Only in the US tho. I dont think the problem was even half as ridiculous in Europe. In Warsaw toilet paper didnt run out for a single day, sure people bought it more and it was running low at times, but no fights and in the end you could always buy it
I worked at a Walmart during this time. I can remember just wandering the shelves on my break and seeing what WASNT out. We were still fully stocked on trail mix and jerky, you know, food that is shelf stable and long lasting. As well as tea and cough drops, the things one would want for a respiratory illness. It. Was. Hysterical.
@BarioisDerplord I got extremely lucky I ended up getting a bidet before all of the kerfuffle started and it turned out to be the best idea I accidentally came up with before the unknown virus of unspecified origins
I think my favorite stuff from that period was going to a store, and seeing that there was absolutely no hand sanitizer and all the antibacterial soap was gone, but the normal soap and the rubbing alcohol was still present. Like untouched. So $40 of normal dial and $40 of rubbing alcohol later, I was set for the entire pandemic.
@dapep sadly yes. They had me messing with the fryers without any training and burning myself plenty of times 😍. Such good times. Btw if anyone reading these comments go to Bojangles, _dont get the mashed potatoes_ The only true safe sides to get are the fries, bo-rounds, rice, green beans, and Mac & Cheese. The white gravy, brown gravy, and mashed potatoes get contaminated easily.
So I had lost my home back in 2020 and was sleeping in my car, driving around LA like a nomad and it was genuinely the most surreal year of my life because literally nobody was outside. I could drive anywhere and everything was quiet it was freaky
_"Actually the details are a bit foggy but it is believed that Batman was eating soup with his hands in a Chinese restaurant when someone coughed on the croutons"_ This is why I love Internet Historian [0:56]
It's exaggerated for me, stores in my area were out of toilet paper for only a couple weeks before they were back again. Buyers were limited on how many they could buy. The stores would randomly run out at times, but nothing like going without toilet paper for months or anything.
Wouldn't it make _more_ sense to stock up on ridiculous amounts of *food* rather than toilet paper? Sure, now you've got a ton of toilet paper, but without food, you can't crap, and no crap means no use of toilet paper. Also, no food means starvation, which means death. I'm *not* saying you should stock up on ridiculous amounts of food. I'm just saying it'd make more sense to do it with food rather than toilet paper.
Where I live in England, people stocked up on all the cheaper types of food, especially the rich... "Why buy one tin of Heinz when you could buy five tins of store brand" This caused many people on lesser incomes to struggle to afford buying food and slip into debt more easily; all because people got greedy and didn't care for others.
I remember thinking that if I really did run out of paper I'd just go in the shower. That 5 seconds of slight concern was the extent of the situation for me.
It's so wild looking back on all this, just to see the upload date was _only 5 months into the pandemic._ All that shit felt like it took 2 years, and yet I oddly kind of miss it.
the virus had a really weird effect on my workplace - with all the restaurants and hotels in lockdown in the UK, half our business left. Strangely, the amount of products Costa wanted in their deliveries shot up, which made work weird, cause we'd turn up for our shifts and everything would be done. We got paid for 8/12 hour shifts, with no work... so we'd genuinely walk into work and could see people washing walls and the ceiling.
I feel like NordVPN isn't even sponsoring Internet Historian anymore, he's just continuing the story for the sake of the story. He's doing this for the art of it all.
its funnier to believe that the people at nord love these ads that they pay for them just so they can see more, not even for the sake of actual advertising
This video may just serve as a Sparknotes styled for students later on about 2020. Crazy to think that internet historian is setting up for future students with entertaining content.
I remember being a huge germaphobic at that time (I still carry my bottle of alcohol) but I no longer have the same precautions. You know I learned that we have to adapt, and face our sad reality.
Wow. People tend to panic and act irrationally when they're stuck in a situation that is completely new, with no similar experiences that they can compare to, and also stuck isolated for months on end. Such a discovery for sociology and psychology.
I used to think the way people acted in disaster movies were amazingly stupid. And now that we’re going through this I realize they weren’t acting stupid enough.
I went 8 days without pooping once. *not because of Covid but because I was stuck in the high country (uninhabited high elevation mountains) with no food in the early spring (no animals out of hibernation, no Edina plants growing) so I had zero food for 8 days while I hiked out. Turns out if you don’t eat you don’t have to poop. Who knew!?
As someone who has issues with food, yes you do poop if you don't eat, the issue is that you don't get like, any fiber, so shitting is very irregular and then you'll randomly get diarrhea
@Ashmond the Southern Trashmond everyone's body is different, some people will retain an unhealthy amount of weight, from reasonable amounts of food, and previous injuries prevent me from pushing myself at the gym. I honestly struggle just to stay out of shape.
I remember at the start of the pandemic, my Wal-Mart was completely looted of all toilet paper, medical supplies, canned foods, and more. I was starting my junior year in high school when news began to circulate about Covid coming in from China and at first I thought that if it reached the US, it would easily be contained by the CDC, but before I knew it, my school was closed, my town and state went into lockdown, and I had to finish the rest of my junior year online on Zoom, which by itself was a strange experience. I never thought I would live through an full blown pandemic, especially in the 21st century. I underestimated the power of nature, the food and supply chain, and human stupidity. I hope that we as a society learn from all this so future generations won't have to go through the crazy BS that we had to deal with. Also I had no idea that the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 started in Australia, I thought it began in the US lol
Just re-watching this on the toilet whilst waiting for an improvised flattened and wettened toilet roll tube to dry because I ran out of paper and am now stranded. It wasn't enough. My legs are giving out. I fear that the shower is my last resort.
If you ever feel dumb, just remember that instead of donating food to people who need it, the Farmers decide to dump them. Instead of donating millions of tons of food to those who need it, they decided to just throw them away.
@LP W in the way they advertise it. It wont stop hackers or prevent someone like internet provider or someone on public wifi seeing what you do or eho you are. All it does it gives you a different location, sure it works for that but thats all it does and there is plenty of free working vpns around, no need to buy in to that nonsense.
I remember searching for toilet paper for a week just to give up. Then one day I needed to go to my local mexican supermarket for some stuff I cant find at walmart, and they had a full wall of toilet paper...
Imagine like 50 people outside your window just breaking in and stealing photos from your bedroom and they all scatter like cockroaches when they see you awake
The sad part is when I have these videos running for background noise while I'm working on a project, sometimes I don't even realize it's a commercial until a good 30-45 seconds in. "... It's kind of hanging on that gag for a long time, I don't get it..." Looks up "oh God damn it!" Skips ad 😒
In my city, Poznań, Poland, everybody was buying so much soap that shop staff didn't manage to restock shelfs; the same people thought that there's shortage of soap and bought even more.
Who the fuck drew COVID-chan and what is the easiest way to beat them senseless? On a serious note, I have very little doubt that IH's videos are going to be analyzed in the future as both secondary sources for the events described and primary sources for our own era. They really are what some 22nd century historian would love to find.
As someone who has moderating and leading zoom classes as part of their job, yes, if you want all attendees to get into the room, you will risk having someone leak the code somewhere. Hence why I only recommend it for educational use in adult education, more private meetings with a lower risk of someone pulling a prank or whatever. It's easy to use, but also easy to annoy. It has had many quality updates in the last year tho, and my job of explaining everything to my new colleagues has become a lot easier since half of it doesn't consist of literal witchcraft, satanic sacrifice rituals and interface bug workarounds. Tho, to this day, we still sacrifice a goat or two before every super important meeting with more than 80 attendees and pray to the Omnissiah so it doesn't crash.
I still remember asking my parents when they went on a Walmart trip to bring me back a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons because I couldn't go with them. What a wild time to be alive...
The best part about the toilet paper panic in my country is I accidentally succeeded at life. I was sick of constantly running out of tp. So once before the crisis started I bought two massive toilet roll packets, enough for probably 6 months. Then instantly after that the panics started and the shelves were empty. It was beautiful.
@CMCAdvanced imagine if Erik was listening to the NordVPN bit on his Raycon every day earbuds. Then imagine if both of them enjoyed a little bit of salvia and tried to do an episode together.
Just had a midlife crisis this was my pfp for years and i thought i had somehow watched this in the past without remembering and commented on it. Turns out im just an idiot
Zoom story: I had an english exam and there were many students so we were placed in numbered sessions. About 3 of those sessions had to be cancelled, including mine, because some clowns entered the meeting and started playing Monsters Inc. song meme, random moans, a granny tied to a chair, and a naked woman with a horse... It was the best exam I have ever had.
@Mariusz J True, but apparently he has been working on and off on a few videos, apparently he is working on a reddit video or something like that thats an hour long, he has plans to do another sundance rejects, and he has plans to do an In the Field with Donut Operator and Khail.
One good side effect of all the nonsense was London was comparatively a ghost town a year ago. Most shops were open, there were no tourists, and there was almost no traffic. Really civilised. Actually a pleasure to visit. Went there last month and it was like the entire human population had decided to come at once. A freakin’ nightmare.
Because of the toilet paper shortage I actually stopped using them, so it would last longer for the rest of my family. I just started hopping in the shower directly after taking a poop
I come back to this video every once in a while, because it always somehow becomes more ridiculous through the current events. It's like pairing good cheese and wine. I can't believe, that the same twomad, who did the zoom pranks is now the one who done the deed with Belle Delphine.
Considering the CEO of Australia literally went ahead and (most likely himself) OK'd the creation of quarantine camps, where people who were sick were forced to stay there until they & their families were all clear, makes the line said at 3:51 either funny, ironic, aged _very_ poorly or the combo of the three.
A year after this whole thing started, and it almost seems made up how insane things were and just how dumb literally everyone was. But no, it all actually happened.
As a construction worker I go into peoples houses alot and it was depressing how often I'd see 1 guy or a married couple that have a year _or more_ worth in toilet paper stashed. I saw 1 old couple that had around 12 or more of those giant Costco packs that have like 50 rolls each
Looking back it honestly feels like a fever dream. I remember going shopping and not being able to get soap, hand sanitiser, toilet paper, and a tonne of other essentials because people just went absolutely nuts.
Man i can't wait to tell my kids how I was actually told to handout 1 roll of tp to customers, and how our local town ran out of horse medicines cause people believed that was the cure.
please never stop making videos, i can't count the times i watched and rewatched your videos even though they are more of a informative type, but they are so well made and funny that i just really enjoy watching them
In all honesty, after seeing the toilet paper panic, I STILL feel the need to stockpile a bit. Like, there's plenty now, but it's cheap, it never expires, and you KNOW the panic, hoarding, and shortage WILL happen again the next time there's a crisis.
Dude im from Spain and this was totally nuts. I saw how a granny went fists with another granny because the fist one catched the second one stealing food from everyones carts while the people were paying for the foods. i heard from my brother how a teenager nearly bites a soldier's nose (The military were helping the Police forces in here) because the soldier saw her stealing make-up.
Never got the toilet paper thing. We dont have bidets in the US, usually, but the general consensus on taking a shit and finding out you dont have toilet paper around is to just hop in the shower. Idk how in a nation where we have people masturbating with showerheads we didnt think theyd properly clean a butthole THAT WILL ALSO CLEAN THE REST OF THEIR BODIES.
Working as a housekeeper, you literally had to hide the toilet paper at the back of the cart and only Cary two just in case someone found them while searching your cart
I remember when all this started, I already had a pack or two of toilet paper, I raced to the store at 5 in the morning to be there when the doors opened so I could get all the food I can to last a few weeks in case the stores get shut down/they run out of food. Oh shit, a huge crowd has formed in front of the store before I even got there. Doors open, everyone rushes in and starts shouting and shit, I make a mad dash towards the non perishables and.........There's no one there. They all ran for the toilet paper, they all left only minutes later with all the toilet paper while I enjoyed a nice stress free shopping trip. Was actually pretty calming when the store quieted down.
I unfortunantly worked retail during this time (still do actually) luckily I didnt work a a big chain supermarket and just a small local one. But by the end first week it wasnt just toilet paper that we didnt have anymore. Canned soup and other things also flew off the shelf, emptiest I've ever seen the shelves at the store, also the most amount of people I've seen working at the store. However the busiest day wasnt until at least a month after lockdowns in australia were announced. April 25th 2020 I had a line for 3 straight hours half the time I couldn't see the end of the line. A reminder we are a small local supermarket. 3 straight hours. I still wear a mask these days but it's mainly because I enjoy not smiling at customers It's amazing how we sold out of toilet paper but still had plenty of news corps newspapers left
Looking back on this, smiling that people literally cared about their own ass more than anyone else during a pandemic (': there is absolutely no hope for us. (':
I still don't know if that actually happened or if it's all a joke. Honestly with internet historian everything he says could be 100% true or 100% shitposting and I'd have no fucking idea
Wow I didn't know that the toilet paper crisis was this huge over there. I live in France, and I don't think we ran out of anything during the lockdowns. I do remember huge lines in front of our local supermarket. But we just went to one 20 minutes on foot further. And we usually only had to share the supermarket with 5 other shoppers or less. We had a great time.
"It's thought that Batman was eating soup with his hands in a Chinese restaurant, when someone coughed on the croutons." Oh, shit, that got me good. That got me real good. 10/10, will rewind and play again another 20 times.
wtf man. your editing is something else. and i have not even talked about the audio editing. you are a blessing. i love it. keep it fucking up! i subscribed yesterday. man in cave video was just 👌
@KidKangaroo "one can say whatever they please and have it be credible, for all they must do is add the name of any random person, and then 'quote' it." - Colonel Sanders
what I really liked besides the whole video is the end with Joel having a golf bat? and you saying the worst sequel after world war 2 now that's something I've never heard thank you man your content is excellent and I can't believe this is all done by one man really amazing work.
The toilet paper one made me laugh cuz they could just use washcloths like anyone who's lived in an RV and not wanted to clog their tanks with TP 😂 there were a ton of washcloths available while everyone raided Costco
You mean western and western based societies? In asia we use water to clean our asses like civilised people. My ancestors didn’t go through war, hunger, diseases only to wipe our asses with a piece of paper.
I've never been prouder as a greek.We have made it into an Internet Historian video even if it is half a second!!!!what a time to be alive!!(yes i know im 2 years late but i hadnt actually noticed grandmaster Velopoulos before)
If i recall, in America the lockdown was advertised as a “at home jail for an unknown time” so people bought items like it was tornado season. Led to shortages
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now instead of struggling to explain the toilet paper shortage of 2020 to my future kids, i will simply show them this video
What paper shortage i don't remember that
I guarantee your kids will not ever know about or want to know about that
Only in the US tho. I dont think the problem was even half as ridiculous in Europe. In Warsaw toilet paper didnt run out for a single day, sure people bought it more and it was running low at times, but no fights and in the end you could always buy it
Your video and Internet Historian's videos about Covid are some of the best on this subject imo
@Starman Joestar hi jojo
I worked at a Walmart during this time. I can remember just wandering the shelves on my break and seeing what WASNT out. We were still fully stocked on trail mix and jerky, you know, food that is shelf stable and long lasting. As well as tea and cough drops, the things one would want for a respiratory illness. It. Was. Hysterical.
@BarioisDerplord I got extremely lucky I ended up getting a bidet before all of the kerfuffle started and it turned out to be the best idea I accidentally came up with before the unknown virus of unspecified origins
I think my favorite stuff from that period was going to a store, and seeing that there was absolutely no hand sanitizer and all the antibacterial soap was gone, but the normal soap and the rubbing alcohol was still present. Like untouched. So $40 of normal dial and $40 of rubbing alcohol later, I was set for the entire pandemic.
Eating a 50 g bag of beef jerky daily causes like a 40-60% increase in the risk of colon cancer
being a 14 year old retail worker when the pandemic started was the most surreal childhood experience i've ever had
You were basically like a Russian or German kid forced onto the front lines in 1944
@P. Rubin no it’s still very much labor lol
Well I suppose that at least things will only get better for you...
@dapep sadly yes. They had me messing with the fryers without any training and burning myself plenty of times 😍. Such good times. Btw if anyone reading these comments go to Bojangles, _dont get the mashed potatoes_
The only true safe sides to get are the fries, bo-rounds, rice, green beans, and Mac & Cheese. The white gravy, brown gravy, and mashed potatoes get contaminated easily.
@Godly Doggo makes sense. Bojangles is of southern heritage.
So I had lost my home back in 2020 and was sleeping in my car, driving around LA like a nomad and it was genuinely the most surreal year of my life because literally nobody was outside. I could drive anywhere and everything was quiet it was freaky
Did it start with a bullet to the brain? That'd fit in line with the Fallout intro to the video
Okay um… I’m gonna be completely honest, that sounds both awesome and creepy and I kinda want to learn more about your adventures as the LA Nomad
_"Actually the details are a bit foggy but it is believed that Batman was eating soup with his hands in a Chinese restaurant when someone coughed on the croutons"_
This is why I love Internet Historian [0:56]
“Grandpa? What did you do during the pandemic?”
“I was a tail gunner for Charmin.”
This is real, unexaggerated, history, that I actually lived through, and yet it still sounds like a shitpost.
the simulation is breaking
It's exaggerated for me, stores in my area were out of toilet paper for only a couple weeks before they were back again. Buyers were limited on how many they could buy. The stores would randomly run out at times, but nothing like going without toilet paper for months or anything.
Wouldn't it make _more_ sense to stock up on ridiculous amounts of *food* rather than toilet paper?
Sure, now you've got a ton of toilet paper, but without food, you can't crap, and no crap means no use of toilet paper.
Also, no food means starvation, which means death.
I'm *not* saying you should stock up on ridiculous amounts of food. I'm just saying it'd make more sense to do it with food rather than toilet paper.
Canned goods in general were chronically sold out, sadly
Toilet paper reselling was a get rich quick scheme of that time.
U are making too much sense my friend. Dumb it down
that's what smart people would do. most people are not.
Where I live in England, people stocked up on all the cheaper types of food, especially the rich... "Why buy one tin of Heinz when you could buy five tins of store brand"
This caused many people on lesser incomes to struggle to afford buying food and slip into debt more easily; all because people got greedy and didn't care for others.
I remember thinking that if I really did run out of paper I'd just go in the shower. That 5 seconds of slight concern was the extent of the situation for me.
Bro just discovered using water and soap instead of tp
@Hydra From God of War 1 the /s means serious, right ?
I remember thinking "ya'll aren't using wet wipes?"
@Madhouse Miniatures Use it as a makeshift bidet. He shits in the toilet and then washes off in the shower
But what if they shut the water off???? Now me buying 20 packs of toilet paper doesn’t seem so stupid does it???????
/s
Honestly "Shut up and panic" is a *perfect* way to describe the last 2 years.
It's so wild looking back on all this, just to see the upload date was _only 5 months into the pandemic._ All that shit felt like it took 2 years, and yet I oddly kind of miss it.
@WM No Everclear? Use hand sanitizer
I still remember improvising. No toilet paper? Use paper towels/cocktail napkins. No hand sanitizer? use Everclear!
the virus had a really weird effect on my workplace - with all the restaurants and hotels in lockdown in the UK, half our business left.
Strangely, the amount of products Costa wanted in their deliveries shot up, which made work weird, cause we'd turn up for our shifts and everything would be done.
We got paid for 8/12 hour shifts, with no work... so we'd genuinely walk into work and could see people washing walls and the ceiling.
You mean the complete overreaction to it? Yes, to this day, it is utterly criminal.
I feel like NordVPN isn't even sponsoring Internet Historian anymore, he's just continuing the story for the sake of the story. He's doing this for the art of it all.
"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message"
They should make Nordman there official mascot
its funnier to believe that the people at nord love these ads that they pay for them just so they can see more, not even for the sake of actual advertising
Sure am
@kiomon they’re the only ads i’ve ever watches
This video may just serve as a Sparknotes styled for students later on about 2020. Crazy to think that internet historian is setting up for future students with entertaining content.
A literal internet historian at this point
crazy how it’s been 2 years since i watched this. hard to believe the world was like this at one point 😭
@Logical Dude your username should be changed to "conspiracy theorist" bcuz it fits you better
I remember being a huge germaphobic at that time (I still carry my bottle of alcohol) but I no longer have the same precautions. You know I learned that we have to adapt, and face our sad reality.
I honestly prefer those old days over the ones we have now...
The news stories made the panic so much worse.
There were enough supplies for everyone
6:42 till 7:05 these 20 seconds were literally more informative on the TP crisis than any of the actual news organizations were that I saw.
Wow. People tend to panic and act irrationally when they're stuck in a situation that is completely new, with no similar experiences that they can compare to, and also stuck isolated for months on end. Such a discovery for sociology and psychology.
I used to think the way people acted in disaster movies were amazingly stupid. And now that we’re going through this I realize they weren’t acting stupid enough.
@Bitchslapped Well, that didn't age well
@Kingsblend420 to be fair I also underestimated how badly the government can handle things
@Gamerchair my thoughts exactly
This comment is pure gold
We know what she was watching on that TV...
“We’ve got a quarter of a million eggs lying around, what are we gonna do??”
*HowToBasic:* _My time has come._
Reading this in 2023: HOW DARE HE
I went 8 days without pooping once.
*not because of Covid but because I was stuck in the high country (uninhabited high elevation mountains) with no food in the early spring (no animals out of hibernation, no Edina plants growing) so I had zero food for 8 days while I hiked out. Turns out if you don’t eat you don’t have to poop. Who knew!?
@The Big Capitalism A healthy person can survive a month without eating. Around four days for water depending on the exertion.
As someone who has issues with food, yes you do poop if you don't eat, the issue is that you don't get like, any fiber, so shitting is very irregular and then you'll randomly get diarrhea
@Ashmond the Southern Trashmond everyone's body is different, some people will retain an unhealthy amount of weight, from reasonable amounts of food, and previous injuries prevent me from pushing myself at the gym. I honestly struggle just to stay out of shape.
@Charles forgive me if i sound overly judgemental,but surely a weight loss regime that has you not eating cant be good for you?
Holy shit are you okay? Physically?? Mentally?? I live in the middle of a desert in Utah and have never had to not eat for that long
I remember at the start of the pandemic, my Wal-Mart was completely looted of all toilet paper, medical supplies, canned foods, and more. I was starting my junior year in high school when news began to circulate about Covid coming in from China and at first I thought that if it reached the US, it would easily be contained by the CDC, but before I knew it, my school was closed, my town and state went into lockdown, and I had to finish the rest of my junior year online on Zoom, which by itself was a strange experience. I never thought I would live through an full blown pandemic, especially in the 21st century. I underestimated the power of nature, the food and supply chain, and human stupidity. I hope that we as a society learn from all this so future generations won't have to go through the crazy BS that we had to deal with. Also I had no idea that the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 started in Australia, I thought it began in the US lol
Just re-watching this on the toilet whilst waiting for an improvised flattened and wettened toilet roll tube to dry because I ran out of paper and am now stranded.
It wasn't enough. My legs are giving out. I fear that the shower is my last resort.
OP are you still stuck. do we need to send a relief team
If you ever feel dumb, just remember that instead of donating food to people who need it, the Farmers decide to dump them. Instead of donating millions of tons of food to those who need it, they decided to just throw them away.
That part made me cringe, wasted food is one of my pet peeves
I already have Nord, but I'm going to get it again just because of the effort you put into that ad.
@LP W in the way they advertise it. It wont stop hackers or prevent someone like internet provider or someone on public wifi seeing what you do or eho you are. All it does it gives you a different location, sure it works for that but thats all it does and there is plenty of free working vpns around, no need to buy in to that nonsense.
It was seamless.
@mtkl23 how?
Why? Its just a scamm -_-
You're right, FUNNIEST AD YET!
I remember searching for toilet paper for a week just to give up. Then one day I needed to go to my local mexican supermarket for some stuff I cant find at walmart, and they had a full wall of toilet paper...
The fact that this guy keeps getting away with his hillarious NordVPN commercials brightens my day so much
How my family survived the toilet paper crisis:
Five words.
*We had too many napkins…*
Imagine like 50 people outside your window just breaking in and stealing photos from your bedroom and they all scatter like cockroaches when they see you awake
“how do I take my white blood cell count? This ones all red” made me laugh out loud
I swear, Internet Historians ads don’t even seem like ads. They are so entertaining.
thats not a good thing, that's fucking dystopian
Just like Pyrocynical ad reads
The sad part is when I have these videos running for background noise while I'm working on a project, sometimes I don't even realize it's a commercial until a good 30-45 seconds in.
"... It's kind of hanging on that gag for a long time, I don't get it..." Looks up "oh God damn it!" Skips ad 😒
I always skip the ads. Every time.
Bryan Merrill says you
I love how at 8:00 you can just hear the smile in his voice while he's trying to get through the voiceover
In my city, Poznań, Poland, everybody was buying so much soap that shop staff didn't manage to restock shelfs; the same people thought that there's shortage of soap and bought even more.
The more time passes, the more this all feels like a weird fever dream
Who the fuck drew COVID-chan and what is the easiest way to beat them senseless?
On a serious note, I have very little doubt that IH's videos are going to be analyzed in the future as both secondary sources for the events described and primary sources for our own era. They really are what some 22nd century historian would love to find.
ok Xi, things are not working out well for China and Russia at the moment.
After rewatching this a dozen times, I just noticed Joel was carrying a gulf club at 22:24
Let me remind everyone that the year ain’t even over yet. This is just part one.
To those saying how much worse can it get : DON'T SAY THAT
Oh shit..
Bring it ON
Here where the part 2 happened
Yes the Martians haven't invaded yet.
Episode one you mean
As someone who has moderating and leading zoom classes as part of their job, yes, if you want all attendees to get into the room, you will risk having someone leak the code somewhere. Hence why I only recommend it for educational use in adult education, more private meetings with a lower risk of someone pulling a prank or whatever. It's easy to use, but also easy to annoy. It has had many quality updates in the last year tho, and my job of explaining everything to my new colleagues has become a lot easier since half of it doesn't consist of literal witchcraft, satanic sacrifice rituals and interface bug workarounds.
Tho, to this day, we still sacrifice a goat or two before every super important meeting with more than 80 attendees and pray to the Omnissiah so it doesn't crash.
I still remember asking my parents when they went on a Walmart trip to bring me back a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons because I couldn't go with them. What a wild time to be alive...
I remember when Internet Historian didn’t just do VODs. Miss you making your old videos! Never has there been a better historian.
The best part about the toilet paper panic in my country is I accidentally succeeded at life. I was sick of constantly running out of tp. So once before the crisis started I bought two massive toilet roll packets, enough for probably 6 months. Then instantly after that the panics started and the shelves were empty. It was beautiful.
The toilet paper situation made me realize how many people are so beyond dumb
You gotta love how Internet historian’s ads are better than people’s entire 1 hour videos
@nonamesleft136 we live in a terrible world that they haven't collaborated already
@CMCAdvanced imagine if Erik was listening to the NordVPN bit on his Raycon every day earbuds. Then imagine if both of them enjoyed a little bit of salvia and tried to do an episode together.
His one hour videos are better than some peoples entire career.
Just had a midlife crisis this was my pfp for years and i thought i had somehow watched this in the past without remembering and commented on it. Turns out im just an idiot
Yeah hes a funny ass dude.
17:04 - 17:33 have'nt laughed that hard in a while. Especially the pipe guy and the chips guy.
I love how self aware he is when making jokes, like he can barely hold in his laughter, it’s hilarious
This guy's editing is legendary. No wonder it takes so long for him to release videos.
God I can't believe it's been almost a year since this came out, Felt like yesterday.
Zoom story: I had an english exam and there were many students so we were placed in numbered sessions. About 3 of those sessions had to be cancelled, including mine, because some clowns entered the meeting and started playing Monsters Inc. song meme, random moans, a granny tied to a chair, and a naked woman with a horse...
It was the best exam I have ever had.
This isn’t even half the crazy crap that happened this year, please make a part 2
Lucky you
Oshabot 16 no no he’s got a point
and I think your going to need at part 3, 4 and 5 to
@Bendy Snowball trello page?
@Mariusz J True, but apparently he has been working on and off on a few videos, apparently he is working on a reddit video or something like that thats an hour long, he has plans to do another sundance rejects, and he has plans to do an In the Field with Donut Operator and Khail.
One good side effect of all the nonsense was London was comparatively a ghost town a year ago. Most shops were open, there were no tourists, and there was almost no traffic. Really civilised. Actually a pleasure to visit. Went there last month and it was like the entire human population had decided to come at once. A freakin’ nightmare.
Because of the toilet paper shortage I actually stopped using them, so it would last longer for the rest of my family. I just started hopping in the shower directly after taking a poop
This is not just a meme video, its a documentary.
I come back to this video every once in a while, because it always somehow becomes more ridiculous through the current events. It's like pairing good cheese and wine. I can't believe, that the same twomad, who did the zoom pranks is now the one who done the deed with Belle Delphine.
Considering the CEO of Australia literally went ahead and (most likely himself) OK'd the creation of quarantine camps, where people who were sick were forced to stay there until they & their families were all clear, makes the line said at 3:51 either funny, ironic, aged _very_ poorly or the combo of the three.
A year after this whole thing started, and it almost seems made up how insane things were and just how dumb literally everyone was. But no, it all actually happened.
Bronski Turboski purely manufactured.
And..still happening...in 2022...
Well 2 years in and its still quite shitty
Imagine some mad man would have written a book about it before this shit happened... It would have been considered " too unrealistic"
As a construction worker I go into peoples houses alot and it was depressing how often I'd see 1 guy or a married couple that have a year _or more_ worth in toilet paper stashed. I saw 1 old couple that had around 12 or more of those giant Costco packs that have like 50 rolls each
Cheers to everyone who didn't panicked, didn't bought any extra toilet paper pack and organised home parties with friends.
I love how the teacher at 18:53 looks like he's just rolling with the chaos.
Looking back it honestly feels like a fever dream. I remember going shopping and not being able to get soap, hand sanitiser, toilet paper, and a tonne of other essentials because people just went absolutely nuts.
Man i can't wait to tell my kids how I was actually told to handout 1 roll of tp to customers, and how our local town ran out of horse medicines cause people believed that was the cure.
please never stop making videos, i can't count the times i watched and rewatched your videos even though they are more of a informative type, but they are so well made and funny that i just really enjoy watching them
I love how underrated "CEO of Australia" actually is
@RebelGaming 1.5.1 No he shat himself in the Macca's.
@yukari akiyama That was another PM
@RebelGaming 1.5.1 didn't he also shit himself in a mcdonalds
sounds like a yakuza game introduction
@Sumvs it's a matter of economic feasability. The country itself is registered as a company in order to better handle financial concerns.
In all honesty, after seeing the toilet paper panic, I STILL feel the need to stockpile a bit. Like, there's plenty now, but it's cheap, it never expires, and you KNOW the panic, hoarding, and shortage WILL happen again the next time there's a crisis.
I work in the telecommunications industry & I just wanna say this is one of the funniest videos I’ve EVER seen!!
Keep it up.
Dude im from Spain and this was totally nuts. I saw how a granny went fists with another granny because the fist one catched the second one stealing food from everyones carts while the people were paying for the foods. i heard from my brother how a teenager nearly bites a soldier's nose (The military were helping the Police forces in here) because the soldier saw her stealing make-up.
Never got the toilet paper thing. We dont have bidets in the US, usually, but the general consensus on taking a shit and finding out you dont have toilet paper around is to just hop in the shower. Idk how in a nation where we have people masturbating with showerheads we didnt think theyd properly clean a butthole THAT WILL ALSO CLEAN THE REST OF THEIR BODIES.
@l Not if you're a globalist
Working as a housekeeper, you literally had to hide the toilet paper at the back of the cart and only Cary two just in case someone found them while searching your cart
The jokes per minute in this video is at a critical level.
Please daddy stop, I can't take it anymore!
HIV AIDS i use prenut butter
The joke was inside us all along.
George Floyd thanks George
@Batto Potatto that was gay of you
"Scooters returning to the waterways" - brought a tear to my eye
I can't believe this is actual history that affects me and that I lived through. Well done, fifteen out of ten
You know full well that this video is gonna be watched in a history class 100 years from now. I wish I could be there.
Just remember this whenever you think about whether following the crowd is a good idea
"Squash were being compressed." Never has someone intentionally missed an opportunity so gracefully.
Can’t wait for the days that these videos are shown in history classes
I’m in a contemporary history class, they should show this
They would probably be bored by it, when we laughed at this. 😢
Humanity won't live that long for this video to be considered history.
Shig you mean just like all of the other pandemics from literal centuries ago that are very well documented to this day?
I remember when all this started, I already had a pack or two of toilet paper, I raced to the store at 5 in the morning to be there when the doors opened so I could get all the food I can to last a few weeks in case the stores get shut down/they run out of food. Oh shit, a huge crowd has formed in front of the store before I even got there. Doors open, everyone rushes in and starts shouting and shit, I make a mad dash towards the non perishables and.........There's no one there. They all ran for the toilet paper, they all left only minutes later with all the toilet paper while I enjoyed a nice stress free shopping trip. Was actually pretty calming when the store quieted down.
People are dumb, toilet paper is possibly one of the lowest items from a store in terms of importance.
Oh god when I'm a grandpa I'm gonna tell my kids that toilet paper was worth more than crack at one point
I unfortunantly worked retail during this time (still do actually) luckily I didnt work a a big chain supermarket and just a small local one. But by the end first week it wasnt just toilet paper that we didnt have anymore. Canned soup and other things also flew off the shelf, emptiest I've ever seen the shelves at the store, also the most amount of people I've seen working at the store. However the busiest day wasnt until at least a month after lockdowns in australia were announced. April 25th 2020 I had a line for 3 straight hours half the time I couldn't see the end of the line. A reminder we are a small local supermarket. 3 straight hours. I still wear a mask these days but it's mainly because I enjoy not smiling at customers
It's amazing how we sold out of toilet paper but still had plenty of news corps newspapers left
"Squash were being compressed" is one of the best jokes..
Looking back on this, smiling that people literally cared about their own ass more than anyone else during a pandemic (': there is absolutely no hope for us. (':
When all hope was lost... internet historian remembered his password
@VarniX NordVPN has a function to save passwords as well
LastPass
I still don't know if that actually happened or if it's all a joke. Honestly with internet historian everything he says could be 100% true or 100% shitposting and I'd have no fucking idea
You should visit under _incognito mode._ You will find more there :)
Reset*
All jokes aside
The “nature is healing” meme was the best part of the lockdown
You and Dunkey probably the best content creators on the platform. Keep it up mate.
Wow I didn't know that the toilet paper crisis was this huge over there. I live in France, and I don't think we ran out of anything during the lockdowns. I do remember huge lines in front of our local supermarket. But we just went to one 20 minutes on foot further. And we usually only had to share the supermarket with 5 other shoppers or less. We had a great time.
"It's thought that Batman was eating soup with his hands in a Chinese restaurant, when someone coughed on the croutons." Oh, shit, that got me good. That got me real good. 10/10, will rewind and play again another 20 times.
wtf man. your editing is something else. and i have not even talked about the audio editing. you are a blessing. i love it. keep it fucking up! i subscribed yesterday. man in cave video was just 👌
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
-George carlin
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it."
-Men in Black
@punic "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
- Wayne Gretzky"
- Michael Scott
@KidKangaroo "one can say whatever they please and have it be credible, for all they must do is add the name of any random person, and then 'quote' it."
- Colonel Sanders
@KidKangaroo "Ironic"
-Palpatine
Ti gie111
"never underestimate the predictability of stupidity" - Bullet Tooth Tony
I know this all happened, but it feels like a parallel universe.
what I really liked besides the whole video is the end with Joel having a golf bat? and you saying the worst sequel after world war 2 now that's something I've never heard thank you man your content is excellent and I can't believe this is all done by one man really amazing work.
The stores during the pandemic was like an episode of supermarket sweep.
Crazy times
The toilet paper one made me laugh cuz they could just use washcloths like anyone who's lived in an RV and not wanted to clog their tanks with TP 😂 there were a ton of washcloths available while everyone raided Costco
Ten years from now watching this on our old laptops that we saved in our fallout bunkers we’ll laugh and laugh about the simple times.
I love how this whole thing just illustrates that humans never really evolved from shrieking apes
Just some races haven't evolved yet
You mean western and western based societies?
In asia we use water to clean our asses like civilised people. My ancestors didn’t go through war, hunger, diseases only to wipe our asses with a piece of paper.
@Kino some crafted mask with the tissue
Hearing Scomo referred to as the “Australian Ceo” was really funny for some reason
I've never been prouder as a greek.We have made it into an Internet Historian video even if it is half a second!!!!what a time to be alive!!(yes i know im 2 years late but i hadnt actually noticed grandmaster Velopoulos before)
It’s so fun to look back at this now
Your ad breaks are just as amazing as the regular content.
If i recall, in America the lockdown was advertised as a “at home jail for an unknown time” so people bought items like it was tornado season. Led to shortages
The toilet paper thing had me rolling my eyes. You can buy a cheap non-electronic bidet seat attachment. Washing your behind isn't so bad nor hard.
I miss this channel so much, the editing is always hilarious. Please come back to us.
I love the fact that the robot is named after Elon musks son… coincidence? I THINK NOT