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[@kurtisconner]

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[@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

[@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?

[@Hungryhungryhippo514]

well it was a job title @@bloodlove93

[@seleneb9852]

Chilly Pirates…Pirates on Ice

[@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.

[@ville__]

Mafia Viking Boss

[@HandsomePutin]

YES THANK YOU. FINALLY I FOUND MY PRONOUN

[@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

[@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.

[@CousinCarmine]

This comment was hilarious.

[@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 🤓☝️

[@caspianodinsson5084]

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

[@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

[@MoonLogickal]

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

[@Bumblebeerocks23]

I love how careful Kurtis was saying “surface level” so he wouldn’t say “surface leather” again but then says “quonsequences” 😂

[@froggychaos1397]

Actually Vikings were extremely clean and regularly bathed and groomed themselves. They were known to bathe weekly, which was more frequently than most people, particularly Europeans, at the time. Their grooming tools were often made of animal bones and included items such as combs, razors, and ear cleaners.

[@__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

[@sentinelnentinel]

Me too

[@kota3681]

​@@ville__nobody asked thanks

[@Livecat-hy6qh]

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185pls shut up

[@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

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

The band is pronounced " A Mon A Marth" (Amon Amarth) and they are fantastic. Usually, they have a giant ship on the stage. Also, they have been around way before ticktok. I haven't seen them live in a long time but the last time I saw them was probably around 2009. Also, when vikings went "berserk" they ate mushrooms and got naked.

[@matejsteinhauser3974]

He rather does not talk about that psychedelic thingy, because just like with these Viking hypes. Gorvements use manipulative Talking to lure people into taking psychedelics so Their mind will be stuck in the Backrooms, having an esoteric thinking and these people will voluntarily get robbed by gorvements he they would think it is some sort of test by higher powers.

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

@@matejsteinhauser3974 I think you need to take a break from huffing paint... I mean wtf are you trying to say...?

[@matejsteinhauser3974]

@@DrinkerOfWindex You know that Psychedelics rised in popularity in at least one year ago? All because They can make people develop manipulative mystical beliefs and You know how These esoterics view suffering upon the world, That it is some sort of spiritual test, And these people are beneficial for gorvements because they will let them rob the wallet. you know already the history of america. But in past, They drugged people with psychedelics to create some sort of supersoldiers like you saw in Stranger Things, Horever they discovered that supernatural abilities do not exist in humans, so Now they are doing this because people will give money to gorvements without protesting.

[@InertiaStatus]

I love your username so much it’s got me dying of laughter

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

@@InertiaStatus Thanks. It's a nod to my old Diablo2 character names. Everyone had windex in the name in some capacity.

[@helloitisi3074]

I saw amon amarth at a ghost concert and yes, we all were rowing during that song. They also have a giant ass boat behind them with a storm and a monster and they kill it after a few songs. It was so badass and good because I'm disabled lol

[@GremlinKupi]

Omg me too!!

[@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

[@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

[@shutup3790]

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

[@realKluki]

As a Scottish person I am not scared of these guys attacking my land and stealing my metal

[@matejsteinhauser3974]

mmm, They are like Skaarj and you are weak Nali for them. If they try something, you better run or step away

[@CatherineMcClain]

Bluetooth is actually named after Harald Bluetooth, a Danish king during the Viking Age.

[@zerostar1679]

Blacktooth

[@Dinglehoppers779]

"Mum I want Bluetooth" "We have Bluetooth at home" Me when the Bluetooth at home just connects devices wirelessly instead of ruling Norway and Denmark.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

And the symbol is a rune

[@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...

[@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

[@bammythegreat]

him singing dk donkey kong is in my head daily and i cant make it stop

[@scaraptor2106]

HE’S THE LEADER OF THE BUNCH ⚔️ YOU KNOW HIM WELL 🛡️ HE’S FINALLY BACK 🏹 TO KICK SOME TAIL 🍖

[@joeygonads]

I had to pause the video when you said “smelling a Vikings balls would probably make you hallucinate”. that is a sentence I never imagined I would hear LMFAO

[@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.

[@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?

[@ZevsMika]

"i'm gonna start talk about raiding in a bit.. thank you to RAID SHADOW LEGENDS for sponsoring this tiktok"

[@aribirgisson7956]

As an Scandinavian the thing that triggers me the thing that triggers me the most is that many of these viking tiktokers are completely uninformed. For example they never had horns on their helmet. Horns were only used to drink wine and beer. Also viking comes from the Vík which means fjord/bay. Therefore building a Viking town in texas is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. But the catapult and death diving were cool. Gotta respect the catapult.

[@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.

[@adventurouspants]

as a swedish person i’m always very wary of people that are extremely into the “norse aesthetic” a lot of norse symbolism has been adopted by white supremacy/neo n4zi groups

[@ZijnShayatanica]

Especially in the metal scene, unfortunately... I hate how many of my fave bands make me feel icky. 😭

[@ef8151]

Came here to make this comment

[@lady8jane]

German here and same. Especially when they are American.

[@emilyb.8219]

Yeah social media accounts that are super into Nordic or Roman Empire stuff are usually pretty suspect

[@emmad4308]

​@ZijnShayatanica yes! It's always a fun game of are they genuinely into history or practice heathenry/paganism, like the aesthetics or the above but add some. Extreme right wing views is the most polite way of putting it without setting off any censors.

[@fenaholloch1955]

Fun Fact: Vikings also had a hierarchy that included multiple levels of slavery. There where slaves that were born into it and some that were kidnapped after their villages were burned down. (It was a lot more complicated but I don‘t remember exactly).

[@zac5855]

“Going vampire mode” - proceeds to not lose the majority of their powers at best or spontaneously combust at worst depending on the source material in broad daylight…

[@thewhiterabbitchaser]

omg how did i not notice this incredible comment section contribution lol

[@teathesilkwing7616]

Got that spf

[@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.

[@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

[@liv_lyons]

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

[@ville__]

In his traumatized era!

[@cmool]

In his traumatized era!

[@Byzantia]

Dam

[@ville__]

No way Kurtis just pinned me omg☠️💀

[@fieldstaar]

is cwonsequences in the room with us rn

[@SheldonT.]

11:00 "Can figure out mirrors but not Bluetooth". Guess what? Bluetooth is named after a viking! King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark/Norway. They even use his initials in rune form as the symbol for the company.

[@GhoulishRose]

KURTIS CONNER SAYING AMON AMARTH LIKE THAT MADE ME SO SAD.. Dude amon amarth in concert.. please that was fun as all hell, they were the best opening for Ghost 😭😭

[@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. 🤦‍♂

[@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.

[@tomegranatejuice]

Also, Amon Amarth have been around forever, and, fun fact, their name is the Sindarin name for Mount Doom.

[@Casperan-mj6wu]

Kurtisconner and funkyfrogbait should totally do a Collab! Not just the hair style but they both have such a great since of humor! They would totally vibe!!!!

[@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

[@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.

[@alyssawonnacott1041]

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.

[@chattycatty3336]

"Vikings just wanted land for their families." Bro they didn't go out and work for what they took. They just took it from others 💀 that's not the equivalent of "go- getting" and chasing dreams, it's essentially robbing and murdering. Which is still around today btw, you just don't wanna talk about that 😂

[@bmac9317]

The modern viking guy watched all the seasons of vikings and instantly became a expert

[@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.

[@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"

[@sveto.resnje.telo6]

ensiferum also are a viking themed metal band, and the fans also sit and row for certain songs, its a great feeling to bond with strangers over

[@wartygourd]

9:29 he was careful not to say "surface leather"

[@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

[@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?

[@JoAnyj]

surprised you never mentioned any of the racism hidden just beneath the surface. also it was really cool that we somehow burped at the same time

[@ilovebluepowerade9389]

My first official foray into Viking period entertainment is Vinland Saga and even then I learned a good amount about Nordic culture (within the time period) from reading/watching it because the author (Makoto Yukimura) actually did his research, Tiktok Vikings should pick it up lol

[@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

[@miracleofsound]

4:53 this song Valhalla Calling is actually my song :) I wrote it inspired by Norse mythology after playing AC Valhalla. A lot of people think Peyton created it or that it's an ancient Nordic chant but nope, it's my original song 👍 I also never intended it to be interpreted as any kind of authentic Nordic or Viking chant; this misconception came from certain other people covering it and incorrectly labelling it as that.

[@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

[@ultramagnus4374]

When you start defining “modern Viking” with “a company. . .”

[@jessie9627]

I feel like this whole craze especially those people in the video of him singing are dressed how I’d imagine a Skyrim cosplay to look like…

[@AD-wz6nd]

As someone who knows about viking history, this videos was really hard. Vikings WERE brutal and did colonize, but they weren’t just mindless savages. They were also often very educated and KNOWN for being uniquely clean for their time period. Some Europeans even mocked them for how often they bathed and how fastidiously they cared for their hair.

[@TheQueenOfSheba]

Correct! Also I think they just conquered Europeans? Idk. I need more info.

[@buff.berserker]

@@TheQueenOfSheba i remember reading that in the later years, they had a not so polite exchange with Native Americans

[@iclynnx]

​@@TheQueenOfShebaI've heard vikings were the first to discover America, before the colonizers that became white Americans, but the vikings didn't stick around. Something like that. Don't know much about it, so take it with a grain of salt.

[@carolinarnquist9531]

Most people were just regular farmers and fishermen, also most travelers were explorers and traders. While some Vikings did raid and pillage, most didn't afaik.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

they still. like. colonized. edit: not to mention the fact that they called indigenous americans “wretched ones”

[@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.

[@whymthrad]

​@@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 👀

[@SparkY0]

Modern Viking: for when you're mad you can't openly call yourself a neo Nazi, but also you're bad at using a thesaurus.

[@CatherineMcClain]

Not true. While there are a few who are neo-Nazis, the VAST majority of neo-pagans and people into viking age stuff are not and stand against neo-Nazis.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

What do Nazis have to do with Vikings? I am a history buff and I don’t see the correlation

[@TonyLemur]

@@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736 Scandinavian stuff is big in that community, they're basically the embodiment of what the big man himself considered the best race...

[@jellyjohn7881]

​@@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736Interesting overlap in communities. Think the Jan 6 dude wearing the horns

[@bentonbarksdale1450]

@@TonyLemurKinda sounds like you’re saying all Scandinavian people are nazis simply because of the way they look…

[@IamPinhead]

Amon Amarth Uh-Mon Uh-Marth The concert experience is phenomenal

[@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

[@magentasunbringer]

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

[@JadePlayer2]

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 🥴"

[@ThatOneGuy-de9fc]

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

[@doirlylmao008]

You're not a true nord unless you build a homestead with nothing but your nuts, a fistful of mead and die of rock rockjoint at 36, as talos intended

[@Eli-ys2pn]

These guys watched one episode of vinland saga and decided they wanted to become true warriors

[@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!

[@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

[@whymthrad]

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

[@anna.owo.]

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

[@monohe4d380]

Rowing is a pretty common crowd move in Europe not only in the vining community. So pretty logical to do that in a song about rowing. ❤

[@kiketsu]

Amon Amarth has been around for a loooong time. I used to love them during my high school metal days, which was around 2006. I think they formed in the early 90s. So yeah, Viking metal has been around for way longer than you’d think lol. Metal has a lot of fun and pretty hilarious sub genres. 😂

[@user-kx9to7xg1x]

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?

[@XxMCRroxnonstopxX]

​​@@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.

[@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.

[@FortuitousOwl]

@@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.

[@potmki6601]

Dude the second I heard first guy singing I though “I don’t know how vikings sounded, but this sounds like a parody on a country music” - and then it kinda turned out to be in his resume 😬

[@FrannieMurphy]

hi kurtis, im watching ur videos after drinking for the first time in a few months on my way home from a family christmas party to help the over stimulation (not driving obviously!!) shout out to u for being a homie

[@user-bm3hz3lw7t]

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.

[@Got_No_Chutzpah]

A modern viking should marry a watertok girl and start a family channel with a mermaid-viking daughter who swims in birthday-cake flavored water

[@saadbunni]

LOL

[@29jgirl92]

I love your mind!

[@Random-sk6hm]

While holding a plastic axe obviously

[@Got_No_Chutzpah]

Absolutely! Double axes even@@Random-sk6hm

[@daeflowerr]

“Birthday cake flavored water” STOP 😭

[@josephmendez6217]

Amon Amarth has been playing viking themed metal for about 30 years. I've seen them a couple times and it's great goofy fun that fits well with the metal moshpit feeling.

[@stronkboi9042]

Probably one of my favorite videos ive watched of yours, your channel is gold

[@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.

[@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

[@Fizzyfrogthegreat]

10:30 NO JOKE I BUST OUT LAUGHING

[@danielleortiz5026]

History scrawny got me

[@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.

[@varah_potter]

😂😂😂😂

[@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

[@emmaothorell]

Being a Scandinavian person listening to American fckboys on tiktok telling you what it means to "be a viking" is the funniest and dumbest experience at the same time

[@liminalgamer935]

I'm 4th-gen Norwegian-American, and this is hilarious.

[@TheLeftwheel]

There are actual towns here in Texas with Scandinavian immigrant history and this fuckwit wants to larp. Our ancestors were nothing like this garbage. =___=

[@seriemus8840]

​@@liminalgamer9354th-gen? At that point you're just American. Sorry.

[@liminalgamer935]

@seriemus8840 The only people who didn't come from somewhere else are the indigenous peoples here. They're the only real "Americans".

[@PowerSpirit50]

​@@liminalgamer935 Well, you're not Norwegian so who are you?

[@Macandcheese17]

It’s a historical fact that all vikings did was yell, jump Im lakes and hold plastic weapons, hope this helped someone 🫶

[@rosannavalge9256]

Thank you for making my depression go away for some time!!

[@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!

[@saw7272]

19:27 if kurtis made a actual irl town id move there

[@devlinreign2551]

I will give Amon Amarth credit where it is due. They opened for Ghost on their tour this year and their set is so incredibly cool, and they have a great stage presence. I literally had no idea who they were when they open BUT they get an A in performing.

[@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...

[@asyisnotok]

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

[@Azurethewolf168]

Cause that’s not possible since everyone has inherent bias

[@WhoWantsCake0]

Agreed, no notes needed. Great comment 👍

[@ville__]

Kurtis said I'm better than him on Livestream 💀

[@Tangerine9407]

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185ok

[@jabeeballs]

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

[@laurend1307]

Ngl Peyton Parrish's Disney covers SLAP. I was surprised to hear his name in the video cause that's all I know him for 🤣

[@Pariah_Larry]

I’ve been to one of those Amon Amarth shows where everyone does the Viking boat. The whole boat thing and it was EPIC. Everyone was into it. The music is dark and heavy but everyone I’ve met is super nice. The metal community is the best in my opinion.

[@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

[@maveryriley]

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

[@jonajo9757]

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

[@magentasunbringer]

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.

[@user-fw8wi5cj8w]

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

[@YouTubeHandleEtc.]

Valhalla Calling is a song by Miracle of Sound, he deserves 100% credit.

[@janaxelblomberg7768]

AMON AMARTH MENTIONED🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@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

[@Tatertottt]

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

[@zwsiol]

imagine NOT being a viking kurt

[@Donut_Devourer]

Fr

[@anaelleschollier]

KURT HAHA

[@iusedtomakeoutwithmedusa]

@@anaelleschollierLMAOAOAOAOAO

[@vomitdrinker1]

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

[@b9rbiexxxxxxx]

frr

[@aysstydui5996]

Got a guitar pick from Amon Amarth when they opened for Ghost back in September! Really cool band, rowing with everyone during that Oar song was actually really cool.

[@thine.]

Its a job imagine someone in thousands of years going "Im a REAL MODERN farmer🗿"

[@namenamename00]

No, thats absolutely going to happen...

[@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.

[@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

[@tombradshaw1378]

I think the rowing concert bit is a moshpit thing in general. Went to a punk show and they all started doing that at one point, it was dope.

[@bwines16]

Nooooooo 😂 I was not ready for the thirst trap in the woods cut 💀 literally had a coughing fit from choking on my water