The Past Was the Worst: HORRIFIC Laws That We're All Glad are Gone

[@brainblaze6526]

The first 100 people to go to www.blinkist.com/businessblaze are going to get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You'll also get 25% off if you want the full membership

[@sebaseba6710]

Hi Simon I know you might never read this but if you want to watch some crazy violent mma football, check out calcio fiorentino in Italy! It's wild and a lot of fun. You could even make a video on it

[@chrisdugas1226]

Hi Simon. If you're interested in mediaeval ultra-violent football, you should do a video on the Atherstone Ball Game, which is still a thing that happens today. It was cancelled once last year for the first time in 821 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherstone_Ball_Game

[@sebaseba6710]

@@chrisdugas1226 it's pretty fucking insane tbh

[@julianshepherd2038]

Not UK 1993 England and Wales 1993

[@julianshepherd2038]

@@chrisdugas1226 or Leeds United in the 1970s

[@NathanCassidy721]

It funny how Simon goes off on slavery while keeping two “unpaid interns” in his Blazement.

[@ilajoie3]

He provides them with a place to sleep and stuff like mushrooms and magic spoon to eat

[@Snp2024]

He pays them actually in 5 gummy bears and 2 glass of water per script

[@cabe_bedlam]

They arent unemployed, they have plenty to do :)

[@DarkZodiacZZ]

"Volunteer workers"

[@charleyedwards2121]

blazement heh

[@DangerAngelous]

All of Simon's neighbours and people walking outside: "Who the f*** is this bloody Peter"

[@DayZeroChannel]

When you been binging the last 350 hours of the BB stream and have to open another tab to check out the new video📹 Blaze on, Legends.

[@therealunicornselene]

Legends binged the last stream a month ago 😆 (just kidding, blaze on)

[@sailinbob11]

Guess those soccer guys would never make it in hockey. I've been watching a few matches lately, and they literally fall down when someone runs past them.

[@terryenby2304]

@@sailinbob11 yeah, but have you seen rugby? The guys are hiding injuries to get back on the pitch lol

[@anarchyantz1564]

I know, AM I RIGHT PETER?!?

[@DayZeroChannel]

@@therealunicornselene BLAZE ON!

[@midnightrambler8866]

Keith Richards' comment on Mick Jagger's knighting " I wouldn't let that family near me with a sharp stick"

[@cmaden78]

Keith will always be my 1st ❤

[@laurenrenae640]

Is anyone else going around saying "Am I right Peter"... my family is now sick of me and I love it!

[@janetmaahs8653]

Or walk around crying out OGBB!!!

[@drkleo001]

AM I RIGHT, PETTUUHH?!?

[@YusriRilke]

extended rimshot gang rise up!

[@janetmaahs8653]

Budda, boom, boom.....chhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@bullzebub]

that would be weird...

[@paultidwell8799]

We need this whole series because the past doesn't get NEARLY enough abuse.

[@Rocketyfox]

"The only person ever killed by a round of applause" so he got clapped then...

[@flyingtrap4169]

He came in by the clap 👏 and went out by the clap 👏

[@K1LLERSQU1D]

@@flyingtrap4169 Hahahah

[@valdemarramirez6015]

I just facepalmed so hard right now. The best part is I'm sitting in a doctors office and some of the other patients turned to look at me

[@thirteenthandy]

"But you know what's never ugly? Shaved balls! Oh wait, wrong ad, sorry."

[@Netasuke]

It's fun watching Simon stumble over "fancy" words then tell someone from years ago to learn to speak English.

[@1IGG]

*told.

[@IndianaDipper194]

Stumbling over spoken words has nothing to do with your ability to speak a language only your ability to be understood. Being dim in written text is entirely different. Ozzy can totally speak english but not a damn soul can understand him lmao

[@TheDarkestSmurf]

@@1IGG Wrong.

[@claypotts2334]

This is business blaze baby

[@toric6005]

My fave “turned down a knighthood” story was when Edward VII tried to give a knighthood to a portraitist who lived in the UK but didn’t do any research and the guy sent back the reply thanks for thinking of me but I’m an American Citizen. 🤣

[@elsden722]

.... fascinating

[@shadehunter]

@@elsden722 No need to be a wise-ass.

[@youngspaghettii]

@@elsden722 yeah what was even the point of ur comment 🤡🤡

[@arceusmaster91]

17:27 as a Canadian, it warms my heart someone across the ocean appreciates the absolute full contact fist fight rules of ice hockey. There was a guy who LITERALLY momentarily died on the bench and asked the coach to let him continue playing.

[@Terri_MacKay]

I live in Canada, but was born in Philly. I really, really miss 70's hockey, and all those bench clearing brawls. The Flyers and the Leafs had quite a rivalry and more than a few epic battles , and living so close to Toronto, I WAS NOT popular in high school when I would strut down the halls in my Flyers jersey. 🤣🤣

[@Ahalaya]

As my mother and I like to put it: "I went to a fight, and a hockey game broke out."

[@daniel-is6zf]

Hang on hang on hang on... It's approved lol... I'm spewing the only time they'res beef anymore in NRL is when origin gets a bit gritty 😆

[@phantomechelon3628]

I have tried watching hockey a few times and always thought it looked more like organised fighting with sports equipment. If anyone actually scores its just kind of a bonus... 😆

[@cmaden78]

I've met ppl who play hockey. Apt description. Also ppl who play rugby. It feels like hockey wo ice???

[@01oo011]

“My allegiance is to the republic! To democracy” - Simon

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Sounds oddly familiar...🤔

[@jlcs96]

Hmm..everything checks out here.

[@thomasridley8675]

There isn't a single republican in the u.s. Congress that can say that without breaking out laughing.

[@furyrage2011]

Suspicious...

[@BlackTownie999]

@@thomasridley8675 I can't even read the word congress without yelling out loud TERM LIMITS! Then punching something

[@C.L.Hinton]

I wondered where Terry Pratchett got his "shove" version of football from in _Unseen Academicals._ It turns out his horrific version was actually toned down from the historical truth!

[@annak314]

Wow never been this early! 😂 Bring on the blaze!

[@douglasbillington8521]

Blaze on, Anna.

[@iron_side5674]

Actually if i was King, i´d Knight Sir Simon in a heartbeat. The beard alone would be reason enough but there´s also the fact that he and Danny put specific information into easily digestable chunks and make them available for pretty much everyone. Keeping the knowledge flowing. I think that´s great.

[@beanbrewer]

Sir Elton John held his own in the fight in that kingsman flick.

[@audreysark]

"There is a great noise in the city over people hustling for large balls" - What folks used to say when my girls & I hit the club in college.

[@jaymevosburgh3660]

I don't get it 😎 *edit* sorry I was trying be funny but it is hard for me to be express humour or sarcasm thru the internet. I tried. I failed.

[@audreysark]

@@jaymevosburgh3660 I got it! 😆

[@TitularHeroine]

@@jaymevosburgh3660 Um, don't get what? The balls? Then maybe better work on your hustle before you hit the clubs.....??? 😁😐😶

[@SpyralHax]

The day isn't complete without a "AM I RIGHT, PETER!?"

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

The day isn't complete without a "AM I RIGHT PETER? " *AM I RIGHT, PETER?*

[@StefanMedici]

My workmates still wonder who the f Peter is, I've refused to let them in on the joke. They not OGBB

[@Laura-S196]

Simon said “AM I RIGHT PETER!?” several times in this video.

[@macuss87]

An episode on ridiculous / pointless laws would be fun. For example in a mid west US state it is against the law to go surfing while drunk.; No surfing while drinking Simon, even if we don't have beaches!

[@Ahalaya]

Sounds like someone got wasted and thought it would be funny to either try surfing on a lake or down a street...

[@jamiekidd5471]

I feel like Simon doesn't know the Hurdy Gurdy is a real instrument 😂

[@canaan5337]

A dragon attacks Buckingham Palace in the queen calls upon the knights of the realm. Sir Patrick Stewart Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Paul McCartney all arrive the palace shining armor seated on white horses. Then Sir Elton John shows up in gold armor covered in gemstones riding a unicorn and says "alright let's go kill this dragon for the queen"

[@aberdeenhardbud]

Watching the evolution of this channel has been such a treat

[@n.8883]

Not sure Bowie ever wanted for a table reservation regardless...

[@ericharkleroad7716]

I like how Simon always looks like he's as surprised as the rest of us about who the sponsor is

[@kaiying74]

3:15 - No Simon, you're not just some FactBoi on the internet. You're *THE* FactBoi on the internet.

[@RichardCranium321]

Refusing to be knighted because of the snobbery involved is poetic irony in itself...

[@battlegrizz3687]

I saw Blazing sauce as a option while ordering wings, and ordered it in honor of this amazing channel. Mistakes were made lol. The Carolina Reaper sauce was burning going down, and a worse experience going out. But worth it for the Blaze!

[@jr2904]

Baptism by fire 🔥🚒

[@Slysheen]

Absolute Legend

[@SegwayBossk]

But did it taste as good as it burned?

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Eat too much of that and you'll be having full conversations with Peter, let alone asking him if you're right.

[@THEmilkyboi]

The reaper sauce is amazing. I get it everytime I go to Buffalo Wild Wings.

[@zainlookboonmee]

Simon refuses knighthood, Queen takes over Business Blaze and becomes new host. :p

[@nikdog6535]

One is a legend, allegedly.

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

Smashing that dislike button so fast

[@StefanMedici]

Am I right Peter?! /Queens voice 😂

[@zainlookboonmee]

@@StefanMedici 🤣🤣🤣

[@personzorz]

@@StefanMedici I love cocaine /queen voice

[@Jobe00]

Amendment 13 did NOT abolish slavery ("Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME WHEREOF THE PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."). It made slavery a punishment for crime. Then afterward, as many of those that would have been slaves were made criminals as possible by hook or by crook to this day.

[@matthewernst9019]

Now instead of ugly laws cities just make camping in public illegal. it sounds better

[@joma5721]

Yeah I was gonna say, they just renamed these sorts of things, as well as demonised homeless people for homelessness rather than disability. Hostile architecture, ordinances against public camping, arrests during the pandemic for “not abiding by the shelter in place orders”, etc. have the same effect as any “ugly law” does in practice.

[@michaelpipkin9942]

Did you say "Abe Lincoln?" Nah, man. I said "Hey, Blinkist."

[@theprimo100]

Just nip the tip

[@acepilot1]

Oregonian here,I have a few friends who are either homeless or were homeless got roughed up by the police for trying to pitch a tent in the woods

[@whee38]

Anti homeless ordinances still exist. We design cities to make their lives harder. It's called aggressive architecture

[@1IGG]

Like those spikes on the ground.

[@cmaden78]

So you've been to Florida 😂

[@TheRealE.B.]

We don't have knights in the U.S., but I'm fairly certain that a lot of the laws over here that let you carry shotguns around at the grocery store also technically apply to swords. To be clear, I've never seen someone walk around the grocery store with a shotgun, but where I live, I think it's technically up to the store to decide if it's allowed.

[@cmaden78]

Probably true. I think the only law in Florida is banks and bars you have to leave your firearm. I think.

[@johnmurphy5161]

Simon, the man who lives in a contradictive world. It might be his most loveable trait.

[@twosquids]

Our boy hates everything but star trek and capitalism

[@KristophM]

Duke Nukem! Sam is a damn legend. You are as well, Simon. Allegedly.

[@ItsAsparageese]

I'm homeless in the USA and work with/advocate for others in the unhoused community, and it's really not much better now. People are still subject to abuses and fines and persecution for homelessness, sometimes codified as law sometimes just socially acceptable, and it still all stems from the foundation of blaming poor, disabled, and ill individuals for our own circumstances. Most people are fundamentally terrified to accept the notion that the same circumstances could befall them, so they're quick to label me or others as "obviously some druggie psycho" etc. in order to reassure themselves that they're *✨~different~✨* lol. 🤷‍♂️ It's improving, just slowly.

[@elle_rose_xx]

Sam using Horrible Histories memes is giving me joy

[@johnstevenson9956]

Can you imagine imprisoning someone for being maimed in an industrial accident? How insane is that?

[@QBCPerdition]

They should have paid more attention at their job, then shouldn't they? Off with their head!

[@johnstevenson9956]

@@QBCPerdition LOL

[@canadiannavywife434]

Love how you bring us along for the ride... Thank you for the interesting listening. Keep it up. Hugs from Esquimalt

[@tanglewife]

As long as the battle's on Saturday night, then Sir Elton's your man.

[@gregorybarilla9004]

Simon, this morning I watched the Blaze regarding Bing from 2019. As time has gone on the Blaze has become more manic, and it is a good thing. Don't kick that cocaine habit. I hope your wife understands that you aren't doing it for the rush, but for the fans.

[@jwhitely7]

Loving all of the adventure time memes didn't know that they counted as vintage and I'm petitioning to have the next stream be just Simon watching adventure Time

[@TheQuickSilver101]

I can imagine no man less suited for the battlefield than Elton John." I dunno, Prince Charles comes to mind.

[@TheDarkVampire666]

At least Chucks brother felt going into battle was No Sweat

[@personzorz]

The Queen would wipe the floor with any adversary

[@serephita]

The north won, but with the loophole in the amendment outlawing slavery means that convicts currently incarcerated are treated similar - they count on a census but can't vote, and are paid $1/day or somewhere around that for any jobs they do.

[@youngspaghettii]

Dont do crimes then 🤔 easy solution

[@morganfae3690]

Yas! Seeing this greatly is improving my morning!

[@Ixidora]

Bwahahaha, just as Simon said Sam is in the basement I got a home design ad, roflmao

[@janetmaahs8653]

Yay! New blaze.....been watching the live broadcast on & off! You need to put a few new ones sprinkled within....play a game called spot the new one 😁

[@suralos]

A tragic little fact the no one wants to acknowledge about slavery is that there are more people in this world living in slavery than there during any point in the US Civil War!

[@cnaisbitt5013]

Could you imagine watching this as your first blaze video? I'd be so damn confused.

[@annettepenwell6220]

Yes, Simons decent into madness must be watched from the beginning to be truly appreciated

[@cnaisbitt5013]

@@annettepenwell6220 yeah, with all the inside jokes, and the "am I right peters" you'd be so totally lost.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

7:40 - Chapter 1 - The ugly truth 13:15 - Mid roll ads 15:35 - Chapter 2 - The not so beautiful game 22:05 - Chapter 3 - Nobody likes a compromise 26:20 - Chapter 4 - The draconian empire - Chapter 5 - - Chapter 6 -

[@ValentineS97]

the gif with the football player had me CRYING. he literally just touched his ear and the other player just dropped to the ground as if the guy fuckin cut his bloody ear off… i cannot 😅🤣🙃

[@bateman2112]

Stephen Hawking rejected knighthood because he wouldn't be allowed to joust in his chair.

[@devikwolf]

My takeaway from this episode: there's a good chance Simon Whistler has never heard of David Bowie.

[@roysoutdoorlife]

Or at least none of Bowie's songs!

[@graemecameron5685]

hell yeah! I was just looking for a whistler video to watch

[@KougajiCalling]

Same! I opened up KZbin thinking, "I wonder if there's a new Business Blaze today..."

[@janetmaahs8653]

Love Simon's southern twang! Dang

[@trinaskyrme8769]

Happy days again 🙌

[@PhilosoShysGameChannel]

Lhazaroni. The macaroni you get to eat twice cause it comes back from the dead after you eat it. BOOM! back on your plate, good as new!

[@rubif5797]

Dude. How many Chanels do you have? I only get suggestions for the beard guy all the time.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Ten active ones right now, I believe. TopTenz Today I Found Out Biographics Geographics Megaprojects Sideprojects xplrd Highlight History Business Blaze Casual Criminalist

[@rubif5797]

@@ItsAsparageese conspiracy!!!He will take over youtube until there is only the beard guy left.

[@midnightrambler8866]

One day every channel on KZbin will be a Simon Whistler channel.

[@spunkythedingo9859]

Hi Simon, it is actually Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, and Papua New Guinea, who call, what you call football, soccer. We just borrowed it from them since we already had a form of 'football'. And yes, it's like watching a theatric play or opera, this thing you call football.

[@florence9660]

Never fails a new blaze as soon as I clock in and sit down with my coffee

[@austinwagner3231]

14:38 Simon during the ad read: "See, thats Brilliant!" No Simon. Thats Blinkist

[@EMurph42]

OMG SAM! Where did you get that Christopher Walken clip?!? Classic!! Breaking the 4th wall is so rare like SNL rarely does it. I love it. The end

[@loneragnar]

Let the blaze continue!!!!!!!!!

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

Here's a sad fact. I spend more time on here with Simon than I do with most of my friends.

[@cmaden78]

I'm with you❤😊

[@chriscarroll6594]

They still play ancient football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire it’s called shovetide and they play at Easter

[@graylinshowell7051]

Unfortunately, the 13th amendment did not abolish slavery. The 13th amendment made private slavery illegal, but it was still legal as a form of punishment. It is no surprise that the Jim Crow era brought laws that made being black at the wrong time of day a crime. News that slavery was (mostly) outlawed did not travel quickly, which is why Juneteenth is a thing. There are even confirmed reports of African Americans in private slavery until the late 1960's. The great state of Alabama did finally ratify the 13th amendment in February of 2013 though, so there's been progress since 1865.

[@TheDarkestSmurf]

Alabama ratified the 13th Amendment in December 1865. Mississippi officially didn't ratify the 13th Amendment until 7 February 2013. Mississippi was the last state legislature to ratify the amendment in March 1995, but failed to notify the Office of the Federal Register of the resolution. That oversight didn't make the resolution official until Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman corrected it on 30 January 2013, after a citizen's enquiry who had just watched the movie "Lincoln". The Office of the Federal Register made the resolution official a week later.

[@graylinshowell7051]

@@TheDarkestSmurf Ahh, yes, Mississippi, the state that reminds us Alabama isn't last in everything.

[@TheDarkestSmurf]

@@graylinshowell7051 Well, Alabama is still the best place to find a partner at family gatherings.

[@purrsuasively]

it's sad that many people these days, at least in the united states, still feel this way about able-bodied poor people. or, even if you are disabled, they want to know the extent of your disability to see if they feel your living status is *justified*. looks like we still got a ways to go.

[@Deimnos]

Praise the Blaze Brothers! Simon, i know how you feel! I've only managed to read 17 books this year! It is a nightmare! :)

[@christina1wilson]

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

[@twosquids]

We love you Sam

[@shadehunter]

"...and peasantry. Am I RIGHT, PETER?!" Ya know, I wonder if Peter would realize he'd be the basis of a catch phrase for his sexism. Lolol

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

Lazzaroni was the Neapolitan term for the 'poorest of the poor', who lived in the streets and survived by begging or odd jobs. The word is derived from 'lazar', in reference to the parable of Dives and Lazarus. It was also sometimes used to describe lepers.

[@joseybryant7577]

I occasionally forget Simon is all alone in his studio. Pretty odd to imagine him just screaming to himself. But aren't we all just doing the same? I know I am.

[@jonathanwalls6760]

Simon, Simon, I have a VERY important thing for you. That super violent version of football is still played in Florence every summer, it's called calcio storico "historic football". You're welcome!

[@overtlybiased]

"Sir Simon Whistler" has a ring to it

[@gordonlumbert9861]

Sir Elton John had National Service in the RAF (yes from the olden days). Made Sargent and served in Iraq in the late 40's. We rode slave catcher out of town on a rail when that law was enforced in Marshal Michigan.

[@leeboy26]

That was his father, not Elton.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Is it me or does Simon look like a beard and glasses wearing Johnny Sins?

[@antitheziz717]

Shhhh......allegedly

[@pjsw]

Blazing while watching the blaze boy

[@anthonyminerovic1088]

16:49 Simon’s face parts pretty much line up with that neat blue light behind him. Nice decor.

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

Historically, peerages were military commissions. Being a knight in the middle ages was equivalent to being a lieutenant now.

[@nicolastrogdon9199]

You should actually do a video on ending slavery in America, particularly with our first "official" Juneteenth recently, as putting an end to slavery in the states was not nearly as neat and clean as you would expect.

[@1IGG]

I would expect it to have been an inhumane mess. You're saying it was even worse? Why am I not surprised.

[@RaderizDorret]

"Soccer" is a old-style English abbreviation for "association football" to help distinguish the sport from Rugby football in conversation. It came about in the 18th Century and was quite the popular way to refer to association football during the American colonial period. After the American Revolution, we kept the old name for the sport.

[@TheDarkestSmurf]

The Football Association (FA), which gave Association Football its name and where the word "soccer" derives from, was only formed in 1863, and "soccer" itself came into use in the late 1870s or early 1880s. At that point the American Revolutionary War had been over for about 100 years.

[@RaderizDorret]

@@TheDarkestSmurf Yeah. I was way off on that. Still, the fact remains that "soccer" was and still is a legitimate term for the sport.

[@TheDarkestSmurf]

@@RaderizDorret No argument there, "soccer" is indeed an entirely valid term to use.

[@mcguckin13]

Danny, have you been to Kilmainham Gaol Museum? 🤔

[@matthewbray764]

Draco's death story featured in horrible histories as part of their stupid deaths segment so must be true

[@george46light]

Normally I skip through the part where a youtuber talks about the sponsors, but here though, it's just more of the fun

[@Bzuhl]

Knighthood is only worth it if you start wearing a suit of armour and a poleaxe EVERYWHERE. And yes, it can combine with the restaurant reservation perk.

[@bushmanPMRR]

"THE peasants are revolting!" "Yes, indeed they are."

[@nickmiller7680]

The Kingsmen: Golden Circle shows that Sir Elton John can indeed kick ass in battle lol

[@shadehunter]

Wanna know what's bad? The American civil war was fought over taxes between the north and the south. Freeing all the slaves was an afterthought.

[@irestar6]

Watching kids playing Hurling! It's pure carnage. Northern Ireland, where health and safety laws are just more loose guidelines! The playground is like fricking Thunderdome!!! Teacher watching them are just, ah sure, they'll learn. My daughter got punched in the stomach by a girl and waited until hurling practice and gave the little b**ch a concussion.

[@dancook828]

Aaa the blaze that gets simon a visit from mr bond

[@stoneostrich129]

Wonder how the neon light will behave if plugged directly into the wall socket? Maybe the transformer became a diva and decided it didn't like the power strip anymore.

[@bfgreg1]

I love when Brits make fun of Americans for using the term Soccer, when it was the Brits who created the name back in the 1800's, and was used in England until relatively recently.

[@cyberfutur5000]

Now the image of the Queen calling Stephen Hawking a bit of a bell end will forever be burned in my mind.

[@driftwood883]

Football is still played like this in Atherstone, UK. Search for "Atherstone Ball Game", completely crazy.

[@peten2956]

Yes, that is correct Simon. -Peter... actually

[@markbothum4338]

Did you just insult Sir Elton? No wonder you're exiled to Prague. Bad boi.

[@Tripskiii]

you have no idea how right you are about Chicago, and poor people..

[@purrsuasively]

the state of chicago is so sad :( i hate that people living in poverty are still overlooked by the majority of americans. they deserve health and happiness as much as anyone else