How a Little Paint Saves Sailors from Drowning
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2019
- And to think, if Rose had just drawn a couple eyes on that door Jack might be with us today.
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I don't do patreon. Wish you also had a GoFundMe or something similar?
That sounds like a very wife thing for her to say. And a very husband way for you to convey it that way, too.
@@DavidJohnson-xr2rz you can donate once and then cancel immediately so they only charge you for that month
@@RM-je5qw I'd love to have all sorts of ways to donate, certainly. The problem is that I don't have time, unfortunately, to crowdfund each episode and it would be very unwise to base my survival on an unpatternable income stream. I make a ten minute video on the road, by myself, every week, and trust me it's more than a full time gig. The more things I have to balance (and manage) the worse other things become in turn. I'm maxed out, and spending more time crowdsourcing will mean less time making the show.
I'd love to take your money so I can continue making these better, sure. It's a hard business to exist in. But it isn't so simple as that. Patreon is easy, so at least for the time being I rely on it. At the moment, I'm about as expanded as a person can get.
Since you mentioned Astronaut Superstition can you ask your dad about them?
Alternate title: “The Hulls Have Eyes.”
I laughed so loud I woke up my wife.
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My deepest apologies! In all seriousness, your channel is a true inspiration to me.
Sir, you are a prince among men
@@RareEarthSeries I am so sorry, but that makes it about a thousand times funnier to me.
@@RareEarthSeries I can imagine you saying that in your default depressed voice
Can't believe no one has warded this comment section against drowning and trolls yet.
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*cogh ahg cough cough*
thank you they almost got me!
Oh, so that's why the Titanic sank, they forgot the eyes!
Explains how they didn't see the iceberg
@@13backlash exactly!
@@13backlash Ironically had they not seen the iceberg and sailed straight into it they probably would not have sunk.
But the word "Titanic" already has two I's in it... 🤔
They hit the 'ice'...
Like the wise old man once said "it can't hurt" .
jeff James only your brain
You know this from personal experience?
The precautionary statement that "it can't hurt" is highly circumstantial. Painting your boat out of tradition that are based on a superstition you no longer follow will probably not hurt anyone. Actually believing in the superstition will probably be hurtful to someone eventually, typically the superstitious person. Ignorance kind of has that effect. Even worse when we try to change this but they're too set in their ways to change. Willful ignorance is even worse.
@@madman2u and there is nothing you can do about it
@@lEGOBOT2565 Actually there is.
Trying to educate people is the only way to remove ignorance. There's the purely factual approach and then there's a mix of it with the emotional approach.
The second will probably work better since most people let their emotions do their thinking for them.
Won't obviously work with everyone. Some people simple at too stubborn or set in their ways to ever change. But as always, we can't help everyone.
me, unsuspecting: Oh a new rare earth!
Evan Hadfield: Remember when the Canucks lost the cup run in 2011
me: :(
this is so sad
Once when I was working at a camp there was knot tied to the health lodge. It was said to be “the knot that held the health lodge together.” The new safety director decided they didn’t need a knot to hold them together they had him and that was more than enough. That day there was a significant increase in the people who came and there was even a false report of a kid breaking their leg. No matter though everything was under control and it was just some knot anyway. The next day a man died. He was a contract worker and was only there for the day never the less it was the first time someone had ever died there. The next day unceremoniously and with far less fan fare the knot went back up. I doubt anyone actually thought that untying that knot actually lead to his death. Nevertheless the knot went back up.
Yo, from a malteser, your pronunciation was on point in this episode. Definitely better than the Ggantija episode! Love that you're taking original footage of Malta, and its not another stock footage video, It really shows what it's like. keep it up!
Honestly reminds me of the Eye of Providence or the use of the eye in hieroglyphics. People have been fascinated by peepers for as long as we’ve been around and learning about yet another legend relating to eyes doesn’t surprise me. Good stuff.
It is presumably from the same root eye that is used in hieroglyphics. The eye of Horus/eye of Ra.
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Yeah. Amazing work “Eye” can say I love this video.
“Men with eye-phones”
You sir, require an upvote ^^
The cosmonauts peeing on the specific tire is actually real lmfao
Beliefs are weird
Yes, and at JPL they always eat peanuts when a mission launches, because decades ago, after a series of failures, one guy did on a successful launch
@@sundhaug92 - For years I thought JPL stood for Jack Parsons Laboratories - interesting how a Crowley devotee pushed the envelope just looking for a bigger bang...
Pilots are notoriously superstitious. I'm not surprised.
I've been binge watching your videos for days. Thank you for showing me new perspectives and broadening my horizons. Haven't seen anything else like your content
Lucky... I’ve been watching his episodes since they started so there’s nothing new for me to binge.
I love your content, but it's your delivery that raises it above the ordinary, and makes me slow my day down to enjoy and ponder.
I saw the thumbnail and was like "Oh! Greece! Wait. Could be Tunisia. Or Italy. Or Egypt. Or Turkey. Or Israel. I'm sure they're in Spain and Morocco as well... Oh that's right. He's still in Malta."
Literally EVERY classical power in the Mediterranean painted these eyes, and as a result they're everywhere.
And if the whole Egyptian gods origin story is true (which is impossible to prove or disprove) than those eyes have probably been spread across there by the Phoenicians long before the Romans realized they could become an empire.
As soon as I saw the eyes I knew it was Malta. Was there last year to see family, amazing history!
Throwing that Canucks Shade... my God dude, I love this channel.
Thanks for yet another well-written, well-made, interesting, thought-provoking, instructive video. Just don't ever let anyone convince you that you're tilting at windmills!!! Many of us out here in cyberspace (not to mention regular old space) are listening, learning & enjoying. The writing here is absolutely impeccable and spot on... inspiring! I fully agree that humans have a thing for eyes based on the idea of the gaze, going back through evolution as an instinct. "Did you ever have the feeling you was being watched?" said Bugs Bunny, & he was right. I also find it fascinating (and sometimes dangerous) that we can lose the meaning or content behind something we do (even out of superstitious and/or religious beliefs), yet still carry on that belief / behavior for thousands of years. Social inertia is definitely a thing. As Frank Herbert wrote, we carry our instincts - and even the beliefs of our ancestors - forward with us, like a wave (a fitting metaphor for boats with eyes!) Sometimes though, that wave carries us, even spilling & dumping us onto uncharted land... or drowning us at sea. Thanks again. Rikki Tikki.
reminds me of the eyes they would paint on trucks in lebanon
The other day I saw a black cat dead on the roadside and thought " poor bugger must have walked in front of itself"
This has been one of the most humorous episodes yet! Great story, man.
Thanks Bri!
Evan: *talks about astronaut superstition*
My ad after the video: Chris Hadfield Masterclass.
Chris: "No astronaut launches with their fingers crossed, that's just not how we handle risk."
Another cool superstition about sailing is whistling. Apparently you shouldn't whistle whilst on a boat or about to board one, and to never use the word "Rabbit" or "Bunny" near a boat which is something you did. Sailors have a lot of superstitions, it's really interesting.
Sailors are about the worst people when it comes to superstitions.
@@TheUglyGnome At first I want to say because death is around the corner but a lot of other job offers the same risk as well.
I think it is because you're completely cutoff and vulnerable out in the sea.
@@punishedredruby
But in these days you are not cutoff and vulnerable anymore. You have radars, GPS, satellite phones, AIS, real-time weather forecasts and if everything goes south, your life-raft with an emergency beacon connected to a satellite constellation. In order to be vulnerable at sea you must be a complete idiot.
I'm watching you Wazowski, always watching
This is one of the best series on RUclips, hands down. We’re “lucky” to have it.
"if you don't have eyes on your boat, you will get abducted by aliens and get probed" "really?" "no, you drown, just like all the others"
Betcha eyes on boats are more than twice as old as the pyramids of Giza.
You are an excellent educator and entertainer, with a highly individual presentation and narration style.
The information presented and your excellent videography make for pretty compelling viewing, albeit briefly.
I think that you've created a unique niche and you do it very well indeed!
Now that it's part of the known local culture, no one wants to be the guy who jinxed the tourist dollars.
Thank you for your videos. I love all of them! ❤
Loved this, as always!
I regularly interact with a very superstitious group...
Pokemon Go players XD
Seriously, they have lots of little habits to improve their shiny chances or chances of catching legendaries. They'll all acknowledge it's entirely irrational, but still, keep doing it all the same
A long time ago I stopped saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes, but there are probably more superstitions in my head that I don't even know about.
MerchMan Dan in italy we say "Salute!" which means (good) Health, which i feel is less superstitious
In my school in the US were taught to say ‘Gesundheit’ whenever someone sneezed, but most people still say bless you.
UnoriginalRUclipsChannel(¬_¬) If iirc, the full saying is, "Gesundheit. Besser alles krankheit" (or words to that effect).
Why?
videogamebomer Because they don't want to participate in that superstition anymore.
A particularly well written episode, well done
I want my curses lifted. I guess I better sign up on patreon.
Hah, we do exactly the same and for the same reason in Málaga, Spain. They're called jábegas, look them up!
Oleee otro malagueño aquí!
Nice timing man, I visited Malta last week and also went to Marsaxlokk two days ago! I immediatly recognized the eye of Horus in the thumbnail, I also bought a ceramic one on the market right next to the harbour. Good video!
Oh man the leafs joke at 1:10 got me
Marsaxlokk pronounced perfectly, very impressed :')
My argument to rabbits feet....
The rabbit not only had one, but it presumably started with four.... And yet you have it's foot... It had four times as many lucky charms as you, and still like ended up in a cooking pot.
these videos are great, thanks from malta!
What if an unforseeable natural disaster sank all of these boats with eyes? I think they´d rebuild them just the same way. Because it´s about the sense or feeling, that the traditon provides. That you´re all in the same peril, way if life and history together. A precious feeling when you´re alone at sea; filling the void, that would be there, exacly. Ultimately, satisfying that emotional need, because it removes it as a distraction, could even end up making you safer ;-)
playdude92 yeah. it’s also really dumb.
"Goddamn! That was fucking awful! Thanks be to God, we had the eyes painted on our boats, or it would have been much worse!
Wonderful Video!
“It certainly didn’t keep the rabbit safe, I have it’s foot!”
🤣
I was thinking it was a clever handhold to grab disguised as the eye Phoenicia if you fell off the boat.
I agree that there's often a nagging bit of superstition in lots of things that we do, but I think it's worth noting that those kinds of things can, in some cases, be done for reasons entirely unrelated to superstition. For example, I'm actually pretty uncomfortable saying things like "bless you" and "good luck" precisely BECAUSE I don't like the implied superstition. But I still say them every single time because in my culture it's considered the polite thing and to do otherwise is to risk hurting the feelings of those who aren't superstitious either, but would take my silence to mean I don't care about their illness or upcoming challenge or whatever it might be. Above all else I try to be kind and consider the feelings of others, even when it means I have to say some silly, meaningless phrase in order to do so.
I don't know if this same principle ever applies to the boats in Malta, but maybe it could in some cases? Maybe it's such a cultural norm that to do otherwise would be considered an affront to tradition and a disrespect to the culture. I dunno, just something I thought about as I watched.
Having said that, it is, of course, a fantastic video as always. Thanks for all your hard work!
Fantastic content and being Maltese much appreciated. Keep it up😁
I was literally in Malta that same week you released that vid!! How did I miss you!! :(
You're a great story teller 👍
Modern Maltese Sailor: "I gotta paint up my shanty a certain way so I don't drown!"
Modern Life Vest: "Am I a joke to you?"
Great video thanks
Thank You for Your Video.
If those eyes stood there all this time, they did their job and pretty well if I might add
Ha! Many years ago, I had an ancient and powerful Hoover vacuum cleaner that frightened my young children. (It was noisy but wonderful, capable of sucking up slow moving dogs.) I painted a pair of eyes on it, so it could see the the dirt. My kids thought it was 'tamed' and loved it.
Amazing
I don't believe in the eyes' power. But if I was a fisherman? Well... better not risk it.
100 generations is hard to even imagine. Just like when I try to think about $1 trillion.
Keep your damn eyes open. Pay attention and maybe you'll have a chance to survive the storm. That's probably the message.
I wish I knew you guys were visiting my home country!
Content is enjoyable, I proceed with bland positive comment by mentioning that I watch a lot of your videos.
It's interesting to think that the Eyes also fall into the same logical argument as Pascal' s Wager.
If painting the Eyes legitimately does save your life, then you have nothing to lose by doing so, but a lot to lose if you don't do it.
If painting the Eyes doesn't actually effect your life's outcome, then you don't lose anything either way (other than a few minutes time).
sound good this time \o/
perhaps its an imported tradition, or maybe coincidence- but allot of places on the cornish and scottish coasts have these eyes painted on the boats just like this
call me when actually starts talking about the boat
That canuks quote...that hit lol
Who else noticed the foot when he said: "I have its foot"?
what foot
Paws for thought...
Rituals: A part of us all... A part of us all... A part of us all... Sorry for repeating, but you need to remember this.
Remember: It's always the best swimmers that drown.
now i want to paint eyes on my canoe… thank you
Nice NHL reference, appreciated as a Canadian.
Looks like the eyes from a bunch of Tool's artwork
The polynesians always put eyes on the front of the boat! The boats spirit needs to see where the dangers are.
It may not help but it sure will not hurt.
I never knew bless you was meant to stop demons entering ones nose, guess that is how routine it is :)
Interesting way to tell about this tradition. Note, that some boats you were singling out in the shots where you said "Luzzu", were in fact a "Kajjiek" (Kahyeek), not a Luzzu. Kajjiek is smaller, and has its stern flat. Luzzu is bigger, and is pointy on boat ends, more suitable for rough waters.
The oldest superstitions/rituals survive with us under this fat old sun. On this quiet earth.
Some people may do it just because it's fun or because it's culture while knowing that it has no magical power.
Corollary: The eyes have it!
Bow to tradition and tradition to the bow...
I love those loafers. Did you get them in Malta?
Luzzu is pronounced "Lutsu"
And they look cool
Old Korean Saying goes
"If Body is worth 1000 Nyang (put any unit of currency you may prefer), Eyes are wroth 900 Nyang."
ie, blind man is only worth 1/10th of fully able bodied man.
Pretty please: an episode on the 1942 siege of Malta if you can... Evan, you *know* there would be so much to talk about it , so many perspectives, lessons, insights, etc, etc... I'll promise I'll become a patron if you do! ;)
Thanks for the suggestion! I certainly thought about it, but unfortunately I've already left the country and at the time I wasn't able to find an angle I liked. Sorry! Next time!
As a Canadian Boston Bruins fan, I love the comment! HAHAHA! Oh, them Leafs! How sweet it is to meet them on game 7! (2013, 2018, 2019)
Or Vancouver. Poor Canada.
@@RareEarthSeries Yeah, living in Vancouver now, I still get the "love" from the fans though. But as long as we enjoy the sport and can laugh about the good times and bad times of our respective teams together. :)
Btw, we often get a look at some unknown and sometimes grim parts of history through Rare Earth. It would be nice to have a video about Canadian residential schools for the world to understand what went in our darkest time. I think you would be the perfect channel to make it.
Looks like I'm painting eyes on the bow of my boat
“ I have its foot” Jajaja Jajaja 🤣
Dat fly
I wonder how many fishermen still drowned and died with those painted eyes looking at them and watching them die.
The eyes greet you in the morning when you come to work.
Boats have names, too. And are usually feminine. Same with planes. Airmen used to paint faces on planes, too.
If you are going to be spending all day, every day in something, it's easier to talk about it by name than just saying "my boat" or "the plane". Having a name distinguishes it from every other boat.
I think that cars are designed with the headlights looking like eyes. It think it's the wide-eyed innocent look of the round headlights in a Volkswagen Beetle that was a big part of its popularity. I miss that look when I see the newer designs.
And I think that the windows in the front of houses look like eyes. If the house is missing windows on either side of the front door, something looks wrong to me and it seems like an unwelcoming, closed in, claustrophobic look.
i thought the beetle was just popular due to the wars propaganda and Hitlers personal want and need for a new basic concept car that any man or family could buy and establish into the family for any german.
thats more on how it came to be made i guess and not why it was actually so popular atleast until these days.
boyo
Well, that is true. What I typed is just my own theory, since I like the way they look, and no other car looks that way. Another reason is that they are easy to fix by the owner.
I'm surprised the cosmonauts didn't get a commissar's hand on their shoulder saying: "Comrade, this is not dialectical materialism. This is reactionary superstition. How could you?!"
Probably your most eye-opening video to date.
Lol have you seen his all videos
@@SumitKumar-ce7ov did you see the joke Louis made? Eye think you should look harder. ;)
As a former civil engineer student who worked in The Canary Islands you will always see a small statue of some virgin in the entrances of the tunnels, people who dig are extremely superstitious
Thanks for the interesting take on the tradition. It really got me thinking, while I broadly see and agree with your points, It seams to me though that the eyes do no harm to the function of the ship and are beautiful so why wouldn't you want to participate in that tradition? Why dose it have to be something people do out of fear or as a way to hedge their betts but not just a way to indicate membership in the community? what is more the pushback you receive from that border comity is not so much seen as endangering them but as a rejection of that community and your attempt to be an outsider?
Excellent point, made much more concisely than did! :-)
You guys have a lot of Hadfields on the team but not many McCoys. Coincide? 🤔
Better to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them...
I have these all over my house, dont know the point, my mother just loves placing them everywhere
When the floods come your house is going to float.
In this case I think it's a charm against the Evil Eye (the destructive envy of outsiders).
It shows she loves you.
"Here's looking at you kid!"
(SFX: as time goes by...)
10/10
I have never heard that one about peeing on the tire. I’m going to have to Google it.
We humans are marvelous beings.
We humans are colonies - a goodly percentage of 'us' is other critters we can't even communicate with, but can't live without...
ayyyyyy
eyyyyyye
The eyes are also on the bus cards in Malta, to ensure your safe journey :)
Someone out there must have an episode explaining the origins of using a lucky rabbits foot..