part of your life for two weeks

[@spartan2051]

I’ve never had a Facebook. For a month I had an IG and I currently have a SC that’s mainly for girlfriends. I’m 18 year old male in college. Feeling pretty proud of myself

[@djhero0071]

(Puts hand on shoulder) you’re nothing special. Facebook is a garbage social media website on par with Twitter that should have gone the way of MySpace and Friendster a long time ago.

[@nafisa.t13]

My love for this show went up 100% percent.

[@KyleBerthoud2]

Omg the tandem bike accident joke made me laugh so much I actually had to leave my office building during lunch so I could laugh