Historical Myths You Believe Because of the Movies

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[@sekaramochi]

Didn't we already comment about your underwear drawer 😯

[@heikos4264]

Please put MAY in such video titles! I grew up around a few people that were exactly that way, believing/pretending to know what is on other people's mind. This becomes so condescending, ANNOYING and smells of pure arrogance when one gets older! It has reached a point at which i am a little bit thankful when people have the brains to put a MAYBE in the title.

[@R_SENAL]

Why is it always boxers? I hate boxers. Sell me some bikini briefs please.

[@mousemd]

I can't watch you. You need to slow down so your audience can take in the info!

[@heikos4264]

​@@mousemd you can change the speed of the whole video in 0.25 steps (it's directly above quality) and with youtube enhancer installed even in 0.05 steps. that's what i do when it is only one channel or a video here and there. i asked for a single word in a title, but the kind of change you want for just a single person or a handfull of persons is a differnet animal. on most channels that's only going to happen after months of complaints under every single video. the guy withe the 'dark...' channels is a prime example. To be honest, i guess even my little request will not be heard.

[@BallisticDamages]

The audio filter for the intro was fine, but it's kinda distracting when randomly used in other places 😅

[@trevordavid1370]

Right? 😂😂

[@ChOOHbacca]

Yeah, totally agreed

[@shadycnetwork]

​@@ChOOHbaccawow someone complaining on KZbin that's totally new lol.

[@myrlyn1250]

It's extremely annoying, and may make me stop watching. Therefore, it's beneficial to inform the editor.

[@karateman302]

​@@shadycnetwork I mean it's stated rather respectfully and is constructive feedback. If overdone it might turn away viewers so it's a good thing to point out to Simon and his editors.

[@the_silent_tortoise]

Simon's video editor apparently just discovered the "garbled radio voice" filter...

[@davechua]

Which was quite annoying and distracting. Not a fan.

[@IanHsieh]

@@davechua Me too, and it's really hard to hear what Simon is saying too.

[@spacecase13]

Truly it's hard on the ears, and I detest it. Please make it stop!

[@dominicktakkenkamp7023]

Yeah it made me grab the volume button, its more distracting/anoying then anything else. Please don't use it again.

[@crandleberrysadie]

All of the above. Please stop.

[@JamesFromTexas]

Whatever that voice editing thing was supposed to be, it was terrible and nearly incomprehensible.

[@tirsden]

I have some hearing loss in the treble range so I wasn't sure if it was just that, but yes, definitely poor choice regardless of how many people could or couldn't hear what he was saying. I basically picked it up by context from the sentences just before and after, since I didn't have the garbage auto-gen captions on.

[@bigmoneynebonic]

that filter is a major miss, unnecessary overediting, leave it simple

[@sorchaazuragaming4765]

The thumbs up or down myth long pre-dates the movie Gladiator. I read it in an outdated textbook when I was a kid. It was “common knowledge”.

[@SyrusDrake]

A minor correction about gladiators: They *were* often famous and celebrated, but they did *not* have a high social status, on the contrary. This might be a bit difficult to wrap our heads around today, as both usually go hand in hand in our culture. Retired gladiators often founded gladiator schools (ludi) or took over existing ones after their master retired, because no other source of income was open to them.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Like the NHL. Ha.

[@llamasugar5478]

Like the difference between celebrities and aristocrats in the past. The former well-known but somewhat vulgar (in the eyes of the aristocrats).

[@tesseeaye]

I can't believe my first comment on here after watching for years is about the editing. Please don't mess with something that works, the cuts to the tv with the audio distortion is really annoying.

[@ElenarMT]

Exactly! Thank you for adding your voice to this. Hopefully we can convince them to discontinue this 👍

[@killboy980]

I came just for this comment.

[@stuartregan1658]

Don’t do that thing with the voice ever again whistler. It was very uncomfortable to listen to like my ears were blocked.

[@SomeAustrianPainter]

Lol Simon ain’t the editor

[@nanoglitch6693]

Really interesting! Some parts were really hard to hear. I guess the editor thought the "old-timey radio" effect they used to represent a movie theater was super clever because they used it over and over again to an obnoxious degree. 😕

[@roguebanshee]

That definitely annoyed me as well. Felt like someone just discovered a new effect in their library and went overboard with it.

[@sarahwisniewski6722]

Absolutely. Interesting, but I had a extremely hard time with this video. The changes in volume and audio quality made it so I will likely never watch this video again (I usually watch them a few times to get the most out of them).

[@westrim]

There's a transcript

[@sarahwisniewski6722]

@@westrim not the same when you want to listen to videos while doing other things.

[@dylanholland9453]

​@@sarahwisniewski6722Good for you

[@user-ov4iv2vo1l]

What I learnt from this video was that the video editor got a new voice effect tool and gosh darn they were gonna use it 😂

[@dbach1025]

Speaking of Matthew Perry, RIP Chandler. Sad. Too soon.

[@Chuck-PK]

10:02 Muppet Treasure Island is still one of my favourite movies from my childhood! 🏴‍☠

[@eekee6034]

I was delighted to hear Simon refer to the Muppets instead of Disney! 😄

[@forlorndream1400]

Something else to note with Shakespeare is that he often wrote in rhyme. If the actors use the correct pronunciation then it does rhyme.

[@charliewalker1137]

Some of us know the true reason why the Vikings didn't wear horned helmets was Ola The Hairy, high Chief of all the Vikings, buying those 50,000 battle helmets with the horns on the INSIDE, thanks Cpt Blackadder for the history lesson.

[@blinard1]

I get you have several minions sitting around and they need something to do.....but sometimes less is more!!!! Hopefully this comment section makes you realise.....The effects are a mistake....

[@Shattered3582]

i had known before that not all gladiators didn't regularly fight to the death (for all the reasons you mentioned) but more people need to know this. movies are great, but they shouldn't always be seen as historically accurate

[@semaj_5022]

Great video! Super interesting. Please never do the weird radio voice again, kind editor.

[@adtv36]

Hi. The voice distortion filter didn't work well on this one. I had to rewind several times because I couldn't understand what was being said. Hopefully you will reconsider this in the future 😊

[@MrWidaa]

The sound thing is annoying

[@shadycnetwork]

Agreed. I hate when people make historical movies but make sure they're not historically accurate or don't do enough research.

[@julianaylor4351]

Worse still when they don't do the continuity properly and jarring modern details appear.

[@cheekyb71]

As someone with an interest in historical costumes - I AGREE!! Corsets weren't invented until the late 18th century, and absolutely no stays or corsets were EVER worn against the skin. Tightlacing is a myth perpetuated by Hollywood, and unfortunately they force actresses into ill-fitting overly-tight contraptions who then complain loudly to media about how awful they are... They were the standard undergarment for 500 years, and every woman in the western world wore one unless sleeping (queens, washerwomen, everyone in between)- they weren't that bad!!!

[@traceymeek1238]

Please, throw away whatever equipment/software is making that old-time radio voice.

[@Dragnfly_mynamewastaken]

What's with randomly cutting to a bad audio filter? I hope that's not something you'll be using from now on because it's really jarring.

[@SomeAustrianPainter]

One of his editors have been going way overboard with that for awhile now but if we keep commenting about it’ll probably stop

[@the-chillian]

Edit: This was written in the middle of the part about English accents, and the upshot is that Simon is correct. I used to work at one of the two oldest California Renaissance faires. These were the first two such events in the country, both put on by the same organization which was founded by a teacher -- the first one, in Southern California, was something of a school project. It kept its educational mission until the end, and so tried to remain more true to history than most of the later Ren Faires it inspired. This extended to the accent we were to use. For theatrical reasons, because it sounds "posh" to American ears, the Queen and her court used modern RP. However, us street actors were all taught to use the actual accent of Shakespeare's time. In reality, it's not much like the standard accents of either America or English. If you want to hear what it's closest to, watch a pirate film starring Robert Newton. As Long John Silver he used his native West Country accent, and so established the "pirate accent" for all time. As it happens, this is closer to the sound of the London accent of the late 16th century than any other modern accent. So, if we had any difficulty with the accent we were taught, the rule was: "When in doubt, talk like a pirate." The result was that any Brits who happened to visit the Faire thought we sounded like we were all from Dorset.

[@anonymous5405]

Tv voice effect is awful

[@georgestgeorge5110]

Seems a good chance the video editor is a 12yr old girl on tic tok.

[@Zebra_Cakes]

Editor needs to get scolded about that voice effect that kept happening. Some parts were really hard to understand

[@PhilMcCevoy-og8nm]

4:45 what a wild day for this name to be in a video

[@cleverusername9369]

Dear editor: the old-timey audio filter in the intro was fine. The rest of the uses were distracting and slightly irritating.

[@claywest9528]

The Japanese Navy was certainly thoroughly modern by the time of the Russo Japanese War in 1905.

[@PuffPuff903]

How could it have been modern back in 1905??? R u stupid?? 💀💀

[@cobalfrostwyrm]

"Japan total isolation" Shows classical painting of the island that disproves the total isolation myth. Subtle, I like it.

[@syndrome5372]

When you get a new audio filter and you just want excuses to use it

[@Heyitsallgoodman]

I can't handle the voice editing guys

[@carl-axelandvord2895]

There are two helmets with horns found. They believe it was used in ceremonies. 👍🏻

[@science_over_idiots7323]

Sheath - I'm buying some, Simon had me sold when he pulled them from his seat 🤣🤣🤣. I couldn't stop thinking about it and laugh😂.

[@YoungGandalf2325]

Simon is endorsing underwear. He's become the Michael Jordan of KZbinrs.

[@l0v3r13oi]

Old time radio effect is over done to the max.

[@momolovesyou9969]

4:18 in, im not watching anymore because of that annoying "old timey tv" distortion. Please never do that again

[@TheDaneofCoosCounty]

Lol it’s HILARIOUS you mentioned the two helmets found from the Viking age with spectacles. The first one found in a dig relatively intact enough to reconstruct is in gladiator. There’s a scene where everyone is in Rome and getting ready for the first or second battle. There’s a table with helmets and one is a reconstruction of the Viking age helmet

[@AsiaDanceScene]

Even back then, horn was valuable, much too valuable to use as a burdensome helmet ornament that could easily be grabbed during combat

[@SOLAR_SHOCKWAVE]

I kept thinking my phone was bugging

[@notyouorme]

I just always figured that Hollywood preferred using walking the plank since of the most common punishments or executions it was the most family friendly.

[@forktrus]

Just imagine future alien archeologists combing through the wreckage of our civilization and finding one of those novelty hats that holds 2 beer cans on either side of it or one of those hats with a propeller on it from the 50's -- and for the rest of forever the image of a cartoon homicidal ape-man wearing one of those 2 hats is the logo for an alien sports team. I hope they win all the championships.

[@ArronYZF]

Another great video Simon! Cant wait for the next.

[@reppepper]

It doesn’t beg the question. It raises the question. Begging the question refers to circular reasoning.

[@adamkahn8645]

when you cracked up over the free pair during your advert, i laughed my ass off. you have some of the only ads i can tolerate to listen to lol

[@julianaylor4351]

Imagine if the world was really like the movies, we'd be living in a very weird world. 😁

[@ferretyluv]

I once read that the reason people thought Vikings wore horned helmets is because they’d be buried with drinking horns that happened to be by their heads, so archaeologists thought that clearly the horns must have been part of the helmet. SOME samurai resisted western influence. The Satsuma Rebellion were the samurai resisting westernization post-Meiji restoration and what The Last Samurai was loosely based on. Saigo Takamori wanted to modernize Japan but not westernize it. He just wanted to get rid of the Tokugawa and restore the power of the emperor, who was a puppet at the time.

[@davidmc5762]

No, it's the opera origin, the buried with drinking horns and it confusing historians is total nonsense

[@x5pyke]

So... my whole life I've been told Medieval Times isn't real... yet it is probably the closest thing to an actual gladiator fight you'll ever see...

[@himher4856]

the editing could be dialed back a lot.

[@myrlyn1250]

Okay, most of the comments agree. Stop using the annoying voice filter!

[@benshaw9951]

Please stop with the audio filter, I had to turn it off. Doing it once in the intro was ok, that's all you need

[@justcarcrazy]

6:04 Fortunately, the historically accurate docu-drama "The Croods" remedied the situation for good and all.

[@TheSh4dowgale]

Yay another sideprojects video!

[@inhumanfilth681]

Simon must have a substitute editor throwing that voice filter on there like salt and pepper.... Doesnt taste great on the ears

[@dennisanderson3895]

4:41 Well, now *I've* another question! In the hierarchy of the Social Pyramid shown, wouldn't the lowest level be Peasants, with Craftsmen (who knew how to process the raw input into goods that have purpose and utility), then Merchants (who would provide the process and wholesaling and retailing goods, which eliminates the need for massive amounts of direct bartering by individuals)? I'm not saying the presented pyramid base is wrong, merely that I'd expect a slightly different order and am curious as to why this one. If you've historical socio-economic answers, please inform me further.

[@JeffGoldblumsChest]

Merchants were at the bottom of the social pyramid because they were viewed as producers of nothing, living solely off of the labor of other classes

[@fuzzyballs44]

Almost 6 years of youtube prime and countless hours of listening to podcasts as background noise and today...just now was the very first time I have EVER went to the website of a sponsor and the first time I have actually purchased something from a sponsor. Congrats Simon, you finally hooked me!

[@BleachDemon707]

...and your proud of that, huh? 🙄

[@Kit-Voodoo]

Bing a woman, I think I need sheath. For the coins, keys and such, that our fasions see to neglect pocketing for.

[@Primochu]

Cool and interesting video. Thanks!

[@carlosarvizu7044]

I visited the Samurai Museum in Tokyo and was surprised that the Satsuma rebellion was little more than a foot note in the museums materials.

[@eclecticx]

Gladiatorial combats were not so far from being the ancient equivalent of modern day WWE. More dangerous, yes, less theatrical and less scripted, certainly, but as Simon notes, it was fairly rare for a gladiator to die in the arena.

[@hl6142]

I heard that the horned helmets were added to "Der Ring der Nibelungen" for the audiance to distinguish between viking and germanic characters.

[@AlienSquidMonster]

1 out of 5 gladiators being killed is still pretty insane.

[@Alfadrottning86]

To be honest about raiding Nords. Víkingr did not have horned helmets .. but our ancestors DID wear funny hats (usually worn to cultural events today) .. pointy hats that make you look like you are the tooth fairy (one tooth, and its on your head - but its a big one) We did have a preference for silly hats. Other hats include one that looks like you have a sail on your head, others are just the pom pom variety (which - in itself are funny, too .. just more common) - by and large, we did wear a variety of very silly hats indeed ... just not horned ones.

[@KimboKG14]

1:34 nailed the pronounciation! 🥰

[@rolanddeshain8983]

Holy old timey radio Batman! Easy on the effects Mr editor

[@beagleissleeping5359]

I watched Vikings with Kirk Douglas not too long ago (KZbin free movie). The ending death scene was hilarious.😂😂

[@murrayscott9546]

6 + 1/2, uncut. Don't need no sheath. Go Commando !

[@ArkTrooper1994]

The thumps down gesture is older than 'Gladiator' it is used in the older Asterix Comics

[@SpencerPaire]

Good writing as always (though I think some of these misconceptions are a bit common among trivia fiends. But maybe Im gatekeeping). But the movie effect was pretty distracting. I'd prefer if the more imaginative editing was kept in the sci-fi channel, or at least restricted to the visuals. It disrupts Simon's voice, which is a huge draw of his channels.

[@dennisanderson3895]

12:49 It makes sense the audience would lean favr of sparing the "fallen" gladiator: THEN they get to see a return *grudge match* soon!

[@xpndblhero5170]

WAIT, Wait, wait, wait..... Did you just say a 15 hour opera¿! I'm so glad that didn't catch on.... I'd be pissed if I went to a movie and it was 15+ hours long. 😂😂

[@philglasz]

Can you make a video about the Canadarm2?

[@magnemoe1]

As I understand they knew about the thumb up or down then making gladiator but kept is as it was an common meme and did not affect the story. But the only the winner survives survives will get out of hand fast if you do some simple math.

[@Quantiad]

£38 for a SINGLE pair of boxers!? Have you lost your grip on reality? 😂

[@PhilippusPistor]

Nothing to criticise on that one. Good research!

[@christinatokarz80]

The "tv" voice effect 🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️ 🙉

[@sekaramochi]

The horns on vikings are just the safest place to keep your alcohol whilst in battle

[@metalmyron]

illustrators used horns because without the horns the warrior could be anyone as a conical helmet was Widley used by everyone.

[@mbathroom1]

1st! Last time I was this early we still had gladiator games

[@rockykesha]

WGAF!

[@georgehh2574]

I finally succumbed to Simon's persuasion and bought some Sheath 🙏 Realised I pick out my cool pouch boxer briefs before any other, but only have three pairs. Especially since I cycle to work then sit in an office all day, better keep it cool. 😎 Discount meant shipping cost reduced to nothing.

[@oohahitsanrccar1913]

I used to walk a plank. The dog ran away

[@kenbrown2808]

Vikings wore horns on their helmets, like catholic saints wore hats with huge gold discs on them.

[@specialnewb9821]

Hmm do any movies show Vikings with horned helmets anymore? I watch a lot of these sword and board type movies and its always those nose guards or bare heads

[@babymeatball]

4:45 RIP Matthew Perry

[@mountbuckekreative4044]

i guess glueing some horns on your helmet is just a dumb idea...like painting your warplane bright red....surely never ever someone would have done that.

[@domsdetails]

Yooo that’s my voice saying “I’m from Ohio” at 7min30secs!!😂 it’s from my viral Instagram video Ohio accents ❤ thanks for sharing!! I love your channel

[@boxonothing4087]

Sponsoring and training gladiators was extremely expensive, no one wanted a pricey investment going to waste.

[@BigMobe]

You shouldn't believe everything to read on the internet. That's how WWII got started. -Abraham Lincoln

[@michaelstephens360]

I’ll have to check with Metatron to see if this is accurate

[@ITPalGame]

It's the same thing about guns that Hollywood has made people think that machine guns gun down innocent people for 2 minutes without reloading, silencers exist when they don't (suppressors exist to make decibels more tolerable for hearing but still loud - you don't want to fire a shotgun indoors without hearing protection for sure), etc.

[@apathyguy8338]

The thumbs down myth predates Gladiator by at least 50 years. Thanks for the diligent research.

[@korygrey6170]

Mr Video editor, we all like to try new things but please re consider the audio situation. Cannot ever re watch this smh

[@44cside]

This should definitely be a BLAZE lol 😂

[@MumRah]

And modern British accents turn words that end in an "A"with an "er. Ex: Russia gets pronounced "Russher". 😂

[@cjones070]

About as accurately as Simon’s thumbnails

[@ecritdelajaponographie8565]

4:58 This ignores the pre-Kurofune origins of the Sonnō-jōi movement. The capitulation to Perry and other foreigners post-1854 was the straw (or, rather, one of the straws) that broke the camel's back.

[@seanwon88]

Drop the high end frequency effect

[@MrU4theChillWind]

Shea Thunderware??

[@rikspector]

Simon, I like your style👍👍, this time, but Beware the Ides of November:) Cheers, Rik Spector