The Vikings of TikTok

[@kurtisconner]

You can buy a ticket to the online premiere of my comedy special “Keep Busy” here: watch.kurtisconner.com/

[@eddykidplayzyt]

Keep busy? I hardly know…sy?

[@Devilsubliminals]

yippee

[@annabel6281]

Hello Kurtis, you’re cool

[@autumnbramble4079]

yesss I want a signed poster too Kurtis !! 😈

[@daveslamjam]

are you doing it on november 10th to spite ajr? because that would be hilarious

[@crankiemuniz]

I love that Barbie saying "BALLS" is still used regularly because it gets me every time

[@tuna420emojistar]

tell me why never realized that was from rapunzel barbie😭🤣 I loved that movie as a kid

[@Cowboy_Frog]

@@tuna420emojistarHe originally sampled it in his original barbie vs bratz video. Highly recommend. But it’s over 2 years old which goddamn I can’t believe it’s been that long. 🫠

[@shea8224]

Yesss me too 🤣🤣

[@EvaIdk__Romania]

YES

[@namantherockstar]

Kurtis inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@Guirko]

Fun fact: During the Viking age (800-1050 AD), young men and women were required to sit in their car and do a Nickelback rendition of the DK rap as a rite of passage. It is an authentic Viking tradition!

[@Major003]

My _gosh,_ was that painful to watch. I could very clearly hear the country influence before Kurtis even mentioned it.

[@erinpickle6891]

Erm actually they didn’t have cars in 800-1050 AD 🤓☝️

[@Kralisedra]

ya know. I thought it was just a funny joke and then I got to that part and it. it was not.

[@thegaysdobegay]

It's true, I was Nickelback's fur coat

[@cthulhufhtagn293]

I can confirm. It's in the lore!

[@drunkhyena]

As a historian this video is killing me oh my god - viking was a parttime profession, not a people - most Nordic peoples were farmers and traders, and went on raids once or twice a year - vikings were very clean, bathed often and used nice smelling oils on their beards and hair. This made them very popular with women, which only increased the fear of those Nordic men lol - raids were not just a viking thing! A lot of peoples raided communities that were not well guarded. Vikings were more villified than others because they did not spare monasteries (heathens!) - Nordic societies were much more egalitarian when it came to gender. Women could divorce their husbands, they could become warriors, and they were generally in charge of money. This because finances were considered 'witchcraft' and you know, women are just better at that kind of thing I guess - vikings did have language and grammar, modern Icelandic evolved from old Norse, which is the oldest Nordic language (to my knowledge) Perhaps most importantly: most of the historical sources we have on 'vikings' come from biased sources. Like Romans, who were always at war with them. So if Tacitus writes that the barbaric vikings made human sacrifices and participated in horrible things, is that evidence or propaganda? A lot of these 'modern vikings' just want an excuse to act tough and be racist. It's 'alpha male' behavior without the crypto. Edit: yall im not gonna argue with you in the replies. Yes i am a historian and i wrote this out in a few minutes and did not double check my sources for a yt comment, please calm down

[@TheAncientGeekoRoman]

As an ancient Mediterranean scholar, I endorse this message, especially how much the Romans wrote to vilify people outside of their empire/their enemies

[@beybladebaby]

100% they are all crypto bros and yeah balls deep into joe rogan and alpha male bro stuff,- buying vitamins for their "alpha brain" LOL

[@Loveofmisery]

These people played Skyrim, sided with the stormcloaks, and then forgot how to touch grass.

[@jeremymatthews6399]

I nearly died when the guy said "we are going to make the first viking village in North America" L'Anse aux Meadows historic site: am I a joke to you???

[@marcelacavalheiro2412]

"more egalitarian" *proceeds to describe how sexist ideas were used to justify women handling money* sure dude

[@Luckie_7]

I wake up, I sail (walk) to the shore of the enemy (the refrigerator) and raid the wealth of the peasants (steal my roommates food) i am truly a modern Viking

[@ledridrou]

It sounds really bad when you just read "I wake up, I walk to the refrigerator and steal my roommates food. I am truly a modern viking"

[@Luckie_7]

@@ledridrou I also pillage the coastline (don’t do any dishes)

[@culture4519]

Amen

[@TheExplodingStar0]

Yes I also have gone a-sea many a time on many conquests for riches (I drive myself to work)

[@__Mousie]

as a fellow scandinavian, i am living proof that all vikings are shirtless vampires who jump off of cliffs with plastic axes in both hands

[@Random-sk6hm]

Another day another slay

[@liablau]

@@Random-sk6hm Lmao am using that one

[@lobsterlover252]

Me too

[@kota3681]

​@ville__nobody asked thanks

[@Livecat-hy6qh]

@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185pls shut up

[@AntiArmedWierdo]

12:42 Fun fact! Viking’s we’re obsessed with cleanliness and looking/smelling good. We have writings that show British women at the time were so into it that the church had to step in and tell Anglo-Saxon men to bathe more so muscular Scandinavians didn’t steal their women

[@HiggsBosonification]

Which documents?

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

@@HiggsBosonification There are so may records of complaints form Anglo-Saxons due to their “exaggerated and unfair” attention to cleanliness and looks. For instance, John of Wallingford, circa 1220:" ...according to their country’s customs - in the habit of combing their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their clothes frequently and to draw attention to themselves by means of many such frivolous whims. In this way, they sieged the married women’s virtue and persuaded the daughters of even noble men to become their mistresses." Additionally, archeological digs in Scandinavia have found evidence of soap making much earlier than those in Britain. Nearly all viking graves have multiple combs and toothbrushes.

[@TheFrostyboiz]

Lol I was hoping someone was going to comment that. Because i had the same thought but either way it's fun for the bit Connor was doing

[@JENNEZ77]

Now men don’t do the basic hygiene because apparently it’s gay

[@kayoss8787]

The main primary source is an Arab historian who lived with Vikings and did say the only people stinker were the angles and saxons (British) The Finnish sauna was the main bathing ritual.

[@miracleofsound]

4:53 this song Valhalla Calling is actually my original song :) I wrote it inspired by Norse mythology after playing AC Valhalla. 👍 I also never intended it to be interpreted as any kind of authentic Nordic or Viking chant; this is a misconception 👍

[@hiim4212]

Omg I literally just read a comment about your song and the situation around it. I’m sorry that happened to you

[@brandenbizelli6332]

The one without Peyton Parish is good

[@ona512]

nice. this comment should def be higher on the list

[@alex7543]

kurtis should pin this comment

[@UW-pz1gq]

Lmao. That's sick

[@ObeyCamp]

Seeing a naked man literally flying through the air, legs akimbo, swinging a giant axe, just shrinking into the distance like a meme edit, is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. I had to watch that a bunch of times and I was in tears laughing 😂

[@wolfiekiki9858]

Being half Swedish, half Italian, I will now create a community of vikings plumbers.

[@TaurusWitch29]

And have a nice work-aday!

[@joshuaada1650]

Mafia Viking Boss

[@corancoranthemagicalman]

As a half-Irish, half-Italian, this made me spit out my gnocchi.

[@HandsomePutin]

YES THANK YOU. FINALLY I FOUND MY PRONOUN

[@Creature_of_the_Land]

Wario?

[@nikkim8556]

This feels like the cottage core craze but for straight men. Traditional folklore influences, vintage fashion and styling, and a shared community to interact with online and show off your lil costumes

[@Ca18detEnjoyer]

and an equal amount of misinformation and thirst traps, the two most important parts

[@alexia3552]

I want men to know it's okay to just have fun and have a fun goofy lil time. You don't have to be dead serious about it.

[@OnceMoreWithLove777]

oh my god this made me actually snort hot chocolate

[@umi2751]

​@@alexia3552i think that goes to all adults, but men mostly. Sometimes ppl get embarassed when they mention something "childish" that they like to do while forgetting that play is common to all humans, regardless of age. People play videogames, cards, etc all the time and just like that it's okay to just play pretend, like... just don't make it your whole identity

[@nothanks9503]

This is a perfect teaching moment see they may be straight but they’re also super gay

[@gianalugo9746]

I think its so funny how Vikings are treated like the winter version of pirates

[@ArtyFartyBart]

That's the best description I've heard

[@Notabot129]

I blame the history channel

[@bloodlove93]

aren't they?

[@Pricklyrose-l2o]

well it was a job title @@bloodlove93

[@seleneb9852]

Chilly Pirates…Pirates on Ice

[@Kreptyne]

Worth bearing in mind peyton did NOT create that valhalla calling song that's made by Miracle of Sound and he sorta co-opted it and doesn't credit him, it's a whole thing

[@dashofsparkle7627]

Thank you! I did not see your comment, but I said the same thing.

[@CircusFoxxo]

It only sounds cringe when he acapellas it too, the original and the version with him both slap heavy

[@festacoreentertainment1658]

@@CircusFoxxo not only that, miracles of sound made it because hes a total rpg nerd XD

[@luxlior]

Who cares? Its all ghetto music

[@JasonVoorheesUnstoppable]

@@CircusFoxxoyeah I feel like Payton was getting a little too much hate for that TikTok, the dude has a pretty great voice

[@skaravian3027]

I am a Scandinavian archeology student, and I just want to mention that, while yes, the vikings did colonize, it wasn't like the "modern" way (ex, the british and french in America ++). They usually built smaller settlements in places that weren't previously inhabitet. In some cases some would settle closer to local people, and eventually intergrate into their society. So it wasn't about wiping others out and claiming the whole land as their own. They did raid places, but left afterwards, the goal of those where not to colonize (just as a response to 1:56 in the video). Oh and a lot of the vikings were actually just merchants and tradesmen, and did not really raid anything. Personally, I stay faaaar away from that side of tiktok. As someone who is close to our history, culture and nature, I find it far too stereotypical to watch. They spread so much misinformation. The fact that they make themselves out to be representatives of the culture, yet they so obviously has not made any research about it or have any actual connection to it. They watched the Vikings tv-show, which isn't exactly historically accurate, and made it their entire personality. They are actually just making a mockery of our history. At first it was kind of funny, because of the ridiculousness of it, but now they are so damn many it is just frustrating. They are reaching out to more people than actual scandinavians about our history. (Also kind of funny how the ones with 3% scandinavian blood always have "viking blood" and not "had to flee the country to survive the famine in the 1800s blood)

[@listenboi]

exactly!

[@kosaciecsyberyjski]

This is true! In Poland during history and polish (basically literature combined with culture classes) classes we were taught that during the times of the free city Gdańsk vikings were seen as friends since we would trade very often! It's also thought that our cultures were exchanged very often because our food, culture and in some aspects old religions are incredibly similar!

[@shanchan8247]

I mean, I heard that Vikings basically bread themselves out because they mixed with so many other different people and cultures.....I wish someone would educate neo 'vikings'.

[@kosaciecsyberyjski]

@@shanchan8247 you can't breed out vikings because it's not a race or kind of people, it was a profession, they were sailors

[@temmietemmieson6756]

This guy seems much closer to your description: youtube.com/@dentonstalesofthevikingage8945?si=bMjknGXI_l-Z6LJ7

[@YagoYaggo]

Unironically the guy jumping in the freezing water with the platic axes is one of THE funniest things I've EVER seen, it brings me so much joy I revisit it from time to time

[@Pixelusually]

Freezing water? *I hardly know her*

[@kroneexe]

I visited that body of water right before the video went viral. It’s walking distance from my house

[@peeteee]

@@kroneexeyou have no idea how jealous i am of you.

[@iquegrey76]

I want you to tell us how many people jump into that water since it went viral, please.

[@kroneexe]

@@iquegrey76 There were some youngsters there jumping when I walked past it this summer.

[@lykosxvi1930]

12:25 Surprisingly Vikings were often actually quite well groomed and cleaner than, for example, the average Anglo Saxon. Often being buried with combs and other hair grooming products, kinda like having Manscaped in your casket now, thats how important it was seen in their culture. They also washed far more frequently than Anglo Saxon men, a fact alongside their beard and hair maintence that got them called womanly by their enemies.

[@mostHumblePersonAlive]

Then they laughed and went into berzerker

[@maddygreenb]

Yea but they still didn’t bathe nearly as often as a modern person

[@LangkeeLongkee]

​​@@maddygreenbdepends. In South America we bathe more than North Americans. Based on location, people in colder climates don't bathe as much, and well, Scandinavia isn't exactly tropical beaches. Some people bathed communally once a week or a couple times a week back then, but would still lightly wash in their homes at night.

[@perytonpred2356]

Yeah, to a point where Anglo Saxon women were often seduced by Norsemen far more often, as the Anglo Saxon men smelled horrible in comparison. So the Anglo Saxon men, rather than make themselves smell good, decided to write "propaganda" against the Vikings that called them stinky poopooheads who never bathed. Unfortunately it's a historical untruth that remains to this day.

[@emlrob337]

I was literally going to comment this! Like there are theories that Anglo Saxon women actually preferred Vikings for their cleanliness!

[@MySqueezingArm]

5:18 Valhalla Calling is a song from MiracleOfSound, not an ancient viking song. It's a whole thing because Peyton isn't crediting him.

[@isabella488]

my favourite part of this is that viking isn't just a random group of people, it was literally a JOB. could you imagine people in the future just going "how to become a modern day accountant in three easy steps"

[@JR-rf9sq]

That, and I believe it was only like 10% of men at that time who actually were vikings? So even just actually being Swedish or whatever wouldn’t have automatically made you one.

[@JumalaPlays]

@@JR-rf9sq Well it'd be mighty hard fitting an entire civilization on a dozen boats, wouldn't it?

[@hedgehog3180]

@@JumalaPlays No the entirety of Scandinavia went to England each year to raid. It's a proud tradition we keep up by going around Europe and getting shitfaced.

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

@@JumalaPlaysThe Sea People’s were able to do so thousands of years before the Vikings. The Norse just didn’t have a reason to do a mass migration, the most they did was establish Danelaw in England and have migration into the new Kingdom.

[@therealgiantsquid]

Curtis having like zero tattoos on his back makes him kinda look like a grilled cheese that hasn't been flipped over yet

[@ThatMichelleGirl1]

I have tattoos on my back and frequently forget that they exist.

[@keingewissen5778]

@@ThatMichelleGirl1Yeah, that’s why I don’t really want tattoos on my back, it’s kind of a waste of money.

[@nateleavy5189]

@@ThatMichelleGirl1my only tattoo is on my back and sometimes I’ll catch it in a mirror and I’m like “omg!”

[@applegrease__]

no the mullet definitely makes him golden brown on both sides

[@SailorMoonLogic]

How could you spell his name wrong on his own channel? 😩

[@enigmadrath1780]

One of these American vikings interned at a company I was working for in Oslo and it was both funny yet embarrassing watching him trying to "connect with his people" (i.e. confused office workers who're just there to do a job, not plan a raid) by regaling them on his knowledge of vikings and telling them all about the viking-y stuff he did back home in Missouri. I myself am Dutch but since am black I guess he didn't think I'd understand the nuanced complexity of viking culture, so with me he just talked talked video games.

[@No_One-d9z]

😂😂😂😂

[@OGimouse1]

This sounds like everyone I've met from Missouri 😂

[@hcf4kd1992]

Not Missouri 😮 *embarrassed in St. Louis*

[@giulioceresini1435]

You were spared. I'd ve thankful, honestly

[@sarminder4357]

Most of the people who are so into that are often right wing so that explains it. But you were spared and that can be a win

[@antoniopatru8123]

Him being a country musician makes a LOT of sense. I knew I recognized that country twang in that DK rap 🤣

[@JasonVoorheesUnstoppable]

Payton has a pretty good voice though

[@carsausage]

How to be a Modern Viking: -Be a football player -Play for Minnesota

[@alexia3552]

underrated lmao

[@DolphinOfFire]

That is a viqueen. Go Pack Go!

[@carsausage]

@@DolphinOfFire Maybe beat the Steelers before you flap shit eh bud

[@tapehead3832]

-loose every game (optional)

[@leevilduck]

@@carsausage imagine not beating a Matt Canada offense lmao

[@laurendillon627]

As a historian who has written about Vikings, this whole trend is beyond strange. None of these guys talk about skaldic poetry and how complex it was, there were 3 distinct social classes, the women were seen as equals to the men and were know to attack if someone tried to harm their kids if her husband was on a voyage. The helmets didn’t have horns on them, they were good at agriculture and foraged/ate a lot of fruit, they also used a spear and sometimes a seax which was a big knife in battle, not just an axe. And the berserker thing was to scare the shit out of opponents and they often used alcohol and hallucinogenics to get to berserker mode. Plus nobody mentions holmgangs which were super strict duels for honor or to steal someone’s wife. Or the super cool nithing poles from Germanic paganism which were used for curses. But go dive into snow and talk about how Vikings raided to bring stuff home to families as if they were not advanced enough to hunt, forage, forge metal, build tons of different kinds of ships and what not. Also what nobody talks about was the fact that a Viking became the Saxon King of England (Harold II) they made very calculated political moves. It’s not that hard to read a book

[@jakegenocide]

Wait, if you were a historian, you wouldn't have said that the berserker trans, was fueled by hallucinogens and alcohol, you would have made it clear, that we believe that, but are unsure exactly what was used. We don't actually have enough historical evidence to figure out if it was just Sagas and Old English superstitions of the Vikings, much less how it was achieved, all speculative.

[@Hannahgs]

@@jakegenocidedude…chill

[@danielalizcano6648]

I love this comment, it shows my true frustration in an educated manner

[@CatherineMcClain]

I know a lot of these modern viking subculture people irl. There are a good lot of them who do know the history, and one has even written s book. I actually met these people because I'm a huge fan of studying history and culture. The ones who I am friends with irl actually run an educational organization and go to local festivals and parades to educate the public. I love their dedication. That being said, the group I know ate slso legitimately neopagans, so they are very passionate and are definitely going deeper than the surface level "vikings" on TikTok.

[@ShipperTrash]

Also most people believe that one of the vikings became the first official ruler in Kievan Rus. Well, he started with a city, but his buddy and his son went ahead and finished the domination- I mean the unification of the state, establishing the dynasty. Though some people argue that no, even if the dude was a trader and a warrior who traveled by sea and spoke a distinct scandinavian language, he somehow was still Slavic. Lol. Yeah right.

[@elliemae9884]

The "modern day Viking" lore can actually go a lot deeper and a lot worse than this unfortunately. But I don't think they'd be able to talk about those things on tiktok openly without getting banned. There's some 'churches' scattered around the US that practice heathenry, using Viking and Nordic mythology as the basis of their religion, but some of these churches are actually pretty racist and problematic. Ásatrú Folk Assembly churches are prime examples of this. It's a lot to get into in a KZbin comment since it's kind of a deep rabbit hole, but I encourage y'all to learn more about it. And I'm not saying ALL "modern day Vikings" are racist either, but just be aware of how much deeper this stuff can go.

[@pearljammies]

Yes, many white supremacists occupy the Viking space. I can’t look at any of these folks without feeling a visceral revulsion. So it made absolute sense that Peyton came from country music, which, well, you know…especially when the line we heard was about blue eyes and blonde hair 😳

[@Cowboy_Frog]

As a white person who is embarrassed by most white “culture”, this is embarrassing as shit. I swear so many white people are just looking for an excuse to be racist and use anything as a vehicle to do that.

[@Jackieeeisvibing]

Yeah like it sucks bc I adore like biking and Norse mythology but I do have to do a double take when I see guys like this bc SO many white supremacists will use runes and symbols and convoluted language to cover up their racism

[@yonahoy]

Speaking as a non-AFA-related heathen, love the fun poked our way for some of the cringe that can be found. All good fun :)

[@Shirumoon]

Even without knowing about that, I thought this modern viking type of stuff reeks of white supremacy. Never seen a black person in that community, never seen a non hypermasculine person in that community (or hyper feminine if we look at the women). It gives of the worst vibes.

[@Leo_8005]

12:41 vikings smelling bad is kind of a myth. Yes generally speaking people were more smelly in medieval times but for these standards vikings are considered rather clean

[@closetgamer8315]

I came to the comments to say this exact thing. 🤣

[@jordanreger]

i've always wanted to hold plastic axes and jump into frozen lakes because that's what modern vikings do

[@Salithin]

I agree, I also always wanted to hold plastic axes and jump into frozen lakes because thats what vikings do

[@PantryPirate526]

Same. That's what my father did, what his father did, and so on. One day I'm gonna whip out my plastic axes from spirit Halloween and jump into freezing cold water.

[@Byzantia]

Ye

[@Skateforam8]

yeah its the epitomie of being a man

[@Nathan-Croft]

I heard that modern vikings are petty much the same as all the other modern people, except jumping into cold water, having long beards and holding axes

[@justagirl4828]

As a danish girl studying history with a major in vikings, this video was hilarious! And Im not here to teach or be annyoing, but I just find it so interesting, that vikings were actually very clean..We have found sooo many grooming tools and stuff here in Denmark from vikings. A lot of women from other countries were attracted to them, because of that haha. They really took grooming seriously and even by todays standards, their teeth were pretty good as well. Just a fun little fact!

[@bibsp3556]

There's a reason when they rocked up all the women left with em. They were clean, and nicer to them lol.

[@funnyguurl]

I read that they learned this from Indigenous people.

[@bibsp3556]

@funnyguurl eh, where did you read that? Bathing was more popular earlier on in human history, iirc, bit fell out of favor in the middle ages as dirtier water through sewerage demands increasing, ale became the drink of choice (probably not a coincidence that most ale was made in churches in middle europe) and bathing was avoided as water was associated with disease. In colder climates with smaller populations, water remained clean, and bathing stayed popular, as well as knowledge of cleaning wounds etc. And just a focus on cleaning your hair, teeth, and beard as general hygiene. They still drank heaps tho lol

[@sejsuper4660]

they had a whole day dedicated to cleaning themselves (saturday/lørdag) its also the reason that saturday in most nordic languages is the only day not named after a god

[@MagpieSkyline]

@@funnyguurlWhat indigenous people do you refer to? The Sámi?

[@hugohaggstrom9964]

As a swede i absolutely hate when someone realises their great great great grandpa was from the nordics and then their entire personality becomes viking and they start wearing "viking dreadlocks"

[@wildfire9280]

Self-appropriation

[@xyzmediaandentertainment8313]

When I think of swede I think of somalian and morrocan refugees 😂

[@ladyrainicorn007]

RIGHT

[@Guirko]

@@wildfire9280 lmao

[@TheLeftwheel]

There are actual towns here in Texas with Scandinavian immigrant history and this fuckwit wants to larp in Kilgore. Our ancestors weren't 'Ragnar Lothbrok'. Our ancestors were people named Tjere and Asbor who farmed, went to the churches they built, and liked accordion music. 🤦‍♂

[@mychemsaveslive09-12]

7:45 "sleep" by my chemical romance goes like "shut your eyes, kiss me goodbye, and sleeppppp" so ig you could just lie on the ground if you wanted to

[@redrenegade13]

I was thinking of "counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums" by A Perfect Circle and that really obnoxious part where the staticky voice is yelling "GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP" ....yeah like I'm gonna be able to do that with all the subwoofer throbbing and static yelling 🤣 That song is so cringe. I love it and I wouldn't change a thing.

[@Stapler42]

12:30 honestly the weird thing is that vikings were apparently really hygienic, there were some christian writers in England during the viking period who talked about vikings seducing too many English women because they combed their hair and took weekly baths

[@NickiRusin]

honestly that's a hilarious problem to have

[@noranizaazmi6523]

That would seduce me too. A guy having good hygiene and not smelling like an anime convention? Sign me up!

[@grell5108]

"These disgusting vikings with their cleanliness! How can I compete against someone who washes EVERY WEEK!"

[@iscorsan]

​@@noranizaazmi6523medium hygiene 🤣🤣 but weekly is better than monthly

[@magentatime]

try yearly, for englishmen at the time. @@iscorsan

[@notmanagingmymischief]

So I attended a Ghost concert a few months back, and Amon Amarth actually was the opener for them. It was absolutely INSANE seeing and hearing those guys in person, especially since I’d never listened to their music beforehand. The energy was through the roof and I agree that every band should have a portion where we can just. Sit down for a bit. 😭

[@kaleilynn23]

BRO ME TOO I didn't know who they were until everyone started rowing

[@DoodleDemon69]

Amon Amarth is soooo good, dude

[@DoodleDemon69]

​@@kaleilynn23You should listen to more of their stuff. They're great

[@shyannadotson49]

Im jealous you got to see Ghost! I’ve seen Amon Amarth twice and nothing compares

[@Cowboy_Frog]

Oh yes sitting down is the best. I can no longer stand for that long, my back is shot at the ripe old age of 28.

[@DocumentaryFanboy]

The fact that none of these people get that "viking" wasn't an ethnicity or a personality trait, but a job title has me equally crying and dying of laughter.

[@greatape8019]

imagine in 900 yrs people glorifying office jobs like this

[@DocumentaryFanboy]

@@greatape8019 Hahahaha. "I'm a secretary living a secretary lifestyle *agressive typing*"

[@jesseharrold1812]

Not even that. A summer gig. Supplemental income.

[@saudade7842]

Some dudes will literally base their whole personality off of a poor understanding of an extinct culture and/or religion lmao

[@DocumentaryFanboy]

@@saudade7842 That's what happens when you learn history from TikTok

[@ratchul2628]

Kurtis using a clip of an old Irish road safety ad at 3:50 that traumatised me as a child was not on my bingo card

[@SininenMeri]

I'm a Finn and when I heard "viking music" my instant thought was Nordic heavy metal. A lot of the bands and their fans take inspiration from vikings and Kalevala. Then when the Donkey Kong song started I was very confused because the vibe felt more like country than anything I would tie to vikings. So I of course felt very smart later in the video.

[@phishcatt]

Same thoughts and I'm Greek lol.

[@quothslania]

I also immediately thought of Viking metal

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

my thought too, and I'm from Texas 🤠🤪

[@grayflowers]

AMON AMARTH MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!! LESS GO!!!!!

[@ZijnShayatanica]

That is something I would have found cool. There are tons of artists that appreciate Nordic & Celtic mythologies & stuff. But... This?? It's just alpha male bullshit w/ a muddled aesthetic that's almost purely pulled from the cultural hodgepodge that is Skyrim, lmaoooo. Dudes probably think Finland is Scandinavian... 🙃

[@JadeIsChronicallyTired]

Fun fact, while their standards of cleanliness are not the same as ours Vikings were reported to be very clean by the people they pillaged. There's some pretty funny writings by Englishmen complaining that their wives and daughters ran away with the Vikings. One writer, John of Wallingford, wrote "The Danes, thanks to their habit to comb their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their garments often, and set off their persons by many such frivolous devices. In this manner, they laid siege to the virtue of the married women, and persuaded the daughters even of the nobles to be their concubines." So yeah, Vikings were very clean comparatively. Also obligatory Viking is an occupation not a culture.

[@Random-sk6hm]

Also male vikings were famously often kissing/sleeping with other male vikings more than their wives. Vikings were for the boys 💯

[@frogbabygrill]

"Nooooo😢😢!!! I hate when Vikings have good hygiene, my wife and daughters are leaving me for them😭😭🥲!!! Stop showering it's gay😡🤬 I'm red with anger, and shaking and crying😡😭😢😢"

[@sociallyundead419]

Yeah, I was just scrolling down to make this comment! They were much cleaner than most. Still less than modern standards, obviously, but much more than most other groups around that time.

[@Fluff_Noodles]

​@@frogbabygrill "Oh former husband, I have no rights and you also wish for me to endure your stink? I can no longer tolerate your dick cheese sire. * Insert viking name here * has beautiful luscious hair and when he holds me it smells of this thing he calls soap...It's heavenly 🥴"

[@SCP-O5-3]

Thank you for making this comment, I feel too many people just think of the old Norse as just brutes, and not as the amazing culture that they had

[@Loren613]

Fun fact: Vikings actually dedicated Sundays to grooming themselves and they would basically have spa days.

[@moggo07]

In Iceland they groomed themselves and bathed on Saturdays ( the Icelandic word for Saturday is ''Laugadagur'' meaning pool-day if directly translated to English

[@Loren613]

@@moggo07 thanks for the correction, I only learned the fact like months ago. Thanks again!

[@moggo07]

@@Loren613 np dude, don't know if the other five nordics have it the same though

[@sikness1924]

They groomed so much compared to the other europeans that there was a treaty from old brittish areas talking about how their women prefered vikings over them because they were clean (a lot of paraphrasing here but the basis was that)

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

​@@Loren613whered u get that information from?

[@bbblakeisew]

hii someone involved in my local punk scene and who has seen amon amarth here - the rowing thing they do is actually a fairly commonplace subcategory of moshing called a ‘rowing pit,’ it’s especially common amongst black metal bands(a genre started in and mostly made up of scandinavians.) i saw amon amarth when they opened for ghost and their set was so much fun! like a lot of black metal bands they have a heavier focus on theatrics and production than most in the alternative/metal genre, when i saw them they had a giant viking ship on stage and giant set piece of a midgard serpent. no hate at all just thought this would be a fun piece of info for people that also provides some context.

[@IHaveCowYes]

I wanna see them live so bad, the music is done qnd the Rowling seems like so much fun

[@TheaSodermark]

Being a Swede, seeing Americans trying to become Viking-furries… is something i actually expected. Nothing Americans do anymore surprises me.

[@Aceofspades2006]

Omg ja bhahaha same I’m Icelandic. They literally steal every culture and do them wrong

[@ImMacke3000]

Ja, lite så

[@kyrosparrow1704]

As an American i 100% agree

[@elyon7551]

As a Swede, I find that many (if not most) Viking guys are far-right and racist af

[@fazilasamardzic7368]

Dude, THIS. Which is just so funny @@elyon7551

[@アルモニカ-x7l]

A Viking Vampire is a really interesting concept because vampires can't cross running water. Imagine the moment they step on a boat they just immediately evaporate.

[@Cowboy_Frog]

And in most lore they can’t go into the sun.

[@hailmuse]

wait where did that lore come from? Edit: because I know the sun thing came from Nosferatu. In Dracula vampires are basically reanimated corpses

[@yashmathur2]

​@@hailmuse☝️🤓 twilight is the bible of vampires

[@pangoblade]

are you saying my dream of becoming a vampire pirate is dead?

[@WhatExcellentBoiledPo-ta-toes]

​​@@yashmathur2 the twilight vampires have no problem with water... The vampires not being able to cross running water mythology comes from European folklore or so I've heard.

[@mitchellclendening7682]

Common misconception on the "filthy viking" thing- they were actually a little bit prissy when it came to cleanliness. They bathed, combed their hair consistently, (a TON of the graves we've found have combs in them) and some even plucked their brows. Part of the reason they were hated, besides the murder thing, was the fact that they were these tall, handsome blonde travelers that were popular with women.

[@FireMegaDragon]

And they didn't spare monasteries when raiding. Cause raiding in general was pretty common back then

[@meiduza]

@@FireMegaDragon Among the few viking bands that did exist, sure. Vikings as a whole were not commonplace at all. It wasn't "a people", it was a job. Most people in pre-Christian Scandinavia were just, average people. Farmers and bakers and whatnot. The majority of the seafaring done was for trading, not pillaging.

[@noodles4281]

Also the only reason we see them as horrible people is because they stole in monastery which was 1. Where all the treasure were 2. Where the only people who could write were.

[@IcusTheLobster]

Damn the English get no bitches and the murderers get more bitches than them

[@r.r.4809]

"besides the murder thing"

[@sverrg]

This hits really close to home, literally. I'm Icelandic, a small island country literally founded by viking outlaws that left Norway for a bunch of messed up reasons, spending the middle ages basically murdering each other and raiding. All these viking nuts people flock here as tourists. There is a whole friggin' industry around catering to these people's fantasies with viking bars, viking themed activities, viking cosplaying, etc. I know a dude that's like six foot ten, weighs probably more than Shaq and has the most insanely huge and unkempt beard in the world. He makes a living being the scariest tour guide you have ever seen, and he's also a massive alcoholic in his early sixties so he really lives the part, chugging beer and being basically terrifying. He beat the shit out of me once and I had to go to the hospital. These viking loving people literally love him

[@sverrg]

Oh, and btw, none of these people seem to be into poetry, which is weird because that was like the most badass thing amongst nordic people and specifically vikings. People literally got killed en masse in wars that were started by some guy dropping a diss verse about someone from a different clan, literal blood feuds that lasted for years. Because of poetry. There was a famous Icelandic viking, a berserker specifically with some genetic disease that caused gigantism, who killed his first man while drunk at like the age of five and was later imprisoned by the king of Norway for a killing spree that got out of hand. He won his freedom by spending the night before his execution writing a long-ass poem about viking life and how cool the king was. Everyone was just like: "Wow, dude, you can go back to Iceland now. We're not fucking with you." Legend has it he buried his vast hoard of looted treasure somewhere close to the ruins of his now excavated homestead and people have been looking for it for like a thousand years

[@Narwhal5000]

As a viking mom, I can confirm this is how we give birth. The axe is the hard part but its all smooth sailing after that.

[@mmayonnnaise8601]

Thank you for your service Narwhal5000

[@DreemyDreemz]

Smooth sailing, like in a ship? A Viking ship? 👀

[@quirkyredpanda7201]

Is that why they call ladies bits an axe wound?

[@Pixelusually]

Mother? I hardly know her

[@dainodawg3160]

​@@quirkyredpanda7201that's what I thought too

[@ravenfeeder]

i’m a graduate student in viking and medieval norse studies, and i call these types “norweebs”. they subscribe to some sort of “norse exceptionalism” where they think that the norse invented raiding. people of all origins and places in the medieval world raided almost without exception. the unique thing about scandinavians was their amphibious approach. their reach over sea and speed in and out of target areas using rivers and coasts is why they stand out, but this “viking culture” does not exist, it was just a part-time job to get some wealth and status

[@soupy_soup2]

That's cool! I'm glad there's a least one expert here.

[@jonajo9757]

"I will not stand for people appropriating cowboy culture!"

[@magentatime]

right, real viking culture, was the cultures of all of the various different peoples who would do that job, and were usually specific to each area. These people acting like this, & throwing everything together like this, is almost similar to someone acting like/saying "all native americans are the same and share culture"

[@dinamaruii1007]

And wasn’t it only for the rich? Like that most of the people in the viking era did not go on raids and were in fact poor farmers or farm hands?

[@hedgehog3180]

@@dinamaruii1007 Most people were farmers like in any pre-industrial society but viking raids would include a lot of those. Viking age Scandinavia was literally organized around equipping and manning ships so everyone in a hold would be expected to contribute something. That could be wood, building expertise, supplies or it could just be manpower if you didn't have anything else. So you would have found a lot of relatively poor people going along on raids as a form of tribute to their lord. This is also why axes were so common, it's not that vikings had a particular love for them, they actually preferred swords, spears and bows. It's just that axes was something that everyone had so if you didn't have a proper weapon you'd bring one along.

[@VictoriaCrissman]

18:56 no, I'm building a viking village. Literally, I'm building the Viking Village Lego set while watching this

[@bagel1612]

We need to see it

[@KennedyCassity]

my ex-boyfriends mom was realllllllly into this stuff. She has a page where she faceswaps an extremely overeddited and filtered version of her onto photos and adds quotes. She unfortunately gets involved in the side of the viking and norse culture that is very racist. She also believes she is the reincarnation of the goddess Freya and gets visions from the gods.

[@elizabethr.9359]

Well that escalated quickly

[@ANabiha]

never been so glad to see the prefix ex, love that for you

[@yourdad69420]

yoo my dad believes he's the reincarnation of Odin and can speak to the gods when he meditates lmao

[@MasqMasque]

So that’s a pretty serious sign of schizophrenia

[@wandermit6714]

that's unfortunate. as someone who's also a polytheist (though i'm a hellenic polytheist) it's unfortunate to see people using the ancient religions to spread hatred and bigotry,, it's not right

[@mouse8429]

I’ve seen Amon Amarth-and while that is not the kind of music I like, those dudes are a joy to watch. They’re a Swedish metal band and they commit so hard to the Viking theme, there were guys sword fighting on stage, a huge inflatable dragon that they beat with a giant hammer, all sorts of backgrounds and set pieces… they really put on an awesome show.

[@mick3y2302]

i saw them open for Ghost and I was absolutely blown away! I listen to them regularly now haha

[@keith8956]

They're super fun. Just a bunch of nerds singing songs about mythology. Their name is even from Tolkien.

[@DjDeedzD]

​@mick3y2302 as a fan of Ghost, that's how I was introduced to them. I love heavy themes and sets, so Amon Amarth is super cool.

[@TherealAnnabelHernandez]

I loved seeing amon amarth so much they really are great performers

[@SonsofSkies]

They've also been doing the viking theme since the 90s.

[@eirikholsaeter]

As a Norwegian my favorite part about "modern vikings" is that 99% of them are southern American dudes that got 3% Scandinavian on their 23andme and decided to make it their entire personality. Very epic.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

We have a similar problem here in Boston with everyone taking that 1% Irish or their last name being O'Hara, Flaherty, Kennedy, whatever, and make that their entire shtick. I swear more people in Boston claim to be Irish, than there are actual Irish people in feckin Ireland. Hell my first name is Irish, and I'm Black. Last name is French though because we like to keep things confusing.

[@MaiaPalazzo]

We call them "Nazipardo" here in Brazil lol

[@eirikholsaeter]

@@MaiaPalazzo lol I love that

[@hedgehog3180]

@@viscountrainbows2857 I know the Irish call that type "plastic paddies" so us nordics need something similar.

[@candy_shark]

@@viscountrainbows2857my first name is french and im about a quarter irish

[@joecooper7843]

Being a Viking was literally just a summer job for the boys and these guys make it a whole identity 😂

[@Tis1kay]

as an archaeologists, kurtis not knowing vikings had mirrors and catapults is hilarious

[@star_lyx]

as a freshman in highschool, even im shocked he didnt know💀

[@snottyboy9983]

and the fact that they obsessed about their appearance and were extremely well groomed.

[@Tis1kay]

@@snottyboy9983 omggg yes this! That was like the next bit almost straight after i commented hahahha

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Are any of us really surprised at this point? It's kurtis.

[@krusher181]

Well tbh I’m Canadian and all they taught us in history class is how the English and French got along better with beavers than they did with the natives. Also maple syrup. Penicillin.

[@Chrysriph]

I love Kurtis’s view of historic people. No mirrors, no simple technology, no basic hygiene, probably eating raw meat and speaking in grunts. The liver king, basically.

[@namantherockstar]

Kurtis inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@dion_rae9133]

Knew a girl who said she was of viking descent then got mad at me for asking her if she meant she had ancestors from Scandinavia since you know, being a viking was an occupation.

[@depressiespaghetti9979]

Yeh right the only way you can say you have "Viking" ancestory is if you have a very VERY well documented family tree.

[@afunnymans]

It’s like saying you are descended from the winged hussars just because you have Polish ancestry.

[@norcalbowhunter3264]

It's like saying you were of pirate descent. Vikings were Norse people who did very specific things. It wasn't a race, but people act like it was.

[@Tommedian]

16:12 this image aged like fine wine

[@-rayn-4934]

7:20 the "pretend rowing" thing is a metal and rock festival phenomenon that has been around for decades though, not just at Amon Amarth shows :) speaking of the band, they did their Viking theme wayyy before TikTok even existed and the bring a huge frickin wooden ship to their shows to put on Stage, doesnt matter if you're into it or not one has gotta compliment the commitment

[@silverniko9745]

I love Amon amarth, would like to see them in concert

[@incredibleflameboy]

Alestorm have been doing this for a very long time

[@MoshJunkie426]

Theyre a great band and kill it live. Its the cringey fans that number in the thousands that you have to deal with

[@SadWizardJessi]

Dude they came to Houston in 2011 and i lost my fucking mind when i saw the ship

[@AYVYN]

Swedish pagans?

[@pallapakology2294]

Fun fact: the Bluetooth technology is named after the Danish Viking King, Harald Blåtand (died c. 985/986). Blåtand meaning blue tooth in Danish. The logo is a merging of his name in bind runes. So I mean, the Vikings did have some influence on the development of Bluetooth. Edit: I should have known the population of Kurtis Town would be the one to appreciate my facts. You all made my day.

[@abigailr.9601]

Whaaaaaaaat no way!! That’s so fascinating!

[@hedgehog3180]

He was called that because he had a rotten tooth, and there was no word for black in Old Norse so blue was used instead.

[@pallapakology2294]

@@abigailr.9601 He and his father are credited with founding or re-uniting the modern Denmark from smaller tribes. The idea behind the name was that Bluetooth also “united” communication platforms.

[@nicolettejohnson]

I searched to find this comment lol

[@retr0color]

HOLY SHIT I LOOKED THIS UP AND ITS ACTUALLY TRUE?!?! fr thought this comment was a joke

[@liv_lyons]

Kurtis traumatized by the “surface leather” incident he really had to emphasize the “surface LEVEL”

[@cmool]

In his traumatized era!

[@Byzantia]

Dam

[@evermoralsfav]

is cwonsequences in the room with us rn

[@demoniccats5217]

And then said cwonsequences

[@stan_lego_eda]

Squeet 😭

[@fiveelevenevan]

As a Texan, the concept of a viking village HERE is wild. I don't think you can get much difference between a place and Scandinavia.

[@mimicray]

As a norwegian, I can tell you that "viking" translates to bay-person. So if you live by a bay, congrats, you are a viking

[@Nothing-kv5om]

Haha ja

[@ZebraLuv]

Ah. Crap. Time to go buy plastic axes I guess.

[@jakesaquaticworld2669]

Omg i’m a viking 😍😍😍 gotta go plunder a village

[@amousenamedcrouton]

Hell yeah, SJ vikings unite

[@connorhart7597]

​@ZebraLuv lmao tbh it's worth it to just get a real axe

[@marvelgaynesstotheMax]

12:49 Fun fact: it’s said that the reason for their berserker rage/trance is because they were actually high on Amanita muscaria mushrooms. They would eat them before battle and then just hulk the fuck out, sometimes even accidentally attacking their own group.

[@Hugealligator254]

If it works it works

[@lukaslarsen4259]

The vikings were actually very popular between women because of how clean they were! They were much cleaner than the general population, had clean, brushed hair, and took showers often. It’s really quite interesting when we look at the way vikings are portrayed in the media, vs how they actually were - well groomed and beautiful!

[@joeysheehan4630]

Everyone was a dirt then regardless

[@afrog2666]

Amongst women* Well, more than often between as well I suppose 😏 They were always portrayed as savages because the church villified them, as well as stole their culture and traditions and churned it into their own wretched version, as they`ve done with everything else. Pagan for life!

[@bluebell560]

So Marvel’s Thor is actually the most accurate representation of a viking in media lol

[@georgepats1168]

They were also murderous psychopaths which made them even more irresistible to medieval woman

[@heitorpedrodegodoi5646]

@@georgepats1168 More like pirates.

[@frederikwelker2933]

11:08 the fact he said “You can figure out mirror but not Bluetooth” is so funny to me because Bluetooth and it’s symbol come from a viking named Bluetooth 😭

[@MsOrdinaryHuman]

Dude I'm so bummed they cancelled "My husband, the viking" after one season :/ That show was way ahead of its time. The comedy was unmatched and the acting was superb

[@infpdreams]

Not to mention the costumes!

[@biggrayalien4791]

Yeah they were _so_ ahead of their time. Who'd have thought to make a Viking sitcom in the late 9th century? over 1000 years before television was invented. Pioneers of their time

[@sleazyjuan]

But Norsemen exists.

[@leafheart3213]

My favorite part about this is that Viking wasn’t so much a cultural group as it was a profession. Calling yourself a modern day Viking is like some dude in another thousand years calling himself a modern day frycook and smoking cigarettes next to a dumpster to prove how manly he is.

[@Duckduckduckduckgoose]

Underrated comment oh my goodness

[@RickyRicardo-e2b]

Bullshit. It was a LIFESTYLE of the Scandinavian people specifically. Yall are so ignorant.

[@RickyRicardo-e2b]

Modern day Scandinavian people are literally the offspring of these people who practiced thus lifestyle. It's not like a frycook. Anybody could be a frycook. Vikings were Scandinavians specifically. It wasn't open to ANYONE else to just join them, like what😂😂 and viking weren't even that long ago. The vikings english wars ended in 1066. They had a HUGE cultural impact on the world that still affects us today.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

"Viking" was a verb. To "go viking" basically meant to go raiding. The people got their name from mainland Europeans, and it originally meant just the ones doing the actual raiding, so it meant "raiders." Later it was broadened to include the entire Nordic culture because the raiders were the only parts of that culture the rest of the world interacted with, apart from colonists who generally ended up assimilating into their neighbors rather than conquering them.

[@Amanda-cx7co]

@@RickyRicardo-e2bhilarious that you think 1066 “wasn’t that long ago.”

[@rakelodakel]

As a Swedish speaking Nordic person, people around these parts who wear Mjolnir pendants and tattoos and are obsessed with "Viking culture" tend to have a pretty huge overlap with white nationalist groups. It's a huge red flag.

[@dirtangel_arcaeology]

yes! so many white supremacy groups use nordic / viking runes as dog whitsles

[@My_American_Life]

Yeah nationalists have a bad habit of stealing cultural icons/beliefs for their own benefit

[@cryptochrome3090]

Omg I can totally see that

[@yeetingat100subs9]

Literally no one in sweden has viking tattoos or walks around with a mjölnir pendant. Not sure where you’ve seen that

[@rakelodakel]

@@yeetingat100subs9 Okay, buddy. In Finland, we have Sons of Odin. A white nationalist group. Big fans of nationalist imagery, including "Viking" aesthetics.

[@_Jak_Hollow_]

🎶Well I just heard The news today Donkey Kong Is here to stay🎶

[@hollyrose9187]

You'll be surprised to know that vikings actually had excellent hygiene, and were literally Mr Steal Your Girl because of that

[@Marzi29]

They also did literally steal women to take back to their home settlements as s!aves, so...

[@annieonimous4352]

Mr. pillage and ra-...yeah steal your girl, sure, right.

[@nothin1456]

Yes. Creed is very clean

[@MyrddintheBard]

Mr. Steal your Girl literally and figuratively. Big slave traders.

[@anna.owo.]

Because they would literally steal your girl, that is called kidnapping.

[@synsam12345]

11:08 - Actually, The Vikings did have Bluetooth. Bluetooth, a Swedish invention, is named after Harald Blåtand. Blåtand translates to Bluetooth (blå = blue, tand = tooth). So they did have Bluetooth since he was an important leader during the viking era.

[@maddyd4415]

yo thats actually sick

[@miriambarborini1111]

I was searching for this comment!!

[@yepyepyep_]

actually a bit odd since harald blåtand was danish, but its a swedish invention

[@miv-7776]

Yes swedish invention but Blåtand was Danish and spn of Gorm den gamle🥹🫶

[@emu749]

Harald Blåtand was a Danish Viking king and he “connected” Norway and Denmark, that’s why Bluetooth is named after him. They obviously did not have Bluetooth back then. (Correct me if I’m wrong I learnt about this in 3rd grade)

[@donnapeterkin6358]

Funny you mentioned Bluetooth. The Bluetooth technology actually derives its name from a Viking King, King Harald “Bluetooth”, known for uniting Denmark and Norway. He had one dead, dark tooth, hence the name Came back to ask…are there really 1000 comments on my comment? Wild.

[@harmony7838]

I was looking for a comment like this so I wouldn’t have to type it out😂❤

[@flan6449]

I actually thought you were making a joke before I looked it up 😂

[@eigilholm6979]

I'm not so sure he "united" Denmark and Norway. He did rule over parts of modern day Norway though. If you are thinking about Denmark-Norway, or the Kalmar union, that was wayyy later. What he is actually known for is being the first christian king of Denmark, and largely converting the country to Christianity.

[@KnittedSister]

I'm related to Harald Bluetooth. So is the queen of Denmark.

[@fentina]

Pretty sure that was supposed to be the joke While people don't always know any specifics or even think it's a joke...the name and story are common knowledge

[@vivivicc2657]

I **am** a history buff, not just history scrawny, and some of these things are killing me 😭 the berserk state was induced by some type of mushroom, and it was a last resource. Vikings and Nordic people in general bathed regularly and were horrified to find Europeans didn't. They groomed themselves and used oils and perfumes REGULARLY. They braided and took care of their hair and beards.

[@iwantdoppiodakimakuraplsd1811]

And were horrified Europeans didn't is so funny lma

[@ruthisgone]

Kurtis has achieved what everyone dreams of: looking stunning in a mullet but getting none of the hate

[@Byzantia]

Me

[@JamesLakin-lk6fj]

What about lazarbeam? (Change my mind curtis and lazarbeam look kind of similar)

[@mcnamera]

69 likes?

[@Corvuspacificus]

I thought it was the rule of Kurtis town.

[@drippycity4135]

@@Corvuspacificusit’s law 😌

[@ViktorErikFade]

Him being a country singer before makes SO MUCH SENSE He has that twang to his voice that seemed familiar genre wise

[@yourdad69420]

my dad is one of these dudes who's convinced he's a viking, and bro there's a large racist/neonazi community within this whole "modern viking culture" shit. i am half surinamese, so you can imagine how unfortunate it was to live with a white dad who's constantly discriminating against my culture and glorifying literal vikings. one of the things he's defended passionately on multiple occasions was how "sure they raped women, but NEVER their OWN women, only the women from villages they'd raid!" because yeah.... ig?? those women don't count as humans?? anyway, i finally escaped from that nutcase lol

[@manboy4720]

there was probably a lot of women sexually assaulted back then, even in their own villages. overall views on women back then were... 'limited', to say the least.

[@rockandfashion7207]

Men are… something

[@SilvrRazorFeather]

I was waiting for commentary on the overlap in modern Vikings/neonazis

[@arsena5209]

well you are my dad apparently so you aren't much better I'm sorry

[@smilerachel996]

Its ALWAYS neo nazis for soome reason. They romanticize living in all-white "pure" communities.

[@IvysWhackedWonderland]

20:19 blonde Kurtis will haunt me forever

[@beansfebreeze]

I'm not saying the modern viking community has a racism problem but I am saying everyone I've met like that has hit me with some version of "you're one of the good ones" 💀 ☠️ 💀

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

It's such a shame those bozos are appropriating peoples from a time where pillaging was a means for survival. I really honestly love anthropology and I love learning about these older cultures, so Vikings are one of my interests. But "modern Vikings" take the stereotypical, popularized misinformation about Vikings and turned it into a form of supremacy... yikes! Dressing like a Viking is fun, and being "like a Viking" is more akin to being a farmer, not some noble axe man; but yeesh, these people really do not know what they are talking about! It's no wonder they're bigoted, they can't help appropriating cultures they don't understand 😂 Take it from someone who actually has Scandinavian blood, not everyone who likes cultural history/anthropology is going to be so racist; in fact, many are quite the opposite. Just avoid communities that label themselves ridiculous shit like "modern Vikings" and you should be fine. If you want to meet history buffs who don't have weird prejudices, find yourself some cultural anthropology majors! Most of the ones I've met have been awesome and fun people, and many are super open-minded (and quite the activists too!).

[@B.-T.]

Ooof.

[@MyrddintheBard]

​@@nomoretwitterhandles I think you are getting Viking and Norse confused. The norse were largely farmers. Viking was a seasonal profession of raiding. Undertaken primarily by Norse, but other groups also joined their raiding parties. It does really suck that White supremacists are intentionally misrepresenting the Norse people to further their agendas. I appreciate what you are saying and doing to combat that.

[@highlife_swede]

It does suck. I am Scandinavian who has an appearence like a viking. Mostly because like that kind of style. But the ammount of people talking to me like I support their ideas because I look similar to them or not talking to me because I look similar to the bad people who have adopted parts of the old Norse Culture, is insane.

[@TwelvetreeZ]

6:23 Interesting that Peyton Parrish's song mentions a "blue-eyed, blonde-haired" country girl in his song 👀

[@moss74]

12:31 vikings were actually some of these cleanest people at the time. In fact when they interacted with people in Southern Europe, many of the women were actually more attracted to viking men because they regularly bathed and were clean! They were somebof the first to use soap too I think :)

[@uncannedspaghetti]

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[@billbill6094]

As a modern day ninja who has been part of no arsons or espionage, I'd like to invite my modern day vikings who have never been on a raid and my modern pirate who've never captured an East India Company ship brethren to a battle of tik tok thirst traps. Exactly as our forefather's who we're not related to did.

[@dalailarose1596]

I'll watch 🤷‍♀️

[@saturnal]

I will grow a beard in order to hide my weak jaw, just as the noble vikings in my video game do

[@GhostDog56]

Ahhhh yes I’m always excited to meet a fellow ninja 🥷 I’m actually a master and yes I can do good thrust traps

[@SympleSymon]

My brother, you failed the first Rule of Ninja - don't tell everyone you're a Ninja Did our exiled brother Blevins teach you nothing?

[@somepvpguy69]

I shall join as I have a beard early therefore I have massive balls and must use them against the enemy

[@Void7.4.14]

I think my favorite part is how little people actually understand about the various points of the viking era, especially the people making these types of videos. Its amazing.

[@ramidarichardsen6423]

I'm from Norway and our weekdays names are base on names from the time of vikings and they had asigned saturday as the bathing day (laugardag -> Lørdag) So they definitely bathed regularly 😅

[@goodboix3528]

Aaaaa LOL

[@melvinjakobsson5212]

Just wait until you hear about the weekdays in english, also being based on the same gods, celestial bodies, and washing day:)

[@darthmoo7]

The words Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are all based on the names of viking/pagan gods... Tyr's day, Odin/Wodin's day, Thor's day, and Freya's day.

[@melvinjakobsson5212]

@@darthmoo7 sunday, is the sun's day. Monday is the moon's day. Which were both very important in viking culture. And Saturday comes from the romans, meaning Saturnus day. This was only lent by the English, since none of their gods was a direct counterpart to the god Saturnus:)

[@darthmoo7]

@@melvinjakobsson5212 Yeah the Romans also are the reason we have 12 months in a year instead of 10... They added July and August for Julius and Augustus Caesar

[@mer80243]

Loving all the Viking facts in the comments, genuinely learning a lot.

[@savannahhhh777]

😂😂 FR I’m always so entertained by the comments but tonight I’m educated

[@adambrande]

just learn to Google them since some are literally the epitome of "the source is I made it the fuck up"

[@fawnieee]

​​@@adambrande yeah, found out the other day that the tradition of giving newly made brides a cat/kitten as a wedding gift is more than likely a myth or has only been mentioned very occasionally making it uncertain it existed or not or that it was a tradition pertaining to very certain Nordic groups. Not that it was an extremely common thing like a Tumblr post made it to be. I read this "tradition" from someone on Tumblr, they were probably just chatting nonsense like most people on Tumblr do. Look at what they did to Persephone and Hades, after all 🤢

[@Lord-of-The-West-Weald]

​@@adambrandethey preferred silver rather than gold how bout dat

[@ttt5020]

12:30 Vikings actually had VERY good hygiene! Especially compared to English people at the time. This is partly due to their culture finding dying out of battle very dishonorable/not leading to Valhalla, so great care was taken to avoid dying to an infected wound

[@maybemablemaples2144]

​@@hamitafsaid no it was better. They had a whole bathing culture. Them guys loved saunas.

[@JumalaPlays]

@@hamitafsaid Saturday in many languages is named after bathing. Laugardag, Lørdag. Laugar means bath or hot water. They named an entire day after bathing because it was important to them. Also, this lead to some problems. The romans knew this, and sometimes attacked during Laugardag when they were bathing and ill-equipped against a raid.

[@rosed3023]

Came here to say this same thing. Viking grooming was so good that it pissed off other European men - they were like “those fancy good-smelling bad boys are luring our women away by not being horrendously stinky! How DARE they!”

[@ttt5020]

@@hamitafsaid I said it was good period! then added especially so when compared.

[@ttt5020]

@@hamitafsaid No, the vikings were well groomed even by today's standards. On an entirely separate note, english people weren't at the time, thus making their good grooming exceptionally notable, the same way a modern well groomed persom would seem when compared to english at the time. Does that make sense?

[@asyisnotok]

My favorite thing to watch is Kurt making a totally non-judgemental, nonbiased, fair and unopinionated video

[@WhoWantsCake0]

Agreed, no notes needed. Great comment 👍

[@Tangerine9407]

@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185ok

[@jabee_balls]

​@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185jerma 185.....

[@nicholassullivan1239]

To be fair, pretty much any destructive criticism of these fucking clowns is just OBJECTIVE trash.

[@vincenta2655]

Lolol😂

[@sparklette1304]

I love how Kurtis tried hard to avoid saying “surface leather” again but then messed up with cwonsquences 😂😂

[@stella4014]

so glad i'm not the only one who caught that 😂

[@abeille983]

time stamp?

[@stella4014]

@@abeille983 about 9:29

[@entrapta101]

When does he say consequenses?

[@basilelizabee]

​@@entrapta10116:59

[@rascal8902]

Kurtis tried so hard not to say 'surface leather' again and we STILL got 'cwonsequences'

[@lemonmeat]

pretty sure that was on purpose though so

[@snakewichduo2678]

As a swede, I can confirm that this is all we do. I get to school each day by jumping into cold water with an axe and colonising some land were i then spend the rest of my day.

[@Hithere-uz6wd]

Really? Most of the time I just try to forget the fact I'm sad by watching yt vids or playing games.

[@costilla1212]

I can tell you're not Swedish because this isn't written in arabic 🤠

[@Hithere-uz6wd]

@@costilla1212 I don't get it

[@Jennifer-fe2ff]

As someone who worked as an extra on the show 'Vikings' in Ireland, spending 12 hours a day on those sets pretending to be a Viking was exhausting enough for me. I can't imagine wanting to actually live like one 😅

[@puppeteer7929]

Really bro!!! thats awesome dude in what episodes can I see you? I plan on going through that show soon.

[@Jennifer-fe2ff]

@@puppeteer7929 to be fair now I was very much in the background for most of it. I saw myself once or twice swinging an axe in the background though 😅

[@prettyfart]

That’s really cool! I just started watching the show a few weeks ago

[@bibsp3556]

It's why some of us are built like brick shithouses lol

[@TheAraberpinto]

A weekend of medieval shows was enough for me! Granted I slept in the reenactment tent in Norway at 7 degrees with fog etc but we all lost so much weight over 3 days we all had to punch extra holes into belts (including the many years seasoned ones!)

[@georgiabischoff5593]

you genuinely have the sitcom comedy style down SO WELL

[@soappacket2342]

And he used the Friends set... right before Matthew Perry died 😭

[@chanslefteyebruh6167]

​@@soappacket2342yeah was about to say the same thing it hurts

[@october3018]

Swede here! This “trend” happens every few years (in the non Scandinavian world) and the hippie to Viking wannabe pipeline is wild 😭

[@TheybyBaby]

Far more desirable than the wannabe Viking to actual Nazi pipeline we have in America.

[@takethesechains]

I've lived in sweden for 15+ years with a lot of hippie friends and I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this lol

[@dankkcats]

the hippie to viking pipeline is the realest way i’ve ever heard it described

[@S3lkie-Gutz]

Honestly so real it's embarrassing to witness as an Inuk

[@JosieJosephina]

It's really funny when you mentioned bluetooth at about 11:10, because bluetooth actually was a viking! Bluetooth was named after him (he had a blue tooth for reference)

[@zwsiol]

imagine NOT being a viking kurt

[@sigmagyattmaster808]

Fr

[@anaelleschollier]

KURT HAHA

[@iusedtomakeoutwithmedusa]

@@anaelleschollierLMAOAOAOAOAO

[@fardung]

​@@iusedtomakeoutwithmedusalaughing-my-ahh off-ahh-off-ahh-off-ahh-off-ahh-off?

[@soft-sugar22]

frr

[@laurabXOTWOD]

Actually im fairly sure vikings personal hygiene was unusually good for the time, im sure i remember reading how British men were upset that some of their women were quite taken with the invading vikings just because of how much cleaner they were.

[@aliceh4075]

Yeah, they would bath and clean their beards and hair every week (I remember learning this in school lol) whereas the British men at the time did not at all lol

[@stormwalkers98]

This is pretty much true. Our word for Saturday (lørdag/lördag) actually comes from the Norse word laugardagr, which means washing/bathing day. Sauna, tub, haircare, personal grooming and the works were all done on this day every week.

[@messeboy7397]

​@@stormwalkers98or just laugardagur in Icelandic 😉

[@Violablacks]

Yeah the Danes often complained about how bad the English smelled, its why they really liked the Galls because they also had obsessive hygine habits for the time.

[@stormwalkers98]

@@messeboy7397 Which is definitely the most beautiful of the Scandi language family!

[@Bagel920]

I gotta say the Viking aesthetic is pretty cool. It would be nice if they actually taught people about the history of Vikings and stuff instead of just being “look at me I’m cool because big beard and animal skins”

[@christinewarden3450]

“I gotta say the Nazi aesthetic is pretty cool. It would be nice if they actually taught people about the history of Nazis instead of just being look at me “I’m cool because of MP-40 and Nazi uniform””

[@s.salem6.6]

tbf rowing at metal concerts isn’t really specific to that one band, i’ve been to a few shows where the pit sits down to row to songs, i heard it’s more popular in europe but i could be wrong

[@DesolateSolace]

For real nordic "viking" music I'd recommend are Garmarna, Eivør, Heilung, Wardruna, Skáld, Myrkur, Gealdýr. These groups all take their lyrical sources from old icelandic sagas, the closest books we have to the viking age. The chant in the video is a modern creation, created from an inspiration from the game Assassins Creed: Valhalla.

[@HumanPerson_final]

Einar Selvik is such a legend. I know from the outside, like with Kurtis' perspective, this subculture can seem cringy, but Einar's music can be an experience if you really let yourself listen to it. "Snake Pit Poetry" was one of the best parts of the last great moments in the "Vikings" tv show. "Lyfjaberg" is a great retelling of a really neat Norse folktale. Lots of cool songs in the genre that isn't connected directly to the dorks on TikTok making pseudo-historical videos.

[@catskull4192]

I also recommand Skálmöld, an Icelandic metal band that sings about norse mytholigy in Icelandic. The president of Iceland lovesthose guys due to their love for the nordic history. I saw him at their concert once 😂

[@REAL-BIG-HAM]

The chant in the video is made originally by Miracleofsound

[@syde5233]

came here to suggest Heilung! I saw them just a few nights ago in New Orleans in an opera house --- completely fantastic and breathtaking

[@PhilfreezeCH]

@@syde5233Heilung is so fucking good and the vibes of the audience was immaculate when I saw them, just a great and super chill time!

[@thegrahamsullivanshow566]

I love "yo can figure out mirrors, and not Bluetooth". Without knowing it Kurtis you made a very layered joke. Bluetooth is named after the viking Harlald Bluetooth. So technically Harald's parents did figure out bluetooth, just a bit differently

[@ZacksScraps]

Was hoping someone would mention this lol. Bonus fact, the Bluetooth logo is a bind rune merging the early medieval period "Younger Futhark" runes (Hagall) (ᚼ) and (Bjarkan) (ᛒ). Also, it was supposed to be called "RadioWire", a name that makes much more sense, but they couldn't get the rights for the name.

[@everyone8531]

LOL!!!! That's literally what i was thinking during that part! i didn't actually expect anyone to point that out since i tought it was just an obscure joke i saw when i clicked in a YT Shorts video!

[@kerensa7349]

I was cracking up I'm so happy someone else caught this

[@tamambilgisayar]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Lisa-so4dj]

Omg sameee, i feel so validated

[@AvaricioDues]

These folks never realized that Viking was a job, not like a clan of people. They were sea raiders who did it so that their community could survive in the extreme and very harsh climates of ancient Iceland

[@krusher181]

Vikings aren’t only from Iceland but yeah

[@ZenobiaSE]

I would rather say ancient Nordics :) The people who did Viking raids were from what today is Sweden, Norway and Denmark who later settled on Iceland. Mainly it was the Norwegian Vikings that settled on Iceland, but they were far from the only people that settled on Iceland

[@AxlTheo]

The notion that all Vikings survived primarily on raiding is a false one. Many of them, in fact, made their primary living on regular trade, albeit often with different cultures. Vikings from different ”coutries” tended to trade with different regions, swedish Vikings for example, mainly travelling towards the region of modern day Russia, etc. The Vikings role as explorers should also not be undermined.

[@honeycomblord9384]

I've often heard it described as "vikings are basically pirates from medieval Scandinavia", but I'm probably at least somewhat wrong.

[@AvaricioDues]

@@honeycomblord9384 kind of but not really; they did raid but it was a job and a way to procure goods and resources for their people, it was done out of necessity and not because they wanted to spend months to a year or more at sea

[@davidrichey1155]

Casually mentioning Protest the Hero is incredible. Just found you and I was already a fan, now I’m sold.

[@GalagoospurmankyREALofficial]

As a real true blooded viking living in the 10th century, this truly disgusts me and my fellow Norsemen. . Thank you for bringing this to our attention Kurtis, we sail at dawn for the mainland.

[@whateverlolawants]

Username only kinda checks out.

[@WORLDTOURGIRL]

i am so sorry you had to see this😞💔

[@rebeccadodd1394]

I feel like a lot of people have forgotten that you can simply enjoy things without needing to make them your entire personality

[@ruthie8785]

That’s so damn true.

[@LoreF.]

Now it seems that in the modern era people have forgotten the difference between liking something and being obsessed with it.

[@wooogie672]

i mean… some of us are autistic… 🤣💀

[@helixxia9320]

🥲

[@butwhydoesidindoitbadah7090]

Some people don't have control over that. I have autism and sometimes my hyperfixations get bad enough that, against my will, they become my entire personality.

[@amaya2938]

Kurtis being so careful saying "square feet" only to minutes later say "cwonsequences" is the funniest thing ever

[@cleo5090]

squeet is one of the funniest things kurtis has ever said

[@hotsexyangel]

*_im gonna squeet_* 😫😫

[@maxoweenie]

i’m gonna SQUEET

[@howareyoumoreofaclownthanme]

He was also *so careful* to say surface level instead of surface leather.

[@Cowboy_Frog]

He just needs to use that all the time. Square feet doesn’t exist in Kurtis Town, only squeet.

[@AlejandraGonzalez-nl1wj]

Her waddling over and in between the parking cement things sent me in a fkn laugh crying fit that I can’t understand 0-100 INDEED😂😂😂😂

[@Akursedtime]

As a History major who knows some Viking history. The lack of common knowledge about the Nordics is pretty hilarious. And the fact that raids were not frequent, they had pretty good hygiene aka baths and haircare and beardcare , most were farmers and normal civilians and women were treated well. Tiktok Vikings are all surface level research through movies, tv shows and games 😂

[@Batzilla69420]

Exactly, as a pagan who leans towards norse paganism, this just hurts to watch 🥴

[@Jürgen_von_Schumacher]

I agree. I encourage everyone who truly wants to embody the Norse culture and religion to watch Norse Magic and Beliefs, read the Hávamál which I can only describe as the Germanic Bible, and actually do extensive research into what it is you are trying to live or copy. Because no viking EVER looked like these tiktokers and I'm sure most of them wouldn't know what Ek er víkingr or Skál actually mean in Old Norse. Everyone is larping, some few are actually living as Norsemen.

[@enya1633]

Yes! Norwegian archaeologist here, there are indeed many misconceptions, as there are a lot of misconceptions in general about pagan cultures all over the world due to misinformation and lack of understanding from the monotheistic world that came after (in the case of 'vikings' the roman empire and Christian brits are mainly to blame). Even the written source material we are left with are somewhat tainted by a Christian understanding of cultural traditions, beliefs and values that predated them. But important to note is, as you say, that people in viking-period Scandinavia were pretty regular farmers who sometimes went on raids, probably to secure rations, slaves and political power (many of their travels were also diplomatic or as traders).

[@enya1633]

Also: no horned helmets lmao. there's been found two partial helmets in all the years of excavating, so helmets were either melted down and reused or they were not that common (which makes sense as they could be very costly and time consuming to make). No horns. There are some horned helmets from Bronze Age Denmark though

[@Jürgen_von_Schumacher]

@@enya1633 the horned helmets used to be much more common in the pre viking age. Frankly I like older Germanic helmets and armor that predate the Vikings. They just did much more with it! Once the viking age came around though, horns and antlers were mostly used for religious purposes.