How is PragerU Getting Worse? (ft. Jordan Adika)

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[@bekahb270]

I love how she completely glossed over the effect pipelines have on indigenous communities. That “pinhole” sized leak can contaminate MILES of land and sources of drinking water that are already so scarce on reservations.

[@fortysevensfortysevens1744]

but a pinhole is small???? and miles is big???????? something doesn't add up here, LIBERAL

[@brucebaker810]

When it impacts the whole environment along its length (and beyond)...affecting even NON-indiginous people... why focus on effect on reserves?

[@sleepylilwolf1749]

@@fortysevensfortysevens1744 imagine being this cringy

[@adoramay9410]

They glossed over it, because any argument against that point, would make them look extremely bad

[@henriquepacheco7473]

@@sleepylilwolf1749 are you sure you're responding to something genuine? When I read it, I just assumed it was ironic.

[@TheAmityElf]

"Draw your own conclusions." "No, you elaborate." I love that style of cooperative joke where one participant says something comedically empty and the other participant forces them to confront the emptiness of it by pursuing the idea further.

[@DespOIcito]

it's a very Jordan joke I feel like

[@chelseakitkatz]

I was trying to figure out why I loved that joke so much. You put it into words

[@ona512]

like when a dude hits on you with some elaborate euphemism and you play dumb to make him say what he really means out loud.

[@mothlarvas5066]

"that wasnt an accident" how would the president accidentally cancel a pipeline

[@fortysevensfortysevens1744]

tbh the guy's goofy enough that anything's possible

[@thebrutusmars]

You’ve never tripped and fallen with a pen in your hand and accidentally signed your name on the line at the bottom of a contract and/or legal document?

[@tornadecho7894]

@@thebrutusmars yeah, accidentally got married doing that

[@tonichan89]

@@tornadecho7894 Woopsie!

[@rainbow_vader]

My parents told me I was an accident

[@omegagames418]

When I was growing up, instead of teaching me how to socialize with other kids, helping me with my homework, and letting me do stuff I wanted to participate in like girl scouts, my dad would give me political lectures and feed me propaganda like PragerU. He's very right-wing and hates anyone who's a """liberal""". It's videos like these, dissecting and criticizing PragerU that are helping me unlearn the unhealthy and harmful mindset I grew up with, thank you

[@cerys113]

thats great dude keep learning

[@KingOfGaymes]

Okay but this reminds me of an ad prager U has been putting out about a kid on his iPad seeing things about real issues in America then going “Dad Did you know America is racist?!” and his dad getting prager U kids or something to “fix” it and “protect” him from actual things happening in the us. Basically they’re feeding propaganda to children now. Like what you said your dad put you through and it’s honestly disturbing.. I worry for those kids.. I’m glad you got through it and are learning 💜

[@ashleyrich8526]

Dude literally same. We watched them every night for months

[@itz_grass5890]

I was the exact same way. I was very right wing for the longest time and absolutely despised myself for being bisexual. I’m so thankful for the people who helped me realize how blatantly wrong all that shit is

[@Mor-tis]

I think a lot of videos by BigJoel and Shaun also helped me realize how big of idiots PragerU are. Im glad to see more criticisms these guys.

[@lotti696]

"furchtgott" translates from german to "feargod" btw have fun with that information

[@moonshadow4276]

I was about to say lmao I legit went 0_0 when i saw the namr

[@ZijnShayatanica]

Now, what I need to know is if that is her given name or if she changed it as an adult.

[@lotti696]

@@ZijnShayatanica tbf her name is furchtgott-roth which suggests that she took on her partner's name and hyphened it. the question is: was she roth or furchtgott before? (if u wanna really stretch the translation thing btw "rot" means "red" in german)

[@rachamanda13]

that's exactly what I thought when they showed her name haha

[@carjis]

FEAR THE BLOOD GOD

[@tacticalmisandrist]

Trampling over native land, dehousing, and not to mention sex trafficking. Enbridge workers have been caught in a sex trafficking ring, and those are just the ones who have been caught. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that indigenous women and girls go missing constantly while their land is being exploited. Those two things have always gone hand in hand, sigh. There is unfortunately a whole other realm of problems that arise from pipelines that aren’t environmental

[@ectoplastiic]

Man camps are inextricably tied to the issue of MMIW

[@jaguarluv13]

Holy fuck. I️ never made this connection. Thank you for this comment.

[@Grace-lq5cr]

Oh woah.

[@Grace-lq5cr]

@@ectoplastiic what does mmiw mean?

[@ectoplastiic]

@@Grace-lq5cr Sorry, every time I make a youtube comment with the third word in that acronym they make it invisible. If you google it though it will for sure be there.

[@direcircumstances]

This how I like my commentary channels: cute, funny, and overtly leftist.

[@fortysevensfortysevens1744]

i think there's something to be argued for giving all perspectives time of day. obviously not shit like prager which is clear propaganda, but more like genuine takes from "the right" and stuff between that and "the left". even if you continue to disagree, it'll give you a better idea of the other side

[@direcircumstances]

@@fortysevensfortysevens1744 I've been hearing from "the right" my entire life. They don't deserve any more of my time or energy. I have heard enough from them.

[@espeon871]

@@direcircumstances same dude and almost all the ideas arent great

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Kill people for money is not a valid opinion and should never be considered as one. The right can get fricked.

[@KingOfGaymes]

@@fortysevensfortysevens1744 the right sucks. The left can have bad parts but the right is practically all bad

[@BryceNolen]

She gives generality when talking about the "Few" deaths related to pipelines, without specific examples, and gives very specific examples for truck related incidence, but no general info.

[@bucketonfoot]

It’s like when you’re a child and you say something to make you look good, but then neglect to tell the whole story because you know it would be bad, but in doing so you’re not technically “lying”… but these are grown ass adults doing this 😭

[@tatiana4050]

Well we know 1 million is less than 0.1% of world population

[@Callimo]

@@tatiana4050 Ah yes, but your proximity to being one of the million is still quite high.

[@tatiana4050]

@@Callimo can still say it's "few" if i have to write propaganda

[@someman66]

@@tatiana4050 that's a pretty good half truth. You should be a journalist!

[@ironickrempt]

Oh god she really thinks the oil is just spewing up out of the earth, lady, WE are taking it out wtf

[@BustyCatbot]

It feels like she has no idea how oil actually works and thinks it works like solar energy, and it's something we passively absorb rather than take

[@monhi64]

Well I guess there are spots where oil literally does come out of the ground on it’s own but her logic is so absurd. It’s like she’s trying to use a “it’s free real estate” argument lmao

[@CatchTheseMechanicalHands]

The Albertans are inevitable. They will suck out the oil if they need to take a straw to it

[@Kaanfight]

Gotta love the selective use of passive voice

[@gaygengar]

iirc there are a few select areas where bitumen does naturally seep out of the ground, such as some of the tar sands in northern Alberta. that being said, by far a MAJORITY of oil is forcibly extracted from the ground by humans.

[@tacticalmisandrist]

“The left needs to start lying!” -Jordan, 2022 But honestly I think about this SO OFTEN. It works so well for the right.

[@bucketonfoot]

But then the right would debunk it and use it against us. In their minds it’s only okay for them to lie and leave certain parts of information out 😭

[@SnoFitzroy]

what if we told the incels becoming communists would get them laid

[@SnoFitzroy]

@@bucketonfoot They're not smart enough to research their own shit though. PragerU specifically is extra bad at this, citing sources that say the exact opposite of what they use it to mean

[@jellsies]

@@SnoFitzroy Oh shit that might actually work, communism kinda hot ngl

[@fortysevensfortysevens1744]

@@SnoFitzroy i think propagandists like this are smarter than you give them credit for. their stupidity is incredibly selective and 9 times out of 10 is used to their own benefit

[@Moonhermit-]

"Pipelines are clearly the safest, here's why: they don't move!" Quick correction there Doc Fergie-Rod: they're not *supposed* to move. But things like shoddy construction, neglected maintenance, poor foundations, groundwater level, seismic activity, sudden temperature changes, seasonal weather, soil erosion, poor building materials, sudden pressure spikes, digital and mechanical faillures and even friggin wildlife and falling trees can suddenly cause your immobile pipeline to move maybe an inch or two too much at a previously unknown weak point. That's the whole point and one of the big factors why pipelines start to leak: when the thing that really wasn't supposed to move *STARTS TO FUCKING MOVE.*

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Or when they fail an inspection, but the operating company doesn't legally _have_ to make repairs, so they carry on using it till it ruptures and pours hundreds of litres of oil per second into the environment _really efficiently._

[@spOOkytimes]

I think that their point of pipelines moving fossil fuels more efficiently is sound since it takes a ton of fossil fuels to move them via truck and train. BUT as you and other commentors have said, it is so efficient that it can leak substantially before being shut off. The people who own these pipelines do not want these pipelines to leak oil purely due to the money they are losing (literally thousands off dollars per hour) and the environment is secondary if not even on their mind at all.

[@BakedBrain7100]

Also the whole “they’re taking jobs away from the people who work on it” even though those people are in unions and the truckers, people on boats, and trains, are not unionized. Meaning their jobs aren’t as stable.

[@Dgnmuse]

I think it’s easier to maintain and less risky compared to trains (train tracks are not well maintained in Canada.) HOWEVER, there should be laws to maintain and keep them safe and operable. Like anything maintenance is needed.

[@Tabbycatreads]

So like literally everything ever will make it move in the end-

[@NinaFelwitch]

It's not surprising that a person who's name is "feargod" is conservative.

[@karlianns3185]

I know! I saw that and started laughing so hard like how is someone’s name literally “fear god”

[@warriorcatskid003]

Puritan moment

[@monhi64]

It’s always weirded me out so much how some people say “god fearing” as like a positive attribute. There’s not a better word for your relationship with god than fear? It’s freaky

[@pennyforyourthots]

@@monhi64 every time people describe God, I think "that sounds a little like my mother's abusive ex-boyfriend"

[@Jack-px8lf]

@@monhi64 well, to be the devils advocate for christians here, they mean they fear god rather than man, so in theory this means they're supposed to do the right thing regardless of people's attitude on it. what they do most often though is follow their ungodly notions of gender binary, kind of just glossing over the whole there is no gender in god's eyes etc parts of the bible. arguably the whole bible is about how the church of God gets corrupted and its followers begin to worship the anti-christ instead of following christ's arguably anarchist way of life. its quite ironic.

[@possumpaints6852]

This lady sways even when she's staying still. My theory is that she's an old timey ghost on her bottom half and it makes her floaty

[@tukamousa9025]

That’s what makes her dangerous, she moves. But pipelines stay still

[@CarnivalChimera]

I think that might be her idle animation

[@humanbean4970]

Yes, I support this theory. I'm half expecting her to go offscreen and to just hear "nothing better than a fresh set of nails, right Vicky?"

[@michellebeaulieu8118]

I noticed this too! It's kind of distracting lol, she looks like she's drunk. It reminds me a lot of like Moira Rose with the accent too

[@Google_remote]

or she’s uncomfortable because shes being held hostage and shes trying to escape

[@brainrot5267]

As an Indigenous person, here’s the comparison I always use when it comes to protecting sites Indigenous People consider sacred: what if they built a resort around Jesus’s tomb instead of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? Why are Indigenous cultures and religions seen as less valid than other religions? People treat us and those we consider sacred as just fun little made up things we’ve created, when in reality, the complexity of Indigenous religions and philosophies is far more difficult to understand than any other, at least in my opinion. Defending Indigenous Lands from extractive industries saves Indigenous lives by preventing MMIW cases from rising, by keeping the air, soil, and water clean and usable, by keeping native wildlife alive, and prevents the displacement of Indigenous People from their homes. And it protects what tribes consider sacred to them, which isn’t any less valid than if a site were sacred to Christians. Please join us in the fight against extractive industries and US imperialism, and start decolonizing your lifestyles, habits, values, and mindsets.

[@klownofkether6996]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ladysaturn3876]

the answer: toxic christianity, and missionaries

[@ectoplastiic]

My homelands have a major canadian city built over them and the way people disrespect our burial sites makes me sick. Christian cemeteries with pioneers are protected but burial sites with burials from the SAME TIME PERIOD as those pioneers are desecrated. 100% tied to the view that we are only supposed to exist in the past and that we have no place to be existing in the present.

[@brainrot5267]

@@ectoplastiic Exactly. At the Mexico border, the US is actively desecrating Indigenous burial sites as well as cutting down endangered species like the Saguaro cactus, a plant the local tribes consider sacred. Being Indigenous honestly is miserable sometimes, but keep up the good fight, and remember, we’re our ancestors wildest dreams.

[@Nothingtoseehere-eo7zq]

I treat indigenous religions as maybe fake but I’m not going into the local reservations woods at night. Y’all thought up some scary shit

[@Your_therian_aspen]

Do you ever notice that conservatives can't ever just find clips of leftists acting how they want to tell people that leftists act? that they have to act it out themselves? But when we go to make fun of them it's pretty easy to find clips of them acting like we say they act gee go figure

[@foxkingthegreat7601]

YES I saw this all the time in school. The homophobic kids would always say gay people act like this, then be the only ones who would act that way.

[@DanAndHoe]

And if they do have footage it’s just the same handful of clips of “libtards” or “blue-haired feminists” or whatever that have been used for the past 15 years, completely out of context.

[@HungerGamesFan88]

conservatives make strawmen to argue against and absolute reaches to joke about, leftists argue against actual shit cons say (because they say stupid dumdum things) and make fun of actual shit cons do (because they do stupid dumdum things)

[@rubyrootless7324]

the only clips they got are from extremists, trolls trying to feed their content machine or straight up insane people

[@basementdwellercosplay]

"Yeah so what, we're talking more land from indigenous groups, homes from them and other people for dumb reasons, but we need oil!" Summary of her argument

[@eliagamiz1320]

She didn't argue that we need oil she only said we need to move the oil

[@espeon871]

Conservatives are terrifying, the way she just said that so willy nilly

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@eliagamiz1320 Because the implication was that we need the oil. She’s going on the assumption that oil is never not going to be considered.

[@thatrantinggirl7376]

You guys are being pretty insensitive. One time I was using the toilet and an entire geyser of oil came out of it and gave me an unwanted oil enema.... It really does have to come out of somewhere :/

[@Bionicbutter43]

I hate you for putting that image into my head

[@ZijnShayatanica]

Why does this remind me of that story about Wim Hof giving himself a pond water enema with a public fountain?

[@Bionicbutter43]

@@ZijnShayatanica IM GOING TO CRY

[@iterativegrowth]

@@ZijnShayatanica W A T

[@ZijnShayatanica]

@@iterativegrowth Watch Thought Slime ft. Curio. Thank me later.

[@catscatsca]

Conservative's interpretation of libs is such a deep fried meme at this point. It's been passed around for so long that it's totally out of touch and incomprehensible.

[@wildlylucky]

making up a guy and passing it around until it becomes a game of broken telephone

[@DeathnoteBB]

Conservative’s think everything they don’t like is a “woke snowflake lib”. I’ve seen people describe conservative behavior as “woke” It’s nonsense

[@adrianc6534]

conservatives interpretations of the entire WORLD around them is just fucking laughable. these idiots dont even live in the real world anymore.

[@Miles26545]

Liberal is when no racism :(

[@monhi64]

“You sound so triggered you snowflake you’re a 🤡. “ That encompasses basically 100% of conservative rebuttals lmao. I’m still trying to understand how they don’t notice that the way they go zero to one hundred over nothing is their exact definition of triggered/snowflake.

[@janetandamocha7874]

Since people are 70% water, does that mean if you walk on someone you are 70% Jesus?

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

watch out you don’t wanna turn into 70% wine

[@bucketonfoot]

And if you walk on two people you’ll be 140% Jesus

[@caninecurry5823]

Confirmed

[@joshuaa7266]

If you walk on ice, does that make you 100% Jesus?

[@brucebaker810]

- I think it's 49% (70% of 70%) hot water on water action. But that's still a minority. - Jesus may be only 35% water. (God, lacking molecules, cannot be "moist") - We're not "same as earth". We're same as "surface of earth". Like the analogy. Superficial resemblance at best. Would it qualify as a "deepity"? (per Daniel Dennet)

[@KitchenOnTheLeft]

The “rainbow elephant” sketch is SO close to be an actual good parody of annoying out of touch liberals, but it misses the mark because they misunderstand the real reasons people like that are annoying. Like, it would work as a bit in like an Abelina Sabrina video or something but I feel like as a prageru sketch it just comes off as “the left criticizes us for being racist, but look how racist THEY are too”

[@mastermarkus5307]

Yeah, like they have an idea with the Liberal being performative, but not actually caring about social issues, but then they just run through it all like a list of "Why Liberals Are Dumb" instead of a coherent sketch.

[@PugandOwn]

right??? hell, even the "christmas- I mean HOLIDAY party!" thing could be ripe for commentary, since you do get that type of person who just assumes like, hannukah is jewish christmas, diwali is hindu christmas, etc etc, and then never bothers to learn or respect that non-christian religions won't be exact expies of christianity with a few words changed. but the writers at pragerU are stymied by their closedmindedness and lack of imagination, so they literally cannot conceptualise a reason people would dislike the "christma- HOLIDAY!" thing other than everyone silently wanting status quo christmas nonsense forever.

[@shr9662]

Also the assumption a black person celebrates kwanza is a legitimately screwed up thing. It’s the sorta of subtle racism people have. It’s a legitimately good point… if it wasn’t prageru

[@princessstrawberry4623]

I feel like there were a few 'jokes' that were so close to actually being okay, but not quite. Assuming someone in a minority group celebrates a specific holiday just because they're in that minority group seems like something you'd see in the office or whatever, and is a genuinely not that terrible joke, but then they go and say that the reason that's a problem isn't because of the racism or because of assuming "Hanukah is just Christmas for Jews", but because "everyone celebrates Christmas" and Hanukah and Diwali aren't real holidays we should care about. Instead of making a joke about how someone can be performatively progressive or even themselves being racist when doing the "black Santa" bit, they make the punchline be that "wouldn't it be crazy if black women were real, everyone knows you can only get presents from white men" I think what they pointed out at the very beginning of the sketch is what shows it best, when the guy starts shaking his head with his hand on his face after all that had been said so far was "some people who work here might be Jewish, and celebrate Hanukah". The thing they think would be crazy isn't the whole caricature of a liberal who wants to 'cancel' Christmas, the thing they think would be crazy is the IDEA that Jewish people exist, and that there are SOME people who don't celebrate Christmas.

[@Andreaa_-_]

And in the end it just ends up sounding like "Wouldn't it be silly if some people didn't celebrate Christmas"

[@StoutCorvus]

PragerU's go to "we aren't racist, actually" bit is to have the people of color talk about those issue. It's so weird and ass backwards.

[@ashtonisvibing4763]

it's literally the "i'm not racist, my friend is black!" defense- "we can't be racist, we've hired a black person!"

[@mastermarkus5307]

@@ashtonisvibing4763 Specifically "We're not racist! We hired a black person to say the racist thing!"

[@denimvelvet4670]

Hey, as long as people who aren't white are willing to say something everything is okay, right? The problem with pollution isn't that it's destroying the earth, it's who is causing the pollution, okay? /s

[@davidtaylor142]

"Hi, I'm a non-white or non-male talking head that PragerU hired to say that racism and sexism aren't real. You can tell because I'm not a white dude."

[@shrillshrimp200]

A pipeline leak in Canada was a massive problem a couple years ago. It was devastating for the first nation tribes that lived nearby.

[@allyssaward5691]

Bold of you to assume that Prager U gives a shit about indigenous people while making their "statistics"

[@chatnoir9038]

@@allyssaward5691 Pretty sure they don't see them as people at all

[@VeryScaryCherri]

The fact that this could apply to dozens of incidents is truly depressing

[@starojunes]

Also I've noticed a lot of conservative parodies of how liberals look also includes black people, Hispanics of various shades and other minorities. It looks diverse. But when they portray themselves it's almost always just white people. Says a lot.

[@ps1hagrid786]

Now, if that's not a mask-off moment I don't know what is tbh.... At that point, they're not blowing a dog whistle anymore. It's a fucking vuvuzela!

[@fart63]

Crazy how just being around minorities is a liberal thing to them

[@GonzoCiosain]

Oof, that "comedy" sketch was more potent cringe than the worst "Orange man bad" jokes from 2018. Thank you guys for turning this painful Pragerganda into something actually funny and worth watching.

[@micahcook2408]

The hilarity and bizarre behavior of “the war against christmas”/“taking the christ out of christmas” argument is definitely one for the books… like people all of sudden said, “fuck christmas, it’s banned! We’ll only celebrate these other holidays” 😂💀 wtf is wrong with saying happy holidays, who gives a fuck haha no one is forcing people like they wanna make it seem💀😂

[@willbyadams]

Anti Trump memes are incredible tbh

[@GonzoCiosain]

@@micahcook2408 I have never heard anyone in real life offended by someone saying "Merry Christmas" but I've seen many right-wing manbabies throw fits about "happy holidays." Conservatives are weak spirited, overly sensitive, overly emotional snowflakes and always have been.

[@cultural_marxism_fan]

@@willbyadams i mean sure but it still needs to be funny lmao. obviously orange man is bad unironically but the same jokes that liberals keep telling is kind of boring tbh.

[@kilibubblecata6266]

Pragerganda aahahaha! Love that

[@gnatscrafts]

absolutely incredible duo. literally in love with both of you. please. more. the dynamics are too good.

[@mightymeatymech]

So good! Good banter, good energy. :)

[@jahkey9146]

v true about the dynamics

[@Orange-tf3bf]

^

[@wondering616]

YES PLEASE

[@manboy4720]

if you liked it then you should've put a ring on it. on both of them.

[@estevansmith6697]

The issue with big oil is we need to treat it like we are weening off a hard drug. It has obviously been proven to be the most efficient way to produce energy, albeit all of its horrific flaws. What we need to do is dump a lot more money into researching the alternative forms of energy solar, nuclear, wind, hydro etc. Over time as those become more efficient and, capable they can then finally replace the crude oil industry we have been relying on for far too long. Just my opinion though

[@o.lemon.o]

youre right, i dont think we should go cold turkey right away - that would have a bunch of consequences. but we should definintely be moving away from oil and researching other things.

[@avocadoarms]

I thought that nuclear was way more efficient, but you just have the issue of waste disposal/storage and people's reticence toward it because of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, etc.

[@estevansmith6697]

@@avocadoarms i agree if we were to discover a way to either properly store nuclear waste or recycle it as well as just more research into how to genuinely harness its power safely and efficiently id say nuclear would be the way of the future

[@AnkhAnanku]

We subsidize the shit out of fossil fuels to prop up the industry’s diseased corpse while wind and solar technology and infrastructure have had to improve to compete with its artificially low cost. We could make the switch much more quickly than we have been allowed to.

[@jinmushui1soul]

The problem, of course, is that we don't really have much time left. Even if everyone was on-board with a gradual transition, and there weren't wealthy individuals and corporations actively undermining institutional and political progress, it still wouldn't be enough to mitigate near-catastrophic (for humans) climate disasters. The assumption of continued fossil fuel reliance is that we MUST continue the same modes, models, and levels of economic output (with the same incentives and priorities), that is continue late-stage capitalism in a potentially post-climate crisis world. I'd argue the two are incompatible. Modernity isn't really worth saving if it's just going to kill (most of) us in the end. Degrowth is a necessary aspect of any long-term climate solution and does not require new technological advances to be implemented.

[@JordanAdika]

can't believe we missed the part at 17:29 where someone ran away from the fauci doll

[@genderender]

This PragerU video is extra funny cause Biden has approved a ton of pipelines

[@bucketonfoot]

And hasn’t he put off many environmental acts 😭😭😭

[@jeremiahbennett3004]

Yeah like Biden has literally done all the things conservatives like like deporting immigrants

[@Miles26545]

@@bucketonfoot “compromise”

[@nic00001]

@@Miles26545 compromising is when Destroy the earth

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@nic00001 I know that person is killing you, but have you thought about compromising? I think both sides have valid points. Don’t go off saying they’re bad for trying to kill you

[@tortellinifettuccine]

Prager U kids is honestly terrifying. Think about how easy it is to convince a kid about something that he knows nothing about, and think about how much easier it will be in the form of child cartoons.

[@makodolphus7810]

Only prageru could manage to completely avoid the literal nuclear elephant in the room when talking about a need for more energy.

[@Emnms68]

“Oil and gas have to be transported from point a to point b” not if point b switches to sustainable sources of energy. She talks about using oil and gas as if the mega rich companies are being forced to use it, when they could absolutely switch to sustainable energy, they just don’t want to because that would cost them money. It’s the same reason why they refuse to pay workers livable wages.

[@dubspool]

Yeah they want to use pipelines cause you don’t need to hire a bunch of truck drivers or train engineers.

[@Callimo]

Lol right, like oil and gas reserves are like boobs full of breastmilk that *have* to be harvested.

[@feliciascorner9795]

I love that the solution to just not use it anymore just simply isn't available as an option. It's almost like they are funded by oil companies.

[@4nn4h]

But if we don't use it, it'll keep bubbling up out of the ground and drown us all!

[@AW-sx8hm]

That's not even... why even... why did they bring up a fictional rendition of Al Capone (of all people!) for a quote on a damn oil pipeline AND THEN GET THE QUOTE WRONG TO BOOT?! Oh god I don't think I want to make it past 2 minutes here

[@realhumanbean7915]

and for a quote that is unbelievably redundant and contributes literally nothing to the point? people say "I want it dead" without quoting it.

[@nic00001]

to make it seem like they have a source for at least something lol

[@haileyfindlay8069]

if y’all want an oil pipeline don’t do it through indigenous land, if it doesn’t matter where it comes out of the ground then go straight through a metropolis, no problem with that right?? at least in the city they’ll actually do something about hazardous leaks

[@someman66]

But what if oil baron ceo's penthouse gets all oily and nasty? That's gross! Ew.

[@chelseahuddle557]

That's my exact argument. "If it's such a not-big deal, why will they not just run the pipeline near or through a city?"

[@britishcig5462]

19:30 "fighting FOR racial injustice" genuinely cant tell if that was a deliberate joke or a fuckup on their part

[@mastermarkus5307]

Shit... it would be a pretty good subtle joke, so I don't want to give it to them.

[@evamiller4886]

Pipelines are also an expensive giant land consuming piece of infrastructure that only works for oil. At least you can use a set of train tracks for all sorts of things once you build them

[@cassualtea2040]

yea like trains at least can be used as transport for all kinds of things, and have historically been used as transport for all kinds of things, from products to people.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

But the problem with trains is that they are getting longer and longer. Because they don’t want to build more railways because we have to have the massive 30 lane freeways and can’t afford to lose money and make people take lost cost, job creating, socially egalitarian, economically stimulating, trains that are way better for the environment than cars.

[@MF-R]

Say what you will about Prager, but that idea for Black lady Santa is a great idea for a superhero concept. Think a holiday themed Storm meets Beastmaster; snow powers and all that, can command reindeer (and other arctic critters?) Has a sweet base in the north pole. I can't pull any good name ideas off my dome; but it should have a heavy metal and threatening tone to it. But her origins can be sorta along the lines of Tim Allen's Santa Claus; Santa dies, she takes the mantle. I'd read that comic.

[@Bionicbutter43]

"Gift giver" Idk lmao but that sounds dope

[@user-ld6th3vw8e]

or year without a santa claus where it's like she's his wife or daughter giving him much needed time off

[@kayjameson]

Her real name is definitely something like Aurora Noel because, ya know… northern lights plus Christmas. As for the superhero name maybe something like North Wind or Ice Maiden

[@aristogatos1o1]

@@kayjameson Aurora Noel _does_ sound like a Christmassy drag name, so you might be onto something

[@brucebaker810]

Neighborly when Supe's Fortress of Solitude is a bit to Solitudey...

[@Havarti_Samebito]

I don't understand how conservatives only make one joke (make up a guy and get mad at him), and still find it funny every single time. I mean, it's done so much that it's cliche just to point it out. Why can't they try out some puns, or make funny cartoon noises? Maybe come up with an actual set-up --> punchline formula? Comedy is hard but it's not THAT hard.

[@vylbird8014]

They always have the old 'attack helicoper' family of jokes. Never seem to tire of those.

[@pimpcatforthelols]

but strawman-ing is just so easy... can't expect them to try hard when they are busy contemplating the cost-value analysis of ruining First nation land because of a "pinhole".

[@glarnboudin4462]

Comedy requires thinking about how other people would think. Conservatives are very adamant that empathy is bad. Only makes sense.

[@princessstrawberry4623]

The problem is that the goal of comedy is to make people laugh (obviously), and to do that, you need to make jokes by relating to people, so that you can use that relation to make them laugh. Empathy is necessary for comedy to work, but the concept of empathy is diametrically opposed to the principles of the right-wing. If you could understand what other people were feeling, and cared, you wouldn't be able to see all the suffering caused by your rhetoric and still do nothing to change it. You wouldn't be able to see a peaceful protest being shut down without thinking "hey, I sure wouldn't like it if the police beat MY daughter to death". You couldn't deny so many people health care based on arbitrary things or even money without thinking to yourself "dang, having no health care would be terrible, everyone should get that".

[@captainsalamander946]

They actually have such great comedic chemistry??? I love how they joke with eachother I want more of them especially ab politics

[@maeve5023]

so weird how theyre like "no indigenous people have to give up their land and homes so *I* can have *MY* oil"

[@jonathansalisbury3585]

That last segment is 100% a rip off of a bunch of different episodes of "the office" almost like one of these PragerU aliens watched that and thought Michael Scott wasn't supposed to be a joke

[@ps1hagrid786]

They view ignorance as an honorable trait. It's like when they unironically used Ron Swanson from Parks & Rec as a positive role model for the right. They are so delusional it's sad.

[@bonessai]

I’ve been looking for this comment!

[@GnarlyRaePepsi]

CRT officially stands for Cool Race Time. Thank you, Jordan.

[@AcornFox]

The way shes explaining the relative safety of pipelines is PRECISELY what makes them dangerous. A monolithic vessel that fails dumps SO MUCH more oil than a truck in an accident.

[@katekursive1370]

"It's endemic. You just said it. ~Institutional~ racism." - I laughed so hard I woke everyone up

[@Prof_Z_PhD]

The Keystone XL Pipeline project support makes no sense. The Keystone Pipeline already exists, the Keystone XL Pipeline is just a shorter, wider pipeline that bypasses the part of the original pipeline that avoided a protected area. This is also a pipeline which transfers tar-sands which are notoriously more harmful and harder to clean up. In fact the Keystone Pipeline has already leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of these tar-sands. It only hurts Americans/America and literally the only benefactor is an oil company, and a non-American oil company at that. Then there's this BS line 5 by Enbridge in Michigan where they're trying to run a pipeline across the great lakes. Infuriating!

[@Prof_Z_PhD]

"Pipelines spill more, both based on sheer volume, and on a per-ton-mile or per-barrel-mile basis. Rail transport accidents cause more injuries to humans on a per-barrel-mile or per-ton-mile basis. The probability of a spill from Rail is greater on a per-barrel-mile or per-ton-mile basis, though the majority of spills tend to be quite small in volume." Just found this about which is safer. It seems that pipelines are safer for people but road and rail are safer for the environment

[@sd-kt9bw]

actually, Line 5 already passes through part of the great lakes! the reporting surrounding it makes it sound like it's a proposed project, but sadly it's already there. the recent problems are because Enbridge has continued operating in defiance of a judge's order and an order from the governor while they seek approval for a protective tunnel around the existing pipeline!

[@Schneewittchen1310]

"Furchtgott" means fear-god or in context "god fearing". Lol thats so fitting. (Furcht is an old, less common used word for "Angst" (fear). As a linguist I couldnt resist to give a lil German lesson. :) Also great video of course!

[@modelmajorpita]

"It's in our natural interest to continue using outdated technologies that cause countless problems" No it isn't PragerU.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Well, it's not OURS, but it's THEIRS since the oil companies are who pay them.

[@modelmajorpita]

@@mastermarkus5307 Nah, it's fucking ours, since most of the oil comes from public land corrupt politicians sold for next to nothing, and they are using it to destroy the world for everyone because we have to pay the costs for the pollution they create. Until they pay with their lives no payment is enough for the damage Oil executives caused.

[@hughjass2833]

“prager me or prager you?” oh my god i’m losing it

[@vulcanhobo2147]

This lady is insane, bregging about all these big numbers like it's a good thing.

[@olliebollieboy]

prageru has forgotten how real people act - both leftists AND conservatives

[@CarnivalChimera]

UGHAGGHH I SCREAMED WHEN THAT ONE DUDE JUST SO INCORRECTLY PRONOUNED CHANNUKAH I feel like I just took psychic damage the same way when people ask me how I'll celebrate Christmas when I've talked with them for like months and they know I'm Jewish and don't celebrate it Note: the "Ch" sound in Yiddish and Hebrew is pronounced more like "hhhh" near the back of your throat

[@juicyparsons]

I'm 36, and I'm really proud of this upcoming generation. Y'all are gonna shake shit up in the best way ✊🏾

[@ozioni2553]

Did they just not bring up contaminated water reservoirs when talking about pipelines? Isn't that like the main point of critique?

[@mastermarkus5307]

As you'll notice, they didn't bring up any ACTUAL point of critique, just "Oil = good, so we need to transport oil and pipes don't move so it's safest".

[@dhksgfiejr2059]

i dont mean this in a hate-y way towards others but you two might be the funniest commentary youtubers i’ve seen and i’m so excited for this collab 🧍

[@theodorequakins2636]

"The very first thing he did in office was to cancel the Keystone Pipeline, THAT WASNT AN ACCIDENT" I mean, i sure hope he didnt trip and fall into a stack of papers while his hand, gripping his favorite royal blue pen, just happened to shake in a way that perfectly imitates his signature

[@Emnms68]

Also, that diagram of oil being moved within the US is so crazy. According to the graphic, oil travels almost as far as possible from point a to point b. It shows one from (roughly) OR to LA, TN to MT, NM to MA, and WI to GA, when the cheapest and so most likely way it would be set up would be from OR to MT, NM to LA, TN to GA, and WI to MA. I mean surely they aren’t going all the way from NM to MA; the only longer option than that would be OR to MA. That’s crazy.

[@madfisch473]

i love how everything they’re saying is irrelevant because it should never have been an option to put the pipeline through land that doesn’t belong to us

[@Ambarfing]

two good men with good laughs as good opinions 👯

[@angeltrait]

I live in a semi-liberal area. My (black woman) manager dressed up like Santa for one day of an event bc our other Santa flaked and we got multiple complaints to corporate about it. I would love some of whatever they’re smoking.

[@AndromedaD]

There tends to be an uptick in the number of MMIW whenever new pipelines are being laid. I think they just glossed over or completely ignored all of the reasons indigenous protestors were giving during not only the Keystone, but also Line 3 protests last year.

[@memealine6322]

can't believe anti-spiderman is complaining about gas prices

[@Grace-er9ep]

I can't wait to manifest Jordan to get some sweet laughs

[@samofsamnation7523]

To power the entire US on solar power, we would need a solar power plant the size of the Mojave desert (roughly 22,000 square miles). That’s not much considering that’s purely solar power, if we use more wind power and hydroelectric power that amount of land needed for a solar power plant would diminish.

[@roob7310]

This video is my groundhog day. The amount of times I've watched this video solely because my little ant brain goes "Jordan and Ethan!!! :O" and then halfway through it hits me. This is my formal request that you guys collab again to effectively save me from my pragerU fueled decent into madness.

[@auggiemain]

I didnt know PragerU was trying to turn into the office lmao

[@boymodl]

as someone from Sacramento every straight man looks like that and its painful

[@Cat-fe1fg]

Great job guys! You two are super funny and play well off of each other. The Collab I didn't know I needed 💕

[@dunjunart]

i have this problem where i get really high and can't stop watching ethan's videos, it's called being a fucking genius and it's incurable

[@baileyayyy5085]

Shoehorning in the line from the untouchables actually made me spit out water. Something about the absurdity of applying it to kurzgesagt for bigots just killed me.

[@fednanders4572]

This video was literally "we can’t stop oil extraction because oil extraction is happening"

[@melodyhaviland9393]

collab of the century

[@cjgg4885]

The second video is bad because it's another example of conservatives twisting leftist gripes with liberals (assuming they know liberals and leftists are different in the context of American politics) and putting them into a bigoted message. Yes there are some liberals that do pull performative shit like this to make them feel better about themselves, without considering the repercussions on the people they claim to be helping. But I'm sure everyone here damn well knows that Prager U doesn't actually care about protecting the rights of minorities and wanting a more just society. Leftists crap on performative crap like those shown in the video because 1. It doesn't actually have a major impact or any impact at all, sure it might make a few feel a bit more safe and comfortable, but that means shit when it is mostly temporary. 2. It can sometimes harm the people that are "being helped". (See how the blackout hashtag done during the start of the BLM protests nearly 2 years ago on social media completely blocked out helpful information and fundraising events for days. And when that died down a shit ton of people stopped caring to even look up those helpful posts.) 3. The people behind those actions when push comes to shove, like when the rights of minorities are being stripped away or a protest they could join happens will, at best, do the bare minimum, more often, do nothing, or, at worst, be a straight up hypocrite and gladly support people that harm minorities. Does Prager U care about any of that? Of course not. The video basically says that this is how all leftists act (which it blatantly isn't true) and that because they are leftists it is stupid and should be made fun of. And also because it doesn't matter if the support was performative or not, it was support of a leftist cause period, so therefore it is bad. Conservatives get incredibly whiny during Pride month, because any support, genuine or not, is bad. It's so fucking aggravating because it's like, I agree that liberals that do shit like this are fucking stupid and annoying, but for completely different reasons that aren't bigoted.

[@berryjuice8704]

3:00 fun fact! "furcht" is german for "fear" and "gott" is german for god.. her name is "diana feargod"

[@FuckTheYoutubeUsernameChange]

2:58 Oh my god, the irony of Diana's last name..... "Furchtgott" is german and literally means "the god of fear". "Roth" is an old spelling of "Rot", which means "red", and usually had the meaning that someone had red hair, but sometimes it was used to describe someone who was fake & full of lies.

[@string-cheese]

just started watching your videos and i’m obsessed. keep up the great content!

[@binkusbonkus]

Conservatives think reparations is like, their black neighbor coming over to their house and demands $100 in cash. Like, that's not what reparations are? No one has ever said that

[@notyourboi4076]

adore this combo, you guys play off each other really well!

[@PanDDRPride]

Hi Ethan, I wish to say, I got introduced to your channel 17 minutes ago, From your video "The Most Deranged Conservative" I have to say, I very much enjoyed the issues you talked about and am glad I was recommended by KZbin your channel, I've subscribed and hope to watch more videos from you :) I didn't exactly know where to send this, Originally though however I found out through watching many of your videos that you prefer comments. I originally sent this through your dms but, I watched more and decide to send it here. I have watched your videos, And you're very much entertaining! I hope to watch more of your videos, And hope you gain more followers :)

[@chelseaminton6836]

This was so much fun to watch! The two of you make for an excellent and hilarious video! Love you both ✌️

[@sephirothswife5004]

love you hilarious kings 💃 the oil is always watching 👁👁

[@MyNamesRevenge]

she really said "fossil fuels are ruining humanity and that's why we need another pipeline!"

[@minabm22]

You guys really amplified each other in this video, both your senses of humor came out very well. Love it, bud keep it up

[@pinklemonade3261]

i rlly liked this collab, y'alls evergy is perfectly matched the whole time. super entertaining video!!

[@spOOkytimes]

I think the main point of people being against pipelines is that it symbolizes and promotes fossil fuels being our main energy source. The Keystone XL Pipeline was also getting oil from the tar sands in Canada, an extremely dirty and energy intensive extraction source. Conservative are arguing the logistics of using an energy source that should be mostly outdated by now.

[@jonathantaman7566]

I lowkey forgot Jordan wasn’t exclusively apart of Jarvis’s existence

[@rblouise6120]

THE COLLAB WE NEEDED THANK YOU

[@AquaticDot]

I'm glad I found Jordan through this video. You're both incredible.

[@mikaela5607]

I love listening to you guys talk, it would be amazing if you did more videos together ☺️

[@MF-R]

Uh oh, the Throat and Eye are trying to kill my ability to watch this! My phone has never struggled to load a video like it is with this one.

[@speed0spank]

"Fine bitch, lobby to put the pipeline through your neighborhood then" is the only response I can muster

[@jaguarluv13]

I’ve watched this 7 times. You guys have the best comedic chemistry, pls collab more!

[@Prysn]

I’ve watched this probably 10 times. Definitely one of my favorite videos you’ve done. ❤️

[@Kazooples]

There is no fracking in Ba Sing Se

[@frogonwall]

it's not a matter of *if* pipelines will leak, it's a matter of *when*

[@Cat-fz1uu]

as a person who's worked with flammable liquids moving through a pipe, there's actually a massive safety issue. especially as the pipe gets longer. sounds like this professor needs to go back to school

[@RaineyLatte]

You guys are so funny! This was very entertaining to watch

[@jasper4373]

HES ONLINE

[@wetsocks811]

The amount of times I ugly laughed I love this video

[@syl3924]

I was just watching this and I go to twitter, turns out a pipeline in Arizona caught fire

[@arcaneplaysgames4747]

"is it prager me or prager you?" lives in my head rent-free