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@davea6314

Жыл бұрын

The most horrifying political disaster within the last 6 years = Don the Con Trump! Twice impeached Trump was the worst US president in history for many reasons. #1) Trump committed an act of treason against the US by inciting a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021. #2) Trump’s incompetence regarding his management of the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic between January 2020 and July of 2020. Thousands of US citizens died as a result Trump’s failure. If Trump had a proper immediate response to the pandemic the way that the South Korean government did, then thousands of US citizens who died would still be alive today. #3) In April of 2019 Trump vetoed the resolution to end US military support of Saudi Arabia's GENOCIDE of thousands of innocent civilians in Yemen! Trump was using the US military to support GENOCIDE in Yemen! #4) Trump violated the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution for his entire 4 years in office, then in 2019 Trump verbally mocked the US Constitution. The foundation of the USA is the US Constitution, that is why the presidential inaugural oath includes to swear to protect and defend the US Constitution. In January 2017 Trump publicly swore an oath on a bible at his inauguration ceremony to protect and defend the US Constitution. In 2019 Trump mocked the US Constitution by publicly saying the words "phony emoluments clause". #5) Trump misogynistically and adulterously said of women: "Grab them by the pussy."! Trump committed adultery with Stormy Daniels and then tried to cover it up. Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was in prison for crimes related to Trump's cover-up of his adulterous scandal with Stormy Daniels. Most Republicans claim to be the moral party and/or the majority Christian party, but hypocritically enthusiastically want to give an adulterous Donald Trump, another 4 years in office. If a US president who was a member of the Democratic Party did the terrible things Trump has, of course, the Republican Party leaders would be screaming for his removal from office. #6) Trump committed the crime of obstruction of justice. #7) Trump committed crimes of trying to tamper with elections, especially in Georgia. #8) Trump's attempted abuse of power regarding Ukraine. #9) Trump committed tax fraud in New York State, which is partly why Trump hides his tax returns. #10) Trump practiced corrupt nepotism as he appointed unqualified members of his family into positions of power in the executive branch of government. #11) Trump illegally destroyed documents and illegally took documents with him after he left the office of president. There are many other horrible things about Trump. Here are some of them: Donald Trump is a dumb corrupt businessman which is why he hides his tax returns. Donald Trump is not a self-made man, he benefited from nepotism. His daddy Fred Trump gave him millions of dollars to start businesses many of which have failed! Donald Trump's failed businesses are many but include: Trump Airlines, a Trump Casino, and Trump University. With his failed Trump University, he defrauded hundreds of students. In Trump's many construction projects he failed to pay some of his contractors. Trump committed fraud with his non-profit in New York State which is why Trump recently transferred his residence to Florida. Donald Trump is too stupid to write his own book which why he hired a ghost writer to write "The Art of the Deal". When Trump was in high school, he hired another boy to take his SAT college entrance exam. Trump claims that he is smart, but he refuses to show us his college transcripts. Donald Trump's daddy bribed a physician to write that Donald Trump had bone spurs and therefore could dodge the Vietnam War draft. Donald Trump and his dad also practiced racism in who they would rent properties to in the 1960s and 1970s. That is just scratching the surface of the long list of horrible things about Donald Trump.

@Zach-ku6eu

Жыл бұрын

Simon the Vulture. No One Needed To See This.

@goodecheeseburgers6320

Жыл бұрын

what happened to curiousity stream and such... these ads

@robertperry4439

Жыл бұрын

You speak so fast, I had to slow down the replay. You are obviously reading off of a script, but worse of all, you run on your words like one continuous sentence. You are the worse speaker I have ever encountered.

@hustleandbruchlethehypothe924

Жыл бұрын

Yay, you did a video about the fishing grounds off my hometown Geraldton 😂 The stories from fellow fishermen from items they've brought up, seeing the replica boat they used to get to safety, and having a museum full of Batavia relics I feel like you missed out on images and graphics used 😭 If you do another video, pm me and I'll get you some better footage to use

Me, an Australian, rolling on the floor laughing at Simon's pronunciation of Wallaby.

@ae2948

Жыл бұрын

Wal ARE bee

@Kirsder

Жыл бұрын

Me, a Dutchie, having the same reaction to the pronunciation of Cornelisz.

@vincentlevarrick6557

Жыл бұрын

I would have missed it if it wasn't for the fact I read your comment before the video. 😂 Has Simon never watched Finding nemo? (P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney!)🤣

@RubyDoobieScoo

Жыл бұрын

As a Rugby fan that's how I'm going to pronounce Wallabies from now on.

@JohnDrummondPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I, an American, had a similar reaction. I would never have thought "wallaby" rhymed with "wasabi" but there we are.

The people who drowned were actually the lucky ones. This is honestly one of the most horrific shipwrecks of all time. I read a book about it written by a historian; I almost couldn’t finish it. It gave me nightmares, this was Lord of the Flies, the Rape of Nanking, and the Siege of Saint Petersburg all wrapped up in one, taking place on a tiny deserted island in one of the remote places on earth.

@PitchBlackYeti

Жыл бұрын

Those who drowned drunk being the luckiest, going down in a happy/oblivious state...

@mayoite160

Жыл бұрын

what's the name of that book?

@autohmae

Жыл бұрын

@@mayoite160 My guess is: Batavia's Graveyard aka 'De ondergang van de Batavia' by Mike Dash.

@nigelliam153

Жыл бұрын

@@mayoite160 island of angry ghosts , the same author also wrote wreck on the half moon reef which is a remarkable story of survival where after giving up hope of rescue, the survivors chopped up the wreck and built a smaller boat to sail to Batavia.

@yondie491

Жыл бұрын

I promise you Nanjing and St Petersberg were worse in both scale and detail. Feel free to not belittle them by claiming that this was broader in scope of horror than either of those. Nothing happened here that didn't happen in some form in St.P or Nanjing.

Best part of being an adult learning without having to take a test

@sherlockwatson101

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@rothnirtull4254

Жыл бұрын

didnt expect to find legit insight in a youtube comment

@ItIsYouAreNotYour

Жыл бұрын

Nobody retains stuff they HAVE to memorize for 1 day.

@NotLazySelectivelyMotivated

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

@kurtvanluven9351

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, we ran low on test sheets. If our records are correct, your test should arrive by Email.

I've begun listening to Simon's narration at 3/4 speed. He speaks so quickly I fear he's in danger of 'winking out' like the Scalosians on Star Trek TOS.

@brianew

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I had to do. It sounded like he was talking at a normal speed.

@saturn722

9 күн бұрын

I can’t do that on Apple TV.

@airdrone9188

7 күн бұрын

I thought I was the only one

@brianlopez8855

7 күн бұрын

half speed is better

@mattiemathis9549

3 күн бұрын

I’m convinced he dives into a pool of 🗻before recording. 😂

The crew that stayed behind and got drunk, turns out they were the smart ones.

@tormentorxl2732

Жыл бұрын

I’ll drink to that!

@headmondronary2127

Жыл бұрын

Smart? Or lucky.

@dinesyc

Жыл бұрын

A little Mix of both.

@ThePhysicalReaction

Жыл бұрын

@@headmondronary2127 It's not luck if they're drunk all the time. At a certain point being sober for it would have been bad luck.

@tridinh1011

Жыл бұрын

preferably the latter

I’ve not heard of this chilling and desperately-shocking story. Another story of terrible depravity is that of the Méduse in 1810. After its loss, 400 passengers were evacuated to boats while 147 had to take refuge on an improvised raft, which proved impossible to tow. After 13 days at sea the 147 was reduced to 15.

@Midlife-Adventures

Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the painting of that in the Louvre many years ago and being somewhat blown away by it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa

@Kolbjornelenano

Жыл бұрын

I actually tough this video was going to be about The Medusa

@PerteTotale

Жыл бұрын

I read a book about this wreck. After x days at sea the survivors of boats or raft had to endure a sunblistering hot desert as well. For some it took longer than 13 days! It was a xtr interesting read, written with some seamen jargon to make it extra pungent. the author knew alot about what happened. the painting is only a mild reflection of what happened. i saw some footage of a 1950's or sthg movie, which was far from the reality pictured in the book "wreck of the medusa" It is also remarkable that such horrific but avoidable disasters were "forgotten in history", and still

@LouisePenny-qx8dh

2 ай бұрын

Taking too fast

At 3:09 you state that the Dutch East India Company was worth 78 Dutch Guilders; I'm assuming you meant to say 78 million Dutch Guilders.

@PamelaRiley-gg9dy

3 ай бұрын

That's Simon for you - can't even get it right whilst plagiarizing someone else script !!

The West Australian Maritime museum contains artifacts from the Batavia,including part of the Batavia itself,a skeleton of one of the victims(with sword cuts to the head),a stone gateway that was being transported to Batavia as well as coins and personal items. A fascinating part of Australian history.

@Crossingt

Жыл бұрын

It is a great museum, go there often. The tiny part of the Batavia that survived shows how massive it was.

@tallyhorizzla3330

Жыл бұрын

@@Crossingt l always thought how small it looked,considering there was over 300 people on board plus provisions and cargo.

@UteChewb

Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a museum display of the artefacts from the Batavia in Brisbane shortly after the wreck was found. Like something out of fiction.

@madzen112

Жыл бұрын

Fascinating?!?

@timothygreer188

Жыл бұрын

I read Maritime as Marmite and was wondering why in the world they would possess such items

I think any passenger who survived all that would be grateful to live a drama-free life for the rest of their days.

@jamesweatherford988

Жыл бұрын

Or be able to handle the bullshit easier when they get back home.

What you're really saying is we should bring antibiotics on our naval voyages to treat anyone with a raging case of syphilis. Or set them against the sharks?

@momcat2223

Жыл бұрын

Wait - what do have against sharks? 😉

@TrineDaely

Жыл бұрын

By the time the brain damage shows it's too late. Best you can do with meds then is make them non-contagious.

@a.m.9474

Жыл бұрын

And also be prepared to explain away a murdering rapist's evil doing on the equatorial sun.... seriously, a comment under a thread suggests we do that

@aceundead4750

Жыл бұрын

We could make walking the plank a real thing then.

@poketcg1592

Жыл бұрын

Might as well save space and get some entertainment in the process!

Holy Hell Simon is speed talking these days!! SLOW DOWN a bit. Bloody hell!

Peter Fitzsimons wrote a book on the Batavia mutiny and massacre! It goes into great detail about the people and actions of the survivors of the wreck and the summary justice handed out to the perpetrators of this horrendous crime! Well worth reading!

@brianbell564

Жыл бұрын

Excellent read!

@billyshane3804

Жыл бұрын

Peter "two syllables" Fitzsimmons. Have read a couple of his books and a writer he is absolute rubbish. Haven't read this one however so I won't comment upon it.

@patricktimbs8788

Жыл бұрын

Peter Fitzsimons team.

@jimlofts5433

Жыл бұрын

@@billyshane3804 there are better books on this rather than by the woke pirate

@interestedobserver587

Жыл бұрын

You mean the book written by his researchers and then paraphrased after he dons his pirate look.

If you mentioned that the young lady who was sexually assaulted as a pretext for the mutiny was later put on trial and accused of helping the mutineers, I missed it: sorry if you did, but this was one of the more shocking aspects of the aftermath.

@haleytruslow7200

Жыл бұрын

What was the e outcome of the trial?

@andreagriffiths3512

Жыл бұрын

@@haleytruslow7200 she was acquitted and returned to the Netherlands in 1635

@griffinmckenzie7203

Жыл бұрын

@@haleytruslow7200 It was the past, so she probably never saw the sun again.

@deeznutsifier69420

Жыл бұрын

@@haleytruslow7200 a suspended 6 month sentence in the Lacrosse Wisconsin county jail

@livinginvancouverbc2247

Жыл бұрын

@@deeznutsifier69420 I think she was the first European to not spend time at the Lacrosse Wisconsin county jail. 😄

when your mother tongue is Dutch and are fluent in English and still don't understand 90% of the names...

@AmphiptereSiX

Жыл бұрын

the way he pronounced Pieterszoon like Pee-eh-ters-zoon had me laughing

@mazambane286

Жыл бұрын

Souties in Suid Afrika klink net so kak as hulle probeer Afrikaans praat.

@BAValliere

Жыл бұрын

English is my mother tongue and I live in the Netherlands. These pronunciations were painful. Cor-NAY-le-zon (Cornelisz) becomes Corn-a-LEEZ? And don’t get me started on how he said Gijsbert Bastiaensz. Yikes. 😂

@wolfthequarrelsome504

2 күн бұрын

You can't claim fluency in English then.

This reminds me so much of some of the more terrible epidodes of "The Walking Dead", namely, those in which the greatest dangers were not the zombies but madmen in positions of authority with deranged followers. Civilization has its problems, but when it collapses it's hell on earth.

Make sure you are sober and in a quiet room with no distractions before smashing the play button! I managed to understand about 2/3 of Simon’s lightning fast recitation before listening a second time!

@FrLawRE

Жыл бұрын

"Simon’s lightning fast recitation before listening a second time!" You're quite right! In my opinion he ruins what otherwise would be very interesting videos with his dizzying speech cadence!

@jeanplunkett5580

Жыл бұрын

Hear hear

@robertcuminale1212

Жыл бұрын

@@FrLawRE Too bad he didn't spend some time with a Dutch language recording. He butchered every single name rarely pronouncing them the same the second time.

I have actually walked on West Wallaby Island and seen the forts the 2 factions created. To think that almost 500 years ago this was the site of a pitched battle while I stood they in total silent was 'eerie'.

@theenzoferrari458

Жыл бұрын

Can I man one of the forts and take on the Chinese navy there? 😫

@RhysapGrug

Жыл бұрын

Almost 400 year's ago not 500.

@Chris-hx3om

Жыл бұрын

@@RhysapGrug That's fair.

@RhysapGrug

Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-hx3om hope I didn't come across as a dick 👍

@Chris-hx3om

Жыл бұрын

@@RhysapGrug Not at all.

Is Simon trying to say Wallaby??? Wol-a-bee 😂

@JoshWookiee

Жыл бұрын

Woll ahh beeeees

@shellshell942

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshWookiee I keep thinking of the Simpsons episode 😅

@peteredwards8737

Жыл бұрын

Well, I'll be...

@christopherreed4723

Жыл бұрын

He's putting the emphahsis on the wrong syllahble...

@pjschmid2251

Жыл бұрын

It made me think of Benedict Cumberbatch talking about peng-wings (penguins) on the BBC South pacific series 😂

If you’re interested in seeing a full-scale replica with artifacts from the ship, including the table from the Commander’s quarters, go visit Lelystad in the Netherlands. It’s really quite remarkable to see how these people must have lived throughout such a long journey. The museum doesn’t focus on the horror, just the ship itself, but it’s very interesting.

@bernievandermeer3820

Жыл бұрын

I've been on it . It's awesome,I recommend it ✌️

Ahh, one of your videoes is much closer to home than usual! I'm from Geraldton the city on the mainland pretty much directly east of the Abrolhos islands. We sure do love our Batavia memorabilia despite the horrors that occurred, lots of place names come from Batavia and its crew and the whole stretch of coast is called the Batavia Coast. On a brighter note than Batavia's story to do with the Abrolhos though, on the weekend just gone, Jeremy McClure, became the first person to swim from the Abrolhos to the mainland (no such luck for the Batavia's crew). If the 70km swim wasn't enough though, Jeremy is also blind! Awesome story of human endeavour and determination to be added to the Abrolhos Islands' history.

@What_I_Think_Happened

Жыл бұрын

Do you know Nic Thomas?

@PInk77W1

Жыл бұрын

70km is a far swim. Yikes

I had actually randomly stumbled upon this story when i was having a random wiki rabbithole evening. Not sure what set the rabbithole off, as is usually the case, but i do remember being very surprised at the shocking way it all transpired. Crazy stuff

@whyalwaysme2522

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the word Batavia or jawa or dutch Indonesian

@platinumare

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I completely feel for you, as I too have had those days where you are just clicking on a seemingly innocent video only to go down a seriously messed up rabbit hole, finish watching and then click on another messed up rabbit hole of information. It is good to be finally enlightened about this though. I am from Western Australian and took my kids to the maritime museum and we read about the Batavia and the museum seriously cuts out everything, all it says is: the ship accidentally made landfall among the Abrolhos and women and children perished from starvation. Then years later I stumble on this clip and my jaw hit the floor! So much of history is kept hidden when it comes to disasters such as this!

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

@@platinumare Haha, yeah exactly. I think i was reading up on the VOC and our history in other continents, and when reading one wiki page, you'll come across names and events that have links, and before you know it, you have 10+ tabs to read, which on themselves also create new tabs. So i then choose to follow a specific one instead for that evening and just close them all when i either have to go to bed because it's the middle of the night, or need to eat something, an obsessive hunt for basically trivia knowledge. I mean, this has little relevance to us today, but i do agree that a lot of history is simply not being told. Here in Holland, the Batavia is a famous name though, so i assume i have learned something about it at elementary school, but i do not remember anything about mutiny and massacres. Maybe the museum was trying to keep it light, because i can imagine some parents complaining about reading a story of atricious acts when passing by a wooden ship. People could be asking why they're glorifying horrible people. I'm not saying that i agree with them, but i could understand if the museum chose for that route. Then again, you could complain to them for not telling enough, but you would probably be a smaller minority than the other complainers.

Even more incredible than the hideous affair is how you can possibly pronounce wallaby as "wullarbee" incredible.

I'm so glad to have episodes like this as part of my history. I heard about the Batavia as a kid on a trip to West Australia. I suspect my parents kept a few things from me.

If you turn your screen upside down, Simon has a magnificent head of hair. I'm so glad you covered the tragic story of the Batavia. Excellent work crew. A suggestion for this channel is how the world powers came up with the Geneva Convention governing the rules of war.

@chadcuckproducer1037

Жыл бұрын

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

@theenzoferrari458

Жыл бұрын

@@chadcuckproducer1037 szon tzo- fight your enemy with your friend

@martenkrueger8647

Жыл бұрын

hey yeah! you"re RIGHT! A nice head of hair!😂

You've mentioned this shipwreck before, but didn't go into the sad details of what transpired. I wonder if it was the syphilis, or a person being in power can, and sometimes will, do horrific things; or perhaps, it's a combination of the two.

@TheVirtualObserver

Жыл бұрын

I mean Hitler allegedly had syphilis too, so there might be something to the disease driving people mad. Or at the very least contributing to their madness.

@a.m.9474

Жыл бұрын

This amounts to excuses for a murderous rapist.. . It's right up there with explaining that a mass shooter was "having a bad day"

@a.m.9474

Жыл бұрын

@@richardcooley6061 utter B.S.

@thatoneweirdbish6364

Жыл бұрын

@@TheVirtualObserver As a slightly different theory: Maybe they just thought they wouldn't have anything left to loose. Like a Walter White thingy

@michaelreid2329

Жыл бұрын

So Bonespur actually has syphilis?

I learned about this in primary school aged 9 when at school in Perth, Western Australia. There was an amazing diorama at the Fremantle Museum that I remember seeing many times during school tours.

Excellent example of the sapien animal. Given a little stress, completely able to launch the most horrific endeavors imaginable. Syphilis not to blame.

@56postoffice

Жыл бұрын

Syphilis had good representation.

@ItsJustLisa

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t help that the instigator of the whole thing was very likely a raging psychopath.

@namele55777

Жыл бұрын

a fine specimen of that in moscow right now

@marcpeterson1092

Жыл бұрын

Like Simon's horrific pronunciation of "wallaby"

Island of Angry Ghosts (the Batavia ) and Wreck on the Half Moon Reef (Zeewyk) are two great books by Hugh Edwards who was one of the discoverers of The Batavi. Both true stories which are diametrically opposite and show both sides of the human spirit.

Sounds like an island based script for a series better than Lost 🤣

@gavhenrad

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking it would make one hell of a movie!

Sounds like a source to compose a "Lord-of-the-Flies" novel.

@SilntObsvr

Жыл бұрын

Lord of the Flies was a pyschological horror. The Batavia mutiny is closer to Friday the 13th (or one of the sequels).

@transientaardvark6231

Жыл бұрын

Oooh, you mentioned LordOfTheFlies - so now you get to hear my rant about Piggy's glasses - he was short sighted so his glasses would have diverging lenses and be no good for making fire. The plot hangs heavily both on him being unable to see distance without his glasses and them being stolen for making fire. I'm not being picky - it's like saying he was both very short and also the only person able to reach the top shelf. Pass this on to everyone you know (and enjoy the look of glazed boredom in their eyes).

@diaperfang5293

2 ай бұрын

​@@transientaardvark6231ngl, you're kinda right

If you come down and visit us here in Perth WA, you can take a short flight or long drive up to Geraldton where there are extensive informative guided tours of the Abrolhos islands where this all took place, including to the make-shift fort which as this video points out, still stands today. You’ll also be treated to great snorkelling/diving, as well as wine and local seafood along the way.

@geoffreywmason4769

Жыл бұрын

hello from albany

@A_nony_mous

Жыл бұрын

No woll-ahr-bees then?

love this story . I am an ausie and its amazing how many ausies dont even know about this story . they are gobsmacked when i tell them about it

Get the paperback "Batavia's Graveyard" by Mike Dash for the full story.

Simon as a lifelong learner, asking the same question every class the minute it gets weird... "What the f*** are you talking about?".

You out did yourself on this one. This is one of my favorites! Nice job.

Us Western Australians are well aware of the story of the Batavia. Knew it was about it from the thumbnail. Crazy story

@dgydgpy5861

Жыл бұрын

Yeah me a dutch Person new it to instantly from the thumbnail and also about that were very brutal people back then

Dat pronunciation of "wallabies" though 😂😂 If you need a guide, look up our national rugby team. Rugby is pretty popular in the UK too

Dutchie here. We were raised with this story. The true pirates of the west indies

78 Dutch guilders in 1628 would be worth less than USD6,000 today. I suspect some words are missing like "hundred thousand", or "million".

@maschyt

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the VOC was worth 78 _million_ guilders

Watching Simon furiously gesticulate is so satisfying.

I'm not sure what I like more about this video. The historical storytelling, Simon's glorious British accent, or that godly beard he's rocking.

Whether past or present, humanity's seemingly endless need for brutality against his fellows , even in the face of life threatening danger to all, still never fails to appall and disappoint. !!! 😞 ( exasperated sigh)

@RedRocket4000

Жыл бұрын

We now know our cousin the Chimp the same waging war and eating each other. Our other cousin though the Bobono have everyone has sex with everyone else all the time at all ages and are very peacefull making Make Love not War an effective way to control our primate instincts.

I have heard of this and watched a really great documentary on it. It was horrific and insane…like the adult version of Lord of the Flies

@WVgirl1959

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@carlschnackel3051

Жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder if the "Lord of the Flies" was based on this. Or at least inspired by this.

This is a very well know story here in Australia…. Well for those who love history….

@nigelliam153

Жыл бұрын

Soon to be cancelled!

I’ve spent the night on Beacon Island, Wallaby Island and dove on the wreck site of the Batavia. My home town of Geraldton is directly inland from the Abrolhos islands. And yes, sorry Simon, you butchered a lot of the names and pronunciations 😂 But it’s great to see a short documentary about the history of the wreck and the brutal followings.

@BAValliere

Жыл бұрын

His pronunciations hurt me. I live in the Netherlands, married to a Dutchman, and I love this story. He butchered those poor people’s names. 😂😂

@rondacey7595

Жыл бұрын

Never listened to a English men tell you anything about history. As an American,it herts me to hear them butcher the native pronunciation of names.

@harryeisermann2784

Жыл бұрын

pls forgive, Dutch names are hard to prenounce, if you not from Dutch background. but overall correct historical

@hyphenpearce3224

Жыл бұрын

Did you find any treasure? I'd luv to dive that site. Cheers from 🇨🇦

@harryeisermann2784

Жыл бұрын

@@hyphenpearce3224 It has been explored, but never found the 2 missing silver chest, as reported special english divers working for the VOC recovered most- of the treasure, The replica Batavia can been seen in Lelystad, its worth while to visit , excellent work

You really ought to feature the French frigate Medusa which ran aground of the coast of Africa. The "raft" built to transport the majority of the survivors was a hell that only left 15 alive when rescued.

Just a little correction Simon . Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom de By van Bemel, where dropped off at Broken Anchor Bay, at the mouth of the Hutt River, 450 kilometres north of present day Perth, W.A They also had been given a Chapman (a Nautical seaman book still in publication today The 56th version)

@TT-dx4ez

Жыл бұрын

They missed Kalbarri by that much

@johnnyrot1075

Жыл бұрын

@@TT-dx4ez And a hundred and fifty or so years too early, only the Murchison river mouth would have existed then .

@TT-dx4ez

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyrot1075 I know. ouch

There is a wonderful museum in Fremantle (Perth) with this story and artifacts. Recommend a visit if you are ever in town

I live in Geraldton, the costal town near the Abrolos Islands, I think what the dutch called a 'winter storm' can be more aptly described as a Tuesday for the area

Great summarization of this horrific story. I worked for 4 years in the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle and loved being in the Shipwrecks Museum which houses the remaining timbers of the Batavia, skeleton (of a murdered male) and loads of coins and other artifacts. I've never understood how the Batavia story hasn't been made into a Hollywood movie. Too gruesome, maybe? I won't comment on the gruesome pronunciation of our furry friends. 😆

I have realised that your beard gets more and more majestic between channels. Bravo from another bearded being.

@Bevity

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I noticed that too. When I saw it this time I wondered how long it would take to grow down to his waist.

I thought when he said "a population of wah-LAR-bees that could be hunted for food" I thought he meant a tribe of people.

@lh3540

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Same 😂 thanks for clearing that up

@Schuyler2614

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Same omg 😂 I had to play that part over to makes sure I heard it right.

@vice.nor.virtue

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I was like- so this is a story of cannibalism then- oh no wait, Simon has somehow drastically botched the prounciation of a medium sized Australian marsupial and no tribes people were harmed in the making of this mutany.

@ramshacklealex7772

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The pronunciation was rough, but he definitely didn't stick an r in there, thankfully.

@Luubelaar

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I heard that and said "a population of what??!" FFS Simon. I know your pronunciation of other languages is pretty bad, but this is a new low.

In the Star Trek episode The Conscience of the King, there is a Governor Kodos who seized power after the colony's food supplies are destroyed. He kills half the colonists to 'save the other half'... arbitrarily picking who lives or who dies. Could that episode have been inspired by this story?

Can Simon say “Their is a controversy in the garage with the octopus” in a video. The Americans and Australians will love it.

These are great and so are your topics and narration. The only comment i would make is that i find the tempo just a tad fast. Other than that, great work and thank you. The recent Iranian one was fabulous.

I teach about this event every year and it never fails to horrify students...

I knew about the wreck of the Batavia having seen the documentary on the BBC many years ago. A truly terrifying story, even more so because it was true. Imagine the warnings they'd have to announce before showing it if it was repeated today.

A bit of history that would normally take an hour to tell, done in 15 minutes. Good show. ..

Is it just me or is Simon speaking a little faster than normal? I could barely keep up. Simon, I know you do a lot of these but, I had a hard time understanding due to the fast cadence of your speech in this video. I love your work otherwise. So… thanks.

C'mon Simon, double your talking speed. You can do it. Now we can still make out a few words here and there.

Excellent book and one on the best audiobooks ever produced. I found it hard to finish. The brutality was beyond belief

@jenA9026

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The Fitzsimmons one?

@kevinjhonson5925

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@@jenA9026 yes

@kevinjhonson5925

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@@jenA9026 you can also find excellent videos on the island it all happens on and the show graves and discoloured sand where all the bodies were buried.

Congrats on 3 million subs 🎂🎂

I love reading about nautical disasters and Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash is one of my favourite books of all time … probably read it 10 times. You won’t regret reading the book, it is absolutely engrossing.

If you want to learn more read Batavia by Peter Fitzsimons.... amazing read, he writes historically accurate novel on Australian history. He has many brilliant books!!

@cme2cau

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I read this. On a cruise! Great book.

@allisonbergh4429

Жыл бұрын

There’s also “Lucretia’s Batavia Diary” by Howard Gray. A chilling read!

@BAValliere

Жыл бұрын

The best book in English is Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash. It’s nonfiction, so it’s dense, but it’s well worth reading. He doesn’t miss a detail.

@tileux

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fitzSimmons is an AWFUL writer. Read anything else.

There are relics of the Batavia at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle, Perth. It includes a large section of the hull. It is well worth a visit.

@autohmae

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I'm in the Netherlands and I've been in the replica of the Batavia that was created in Lelystad. They obviously also have a bunch to say about the ship...

@tileux

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And in Geraldton.

Wasn’t expecting the Batavia when I opened this video.. learnt about it when I was in year 7 when we were at a school camp in Geraldton.

Well said, sir. How completely INSANE! !!

They made a mass effect 2 mission out of this event

@ejedwards1678

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ME2 was a slow panic attack

@nickthenuker7916

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I was wondering which then I remembered the most forgettable person's Loyalty Mission

How do you produce such a well-researched video and then mispronounce a word most children get right?

@iansingsiansings2101

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You'd think he would know how to pronounce wallaby as the Australian Woll arbys play the British Loins every few years...

@tobystewart4403

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I kind of like it. Will try it out, and see if takes root with fellow colonials.

This was an interesting way to start my Saturday

I crave learning, thank you for your videos ✌

While this is brutal, I would argue the “most brutal” award goes to the Romans who lost some 100,000 men in a storm off Camarina during the First Punic war.

@fastinradfordable

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Being around that many people, Dying.., Thats a hell of a way to go

@danielseelye6005

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And then they rebuilt the fleet, recrewed the ships and sent them out to destroy the Carthaginians...only to lose the entire fleet and personnel in another storm. Which led to the building of _another_ fleet. Thanks to _Oversimplified_ for doing 2 vids on the Punic War.

@SkepticalSandwich

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@@danielseelye6005 they lost a second fleet? Bahaha, I must have missed that. Gotta love Oversimplifed! And Simon Whistler ;)

@danielseelye6005

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@@SkepticalSandwich They lost _three_ fleets. 2 in storms and one in battle. They won with the fourth fleet.

@jtjames79

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@@danielseelye6005 Nautical version of the castle in a swamp Monty Python skit. Except on a Roman scale.

Good one! Can you do the horrible story about the wreck of the Medusa?

@JOEFABULOUS.

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147 got on the raft 17 were found alive

This would make a nice mini series.

As a proper perth boy, this was one of my favourite childhood stories

As a former US Navy sailor, thanks for f*cking up my mind even more! Did you find this or was it Kevin? Who else is down in your basement???

Why am I suddenly reminded of Benedict Cumberbatch's very strange, varied pronounciations for penguin...though I'll give it to Simon, at least he was consistent with his mispronounciation of the poor wallabies.

As an Aussie it's hilarious hearing you say war-larh-bee

I clicked, expecting to watch a video. Instead, I get a commercial for Wondrium. I gave up waiting for the video

This is a part of history that most have not been exposed to, and in my humble opinion I found the part I watched to be a welcomed extension of my ongoing education regarding the world and mankind in general. I couldn't watch beyond the 4-minutes and 23-seconds that I viewed, as I found my heartrate elevating quickly, and though I did not check, I'm sure my blood pressure was rising accordingly. My unwholesome condition was not trigged by the content. I found that the delivery by the orator is overwhelming to the average (or at least my) nervous system to the point of aggravation, and in large dosages could leave you foaming at the mouth. If others can withstand this coup de main, my hat tilts with respect to your ferrous mental heedfulness meted in massive and tremendous quantities.

@A_nony_mous

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For future reference: go to settings (the cog wheel) and adjust speed to 0.75 or even 0.5 and you'll find the audio much more listenable.

This video is much better if played on .75 speed.

One does not even need to be all that isolated to lose their grip on their humanity, Simon. Left to our own devices, human beings are far from benign animals. The fewer examples of ‘good’ one has to refer to, the more ‘evil’ they will do… and ultimately become. How many channels do you have now, Simon? I’m beginning to think you are but one of identical septuplets or something. 😉

@grahamstrouse1165

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Look what happened during the pandemic…

@wasd____

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@@grahamstrouse1165 People stayed home and took up crafts and hobbies because they were bored?

@erichooligan9329

Жыл бұрын

@@wasd____ some people were turning their neighbors in in Australia. people went karen in America. ppl in my gfs fam were talking containment camps for anyone refusing a vaccine. but yeah, some people did take up new hobbies. i got serious into astronomy.

I have dived the wreck site many times even with Max Cramer (RIP) I was a tour guide for "live aboard" tour boats at the Abrolhos Islands....cool gig

The first time I heard this story, was in the early days of Channel4. They had a wonderful series called "The Bush Tucker Man" . The series is available in its entirety on KZread. It's a wonderful series, but the Batavia episode was starkly horrifying. For people who are interested in The History and Natural History of Australia, it's an absolute little gem of a series.

The Devil and the Deep Water by Stuart Turton is loosely based on this and is a good novel.

I love all these associated channels but Simon's speed has gotten ridiculous. It's almost impossible to follow when you want to immerse yourself in the story. I know he's being spread thin with all these channels but the quality has suffered no doubt. A real shame.

@ohreally8929

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Yeah, I had to turn my playback speed to 75% to get anything out of this. Then he just sounds like a normal guy who's had a bit too much to drink.

@tradeladder146

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Agreed talks way to fast , i stopped the Video after 10 minutes.

@Darkmattermonkey77

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Never, ever go to an auction. You’ll be stupefied by the auctioneers speaking speed.

@MindHunterINFJ

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Horrible presentation! Incomprehensible, it simply irritates rather than illuminates.

@wanemergency3591

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I'm stupid as fuck and I have no issues keeping up. You must of had a rock smarter than you in school

Its always my favorite videos when the "most replayed" lines up with the damned commercial that jacks up what Simon is trying to say. "Damn it, what was he saying? I have to go back....oh wait, most replayed, obviously, go back there because this has screwed EVERYONE up who was trying to follow along apparently". Gotta love KZread trying to throw the ads in there where it screws up the video the most.

Australian history is just so intense...

I was just thinking, "Simon's pronunciation is pretty good today." But alas.... wallaby/wallabies. I'm putting it down to the nautical theme, including mutiny and potential piracy, that he pronounced it Wal-Arr-Bee.

@DornAndGrant

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Bless him. SuMAIrily

@realtalk6195

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Ask a single Dutch speaker in this comment section. None of his pronunciations were even remotely good.

Wait what? Is that how you say wallaby? Sounds so strange.

@canaanval

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Very strange. The island is spelled "Wallabi" so maybe it is pronounced differently?

How the hell can this guy maintain so many KZread channels at the same time

I saw a documentary on this as a child. It's haunted me ever since.

Good Lord this is horrifying.

"...These beliefs which included the conviction that there was no Heaven or Hell and that _the organized Church was a sham_ " I mean...he's not wrong 🙃

@DrDipsh1t

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Insert the meme of "why are you booing? I'm right!"

"Green Desert". Though I've never personally been there, this sounds like a perfect description of Ascension Island before it saw permanent human inhabitants. Charles Darwin definitely added the 'green' to the 'desert' here.

What an amazing story teller, and this story, WOW, I think some of these weird people are still running some parts of the government, or other places! I totally enjoyed the video, even though the story is atrocious!

Damn someone needs to make a movie about this. Also I can't help notice this case reminds me a lot of the Star Trek episode "The Conscience of a King", about Kodos the executioner.

@realtalk6195

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A series more like it. And please not pointless race-swapping. Have you seen The Terror?

@TheStapleGunKid

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@@realtalk6195 No, but I've heard of it.

@tileux

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They already have. Many times.

The Vereenigd Oost-Indischo Companje, VOC, forerunner to the British East India Company ... and just as bloodthirsty

@Jack-Hands

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A rival company. Not a fore runner. The British East India company actually predated the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie by 2 years. Never became quite as rich or powerful though.

@francisboyle1739

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@@Jack-Hands Maybe not as rich but running most of India is plenty powerful.

Playing this video on x75 playback speed is what I imagine it’s like to have a conversation with Simon at a bar after he’s had a few too many lmaooo