The Strange Reason Why the US Owes London £12,598,845

[@StevenKluber]

I mean, if the British want all £7.1m in congestion fees they are owed from the Nigerian High Commission, all they have to do is send a few thousand dollars in processing to the prince.

[@thewilltheway]

@Gods Bloody Hammer Ah yes, nothing like India's lack of proper public sanitation.

[@dr.keating6864]

Lol.. Nigeria isn't governed by a monarch.

[@endstreeks6477]

@@thewilltheway ah yes, nothing like toxic comments that look at one video and assume the whole country. A lot of it is bad but not anywhere near the bad.

[@tavvenerraf.6326]

*pounds

[@Dumebi7278]

Britain owes Nigeria and all other Commonwealth countries trillions for all the looting and pillaging

[@octowuss1888]

Apparently, US Diplomats and their spouses are also exempt from driving on the left side of the road in the UK, even when it leads to fatal "accidents".

[@teethgrinder83]

I didn't know that although wouldn't advise it mind you since they US diplomats might be the ones getting killed or maimed in the crash lol interesting though!

[@xander1052]

@@teethgrinder83 he's referring to a case where a US Diplomat's wife hit a child when driving on the wrong side of the road here, killing him.

[@feykro222]

Same goes for US army showing to Italy that they can cut a cable car lines with an airplane and kill 20 people (Cavalese cable car disaster for reference).

[@TheJohnLikeOne]

@@teethgrinder83 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn

[@teethgrinder83]

@@xander1052 oh right, I live in the UK but don't remember hearing about it, thanks

[@braindead1540]

0:16 Eminem has been pretty quiet since HAI dropped this one.

[@quasarsavage]

Lol

[@braindead1540]

And 3:00

[@asiburger]

Original

[@yaven8338]

Thats blasphemy

[@fica1137]

There is a reason why Kendrick Lamar leaks happened before this video was released

[@thedemon0843]

“The United Kingdom is suing the United States in international court over unpaid parking tickets”

[@SamSitar]

yes UK should sue the US for that.

[@nohzatino9629]

@@SamSitar agreed, except for the fact that the US does not acknowledge the international court so they will still refuse to pay and then the option would be war... For not paying parket tickets :D

[@sherlocksleuther5437]

@@nohzatino9629 Nobody is going to go to war over parking tickets. International relations are not that stupid (most of the time anyway.)

[@nohzatino9629]

@@sherlocksleuther5437 that's kind of my point

[@Birb728]

@@sherlocksleuther5437 but what if

[@fooforce]

Alternative title: HAI reads a poem where every line rhymes with -ided in some way.

[@benjaminolive1366]

Alternative Alternative Title: HAI mimics CGP Grey for way too long.

[@doing_aok]

i love how like it’s definitely illegal they just can’t like do anything. it’s like saying to a cop “ nah” and driving away

[@sirBrouwer]

well they actual do that. if a police stops them they can just show there diplomatic passport end can drive off. if the cop would would do more he/she would be the one in trouble.

[@correctionguy7632]

@Gods Bloody Hammer funny joke lmao

[@re57k]

@Gods Bloody Hammer no u

[@Dysan72]

What's fun is how the NYPD handle traffic tickets and illegal parking in NYC when the UN diplomats start getting too bad with it. They just start towing all the cars.

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

@Gods Bloody Hammer At least I didn't get Rick Rolled.

[@fastedeverything8555]

When people look up passive aggressive on the internet, there’s a picture of this channel.

[@craniumtea5137]

Please elaborate

[@CityWhisperer]

@The Lavian lol

[@dragonrider4279]

Well it is a charge that they should pay, everyone else is able too and I think that they also should. If you had a charge for the roads and you wouldn't pay, you'd also get in trouble so why so egoistic about the money? Just pay and it will end the discussion. :) That would be the first step to stop the American egoism. Lmao but that is probably never gonna happen so why even try. Lol

[@geniusgamer3840]

@@dragonrider4279 It's not about anybody's ego, the US says it's a tax and falls under diplomatic immunity, and London doesn't. Why do you want to villainize the United States so much?

[@olivercuenca4109]

Diplomatic immunity seems to be an excuse for a broad range of sins, like that time the wife of a US diplomat ran down a kid when she was driving her car like a psycho, then fled the country before she could be arrested. And to think I used to think Lethal Weapon 2 was a bit far-fetched

[@englishcloud6299]

that case made me so angry. she was driving on thr WRONG side of the road, making her 100% responsible for the death of a teenager, and she refuses to take responsibility. evil.

[@vyros.3234]

The same go for all diplomats from all countries. I remember a recent case in the US where a South Sudanese raped a women but got away with it due to immunity.

[@1stViscountessNivlac]

Don't worry, she just got sentenced! One year of not being allowed to drive (in the UK) and a suspended eight month sentence (in the UK). I'm not usually one to harp on about how driving deaths are treated differently to homicide, because there are clearly different levels of culpability involved, but come on.

[@CSLucasEpic]

The UK: You have to pay the taxes I want you to pay! The US: Didn't we have this argument before?

[@wigglebot2368]

LOL

[@FeyTheBin]

I've seen this one! It's a classic!

[@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840]

@@FeyTheBin remember the episode of no taxation without representation

[@Steven_Edwards]

@@FeyTheBin Back to the Future would have been interesting with a Fourth movie where Doc crashes that Train in Cornwallis's camp.

[@jsd4574]

Meanwhile The US: You have to pay taxes I want you to pay Puerto Rico: Can we get to vote then? The US: Lol no

[@wikiwiki1093]

"Simp tax, which is what a premium Snapchat subscription is called" My lungsss 😂

[@CasualMitosisCollective]

@Nibber his lungs exploded because he laughed too hard

[@MissStateFan]

Onlyfans*

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Or a Curiosity Stream/Nebula subscription.

[@TrigramThunder]

could be worse. you could be paying patreon of a dude who's drawing thicc anime titties characters. you're least with snapchat/onlyfans hour paying an actual woman, even if she's a thot. not that I'd ever pay neither of these situations, but still.

[@maxwellli7057]

@@CasualMitosisCollective They collapsed into a black hole as they compressed after all the air escaped from them via laughter.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

“Simp Tax” Who knew there was a tax for having *Squirrels In My Pants*

[@CubicCreeper7914]

Hi again

[@Iberian_XAVO]

Trousers you damm american!

[@erikhallowell578]

what?

[@theemptylegend0]

There’s a tax for everything these days

[@legowagfles7287]

KP39566 imagine calling someone a spy all because of their ethnicity everywhere they go smh. How bout YOU stfu. How would you feel if someone called you a spy for the same reason? You wouldn’t like it, would you? So stop doing it to him. Treat others the way you want to be treated

[@bugno9969]

I live in DC and diplomats always break traffic laws, it's really annoying

[@grahamturner2640]

🤣

[@craniumtea5137]

@Gods Bloody Hammer nobody asked

[@habib6499]

Same in Algeria

[@GenialHarryGrout]

Apparently being the wife of a diplomat and killing someone by driving on the wrong side of the road makes you immune from prosecution as well.

[@baconbitz7804]

🇺🇸

[@dragonrider4279]

That sounds 100% like a American thing. (You do something bad and your ego stops you from getting charged.)

[@xEEEa7iu231]

the funniest part is they can arrest and detain the diplomat, they just cant prosecute them. which is like so fucking stupid and pointless lmao

[@petermichaelgreen]

​@@xEEEa7iu231 AIUI, the point of diplomatic immunity is to protect diplomats from politically motivated prosecutions and hence keep diplomatic relationships open even when the overall relationship between the countries deteriorates. I would bet that compared to the number of people killed in wars, the number of people killed by misbehaving diplomats is negligible.

[@xEEEa7iu231]

@@petermichaelgreen yes, but in practice it is done at the cost of civilians whom said diplomatic relationships are supposed to serve. its long been a dirty public secret that there's a disproportionately common abuse of privilege by these diplomats--from the classic hit-and-run (causing countless pedestrian deaths) to straight up human trafficking and sex-slavery of "exotic" women in foreign countries.

[@alexanderdanko9062]

"it's like charging someone for basic healthcare!" We Americans be like: Uncool.

[@kamikazesenpai21]

Yup, There’s a tax for that

[@craniumtea5137]

@@kamikazesenpai21 dude.uncool

[@May-gr8bp]

Us europeans be like "haha, weak"

[@supermoneyball420]

Bruuh Not good enough to justify the insurance vampires rawdogging us with bills

[@thatdude9091]

@Jon I 15Th? Where’d you get *that* number from. I’ve not seen alot of studies, but it seemed to rank far, far lower.

[@6FloridaMan9]

"Who would make you pay for basic healthcare" *Cries in American*

[@ohmiohwa4199]

Smiles in british.

[@perturabo7825]

You’d still be paying for it. Just with taxes instead of insurance and/or out of pocket.

[@samwilkinson2534]

@@perturabo7825 But it's alot cheaper per person as US prices are heavily inflated. The NHS doesnt mark up the prices at all, as they are government run and not out to make a profit.

[@MB-yf4lt]

*cries in 44% taxes*

[@jsquared1013]

@@samwilkinson2534 there is no competition, either, which is what drives prices down in a proper market. Medicare has 6 people paying in for every one benficiary. It isn't "healthcare" that's the issue, it's the way the health *insurance* market is run, combined with American litigiousness.

[@ozwilliamTLDR]

“That would be like charging people for sunshine or air or basic healthcare, who would do that?” Nice

[@lookingforsomething]

Yeah the lack of single payer health care is disappointing :(

[@mogul1]

Matti no it's not. I currently live in a European country with single payer healthcare and I grew up in Canada with the same. I've also lived a little in the USA and have lots of family there. From personal experience I really hope the USA does not switch to single payer. There's plenty that can be improved everywhere including in the US but I'll take it anyday over the alternatives. It's a part of the reason why I'm likely to move back to the US soon to live long term.

[@lookingforsomething]

@@mogul1 I also have personal experience from all across the world, UK, US, Nordic countries, some African nations, Fiji and Philippines, and I can tell you the US citizen is getting the short end of the stick. Nordic countries have it figured out, and the UK is pretty good as well. I do agree with you that no system is perfect, but there are clearly worse options like the US model for the average American. If you don't have good insurance like I do you are royally in trouble.

[@patrikwihlke4170]

@@mogul1 what is single payer healthcare? I just know it should be free like here in Sweden...

[@mogul1]

Matti a large percentage of US citizens are covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Most of the rest have good insurance from they're employers. I'm not against improving the system for the minority who fall through the cracks as well as improving affordability for those who need to purchase insurance (again a relativity small percent of people). But availability of healthcare is mostly excellent across the USA while constricted to various degrees in government run healthcare. For example my daughter broke her hand about a year ago and I couldn't find a doctor to cast it properly from the government. The soonest available appointment was 3 weeks. I ended up paying for a private doctor and still had to wait for 4 days. A good friend of mine has a baby boy who needs emergency kidney surgery and soonest appointment is in 5 months unless he pays private. Another friend had a medical scare where he may have had a lump etc. Doctor told him to do an immediate ultrasound, but there's no slots available for 8 weeks. These are just some of many examples both large and small that I'm aware of where I live. In Canada my grandfather waited over 3 months for a double bypass surgery. (This was in Toronto which has better healthcare then most of the rest of Canada). Many people die waiting. (I also have friends in the UK and they have similar stories). Sure for ordinary things you'll be ok but need anything emergency and it's often a problem. On the other hand in the USA my experience has been the polar opposite. My BIL needed back surgery and was able to get it for the very next week despite it not being an emergency. My wife was able to get a detailed ultrasound appointment in one day after a pregnancy scare. Etc etc.

[@Balsiefen]

4:01 Including driving on the wrong side of the road, killing a teenager, then fleeing back to the US apparently.

[@Doochos]

You beat me to it

[@svengonsalves8538]

Gods Bloody Hammer shut up

[@seanthe100]

Come get her if you want her

[@Jay-qb9gi]

Gods Bloody Hammer shut up. It’s only the UK.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@seanthe100 ha

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

This dude rhymed provided with provided like 4 times.

[@ladofthedamned7796]

Just like how i rhymed pie with applepie in 3rd grade class, i still hate teacher Emmen's for not approving my work and failing me in english class

[@InvictusByz]

No? The full intro's rhyme scheme is United, Derided, Decided, Divided, Blindsided, Divided, Misguided, Collided, Abided, United, Provided, Subsided, Provided, Resided, Derided, Prided, Chided, Provided, Undecided, Misguided. No word is rhymed with itself.

[@reallynotmuffin]

@@InvictusByz get owned

[@theRok29]

like a true lyrical genius does

[@cringy7-year-old5]

*twice

[@MortyMortyMorty]

I'm not even sure anymore if this is an educational channel or just stand up comedy 😂

[@JackRackam]

Showmakers is coming back?! Why didn't you lead with that! One of my favorite podcasts as I was getting started, you always get such awesome guests

[@minivegas6791]

Love your stuff man 👍

[@dragonrider4279]

I don't know you but you day is going well. :D

[@JPTQJR]

MISTAKE DETECTED: 3:36 That is the flag of the City of London which is a separate entity from Greater London which is what people commonly known as London The City of London is part of the congestion zone but enforcement of the congestion zone is handled by Transport for London (TfL) who is under the Greater London Authority

[@scotandiamapping4549]

If your not a nerd or British you might find this confusing, basically a 1 square metre sized area in the centre of London is administered seperately from the rest of the city (unclear origin) and it's known as the "City of London", the rest is known as "Greater London".

[@thecollinanderson]

​@@scotandiamapping4549"unclear reasoning" is a bit incorrect. There's clear reasoning, that's this ancient political entity has existed so long that everyone agrees to just let it keep existing.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

@@thecollinanderson sorry, I'm changing it to "Unclear Origin"

[@EdinMike]

Like the US diplomat whose wife killed a teenager here in the Uk last year by wreck less driving and scurried back to the US and claimed she had “immunity”...

[@timothystamm3200]

The bad thing is that diplomat is probably right if the US government doesn't decide to turn them over.

[@green0563]

That's sickening.

[@timothystamm3200]

@@green0563 It's actually unusual that in such a clear case the foreign government didn't release the diplomat from at least civil immunity. Though there have also been cases of murders by diplomats where the country never prosecuted them, nor let them be prosecuted by the host country, and the only recourse was to declare those specific diplomats persona non grata and force them to return home.

[@erikc1775]

​@Gods Bloody Hammer And that is the sort of statement that someone with no knowledge of history would make. Like seriously, Indias problems goes far longer back in time than the US or UK, stop making it seem like every single thing can be derived from someone else.

[@pacoramirez7363]

Technically it was the opposite of wreck-less.

[@Crispy.Chalklit]

This comment got 5.4K likes. But why?

[@theguy7480]

First

[@Redwan777]

@@theguy7480 Hey I found the 9 YO

[@bingchiIIing]

That actually kinda makes sense

[@adamtheprop6959]

The Brick Degree 😳

[@harsh3624]

That spent hours on it

[@Maddinhpws]

4:30 They are however allowed to have the vehicle towed. Washington is doing this for example. They are just towing the cars to randomly selected impound lots and make it really hard to find out where exactly the car went.

[@omgasmallbox]

4:05 what if they committed vehicular homicide while in the foreign country? like say the United Kingdom?

[@adamodosik]

Nothing will Happen to them

[@stalker5299]

@@adamodosik which is what exactly happened not too long ago, american diplomat drove on the wrong side of the road, killed a teenager as a result, then fled the scene and got on a plane back to the USA

[@jamesmyco103]

why do i feel anxiety when the rhyming continues

[@panjoshua6251]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one!!! Would’ve enjoyed the video more if he hadn’t kept doing it past the first 30 seconds or so lol

[@mysticalplayz9934]

Because you're worried theres a small chance it might never end and you will be left wondering what on earth you just listened to if the whole video has rhymes

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Someday, HAI will have a video that's entirely in rhyming verse. THAT will be scary.

[@Flint_Inferno]

After 30 seconds passed I was half expecting the entire video to become a poem

[@imcarlosjr4898]

Idk

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The US election is like strapping someone on an electric chair and giving them a choice between AC or DC.”

[@onemancheeseburgerarmy2972]

Pick dc it will hurt less

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

One Man Cheeseburger Army You must hate America, AC actually cares about our country.

[@LittleWhole]

@@onemancheeseburgerarmy2972 Thanks for the tip

[@adog3129]

that ones good

[@MajesticSkywhale]

I'd like to think it's the interest on all that tea we dumped

[@josh256m8]

What

[@copeAG]

nah it was the fee from the divorce in 1776

[@josh256m8]

Trashy Animation how

[@josh256m8]

Trashy Animation also this isn’t basic history lmao. It’s really irrelevant

[@will251]

Look up the Boston tea party. That’s what he’s referring to. It’s basic American history.

[@HeeminGaminStation]

Me: Who came up with all these rhymes? Wendover productions: I did.

[@FrozenBusChannel]

@@charliekorell9444 are you sure?

[@monstermind1]

Their voices both sound similar. Like a same person, with 2 personalities.

[@PureNeptune]

3:55 Or a diplomat's wife could drive like a blind badger with a learning disorder, cause a crash in which someones son dies and then piss off to America pretending that her husband's diplomatic immunity covers her and so she never gets brought to justice for reckless driving and man slaughter.

[@shishirmaharana4022]

4:39 "Though technically diplomats could also poop on cars and not get prosecuted". Followed by that clip. Pure genius!

[@LemonMan-nq2qc]

What is wrong with the HAI guy

[@inter_707]

Great vid as always, HAI! FYI, The flag you used as "London" is actually the flag for the City of London, 2 completley different things. Whilst the Congestion Charge is in the City of London, the majority of it is just in London. London, surprisingly enough, doesn't have a flag.

[@wildstarfish3786]

that's not confusing at all /s

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@wildstarfish3786 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqOyk42Vfb-Ni8U

[@squeaksquawk4255]

"London, surprisingly enough, doesn't have a flag." I'm afraid that's not quite corrct. I present to youthe flag of te Greater London Council

[@inter_707]

@@squeaksquawk4255 Interesting flag tidbit! I suppose you could argue that it was the flag 1965-86, but seeing as the council no longer exists, it doesn't seem likely it has any official/popular status anymore.

[@tendiepepe]

"Simp tax" Jesus dude, you just freakin killed him!

[@ocelotrevs]

When Boris Johnson was the Mayor of London, during his mayoral election campaign he called the congestion charge a tax. One of his many misteps and blunders.

[@fluedgoop]

It is a tax though?

[@profbbfab6211]

@@fluedgoop only in the same way a toll for the highway is a tax. The charge is just a toll you pay online

[@Jack-fw4mw]

@@fluedgoop Eh... If you want a passport and have to pay $200, is that a tax? If you have to pay $1 to use a public toilet, is that a tax? The UK is arguing that the congestion charge is a fee such as these: it is just impractical to hold up every entry into the city and make sure someone pays before allowing them to go forward.

[@sluggy4574]

ok so 2 mistakes in this video 1) the title states that they owe the money to London which would imply that the money is owed to the Greater London Authority whereas the congestion charge is paid to Transport for London, more commonly known as TfL who are a seperate company that works closely with the Greater London Authority 2) the flag used for London is the flag of the City of London which is a small borough in central london but isnt london overall

[@michaelrobinson166]

A correction on the correction. The City of London is not the 33rd borough of Greater London but rather its own entity. While I don't know exactly what to pin it, in some regards, it is even considered as a separate county to Greater London.

[@sluggy4574]

@@michaelrobinson166 good point

[@nekorisakirisame1323]

"Simp tax" you mean pokimane twitch sub?

[@ladofthedamned7796]

Pewdiepie fans when they see someone speak to a girl:

[@kekerosberg1654]

@@ladofthedamned7796 1st whiteknight

[@theodoredalton3355]

@@ladofthedamned7796 Simp alert.

[@ausore9832]

@@ladofthedamned7796 bro..... did you just SPEAK????? to that FEMALE?????? SIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@randomuser5443]

I like how India, Japan, and Russia all agree with that one African country

[@fortune3911]

What

[@ShnoogleMan]

Ah yes, that "one African country" that just so happens to be the seventh largest country in the world by population.

[@AstolfoGayming]

@@ShnoogleMan Nigeria does?

[@ShnoogleMan]

Astolfo Nigeria has over 200 million people. More than Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, or Japan, but less than Pakistan and Brazilz

[@greek2068]

@@kuber5987 its a bot mate

[@australiangamer7956]

“Who would charge people for basic healthcare” nice shot fired

[@privatetaxcollector1957]

@@thekuygerian U.S

[@sylv5873]

..america would.

[@AlexanderDGL89]

Every country that has it is charging people for it... its called TAX dummies.

[@ryana150yearsago9]

Alexander DGL yeah but they aren’t charging 80k for a broken leg

[@sylv5873]

@@ryana150yearsago9 my mom got charged like 2-10k or something for some food and a bottle of medicine

[@CinemaDemocratica]

The statement "The idea is to reduce noise and air pollution and to provide funding for London's public transit system" is so fundamentally and childishly wrong that it is contradicted by the name of the thing being described (the congestion tax). It's a tax on congestion, and the idea is to internalize the specific negative externalities *of* congestion. It is nothing whatsoever like a sin tax.

[@Septimus_ii]

I think there's going to be an entire HAI mistakes video about this one video - I've seen at least half a dozen pointed out in the comments so far

[@CinemaDemocratica]

@@Septimus_ii The problem is that when Sam is *really* wrong (which see the videos about the cruise around Hawaii, and the trillion-dollar coin), he sweeps it under the rug by pretending Melbourne's location on a map is a mistake so big that he cares enough to print a correction. And that's the kind of deception that your mom had in mind when she told you that lying is wrong.

[@XerxesZangeneh]

Not to be that guy and I’m sure you probably know but the flag you showed belongs to the City of London, which is a very small city located in the center of Greater London, which is what we usually think of when we say London and that doesn’t have a flag.

[@James-ww1ri]

3 mins and alreay 1.1k comments. These people don't even watch the video!!!!

[@frogss7725]

I watch it X2 ofc

[@yeshnavale]

@Maaju deletion of bots

[@anishdesai5788]

After watching 4:04 Rachel: Nooooooooo!! Chandler: Could you BE any more stupid? Janice: OHHHHH MYYYY GOOOD

[@BSKX17]

why can't i remember janice?

[@TILR]

3:38 isn't that the flag of the City of London not London?

[@googlesucks7840]

To be fair, the City is entirely within the congestion zone, whereas only a small part of London is.

[@TILR]

@@googlesucks7840 I'm just saying since the City of London and London are two different governments last time I checked

[@Alfredbushell]

TILR yes they have their our Lord Mayor, Police Force ect.

[@TILR]

@@Alfredbushell that's what I thought, it's kinda like a city-state inside the borders of a city inside a country inside a country

[@googlesucks7840]

@@TILR Yes, they are. I'm just filling in the gaps, mate. You can take it or leave it.

[@johnwinthrop2702]

Anyone who thinks friends is better then Seinfeld should be charged with war crimes.

[@beargrylls4468]

No one is going to point out he used the flag for the city of london? London dosnt have an offical flag.

[@larrygardner8293]

Last time I was this early the US hadn't yet gotten into a dispute with the UK over taxes

[@bobturing]

Just when you think the rhyming is over, he hits you with another

[@mghq-mobilegamerzhq2533]

1:29 (America will remember that.)

[@lavalampsucculent2996]

This is genuinely one of my favourite channels. So informative and completely hilarious. Keep up the great work

[@jjOnceAgain]

UK: Pay our taxes US: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.” ― Honore de Balzac

[@yeeted9466]

3:42: London doesent have a flag The city of london has a flag but “the city of london” is diffrent then “london” (complicated but watch the cgp gray video on it)

[@ValueNetwork]

They mentioned diplomatic immunity in a Video about Britain going against the US embassy and somehow didn’t make a joke about the US diplomats wife that committed murder and fled back stateside

[@HarryWizard]

Because it isn't a joke, the story of Harry Dunn is very troubling and not something people would appreciate on a video like this.

[@lemonhead6994]

yea, he seemed to reference it quite strongly (and rightly so)

[@Tuppoo94]

@@HarryWizard As troubling as it's embarrassing. Oh well, when was the last time any employee of a superpower got into trouble for unfathomable stupidity.

[@johnyrocketch]

MAJOR RESPECT for making the WHOLE intro ryme. Thanks

[@cortempestas2982]

CuriosityStream, no way, Nebula, maybe, 41 minutes special about bricks, you awoke my interest

[@Septimus_ii]

7 day free trial for Nebula ;)

[@thisisstuart7951]

Correction it wasn't our government who created the Congestion Charge it was the Mayor of London.

[@harktischris]

3:42 underappreciated line here

[@zacharytaylor3178]

“The Simp Tax” is actually how unemployed Instagram models get money on onlyfans

[@JamieElli]

I wonder if the British will pay New York's congestion pricing to get to the UN?

[@kingmorons]

its like the mate that crashed at your house and wont go home but theyre still eating your food and drink

[@divijgarg3647]

what if instead of saying they "died", what if he said "dieded"

[@lcgdabmaster6797]

Hey, Mr. Interesting, may you plz make more poems. They are pretty epic.

[@minisaiju7699]

Fun fact US has the largest debt about '21' trillion dollars

[@moosathup]

@@jbird4478 lol

[@devanwilliams1127]

Majority of that debt is to the US government, the fed, and US investors who have bought into the bond market.

[@wigglebot2368]

It's not the largest as a percentage of GDP

[@Jay-qb9gi]

However, around $14-$19 trillion dollars comes from the government itself. The rest is foreign debt.

[@0w784g]

Good news! I had a phone call from India the other day saying they are willing to pay back all the fees. I just need to install TeamViewer and I'll get it sorted.

[@thebandwagoneffect]

I was dying when he said simp tax.

[@gabrielzeifman]

A number of times while walking through New York City I’ve seen cops writing up cars with diplomatic plates. I always laugh...

[@DeskScientiam]

"The Strange Reason why HAI owes Wendover all his videos"

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch

[@PacoOtis]

Very clever presentation!

[@polokan]

Mistake at 0:20 The British ceded Florida to the Spanish after the American Revolution. There was never a time in history where the US was independent and Florida was British.

[@cameosix7077]

"The first time that the US and UK has ever gotten into a dispute about taxes" Boston tea party: *Are we a joke to you*

[@16kashman]

Oh boy. That was the joke, you simp.

[@lixautofix142]

Man, you got some sick rhyme schemes! 👌

[@muntherdoesstuff9615]

1:30 The USA : yeah who would do that The people that went bankrupt from the doctor: but- The USA : *shush*

[@wigglebot2368]

Republicans would do that (And before someone replies to me about centrist Democrats, they wouldn't be the only possible Democrats elected if it wasn't for swing voters with Republican ideologies)

[@lookingforsomething]

@@wigglebot2368 I replied to you already once, but I'd like to reiterate. The problem is with the two party system. It provides a huge amount of cover for corrupt politicians, both Republican and Democrat, who don't care about the people or the issues.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

That rhyming intro is why I subscribeded

[@robertharvilla4881]

LOL at the dude in the suit dancing when talking about diplomats pooping on cars. Bravo.

[@nckfy]

I wish the congestion zone was that small! It’s so much larger. 😂

[@vasundhra4086]

Hey... Could you make a whole video about *"SIMP TAX"* pls....

[@yannickgaensicke509]

Every night, i dream of how cool it would be to have HAI as a teacher

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Too bad most of what you would "know" in that scenario would be objectively wrong.

[@nickthehippo6678]

Legend has it he has provided over three hundred rhymed before he finally subsided

[@SouthRing_Scratch.]

I would like to point out that the flag at 3:40 is actually the flag of the city of london, not london as a whole.

[@AdubyX]

"Simp Tax"? You mean Tier 3 subs?

[@jmanj3917]

Having grown up in the area, I've been affected by the actions of diplomats and their families who abuse their immunity. My proposed solution is simple: Tow their vehicles and charge them the appropriate amount to get them back, to make it not worth doing. When they refuse to pay, after a reasonable amount of time the vehicles can be sold at auction, most likely for a profit as these people tend to drive expensive vehicles. Problem Solved.

[@dhruvpandya4136]

Unfortunately, you can't seizze a diplomats car, as it is considered diplomats property. Which is exempt from search and seizure

[@the_retag]

@@dhruvpandya4136 just tow it somewhere else. Its not searched, and the can drive away any time, if they can find it that is... or pay for the location...

[@dhruvpandya4136]

@@the_retag that is why I said search and seizure. Emphasis on seizure

[@the_retag]

@@dhruvpandya4136 but its not seized! They can drive it away any time, if its still on the towtruck itl be unloaded immediately. Its just moved

[@dhruvpandya4136]

@@the_retag I'm pretty sure it is seizure. Even though it is temporary

[@Iberian_XAVO]

I like how the comment section is (before anybody can watch the video), random and not related to the video, some of the comments remain on top until a day passed and actual "good" comments arrived. Also this comment was posted 2 minutes after the video was released, when the video had 47 comments and 997 views.

[@wojciechmuras553]

A 40-minute documentary about bricks?! OK, you've finally sold me that streaming service...

[@thejoemeister]

if you wanted to know, the clip at 4:41 was taken at 60 Court Plaza in Asheville, North Carolina.

[@georgesoliman9049]

No one: The first 50 seconds of this video: *BARS*

[@Sliverappl]

An actual fun fact... the amount of unpaid fines by one country’s diplomats owed to the local government is corresponded to one own corruption level back home. The higher unpaid fine suggest higher level corruption back home country.

[@ymeynot0405]

Well, as it stands only Sweden has paid the USA back for both lend-lease & post WW2 aid. So the Brits could just deduct it from what they owe the USA from the 1940s.

[@arrgghh1555]

Pretty sure the UK made their final repayment in 2006.

[@RetractedandRedacted]

Pretty sure if anything wasn't paid, that could be deducted from the scientific research that made the Manhattan project, jet plane, dday itself, computer, intelligence and a number of other projects that made victory in world war 2 and the cold war what it was.

[@blimlimlimm]

International debt doesn't work that way. All debts are handled separately, which is why things like the national debt aren't actually what as high as the official number.

[@christoland5419]

@@RetractedandRedacted We had quite a lot of input in "the Manhattan project, jet plane, dday [sic] itself, computer, intelligence and a number of other projects". Maybe we could get a payment from you when we fought the Axis alone, while you sat on your arses until the end of 1941.

[@nathangamble125]

@@christoland5419 Ever heard of "the battle of Britain" or "the blitz"?

[@foxtailedcritter]

"Basic health care" Shots fired, ahahaa

[@WillyLangley]

uploaded on my birthday, cool

[@debbiehf05]

2:49 there is a mistake, the note depicted in this image is of a plastic note, not a paper one. We rarely have paper notes now. I dont really care but I just want to see it in the next mistakes video.

[@CantLaunchCivV]

I think it comes down to how people define tax. In the US, if the Government wants to charge you to do something, it's often called a tax. (See tax stamps for NFA firearms)

[@AshLilburne]

This came up in my recommended feed.. ..of Soundcloud's thiccest hiphop lyrics of 2020. Unlike Byron Russel, I enjoyed the crossover.

[@SpaceRaptorJesusJedi]

Bro I uncontrollably laughed so hard at the "simp tax" part

[@styxxcave5499]

I read the title as the US owning London for the entire video wondering when he will get to it

[@foolroblox3231]

18th first doesn't matter, early is good already

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

TheOfficial Mingc Agreed.

[@harshilpatel684]

At my university in London, we had rich Russian kids in my class who drove around their sports cars with russian number plates and parked on double yellow lines. Didn't pay congestion charge or parking fines. Just lived stress free.

[@SamSitar]

take their cars as punishment.

[@YourMom-vd3dc]

"Why would London charge people to drive on its roads? That's what roads are for! That would be like charging people for sunshine, or fresh air, or basic healthcare!" *Laughs in American*

[@skyler5777]

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who decides to make everything in my homework rhyme, but then it takes way too long, but then I’ve gone too far in to back out so I end up just wasting the whole day trying to make my homework rhyme all the way through

[@brianramirez3526]

England: "Bruv, you got to pay these charges." United States: "no u."