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[@PhilosophyTube]

I am not sponsored by HP Sauce

[@sendhelp1074]

Good to know?

[@Stebens0]

Owo?

[@TheCview]

Disliked.

[@goopium5970]

it was utterly beautiful a scene. a man in his native state, in his monarchist state, dabbing sauce on himself to dab on his queen. beautiful.

[@schizoseahorse]

HP Sauce: Britain’s official national lube for fucking the Queen

[@Jopeth23]

Today, we can all say that this video truly aged like a fine wine.

[@illcommunicvtion]

Came back here to say this. Now I hate myself.

[@user-ru4ip2pr1j]

@@AsadAli-jc5tg nah man. May he live fast and die faster! 🙏

[@pronumeral1446]

@@AsadAli-jc5tg I hope Charles lives long, but I hope there is no King.

[@tDASH97]

ladies, gentlemen, enbies WE GOT HER

[@anselmenator]

I wonder if QE2 ever saw this before she died.

[@anone.mousse674]

The only queen Britain needs has arrived.

[@ordanarymods4990]

The only good youtube comment

[@hellNo116]

we stan a real hereditary queen

[@agiar2000]

Yaaaas!

[@Mindy14]

lol

[@kelsiecordray1629]

Turns out waifu was right after all!

[@hallamhal]

We need a follow up "Why Britain should have a queen" outlying Abby's case to become queen

[@AzariaSpace1]

+

[@stalfithrildi5366]

QUEEN IN THE NORTH

[@sinfulhealer2110]

y e s t h i s

[@EmmaBonn96]

She has a claim. I’d March in her army

[@melaniewut]

Good god

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

The quote you're looking for is "When the queen does die, there will probably be a period of National mourning, but it could be an opportunity for us to just... not crown the next one. The death of our longest reigning monarch will take us from a state in which nothing can be done, to one in which suddenly ANYTHING is possible again! Instead of a coronation, we could spend that money on ANYTHING! We could give it to the NHS! We could spend it on education! We could have a massive piss -up in Buckingham palace and anyone who makes minimum wage gets free drinks all night! We could do any number of things, any one of which would be more fun and sexy than watching a septegenarian put on a shiny hat." Its at 28:45

[@moscanaveia]

A more perfect comment would have a timestamp ;)

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

@@moscanaveia fair, will update

[@MajoraWaffle]

as much as i love that proposal, abigail was being way too optimistic. this country, from it's politicians to it's citizens, has been way too embroiled with imperialist propaganda for the longest time to ever think of giving up the royals. but lord, what i would do for our news cycle to give as much attention to the NHS as it does to the royals.

[@greenhowie]

Thanks, was looking for that... looks like an opulent display of power during a time of financial crisis is still going ahead though. Hope that at least makes a few of the younger and brighter people watching it wonder why their Gammon parents are rooting for the leeches.

[@elrathJohnson]

Here we are in the Post-Elizebethan Era. Over here in the US of A we threw a bunch of tea into the harbor to get away from monarchs. Are y'all too attached to your tea?

[@pizzannn]

Abigail, in the past: "Husbando, not waifu." Me, in the future: "Well--"

[@1a2b3c4d_]

She’s my waifu ;)

[@JonnySpec]

Well, she said "'husbando' I think would be the male term". She didn't actually say she was a "husbando".

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@JonnySpec Or, sort-of knowing how Japanese works..."husobanodu"?

[@eshel56765]

I thought of that tooooo❤️

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

@@vaclav_fejt more like hazubando ハズバンド

[@QueenFondue]

The UK got a new queen, and her name is Abigail.

[@KyunaCookies]

Maybe she was the queen all along Hmmmm

[@k.morningstar7983]

got here before me, but I was gonna say they still have one because Abbi's there

[@waspoppin4784]

Everyone is getting recommended this video pog

[@tonycampbell1424]

Unironically, for the first time, I have to say it: God save The Queen!

[@TimdeVisser86]

Time for one of those good old succession wars!

[@crowfee2910]

I like to imagine that Abigail never gave any context to Harris and just said "Hey let's do a collab!" "So what's the plan?" "Oh just come into my apartment with the camera on and you'll know what to do" And his reaction to Abigail pouring HP sauce on themselves is pure

[@Jaros]

I've put off watching Philosophy Tube for ages. Just started today, after recently rewatching most of Hbomberguy's content, including watching the Flat Earth video where he walks in on her with the HP Sauce. And what's the first video I watch here?

[@mechamonkeymancityboat7785]

Did Harris really go to the apartment? The cuts made me think it was recorded by both separately and then glued together. Not that it becomes less funny because o' that, just a little food for thought

[@Honey511Bee]

@@mechamonkeymancityboat7785 He did post clips of himself on the train to be fair but if she doesn't live in Yorkshire he paid one hell of a fare just for a min's worth of screentime

[@Kidzelda0]

@@Honey511Bee they spent some time hanging out in this period as they shared a P.O. box. These bits were likely filmed in that period.

[@doggirlbutler9721]

when abigail started listing out the qualities of a stereotypical prince and got to "cisgender" I laughed so loud

[@barbara_LL]

oh my god i know right?? me too JWJSKSDJJDDB

[@ContraPoints]

here for the breeding

[@genessab]

ContraPoints when are you and Olly gonna breed yet? Gotta get that royal legitimacy for the queen of KZbin

[@conallharkin5365]

@@genessab oh wow uhm

[@mathieuleader8601]

well with doctors having performed a successful womb transplant its not out of the question if you want to procreate.

[@Flatcetera]

Hmmmm that sexy sexy skull measuring

[@PhilosophyTube]

I'm here to ride horse and be horny and I'm all out of horse

[@mdr48371]

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

[@madonnadove]

I wish!

[@FirstNameLastName-qt2hz]

I thought that's what the feminists wanted

[@lukasdon0007]

@@Kaylinatka If someone does not get the obvious reference, that's on them not on mdr48371

[@marinchapuis8720]

Source: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[@4nna5]

Well, you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[@redprince9105]

Abby, as a fellow tran, watching your pre-transition vids has been so strangely liberating for me. I dunno, it just helps me feel more comfortable with my pre-transition self and helps me validate that my pre-transition accomplishments are still important enough to share with the rest of the world. Anyways, thank you for keeping all these amazing videos up and thank you for doing what you do.

[@luzdeaurora3226]

This. So much ✨

[@MaxwellTrias]

I love Abby so much. Watching this video I cannot see this person as anything other than Abby herself (albeit with a beard) but it doesn't even seem odd. She was just as much a woman then as now. How did I not see this before?? It's just cool, and has helped me recognize myself in old pre-transition photos of myself as well. I was there! ~ signed, a trans man

[@dylancantsleep3308]

ur valid

[@kayenjee]

🥹

[@JuuuDantas]

Abby calling herself "waifu" was foreshadowing.

[@Fredable0]

Does the hbomberguy showing up mean we're getting a leftist cimematic universe

[@robertofontiglia4148]

Hell yeah !

[@dirkbaldorad3634]

There are so many references to other youtubers in this episode 😮

[@shimblywimbles158]

There was even a post-credits scene. LeftTube Cinematic Universe confirmed.

[@yaboy7120]

Get Michael Brooks on

[@missmelodies52]

oh my GOD i can only hope so

[@CryptP]

"when Prince Harry got engaged to meghan markle, he had to issue a statement asking the British media to please stop being so casually racist about his mixed race fiancee" Aged beautifully

[@eeavwinex7869]

oh? please explain I don't know anything about the brits...

[@article-zero]

@@eeavwinex7869 A bit of Google tells me Harry abdicated bc of how his family and press treated Megan and his son, and they have since left the UK.

[@CryptP]

@@eeavwinex7869 yeah there was just a huge controversy over racism etc meghan faced in the royal family. they did an interview with oprah on it

[@CryptP]

@@cheesecakeisgross4645 okay? That doesn't change the fact that she *is* mixed race and the issues it comes with

[@gamermapper]

Native American chiefs having white leaders : are you crazy? Coloniser! Leaders of Britain not liking someone which doesn't look like an indigenous Briton : no that's racist Woke hypocrisy!

[@weirdguy7451]

Whenever I hear her refer to herself as cisgender or a man, I just think “Honey, you’ve got a big storm coming.”

[@introvertmeri]

rewatching this and i am SO PISSED that we spent £100 MILLION of taxpayer’s money on a fucking coronation in the middle of a cost of living crisis. this essay is insanely well put together 😭

[@lizicadumitru9683]

Does the money of Elizabeth Windsor not pay into any of the coronation at all?

[@introvertmeri]

@@lizicadumitru9683 obviously it did but that doesn’t negate the fact that they spent the most shocking amount of OUR money on a coronation when it could have gone into schools or the NHS

[@lizicadumitru9683]

@@introvertmeri 100 million is a crazy amount of money. I wonder how much of that the taxpayers paid?

[@introvertmeri]

@@lizicadumitru9683 coronations are state functions so they’re fully funded by the state. which means ALL of it - all £100 million - was paid for by taxpayers. it’s not like a royal wedding that they pay for themselves

[@nelsonth]

"Harris Bomber and The Half Blood Prince": The Leftist AU Slash you never knew you needed.

[@tonyruiz7561]

Contrapoints = Hermione (?)

[@fionaur5933]

Godlike joke

[@Fangfinders]

I'd ship it. Plus, I bet at least one person after reading this comment already has ao3 open.

[@marekwygnany924]

@@Fangfinders Okay- so plot synopsis- Harris, Olly and Natalie are stranded in this version of Potterverse where Hermione is trapped in incelial position of defense against dark magics. She's all bitter, and spitefull, and Get-of-my-lawn-y. Meanwhile, National Socialist House Elf Party is brewing revolution in magical school kitchen's. Midpoint- Trio discover all Hermiona's distatement with wizardly enslavement of magical races. House elf hitler gains acces to every servant-accesible corner of the school. Climax- the only way to stop house-elf hitler in hogwart is to honestly engage with his arguments and MAKE EFFORTS TO FREE AND FORGE MAGICAL LOVERCRAFT-CATS INTO WELL OILED SOCIETY.

[@cobblegames]

werEWOLFS ARE A METAPHOR FOR HIV

[@effceecee]

"NO, GOD DAMMIT! THIS IS BOURGEOIS PROPAGANDA! HANG THE PARASITES! ALL POWER TO THE WORKERS!" Absolutely lost it.

[@Shrekfromthehitmovieshrek]

Finn C someone please cut that

[@Tairneanach]

I rarely laugh out loud at a KZbin video, but Olly got me good with that one.

[@dreamer2260]

Me too haha. It was actually rather inspiring

[@GiantPetRat]

I lost it from the moment Abi said BREEEEEEEEED

[@TheSecondVersion]

It should be noted that Abigail is theoretically somewhere along the line of succession to the British throne

[@ClaudiaNW]

Nope. Only the legitimate - that is, born in wedlock - descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover are in the line of succession. As Abigail is descended from illegitimate offspring of a king, she doesn't qualify. (Same with David Cameron and Boris Johnson, who are also descended from illegitimate royal offspring, and are not in the line of succession.)

[@nfinn42]

Just thinking out loud here but... how many bodies would we have to drop to make Abigail Trans Queen of TERF Island? 😏 ballpark figures that is...

[@Wonkothenormal]

No the line only counts legitimate descendents, that is born within recognized marriage by church and monarch. And as it was said here the illegimate stuart heir. So that wouldn't count. And also the line itself start with Sophia and Hannover and her legitimate descendants, whatever family before here and their potential descendant doesn't matter in that sense.

[@deusexps4619]

@@nfinn42 not enough imo

[@ClaudiaNW]

No. Illegitimate children of kings, and their descendants, are excluded from the line of succession. In any case, the line of succession today is limited to the descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover, under the Act of Settlement 1701.

[@nunyafuckinbusiness_597]

"I might be someones waifu... Husbando, not waifu." everyone rewatching abigails old videos: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

[@truantakuma6234]

everytime someone says "god save the queen" she takes another soul from the soul pit in her chambers and adds a year to her lifespan

[@christinegreene1986]

😆

[@someguyfromanotherplanet5284]

😂😂😂😂

[@beardieblighter9905]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thomasfromswindon7609]

just don't say" neeuq eht evas dog" 3 times.

[@timothymclean]

Someone: "God's Ava Queen." Queen: _takes a soul from her soul pit_ _pauses in confusion_

[@merrittanimation7721]

As an American, I believe we replace a sexual desire for the monarchy with the sexual desire for FREEDOM, as represented by that one giant statue of a pretty lady everyone seems to talk about. So what I'm saying is you ever get rid of your monarchy, call a bronze caster.

[@hiruharada2650]

Waifu of Liberty

[@GrayYeonWannabe]

gotta love the french

[@SensusCultura]

No. It's replaced, first by celebrities, and then by the OBJECTS they advertise. Actually, nobody gives sh*t about freedom, those are symbols void of meaning.

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@SensusCultura I meant more about national identity rather then just regular obsessions. The celebrity thing could be said about Britain as well.

[@CalebRogers808]

Pfft, liberty is a shit tier waifu. I prefer the blind waifu of Justice. Shove those scalea in my ass mommy.

[@emperortransman]

As a social studies teacher, I love asking my students to explain why democracy is good. No one has ever asked them that before. I love pointing out that their family, their workplace, their school... none of it is democratic. Before the age of 18, most U.S. citizens will never get to interact with any form of democracy at all.

[@meganw6007]

28:37 "Queen Elizabeth's probably gonna be dead pretty soon..." Me, seeing this today, BECAUSE I was trying to make sense of why people cared about her dying, why it matters: "ope! That's today!"

[@lenjachod]

I love how you doubt any notion of "britishness" and then cite Shakespeare riding a horse in fancy clothes after confesing your royal heritage.

[@somebody-xu4mz]

Not one cup of tea was drunk in this video and it still retains its "Britishness". That said he did use 4chan slang and mention a bisexual.

[@naturalstench]

And yet he is aware of this irony. Most likely that was the point, but I'd like to hear from his not-so-highness himself.

[@lenjachod]

@@naturalstench i think he is very well aware of that as well, yet i was so amused i had to comment

[@michikomanalang6733]

@@somebody-xu4mz no tea was drunk because it was ALL SPILLED

[@ruymartinez4526]

"And I checked all of the registered historical facts, and I was ashamed to discover that I'm the 18th pale descendant of some old queen or other"

[@bigburd875]

>watching philosophytube >hey hes pretty hot >dismiss this idea, am not gay, that's gay >gets to the part where hes trying to make himself look like a slob >still hot, slightly concerning >him on a noble steed >damn he looks good help, this is not supposed to be happening

[@beruman]

play your wildcard and declare him your exception to the rule. lots of people are 1s or 2s in the Kinsey scale anyway.

[@vontosmagicmurderbag2611]

All I want to know is whether Teddy Roosevelt would fuck the queen.

[@mariarez4014]

don't feel bad, he periodically reminds me that I'm actually bisexual and not a lesbian

[@rapchee]

"it's not men, it's him" - torchwood line

@@rotciv1486 as a white cis male so often disillusioned from the left by hardline transanarchists, it is a breath of fresh air to see both your rationale and memery in such fluid and gracious motion

[@Gnarlyboi]

Let's take a moment to appreciate how many times Abigail managed to say 'F*ck the Queen'. Also... Abolishing the monarchy doesn't mean these people would vanish. The 'queen' would still exist. But we'd just do away with the costly institution. Give the properties to the national trust and renationalise the swans. We have plenty of celebs who are famous and ridiculously rich for nothing. They just wouldn't have any power or potency. Hah... "foreign secretary Boris Johnson" those were the days...

[@seaotter4439]

Well, Liz Truss is now PM...and the Queen is dead

[@deusexps4619]

i remember watching a sketch from Outnumbered, where a german exchange student comes round. basically theyre watching the news and the german kid says "ohhh i love this actor hes so funny", and then one of the main characters has to explain that its not a joke, boris is the actual mayor of london, and seeing that was only worse when i rewatched it during covid and saw it had aged beautifully

[@slimjimshady0]

I didn’t know about Abigail until she came out as trans, so seeing her before she transitioned is kinda surreal. I’m glad she’s living her true self now. 🏳️‍⚧️💕

[@oskarileikos]

If I remember correctly, she had already transitioned in her personal life, but just kept presenting as male (and using her deadname) on youtube out of convenience until 2021 or whenever her coming out video came out

[@vincentwoodhead6411]

Good news Abigail, The Queen is now single!

[@salmon4869]

OMFG

[@salmon4869]

😂😂

[@jacksonwalsh4409]

Jesus FUCK

[@Team_Tapestry]

hhA- oihn h o h n o mkjkj

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

I'm not British, is there something here I don't get?

[@alastairmotylinski5241]

every time she says "breed" for 20 seconds at the start of the video I go into hysterics, I turn on this video sometimes just for the first five minutes

[@Geekus]

And now the hour is come at last for the true heir to take her place. I only want one of two things: for Charles to bury the crown with his late mother … or for Abigail to assert an ancient claim and become the real queen of these fair Internets / Isles!

[@psychicbyinternet]

I want Charles to give the crown jewels to the Indian government and whatever other governments of the other countries the jewels were stolen from and the money from the sale of the jewels has to go to social programs.

[@1975amclav]

Three months ago, I watched H.BomberGuy's flat earth video and wondered who the wierdo with BBQ sauce on his face is. Today, MY QUESTION IS ANSWERED.

[@deathgripskaraoke9351]

that isnt barbeque sauce its HP Brown Sauce you bloody wanker

[@duffman18]

Aaron, HP sauce is not BBQ sauce. I'm told that in the colonies they have a thing called A1 sauce which is very similar to Houses of Parliament sauce, if that helps

[@trueaidooo]

I had the exact same experience and I think that made it so much funnier

[@jacobliddell6761]

@@duffman18 A1 is a type of barbecue sauce

[@Richard_is_cool]

Now we know.

[@PyroX792]

I think Philosophy Tube deserves his ancestor's mansion back. Then he can run a soup kitchen and museum out of it.

[@jonsnor4313]

He could make an ironic center if breadtubers there, and a soup kitchen, and a homeless shelter.

[@lucano2582]

A museum but without stolen artifacts

[@thatssofetch3481]

Luca Mulholland would be a shit museum

[@lucano2582]

@@thatssofetch3481 then maybe the brits should make some culture then, instead of stealing

[@benburke3015]

Luca Mulholland But stealing from other cultures is our culture! 😅😂

[@glitteryglint]

I'm revisiting this video in September 8, 2022, when Britain does not have a queen anymore

[@EvilChicken25]

Right there with ya!

[@danielsavage4619]

I find myself coming back to old Philosophy Tube videos because the 2022 news cycle keeps making them more relevant.

[@RedAlertIt]

Also I love the whole "Elizabeth is going to die soon" joke, as if we didn't know she achieved lichdom in the mid-80s

[@tonycampbell1424]

The crown jewels: the best protected phylactery in the history of necromancy.

[@tonycampbell1424]

The crown jewels: best protected phylactery in the history of necromancy.

[@MGX93dot]

People said this about Brucey though.

[@JRexRegis]

Hmmm. Perhaps Lichdom, but without knowing the exact details of the illusions she employs to veil her great but terrible undead form, it could also be a form of mythopoeia, based on the collective belief of all of britain, empowering her mortal body beyond the limits of ordinary human life. If that is the case, then we should be glad she is only revered in Britain, for if this belief were more widespread across humankind, she would surely transcend her mortal coil and become a god, reigning alongside the rest of the celtic pantheon.

[@tonycampbell1424]

@@JRexRegis It could be that she's a 20th level defiler and 20th level psionicist, and has become something akin to the sorcerer kings of Athas. How long until she saps the life force of all of London to fuel her transformation into a dragon?

[@acehealer4212]

15:20 “I’m just a parasocial character in a KZbin video. I’m probably somebody’s waifu as well.” He’s onto us! Everyone get out!

[@definitelynotcharlie4001]

‘Throws bottle on the floor’ “SCATTER!”

[@HaShomeret]

"...and my pronoun is husbando."

[@junnecita3121]

I came here looking for the “SCATTER!” comment. And I’m pleased to announce that I wasn’t disappointed. Thank you internet.

[@radicalrazel9156]

okay, for the record, I am against the monarchy, BUT.... if the Stuart line were to be put upon the throne again, and Olly were to be king.... God save the king UwU Rule me daddy

[@theblandcharlie822]

@@radicalrazel9156 ABSOLUTE DOMINA-

[@acehealer4212]

First video I thought of when I heard The News™

[@toothfairy10133]

same but i was out drinking at the time so i forgot about it until just now

[@KaitlynHatch]

As a Canadian who lived in London for six years, this is one of the funniest things I have ever watched. I am crying.

[@Mexie]

"I know what she looks like, Sarah, we can't see her!" -GLORIOUS. lol

[@Pfhorrest]

"Contrapoints... before whom I would gladly get on my knees".

[@fairycat23]

I need that fan art.

[@paurepiccheeseman]

I mean, same It’s all about the mouthfeel

[@Minihood31770]

Why does no-one talk about the mouthfeel?

[@electriksheep1508]

i ship it

[@suides4810]

Paul Donahue omg no whyyyyyy

[@voidify3]

In this time of the queen being dead your theoretical contribution of the concept of Royalty Simping is more valuable than ever

[@KerbalRocketry]

the true Stuart to reclaim the throne now the pretender is dead

[@nerdwreck]

to the horse: Are you a manual or an automatic, darling?

[@elliest55]

That horse was not amused by all this anti-monarchy talk - not amused at all.

[@christopherseton-smith7404]

@@elliest55 Hey? Nay.

[@clearly9321]

Christopher Seton-Smith xz

[@rinnhart]

@@christopherseton-smith7404 what the fuck am I doing with my life.

[@parkthepenguin6344]

@@rinnhart I dunno bout you but we’re just horsing around

[@urproblematicfavarsonk]

"The royal line survived and I know the identity of them" *cuts to horse* o h o k a y

[@werewolf4358]

Who knew Glitterhoof was a real monarch?

[@tonycampbell1424]

Cuts to what? Sounds fake.

[@petrfedor1851]

You know, when you go on genealogical tree really far away..... :D

[@hectorandem2944]

@@petrfedor1851 👀

[@eep_eep]

ABOUT THAT, ABIGAIL

[@EvilChicken25]

Sooo…was this the first thing anyone else thought of rewatching today? (Sept. 8, 2022)

[@tsukiji_wasabi3722]

A bearded abolitionist in period costume on horseback = my fetish

[@linkofvev]

Shaming people with a bearded abolitionist in period costume on horseback fetish is my fetish.

[@danielhughes213]

Shame me baby. I will play my love of bearded abolitionists on horseback (I can take or leave the period dress to be honest, but niche kinks mean compromise, right?) for you like an instrument of desire. What I wouldn't do to titillate a monarch-morose member, soft against the saddle! If the power of royal prestige is sexual, then isn't getting a true republican off the purest form of revolution? Shame me Paddy, I don't know what comes next, I only know that I want it!

[@XenaBe25]

@@danielhughes213 ROFL spit take xDDD

[@alicekliewer]

Daniel Hughes You are a special type of person I am incredibly glad the rest of us get to experience occasionally

[@ingonyama70]

This thread was an adventure. Also, same.

[@jabberwockthelemur2961]

Abigail: "You're the first guest I've had on the show in a long time, you know!" Harris: "Thank you so much, it's a real honour and pleas-" Abigail: "Not you, the horse"

[@Vanastar]

@Bryan Rothman But he's done the research!

[@intheorigin0728]

@Bryan Rothman how do you crusade against something that does not exist?

[@JoelCarli]

Horses don't exist though?

[@pixelfire86]

Harris: "What horse? Horses don't exist."

[@dacoconutnut9503]

GOODBYE HORSES

[@RiverStone64]

I don’t know if you’ll ever see this but I wanted you to know that this video was a pretty big inspiration for me and helped me crack my egg. I’m an out and out trans man now and came out around when you did funny enough. I just wanted to say thank you for making me feel like I could be a prince.

[@sealogic4552]

Abigail wrote the book on being an iconic man and decided she needed to wreck the curve for women too

[@AstOnokGaming]

"Im just a parasocial character in a youtube video. Im probably somebodys waifu as well!" Aged like wine Abigail. Aged like wine

[@labyrinthwomb]

The queen is a financial dominatrix. About 60-70% of her subjects are her submissives. The rest do not consent, but are treated as submissives nonetheless.

[@nicholasgraham4402]

The cheapest findom ever.

[@HexagonSun990]

Oof.

[@dotdotdotdot6560]

I don’t think I’ve ever been more turned off in my life

[@nomadicmonkey3186]

I'm a Japanese who happens not to endorse the Imperial house here and I couldn't be more jealous of you Brits when at least you've got a fair amount of opposition to the monarchy and are relatively safe to express such opinion without much fear of a swarm of fanatics painstakingly ruining every single social media account of yours, or in a worst case scenario, of an organised crime group blackmailing your employer to fire you or directly harming your person.

[@_LiterallyMe_]

Sounds rough buddy

[@saxx9088]

Nomadicmonkey in the uk there are a fair few people who oppose the monarchy but I think approval is about 70%

[@sabinasabino141]

@The Ravenous Lamppost This dude, or dudette (but probably a dude), be having some naziesque ideas that he don't like going around hehehe. Where art those antifa comrades of mine to call the dog by it's ugly and brutish name? No matter, for I have arrived, and it's dogwhistle to my wolfish and battered ears is loud and clear. Be wary my comrades, for the ravenous roaches that dwell in the rooms of power do have the constitution that requires subterfuge, last their hideous form crumble under the light of day.

[@someguyfromanotherplanet5284]

How horrible.

[@artalcoolique3341]

@@sabinasabino141 wot

[@sarat6488]

"Why does Britain still have a Queen?" WELL YOU DON'T ANYMORE LMAOOOOOO

[@Feasco]

update to "Why does Britain still have a king?"

[@ClaudiaNW]

I mean, technically, we do. We just have a queen consort now, rather than a queen regnant

[@Daniel-pu6yk]

Biggest landlord down

[@thimblepunk7359]

probably wasn't the best first philosophytube video to show my mum

[@jdprettynails]

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[@TheHellogs4444]

Eh, if your'e old enough for this, then she's old enough to watch it with you :D Was it a good bonding experience?

[@dannyg1392]

OH GOD I made the same mistake, I thought that he looked so clean cut in the thumbnail, and how controversial could a video about royals be?

[@TJF588]

My mom's first reaction to a more standard bookcase screen of Ollie was, "He has really pretty eyes." As a fan of Princess Di she has been, I'm obligated to expose her to this raw, visceral BDE of a thinkpiece.

[@disinin]

I introduced a friend of mine (and former student) to Contrapoints while he was housesitting for us. He's fairly shy and strait-laced, and *super* uncomfortable about stuff that is at all personal or private. Without thinking to much about it, I recommended her video on Incels as a starting point. It was only afterwards that I remembered that video starts with like a three-minute deeply awkward voiceover where Ollie very vividly describes a sexual encounter. Afterwards, he said, "It was interesting! It wasn't . . . quite . . . what I was expecting." :|

[@The5lacker]

21:52 Is it wrong that I was really, REALLY hoping the reveal would be "Oh, it's Shaun. I don't know why I'm on this horse, to be perfectly honest."

[@Humorless_Wokescold]

I was hoping it was SomeGreyBloke.

[@michaelpalin8953]

Bad Mouse for me.

[@mephybooks7309]

i was hoping for some american gamer bro, secretly for the paul brothers

[@javierbenez7438]

'If he's from the north he probably doesn't sound like it.' I may not be British, but I know Shaun sounds like a beatle.

[@andrestorp]

I honestly thought he was gonna say someone like Sargon, just to prove the point of privilege.

[@hellis3800]

Welcome back everybody

[@KyrieFortune]

Hey, Abigail, about that bloodline...

[@HarryGoldstone]

It's very rare someone actually knows of their bisexual heritage. History often hides that stuff. Lucky.

[@sanaamariam5193]

I love how you ended the year by writing the horniest script possible

[@bonniea8189]

Ehhhh the Halloween/witches episode could definitely challenge this one for that position.

[@brenna659]

A suddenly very relevant video, can we get her trending?

[@miradrgn]

it's been literal years since i first saw the other half of the hp sauce joke on hbomb's channel the feeling of resolution i have right now is indescribable

[@glassphoenix9095]

i hadn't watched hbomb's flat earth video until a few months ago and i had that EXACT same feeling lmaoooooo

[@nichtschwert3307]

Okay at first I thought the "f**king the Queen" thing was gonna confuse the point you're going to make and was surprised to see you turn it around to actually make sense. I cannot believe this is actually real.

[@dynamicworlds1]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who sees that angle in right wing politics. When someone supports a strong, authoritarian power structure and calls others "cucks"...well Freud would have something to say about the projection there...Freud would have a lot to say about royalists and those who vote for authoritarian strongmen actually, and for once might have a bit of a point there.

[@tibbygaycat]

TBH it's the ultimate power move

[@Nitr09]

Factual error at 3:15, there are no people in Norwich, only soulless husks. Source - I'm from there.

[@JRexRegis]

Norwich is truly Britain's Innsmouth

[@evanholt1752]

JR Nah, that would imply that the anyone in Norwich has ever fucked someone they AREN’T related to

[@redflagrevolutionary6549]

r/KamikazeByWords

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. 🤣

[@sigmascrub]

@@evanholt1752 oh... So not Innsmouth, just Alabama.

[@Lemon_Planter]

3 years early, but we got there

[@radicalbacon]

I"m just waiting for the top of the hour, I think they'll announce it then

[@psammic]

The fact youtube had to recommend this now is funny to me.

[@angstegremlin9400]

So she is queen of terf island

[@violeteclipse3912]

She is indeed

[@kirabad-artist6532]

@@deussivenatura5805 ??

[@theguildhall3246]

@@deussivenatura5805 Did you know? Today's informative fact of today is: The 'it' pronoun is, unless otherwise specified, grammatically used to denote _objects,_ not people.

[@kazzymiller5539]

@@theguildhall3246 tbh that was probably their point. transphobes dont see trans people as people

[@von3689]

@@kazzymiller5539 Shhh! We can break their fragile self esteem by pointing out their stupidity.

[@jess6302]

Also I showed this to my roommate (who grew up partially in Britain) and his comment was 'erotic, yet insightful', which I feel is a pretty good summation of Olly's whole oeuvre.

[@cedricwublin9306]

Especially the last year or so.

[@hekatebleble4800]

@@cedricwublin9306 I blame livestreams ;) or to be more precise, people who comment in the chatbox.

[@DestructoPop]

It rather explains both Oliver and Natalie's oeuvre and wide appeal. And both of their places as my husbando and my waifu, and my paradoxical willingness to see them B R E E D. Or at least meet and become friends.

[@silverman1601]

coming back to this one for obvious reasons

[@Erritiguei1]

I'm doing a celebratory watch of this video given recent news

[@Beefcake-qm1pe]

A friend of mine(Greek), who lives in London, told me that he once compared the royal family to the Kardashians in a friendly table of Brits and they got really mad about it. Boy should they have seen this video...

[@Beefcake-qm1pe]

@mayrana2 with you so far :D I personally despise them both

[@Beefcake-qm1pe]

@Nolwenn Appelbaum I don't know much about the Kardashian family and how they acquired their wealth, i think the parallelism my friend was making is about the relationship between the royal family and the British media/public/tabloids and how it's similar to the Kardashians relationship with the public. edit: i like how people respond to this 2 weeks after i watched the video

[@DarkAngelEU]

Royal family still has a brain so I already know who to respect more. That bein said, I don't like royal families either. It's so medieval. I always thought we (Belgian here) kept them around because foreign nations think it's really cute and romantic because Europe feels like Disneyland to them.

[@DarkAngelEU]

@Drink Water Well, if you like traveling around the world and whatnot with the one you love, never having to worry whether you're gonna have enough money till the next month, then it's easy to see why you'd sign up for it, no? I think most royals are pretty normal people, nowadays they're encouraged to start benefits for poor people around the globe, set up trade organisations, yadda yadda. The only difference being that they descend from actual kings and queens of past days, which is why they can still claim this title. as long as people still find some value in that, it's not gonna go away that soon. I'm pretty doubtful about the continuation of the Belgian royal family though. Our current king and queen have expressed their wishes for their children to have normal lives and whatever career they choose for themselves. Can a king or queen actually suspend the throne? I'd think that's pretty cool, actually. To donate the country to its citizens.

[@DarkAngelEU]

@Drink Water Hear hear.

[@vba2469]

The switch joke killed me, the bourgeois propaganda screaming brought me back (or was it the other way around) but most of all I really liked that you pet he horse when it got impatient while you were talking. You may have lost your mansion, but the Disney pincess in you shines.

[@tyeboyce]

Watching this the morning after she finally game ended.

[@wolfaconitum]

Came back to this video after the Queen has died.

[@ghjjfsbf]

This is clearly just a trick to get the throne vacated so he can bring back the Stuart line.

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Long live the starts

[@angelasmith5019]

Maybe. It did get me to wonder how many people we’d have to get rid off so he can be crowned. Maybe a few thousand people... but what is that to crown our own KZbin king of England?

[@sessena7919]

@@angelasmith5019 charisma, a good guillotine and a go get them attitude will do the trick

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

He wants to unite the British and Liechtensteinian crowns...

[@billysbilbolag2050]

Jacobites...

[@LovelyHearts2130]

Abigail : "I'm probably somebody's waifu as well." Me : Oh, no. How did she find out?

[@AaronJShay]

What a day to return to this video.

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

I really hope Abigail revisits this topic now that Elizabeth is dead and the next one did get crowned after the morning period. If only because I would love her to parody the scene on horseback, and once again shout at Boris that she wants her fucking mansion back

[@donotdothistome]

I legit lost my shit when you stepped out from behind the tree like in literally every history doc I've EVER watched! OMFG!! Mad props to you sir!

[@mattgilbert7347]

That was some classic "Wicker's World" stuff (if you're under 40 you will probably need to google that one)

[@83croissant]

Is there really a specific tree? Is he in a historically significant field or something?

[@ingonyama70]

Someone called it 'BBC energy'. While that also means something COMPLETELY different, I get what they meant.

[@tonycampbell1424]

@Leif Greenhalgh Pretty sure it appears in at least two episodes of Sherlock, and both the old and new Doctor Who's.

[@sp691]

Abigail's descended from the Stuart Kings? smh i've been listening to a bloody royal speak for a year

[@renekumar8290]

Ikkk wthhh your highnesss

[@mechamonkeymancityboat7785]

Finally a parasocial bond that I can get behind, unlike those chum royals who spend all their moneys on golden bidets and drugs

[@psychicbyinternet]

Double parasocial

[@emberrais7045]

Aged like fine wine

[@mattpluzhnikov519]

I put off watching some of Abby's older videos (for no particular reason other than just not quite having it in me to make the time), buuuut, in light of recent events, I have to say...The Algorithm IS teeeeechnically doing its job rather well today, having suggested Shaun's The Cost of the Monarchy video earlier, and then following it up with this BANGER. As SOME folks are saying..."Lizzy's in a box, in a box! Lizzy's in a boooOOOx!"

[@mMeFlora]

i don't know what brand of humour this is but i was nearly crying with laughter

[@21stCenturyDub]

British humour? 🤔

[@vathek5958]

ContraPoints branded

[@Erika-gn1tv]

Vathek So... Contrabrand?

[@lizzyfrizzle8986]

English

[@TreeHairedGingerAle]

It's very Monty Python

[@ordinarytree4678]

that "switch" gag made me spit water across my monitor.

[@irreleverent]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who lost their shit at that.

[@RiverWilliamson]

By the grace of ... something, I wasn't drinking anything for that gag

[@Torthrodhel]

That switch gag made me spit water across my monitor. Also, that joke about the nintendo console made me spit water across my computer screen.

[@toadfrommariokart64]

oh my fucking god. oh my fucking god. i can't believe this, it's been over a month since i watched hbomb's flat earth video and only now do i get context for the most unsettling skit i've seen in a while, except the context is even more unsettling. this fucking killed me

[@jamesturner2914]

This popping off today

[@megday9869]

"Birds gonna fly, fish gonna swim, govt gonna enforce economic inequality...." I am WEAK i want that plastered on everything

[@ingonyama70]

same

[@cabin_quilt]

I got whiplash from constantly jumping between genuine interest in political theory to laughing my ass off at the Queen being called a "waifu"

[@curioussoul6059]

Yeah, I've been totally convinced that every single monarchy supporter wants the queen to be their waifu :P

[@zmdumpbox2340]

If the Queen is everyone's waifu, the election of Trump is a Top 10 Anime Betrayal.

[@curioussoul6059]

@@thehumanoddity Do you get the IRL joke though? Like.. In real life.. grown men are supporting the monarchy taking their tax money.. because they believe that it's worth it, just for the 0.00000000000000000001% chance that they might get some of the $ back by becoming king.. it's like a really dark depressing joke, but still kinda funny X.x P.S. Abolish the monarchy, it's a giant waste of tax money X.x

[@thehumanoddity]

@@curioussoul6059 I SAID I WOULD SHAG HER WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOU DUNCE.

[@curioussoul6059]

@@thehumanoddity Tf are you going on about? I wasn't even talking about your sexual fantasies. The video has a real-life joke, tldw? Basically, there is 1 reason why people want to keep paying taxes to the royal family: they hope they can marry into the royal family, despite the fact that they won't. So it's kinda like gamblers, they spend money every day hoping for a statistical impossibility xP it's sad, but it's also kinda funny xD

[@michaeb2]

Came back to watch this after the Queen died.

[@saeiken]

not me rewatching this on september 8 2022 :D

[@FengLengshun]

So I guess the British Royal Family is just the most popular nationally-funded idol group in the world. Who doesn't even have the decency to sing and dance. Make sense.

[@ianmount8585]

Feng Lengshun As an American the easiest way for me to see them is the Super-Kardashians of England

[@ryukokittokatto5993]

@@ianmount8585 but at least the had some good chapters... and also kimś butt

[@Humorless_Wokescold]

@@ryukokittokatto5993 The Royal Family needs to release a sex tape.

[@Moscato_Moscato]

The Hbomberguy cameo now makes so much more sense now!

[@fordesponja]

Hail Sobek brother

[@ConductiveFoam]

I was squealing when Harris put on that mask, it was great

[@andrewSPgaynor]

I saw that Hbomberguy video the day it came out. I'm only discovering this channel and this video now... I can sleep again. All my questions have been answered.

[@Gloomdrake]

andrewSPgaynor Same

[@The5lacker]

Marginally.

[@thecat3309]

I love this channel!!!! Felt a bit sorry for the horse because it seems the neck strap of her bridle (or whatever you actually call it in English) seems not to fit all too well, and that's why she's trying to get rid of her snaffle bit... But it was hillarious when she started listening as soon as you talked about workers rights and most citizens and immigrants having the same political interests at heart!! xDDDD

[@thecat3309]

By the way, I also love Christmas carols inspite of being atheist and often finding the lyrics of questionable content. Bach's Christmas Oratorium at the end is just so beautiful musically. And your subtitles rock.

[@salyx]

@@thecat3309I’m another atheist Christmas carol lover. They’re just pretty.

[@thereadingwriter4197]

Well, now it doesn’t.

[@vathek5958]

Revealed: Oliver's secret last name is Cromwell

[@ByzantineCapitalManagement]

I lost itXD

[@Udontkno7]

If you say it three times a communist jumps out of your closet.

[@marchimedian]

@@Udontkno7 and then asks for your pronouns and your enthusiastic consent before whispering softly in your ear, "I've always wanted to fuck a queen..."

[@kotov909]

“Nothing wilts my erection faster than injustice” is a true gem of a phrase, brava

[@fangsabre]

Sounds like a line from a porn parody of The Crimson Chin from Fairly Odd Parents

[@Nerobyrne]

gotta maintain the JUSTICE BONER!

[@Maxinatorization]

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@flickerbird]

lmao

[@gretablackwell495]

The algorithm has picked this video up again right on time lmao