Junk Mail, Explained

[@allieasay8384]

It’s also terrible for the environment, it’s such a waste of paper and potentially gas. Please tell me how to end this!

[@electron8262]

It's just another case where anything that _could_ be harnessed for profit (your attention) _was_ harnessed for profit. The advertising companies realised that this was a way to make money (albeit dirty money), and so they decided to exploit it.

[@ArthursHD]

For digital things, it is simple enough. Use email aliases for each website :) Could get burner numbers for mobile. For the US it could be a bit more difficult. You can get burner credit card numbers as well. For physical mail, there is no option to obscure it. Maybe a P.O. box in the post office. Would be nice if there would service to obfuscate address by using a data matrix code instead. Another option is to shame and not use compasses who print and distribute junk. And put a sticker ej.uz/noAds on the mailbox to avoid junk mail :)

[@Q_QQ_Q]

only change in law can eliminate this problem .

[@matthewthiesen6098]

At my last workplace I would mail it back. The postal service would return it to me. SHRED. or if it wasn't personal I would file under g. Leaving it all in the box works too. It fills up😆

[@aussiereptilesandherping]

In Australia, having a “no junkmail” sticker on your postbox is the norm. I’m not sure if they are as useful in America though.

[@besmart]

Unfortunately, we've created a system in this country where the USPS depends on the bulk/presorted (junk) mail industry for its financial existence. Junk mailers get massive discounts on what it costs to mail an item, and this income translates into a serious portion of the USPS budget every year. Is USPS charges them more, there will be less junk mail to a point, then at some price the junk mailers will stop using USPS and the post office will have even less money than they already do. We've created a catch-22 that we can't escape from until we decide to fund the postal service differently

[@shimon3166]

It’s just insane!

[@BernardoPatino]

ok but we stan!

[@derreckwalls7508]

I'm glad I read your comment before I posted, or I might have repeated it word for word. What I've understood from reports is: get junk mail or don't get any mail at all.

[@humptydumpty4572]

Changing the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2016 could help. It requires USPS to pay for retirement benefits of all of its employees for at least 50yrs. This forces USPS to accept more junk mail to pay for those benefits.

[@bsnow304]

@@humptydumpty4572 2006, but yeah. What an absolutely absurd standard to hold them to!

[@shabbirmisbahi]

12:58 Clicked on this video to see that journey. Yes, a Part 2 would be great

[@sensiblewheels]

Was looking for the comment! Up voted

[@ArtArtisian]

+

[@myadraco2540]

Same

[@tashi_a]

Same

[@2480hanna]

I don't mean to sound mean spirited, but it seems to me like saying "if you're interested I will show part two" while obviously already made the video and planning to upload is a bit... Well not manipulative, but certainly grabbing for likes. It's a bit annoying, especially since he is talking about interesting and important issues that will get attention regardless.

[@ChristopherBillman]

When you get junk mail that includes a postage prepaid envelope you can take everything they sent you and stuff it inside and send it back to them which they then have to pay for. So they get to throw away their own trash and eventually they stop mailing you.

[@whereswaldo511]

I do this all the time!

[@fsenepin]

Interesting, does that really work? Like you've seen an actual impact on reducing the amount of junk mail you receive? I'm so tired of this mess. It's delivered and goes straight to the recycling bin. I don't like the idea of sending it back because it's adding to the already tremendous waste of energy and resources, but if it does mean they stop, it's worth it long term.

[@whereswaldo511]

@@fsenepin It doesn't reduce anything tbh but it's a slightly satisfying feeling to do so

[@billmoyer3254]

That makes no difference but satisfies your revenge paradigm

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

I clip the coupons from grocery stores that I dont, want and sometimes just the ads themselves like, "Look! 2 for 1 on potatoes! Thank you so much for showing me this via junk mail! BUT, I'm not in the mood for potatoes right now, so here, you can have this coupon and this advertisement, I'll just put it in this postage free return envelope and pass the saving right back atcha!" XD

[@masterpuffin]

So here is the legal situation in Germany: Junk mail without your address on it (Postwurfsendungen) is allowed but you can put a "No Advertising" sticker on your mail box which is respected by all mail carriers and works really well in practice. Junk mail with your address on it is legal as well, but you are able to opt out on it on a per vendor basis. There is also the so called "Robinsonliste" which is a list of people which don't want to receive any mail advertising which you can join. Targeted junk mail is actually not an issue here, I might get one or two junk letters per month and I'm not on the Robinsonliste. Advertising by phone (cold calling) is prohibited unless you explicitly opted in beforehand. There is even a law against it (§7 UWG). The same about phone advertising applies to E-Mail advertising and works for corporations based in Germany but not against all the Scams and Phishing stuff from abroad.

[@masterpuffin]

Actually I have just read that a lot of places have a Robinson list, there is even a Wikipedia article about it!

[@maghrebmapping4281]

@@masterpuffin Germany do be a smart country.

[@bene20080]

Well, scams are obviously illegal anyway. The only thing that helps against them is the actual prosecution of the perpetrators, which is difficult abroad.

[@yonieter2]

Same here in the Netherlands; sticker on your mailbox and it works flawlessly. For phone advertising, there is a database where you can register your number, and the companies are not allowed to call you. That also works well.

[@burkiwa]

Similar in the Netherlands. However, the sticker on the mailbox has two options: the mail must have the correct address of this residence, OR it must have the correct NAME and address of this residence. No 'Occupant', or whatever. As well, we have the opt out on a per vendor basis. Also something similar to 'Robinsonliste' I don't know what is called, but it works. We only receive email ads from an organisation that we have 'a relationship' with - ordered from them or donated to them; with the ability to unsubscribe. So, very much the same as Germany. I feel your pain, Johnny.

[@terrence1351]

you can’t just make this video and not make the other one! You’re killing me johnny!

[@zeffery101]

i know, I'm pretty sure he's going to make it anyways. Its just a tactic youtubers do to get more likes and comments to play the algorithm

[@KO47893]

Really, does he even need to ask? Of course I want to see it!

[@LeonBosset]

I also want you to make that video. Having said that, I think your title is misleading. I thought that's what you were going to be talking about! So you hate junk mail. Duh! Btw, maybe we can get around the PO's moving list, but it would cost a little. Open a PO box in your new neighbor hood for a few months, and forward your mail to that. Contact the sender's and give them your new address. After 4 or 6 months, cancel it.

[@spizzlo]

Yeah, and this channel is amazing, but I don't love that. Like, comment if we want to see the plan? This video is called "my plan to destroy junk mail" lol. Yeah dude, we clicked on this video, we want to see the plan. Again, love the channel, maybe tweak the titles.

[@pranavbalakrishnan2047]

@@zeffery101 stonks

[@niklas4813]

In Finland you can just put a sticker on your mailbox saying "No advertisements" and they are not allowed to put junk mail advertisements in your mailbox

[@diazdamarh952]

Aight, thats it. Im moving

[@luukspijker7939]

Same in the Netherlands.

[@EmmyHucker]

In New Zealand too 😌

[@masterpuffin]

Yes but this is only for non targeted advertisement, the kind were your name isn't on the envelope.

[@HossamK1]

Same in Canada

[@legerdemain444]

The thing that pisses me of the most about junk mail is that they use glossy newsprint that makes a ton of ash when you burn it, unlike like regular paper. So it just becomes landfill.

[@aaron5222]

Also useless to compost. Absolutely no way to make use of it. Not to mention it must be why ink prices are so high still

[@fsenepin]

Regardless of what paper they are using, the whole thing is a complete waste of energy and resources. It comes through the letter box and goes straight into the bin.

[@carolthedabbler2105]

Our local recycling center actually has a category called "junk mail." I'm not sure what they use it for, but at least it doesn't go into a landfill.

[@yuanruichen2564]

I use them in kitchen to keep table clean

[@abcdefgh1279]

This situation continues because IT WORKS. I believe the goal is to get about 1% or something around that to potential customers. Then, if only 5% of them come to your shop just because they saw one thing in your brochure, they might as well buy some butter, that's on a great promotion today, or some toilet wipes, get 3 packs, to save 50% off, and so on... The only reason this is still a thing is because it works, and the cost of printing milions each week drops, when the big companies order them in big bulk and signing a long term contract can make costs even lower. They only want you in, then they got you.

[@kotpes]

In Finland, you can put up a sticker "No advertisement" on your door and you will get 0 junk mail.

[@nik_evdokimov]

Just wanted to say that too

[@anmordal-swe2203]

Same in Sweden, BUT they just need to put your name and adress and work around it. How? Swedish Government actually sells our information to corporations without our concent.

[@lexergaming]

Same in Sweden. "No junk mail" but you still get the newspaper. Then just write a new sticker with " no newspapers" and then BOOM. No more junk mail and newspaper deliveries at your door!

[@charlottesommer2210]

Same for Denmark! It is great

[@ThirtyTimesK]

Same in Germany

[@marcopilas]

As dozens have already said: “The Postal Service receives NO tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.” Unfortunately, this gov’t institution is forced to “be creative”. It sucks.

[@danstevens64]

Then privatize it lol

[@CreeepsMind]

Dan Stevens That wouldn't at all solve the problem. Same problem in germany with a private postal service.

[@jeankumik2435]

@@danstevens64 As if that'll make them LESS likely to sell your information

[@friendlylocal3731]

@@danstevens64 Sound like it basically is privatized if it needs to earn its own income.

[@afropenguin]

They where actually making money but their self, but then the goverment made them invest heaps of money they didn't have into pensions for new workers, but didn't give them any money to do it.

[@milanleeft]

In the Netherlands, we just have a NO sticker to put on your mailbox to prevent ‘junk mail’. The ads aren’t targeted anyway and are always in a plastic foil, so you can separate it from actual letters.

[@RichardHernandez-pz7bt]

that would definitely help but the u.s postal service would never do us the kind gesture of separating it for us lol and I don't blame the delivery dude

[@jaapspruitenburg6625]

@@RichardHernandez-pz7bt In Holland most of our junkmail isn't delivered by the postal service. They heir kids or low wagers to do a parttime job of dealing this non-addressed junk mail. The addressed one are sometimes still a problem... but (yes we have a but) i got rid of them by collecting them for some time and put retour on it. Scribbled out that porto cost was payed and send it retour. The postal work has double service and they fine the addressed person for the costs that was not added. Those companies need the postoffice to send their junk so will probably pay the fine but get your address out of the system. Or they won't pay and the postal office will come to a conclusion it is extra work for nothing. Had 17 of those addressed junkmail, after just 3 months only 2 to get rid of eventually called those two to say the addressed person had moved out of the system, problem solved. But our country is luckily still a little bit more 'protective' over their people. Although some older generations live still in a American Dream and think that less control and all markets should be open instead of regulation, there are younger generations of Gen X and Y grown up with the internet and also the crisis of 2008 in mind who are more aware of the downsides.

[@jonnamustonen6751]

In Finland our postal service doesn’t deliver ads but private contractors do. So it’s completely separate. And they don’t do that either if you write ”no ads” on your mailbox

[@DirtJutter]

That No sticker gets bypassed more and more often with another sticker on the junkmail that reads "to the residents of (insert adress)".

[@Bolerophon]

Those stickers are just a suggestion, delivery guy can ignore it.

[@TZiko-pu2gj]

In central Europe, you just put a sticker on your mailbox saying “no advertisement” and the mail you get is actual mail, or if you subscribed with your neighborhood’s grocery store to get their coupons. I can go for weeks without a single piece of mail in my mailbox.

[@shelbyb9965]

I only have two bills that come in the mail monthly but I still get mail every single day. All of it junk except those two pieces of mail I've actually asked for and occasionally something like my car tag expiration notice which is only once a year. It's insane.

[@killer88901]

The reason those phone calls just hang up is because the machine is testing to see if the number is working. So when you answer, it knows to forward your number to scammers.

[@bigjd2k]

If you get a call from an unknown number, answer but don’t say anything. A real caller will say “Hello?” but an automated dialler will think it’s a machine, flag it a “bad” number and move on. Do that a few times and you get a lot less of these calls!

[@Frog_Wizard801]

@@bigjd2k I do the same thing, after a while it only happens every few months, the one time my friends said the sperm bank answer machine prank I started getting a ton every day. Thankfully it stopped after about a month. But yeah, it really works to just be silent, more people need to see this comment

[@isaacwilcox3010]

@@bigjd2k Really!? I’m trying this immediately. I get like 10 of these damn things a day. If this actually works I’ll be forever grateful.

[@mrspikiespike4807]

It's not just scammers, it's telemarketing agencies. Like Sunless said, its a machine testing if the number is active, it then forwards this active number on to marketing agencies that then sell the numbers to it's company customers so they, in turn, call you to try and sell you something. I know this cause I use to own an advertising agency. When a customer wanted to increase its sales, I would call my specialist Telephone Sales company. This company buys hundreds of phone numbers from the people that own the machines that check active phone numbers. Then they would randomly call people and try to sell my customer's crap to them.

[@mjc0961]

@@mrspikiespike4807 "It's not just scammers, it's telemarketing agencies." Telemarketing agencies are just a different flavor of scammer.

[@hermanhartvig8025]

In Norway we have a little sticker that says “no advertisements” and the mailman doesn’t put advertisements in your mailbox

[@susanholl5994]

New Zealand too.

[@incredibleimogen9709]

Australia too

[@Bastard_Operator_From_Hell]

Germany as well.

[@asgersisseck7067]

About to write the same in Denmark

[@kurt-jq8dh]

when its dark you cant read it

[@SirWade]

This video is AMAZING - I've been so mad about junk mail for literally EVER and never really thought about how it ends up in my mailbox / sitting in a stupid pile on the counter. I 10000% want to see the part 2 :)

[@yahx1]

Remember, that splendid hair isn't shampooed! *mind blown*

[@m.claire3734]

Oh my gosh I forgot that

[@teenie_1]

Lol i thought that on the last video

[@dani_a_biro]

@@m.claire3734 After seeing that shampoo hoax video, I quit using shampoo. And you know what? My hair is silky smooth and very easy to comb (combing my hair was a nightmare in the morning after washing my hair with shampoo)

[@esshor.]

Still gross. you need to wash your hair. My scalp gets sore if I don’t wash mine. I reckon the problem was that after he washed, he added product

[@peterimu]

@@esshor. yes u need but not with shampoo. I quitted using shampoo in the hair more than 4 years ago

[@EmmyHucker]

Johnny Harris titles: an observation most people miss + awakening everyone's awareness to it

[@violtnewmen]

Really NOT a trump fan but this is exactly what he is saying. We fund this BS. WE PAYfor FEX etc... to deliver their boxes,mail the last mile!! Why? Yes now not the time to cut postal service. AFTER election it really needs to be updated. Just like toll takers a lot of PO is outdated.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@violtnewmen this isn't what Trump is saying at all. He says that the postal service (which his government has been running for the past few years by the way) will deliver mail-in-ballots to dead people, dogs and illegal citizens. He's saying that the USPS is conspiring against him in the upcoming election and that to prevent that, America should abandon an entire voting method. He hasn't said once admit any of the problems that the USPS faces because of the financial pressure placed on them by republican laws that force them to pay pensions for the next 50 years... And also demand the post office be profitable. This forces the PO to come up with schemes like this for cash. That's the real problem here, the deliberate attempt to make the post office look incompetent or evil and thus to force privatisation of mail.

[@humptydumpty4572]

Changing the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2016 could help. It requires USPS to pay for retirement benefits of all of its employees for at least 50yrs. This forces USPS to accept more junk mail to pay for those benefits.

[@kawi2670]

@@violtnewmen What are you even TALKING about? The USPS is entirely self-funded. No taxpayer money is used for it, which is ridiculous by the way.

[@quantumblurrr]

So... ‘Telling people facts’ then, lol

[@lachlanrobinson2533]

In Australia, the postal service does not send junk mail so it all gets delivered by private organisations. If we don't want it, we simply put a sign on our mailbox to let them know

[@lachlanrobinson2533]

@@TheMrRobdawg oh really? That's interesting, maybe times have changed

[@Kage-jk4pj]

@@lachlanrobinson2533 no its still the same

[@josephdugdale4150]

Do those signs actually work for you? In the UK those signs do nothing and you will get mail junk mail regardless.

[@lachlanrobinson2533]

@@josephdugdale4150 yeah works for me 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@MakeinSarawak]

@@lachlanrobinson2533 That's because they are a legal thing, as in if they stuff junk in your box (hehe) you can call up the company the mail is from and complain, if they keep doing it you can file a complaint and they are responsible. So when they get a call about it, they push the shit downhill to the people who deliver it and they track down the person and ream them. Edit: It also depends on the definition of junk mail, aus post wont deliver anything that isn't addressed to the person, if you put an address+stamp on junk mail and post it it will still get through. Re edit: as a btw often in places with PO boxes like further in the country, the small corner store that hosts the boxes are sometimes contracted to woolies etc to put flyers in and you have to talk to the corner store themselves to have it stopped.

[@monsouranda2822]

I cant believe they cut a whole forest just for this junk papers.

[@mandolinsam7901]

fun fact, paper production has a very low environmental impact. Most of the deforestation in the world to clear land for animal agriculture.

[@hanchenhoste5725]

Even funner fact, tropical forest grounds are drained of water and used as plantages to produce this low quality paper or cardboard. It's directly linked to enormous fires in Indonesia (sinarmas app). Which leads to disastrous environmental and health damages. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXvKqJR6mriahJY&ab_channel=CashInvestigation)

[@Anthony-op7xz]

Elise Hoste that fact isnt fun :(

[@aadithya2]

@@mandolinsam7901 wow really

[@TheNerdyPengwin]

@@mandolinsam7901 true, though... arguably, the animals feed people. junk mail often feeds landfills.

[@AuthenTech]

The millions of forests that are destroyed with junk mail is disgusting.

[@billmoyer3254]

There's 30 million more acres of forest in the US than 20 years ago....get over yourself

[@rojanmaharjan1585]

@@billmoyer3254 The US don't destroy their own forest. You know what they do? They go to other poor countries and destroy their forest, cities. Get over yourself first. I dont know why you only mentioned about The USA. Look at the bigger picture.

[@anonymoususer7286]

@@rojanmaharjan1585 paper is a product and trees are crops. The more paper humans use the more trees they will plant. You can't monetize oxygen (yet) so paper is the only incentive for companies to keep the trees

[@shelbyb9965]

Animal agriculture is the #1 cause of deforestation. If you want to be mad about something, focus your efforts in the right places.

[@iseytheteethsnake6290]

@@anonymoususer7286 when you use so much paper, the trees won't keep up! And your right! Agriculture like animals and plants like soybean destroy the most! Avoid products that come from areas most affected by deforestation!

[@henryrobertgoldsmith8640]

In India you don't get junk mails. Like ever. Ironically, you don't get your regular mail as well.

[@oldaccount9261]

But in Russia junk mail gets you

[@grod3an]

But telemarketing calls, that's a whole another story

[@G4M1N6]

@@grod3an they are probably more interested in the western market since there is a bigger potential for more money, same reason why the typical scammers are all calling into the US ect and less into india itself

[@pratikpatil2646]

but you get so many spam calls, messages and emails.

[@smssllc]

I feel like touts are like junk mail in human form.

[@SUPERDUDEX24]

In the U.S everything is a business. Literally our personal info is being used for profit wow, nice video tho!

[@campkira]

this is why i don't care much about lossing info online.. they will get it somehow...

[@ariellewest5024]

It's sad. In the U.S., being a good customer doesn't mean being super nice, or caring or anything else. It means how much money you spend at a business. I've often heard "he's an asshole, but he's one of our best customers". That's a total oxymoron. As long as you're wealthy or spend a lot of money somewhere, you can get away with a lot of behaviours that the average person couldn't.

[@coolshade789ify]

It’s not only the US

[@beautifulbeaner]

Only in the US? Damn I’m moving to Cuba

[@DanielSeguin]

Unfortunately this is not just the US.

[@MissKim--SP]

I've binged watched all your documentaries. I know they take time but I really like them. You either bring attention to things most people aren't aware of or give us a different perspective on something we thought we already knew. Thanks for that. I hope to see more videos soon.

[@HerreDePerre]

Nofap hardcore mode day one guys. Wish me luck.

[@Skund79]

Same here in Germany If you have such sticker it is illegal to throw in junkmail and you can file an official complain if they do so

[@fabion1716]

Same spain

[@fernandogandara]

Same in Canada, the amount of junk mail they have in the us is just ridiculous

[@sjoroverpirat]

I don't know if I should laugh of pity them.

[@ntsh.3485]

Same here in Switzerland

[@lyiamd829]

12:28 the USPS isn’t funded by taxes it hasn’t for decades.

[@afinepress]

So disappointed in Johnny's lack of clarification here.

[@davinkie3510]

I'm just replying to give this comment more traction

[@petesmith433]

This is the worst time ever to make this error.

[@lyiamd829]

HUGE error

[@niccarlson3788]

Thank you for commenting this, the USPS takes no tax dollars. In addition to this the USPS fulfills its responsibility to deliver mail to all addresses in the Nation which private companies will not do because it is not profitable. And even in doing this the USPS has cheaper postage than FedEx or UPS. If the government allowed the USPS to raise the price of stamps just a bit, I am sure the USPS would not have to commit shady dealings to make it possible to stay afloat.

[@michaelsonner1240]

And that, my dear fellow Europeans, is why we have GDPR.

[@net-tech-]

I agree.

[@rolo_061]

just in theory. Have yet to see it working in reality.

[@kornenator]

Which sounds good, but is actually in most cases just an extra button to press before you can proceed to the content.

[@AeromaticXD]

Yes. (Even us UK folk will still have it as a part of our law - and thank God for that! - also Brexit is so dumb)

[@emilypetrie5527]

My boyfriend is a mailman. They have a company that brings them “junk mail” and they get paid to deliver it to every address. They call it marriage mail. Don’t ask me why. In short, the post office has no choice but to put it in your mailbox. He hates it and it adds 2 plus hours to his work day.

[@FrozenPaint]

This is interesting, everyone I’ve talked to working in sortation views bulk mail as job security. I’m curious to know exactly where the divide is among USPS workers.

[@themajestikmeese]

@@FrozenPaint I, too, was a mailman. The split is person to person. Despite all the extra overtime pay I got, I hated those marriage mailers (messy mailers... door-to-door... box holders... there's many names for it). Some other mailmen said "it's job security" and to "enjoy the extra pay" and "job security". But working 10-12 hours a day, walking up and down roughly 30 city blocks every day... it was rough. No matter what my paycheck looked like. And having to carry all that was heavy too. I had an all walking route when I left. That's my experience anyway.

[@scottb9997]

Why doesn't he just dump it in the 1st recycle bin he sees

[@LukePasqualeCalarco]

@@scottb9997 not sure if it's different in the US, but in Australia they actually send people periodically to check that posties aren't doing this. the only thing i've seen someone get fired over in my time at aus post was not delivering junk mail haha! it makes the company heaps of money so they're really serious about making sure we deliver it.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

@@LukePasqualeCalarco holy shoot, this is bonkers. The mailman cant act on their good intentions either 😢

[@judithtiral5713]

Wow, I had no idea this problem existed, this doesn't happen in Barcelona and I find it nuts that it can actually happen in the USA?

[@TejasM14]

Think of USA as a large country built for the operation of large businesses, and things will start to make sense. What the system deems as being legal is most often what makes the most business sense. There are constitutional limits to everything yes, but the constant and enormous pressure that business puts on the system ensures that things work out in the favor of big businesses and erodes the power of individuals.

[@campkira]

most of the country.. when you get credit card or with bank or with supermarket.. they do had them and send junk mail to you.. in japan. there are also partimer that do go around and drop junk mail to your mail.. it a ilegal for student to do them...

[@pumasheen]

Tejas Mallela very, very well said. This is such an excellent and concise way of describing the American political system. Ragtag, activist citizen groups try to fight against it, but corporate America has relatively limitless amounts of money and armies of well paid professionals who constantly work within the American political and legal system for more corporate power

[@Twelvecarpileup]

In Canada we have Junk Mail like the states. However, you can go to the post office and just sign a form saying "no more junk mail" and it will stop pretty much all of it. I don't get any flyers or anything, but it doesn't stop addressed stuff (which is pretty rare) and it's not allowed to stop flyers during an election of a registered political party. So if I go away for a week or two, my mailbox will have maybe two pieces of junk mail. When I was in the states, if I didn't check my mail every day or so they wouldn't be able to fit any more in it.

[@nahasco]

@@TejasM14 In short words capitalism

[@samuelkaras8911]

Postal Worker Here: Please know that the USPS has been operating since the early 80s while being entirely funded by the sale of stamps, shipping costs, and yes direct mailings.

[@takotacos]

@@wafflesaurus_supreme there have been no taxpayer bailouts since the postal service became self funded in the seventies. It has gotten deferments on payments to the escrow account that funds retiree health benefits, and recently it was granted a $10 billion loan, however that had strings attached and is in fact a loan. There are currently proposals to give emergency funding to the postal service, but those so far have not gotten anywhere. The postal service has needed financial restructuring since around 2009 and the Senate has refused to act. There have been numerous attempts to give funds to the postal service, restructure liability payments, and adjust the business model. Most recently a group of all interested parties supported bipartisan legislation that passed the house in 2018. The Senate refused to vote on it.

[@Starcrash6984]

@@wafflesaurus_supreme Show us a source, Tired_David. www.nonprofitmailers.org/four-usps-myths/ See point #1

[@googiegress]

I think we would be in favor of funding USPS through taxes if it meant an easy opt-out system for junk mail, or if USPS refused to carry junk mail.

[@jaridkeen123]

If you know the secret to get them to leave me alone. TELL ME!

[@cestmirybka]

Move to EU. We have GDPR here.

[@humptydumpty4572]

Changing the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2016 could help. It requires USPS to pay for retirement benefits of all of its employees for at least 50yrs. This forces USPS to accept more junk mail to pay for those benefits.

[@campkira]

you can get some kind of box that will show no junk mail.. it will help reduce but not all..

[@khazermashkes2316]

I would love to see the full video about getting rid of junk mail!

[@minedoimperija]

just move to Europe, junk mail is a thing of the past there

[@RudeGoat]

As a US postal employee. Handing people "junk" mail is like handing someone the spam inbox on their email.

[@spartan0x75]

Johnny, USPS is part of the federal government, but they are self-funded, meaning our tax dollars don't go to the postal service, at least not regularly.

[@BrentHollett]

Subsidies and tax breaks amount to the same thing.

[@BrentHollett]

@Hadi Purwanto uh yes? In every country. A company not paying tax is a potential tax dollar going to a company not a road. Every country in the world does it to bolster their economy.

[@Megatonaxe]

They are NOT apart of the Federal Government they are a private entity

[@rmoreno1826]

therepublicans want to privatized thats why. they break social programs and then come around and say the dont work.

[@kkacpersky]

In the EU we have the "General Data Protection Regulation". You just say "delete my data" and all those letters and calls stop.

[@lnbadi]

In theory it works. The company will stop sending you stuff, but still sell your data to another company, for them to send you crap...

[@snaporatz]

@@lnbadi i believe a company needs to prove that you agreed to it, so they can't just buy it from another company and then spam you.

[@chrissytheconqueror7049]

*laughs in European with you*

[@Alasdair91]

I’m so glad I live in Scotland (and until January, the EU) as we have total control over junk mail, junk calls and junk emails. It’s been so long since I got something in the mail I didn’t want. Of course, we can’t avoid the inevitable supermarket leaflets or Government leaflets, but they are very rare.

[@abhaymanoj3784]

It’s the same in england

[@hoodiedoot]

@@abhaymanoj3784 scotland and england are both part of the same country so it's kind off obvious

[@PurpleDragon506]

Captain_Cheeze123 Scotland has its own legal and parliamentary system so it’s not always obvious what is the same and what is better. It’s very dependant on what powers have been devolved from Westminster

[@ageedtahir3128]

This guy does reports on everything we didn’t know we wanted to know about.

[@evilsaddist666]

In Australia we just attach a no junk mail sign on the letterbox, then if someone deposits junk mail when you have that sign they are liable for a huge fine.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

Unless its an item related to elections bc thats not junkmail 😂

[@WeiYinChan]

Really? How do I actually file a complaint to get them to pay the fine?

[@scottb9997]

I've been told to ignore those signs or to put it on the door step instead

[@inthestyleai]

For it to qualify as "junk mail" in Australia, the material needs to have a commercial purpose. Political campaign material, letters from neighbourhood watch groups, correspondence advising of lost animals, local council newsletters and infringement notices and some community newspapers (without commercial adverts) are not junk mail as it doesn't satisfy the distinction needed.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@inthestyleai yep and any items australia post derlivers(eg flyers for dominos pizza) are listed as australis post mail thus also dont meet the definition

[@elorbo8100]

The Postal Service is not funded by the American Tax Payer. They need to fund themselves by Law. There is a great Video from Knowing better explaining it.

[@tobiasdencker537]

I was just about to say that the US Postal service is so underfunded, that they can't afford not to sell those lists, especially not when Trump refuses to fund them for the Mail-in voting

[@campkira]

they do allow to get funded if some section is nor profitable... since there are also people who break the law in mail...

[@mcearl8073]

Tobias Dencker Your comment doesn’t even make sense. If the post office isn’t funded by the government then there’s nothing for Trump to not fund. Mailing in ballots might provide them with a slight boost in money but it’s hardly much compared to the junk mail that goes out every day and mail in ballots just isn’t a good idea. Surely you can understand why, people have lost their minds when it comes to Trump right now, there’s far too many opportunities for falsifying and tampering with ballots with that. People don’t even let a Trump sign in someone’s yard without messing with it or letting a person just wear a red hat without screaming shit at them.

[@glenjnr10]

I heard him say it and I immediately looked for this comment

[@analaloca27]

Also, maybe not a good time to bash the postal service...

[@Bennie_Tziek]

In the Netherlands we have "nee-nee" -> "no-no" stickers. You put it on your mailbox and then you can fine companies for advertising. So we can opt out for unaddressed Advertisements (first no) and door-to-door newspapers (second no)

[@sjhart14]

I would love to hear about your attempts to avoid direct advertising, because I suspect it is borderline impossible.

[@qayray]

Hi Johnny, here's the situation for Germany: 1. You can stop all advertising by simple putting a "no advertising" sticker on your mailbox. The postal delivery worker has to respect it by law. 2. In addition, you can also stop "personalized advertising" (which has your name on it and might therefore not be recognized by the delivery worker as such) by registering with an organization called "Deutschen Dialogmarketing-Verband" (German Dialogue-Marketing Organization). If you are on their list, companies are not allowed to mail you advertisements. This is strictly enforced. 3. Robo-Calls are generally illegal afaik. --> Result: I receive about 1 (?) unwanted call per year and only advertising mail I have explicitly signed up for.

[@dresutantoo]

In Indonesia, we made two accounts for everything: sim card, email, socia media account, etc. One for really personal, the other for total junk (credit card promo, any kinf of ads, etc), Eventually, we can make clear separation. Hope that helps.

[@arsyapermana1]

We can make more than one simcard? Like SIM A and SIM A? Or two different type of simcard?

[@hanantyofiradiputro107]

Yeah

[@kullingen6909]

@@arsyapermana1 You said "SIM A" 2 times

[@AREZQ93]

I’d definitely love a follow up video sharing steps to take to de-clutter your life from junk mail. I really enjoy your videos. You’re always covering interesting topics and I learn a lot from them. Thank you, and keep up the great work!

[@kathleengrant4341]

The only one I have a problem with is the kind where you just had an in-person conversation with a friend and suddenly a related ad shows up on your phone. It's not ok that "they" are listening to your personal conversations.

[@lateral1385]

I simply don’t believe you.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Dude, this is legit. My friends aren’t as diligent when it comes to privacy settings and these ads pop up on their devices all the time

[@Jim-the-Engineer]

Another thing to help in the fight that Johnny alluded to: NEVER EVER fill out a change of address card! These days, we get limited snail mail that we actually want - it's not that hard to think of who we want/need to get mail from, and inform them independently, so your name doesn't end up on that dreaded list!

[@abel791]

Learned it after watching this video.

[@marshallsokoloff]

Here in Canada, one has to simply put "No Unaddressed Mail" on your mailbox, and it goes away. If you have an apartment style box, Make sure it says that on the INSIDE of the box, in full view of the letter carrier as she/he sorts mail into multiple boxes.

[@ls-rk6hw]

it's such a simple and effective way to deal with junk mail. why the u.s. doesnt have this is mind boggling

[@celticlass8573]

I had one...until the mail carrier (I'm assuming, nobody else has access) ripped it off.

[@marshallsokoloff]

If I could just get rid of telemarketers now. I have a junk e-mail address and that's where most of the junk e-mail goes

[@aMh3c9]

The thing in Switzerland is that even though the Swiss Postal Service won’t usually deliver junk mail you still get some. The companies just employ minimum wage employees who deliver junk mail.

[@dustin628]

Interesting. I could see the US doing the exact same thing, but much lower than minimum wage. Maybe just cash under the table.

[@monoymono9]

Holy cow. Thank you for this video. I knew a lot about this, but because I love your videos and I believe I speak for your subscribers when I say that you need to make the next video. You are very enlightened and you inspire so many of us. Your journalistic style leaves your viewers fulfilled and also wanting more. You're addicting.

[@raywylde210]

So what’s the solution? Attention needs to be brought to the USPS loophole, and especially while they’re under close scrutiny this year. Is there anyone to clear your personal info from these data collection companies completely? I would love to see a follow-up video on this topic and how to purge your online and physical footprint.

[@Zyhmet]

Quickest solution: like so many EU countries, make a law that gives you the right to put a "no adverts" sticker on your mail box. If you get mail ads you didnt subscribe to then you can kick their arse. Works well here. Also robocalls are also banned for the most part (dont really know the laws bout it, but they are no problem round here)

[@davinkie3510]

Yeah also us postal service isn't funded by taxes at all!! That's why they end up doing things like selling your address!!!

[@KRYMauL]

Zyhmet The problem with putting a law like no cold calling is the big companies would probably get mad and push the US to not do it. The US has too many monopolies and not enough people who care to change it.

[@Kappenn]

In Norway you can put a litle sign on your mailbox that says, "Nei takk reklame" or in english "Please no advertisments". And it works, so thats nice.

[@surtrgio]

Here in Switzerland too.

[@Kage-jk4pj]

Same in australia

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Once again the rest of the world solved a problem that the US refuses to because corporate profit.

[@fenrirr22]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 It is not just about corporate profit, the US system is just outdated, lazy and inefficient. It is about a system where most don't want to do real work and you can only get by or get rich by exploiting, robbing, or annoying others. Corporates and capitalism are never at fault, only the government is. For example, Europe is fine with capitalism and profit-oriented corporates because we have a lot of regulations not to be fcked in our private life, not to be exploited by usury loans, credit cards, and predatory systems, and the corporates still don't go bankrupt, and we have paid vacation, "free" healthcare and education system for a far lower additional tax, that what USA citizens actually pay on these two things. Of course, you cannot do these things in the "land of the free".

[@idrisledger]

Johnny’s videos are a masterclass in video essays and editing, truly a video editing god amongst men.

[@dodgeman777]

I was a postman in the UK’s Royal Mail for all-in-all about 5 years in various departments. After it became a private company they basically now rely on junk mail to make the majority of their income and they take it very seriously when it comes to delivering it and we had to make sure EVERY house got one of each of the week’s junk leaflets. The only way to prevent it is calling the local delivery office and opting out, and although it’s fairly easy to do it’s not very well publicised so we’d have a list of only maybe 5 houses per 600-house route who had bothered to do so. Even if someone has a notice on their letterbox saying ‘no junk mail’ we were still technically supposed to deliver it unless they’d officially opted out. I hated having to do it

[@sarvjotsingh]

In India, the postal service doesn't even deliver important mails on time, just forget about the junk mails. 😂

[@mandeepashiya2229]

lmfao ikr, but we do get them inside newspapers, even though less frequently, plus it is mostly about some local business so i dont mind that much

[@Xryujfdjd]

Nope..that is not my experience I live in rural area.it’s delivery may be late but it certainly reaches so stop bullshitting about India.

[@sarvjotsingh]

@@Xryujfdjd that's literally what I said. Stop shiting in the comments

[@abnav9941]

@@Xryujfdjd angry indian stan SHUT UP FOR GOD SAKE DONT YOU KNOW ENGLISH

[@YO-kj9zj]

For me Indian postal service is more reliable than speed post and DTDC I think you probably live in caves

[@moon200070]

Actually, wrong at 10:12, the postal service receives no US tax money, even though it is a government agency. It runs independently. I read a decent amount about this topic, but of course, I could be wrong. Just to make sure, I went to Wikipedia and this is a small line I found regarding taxes and the USPS: "Since the early 1980s, many direct tax subsidies to the USPS (with the exception of subsidies for costs associated with disabled and overseas voters) have been reduced or eliminated."

[@davinkie3510]

You're right its required by law to be completely self sufficient, and gets no taxpayer money as a result. It makes a lot of money delivering packages for amazon currently

[@washuotaku]

Yep. I was like, well Mr. Harris didn't do all his research. Would be interesting if he does a mistakes video similar to CGP Grey (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5KXgoB8hqaHmdE). Knowing Better did a good video on the USPS (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j33chmSNeLaEbqM).

[@mmcgahn5948]

Why then, is the stimulus bill being delayed over.... the government giving billions of tax dollars to the Postal Service

[@davinkie3510]

@@mmcgahn5948 the goverment gives no money to the us postal service please google if you don't believe me

[@WWH10]

@@mmcgahn5948 In 2006 Congress forced the Postal Service to pre-fund all of its retirement benefits 75 years into the future. They were given 10 years to collect 75 years worth of money and do literally nothing with it. After 12 years of having to issue debt to accumulate money in a fund for no reason, the PO can't issue more debt. They got a $10b loan in March which is just more debt, there isn't enough money to operate the post office because CONGRESS DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO SHOVEL 75 YEARS OF PENSIONS INTO A PIT.

[@amaurygantet555]

In Europe you can just put a STOP or NO ADS sticker on your mailbox. And for calls and messages you just reply stop to them and they are legally obligated to not contact you again. That is what we call CONSUMER PROTECTION

[@crazydinosaur8945]

u don't understand the US. there u are not the consumer u are the product

[@jimstevetom]

I've always been blown away by the amount of money spent on that crap. Now the junk mail is becoming like the scam callers. I get letters that look like official government notices, but they're actually scammers trying to scare me into paying for an extended car warranty, which is an investigative journalist topic of it's own!

[@tim8323]

Here in there Netherlands we can put "NO-NO" or "NO-YES"-stickers on the front door or the mailbox. A NO-YES sticker means NO unaddressed advertising and YES door-to-door papers (I don't know the correct translation for the latter one, but it's for local newspapers and such). And there's a NO-NO variant, which means NO unaddressed advertising and NO door-to-door papers. These stickers will be provided by your municipality when you ask for them. (You can find them when you look for "ja nee sticker" on the internet, in case you want to know what they look like.)

[@dklouwens7559]

Tim g e k o l o n i s e e r d

[@vinrod4]

In Sweden: "No commercial, please, except for the IKEA catalogue". For real.

[@0Flow0]

Here in Finland you just put a 'no ads' sticker on your mailbox. I only get my actual mail. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bruhman4268]

finland

[@Not_Aaron_]

Yeah, that was the first thought, I thought that was possible everywhere lmao

[@VUJXNU]

If only the big news companies reported with the diligence you do. Thank you for the effort and the insightful content

[@prjndigo]

0:12:25 worse than that, the USPS can track when you simply have told banks/merchants your new address without doing a forwarding and automatically complete the forwarding process to put you on that list.

[@fncvt]

USA: Too much junk! EU: "laughs in GDPR".

[@NiklasForsman1]

Yeah, it would be illegal for companies to just hoarder contact information in order to send junk mail.

[@Rinssi_from_Finland]

The issue even with GDPR is people not reading terms and conditions and privacy statements. You enter a lottery and in the small print it says that you allow them and their partners to send you advertisement.

[@JulianGommers]

In The Netherlands you can put a local government supplied sticker on you mailbox stating “NO to unaddressed mail” basically stopping all advertising you’d receive by mail.

[@Brato1986]

I have "no ads" sticker on my door, but many junk mail use now adressed mail so it goes "through" the filter so to say.

[@nicolescats2]

Problem is that the change of address form asks for your full name in order to use it. And brokers buying it from social media companies instead have what looks like a full name or even your real name depending on how your account was set up. Most junk mail in the US is mail addressed to you, with only the occasional mail piece having "current resident" in the name slot. As a result, fixing this system would require significant changes that the government just isn't interested in doing.

[@moncala7787]

This is the second time I’ve watched a video of his waiting for the fix he promises in the beginning and then he ends with “if enough people comment asking, I’ll gladly make that video”. Can’t say I’m pleased with that

[@kawi2670]

Yeah a lot of people have also commented this. It's a trick youtubers use to make people comment more and help them make more money by having more commenters. I think it's really transparent and makes us feel quite used, to be honest.

[@moncala7787]

Ka Wi i don’t think its about increasing the volume of comments, it seems more likely to be a ploy to stretch content out over two videos and increase the views. Comments and Likes don’t make money views do.

[@eccentriastes6273]

@@moncala7787 But the more comments you get, the more your video will show up in people's recommended, which leads to more views. And now I'm part of the problem by commenting here.

[@jagmanak]

You guys are right. It's all about viewing, likes and comments together.

[@bcma9144]

I feel like he ask that cause u don't know if the video is gonna a be a hit so he wants to make sure people are actually interested in this

[@naomikipfer8713]

incredible video as always. been binging your videos, and have loved each one. thank you for making this kind of content, Johnny, and educating us about important issues going on around the world. keep doing what you're doing!

[@breseboy]

“What we decide to pay attention to matters.” I agree completely. But what we decide to say matters too. I know it’s misconception that the USPS if funded by tax payer money, sadly it’s not. When the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 was passed into law, the United States Post Office Department was abolished. And a new quasi-corporate structure was created - the USPS we know now. With this new law came a new revenue mandate, that the USPS would not receive tax payer money and instead they would collect revenue through things like stamps and deliveries. The Postal Reorganization Act and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 are the two reasons for slow mail delivery, long lines, and junk mail. The USPS is a wonderful social service. It provides communication, prescriptions, financial aid, equitably throughout the country. Unfortunately, this is a problematic time to be taking an attack on the USPS with the mail-in ballots being in the news. I’ve been watching and enjoying your videos for a while now and would be proud of you if you decided to create a clarifying video.

[@tdawg5510]

Mail carrier here. Thanks for posting this!

[@takotacos]

Rural carrier here. Thanks for posting this. I can't begin to count how many times I've had to explain this to friends, family, and customers.

[@zachstevens4205]

Rural Substitute Carrier here, thanks for posting this! Sadly it feels like no matter how much we explain, no one actually get this!

[@lebu5825]

I feel like an old angry lady every time I go to the mail and find that 95% or more of that I get is junk. 😭

[@trentdawg2832]

Me too

[@cameronswansson4125]

The post office isn’t funded by taxpayer money, that’s part of the problem.

[@thetayz72]

They could make an option for you to go ad-free by paying a small subscription fee to get your mail without any ads ... Personally I'd rather deal with the occasional 1lb of Salmon for $5.49 mailer a few times a month than cough up even more money just to exist. I've got plenty of bills as is. Same reason I wouldn't want it to be tax-funded, since then they will probably just raise my taxes, creating the same problem of higher costs of living ...

[@andrewovery6458]

@@thetayz72 why should your ability to not have the "red line" crossed be dependent on your wealth?

[@benficaM8888]

my apartment building managed to get rid off junkmails. by installing a door that locks all the time. You need a swiper key to go both way. So someone can't just sneak in without being trapped in the mail room.

[@PBMS123]

12:30 you'd think after all the research you did that you'd find out that the USPS is self funded.

[@krisd5697]

@Nick Arjomand it's a loan. They have to pay it back.

[@kullingen6909]

They do not have enough money to do their job.

[@rohanmahantesh2382]

Jhonny: Annoyed of the junk mail he receives. Me (an Indian): I never receive any sort of junk mail and on the contrary, I do not get the regular ones either!

[@Marco-hb3ge]

Mail is one of those things that Americans have that I just don’t understand the need of having.

[@parikv99]

Haha so true, even the mail we want doesn’t arrive xD

[@yunus_m_benli]

In The Netherlands we just put a ‘No Junk Mail’ sticker on the mailbox. And voilà problem solved.

[@nathanvrvrt]

Same in belgium and it works perfectly

[@ginnymarch]

Same in England 😅

[@dennisverweij4817]

Can also just be a bit of duct tape with "nee nee" on it, they are supposed to respect that as well. (at least I was told to when I worked at PostNL)

[@justinmerpaw1234]

He answered the robocall. The reason they hang up is cause you answered. All they wanted to know was when you would answer. That's why you get like 10 calls a day. I hardly ever get robocalls cause I never answer them.

[@assumptionsoup]

I haven't ever answered and I get a call every two weeks for an extended car warranty. Also, a ton of calls in Chinese. I've completely stopped answering my phone at this point. My point is, it doesn't matter. Robo calls are cheap, and there's nothing to stop them. Even if you don't ever answer

[@justinmerpaw1234]

@@assumptionsoup even if you hang up the phone without answering - it still tells them when you would notice the call

[@assumptionsoup]

@@justinmerpaw1234 it's an interesting hypothesis, but I can't find any evidence of this. I believe calls should ring the same number of times and go to voice mail, whether you reject the call or ignore it.

[@annettevillain4352]

Another way your phone number is sold is when you 'text the word to win a thousand dollars'

[@ananas_anna]

“I hate junk mail” Wow, hot take there Johnny.

[@rocksnaek]

In Finland you put "No Ads" sticker on your mailbox and you're golden

[@afarbasquiat7368]

Love your vídeos, hoping for more travel vids after Corona those are inspiring

[@wildbill7267]

4:30 I’d add one more unwanted marketing to the personal space - door to door sales. When I moved back to the suburbs, now I get people knocking on my door around 5 PM-7PM trying to sell solar panels, roofing, siding, Internet connections, etc. They stopped during the pandemic lockdown not now they are back. Literally a human pop-up ad.

[@TheNigahiga2]

This is just a long way of saying he's moving to Switzerland lol

[@Maxime_K-G]

Haha, you're completely right!!

[@studiodreamken]

I wanna move there too! But I doubt many countries want in influx of American immigrants...

[@soccerruben1]

Well maybe, if Vox laid him off since they have an office in DC.

[@a_yan6581]

As a Swiss citizen i can confirm that they ask you whether you want unwanted sh*t to be sent to your house. And i said no.

[@RedBreadTV]

@@a_yan6581 And that highly likely didn't change much right? The swiss post and other companies still put junk mail into mine and everyone else's letter boxes.

[@nuttloaf]

In Australia, you can just put a sticker on your letterbox saying "No junk mail" and they are not allowed to put junk mail advertisements in your letterbox

[@organicallydanica]

That doesn't always stop them unfortunately. I've caught a few people sticking junk mail in my letterbox despite the sign, and I usually tell them off for it from my front room. It's kind of hilarious, they don't know they're being watched! 😂

[@itchy7879]

Fun fact: The Postal Service has not taken any taxpayer money since the 80's - it's fully self-sufficient.

[@parzival4066]

no it's not

[@smthsmthsmths]

I love that band

[@auggo]

I wouldn’t say it’s self sufficient since it’s been losing money ever since it became independent

[@parzival4066]

2019 - $8.8 billion loss 2018 - $3.9 billion loss 2017 - $2.7 billion loss 2016 - $5.6 billion loss 2015 - $5.1 billion loss 2014 - $5.5 billion loss 2013 - $5 billion loss 2012 - $15.9 billion loss 2011 - $5.1 billion loss 2010 - $8.5 billion loss 2009 - $3.8 billion loss 2008 - $2.8 billion loss

[@itchy7879]

@@parzival4066 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j33chmSNeLaEbqM The main reason for this is that the postal service is required to pay for retirement benefits in advance, not because it is inherently unsustainable.

[@benpedler]

Hey Johnny, I am seeing a reoccurring theme in your videos where you bring up issues that have been solved in other countries. Have you considered escaping the fundamentally flawed American system and moving?

[@randomlyrandoization]

I was gonna write a long sarcastic reply to this, but my heart wasn’t in it to be mean. So here is what I honestly have to say: It’s not easy, nor is it cheap to move to a new nation and be able to keep doing the same job that you currently do. For some, yes it is achievable, but for many others, doing such a thing is risking your entire livelihood on it. If your house has a leaky pipe that is dripping water on the floor, thus causing problems, you should fix the leak instead of moving into a new house in the other neighborhood. We should stop running from these problems and find solutions to fix or eliminate them. Running away from the issue is not getting rid of it,

[@nathanvrvrt]

@@randomlyrandoization his job is travelling (when there was no covid) so he could move. And he loves Switzerland so he could move to there and enjoy his days. They have english schools so his kids can also go to school there. Offcourse its different for everyone. But this isnt a pipe in his house thats broken and if it is.... He is allready moving, you see :)

[@SweetasSugar42]

Agreed, it can seem ridiculous to complain and not work to solve such complaint. However there is a lot that overrides moving to solve a problem. What about family? Friends? Traditions? Nostalgia? Wanting your kids to have the same experiences you had? Coming from a country of immigration(Ireland) you’d be surprised the amount who will sacrifice a better life to move back home to Ireland. There’s nowhere like home!

[@brandonkey181]

We need to have a discussion on what the word fundamental means. Most of the issues stand on their own, and are up to people to change.

[@aeolia80]

@@randomlyrandoization totally right! I'm in the lucky position to immigrate (French husband). And it's already hella hard!!!!! Sooooooo much freakn paperwork and money spent just to get this precious long stay visa. And the US will NEVER leave, me alone unless I renounce my citizenship, which can be extremely expensive and even more paperwork

[@cdeluna43]

This follow up video needs to happen. I'm so sick of these spam calls.

[@Munden]

Over 20 years ago I invented the Smith family, Bob, Rachel, James, and Sam and signed them up for different things online. To this day I still get spam addressed to the Smiths, even though they've never responded to a single piece of mail.

[@GwenRayden]

But, Johnny, you didn't talk about your plan to end it! It's in the title!!

[@soccerruben1]

It's clickbait to get us to click it, though I hope he actually does a follow-up on it.

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

*unlocks the secrets of space and time* *holds them hostage until the algorithm is engaged*

[@oidirk]

What I hate is that I pay KZbin each month so I don’t have to see ads. However in almost every video (even yours) I still get ads (Storyblocks). My action to stop this is to actively avoid buying anything advertised in videos and canceling items that I have (like Audible) and let them know why I am canceling.

[@josephrobinson9318]

I'm on board with ads being reduced, but unless you create or figure out some other financial incentive for the content creators it won't even be possible to be a full time KZbinr.

[@harisalic2568]

Yeah but those ads you can easily skip with a few taps unlike the KZbin ads

[@sorudesarutta]

@@harisalic2568 but he pays to not see ads...

[@annettevillain4352]

I'm paying to not see the ads also. So as soon as the youtuber starts hawking his merch, I turn off video.

[@dacisky]

@@annettevillain4352 I grab the little red bar with my pointer and skip the entire ad.

[@karolinasimaskaite3421]

I think you should make a clarifying follow up to this. as some stated in the comments below, you've got the USPS financing info wrong. and it's extremely important to be 100% accurate, especially in informative videos. AND especially before the voting. Love your other videos, though. Especially map/history. Keep up the good work.

[@Maxime_K-G]

In Belgium we also have a sticker system. You can either choose to opt-out of receiving advertisement folders, free press, or both.

[@Jk-cx7ko]

I have never gotten a robocall in my life haha. That’s the good part of being European

[@abraxamovic]

So lucky. I get them all the time, I even got once a spam call from fucking ANTARCTICA!!

[@humminster]

@@abraxamovic antartic????

[@abraxamovic]

@@humminster I swear to God, fucking Antarctica

[@BeardOfDan]

@Jk Spam robo-callers do affect Europe, or at least parts of it. My (incomplete) understanding of it is that they focus on America, but do go for other English speaking countries as well. If you haven't had to deal with that though, hey, that's great.

[@BeardOfDan]

@@abraxamovic They probably just used a false caller ID. It's evidently not difficult to pretend to be calling from any given phone number (part of how they get you to pick up the phone).

[@markwilkins3099]

Yes! Make the video on the process of getting rid of Junk Mail. Thank you!

[@milagros77to]

Actually the USPS isn't taxpayer funded.

[@srikrishnajay]

Haven't you watched the news. Donnie is holding the funds for the USPS so they don't have the time and resources to deliver the voting ballots. Those funds are tax payers money! 😏

[@davinkie3510]

Just replying to give this comment more traction

[@jwebb1]

Neil is dead on about this.

[@sillihdarnoc]

"Too much of my life is spent sifting through information that I don't want to look at..." *plays advertisement*

[@nate9361]

Is no one talking about the impact junk mail has on trees, and thus our climate? When will we do things for the sake of humanity and the earth?

[@nathangreene3]

It all goes straight to recycling for me and my apartment complex doesn't provide recycling, so I know the majority of my neighbors are just trashing their unwanted mail.

[@amystaahs2118]

Yes! The junk mail is such a waste of resources on multiple fronts. Most people throw out or recycle the junk mail without looking at the content. Which some junk mail is not able to be recycled. It's such a waste.

[@mfilmtyler]

Right? Especially when so often I receive ads (mainly the political kind) that are printed on plastic-coated card stock that isn't even recyclable.

[@CubicApocalypse128]

@@mfilmtyler Turn it into charcoal and bury it to help sequester a completely insignificant amount of carbon.

[@gauthamkrishna3174]

I love Johnny's type of content creation

[@davidestrada4942]

When I attended university, in a dorm or near apartment, I had just gotten a new phone number and I had a good adblocker installed on my computer(back before websites could restrict content). Because of this I would see only a small fraction of ads an average person would see. I became extremely aware of how much better my mental health was at that time. Whatever you can do to reduce the amount of ads you’re exposed to, I recommend.

[@Benzi514]

"every person watching this video has an extensive profile" *confused European looks all around*

[@sandrajones8245]

😂🤣😂 I often wonder if I, a person from London, has a deep trail of all the things that make me me up for sale? In reality it's not that bad, I mean yes they're still intrusive and I do get telemarketers, but it's not that bad. I can't wait to up and leave this country for somewhere like Vietnam, Malaysia or The Philippines

[@jimpad5608]

If have ever been alive, the GLOBAL data brokers have your data. While European law supposedly prevents this, they do it anyway.

[@nathanvrvrt]

This comment is so funny hahaha 😂

[@josemanuelmurguia8970]

*laughs in Mexican bc we don’t have mail box bc the stick your taxes in you door*

[@Jason_Chart]

Here is some insight from a Postman in Germany. The average German Postbox receives 36kg of ads every year. There are three kinds of printed advertisement. The bulk, the ones which you opted for and unwanted Addressed ads. A "No Adds" sticker will save you from the first although many third party vendors ignore it anyway. Ads with your Name and Address is mostly Catalogs from online shops, flyers from Banks, insurances, enclosed letters with more ads etc. These are officially from some website or institute that people used and consented in the use of their data. (unaware) The third category is the tricky bit. An entire industry has access to your data, and they get good deals in printing and delivering their ads, especially in low months. All the above plus packages pay the Postman's salary. (not the ordinary letters.) Sometimes the volume is so high, that the Postman has to call it a day and delay important letters for the next day. And lets not forget about the ecological footprint of the gig. We are talking about thousands of Tons of garbage, both paper and the plastics enclosures, plus the energy wasted to manufacture. Heartbreaking. Funny Fact: Grandmas get catalogs from EVERY online shop/telemarketing there is! Thank you John for this vid.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

greek ?

[@julianweiland3313]

Thanks for this video. I will forward this video to everyone who says the GDPR Law in the EU is crap. Thanks to privacy laws like this, we don't have such junk mail problems. In Germany spam phone calls are generally prohibited. If you still get such a call you can easily report it via an online form on the website of the supervisory authority.

[@adolfilyichmarx9589]

"I never gave them permission to have that access" *clicks accepts terms and conditions on everything they sign up to without asking*

[@vladiiidracula235]

Yes, but the problem is choice, your privacy or the most useful tool of our time

[@sherrisherlockholmes9602]

Love your profile picture ❤️

[@tomofthenooks1470]

I feel like Australia is a mix of good and bad. You can just place a ‘no junk mail’ post it note or something on your mailbox and they’ll skip you. I’ve also never gotten an advertisement phone call.

[@illestvillain1971]

Same. GDPR

[@dustin628]

The non stop phone calls, and now texts, are kind of a new thing. Cell phones used to be totally off limits. Somewhere along the line that changed. And when an election rolls around youd think you had the deciding vote the way they blow your phone up here.

[@Ruslan-S]

Australia is a mix of awesome and magpies

[@Maxime_K-G]

"What would it take to completely rid my life of all junk mail?" Meanwhile in Europe, you get almost none, and if you still don't want it, you simply put a sticker on your mailbox. Maybe you can try that too? Put a big red sticker on your mailbox that says "NO SPAM" and see what happens?

[@jarodh-m6099]

U.S. Postal Workers are required to deliver everything destined for your address unless there is some safety issue with the package or your mailbox, so nothing would happen.

[@kawi2670]

Nope, doesn't work. American here who lives in Europe. On my most recent trip back to States, I attempted to do this on the mailbox. The mailman completely ignores it and delivers it. They're "required" to deliver anything that has my address on it, even when I say don't do it. It's absurd.

[@Maxime_K-G]

I kinda expected that to be honest. If a single person would send you that much unwanted mail, they'd be seen as stalkers but if a company does it that's fine. There really should be a way to opt-out. It's kinda messed up that there isn't already...

[@danstevens64]

This video is about America. You are the 1000th comment saying this exact thing. We don't care.

[@Maxime_K-G]

Then don't read the comments you silly goose, go do something else.

[@AaronTremblay]

I am definitely in for the video explaining how you got rid of all these things. I am trying to myself but not making much progress