Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Streisand Effect, Sesame Labeling, Golden Goals (Vol. 10)

Good intentions, bad results.
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Part One: See Shores
The year: 2003
The problem: There's a photo of Barbra Streisand's house on the internet!
The solution: Sue the photographer for $50 million, and demand the photo be removed.
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
It turns out that when you try and hide something, people get interested. The aerial image-part of a larger project to document coastal erosion-had only been downloaded six times before Streisand got upset. But in the month following the lawsuit, over 400,000 people clicked on the image of Streisand's house. Babs lost her case and was forced to pay $177,000 in legal fees, and the Streisand Effect is now shorthand for bringing unwanted attention to the very thing being suppressed.
Maybe next time, don't mansion it!
Part Two: Open Sesame
The year: 2022
The problem: Over a million Americans are allergic to sesame seeds!
The solution: Add them to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s major allergens list, which requires food manufacturers and restaurants to disclose if products either contain or might have come into contact with the seeds.
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
Turns out sesame seeds are small and a bit hard to keep track of, making it frustrating and expensive to guarantee seeds will not cross-contaminate other foods. Under the stringent FDA rules, it's not good enough to simply state that a food "may contain" or is "produced in a facility" that uses sesame, so rather than go through the cost and hassle of assuring there are none in their product, companies simply added small amounts of sesame to their products and included it in the lists of ingredients.
Presto! Problem solved! Unless, you know, you're allergic.
Part Three: Golden Goals
The year: 1994
The problem: Ties in soccer are boring!
The solution: Organizers of the Caribbean Cup made game-winning overtime goals count double, pushing teams to play aggressively in extra time!
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
Turns out… math!
In the last group game of the tournament, Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals to reach the final. Otherwise, Grenada would advance.
With only minutes left in the match, Barbados found themselves up by only a single goal. Realizing their predicament, Barbados scored on themselves. So long as they could keep the game tied during regular play, Barbados could win by two with a single score in overtime.
What followed was one of the most bizarre five minutes in the history of the game, with Barbados defending both goals while Grenada tried to score on either end of the field.
Grenada failed, Barbados scored in overtime, and the rule was dropped. And then it rolled around on the pitch for a while, grabbing its knee, looking for a penalty.
Goooooooo reevaluate your priors.
Great moments in unintended consequences: good intentions, bad results.
Written and produced by Meredith and Austin Bragg; narrated by Austin Bragg
Photo credits: Nancy Rivera/ACE Pictures/Newscom; John Nacion / Splash News/Newscommalibu; Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

[@robertcarpenter9823]

I like that the soccer one wasn't really a government entity but is definitely had unnecessary regulations

[@kelamullah1999]

What's funny is that this is around the time that draws stopped counting for half and now count for a third.

[@FilosSofo]

It fits because it's about unintended consequences

[@assault410]

to be fair it was the governing soccer body

[@rharris22222]

The other thing is that the soccer league officals recognized their error, realized they shouldn't frustrate their paying fans, and reversed course. When is the last time the ruling class did that before they were standing on a gallows?

[@dogg-paws]

In that case, may we add the NIL deals going on with collegiate sports to the next video?

[@hmlqrt2716]

Please talk about the recent mexican reforestation program "sembrando vida" (sowing life) where they gave trees and money to people with empty plots of land in the country side to plant and take care of them and ended up with people burning already existing mature and native vegetation in order to empty their plots so they can qualify and get the money thus killing more trees than they were planting. Its perfect for this series!

[@bozimmerman]

Good lord -- yea, that's a good one for this series.

[@daackmpoy]

This. You could make an entire series in spanish of "Grandes Momentos en las Consecuencias Involuntarias" of this and the last mexican govement alone.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

How does one say,"were from the government and are here to help" in Esponol?

[@hmlqrt2716]

@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 "Somos del gobierno y estamos aqui para ayudar" xD

[@lagge1535]

I think something similar is happening in Fuerte Ventura (Canary Islands/Spain) where the government is giving away trees to reforest the island, but people just get trees that aren't natural to the climate, and therefore get new trees over and over again, and there is no natural expansion of the forests

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

The Streisand Effect was the best. Not only was such sweet Karma that she got the unwanted attention increased so massively, but the effect will be named after her forever makes it more hilarious.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

It means that for decades to come, as long as that term stays in the lexicon, maybe the rest of time, a photo of her house will need to be shown and discussed.

[@iosvanydalmau9872]

Here’s one: “Cuba, 1970. The Soviet Union announced it would buy all the Cuban sugar at a well-above market value to help the Cuban economy. Fidel Castro ordered the complete prioritization of the sugar industry to produce 10 million tons (out of the traditional 5 to 6 million tons). All other sectors of the economy were disregarded and all other agricultural fields switched to sugar cane. Fruit trees, coffee, and forests were all cut down. Long story short, never reached the 10 mil goal (8.5), sugar factories broken down due to overdrive, all other economic sectors broke down due to disregard, Cuba didn’t have fruit trees, or coffee, or potatoes.

[@The_Invisible_Hand]

"Castro was so upset that he had an affair with Margaret Trudeau." ;)

[@miketackabery7521]

@@The_Invisible_Hand 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ddegn]

Bread was subsidized in the Soviet Union. Bread ended being used to feed farm animals.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Central planning! What could go wrong?

[@dwh5512]

​@The_Invisible_Hand For that wonderful comment I happily declare you today's winner of the internet!

[@jeremykraenzlein5975]

The sesame seed one reminded me of the dumb "Warning: Contains Peanuts" label on a package of peanuts.

[@DudeTheMighty]

How are you supposed to know that a package of peanuts contains peanuts if the package doesn't warn you? Gosh!

[@troodon1096]

My favorite is when I saw a container of Planters Peanuts that said "warning: may contain peanuts." This seriously concerned me, not because this container labeled peanuts might contain peanuts, but that it might not... in which case, what was in there instead?!

[@korhol2065]

This is basically just “I’m the reason shampoo has instructions” but for food

[@daffers2345]

I like to eat sardines. The box of the brand I like best has sardines in the ingredient list and also warns that it contains FISH (SARDINES). Gosh, I sure hope so! Another one is the 10lb boxes of pine nuts we deal with at work. They say "MAY CONTAIN NUTS" on them. They'd better contain nuts! Those things are expensive!

[@gormless-idiot]

There's a reason shampoo has instructions on it, it's for the people who need warnings like this.

[@VidkunQL]

I laughed myself to tears at the Sesame Seed Solution. It's just so perfect.

[@theALTF4]

its so cruel yet... so expeced fron such blind n' strict regulations

[@Daviticus042]

Can you tell me how to get, how to get more sesame seeds?😂

[@patrickchilds9620]

Very similar to the nutrient table on the package of every food product. Because the government and cranks check the accuracy of the listed nutrients (not an exact science, btw), many companies are simply stating the product has no nutrients.

[@karozans]

In Sulfur Springs Valley in Arizona they just implemented water rights. If you don't water at least 2 acres of land with your commercial weII every year, you will Iose the right to water it forever. Intention: Conserve groundwater. Reality: Farmers watering 2 acres of land unnecessarily to keep the water rights, thereby wasting more groundwater.

[@septembersurprise5178]

"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." - Mark Twain, maybe

[@The_Invisible_Hand]

I don't understand the *intended* consequence. Why would they think that mandating the watering of land would *decrease* water use?

[@karozans]

@@The_Invisible_Hand Farmers wiII retire or go several years without farming. So the ldea is that if a farmer retires at age 65, but lives on the land for another 20 years without watering the land, then no one can ever put water on the land for crops again. So if the klds decide to farm one day, or if they want to seII it to another farmer, the new ovvners cannot farm it either. So if you don't go through the trovbIe of being an active farmer, then you Iose the water rights. It's a way to shut down farms after a while.

[@The_Invisible_Hand]

@@karozans Ugh, so the people behind the law are just awful eco-fascists, then. I hope it does backfire on them.

[@NooneStaar]

@@karozans That is even dumber. "Hey we used to farm for plants on this field, but we can't water on it anymore, guess we should just raise livestock here instead" etc. I'll give them one thing, it's arizona so who knows how water usage is there, but this is just a wasteful means of conserving water.

[@1990gollum]

Place: Colombia. Year: 2000 decade. Problem: Communist guerrillas control a considerable portion of the country and endanger everyone in it. Solution: The government offered promotions and cash prizes to military officers who provided proof of their efficiency in combat (in other words, capturing or killing guerrilla members). Sounds like a reasonable idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong? Turns out that some military members realized that instead of risking their lives fighting the enemy army, they could kidnap young men in impoverished areas, execute them, and then dress them in guerrilla uniforms. Later, they would bring the corpses and report them as guerrillas killed in combat. The soldiers and commanding officers got their money and promotions, the government got to gloat about its efficiency in the fight against criminals, and the families of the missing men never got to see them alive again.

[@bozimmerman]

OMG ?!!!!?????? ?1!???!!

[@irreducibleBoogie]

🧏🏿‍♂️The More U Know!

[@ZelenoJabko]

Apparently commies have blood on their hand again. How surprising!

[@EANTYcrown]

@@bozimmerman Google the "false positive scandal" Not so fun fact, the whole thing happened under the supervision of the secretary of defense, who later became president, and then won a nobel peace prize

[@theALTF4]

somos taaan inteligentes : ) ... :°| ... : c ..... :'< uribe hijueputa... pipipiipiiii

[@jmhamilton87]

Trying to prevent heart disease Ancel Keys comes up with the seven countries study that points to saturated fat causing heart disease. Problem is her cherry picked those seven countries from 22, and there was no correlation when including all 22. This lead to the USDA food pyramid and low fat craze, meaning everyone was removing fat and it tasted like shit… so they added a ton of sugar. 50 years later heart disease and diabetes are worse than ever!!!

[@kaiserzaiser5002]

now that is something more people should know.

[@Inevitablewheel]

The plastic bag ban in oregon banned single use plastic bags. We still have plastic bags in stores but they are 10 times thicker plastic so they are considered “reusable”. Everyone still throws them away lol

[@fss1704]

Lol, then you have to buy trashbags

[@philipmcniel4908]

@@fss1704 Yeah, the term "single-use plastic bag" is probably the most ironically bourgeoisie thing I've heard a Democrat say to date.

[@hauntedhouse7827]

While were picking on Oregon(native Oregonian here by the way) lets talk about the drug decriminalization thing.

[@billycox475]

We have those at some places here in Alabama. They charge a dime per bag.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

A study by Denmark's EPA found that a cotton tote bag needs to be used 7100 times before its carbon footprint is better than the plastic bags. If you go shopping once a week, that's only 136 years of use.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

The Barbados soccer/football scandal was one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Props to the coach for being clever on this!

[@jamesmartin7282]

Daytime running lamps for autos. Mandated in Canada. The intent was to make cars more visible to crossing or entering traffic in the daylight. What actually happens is people see their weak daytime running lamps are on at nighttime and assume their headlamps are on. In actuality they aren't. The result is they are driving with less than adequate forward illumination and NO TAILLIGHTS AT ALL DURING DARKNESS OR FOG.

[@billvojtech5686]

I keep my headlights, (not hi beams), on all the time. They shut off when I shut the car off. I switch to hi beams when I'm on an unlit road and there are no oncoming vehicles.

[@darkstormy1545]

This actually happened to my son recently when he borrowed my car, people started flashing there lights at him on the highway, he pulled over, called me, and asked what i thought could be wrong.... I told him to turn the lights on.

[@verdexj160]

On some models the daytime lights are the high beams.

[@wonniewarrior]

And to add to that - the instrument cluster lights come on automatically with ignition - even if no lights on turned on. So they assume the main headlights are on.

[@my3dviews]

@@verdexj160 Yes, but they run at lower intensities than when used at night as high beams.

[@konstrukteurcz]

Thanks for the great series! My suggestion would be: Solar energy was heavily subsidized in Europe in 2000s which led to all kinds of things - from questionable solar power plants being built on fertile soil to full on frauds who used diesel generator powered spotlights directed at the solar panels to generate "solar" subsidized electricity - even in the middle of the night.

[@jwil4286]

the only way there would be a good place for solar panels in the EU is if Algeria was still part of France (then the Algerian Sahara would become a solar farm).

[@alanhill769]

What a great idea. Shut down coal mines and buy heaps of diesel generators with lights to run all night. Who said you needed the sun to generate power? What could possibly go wrong?

[@ScottyE515]

@@jwil4286Until you figure out the Ohms law effect

[@jovetj]

Don't forget all the fly-by-night solar companies and maintenance contract scams, and the like.

[@johnchandler1687]

​@@jovetjYeah. Like Obama's pals getting $500 million stolen from Medicare to start a solar panel factory that, because of all the government red tape, couldn't make them for less than 3 times the cost of shipping them from China.

[@DollyNipples]

It's like when I told my sister that her cat had barfed on the floor. She told me "You found it, you clean it." So I decided I would just not find it in the future. So neither of us cleaned up after the cats if we could avoid it. Also, when I was in my mid-teens, my parents told me and my sister to tell on each other if either of us caught the other watching a forbidden show. My sis and I simply worked out an "I saw nothing if you saw nothing" agreement. In both cases, things just didn't work as planned because of human nature and incentives.

[@Delosian]

My co-worker (age 65) said to his daughter (age 36) that she can keep her dogs in his backyard while she is at work if she cleans up any messes they do and pay for any damage they do. Of course her two big dogs shit everywhere, so she just says that she didn't notice all the poo as she walks straight past it to collect her dogs. He will eventually cut her off, just like he did his son who damaged his trailer and hoped he just wouldn't notice the big dent. I feel sorry for the guy, but it seems like he brought them up wrong, with no sense of personal responsibility.

[@sovietunion7643]

something i learned living in a strict household is that no matter how hard you restrict someone from doing something its not going to stop them. people get sneaky and learn the rules of "its not what you know its what you can prove". plausible deniability is a powerful tool. im not allowed to play games after a certain time? just learn to become real sneaky and a night owl? your situation of the kids pretending they didn't realize X was dirty and agreed not to tell on eachother most of the time was exactly what happened. the parents can't be everywhere at once and people get sneaky and learn how to manuever around having to do as much as possible. this is seen in the world as well, seeing how outright banning drugs has not stopped any of the drug problems in major cities, as its just too profitable and the laws of supply and demand will always apply unless people have a reason not to.

[@aaronraufman8092]

I've learned more from great moments in unintended consequences than all four years of social studies class in high school.

[@The_Invisible_Hand]

Let me guess... public school? ;)

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Public schools are a direct result of Americans who only want to keep merely complaining about the gross corruption being infiltrated into the schools by the leftist, socialist, liberal extremist's woke agendas of indoctrinating our children with their ludicrous ideals

[@RobbWolfVideos]

My girls (8, 10) are homeschooled and absolutely love these. Added bonus? Whenever a member of the family suggest something dodgy (usually me….I’m easy the most daft meme er) everyone else calls out “sounds like a great idea! With the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong!?”

[@gillbates21]

this can backfire later in life

[@jacobhuff3748]

The Sesame Seed story is really screwed up. The fact it went from a somewhat controllable problem to being resolved with the worse solution. 😬

[@jdroofcleanpw]

Unreasonable regulations are met with unreasonable solutions.

[@my3dviews]

It prevents them from getting sued by a person who gets sick from a random seed that gets into food that isn't supposed to have them. So, just put them in everything and put it on the label.

[@robertscott2210]

This is one of the best series Reason does on this channel. That and the Remy parodies. 👍

[@ShankarSivarajan]

Not really a series, but their parodies of popular TV shows are great too! My favorite is the Game of Thrones one.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

And the Citizens vs Governments series.

[@sherlokderp9730]

Part one: Airplanes to orbit Problem: an airplane sim/arcade game called warthunder needs money Solution: charge people in game cash every time they die Sounds like a great idea! With the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong? Well it turns out the only thing people hate more than dying in video games is getting taxed for it. Unrelated fact: Once you take off in your airplane you don’t have to come down People begin climbing to the lower reaches of space itself to not die and in the process make avoid everyone, making the game boring and making players quit altogether. This drives down profit

[@Aztecatl7]

One day we will look back on things done during the covid era and it's countless unintended consequences.

[@Delosian]

Here in New Zealand we are measuring that obesity increased during lockdowns due to a lack of exercise and now obesity-related mortality rates are increasing.

[@bobbym104]

Make no mistake: all of the covid consequences are intended.

[@kenbrown2808]

you mean like how refusing to take even simple vector control actions took a virus that round 1 was eradicated in 7 months, and now 3 years after the start of round 2, it is still killing people and wreaking havoc on the economy?

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

I'm already annoyed that when media has to talk about some terrible side effect they say "Due to the pandemic" or something to that effect. I'm like... covid doesn't stop children from learning, you guys did that. You guys did that with public policy, a pandemic didn't do that.

[@WikidMasshole]

I like how this series has extended from “government action” to “anything goes”.

[@PhoenixRizez]

LOL, I'm good with that. Some of the world wide big corporation schemes that completely backfired are just as entertaining and educational as the government ones.

[@aguyyouneverknew]

I think that it helps show that this is a problem with top down control and human nature, rather than SPECIFICALLY a government problem. I like the choice to expand this out like that.

[@troodon1096]

Government action is a great source for these but no reason we can't also explore the idiocy of the private sector too.

[@pineapplefarmer7352]

How about gloves being made mandatory in MMA and martial arts tournaments in general? A law supposedly made to protect against fighters breaking their hands ends up leading to lots of brain trauma since gloves let you punch as hard as you want.

[@redtsun67]

My favorite unintended consequence was when they kept increasing minimum wage so that low skilled workers would make more, only for those low skilled workers to get priced out of work entirely.

[@HopalongGinsberg]

The real minimum wage is always $0.

[@timber72]

They should just make minimum wage $1,000,000,000 an hour. That way, no one has to work more than one hour, and then everyone will be rich! It's brilliant!

[@redtsun67]

@@timber72 most brilliant, logical idea I have ever seen in my life

[@lanefunai4714]

Or self checkout, or automated kiosk, or robot burger flippers

[@ronblack7870]

we found our factory workers miss alot of days because now that they make higher wages they get by with only 4 days work per week. as an employer this is terrbile . we can't keep everything running. then idiots proclaim this a great win for workers. if elon ever actually comes up with robots that work like he says i will buy a bunch of them.

[@MM-he2iq]

Now THIS is what we all come to Reason for. Thank you for keeping this channel afloat! Austin Bragg, Andrew Heaton, and Remy are comedy gold!

[@MrGiggitygoo31]

All 3 are the best parts of Reason.

[@bhough410]

@@MrGiggitygoo31 Haven't seen Heaton on reason in a loooong time. Believe Michael Malice gave Andrew a shout out on a recent podcast.

[@MrGiggitygoo31]

@@bhough410 Yeah. I have no reason to think this besides speculation, but he probably moved on and goes back for guest things like "what should of happened at X hearings".

[@MrGiggitygoo31]

@@bhough410 Also, Malice is a gem.

[@donaldhobson8873]

A more recent example. There have been lots of rules saying that if you test positive for covid, you need to self isolate or something. But often no rule forcing people to test, leading to people actively avoiding testing.

[@seansingh8862]

I did this to keep my business open when COVID was completely endemic but the state government was still pursuing a zero COVID policy! Mine was literally the only place in town that was open, so I had queues out the door all day, every day, for the two weeks that it took for government policy to catch up with reality. Made myself about $120k in profit in those two weeks, and fed thousands of people who had literally nowhere else to eat.

[@SaysEveryone]

An example related to this is that the hospital my wife works at is still giving 10 days paid off (outside of PTO or sick time) to employees who test positive for C-19. Some employees began seeking out infected individuals to intentionally test positive so they could get extra paid time off.

[@stevenscott2136]

Why would you stand in a long line of people who MIGHT have a disease, in order to find out if you have it? Especially if you've been told to AVOID public gatherings?

[@donaldhobson8873]

@@stevenscott2136 Plenty of covid tests are at home, at least here. I got a +ve one today.

[@donaldhobson8873]

@@SaysEveryone Either the hospital work must really suck, or those people are stupid.

[@mustang607]

These days there are less unintended consequences. That's because many are now intended consequences.

[@IStillLikeIke]

Please cover bottle deposits! With the 5 cent incentive to recycle bottles you have homeless people tearing open recycling and trash bags all over major cities to pull out cans and bottles to recycle even if they were already going to recycling!

[@jasonharrison25]

We have a similar problem at our property work. I already remove the bottles and cans and keep them inside for recycling. But the homeless still dig through the trash and taring open the bags and throwing the ripped open bags into the cardboard recycling bin. Thus making the cardboard unrecyclable and no bottles recovered.

[@brightlancer]

Cardboard recycling was (and I think still is) profitable, so rogue groups would steal cardboard that had been put out to be picked up by a contracted recycling company, then turn around and sell it to the recycling companies themselves.

[@jefferydebbink282]

Please do a bunch of videos on the unintended consequences of gun control!

[@LordLewsTheDragon]

"gun control! What could possibly go wrong?!" "Violence in gun free zones skyrockets!" "Rape and sexual assault against unarmed women hits record highs" "Home invader strikes Nancy Pelosi's unarmed husband with hammer!"

[@darthhodges]

Unfortunately Reason themselves previously pointed out that EVERY study attempting to evaluate the results of gun control (for or against) either is disproven in peer review or fails to meet the statistical threshold for its conclusions to be valid because gun crime is so rare, from a statistical standpoint. However, I do agree that non-scientific but fair comparisons of places with strict gun control to places without does tend to support the idea that gun control either doesn't reduce violent crime or makes it worse.

[@theboynurse]

@@darthhodges that doesn't mean there aren't documentable unintended consequences of gun-control legislation...

[@sampigg7933]

"unintended"? Lol

[@mgtowdadYouTubeSucksCoxks]

These don't exist. Sincerely, the Govt.

[@mikezagorsky]

I have one that I am still researching:. That in the 1950's the GI bill was used to drive a ton of corrospondence courses on television repair, where people would enroll just to get the free TV set.

[@Strideo1]

I had to look up a more detailed description of the football match because I just wasn't getting it: "In the 1994 Caribbean Cup, the tournament organisers implemented a variant of the golden goal rule: the first goal scored in extra-time not only won the match, but was also worth two goals. Barbados needed to win the match by a margin of at least two goals to qualify for the final tournament over Grenada. Barbados led the game 2-0 until Grenada scored at the 83rd minute, bringing the score to 2-1. Barbados then deliberately scored an own goal, tying the game at 2-2, to force extra-time so that they could take advantage of the golden goal rule to achieve their needed two-goal margin. This resulted in an unusual situation: for the last three minutes of the match, Grenada tried to score in both goals. Either outcome (3-2 on points, or 2-3 via goal difference) would have advanced them to the finals, while Barbados had to defend both goals. Ultimately, Barbados was able to prevent Grenada from scoring, forcing extra-time. Barbados then scored the golden goal to win the match. The outcome of the match was criticised by Grenadian coach James Clarkson, who felt that his team had been unfairly prevented from advancing to the finals. However, given the fact that the unusual tournament rules had not been broken, FIFA cleared Barbados of any wrongdoing."

[@Mintstar_Oceanpop]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I'm still a bit lost, but at least I get the gist of it. I didn't understand the video version at all.

[@notme222]

Here's a good five-minute video on the game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPYdWBsd8ehh9k

[@Jbroker404]

Thanks! That damn video was making my brain hurt, literally.

[@Strideo1]

@@Mintstar_Oceanpop No problem. This was from the Wikipedia article on the match. The video went over it so fast I was like "Wait. What?" 🤷

[@sirgentlebread7302]

That's actually awesome

[@sebastianquezada6374]

It is simply amazing how this series never disappoints.

[@soulwailer3394]

California banned single use plastic grocery bags. Consequence: Retailers now provide "reusable" plastic shopping bags that are more durable, but still end up in landfills and presumably take even longer to decompose.

[@neilreynolds3858]

And they provide a dime to the state for every bag no matter what. I'm sure that was the intention. For every one million bags a day times 10 cents times 365 days = $36.5 million in revenue a year. It's another hidden tax.

[@kyleedwards3168]

Great series. Keep it up.

[@JasonJrake]

That would be nice, but based on what they've covered so far in this series, I think that their intent is to focus on government bafoonery that the "left" and "right" can agree on.

[@razorback9999able]

Sometimes, the Government doing nothing to provide solutions to problems is the best solution.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Always...

[@beeepizzle]

Great moment: last summer over Labor Day weekend when holiday travel is a thing and temps are at the hottest peak, while energy use for A/C would be peaking, CA Gov Newsom started rolling blackouts AND encouraged people with ELECTRIC cars to stop charging their vehicles to “save” electricity…because, the power grid would “get overloaded”…🤦‍♂️

[@neilreynolds3858]

Newsom is an idiot. He fits right in with the people who live in CA cities. A very long time ago they used to say that they picked the country up by the East Coast and all the fruits and nuts rolled down to CA. You can't say that anymore since the nuts got power.

[@Mascotal]

I like the one about the government jumping in with both feet to get everyone in electric cars. Results are still coming in, but it promises to be epic.

[@neilreynolds3858]

That one is predictable so you have to wonder about the intentions.

[@ninsegtari]

I like that you’re branching out into non-governmental unintended consequences. Reminds me of people with vanity plates becoming more susceptible to theft due to drawing attention to themselves. Or that study that suggested people became more aggressive when they added bumper stickers to their cars.

[@stevenscott2136]

That's precisely why I never wanted a vanity plate. Most of them are lame ("Steven1", like anyone cares), but if you DO think of a cool one, there's bound to be SOMEBODY who will slash your tires over it.

[@mayorb3366]

Somewhere in India, I think, they put a bounty on cobras. A given amount of money for each one people caught and brought in. What could possibly go wrong? People started breeding them, and turning them in. The gov't saw what was happening and stopped the program. So the breeders just set their snakes loose, magnifying the original problem.

[@stacy9497]

I believe they might have discussed that particular problem in one of the other videos because I know I've heard it somewhere before.

[@mayorb3366]

@@stacy9497 You are correct, I just ran across it.

[@leemurrah278]

Ever wonder why pickup trucks are so big? It is my understanding that the Obama administration decided that small trucks should be subject to the same fuel efficiency requirements as passenger cars. So the truck manufacturers increased their size so that they would be classifided as large trucks.

[@thedude7319]

Regarding Barbara, she sued for 50 mill yet only had to pay out 117k like. if you sue and lose you really should pay out the amount you demanded

[@malcolm_in_the_middle]

Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong?

[@dwh5512]

SIMPLY OUTSTANDING! I share these anywhere & everywhere! Thank you! Thank you! & Thank you!

[@lenbuckholtz2740]

Never saw this before. doing laundry, free time, fiddle with inter net. i like it; real life, real issues, and as you show really real consequences. gotta sub this one. well done!

[@qzwxecrv0192837465]

Discovered your channel today.....and I LOVE these videos. Your commentary and snarky humor, along with the vintage video style will keep me tuned in.

[@tommcfadden5232]

Excellent examples of how the “road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

[@jwil4286]

I love this series. Great to see how certain things play out, so we don't make the same mistakes. Please keep it up!

[@cschevon]

This series is wonderful! Viewing should be required of all politicians. I wonder what the unintended consequences of that might be?? For suggestions: do one on NYC's recently enacted "tenant protection act" which has greatly increased coop board rejections of apartment purchasers because of its ban on escrow arrangements. It has also helped drive up rental prices due to several other provisions. Of course, the best "unintended consequence ever" in NYC has to be the 2019 "bail reform" law. You could argue this was worse than rent control.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I got a good chuckle out of this one. Poor Babs had to ante up coffee money for her stupidity. Use to be quite entertaining at one time but when off her rocker.

[@wheel-man5319]

Babs is pretty typical for a champaign socialist.

[@spikespa5208]

Entertaining, yes. Good voice. But she was always about a half bob off plumb.

[@wheel-man5319]

@@spikespa5208 Only that far ⁉️

[@arspsychologia4401]

In the forbidden episode of Great Moments in Unintended Consequences, they discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[@ronblack7870]

how about the welfare state that has lead to the downfall of the black family.

[@arspsychologia4401]

@@ronblack7870 You think that's suitable for a "forbidden" episode? I'm talking about something controversial to go against.

[@razorback9999able]

Do War on Poverty next.

[@crippledcow6012]

The first one is just so funny looking at it today. Today a photo of nearly everyone's home is on Google Maps.

[@dahveed284]

The sesame seed thing reminded me of how companies comply with the CA carcinogen stickers. The definitions and rules are difficult to interpret, so some manufacturers just put that sticker on everything they send to CA.

[@hetbadancin4404]

Stellar format. Well done.

[@Dragon-Lady]

"Don't mansion it." *groan* Good one, guys. :)

[@cbunix23]

Traffic signals using incandescent light bulbs have been replaced with LED light bulbs. The new LED bulbs save energy, but they need to be manually cleared of snow in the winter since they don't heat up and melt the snow.

[@Daviticus042]

It amuses me to think that when Babs finally leaves us, she'll be remembered mainly for the Effect.😈

[@LorentzInvariance]

These popping into my feed just puts a smile on my face.

[@EricJohnson-tc3bc]

I just discovered this, so haven't had a chance to watch them all yet. HILARIOUS! Have you covered gas can laws? Non-spill spouts were mandated years ago, now people replace them. So many people hate the new spouts because they don't work, or spill just as bad or worse as the old ones.

[@anaveragehuman2937]

It's like the instigators of these intentions can't even conceptualize first order effects let alone 2nd or 3rd... Worse yet, everyone around the instigator around goes along with it cuz hey they got money and gave me some to go along with it...

[@neilreynolds3858]

At the core of it is I think an inability to recognize that there is such a thing as human nature and people are rational when faced with a stupid law and will use it to their own benefit. I have a friend that I drag to the very edge of having to admit that people will never act the way she thinks they should act. Every time we get there, her mind slides sideways into some alternative reality where people are perfectly programmable. The mental gymnastics are breath taking but she doesn't work without a safety net.

[@bevo65]

Please keep this series going. Also the law-breaking muppets. Some of the best shit on KZbin!

[@Wichitan]

I think it was about 20 years earlier, in 1983, that Streisand went to an auction and got auction fever over a Stickley sideboard. She wound up paying around a quarter of a million dollars for it. When she could have flown out to the west coast, spent the week antique shopping and come home with a whole house of Stickley furniture for less than a 10th of what she paid for one sideboard. Of course, by doing that, she artificially inflated Stickley and related Arts and Crafts pieces so that mere mortals were priced out of the market. Just remember Barb, your Picasso will never be nice enough. Oh, and we know where you live. We have the photos... 😂

[@Tjalve70]

About the Sesame Seeds one, I am allergic to nuts. And in the old days, it didn't say whether a product could contain nuts or not. It just said whether it contained nuts as an ingredient. And then too many allergic people complained. So they started to say "may contain nuts" on EVERYTHING, whether there was a risk of them containing nuts or not. Probably a great solution to the producers. But not really any solution for us who are allergic.

[@silvermanemilard]

I just came across these. Luv 'em! Keep them coming!

[@huverdoose]

How about California's Prop 65? Labeling everything as a carcinogen makes people stop paying attention to things recently found to actually contribute to causing cancer. When you have to make an exception for cardboard boxes so people don't think the contents are the carcinogens instead of the box they come in, there's a problem (especially since the contents are also considered carcinogens 99% of the time)

[@coloradomountainman8659]

You take the term "annoying" to a whole new level.

[@Welpthatdidntwork]

More of vids of these, puppets and Remy. Fewer vids on drugs, and sex work.

[@MM-he2iq]

Yes, couldn’t agree more.

[@TooCloseToHome]

But the wars on some drugs and some sex is such a rich source of material!

[@Aaron.Reichert]

I like that you branched out a little bit. This was really an interesting one. I mean I love them all but...

[@zero11010]

This was wonderful! Thanks!

[@KerryBaldwin]

Well done! These are excellent.

[@miketackabery7521]

This video was hilarious. Let us remember Isaac Newton who said "For every action there is an equal or opposite reaction". That's always how I've understood unintended consequences.

[@LouisEmery]

There is also LeChatelier principle in Chemistry generalized to society. Various outcomes are in equilibrium due to all human forces, then removing one force with the purpose of eliminating one "bad" outcome will bring back a new equilibrium with more of the "bad" outcome. e.g. Prevention of price gouging during some panic will unintentionally guarantee that there will be hoarding, thus some people would not even have access to what is sought.

[@chrisperry7538]

In 2008 I ran a large mulch and soil plant just north of Richmond, VA. We took the slash (limb waste) from timber operations and made garden products…green industry. Obama took office and went to small coal powered burners in the manufacturing sector and paid them to burn less efficient wood. When that did not work they went to the slash haulers and paid them double the rate to haul the slash to the manufacturing plants. The consequences were that drove up the cost of raw materials to people making gardening products which drove up the costs to gardeners.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Central planning in what's called a capitalist country - what could go wrong?

[@vintagelaidbackhippie465]

I so enjoy this series on your channel. Fun and informative. God Bless all

[@K-j2024]

Superb! So enjoyable I watched many clips. With high levels of bureaucracy currently 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧, your team will never run out of material. More pls.

[@c.m.6487]

Suggestions: - "clean needle" programs in CA - homelessness policies in CA

[@tonyjames1980]

Thank you for doing this.

[@ajjordan5029]

They should have kept the football one. Sounds crazy but it would make games a lot more interesting.

[@MrLinkiscute]

Here's one. I'm a landlord. If a service member stops paying rent, it's very difficult and time consuming to evict them because of the Service Members Relief Act. The consequence is that being a service member automatically disqualifies you on a rental appliccation.

[@kcgunesq]

Yeah, except that is highly illegal. So there's that.

[@fernandomachado1728]

@@kcgunesq "We found a more qualified tenant." "We found a more qualified applicant." "It's not you, it's me." "You're a great guy, it's just, you're not really my type."

[@FreelanceDev4life]

Call the military base and tell them they haven't been paying rent. The base usually pays it right on up.

[@-James-A]

@@kcgunesq Woah, Woah! People break the law?!

[@kcgunesq]

@@fernandomachado1728 Sure, but not after you post on youtube saying that you always break the law.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Sesame seeds! 😂😂 I have been following the story: Reason, you nailed it! 😂😂

[@alfr1]

Of the first 6 times BABAs mansion pictures had been downloaded, two of those were HER OWN ATTOURNEYS.

[@joshperry2043]

That was Beautiful!!!!! KEEP DOING IT!!

[@lewismooney3941]

I’m so happy I found this!

[@creedonjm]

I live for these.

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video.

[@claycountykillers]

Can't wait for climate change one!

[@michaellowe3665]

That's when they ban gas stoves to prevent tiny levels of NO2 emissions, causing everyone to use electric stoves. The power plants then use the now abundant and cheap natural gas to generate power in generators that compress air and make large amounts of NO and NO2 emissions.

[@wheel-man5319]

A hundred volumes at least ‼️

[@wheel-man5319]

@@michaellowe3665 among other problems....

[@erikjlee1]

I love this series.

[@ExistenceUniversity]

I thought the Streisand effect was because she tried to hide her nose job, but maybe that's the South Park effect working on me

[@TheRisky9]

It took me a second to figure out the soccer one because this one isn't all that clear from this video. But for those who weren't sure, here's a rundown. Barbados was ahead 2-1, and while that would have won the match, they needed to win by two points to actually qualify for the final tournament. So the goal wasn't just to win, but to win by a high enough margin to qualify for a tournament. So now they have to figure out a plan to win by two, so they score on themselves, forcing a tie. Now, all they had to do was just prevent any further scores on either side and they would hit overtime.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Ah, gotcha! Thanks! By the way, more scoring in soccer is a good idea but that was badly implemented.

[@7ebr830]

Love this. Please make more. ❤️

[@USSResolute]

Welcome back I've missed you and your voice.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I love every Reason video with Austin, Andrew or Remy.

[@YouLousyKids]

Comic books used to be in every gas station, drug store and grocery. Then the "direct market" (comic book shops) changed everything. Comics in shops were more often pristine, could have a higher price point, could have more mature content and themes, and the art was better because creators were paid more. So newstand comics disappeared, and no children could begin reading comic books, which were no longer made at their content level anyway...and now the comic book is all but dead even as superheroes became a big thing in media.

[@theALTF4]

THAT and the left radicalizing popular comicbook franchises, making people feel antipathy for comics in general... all while manga (japanese comics) are beter than ever

[@stickoutofthemud]

OMG I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

[@sallyjom-cooper470]

Please anything on the EPA, or how the bureau of land management is directly descended from the department of Indian affairs.

[@alanhill769]

I love your videos. Thank you

[@josephnapolitano277]

Informative video. 😊

[@robbyburty]

These are some of my favorite Reason Vids

[@ruthc8407]

The Immigration Act of 1965. U.S. Senators were guaranteed that passing this act would not flood the cities with millions of poor, 3rd world immigrants. 40 million poor, uneducated 3rd worlders later, its safe to say the Senators were bamboozled.

[@ardentenquirer8573]

These are excellent

[@kellyshea92]

I love these videos! Please keep making them

[@fortusvictus8297]

If this sales-tax only system manages to become a thing, it will be the perfect theme for a future one of these videos.

[@briantucker7133]

Definitely, unions campaign for years to raise corporate income taxes resulting in higher consumer prices, lower wages and job’s moving offshore. Union’s campaign against the FairTax which proceeds to lower prices, bring jobs back into the US and raise wages who da’ thunk it?

[@fortusvictus8297]

@@briantucker7133 OR it does what it always has, create a black market economy where the 23% markup on transactions are avoided by simply paying on the underground economy. Which will also increase both organized crime as well as avoid consumer protection measures (especially in food goods). This isn't anything new under the sun, and there was a reason for the shift away from a sales tax/tariff system to an easier to tax income-based tax. Income tax may not be perfect, but taxing sales heavily is the worst possible system.

[@wheel-man5319]

See VAT....

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

@@fortusvictus8297 I disagree! I want EVERYONE, EVERY DAY, with EVERY Purchase, to realize the ACTUAL cost of running the Federal Government. Right now there are so many hidden taxes, fees and a myriad of loop holes you could drive an 18 wheeler though. Eliminate ALL Federal Taxes and impose a National Sales Tax with ZERO exemptions/loop holes. First the IRS could be reduced by 90%. Then the public would know exactly what is being sucked out of our economy to fund FedZilla and all our Lobbyists funded representatives. For those green with envy, haters of successful people, by default, the rich they so hate, would pay more given their spending habits. I want Americans to hate the huge taxes we pay by consolidating them so they are hated as much as VAT. Amazing all those who "CLAIM" to want Transparency, when confronted with true Transparency like a ZERO exemption ZERO loop hole Sales Tax, all of a sudden don't want the public to know

[@parkla4098]

I am actually surprised those 2 football teams actually arrived at those logical conclusions!