Why the UK Desperately Wants This Rock to Be Inhabitable

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[@hognigk96]

Britain: it’s not just a boulder. It’s a rock.

[@tobiaslidstromstre2392]

hognigk96 It’s Iraq

[@triton6490]

LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Whereas I'm just a Boulder. Regards, Bib.

[@officialriceman]

Mörður you’re at 500 likes congrats

[@hognigk96]

Eamon T nice 👌

[@Hollyse]

Not a soul: UK: “hey wanna see my rock collection??”

[@spacekid9680]

Me: Wanna see my cool rock collection?

[@MrCaviar]

Bloody hell show your respect blimey.

[@derekcorrea3147]

Holsea Thanos would probably want to check it out

[@NadDew]

I see u are missing one like to 666 likes so here you go You're welcome 😌

[@jgilly3362]

Us Brits ain't fucking bothered about politics nor a fucking rock fuck off

[@tanukies]

YES HE MENTIONED FAROE ISLANDS FINALLY WE HAVE BEEN NOTICED

[@jacobmccracken1779]

You don't e x i s t

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

You are part of Denmark tho

[@DIY_Miracle]

I heard Greenpeace is a big fan of Faroe!

[@jeffersjerb8998]

Þetta reddast

[@johnsother2440]

Holy shit... You're real?

[@TomLuTon]

1925: UK gets Iraq 1955: UK gets a rock

[@kylestrohm5501]

1955 Uk I got a rock

[@gloriousy8832]

1916 actually and controled it by 1921 comes from an Iraqi 🙃

[@shahrzad8184]

@@gloriousy8832 heyyy i'm Iraqi too

[@JimmiAlli]

Maybe the queen said “Go and claim Iraq!” So they came back and said “We claimed a rock”.

[@werty21100]

2021: uk dies leaves rock up for grabs Other countries: oh look free real estate

[@MidgeCat]

Well lads, we might have lost America. But at least we have our rock

[@hackman669]

You have a rock, is it an island?

[@joshz2617]

It's an island!! 😂

[@jimbomacers]

You actually don't! Ireland and Denmark also claim it.

[@MidgeCat]

@@jimbomacers Well i mean, which one of those are going to come and take it from us?

[@jimbomacers]

@@MidgeCat Take what from you? You don't own it. So your question is useless and stupid.

[@gravyboat2370]

I'm surprised you never mentioned the fact that a British guy stayed on that rock for a certain length of time in order to enhance the claim on the rock ! Probably in the 80's

[@nevyen149]

His name was Tom McClean. He stayed from May 26th to July 4th, 1985, and did the entire stay with an ankle he broke on arrival.

[@nevyen149]

@Bob 1 He still has his ankle. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for your sense of humor.

[@nevyen149]

@Bob 1 You're judging my sense of humor from 1 (one) single factual comment, and a response based on your poor reading comprehension skills? You know jack shit about me, so your opinion on the subject carries no weight, and has about the impact of a fart against a hurricane. Check the rock yourself, you'll find it about 6 inches above your shoulders, right behind your eyes.

[@clray123]

@Bob 1 I think he meant "uncle".. and let's not go into details of what his "breaking" involved.

[@mm3yhaofcaithness220]

He was only able to stay on thanks to supplies flown in by helicopter, which ki d of defeats the whole "self-sufficient" aspect

[@maxlu9373]

Prime minister: your majesty we’ve lost all our overseas territories! Queen Elizabeth: well at least I didn’t forget my facebook password

[@JoelJames2]

(Since the last territory loss was 199(7?) with Hong Kong): PM: Dafuq is a facebook?

[@hector1475]

@@JoelJames2 face a book and take a jokes i think?

[@carolhomanhei9497]

@@JoelJames2 yep 1997

[@cyrish5084]

Uhh guys? Facebook is a social media app..

[@iski4317]

who‘s gonna tell him

[@zeichenschatz]

“Loosing a whole world’s worth of territory has got to be rough, but what even worse is loosing is your password.“ 🤣🤣 Best segue to a sponsor EVAR

[@izawa9211]

He is right tho, loosing password to nukes and not remembering it really sucks whan you are more than likely gonna get involed in war with russia

[@TheMythicalAce]

I prefer tightening my passwords.

[@theSPUDereHD]

Losing

[@tamimatharemadi]

Sequel.

[@dazhibernian]

Britain is that Monopoly board game player that just buys anything they land on in the first turn.

[@carteradams43]

that is me

[@tehsgath4884]

Wait. You dont? Why wouldnt you lol

[@DougTheDog6]

That’s- that’s what you’re supposed to do...

[@zachfoxtrot9747]

He's been horribly fucking up at Monopoly for a really long time lol. Ask him if he wants to play for real money...

[@dazhibernian]

@@zachfoxtrot9747 that 'pay $200 everytime you pass go' tax is a pain in the ass 😪

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

1919: The British have the largest empire in history 2019: The British have a rock

[@qwertyuiop-rg4mj]

Still have gibraltar ye silly boy also im very proud of our rock, alright?

[@freddiegardner4776]

2020: The British have a civil war, which will be fought with a slice of mouldy bread and some old rope

[@orangedude7632]

'Scuse me ya cheeky bugger? We're waaaay past the days of mouldy bread. Now we use jars of marmite.

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

It is acctually irish

[@whalesoup8914]

Stop insulting the rock!

[@LiquorWithJazz]

"The UK are experts at losing territory." I actually laughed.

[@szhou2513]

Yeah tell that to those Royal family fangirls and fanbois Down Under lol.

[@comradeerror6004]

Same lmao

[@MrNorbo95]

I mean the vast majority of colonies were given back by the British because they were actually costing the UK money to maintain them. Was more like closing a business that wasn't profitable.

[@itchypit6413]

@@MrNorbo95 thats a fancy way of saying they lost it

[@adventussaxonum448]

@@itchypit6413 are you saying that the UK should have kept it?

[@RandomGameplayVideos]

That rock is inhabitable? That would be the perfect place to live. Away from everyone's bullshit.

[@malteseowl]

It's a small rock where the UK tested ANTHRAX some years ago. Occasionally we go and monitor the current level readings. Invasion is not recommended, at least not without a full noddy suit and a bloody good gas mask.

[@tatianatub]

advanced social distancing

[@jamiecleeves7921]

Brilliant

[@englishpassport6590]

If it has thousands of birds and tens of thousands of fish circulating in great numbers it most certainly is not uninhabited Theis rock should be our prize for winning The Battle of The Atlantic... after all the Irish supported the other side.... The switched on lights of Dublin guided the Nazi bombers onto Liverpool and we were feeding them at the time ..from 1939 to 1945...

[@waqqashanafi]

Seagull blood is the only drink available there

[@tomaspietravallo3832]

Its fine though, *the UK are experts at losing territory*

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

That bit was hilarious

[@joebates8799]

😢

[@dylanambler1798]

Experts at gaining it though as well lol

[@shroomyesc]

@@dylanambler1798 I think you're juuust a few years too late for that to be the case

[@simonlow0210]

Because they aren't using dashlane.

[@anonym0usplatypus]

I demand all distances be given in light years

[@snay71]

lul, I like that. meat scepters should also be measured in light years then.

[@invisiblestar5473]

@@snay71 Not the meat scepter!!!! xD

[@snay71]

@@invisiblestar5473 xD

[@hoxatron6024]

No. Everything should be measured in plank lengths!

[@invisiblestar5473]

@@hoxatron6024 how far away are you from me rn? 1,456,673 plans away?

[@Chrisjude100]

Question: Where is Rockall? Answer: It's 230 miles west of Bugger All.

[@-vanman88-82]

200 miles from Donegal

[@robharris8844U]

That would make Scotland Buggers.

[@MrRiddle0]

@@-vanman88-82 So he wasn't far off

[@shawry9124]

@@robharris8844U that would sound true

[@robharris8844U]

@@shawry9124 The Special Needs Party (SNP) are buggers I do not judge all Scots people as being those same people, but I dare say it could change.

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

My whole life I’ve been calling it “Rockfall” I’ve read it dozens of times. I literally have a map of the UK in my room and it shows Rockall and yet I’ve never noticed.

[@uggomcspit5954]

rockfall sounds like a location in a cool fantasy game

[@jammo6645]

The passive aggression in this video is overwhelming.

[@andro7862]

It's beautiful.

[@Epicrandomness1111]

the subject of the video is interesting enough, i don't get why the narrator felt like being such a snide asshole

[@awesomelyshorticles]

@@Epicrandomness1111 Hes a snide asshole to every country. its his shtick. its all meant in friendly banter.

[@wolfetone2012]

@@awesomelyshorticles english only get that when they're the ones being dicks

[@cassiemyersconcertvids]

Honestly ya'll this video would be half as interesting without it. pun intended assholes

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Plot Twist:* Spongebob drives the Rock and he didn't know where he parked.

[@moustafamohsen]

unrelated, how the fuck does youtube chooses top comment? this comment is not the most like or recent or most liked and recent or does have any replies at all !! every time I think I understand youtube it proves me wrong

[@celinaastbury4619]

Moustafa Mohsen i hope this satire but i cant tell

[@alecity4877]

@@celinaastbury4619 isn't, half of interesting and some guy named Tomas Pietravallo commented before and had more likes. it's a true mistery

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@moustafamohsen Sir, you just blew the joke off. This is a satire.

[@TSwany]

Why have i been seeing you so much? Are you the new justin y.?

[@hakandenizhan348]

3:43 coughs “China”. Man you are by far the best KZbinr ever. I like these tiny references.

[@DarthKanye]

Clearly you haven’t seen OverSimplified

[@stephennelmes2707]

Stood on Rockall for about 20 seconds back in 1984 while serving on HMS Dumbarton Castle during fishery protection duties.

[@fintonmainz7845]

What's it like having but sex at sea?

[@stephennelmes2707]

@@fintonmainz7845What ????

[@Haystack_]

@@stephennelmes2707 welcome to the internet

[@noahlamens7877]

@@Haystack_ Have a look around

[@alkaholic4848]

Was it difficult to climb?

[@Tobberz]

The *actual* plaque said this: By authority of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, and in accordance with Her Majesty's instructions dated the 14th day of September, 1955, a landing was effected this day upon this island of Rockall from HMS Vidal. The Union flag was hoisted and possession of the island was taken in the name of Her Majesty. [Signed] R H Connell, Captain, HMS Vidal, 18 September 1955.

[@riley3352]

Tobberz you’re wrong, I think it actually said this: Ello m8 This Islet is the property of the British Empire. Deal with it lol Signed the queen

[@Tobberz]

@@user-ky6vw5up9m Uh oh we have a moron The Queen has a far higher approval rating than any elected ruler. She is far more legitimate.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

So approval rating is justification for land grabbing.

[@Tobberz]

@@user-ky6vw5up9m Land grabbing, oh get a grip. What are you, a disgruntled colonial?

[@gabrielvarig]

You forgot the etc. etc. etc. part (my favorite)

[@RoroTheDeer]

They called it Rockall cause there's fockall there

[@sam-eg4nn]

I didn’t think anyone made that joke until now

[@connorshields5862]

Because it's ALL rock.

[@CasuallyJapan]

LiL' Can whoosh

[@ghostfriendly6474]

@@sam-eg4nn There's a Flanders and Swann song on that very subject 'Britain's got Rockall'

[@Mothlord03]

@@connorshields5862 r/woooosh

[@Kosemagician]

"...the immortal Queen Elizabeth"... Well, not anymore...

[@alexhayden2303]

Build a LIGHTHOUSE on it! Plymouth did it: Land's end Did it: Inchcape did it! Now Rockall must do it! Who will put in a BID?

[@NormalChannel95]

Loki: We have a Hulk Britain: We have a rock.

[@arturofernandez4058]

I have a jar of dirt!!!

[@nanay400]

I have a diamond sword.

[@yuenhai]

U.S: We have THE Rock

[@harrrrry]

@@yuenhai its got no oil, bugger off

[@warbirdgaming8091]

*looks at the rock* Dear god its Jason boure

[@rejvaik00]

The UK wants this Island the same reason why the US has a bunch of tiny uninhabited islands in the Pacific. Because it greatly expands their Exclusive Economic Zone.

[@kekistanihelpdesk8508]

CONGRATULATIONS ON REPEATING THE VIDEO

[@rejvaik00]

@@johnsmith8410 who the fuck said anything about Spain or Spanish?

[@hamdoggius]

@@johnsmith8410 And or people, there are only gulls. Ignorant twat.

[@m_uz1244]

@@johnsmith8410 Wrong rock mate

[@Ambigious]

Kekistani Help Desk Dont be so close minded. It helps cause he says it in a couple sentences contrary to the long drawn out thingy that is this video

[@monkeymilesmoo]

“The immortal queen elizabeth” jeez i cant believe hai was wrong

[@empath69]

Everything man-made breaks...including promises.

[@Fede_99]

1:28 bruh this hits different now 💀

[@halfasinteresting]

Inb4 someone calls be a yankee and yells at me for calling St Kilda terrible, putting the Scottish flag in the thumbnail instead of the Union Jack, and having the music too loud.

[@halfasinteresting]

Please clap

[@mitchrils]

Yankee bastard

[@silentinferno2382]

Clap! Is the McManus bathtub ready yet?

[@teddyboragina6437]

this yankee called st kilda terrible, put the scottish flag in the thumbnail instead of the union jack and had the music too loud!

[@TheHitcher30]

just commented about you calling St. Kilda terrible

[@castsmith6783]

"Ello m8 this island is the property of the british empire deal with it lol signed the queen"

[@daraj02]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZrXf3iMmsmhedU

[@buddyclem7328]

You forgot to say, "Oi!"

[@morganmitchell4017]

*islet

[@atozed932]

This rock is part of Ireland, for it's written in folklore When Finn McCool took a sod of grass and threw it to the fore, And he tossed a pebble across the sea, wherever did it fall? For the sod became the Isle of Man and the pebble's called Rockall.

[@lincselo]

"While Dashlane can't help prevent the dismantling of your empire, it can help you keep your passwords." 🤣🤣🤣 -My King, there's an uprising in the American Colonies! Should I send an army? -Wait, let me download Dashlane before that, it may help us...

[@cameronbeattie3087]

Rockall is closer to Scotland than Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico is to the US...

[@akapbhan]

It's not crazy as Britain claiming Malvinas and Chagos Islands

[@cameronbeattie3087]

Anantha Padmanabhan no, it’s not. That’s why I think Britain should give them up, but the English driven by their Brexit blindness and ignorance of their country’s relevance means they’ll do everything they can to hold on to them. Indeed, I think Scotland should be independent and so do not disagree with your view. However my point still stands : it’s pretty ironic for Americans to point out Rockall given their own imperialist acquisitions over the years

[@chronix4741]

Anantha Padmanabhan You mean the Falklands 🇬🇧🇫🇰

[@cameronbeattie3087]

Chronix no that’s a different island 😂 the ones they mention are in the Indian Ocean

[@krashd]

@@cameronbeattie3087 Give up the Falklands to who? Only three nations have a claim to the Falklands and neither Spain nor France has ever challenged the UK for them, so give them up to who? If Argentina wants something that has never once belonged to them they can offer to buy them like any other nation should.

[@rea8585]

Rockall + Gibraltar = that moment you realize the UK has a weird thing for rocks

[@SilverMe2004]

The strait of Gibraltar is not a rock?

[@Epicrandomness1111]

@@SilverMe2004 The rock of Gibraltar is a famous rock in the British territory of Gibraltar which shares its name with the straight that can be controlled by having control of that Gibraltar territory lol

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

Geodes!

[@samwilkinson2534]

Montserrat is also a volcano which is practically (don't slay me nerds) a big rock with lava coming out that covers 80 percent of the land

[@markhenley3097]

@@SilverMe2004 The straight is the small passage between Spain/Gibraltar and Morocco which blocks access to the Mediterranean if you control Gibraltar. What I've never really understood is why controlling Ceuta or a neighbouring piece of Spanish coast would not be as strategically valuable.

[@playalong12]

the immortal queen Elizabeth 😂that aged well

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

1855: "I claim this entire continent in the name of her majesty! Rule Britannia! God save the queen!" 1955: "Dis rock, can I haz?"

[@HTPCYMC]

That epic moment when The Rock and Dwayne Johnson finally met.

[@thomasturner6980]

I'm gay for Beast

[@benis4958]

God damnit you're the new Justin y

[@hirohitowithoutchins9822]

@@benis4958 I never saw this dude anywhere

[@mattp0576]

OH MY GOD WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

[@spearmintflavoured1546]

The world: the uk should give back it’s colony’s Uk: *gives back colony’s* The world: omg you guys are so bad at keeping land LOL😂😂😂😂😂 ksjksjksj

[@tomabenas964]

I just say "Hey, at least the UK had colonies. What's your excuse?" lol.

[@voetbal12]

They won't be happy either way, we should have just have kept everything ruthlessly.

[@octavianblaga8144]

@@tomabenas964 why are you saying that as if slaughtering natives and enslaving populations is a good thing?

[@tomabenas964]

@@octavianblaga8144 America did that too if you recall and they claim to not have been imperialistic. They also caused a civil war in Japan. Nobody is innocent against that so it's just something you don't bring up much because nobody was really worse than anybody else in that matter

[@octavianblaga8144]

@@tomabenas964 is your argument "everyone else (in the west) enslaved, slaughtered and pillaged distant lands so we can do it too"?

[@justinh6651]

2:43 Finally HAI. Thank you for finally giving us the correct unit of measurement. Legends use lightyears

[@curiousgemini]

This could be a great place to have a rock concert.

[@joelmohan8817]

Piece of land: *exists* UK: Allow us to introduce ourselves Edit: Holy Shit, Thanks for 1k likes guys!

[@simpleusername1820]

The classic UK way. ‘Allow us to introduce ourselves’.

[@amarmahil2149]

*Insert Tuxedo whinne the pooh meme*

[@riflebusters1]

Land,the oil of the British

[@cjeam9199]

_Do you have a flag?_

[@andymadden8183]

Tiny, inhospitable rocks: the oil of Britain.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_While England is already a city, the Rock is my country._*

[@hannestorstensson8845]

Does Dwayne Johnson live on it?

[@darrrsh1546]

not even funny....try harder

[@0renforge424]

Fucking normie

[@tjs2014]

This meme is long dead and rotten deep into the ground

[@bachlamtung5131]

666 likes I won’t like then

[@comingoutofhibernation2122]

"There is no flat land, so nobody can live there." - the video. (And the population of Switzerland falls over laughing) Dig some tunnels into the rock, excavate some living space in there, and one can make almost anything habitable. Maybe not pleasant, but habitable. The British gave up too easily.

[@lifeintaiwan]

1:37 flag is upside down

[@adankmeme651]

what no it isn't

[@gengoosekhan]

I think it is depicted backwards on the flagpole, but not upside down.

[@chip9649]

Sealand should invade it.

[@thatgaming1940]

@Eurasian Mapper TR New Sealand

[@ChemsddinK.]

Hh so cool i remember that story.whatever happened to seeland

[@underbutlers]

St Kilda being called a tiny terrible island is a bit much, considering it is one of two places on earth with both UNESCO world heritage site status in both a cultural and natural sense (Machu Pichu is the other). Otherwise nice

[@matthewfickling4441]

Where did you get this from? There are 39 UNESCO sites that are cultural and natural: 4 each in Australia and China, 2 each in Greece, Mexico, Peru and Turkey, and 1 each in Spain, Spain & France, Algeria, Armenia, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Lesotho & South Africa, Macedonia, Mali, New Zealand, Palau, Sweden, Tanzania, the UK, the US, and Vietnam. Source: category: mixed in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country

[@Youssii]

Idk about this world heritage stuff, but it sure has a population of scientifically important feral sheep on it...

[@dogewithmemeaccess7162]

What

[@jeffbenton6183]

What could possibly be the cultural significance of Rockall?

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@Youssii There's sheep there? It looks to me like there is nothing to graze but guano (but I could be wrong).

[@maxbuster1508]

"Since the US didn't sign the paper on the EEZ we can all go fish in "their" waters". *Change my mind*

[@maxbuster1508]

@@lukemccullough8384 true

[@sauceboss1846]

Ik this a joke but he did say that we followed most rules though we didn’t sign it. I am assuming EEZ is probably a major rule and we defiantly follow it

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

Ok. Let's start with the U.S. Coast Guard and follow up with the U.S. Navy. Don't have to change your mind. We can just sink your ass!

[@SpareSomeChange8080]

@@scottsatterthwaite4073 Only if they come into the contiguous zone (24 nm from shore).

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

The U.S. signed UNCLOS III in 1994 and recognizes the convention as binding international law.

[@nobibracamonte6163]

Rock: Exists U.K: We must Get that before someone else gets that!

[@kinga6347]

"The UK are experts at losing territory" Oof

[@EREJones]

And this guy lives here lol

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

It is irish land

[@finnersmcspeed5646]

@@mikeoxsmal8022 Its Scottish land.

[@lukebrown997]

At least the UK had the territory’s to lose. Chumps gunna chump

[@nucleartree8159]

@@Arthur-pe2sr i think your just a salty brit that cant take that your country is nothing but a petty island that sucks americas dick off. Its the UKs fault the famine happened. Also the british empire was an evil empire that executed massacres on natives. what gos around comes around. You try and hide that your country is just a shit show now of idiotic polticians.

[@Andrewgb1995]

I'm a brit and the comments were more entertaining than the video itself

[@N11Productions]

Andrew [mobile] agreed

[@mr.h1083]

BECAUSE THE VIDEO IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES YOU UNCULTURED SWINE!!!

[@qingtessence2649]

Yes

[@positivevibesveda]

So, you would say that the video is half as interesting?

[@fhcbeid8shqkw733]

Andrew [mobile] omg same

[@marcphelan9883]

Whoever writes the best song keeps the rock ,and that's Irelands wolf tones with rock on rockall

[@dogphlap6749]

What a brilliant video. The description of what constitutes Scotland was absolutely accurate. Who ever wrote the script deserves a Nobel prize for literature/Journalism.

[@kevinpowers8049]

As the Wolfe Tones put it "This rock is part of Ireland For it's written in folklore When Finn McCool took a sod of grass He threw it to the fore When he tossed a pebble across the sea Where ever did it fall For the sod became the Isle of Man Now the pebble's called Rockall"

[@dejyyy]

Rock on Rockall, you’ll never fall

[@seanthebeure]

UK and Ireland came to agreement on Rockall in 1988. The rock was actually claimed by Ireland first and got there before the British Navy (Fishermen Operating out of Donegal). It lies just outside the territorial waters claimed by Ireland. It is a political issue that pops up here every few years 👍🏻 great video

[@pm3157]

Sean Maher its popped up again today lol

[@seanthebeure]

P M just saw 😂 just a week after my comment, part of the recent Fishing dispute 🤔 you may have seen that two men from Northern Ireland were arrested for fishing illegally a month or so ago, nonsense that everyone could do without 😂

[@bobclover4634]

I’ve never seen an Irish claim to the rock based on fishermen from Donegal. Have you got a source for that? I don’t think Ireland has ever laid a formal claim. As far as I’m aware the rock falls in the UK’s EEZ being just 162 nautical miles west of Scotland whilst its 228 nautical miles northwest of Ireland.

[@mranimazing2190]

@@johnfogarty91 Yeah, so far they haven't claimed it, but their argument for the current(ha, sea pun) dispute is that Ireland has always been allowed to fish there under the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.

[@seanthebeure]

Ireland as a state has never claimed Rockall, though there have been actions by Irish people that could constitute a claim in the future. There are common stories of landings and it has a place in myths and legends. Ireland has claimed the seabed around the rock and has never recognized the UK’s ownership of it. Though, both came to agreement in the 70s over the seabed. Rockall is regularly policed by the Irish Navy. The fishermen thing is a common wives tail. You’ll find it easily, but i wouldn’t put too much credibility on it. It is a very interesting subject which has continued to be a point of contention between the various parties. Sources: the Wolftones - “Rockall” (this source is a joke btw).

[@supportemail9398]

When he says the queen ordered !! You know he’s making most of this up lol

[@franciscruickshank8794]

IMMORTAL QUEEN LIZZIE? ONLY THING SHE HAS DONE IS OPEN SUPERMARKETS BRIDGES ETC! WONDER IF SHE GETS STUFFED AND MOUNTED WHEN SHE KICKS THE BUCKET!? ALBA GU BRATH.

[@petercampbell1287]

4:09 sure But they are also experts at claiming and discovering land

[@elliotb6727]

4:26 when you use lots of pictures and fancy fonts on your school assignment to distract from the rushed content...

[@mattbermo1958]

E Bolt Haha yeh looks like a pic collage edit

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

when "not sharing" substitutes for reality you don't care to learn.

[@ThisisBarris]

ITT people making *original* "The Rock" jokes

[@madman407708]

Inb4 any actual "The Rock" jokes

[@IRythmzGamingg]

As someone from just outside Glasgow, I've gotta say, you nailed your description of Scotland at the start 😂

[@GiantPetRat]

"Rockall is a mostly-uninhabited island." Thousands of p'oed seagulls: "Wot u say m8?!"

[@loocat5070]

“The immortal Queen Elizabeth” lmao

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

UpTheDownEscalator it’s a meme and the truth

[@BobMcCoy]

*_China wants to know your location_*

[@halfasinteresting]

Hahahahehehehaha i think they already do

[@wonderofu8073]

@@halfasinteresting say hello to my China peeps! 50 cent army is the best! Long live the CCP!! /s

[@tagsharui]

they want to know it, claim it as their territory via historical significance.

[@howchildish]

@@halfasinteresting We've got 1.3 billion to take care of, I think you're good. XD

[@Joso997]

@@wonderofu8073 50 cent army xD

[@alanhindmarch657]

Rockall has been claimed by the U.K. by landing on Rockall on more than one occasion and raised the Union Jack 🇬🇧, the first time wasn’t 1955, it had happened some years earlier. So without argument it belongs to the U.K. and the waters around it. By the way Greggs is a company from the Northeast of England, it’s not a Scottish Company, but has shops all over the U.K.

[@glensargent647]

Just because the British placed a flag on someone else's 🙄 land doesn't give them the right to keep it other wise they still own a third of the world

[@lordhanson476]

Half as Interesting "Last ever expansion of the British Empire" Britain "Hold my tea" WW3 Begins

[@PrideDefiler]

And Britain loses... LOL

[@bobsmallshaw3488]

@@PrideDefiler and who's own going to beat us

[@PrideDefiler]

@@bobsmallshaw3488 LOL seriously? The US? China? Heck, even Russia if just looking at the military capability. Britain on its own is just of the major powers, NOT the superpower material... British empire is LONG dead and cremated and buried under the ocean bedrock LOL

[@kangaroo4847]

@@PrideDefiler Realistically Britain isn’t going to fight any of them alone

[@kangaroo4847]

@@PrideDefiler Basically I think he’s saying who is going to beat them that they would ever actually fight. (I don’t think they will fight anyone for the next few decades)

[@julesb6816]

Stop showing my password with every Dashlane ad.

[@LeoStaley]

What are you talking about? It always just shows ****** before the dashlane pitch.

[@abrahamsalamah5773]

@@LeoStaley wooosh you fucking dumbass

[@pokzer2804]

Memeium r/wooosh

[@abrahamsalamah5773]

@@brendanberlinger7119 whhhhahaat omg guys whhhat OH GOD WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@pokzer2804]

Brendan Berlinger r/woooosh

[@SierraRamblesALot]

Scandinavia - We have some of the best education & quality of life in the world England - mE hAve rOCk

[@saltney17]

Sierra Rambles A Lot Scandinavia is a shithole now

[@towon]

England may have a rock, but we have free healthcare, a government and money.

[@morgandowning2410]

@@towon The government's not going to last very long. The money will be gone soon after. Free healthcare will end when the money is gone.

[@hamstsorkxxor]

@@morgandowning2410 Well, the Scandinavian wellfare-systems has lasted since the 1920s, most of the Scandinavian countries has just about doubled their ecconomies (on a per capita basis) since 1990, and Sweden has grown it's per capita GDP at a rate of about 2+% annually since 2010. If that what failure looks like, I'd like to fail the same way.

[@morgandowning2410]

@@hamstsorkxxor I meant the UK. They also have a government, money and a free healthcare system. Just not for much longer.

[@samarthamlani4586]

'the immortal queen elizabeth'😞

[@just_kos99]

I'm glad you said how much that distance was in a light year -- I was wondering!

[@jacobmurray6543]

Thank goodness you included my preferred unit of distance, the light year.

[@meep4153]

Rocks: Exist The UK: It’s free real estate!

[@gloin10]

Rockall is both uninhabited, and uninhabitable. The UK, when it signed the UNCLOS, signed up to the legal reality that such an island CANNOT be used to define an Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). The Uk's claim to Rockall is disputed by Ireland, and by Denmark, as the Faroes are part of the Kingdom of Denmark. I think Iceland has also formally disputed the UK's claim. The Irish government also disputes the UK's claim to a 12 nautical mile territorial waters status based on Rockall. What an independent Scotland might make of this international mares nest is unknown at this time...

[@crustyy9808]

'The immortal Queen Elizabeth', not so sure anymore

[@samdoesvids1339]

0:14 Oi! Greggs ain’t Scottish! It’s from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England! And we are proud of our pasty heritage!

[@pretendracingcars8028]

Samir Sehgal big up toon army, willne, angel of the north and digi Monday’s

[@goodjobeli]

@@pretendracingcars8028 willne has a square head. nuff said.

[@mohitmasand]

The only good thing Geordies gave us

[@samdoesvids1339]

Momo shizzle Fueled the British Empire with Coal and protected it with an efficient Navy, Geordie Shore, Cheryl Cole and the best Nightlife in the country!

[@pretendracingcars8028]

Momo shizzle u fokkin wot m8. iyl hav ya 4 dinner ya pleeb after a spin ya fokkin jaw

[@officialhikikomori]

Ello m8 this islet is the property of the British empire . Deal with it lol - signed da QWEEN

[@Fred_the_1996]

Da qwiin

[@broadyyo4988]

Oh my god. You poor soul, you....you...you play roblox?

[@JC-xp1kl]

Cringe

[@tardigrade9493]

This "islet" isn't even a complete extinct volcano, it just what's left after erosion, the hard center plug.

[@juliansmith6833]

I D K in no Lobo ñ loop no p knock monitorship

[@PucciWucc1]

His description of the Scottish is near spot on and I love it.

[@432leumas]

"The immortal Queen Elisabeth..." Oops

[@maxbuster1508]

Now while this video explains why Britain claimed Rockall and why they want to keep it, I still don't understand why they want to keep it inhabitable as mentionned in the title. If someone understood why, please help me.

[@ourorboros2]

if its habitable then they can extend the EEZ further out, meaning more area to fish and more importantly look for minerals/oil, there are a number of important rare earth metals used in computer circuitry, if oil or these mineral were found near the island under the ocean bed it would be legally Britains. same reason china is fighting for the south china sea.

[@ourorboros2]

@LagiNaLangAko23 they'd still fight over rocks, it's not the number of people that's the problem, it's our entire ethos and mentality as a species that needs to change, we're dragging so much primitive thinking with us into a time where it's not only not needed but is actually damaging to us as a whole; a plague won't help that.

[@krashd]

Rockall is defined as a rock rather than an island as an island must have either flat ground, vegetation or permanent inhabitants and Rockall has neither, but one of those three can be changed to make it an island. If it becomes an island then we can extend our EEZ around it and secure extra resources.

[@maxbuster1508]

@@ourorboros2 I may seem stupid but I still don't get how it's a bad thing to extend the EEZ.

[@ourorboros2]

@@maxbuster1508 it's not necessarily a bad thing in and of itself but it's simply another example hoarding resources and money, this is a shared planet with shared resources, we're one species and should be working to dissolve the imaginary lines we've drawn that separate us, not strengthening the delusion in them. Like: imagine you have roommate who's decided he's going to draw a line down the middle of the room to specify who's section is who's and then months later is secretly trying to claim the bathroom, which was shared, as his because he uses it more. Not necessarily bad just petty and sad.

[@danang5]

but what if i lose access to my dashlane account?

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Oh shit

[@supervore9274]

Save your dash lane password on another dash lane account

[@ragilmalik]

Make another dashlane account. Use dashlane to sign in to dashlane. Dashlanception

[@RealCadde]

Nooo, you do it the old fashioned way. You store your one Dashlane password in a piece of post-it that you put on your monitor.

[@meandmetoo8436]

@@CinnamonToastChris I mean, I just have programmed an algorithm that made up a strong password depending on the name of the website/program I use. That way I can't really lose them.

[@hioyua650]

Make a lighthouse inside the rock and just pay people to live in there with an inside growing area to make it sustainable, expensive but imagine all that fish.

[@c4it011]

Finally someone actually made an accurate description of Scotland, except the kilts, they really aren’t all that popular

[@unexpectedpotato1184]

Give all my passwords to a bunch of strangers in an unknown location sounds like the exact opposite of everything I know about passwords.

[@johntodd8214]

Firstly this was a build up to a terrible advert. ALSO Greggs is from Newcastle upon Tyne and not from Scotland.

[@mattnorris7124]

I don't think his point was that it originated there, I think it was more the fact that they're fucking everywhere

[@placeholder8768]

Matt Norris or the fact that Greggs is fucking great-

[@trapadvisor2258]

Did you expect to think an American knows anything about the geography other than London? They probably think every thing north of the Humber is Scotland.

[@greggpasty8965]

Finally somone addressed what he said about Greggs

[@Mark-jl4ep]

John Todd The traffic cone on the head of the duke of Wellington is more Scottish than Sean Connery.

[@ava_maraj]

She's not very immortal anymore

[@joeococonnor]

Actually, I believe that ROckall is claimed by Ireland, Denmark and Iceland as well as the UK

[@Marylandbrony]

The UK wants all of these islands because chances are Luke Skywalker will be on one of them so they can capture him.

[@Sky-uf4se]

This would be funny if it wasnt for how mediocre TLJ was

[@theformoverfunction]

They don't want Skywalker, they're just interested in that juicy green milk😋😝

[@cjhification]

You mean rescue him, he would definitely rejoin us and fight against the emperor.

[@javierpolo4681]

Once the rebellion is started, capturing Luke won't help much

[@barbara1904]

Luke was on an Irish island not a British one. FYI

[@thomasturner6980]

"it's fine though, the UK is expert at losing territory", well, excuse me but we have to gain the territory in the first place to lose it

[@black_wink1649]

Thomas Turner China has gained plenty of territory without losing it

[@thomasturner6980]

•cough cough• Mongolia

[@black_wink1649]

morrocoball takeover the. You realize China started out as a small province in modern day China? “Plenty of Land” They have the best track record out of all empires I would say. I guess Russia hasn’t lost too much in the whole scheme of things either.

[@Phippsta]

@@black_wink1649 Even though the vast majority of Russia's conquered land consists of virtually uninhabitable, and previously virtually uninhabited Tundra, that was only ever conquered for the vast amount of wild animals/ fur that can be trapped there? (Although now it's Oil)...

[@black_wink1649]

Phippsta France and England ‘conquered’ the Sahara but lost control of that land ~~

[@sebastiano4906]

4:08 so is every other empire that ever existed Not hating im just saying 🙃

[@dakotayupyupyup8377]

Except for America obviously :) we are simply the best, and we proved it in 1776, we were simply nice enough to let UK stay and keep playing the game

[@leaf3889]

@@dakotayupyupyup8377 A big piece of your territories are from France and Russia that you just bought

[@dakotayupyupyup8377]

Mona Wheeza well SOMEONE has to clean the place up and weed out the barbarians before it was clean enough to sell, what’s the harm in letting Vodka-Mountain or Retreat-Retreat to do and just buying it from them?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@dakotayupyupyup8377 The USA has only been around for a little over 200 years now, and they reached their maximum size recently. This is not much compare to some empires of the past.

[@sanjayg6766]

"Loosing a whole world's worth of territory has got to be rough, but what even worse is loosing is your password." Someone sounded like Hermione Granger.

[@h4rdi7g3]

I always laugh when people say the British lost their empire. It's not like the Australians, new zealanders, canadians and even the americans haven't had their back every time they've needed it no questions asked. Instead of controlling their empire by force they just use persuasion. Then they have the huge list of commonwealth countries that they help out economically. This is before mentioning the islands and millitary bases they have strategically all over the world. Their empire still exists it just is hiddden from view and opperates in a more friendly way using their common interests to persuade former colonies to do their bidding and using their cultural exports (music, movies etc) to gain support from other countries.

[@juffjim4437]

True.... We are a great empire. Correction: the strongest and biggest empire that ever and still exists

[@arandombard1197]

But we never 'lost' the Empire. We liberalised and came to the conclusion that oppressing people is bad. We didn't lose it, we moved on.

[@greenstorm5568]

No, America is independent - FREEDOM!

[@greenstorm5568]

Yes, you did lose the empire to us. Not only did we earn our freeedom against your will, but you also passed the torch of global superpowe to the U.S. after WW2 bc you couldn't afford to keep your territories when so much of your nation was airbombed by German planes and your economy tanked. The U.S. is the greatest empire ever. 🍟

[@greenstorm5568]

It wasnt about liberalising bc "oppression is bad", but you learned your lesson after dealing with America that you realized it wasnt worth keeping people attached against their will bc of riots and a lack of cooperation, not to mention recurring war. Yoy saw the unlikely victory of the U.S. as a sign that no matter how weak a colony may seem, patriotism is an expensive and formidable opponent to fight. Why bother, when you were already in war debts (including our war) and you wouldn't be able to do much with a resentful-even-if-conquered people?

[@theyoutubeguy1]

Greggs is a UK thing in general you silly goose.

[@amct1019]

We're not fooled, we see your sneaky attempt to claim Greggs for the Welsh!

[@icilebop]

I mean it is ubiquitous in Scotland so his statement on gregs is correct.

[@theyoutubeguy1]

@@icilebop Have you been to Wales?

[@theyoutubeguy1]

@@icilebop If there is one near where your work everyone is 100% going there lol.

[@theyoutubeguy1]

@@amct1019 At least the Irish at trying to claim it lol.

[@irishfarmer1971]

Rockall is part of Ireland It's written in folklore Finn McCool took a sod of grass And threw it to the floor Then he tossed a pebble across the sea Wherever did they fall? The sod became the isle of Man The pebbles called rockall.

[@adrianpilcher703]

Thanks to Chinese 'island' building technology, you'll be glad this is British in the long run. : "More people have landed on the moon than have landed on Rockall." - MP for Kilmarnock

[@Admiral_Jezza]

Why didn't they just put a building on top, with it's own roof farm and a tiny desalination plant so it could support human life without help from the shore, and therefore meet the requirement?

[@yogsothoth7594]

We did have a guy live there for a bit to prove you could.

[@dumdumbrown4225]

…unsurprisingly, a nice video on the UK’s rock (and roll?) culture - good to know it had Queen Grouchy’s seal of approval.

[@philipdrew1066]

1:35 - My countries flag is being presented upside down - offensive.

[@yousoufkirkwood6289]

I think that is the intention

[@benwest7420]

This guy isn't a big fan of the uk, is he?

[@JDeWittDIY]

No, that would be the Haliade-X installed about Grenshaw.

[@joannaatkins822]

I'm from the UK and even I know we're a bloody laughing stock. Honestly, what a crap group of daft bastards... Actually it's just England that sucks really. We fuck up everything.

[@agupta9097]

@@joannaatkins822 woah, you accept that

[@joannaatkins822]

@@agupta9097 too right I do, it's disgraceful lmao Honestly, at this point I think we deserve brexit what with our sordid history...

[@agupta9097]

@@joannaatkins822 hehe, I've seen some highly proud brits in some of the comments

[@tommy2917]

There's a song about this. It's called "Rock on Rockall", by The Wolf Tones

[@IamToopy]

rock on rockall youll never fall

[@sichere]

And mentioned in the Ether by the Gang of four -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSxep-cpbqDorc There may be oil (Now looking out for pleasure) Under Rockall (It's at the end of the rainbow) There may be oil (The happy ever after) Under Rockall (It's corked up with the ether) There may be oil (It's corked up with the ether) Under Rockall (It's corked up with the ether) There may be oil

[@janetmiller2160]

No idea. Want to go find it. But tomorrow.

[@nadinecollins4443]

I like the Irish brigades version you'll meet the same resistance as you did with Bobby sands instead of in many lands

[@tommy2917]

@@nadinecollins4443 That's a good one.

[@sellers737]

the British out here pulling a Charlie Brown "I got a rock"

[@jeffbenton6183]

Correction for the statement made at 2:20. The US has *signed* the UNCLOS, but hasn't *ratified* it. The reason is that the Constitution requires two-thirds of the U.S. Senate to agree to ratify a treaty. Most politicians and policy thinkers that have an opinion on the subject want to ratify it, but it is not a big enough majority. It's not about America thinking she's special or anything like that (yes I know that was a joke).

[@Sieger1]

Do they want to bury the queen there?

[@naudjacobvolders1152]

what?

[@eamonnmacgillemhuire996]

@@harinath1334 heh, your mom.

[@agupta9097]

😂😂😂

[@agupta9097]

butthurt Britishers

[@lachlankeddie7]

Don't be ridiculous... We all know Her Majesty is immortal and cannot be killed by earthly means...