The White Headhunter

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Further reading: The White Headhunter by Nigel Randell. This has been republished as "Jack Renton: The 19th-century sailor who became a South Seas headhunter" by Nigel Randell Evan.
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[@Oll1000]

"He was so angry that he went to raid the enemy all on his own" Luck 10

[@benzpinto]

well, had he maxed up his intelligence to 10, he would be telling that to the chief kabou when he got caught. lol

[@Reginaldesq]

Yes, unbelievable luck in fact. More likely the boss didn't want to lose face. So, my slave didn't escape from me, no, he was trying to honour me by attacking my enemies. That's why he's the boss. Clever.

[@scottdodge6979]

The boss was probably amused. I figure he probably knew considering it sounds like he made up the story using his prior knowledge of Renton's comrades. I'm going to have to get a copy of his diary, his relationship with the village and the boss is really curious to me.

[@Fetherko]

@@Reginaldesq Such was the plot to Catch-22: Yossarian dumped his bombs and deserted combat in his B-24. His commander decided to rewrite the story as a heroic raid. The Air Corps did not want publicity for a desertion because it would inspire other air crew to desert.

[@Exedus20]

I hunted down the island he was on, google earth, and you can totally see where the whole thing played out.

[@bbasil1312]

It's pretty ironic how this whole story happened to him because he didn't want to live on an island

[@LegoegoBanana]

Hey at least he was on a tropical island

[@sparetime2475]

The auknese where he lived was an island

[@sparetime2475]

Before he signed up for the ship

[@wierdalien1]

@@sparetime2475orkneys

[@kidthebilly7766]

@@sparetime2475 they werent tropical tho lol

[@rickb1973]

I think there's a good chance that Kabu made up the story of Renton's one-man revenge mission. It saves the Big Man the loss of face from having his slave escape and makes life a little better for Renton upon his return, thus making him less likely to try to flee again....This might have been an attempt at a rather clever move on Kabu's part.

[@PapaTrike]

That's my thought to yeah. It's embarrassing to not only have a slave escape but steal from you weapons, food. and a canoe. Smart move and it's not like primitive people are stupid. Ignorant sure but they're not stupid.

[@burt591]

I mean, from their perspective he stole the war canoe, a club and six spears and headed straight to the enemy village. So the most logical explanation was that he was trying to attack them. Also from their perspective white people were people from the sea, so if he were trying to escape he would have headed straight to the ocean

[@maxvanbroekhoven2308]

that may explain the giggling. he giggled when thinking about telling this story

[@cameronfielder4955]

Loyd is such a great storyteller. No need for pictures no need for editing or any of the fancy bells and whistles because he’s just that good

[@pinchebruha405]

I need pictures i love pictures and i am a creative visual person i want to see them the same way people who love to read words needs glorious variation in their words!

[@markharrisllb]

I’ve just spent an hour enthralled in a story of a man I have never heard of, told in one take by another man I've never heard of facing a camera. No props, very few photos just lots of passion and enthusiasm, incredible, thank you.

[@MrEscrowreview]

i was thinking wow i could do this. until i realized he did it one take.

[@peterkoller3761]

for another narrator with a very entertaining - yet very different - style of narration, check out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4SVamyMoL2Nrqs

[@jcg702]

Same haha. Never heard of either of these guys.

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Great teacher attitude. If my teachers had been half this engrossing they would have deserved talking shit about their pay in front of the class, day after day.

[@colbymitchell3643]

D

[@tamerofhorses2200]

Lindy: "Let me mention something quickly" **makes an hour long video**

[@wobblysauce]

Where is the Lindy section on Audible?

[@pulsespear9914]

Their servers don't have the capacity to store all that.

[@battowsai]

and the thing is - im not bored i could listen to him all day ;) i wish i would have had a history teacher like him.

[@Ki113r210]

Me: oh this newer video from Lindy looks interesting, i'll give it a quick watch *watches the whole video before realizing its over an hour long*

[@rickbeniers667]

this is why I love this channel

[@bradlouie945]

He’s the history teacher we should have all had. But instead he’s the guy KZbin suggests and that’s okay.

[@montestout1006]

Cus , englishmen blow !

[@jacobmccandles1767]

@@montestout1006 I'll wager you've slobbed a knob or thirty. Lloyd kicks ass!

[@stevebaker4319]

One of my History Teachers was the most impactful, the second most was another History Teacher. Love the subject, this guy is GREAT!

[@killerki5777]

@@stevebaker4319 hes a kiddie

[@killerki5777]

@@stevebaker4319 fiddler

[@Green-The-Mafia]

I love how he sidetracks randomly, but you don't care because you get to learn an extra nugget of history.

[@YOQUE2xgpxTRiu]

"Time flies when you're headhunting." - Lindybeige, 2018.

[@malcolmc.7288]

"But stay in school" Noble(aka Lost Pause) - 2017

[@Downloadguy1995]

It is fascinating how anime people also do enjoy Loyds Content^^

[@fdumbass]

Huber Sepp I think it's simply become more mainstream and common nowadays.

[@Downloadguy1995]

Yeah but anime yts are still quite niche in my opinion. But more people watching loyds videos is always good.

[@YOQUE2xgpxTRiu]

@@Downloadguy1995Dude, my avatar is a picture of a real person.

[@SophisticatedBanjo]

Not to be confused with that infamous dermatologist, The Whitehead Hunter.

[@letmeoff6447]

That was quite clever.

[@craigwatts1448]

for some reason i just heard a banjo being played and at the end of the decrescendo a single note crescendo appears... completely off key. or is it the pun i read.

[@samuelparker9882]

SophisticatedBanjo You're killing me bro! lol.

[@eddyraye5825]

LMFAO

[@kelleren4840]

Bahahaha --well played 😂😂

[@thatsteampunkguy6528]

This man survived so much and learned so much just to be killed by the ignorance of others.

[@daveirwin6903]

What I found playing MMO’s and role playing games: the stupidest guy in the party is the one who gets everyone else killed.

[@verycooleveryonesaysso]

@@daveirwin6903 Leroj Jenkins, anyone?

[@awadhyzidii]

​@@daveirwin6903 ص. ش ط ن😊

[@madyjules06]

4:35... “Now, you all know what democracy is, that’s five wolves & a sheep deciding what to have for lunch! “ 🤣!! That has to be the most spot on definition I’ve ever heard … this guy is a trip!!

[@halotrixzdj]

They say that in America, too! It's talking about majority politics versus minority politics, the minority always gets fucked over.

[@organicportalphobic9601]

In a republic the sheep just so happens to own a gun. Lol

[@dansaunders1655]

@@organicportalphobic9601 But doesn't use it because he has too much respect for the wolves dressed in blue

[@organicportalphobic9601]

@@dansaunders1655 storming the capital in attempt to kill Democratic leaders sounds like some major respect to me yeah...

[@kristofevarsson6903]

@@organicportalphobic9601 Attempting to overthrow a tyrannical government is entirely legal, as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, and codified in the Constitution. If you didn't call Madonna, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Kathy Griffin, Snoop Dogg, etc. on their bullshit for inciting revolution against Republican leader, you should probably stop talking.

[@hitmeinsteadofyourkid4967]

This is the best movie i've ever seen and it was just a guy talking in front of a camera.

[@bredt2750]

Damn, that face is hittable

[@tomfurstyfield]

Well it's the face of Tony Ferguson, who would murder you

[@bredt2750]

@@tomfurstyfield Murder ME?! Do you know who the fuck I am? *Internet tough guy intensifies*

[@hitmeinsteadofyourkid4967]

See Loadatat knows whos sending people to snap down city

[@DavidThomas-sv1tk]

"movie . . . just a guy talking in front of a camera." Have you seen "My Dinner with Andre"?

[@andrewwaterman9240]

An unscripted hour-long talk about a 19th Century adventurer. Pretty damn impressive!

[@Sharklops]

It's a shame he stumbled slightly over the word "headhunter" near the very end and completely ruined all of his hard work :)

[@iota-09]

with a 10 minutes digression and 2 minutes ad(understandably, it was appreciated in any case)

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

He kept leaning over to look at a piece of something, so I wouldn't say unscripted but I bet 49 minutes of it was.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I wonder if the skull of his ancestor was present during this video

[@aaronseet2738]

I was waiting for the moment when Loyd would die of thirst before he completed the video.

[@jake666333]

"Time flies when you're headhunting" - Gotta love British humor

[@CJM-rg5rt]

I guess humor is subjective, everytime someone mentions "british humor" it's something super bland to me. It's always coming from someone whose genuinely condescending and crass but england always has to do everything a little different than everyone else so idk.

[@Scasne]

@@CJM-rg5rt Well of course we do everything a bit differently, kinda comes with being slightly insane (other times completely mad).

[@CJM-rg5rt]

@@Scasne I don't believe that at all. I think things are especially different there compared to the rest of the world is simply because it's an island. All I really have a problem with is British people (of course not all) are generally more condescending and not funny than they realize. They have these negative opinions of other countries that aren't true in the slightest but they love the smell of their own farts and it's evident "across the pond" Even Irish people are hilarious.

[@Scasne]

@@CJM-rg5rt Humour is as your first reply subjective (and someone can always come up with something whitty someone once said or should have said after the event far more difficult to do in reality), like any art really, (there can be a long discussion over what is art and what is an art/form). Chatting in digital form without faces/inflections to read from do make things difficult and easy to escalate if people are getting a bit annoyed, but yeah there does seems to be a lot of national touchiness internationally atm. I will say it does often feel as if Hollywood/TV is Pro-American propaganda and particular weird that our actors often play very good villains.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

@@Scasne it actually makes alot of sense now why British people think so lowly of Americans, I didn't consider the exposure to only the BS. The exposure that formed my opinions is just random idiots online, british youtubers, just a generalized view. My favorite British people like the members of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest aren't this stereotype. About the humor thing though, I really don't think they are onto some esoteric genius like they make it seem "Americans just don't understand hahaha" comedy should transcend these barriers and I don't think good art is super objective for example it would be absurd for a metal fan to think Black Sabbath sucks, someone who sincerely like comedy should naturally flock to "british humor" if it was great.

[@pbagsmcarthur8096]

I appreciate hearing this story, I am very familiar with this story as I am a decendant of the Lau people from Lau Lagoon Malaita Solomon Islands, it was my grandmothers tribe who Jack Renton was living with. One part of the story that hasen't been told is that Jack was married to the Chief's daughter and they had actually had a son, because there are story of a half cast light skin boy in the area from around that time period.

[@olddirtybasterd-ex2vb]

ty

[@dirkbogarde44]

I wish this man had been my history teacher.

[@Si74l0rd]

I had a French teacher who was this sort of mild eccentric and would spend entire lessons just telling us stories about his life and random events or people. The most memorable being preceded by him pulling a chunk of concrete from his pocket of the recently fallen Berlin wall. He also taught us much more about life in general, and conduct becoming than was ever part of a curriculum. We learnt very little french in his lessons, and I had always assumed him to be English, but that turns out to be because he was himself educated in England and earned a degree at Cambridge. It was only after he died that I found out he was highly respected French aristocracy, a count from a very old line, and indeed the one person who tempers my class prejudices. He never once mentioned it, showed arrogance or superiority or that "Don't you know who I am" personality defect. A man with power who never sought to wield it against others. Bent as a nine bob note, but a charming eccentric and a fantastic teacher and storyteller. One of few teachers that knew that capturing the imagination is the best way to capture children's attention, and some adults, the one's with a mind that still listens. I had four teachers in my life that were truly exceptional at their jobs, they taught me in turn how to teach effectively. Still some of the best days of my life, despite not having a choice about being there! Some people are born teachers, but the best are also born storytellers. In times of antiquity Lindybeige would have been welcomed to many a table, fed and watered in exchange for the gift of a hypnotic story, to while away the long dark nights.

[@dirkbogarde44]

@@Si74l0rd Nice story.

[@l.l.9302]

My American history professor lectured us in a manner similar to this. I loved going to his class. He talked of American history by making it a story .

[@richardweir3846]

He is now!😀

[@eitkoml]

It doesn't work out so well. I had a history teacher who could tell great stories when he did. It was still boring af when he taught the class material, and that is what he spent most of the time doing.

[@Jixxor]

On 98% of the channels on youtube, this 1 hour footage would have been cut into at least three videos. But not Lloyd. He throws it out for the people in one go. Love this channel.

[@Trump-a-Tron]

"but before we go on to part 3 out of 70, let me first tell you about my sponsor..."

[@TKE627]

@Shambles1980TRealOne Yeah, but his bull is actually adding to the story.

[@TKE627]

@Shambles1980TRealOne sorry I meant adding to my entertainment of it... And also adding interesting random facts I probably wouldn't have thought to look up. I'm a pretty casual history guy so it keeps me giving new things to look up. I really min video is cool but not always what I'm looking for

[@afrog2666]

That`s really not true, there are many several hour long videos, especially gaming related ones, and segmenting a story like this would just make the story less interesting anyway

[@afrog2666]

@@Trump-a-Tron Oh you mean like Audible, which Lloyd absolutely did mention?

[@KeplersDream]

This story was the inspiration for the ABBA song: "War canoe... couldn't escape if I wanted to..."

[@RicTic66]

That is a really clever post and deserves more recognition than it has received so far. 😊

[@Fetherko]

Funny. I was listening to Waterloo playing at Ace Hardware fie hours earlier.

[@sandersson1]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Zakalwe-01]

Funny! In a more just world you’d have a thousand likes 😄

[@snickle1980]

😁

[@Kenny270386]

i too was enthralled by listening to this story, and since i got a pretty good memory i told the story to the kids in one of my classes (im a teacher) and they absolutely loved it, they told the other kids in my other classes that they had to make me tell the story to them aswell. and now i have had to find the book about it for them to read even though its in English and its not their native language the kids are 7 and 8. If anyone could recommend another story from history that is so engaging and extraordinaire please hook me up.

[@somedaysoon3784]

No idea if you'll find it as engaging as this story,but look up the MacDonald Observatory in far west Texas. The story of how it came to be built is an entertaining and educational one. And it's a great place to visit!

[@halotrixzdj]

Good enough? Found it elsewhere in the post. You can always paste text into a translation service for a rough go at the language. www.futilitycloset.com/2019/09/09/podcast-episode-264-jack-renton-and-the-saltwater-people/

[@SwissSareth]

I'm not sure if this isn't too advanced for your age range, but maybe you can make it work: Animal Crimes m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d326fXiCgdGpbKc

[@diogenesesenna9323]

Alexander Selkirk, who was the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. The true story of Moby Dick and the survivors of the Whaling ship Essex,

[@CraftyChicken91]

If you learn the story of Símon Bolivar I'm sure you could regale some children with his story. Look up the revolutions podcast on him.

[@kyle9335]

Discovered this without any intention of doing so. Can't.... stop.... watching.....

[@rekouche2]

Me, too. SUBSCRIBED.

[@robvenom1058]

@@rekouche2 same

[@603life7]

Oh how far we've come.. Lol

[@susiehoralek7642]

me too

[@robinsonbetonbouwrobbo8847]

Same

[@LunaticAsylum01]

The guy tells a genius yarn and only hesitates trying to remember what comes after "WWW" during his sponsorship bit, got his priorities right lol

[@Cas-qb3rv]

Out of nowhere your vid was suggested. It is an AMAZING DAY. Work injury....I have been bed ridden with 2 failed ACDF surgeries (neck fusions). Twice I have been in car accident on route to my doctor. Rear ended and T-Boned. Neither my fault, both added terrible pain and lost time to my prior injury. Then the Tbone was without witness. The idiot whom hit me took responsibility but her insurance convinced her with no video no witness 50/50. Now I'm headed to rehabilitation to get off my opioids. WCB said they would pay. Nope now I'm fighting for them to pay $$48,000. Guess I'll lose my house to get off prescribed morphine.WTF. More and more I feel Ready to pack it in... You have made my day!! FANTASTIC STORY TELLING... I FEEL SO LUCKY TO FIND SUCH EXCEPTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT. LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO MORE. WISH I COULD DONATE. I WILL CANCEL THE MOVIE CHANNELS SO I can Donate. You must be a history professor, where though? Thanks for helping me pass painful time away. Wow!!! I feel like such a whimp compared to the infamous "RENTON".

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

For those upset that he didn't go on a tangent about the navigating watch, basically it's much harder to estimate longitude than latitude based around the sun and stars, and that was one BIG problem for a big while. The solution was to mark midday on your last known location with a very precise watch and then compare that with midday on some other place to find out how much your time zone and thus longitude has been displaced.

[@amosbackstrom5366]

How does one know when midday is?

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

@@amosbackstrom5366 when the sun is highest in the sky (basically noon but with a weird word)

[@tomturner4037]

Not really. It’s a way to compare difference in declination/altitude at different times of day from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in London. A celestial body’s Greenwich hour angle (GHA) will differ from Local hour angle (LHA) so if you can measure (by sextant) local hour angle and compre it to the GHA you have a measurement of distance in nautical miles from Greenwich. I have missed some parts but it’s a lot more involved than simply measuring which time zone you’re in.

[@AlexSDU]

*"Time flies when you're headhunting."* Just like the heads that you're hunting.

[@ThePheonixon]

What are you talking about? There's no species of flying heads in those islands!

[@AlexSDU]

@@ThePheonixon LOL

[@mrmoth26]

@@ThePheonixon I saw one.

[@bannermanigans]

@@mrmoth26 Liar! Everyone knows that flying heads have been extinct in the Solomon Islands since 1840!

[@sicksock435446]

As a 15th century Spanish whaler I find parts of this video very offensive.

[@andrew_owens7680]

As a 15th century whale, I applaud this account, you bastard!

[@olliephelan]

As a 15 year old spaniard accountant , I applaud this bastard

[@AlexSDU]

As a recently appointed Spanish Inquisitor, I find this heresy.

[@olliephelan]

According to the accounts of 15 Spanish Centaurs , all whales are bastards. It was ruled as Heresay

[@andrew_owens7680]

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!

[@Memnoch451]

This guy could teach anything to anyone and they would learn. He is so into what he is talking about it's refreshing and a treat!

[@tommcg7564]

Its more likely that he avoided his island when he was a recruiter to protect them from being recruited. It is almost the same as blackbirding but the chief and the recruitment agency gets a sweet deal

[@storrho]

"This ship is not sea-worthy!" *Takes sloop across the ocean*

[@rickweir1039]

Lol

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

yeah, all i want to know at this point is whether or not the guano-ship actually made it home, because geewiz, imagine the trouble this guy and his 3 american companions could have avoided if that is the case.

[@Beisush]

@@ZugzugZugzugson well i mean they still wouldve been captives at the end of the day if it did.

[@thesheepman220]

storrooo the ship was actually a load shit lol 😂

[@TomasPabon]

A sloop has sails tho, i'd label it a dinghy or a simple rowboat

[@contentpolice6781]

I study in a british maritime college here in Greece. And i got to say. You would be a great teacher. Obviously a history teacher would suit you most. But the way you tell a story, i could listen for hours and never get bored. You've got a great talent.

[@wimpow]

I had an economy professor (for Agricultural Studies). He was such an incredible orator, he had us hooked , even if the stuff was dry. He used quite the rhetoric questions, the cliffhangers ... what a great professor he was.

[@Tombombadillo999]

I think he actually was

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

When I was in High School (back when Dinosaurs walked the earth :-)) our history always remembered us it is called hiSTORY.

[@MetalFreak187]

Wish more teachers were like this, our kids would be so much better off

[@DadSkool]

Yeah i think he is a teacher but quit for the youtube money

[@andreboden1437]

Man, I would love to play DnD with Lindy, such a master of naration. I haven't been this transfixed in a story since forever and I'm not even a very history interested person. Great channel this!

[@beastydrummer1]

I'm going to be honest. This video is so calming to me, that I listen to this everytime I want to fall asleep. But the story is epic and as always very well told.

[@olddirtybasterd-ex2vb]

yessss! same. my go-to

[@paradoxicalpanda7954]

Wait.. An hour long story video?!? What a brilliant day!

[@ploxman]

Jesus Christ, they become longer and longer. A true blessing

[@paradoxicalpanda7954]

@@ploxman I know right.

[@Direkin]

In one take as well.

[@socairnone5550]

This guy has to be one of the most entertaining mild eccentrics I've ever known.

[@terrytarver690]

How many entertaining mild eccentrics do you know???

[@Ardepark]

If I had money I'd be called eccentric I guess

[@thekommandant1062]

What do you mean “mildly” eccentric? He’s like me, almost an official nutcase

[@thekommandant1062]

Socairnone Hes bloody Great though

[@meltingeinstein3012]

If you like being entertained as if you were a child.

[@yokothespacewhale]

all of a sudden I realize how pacific islanders are so prominent in the wrestling industry....

[@9P38lightning]

I've just watched this again a year later and loved it all over again. It showed me how much my memory is crap too ...🤣

[@BennysGamingAttic]

Drugged by his landlord? My landlord gave me some apple pie. Should I be nervous?

[@angelusmortis8142]

Better watch out that your rent doesn't double this month!

[@rainsilversplash4376]

Are you in San Francisco?

[@opheliabawles9646]

I wish anyone would give me drugs and pie.

[@rouge5140]

i hope you love bird poopoo!

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

Bill Cosby

[@vigilbrandon89]

WOW! 61min of a whole story with not a single jump cut. Your ability to Monologue is impressive. I wish more KZbinrs had such skill.

[@goyonman9655]

Amazing

[@samsowden]

Or his jump cuts are just that smooth

[@sparrots1]

My God! I also stumbled across this without a clue how I got here but could NOT leave until I watched and heard the last word. 'Lindybeige' is the best storyteller I have ever heard. Thank you so much for such a great time.

[@MasterOfTheLemons]

You are a GREAT storyteller! I'm impressed how, with no graphics or editing, simply oratory power, you immersed me in such an enthralling tale! Traditional, old-fashioned storytelling at its finest!

[@shonhogle9374]

I'm glad hearing this story. The high chief Kabau of Sulufou island is my great great great grandfather and the legend of Jack Renton is kept by our people. I have uncles name after Jack Renton. I wish they made a movie or documentary of Rentons tale.

[@analozano6375]

That's amazing, so where do you live now?

[@ronnieronson4390]

Liar lol

[@Ravishrex1]

Troll

[@jeltje50]

Great great great grandfather? Almost everybody is related at that point lol.

[@iancorrie7043]

That's brilliant.👍

[@dallindunn1186]

@0:50 Hey you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.

[@rogerengle2509]

And i would have evaded them, had i not taken an arrow to the knee

[@bashpr0mpt719]

Skyrim belongs to the Nords!

[@azzystillborne9125]

Skyrum

[@orecvetkovic904]

I havent played skyrim but I still know the line word by word

[@josiahbarefoot7564]

We're all brothers and sisters in binds now thief

[@killerlalu1]

I absolutely adore your storytelling! I have ever-increasing health issues that cause me to lose my ability to focus and to remember things from mere moments ago, but you almost always hold me totally captivated. I also really enjoy your meandering side stories because they help flesh out the tale, overall, and because I tend to meander a whole lot, too. Thank you for sharing your passion with us!💜💚💜

[@michael2026]

This is one of those videos that you don't actually look at when it's recommend to you for like four months than just randomly click it watch it all in one sitting and love it did the same thing with history of the entire world I guess

[@liyifenn]

I recommend everybody watch until the end to see the final Extra Info text box: "Some islander natives salvaged a barrel of powder from a shipwreck and mixed it into body paint. When drying themselves next to a fire, the powder revealed itself to be gunpowder." I probably shouldn't find that as comedic as I do.

[@cesaroliveira1982]

I doubt they exploded but surely they got a few burns as the fire "washed" over their bodies

[@TS-jm7jm]

actually thats hilarious edit, play stupid games win stupid prizes

[@prettypointlessvideo]

That is so sad, but also kind of hilarious

[@billerickson806]

@Guacamole Nigga Penis not true. Black powder had a lower flash point and would've burnt slower. It would've took hair and skin.

[@richardcoe5776]

Bill Erickson on tv

[@marcelogonzalez8547]

Tribesman tries to shake someone up, other tribesman sees him an stops him, and says "Do you want zombies? Because that's how you get zombies".

[@inhumanfilth681]

Lmao i like archer too.

[@MarkS806]

I believe I've listened to this story at least 10 times over the past few years. Definitely my favorite Lindybeige video. Amazing story telling, as always.

[@loribailey5090]

How have I never heard of this channel. Very high-quality storytelling I thoroughly enjoyed listening and have subscribed immediately. Thank you for bringing quality content to the tube.

[@qscoobydoo7799]

This sound like a plot from the Far Cry series.

[@DerichndofCoomland]

Ubi could do worse(and have done)than use this as the story for a FC game. I would play the shit out of a game with this kind of story.

[@actually_a_circle]

It needs to be

[@bishopnapier9769]

😂

[@curtispons8613]

People xyp

[@frenchllama7363]

*cough* far cry 3 *cough*

[@roguegen5536]

Sailor - What are we sailing out here for? Captain - There be valuable treasure on that there island! Sailor - Really! What kind of treasure?! Captain - Bird shit! Sailor backs away slowly.

[@dcbanacek2]

There have been wars over guano. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chincha_Islands_War

[@AndyJarman]

The UN is seriously worried that the global supply of phosphate fertilizer is running out. There are very few sources of guano left, and today phosphorus is retrieved from limited sources of rock from a handful of locations across the world ( mineral phosphate). The phosphates in fertilizer are rapidly leached back into the sea from soils on which it is used. When guano supplies are exhausted there is real concern the global cereal crop will fail. Look up 'peak phosphorus' on Wikipedia. Australia's thirst for Guano to supplement it's extremely poor soils has lead to the environmental devastation of dozens of nearby Pacific Islands, including Christmas Island ( An Australia governed Island off the coast of Indonesia).

[@barahng]

@@AndyJarman There are other sources of phosphorus, like kelp/seaweed which grows very quickly and can be farmed. Also, the UN will never admit the root cause of the problem: China, India, and Africa breeding far beyond their own means to feed themselves.

[@evaahh9584]

Andy Jarman what about cow feces? Why not use them?

[@AndyJarman]

@@evaahh9584 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_phosphorus

[@kuwaitisnotadeployment1373]

I've been recommend this video lots but never clicked on it until today and found out what a great video I've been missing

[@justandy333]

I absolutely love your style of storytelling. And the fact its all done in 1 take! I didnt notice any jump cuts at all. Lindy is everyone's idea of the perfect history teacher. Over an hour of talking about a man hardly anyone has heard of and still managing to keep our attention throughout. amazing stuff Mr Beige.

[@Aeraleach]

When I look at the comments and imagine what sort of characters wrote them, thoughts are going through my head - it's sort of funny to see how so many different people are interested in these stories. I feel a little as if we would all gather together - more than 200'000 people old and young - to travel back in time a little for an exotic story, interested in a person we never knew and people long dead. Makes me feel good and i don't know why. Great video Lindybeige!

[@rileysanderson3824]

is r u pic of nietzsche??

[@Ulexcool]

i cri everytiem

[@tRicky198181]

Darth Insidius you are weak and have no power here lol

[@user-xs1is9yd5o]

Renton was literally the farcry 3 protagonist and Odysseus at the same time.

[@Joseph_S_Clark]

“No seriously guys they’ll kill us all” “And how would YOU know huh”

[@Tontzamann]

You are fantastic storyteller. I mean really, mannerisms and way you act the different scenes is very captivating and lets my imagination fill the rest. One of my favorite youtube channels. Thanks lindybeige!

[@VaeVictisXIII]

"close shave" I be sweating spinal fluid by that point "Yea, I raided them....Totally..."

[@informitas0117]

"Sweating spinal fluid" that's amazing.

[@carriebecker8383]

@@informitas0117 It's a movie reference to "In The Loop," but I recommend the TV show counterpart "The Thick of It"

[@jacobb5625]

@@carriebecker8383 im a fuckin HUSK

[@55StudebakerSpeedster]

Two cannibals eating a clown and one cannibal said to the other "does this taste funny to you?"

[@WayneTheSeine]

Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his friend in the jungle?

[@idleonlooker1078]

There once was a guy named Dave, Who found a get whore in a cave He said "I'll go first, and if she doesn't burst" I'll come to the entrance and wave!!"

[@garygreen5796]

Then his mate asked if he was enjoying himself. He said yes, I’m having a ball.

[@idleonlooker1078]

@@garygreen5796 to which the first then replied: "So am I".🤣

[@mystikmind2005]

Why is canned clown the most efficient food available? Because its amazing how many clowns can fit in a small metal object!

[@MelkisgoedvoorJan]

Keep coming back to this video every year, I dont think I have ever been so invested in a story by a man just standing there telling it even at my fourth time watching it

[@stormysampson1257]

I love watching and listening to a great story made greater by the telling of it. Mesmerizing. Hypnotic. Can't get up to get a snack for fear to miss chunks of the story. I am in Heaven!!

[@juandelata]

"don't be such an old woman!" *gets ambushed as predicted by Sir Renton. this is why you listen to people who know their stuff.

[@vivalafelix681]

@@haztetv7226 funny, that reminds me someone I know from Israel was telling hora, hora at a dinner like the English "hoorah", and had to be told that if u don't roll the R in swedish it means whore

[@juandelata]

@@haztetv7226 thanks, I guess

[@jibbiddy]

It's like one of those people you'd see in the movies and think, "come on, no one is that dumb." It turns out people are.

[@blythemajors9193]

A random KZbin recommendation that turned out to be a thoroughly great watch.

[@gibbous_silver]

Same here

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346]

stay here

[@crabmansteve6844]

First I'm seeing of this channel and it's a 3yr old video. Absolutely enthralled. Subbed. Got a lot of material to binge now.

[@madman2541]

Ok why am I just now learning about your channel!?!? Such an entertaining person and easy to listen to!! Love it! Can’t wait to sub and binge watch these videos!! Even your plug for the ad was fun and pleasant to get through... it wasn’t cringy or annoying at all. Well done sir you are good at what your doing. Keep it up!!! I send a big Texan hello y’all’s way across the pond!

[@richardmiller3922]

Great video Lloyd. We'll have some more like this please?

[@richardmiller3922]

Kevin Johnstone. Yeah, watched it some time ago. It was very good and interesting.

[@mikekemp9877]

brilliant reminds me of george macdonald frazer in his flashman and other books not just a good read but contains great chunks of fantastic history now forgotten and the really remarkable characters that lived in those times as lindy himself said on another video its amazing how screen writers often ignore the reality of a historical period and instead insert a cliched story of their own instead.of course writing a more factual account would involve research which writers hate to do and the massive spread of historical novels since the internet show that writers prefer to do their research on line rather than actually visit the place or look at original documents. the recent run of box office flops adapted from tv shows is proof of this.the director and writer never take responsibility for the flop but blame everything else though normally the public stays away because what they are watching bears no resemblance to the much loved show. they then admit they er...never watched the original show before making the film.great video lindy.

[@russellbenz8939]

‘Hhjj)Kees Reuzelaar day

[@goodusername7037]

Yes more like these videos, so good!

[@TylerScottMillawa]

well I support him having a patreon.

[@aaronseet2738]

Dear Loyd, I am nearing a stage of my life when I as the authoritative source for my village's history has to be formally passed down to my son's offspring. Woe to me though, as none of my incompetent worthless grandchildren has the memory capacity exceeding that of a goldfish. With the traditions and memories of my village at stake, I now seek desperate measures to ensure continuity of our bloodline stories, and am thinking outside the coconut shell. I have heard through grapevine at our local trading post the tales of a legendary white-man raconteur who can recount stories and plot twists with deadly accuracy. After learning how to search and watch KZbin (why would you be stuck in a tube? I don't quite understand, but never mind) videos at a nearby Internet cafe, I'm deeply impressed with your non-stop rambling and digressions and endurance to go without a drink. I believe I have found the perfect worthy successor. As a person who has demonstrated undying passion for things of the past and none of that futurist fantasy nonsense, I am certain you will be highly intrigued and bedazzled by the heroic exploits of our seniors and ancestors. I would like to formally extend to you an employment contract of 15 years for on-site handover of a total of 237, 961 anecdotes. Hopefully that is enough time for one of my inept grandchildren to birth a child who can rival the capacity of one of those shiny rainbow plates you call "Blu-ray". A contract extension is completely possible and negotiable if my great-grandchildren plan requires more time. You will of course be handsomely compensated for your services. First and foremost, you will have the privilege of choosing a wife (or two) from our village. If none of our tribe meets your expectations, we are absolutely prepared to visit other rival villages to recruit suitable candidates of your preference. Secondly you will granted a complete treehouse of your own for accommodation, built with the finest carpentry skills the world has ever seen; our construction includes technologies incorporated from shipwrecks, able to hold timber together against the strongest of storms. In a true case of natural disaster, we guarantee that rather than you home, the trees supporting the structure will break and give way first; you will be secure and safe. Thirdly you will want for nothing when it comes to food and beverages; we have a whole kitchen full of international chefs from all over the globe to cook sumptuous and exotic cuisines. Not a single day of stay here will feel like work, but more like a dream tropical vacation everybody wishes for. In your off days you are always welcomed to participate in our traditional sport, access our state-of-the-art high-accuracy weaponry and sophisticated durable war boats, to go hunting for animals, fish, or other villages' people. If you find this contract to be attractive and agreeable, please do find your way to the Port of Liverpool, locate and board the vessel _HMS Blackteething_ and report to Captain Schwyndler. He is one of the finest elite seamen of this generation, generous and lavish with his beverages to all passengers aboard his ship. His crew are a reputed merry robust bunch, great to hang out with, full of resilience and assurances of no shortage of food even when drifting more than a month at sea. We highly recommend you take up his offer of drinks and enjoy an epic journey and feast across the oceans with them before settling with us for an exciting adventure of storytelling and drama beyond your wildest dreams. Sincerely Yours, Slavordreevor

[@ohboy6903]

Aaron Seet man that's a quality comment

[@mittensbro]

It was a mandatory part of his Internet licensing test. It was either that, or watching no less than five videos that fall into the category of "infamous gore porn with snappy semi numerical titles", such as 1man1jar, 2girls1cup, etc.

[@tammijatti9164]

Aaron Seet ❤️🤣😘

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Following up on an offer like this is all fun and games until you find yourself unconscious on a recruitment ship.

[@MrDeutschGerman]

there were at least 170 that read through all that. Shows how different this comment section is from most of this platform.

[@cesaralegria223]

I LOVE to hear the history. I've found a gold mine with your chanel sir. I've seen some of your videos and I think that you are doing such a good job. Thanks for share your passion with us so we can learn. Pd: This was the best hour in my day

[@mykilfremn26]

Was it just me or did this guy go on for an hour without editing the video at all what a wonderful storytelling mind you have sir thank you I was thoroughly entertained and push the like buttons one of the few times that I do it.

[@krisumusic]

Could you make a video about the Swedish sailor "Carl Emil Pettersson" who in 1904 shipwrecked at Papa New Guinea and instead of being eaten by cannibals he married the kings daughter... only to later become king himself. In Sweden 100 years ago he was called the king of the south seas. Quite remarkable true story, have you heard of it?

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

what? really... oh man i need to see more of this

[@garrysekelli6776]

No but i fell in love with the king of sweden and he gave me things that i was needin.

[@jaojao1768]

@The Curious Mind what is that a reference to???

[@Morok2008]

@@jaojao1768 Minnie The Moocher - It's a great song.

[@jaojao1768]

@@Morok2008 thank you

[@WATP1872]

Outstanding...never thought a single man just talking to Camara could keep me so enthralled for over an hr ...thank you for the video sir.

[@michelemartin3642]

Me too. It was a perfect anecdote to the Corona virus lockdown. Fantastic story telling. Randomly came across this channel & within a couple of minutes I was hooked. Then even when I saw how long it was going to be, I was unable to stop listening. That hour flew by. Brilliant.

[@AverageAlien]

Who's Camara?

[@cesargarcia5490]

Wow, what a story! I can watch videos about topics that I actively like and seek out, and find myself drifting off 10 or 15 minutes in, even in such videos! But this, this was an enchanting spell that held my alert attention for that full span of an hour. Great stuff!

[@Destined0000]

I was scrolling through vids and saw this saw the title and clicked... I cant stop watching. Thank you so much for a hour well spent.

[@CoryFalde175]

I want my child to tell my great grandchild my life story in the presence of my skull

[@nellanellaperched6767]

Dude....this is intense. 4:25 am never felt this intense. I'm going to tell this to at least 5 different people tomorrow. Their reaction will really gauge who I should associate with and who I shouldnt. As I should only associate myself with people who align themselves with this. Thank you brother.

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

That's edgy. And I fully support you. And I'm scared at the same time.

[@ferdonandebull]

Well.... you probably need to start working on a good story

[@fransiscozip1459]

Freedom of religion .your a headhunters..skull is needed for high mass. No one can stop you

[@bugglemagnum6213]

@@nellanellaperched6767 smh softie

[@Gigas0101]

Where are the Orkneys? They're between the Orkshins and the Orkthighs.

[@jamieevans3666]

ha ha

[@Greyfalconwolf]

lmao thats fucking great!

[@GallowglassVT]

I like the way you think, darling.

[@birdlawyer6191]

Hah!

[@simonpotter7534]

Give an old joke a new home!

[@johnwilson4909]

Just finished listening to the story of Jack Renton. Thank you again for a wonderful story of a great man.

[@iceetmarne3571]

Third time back to this story. It is why I subscribed to the channel in the first place and have enjoyed the content since. Great to see you at 1.2 million subscribers now, fantastic. Well done you.

[@DrGeneralkumar82]

You sir are an amazing storyteller!

[@znerolz]

He drifts off sometimes but not really in a bad way, i think it's funny :D

[@NoahNelson-Smith]

Dave Thebabe What?

[@karlanderson1350]

Dave Thebabe you Fuckin idiot go back to school and learn to finish your sentences Nazi's your about 80 years ahead of yourself fuckwit

[@emperorpingusmathchannel5365]

I am impressed that you have got all of this in one shot!

[@goyonman9655]

He's talented

[@radofficial4672]

Like the opening long shot in a Kubrick movie :)

[@homoerectus744]

My dinner with Andre.

[@TheMedievalNerd]

I just posted a similar comment. It's completely unreal. I wouldn't have been able to go so deep on a tangent and come back successfully. He did it multiple times. lol Wow

[@craigcooknf]

@@TheMedievalNerd Camera Guy: "Uh Oh. Tangent Coming." Sound Guy : "No worries. Let him run off. He always comes back stronger!"

[@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459]

You're an amazing storyteller! I've sailed through the Solomon Islands twice on circumnavigations. It's a truly amazing and remote part of the world.

[@sakathaatthetombofthelizar7311]

This is the first time I have come across one of your videos and it was absolutely brilliant stuff! Extremely informative and very entertaining. A welcome addition to my subscriptions. Cheers.

[@bkboggy]

Normally, most people don't like tangents... but I could be listening to Lloyd's tangents all day long, because each one is a fascinating story in its own.

[@GerdLPluu]

Come here all, quick! Uncle Lloyd is telling stories again! :D I love those kinds of videos. Never stop making them!

[@CraftQueenJr]

Gerd L. Plüü that is exactly what I think with these videos.

[@DJZofPCB]

Thank you for your passion to learn, and your ability to articulate what you have discovered. You have sowed the seeds of curiosity.

[@newcooldiscoveries5711]

This guy is like one of those brilliant, wacky, professors with that British accent and mannerisms. Quite educational, entertaining, and enjoyable. Thanks.

[@Bolt99K]

An hour long? Guess I’ll get some popcorn.

[@Transgender-ProphetMohammed]

good u mentioned it...

[@Loddfafnisodr]

Joe "I'll get some popcorn" Rogan?

[@odifyltsaeb8846]

I ran out of popcorn and had to go for some moar about 40 minutes into it.

[@cconsul2061]

"Jaime pull up that popcorn..."

[@BRAgamer]

OH HE HURT HIM

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

Democracy is five wolfs and a sheep deciding what to have for lunch... Great!!!! I really love this man

[@joeday397]

2 wolves (US parties) and a sheep(people)

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

@@joeday397 we arent talking about USA my friend

[@highjinx6519]

Nope that’s why the USA is a democratic republic although that’s starting to become questionable.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

@@highjinx6519 starting? LOL

[@highjinx6519]

Kel Thuzad I try to be optimistic but thanks for bringing me back to reality. Hope more people are seeing it because it seems to be nearing a tipping point.

[@charlesstratford1612]

This was so engaging, the story was told very well (actually the best). You had my undivided attention digressions and all. Most fascinating. How could I not subscribe

[@one8bravo785]

I looked over this video a couple times, but I’m very glad it began to auto play. Great work

[@Pfsif]

And another timely Sunday morning sermon from Pastor Lindybeige.

[@ze_rubenator]

If only actual sermons were even a tenth as interesting.

[@Pfsif]

One hundredth.

[@ze_rubenator]

Luckily I'm an atheist and don't bother with sermons. Unluckily my choir sings in church every once in a while and I have to endure it anyway.

[@captaintyrrell6428]

He is the rare Native Anglo so it should be 'Reverend Lindybeige'.

[@PaintPlastic]

Fish bones have lots of phosphorus and calcium, so when birds eat them that converts into the fertiliser

[@kupus6622]

Merchant Prince just a query but would it be better to just put dead fish on my garden instead of fertilizers then? Chop em up and smear em around? Put a pollock on me petunias? Genuine question.

[@BRAgamer]

nice info. tnks!

[@JoshLathamTutorials]

Have you and your family live entirely on fish. Then, whenever nature calls just poo in the garden.

[@DukeNightmare]

@@kupus6622 fatty fish like carp are actually great for gettint nutrients to bushes, id say experiement with different kinds of fish but i dont see why it wouldnt be just as effective as fertilizer

[@jamieevans3666]

im getting into this buisness and ille be up to my knees in shit and coins

[@willgara6351]

The fletching thing is probably due to time constraints. In larger cities where fletching was a profession like in Europe, they could afford to make tons of fletched arrows. In a small community where everyone makes the arrows themselves, you don’t really have the time to fletch them all and make a sizable number

[@rudamachoo]

what an amazing story and awesome storytelling. thank you so much lindy

[@rodrigofranco2759]

KZbin at 3am: wanna know about this white headhunter? Me at 3am: Oh, maybe, but I won't watch this story for an entire hour Me at 4am: duude, this Jack Renton guy had a Heck of a life KZbin at 4am: have you ever heard about the maori warriors who defeated british troops?

[@halotrixzdj]

That's on my next to watch!

[@lilcrippie5927]

Same

[@illumencouk]

Assuming we all originate from here and share the same star - this man is well-known to us all for having had everything he could ever want, his life was a joy. Living in happy tranquillity some 5 -10 trillion souls shared his home with him. Life was a constant you could bet your house on and it had been like this for nearly as long as the Sun's been shining - and then......

[@NotaNinja]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV6vi6iafaqebc0

[@NotaNinja]

That video led me here at 3ish am

[@brandenharned7004]

I can't help but feel that's a very Lord of the Rings end to the story you went with. XD "Jack Renton returned from the Solomon Isles, and was the first white man to swim the front crawl." The whole time you were telling that part of the tale, all I could think of was Bandobras Took clubbing a Gundabad Orc chieftain's head clean off and into a rabbit hole, winning the battle and inventing the game of golf at the same time.

[@LordVader1094]

I approve of you bringing up the true origins of Golf.

[@ramanemayberry7176]

Awesome story, and story teller. You've got me driving on the edge of my seat!!! 🚛

[@amazinrandym8921]

Your an amazing animator, you keep people enthralled from word one what a pleasure to see somebody that has so much information in their head

[@olddirtybasterd-ex2vb]

he's a true orator

[@DeepPastry]

Renton actually did return to "his" tribe, maybe not to recruit. He brought them a whole bunch, barrels worth, of iron nails and tools and stuff. Enough that it wasn't until the mid 1960s that said supplies were used up. But otherwise great tale as usual. EDIT: fixed 19060s to 1960s (that should satisfy our temporal wardens... I mean, I'm definitely not a time traveler).

[@evaahh9584]

DeepPastry 19060s???? Are you a time traveller???

[@grinninggoat5369]

Well, that would explain why his shrined was never rebuilt when it burnt in the 1960's.... someone accidentally burnt his shrine but, not wanting to offend his spirit they went to rebuild it but... they had just ran out of nails!!! ANGRY SPIRIT REVENGE FROM BEYOND!!

[@OliOAKASquekyboy]

1960's wou mean 1860's?

[@DeepPastry]

Nopers, mean 1960s (apparently 1963). The dude brought enough barrels of metal nails, ax heads, hammers, etc etc etc, to keep "his" tribe in metal until the 1960s.

[@OliOAKASquekyboy]

so at the age of nearing a hundred he was still see seeaworthey

[@VintageBlacklist]

I can't wait for the 40 mins of bliss when he explains time correction of longitudinal navigation.

[@dawnochoa9782]

This was honestly great. Idk how this guy got in my feed, but I 'm glad.

[@dugnordpetursson7553]

I really enjoy your story telling skills; unique would explain it. I perused your library & it looks like I'll need more quarantine time to get through all your odd assortment of videos. You win my vote.