Why Everything We Know About the Black Death Is Wrong

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*Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment*

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I’m db

[@AneriGS]

Maybe

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@@GS_PlayzFN did i ask?

[@redtamer7316]

Thoughty 2 you're next video should be on agenda 21 and agenda 30 It will most likely be your best video

[@IronForceGaming1]

I congratulate this man for correctly identifying tiktok as a virus.

[@Daniel-zq1jb]

TikTok*

[@403.FORBIDDEN]

@@Daniel-zq1jb tiktok doesn't deserve the respect of proper nouns.

[@valobrien9596]

I too was happy to hear him say that. It's a brain-rotting virus, a plague that I would like to see wiped out with the same aggression that has been used against Covid-19.

[@zacharyt3950]

Fvcking Tik Tok is same as Covid-19 Both from China

[@zacharyt3950]

Yeah sorry about the language just bruh

[@willygracia9348]

Thoughty2, keeping alive the stock footage industry in these trying times.

[@nousagi1154]

TheSpiffingBrit wants to know your location

[@Eneov]

I think he has some of those made.. I think?

[@TheZephyrsWind]

I'm so fed up with "these trying times" myself.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Seriously how do you get all these random video clips together... Must be using a handful of sources...

[@elbob099]

@@benmcreynolds8581 not just the presenter there is a team

[@breadfanta4607]

"Hey, do you remember the Black Death?" "Yeah lol" "This is a great conversation"

[@blackwholesoul7049]

Me: "that's not a conversation"

[@breadfanta4607]

@@blackwholesoul7049 Me: "you didn't get the joke!"

[@allanshpeley4284]

I can imagine future historians looking back at online discussions like this and wondering what the hell we were smoking to preface a statement with "Me:".

[@steveclem7873]

MoulENroujuiceRheinharteeszz!

[@Ah-wb5le]

Wow great were all so glad you can read

[@TheJollySoviet]

So I know it's been a while since he uploaded this, but I figure it's better late than never to comment this. He didn't discuss it here, but the Mongols are actually directly responsible (at least in part) for the black death's spread. While besieging Caffa, Khan Jani Berg had already been dealing with an outbreak of the plague himself. So, as any sane Khan would do, he gathered up the infected bodies and catapulted them over Caffa's walls in one of the earliest acts of biological warfare. From there a ship loaded with infected cargo escaped and made its way to Sicily. On top of this, the Mongols also had control of the silk road, which no doubt heavily facilitated the plague's spread

[@troubletime8684]

Luv a free education x🌹

[@MKR5210]

It's never too late to comment if your contribution is informative, interesting, caring, or funny. ❤️

[@Ijustdidthat]

Learned more from your comment than from this whole stupid video, thank you 😘😘

[@crazyfun95]

Late response as well, but I've also heard that was a very ineffective way of biological warfare. Dead bodies are far less effective in spreading diseases than living ones. The disease starts dying in the body, and what remained of it would usually spill out in liquids, rather than be airborne (as dead bodies don't breathe or exhale infected flem). So usually, the only way to catch a dead body's illness was to have a cut on your hand while handling a fairly fresh diseased body. So the dead bodies were likely not the cause of the outbreak of the plague.

[@Grievance87]

​@@crazyfun95 "Dead bodies are far less effective in spreading diseases than living ones. " - Sure, a knife does not cut because only samurai swords really cut (yawn), besides...a wide variety of additional bacteria would flourish in a dead body, but who cares ;) not of importance "what remained of it would usually spill out in liquids" Maybe in the moment it´s getting *catapulted* on some structure like a house?? That´s more like a liquid explosion than a spilling out, leaving a nebula depending on moisture and catapult size. @TheJollySoviet You are the hero I was looking for, I knew I would find information like that :) Thanks for sharing and contributing to the whole picture

[@ZaneEckols]

I have a strange feeling that the dancing plague doctor in this video is actually Thoughty2 himself

[@nachorodrigueze9197]

same

[@systemdoesmusic]

wouldnt be surprised, same pitch black background too

[@Chaos------]

Last night I randomly came to the conclusion that the dancing death was the result of a pathogen that caused Akathesia in people, that is, the feeling that one has to erupt in movement of some kind. Its a more advanced version of having restless legs.

[@andandopalteatroconlospies8139]

@@Chaos------ Sounds interesting 🤔 Would you make a video explaining? Or pitch it to Aran?

[@christineparis5607]

@@Chaos------ I think you're on to something!! Restless leg syndrome is still not completely understood, and there are some very strange "cures" for it, that actually work for many people, like putting a bar of soap under the mattress... I think it's kind of like synesthesia, seeing color, and hearing music. Our brains are amazing!!!

[@juliakaz146]

Imagine dying from the plague delirious from fever having your doctor dressed in a demonic bird costume 😳

[@thingyofficial]

xD

[@DeshraD]

Except the plague dr outfit wasn't even created until 300 years after the black death ended. It was created by Doctor de Lorme (1584-1678) while the black plague was 1346-1353.

[@steveclem7873]

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[@yomrwhite607]

Gangstas paradise

[@sislertx]

Not much has changed...those cloth masks and blue ones are leas effective than those bird beak ones.

[@kylebrown7352]

I can’t be the only one who finds this entire channel genuinely relaxing i feel like family

[@simplebread7762]

1st respond

[@ryancornwell8563]

Have they ever proposed a simple mutation that occurs where it starts pneumonic but then evolves quickly into bubonic so it would spread between people before they really knew they had it.

[@myra0224]

Like... Covid then?

[@ryancornwell8563]

@@myra0224 No I’m talking about the bubonic plague, a bacteria caused the plague and a virus causes corona, unless you are talking about the transmission being like corona in which yes that’s what I’m talking about. It just doesn’t have nearly the same mortality rate as the bubonic plague, corona sits at like around >99.8% survive it between 18-60 and it only goes down about five percent outside of that range.

[@myra0224]

@@ryancornwell8563 Yeah, I meant the way it spread 💖 I feel like covid would've been highly deadly as well if it wasn't for the measures taken (like quarantine and such) but we can only be lucky it didn't go ask quick and fast as the plague because I'm sure we'd all be dead now 😅

[@ryancornwell8563]

@@myra0224 the mortality rates are taken from confirmed cases which are most likely about 25% more than actually died to corona. Since it’s airborne it can travel much faster than the plague but also we have much better living conditions and medicine nowadays, it’s cousin SARS-CoV-1 is the example for the worse of the two and it was handled great compared to the corona now.

[@myra0224]

@@ryancornwell8563 Yeah, I know the cases aren't accurate (as some people got counted when they for example died in a car crash, but had covid or some stupid things like that) but yeah, would've been worse if it wasn't for our doctors and nurses who handled it all so well, hopefully we can go back to some form of normal life again soon

[@RG-dl2ks]

The rat animations are on point

[@angelnyberg2304]

True, a rat I know moves the same way

[@TheFlyfly]

beauty.

[@pikpik_carrot3392]

Well you only know yourself the best

[@arjunchawla2248]

You’re a rat animation

[@fajaradi1223]

You mean that shuffling rats?

[@kcz6865]

Meanwhile in 2695 year: Why Everything We Know About the Corona Virus Is Wrong

[@chrxs.2938]

@@indrekkpringi absolutely spot on just try telling these covtards

[@emilygibbons9475]

@@chrxs.2938 I love how you assume history will prove YOU on the right side. Not how it always works, mate.

[@chrxs.2938]

@@emilygibbons9475 they’ve just down graded COVID to flu So it’s already proving me right my covtard

[@emilygibbons9475]

@@chrxs.2938 hey leave my opinions out of this; you don’t know them. And also, skewing an offensive term by using cov as its prefix is pretty nasty and shows how uneducated you are! How’s your GED look on the fridge? ❤️❤️

[@chrxs.2938]

@@emilygibbons9475 you can keep your mask on your fridge 👍 just to remind how they took you for a fool

[@offtherip3198]

I actually always thought the Black Death was airborne or at least through fluids. Because I always wondered how so many people were getting bit by fleas daily. Now I learn that I was wrong at first but maybe right in the long run lol

[@jennifer-rose5504]

There were three types - bubonic (from the fleas and others infected) , septicemic (infection of the blood and bodily fluids) and pneumonic (infection of the respiratory system and therefore could be spread airborne) also if i got some things wrong forgive me lmao, this is just memories from history classes

[@EsotericBibleSecrets]

In all liklihood the black death was another reset and the explanation could be a total scam. Just like the reset we're doing now with the sun and this political virus.

[@adrianali422]

@@EsotericBibleSecrets what do you mean by reset

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

I thought mosquitoes.

[@yourhope5410]

I’ve always loved rats and I’m glad to see more people talking about their innocence in this matter. Rats make lovely pets and are not dirty at all- I’ve never had the plague, but I have had rats!

[@steveclem7873]

GreetsBeersza!

[@alegnalowe3679]

Now i want a black rat.I think i will name it yersinia.

[@yourhope5410]

@@alegnalowe3679 you need to have more than one rat! They get lonely and depressed without companions. Three or more is best but two is the bare minimum. There are lots of great rat videos on KZbin so I suggest watching some to learn about them before bringing one into your life!

[@alegnalowe3679]

@@yourhope5410 ok.One black and another one a light brown with white.Do rats come in calico patterns? That would be beautifull!. I have a few cats and a small dog and a turtle.My lizard died a few yrs back and i miss him.He was 25 yrs old.How bout i just have a zoo?

[@yourhope5410]

@@alegnalowe3679 sadly no calico, but there are curly haired and hairless rats as well as a variety of colors and patterns! A zoo wouldn’t be a bad idea lol XD

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

I love how you called TikTok a pandemic.

[@xxblazerxx9051]

It’s a fact

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It’s a fact

[@pietvandiemen5521]

It’s a fact

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Guys, I know it's a fact.

[@pietvandiemen5521]

@@Demonetization_Symbol As you would know, yes, It’s a fact

[@Kunjo79]

Thoughty2’s moustache can save us from any pandemic

[@jaden8815]

Who said you may talk boy

[@Youtubeiscoolandgreat]

@@jaden8815 don't worry, the weirdo has commented on my comment too

[@jaden8815]

@@KZbiniscoolandgreat he will meet guillotine on Monday

[@Youtubeiscoolandgreat]

What the heck

[@skunkybong]

All hail our glorious leader

[@thesilversurfer7136]

I always learn new things watching these videos and the delivery is much easier to listen to and understand. Thanks for a great experience.

[@steveclem7873]

HayesKeyOffDozRailzzzzHotIceStikstonesGravelHaHaasChiQuizBaShaz!

[@KitsuyuutsuR]

I’ve actually done a lot of reading on bubonic plague over the years, simply because my son had a Yu-Gi-Oh card titled “Bubonic Vermin” and asked me what it meant, so I decided to school his then young mind on the plague. Anyway… aside from him being grossed out by what I read to him about the 3 types (bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic) and the pictures of buboes, I found that not only are people still getting infected with bubonic plague, but so are other animals, including squirrels (last I read, they had found an infected one in California). That being said, as I was watching this and you were saying it wasn’t the rats carrying the Black Death everywhere, I had the same thought… It was the humans. People didn’t do a whole lot of bathing back then. The whole tradition of weddings taking place in June is because that’s when people took their annual baths. ANNUAL! How gross is that?! So if you don’t think people would have had fleas, you’re nuts! Humans then were filthy and knew nothing about hygiene at all. So the infectious little parasites hitched a ride on their human hosts and literally went everywhere. Honestly, I’m surprised it took scientists, who are supposed to be so intelligent because they went to college and got degrees, this long to figure out something so simple. So yay scientists 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 you figured out something that was pretty much common sense.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

Scientists probably had the same hunch, but they can't give anything for certain until they find hard evidence. You don't do science with "common sense".

[@silence.9376]

*As a wise man once said :* _"Only when a mosquito lands lands on your testicles will you realize violence isn't always the answer"._

[@hypedmaniac8444]

The hardest choices require the strongest wills

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@@hypedmaniac8444 and the sacrifice of something precious

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😫😫😂😂

[@jaden8815]

Who said you may comment here

[@Flavv_Sav]

It's the solution

[@patrickmcdonald8513]

"No animals covered as much ground in those days as we did. " I would like to point out that migrating birds and insects would have us beat on average by a long shot. And also the humble coconut. I do suggest that coconuts migrate.

[@N1rOx]

Come on now, it was the middle ages. Birds and insects hadn't invented flight yet.

[@--CHARLIE--]

No no no. Coconuts are carried by swallows.

[@roxysmoke6812]

Knowing how birds and insects traveled further than us humans at the time how would the birds have spread the virus and how come there weren’t birds falling out from the sky when they died???

[@patrickmcdonald8513]

@@roxysmoke6812 , I am not suggesting birds and insects spread he virus. I am simply pointing out that there were animals that traveled farther than us, at least in terms of pure distance in one sitting.

[@roxysmoke6812]

@@patrickmcdonald8513 ow ok sorry for the misunderstanding I didn’t mean to be rude or crude in any way thanks for correcting me.

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You've mastered the art of transition and integration of your content with your sponsors. Bravo. Make hay while the sun shines!❤

[@tiagocampos9528]

Its always a pleasure to watch your videos. Grwat work.

[@maywenearedhel]

I kept on saying "humans had fleas" the entire video, and then when Thoughty2 finally got to it, I nodded happily. Yep.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

The shortest poem in the English language speaks eloquently on the subject, to wit: Adam Had 'em.

[@miguelEguzman]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc it never occurred to me that this poem was about fleas.

[@steveclem7873]

UghCaveMenYellENkayveezYaya!

[@Timbo6669]

Considering its only one species that feed on dogs/cats AND humans alike, its still a long shot.

[@mirozen_]

Not really a long shot when you consider that people in the middle ages tended to carry fleas a lot more often than people do now, and once a person contracted bubonic plague any flea that "jumped ship" from them onto someone else would be a potential plague vector. Given this it's not really surprising at all that it spread quite quickly. (We aren't the best host for fleas since we tend to have sparse body hair, but clothing that is rarely changed or washed is a pretty good substitute for the fur they might prefer!)

[@BobFudgee]

I dare say this man's mustache is magnificent

[@jaden8815]

No who said you may talk

[@colinbirkens52]

His moustache reminds my of an English super Mario. And that's a great thing!

[@5eA5]

Yea, reddit.

[@soroushkowsarian3364]

Oh yes kind sir it is a very delicate stache and oll (all) the flows (flaws) are extraordinary negligible would you say?

[@soroushkowsarian3364]

@@jaden8815 so you just go to top comments and say the same things?

[@ranknarlmarg]

Great, as always - thanks, mate!

[@OnTheRiver66]

Wow! You did an excellent job on this topic. I read Daniel Defoe’s book a Journal of The Plague Year (his grandfather lived during the plague) and it is a terrifying read. I also read where archeologists were puzzled at the lack of rat bodies dating back to that time, so I think it was spread by human fleas.

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

Norwegian here. There where rats with fleas on them on a ship that came to our second largest city, Bergen, in 1349. Back then the city was called Bjørgvin. There was even written a book about called ''Det kom et skip til Bjørgvin i 1349'' (There came a ship to Bjørgvin in 1349).

[@MrKennyBones]

Norwegian here too, this makes me question this story. The book was originally published in 1980, as far as I can tell. It might be based on the same myth about the rats. Edit: I might be completely wrong. I’ve grown up with that quote and always assumed it was hundreds of years old

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

@@MrKennyBones I thought the same thing actually. It's not like the book was written in 1349.

[@galaxyanimal]

Rats probably did occasionally play a role in spreading the plague, but human-to-human spread via fleas & lice was probably the main vector.

[@dandaddavi]

Were you there to witness this?

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

@@dandaddavi Yes. I'm almost 700 years old.

[@oldsteve4291]

I remember being taught at school 47 years ago that, the Black Death was a combination of, Bubonic, Pneumonic and Septicemic plague and was only thought to be Bubonic because this had the most visible symptoms. It turns out they are all caused by the same bacteria infecting different areas. My teacher was not a fan of blaming the rats even then but admitted he did not have a better explanation.

[@moridgeway]

Very well presented. Thank you.

[@lorenrenee1]

Great video. Thx!

[@DragonKingGaav]

"I am not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens."

[@tubefeetmackay3693]

WHO and china says it was alians for sure

[@hydrolito]

Aliens brought disease from other countries and spread to the next. Rats can ride on wagons pulled by horses, donkeys, camels, elephants and mules and can ride in ships and boats.

[@satanofficial3902]

"Ancient alien astronaut theorists say yes!" ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

"Aliens can be alienating." ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

"The steady clock metrically continues because an alien agenda prospectively and randomly x-rays the gender of sour and smoggy fairgrounds." ---Albert Einstein

[@gerardcousineau3478]

What you're saying really hits me. My youngest daughter was breeding the most beautiful rats of all colors and all tempers, even the dumbo rats who are probably the most gentle of all. My point is this I never saw them with flea or lice. Experts at the time told me they are usually not affected by those. What is even more amazing is their is different types of fleas, most of them today are specific to cats and dogs. But yes they were fleas that were specific to humans before, these are perhaps extinct now. Anecdotally circus were paying money for human fleas in the last century, they were getting very rare. Human fleas make very much sense as a vector for the black plague.

[@gabihagelstein515]

Pet fleas are definitely willing to bite humans, though. We had an infestation from a pet and they would jump on my legs and bite me.

[@pamelaflower1447]

Apparently it wasn’t fleas but lice that was the vector. Stay safe (and don’t scratch!)

[@keylimetea]

@@gabihagelstein515 especially knowing how they didn’t have good hygiene

[@nakachinjah7240]

@@pamelaflower1447 i scratch them so much all the time it often bleeds

[@ode6105]

Excellent presentation. It is amazing how you cover the most interesting and relevant topics.

[@steveclem7873]

SnoWinSmalltalkBrainfukAZ!

[@Cruper380]

Love this guy.. no bs and or click bait on this channel

[@erichtomanek4739]

Don't forget Justinian's plague in the 500's AD. In the once great city of Constantinople, the death rate, at its height, was 10,000 people per day.

[@diogeneslantern18]

"Voice of the past" has an EPIC narration of a first hand account. The way the plague is described is absolutely chilling.

[@itsAurora-zq8cb]

Wow!!! That is insane.. ppl must have been petrified

[@itsAurora-zq8cb]

@@diogeneslantern18 I'm gonna check that out..thanks for sharing 😃

[@hollybyrd6186]

The Justinian plague was the the black death.

[@AverageAlien]

Original title: Why my moustache is more important than my significant other

[@ZacEveleigh]

Was it you that caused this disease you average alien

[@bautistabautista7989]

was it you average A.?

[@steveclem7873]

KeyENgEddizDEADsezJRipazSnoppSysdemowHayes!

[@nr-1996]

Your videos are the best 🖤

[@leamacleod5903]

Great video very informative

[@georgiesmith89]

I need more rats dancing in my life, that was the sweetest dang thing

[@Tommybhoy-df9hk]

your pretty

[@nuuuuuut]

@@Tommybhoy-df9hk you're*

[@lenztner]

Rat drip

[@steveclem7873]

U whirTheyRa!

[@nindysidhu4228]

I would love to have been this guys lecturer at college or uni, just to read this guys essays and assignments. They would be a refreshing read, no doubt.

[@steveclem7873]

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[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

yis

[@timothyvolkers5343]

I remember in 6th grade math class many of my fellow students most of us very competent early mathematician all came up with the same number answer to a problem given. But we were all told by our teacher that we were wrong at least according to the text book she was using. So when the teacher noticed how many of us came up with the same answer she decided to go to the chalkboard and proceed to answer the question herself. It turned out that the students were right and the text book was wrong. Insane I know I human printed book having the wrong answer. So it doesn't surprise me that the rats answer in text books are wrong isn't shocking at all.

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

Bruh, I had the same maths class for my last two years of high school with the same teacher and we had used the online version of our textbook rather than the physical one - and it had many incorrect answers. And I agree with the rest of your comment also.

[@CVDPDNB]

Great vid.

[@tarielkaroldan4106]

Haven't seen a moustache like that since Kaiser Wilhelm

[@yamamotohiromori419]

We have to resurrect mustache as form of masculinity, the are really cool.

[@joshhoffman5233]

Check out the mustache on the dude the Volstead act was named after. His names Volstead obviously. They don’t make them like that anymore

[@ghostblue9598]

Hes got a Moustache worthy enough to be Teddy Roosevelt's Moustache

[@dkin7685]

Emperor meiji

[@kellygoodine9944]

Pringles?

[@stevenswall]

The government responses to coronavirus have affected the world in ways we never imagined.

[@Mt2pserverGplays]

the goverment responses like most people want it. they just want to get voted again

[@SpaceRanger187]

Do something about it then

[@SpaceRanger187]

@Michael Myers I can't answer that honestly..I hope people wake up and realize it's all bullshit and lies and they don't give a fuck about any of us.They just want to keep up fighting with each other

[@kai0tfoool]

The government created it

[@kavalogue]

As the above to touched off. It's just incredibly sad. Most people are fed up with how things are handled and run. And those who aren't are living in bliss and lying to themselves. But until every single person unanimously decides things have to change, things never will. And ofc the other side of that is people will never truely unify to any extent. This is our future now. Tomorrow doesn't hold any possibilities anymore

[@Lunarshadows75]

I saw a documentary a while back that said that they dug up graves in an abandoned town in the UK from the time of the black death and they found not only the plague, but anthrax as well.

[@pajokamikaze]

Shoutout to the Plague Doctor at 15:31 who's just vibin'

[@theq5369]

Damn, this is the first time I have seen a Thoughty2 video and I love it! I mean, plague doctor with awesome dance moves and an awesome mustach-man, you can't find a better combo anywhere.

[@jackdurden466]

Oh he’s great! And his videos are truly interesting, covering an entire range of subjects. It’s usually where I end up after going through all my notifications. Definitely subscribe if you’ve found this one interesting, he is also hilarious! 😂

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

@@jackdurden466 fully agreed there

[@matthewradclif2175]

Fun fact: cheese is a loaf of milk

[@roxyshow123]

Your point is moooot.

[@desmondchew7872]

Yogurt are just slightly chunky milk

[@matthewradclif2175]

@@desmondchew7872 ah yes, our battle will be legendary

[@fullbeans983]

Fun fact: bread is a block of dough.

[@roxyshow123]

Fun fact: Wine is grapes gone bad.

[@patrickbone6171]

Brilliant as always

[@retrospectgaming8754]

i really wish there was a way to continue learning updated info from text books. text books i had in school were 20 years old sometimes. and i often get into arguements with my older coworkers about facts taught in school because their educations are outdated.

[@wasupfool5692]

I would have thought head lice would be the culprit since everyone had them back then

[@xiphactinusaudax1045]

they also had fleas

[@SirZanZa]

he said body lice, which includes headlice

[@mickk8519]

Head lice got more prolific with cleaner hair. Head lice is more of a problem these days than they were 50 or more years ago.

[@elavke5441]

@@mickk8519 don't know about that

[@MetaPhysStore0770]

they combed their hair with lice combs every day, they got rid of head lice very effectively

[@tommichael1533]

Thoughty2 has joined my favourite Sitcom Frasier as being a show that guarantees me one laugh out loud per episode. (at least) Quite a new subscriber but one of the best things on You Tube. Bravo Sir, bravo.

[@skyluke9476]

welcome! ive been here since 2015-16. glad to find mustachee enthusiasts, new and old

[@rmdhn1]

there's more stock footage to come don't worry

[@superdriver777]

I am slightly embarrassed at how much the texting joke made me laugh... "Hey you remember the black death?" "yeah lol" I swear I shouldn't have found that as funny as I did, but it's so damn accurate :-D

[@Vedmiree]

One year later I’m here I’m obsessed with ur videos.

[@jevana]

You forget, too, that during this time was the Golden Horde knocking on eastern europe's door. Warfare = movement of populations = spread of diseases got even worse, considering that the Plague originally came from asia. so 1) there WERE the southern ports that did trade routes to asia that brought in the Plague but 2) there was also the eastern european-asian vector of the spread of the disease. I believe there's the story/legend of Caffa (found in modern Crimea) being under siege by the Mongols during this time period. putting the travel paths of the pathogen only on the items mentioned in the video kind of neglects that there were a lot of things happening during that time period making populations move around (in eastern asia, particularly china, i believe there was a terrible wet season that resulted in floods and bad crops which also had populations moving). But good show with this.

[@razputaz8966]

The perfect add would have been for plague inc

[@Dino-lemon265]

Lol I love plague inc

[@vitamind2943]

I was doing a school assignment on the Black Death, thanks for the info !

[@lady_k5588]

I love watching your videos and laughing while I learn. Great job bro 🤜 🤛 (fist bump lol)

[@alegnalowe3679]

One of the most facinating dideases along with syphilis and small pox.cholera was pretty wicked too.It takes a morbid type to enjoy studying this kind of thing.

[@acfan1685]

must admit i love watching thoughty2 because i always learn something new and every video is very interesting.

[@hmq9052]

Imagine what you'd make of books

[@user-yy3ki9rl6i]

Did you seriously forgot to mention his mustache? Unbelievable.

[@acfan1685]

@@user-yy3ki9rl6i oh no. how could i forget the amazing moustache XD

[@sheepy627]

I haven't even watched 1 minute and I'm already questioning reality

[@grandplat3462]

His voice just makes me wanna sit down for a good 5hours and deep it all

[@jeremyroland5602]

19:53 I like the idea that this plague doctor wasn't stock footage at all but was Arran in a costume the whole time

[@terencechen4616]

great editing

[@VeggyZ]

I love the plague doctor flipping the bird though... that's got to be you behind the mask.

[@boratsagdiyev5679]

It seems you don't know how weird the stock photo industry is

[@steveclem7873]

Zorro

[@anothrplayr4519]

I remember when you wore a suit. Keep going man 👍

[@ste4504]

Great vid

[@DeathlyQuietVA]

Total cases C-19 as of 2022/January: 320M. Total deaths: 5.52M. Not so low in numbers now.

[@qhvianleeray2907]

It was starting out as good news, then I realized that, people are still here.

[@qonra]

This was a particularly gripping episode, really well done. I liked the plot twist at the end as well, you really had me for a moment.

[@MURDOCK1500]

I found that interesting. A village near where I live called Hepworth nr Holmfirth UK had a localised outbreak of the Black death reputably carried in a package of clothing transported from London. The clothes contained Fleas or Lice with no rats involved so your theory they were human carrier Fleas or Lice looks sound. Anyway, the infected people were quarantined in a part of the village until the disease had passed and the dead were buried. To celebrate this there is a village feast which goes on every year to this day. Apart from, ironically 2020 and probably 2021. The Great Plague....from Wikipedia In 1665 - 1666 the Great Plague struck England. It wrought devastation in London, then spread across the country. Hepworth was the most northerly point that it reached. According to local legend it is supposed to have come in on cloth brought from London. In an effort to save the village the residents split the village into two parts at Barracks Fold. Those that were infected remained, isolated from the world, in one half. Thirteen of the residents died from the disease, which was a considerable percentage of the population in such a small village and thirteen trees were planted to remember them. The trees still stand today, by the local football pitch. Two subsequently fell down and in 2004, replacements were planted at a small ceremony by Parish Councillor, Ruth Jackson. The end of the plague in Hepworth is still commemorated on the last Monday in June every year with Hepworth Feast.

[@anthonypfannenstein4894]

INTERESTING! I never questioned it before. The more you know!

[@Vikanuck]

Dude, SLICK 50’s-80’s style dubbing at 9:48 for the derivation of the word quarantine lol 😄 That brought me back to the movies I loved growing up haha.

[@95rav]

The spread doesn't rely on the speed of rats, but the speed of flea infested humans. A human traveller on horseback is faster than a rat. Edit: never mind, you covered it.

[@nastybastardatlive]

Why not just erase the comment? Even easier than editing it, and nobody gets annoyed.

[@TiffanyWeiland]

Don't listen to the comment above mine! My guess is they just don't know what it is like to have so much knowledge stored in their brain, just waiting for the day it becomes handy or relevant. Poor soul. 🙃🙃🙃

[@mike353]

@@TiffanyWeiland What a cringe comment 🤦‍♂️

[@TiffanyWeiland]

@@mike353 Goof.

[@melonstuff305]

cringe

[@jeremythornton433]

"Gee Brain. What do you want to do tonight?" " Same thing as we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!"

[@steveclem7873]

ZenTriRPM!

[@relent-lass7510]

Pinky is secretly a genius

[@jacksmedullaoblongata7659]

There is a wild grey rat on our property ( we live in the foothills of a mountain preservein Phoenix AZ and the hills and trails are in our backyard literally). She is the cutest thing and visits me every evening for snacks and treats. I rustle a bag of granola outside and she appears!

[@leerunion519]

This topic still inspires and scares people to this day about germs and. As a Haunted Attraction Actor of 9 years My plague Doctor is the 3rd my most popular character I have done, Which has lead me to learn more about The plague and understand what it is that makes so scary..

[@cascas9656]

The black death is actually just a metaphor for the mass murder committed by SCP 049 J "The plague fellow"

[@abroamg]

Oof

[@tristman8413]

I knew the pied piper was evil!

[@itayline2804]

Just watched Thoughty2's moustache development throughout the year. Admirable.

[@jamisontaylor878]

I remember studying this in high school and debating it with my professors 20 years later the students were right!!!! Love to see there faces !!! Lincoln high school PA

[@feralbluee]

very, very interesting video, Thoughty2. thanks much for researching this fascinating information. :) about 20 or 25 years ago i read a book about the spread of this disease. the author’s theory was that humans spread the disease and one thing i do remember is that one family in Britain had it and it spread from there. if it were rats, there would have been outbreaks in various places, but there weren’t. just one family where the father had traveled to Europe visiting the “right place at the right time”. i found the book so interesting and would love to read it again. take care everyone. 🌷🌿🌼🌱🌷

[@marhawkman303]

Yeah, I think the reality of it was that the true cause... was mostly just people having bad habits and the disease being spread that way. The absolute worst hit places... were areas that I'd expect a simple head cold to get passed around like it was mandatory. These were major metropolitan areas with densely packed people.

[@DickLongFlop14]

I wonder what the title of this video will be in a few hours. Right now it’s “why everything we know about the Black Death is wrong”

[@frostreaper1607]

Thumbnail changed tho.

[@edwardrushfirth6216]

I always assumed that plague could be passed from person to person that alone is strange to me.

[@dlschgo]

It can-- through body fluids.

[@edwardrushfirth6216]

Yeah but medieval peasants were covered in all sorts

[@rebeccaprice4292]

I love this guy's mustache and accent, you got me captivated almost as easily as Mr.Ballen

[@FunksterHunkster]

These videos are so funny sometimes like “public hugging is as bad as public shagging”. Hmm I haven’t heard that term since austin powers movies yet it still makes me laugh😂😂😂

[@nicholask7347]

Yeah baby

[@foghorn7891]

She was all 6's and 7's asdfnlksjdfpasd and den she SHAT ON A TURTLE!

[@birdbrain9625]

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible, but it always *tickles*

[@soroushkowsarian3364]

Couldn't describe it better

[@mushroomfog2509]

New favourite channel

[@owenbrighurst9282]

What were your thoughts on it being a combination plague of Y. Pestis and a form Bacillus anthracite, put forward by Norman F. Cantor in his book 'In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it made'. It mentions the possibility of a mutated anthrax strain from the soil, that mutated due to new intensive farming techniques being developed. The increase of disease in cows when intensively farmed is one reason we generally give antibiotic to cattle.

[@mzander148]

Thoughty2's favorite effect is putting himself on screens from stock images to a rotating phone. I applaud you.

[@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692]

I envy your magnificent and gorgeous mustache, even my uncle whom lived around the 70's loves your mustache

[@mistelmotow2587]

08:50 Here you might overlook the fact, that although the plague was transmitted by rats it also was reported to have been transmitted from one human to others. Thus the speed of spreading was actually more to to human interaction.

[@strategieswithsasquatch]

13:20 I can't help but notice the sheet of paper being scrutinized is blank

[@damo5701]

Black death brought about positive changes, including a move from serfdom to paid employment and the introduction of private hotel rooms.

[@heatherlouise814]

so did hitler

[@baronvonjo1929]

@@heatherlouise814 D:

[@notjustforme8857]

Not sure if the move away from serfdom was a positive one. There isn't a single person I know who is actually happy with their pay :)

[@notjustforme8857]

@Tulock the Werewolf I'd imagine that we would have had more wars then, Specially if that thing only destroyed peoples livelihoods instead of the people themselves. Lots of poor buggers around then, prime material for war. Might have balanced it out :)

[@heatherlouise814]

@@notjustforme8857 im happy with my pay. not happy will the government taking half of it

[@MitchelPie]

A bubonic variant that was strictly pneumonia and highly contagious makes sense

[@nonow1353]

So i just saw a slide which shows that the bacillus blocks the fleas gut making them insatiably hungry, thus much more likely to jump hosts to see if they are any better for eating. I think that tracks with the episode here.

[@tinasmith1391]

Looking at the records of what doctors were prescribing is also interesting. Especially the doses they were recommending.

[@maximumcaffeine6003]

My cat was obsessed with this episode, especially the rat part

[@steveclem7873]

StripeBSD!

[@shukaldes151]

You should do a video on the blue changeling children of northern Europe. Connecting them to pneumonia and fugate type mutation. It would be interesting.

[@skulcow591]

to my understanding there was a 3rd disease that came from Yersinia pestis which is called Septicemic plague, a bacterial infection of the blood. the death is ultimately internal bleeding, or back then the fever had a high chance of killing you before the disease.

[@24934637]

I'm a skull collector, and one of the skulls in my collection allegedly was obtained during an archeological dig of a plague pit at a priory in the North East of England. The condition of the skull does tend to corroborate the age at being around 800 years, although it does depend a lot on the conditions within the grave. Really glad that Yersinia pestis doesn't form spores, nor does Ebola either! Y. Pestis hasn't been eradicated, it still survives, and there are occasional small outbreaks, but thankfully they haven't gone on to become a global pandemic recently!

[@maggie2631]

Man if you uploaded 3 times a day id still watch every single one of them! YOURE MY FAVORITE KZbin CHANNEL!

[@1l0v3tr011ing]

3 videos in 3 days? You're spoiling us! Good work love the content

[@theroadupward]

Rats were neither innocent nor guilty. Just doing their ratty thing. Trade networks were much more interconnected than we realize. When the rat dies, his fleas hop onto another meal-and fleas can hop like crazy. Not JUST rats or pneumonia or bathing-but all three and likely some we haven't thought of yet,

[@sliceoflife8107]

5:46 missed opportunity to say "Uranus may be causing some bad gas"