You'll never guess the most popular internet country code

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Have you ever stopped to think why the two-letter country codes in the world's websites are what they are? We have*, and it turns out it's a fascinating tale with a lovely detailed map to stare at.
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  • @anchiit
    @anchiit5 ай бұрын

    Funny men back

  • @WellCookedPotatoes

    @WellCookedPotatoes

    5 ай бұрын

    He he

  • @Idk-ys7rt

    @Idk-ys7rt

    5 ай бұрын

    Fr

  • @Deathhead68

    @Deathhead68

    5 ай бұрын

    This cracked me up

  • @rileygvg

    @rileygvg

    5 ай бұрын

    Menmap

  • @bullettime8760

    @bullettime8760

    5 ай бұрын

    Mhm, they're men and with a map

  • @griffredarmy
    @griffredarmy5 ай бұрын

    As an American, your description of how we think of country codes was 100% on point

  • @doxielain2231

    @doxielain2231

    5 ай бұрын

    Murica!

  • @alan-

    @alan-

    5 ай бұрын

    "think" is an overstatememt

  • @catherinebutler4819

    @catherinebutler4819

    5 ай бұрын

    On the other hand, the UK took exactly the same attitude towards stamps (the internet of the 19th century!). Even now, only the UK doesn't put the name of the country on their stamps (or so I'm told).

  • @tweekins

    @tweekins

    5 ай бұрын

    Everyone else is just kind of a background country for use in the plots of our movies. I'm not 100% convinced that the UK actually exists. It may have just been created as the ideal place to set historical dramas for TV shows. Same goes for Russia. I think that place was just created to give Boris and Natasha a little backstory.

  • @JayForeman

    @JayForeman

    5 ай бұрын

    It's true. We don't. And it's the same for the "English" FA.@@catherinebutler4819

  • @johnkramer8091
    @johnkramer80915 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Montserrat's MS is not only unofficially used my Microsoft but also by sites from the German city of Münster due to MS being their license plate code.

  • @k.umquat8604

    @k.umquat8604

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you Jigsaw from the Saw franchise

  • @johnkramer8091

    @johnkramer8091

    4 ай бұрын

    @@k.umquat8604 I knew it. I knew it! 😂😂😂 As a defense, I was born and named before the Saw series was released. But yeah, my name usually raises suspicion (even in Germany) and I both love and hate it at the same time 😁

  • @jonistan9268

    @jonistan9268

    4 ай бұрын

    The same thing is with Bern in Switzerland that likes using .be

  • @johnkramer8091

    @johnkramer8091

    Ай бұрын

    @@vardekpetrovic9716 Exactly, it can sometimes come in handy to look at a car and know where they're from. However, in recent years we've loosened the "one county, one code" policy for historic reasons, allowing some old codes from former counties e.g. such that were merged with another or cities that at some point lost their status as a county of its own. This makes it all the more interesting, but on the other hand it can get very confusing as some of those were ridiculously small, especially in the former GDR. For example, in my county you'll get "HSK" for Hochsauerlandkreis only, but if you're from Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, the standard code is MSE, but you could now also opt for AT for Altentreptow DM for Demmin MC for Malchin MST for Mecklenburg-Strelitz MÜR for Lake Müritz NZ for Neustrelitz RM for Röbel/Müritz and WRN for Waren/Müritz. All for one county 😂

  • @johnkramer8091

    @johnkramer8091

    Ай бұрын

    @@vardekpetrovic9716 Exactly, it can sometimes come in handy to look at a car and know where they're from. However, in recent years we've loosened the "one county, one code" policy for historic reasons, allowing some old codes from former counties e.g. such that were merged with another or cities that at some point lost their status as a county of its own. This makes it all the more interesting, but on the other hand it can get very confusing as some of those were ridiculously small, especially in the former GDR. For example, in my county you'll get "HSK" for Hochsauerlandkreis only, but if you're from Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, the standard code is MSE, but you could now also opt for AT for Altentreptow DM for Demmin MC for Malchin MST for Mecklenburg-Strelitz MÜR for Lake Müritz NZ for Neustrelitz RM for Röbel/Müritz and WRN for Waren/Müritz. All for one county 😂

  • @kakwa
    @kakwa5 ай бұрын

    As a side note, DNS is no longer only something designed to simply help humans. It's also critical for machines as it is the root of trust used to verify the identity of a website/internet service. It's probably the most critical part of the Internet after the network links themselves.

  • @BaldiDevelopmentArchive

    @BaldiDevelopmentArchive

    21 күн бұрын

    OMG MY FRIENDS ARE EVERYWHERE. WE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME DOWN TO THE PARTIAL WHITE BORDER

  • @EyalBrown
    @EyalBrown5 ай бұрын

    The editing of these video never fails to make me laugh. The graphic blocking Jay's face is just top tier metahumor.

  • @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV

    @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV

    5 ай бұрын

    True. These videos are hilarious.

  • @slyseal2091

    @slyseal2091

    5 ай бұрын

    I wish England was a real place you could go to

  • @DrNothing23

    @DrNothing23

    5 ай бұрын

    And the green screen suddenly replacing the island background just before the cut ending the '.tk' bit, when it was said "People who have never been there". lol

  • @demondoggy1825

    @demondoggy1825

    5 ай бұрын

    The little touch of adding the end of film roll marker before the ad break was my favorite bit

  • @fluury

    @fluury

    5 ай бұрын

    I feel like im blind, where is the bit of the graphic blocking Jay's face in the video?

  • @RJiiFin
    @RJiiFin5 ай бұрын

    Wow, can you even _imagine_ 4000 people using the internet? I wonder if that will ever happen, or it was just a prediction

  • @davidkavanagh531

    @davidkavanagh531

    5 ай бұрын

    It was the beginning of the internet

  • @Mr_Morningsloth

    @Mr_Morningsloth

    5 ай бұрын

    @@davidkavanagh531 damn beat me to it by 12 mins

  • @SergioEduP

    @SergioEduP

    5 ай бұрын

    Imagine how many alt accounts every one of those 4000 people have just to inflate youtube video views and likes past the 4k mark

  • @MarceldeJong

    @MarceldeJong

    5 ай бұрын

    The internet is just a fad, it’ll never catch on!

  • @enjoyerofcontent

    @enjoyerofcontent

    5 ай бұрын

    No that's just fantasy. Everyone knows that in the future computers will be so large and expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own one.

  • @jonathanwebster7091
    @jonathanwebster709110 күн бұрын

    "I've never heard of Tokelau, and neither have you." -how poorly you underestimate my nerdiness.

  • @crashtestdolphin5884
    @crashtestdolphin588425 күн бұрын

    It's been 3-5 months, time to binge every mapmen episode in a single shot

  • @keystrokecascade
    @keystrokecascade5 ай бұрын

    Isn't BetterHelp the company that was found pressuring its vulnerable clients into giving up sensitive data, and then sharing that data with third parties illegally so bad that the FTC had to step in?

  • @user-ql2ce5tx5c

    @user-ql2ce5tx5c

    5 ай бұрын

    Why yes, one and the same. But rather than fix its deceptive advertising they’ve decided to throw tons and tons of money into trying to repair their reputation.

  • @Metzgeweiser

    @Metzgeweiser

    5 ай бұрын

    Don’t worry, the video creators already accepted the sponsor money without looking into who or what they’re shilling. What can you expect from a two minute answer stretched out 11 minutes

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions

    @Hand-in-Shot_Productions

    5 ай бұрын

    Now that you mention it, I'll avoid this company, and I hope Jay and Mark do the same as well!

  • @MartynDerg

    @MartynDerg

    5 ай бұрын

    and if such a company offered me $10k I would promote them, which I feel is what these two did, but had the decency to make it very obvious they were paid, so with that I'll leave a like on this comment hoping that it stays at the top.

  • @denisflorian2431

    @denisflorian2431

    5 ай бұрын

    oh no...entertainment on the internet? How dare they! If you want boring info straight to the point, you got wikipedia.@@Metzgeweiser

  • @Stephen_Lafferty
    @Stephen_Lafferty5 ай бұрын

    0:29 - well done to the graphic artist who distorted the map following the contours of the green screen held by Mark and Jay!

  • @zeppie_

    @zeppie_

    5 ай бұрын

    It's actually hilarious how well done that distortion is

  • @rvsen5351

    @rvsen5351

    5 ай бұрын

    Plot twist: they actually printed it out

  • @DerMBen

    @DerMBen

    5 ай бұрын

    Looks to me like it might've been made in 3d software

  • @somerandomniko

    @somerandomniko

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@DerMBenstill had to be tracked manually

  • @eliassirvio2779

    @eliassirvio2779

    5 ай бұрын

    @@DerMBen Yeah upon closer inspection I'm not even sure they're actually holding a green screen

  • @All4Tanuki
    @All4TanukiАй бұрын

    Seeing a KZreadr you like shilling betterhelp is like ordering your favourite beer and getting a mugful of poison instead...

  • @basil4154

    @basil4154

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah… let’s hope this’ll be the last time

  • @Connie_TinuityError

    @Connie_TinuityError

    Ай бұрын

    @@basil4154 unfortunately it's not, I just had a sneak peak look into their next video and they were sponsored by betterhelp again :(

  • @MarabouPatriot

    @MarabouPatriot

    Ай бұрын

    What's wrong with betterhelp? Am I missing something?

  • @hotpocketsat2am

    @hotpocketsat2am

    12 күн бұрын

    @@MarabouPatriot they sell your therapy data and hire really shit "therapists"

  • @mkgaca8721

    @mkgaca8721

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@MarabouPatriot they sell data from their clients

  • @SprashDragicootRed49Sagitarius
    @SprashDragicootRed49Sagitarius2 ай бұрын

    The end credit music is so blissful😂

  • @PineappleDealer37
    @PineappleDealer375 ай бұрын

    hey guys, I admire your videos, but you should reconsider which sponsors you take, as Betterhelp has had its good share of controversies, including, but not limited to: - Selling personal data of its users - Predatory charging methods - its workers being of questionable quality, with some of them being unlicensed psychologists and some reportedly just saying people to "get over it"

  • @emperortgp2424

    @emperortgp2424

    5 ай бұрын

    So instead of scamming subtly like mainstream therapy, they scam blatantly 💀

  • @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV

    @BasicallyBaconSandvichIV

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh, I haven't heard about this before. Not good. But they wouldn't be the only channel of good reputation to do this, unfortunately. I think betterhelp has been quite good at hiding their foul deeds. Though with the amount of comments pointing this out, I don't think they will accept a sponsorship from betterhelp anytime soon....

  • @CyanideSun94

    @CyanideSun94

    5 ай бұрын

    +

  • @resugram_YT

    @resugram_YT

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV a quick google search could have save them some trouble.

  • @pafnutiytheartist

    @pafnutiytheartist

    5 ай бұрын

    Seriously, I'm dissapointed in Jay, do a 30 second google of controversy before taking money. With a more informal way of direct sposnor promotion, where you don't sell an ad spot like TV channel, but let them put words directly in your mouth comes a little bit of responsibility. Not a lot of it, just one quick google search would have sufficed.

  • @Aprill264
    @Aprill2645 ай бұрын

    10:35. .cat is actually mostly used by the Catalan-speaking community, rather for cat-related websites. I came across a few companies using it when I visited Catalonia last year.

  • @PrzemysawIskra

    @PrzemysawIskra

    5 ай бұрын

    Not sure whether it is the case any more, but when it was being introduced one had to prove that they are either from Catalonia or, more likely, that the content on the website would be in Catalan.

  • @NYKevin100

    @NYKevin100

    5 ай бұрын

    Wikipedia says the registry actually enforces that as a policy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cat (TL;DR: You can't register a .cat unless you're already established on the Catalan-speaking internet, but their filters for this are not exactly perfect.)

  • @dakat_

    @dakat_

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad someone else commented this. I'm from Catalonia and yeah, all government-related webpages and some businesses' webpages here use .cat before other TLDs.

  • @SylviaSanchez

    @SylviaSanchez

    5 ай бұрын

    Pity. Such a missed opportunity...

  • @analienmango8756

    @analienmango8756

    5 ай бұрын

    All Catalonians are actually 3 cats in a trench coat.

  • @anonemos
    @anonemos5 ай бұрын

    Popularity of the Czech domain (.cz) is interesting. It's probably that high because the letter combination "cz" is quite rare, so Czechs can easily relate to it and feel national connection to it. That's why you often see it in nicknames, more than many other countries. It's funny that "cz" doesn't ever occur in Czech language, but that makes its meaning always clear and unambiguous. It's kind of a symbol or a logo of our country.

  • @krishacz

    @krishacz

    3 ай бұрын

    can confirm, am krishacz

  • @_blank-_

    @_blank-_

    2 ай бұрын

    Why does English use this spelling in the first place? It should be spelled 'Chek' or 'Chec' not "cZeCh". So confusing.

  • @anonemos

    @anonemos

    2 ай бұрын

    @@_blank-_ Because it's based on Čech/Čechy. "Č" makes a "ch" sound and in old Czech it used to be written like "cz", like in polish. And the ch is there because in czech "ch" makes a different sound: [x], like "ch" in german and "j" in spanish.

  • @abarette_

    @abarette_

    Ай бұрын

    @@anonemos would do /ç/ after /e/ in German though

  • @oliverbalda40283

    @oliverbalda40283

    23 күн бұрын

    Souhlasím

  • @TMCNJ
    @TMCNJ4 ай бұрын

    3:41 the advert queue thingfrom analog TV is a nice touch

  • @Palgineer
    @Palgineer5 ай бұрын

    BetterHelp is a company that has many egregious practices that are detrimental to mental health support.

  • @MMM18092

    @MMM18092

    5 ай бұрын

    Elaborate please.

  • @cromulentpotato

    @cromulentpotato

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, poor form to take their dosh

  • @MenloMarseilles

    @MenloMarseilles

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@MMM18092 1) Repeated controversies around sharing clients' private medical information with third parties. I'm sure you can imagine how much the health benefits of therapy would be disrupted by finding out what you'd said to your therapist in confidence has been somehow getting into your ad targeting dossier. 2) 2022 viral topic on TikTok where a lot of former BetterHelp clients came forward and described the shockingly bad quality of care they received on the platform. These are admittedly anecdotes - so we don't know how representative they are - but worrying ones.

  • @JonosBtheMC

    @JonosBtheMC

    5 ай бұрын

    Not to mention detrimental to your privacy.

  • @MargaretUK

    @MargaretUK

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MMM18092 Google them, it's not great 😕

  • @helenross3037
    @helenross30375 ай бұрын

    hi both, love the video but it's worth researching Better Help a bit more - they are notoriously sketchy, not only are they dodgy about whether therapists are vetted or not but also they have sold incredibly personal consumer data (lots of articles online about this recently because they were found guilty). There are also some great video essays about BH and how they aren't quite what they seem. just letting you know if it informs future decisions.

  • @HarryParkin

    @HarryParkin

    5 ай бұрын

    I said years ago something felt off about them; it felt like every other KZreadr suddenly had mental health problems that were solved by BetterHelp. I don’t want to say they’re all lying about it, but it seemed suspicious that the thing that suddenly got thousands of people “talking” about their problems was a random unheard of therapy company that by sheer coincidence happened to be paying the KZreadrs in question.

  • @Jojje94

    @Jojje94

    4 ай бұрын

    @@HarryParkin I never trust any sponsorship I hear about from internet content. Be extremely wary of the overdimensioned marketing budget.

  • @yuvalne

    @yuvalne

    4 ай бұрын

    ++++

  • @everythingsalright1121

    @everythingsalright1121

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Jojje94 generally the right way to go. Raycons are bad, raid shadow legends is bad, hello fresh had worker abuse problems and betterhelp...honestly as someone who studied psych in university i immediately went "uhm...so under what regulating body are these "therapists" operating and managed by? Did they do their masters/phds at verified post secondary institutions...?" Therapy isnt really something thats best conducted online through a sign up website...

  • @covereye5731

    @covereye5731

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember when BetterHelp was first called out, then it was suddenly an okay sponsor again and the claims were exaggerated and now people are suddenly back to calling them out again. Maybe Jay's audience is just more sensible, but otherwise this pattern will probably continue.

  • @drachefly
    @drachefly5 ай бұрын

    @9:00 I love the dropping the greenscreen effect. Nice.

  • @fiftytwentythree
    @fiftytwentythree5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for splitting your videos with a Part 1 and Part 2 with commercials in the middle. That's so much better than KZread's interrupty way of doing it. I appreciate it greatly. Thank you Map Men!

  • @Mysterios1989
    @Mysterios19895 ай бұрын

    To be honest, I still think country codes are rather useful. For me as a German, when a site has a .de option, it will mean that the site will most likely be optimized for German usage. It means I can assume that there is shipping to Germany, that has, if not completely in German by default, a German version available. So, even though I speak good enough English that I can communicate outside of my nations Internet, it still is beneficial for me to prefer the German nation code as I don't have to look at that website if stuff I buy has to be importet or not.

  • @boomerix

    @boomerix

    5 ай бұрын

    And if it's ".at" you know it's in German but uncensored.

  • @wta1518

    @wta1518

    5 ай бұрын

    As an American, I think that country codes are useless because basically everything can ship here and is in English anyways.

  • @JoeDower101

    @JoeDower101

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@wta1518 the least American mindset.

  • @wta1518

    @wta1518

    5 ай бұрын

    @@bywonline Have you never heard of a joke before?

  • @martijn9568

    @martijn9568

    5 ай бұрын

    Jup, being Dutch I do the same with .nl.

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k5 ай бұрын

    "Joost Zuurbier" is the new record for most Dutch name I've ever heard.

  • @testcardsandmore1231

    @testcardsandmore1231

    5 ай бұрын

    How about Hoyte van Hoytema? That's pretty Dutch too! :)

  • @apveening

    @apveening

    5 ай бұрын

    @@testcardsandmore1231 That is bastardized Frisian.

  • @ianstopher9111

    @ianstopher9111

    5 ай бұрын

    Or Matthijs van Heijningen

  • @Zeem4

    @Zeem4

    5 ай бұрын

    Pannenkoek van Windmolen might be a more Dutch-sounding name, with only the small problem that I just made it up.

  • @testcardsandmore1231

    @testcardsandmore1231

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Zeem4 😂 Most Dutch names sound made up anyway. No problem.

  • @PixelatedPenfold
    @PixelatedPenfold14 күн бұрын

    Every one of their videos need to be watched twice - once for the content and the second time at half speed (and with frequent use of the pause) to read all the very clever visual jokes (such as the words for the witch-doctor song in the fast-scrolling list of new TLDs).

  • @gnothisauton2116
    @gnothisauton21165 ай бұрын

    Love me some Map Men. The script and delivery are priceless. Well written and interesting!

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale15 ай бұрын

    If the Monty Python team had developed a hyper-specific interest in maps and made a KZread channel, they'd still have to sweat to make something this good!

  • @ScotchWhiskey864

    @ScotchWhiskey864

    5 ай бұрын

    The first Map Men episode was where 3 English gentlemen from Minehead were planning a little hike to Bideford.

  • @nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415

    @nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@ScotchWhiskey864 I would greatly appreciate it and thank you for the support and encouragement to link it to us!

  • @Igamer124

    @Igamer124

    5 ай бұрын

    I was actually thinking they'd probably make some pretty good Monty Python sketches.

  • @NithinJune
    @NithinJune5 ай бұрын

    “The United States of America considers itself the Default country” Truer words have not been spoken

  • @davestrider4973

    @davestrider4973

    5 ай бұрын

    "The United Kingdom forgets it once set itself as the default country." Is another important addition

  • @i_know_youre_right_but

    @i_know_youre_right_but

    5 ай бұрын

    That’s sort of when happens when your country dominates popular culture and technology. Plus the fact that the US invented the internet..

  • @MGX93dot

    @MGX93dot

    4 ай бұрын

    @@i_know_youre_right_but the internet as we know it (and as we use it) was invented by the English. nice try though. sir tim berners lee, for reference

  • @Jst4vdeos

    @Jst4vdeos

    4 ай бұрын

    You invent something you can consider yourself the default on it

  • @ViDeOMaStErPaUl

    @ViDeOMaStErPaUl

    4 ай бұрын

    @@davestrider4973 Eh we have like 1000 years and an Empire to back that up.

  • @WryAun
    @WryAun5 ай бұрын

    Love to see more of your videos! Always a delight! If only I'd been able to see this video a few years ago and save myself the research agony. It's put very succinctly, my compliments!

  • @alexanderkendall3905
    @alexanderkendall39054 ай бұрын

    Gotta say - I love the ITV style cue dots before the ads - nice touch!

  • @Muffinmurdurer
    @Muffinmurdurer5 ай бұрын

    One funny thing I learned a few years ago, the French Antarctic Territories have their own domain (.tf) but it's mostly used for websites centred around the video game Team Fortress 2. I'd never really thought there'd be an actual part of the world that was meant to be using it.

  • @AlfaGiuliaQV

    @AlfaGiuliaQV

    5 ай бұрын

    Neither did the TLD team

  • @agatethegreat9135

    @agatethegreat9135

    5 ай бұрын

    i'm going to make w.tf

  • @kyokazuto

    @kyokazuto

    5 ай бұрын

    *looks over at .tv*

  • @iDomW

    @iDomW

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@agatethegreat9135100k$ and its urs

  • @bonbonbonbons

    @bonbonbonbons

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@agatethegreat9135Good luck. Usually single letter domains are usually taken.

  • @Minitwill
    @Minitwill5 ай бұрын

    I get so much joy from map men episodes

  • @dreadharte9746

    @dreadharte9746

    5 ай бұрын

    Map Men, Map Men, map map map men men men men men men men men men men men men men...

  • @Jeff-yz1wx

    @Jeff-yz1wx

    5 ай бұрын

    ​ @BigPoppaCronie "I point out things no one but me cares about on the internet for validation from strangers"

  • @SammjuBognir

    @SammjuBognir

    5 ай бұрын

    ​ @BigPoppaCronie ​ @Jeff-yz1wx If you both disagree with her, why are you watching this video so early?

  • @kuzeyrl

    @kuzeyrl

    5 ай бұрын

    smael

  • @ianfreud

    @ianfreud

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BigPoppaCronieYou’re a really big boy.

  • @CoolScratcher
    @CoolScratcher5 ай бұрын

    Hi guys, I just wanted to say that your show reminded me a lot of old Bill Nye and gave me a very strange nostalgia boost while I was laughing my head off. Thank you for the unexpected boost of nostalgia and you guys are awesome!

  • @Nooticus
    @Nooticus5 ай бұрын

    excellent video! the outro music was one of my favourite things on your channel for a while, im surprised there are not more comments about it.

  • @axelprino
    @axelprino5 ай бұрын

    It has been brought to my attention that what I said is very much outdated info that is no longer true. To whoever might read this: please disregard this comment. Original comment for context: I always thought it was really annoying that here in Argentina the rules don't allow us to register ".ar" domains, instead only ".com.ar" and ".net.ar" being available, because "-ar" is the most common ending for verbs in infinitive form in Spanish so it would be a goldmine of word play.

  • @entity_04

    @entity_04

    5 ай бұрын

    that sounds like a potentially huge revenue stream 🤔

  • @joseluislopezpino6964

    @joseluislopezpino6964

    5 ай бұрын

    It's not the case anymore. You can have a .ar

  • @danielbishop1863

    @danielbishop1863

    5 ай бұрын

    And if Eritrea (.er) or Iran (.ir) cooperated, they could cover the other Spanish infinitives.

  • @nbartlett6538

    @nbartlett6538

    5 ай бұрын

    It would also be great for pirate-themed sites!

  • @RubyPiec

    @RubyPiec

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@danielbishop1863and some french!

  • @Glitter_H_Hoof
    @Glitter_H_Hoof5 ай бұрын

    did everyone forget betterhelp's shady past

  • @Daye04

    @Daye04

    5 ай бұрын

    Nope. That's why I'm not watching this video

  • @Casey-Jones

    @Casey-Jones

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Daye04 salty 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Daye04

    @Daye04

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Casey-Jones Are you having a stroke, buddy?

  • @calad6482

    @calad6482

    Ай бұрын

    Sure, they have shady past, but I'm more concerned about their shady present

  • @G3R0George

    @G3R0George

    Ай бұрын

    @@Daye04 don't let a dumb sponsor take away from the genius behind this video.

  • @marksterling8286
    @marksterling82865 ай бұрын

    It’s like all my Christmas came at once. Map Men and DNS explained in one video is just awesome. Thank you so much

  • @ulicnik24
    @ulicnik245 ай бұрын

    Amazing video as usually. You are doing great job.

  • @alexwynters600
    @alexwynters6005 ай бұрын

    4:54 What a great visual representation of betterhelp

  • @JaredJeyaretnam

    @JaredJeyaretnam

    5 ай бұрын

    I’ve heard…not-great things about them.

  • @engtilde

    @engtilde

    5 ай бұрын

    @@JaredJeyaretnamsame. Annoyed people keep getting sponsored by them

  • @blshouse

    @blshouse

    12 күн бұрын

    If a company is paying youtubers to advertise for them, it is almost always super shady. Looking at you, Nord VPN.

  • @ryanzarmbinski7446
    @ryanzarmbinski74465 ай бұрын

    You forgot to mention the cool internationalized TLDs for countries that use non-Latin writing systems! Probably not as interesting as the rest of the video content, but an interesting thing for language enthusiasts nonetheless! Especially when the writing direction is something other that left to right!

  • @elngsoup

    @elngsoup

    5 ай бұрын

    where can i find more info on this topic? that sounds like such a thing i would spend 2 hours reading about

  • @fucjk2141

    @fucjk2141

    5 ай бұрын

    @@elngsoupsames

  • @dealloc

    @dealloc

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@elngsoup Here are some keywords: Internationalized country code top-level domain, Punycode, ACE prefix The first is what OP is talking about specifically, the latter two are about how these domains are encoded to be compatible with the Internet domain name standard (which are a subset of ASCII), and still display correctly in user agents like a browser's URL bar.

  • @youarewinston

    @youarewinston

    5 ай бұрын

    and how this has caused a massive opportunity for phishing attacks since so many characters are similar in other alphabets - known as IDN homograph attacks. and issues for spam filters for ex. youtube can become yout⋃be

  • @gg_vard

    @gg_vard

    5 ай бұрын

    Like .ελ (rarely instead of .gr)

  • @toolebukk
    @toolebukk5 ай бұрын

    This video was already so good, and then you throw that outro music at me! What an absolute delight!

  • @davidjames6879
    @davidjames68795 ай бұрын

    I am always thoroughly entertained by MapMen KZread videos and I also learn lots of interesting things too. Good job, boys!

  • @leeboy26
    @leeboy265 ай бұрын

    As someone that also nearly climbed Rosemany Topping with my mum, I approve of Cape Verde's computing contribution.

  • @petertrudelljr

    @petertrudelljr

    5 ай бұрын

    but is that something you can add to your .CV?

  • @dickoon

    @dickoon

    5 ай бұрын

    Toby le Squids is a T T Teessider.

  • @rogink

    @rogink

    5 ай бұрын

    Rosebury Topping?

  • @plwadodveeefdv

    @plwadodveeefdv

    5 ай бұрын

    who's rosemary topping

  • @geckolocator

    @geckolocator

    5 ай бұрын

    Do you mean raspberry topping?

  • @antonistsam
    @antonistsam5 ай бұрын

    I think it's interesting to mention that some "countries" using an alphabet other than the Latin get a bonus ccTLD in their local alphabet. For example, in Greece, there are .gr and .ελ (although almost nobody uses .ελ, because it was recently added and people are used to .gr). Also, in the EU there are .ευ and .ею (the greek and cyrillic equivalents to .eu), beacuse official languages of the Union use these alphabets.

  • @syferpolski4344

    @syferpolski4344

    5 ай бұрын

    punycode domains were and are a terrible idea, especially for security reasons -you can dupe a legitimate website by registering it's name in bold unicode characters for example, and links won't make this obvious

  • @PanduPoluan

    @PanduPoluan

    5 ай бұрын

    Due to how they are actually coded (using punycode) those are not "bonus" ccTLD because they actually use more than two characters. For example, .ελ is actually punycoded as .xn--qxam (8 letters); it's the browser that converts the opaque .xn--qxam into .ελ. Browsers that don't support punycode (or those that have IDN support disabled) will simply show .xn--qxam

  • @white_145

    @white_145

    5 ай бұрын

    Also, in russia you can sometimes see cyrillic urls with .рф domain (meaning RF - russia federation)

  • @gamermapper

    @gamermapper

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@white_145in Ukraine .укр and in Belarus .бел

  • @JohnFlower-NZ

    @JohnFlower-NZ

    5 ай бұрын

    I asked my Ukrainian tutor of Russian about this and she says that she often uses the latin alphabet when online because usually it is easier to navigate the internet due to it's prevalence.

  • @MunthTime
    @MunthTime4 ай бұрын

    It's not just the content but the way you guys produce it that makes it so wonderfully watchable 🤣

  • @andreac3362
    @andreac33625 ай бұрын

    These guys are the best. Please do not stop.

  • @Tornroot
    @Tornroot5 ай бұрын

    I love when someone names a 'fake' URL as a joke, and then follows through by actually making the website 😂

  • @silverutopia

    @silverutopia

    5 ай бұрын

    Same, although my pc threw up some interesting warnings before letting me go to it 🤣

  • @daniel.ascetic

    @daniel.ascetic

    5 ай бұрын

    same, i just had to type in the first sentence of the video in the url bar, and the fact that it worked makes it clear, that these guys are really on some other level

  • @andyhoudini

    @andyhoudini

    5 ай бұрын

    Agreed, but it needs an SSL cert :)

  • @meaninglesskibble

    @meaninglesskibble

    5 ай бұрын

    The joke worked twice - first when I had to pause to read it and second when i laboriously typed the url into my phone and actually went there. Also enjoyed the reference to space jam, it being one of the oldest websites still working

  • @ElXando1993

    @ElXando1993

    5 ай бұрын

    @@andyhoudini It had one just no automatic redirect, but it does now.

  • @akorus_master
    @akorus_master5 ай бұрын

    .cat is actually not for cats (although it is oftent use for that purpose) but for catalan language websites. The conditions of use specify that the site must contain content in catalan, sites that do not comply may face termination.

  • @capybaratherealoneNL

    @capybaratherealoneNL

    3 ай бұрын

    isnt catalan cat language tough?

  • @jenelaina5665

    @jenelaina5665

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure you meant to say furmination

  • @Yuyo545

    @Yuyo545

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@capybaratherealoneNL Not reaçly, cats say "meu" instead of "meow" and that's the extent the cat lsnguage goes afafik

  • @capybaratherealoneNL

    @capybaratherealoneNL

    Ай бұрын

    @@Yuyo545 Nuh uh

  • @TheSuperappelflap

    @TheSuperappelflap

    Ай бұрын

    gat

  • @capnstewy55
    @capnstewy558 күн бұрын

    One of the few channels where the ads are debatably funnier than the actual content.

  • @martinbeck1061
    @martinbeck10615 ай бұрын

    the best series the modern internet had ever seen, thank you so much Mark and Jay

  • @kenyarborough812
    @kenyarborough8125 ай бұрын

    I'm in New Zealand, Tokelau is very remote and has only 1,500 people It was under COVID lockdown for 3 years. The only way to get there is on a 24-hour boat trip from Samoa to the closest atoll of Fakaofo, after a four-hour flight from New Zealand to Apia. It takes a further 3½ hour boat trip to Nukunonu and a further six hours to the furthest atoll, Atafu.

  • @AlexanderTheEvenGreater

    @AlexanderTheEvenGreater

    3 ай бұрын

    Now I really really want to go...

  • @jeeukko
    @jeeukko5 ай бұрын

    Please do not take sponsorship from BetterHelp

  • @RandomPerson37233

    @RandomPerson37233

    11 күн бұрын

    Correct

  • @Anonymouse1886

    @Anonymouse1886

    4 күн бұрын

    Why?

  • @jeeukko

    @jeeukko

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Anonymouse1886 BetterHelp is like the back alley surgeon you go to remove bullets from you gut when you are a wanted criminal. Might be great, might steal your kidneys, just roll the dice. But basically they sell patient data, some therapists have no license and just cancel appointments or do something else while you talk.

  • @santoi

    @santoi

    4 күн бұрын

    Why

  • @hamueramusic
    @hamueramusic14 күн бұрын

    that outro song's arrangement is gold

  • @TheGKFront
    @TheGKFront4 ай бұрын

    So great that you guys are back!!

  • @Oblivion9873
    @Oblivion98735 ай бұрын

    that youtubers still take betterhelp sponsorships after everything that happened is a damn shame

  • @geolawie

    @geolawie

    5 ай бұрын

    Not a youtuber, but hadn't heard of the controversies til today?

  • @Sam42069

    @Sam42069

    5 ай бұрын

    and then the same KZreadrs take VPN sponsorships to help people with their “privacy”😂😂

  • @m_lies

    @m_lies

    5 ай бұрын

    what happened ? I never heard of the controversies?

  • @creounity

    @creounity

    5 ай бұрын

    @@m_lies BetterHelp's therapists aren't licensed and anyone can join. BetterHelp failed to have written policies and procedures for protecting the privacy of health information. What's worse, BetterHelp was caught selling data to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest. The company recently settled for $7.8 million. The FTC confirmed that BetterHelp pushed people into handing over health information.

  • @karasumer

    @karasumer

    5 ай бұрын

    8:35

  • @johnlittle8045
    @johnlittle80455 ай бұрын

    Given how crazy for the USA so many of my fellow stateside people are, it's kind of wild that there's not a patriotism-fueled rush to not just use but over-use the .us code

  • @BonaparteBardithion

    @BonaparteBardithion

    5 ай бұрын

    Nah, more likely they'd use .freedom. If it's good enough for fries it's good enough for the Internet.

  • @antonioscendrategattico2302

    @antonioscendrategattico2302

    5 ай бұрын

    Most of the people in question probably don't even know what a TLD is.

  • @Gregorius421

    @Gregorius421

    5 ай бұрын

    save.us 😀

  • @beth12svist

    @beth12svist

    5 ай бұрын

    From a non-US point of view, it's actually INCREDIBLY reflective of how often US-ians on the internet forget that the rest of the world exists and saying which country you're from to put your comments and posts in context, or not assuming everyone else is also in the US, might be a bit of a basic courtesy.

  • @frenchsnailbutter

    @frenchsnailbutter

    5 ай бұрын

    So many people here in the States get confused when I tell them the name of my website, which ends in .us. It's like they've never even heard about it (dialogwith.us). It was supposed to be clever but it just ends up being confusing for so many people.

  • @mohinichoudhury5351
    @mohinichoudhury53513 ай бұрын

    man, I love your videos. I wish I had you guys as my teachers in school!

  • @bluiska1
    @bluiska15 ай бұрын

    I LOVE your work guys. It's exactly my kind humor. I find your jokes and presentation so good.

  • @smidge-J
    @smidge-J5 ай бұрын

    I laughed so hard at the New Zealand having six flags on the whatismyflag website at the start. I really appreciate that our flag fiasco gets to be a joke on this channel because it was a joke when it happened as well. Anyway I still think the laser kiwi flag should've won.

  • @TheGalaxyWings

    @TheGalaxyWings

    5 ай бұрын

    Based laser kiwi enjoyer

  • @Trixtah

    @Trixtah

    4 ай бұрын

    A deep cut, but a great one.

  • @mat39

    @mat39

    4 ай бұрын

    Cringe comments touch grass

  • @aceman0000099

    @aceman0000099

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@Trixtah Not really that deep

  • @rachelcookie321

    @rachelcookie321

    4 ай бұрын

    If we were gonna spend $25 million on a flag referendum the least we could have got in return was a laser kiwi. I’m a fan of the current flag but it was still quite disappointing to go through all that for nothing to change.

  • @nolram
    @nolram5 ай бұрын

    Please don't do BetterHelp sponsorships again. They're a quite abusive corporation, see Jacob Geller's & others reporting on them - sacrificing their users and therapists mental health for profits.

  • @altheking21

    @altheking21

    5 ай бұрын

    Exactly, Betterhelp does not care for people whatsoever, simply money.

  • @fizthe_wizz

    @fizthe_wizz

    5 ай бұрын

    why is it that almost every single yt sponsorship are always revealed to have horrible intentions??? the one about being a lord or lady with scottish land was fairly obvious, but quite often, you'd never suspect anything. Prehaps people trust those they are subscribed to more?

  • @jamesavis1

    @jamesavis1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@fizthe_wizz There's a reason they don't advertise on more traditional methods.

  • @tedioustotoro4885

    @tedioustotoro4885

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jamesavis1I’ve actually started seeing ads for BetterHelp on TV recently.

  • @Alina_the_Hedgehog

    @Alina_the_Hedgehog

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@sannirayThat is true for almost every company. Marketing costs make up a major part of a project's budget

  • @AL_THOMAS
    @AL_THOMAS23 күн бұрын

    I can't wait for the next one. They are a real treat!

  • @citycboy
    @citycboy5 ай бұрын

    Great video as usual! Love the omage to Les Dawson at the end. Miss your live shows Jay!!

  • @NIDELLANEUM
    @NIDELLANEUM5 ай бұрын

    0:45 fun fact: the Space Jam website is still on, pretty much unchanged since the movie's release in 1996! You can go there and get a peak at what a 1990s website looked like

  • @_Vesper

    @_Vesper

    5 ай бұрын

    It redirects me to the Warner Brothers site

  • @OnionChoppingNinja

    @OnionChoppingNinja

    5 ай бұрын

    Tell me they atleast switched to https since then

  • @NIDELLANEUM

    @NIDELLANEUM

    5 ай бұрын

    they did@@OnionChoppingNinja

  • @magicmanchloe
    @magicmanchloe10 күн бұрын

    How is this an 11 minute video? Edit: how did you keep me entertained and enthralled for 11 minutes talking about cc-tld’s. Bravo.

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
    @Hand-in-Shot_Productions5 ай бұрын

    As always, I found this to be quite an informative and entertaining video! I learned about _two_ islands today: Torquay is a small town on the coast of England, while the even smaller Tokelau (which surprisingly, I _have_ heard of) has (or had) the most popular internet country code... despite not even being a country, but part of New Zealand! Thanks for the video!

  • @aceman0000099

    @aceman0000099

    4 ай бұрын

    🇹🇰

  • @_callewaert
    @_callewaert5 ай бұрын

    0:39 i love how they depicted the vision of humanity on computers at that time in the form of a waffle iron

  • @nixxie2390

    @nixxie2390

    5 ай бұрын

    yes! I rewound just after that picture came up as my noggin belatedly went 'huh'? at the waffle iron! Tho frankly I would love a computer that also makes waffles!!

  • @benito6036

    @benito6036

    5 ай бұрын

    No, that was a waffle drive, for your waffle discs, which are capable of storing a single bit per indentation based on whether there's any syrup in there. Additional data density was achieved by the addition of butter or whipped cream or other condiments. Unfortunately the acceptance of additional toppings was not universal, so no one has ever recognized my single sodden waffle storing the entirety of Wikipedia.

  • @klausbrinck2137

    @klausbrinck2137

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey, a toaster for only 15.000pounds, where do I pay ???

  • @Spacedog79

    @Spacedog79

    5 ай бұрын

    These days any PC can be used as a waffle iron by playing Crysis.

  • @chanyy6838
    @chanyy68385 ай бұрын

    10:53 The tune that plays when your makeshift mini-bridge made of only toothpicks collapses into an impossible game of pick-up-sticks

  • @truestorm94
    @truestorm945 ай бұрын

    So glad these guys are making videos again

  • @deanusw
    @deanusw4 ай бұрын

    I appreciate your attention to detail putting the little black and white lines running into the add break. You thought I wouldn't notice, but I did

  • @clandestin011
    @clandestin0115 ай бұрын

    So! something interesting to why cctld is useful to me. I live in the french speaking part of belgium. Whenever I have to google some administrative questions, or find a website that specifically needs to be belgian (for example, real estate agencies), google doesn't always care that I specifically typed "belgium" in the search bar. Screening through the tld's, I can directly see if the website is based in france or belgium

  • @beth12svist

    @beth12svist

    5 ай бұрын

    Somewhat less vital reasons, but I sometimes have something similar going on between my native language of Czech, and Slovak. The two are mutually intelligible to a high degree, plus we used to be one country till just thirty years ago, which means I do every now and then get some Slovak results for my Czech queries...

  • @kain0m

    @kain0m

    5 ай бұрын

    If you think that is hard, try being an Austrian. German websites everywhere...

  • @beth12svist

    @beth12svist

    5 ай бұрын

    @@kain0m I was thinking of you down south. 🙂 Not my experience, though, so I did not bring it up.

  • @u1zha

    @u1zha

    5 ай бұрын

    Type "site:be" in search bar, that one Google does still care about

  • @JohnFlower-NZ

    @JohnFlower-NZ

    5 ай бұрын

    As a New Zealander I feel your pain. I search in English and so often get American results.

  • @sundhaug92
    @sundhaug925 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Before DNS domains were managed by one woman and her team, who'd create the hosts file, and then everyone just had to make sure they had the latest hosts-file

  • @sundhaug92

    @sundhaug92

    5 ай бұрын

    In addition: There are ccTLDs that exist with no registered domains

  • @Kartion

    @Kartion

    5 ай бұрын

    Malware sometimes uses your Host File to redirect your DNS to a different site (IP) while still using the same URL. We also still adjust it in IT land for businesses due to complicated IT reasons. Generally at home your hosts file should be empty except for the default text, if not that could be a problem but ask your admin about it (If you are the admin then it probably is if you're not actively aware of it!)

  • @sundhaug92

    @sundhaug92

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Kartion 1. Is solved by HTTPS 2. If your a corporation you should be using your own DNS-server instead

  • @jimbob3332

    @jimbob3332

    5 ай бұрын

    Sounds like when you'd pick up the phone and have to get transferred to the number you were wanting by a nice lass by a switchboard.

  • @sundhaug92

    @sundhaug92

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jimbob3332 Alternatively it's like when you'd get a physical phone-book sent to you

  • @techguy_drew
    @techguy_drew5 ай бұрын

    06:51 as an editor, I felt that in my soul. 😂

  • @Shipnerd194
    @Shipnerd1945 ай бұрын

    I've been watching for a few years now and am still enjoying thoroughly - What if you did a video on the history of different roads in the uk? Dual Carriageways, motorways, etc

  • @xeladas
    @xeladas5 ай бұрын

    Wait, Betterhelp? didn't they into a spot of bother a few years ago for a whole laundry list of issues? or am I thinking of a different company?

  • @hotpocketsat2am

    @hotpocketsat2am

    12 күн бұрын

    no you're not, every single youtuber seems to have just fucking forgot about what they've done and are taking the money again

  • @MarcusMoMain
    @MarcusMoMain5 ай бұрын

    2:37 As a New Zealander, I can confirm we do have six official flags

  • @MarcusMoMain

    @MarcusMoMain

    5 ай бұрын

    (Jk I'm not a New Zealander)

  • @keiyakins

    @keiyakins

    5 ай бұрын

    They used six flags and none of them were the laser kiwi. Disgraceful.

  • @matheuscastello6554

    @matheuscastello6554

    5 ай бұрын

    i thought six flags was based in the united states!

  • @Ezullof

    @Ezullof

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure the official demonym is "Kiwi" or "Rohirrim" depending on the part of the NZ where you live

  • @laurencefraser

    @laurencefraser

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Ezullof The official demonym is, in fact, "New Zealander"... but "kiwi" is so universally wide spread that no one uses that outside of official documents and super formal speeches for super serious events... or clarifying for confused foreigners. (on a side note, the adjective (I think it is?) for 'things to do with New Zealand' is... 'New Zealand'. ... this Also usually gets replaced with 'kiwi'.) Also, New Zealand's national bird is the Kiwi. Also also, the fruit is NOT a kiwi. It is a kiwifruit. If you talk about eating kiwis here people will wonder if they should be reporting you for poaching or cannibalism for the half second it takes them to realise that your a foreigner. (well, ok, no, in reality they'll just be slightly confused for that half second). Anyway, NZ has One official flag, last I checked. For the country itself anyway. Unless I missed another round of idiocy seeing someone deciding to claim that a symbol of a seperatist or racist movement should be included as some sort of nod to inclusivity (never mind that the entire point of such is to Exclude people). Pick a direction to be stupid in on matters that can be tangentally related to race and you can bet it's been tried by some politician in one party or another at least once

  • @CookieMonster-ow6bv
    @CookieMonster-ow6bv4 ай бұрын

    Great video, well done, keep up the good work!!!

  • @tomb7436
    @tomb74364 ай бұрын

    Perfect - summed it all up nicely. Thanks.

  • @kicorse
    @kicorse5 ай бұрын

    Maybe the most interesting effects of resizing countries by a statistic that I've seen, The Cape of Good Hope is now in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon has swapped its Atlantic coast for an Indian Ocean coast, and Palau has come up with a great solution to all those territorial disputes over the South China Sea.

  • @guiltazaour2871
    @guiltazaour28715 ай бұрын

    There's nothing more funny and informative in the same time on the Internet anywhere. Brilliant stuff guys!

  • @TheOriginalFlyGuy
    @TheOriginalFlyGuy4 ай бұрын

    Brilliantly humorous and informative, Stuff I didn’t need to know but am glad I now do.

  • @matthewgough9533
    @matthewgough95335 ай бұрын

    3:13 New ringtone, anyone?

  • @draw4kicks
    @draw4kicks5 ай бұрын

    This is by far my favourite series on the internet! Love from Tokelau xx

  • @GOVN42
    @GOVN425 ай бұрын

    I bloody love when you put a video out

  • @user-pf2yp9fn9d
    @user-pf2yp9fn9d5 ай бұрын

    Yay! The map men are back! My favourite time of the week/month/how long since the last one?

  • @jon9103
    @jon91035 ай бұрын

    DNS doesn't just allow for easier to remember names, it also allows the name of a website to stay the same even if the IP address changes across time or space.

  • @JohnSmithShields
    @JohnSmithShields5 ай бұрын

    I normally have to watch Map Men videos a few times, looking for those little extras they put in. Even the Unfinished London videos were full of them. Well played Jay, Mark and the rest of any team you have helping you.

  • @markwright3161

    @markwright3161

    2 ай бұрын

    I've spent over an hour watching this 11 minute video :)

  • @rifwann
    @rifwann5 ай бұрын

    was wondering about this for a while.. nice timing

  • @Kaelygon
    @Kaelygon12 күн бұрын

    5:41 Amazing that is an actual working domain. Props for the dedication.

  • @CakeLorde
    @CakeLorde5 ай бұрын

    Isn't better help a scam? Or did they finally hire licensed professionals

  • @Lucifers-Stepdad
    @Lucifers-Stepdad5 ай бұрын

    I actually work with country codes every day at my job. I love them deeply. Big up to AD (Andorra) for being at the top of the list and the top of my heart.

  • @johndododoe1411

    @johndododoe1411

    5 ай бұрын

    Sounds like you're in the business of commercial disinformation .

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm www.gl.ad to hear that.

  • @Wandering869
    @Wandering8695 ай бұрын

    I love that you include the little ad break marker thing in the corner of the screen

  • @d7fjhakasd8
    @d7fjhakasd85 ай бұрын

    Every frame is hilarious, even the ads. ;P Well done, as always

  • @renskedunnewold1995
    @renskedunnewold19955 ай бұрын

    It's kind of startling to see the Netherlands this big on a world map. You don't even have to squint..

  • @DantevanGemert

    @DantevanGemert

    5 ай бұрын

    It does have a bit of an odd shape here though, as if a 4-year-old drew it. Oh well, I guess you can't have it all

  • @martijn9568

    @martijn9568

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@DantevanGemertIt's just that the mapmakers were bit stupid and took the coastline as an outline for their countries. It works for most, except the Netherlands with the Deltaworks in Zeeland and the Afsluitdijk creating the IJsselmeer. The Scheldes en the IJsselmeer are technically inland waters because of it, creating the odd looking outline.

  • @DantevanGemert

    @DantevanGemert

    5 ай бұрын

    @@martijn9568 they may have taken a low resolution base map as well because Limburg is also a bit shrunken

  • @Michaelthekiwi
    @Michaelthekiwi5 ай бұрын

    So (as a Citizen of the Realm of New Zealand) I knew about Tokelau, and even went to school with a Tokelauan. Perhaps you should do a video on New Zealand's attempt to create an empire under Prime Minister Richard Seddon (aka King Dick) and it's own decolonisation story with German Samoa, Cook Islands and a rather large chunk of Antarctica.

  • @emilyjanet455

    @emilyjanet455

    5 ай бұрын

    That sounds very interesting!!

  • @AholeAtheist

    @AholeAtheist

    5 ай бұрын

    TBH, I don't think we should incorporate them into an empire like that, but we probably should create a European Union type situation with all the Pacific island nations so none of us need passports to visit each other. Would be good for the people who come to Aotearoa for work, and good for us and them in terms of fostering tourism. Plenty of kiwis would probably love to have a quick holiday or two in the other, more tropical islands which would be good for their economies.

  • @shotmeonsightplease

    @shotmeonsightplease

    5 ай бұрын

    Is your attempt at creating an empire why you are cut off from so many maps? World punishing you for having ambition.

  • @AholeAtheist

    @AholeAtheist

    5 ай бұрын

    @@shotmeonsightplease If that was the reason, then the US, China, Russia, France and the UK wouldn't be on any maps either.

  • @erikkennedy

    @erikkennedy

    5 ай бұрын

    I like that the Map Men stuck up a bunch of alternative New Zealand flags from the 2015-2016 referendums at 2:37.

  • @melanie_kay_6014
    @melanie_kay_60145 ай бұрын

    I love this channel so much

  • @Orange_Leaves
    @Orange_Leaves5 ай бұрын

    Lately I have been wondering about the country codes in web addresses. Thank you for a video explaining it!!!

  • @getnohappy
    @getnohappy5 ай бұрын

    We were so lucky the early Internet folks were odd techno-hippies who thought about the future, rather than modern day tech bros focused on the next IPO

  • @informitas0117

    @informitas0117

    5 ай бұрын

    I hate the modern internet. The spying and data vampirism of corporations against ordinary people is sickening. But I am a paranoid schizophrenic so my viewpoint might be biased.

  • @WingsTM

    @WingsTM

    5 ай бұрын

    very beautifully said

  • @Abby_Liu
    @Abby_Liu5 ай бұрын

    noo not the betterhelp sponsorship 😭😭😭

  • @pathetacy
    @pathetacyАй бұрын

    nice to see you're back jay! could we see some more unfinished london, or an official end to that series?

  • @jalabaster
    @jalabaster5 ай бұрын

    I bloody love the map men!!!

  • @Felix-nz7lq
    @Felix-nz7lq5 ай бұрын

    In fairness .cat is actually short for Catalonia

  • @nbartlett6538

    @nbartlett6538

    5 ай бұрын

    It's also short for catalytic converter and catamaran.

  • @thesteelrodent1796

    @thesteelrodent1796

    5 ай бұрын

    @@nbartlett6538 not when it comes to URLs though ;)

  • @vsm1456

    @vsm1456

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nbartlett6538 and Caterpillar (the company)

  • @kojisan1

    @kojisan1

    4 күн бұрын

    It's not. It's short for Catalan (Catalan is spoken in more areas than Catalonia)

  • @oevers
    @oevers5 ай бұрын

    There is an important fact you should have mentioned here at 09:30 As you said earlier, there are no rules for country based TLDs. Which is why they accidentally sold their tld years ago to a foreign company for a very low price without knowing what they are doing. This company now receives these millions. 🇹🇻 doesn’t see anything from that money.

  • @blobbbe

    @blobbbe

    5 ай бұрын

    According to the 2019 budget the Tuvulu government makes $7.1 million a year from the .tv licensing, roughly 8% of the country's total revenue. They also recently (this year) negotiated a new licensing deal with godaddy.

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    5 ай бұрын

    Is it even possible for a country to sell their ccTLD?

  • @schuhey7021

    @schuhey7021

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Liggliluffthey could theoretically enter into a contract giving a way control of it and the money generated by it, but it would most likely, technically, still be their property.

  • @IparIzar

    @IparIzar

    5 ай бұрын

    It's possible for a country to sell you land, why should the virtual domain be different?

  • @thesteelrodent1796

    @thesteelrodent1796

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Liggliluff legally they can give/sell anyone the right to admin the ccTLD, but because ICANN is the authority that decide who owns it, the country will always still own the ccTLD and have the final word in how it's used

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