The Hat Chat Podcast #40 - You CAN'T lie to Prince Charles!

[@rose-tt3vs]

Ross' active listening to Smith explain the frozen shit in the atmosphere idea was better than any therapist I've seen

[@blubre]

hat films is pancake top gear

[@Stefrees1]

Who else could feel the Andy Serkis interview coming well before it did?

[@dankirt15]

That fingle was dope. Shout-out for real 👏

[@shanaerichards2130]

I love it when Smith talks about Australia, can't wait for all of the hat boiks to come down under. If you guys do please come down to Brisbane and the Gold Coast there's awesome places here!

[@alfredhadesworth9253]

Man I really liked that fingle!

[@moondusk8385]

Couldn't click fast enough. Love Hat films .. Hat chat rocks.Happy 40th.

[@Tharkol]

The microphone popping was pretty intense this episode.

[@garyteano3026]

Smith in 4K UHD now looking great

[@ziksy6460]

1:00:00 drop bears!

[@jakewatts4541]

there is pvp archery, the tips are covered with foam, the bow poundage is 15-20lb. looks fun boiks

[@BarryMichaelDoyle]

Thanks for the fun podcasts guys :D

[@ThatGodzillaGirl]

Xeomin is the same thing as Botox. Botox is a brand name, not the name of a chemical so they can’t say Botox for branding purposes. Also, I suspect, because they want to act like they’ve come up with something new and different.

[@RageKroc888]

When you use sub money to build a orbital turd dispenser: 10/10 would dono again

[@Harry101UK]

The Andy Serkis interview was cringe at 1000%.

[@houlii5157]

It's literally the only time I've skipped through one of the Hat's videos lol

[@ShadowScopeIndustrys]

Good to see you around Harry! Didn't Know you were a hat films fan.

[@awesomeaartvark]

Aww, it's over already?? I swear these go by so fast, every time, haha! I sure do get my money's worth though, the Truth-Revealing Prince Charles bits killed me XD XD XD On the topic of Trott's increase in confidence while "in character": my mom originally labeled Trott "the quiet one", but that has since changed to "the one that likes to take his clothes off", hahaha, so I guess that's probably why

[@aethernaut1899]

I used to think of him as the nerd's nerd, the smart one. Now I see him as the bimbo of the group.

[@awesomeaartvark]

@@aethernaut1899 XD XD XD

[@aethernaut1899]

The shit knife study is interesting but a 50F lab environment is pretty different from winter in the high arctic.

[@DoctorSpudhead]

There was a certain interview that the Hat Boiks were part of I can't watch, because its so cringe inducing. It's the Jeff Goldblum one. Now, this wasn't the Hatters fault, it was another fella (who we aren't allowed to talk about anymore). He was going out of his way to try and outweird Jeff, he had a big plan for it and it just came off as awkward. So thats the kind of cringe I can't stand, someone going in just to be overly awkward. Though you guys impressions of him were hilariously accurate.

[@kaikaikaile5]

turps made everything awkward anyways

[@pertandframe0]

Pretty sure I saw this either live or as a vod but oh well

[@WildWestRaider]

41:49 guys that plan would work just fine. All you have to do is possess enough fuel to be able to burn retrograde to your orbit until you're slow enough to RELEASE THE SHIT ONTO THE SOON-TO-BE DEVASTED MORTAL PLANE BENTATH

[@GronkGames]

Ross and Trott both have their boom mics out and sound great, Smith has his in shot but feels like his audio is recorded from his headset mic instead, his audio quality has been shitty the last few episodes.

[@ziksy6460]

This ep came out on Sep 18th on Spotify. Why is this channel so late?

[@ozzoforest]

If Spotify is just the audio, it's probably because they have to edit the video as well for this channel.

[@Teostria]

@@ozzoforest Yeah, sync all the videos together with audio and rendering the video for youtube at 1080p

[@AhkoRC]

But they live stream these. They don't need to edit it at all, hence why Smith's video is still out of sync of his voice.

[@Phagocytosis]

It's funny how I'm watching this video just a day or two after watching the interview Charles did recently. Apparently, he's not so great at lying either.

[@MrDelta17]

Oh yeah

[@Terinije]

Smith badly mispronouncing jai alai was pretty adorable.

[@Blind_Smithy]

Imagine not being s staunch monarchist peasants

[@lin90210]

Botox uses botulism to paralyze parts of the body anyway blurgh

[@Dsmky117]

chris trott: cringe gatekeeper

[@benwarnes2130]

first!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MegaJonny54321]

[@dethmin173]

Cringe

[@billy1bob2ones3]

Smiff talking about the British Empire is hard to listen to. There’s a lot of good that the empire did, directly or indirectly. The idea that there’s nothing that Britain can be proud of from the empire is sad :( Remember the empire won both the world wars, at great cost to itself. Are the Nordic countries not proud of Viking heritage, does japan not venerate the samurai, do the First Nations not hold dear the spirit of the Brave, can Italy take no heart from the legacy of Ancient Rome? Value the good and take lessons from the bad, don’t disavow and condemn everything that has some association with practices that are no longer acceptable - collective shame rarely leads to goodness

[@Mtw9]

Full disclosure I haven't listened to the podcast yet but... I figure Smith totally writes off the empire as a terrible mistake and something to be ashamed of. And frankly I would agree with that sort of assessment. I am not enlightened of much good that the British Empire did, and I would be willing to bet with hindsight it did much more bad than good and overall was fairly regressive. Imperialism and colonialism usually serve to simply antagonise and exploit foreign populations from what I'm aware. I definitely don't consider any part of it something to be proud of. Comparing it to other empires and nations in history is comparing apples and oranges to be honest, and saying the empire won both world wars is tantamount hyperbolic really. I admit that without the Commonwealth and Empire states being de facto allied with Britain, we would have had an even tougher time in WW2, but that's really where the good of that situation ends as far as I can tell. Your outlook is interesting and not something I have considered before, but at face value I really do not agree at all with it. Many lessons may be learned from past mistakes to be sure, but pride? Trying to find positives of that old regressive way? I don't see it. I concur however that we should not necessarily be ashamed of the past errors, as nobody alive now was there to have a part in them. So long as we essentially acknowledge the issues of the past and their flaws and the problems they created I like to believe the same evils wont be perpetrated ever again.

[@billy1bob2ones3]

@@Mtw9 I appreciate the response - and I can see why people hold that viewpoint as there were indeed many bad things perpetuated in the empire. As far as colonialism, it's a complicated issue of course. We wouldn't think it remotely appropriate now, for many good reasons. There are long term benefits that are retained from a well-run colony, but whether all colonies are well-run and whether that's worth it for the cost of the local population being an enforced underclass is obviously doubtful. But on the other hand, which colonial empire would you rather have been in if you had the choice? It wasn't just the British - France, Spain, Netherlands, even Germany - of all of those, I think the British colonies have come out the best broadly speaking. Of course that could be my own bias talking. Calling the empire regressive seems... anachronistic I think. By today's standards of course it's regressive, it was established literally hundreds of years ago. But at the time, what would have been regressive about it? Britain was one of the most advanced nations in the world. Consider the contemporaneous Zulu empire under Shaka, it was built almost purely as a warrior culture and conquered huge areas of the African continent - was British colonisation regressive compared to Zulu conquest? As far as the world wars are concerned, I'm not a military historian, so perhaps they were not as close as I think they were, but the empire played a large role in Allied victory (or at least British impact) in both wars. If we were as close to potentially losing at certain points as I have always thought, how could the Empire *not* have been an indispensable asset? The Empire was built at a time when conquest became globally possible, we no longer had to take land from our immediate neighbours (and historic rivals), but could seek it elsewhere. It seems a natural extension of the behaviour so many nations indulged in for so long up to that point, just taken to a greater scale. Ultimately, the game of empires was begun no matter if we decided to play or not, Britain just fought for pole position once the race was underway. Overall I don't think we disagree except in the proportions of good and bad that there were - perhaps you see our differences as more than that, but I can respect that as well. Hopefully the Brits still have a special place in their hearts for the Commonwealth nations as I do - and even those nations who left the Commonwealth to make their own way.

[@Mtw9]

@@billy1bob2ones3 Thanks for the well put reply dude, you make some very fair points. When I say it was regressive I certainly say that from a modern viewpoint, in that it seems plenty of foreign populations that were subjugated by the empires of the world hold seem rightfully post-imperialism to hold a degree of animosity to the nations that controlled them before. I value fairness, unity and equality very highly on a geopolitical level, and the friendship and comradeship of foreign cultures I feel ought to be the most valuable of assets to a nation. Our history as imperialists and managers of other parts of the world causes to this day much strife, regret and grudges galore. I think it's somewhat fair to say. It is also fair to say that my opinion on this is thoroughly informed by my modern political feelings, and so I may not hold the most logical of views on the matter. That being said overall I feel imperialism and colonialism did something of a disservice to the decency and fairness and equality of the world, and I can't abide the thought of it from any point of view for that reason. Empires being beneficial in times of war is undeniable, and I think I noted in my previous comment that without the commonwealth the wars would have gone significantly worse for Britain. That is one boon of having those sorts of enforced allies. It's a reasoned and pragmatic point that Britain was just doing what other competing nations were in creating an empire. And in that respect I suppose it may have been a necessity for the nation's survival and continued relevance at that stage, which I can understand. The part of me that highly values international unity appreciates the potential good the commonwealth represents, but I cannot shake the sense of moral wrongdoing and capacity for tyranny and malevolence that imperialism seems irrevocably intertwined with as a concept. Generally the colonies of the world were notoriously put upon to say the least, and though some of the people that live in what were colonies of empires have a sense of history and even brotherhood with their old parent state, which some people in the parent state may feel mutual about, I sense there remains a righteous indignation and coldness to the people of the old parent state due to the legion of downsides of conquering and maintaining so many client states with all their native peoples underfoot, for so many generations. Overall really I do not feel any pride at the thought of the empire. I wouldn't feel much pride about national history no matter where I came from, as so much history is bathed in injustice and cruelty by modern standards, standards which I consider really quite basic. On principle, even if my principle is irrational and illogical and idealistic, despite whatever advantages Britain and the colonies may have had derived from it, I can't accept the idea of empires being a positive force after they have generated such antagonism and hatred and strife around the world in hindsight. But I am perfectly happy to agree to disagree with someone who makes informed and reasonable points and can have a civil discussion in this divisive and highly polarised day and age (not that I expect anything less from a fellow Hat boik), so I am much obliged for that :)

[@chrism45]

You tortured and killed my people

[@billy1bob2ones3]

@@chrism45 The descendants of the empire can only apologise if that's the case. Hopefully your people can flourish since the cessation of such practices