Legend has it he's still making the captain and the quartermaster retell their sides over and over and over again.

@siquir6669

2 жыл бұрын

Woah so true

@skiller5034

2 жыл бұрын

Not that the Captain would mind, he gets to talk about *BRANDING* a whole lot.

@genalynnesanjuan5788

2 жыл бұрын

Plot Twist: He is Hired By The Empire To Stall Time So They can be arrested

@logosimian

2 жыл бұрын

Just checked. Still true.

@patrickanderson62

2 жыл бұрын

The captain and quartermaster have been trapped in an infinite time loop

Kids : Let’s play pirates One Kid : I’ll be the Captain Young Grey: I’ll be the Quartermaster

@jogailejurkonyte4746

3 жыл бұрын

Young Grey: * Whips out Excel spreadsheets *

@phillippeng1368

3 жыл бұрын

@Boris I'm carpenter! My multi-purpose saw is very multi-purpose!

@docrofreborn7497

3 жыл бұрын

Guess Imma be a gunner or a cook.

@sagazinemtew1851

3 жыл бұрын

Docrof Reborn gunner? I didn’t hear that in the vid

@vanikestewart8578

3 жыл бұрын

I like this comment section became a pirate crew

Ah yes, the 8 traits : strength, cruelty, aggression, loyalty, intellect, saw skills, seasickness and YAARRR

@jozefdubois1535

3 жыл бұрын

That is what you get asked about, when you apply for a job.

@Terrazon

3 жыл бұрын

@Józef Dubois "Judging by your appearance, you seem very YARR"

@michasengotta2295

3 жыл бұрын

@@jozefdubois1535 Imagine going to an interview with one of those graphs lol

@andrewbary

3 жыл бұрын

“Okay, we’ve analyzed your skills for the job as a surgeon and we have decided to not hire you as while yours smarts are very high, your YAAARRRR is not high enough for you to be hired. Have a nice day, dear YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE”

@TheLegonaut

3 жыл бұрын

YAAARRRR!! tis be a trait most desirable

I love the contrast of these characters, with the Captain being emotional, flashy and upbeat even when talking about torturing people to death while their crewmates watch, and clearly a man in love with his job, while the Quartermaster is monotone, matter-of-fact, and seems to have no love for the job, denying that he ever had a choice in becoming a pirate and referring to acts of torture as "punishment for contract violations". The "just-following-orders" bad guy.

@Taib-Atte

Жыл бұрын

Right but at 5:36 when the quartermaster talks about money he smiles and his eyes go wide (only time in the video) which makes me think he actually is there by choice because he loves seeing money. While the captain is a people-person, the quartermaster is a more reserved, pensive person. But at the end of the day they’re both pirates.

@billyweed835

Жыл бұрын

@@Taib-Atte Indeed. The Quartermaster may have convinced himself he had no choice in becoming a pirate, but, really, it's just an excuse.

@Nancy-jc4bv

Жыл бұрын

I think he isn't saying that he has had no choice in a bad way; he is saying he ALSO has the personality type that doesn't want to work for the empire. Him working for greedy monarchs and officers wouldn't fit his priorities either, so he's as natural a fit for the pirating life as the other social misfit pirates. His personality happens to be organized, logical, and monotone, but doesn't mean he doesn't fit the lifestyle! Especially with how much he likes the profit!

@desadograisedrobot515

Жыл бұрын

@@Nancy-jc4bv He just works better as a pirate than an officer is that it?

@medical-cyanide1526

Жыл бұрын

I personally love that bad guy type, it’s nothing personal, it’s just how things are

Pirates are so overdramatized in books and movies, yet their real story is just as interesting!

3 жыл бұрын

There isn’t exactly a lot of historians who would waste time trying to do an anthropological study on theives that just happen to known how to sail. It would be like finding a serious study on black crime gangs instead of just lie the low effort and easy access rap music to fans we’d all questions.

@scyfrix

3 жыл бұрын

@ Popular culture would seem to indicate otherwise. I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the inner machinations and workings of crime gangs.

@Fakechilada

3 жыл бұрын

If not more so! I would much rather watch a movie with these pirates instead of Pirates of the Carribean.

@PotatoesGottaPotate

3 жыл бұрын

When this comment has 2000 likes, remember I was the 12th

@Phoenix_The_HeroHater

3 жыл бұрын

It’s only been 16 minutes and you have almost 300 likes like wtf man show me your ways

there's a dark undercurrent of absolute determinism in a lot of what the quartermaster says. The captain is a more jolly fellow. You know, except when he's talking about torture

@ElCapitanDeLaNoche

3 жыл бұрын

boop!

@HxH2011DRA

3 жыл бұрын

Now you're getting it

@anderskorsback4104

3 жыл бұрын

Not surprising. The captain is a leader of men. The quartermaster is a bean counter.

@jg4902

3 жыл бұрын

the captain MUST be charismatic and succesful or be replaced

@seafoam6119

3 жыл бұрын

Anders Korsbäck Captain leads, Quartermaster feeds.

When a teacher talks in dull monotone it is hard to focus and stay awake. Somehow when Grey does it I am paying attention to every word.

@Mat860000

2 жыл бұрын

Rythm. The rythm is careful made.

@skullman-us7wn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mat860000 and the topic

@ruaridhusher4373

2 жыл бұрын

Because he's talking as a calm, reserved character, not as a guy who's bored. You're more invested here because the monotone indicates careful thought instead of pained repetition, and your brain likes one a lot more than the other (is my guess based off media classes)

@robertg3260

2 жыл бұрын

He's not talking in a dull monotone. He's just speaking clearly. These are not the same.

@d.zuhdis.3275

2 жыл бұрын

Well, grey has time to script the video and can retake the audio over and over again until it's perfect. Teachers on the otherhand had to impovise on the spot, one chance to talk about a certain topic, for a limited amount of time about a topic that is not very fun at it's nature. Dont blame teachers for all of your life's problem, they're just working for their families.

@GamerBlock_

2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos man!

@jessieFSD

2 жыл бұрын

hi

@susbaca

2 жыл бұрын

mhmhm business..........hmhmhjnhj

@luunna2275

2 жыл бұрын

Ye

@karlsjunior395

2 жыл бұрын

(¬_¬)

This might be the calmest pirate I've ever seen, I feel soothed listening to this

@TainakaRicchan

3 жыл бұрын

The quartermaster is well versed in the secret and brutal arts of accounting...

@Oscar-vv6dn

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, other than battle pirate ships were pretty chill, there was even a strict bedtime at 8 pm

@douglasfels9789

3 жыл бұрын

ASMR pirates for the win

@williamtench2047

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I was a bit put off by the bored tone of voice. Normally love Grey but I struggled to connect with this one because of the voice over.

@ReksNuadiah

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamtench2047 I think it's how he's acting here Quartermaster has a much "tougher" job than the rest and likely puts up with a lot of bullshit, hence the no nonsense deadpan tone. ... But yeah I get you. It definitely gives it a different personality than the Captain video.

"Wow, what great guys you pirates are! Such comradery!" Quarter Master: ** breaths in **

@Darthwgamer

3 жыл бұрын

Yar Boii!

@fleefie

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, what he says next makes sense. I'm not gonna go arround advocating for muh cooperation because of my heart, but because economics and logic say that its the best thing to do.

@hellothere5843

3 жыл бұрын

Camaraderie

@maxplaysgamez-sharesgaming1756

3 жыл бұрын

As The Old Saying Goes "The Job Of Being The One Who Manages The Rest Is Harder Than The Ones Being Managed".

@user-mc2mc5gz6m

3 жыл бұрын

Hello There da comrade

You should make a "surgeon" version where he talks about the diseases, spoilt food, lack of hygiene and premature death that await most pirates.

@JarmamStuff

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, those factors would apply to most imperial ships as well

@andressotil4671

Жыл бұрын

Also, Surgeon was most likely kidnapped and forced to operate under threat of death

6:22 “I became a pirate as the gold in this grail chose its form” is BEAUTIFUL

The monotone really sells the “this is just a business like any other” theme

@thedictationofallah

2 жыл бұрын

1.3k likes without replies?

“I’d like to speak with The Empire.”

@moosesandmeese969

3 жыл бұрын

We plunder the New World, your montly wage will barely feed you and the captain and the empire take all the profit. Any questions?

@mrivera6975

3 жыл бұрын

@@moosesandmeese969 *many* actually. How do I become Captain?

@jhfh3112

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrivera6975 Be born into the right sort of family with landowners and/or connections to nobility, go to the right schools and colleges, make friends with wealthy investors or aristocrats. If you're just john doe off the street, no chance.

@cezarjulian0320

3 жыл бұрын

M Rivera sadly, in the day and age we live(d) in, its incredibly hard for you (a commoner) to be promoted in any way that matters. Most captains are nobles and aristocrats, government officials and sons of captains. Nepotism is a royal affair and as such his majesty’s ships...are run by his majesty’s friends. Boo boo for you, his majesty is not your friend

@mrivera6975

3 жыл бұрын

Piracy it is!

I think it’s interesting that both the Captain and the Quartermaster are very much romanticizing the pirate lifestyle. Whereas the Captain is giving the “Yo ho ho” speech, the Quartermaster gives a look at the practical day-to-day management of freedom aboard a pirate ship. Keep in mind that both are simply recruiting the listener. It’s interesting how the Captain and Quartermaster give different images of freedom

Imagine if after rewatching this after like 20 times, he randomly says “yeah, ok” instead of “i’d like to speak with the captain” in a loop.

I love how the quartermaster has a completely different voice than the pirate. CGP Grey is a voice actor confirmed

@-haclong2366

3 жыл бұрын

They're both pirates.

@JogeloAy

3 жыл бұрын

How many voices can he do? Lol

@ShaggyRax

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@locoben400

3 жыл бұрын

The quartermaster is what I assume to be Grey's impersonation of an accountant

@quinn7935

3 жыл бұрын

He sounds so dead, it’s hilarious

“I’d like to talk to that guy” “I’d like to talk to the captain” Oh god! It’s an infinite loop!

@charnel8435

3 жыл бұрын

feels like player going around bugging npcs

@MatthewChenIsAwesome

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty soon, Grey will have a video on the KZreadr business model, explaining this as a way of maximizing viewer time and profit in the same cold-hearted accountant tone.

@marmaje6953

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@savvivixen8490

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewChenIsAwesome That'd be amusing. I know others have done it, I just enjoy watching each "you" in KZread do their thing. People are fascinating.

@nathanaschmann7522

3 жыл бұрын

so does he join or not!?!?!?!?!?

Somehow he makes being a pirate sound better than a lot of modern day jobs

The Captain and Quartermaster both went to Business School together. Captain ended up doing Marketing, Quartermaster did Accounting&Finance

The captain is Grey with coffee, and the quartermaster is Grey without it.

@ZodokiEsparda

3 жыл бұрын

seems about right to me

@jesseberg3271

3 жыл бұрын

Or the other way round, only with beer or something similar.

@strawberryseal1851

3 жыл бұрын

;O;

@artlix4790

3 жыл бұрын

Grey without coffee is No bueno

@lukethompson2714

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

Quartermaster: We need to properly plan and attack so as to not lose income Captain: *BRANDING*

@usaball9190

3 жыл бұрын

Marketers Vs Financier

@MikeyLikey95

3 жыл бұрын

s t o n k s

@RavemastaJ

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, the captain understands fighting is the opposite of what you want if you want money.

@Anonymized-name

3 жыл бұрын

MY BRAND ! ! !

@red__guy

3 жыл бұрын

BOOP

No one: Quartermaster: Casually breaks out a personality matrix and bespeaks of science centuriess ahead of him

i would totally watch this episodic-comedy where no one changes, with the captain and quartermaster being the leads. a left-brain-right-brain dynamic (with some others in there, A.K.A carpenter/surgeon, the lancer crewmate, and disgruntled loyalist prisoner)

@moonistheking8206

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

This is Grey as a pirate. "Ship sighted, captain! Do we attack?" "Hang on, let me consult my Excel spreadsheet..."

@Sorcerers_Apprentice

3 жыл бұрын

CGP Grey didn't choose the pirate life, the pirate life chose him.

@whoknows7968

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sorcerers_Apprentice CGP Grey: Actually Excel chose for me, always obey the spreadsheets.

@user-rx6xu6bs8c

3 жыл бұрын

"Excel? But we have no computers!"

@IIAOPSW

3 жыл бұрын

That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen. So it would seem.

@userunknown398

3 жыл бұрын

Gray wouldn’t be the captain, he would be the quartermaster.

The Captain waxes poetic, the Quartermaster waxes philosophical. The swabbey waxes the deck.

@jovindsouza3407

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@HaydenLau.

3 жыл бұрын

Class

@justyourfriendlyneighborho903

3 жыл бұрын

Haha 666th like dont ruin

@Prokerboss

3 жыл бұрын

@@justyourfriendlyneighborho903 do ruin

@skracha2

3 жыл бұрын

the powdermonkey waxes cANNONS

CGP Grey: Releases dozens of well-researched, highly informative videos covering a broad and diverse array of subjects, in an interesting format. Also CGP Grey: Lol...booty.

@internetperson9813

2 жыл бұрын

**Smirks** Quartermaster: Treasure

@jaxsonhedberg7515

2 жыл бұрын

1k likes and 1, now 2 replies? woah.

@Netherdan

Жыл бұрын

@@jaxsonhedberg7515 it's a hidden gem, having only 3 replies that much likes

@Unpug

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@keksitzee1094

Жыл бұрын

Why else would you spend so much effort and time on something if it weren't to tell a booty joke?

The captain is so cute "ask me about branding" WITH HIS BIG SMILE AWWW

It blows my mind thar pirate ships had workmans comp. in an age when most businesses did not.

@kojeb

3 жыл бұрын

It’s just practical. In a business outside the law, the only real way to ensure loyalty and continued employment is generous compensation for service as mob rule could just as easily descend over a pirate ship.

@MrIcenice44

3 жыл бұрын

right?

@gabrielnichols6428

3 жыл бұрын

@@kojeb In addition the mob was also an early innovator in areas such as health insurance, old age pensions, and workers comp. When you were in they took care of you. A reasonable precaution when people unhappy with their treatment could go to the cops. The stick was real, but the carrot made its job easier

@snowblood74

3 жыл бұрын

@@kojeb That shows how much the law is designed to benefit corporations instead of the people.

@YourLocalMairaaboo

3 жыл бұрын

Hey. Manpower was precious. Not like you can just barge into any inn and say "WE NEED 10 PIRATES!" No. That was just for the ones in the other side of the law.

"i'd like to hear from the surgeon"

@Conservative4

3 жыл бұрын

I kinda want a small side from the EMPIRE.

@wppb50

3 жыл бұрын

"We're out of whiskey, so you're gonna want to bite down on something, this is gonna hurt like hell."

@SunokJung1004

3 жыл бұрын

I want the normal pirates perspective

@maglax

3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Carpenter

@hummanmass

3 жыл бұрын

"I'd like to hear from the monarch"

“Our customers don’t necessarily like to be serviced “ I love this line so much 😂😂😂😂

I really like the legally distinct pirates theme playing in the background

First rule: WE MUST CHOOE A VOTING SYSTEM

@andrewzhang8512

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@mishlimon98

3 жыл бұрын

Grey: *bursts though the wall* did someone say VOTING SYSTEM

@penumbra0182

3 жыл бұрын

Who’s OK with Burger Barn?

@LeoStaley

3 жыл бұрын

One vote per person, and the person with the most votes wins. Simple, Fair, Logical. Right?

@MannyXVIII

3 жыл бұрын

Single Transferable Vote is the only true voting system! And almost nobody uses it ...

Can we get “how to be a pirate: surgeon edition” next

@et5216

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Grey can go on a rant about the medical practice of the time.

@ragnerschwarzmane3412

3 жыл бұрын

Treatment 1: Saw it off. Treatment 2: Pray.

@vaclav_fejt

3 жыл бұрын

@@ragnerschwarzmane3412 You forgot burning iron or molten alsphalt.

@grepgrok8735

3 жыл бұрын

/carpenter edition

@colton8990

3 жыл бұрын

Then carpenter and an average crew

"If there is no surgeon, the carpenter will be surgeon." Me: omg "Shocking I know, such flat and equal compensation..." THAT'S NOT THE SHOCKING PART

@TheAlps36

2 жыл бұрын

I guess if you can saw through wood, you can saw through flesh and bone

@TribuneAquila

Жыл бұрын

Or the cook. Filleting a fish, amputation. What's the difference really?

@Momolulu1994

Жыл бұрын

Well, leaving at the time, it was shocking. Imagine entering in a company and the HR start by "the CEO earn 600K a year. The HRD 450K, the common employee 300K".

@Resi1ience

Жыл бұрын

@@Momolulu1994 It's a jarringly _fair_ level of compensation that makes confusing levels of sense, given that we're talking about high seas pillagers and rapists. But it makes sense. Their business worked - it had to.

@evanjohnson1299

Жыл бұрын

frankly speaking with the state of the medical field at the time your odds of survival might go up with the carpenter.

Not only an excellent overview of piracy, but also an excellent general overview of a oft overlooked economic system: the economics of crime. Bravo!

As mentioned before, "treasure" does not always mean "gold and jewels". While lovely to have and to pay the crew with, it can often be more helpful to seize a "customer's" food or tools or repair supplies; why pay for such things in port, which may be days or weeks away, when you can take them for free right now when you need them? In extreme cases, such as if your ship is badly damaged and perhaps one big storm away from not making it to a friendly port, and/or if the "customer" you've "serviced" has a particularly nice and able ship of their own, the crew may even vote to either abandon their old ship in favor of the new or appoint one of their own as captain of their new second ship, and thus a pirate fleet is born. In short, the rule is thus: On the high seas, you cannot fill bellies with gold, you cannot patch holes with jewels. So take what you need the most, be it bullion or boards, silver or salt pork, gemstones or gunpowder.

@hearing4267

3 жыл бұрын

Take what you want (and what you need), because a pirate is free! You are a pirate???

@wierdalien1

3 жыл бұрын

@@hearing4267 give nothing back

@joshuakevinserdan9331

3 жыл бұрын

Because this has not been mentioned, I'm just imagining your words being said by CGP. lol

@joratto2833

3 жыл бұрын

Great pastiche of CGP

@creapyalbinofish

3 жыл бұрын

@@OwOstrich gonna have a pimped out ship when this is over.

I love how Grey completely changes his voice for the Quartermaster compared to the joyful Captain.

@0Raik

3 жыл бұрын

_"I know right! It's hilarious!"_

@questionablekumquat4484

3 жыл бұрын

Raik how did you use italics?

@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4

3 жыл бұрын

I like the Quartermaster voice better.

@0Raik

3 жыл бұрын

*_"It's the voice I was given just like the gold of this cup chose its form."_*

@0Raik

3 жыл бұрын

@@questionablekumquat4484 You don't 'use' _italics,_ they use you. You need to go to _Italy,_ where all the _italics_ are created and ask the goddess for her blessing... Then add '_' at the beginning of a word and the end. It can be the whole phrase as long as the 'underscore' is touching a word (one at the beginning and one at the end). * for *bold* _ for _italics_ - for -not really lol-

The captain is the one you'd want to talk too. And the Quartermaster is the one you need to talk too.

It took me a while to realize that this was just a super simplified version of how worker coops work but dressed as pirate business.

the captain: branding the quatermaster: accounting

@danielblack4190

3 жыл бұрын

The crew: argh-ness

@heyhoe168

3 жыл бұрын

Crue: Yaarrrrrrrrrrrr!

@xexpaguette

3 жыл бұрын

The Empire: Whiteness.

@watayukikimihyra7132

3 жыл бұрын

A certain (cosplayer?) Private captain: AHOYYYYYYY!!

@kevinboros7427

3 жыл бұрын

The carpenter: surgeoning

I like how the quartermaster only ever _slightly_ smiles at 5:37, when he's looking at money

@ratamacue0320

3 жыл бұрын

Good eye! Aye.

@manictiger

3 жыл бұрын

You see mere gold, but I see the health of the ship, its company and its crew. I see our reputation. I see bigger cannons and better shot. I see better food that lasts longer, as we venture further and further into new riches to plunder. I see opportunity. I see the seeds of a giant orchard waiting to be planted and grown. I do not just see mere gold.

@IrvingIV

3 жыл бұрын

@@manictiger Holy shit that's an awesome quote. Is it yours to claim, or have you recounted it from elsewhere? Either way, thank you.

@theapexsurvivor9538

3 жыл бұрын

@@manictiger Aye, and wenches and booze besides!

Captain Grey: "Pirate life is amazing if you've got the guts!!" Quartermaster Grey: "Yeah let me tell you the reality, kid"

One interesting observation I've made is that at the end of each video, the recruit points to the other video, but in the captain video, he refers to the quartermaster as 'that guy', whereas in this video he refers to the captain as the captain, representing the symbolism that the captain holds and the ambiguous yet important role the quartermaster plays.

"9-5 for minimum wage" is supposed to sound bad but in reality colonial sailors of the empire probably worked much longer hours for much less pay.

@misterZalli

3 жыл бұрын

No wonder they joined pirates. Cruel debasement like that does things to a man.

@multiplyx100

3 жыл бұрын

No matter what the average conditions of a time, they will seem normal, depending on the conditions experienced growing up. We are often fed up with our current conditions and yet arguably they are far better than at any previous time for our species, or for any species.

@misterZalli

3 жыл бұрын

@@multiplyx100 If you take into account even the history of human civilization, which is over 10,000 years old, you could say that in a sense the few hundred years in the past are still basically a part of our current time. And they do share a lot of similarities with the present, such as the horrible treatment of the very people who make the civilization work, and the tyranny of leaders and bosses. While many things are better, the advancements have never been shared this unequally in human history (many places are still living in the past of 100 years ago, and some are even worse), and we have still a lot of work to do, which needs fundamental change and cannot be done with just better technology.

@Dayvit78

3 жыл бұрын

They worked watches. There were 3 watches. So, yes they did have about 8 hours of work/day. Excepting battle or storms. The hard part was simply the work itself. Have you ever tried to furl or unfurl a sail?

@misterZalli

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dayvit78 They could've also been paid properly, and given comnfortable living conditions, if the social order had been more equitable. Same for now, except almost everyone could work for much less hours with the help of all of our technology.

"So what'd you get your degree in?" "Pirate Economics"

@enkryptron

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard matey!

@pro-ductionspelis2455

3 жыл бұрын

During my Econ degree my professor liked to spend a lot of time discussing Pirate contracts and their relevance in Game Theory lol

@vladtepes5244

3 жыл бұрын

YwarI was the ikdeAcn Wiob

@Zenigundam

3 жыл бұрын

I got my BA in English, but pirate economics have always come naturally to me. That's how I got a free PS4 and half of my PS4 games at Best Buy. Just gotta know where the blind spots are 😈

@0Arcoverde

3 жыл бұрын

@@pro-ductionspelis2455 where could a simpleton find such contracts?

Fun fact: The Pirate's Code or rather the Captain's or Ship's Code, was a legitimate form of contract, the most popular by far was Captain Henry Morgan's. In which crew was vastly compensated for pillaging, plundering, and even compensated for losing a limb or an eye. It's no wonder he was the richest man in the world.

These two videos might be my favorites that Grey has ever done. Not only do you learn about pirates, but about branding and economics, too. :)

@daca8395

2 жыл бұрын

And organised labour and workplace democracy...

"Saw skills? Why did he put saw skills in the matrix?" 2 minutes later: "Oh. Oh dear."

@Sef_Era

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, that’s not a bone saw. That’s a wood saw, using that to cut off a limb is a good way to get dead. You want a lot of fine teeth, not a few big ones. But then, this is me it the 21st century, is a 1st world country, saying this. You do what you have to do to survive.

@josephdomshy4068

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sef_Era any good carpenter will have a rough saw for large cuts and a fine saw for finish joinery (surprisingly important as a shipwright back in the day). The fine-toothed saw, assuming properly cleaned (conveniently, a little soap and brine works pretty well), it would be serviceable as a bone saw.

@SaberusTerras

3 жыл бұрын

It's really only in the past century or so that surgeons didn't immediately jump to amputation for battle-related injury. They were called sawbones for a reason.

@peka2478

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i at first thought it meant savv skills. "Oh. Oh, dear" for me as well :)

@pixelnaut6271

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out, now I can't stop laughing lol.

I feel like the justification that "if we don't do it someone else will" is the beginning of a lot of really questionable decisions.

@maxmichalik4938

3 жыл бұрын

Also known as capitalism.

@Veylon

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. But also consider that if you want to make the thing being done stop, no amount of blaming/removing the person currently doing it is enough. Hanging lots of pirates doesn't stop piracy all by itself.

@zainiikhwan9405

3 жыл бұрын

This two video is really dark albeit the cheerful presentation.....

@TheInsomniaddict

3 жыл бұрын

The whole point of entrepreneurship is to find or create niches that haven't been exploited yet. Piracy was a pretty big niche.

@VidyaGamingOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxmichalik4938 So you're saying Pirates are the pinnacle of libertarian right? Sign me the fuck up..

Every crew, be it an Army Company or Navy Ship, needs a CO and XO. One must be thoughtful, his counterpart must be charismatic. It does not matter which is which; as long as each are present and both work together. In this case, the Captain is charismatic, and the Quartermaster is thoughtful.

Love the captain's personality being showed throughout the entire video, looking down and checking on them when they were in the BOOTY room, looking out the canon window because the sea was more interesting, giggling at the quartermaster saying booty, always being so cheeky and excited about treasure and battle, not seeming to care much about anything else and just leaving it to the quartermaster, and more!

0:50 Already, Grey is showing his love for the humble hexagon...

@henriquetolentino1055

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a civ reference

@dlibby4979

3 жыл бұрын

Its the bestagon!

@muhwyndham

3 жыл бұрын

@@henriquetolentino1055 it is Catan reference, and also Bestagon

@LynchtheFinch

3 жыл бұрын

hexagons... are the bestagons

@smartart6841

3 жыл бұрын

And triangles and many othr shapes wanna be the bestagon but that woukd be the hexagon

Why is CGP Grey suddenly interested in the logic and business model of pirates? And also is there a Google Form to fill up? Asking for a friend.

@Archflip

3 жыл бұрын

He read a book about it and adapted it to this format. The Invisible Hook. He recommends it in the description. Same thing with Rules and Rulers, which was adapted from The Dictator's Handbook. As for why those books caught his eye, because they explore the pragmatic side of very broadly chaotic concepts (such as piracy or dictatorship) which appeals to him personally?

@evergreen6702

3 жыл бұрын

He's convincing his subs to join up, I for one would love to be part of Grey Beard's crew

@anothergermanmapper7754

3 жыл бұрын

Evergreen Where can I sign up?

@liberty.b.r

3 жыл бұрын

@@anothergermanmapper7754 Here on the dotted line. .................

@grilledflatbread4692

3 жыл бұрын

He must be playing Eve Online, that's why there's fewer videos.

"In our societal and technological environment, an economic niche exists. And this incorporation of pirates fills its shape as whiskey fills a barrel. Such is life. The motions we choose (are) but the sum of forces upon us. I became a pirate as the gold in this grail chose its form. The both of us (are) now cogs of this machine that profits on the high seas or perishes." - The quartermaster of Pirate Inc., 2020 -

"If there is no surgeon, the carpenter will be surgeon." Does he get twice the pay?

@oz_jones

3 жыл бұрын

No, because that wouldn't be equal

@ClassyName

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the pirate crew

@HiHi-lh3ps

2 жыл бұрын

I think he'd just get 1 1/2 shares like the quartermaster because while he's doing both jobs he's only one man so both quarters are only added to his one share

@Teixas666

2 жыл бұрын

guess its up ot how the contract for the voyage is setup. but considering the importance of the role in minimizing loss of people, i'd say it would be fair.

@heatseeker9573

2 жыл бұрын

He should

Lots of commenters seem pretty sold on the pirating life as presented here, but just remember that the quartermaster is speaking from survivorship bias.

@yahyachothia

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? And yes. I know what the survivorship bias is.

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

3 жыл бұрын

Yahya Chothia only a good quartermaster that keeps his head down and gets on with the work and who’s crew does their jobs well will live to tell the tale and a good quartermaster has quite a boring lifestyle

@GoneZombie

3 жыл бұрын

@@yahyachothia I mostly mean it in the literal sense. Some crews were quite successful, but pirating is risky business and many crews died on the job, starved at sea, or returned unsuccessful with nothing to show for their efforts but warrants for their arrest. QM doesn't hide this, after all, but he does glide to other topics rather quickly.

@eavyeavy2864

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoneZombie which is what reality is

@MontageLegacy

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoneZombie but like...he doesn't glorify it?

The customers of piracy aren’t the victims, the customers are the fences willing to buy discounted stolen goods. The victims are “suppliers” subject to “intensive negotiating tactics”

@Mista_Sista

3 жыл бұрын

You sound like you have a degree in marketing (from the PR expertise, not the economics).

@ratamacue0320

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that initially, too. But then, these "customers" give the servicers money.

@maxmichalik4938

3 жыл бұрын

@Ragnar Some ships just carried/carry around a lot of money, but for most the transport of value was something else.

@jasonschuler2256

3 жыл бұрын

@Ragnar It's a myth that pirates buried their treasure. It may have happened very rarely, but pirates didn't expect to live very long, so they pretty much spent their -booty- treasure on alcohol and women as quickly as possible.

@jdotoz

3 жыл бұрын

The victims are treated as a passive resource to be harvested, like ore, livestock, or grain. Like mining, pirating can be dangerous work. Unlike mining, it doesn't actually produce anything of value - it just changes value's possession - and is actually destructive of value when you factor in the damage to target vessels and crew along with waste like the extra security that is needed to confront piracy.

I love all of the historical flags you recreated at 1:54 in your stick figure style, really neat.

Pirates: Looting and Killing Also Pirates: B R A N D I N G

@jaiparwani4279

3 жыл бұрын

Who owns the pirate ship?

3 жыл бұрын

Technically they all do. Shareholders all.

@simon_the_dank_boi4449

3 жыл бұрын

well so wad du u do ohhh i do B R A N D I N G = 0

@jaiparwani4279

3 жыл бұрын

@ they are all poor someone had to bring it

@KikomochiMendoza

3 жыл бұрын

Also also Pirates: Economic Equilibrium of Supply and Demand... for Booty

Quartermaster: *facts and logic* Captain: YARR HARR PIRATE SPEAK AND ALLITERATION AHOY!

@mr.boomguy

3 жыл бұрын

BRANDING🌈!!!

@hermannbose2125

3 жыл бұрын

@Mycel I think this is a Monkey Island joke right ?

@SEJIBAQUI475

3 жыл бұрын

@Mycel My BRAND

@Valery0p5

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, limewire

@OlleLindestad

3 жыл бұрын

Snowflake quartermaster DESTROYED with YAR HARRS and ALLITERATION

I keep returning to this, every few months, because the thought fascinates me: A modern business running on one of those pirate charters... no investors, just crew!

@chrisprice8112

2 жыл бұрын

Such businesses exist - they're called co-operatives. They're relatively uncommon because despite the obvious benefits to workers of such a setup, conventional corporations have better access to capital, a more consistent profit motive for expansion, often more competitive margins due to lower wages, and (usually) stabler leadership. Still, some do succeed, and the world would probably be a better place if they comprised mroe of the economy.

This makes me want to have an absolute deadpan business-minded quartermaster in my next D&D game

'We must act, even though our customers don't want to be serviced' *Modern problems require modern solutions*

@andrewzhang8512

3 жыл бұрын

-CPG GREY

@beckettthirion3147

3 жыл бұрын

Telemarketers in a shellnut (unless the customers call you then that doesn't count as not wanting to be serviced)

@czacik333

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckettthirion3147 at least telemarketers don't torture their clients to death

@bawicz0

3 жыл бұрын

Poo poo pee pee 😤😤😤😤😤😤😡😡😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠👿👿👿👿👿

@andrewzhang8512

3 жыл бұрын

@@bawicz0 wtf

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT “PIRATE PORTS”! 6:03 It should be noted that “Pirate-friendly ports” were a product of the same economy as... pirates. You’ll find good examples not in the Caribbean but in the poor, underdeveloped and *shallow* ports of North Africa, where legal trade was... unviable. Some ports were just doomed to being “pirate friendly” because of their geography. Such ports were frequented by Ottoman pirates and the pirates’ booty (which includes vital supplies that are much harder to buy legally) fed the ports. P.S. Do note that I’m just paraphrasing Turkish historian Emrah Safa Gürkan.

@honorarymancunian7433

3 жыл бұрын

Heh... 'booty'

@eggeggedict5847

3 жыл бұрын

Honorary Mancunian i was gonna day that

@ddis29

3 жыл бұрын

+

@TV---kn2rl

3 жыл бұрын

It seems like such an insane amount of human history is determined by geography. Grey should do a video on it

@LoLontheBoard

3 жыл бұрын

coğrafya kaderdir

"I would like to hear from the captain" "I would like to hear from the quartermaster" "I would like to hear from the surgeon" "I would like to hear from the carpenter" "I would like to hear from the crew" "I would like to hear from the public" "I would like to hear from the dock workers" "I would like to hear from the captain of that empire's ship" "I would like to hear from the empire" "I would like to hear from the empire's crew" "I would like to hear from Fritz."

@drunks1nner298

3 жыл бұрын

I would actually like to hear from Fritz

@pedropedrohan102

2 жыл бұрын

who's Fritz

@CraigTheCriminal

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedropedrohan102 the guy selling fish in his boat right next to the pirates

@pedropedrohan102

2 жыл бұрын

@@CraigTheCriminal ok

4:18 All hail the almighty Supply and Demand graph, that which has toppled empires and built civilizations.

CGP GREY: makes intelligent comments and gives insightful knowledge Also him : *giggles while saying biggest booty*

@lhistorienchipoteur9968

3 жыл бұрын

Not him. The captain and the recruit.

@archdruidbookwalter951

3 жыл бұрын

"That is the law of equivalent exchange!"

@DanC8111_

3 жыл бұрын

Coolman1938 Yes who voices the captain and recruit?

@user-nk8zx1yw8s

3 жыл бұрын

Dan C The captain and recruit dummy

@Reczack

3 жыл бұрын

It's not just any booty, it's the biggest booty.

5:37 love how the quartermaster's sleepy eyes open up when he sees the money hahahaha

@Couchpotaytoooo

3 жыл бұрын

And he smiles

@yndndbehdhdhbs4161

3 жыл бұрын

N I C E

@menggokil2004

2 жыл бұрын

Its bussiness

@TribuneAquila

Жыл бұрын

Think of how many spreadsheets that can be filled out with all that boo-...Treasure

@vale.antoni

Жыл бұрын

Who doesn't like booty? Booty be licious.

Carpenter: "How different can fixing bones be from fixing furniture, really?"

I am exactly the right kind of high for this. The Quartermasters "quotation fingers" killed me. Still dead lmao

From robots to tumbleweed to missile facility to pirates. God damn grey

@warhead811

3 жыл бұрын

...gotta love this amazing shift in career fields every week or so

@Aereto

3 жыл бұрын

K.K. Slider is that one other cool dog who has been places.

@xanpenguin754

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta say 24 hours of death was my favourite though.

@hexa3389

3 жыл бұрын

And the forgotten 1st episode of the series on American Indians. I want the rest of that series so bad.

@Void-cn6rn

3 жыл бұрын

Jack of all trades, master of... also all trades.

5:36 the only time the Quartermaster smiles is when looking at the profits.

@drone_better7757

3 жыл бұрын

It's also the only time the applicant whistles.

@fish9468

3 жыл бұрын

Drone_Better nope! 3:32

@maxmichalik4938

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the quartermaster inevitably must be someone who wants big riches and is willing to risk his life for it and break all laws as well.

It's been more than two years, and I'm still stuck in the endless cycle of listening to the Captain and the Quartermaster... When will this hell end?

I like how the captain is everywhere lol he is so cute and very enthusiastic about recruiting him 🥰

"Working 9-5 on a ship of the empire for minimum wage.... ....as banal days pass eroding the dreams and aspirations of your younger self. Leaving you at the end to wonder how it all slipped away." Eerily real

@Gamesaucer

3 жыл бұрын

That's a relatable fear in all ages, I imagine.

@edparker1143

3 жыл бұрын

It's a really interesting idea that the only thing standing between the average man and total lawlessness, is economic incentive.

@PsychoticusRex

3 жыл бұрын

Someone just walked over my grave real.

@Gregory_Swan

3 жыл бұрын

@kie Nice bait.

@Merlincat007

3 жыл бұрын

@kie This is pasta, right?

“ what’s genetics?” “ doesn’t matter.” Best

0:13 just noticed during the 5th or so view that that sign has words all starting with f

@dorol6375

Жыл бұрын

And he only got three coins

how Grey can do two different characters without really changing his voice at all, just the delivery, and still have them sound like two very different characters is... Well it's talent, really... True talent

I love the way you've set up the classic tonal difference between Marketing side and Accounting side within the popular, memetic, and terrifyingly cruel (in reality) world of piracy. Including a fair bit of the stereotypical difference in attitude. Accountants and their ilk are joked to be dull, humorless, over-reliant on rules and without initiative or creativity. Conversely, salesmen and their ilk are joked to be unscrupulous, immoral and manipulative, without regard for truth and honesty. I heard it said in business school that generally students either loved Marketing and hated Accounting or the reverse, and there's a mote of truth to that; Many students I knew found the rules of accounting confusing and exceedingly dull... Whereas I found the "right answers" in marketing to be infuriatingly arbitrary. Of course, business demands some success of both sides to function well.

@ZoeCalico

2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely never joking when I say that marketers are unscrupulous, immoral, and manipulative, without regard for truth and honesty.

The last video was good as hell.

@IshanJain

3 жыл бұрын

but hell isnt good at all

@Kajthepiccolo

3 жыл бұрын

@@IshanJain he meant heck but he wanted to be cool.

@IshanJain

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kajthepiccolo kewl

@poedameron8057

3 жыл бұрын

THE EARTH ID REACHING THE TEMPERATURE OF HELL AND GREY NEEDS TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT IT

@roguishpaladin

3 жыл бұрын

*boop*

This is a whole new take on high seas piracy that I never actually considered, and it makes sense. You can't just gather a bunch of friends, go and plunder without issues, fight other ships willy nilly and get into sword fights without considering the cost-benefit ratio. Of course piracy would be more like a democratic enterprise than anything else. Contracts ease the transitions of power and payment for work which would have to happen one way or another. Anything else would cause infighting and a very failed pirate ship.

@nurainiarsad7395

Жыл бұрын

it also makes you think about the social contract of the world in which this makes sense. it’s a world where lots of treasure were being shipped around (worth pirating), and yet the average guy sees nothing but a pittance of it (so little hope that risking the law might be worth it).

1:30 When the anime studio blows its whole budget on that one fight scene

"I'd like to talk to the captain first." He dies like that. He gets stuck in a loop of asking the captain and the quartermaster until the heat death of the universe.

@ancientswordrage

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect analogy for Grey's occasional indecision

@googiegress7459

3 жыл бұрын

But by doing so he locks the two and their ship and crew in the same loop, preventing them from raiding. For which the applicant is paid under the table by the Empire.

“What’s genetics?” “Doesn’t matter”

@TheOnyomiMaster

3 жыл бұрын

The econ 101 graph is just as much an anachronism.

@lhistorienchipoteur9968

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOnyomiMaster Sometimes, you just have to let anachronisms through to make your audience understand, especially when it's a quick clear simplified video about a special topic.

@ToastyMozart

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOnyomiMaster I suspect the basics of "sell things for as much as people will pay you for" has been around a great bit longer than the pirate days, if not in the same exact terms.

@Bloodlyshiva

3 жыл бұрын

They know genetics/breeding as it relates to animals.

I cannot express how much this makes my accountant heart happy!

0:53 He’s basically saying we act in accordance with physical law and do not have free will without overly stating that. How clever and profound

I love how the Captain is so enthusiastic while the Quarter Master just takes him to one side and explains his job in the same way that he would be explaining tax returns.

@Julian-re2ey

3 жыл бұрын

Like in the video said, the captain is mostly there to entertain the crew, otherwise the crew will elect another captain, except in battle. So a good captain has probably a very enthusiastic character. A quartermaster to check the books, the rations etc. So there personalities in the video are very fitting for there job.

@ShroudedWolf51

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlvarVraal Except, things always go wrong in battle. And, the captain needs to secure his position so that the wrongs of the battle don't get assigned to him. Therefore, the captain entertains and has to be charismatic and endlessly enthusiastic to keep the public opinion of the crew on his side.

"How to be a Pirate: Crewmen Edition"

@risk5485

3 жыл бұрын

TheSilentKing yessss

@SilliesrShark109

3 жыл бұрын

That’ll be fun to see!

@georgy2596

3 жыл бұрын

How to be a pirate: Sam o’nella edition

@potatoandbacon1925

3 жыл бұрын

Empire edition please ))))

@josh_boak

3 жыл бұрын

Crewman: Don't die.

I'm stuck in the loop... it has been weeks

@grimmpotat6911

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear... From the captain

I really wish more companies would follow the business model of “share the profits”.

Some say he's still putting off his decision to this day.

@AndyZach

3 жыл бұрын

Bouncing from the captain to the quartermaster. Myself, I'd like to be quartermaster, but not on a pirate ship.

I like how when the quartermaster starts talking about costs and accounting of pirating, the captain just looks out of the porthole because he's more interested in "branding" These details make me love grey's videos so so much

@milx7210

3 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@soundofez

2 жыл бұрын

@@milx7210 5:46

@milx7210

2 жыл бұрын

@@soundofez thx

@Unpug

Жыл бұрын

The entire video, there are so many details that showed the captain doing things that show his very unique personality

This makes pirates sound like the nicest people ever.

neither of these videos have deterred me from piracy, in fact they reinforce it. i love the brand and i love the organization

I clicked for pirate fun facts. Ended up watching an explenation of the difference bewtween a Workers cooperative and and regular capitalist owned business. Well played Sir, Well played.

@Nonaryfame

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he gets it!

CGP Grey: "These videos show us that pirates aren't like the movies." Also CGP Grey: "I wonder what BGM I should use for these videos..."

@CaptainBill22

3 жыл бұрын

Not only are they different from what we see in the movies, they often worked FOR the Empire and not against it. Britain was well known for issuing Letters of Marque that gave permission to people to be privateers. To their enemies, they were pirates. Sir Francis Drake was very famous pirate/privateer and war hero.

@wppb50

3 жыл бұрын

​@@CaptainBill22 The Spanish all despise him! But to the British He's a hero And they idolize him! It's how you look at buccaneers That makes us bad or good, And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood!

@garrettjensen5035

3 жыл бұрын

@@wppb50 10/10 movie quote

This is great! You should make a modern day version with public corporations vs private start ups, which is basically the exact same thing

Damn I came here from the How to be Pirate Captain video, and now I'm stuck in a eternal loop between both vids

The Captain describing piracy: :D The Quartermaster describing piracy: :I

@MatthewChenIsAwesome

3 жыл бұрын

The pirate describing piracy: :c (at least according to Sam o'nella)

@rodrikforrester6989

3 жыл бұрын

The Empire describing piracy: D:

@skyscall

3 жыл бұрын

The viewer describing piracy: :D

@The360MlgNoscoper

3 жыл бұрын

The Empire sailor describing piracy: ;(

@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, large profits, ability to leave at any time, good benefits and having input sounds like a damn good deal.