Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks
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Whenever you talk about islands it usually will involve
A) oil,
B) fishing, or
C) China
Or D/E, Britain/France
Or F) The USA
Like if anything today doesn't involve china
G : Stonks
Or G) all of the above.
"Those rocks aren't an island."
"China can't map the ocean floor if it's an island."
"Those rocks are an island."
Hate to be that guy but *islands
@@yellowtang9770 no, they are correct. The rocks themselves don't count as islands but together they supposedly form an island. It is also mentioned in the video multiple times in case you are commenting without having watched.
Sky Snow that was me
@@yellowtang9770 wrong
Shouldn’t it be a group of islands as a bunch of loosely scattered rocks are not a single land mass surrounded from all sides by water
Edit: maybe archipelago is a better word
"But to avoid controversy they used a clever little technique called lying" one of my new favorite sentences.
usa: gives back the rocks
Japan: finds oil
usa: O_O
usa: sike
Hey Japan, there's some nice American folks here who wanna give you a complimentary coupon for... democracy.
@@TheGkriz I mean they could give an upgraded coupon called democracy 2.0 (you know police brutality,karen epidemic and burning cities and stuff)
OH HELL YEAH !!!
USA: sike it ain’t an island
Japan: Ya know what? We’re just gonna keep this rock.
USA：DEMOCRACY
We were so close to a vid about bricks, but maybe one day.
One day the brick age will arrive...
@@AxxLAfriku ???
@@cocofilms5524 exactly what i'm thinking
@@AxxLAfriku wrong comment / channel bud
AxxL Wrong website or channel mate, I think you are looking for the deeper corners of the internet. Download Tor,do an hour or so of research and you will have a new home , don’t come back to this community demon
Those rocks are so funny that they had to spend $600 Million to protect them so the jojo fans can laugh at it
I'm going there so I can laugh my ass off
US: Why do you want to claim this “island”?
Japan: This is a surprise tool that will help us later
Hahahahahahaha
*Its the Mickey mouse nippon clubhouse come in inside, were gonna kill you tonight~~*
Is more about military buffer room.
They were experienced Civ player's, so they knew what would eventually come in the latter game.
@@EAGLEBLACKInquisido Yup, a +1 culture bonus for every island
"It may be stupid, but it's also dumb."
It may be long, but it's also not short.
Now describe the difference between the two in 100 words.
- 6ix9ine
"Patrick's right Squidward!"
It’s from Spongebob said by Patrick Star
America: that’s a rock
China: *has a big plan against USA
America: uhh, that’s an island
Japan: *found potential oil reserves
America: that’s “our” island I meant
Sounds a bit too communist for America to say "our" like that, but fine
america recolonizes twain as a Japanese island and as its own country and japan recognizes twain as a country
@I like girls YES
@I like girls simp
fun fact, most oil import fo the US WAS from Saudia as they signed a deal that Saudia has to export it's oil to meet US demand first.
hence US wars in the middle east wasn't as much grabbing oil as it was ensuring continuous supply.
second fun fact: the US is currently self sufficient in oil produce domestically
I laughed at "The Rock" joke way more than a normal person should
The Rock is sitting on a rock lol
Me too +1
Don’t forget about the Rhode Island one
I promise I am right along there with you.
This made me laugh more than the actual joke
this is as nearly as funny as two identical rocks in the desert
There were two identical rocks right next to each other in a desert funniest shit I've ever seen Jolyne.
XD
Huzzah! A man of quality!
HAHHAHAHA SO FUNNY
Is that a mf jojos reference?
"Two rock"
Me: *Dying of fucking laughter*
Identical rock on as dessert
Funniest crap I've ever seen
2 world 2 war. The oldest anarchy conflict in the universe.
FANTASTIC REFERENCE
The youngest democracy peacetime in the world
The oldest anarchy server in minecraft
FITMC
FITMC is everywhere these days. As a 2b player from before the big FIT hype age... please leave. Oh well, I'm going to another server anyways. But I was in a Fit vid so maybe I'm famous now. Still not worth $40/mo for a main and an alt account.
"What do you call a rock in the middle of the ocean?"
I was expecting a joke on Britain but ok
I thought that too!
I mean the British have historically been the masters of wet, cold, rocks.
The newest outpost of the British Empire.
Live The Future *cough* Falklands *cough*
We have a royal gallery full of dumb useless rocks
@@gargravarr2
No thanks, we already have Rockall, a storm swept, Gordforsaken, lump of granite in the North Atlantic occupied by a few skuas - and so devoid of anything useful that its name could have been deliberately chosen to rhyme with something else! 🤔
Britain's territorial claim is disputed by the immediate neighbours (Ireland and Iceland) but as
1. The relationship between these three is somewhat friendlier than certain other parties. And
2. Neither Ireland nor Iceland claim any interest in Rockall.
then the dispute over the "territory" extends no further than occasional jokes.
0:10 "what do you call a rock in the ocean?"
Me,an intellectual: Stone Ocean
@@elsingplayz3161 are you a Jojo fan
@@irapekidswhoplayfnf8074 isn't it obvious?
@@BlueRGuy i was asking
two rocks in the middle in the desert are so fucking funny😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣
“Man made islands don’t count” looks at China
So true!
Near my country...*Philippines*
@@yeetthephone2341 and built a military base on it.
@@leonleon2021 they made it so they can take all of west philippines sea or south china sea cuz you can own all the water at 353 or 349km away from the rocks of ur islands....
*cries in Flevoland*
*"The rocks were given to the US, who added to their collection of rocks: Plymoth, Fraggle and The"*
This joke is so bad, it's almost good.
(2:00)
I love his bad jokes
I laughed too hard at that
"useless islands like Baker, Howland, and Rhode"
As a rhode islander, I agree
r/comedyheaven
Its just really funny for me
Jojo fans: see title*
Jojo fans:Chokes almost to death since it reminded them the two identical rocks*
BAaaAAAHHHHAHAAAHHHAHHAH
The ending joke really... rocks.
I'll see myself out.
Still better than the host's jokes
Its _hard_ to _shine_
When Half as Interesting uploads. He has my full interest.
I think you mean half of you interest.
Wow, that's two full interests for every Interesting
@@d9zirable , which is technically a 200% interest rate.
@@Sonarman77 xD
That means you only have 50% interest max
Video about 2 rocks: exist
JoJo’s fan: REFERENCE TIME
How do you spot a jojo fan?
Say some stupid shit and they’ll come your way
Man I hate those fans.
Still gonna laugh at their comments though because my humour is shot.
"Mr joestar, take a look at that rock over there"
They’re identical!
Now take a look at that other rock.. isn’t it similar??
Funniest sh*t ive ever seen
Lol shadows hahaha
Jiji are you really my Grandfather?
China: Thats not an island!!!!!!!
Also China: Lets put some sand down in international waters and claim its an island!
Sounds like a salty 12 year on a FPS game
Go to the port city by taking a train that only costs 4000 foreign currency and 2 days and then put some tracking system on a rock and wait a few weeks. How will the economy work? We will sell paths of rocks.
@@jiggityjig5606 china
Except in this case, Japan was the one who was the real pioneer of "man made islands", since the fake island was constructed in the 80s and China's islands were built only relatively recently, but let's not let the factual timeline get in the way of things.
Also England lets build some random rocks call it a Stonehedge and say it is thousands of years old
the identical rocks are so funny, even jotaro laughs
I'm gonna measure everything in increments of Dwayne "the rock" Johnson from now on.
Yeah, cause wtf is a metric system?
Nah I measure with sandwich’s
I measure everything in Smurfs. As we all know, Smurfs are three apples tall. You really can't get more accurate than that.
and also measure in Toyota corolla's
It’s the natural way to measure everything
“Stupid tiny rocks that are in a strategically useful location that we’re going to lie about and say we want it for nature observation” lol
I know this video is over 2 years old at this point, but when he measured the distance at 2:47 in "The Rocks", I thought it would be fun to measure 6'5 into 370.4 km, just to check up on our boy....only to find out that his math was perfect. I should have never doubted.
That is dedication.
Do you know what you've done?!
They're coming...
The JoJo fans...
I have arrived from reddit prepare for my brothers!
Stroyosh r/ShitpostCrusaders brought me here
Avelic Nation same
@Green good guy two identical rocks in a desert
Joseph joestar: mom pick me up, im scared
Two Rocks, funniest shit i've ever seen.
They're identical!
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well!
Oh my god! Everyone's finally lost it because of the heat.
Man of culture
2 rocks chilling in an atoll, ~1.25 kilometers apart cause they’re not gay
Shima means island, so saying island of okinotori”shima” is already a duplicate
OK weeb
JefDale Vidal lol I’m Japanese tho
It's like "ATM machine"
@@四季-i5k wait so the correct way to say horoshima would just be hiro? And same with iwo jima, can i just call it iwo?
No it's not
Sometimes I can't tell when he's using sarcasm or is being deadass serious one of the many things I love about this channel
They were 2 identical rocks. Funniest shit I've ever seen.
Funny
Lmaooo
The rock turn into a pickle
did laugh
I knew I wasn't the only one who wanted to make that fucking joke
Nobody:
Jotaro kakyoin polnareff after watching this video:
Hohahahaaha heheehehhee ohohoho ahahahhhah eeehhehehehe hahahahhhahah
Lol so damn true
Your god damn right
The PRC not recognizing artifical islands is just hilarious.
Did you watch the video?
Because China isn't not recognizing them due to them being artificial
Because isn't recognizing them due to them being rocks, and not islands
China haters will find a way to turn anything into something to bash China about
china builds tons of fake islands and claims them to be islands tho
@@hiyukelavie2396 isn't not = is not not.
@@hiyukelavie2396 Okay then, PRC lover, care to defend that 9 dash line way south of China and clearly nearer to ASEAN countries? But no, you're a China bot.
@@LeeWatcher5810 Is this video about China?
No
But quick, we have to make it about China, or else how can we bash China
two identical rocks: *exists*
buff teenagers: 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂
Yare yare
Lmao
one of them: 😆😅😆😂🐬🐬😂😅🐎🐎
This reminds me of three buff men laughing at two rocks in a desert
Someone: Two rocks
JoJo fans: *Intense laughter*
I was gonna make this joke but then i saw this comment
hehe
Za Hando Requiem fuck it I’ll do it anyway
I came searching for this, wasn't disappointed. Jojo fans unite
Mista: *sad noises*
Ah yes, my favorite rock: *The*
ALL HAIL SUPREME LEADER KIM
HI SUPREME LEADER
Heyo rocket man ,can drop a bomb in artificial islands in south china sea😂
Those rocks got more care then i got
The officaial Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
"Here's a joke for you: what do you call a rock in the middle of the ocean?"
Stone Ocean?
Wait, is that a jojo ref?
It is.
@@judythompson479 oh my God
Other countries: spends 600mil $ wisely
Japan: i protecc rocc
We must protect ze roc
he protecc
he attac
Japan spent 600 million dollars on two big rocc
Last year the US goverment spent 400 billions on interest and borrowed 1trillion dollars. Truly wise.
"countries" and "spends ... wisely" in the same sentence? Are you trying to attract Anarcho-capitalists?
The rocks themselves don't really matter, it's the 200-mile radius of sea around it that does
Ah yes, my favorite rock
"The"
Literally the entire JoJo Fandom:
**WHEEEEZE**
True!
Can confirm
@@ENXJ
Get this...
In the desert
Wait for it
Half as interesting:*said 2 rocks*
JoJo fans:*laughs*
I knew I wasn't the only one
And all of this just so Jotaro can study dolphines
I was looking for this comment
@@JM-oh8gr me too
Half as Interesting: "2 dumb rocks caused a problem..."
Me: Pfft, how can two rocks cause a problem.
Half as Interesting: "... Cause China"
Me: Oohhh
*Laugh In Parecel And Spratly Islands*
Shits gonna be wildin over there. It's gonna be like the hunger games soon enough.
it all comes together when china is included, in a negative way though
China be real chaotic ight
Bad comment kid
The moment I see the thumbnail I know there's gonna be some JoJo fans referencing two rock in the desert
A lot of guys almost spend that much on rocks when they buy engagement rings from Jared anyway💍
Lol that's true
drug addicts also spend a lot on rocks
My parents also spent a lot on a useless "moving" rock,,,
not quite lol
Every Jiss begins with J
Everyone’s talking about the joke about The Rock, but that Doug-less joke had me laughing for an unreasonable amount of time.
Two rocks
Normal peoples: OK
Jojo fandom: *laughing like there's no tomorrow*
I just realize how many people already made this same comments
Finally! A cultured person xD
Because anyone who Saw those rocks would inmediatly burst un laughter, except for old people.
Yes.
They’re identical!
@@british_guy862 no, one is a reflection!
OHHHHH MY GOD
Yes yes yes oh my god
1:58
"After the war, the rocks were given to the United States, adding to their rock collection, which includes Plymouth, Fraggle and The"
But only one of those three rocks can bench press over 400 lbs
Of course you'd be here too.
We know, why Japan spent millions on two rocks... cuz' It is a JoJo reference
I swear to god one day I will find a video that you haven't commented on and Destroy all of your non-mustache clones.
You again
Hello Mr.Worldwide
“It’s Spanish”
“No it’s British”
“No it’s Japanese”
“No it’s American”
“No it’s Chinese”
UN: “it’s a rock.”
*Britsh Sailor:* We discovered a New Island!
*Another European Sailor:* * Laugh in Portuguese *
Third European sailor: * G E K O L O N I S E E R D *
@@Piwde haha
@@Piwde more like 1st in 66% of the cases😉
When I saw the thumbnail, the first thing I thought of was when Jotaro was laughing when seeing the 2 identical rocks in the desert.
Me too
Me too
Me too
I love how “The” is part of the US’s rock collection
China makes fake islands in the south china sea
China: I sleep
Japan makes fake islands
China: hold up...
@LoverOfQueenAndBeaver My mistake. But I still feel like it would apply. If another country started making islands in the south china sea china would be furious. I just wanted to point out the hipocracy.
@LoverOfQueenAndBeaver good if china not having moral high ground, since they clearly have bad intention in screwing SEA nation water territory with their stupid way over the land man made island.
Now we can freely call them asshole
Except you know, this time they’re building islands in disputed territory
China is also doing land-reclamation & island-building on a bigger scale than Japan I think? Big enough to build a city (SanSha 三沙), some military facilities and to host leisure cruises around
@LoverOfQueenAndBeaver this is such a stupid comment and comparison. Japan built around this island to keep it safe and secure their economic zone. Nobody really cares because they're not disputing others territory. Of course America or other nations won't get involved.
China, unlike Japan, is claiming a huge amount of territory of so many other nations, and to enforce their claim, they are building and expanding the islands. Of course this would get people interested and involved, because this is a conflict unlike Japan. For china to then try and identify what is and isn't a rock, despite they themselves using reclamation to enforce their territory, is hypocritical. There's no protest against Japan, because they're not building it on disputed land. There is protest and rightful resentment against china, because they are using these island claims in disputed territory to agressively further their agenda.
Given its strategic importance, $600M doesn't seem like that much. Excellent video as usual. Hope the HAI team can continue creating great content despite the pandemic.
it's really not. Building the new opera house in Hamburg, germany did cost around $950M. and thats, you know, just an opera house.
Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, and I appreciate you.
1:05 Doug is the type to guy who doesn't live on the dougless island.
*T H I S*
is a useless rock in the middle of the sea
THISSSSSSS IS A NEW HAI VIDEO
today we are going to look at these 2 rocks quirks and features, then we are going to bring them out on the road and give them a Doug score
Japan 1945: We will not lose a single war, no matter what!
Japan now: haha rok r imporat
Shit man I thought it was gonna be a hentai joke.
Jpan no isjoke on rock
Tey like rock and monys from it
u be rud to no like rok
rud. rud boi.
I laughed more at the fact that it's 2 rocks than at the jokes this guy was telling
HAAAHHHAHH
"added 3 seconds ago". Why do I feel like I achieved something
We all feel like that, congrats
Lol it’s true. Good on you man
Because you have.
Id spent $500 million to protect rocks if they were Dwayne the Rock Johnson
The area surrounding it is potentially worth trillions in the long run.
@@TheLolo099 _Citation needed_
Japan: have 2 identical rocks
Jotaro, polnareff,and kakyouin:funniest shit I ever seen
Joseph: OH MY GOD!
Thus is why I love this channel as it teaches us interesting information and news in a joyful and ligh-hearted way
"They've only spent 600 million dollars on three rocks
The British spent their entire economy on a cold wet rock in the Atlantic.
Don't tell the third rock it's adopted.
"What do you call 2 rocks in the ocean"
*me* "A shaler?"
This guy's humor style is like 20% annoying and 80% hilarious.
Definitely 80% annoying. I love his educational content, but his constant terrible jokes distract from that.
@@RJRJ it just sounds like you have a terrible sense of humor. I can't understand one bit how his quick little jokes could ruin the watching experience. he doesn't try and drag them out, he just throws it in to try and keep it silly.
@@wgairborne209 He ain't funny man.
@@leonardo27630 I think there literally isn't something more subjective than comedy
@@leonardo27630 You wanna learn about comedy? Get skillshare
UN : “Man made islands don’t count”
China : Oh you mean those man made islands in the South China Sea? Of coarse they were in our waters in the first place
oh look the island came with a chinese military base since ancient time
Japan: *whistles on the corner*
Except in this case, Japan was the one who was the real pioneer of "building fake islands", since the fake island was constructed in the 80s and China's islands were built only relatively recently, but let's not let the factual timeline screw over the funny joke.
@@flyerton99 which fake island Japan built?
@@Vysair Think mainland China has previously said: "It's called the S *China* Sea for a reason." Though to be fair in the past, Vietnam was called French IndoChina instead, Malaysia was called the British Crown Colony instead etc.
Everyone : oh good thats a rich rock and etc
jojo fans : stone ocean im seeing here
*laughs hysterically*
Hey get this, there were TWO IDENTICAL rocks in this desert FUNNIEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN
"In classic English fashion assuming they were the first to discover" 😂😂😂
That was a legitimate joke
Used the wrong flag tho
Ru k when?
Ru k He didn’t use the wrong flag tho, that’s the design used by England in the 1700s (when they claim to discover the rocks) so it’s accurate.
@@marcd7332 That's not the flag of England, that's the flag of the United Kingdom. Whilst the Union Flag does cover England, he specifically said it was the English. It was the wrong flag to use.
HAI: What do you call two rocks in the middle of the ocean?
Me: Certainly not 600 million dollars!
I said “well if you japan 600 million dollars”
Laughing at two rocks in the desert with my bois
Yes
Yes
Japan after those rocks count as islands: I have won...but at what cost?
@•• you beat me to it
Eh, nothing compared to a little known cold, wet, rock in the Atlantic called Britain.
@•• so far...
Less than the oil they will extract of given economic rights I assure you.
This channel is the perfect balance between humour and history.
Get this, there were two identical rocks in a desert right? Just wait it gets good...
Funniest Shit I've Ever Seen.
Wait a minute who are you?
@@frank8917 he is- wait i forgor💀
@@ahyesinternet9500 you know the one that starts with
My name is Kira Yoshikage, I’m 33 years old and…. And so on
The only reason I watched this video was because of Jojo.
Funniest shit I've ever seen.
patrick : *hey hey this rock is my pet*
haha you just earned a sub :)
@@kimjongun5938 whoaa thx dude :o
"It costed me $600M!"
We have a similar conflict btw Portugal and Spain with the "desertas" islands part of the "Madeira archipelago" , Spain claims the island cannot sustain humans and Portugal claims it's a protected wildlife sanctuary so we cannot build infrastructures on site.
Let me guess, Japan trusted Dashlane with its creditcard information and then a Nigerian Prince took over?
My favorite rock is “the”
The stardust crusader: *HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAGAGAHGAHAHAHAGHAHAHAHHAHAHA*
Jiji: **concerned old geezer noises**
Alternate video idea:
Why everybody spends billions of dollars saving a floating rock in space
You mean kars?
@Roger Martí Gonzalvo you are right. We can’t possibly underSTAND this.
When you’re so early that [*insert generic punchline*]
And i will inserted [*comedy achieved*]
@@yangsinful *Comdy Achived*
[*insert generic followup to generic punchline*]
hahahahaha
I read generic lol
THIS GOTTA BE A JOJO REFERENCE
YES! IT IS!
Yes
YES! YES! YES! YES!
Yes you gotta believe IT IS!!!!!
The Stardust Crusaders finds these rocks hilarious
Don't we JoJo fans do?
"You don't know Our motives."
-IJN Akagi from the First Division
Everyone: patrick star has a rock house
Japan: no that is not a rock house it is an island
England did the same thing thing with Rockall. They also want the EEC so claimed it making points that Rockall can support human life. Basically the same thing.
They just couldn't really be bothered actually spending any money doing so.
However, they have invested in digital signs on medium sized roads that tell you how hot it will be tomorrow.
“World War II: 2 world 2 war” 😂😂😂
The oldest anarchy server in minecraft
"because the rocks look identical"
Yes
intense crusader laughter*
They were getting WW2 flashbacks lol
2:19 When you casually roast an entire state
angry rhode islander has entered the chat
They dont want it to be destroyed cause its a JoJo reference
Yes
no
yes
no
@@felixbakat3348 fuck yeah
I'm holding back the JoJo references I have to
We must hold back.
Half as interesting: why Japan spent 600 million dollars on two rocks.
1 million people: *_half as interesting_*
Half of them are Jojo fans
This was the 7th result for searching "2 identical rocks" and I can't stop laughing
“Clever little technique called lying”
“A little conflict you’ve probably never heard of called World War II”
These lines are SENDING me any of these would be 10/10 senior quotes s
In 1939 Japan's war on China was already several years under way though
After watching this video, I think it's in everyone's best interest to support Japan's claim to this "island" being an island.
The 2 identical rocks in the Desert