Breeding Supersoldiers - It's Been Done in the Past! | Tales From the Bottle

You want an army of giants, so what do you do? Breed tall people, of course - but don't forget to treat them like crap.
"The Potsdam Giants was the name given to Prussian infantry regiment No 6. The regiment was composed of taller-than-average soldiers, and was founded in 1675. It was eventually dissolved in 1806, after the Prussians were defeated by Napoleon. Throughout the reign of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688-1740), the unit was known as the "Potsdamer Riesengarde" ("giant guard of Potsdam") in German, but the Prussian population quickly nicknamed them the Lange Kerle ("long fellows")."
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[@erica.5620]

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[@juanjuan-pi3of]

Nice glasses,,

[@mikewizz1895]

ok

[@JDBajaBlast]

Didn't ask

[@user-dv5qq9hv4i]

"Personal army? Excuse me, they´re my emotional support tall soldiers"

[@LTPottenger]

Just like Kaiser Wilhelm's emotional support navy that he obsessed over.

[@lolmeme69_]

@@LTPottenger I mean, the High Seas Fleet actually performed very well during WW1, so I wouldn't call it that.

[@kronex2391]

Oh god lol

[@GalootWrangler]

“Emotional support tall soldiers” surely rates a German compound word.

[@ayy1244]

Family? I told you before, they're a GLORIFIED CREW.

[@compatriot852]

Imagine getting kidnapped only to become a personal plaything of an insane German king' eugenics obsession

[@logemcdoge4620]

I can't believe a German would engage in eugenics. Simply unfathomable.

[@taylorprocker]

Why is it always the Germans obsessed with eugenics? Haha

[@ooffilipinopatriot7605]

Sparta: *Laughs in the first eugenics programs*

[@fica1137]

@Nyarlathotep He just had a kink for tall men (macrophilia) just like Greeks had for little boys

[@cheezypoofoftruth]

I read this comment before the video got to the part about it being in the 1800’s and I was like, “hah, that’s angry German man with a tiny mustache for you.”

[@Myrddnn]

I met a man back in the seventies who was 7'1". He was a "freak" in a circus. His tent got little traffic and I had a chance to talk with him for a few. He sat for most of it and explained that it hurt to walk across the room. He was in his twenties and didn't expect to see thirty. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen.

[@invoker7826]

He definitely had gigantism, a hormonal disorder

[@breakerdawn8429]

You know depending on how famous he is the 'freak' on said circus would literally got paid a lot of money. It all depends on how famous he is and what performance he can do. Most infamous freak like the 4 legged woman, the no arm and legs man and many more grew up to be quite rich.

[@Myrddnn]

@@breakerdawn8429 Yeah, he wasn't that lucky. He could barely walk across a room. I doubt he could "perform" anything.

[@breakerdawn8429]

@@Myrddnn Oh he's the sad one then :(

[@Myrddnn]

@@breakerdawn8429 Correct, sadly.

[@briargray2355]

"He enjoyed personally training and drilling them himself." I bet he did >_>

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Time to workout👉🏼👈🏼

[@PabloVelasco-hr3ko]

yeah and it was his son riding them

[@unpizzeroquevendepanyunren3737]

@@Literallyryangosling777 Time of trining😍😍

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

Dad?

[@AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy]

This man would absolutely own an NBA franchise these days.

[@BlackDogOriginal]

We did during slavery. That’s why we have the nfl AND nba.

[@mrttripz3236]

"The Konigsberg Bears"

[@CinemaDemocratica]

His name was Donald Sterling. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5y4kJlvbtBoh7M

[@tripod_boi2056]

LMAO

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Wow, not wrong though

[@AlphaKnight-hg2jq]

fun fact Napoleon also liked tall soldiers and would put his tallest men on the front lines, in fact he did this so often it reduced the average height of the french by a fare few inches due to all the tall people dying

[@JTA1961]

"short man complex" solutions

[@cartoonhanks1708]

Is this actually true or are you lying?

[@AlphaKnight-hg2jq]

@@cartoonhanks1708 no clue heard it from someone on the internet

[@chainsofgames]

Probably bullshit

[@SydneyCarton2085]

@@AlphaKnight-hg2jq ok so its true, thanks.

[@DoloresJNurss]

I've been told that the ancient Persian Kings also selected royal brides for height, leading to a tall royal line. Thus they felt horror when Alexander the Great, a short man, took over the empire and needed a small table under his feet when he sat on the Persian throne.

[@_GOD_HAND_]

Sounds like bullshit. The Persian Empire only had 12 Emperors from the time of its founding to its conquest by Alexander. Several were brothers, a few were bastards, and there was a major break in the family line between Cambyses and Darius I. They were probably just naturally tall.

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

@@_GOD_HAND_ Not particularly related, but I do remember reading about an ancient Iranian (I think pre-Persian, though) priestess who was well over six foot and had a gold artificial eye. The ancient world sure was something.

[@samfire3067]

​@@mankyscotchgit4986 here comes. James bond GoldenEYE

[@hassanbassim4007]

All Persian kings in the Achaemenid era were using foot table when sitting on the throne, because it was seen inappropriate for the king to have his feet on the filthy ground. Alexander was just coping what was in style, not for being short.

[@DoloresJNurss]

@@hassanbassim4007 They all had footrests. He needed a higher one.

[@kekero540]

if you ever wondered what it's like to be a warhammer figurine. i feel like the potsdam giants are a good approximation

[@IsaacLiwszyc-uy8sl]

For the emperor

[@daviddavidson2357]

"He enjoyed personally training and drilling them himself" I dunno, he seems like the type who would ask them to drill him.

[@johnladuke6475]

Worst mental picture? "Yeah, who's the big man _now?"_

[@1224chrisng]

fun fact, his successor Fredrick II was gay, --so maybe it runs in the family--

[@k.vonschue5938]

@@1224chrisng That’s just speculation based on the fact that he didn’t love his wife. At one point when he was younger, he tried to elope to marry a princess, so I’m not convinced he was gay.

[@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise]

@@k.vonschue5938 Could easily be Bisexual though. A true Bi king, perchance?

[@charlottewolery558]

@@k.vonschue5938 I've seen a number of young men seriously grow to hate women after spending time with the wrong ones. A man scorned, legitimately scorned not Incels who can't get the relationship started, is a real thing. Women are not innocent. They seem to have scumbag ratios similar to men.

[@dontagemontage]

I’d like a story about the fellow who captured the 7’1” guy.

[@LTPottenger]

There is another one who was kidnapped who was a very tall preacher in neighboring country. In the middle of his sermon half a dozen German guys with big sacks rushed in and carried him right out of the pulpit. You can't make stuff like this up.

[@b.elzebub9252]

@@LTPottenger I'd like to imagine they all had big moustaches, pith helmets and kaki uniforms. Sneering whatever the German version of the clench-jawed 'Nyeeees, baah' and/or 'bully.' is.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

I wonder if he has anything to do with Costco

[@Gabriel_PL]

Any giant falls with enough free alcohol. Then, it's just a matter of rope and taking him somewhere he doesn't know the way back from.

[@LTPottenger]

@@Eduardo_Espinoza biiiig savings

[@Clay3613]

Andre The Giant was so tall that an Army recruiter remarked the normal sized man next to him was unfit for service as a midget. It wasn't until they got closer that he realized Andre was just huge.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

He was also in tremendous pain for most of his life; according to several of his wrestling contemporaries, he routinely had to tell his opponents *not* to go easy on him during matches because no one wanted to cause him more pain than he already had to deal with.

[@OBIIIIIIIII]

The fact that there wasn’t an nfl Europe team called the Potsdam Giants saddens me

[@StigPrice]

National football league. Europe. You can only pick one.

[@longiusaescius2537]

So true Keion girl

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

They have the same thing today, they are called 'basketball teams'

[@JTA1961]

3 point shot...right there 👉👌

[@gamedominatorxennongdm7956]

Bruh

[@jailcatjones3250]

Rugby as well

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

Something tells me that NBA players lead a significantly higher quality of life

[@wagahagwa6978]

@@ATBatmanMALS31 i mean they're paid alot like potsdams right?

[@marcoscastaneda2567]

6' 2" = 188 cm 7' 1" = 216 cm For anyone who doesn't feel like making the conversion

[@fusososososo3507]

Thanks

[@ghyzig]

Thank you for providing the conversion of these heights from feet to centimeters. It can be helpful to have this information available when comparing heights or measurements in different units.

[@b.k.5667]

Thank you. I feel like people should always use both measurements in their videos, would make everything so much easier

[@fusososososo3507]

@@b.k.5667 or maybe they could get rid of this stupid measurements and adopt metric just like Australia did

[@ywoisug8845]

@@fusososososo3507 but but but mah murican free'om!!!!!

[@slaaneshthedarkprince2000]

"Cheer him up" Not the only thing they were getting up

[@seanrh4294]

One of my german ancestors on my grandpa's side was in this unit. We have a painting of him in his uniform. I am only around 6 feet but my cousin is almost 7 feet tall.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Did they all move into a village?

[@LTPottenger]

The kidnapping of tallboys has to be one of the funniest bits of history. It seems like everything weird in the western world stems from Germany.

[@cynickicksass]

Check out the Antibaptists....

[@theprodigalson4003]

Tall boys the movie

[@_hector__]

check out the jews and their views towards non jews

[@shaunsmith9801]

No. Kidnapping is not funny

[@johnladuke6475]

@@shaunsmith9801 Okay but wait. What if it's a clown kidnapping? I'm picturing a ruthless feud between gangs of rodeo clowns, circus clowns, and those weird opera clowns.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

with the measurements, did you check whether those are converted to modern imperial feet? because back in those days, practically every kingdom had their own definition of a foot, varying quite widely (something like the biggest feet being 50% larger than the smallest feet).

[@johnladuke6475]

We also have a pretty exaggerated view of how short people were in the past. Sometimes they're surprisingly well-fed and the difference is negligible or non-existant. When there is a noticeable difference in average height, it's usually more like two or three inches difference than six or seven inches.

[@brianedwards7142]

@@johnladuke6475 My ex wife only came up to my sternum.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@Jake420 it's not overthinking it. if those are historical measurements, and you don't look up the conversion, you're better off just ignoring the measurements than believing that you understand them.

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

@@Ass_of_Amalek The Wikipedia page states that the height was 6 Prussian feet, which translates to 1.88 meters in metric. The 6 foot 2 inches stated in in is a modern imperial measurement. Also, do you know why even in metric countries we still use imperial for human height?

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug thanks. the answer to the question is that we don't. also you seem familiar 🤔

[@Brociphice]

When the video mentioned gigantism, I assumed that the tallest person would be closer to 8’. I come from a tall family, me and my shortest uncle both 6’4” and my tallest uncle being 7’1”. No gigantism or unusual pain. It’s wild to think that we would have been branded as giants and oddities under this guy’s rule.

[@WobblesandBean]

You have to understand, people were overall much shorter back then. Napoleon was 5'4", which was average for a man back then. Women were closer to 5'. So a 6'7" soldier would have been considered MASSIVE, even more so than it is today.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

Bro, you're still an oddity in a decent chunk of the world (Edit:) I don't mean that in a "tall people are freaks" way, just that yeah, 6'4" is pretty damn tall in many places. And tbh, there aren't a lot of places where 7'1" isn't insanely tall

[@chestnut4860]

You also probably wouldn't have been AS TALL back then given nutrition.

[@rumpeltyltskyn]

@@WobblesandBeanthe 5’4” thing is a myth/conversion misunderstanding/propaganda. Napoleon was 5’7”, the average male height at the time.

[@SoloAdvocate]

@@rumpeltyltskyn The whole average height thing being so low is a myth I don't see leaving anytime soon... people really latch on to us being so much "better" today in any respect they can.

[@angry3055]

I am 72" when i was in the US Army, during my deployments I realized quickly, that been that tall was a disadvantage in the field. Example: Harder too cover,no long armor vest, more back problems, less center gravity with excessive equipment, and since I was taller I was assigned with a 240 Bravo because shorter guys have tendency too drag the barrel end in the ground because there height.

[@someneet145]

Damn, didn't know people got as tall as 72 feet.

[@shoopoop21]

The guy I knew who did that said that he would intentionally spend the ammo for his 240 so he wouldn't have to carry it back.

[@jameson2916]

@@someneet145 '=feet ''=inches

[@allot5530]

I sometimes wonder how would dwarf infantry fair

[@janeblogs324]

72" = 182cm. That's pretty standard for a man

[@eastdakota6954]

this man absolutely had a 'thing' for tall men

[@wumbleisthebest3270]

Just say it lol

[@robertwildschwein7207]

GEY!!!

[@DharmaPunk111]

Considering how short he was, my guess is he enjoyed having those soldiers step on him.

[@LowestofheDead]

Enjoyed looking at them, painting them, dreamed of breeding more of them 👀

[@parzival9307]

As a 6'8" man, this honestly doesn't seem that bad. Other than the streaching.

[@Wreckz_Tea]

You probably would've been fine. It's the lowly 6'2 guys like me that probably would've been on the table 😅

[@maxtech226]

im actually descended from them and the same size as you. from what ive heard, dude died from old age

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

i kinda need that chiropractic readjustment

[@donnypasta5260]

Same here except for the whole rack ordeal. But at 6'11 I think I could've avoided it

[@MrBitterestTexas]

ahahahah. Talk to me when you're above 7 foot 2. 6'11 and 6'8 are extraordinarily cute numbers hahahahah.

[@garrysucks4190]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="168">2:48</a> Man just admitted his height fetish, wtf

[@deeznutz7064]

The potsdam giants still didn't have it as bad as the short soldiers that were forced to march towards cannons, the sailors that were flogged by their captains if they missed a spot when swabbing the deck and the batmen that emptied chamber pots

[@loganstroganoff1284]

Funny thing is that with gun and cannon warfare giants are really at a disadvantage being much bigger targets. In today's warfare still its probably more advantageous to be of a average height and build to be a smaller target but also for mobility sake as tall guys are often gangly and relatively slow in their moment as opposed to swift and efficient. I remember my uncle telling me how south Vietnamese soldiers he patrolled with would leave him and other Americans in the dust in thr jungle. They were tiny but lightning quick and agile and performed that way for hours on a cup of rice and maybe a little bit of fish for breakfast. Big guys need way more calories. Being a massive guy hasn't been advantageous in war since sword and club days.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

So Dex>Strength in the right terrain. Yeah. Actually.

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

@@DonVigaDeFierro that applies to vehicles as well in some degree speed>armor , being an small and fast target is more effective than being a Big and slow target

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Well I think that in the story of Giant of Khandahar it took a lot to kill that giant and speaking of the giant of Khandahar, giants and super-soldiers…

[@NunayahBuisness]

I mean yeah people native to an area will usually be better adapted to that environment than others.

[@sheeplord4976]

I think the idea was that they would be better grenediers and better in melee combat.

[@joshuascanlan2381]

This was almost definitely a sexual thing for the king

[@julscatten2640]

Came here to say this. I think these “admirers” of the giants were just gay 😂

[@junkiejackflash]

Like the old time version of lifting your truck to overcompemsate

[@stewlover420]

Guess fred the great got it from his dad 🤷

[@CinemaDemocratica]

...ya think?

[@GenericProtagonist7]

You say that as though his very, very blatantly lecherous comment about tall soldiers being his "weakness" was anything less than an admittance to it being sexually motivated.

[@SaltRiverSunshine]

The royal guard of Monaco still has a minimum height requirement of 6' and a max 6'6". Young adult male foreigners are encouraged to apply so long as they're fluent in French and demonstrate a useful talent or experience.

[@aclock2]

Being a giant only make you die quicker in any era with guns. I think the most important traits would be quickness, relex, critical thinking, determination, stamina, endurance and being small enough to fully get yourself into most cover.

[@simtexa]

And let's not forget good eyesight. Being short-sighted would be a massive handicap in any combat scenario with firearms, especially back when things like glasses and contact lenses were not readily available to the public. Even today, having good eyesight is considered a strong merit for designated marksmen in a lot of modern militaries.

[@surrealengineering7884]

My great great (...) grandfather was with this unit, the "Langen Kerls" as they are called where I'm from. Of what my family remembers, he was very proud of that and always spoke highly of his time there. He also did not have back pain until very late in his age, fortunately. His wife was average height. And I'm just barely 6' tall.

[@surrealengineering7884]

Also we're talking about the late 1700's. Life was not comfortable at that time for anyone, you where happy if you did not starve to death and industrial revolution was not here yet. The alternative was blowing your back out farming. Tough times, nobody had it easy. This is probably why my records differ very much from your video. Having to attend parade, at the emperors will, training hard, etc... Is still normal for soliders and they don't mind. Now mix into this the honor to be your emperor's closest guard and the living conditions for regular ppl at the time and you understand why it was not seen as bad at the time, but as a great honor and sth, to be proud of.

[@Ranstone]

@@surrealengineering7884 I liked doing Drill. It's fun. The stretching on the rack would be the deal breaker though.

[@phantasma9391]

Liar

[@surrealengineering7884]

@@phantasma9391 Gut dass du genau über meine Familiengeschichte bescheid weißt, du Penner.

[@surrealengineering7884]

@@Ranstone Definetly. I'd have to ask, but i guess he was in it at a leter stage.

[@ibnyahud]

It's pretty amazing for me being born in this era instead of the past... If I was born even just 200 years ago, at 6'3" 200lbs, no doubt I would have been forcibly conscripted...

[@kurtkurtson9111]

**laughs in Russian**

[@nunyabidness674]

I'm 6ft 6, 265lbs... I go into basic training and I'm one of the tall folks in my platoon. We're marching to the dining facility one day and pass another platoon moving in the opposite direction. One troop stands out in that platoon. I don't often look up to people, but DAMN. Dude was 8ft 3, 450 lbs (not fat). After chow dude happened to be outside, I stepped over and chatted for a minute. His joke was when he got into uniform issue, the supply Sargent looks over and just goes "Well well well, now where did I put that GP Medium tent?"

[@magicalfetus729]

Only 200 at 6’3 someone get this kid a sandwich

[@laynestaley4957]

@Nunya Bidness the threshold for fatal heart complications caused by height is somewhere around 7'8

[@markshort9098]

6'3" isn't that tall, my great great grandfather was 7'2" and in his wedding photo he is sitting on a chair and he's still taller than my great great grandmother who was standing

[@BreezeLeg-mo4jh]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="271">4:31</a> That Giants expression says 'Fuck not this shit again'.

[@chinmayjoshi3592]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="175">2:55</a> from this point, I knew what the king was on about.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

The king: ''Since it's warm today, you should practice marching in your underwear. I'll be right here, watching, also in my underwear.''

[@Reoko77]

This man out here collecting and breeding giants like their pokemon.

[@CETHEFUTURE]

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[@armandobalance9208]

Now I understand why Captain Theo Magath was impressed of the Tybur guard 😆

[@brianedwards7142]

My favourite author, Jack Vance wrote a novel called The Dragon Masters where humans and aliens were locked in a generations long war where both sides had selectively bred enemy POWs into all sorts of beasts of burden or attack animals. The descriptions unsettlingly remind me of "fancy breed" pigeons.

[@ure2grit931]

Fancy breed?

[@brianedwards7142]

@@ure2grit931 Rollers, fantails, pouters, frillbacks, Jacobins....

[@brianedwards7142]

@@ure2grit931 Darwin bred fancy pigeons to understand heredity.

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

@@brianedwards7142 Jacobin pigeons are very rebellious. Even if you train them to carry messages they just scrawl manifestos on the back.

[@kabivose]

Thank you!. I'd never come across that one and I do like him. I'm going on a book hunt... :-)

[@theMonkeyMonkey]

The Aztecs also had supersized ornamental soldiers - specifically guards at the top of temples.

[@DannyDangerOz]

I've watched a couple of your videos recently, but the "you sick bastard" just earned my subscription :)

[@thestankinator6737]

In a way.... this is still happening today. At least in the United State's military. Each military branch has their own 'Ceremonial Honor Guard' who perform ceremonies for the president, as well as foreign leaders and world dignitaries. I was actually apart of one of these Honor Guards a few years ago. One of the requirements (and really the only requirement) to be selected for it, was to be over 6'. This is not to say anything bad about it, I actually quite enjoyed the job and my time there, very unique!

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

They always pick the biggest guy they have when at the North Korean boarder exchanges as well lol

[@thegreattotemaster]

You know what you must do now. Find a tall woman, marry her, and make lots of babies. :P

[@brodriguez11000]

@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Sumo wrestlers. 🙂

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@brodriguez11000 That’s Japanese so I don’t think Koreans or Americans have it. idk about North Korea either but neither group would like their people called Japanese, trust me on that I think they’d call a temporary truce just to jump you lol. If you meant it as a slur then I must say that’s incredibly closed minded, bigoted, xenophobic and sheltered of you to try to use that as a insult. The men who practice sumo are incredibly strong, skilled and get a lot of “attention in the bedroom” so it’s hardly insulting. Not to mention they proliferate their countries culture and can earn incredible amounts of money. If you ever met a sumo you’d know that they can send you to your ancestors in seconds to apologize for what a sad disappointment you turned out to be🙃

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@brodriguez11000 Just a little bit of advise “Rodriguez” don’t mock your Friends or your enemy it just makes you look bad in the end. Also when Latin America has the highest obesity rates you don’t mock fat people either. I worked with enough Latino men to know you bring coke and not water at the end of a day of work for them.

[@gyromurphy]

As I sit in my frozen hellscape city of Pittsburgh, I can't imagine any better way to pass the time than watching a Qxir upload!

[@andrewmckeown6786]

Cheers from Toronto🥂👍🎅🌟❤️🇨🇦

[@MultiKommandant]

How does the Ice Realm fare? It's basically still autumn here in the UK so I'm curious how East Coast america is doing, need some nice wintery news from somewhere to tide me over til January

[@gregoryborton6598]

@@MultiKommandant I just walked back and forth from the beer store to get a six pack, and it felt like my face was being sandblasted by the blowing snow and I legit thought a traffic light was about to be blown over. Not great over here lol

[@maxstirnersego]

Cheer from the other side of the state

[@talpark8796]

Alberta, 🇨🇦 oh....you're welcome fer it. eh 😁

[@NauticalFish]

The horrified man with the toothbrush mustache reading the newspaper had me cracking up for the rest of the day. You always add something hilarious in the absurdity, well done

[@Quantumoon]

For the rest of the day?? Wtf

[@crowmaster9652]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="381">6:21</a> first sentence America: hold my beer

[@BobbyLewis]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="208">3:28</a> for some reason this part was so funny to me. How he delivered it, how they popped into the uniforms and the thought of what that would mean for them all just made that joke so funny and unexpected 😂

[@johnladuke6475]

Wow, Qxir must be feeling especially charitable lately. He said "and if you're not subscribed" and followed it with a thanks for watching, rather than an insult to your poor taste or a threat of what happens if you don't subscribe. Don't worry Qxir, I'm sure it was just a nightmare brought on by a spot of mustard or undigested beef.

[@darcyspencer4279]

Something tells me the king would've been a big time Warhammer fan, if he had lived in modern times, and he would have had a room full of Custodes figurines.

[@hitokiridm]

man, glad you come back

[@speluncaphobia1996]

feel like this guy would have really liked giantess stuff if he had access to the modern internet

[@fica1137]

Giant*, he sounds gay af

[@fajile5109]

Probably a big fan of Steven universe

[@sirc1446]

Death by Snu Snu

[@StarvingGecko]

Would've been an improvement to just commission for pics of sexy giants versus parading around a bunch of ailing tall dudes with and without consent.

[@thelemonman420]

its funny how nowadays smaller soliders may be more beneficial

[@ghyzig]

It is true that different military organizations have different requirements and preferences when it comes to the size and physical characteristics of their soldiers. In some cases, smaller soldiers may be considered advantageous due to their ability to maneuver in tight spaces or through narrow corridors. In other cases, larger soldiers may be preferred for their strength and endurance. Ultimately, the most important factor in a soldier's ability to perform their duties is their physical fitness and training, rather than their size. Military organizations typically place a strong emphasis on training and conditioning to ensure that soldiers are physically and mentally prepared to handle the demands of their job.

[@johnladuke6475]

When you put "small soldiers" and "beneficial" in the same sentence my mind immediately goes to the Gurkhas.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

It's not hax, they actually have a smaller hitbox

[@guilhermef.cabral8252]

It's like, smash melee meta you know? Small hitbox = strong Big hitsbox = weak

[@skyworm8006]

Not really no. Smaller men are weaker and struggle to keep up with the huge equipment load infantry have. That's basically the most important thing as far as infantry are concerned so it will never be good for them, no. Physical strength is really important in many other scenarios as well such as carrying wounded to safety. Scenarios where you really need to rely on it and there's no other options.

[@arsonist7013]

It's genuinely creepy that some people would treat humans this way. Basically owning people like a collection of cars or toys is bad enough, but then also to torture them to improve them is sick.

[@apertioopening3425]

Nice video! 👍🏻 I was projected to grow to 6'4, but I knew not of the importance of sleep in growth. It will forever be my biggest regret to have not fulfilled the potential of my stature.

[@brenobassocenci6571]

King William: So, you are pretty tall, aren’t you? Postam Giant: I think so sir. King William: could you be taller?

[@ubergeek1968]

AS one of these "giants" (being 6'5"), I can tell you that height is not all it is cracked up to be. My wife is 5'1" and uses me to get at stuff on high shelves, but she also likes to put many useful things on the lowest shelves in the cupboards... which I cannot get at without laying on my belly!

[@javo5270]

damn bro....my mom is the same height and my dad just barely 6ft and i thought that was a lot size difference..

[@Grim67894]

As a dude over a foot taller than your girl why did you choose someone so small? That’s like dating a kid.

[@Choppytehbear1337]

Pick her up and put her on the counter.

[@Uwhwvwgwh]

@@Grim67894 yah you're creep

[@columodonnell9202]

Shoulda got a 6foot tall wife and had supersoldier kids, you are dishonouring the prussian state

[@kekero540]

nothing like a 5'3" guy hiring legions of buff tall men to work out in front oh his house

[@floridaman318]

Totally normal hetero behavior. Definitely not a fetish or anything.

[@kekero540]

@@floridaman318 it's even funnier when you learn William beat fredrick for being gay

[@johnfitzgerald2339]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="274">4:34</a> "...and he even liked painting them...to resemble Powdered Toast Man."

[@2pintsofcremedementh]

Mate you are an absolute legend, your videos have me rolling on the floor laughing, and crying, missing all the funny cnuts in Ireland. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas surrounded by people you love and I was all too happy to give you a lazy vote in the $1mil competition, looks like you've aced this round so good luck! Speaking of blimmen Irish legends, how about Mick Wallace's speech about the pipeline? I reckon that speech deserves the Qxir treatment! Big love from New Zealand brother

[@officerjuggernautgaming]

Qxir, I love you and your videos. It's been a rough year for me and your occasional video is as good as any antidepressant. Thanks for being a voice and artist I can enjoy watching and listening with. ❤️ God bless!

[@fakesdeath]

Hope things start looking up for you soon. Happy holidays and cheers to a new year

[@officerjuggernautgaming]

@@fakesdeath I hope so too, I'm sure I'll be better! Thank you. I hope you have a lovely holiday and an amazing new year too. Stay safe and god bless!

[@White_Recluse]

Merry Christmas you funky little gamer

[@officerjuggernautgaming]

@@White_Recluse Merry Christmas and god bless.

[@1Lo1L]

imagine thanking someone for indulging your content whether they are subscribed or not, that's how ya get them likes

[@markjameswolf5694]

Love all your videos!!

[@shyrain67]

this is one of the most interesting and disturbing episodes of tales from the bottle yet! i love this series so much

[@tombouie]

Most enlightening as well as entertaining, thks

[@silverc7698]

Reminds me of this one bro at the gym. Slim dude, not a bit of muscle, but he’s at the gym all the time never misses a day, the bro just goes around talking to other gym bros and offers to spot from time to time. Good dude, probably just loves the gym energy

[@floridaman318]

That's not sus at all.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Wait, you said they were miserable, gigantism wasn't William's fau-- *gets to the part about making the giants more giant*... _oh._

[@patrickbasal8433]

Hey its the Potsdam giants I think

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

Yep Soldier Kings personal army.

[@ikikereport]

I had not heard of this king or seen his image, bit I might forever remember him as the caricature that you drew. That’s a silly enough thought that I felt the need to comment it. Enjoy your lives people, and live it well if you can.

[@brendenfullmer5573]

wow so fascinating! I love this

[@alexjgilpin]

It's even weirder because in a gunfight being a smaller target is an advantage.

[@camo_kamikaze1598]

it was kinda cute up to the point of trying to make them taller with a torture device

[@OrichalcumHammer]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="250">4:10</a> Gave me an hearty laugh and then came the bear. King WIlliam I was indeed unique among the various unique that existed during the late medieval era and early modern era.

[@nealc.6927]

Jebus. I learned about this nearly 50 years ago . . . Never thought I'd see someone put it up on KZbin.

[@jontee4free]

I love the way the little king smiles up at his long boys 😁

[@jeremypilot1015]

love your delivery I know it's tough to come up with new material but I do enjoy this format.

[@xenosmoke8915]

Give them all Vostroyan Infantry hats, make them even taller!

[@joshtherussian9261]

Love it how he almost synchronized with Extra History, who are now covering the life of Frederick II, kind of a continuation of this video

[@v8_u252]

This video has impeccable timing for me! I very recently finished writing an essay about the ethics of human genetic engineering for my biology degree and eugenics was one of if not the strongest argument against it. Another great and interesting video idea, keep it up!

[@toomanyaccounts]

you may want to look into the NAACP they promoted eugenics to remove the sins of the black race

[@siluda9255]

tbh, we should genetic engineer people

[@ankaplanka]

@@siluda9255 That would give people less reasons to exist and put even more pressure on anyone who don't fit the standards.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

*Quietly listening along smiling at the strange Kraut King* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="302">5:02</a> 🤗🤔🤨😁😁😁😆

[@maggintons]

This feels like the perfect set up for a period comedy movie

[@joaocosta3374]

The Emperor of Mankind sheds a tear of simpathy towards the late king William.

[@Palmit_]

the effort in your art work is very much appreciated. a picture paints a thousand words. a QXIR paints a thousand pictures.

[@user-sl1wt1dv4y]

this is how i look at my clone trooper lego minifigures

[@djdigital3806]

I’m a almost famous 5’8 / 58 year old Las Vegas 🎰 Dj. I need about 2 of those big men on my security team. I always wanted to be taller but enjoy the perks of being a Geek or Nerd! 😀 Great video and enjoy the channel.

[@Jeff-lf4yr]

Great! I have another Qxir video to watch while i kill time in the mens room at work. This man is doing gods work, same with count dankula. My 2 favorites from across the pond 🙂

[@gyromurphy]

Check out Plainly Difficult. He does short form docs on disasters very similarly to Qxir. Some of the best videos out there. .....now that I think about it I believe they've collabed before. Oh..and he's a Brit, so there's that too. Best accent for documentaries.

[@mauricedavis2160]

Thank you Qxir, I really enjoyed this episode, btw Happy Holidays Mate!!!🙏👍☃️

[@Blue_Leafz]

"I need a big boy" - King Frederik the great 1772

[@SuperMommav]

Im sure he did enjoy “drilling” them himself <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="284">4:44</a> 😂

[@bladder1010]

I'm 6'2" but if I lived in that era I'd have been forced to abandon my career as an ornamental garden hermit.

[@Chico_Julio]

It seems the needs for super soldiers was a very German thing,

[@MS-ho9wq]

I'd heard of this before, but I had always assumed it was just a tall tale.

[@elbarto6668]

Danke!

[@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur]

i love the drawing and the humour in the videos, keep it up!

[@shawnganske8731]

I agree, when he started making videos of just his face telling a story I started to get worried. Once youtubers do face reveals and such they eventually quit the gimmick or animations and just talk into a camera, I love these drawings and I hope he never stops doing them.

[@purplehaze2358]

I'm pretty sure Frederick William just had a.. _thing_ for taller men.

[@oliverlarosa8046]

*Me, a 6' 5" male* : Rarely have I been more glad to have not be born in another time or place

[@taipan8021]

A Classic case of "Short Person Complex".

[@sprintershepherd4359]

what a lovely king . we need more leaders like him

[@justsayen2024]

Great video love the animation keep him up

[@BluThundr]

This King sounds like he would have been a giant mark for Big Show or Andre the Giant

[@Ranstone]

Fun fact: The United States Marine Corps still marches with the tallest in the front, an echo of 18th century interest in tall warriors.

[@sporkcunt8100]

Great video

[@serioushex3893]

other than "Mildly more intimidating than any other soldier", i cant imagine what military benefit the giants would have provided. If this was back in say, roman times, where tall guys could heave spears farther or wield huge greatbows, sure. But these guys would all have used guns. Their size is if anything, a disadvantage, because they're a bigger target. i suppose if it came down to a bayonet charge, sure, the extra reach is something, but a bayonet charge doesn't win a battle.

[@counterfeit6089]

They could potentially load a musket faster, as muskets are quite long and are muzzle-loaded using a ramrod. Being taller would make a musket less cumbersome to load so they could probably fire off rounds faster than the average soldier of the era.

[@angelofthedead1886]

In the far future. These guys will be wearing power armor.

[@johnladuke6475]

Bayonet charges and other melee combat weren't so rare in the muzzle-loading days. The reloading time, as well as the massive clouds of black powder smoke obscuring vision, meant that it might be a _lot_ more effective to just charge after the first volley. Pretty much every soldier still carried a sword at the time, and they weren't worn to look pretty. Matt Easton over at Scholagladiatoria has plenty of videos citing period accounts of melee combat being decisive in the era of black-powder muzzle-loaders.

[@LTPottenger]

In the modern military being big and strong is very helpful for special forces because there is so much equipment and ammo to carry, but you could not be a fighter pilot or tank crewman.

[@olivertrevino8092]

Maybe a line of tall soldiers could trick enemy line officers into thinking the line is closer than it really is making them shoot early