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@fraise-ob7it

Ай бұрын

Hi! Love your videos!

@Zandaarl

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the second warning at 7:12 - but it's actually referring to the incorrect timestamp to skip to: it reads 7:37 but probably should be 8:37.

@bleakautomaton4808

Ай бұрын

I'm certain that the anarchists cookbook is left on amazon so they have a digital record of who bought it when. Just a guess though.

@seriousmaran9414

Ай бұрын

I thought it was going to include Liz Truss' latest book...😊

@banthatracks_gaffisticks

Ай бұрын

You said, "leather bound" like it isn't human skin. 😂

Any book can kill you if you're unlucky enough

@NixityNullt

Ай бұрын

Me: goes to old library Book that hasn't been opened in 30 years: Curse of black mold!

@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993

Ай бұрын

True

@GIBBO4182

Ай бұрын

You’re*

@dubuyajay9964

Ай бұрын

Bonk. D:

@arjunsajith2198

Ай бұрын

@@GIBBO4182 fixed it

What do you call an evil book that tries to eat you? A Necro-nomnomnom-icon.

@Zandaarl

Ай бұрын

There actually is a cookbook with (almost) that name.

@Dragnarok1

Ай бұрын

​@@Zandaarl The necronomnomnom

@dubuyajay9964

Ай бұрын

​@Zandaarl Link plz?

@Dragnarok1

Ай бұрын

@@dubuyajay9964 look up the necronomnomnom

@mrcroob8563

Ай бұрын

​@@dubuyajay9964 google?

2 ways a book can kill you: 1) the knowledge in it being a cogito hazard 2) by moving fast enough.

@nabra97

Ай бұрын

Some commenters also mantioned that if said book is particularly old, it can contain dangerous amount of Arsenic or black mold. I would also mantion that it can be so dusty that it can trigger asthma attack in some people

@pedroff_1

Ай бұрын

Or, rather, by moving fast enough then suddenly stopping on you

@prapanthebachelorette6803

Ай бұрын

Well said 😂

@SEAZNDragon

Ай бұрын

@@pedroff_1 Not just speed but also weight. I have no fear of a dime store paperback. But a medieval tome as big as a person? I probably won't be taking it off the shelf without wearing a helmet.

@thebaseandtriflingcreature174

Ай бұрын

​@@nabra97yeah, see option 1.) the mold and arsenic is the real eldritch secrets of the book!

The Necromicon just sounds like the Terraria Wiki, "Contains knowledge of Eldritch Entities, How to beat them and how to summon them".

@Luna-we4yc

Ай бұрын

YESSSS

@tatuvarvemaa5314

Ай бұрын

It basically is actually. Thats a perfect description of the book, an Eldrich wikipedia.

@karolinaj5045

Ай бұрын

People just go straight to summoning without bothering to read about beating

@JStainto

Ай бұрын

the title means “dead name book” or maybe “book of dead names”

@hexretro8112

Ай бұрын

@@JStainto If you look at the end of the book you will see a list of citations and chain links with the name of the respective source.

"This Book Will Kill You" And that is why kids the Librarian is an Orangutan.

@hiya-de5hd

Ай бұрын

Terry Pratchett?

@MrocnyZbik

Ай бұрын

@@hiya-de5hd Hell yeah

@edrozenrozen9600

Ай бұрын

Hahaha.... Love that reference!

@chibiktsn3

Ай бұрын

Ook!

@WobblesandBean

Ай бұрын

Some errant magic transformed him, and he has passionately resisted any attempt to change him back. Can't say I blame him.

The turner diary ban and the anarchist cookbook lack of ban in Canada makes for an interesting statement. “Telling someone how to build a bomb is less dangerous than giving someone a reason to.”

@mrmrdoor9256

Ай бұрын

That statement is very true

@mEmory______

Ай бұрын

The Anarchist Cookbook starts off with the authors political beliefs critical of the US government.

@WobblesandBean

Ай бұрын

​@@mEmory______ ...Were you even listening to the part about the Turner Diaries?

@mEmory______

Ай бұрын

@WobblesandBean what about them? I just thought that since the above comment implied that the Cookbook had no political ideas or reasons I would point out that it wasn't the case.

@placeholderdoe

Ай бұрын

@@mEmory______ i wasn’t trying to imply that. My main point was that a book centered around “here’s why we should do this” can be more dangerous than a book that is centered around “here is how to do this” at least at extremes like bombings and stuff. My belief from this video that the Turner Diaries is generally more politically motivating to the group it is trying to appeal to. Or the groups that agree with it

Well, John Wick did kill that big Russian dude in the library by smashing a book between his jaws.

@marcusrauch4223

Ай бұрын

knowledge is power

@salvit6024

Ай бұрын

@@marcusrauch4223 “knowledge is power” So is John Wick.

@czarcoma

Ай бұрын

@@salvit6024 I would guess John Wick is this generation's Chuck Norris! 🤣

@ShockwaveDawn

Ай бұрын

Boban is a really nice guy!

I think the most dangerous thing about the Anarchist's Cookbook might well be the bits that are *almost* right but will probably get you killed.

@ltcaphide

Ай бұрын

yeah there is a surprising amount of straight up false information in there that can end up looking like a suicide if you do them

@lightborn9071

Ай бұрын

First lesson of how to handle a weapon: How do I not kill myself

@andrewdreasler428

Ай бұрын

That sounds like "Darwin passages," aka, a method for keeping [those who do not look to secondary sources to confirm information] from fully using the contents of the book. If you trust primary sources without question, you are NOT a leader in the revolution, you are but a pawn in somebody else's game, and pawns are expendable.

@MySerpentine

Ай бұрын

@@andrewdreasler428 And if you don't have access to any other sources?

@talesofgore9424

Ай бұрын

@@MySerpentine then enjoy your banandine, comrade

There's also the case of books made with arsenic, either to produce brilliantly coloured covers or, in one case, to drive home how dangerous arsenic-based dyes in wallpaper, clothing, etc were. The latter was sold with a "do not let children touch this" warning. And arsenic never degrades, so they're exactly as toxic as they day they were made.

@WobblesandBean

Ай бұрын

I will never fail to be gobsmacked at the sheer stupidity of people, especially kids. "Hey, don't touch this, it will literally kill you." kids:

@kotzpenner

Ай бұрын

@@WobblesandBean*puts into mouth*

@brianroberts783

Ай бұрын

At first, I thought that's what this video was about.

@ccvcharger

11 күн бұрын

@@brianroberts783same, imagine my disappointment when it wasn’t mentioned at all.

@utubeiskaren7796

10 күн бұрын

In case anyone in the replies to this comment is wondering the book in question was called "Shadows of the Walls of Death" and I know this because a different comment on this video mentioned it

NGL The quality of these videos legit reminds me of broadcast educational television like on PBS. I'm genuinely very impressed at how high quality the animations and illustrations are for these videos. I've learned a lot from this channel but I am never not amazed by how quality everything is in these videos.

@EksaStelmere

Ай бұрын

Way better than PBS too.

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

I haven't seen anything this good on PBS since I was 16.

Banning books honestly just makes me want to read them more.

@FairbrookWingates

Ай бұрын

The only reason I've not found a copy of Anarchists Cookbook is because the author genuinely regrets publishing it and asks people not to buy/sell/read the book. Since my impulse to own or read a banned book is a freedom of speech matter, I'll respect the wishes of the one who's speech this book represents.

@libertycowboy2495

Ай бұрын

I try to own a copy of every book actually banned.

@KuronoCthulhu

Ай бұрын

@@FairbrookWingates Look around garage sales, you could probably find one already in circulation. Not perfect, but it's a partial solution.

@gracequach6769

26 күн бұрын

I thought I, being the nosy little sucker that I am, would be the same. But noooope :P When a local bookstore had a banned book sale (that they very loudly advertised as having been obtained through off-the-grid means, like donations and rummage sales and not Amazon or smth), I wasn't interested in the least. Not even when the owner who, for the record, I know and (somewhat) trust, asked me if I wanted to take a peek. The fanfare around the books being banned made me feel like they all suck and their only selling point is morbid curiosity.

@manofmartin

22 күн бұрын

All these books are online. Sail the high seas, and you'll find the treasure you seek.

The Necronomicon is the kind of book that opens you more than you open it.

@DracoMagnius

Ай бұрын

In Deep R'lyeh book read you!

@waltermoldren4991

12 күн бұрын

My uncle opened me.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Just like the box of ravishment.

"Shadows of the Walls of Death" can literally kill you if you don't handle it with gloves because it contains samples of various arsenic containing wallpaper. There are also some emerald green books that used arsenic to color their book covers.

@08techgrad

Ай бұрын

I've seen it at the MSU art museum.

@Spooglecraft

Ай бұрын

in a similar vein, marie curies diary is sealed away with her corpse, as both are still heavily irradiated.

The pen is mightier than the sword…but you gotta hold it just right 😵‍💫

@danielcrafter9349

Ай бұрын

According to Pratchett "... but only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp"

@sophiezhang2485

Ай бұрын

Or if you are John Wick.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

John Wick? Is that you?

I'm surprised Nami no Tou wasn't brought up briefly, as much like the effect The Sorrows had, this novel may have supposedly been what further pushed people to see the lonely Aokigahara forest as a place to die, eventually creating its own popular folklore.

@talesofgore9424

Ай бұрын

yeah I like Nami too esp. when she control the weather.

A friend of mine that went to an all girls highschool had some english lessons examining the writings of charles manson. The goal of these lessons was to teach critical thinking and how to identify the ways the author would manipulate young women. A worrying number of girls in that class walk away thinking that charles manson was charming and had a good point.

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

I would want to lay some groundwork before doing something like that. I guess, though, Manson's message was custom-optimized for that audience, so maybe just no. Also, they always have a good point, that's how they convince people to follow them, and how they hide all their bad points.

@pancakes8670

7 күн бұрын

Reminds me of my senior high school year, where we read 1984 and a large portion of the guys in that class walked away doing the edgelord "Lol that society is kinda based though" bit

@rickwrites2612

5 күн бұрын

​@pancakes8670 wow. I could understand Brave New World (since it's more simiar to dystopian consumer capitalism ie control via manipulation, drugs, entertainment, etc ) but 1984 is so over the top authoritarian fascist what would be the appeal in being watched 24/7 and they have to escape just to get laid.

The line, "Ideas are slippery, they can happen in unexpected places whether intended or not" really hit me. Well done, TF.

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

"Honey, Fred's ideas are... dangerous." "But Mom, all he wants to do is be left alone, and not have to give half of what he grows to the Council." "What your mother means is, if you don't stop trying to defend Fred, the Council will come after *you* next. And unlike Fred, they can come and take you away, any time they want."

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same.

This can actually start a debate about how we are promoting the society to become childish and the dangers that come with that. Specially places like KZread, where you could get demonetized for saying a word the algorithm doesn't like.

@Ray-op7xc

22 күн бұрын

Right? Its almost like the content of the books itself isnt the problem💀

@williamerickson520

15 күн бұрын

This argument has been ongoing for decades (I remember such arguments growing up in the '80's). We just need to amplify it and not let it be ignored.

In Unordinary, there is a banned book by the same name. The book inspires people to become "vigilanties," which is something that is in direct odds with the in universe societal power structure. It's a good story, not perfect, yet i do find it rather entertaining.

@amegenshiken

Ай бұрын

Just in case anyone reading OP's comment doesn't know yet, "Unordinary" (aside from an in-universe banned book) is a Korean web comic available to (legally) read on Webtoon [yes, even in English].

@talesofgore9424

Ай бұрын

@@amegenshiken ooh I love Webtoon and Tower of God.

The King in Yellow being 'too moving' really resonated with me. I have extreme anxiety, so if I read a book that's especially thought-provoking, I sometimes physically hurt with the intensity of the whirlwind in my head. I still read them, though. I understand why The King in Yellow would still be so sought-after despite the ban on it.

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

On a gentler scale, this is one reason why bad movies continue to survive in the face of better ones: sometimes one doesn't want to have your heart broken in a movie theater, one just wants to relax for a few hours and look at something pretty... and crudely cathartic.

@xclucvt

13 күн бұрын

Having read it, there's really nothing to it as the short stories in the first part are just stories of how the book "The King in Yellow" affected them or someone close to them. Nothing truly mind-altering or horrific. Eerie, yes, but more obscure and Lovecraftian, which I understand is where Lovecraft got his inspiration.

Necronomicon in Evil Dead tries to bite you.

@nicholaspeters9919

Ай бұрын

Well, one of the fake ones anyway. When dealing with the Necronomicon, always make sure you don’t pick up the wrong book.

@LessThanLucid

Ай бұрын

"KLAATU... BARATA... [cough] necktie! [cough]" --Ash

@rosiepone

Ай бұрын

putting the Nom in necronomicon

@jesusromanpadro3853

Ай бұрын

I have never considered Lovecraft's Necronomicon and the Evil Dead's Necronomicons (3 books) to be the same books. But that just me.

Immediately reminded of one of my favorite "South Park" episodes: "The Tale of Scroty McBoogerballs" "The Catcher in the Rye" is taken off South Park Elementary ban list and while reading it, our main cast of four find the book lackluster. They then write a book so juvenile and crass most people can't read it without an intense visceral reaction. The rest of the episode deals with things like how one gets a book banned and the will of the artist vs. The interpretation of the audience.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

I need to watch that episode!

its interesting you mentioned goethe's werther! im from germany, i remember my high school literature teacher telling us that some years before our school time (so around early or mid 2000s i think?) a girl from our school killed herself (threw herself off a local tower monument) cause she was heatbroken due to werther. take it with a grain of salt if it was really cause of werther, but she did kill herself. just something i still remember, so it was interesting hearing it here as well.

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

Yes, that smells folkloric, but even if it is, it'd be a sort of social commentary on how poorly our society fosters our children's _emotional_ maturity.

12:34 one fascinating example of "Writer makes something that the fans interperate in a different way" is Rorschach from the Watchmen series, I can't remember the exact details sadly but Alan Moore's original interperitations of the character as a deconstructive parody of characters like Mr. A and The Question, a character meant to mock those objectivist Blacka and White morality. But in spite of his ridicule, readers and watchers of the Watchmen series fell in love with the character and propped him up in ways that Moore was shocked to see

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

A good cautionary tale for those who create strawmen... and for anyone who wants to start writing parody or satire.

There's a book called "Shadows From the Walls Of Death" with wallpaper samples that contain enough arsenic that warrant specialized containment. My brother and I saw it on display at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. It was in a protective case to protect visitors.

@ccvcharger

11 күн бұрын

Imagine that, an artifact kept in a case not to prevent it from being stolen, but to prevent it from harming whoever might touch it.

"How to Blow Up a Pipeline" does NOT include any recipes for explosives or anything like that!

@FelicityUwU

Ай бұрын

What does it have?

@devinward461

Ай бұрын

​@@FelicityUwU it's more of an environmentalist ideological manifesto iirc

@thegamesforreal1673

Ай бұрын

@@FelicityUwUI'm about 2/3rds of the way through the book. So far, it's mostly building a case for why the insistence to stay non-violent within the environmentalist movement may actually be detrimental to its cause. It argues that the climate crisis is potentially one of the greatest crises humanity has ever faced, and that more violence has been instigated by protestors, activists and rebels for much less severe threats. It also argues that having a more extremist and militant side of a movement aids in accomplishing the more moderate goals, and it cites examples in the american civil rights movement, the ending of apartheid in south africa, and more. It never outright explains how to actually blow up a pipeline.

@placeholderdoe

Ай бұрын

@@thegamesforreal1673 a tree was killed for that book on violent climate protests and it won’t even tell me what it promised me to? SMH dude, clickbate really did exist back then

@huntclanhunt9697

Ай бұрын

​@@thegamesforreal1673 It's funny though because if they try to use violence people will use violence against them and they'll lose.

"This book will kill you. "How?" "It's being held by John Wick." "😳😳😳"

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Any book held by John Wick > The Necronomicon

The most dangerous book I knew of before this was Malleus Maleficarum. The book that fanned the fire of the witch trials.

@jonberg5331

25 күн бұрын

You naver heard of the book hitler wrote?

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

That was the first book I thought of, in the line of properly dangerous real-world books!

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

@@jonberg5331 I thought for sure that was the book our robot friend was going to mention rather than that Turner one.

After seeing the bit about The Catcher in the Rye I think I now know why so many news sites began scaremongering about the movie Joker so much.

@talesofgore9424

Ай бұрын

those news sites were trying to wishcast a Joker movie mass shooting into manifesting for some reason. One of the big humor websites (Cracked? ) called them out on it.

@DracoMagnius

Ай бұрын

​@talesofgore9424 They wanted a mass shooting so they could milk it for ratings and most likely push a narrative that movies like the Joker were bad for America and it's people, "This movie caused a shooting! We should ban it and ignore any ideas it might put in people's heads!"

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

That is very apt.

We seem to confuse the difference between banned and limited or restricted. Some "banned" books are just age restricted, but people ignore that fact to make their point.

@jameshart2622

Ай бұрын

More than a few book "bans" are, in all sincerity and honesty, actually about curriculum. There's a world of difference between banning a book, and promoting it as a worthwhile source of information. Trust me, I have _no_ doubt that I would very much hate some of the book "bans", thinking that the book really, really should be part of the curriculum. Still, I wish people would be honest about what is actually happening.

@sigiligus

9 күн бұрын

The biggest trick people pull is to claim that a book being removed from the compulsory reading list for some 5th grade class in a single rural Kentucky school is the same as “OH MY GOD THEY’RE BURNING BOOKS AND DISAPPEARING PEOPLE WHO TRY TO READ THEM AAAAHHHH!”

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Age restricting is still a form of banning.

@ObsidianFallen

9 күн бұрын

@@localvega688 Restricted means limited in extent, number, scope, or action. Prohibited means that has been forbidden; banned.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

@@ObsidianFallen That is what banned means. Even the "Approved" people are allowed to read the banned books. It's "Rules for thee, but not for me". 👑

0:27 love the use of the evil dead necronomicon

Thank you for this one, as slippery and delicate as this topic is. So many people who approach it with the message of trying to tell others "what to think". Rather, this is very refreshing and heart warming that in the end, what you ask is for people "to think"

A very delicate subject handled gently and impartially. I am genuinely impressed, and quite relieved that you were able to tackle this subject as well as you were. VERY good video.

"This book will kill you!" "That just makes it better😀"

Im so mad that Tale Foundry doesn't have at least 10 million subscribers, if you see this comment you are morally obligated to subscribe to Tale Foundry

@johnsnow9210

23 күн бұрын

I concede, just subbed.

@mrshelby4682

13 күн бұрын

they recommend him so often, Hell, i thought i was subscribed O_o

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Already have. I love his work

Don't make the pipe bomb in the cookbook. It is not measured right and will blow up in your face. Same for the flamethrower.

@ardugaleen2231

Ай бұрын

Thx man, it's honestly gonna be useful theese days. The pipebpmb part that is. Idk abt the flamme thrower much

@rmb6037

Ай бұрын

@@ardugaleen2231 whatever you're planning, do not

I live in Germany, here “Mein Kampf” (Hitlers diary) is rightfully banned but the commentated version is even read in some schools (History class) so I think that just proves the point here :)

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

I disagree with it ever being right to ban a book. That said, I am glad schools are at least using the commentated versions to warn of the dangers of evil people in power.

Most times I'm less than appreciative of ad spots at the end of videos but yours are actually soothing to listen to especially after a video like this one. It's so true than banning a book really only elevates it's notoriety and often times just applying a bit more academic understanding and some context can sort it out fine. I am reminded, however, on the topic of restricting access to objectionable content and tools of violence; we'll just find some other way to crudely display our ugly, broken sense of self.

Harvard has a book with nothing but wallpaper samples in it. Might actually be the deadliest book, or at least the most dangerous. It's called Shadows from the walls of death (awesome title!) Everything is an eerie green. That green pigment, comes from arsenic. Not what the video was about, but it did feel like it was a notable exception.

Haven't seen the whole video but I have to say that "The Book Thief" immediately commes to mind, as it is a story about the power of words and their danger, specially by emphasizing the way that Hitler used words to cultivate his regime of hatred during World War II.

Another "dangerous" book example could be "The Neverending Story," which sucks the reader into its own fictional world, and gradually causes you to forget your real life. (In a way, it's kind of similar to Neverland, but in book form.)

@Vinemaple

14 күн бұрын

I have never seen the Neverending Story described like that, I don't remember there being any serious warnings given to Bastien in the novel, doesn't the bookseller just hand it to him? This is a seriously underrated comment, I'd love to see some property like The Librarians or the SCP Wiki do a shout out by giving a line or two to the "real" Neverending Story, locked away so it can't suck anyone in. (No, don't go and make an SCP about it, that's not how the SCP Wiki works, they no longer accept tribute SCPs)

@tomkatt8274

11 күн бұрын

@@Vinemaple the multiverse is so huge, its inevitable that you would be fiction in some universes.

@Vinemaple

4 күн бұрын

@@tomkatt8274 I am fiction in _all_ universes.

@tomkatt8274

3 күн бұрын

@@Vinemaple why

Ideology always determines if a book is dangerous not content

The most scareing story I have read, or more played actually, was "Hello Charlotte". It does something really weird with you, it combines feelings of spirituality with mass suicide... It is scary af.

@greenhydra10

Ай бұрын

Been watching a playthrough of it. Haven't finished it yet but OH BOY. It's got some rough stuff in there and is only pretending to be slightly subtle.

@Starlight-Tale

29 күн бұрын

I didn’t expect to see another Hello Charlotte fan in the comments here, but I thought of my experiences with that game while watching this too. While I love that game, and I think I can say that I and most people I know can approach the game with enough critical discernment to recognize the difference between depiction and endorsement, I can definitely see how some of the more sensitive topics could be acted on harmfully if not handled carefully.

The Anarchist Cookbook is a great book to un-alive yourself. Many recipies are more dangerous for the reader than the actual target.

"How to think critically so the text doesn't decide our feelings for us" What an amazing line. I have read so many books in my years that have made me feel uncomfortable because I knew the author was pushing their ideaoligy hard through the characters and events. So that line really resonated with me.

In the movie "Conspiracy Theory," there's a subliminal implant in brainwashed sleeper agents to keep buying copies of "Catcher in the Rye," so that if one of their agents goes rogue, they can look for anyone recently buying a copy of it. Also, there's an episode of "South Park," where the boys write a book called "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs," which everyone in town sees as a masterpiece, reading messages into it that were never intended, satirizing people's reactions to "Catcher in the Rye."

I think this to me highlights how powerful knowledge and perspective together truly are. Any information learned or reflected on can profoundly influence how someone sees the world, others and themselves. But changing perspective in turn influences how we interact with the world, others and ourselves. For better or worse...

I'd argue there is no dangerous books out there, just dangerous people.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Exactly this!

An interesting thing to note about "Catcher In The Rye" being included in this list is that it was also used as a major plot device in the "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" anime wherein the hacker known as The Laughing Man uses a line from the book as part of his logo. He goes on to inspire other copycats as well, all of whom adopt the same emblem as a meme. There's a part in the series where the detectives of Section 9 even refer to "The Salinger Angle" as a hypothesis for the true motives and methods behind The Laughing Man's actions and use that as a means of tracking him down.

Im almost certain the anachist cookbook that's on amazon is a newer edited version with recipies changed to be less dangerous, that's why it is still sold

"A book can't kill you" SCP-3023: ...right.

15:18 A book that everyone was assigned to read in high school? Statistically speaking, I would be surprised if it didn't have a body count associated to it. By the way, from my favorite list of books that kill comes the one in **spoilers** The Name of the Rose: a book with its pages coated with a deadly poison, so anyone who might read it would die before being able to divulge its contents.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

That can't be a real book. Books are made to be read.

This reminds me of a song that was banned because suicides spiked whenever it was played on the radio. It was a sad song and apparently made a lot of people very sad and depressed. They talked about it on QI if you're interested, that's where I heard of it.

@AbstractStew

Ай бұрын

Was it Gloomy Sunday?

@asherdegraaf2697

Ай бұрын

I was thinking about a song too, a totally different reason though. Polly, by Nirvana was written to show how inhuman some people doing a specific nasty thing could be, but ended up being used as a mantra by some of those same people who missed the point entirely. I imagine it might have been part of what lead to Kurt's end...

@thing_under_the_stairs

24 күн бұрын

@@AbstractStew Pretty sure that it was Gloomy Sunday. I`m not sure if this is true, but the version of the story I've heard is that the original, Hungarian, version was banned after an outbreak of people self-deleting while listening to that song. Then it was translated to English, and the most cheerful Jazz singer in history, Billie Holiday, recorded her own classic version. According to legend, the same thing happened in both America and England, and at least the BBC, and possibly some US radio stations as well, banned Billie's version for decades. Bjork did a great cover of it, too!

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

Lavender Town Syndrome?

_"While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power, words offer the means to meaning and, for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth..."_ - V for Vendetta.

Hermaeus Mora wants to: know the books location

@williamerickson520

15 күн бұрын

My god will not be denied. 🤪

I love Maths, so the idea of a Black Theorem, some piece of maths that shatter minds is so cool

@foldertim

Ай бұрын

Cool

@thezipcreator

Ай бұрын

SCP-033 is kind of like that. It proves the existence of a previously unknown integer, named θ', that completely breaks all computing devices if it's integrated with them.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

You mean the Anti-Life Equation?

@user-qn2bg7zb9s

8 күн бұрын

@@localvega688 Or Alien Geometries from other dimensions, described by Eldritch Equations that have new number systems too complex for the human mind. Lovecraft had a fear of Maths, but I'd be looking for such anomalies

@localvega688

7 күн бұрын

@@user-qn2bg7zb9s This is very interesting. I must learn more about this Lovecraft lore.

Was expecting a Malleus Maleficarum mention, as its kind of the real world inverse of the Necronomicon.

always lovely to see another video from you, Tale Foundry! 💚

im always happy when you post its night where i live right now so its just like a bedtime story

In addition to lethal books, there are lethal ideas, not all of which are limited to books.

Should we be concerned that someone might attempted to do something similar to the Rumbling one day just because that person happened to be depressed about the situation of the world and then read Attack on Titan?

@Antasma1

Ай бұрын

Let’s just hope that person can’t control nukes

@aouyiu

Ай бұрын

​@@Antasma1 with the way the world has gone in the past decade, I am legitimately concerned that could actually happen.

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

What was the Rumbling?

@kingofhearts3185

7 күн бұрын

​@@localvega688 An apocalyptic event that destroyed most of the world and killed %80 of humanity.

Love your animations!!! Very talented

A fantastic educational video guys. Thank you so much for making it 😁

Was almost killed by a dictionary once....fell off top shelf and missed my head by millimeters. The thing was MASSIVE! Catcher in the Rye was the single most boring book i was ever forced to read.

Oh man. You’re great. Thanks for doing what you do.

Ain’t no way my man said “slibbery.” 16:55 “…but ideas are slibbery.”

I occasionally empty out the insides of books and fill them with bees and put them in no bee zones

thats what you get when you open the face exploder book

Any book can kill you at a high enough velocity.

"Rage" is legit an excellent book. I understand why King pulled it, but it was an excellent read. Would absolutely recommend.

I love the intro so much

just what i needed for this terrible thursday morning

I still love the intro. Hope you keep getting more subs and supporters, so can do more of this amazing content

Well. That went harder than I was expecting. Good on you!

Understandable why you wouldn't mention the Bible. As a Christian even I can't deny the way book has be interpreted. That would probably get political, and I know how unpleasant that gets. However, could of mentioned it being one of the only books that will kill wasps and hornets effectively. Is it disrespectful? Maybe. Is it effective? Yes.

@Calebgoblin

15 күн бұрын

Forreal. The Bible: I cannot stress enough that doing everything in love is of utmost importance People: oh okay, so crusade

@kingofhearts3185

7 күн бұрын

The same goes for other religions' hold on their followers.

better not read it then

19:30 thank you for reminding me to look you up on Nebula!! I love that platform, I'll see you there 😁

Well done on this. It’s a hard topic to cover but I think you did a good job doing it in your own way. Here’s hoping we can all have access to the knowledge that we need one day.

What about Mein Kamf? Extremely evil

Sry for the cringe but first

@someblaqguy

Ай бұрын

You're not sorry. Not in the slightest! Lol. It's great for the algorithm, so it's no big deal 😅

@k.jacquottez-y.561

Ай бұрын

i hereby dethrone you, i am now first

@NixityNullt

Ай бұрын

You are not forgiven. Doing wrong and acknowleding it with self awareness is arguably worse because you knew it was wrong and did it anyway.

@singo_rongo

Ай бұрын

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY BELOVED THROOOOONE​@@k.jacquottez-y.561

@909crime

Ай бұрын

when i read this and i went insane

Alright, so the Anarchists Cookbook... I got my hands on a copy years ago for academic purposes, and it's profile is hugely over-exaggerated in media. There's generally two kinds of information in the book: - Info that is so simple any random person could figure it out on their own. - And info so complicated you need a chemistry degree just to understand what you're looking at. There's not really much of an attempt to bridge the two either, so most of the people who do find themselves in possession of a copy either won't be able to use the majority of its contents, or won't need any of it because they *already know* how to do complex chemistry. More likely, people will just own a copy because its an edgy thing to own. Like owning a copy of the Satanic bible, which they probably never bothered to read either. It's just *a thing rebels are supposed to have* and so they get a copy. If someone was serious about causing problems, they'd probably be better served picking up surplus military training manuals in the 70s and 80s, unless all they wanted the cookbook for was recreational drug recopies - which actually make up the *majority* of its contents. It really is more 'cookbook' than 'anarchy'. Put it on the coffee table. A nice conversation starter during the holidays - probably the most dangerous thing the average person could do with it, lacking a 3rd year university chemistry course. No one is going to "learn" to make a bomb from it. Either you already have most of the knowledge to do so, and maybe it can provide a few things weren't covered in class, or you don't. If you don't; it will not help you any more than staring at a chemistry textbook you can probably find at your local library, and also not understand.

There actually is a book that can kill you. It’s called “Shadows from the Walls of Death,” and it is actually a collection of wallpaper samples that were made using an arsenic based green pigment. It was originally written to raise awareness to the dangers that this particular green pigment posed. Two surviving copies exist and are kept at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, and to access it you have to take special precautions. Needless to say, checking it out from the library is not an option, though it is available in PDF. To my knowledge the PDF can’t kill you like the physical copy can.

Left-wing dangerous book = ok with Amazon. Rightwing dangerous book= not ok with Amazon. Hmmmm

@jackcavanagh23

6 күн бұрын

Are you trying to claim one of the most capitalist companies in the world is left leaning...

This is some of the most compelling material on KZread. Maybe it's the material itself or the way you tell it.

I just got some ideas for devising that "story so beautiful it breaks the human mind", then a character experimenting with such a craft, inflicting it upon those near 'em, and then laughing like a mastermind while rolling it out en masse. I don't know why, but something about the premise made for a hilarious supervillain plot hook. That aside, there's a certain trend of trying to delete ideas, and that's what banning and combat are all about. Entire ideologies are forbidden for similar reasons, as if experiencing specific emotions is something those of power are trying to wholesale prevent. The book "Rage" merely poses a compelling and necessary question, to which my own comic book proposes the answer: *Sic Semper Tyrannis!*

This is a great video Thank you!

this channel its soo good !! tks 🙂

@TheTaleFoundry can you make a video on the book Alebrijes?

ephipiny comes in various ways. - only way books can kill you, is when its hard, heavy and literal.

I remember when Mein Kampf was brought back to the bookstores of my country some years ago. It sparked some discussion in the media at the time, understandably. If I remember correctly, the copies came with lots of disclaimers about the dangerous ideas showed by this book. I don't particularly see this as a bad idea to let this ouvrage be available to the public along with the right keys to read it, like you said in the video. It is probably better than a situation where there is no regulation and anyone who really wants it to could get their hand on it anyways.

Could you guys please do a video on weapons and armour (or just objects in general I guess) that are possessed in some sort of way? I’ve always found this to be a really interesting trope, the idea of a warriors spirit being imprinted on their sword and can guide the next user or something. Would be very much appreciated:P

I loved this episode. There's a deep emotional, almost spiritual mentality to the dangers of books. I think probably one of my favorite quotes from any movie comes from ready player One and I'm not even sure if this was in the book but it might have been. "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on the back of a chewing-gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe"

Listening to this, I can't stop thinking of a book called The City of Dreaming Books by German author Walter Moers ("Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher" in the original German). Dangerous books are a big part of the story, as well as the dangers of read in general, especially if the books are "too good". It's fantasy, but a very unique kind of fantasy. Although I can't speak for the English translations too much, I'd recommend the book (and most of his books in the Zamonia setting in general). Knowing your channel, you might have some fun with it :)

My personal favorite is The Black Book Companion: State-of-the-art Improvised Munitions, by Peder Lund and Robert K. Brown, Paladin Press.

thanks bro, your warning saved me from the book that almost fell on my head and killed me

Great video as usual! All I can think of is jurgen lightner, magnus archives anyone?

Hey, as someone subscribed to Nebula, may I ask for more content regarding Worldsmiths? Really enjoyed it but I’d love more creative minds to dive into. Really grateful for the hard work though!

Fun Fact: this video (specifically the the stuff about the King in Yellow) reminds me of hit Frank Sinatra's song "My Way;" Specifically because it is straight up banned from being performed in karaoke bars in the Phillipenes (where karaoke is very popular) because bad things inexplicably happen when it's performed, sometimes resulting in death. Seriously, google 'The My Way Killings' if you'd like to know more, and then compare it what was said about the King in Yellow play (9:43-10:34)...

@EksaStelmere

Ай бұрын

Heard so many stories about that while I was in Davao. It's kind of surreal. Incidentally, I found out about it because I sang the song at the hotel bar and the 'tender joked about it. Though nothing of it until a year or two ago. If you're curious, the joke was that: "I get you wanted to get out of Davao, but I didn't realize you were that desperate."

@localvega688

9 күн бұрын

This is fascinating.

hello tale foundry. i have started writing my first book/novel. and i want to know if you have any tips on how to start?