The Battle of SHARKS!

- Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: / cgpgrey
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Music
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op.1
- Capriccio n.16 Op.1 in G minor (presto)
- Capriccio n.2 Op.1 in B minor (moderato)
- Capriccio n.5 Op.1 in A minor (agitato)
- Capriccio n.7 Op.1 in E minor (posato)
- Capriccio n.17 Op.1 in Be (sostenuto-andante)
- Capriccio n.15 Op.1 in E minor (posato)
- Capriccio n.6 Op.1 in G minor (lento)
- Capriccio n.18 Op.1 in in C (corrente-allegro)
Composed by Niccolò Paganini
Performed by Jonathan Vered
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[@TheFactsWin]

The best part of this is remembering walking past the "air duct", and trying to speculate to my wife why a building that size would need one that big...

[@cixlo]

You asked too many questions mr factstowin

[@fraidarahbaran6076]

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[@Pseudotriakis]

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[@ashtasheran6970]

Well the disguise worked didn't it

[@Googledeservestodie]

This very silly yet very real event in London really explains how something like Monty Python comes out of Britain.

[@genroynoisis6980]

seems like the jokes just write themselves

[@SekiLapse]

Hahahahahah this made me laugh so hard

[@kieran10202]

This conservation area is getting far too silly!

[@austinshoupe3003]

To be fair, less funny places like the Midwest suburbs have similar breeds pretty regularly.

[@Tartersauce101]

'Tis a silly place.

[@CGPGrey]

[@Vri3zen]

Sharks!

[@rohithdsouza8]

What happened to those poor sharks! Are they locked in the warehouse now 😢🦈

[@_wheat856]

hey there grey

[@SMBeech]

Got to give us an update.

[@lachlanwashere1279]

🦈

[@dionysus6892]

Police breaking into a ballerina performance because of people complaining about fake sharks is just so… so British.

[@pablopereyra7126]

Oh great! 4 bots in the replies!

[@shakiMiki]

Why does everyone keep saying everything & anything about this is just so British. It's all so random.

[@mini-_]

Most people: "Cool, sharks!" CGP Grey: _spends 6 weeks researching the statue_

[@lordrorek1907]

This is why he has a KZbin channel!

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

it shall be "Cool, sharks! !"

[@Tribble_Mama]

Hence, why we love Grey.

[@Ethan.YT.]

SHARKS!

[@lizrathburn8603]

*_Sharks!_

[@CJ_McK]

okay but seriously. put the Sharks! on the barge, give them pirate hats, let them illegally sail the canals as shark pirates. they're basically 90% there already

[@axolotlinabucket1287]

shARRRks!

[@sarowie]

ask a foreign monarch for approval, then they become privateers - adding more convoluted law into the regulation.

[@doomedmessenger]

Gods, I love this idea. ^^

[@petersanders9088]

@@sarowie Sharks! With Letters of marque! .. then they would need a marquee to display said letter.

[@EmmaVB82]

I urge you to look up “The Pirate Castle” on Regents Canal 😃 I bet they’d love some shark pirates. 🦈🏴‍☠️

[@redred7289]

Me: those sharks look terrible. The council: they cant be here, they'll have to go. Me: don't you dare touch those Sharks!

[@lunakoala5053]

yep, my thoughts exactly.

[@lunakoala5053]

@Sleepy Carl its not really attachment, its just a classic case of wanting what you cant have, because you cant have it.

[@therealnoodledog6660]

@@lunakoala5053 yeah, agreed

[@sebastiansandoval4861]

(also i have no legal stance here but it may or may not have become a symbol of authority defiance on a non existing work of fiction inside my imagination (ok ffs antepavillion's logo is basically an anarchist symbol i couldn't love this dispute more lmao))

[@leosong829]

The megladon looks hideous. The rest just look cool

[@tannoy2427]

Could see this as a Monty Python skit. "You can't have those there." "Yes I can" "No you can't!" "Fine I'll just move them over here."

[@stupidiot17]

...and then I'll silly walk back to slap you with a fish.

[@tacticalwhiskey3766]

"No, you can't have them over there either." "Why not?" "Because it's a conservation area!" "Well their extinct, we're conserving them," "They are made out of paper." "Still a shark." "Blast, I'll call my lawyer!"

[@lwizzit]

Sometimes I think that all of England (and a small unpronounceable section of Wales) may be a Monty Python skit.

[@procrastinator99]

@@tacticalwhiskey3766 *they're extinct.

[@daverapp]

@@lwizzit All of Wales is small and unpronounceable.

[@amateraceon5202]

You can just HEAR Grey’s absolute joy while reading this entire script and how hilarious he finds this entire scenario.

[@jeremiah.massillon]

1,000th like

[@angeluscorpius]

Ya. He's having WAY too much fun! :-)

[@feisaljauharitufail]

Especially with sharks!

[@0Raik]

Oppose the authority, fight the power! with _Sharks!_

[@masterbasher9542]

... To have fun, even when he had to suffer 99% of legalese, that he can't even mention in video? It's a horrific, red taped hell.

[@Larry82ch]

"They have to be removed by the end of this month" Finally CGP Grey has found a reason to hurry up his production scedule!

[@lucasleanza9762]

Grey knows that as soon as he posts a video for a cause (like promoting sharks and punching zoning boards & saving snow days), his fans will begin pushing for it since we don't get that many videos. A plus for a slow schedule! But for real, though. Grey, hire more people and just pump out more videos, this only expands your presence! It's a tradeoff between the meaningfulness of each video vs the additional "presence" and increased audience they reach. Go for the latter!

[@sadroses2]

@@lucasleanza9762 I must disagree. Quality>quantity.

[@RicardoDelfinGarcia]

@@lucasleanza9762 for what it's worth THE SHARKS ARE STILL THERE WOOOO

[@rubensoeteman]

@@lucasleanza9762 I respectfully disagree as well, most channels that start pumping out weekly content often loose my interest, Grey however never did.

[@fabiomora6491]

@@RicardoDelfinGarcia I'm pretty sure Antepavilion is going to wait until the very end of the month to remove them

[@Sabs215]

The thousands of public servant manhours, the bureaucratic spiderweb of litigation, and the sheer pettiness of it all. Something about this is so incredibly British. The confrontation as a whole was the art all along!

[@EdwardCree]

The real art was the injunctions we were served along the way.

[@nfspbarrister5681]

The upper-class twits and court-room shenanigans skit of monty phyton.😂

[@bryansiepert9222]

A new art piece should be a running tally of the cost to tax payers to fight against Sharks! and other installations.

[@MrPrussianjester]

Hilarious if they showed up to court in left shark costumes

[@adjoint_functor]

I love the doublespeak here. “Playful subversion of planning legislation” is basically the same as “breaking the law is fun”, except just formal enough to justify hundreds of hours of lawyer-hours and books worth of legal letters. It’s beautiful.

[@ShroudedWolf51]

If the laws are unjustified, then the people have the duty to commit acts of civil disobedience to oppose those laws.

[@imperiallarch7610]

Well, it *is* fun.

[@angelaphsiao]

Breaking some specific overly bureaucratic law is fun

[@oz_jones]

@@angelaphsiao "destroying cultural heritage is ok"

[@angelaphsiao]

@@oz_jones Whose cultural heritage is getting destroyed by a bunch of silly looking shark statues getting put on the canal? Is it so essential that the canal be 100% clear of fun modern art sculptures? It's hardly like they're graffitiing the length of the canal. What's the historic value of this specific stretch of water?

[@evjohn13]

A bunch of artsy anarchists continuously trolling the the authorities over their nonsensical and exploitative zoning policy using urban pop up art wasn't the story I was expecting from Grey but I am here for it.

[@elizabethlowes6501]

This is the guy who had an existential crisis over british paper sizes, obviously no doors are barred with this channel :)

[@penname8441]

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[@gamezob]

@@elizabethlowes6501 I loved that video. Time to watch it again.

[@MorteTheSkull]

sadly based on the color scheme of their logo and a few other things I strongly suspect they're ancaps...

[@greengandalf9116]

@@MorteTheSkull doesn’t matter, their actions are commendable whether ancap, ancom, or aninbetween.

[@N00bsaur]

I like that Sharks! has the “!” because in theater if a show title includes an “!” at the end it means it’s a musical. So the singing sharks makes so much sense when you see it’s title. Love it.

[@foty8679]

You taught me something today.

[@michellepark7777]

This gives all new meaning to "Jeb!"

[@animeavatar2438]

TIL

[@goodmorning9338]

Ah yes, my favorite musical, Les Misérables!

[@rukrawczyk]

So would that mean the title of a musical about this would be "Sharks!!"?

[@hamham_6411]

Update for those who care: On 25th June, police took angle grinders and crowbars to the warehouse's doors, handcuffed everyone on site and arrested two staff members working there, as well as the owner of the warehouse. Their phones were taken until the next day, when they were released, and police only left by night that same day. This is because of an art piece called "All Along The Watch Tower", made by Project Bunny Rabbit, which sprung out of Extinction Rebellion, which police wanted to "pre-emptively crack down on". Apparently, this justifies attacking a building in a supposed conservation area with angle grinders and crowbars. Antepavilion is currently disputing the legality of the raid and has requested body-cam footage of the raid on 25th July. No response of note from the police thus far. As for Sharks!, Antepavilion's appeal will be decided by a 4-day public inquiry starting 6th September. Yeah, this isn't a particularly nice continuation. Sorry.

[@tinycatfriend]

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[@fighterck6241]

Thanks anyway. It would take some Brits over there writing their lawmakers to save artistic expression.

[@TwistedTex]

Something something, airstrip one, something something.

[@igorgruszkiewicz2729]

Have there been any updates since?

[@deep-seapansexual8271]

abt the body cam footage, idk about England or anything but at least here in the U.S body cam footage is public information that anyone could ask for so I would assume police have to give up the footage just like they would have to do here.

[@pyro1028]

hearing cgp grey say "Sharks!" in such an enthusiastic tone at the end is such a blessing and i love it thank you grey

[@RainaRamsay]

It's delightful every single time!

[@mahari893]

This feels like a children’s book. A bunch of sharks trying to find a home, but get constantly rejected and are forced to find a new one

[@jasonk1540]

Sound like a ballet could be made about it too

[@mitzaellopez3556]

I think it should be an animated musical

[@lokeshchandak3660]

This would be part of the art!

[@francoeurtim]

Thomas the Tank Engine but it takes place in revolutionary Spain

[@peanutbutter625]

I can imagine it now. 5 sharks just want to perform a ballet, but get stopped at every turn by the evil zoning board. Everytime they try one place, they get shut down. Eventually, a kind patron invites the sharks to perform on a nice waterfront in front of a park and a school, and all the children enjoy the sharks (and pick up ballet), and the sharks get a standing ovation and flowers and all.

[@DJVLDN]

I love the fact that a global audience of millions will now know way too much about a local legal dispute in north central London.

[@S28426]

This describes the contents of my brain perfectly

[@theutoid5663]

Petty, bureaucratic shenanigans on the far side of the globe are the best soap operas.

[@tristanbeal261]

@@theutoid5663 Surely London is the centre of the globe.

[@zyansheep]

@@tristanbeal261 It is according to timezones

[@homesquared]

Yeah... CGP Grey has power.

[@iner22]

So as a quick update, since this recently re-emerged on my front page, the Hackney litigation is ongoing, but the 2021 competition appeared to be the most lively yet. The winning entry, titled Antechamber, is meant to fold up quickly and be transported around if necessary. What probably put Antechamber over the top is that it used repurposed materials from the dismantled Potemkin Theatre, the 2019 winner. The shortlisted runner-ups included a piece titled "Hackney Injunction," "False Negative," a screen which created an optical illusion of a missing chunk of the warehouse, and "Scaffolding Hackney," which is a scaffold against the bridge that allows pedestrians to climb up to the Antepavilion roof.

[@chloedove2201]

Thank you for this amazing update

[@Nightenstaff]

Unfortunately, it seems Sharks! lost the battle. As of Oct 22nd it appears the courts ruled Antepavilion does not own the rights to the water in front of their building and thus cannot launch Sharks! into the waterways ever again. There's a lot of legal crapola I might have misread, but that was my take on the situation.

[@rosscayley8773]

@@Nightenstaff can they hover ABOVE the water, I wonder?

[@Tigerlady248]

First, even Antepavilion likes this video as it is embedded on their page. Nice job Grey! Second, last news on the Sharks! is from February of 2023, where one lone shark is on a river barge next to the warehouse to test the waters. Seems someone at the Antevilion office liked Grey's idea ; )

[@BeeBeau]

I've been thinking about this question all week, has anyone ever walked passed you whilst you were wearing merch and said something like "Nice merch, I love CGP Grey" without knowing that you were CGP grey?

[@ratgr]

I have avoided cgpgreys apperance forever I once .. no never mind he was not cgpgrey just some random dude in the image searchs for cgpgrey I no longer even remember him so yeah it could very well happen

[@supremecalamitas342]

grey happily shouting *sharks!* is my spirit animal

[@kevadu]

Are you telling mt that CGP Grey *isn't* a literal stick figure with glasses?!

[@beanbagburrito]

@@kevadu no hes a literal stick figure with glasses AND CGP Grey merch

[@ahmedmourad1683]

He's a teacher, his students probably uploaded pictures of him online.

[@slubanski1]

5 sharks a-singing 4 art pieces 3 land owners 2 London boroughs and a lesson in bureaucracy

[@wierdalien1]

Very nice

[@katherinalastname7077]

A shark sea shanty......

[@photo_frames9438]

@@katherinalastname7077 I thought it was a Christmas song. (Days of Christmas ya know?)

[@guenffer]

1 confused CGP grey

[@peskypigeonx]

On the 6th Week of bad management the London gave to me

[@maddie9602]

"Antepavilion's structures ... adversely affect the surrounding character, appearance, and architectural integrity of the surrounding conservation area" The architectural integrity of ... bland brick warehouses? From the pictures in this video, the historical district of Florence this area is not.

[@Raky2427]

Well to be fair, industrial heritage is still heritage worth conserving and the conservation area does include the indisputably pretty canals as well. This of course doesn’t justify the removal of Sharks! by the authorities.

[@morganrobinson8042]

Look, you really can't expect bureaucrats to exercise either free will or judgement. That's pretty much antithetical to their purpose as functionaries, at their best they have no personal stakes in their duties but a job well done and serve as means of implementation of law and policy irrespective of personal opinion or agency. That those various rules might be flawed is frankly past their paygrade. That is on local government to either allow or disallow this, and there is a valid argument that has to be made as to whether any old building is worthy of conservation. I've seen plenty of disused factories from the Gilded Age or early 20th century that would be better off preserved for architectural reasons than knocked down or gentrified into apartments. Could this be corruption? Sure. Land conservation and eminent domain have been used pretty often as a means of seizing property. You'd expect more development but whatever. Equally possible somebody issued a petition that nobody anticipated the knock-on effects of decades ago, and they'll be damned if they're going to give it up now.

[@yvc9]

They are conserving the industrial heritage of their city. In this case they are overstepping their mandate. Since they were, the pavillion fought back on their own terms.

[@Fabianwew]

The police also broke into the building using angle grinders and crowbars, arresting everyone inside. So much for historical preservation.

[@sadaasdafa8635]

As someone who lives in the area, I'm afraid (unfashionable as it might be to support 'the man') that I'm really in favour of conservation law. The warehouses are poorly maintained, but they're a surviving part of the heritage of the city. This area of london was once the 'warehouse district' going back to the early 19th Century where goods such as tea and other imports would be ferried up the canal from the Thames and stored. It can still be seen around the place with the occassional brick building still featuring the old, cast iron pulleys for hoisting crates. The vast majority of it was destroyed in the Second World War and most of what was left has been replaced by either brutalist buildings or postmodern buildings. The ones on the canalside are definitely not the nicest examples in the area, but they're still listed. These people were well aware of the rules around their building when they set about with their art (in fact, contravening those rules is literally the point of the art). If artists and architects were allowed to just do what they want to historic buildings, much of pre-modern London would be unrecognisable, and even with those rules in place a listed building is being knocked down every week anyway. All that being said, I enjoyed seeing the sharks in the canal at City Basin and I have no problem with them, as long as they're temporary.

[@wombat4191]

The part I fail to understand is why is an old, shabby brick warehouse part of a conservation area. While nothing else around the canal is. That *almost* seems like an intended attempt to shut down this one particular community just because they are weird anarchist artists...

[@stone5against1]

Of course it's intended.. The people who decide what areas are conservation areas and what isn't are the same ones who then tell them they can't do that. If the people across the canal it over the bridge tried the same thing, you can be sure their block would magically become part of the conservation area

[@321blastoff6]

Only Grey could make a legal battle over property rights such an engaging tale

[@janmelantu7490]

The exclamation point really does it

[@petersmythe6462]

Technically speaking wouldn't most battles be battles over property rights? Both world wars, the Glorious Revolution in Britain, the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, The American Revolution, the Vietnam war against France... Mostly deciding who's stuff and who's land is who's and what rights they have to govern it? Is all of Russia the Tsar's or *"Ours?"* Is all of Europe Germany's or not Germany's? Is America for the colonizers or the colonialists (definitely not the natives why would you ask such a silly question). Legal disputes are just what happens when symmetrical warfare is not an available option due to a higher power or severe asymmetry of power.

[@davidshi451]

*Jay Foreman has entered the chat*

[@AkBYjH5NHuforprivacy]

You are everywhere

[@theEWDSDS]

@@AkBYjH5NHuforprivacy this isnt sam hogan its a person with their avatar being from one of his games

[@kekero540]

I was won over to antepavilion’s side when I saw the child’s chalk drawing. It’s just something so delightfully childish it should go next to a school and playground

[@cf453]

This is the most beautiful and important comment here.

[@Jvirus2]

@@ccox7198 What’s your damage

[@cf453]

@@ccox7198 There's an upper limit one's cynicism, beyond which it's unproductive. I happen to think it's a pretty high limit, but still...

[@Jvirus2]

@@ccox7198 Sooo your theory is that a chalk drawing of sharks is fake? And you can tell this how? Sounds like you just want to give yourself a reason to feel better than others.

[@irelund1605]

@@ccox7198 you do realize not every child is 2 years old, I could easily imagine a 6-7 year old drawing something like that? Heck I vet there are 10 year old better at drawing than me

[@QuesoCookies]

My little brother has started to pursue an interest in drawing more seriously in the last couple of years and has come to particularly enjoy drawing urban buildings, as he observed "It's great, you can put any number of antenna or duct or whatever on the roofs and it always looks like they belong" which I think perfectly summarizes how surprisingly subtle the HVAC piece is, despite its glaring enormity.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

I'm imagining these five shark brothers and sisters shaping up and awkwardly wearing their best suits and ties to appear in court.

[@carter342000]

My feelings as a resident in Hackney: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake."

[@ADDeeJay]

Bahaha, I'm using this at the HOA meeting.

[@sion8]

*+*

[@RomanShapovalov]

The definition of bikeshedding?

[@isu-152.4]

plz take our sharks

[@paris3396]

Sounds like my condo home owner's association.

[@SeanMacadelic]

People asking about how this fits in the CGP Grey timeline. It’s part of both the *riding* *my* *bike* *around* *London* and the *falling* *down* *the* *research* *rabbit* *hole* eras.

[@EmmaVB82]

And past The Blue-ening of the Grey office!

[@whatevername4873]

Arguably, one cannot say which era they reside within until it is over, maybe we'll see a new era of CGPGrey, one based off the facts of art and creativity perhaps?

[@svevenenanen]

The future is now

[@marischal3]

Agree, I see this as a procedural sequel to Race to Staten Island, one of my favourites to show my staff on the perils of doing deep research

[@jannepeltonen2036]

Sounds like there's a bureaucrat who has taken a personal vendetta against those sharks. In Helsinki, some 25 years back, there was this anarchist group that squatted city-owned houses that weren't being used and were rotting, renovated the houses, and started living in them. They ended up being backed by politicians in the council, and were legally allowed to stay in the squats, and the council even provided firewood for them. But there was this one bureaucrat who really didn't like them and always made sure that the firewood was either rotten, or delivered at 5 AM in a pouring rain, etc.

[@zachherholdt1610]

I literally walk past that warehouse every day and just thought the people who owned it were odd with sharks popping up everywhere until now. (They painted a large picture of a shark on its large doors as a tribute to the event)

[@DoctorLeft]

Between this and the snow day video Grey is rapidly becoming a guardian of the whimsical and light-hearted things in the world.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

This whole _SHARKS!_ thing is quite funny!

[@AlcoLoco251]

We need more people like that in today's society.

[@tommykarrick9130]

Come to think of it, yeah, I like the stance he’s taking on sort of stripping away any politics from these things and just saying “listen certain things just make the world a happier place and really should be left alone”

[@nepunepu5894]

and hexagons

[@Zoroasterisk]

@@nepunepu5894 (Bestagons)

[@bagelman2634]

This is literally just “You got a loiscence fah that?”

[@confused4971]

Oh, England...

[@Ben--Nay]

England in all it's magnificience

[@geoshark12]

You’ll never take me alive

[@AnnikaOakinnA]

Not to worry, I have a permit: I do what I want.

[@hmr1122]

@@AnnikaOakinnA "Sir, this was written with a crayon."

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Coming back here after watching 42 cops kick down the door of Antepavillion on the 4th in order to seize a sculpture.

[@treedude4246]

Wait what

[@rosscayley8773]

Never underestimate the petty vindictiveness of a government 'authority' who has been ruthlessly mocked and publicly humiliated...and never estimate their ability to publicly own themselves all over again, in the very act of seeking revenge...

[@kathrynelrod5570]

the animation on this is delightful, those little anthropomorphized logos have so much charm

[@katerocks82196]

I know! How do these simple designs have so much personality?!

[@JacobAdriani]

Never in my life have I clicked "I'm feeling lucky".

[@joostvhts]

Same, probably slang for clicking the top (or top 3) results

[@KarateLauren]

i remember once i spent hours going down a rabbit hole "i'm feeling lucky" brought me to

[@barkingdoggo3331]

That's how you get a gambling addiction

[@kingguydan]

I have but I never fully understood what it is?

[@DJKosloskiTV]

I have it was crazy.

[@JetstreamGW]

And now Grey has brought it to the attention of a large group of internet people. There's no telling what's going to happen now. But something is going to happen. ;_;7

[@cutebabyseal621]

I think Grey knows exactly what he's doing here too 🤣

[@-ism8153]

I keep worrying that he could get in trouble for giving the sharks positive attention.

[@tzvitabakman8583]

I think there is only one option left. We need to get John Oliver involved!!!!

[@tzvitabakman8583]

We need John Oliver involved!

[@travisewart4551]

And the Art of Sharks! Continues

[@Calimbandil87]

I've spent the last few days just saying or thinking "SHARKS!" to myself at random times. It feels delightful.

[@bruceshark5501]

SHARKS!

[@RainaRamsay]

Makes me smile every time!

[@spk1121]

*_SHARKS!_* 👍😎👍

[@KSharpei]

Grey is just so utterly delightful here. Every single one of those exclamation marks were enunciated perfectly and exuberantly

[@xymaryai8283]

I want the city to realise that they should commission a sculpture of Dolphins to scare away the sharks, fight smarter, not harder

[@daviddrivez9978]

🤣

[@ipadair7345]

I think Swordfish, or Marlins would be a better choice in fighting sharks!

[@ashtasheran6970]

@@ipadair7345 you clearly don't know how much of a bastard dolphins are

[@dbropx3547]

@@ashtasheran6970 ah yes the zebra of the seas

[@ashtasheran6970]

@@dbropx3547 wet zebra

[@danielkuehling2220]

Grey is the single most nerd-snipable human being to have ever lived.

[@Kisamaism]

nerd... snipe... able? uwot

[@josharko111]

I'm confused too

[@filipwolffs]

@@Kisamaism Nerd sniping is a joke from the XKCD webcomic where you would present a nerd with a complicated problem which interests them to the point of distracting them from all other matters, to the point that said nerd would stand still in the middle of the road and forget to get out of the way of oncoming cars.

[@1.4142]

I'm still trying to figure out the equivalent resistance of the infinite one ohm resistor grid

[@deathbower]

@@1.4142 I'm fairly certain the answer lies with calculus and lim -> calculations, but I've always sucked at calculus.

[@Syzygy2048]

I stayed in London/Hackney over the weekend and randomly stumbled across those sharks. So I can confirm that they're still there. 🦈

[@singlereedenjoyer]

Yoooo

[@woosix7735]

Awesome!

[@GrahamLikeTheCrackers]

As a city planner in Canada, I love this so much

[@allenqueen]

Yea, don't you guys have a giant rubber duck?

[@uinsel]

do you have a home for the sharks maybe?

[@razieldolomite698]

Only in the modern era of artistic expression and simultaneous bureaucracy could a group of art promoters turn a legal battle into an art project in and of itself.

[@simonreid9370]

I love Grey’s ability to simplify bureaucratic nonsense. It’s the most hidden of comedy and I’m glad he does the digging for us

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I don't know where I would be without this man

[@powershin12]

After watching Tom Scott's video, I can now understand what 0:29 and the artwork are about!

[@superraegun2649]

Regular person: *sees sharks in the water* "Huh, that's kind of interesting, anyway, moving on with my day." Grey: "sees sharks in the water* "I must find out why they're there or die trying."

[@yaguzi]

You can hear the excitement in Grey’s voice as he describes the obscure findings of his investigation into urban planning bureaucracy.

[@Braiam]

Bureaucracy itself isn't bad, excessive is bad. Like everything in life. Also Grey loves to figure out things that pick its curiosity.

[@josephbrennan370]

@@Braiam yes minister.

[@MichaelDreksler]

I am amazed that CGP got a video out about 'current affairs' while they were still current! Well done!

[@fruity4820]

Just realized it also probably the reason a lot of the video is filmed, compared to the usual animated videos, he had to cute anything he could from the video-making process to be able to publish it while it still relevant

[@a.h.s.3006]

@@fruity4820 You wrote cute instead of cut, but now that I read it like that, he really did make the logos look cute

[@islandinthesky]

Plot twist: This all happened in 1987.

[@fruity4820]

@@a.h.s.3006 oops my bad!

[@a.h.s.3006]

@@fruity4820 no no no don't get me wrong, I just thought it's funny and verb "to cute" should now be a real verb

[@vladimirlagos2688]

I can't but love how these free spirits are epically trolling an institution that symbolizes British snobishness to such a cartoony extreme.

[@yon_monster]

Thanx for the content, sir. After watching this _Sharks!_ V.o.D. for the fifth time, it was clear that this was the place to pay-it-forward to the next content, too. Happy 2022

[@monika.alt197]

Why does your comment have a red background, and whats the $50 thing?

[@yon_monster]

@@monika.alt197 I made a donation, clicking the $ under the video title. Swag

[@monika.alt197]

@@yon_monster oh I see.

[@bluehen9533]

We must make this shark statue the most convoluted confusing and frustrating court case to ever exist. It would be beautiful.

[@danieldeelite]

Someone understands art

[@finnhorsell5934]

We?

[@raymisuto9872]

It would definitely be worth crowdfunding just to keep a case this irritating going 👍

[@ekkehard8]

Aren't there already hundreds of legal cases more convoluted than this?

[@stephen2828]

Please forgive me for being overly pedantic, but I must correct you, the correct spelling "sharks!".

[@StevenChristopherParkerREAL]

I like to imagine CGP Grey coming home after a long week and relaxing by methodically studying hundreds of pages of dense legal paperwork, only stopping to occasionally chuckle at written remarks made by snarky judges.

[@prajwalpingali]

*sharky judges 😜

[@Matrixxxdancer]

...you probably meant "sharky" judges?... Ok I'll see myself out. Ouch!

[@prajwalpingali]

@@Matrixxxdancer likewise

[@grumble2009]

Snarks! ?

[@LunaireTD]

The absurdity of this whole thing is really beautiful in its own subversive way. This seemingly uninspired art of some big scary sharks has created such a conundrum that its own brief history is as much a part of the art as the piece itself.

[@-ism8153]

They took his suggestion and put the sharks on the boat! They also put his video on their website!

[@richard90991]

It's like an 80s movie when the old guys try to stop everyone from having fun

[@XalphYT]

Bueller? Bueller?

[@mark6bat]

In fairness, if the council had just let them do whatever they wanted, it wouldn't have been fun. It's only fun because it's against the rules

[@daviie]

the no-fun police is at it again

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

@@mark6bat anarkiddies in a nutshell

[@victoryjamz]

footloose?

[@ronhar1412]

A religion based on hexagons, an existential crisis over paper sizes what next? Sharks! ? Sharks! !

[@Thestuffnope]

Sharks!

[@MotherOfFluffyRabbits]

Sharks!

[@IndieCato]

Sharks!

[@watayukikimihyra7132]

a

[@Desmaad]

Shrucks.

[@chrislaraspata4466]

Went to go see the Sharks! today after watching this - they were amazing! Loads of people stopped by to see it and I want to believe they were also inspired by your video

[@gabrielvarig]

What a lovely day to see some Sharks! outside, said Tiffany from Britany

[@nfspbarrister5681]

With neon torch!

[@loganbenson2725]

So I’m a city planner, one of the job titles often associated with creating planning and zoning regulations. It always disappoints me when I see municipalities overstep the necessary powers of zoning to get into stuff like “we don’t like how it looks so it’s illegal” zoning laws exist only to protect the health and safety of occupants as in make sure a residence isn’t place adjacent to a chemical factory and ensure land owners take care of their property, etc.

[@richardmacdonald8934]

The Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 disagrees with you.

[@poundbagcom]

Of course, We have chemical plants here in the middle of an urban zone, and thats perfectly ok, cause Taxes, We have properties that as filled with junk cars and even had a guy go to JAIL for having too many pallets stacked in his yard. (seriously) @Grey, hows that for a video?

[@Chickenbowser]

You sound like a very reasonable person who appreciates and upholds the spirit of the law rather than the letter.

[@Lizzaroo91]

UK Planning differs from most of the world as it is much more discretionary, with policies which can be interpreted in multiple ways or flat out ignored if other circumstances (or politics) dictate. We don't have 'zoning' as such and planning is definitely seen as a tool for many societal benefits beyond just 'don't put the housing next to the heavy industry,' e.g. in this case 'let's protect the heritage of an area so current and future generations can also enjoy it.' A lot of planning in the UK also rests on precedent, so if you let one thing slide you can end up making life more difficult for yourself in the future when something more egregious comes along. I know this example makes the local planning authority look like killjoys, but I understand their concerns and their predicament here. If you want to learn more about how our politicians view the purpose of planning in terms of socioeconomic benefits, I would recommend looking up the Scottish Government's recent Planning Review (signed into law 2019) and the white paper released by Westminster last year.

[@rfldss89]

Yes!!! Its a temporary art installation, how exactly is it encroaching on the conservation of historic buildings? Mind you, the historic building in this case is A LITERAL WAREHOUSE.

[@appa609]

Imagine your job is to crack down on art trolls whose sole purpose is to waste your time and make fun of you for falling for it must pay well.

[@Jackoclypse]

Imagine paying their salary. Oh wait I'm a tax payer I don't have to imagine

[@kieran10202]

In london, property value is the main currency, you can make powerful enemies by building sharks.

[@lonestarr1490]

@@Jackoclypse You're not paying their salary, you're just paying your taxes. From that moment on, it's not your money anymore and you have virtually no say in what becomes of it. Even if the government doesn't use it to pay the salary of that particular bureaucrat, you wouldn't get it back.

[@RainaRamsay]

Here for my regular re-watch of this video that makes me happy every single time; commenting so KZbin will know how wonderful and valuable this content is.

[@real_surreal_sir]

"Shark art, or 'ShArt' if you will--" *interrupted by cascade of rotten eggs and tomatoes

[@anitahoffman1]

I really enjoy these “grey falls down a rabbit hole MUCH deeper than he expected” videos. Keep ‘em coming!

[@nicholasware6085]

yesss, they're some of his best videos

[@anarchistathena]

"I don't have a legal stance on this." Don't lie. We all know you want the sharks!

[@JohnGottschalk]

Well, it's not a 'legal' stance as such, just a preference :b

[@mlem7108]

He doesn't know if it's legal, he just wants the Sharks! As do we all

[@-ism8153]

I think the response is he really just likes the Sharks! statue and wants it to be displayed, if not necessarily there. So he's not making a statement on whether or not it can or should (if it doesn't stand out that much) be left there.

[@shubs463]

Back again, this time from Tom Scott’s video😂

[@fclp67]

In June 2021, the sharks were removed from their home in the Islington Boat Club and returned to Ante Pavillion where they were stored on a river barge.

[@The_Real_Kyrros]

I love how that in 75 years - after the installation is somehow allowed to continue on - it will be such an iconic piece that residents will no longer be able to imagine the area WITHOUT it, thus becoming historical itself.

[@jonathancassels4835]

But they'll also be unwilling to let the legal battle against Sharks! go, because that's part of the art.

[@MrHws5mp]

Then when a developer threatens to remove the sharks, Hackney council will put a preservation order on them on the grounds that they're "an intrinsic component of the architecture and cuttural landscape of the area". :-)

[@TheKnightWho]

So you know how early on he mentions that there’s a history of shark art in the UK and shows a picture of a shark through a roof? What you said is exactly what happened in 1986 in Oxford. The Headington Shark is still there, and a local icon. Yes, there was a 4 year planning dispute.

[@seraphimconcordant]

The sharks look pretty ugly though.

[@CareerKnight]

After it was constructed there were a lot of people who couldn't wait for the Eiffel Tower to be torn down because the felt it was ugly and destroyed Paris's skyline.

[@jonsmith5058]

Hackey Council "Are you artists or trolls?" Antepavilion "Yes"

[@zwerko]

This level of trolling has to be an art form.

[@Nadia1989]

Modern art is 95% trolling, 5% art

[@maerski5171]

not mutually exclusive

[@adrianfernandez7930]

The words “trolling” and “art” have been virtually interchangeable as of late

[@Commandelicious]

Literally the same thing

[@Taigan_HSE]

@4:56 this part is the most laugh-out-Loud funny thing CGPgrey has ever done.

[@Karreth]

This - _this_ - is how you do modern subversive art. This is awesome.

[@craigspaulding9711]

This video is now a part of the art of Sharks! too. Which means we are part of it by commenting. And I think it means I have a right to some of the canal water. Like maybe a teaspoon’s worth

[@tobiasuretheworld1434]

I am in

[@oammaslastnamethei3063]

I want a Sharks! Part in my teaspoon

[@mariasirona1622]

GIB ME MY WATEH

[@taxevasiongaming]

SHARKS!

[@azathoththe3rd]

Nice, you now have the right to make canal tea.

[@tigercubrawr159]

This is the type of video that needs an update

[@lukelalumandier7451]

Tom Scott's newest video suddenly made me realize the easter egg included in the rendering of the Guardian article.

[@gasdive]

The fifth shark looking out from the bent prison bars.... Omg. The feels.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Terrifying honestly.

[@jcoogs7149]

I think 2020-2021 has been Grey's era of "I do what I want"

[@Legoguy1237]

If this is "what Grey wants" then personally I'm in favor. I never thought I'd get so invested in a zoning conflict in London, yet here I am.

[@adjoint_functor]

Second year of novelty perhaps?

[@B1gLupu]

@@adjoint_functor Year of impulse perhaps?

[@miloc9900]

@@Legoguy1237 I think so too, and I'm so there for it!

[@Kriae]

As long as it's not another gaming stream I don't mind

[@chrisg9606]

Thanks! I saw Tom Scott's video on he Shark on a roof, and thought about this video before he mentioned it. Probably should've donated on the "Tiffany" video the third time I watched it, but I think this is just as fitting an example of the delight I get in your content.

[@stevenbussell9128]

I appreciate the videos like this and the Tiffany ones that are a little more meta. The nature of your topics lend themselves to following down rabbit holes and it's quite entertaining

[@Tesserex]

They should have named the installation "those kickass sharks, which I think are awesome," so that's what all the legal documents would say.

[@ryougahibiki941]

If they could anticipate the legal battles, they could have named it "The Sharks! that circumvented the law?"

[@sjoerdvanbavel6043]

But then it might've been shortened to a brief exclamation point less 'sharks'. I think these guys know what they are doing.

[@rotisseriepossum]

‘Hackney’s favorite legal sharks’

[@theQiwiMan]

“OI!! Yew got a LOICENSE for those SHAWKS, moite???” -The Filth

[@1973Washu]

Where would one obtain a "Sharks!" license? Is there a bureau of "Sharks!" management office you can apply for a license at?

[@QemeH]

@@1973Washu It's overseen by the ministry for musical aquatic creatures. They are the reason "Finding Nemo" wasn't a musical.

[@7000_Skeletons]

I was so glad I stopped off on the way back home to see Sharks! Never has an 45 minute extension to a journey been so worth it.

[@TheMozilla79]

I absolutely adore the choice of music throughout all of this video. The editors did such a fantastic job picking the segments to fit what was happening in the video (e.g. the noticable tempo increase when during the H-VAC section)

[@CasterAzucar]

The amount of times I walked past this place during lockdown, and wondered who was doing what drugs. Now my questions have been answered, and its better than I could've imagined. Never change, PEOPLE of Hackney.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Victim of the worst drug, power

[@robinschulz9961]

But Hackney is the bad guy D:

[@CasterAzucar]

@@robinschulz9961 i should've specified, *people of Hackney. Definitely not the council

[@seneca983]

@@CasterAzucar "Never change, Hackney." Well, the council is the one trying to prevent any changes!

[@dmarsub]

People! Sharks!

[@MahDryBread]

This is shockingly compelling

[@beter7733]

Oh cool it’s you I like your vids

[@MrOzzification]

This from the same channel that has an equally compelling video about how to get passengers onto a plane in the most timely manner. CGP has a knack for turning mundane minutiae into a gripping source of fascination.

[@fraidarahbaran6076]

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[@royzhu5735]

Sharkingly compelling

[@Rotom2304]

hey, which fossil did you pick?

[@theexelentone6827]

You can HEAR Grey's smile during all of this.

[@brothersaturn3937]

8:00 this part is pretty wholesome ngl

[@christian_751]

Grey just revealed the story to a large audience and now this is going to blow up... going to bookmark the wikipedia page and try to be updated, very curious about what is going to happen next.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

I cant wait for Legal Eagle to do a vid on it :3

[@stagdragon3978]

You know just this story alone is going to lead to a huge uprise in the chaos surrounding sharks!

[@the.abhiram.r]

page is being considered for deletion 😐

[@supersmash8pr]

ᶠᵒᵘᵘᵘʳʳ ˢʰᵃʳᵏˢ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃᵗᵉʳ...

[@sherbert2252]

Ffffffiiiiiiiiii-

[@Innuya]

In-junc-ted!

[@christian_751]

double injuncted!!!

[@donottrustanyonelol]

its more like fooooourrr SHARKS! in the water--

[@urmomgay]

OBJECTION!!

[@invaderliz]

As an historic preservation worker, I f’ing LIVED for this video. Thank you.

[@hellhound78]

Reminds of this almost yearly art exhibition at a train station in Kassel. All the artists show off their cool thing and then take it with them again. But sometimes they don't. And that is why there is still a tilted pole with a dude walking up it. It has become kind of a mascot.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

Congratulations, you just made the best video on youtube

[@inolikesand]

But not once did he mention Doom Eternal, 9 out of 10.

[@I_graduated_fucklers]

Hell yeah. DJ Peach Cobbler.

[@I_graduated_fucklers]

You're one of my favourites. Can't wait until you hit 1 Million subs.

[@itachi2011100]

_Sharks!_

[@BDJQP36]

It's awsome video but I'm inclined to disagree, I don't think anything beats 'Is Your Car Safe From Supermaneuverable Air-Defense Fighter Aircraft? '. btw, it's nice to see you here :3

[@pizzatime5323]

"Oi, you got that loicense for sharks mate?"

[@gabeat_]

Sharks!*

[@Racoonma392]

4:45 Uh oh, looks like I've arted again

[@El-PT]

i thought that at 7:55 they said "sharks! 2" and that they were going to make another, bigger sharks sculpture out of the paperwork of the debacle with hackney. i still think they should, bc that's very cool.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

This whole case just seems like a story right out of a children's book. I didn't think legal cases like* these existed in real life. *I cannot believe no one corrected me for a whole month. Original; spoke.

[@angolin9352]

You've clearly never heard of a Homeowners Association.

[@fraidarahbaran6076]

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[@danieljensen2626]

On the contrary, I'm pretty sure this is how basically all legal battles go if neither side gives up easily.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@danieljensen2626 i wasn't aware.

[@michaelkindt3288]

I checked, and this statue does not have a Wikipedia article. Someone needs to give this statue a Wikipedia article. I, unfortunately, do not know how to make a Wikipedia article.

[@kelleenbrx6649]

The Controversial Legal Matter probably makes the Wiki article more difficult to pull together

[@Joshlama]

Writing a Wikipedia article is easy. Making sure it's not marked for speedy deletion is the hard part.

[@sircastic959]

I caution against doing that. Unless you are prepared to involve Wikipedia in that legal battle and therefore the art installation of Sharks!.

[@tracyblanchard7663]

@@sircastic959 Imagine ending the article with the statement that all bureaucracy and legal issues regarding Sharks!' installation become a part of Sharks! and therefore all challenges the article has being posted are to be documented in said article.

[@pascalos99]

I think you should be able to factually depict the artwork in Wikipedia without any of the legal hassle involved. Although it might be a bit hard to write in a way that obeys this

[@geekcatsunited4527]

As an aspiring public artist this is my new favorite public sculpture

[@ashwinpotluri3788]

I love the moment when they are loading the Sharks! into the water and the epic music is playing with the Hackney and the judge to stop the Sharks!

[@LocalGoober10]

I went from “Damn these _Sharks!”_ To “Free the _Sharks!”_ In 10 minutes.

[@Praecantetia]

Me too.

[@fraidarahbaran6076]

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[@AlexPope1668]

10 minutes after that, I arrived at "Free these damned Sharks!"