Why soldiers so often do nothing in battle

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  • @SolidNeodark
    @SolidNeodark 5 лет назад +9597

    For a moment there, I thought Lloyd *actually* heard a rat in his room.

    • @FlamboyantInsomniac
      @FlamboyantInsomniac 5 лет назад +463

      It's British military bamboozling

    • @Ace-bo3rs
      @Ace-bo3rs 5 лет назад +24

      @@FlamboyantInsomniac lol xD

    • @alexisjuillard4816
      @alexisjuillard4816 5 лет назад +160

      Yeah me too i was like : ok lindybeige is so used to having rats doing their shit in his house he didn’t even stop the video

    • @gabreshaa8234
      @gabreshaa8234 5 лет назад +249

      He did have a rat in his room. He just intuitively included it into his metaphor because he is God.

    • @johnhaines4163
      @johnhaines4163 5 лет назад +85

      The snake caught it.

  • @AwkwOtter
    @AwkwOtter 5 лет назад +3229

    My psychology teacher in school did a test where for 10 minutes he would ring a bell (every minute) and turn the lights off for a second after be rang the bell. The 10th time he rang the bell he did not turn off the light, but about 80% of the class reported that they "saw the lights go off for a second" even though the were still on.
    Seeing what you expect is pretty incredible

    • @meatmachine144
      @meatmachine144 4 года назад +205

      Not seeing what you don't anticipate to see, even when it is intrusive, loud, and obvious, is also incredible. Selective attention. This is a big reason why motorcyclists get hit on roads far more often than other vehicles (they are far less common; when people change lanes, they glance for cars and trucks) and why something like 70% of people don't see the gorilla in the Invisible Gorilla experiment.

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 года назад +133

      @@meatmachine144 To be honest, I think there are more prominent reasons why bikers get hit by cars more often. First of all, they are _way_ more likely to vanish in the blind angle of a rear view mirror.
      Second, people underestimate how _fast_ a motorbike can accelerate. They are used to cars that are way heavier and often have much less engine power in comparison to weight, so they don't expect those things moving from A to B so fast. Hell, my old Golf weights about 1.2 tons and has way less than 100 horse powers. A BMW 1000 RR weights less than 200 kg with a full tank and has _212_ horse powers. That thing is a bloody catapult.
      And third, let's be honest, many bikers, especially the young ones, are downright irresponsible. I am always in a bit of discomfort when I hear that "Brööööööööööööööööööh..." from a fast motorbike when I am on the Autobahn or a rural road, because in my experience, you can and will never do what the person on that bike might do. I've encountered more than one biker passing me on the atuobahn, on my left side, _while I was on the left lane and passing someone else already._ I had more than one biker squeezing himself through the 1.50 meter gap betwen me and the guard rail. And yes, I've also actually encounterd more than one biker squeezing himself through the gap between my car and a truck.
      No, I am not trying to paint all bikers as irresponsible lunatics, but the repercussions of irresponsibility are usually much more grave when you are riding a bike.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 4 года назад +20

      How we know that the class wasn’t simply misremembering the event? Is there even a difference? Our brains are pretty good at subconsciously filling in the gaps in our knowledge, even with false information.

    • @AlienRelics
      @AlienRelics 4 года назад +36

      ​@@Furzkampfbomber In Phoenix, AZ in the sujmmer, daytime, excellent visibility. I was walking up a sidestreet towards a busy main road. I saw a big biker on a huge Harley stop and wait to make a left turn. Traffic was heavy, so he was there for a while.
      I watched as a lady pulled up from the other side of the main road (and so facing me). She looked left, right, looked right at the bike, and hit the gas. Slammed right into him.
      I hung around as a witness. Police showed up, she kept repeating what she'd said when she first got out of the car. Said the bike came out of nowhere.
      I've seen this even more up close and personal, riding my 10 speed. Numerous times I'd be riding on the main road, someone would pull up a side road, look left, right, look right at me and hit the gas. So many times I was nearly hit and probably killed, but I was paying attention and barely got out of the way. Many would speed away. The few that stopped all said the same thing, that I came out of nowhere. Somehow, on a sunny day with little traffic, they did not see me because they are looking for cars.
      I've had it happen when on foot, too. I look very closely at cars coming up sidestreets to see if they see me. I've had a number of times where I've ended up jumping on someone's hood to avoid getting run over me.
      And I'd often see them look right at me before hitting the gas, then claim that I must have come running from behind a building.

    • @AlienRelics
      @AlienRelics 4 года назад +6

      @@katyungodly Isn't that the whole point?

  • @deus_ex_machina_
    @deus_ex_machina_ 5 лет назад +4476

    I finally understand why my teammates rush B with me until they suddenly don't.

    • @田中青梅
      @田中青梅 5 лет назад +158

      Yeah someone just threw a frag at B.

    • @xander9460
      @xander9460 4 года назад +74

      Yeah, many people have rat problems at home!

    • @lorenzooliveira1157
      @lorenzooliveira1157 4 года назад +120

      That’s why you must scream when rushing “run through fire” or “go through smoke”, otherwise they’ll act on their own

    • @innocento.1552
      @innocento.1552 4 года назад +7

      I always go c... Meds side. They are easier to pen.

    • @OddZodd
      @OddZodd 4 года назад +23

      @@lorenzooliveira1157 Yep, people listen to authoritative voices

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 4 года назад +2867

    “War is a bore, interrupted by moments of terror when men die.” - U.S. Army grunt in Vietnam

    • @sapateirovalentin348
      @sapateirovalentin348 3 года назад +107

      So,big news,war sucks
      More at eleven

    • @yuancruz9038
      @yuancruz9038 3 года назад +49

      @@sapateirovalentin348 ''War, war never changes.''

    • @alpha-1redrighthand829
      @alpha-1redrighthand829 3 года назад +27

      @@yuancruz9038 War, War has changed!

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 3 года назад +13

      @@alpha-1redrighthand829 war still sucks. war has not changed

    • @paulgoogol2652
      @paulgoogol2652 3 года назад +13

      @@jooot_6850 Now war is more comfortable. Weapons are less heavy and you don't have to walk all the way up to the enemy. You can even just lie around firing at them.

  • @jotarodripjo4449
    @jotarodripjo4449 5 лет назад +2134

    Commander: You are going to storm the enemy base. Got it?
    Soldiers: OH SHIIIIIIT! A RAT!

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 5 лет назад +5

      Storm ? Annnorrrakkkkk

    • @eedragonr1576
      @eedragonr1576 5 лет назад +24

      Boy if you are not moving your ass you will be killed like a rat right now. I'LL ask our aviation to bomb this position.

    • @jocosesonata
      @jocosesonata 5 лет назад +3

      I'm guessing... this? ruclips.net/video/oanpo_apS5Y/видео.html

    • @stevenwarne69
      @stevenwarne69 5 лет назад +1

      OPEN FIRE!!

    • @joelmoeketsi3324
      @joelmoeketsi3324 3 года назад +3

      I can't believe that meme is over a year old allready

  • @arkadeepkundu4729
    @arkadeepkundu4729 5 лет назад +1914

    My supervisor: What do you mean you were just sitting there for 45 minutes not doing anything?
    Me: You see, this guy called Lloyd uploaded a video.
    Supervisor: What video?
    Me: A video explaining why people sit there doing nothing.

    • @Zaku186
      @Zaku186 5 лет назад +37

      Best comment.

    • @billnye198
      @billnye198 5 лет назад +6

      Well done, good sir

    • @SconeysASMR
      @SconeysASMR 5 лет назад +8

      I don't think this applies in a shop lol

    • @BillyTheBigKid82
      @BillyTheBigKid82 5 лет назад +1

      666 likes. Noice.

    • @griffya8364
      @griffya8364 4 года назад +1

      Woops, i've got a monthly review in about 5 minutes too.

  • @Lttlemoi
    @Lttlemoi 5 лет назад +2082

    On the muscle memory thing, my father once told a story of having to do fire drills on the commerce ship he was working on. When it came to the real deal, the one in charge ordered them to go look for the key to the cabinet where the extinguisher was kept, even though it says "break glass in case of emergency" right on top of it. Luckily, someone did snap out of habit and broke the glass anyway. During training, they had always unlocked the cabinet with the key, rather than breaking and replacing the glass pane with every exercise and so that's what they initially tried to do when the fire broke out.

    • @m0rtez713
      @m0rtez713 4 года назад +247

      This leads me to the question: Why is everything usefull in an emergency behind a glass pane? The glass isn't going to stop anyone from strealing it. And when there is an emergency the glass is an unnecessary nuisance, that will slow you down in best case scenario and injure you in the worst.

    • @Xorgye
      @Xorgye 4 года назад +181

      @@m0rtez713 A broken glass pane is an immediate signal that there is fire in the surroundings and should be acted upon as if so.
      Yes that could be vandalism but that should always the 2nd thought.

    • @hey-zl4kh
      @hey-zl4kh 4 года назад +115

      @@Xorgye Wouldn't an open fire extinguisher cabinet indicate the same thing? Even if an open cabinet is too ordinary, I feel like there's a many smarter ways to signal abnormality than requiring glass to be broken

    • @Xorgye
      @Xorgye 4 года назад +111

      @@hey-zl4kh Im with you on that these glass panels aren't without its flaws.
      However, the reasoning for glass panels is they act as a seal. You can't access the thing behind it without breaking the seal, and thus signalling the surroundings something happened.
      Most of the times there are other automated signals attached to accessing the stuff behind the glass, and the broken glass indicates this specific detector set off the other automations.
      For instance, I know firefighters in the Netherlands take automated messages from these 'hand' detectors with more priority because of how they work.

    • @emilychb6621
      @emilychb6621 4 года назад +20

      @Colin Cleveland Not to mention children: Even those are less likely to just break random stuff, rather than just stealing shit for fun.

  • @jeffisthere154
    @jeffisthere154 3 года назад +1209

    Military Commander: “Why are our troops doing nothing?”
    Soldier: “because the guy playing civilization 6 IS FUCKING AFK”

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 3 года назад +47

      hopefully there isn't an AI playing Gandhi...

    • @noaag
      @noaag 3 года назад +9

      @@CorvusCorone68 oh no gandhi will drop a nuke without hesitation that man is heartless

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 3 года назад +6

      @@noaag Earrape ting ting music intensifies

    • @someguy6627
      @someguy6627 3 года назад +7

      Luckily it’s civ 6 and he isn’t bloodlusted anymore

    • @KhoaTran-md5ou
      @KhoaTran-md5ou 2 года назад +2

      @@someguy6627 ? he still is after modern era

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 5 лет назад +1462

    Lindybeige realized he needed to organize the paint tins but decided to do a 47 minute video instead.

    • @DreadX10
      @DreadX10 5 лет назад +48

      47 minutes of fussing!

    • @raycearcher5794
      @raycearcher5794 5 лет назад +19

      Well I mean it sounds like there's a big rat out there...

    • @j.kaimori3848
      @j.kaimori3848 5 лет назад +7

      It's a long time to freeze for

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 5 лет назад +5

      @@j.kaimori3848
      gawwwhhh!!! ......Hes role played all his life.
      I thought he was going nuts for a moment then realised he was impersonating an adrenalin fueled soldier

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast 5 лет назад

      Nah, he knows! I have it on mu todo list for nearly a year, and I am not even on the rat stage.

  • @pougetguillaume4632
    @pougetguillaume4632 4 года назад +1835

    75% of a soldier's time is basically him counting on his fingers, 20% of said time is dedicated to checking if they're still here and the 5 remaining percents are spent actually losing them.

    • @so8907
      @so8907 3 года назад +44

      @@vincenthagood349 75% + 5% + 20% = 100% ?

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 3 года назад +9

      @@vincenthagood349 you wanna respond to this

    • @vincenthagood349
      @vincenthagood349 3 года назад +12

      Not really

    • @jestfullgremblim8002
      @jestfullgremblim8002 3 года назад +20

      @@vincenthagood349 what did you say on your first reply my guy?

    • @Awchshonear
      @Awchshonear 3 года назад +3

      @@jestfullgremblim8002 LOL

  • @commander4460
    @commander4460 5 лет назад +1083

    * hand to hand combat rages across the battlefield *
    Random officer: look at Hans over there that madlad is still digging the trench!

    • @ninjabaiano6092
      @ninjabaiano6092 5 лет назад +211

      Hans get awarded the silver cross for obeying orders to a t.
      Because his commander never gave the order to engage.

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 5 лет назад +44

      Oh Hans. Why is it always you?

    • @eedragonr1576
      @eedragonr1576 5 лет назад +1

      @@PaulTheSkeptic not a nuclear one

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast 5 лет назад +33

      Random officer freezes on the battlefield and looks at Hans

    • @hoticeparty
      @hoticeparty 5 лет назад +14

      @@eedragonr1576 i dont understand this response "not a nuclear one" is this a joke can you explain

  • @admiralsquatbar127
    @admiralsquatbar127 4 года назад +631

    Lindybeige is the only RUclipsr to make a 47 minute long video on men doing nothing, and make it interesting.

    • @mandalortemaan7510
      @mandalortemaan7510 3 года назад +19

      He should've only did it for 5 minutes then have "cognitive blanks"

  • @chocoblocka
    @chocoblocka 3 года назад +2828

    I am a male and have memories of being a child, this guy is crazy smart

    • @e_y6672
      @e_y6672 3 года назад +71

      Whats that? Memories of being a child? I’m a guy so i don’t understand what you are saying?

    • @TERMINATOR3900
      @TERMINATOR3900 3 года назад +288

      @@e_y6672 Men are born fully formed as an adult. If you're truly a man you would've known this.

    • @imtotallynotparker
      @imtotallynotparker 3 года назад +44

      @@e_y6672 wtf do you mean, if you were a man you would know that men are born as an adult

    • @ΒίκτωρΚιρόσκα
      @ΒίκτωρΚιρόσκα 3 года назад +23

      @@e_y6672 you're getting trolled

    • @johngalt969
      @johngalt969 3 года назад +20

      I am a male and IT'S MA'AM!

  • @paulmorissette5863
    @paulmorissette5863 5 лет назад +847

    Stories from Iraq;
    Squad that was trained to call for air strikes hesitated when facing a machine gun nest. They didn't want to bother the air force or such.
    Another group hesitated to use their anti-tank missiles against firing enemy tanks because they were horribly expensive.

    • @silvesby
      @silvesby 5 лет назад +146

      Would a soldier be punished for firing a rocket or say any expensive piece of ordnance and not actually hitting the target?

    • @paulmorissette5863
      @paulmorissette5863 5 лет назад +93

      @@silvesby Not to my knowledge.

    • @paulmorissette5863
      @paulmorissette5863 5 лет назад +118

      @Marry Christmas I believe that it was a Javelin. The first one blew up an APC. The sergeant's reaction: "You have any more of those things?" They went through about a dozen and a half of them.

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 5 лет назад +62

      Now see, if they had the guys specializing in the expensive stuff also communicating with the weapons-design -nutters- engineers, "too expensive" would be the answer for why they tested everything while deployed, and nothing at home...

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 5 лет назад +98

      Budget is an appropriate concern for middle management, not for boots on the ground.
      Obviously as a German person my taxes at most lead to better pictures and coffee at drone realay Stations.

  • @paulalexander2928
    @paulalexander2928 4 года назад +624

    Having spent 24 years in the Canadian Army I only too well know the phrase "Hurry up and wait" " On the APC or off the APC" or "Prepare to move in 10" and waited a half hour while senior NCOs and officers milled about like cattle trying to think about what to do next.

    • @barryfirth1187
      @barryfirth1187 4 года назад +28

      Don't forget "nothing's too good for the troops, and that's exactly what they'll get"!
      Not that left, the other left.
      Sargent Major! March the guilty bastard in, 90 days without a doubt. Sargent Major! March him out.
      There's a million of them!!!🤣😂

    • @D1str1ct
      @D1str1ct 3 года назад +9

      Stand by to stand by!

    • @bradleyunknown319
      @bradleyunknown319 3 года назад +1

      Thank you for your service

    • @emperorenvi8814
      @emperorenvi8814 3 года назад +2

      Question I don't know if Canada was in a war war past 24 years but were you ever in combat?

    • @paulalexander2928
      @paulalexander2928 3 года назад +13

      @@emperorenvi8814 obviously you don't know Canada was in Afghanistan! And no as a reservist I was never called up!

  • @d3hnc
    @d3hnc 4 года назад +97

    With all the modern content creators making 7 cuts in one sentence it's such a joy to see you go for a straight hour monologue presentation with next to no cuts. What a legend

  • @captainoblivious_yt
    @captainoblivious_yt 5 лет назад +3746

    Lindybeige: "A member of a species rarely kills another member of the same species"
    Humans: *Laughs in homo sapien*

    • @thatundeadlegacy2985
      @thatundeadlegacy2985 4 года назад +178

      we find inventive easy ways to kill everyone, nukes bombs and gas, press of a button, no conscience lost.

    • @PaulMab9
      @PaulMab9 4 года назад +67

      @Feldgrau Fox conflict ≠ killing, chief.

    • @PaulMab9
      @PaulMab9 4 года назад +17

      Feldgrau Fox Lol “PAL”, you’re saying a lot, but why?
      I just said the obvious truth that conflict does not equal killing. Killing doesn’t even necessarily mean conflict either, although most of the time it includes it.

    • @Nikotheleepic
      @Nikotheleepic 4 года назад +45

      @@PaulMab9 And he just explained why you are wrong

    • @PaulMab9
      @PaulMab9 4 года назад +19

      Niko how so? I made a very simple statement, precisely to avoid saying something that could be wrong.
      Two different things, are different things. That’s the essence of what I said. A short statement to express a very particular idea.
      I made neither comment nor implication on the veracity of ANYONE else’s statements, nor will I.
      Well, except for yours, just now.
      Because of course you ARE incorrect.
      The other fellow couldn’t have proven me wrong. For one simple reason, the comment he made in reply had little to do with the veracity of MY statements.
      Conflict ≠ killing.
      A statement on the nature of words, intended to perhaps incite consideration on that topic. Nothing more.
      These words, as I have used them, are separate concepts. Related as they may be. And I made no claims otherwise.
      Perhaps there is some other usage of these words with which I WOULD be incorrect, but not as I have used them.
      *Edit:*
      Am I too verbose? I think so. Am I being a pedant? Absolutely, and intentionally.
      Is this a bother? Probably.
      But am I wrong? No.
      And it bothers me that you say so.

  • @Cousin-Eddy
    @Cousin-Eddy 3 года назад +620

    "Why do Soldiers do NOTHING?!"
    Reasons-
    Watching something.
    Taking a break.
    Thinking about not being there.
    Thinking about home/family.
    Waiting for someone or something.
    Shamming.
    Security.
    Bored to tears.
    Hating THAT guy.
    Taking a personal moment.
    BSing.
    Aaaaaaannnnnnddd everything this guy just explained.

    • @ericolsen5592
      @ericolsen5592 3 года назад +23

      "Sham on privates, sham on" -Angry Cops

    • @ericolsen5592
      @ericolsen5592 3 года назад +7

      But seriously though. I wasn't in the military, I went to "military school". Your comment basically captures everything that goes through your mind when the yelling and push-ups stop.

    • @mimszanadunstedt441
      @mimszanadunstedt441 3 года назад +8

      The terrors of ptsd and painful anticipation welling up in your head while you hear willhem screams and such

    • @justinwainwright5069
      @justinwainwright5069 3 года назад +1

      Shamming is the most important time period

    • @nottherealpaulsmith
      @nottherealpaulsmith 3 года назад +2

      "Move it, private!"
      "I can't, sir, the opening monologue is focused on me and it won't let me leave the crane shot!"

  • @lasersharksushi1975
    @lasersharksushi1975 5 лет назад +307

    If I move from cover I might get shot.
    *move soldier!*
    "no... I don't think I will."

    • @DragonsAndDragons777
      @DragonsAndDragons777 4 года назад +2

      OH NO! I CAN'T ESCAPE THE MEMES!

    • @dilophosaurussk4333
      @dilophosaurussk4333 4 года назад +2

      No u

    • @hi14993
      @hi14993 4 года назад +6

      i cant help it. it's too easy. EVERY INCH OF THIS BEACH HAS BEEN PRE-SIGHTED! YOU STAY HERE, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!

  • @petejt
    @petejt 4 года назад +210

    "Your rifle, is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. When your killer instincts, are not clean, and strong, you will HESITATE at the moment of truth. You will not kill..." - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. That hesitation is the 'cognitive blink'.

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 2 года назад

      Tbh its not hessitation its called an ooda loop nothing to do with morals(some do hesitate but ooda loops are different

    • @localbod
      @localbod 2 месяца назад

      ​@@mondaysinsanity8193 Part of the 'Orient' aspect of the OODA loop is cultural tradition which would encompass morals.
      Hesitation is an inability or delaying of the 'Act' part of OODA.
      You sound like you are arguing your point for the sake of it.

  • @poke_1879
    @poke_1879 5 лет назад +1084

    I was also wondering why everyone went afk once the comander said we needed to charge the enemy base

    • @GeneralGiffel
      @GeneralGiffel 5 лет назад +29

      david grfenix Rising storm :D

    • @benjaminpont220
      @benjaminpont220 5 лет назад +3

      lol

    • @prongs82
      @prongs82 5 лет назад +15

      when your troops level 50 and your enemy level 99

    • @rachelslur8729
      @rachelslur8729 5 лет назад +8

      And then every afk teammate was replaced by a easy bot.

    • @poke_1879
      @poke_1879 5 лет назад +6

      @@rachelslur8729 The for honor experience

  • @alexisjuillard4816
    @alexisjuillard4816 5 лет назад +283

    Lindybeige i love how you focus more on psychology now it’s great. I love history and stories but psychological observations or phenomena are as interesting and that knowledge is applicable in real life, that’s cool

    • @deus_ex_machina_
      @deus_ex_machina_ 5 лет назад +1

      You mean to tell me that the battle formations of the ancient Romans are not applicable in daily life?

    • @1973Louis
      @1973Louis 5 лет назад

      @@deus_ex_machina_ No dear Cathy Newman, that is not what alexis Julliard said.

    • @alexisjuillard4816
      @alexisjuillard4816 5 лет назад +1

      Deus Ex Machina of course i apply roman battle tactics in everyday life!! Who wouldn’t ?? I love to soften my enemies with pillum then send in my first line of infantry while my cavalry is getting the shit beaten out of itself by other cavalry.
      Another technique i use with my subordinates in the office os that of decimation. One guy fails to do his work, one out of every ten guys is beaten to death by his fellow soldiers. Works really well to give people z the incentive to do the F***** work!!!

    • @eedragonr1576
      @eedragonr1576 5 лет назад

      Explains the mass shootings

  • @Iris_n_Parti
    @Iris_n_Parti 4 года назад +424

    "He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!!!"

  • @AlienRelics
    @AlienRelics 4 года назад +246

    When I was 7 or so, I was walking behind a truck with a couple friends, just as the backup beeper started. My friends jumped out of the way. I froze so badly, the driver, who'd seen us walk behind the truck or saw my friends yelling at me, got out and walked back to find me still frozen. He yelled at me to move out of the way. I could not move.
    He had to physically move me. As soon as he started moving me, I could move again.
    I hated that. I really felt completely helpless. I thought about it a LOT. I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to respond to different situations. I think that is why now I am the one who keeps moving when others around me freeze.

    • @cloudhazard2860
      @cloudhazard2860 3 года назад +61

      this is top tier character development

    • @IcoOfSeele
      @IcoOfSeele 3 года назад +35

      @@cloudhazard2860 the "move out of the truck's way" story arc

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 3 года назад +19

      the “frozen behind a reversing truck” incident

    • @burritowyrm6530
      @burritowyrm6530 3 года назад +13

      You almost got isekai’d

    • @sagelebrun4900
      @sagelebrun4900 3 года назад +3

      Honestly the statement should be fight, flight, or freeze. Everyone freezes for a moment, but sometimes and some people can't help but remain frozen in stressful situations, and honestly according to the video thats alot of people.

  • @PHDarren
    @PHDarren 5 лет назад +551

    Prince Edmund: I mean, everything seems to be going very well, doesn’t it? Everyone’s fighting - clearly having the time of their lives.
    Wait a moment; some of them over there aren’t fighting! They’re…
    they’re just lying down!
    Baldrick: They’re dead, My Lord.

    • @janhammer4852
      @janhammer4852 5 лет назад +31

      Cunning plan....

    • @badams2025
      @badams2025 5 лет назад +50

      As cunning as a fox who's just been made professor of cunning at Oxford?

    • @janhammer4852
      @janhammer4852 5 лет назад +1

      @@badams2025 😂😂😂

    • @norwegianwiking
      @norwegianwiking 5 лет назад +10

      Didnt Wellington do the same at Waterloo, ask "what is that unit still laying in cover" only to discover it was just the dead bodies still lying where the artillery had killed a bunch?

    • @hihu7200
      @hihu7200 5 лет назад +4

      @@badams2025 Better yet, a most cunning plan by the product of a pig herder meeting a milk maid.

  • @D1zz4g4ngz747331
    @D1zz4g4ngz747331 4 года назад +800

    That awkward moment when you realize that this is how you react to every slightly stressful situation.

  • @willkenny5687
    @willkenny5687 5 лет назад +454

    I saw the snake, but I’m more hung up on the fact that the “orange” circles looked yellow to me.

  • @PsilocybinMagic
    @PsilocybinMagic 4 года назад +204

    Being a serial fusser, this struck a chord. Neatly arranged grenades are good for the morale.

  • @AwkwOtter
    @AwkwOtter 5 лет назад +1277

    The multi-loaded muskets blows my mind. That's so interesting, it makes perfect sense, but who would have expected that?

    • @ericklauridsen9353
      @ericklauridsen9353 5 лет назад +48

      It's also a load of bull. The sources have been discredited by numerous other historians; On Killing is not as enlightened as it makes itself out to be. From Wikipedia:
      Robert Engen, in a paper for the Canadian Military Journal critiquing On Killing, both praised and criticized Grossman's works, saying: "On Killing and On Combat form an excellent starting point, there are too many problems with their interpretation for them to be considered the final word on the subject."[1] Grossman's response to Engen, printed in the same journal, addresses the criticisms by showing that S.L.A. Marshall's findings, even after having doubt cast on their methodology, have borne out in further scientific studies and real world experience, and furthermore, have been the cornerstone of military and police training for over a half century.[3]

    • @MadHashashin
      @MadHashashin 4 года назад +90

      @@ericklauridsen9353 just a question though, is the theory "a load of bull", or where there not multi-loaded muskets found in battle? Because that's what blew my mind the most.

    • @ericklauridsen9353
      @ericklauridsen9353 4 года назад +39

      @@MadHashashin The multiple filled guns are true. Most of On Killings theory about non-shooters and such is bull.

    • @VileCAESARB
      @VileCAESARB 4 года назад +5

      Purely cowardice.

    • @apalsnerg
      @apalsnerg 4 года назад +78

      @@ericklauridsen9353 What you just quoted doesn't say anything at all other than "On killing is not perfect"

  • @unwillfullyignorant7805
    @unwillfullyignorant7805 4 года назад +937

    “I fear no man..”
    “But that thing..”
    *rat*
    “It scares me.”

    • @shrek8377
      @shrek8377 4 года назад +2

      lol

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 года назад +5

      Hey, rats can be quite vicious and their bites are highly infectious and can actually kill you by infection. And a rat bite itself is a very nasty thing.

    • @Adomas_B
      @Adomas_B 4 года назад +3

      Halo 3 rat

    • @unwillfullyignorant7805
      @unwillfullyignorant7805 4 года назад

      @@Adomas_B bro, I wish I had the body of the HALO 3 rat.

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 года назад

      @@unwillfullyignorant7805 Like in 'I wish I would look like that rat' or more like 'I wish I had it's corpse'?

  • @tom_olofsson
    @tom_olofsson 5 лет назад +254

    One eyed Simon still remembers the day he cut in on the lunch line.

    • @tyrroo
      @tyrroo 5 лет назад +19

      I do, and I still think you overreacted, mate ;(

    • @joeprimal2044
      @joeprimal2044 5 лет назад +2

      LOL.

    • @simonschnedl
      @simonschnedl 5 лет назад +3

      @@tyrroo Oh, you, too? ,-

    • @EzioIlMentore
      @EzioIlMentore 5 лет назад +5

      Little did he knew, he cut in front of young John Wick.

  • @neilburton2803
    @neilburton2803 3 года назад +42

    To Loyd @ Lindybeige
    You have no idea of how helpful this has been in helping me in understanding an error I made recently as a nurse and coming to terms with it as both a professional and as a person
    Thank you so much .

  • @Oomuu
    @Oomuu 5 лет назад +207

    I remember reading about Gettysburg muskets with multiple loads in them, I know that the U.S Army did a study on that and they came to the conclusion that it was simply due to the fact that people were trained on circular targets and did not want to kill subconsciously.They vividly remember pulling the trigger and firing, but as it turns out they did not. I know that the soldiers the interviewed spoke of this years later about how they almost blew their shoulder/face off from recoil or explosions.I also know some of them who survived the battle while cleaning and maintaining their muskets, realized what they did. This led to the U.S Army switching to human shaped silhouettes to get soldiers used to shooting at similar shaped silhouettes in real battle. Ill edit this as soon as i can find this article. Its pretty dated.

    • @lomax343
      @lomax343 4 года назад +19

      The same phenomenon was noted during the Napoleonic wars. Ammunition and gunpowder were expensive, so not to be wasted on training. It was common for new recruits in large conscript armies to arrive on a battlefield having never actually fired their muskets.

    • @johnk7302
      @johnk7302 4 года назад +13

      Actually I've read that it was due to poor training. The men didn't even know if their gun had fired and if it wasn't firing because of some malfunction they'd try reloading occasionally.

    • @namanign6312
      @namanign6312 4 года назад

      Hand cannon grenade musket
      Grenade launcher that's meant to break enemy ranks 1200s.
      I would like a whole army of grenade launchers in the civil war time that would be explosions everywhere and lines of explosions

  • @maxsmodels
    @maxsmodels 5 лет назад +650

    As a former infantryman I can tell you that many soldiers prefer to do nothing (goldbrick) until made to move. This is why butt-kicking sargents are the backbone of all armies,

    • @JerryEricsson
      @JerryEricsson 5 лет назад +109

      Indeed, I was one of those ass kicking sergeants back in the 1970's, got rather good at it as well, but then I was assigned recruiting duty, that was indeed my downfall as I could not lie good enough to entice young men who were set to get the million dollar farm in a few years to give a few years to their country, while the meat grinder in Vietnam was still going strong. I took my discharge rather then to remain in the job, and joined, in stead the police department, at a substantial cut in pay.

    • @photosyntheticzee9915
      @photosyntheticzee9915 5 лет назад +38

      Jerry Ericsson You’ve got to do something you believe in. If what you’re doing seems useless, it’s hard to keep going.

    • @stewardgilbert8823
      @stewardgilbert8823 5 лет назад +17

      Jerry Ericsson thank you For your Service and your honesty while recruiting by doing so you took the best and might have saved those that decided not to go.

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 5 лет назад +8

      AnTiDotE X
      "Never been in combat " ?
      Sure everyone on RUclips has been in combat !!!
      In fact the most experienced veterans are on RUclips.
      You can tell they are genuine by how they hint they were in combat but then refuse to talk about it because no one else would understand, and they have PTSD, similar to Jason Bored.
      The REAL giveaway that they are genuine veterans is the ENORMOUS amount of helmet cam footage in their playlist , and corresponding XBoX games.
      A REAL veteran will say ;
      "What do you know about Vietnam? Youve never even BEEEEN to America.
      We didnt lose the war, the Hippys did "

    • @winstonchurchill624
      @winstonchurchill624 5 лет назад +3

      Jerry Ericsson Thank you for your service, and although you’re making less money, hopefully you at least like being a police officer more than a recruiter.

  • @rollosnook
    @rollosnook 5 лет назад +257

    "The worst thing you can do about something , is tell an officer about it."
    There is a really warped logic in the military.

    • @JP-wk7cc
      @JP-wk7cc 4 года назад +65

      as an Officer, we’re compelled to do something about it if we know.
      If something is happening (Soldiers snuck beer out to a field exercise and you’re about to walk in on them drinking), the correct thing is for the ranking Sergeant to jump up and say “Sir, didn’t you say you had some Officer stuff to take care of in the HQ right now?”

    • @redandinata4568
      @redandinata4568 4 года назад

      @@JP-wk7cc and why is that?

    • @emerykj1830
      @emerykj1830 4 года назад +52

      Cause the guy doesn't want to give the drinking guys trouble and doesn't mind they are doing it, but as an officer has an obligation to stop them if he sees them doing it. This is from interpreting what he said cause he hasn't responded to you :)

    • @JP-wk7cc
      @JP-wk7cc 4 года назад +44

      Emery KJ yes exactly. It avoids putting the Officer in a position where he has to discipline the Soldiers for something everyone can agree is dumb.It’s paperwork and a headache for the Officer, and could result in the Soldiers losing rank (earn less money) or straight up having to forfeit a paycheck. Both put strain on the Soldier and his/her family, again for something that’s really not that big of a deal.

    • @irontrunk2267
      @irontrunk2267 4 года назад +19

      Plus if a SGT catches them its more then likely a good session of PT and not taking their pay

  • @lodragan
    @lodragan 3 года назад +150

    Re: changing orders: "A plan is only good until contact with the enemy." This is also why the fragmentary/warning orders exist: a good plan executed late is worse than a mediocre plan executed early.

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 3 года назад +5

      Here’s my brilliant plan:
      “Take cover and shoot the guys who aren’t dressed like us(civilians not included)”
      Brilliant, aren’t I?

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 2 года назад

      @@jooot_6850 thats only slightly ignorant

    • @trouty7947
      @trouty7947 2 года назад

      "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face" seems to be more universal than I thought

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 года назад

      Battle Plans are seldom effective for longer than 24 hours.

  • @Snagabott
    @Snagabott 5 лет назад +659

    Telling the men to stop fussing and get on with it.
    Yup, he's English.

    • @eedragonr1576
      @eedragonr1576 5 лет назад +12

      BREXIT: stop fussing and finish the war games.

    • @paulgoogol2652
      @paulgoogol2652 5 лет назад

      all they need is a passionate speech like: put your shit together and get on with dying.

    • @Helltamirre
      @Helltamirre 4 года назад +9

      @SharkTank so, they are fucking you?
      Spicy.

  • @JayneCobb88
    @JayneCobb88 5 лет назад +285

    That's why as corpsmen we were drilled again and again and again on 2 maxims.
    1 - The best battlefield medicine is fire superiority
    2 - Recover the patient to safe cover

    • @ExUSSailor
      @ExUSSailor 5 лет назад +17

      "Where angels, and, Marines fear to tread, it's there you'll find a Corpsman dead."

    • @jacobnormann6678
      @jacobnormann6678 5 лет назад +23

      Bullshit, the best battlefield medicine is ibuprofen, water, and a pair of clean socks

    • @dogdriver70
      @dogdriver70 5 лет назад +10

      i thought the best battlefield medicine was an airstrike

    • @stanbartsch1984
      @stanbartsch1984 5 лет назад +6

      @@dogdriver70 I love the smell of napalm in the morning....

    • @manicabawse2867
      @manicabawse2867 5 лет назад +4

      @@dogdriver70 airstrikes are sweet

  • @Calz2006
    @Calz2006 5 лет назад +383

    An extended 47 minutes of why squaddies do nothing. It's marvelous.

    • @tedferkin
      @tedferkin 5 лет назад +6

      It's like an extended History Guy. Or perhaps Nicolas plans 10 minutes, but it ends up nearer an hour

    • @cdgonepotatoes4219
      @cdgonepotatoes4219 5 лет назад +8

      @@tedferkin or History Oversimplified, except it's the exact opposite.

    • @absolutmauser
      @absolutmauser 5 лет назад +3

      Or a shortened version of the audio book of Leo Murrays "Brains & Bullets" aka "War Games: The Psychology of War" which is basically where all the content came from. Freezing and Fussing are Murray's terms for the "inactive" activities soldiers perform in combat (Fleeing and Fighting being the active ones).

    • @absolutmauser
      @absolutmauser 5 лет назад +2

      Basically all the anecdotes are from Murray's book too.

    • @dariusmccormack7793
      @dariusmccormack7793 5 лет назад +1

      @@cdgonepotatoes4219 He should rename channel, "Historic story time, with generous digression...Beige".

  • @TheEmperorsChampion964
    @TheEmperorsChampion964 4 года назад +339

    I have personally witnessed something like this when I was in Ukraine when my fire team conducted an "ambush" on a Ukrainian platoon. Our NCO who was with them told them their officers and NCOs were dead and the privates just sat there not knowing what to do

    • @mandalortemaan7510
      @mandalortemaan7510 3 года назад +47

      "Banzai?"
      "Yes Private, Banzai"

    • @darkjak224
      @darkjak224 3 года назад +32

      Isn't the sole purpose of a private to follow orders? So if the nco and officer are dead, of course a private would not know what to do

    • @TheEmperorsChampion964
      @TheEmperorsChampion964 3 года назад +77

      @@darkjak224 privates should learn how to do the job of a fire team leader and a squad leader at least because in combat you never know who will get hit or killed so you need to know the job so you can step up and take charge if needed

    • @animorph17
      @animorph17 3 года назад +87

      @@darkjak224 America does it weird with a full on chain of command specificly to break this sort of nonsense. Which is part of why americans are so bad at following their own doctrine, and never read their own manuals.

    • @darkjak224
      @darkjak224 3 года назад +4

      @@animorph17 Okay Randal.

  • @fall190
    @fall190 5 лет назад +128

    i had this moment when i was about 13, i saw everyone staring at this bum passed out or something in the middle of the road as cars pass right past him,.i look at him, i look at the people around me, none was moving, stand around for a few more seconds until i decide to try and help, i take a few steps and multiple people rush past me to help him. i see he'l get help so i do a 180 and carry on with my day.

    • @TESkyrimizer
      @TESkyrimizer 5 лет назад +11

      Smooth as butter

    • @kevinbyrne4538
      @kevinbyrne4538 5 лет назад +19

      I was in a supermarket one day. I was standing at customer service, talking to a clerk, when an old lady suddenly called for help. Everyone pretended not to see or hear her -- until I took a few steps in her direction. Then, suddenly, everyone rushed towards her to help.
      (BTW, she didn't have a serious problem: Recently a device had been installed in her chest in order to stimulate her heart whenever it began to beat irregularly. The device had started to adjust her heartbeat, and the novel sensation frightened her.)

    • @glenmcgillivray4707
      @glenmcgillivray4707 5 лет назад +5

      These are more examples of social anxiety issues we have to deal with. If you get involved you will have to sacrifice time energy/whatever and also take responsibility for taking action (when things could very well have been just fine and they didn't want your input thank you very much)
      By taking action yourself, it compels others around you that FAILING to act is itself an act they will need to take responsibility for, and it drags them in.
      Or it's a bit of the eagle flying around, the birds in the trees first stop singing, then when one bird decides it wants to fly away from the eagle, suddenly the entire group takes off at the same time.

  • @roaringlaughter3812
    @roaringlaughter3812 5 лет назад +381

    You are in cover, you are safe, go away from that safety soldier!!! Gee i wonder why they do nothing.

    • @derrickstorm6976
      @derrickstorm6976 5 лет назад +15

      Except you're not always in cover or safety

    • @beaconofwierd1883
      @beaconofwierd1883 5 лет назад +21

      It's funny how that mentality is even present in games when there's no threat to you.
      Can't tell you how many times I've played with people who run into a house/cover and just sit there and you literally have to tell them to keep moving or the enemy will surround us or throw in grenades.

    • @ChillAssTurtle
      @ChillAssTurtle 5 лет назад +2

      @@derrickstorm6976 captain fucking obvious

    • @TheDunestyler
      @TheDunestyler 5 лет назад +3

      @@beaconofwierd1883 especially in games like Post Scriptum.

    • @beaconofwierd1883
      @beaconofwierd1883 5 лет назад +3

      @@TheDunestyler Basically in all fps team based games :P

  • @lynxrufus2007
    @lynxrufus2007 5 лет назад +72

    A very good piece. Almost as good as the one about soldiers not shooting enemy soldiers. This kind of show is why I almost compulsively visit your channel. Great job, Lloyd!

    • @djosearth3618
      @djosearth3618 5 лет назад +1

      Funny that is the other video i thought of when watching this one. They might be the only 2 I've seen, well maybe I'm in a cognitive blink incongruity cause I've seen others just these two prominent in my mind.

  • @orangew3988
    @orangew3988 4 года назад +12

    I'm a newly qualified nurse working in a very busy receiving ward during a worldwide pandemic. This talk is actually really helpful in evaluating ways that I have responded to stress and medical emergencies.

  • @harryflashman3451
    @harryflashman3451 5 лет назад +362

    So gratifying being called hard as nails by uncle Lindy

  • @kod8933
    @kod8933 5 лет назад +187

    This is why in emergency/military medicine you always make sure
    "scene is safe" before treatment. Otherwise you've added casualties.

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 5 лет назад +1

      On the other hand that's how Americas are left to die in Afghanistan while German plains can take them to hospital or take pictures... Not that I want them to be anywhere near there, making coffe at Ramstein is sufficient use of my tax money.

    • @RGC-gn2nm
      @RGC-gn2nm 5 лет назад +26

      @@fionafiona1146 What?

    • @comradeurod9805
      @comradeurod9805 5 лет назад +19

      @@RGC-gn2nm good question. I don't have a clue either

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 5 лет назад +8

      @@comradeurod9805 They're just speaking absolute nonsense, I'm going to assume English isn't their first language.

    • @bobby8012
      @bobby8012 5 лет назад +3

      @@fionafiona1146 tell us more

  • @REX-gq6ur
    @REX-gq6ur 5 лет назад +174

    Wait. Hold on... Is that wild looking man rambling?
    Better watch it, might go on for 47 minutes.

  • @talon9685
    @talon9685 2 года назад +65

    “But imagine if, having trained for this war, another war starts with the Russians, for instance.” Thanks, Lindy.

    • @ArifRWinandar
      @ArifRWinandar Год назад +11

      And the thing about how soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq aren't prepared to be shelled turned out to be right as well.

    • @Dap1ssmonk
      @Dap1ssmonk 5 месяцев назад

      @@ArifRWinandar we played at war against guys in tents to the point where even a pretty poorly organized but still traditional army still raddles us. its like a god damned novel.

  • @Yimyimyimyim277
    @Yimyimyimyim277 5 лет назад +308

    I was going to skip the ad, but the man picked up a ukulele

    • @thesnakednake
      @thesnakednake 5 лет назад +45

      So you froze?

    • @champagne.future5248
      @champagne.future5248 5 лет назад +16

      Me too! My finger was ready to skip but I was stopped dead in my tracks

    • @josebonilla8774
      @josebonilla8774 5 лет назад +14

      The art of war

    • @bananenzijndebeste2
      @bananenzijndebeste2 5 лет назад +2

      This is pretty much the only channel, or any online place for that matter, where i actually watch the ads

  • @johntheknight3062
    @johntheknight3062 5 лет назад +62

    That's why commisars and other mad loyal commanders existed. That's why king charging forward was followed by his men because they knew what to do in that moment. They need to charge and this is the only thing hat matters.

  • @soundaddiktion2006
    @soundaddiktion2006 5 лет назад +50

    I love how a lot of this can be seen in daily life, just in less intense measures.

    • @MissMeganBeckett
      @MissMeganBeckett 2 года назад

      Yeah, this explains so much about what I experience with my horrible anxiety every day.

  • @keifferellison45
    @keifferellison45 4 года назад +4

    Its kind of amazing how captivating your are sir.
    A man stands in front of a camera with no tricks (save a ghost snake) and just talks. I don't feel without in the way of graphics, video demonstrations, animations. Its all just you talking, and I've been listening for years.
    Thank you Lindybeige

  • @silverback7133
    @silverback7133 5 лет назад +28

    professional armies spend an enormous amount of time and money on training infantrymen to have specific reactions to circumstances. eg: gunshot... hit the deck, determine the direction and distance, give a callout, attack.
    run, down, crawl, observe, aim, fire.
    15 years out of the service and i will never forget it

  • @antonbuno6844
    @antonbuno6844 4 года назад +96

    “So you can autopilot your breathing”. My lungs-fuck off, do it yourself now.

    • @temkin9298
      @temkin9298 3 года назад

      That's a health issue, you would forget to breath in your sleep

  • @Patchaddictedpolymath
    @Patchaddictedpolymath 5 лет назад +466

    Blessed with a 47 minute video. Kettle's on lads!

  • @JerryEricsson
    @JerryEricsson 4 года назад +16

    I do enjoy your videos, they are so real and accurate. I hope those who have never been in battle pay attention. I recall a time in 1971 in Vietnam. I was a communicator, it was my mission to keep the rear area advised on the progress of a mission into enemy territory in an attempt to slow down the infiltration of arms and men into the area from the North. We came under ground attack of our small firebase located near the border where the attacks were aimed. I ended up in a bunker on the parameter, now I was a farm boy, I grew up with a rifle in my hands. My cousins and I used to practice with our .22's lighting farmers matches at a distance where only the red was visible, and we got quite good at that. The 5.56 ammo that we had in the M-16 was, in fact a very fast .22. The rifle had no recoil and was very accurate if you knew how to use it. In the same bunker was a member of the infantry unit that was supposed to be keeping our little base secure, attacking were some damn good soldiers out of North Vietnam, regulars, not the VC that we were used to seeing. There were three soldiers running full on toward our area of the fence, which had been blown down by rocket fire earlier in the day. The infantry man beside me had his rifle on full auto, and was trying to hit those enemy soldiers. I looked out the slit in our bunker and saw his ammo hitting the ground some 6 feet in front of our bunker. So for some reason I still had my head about me, I took quick aim, much like I had when I was a boy with my .22, and killed the three enemy. When things had settled down, the infantry man who was with me was jumping up and down proclaiming himself the "king of the bunker!" claiming 3 kills. Personally I didn't give a shit about counts, and let him go with his claim to fame. I was just happy to have survived the attack, and to get back to my radio teletype rig and some peace and quiet.

  • @ws2228
    @ws2228 5 лет назад +125

    "Hurry up and wait"
    The credo of every army throughout time.

    • @pigepodge8172
      @pigepodge8172 4 года назад +1

      Admiral Crunch is Gud

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 4 года назад +6

      I wonder if there's some sayings, jokes or etc. in other armies, expressing the same idea as the following: we have a saying "In the Army everything should/must/may be hideous, but uniformly" (безобразно, но однообразно) meaning that uniformity should prevail over anything else. For example, if one person in the company has lost his gloves, all the company will stand without them on the platz (or alternatively, our batallion commander suggested the person painting their hands black not to disrupt the uniformity)

    • @jebatevrana
      @jebatevrana 4 года назад

      Laughs in Mongol

    • @barryfirth1187
      @barryfirth1187 4 года назад +2

      @@alexeysaranchev6118 . That idea is carried to extreme measures,and rightly so.
      We packed everything in a uniform manner. Starting with our rucksacks .it would be packed identical to everyone to to point that if Private Smith was leaving the tent for a minute you could ask him to get a pair of socks from your pack( since it's lined up outside in the established order of march),he would know exactly where your socks are since all rucksacks are packed identical to everyone's.
      Commonality is next to Godliness!!😁👍

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 4 года назад

      @@barryfirth1187 Actually a great and useful idea!

  • @Duntorah
    @Duntorah 5 лет назад +203

    Me watching the dots: Oh, hey, I see that snake. I'm on to you. I've been through psych 101.
    Lindybeige: What color was the snake's tongue?
    Me: ...

    • @beardedbjorn5520
      @beardedbjorn5520 5 лет назад +3

      Lol same

    • @reidwallace4258
      @reidwallace4258 5 лет назад +8

      But like, what was the count meant to be?!?!

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 5 лет назад +1

      yeah, the same to me, noticed the snake... but not the tonge color

    • @fistsofsnake5475
      @fistsofsnake5475 5 лет назад +3

      @@Mitaka.Kotsuka I though puppet is just distraction and didn't pay attention to it.So i didn't even notice it was snake puppet.

    • @charlesdewitt8087
      @charlesdewitt8087 5 лет назад +4

      I treat his videos podcasts and had no idea what he was talking about.

  • @jimbo2227
    @jimbo2227 5 лет назад +107

    Oddly specific examples of childhood violence.

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 5 лет назад +13

      I felt like being called out...
      Seriously, someone tried to push me out of a window from the second floor and there was an incident with a pen causing a rather abstract tattoo...

    • @Lucky-sh1dm
      @Lucky-sh1dm 5 лет назад +14

      Ayy lindy was givin them niggas the work at boarding school

    • @RealShipmate
      @RealShipmate 5 лет назад +2

      Lucky7777 My boy boxing all dem squishies.

    • @Hashishtani
      @Hashishtani 5 лет назад

      Common, haven't you have to fight in school? I had too, and my son had too. I'm not sure if boys can stop bulling each other, may be next generation.

    • @Lucky-sh1dm
      @Lucky-sh1dm 5 лет назад +1

      Arman get the fuck outta here w this soft shit😭😭 bullying is great it builds tremendous character, I can tell you love to drink soy

  • @SirNarax
    @SirNarax 3 года назад +44

    "What color was the snake's tongue?"
    Me, who is colorblind: My life couldn't prepare me for this.

    • @americankid7782
      @americankid7782 3 года назад

      Green

    • @Todija
      @Todija 3 года назад

      Blue

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 3 года назад

      @@Todija It was green..

    • @Dendoi_
      @Dendoi_ 3 года назад

      When you get diagnosed with sex addiction because you said the handkerchief was white

  • @howardp6682
    @howardp6682 5 лет назад +341

    Best order ever given: Churchill to Montgomery, 'Take Africa'. Best response to an order: 3 years later: Montgomery to Churchill: "Africa taken.'

    • @spellcaster39ify
      @spellcaster39ify 5 лет назад +53

      Worst response to an order: EIsenhower, 'make sure Antwerp is secured.' Mongomery4 months later: 'where's Antwerp?'

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 5 лет назад +1

      @@spellcaster39ify
      I hope thats a joke ?
      Its hard to know on youtube

    • @winstonchurchill624
      @winstonchurchill624 5 лет назад +5

      Howard P He was quite a clever man

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 5 лет назад +5

      @@winstonchurchill624
      No, he just looked like a bulldog, and it helped morale

    • @spellcaster39ify
      @spellcaster39ify 5 лет назад +12

      @@olliephelan Why would it be a joke? Monty ignored advice to take Antwerp and it cost the lives of tens of thousands of Allied soldiers and Dutch civilians who died of starvation after the failure of Market Garden. But I'm sure you knew that. p.s. my grandfather fought for Monty.

  • @simoncroft73
    @simoncroft73 5 лет назад +257

    It was you! I remember that pencil! Won't catch me blindsided this time, Lindy!

    • @RandyKalff
      @RandyKalff 5 лет назад +19

      I suppose he'll catch you blind instead.

    • @bnlhu
      @bnlhu 5 лет назад +1

      He's name is Lloyd lol

    • @slaytanicsabbath
      @slaytanicsabbath 5 лет назад

      Don't hurt my Grandson

    • @RandyKalff
      @RandyKalff 5 лет назад

      @@bnlhu
      Most people here know his name is Lloyd, but many still refer to him by Lindy due to his channel's name.
      So, just let it slide.

  • @davidochoa9469
    @davidochoa9469 3 года назад +10

    Lindybeige has me hooked. I love history. Being a Homeboy from L.A., I often think how it would playout if Lindy was a L.A. gang member explaining his experiences and war stories. Planning a driveby and looking for those other "chaps". Shooting projectiles from their conveyance.

  • @lenvanvliet8294
    @lenvanvliet8294 5 лет назад +249

    You can see a 'cognitive blink' in Band of Brothers in an encounter with the red-haired US paratrooper and the German 'boy' soldier.

    • @sheppycider123
      @sheppycider123 5 лет назад +33

      Len van Vliet The name you’re looking for is Lt Winters

    • @beardedbjorn5520
      @beardedbjorn5520 5 лет назад +16

      ImNotMoose he was a Captain by that stage wasn’t he?

    • @samwallaceart288
      @samwallaceart288 5 лет назад +51

      Yeah, solid 10 seconds of freeze (or so it seems but IRL it was a split second), then he shoots the guy and camera pans over to show that there’s an entire squad of Germans right there in easy view that Winters straightup didn’t notice for a second there.

    • @redapple360
      @redapple360 5 лет назад +7

      yeah classic shot. Still in my mind.

    • @ExUSSailor
      @ExUSSailor 5 лет назад +18

      That entire mini-series was just top notch.

  • @Jacob-ge1py
    @Jacob-ge1py 5 лет назад +231

    Lindy: How many people did you very severely injure, put in hospitol or kill?
    Me: Oh well let's see here ther was-
    Liny: None
    Me: oh yes of course that's what i was going to say....

    • @skylergarza8371
      @skylergarza8371 5 лет назад +14

      My response was "does this include self defense?"

    • @Indy-qm4ev
      @Indy-qm4ev 5 лет назад +3

      I once stabbed a guy in the chest with a steel pen.

    • @qaiser648
      @qaiser648 5 лет назад +4

      Jacob edgy

    • @Jacob-ge1py
      @Jacob-ge1py 5 лет назад +7

      @Isaac Teo :(

  • @KurNorock
    @KurNorock 5 лет назад +154

    A couple days ago, my mom pushed the button to lower the garage door. She had forgotten to close the tailgate on her new car, and the lowering garage door collided with the tailgate of the car and left a big scratch in the paint before it stopped and lifted itself back up.
    My mom saw the collision about to take place, new what was going to happen, had her finger still on the button to stop the garage, yet she stood there in absolute horror and watched the entire thing take place without moving.
    People often freeze when they see something they didn't expect to see. If you see somebody suddenly stab another person right in front of you, you are far more likely to just stand there motionless for several seconds than you are to try to run or apprehend the attacker. It is literally your consciousness trying to determine that this absolutely crazy thing happening in front of you is actually really happening. You likely would be under the immediate assumption that it was all an act.
    If we lead a more violent lifestyle as humans, with dangers around every corner, you would be much less likely to freeze up. If you see a person get stabbed once a week, it is nothing new to you, it isn't shocking, you don't immediately assume it is fake. You would react to it as you would any other common occurrence. For example, you don't freeze up when you walk in on somebody eating a meal.
    This is also why your mom stood there in the doorway for several seconds that time you forgot to lock your door while masturbating.

    • @BW-CZ
      @BW-CZ 4 года назад +23

      And that's why I had my PC chair against my door so no one could open the door while I was sitting on it. Modern problems require modern solutions.

    • @manlyadvice1789
      @manlyadvice1789 4 года назад +6

      I hope that was the reason...

    • @AlienRelics
      @AlienRelics 4 года назад +4

      Your body can't go where your mind hasn't been. So I am constantly thinking about how to respond to surprise situations.

    • @KurNorock
      @KurNorock 4 года назад +3

      @@AlienRelics That is very true. A lot of people say things like "You never know how you'll react to a situation until you are in it." but in my experience, I've gone through different scenarios so many times in my head that when that rare event does happen, I don't panic and I get done what needs to get done.
      And even when an event happens that I never thought about, I still perform well because I've conditioned myself to step back, observe, and make a decision.

    • @AlienRelics
      @AlienRelics 4 года назад

      @@KurNorock Agreed. I think I've saved myself from harm many times by not looking like a victim.

  • @Gunbudder
    @Gunbudder 3 года назад +68

    I've worked with a SWAT team before, and its amazing how they train out this cognitive blink. They call it target acquisition. The drill is basically they will have a number of colored balloons, maybe 6 different colors and 15 balloons. They will take all the balloons on a bus (or wherever they are training), and tape them around head height. Sometimes they will even tape a balloon on the shoulder of an actor. The as the SWAT team are rolling up in their APC, or sometimes even moments before getting on the bus, the team leader will radio them what color balloon is the "bad guy." In this scenario they are instructed to use lethal force from the start. The SWAT guys do their thing and board the bus, while INSTANTLY shooting all of the bad guy balloons with literally no hesitation. To make sure they also get human targets, an actor will randomly be selected to be a bad guy as well, and that actor gets some padding and a huge face shield because the sim rounds hurt lol.
    My point being, these guys basically train like this constantly, and they really do train out any hesitation whatsoever before they shoot. I could see the newer guys were a bit slower too, especially when it can to lighting up an actor. and sometimes actors were given the extra gear without being a bad guy too, so the team couldn't just keep that actor covered in particular. Its also conforting to know that if i'm ever held hostage and the bad guy puts his arm around my neck to hold me, the SWAT team will just instantly shoot him in the face the moment they see him. And they don't miss. They ran that drill over and over and over and never a single time did any of the guys miss any balloons, or hit the wrong target. The only missed a target once or twice

    • @fitchyyboi
      @fitchyyboi 3 года назад +4

      Very interesting, thanks!

    • @scotbush4338
      @scotbush4338 2 года назад +16

      this, thank you. i wrote a long ass paragraph rebutting some dude who said "thats the problem with drills" and told a story about there actually being a fire and people wasting time looking for the key to unlock the fire extinguisher behind the "break in case of emergency" glass cause thats what they always did in the drills lmao. drills are INCREDIBLY powerful at training humans to do crazy amazing things, they just have to be done correctly, ie actually doing what you plan on/needing to do in the scenario being drilled for.

  • @psemek8000
    @psemek8000 5 лет назад +662

    Can you make a video where you just curse and make threats for 30 minutes straight?

  • @assaultguy859
    @assaultguy859 5 лет назад +71

    I've been on a Lindy"binge" lately

    • @paleposter
      @paleposter 5 лет назад +5

      Assault Guy Bingy Beige

    • @silvesby
      @silvesby 5 лет назад +1

      The best type of binge

    • @assaultguy859
      @assaultguy859 5 лет назад +1

      Товарищ Сильвио Да товарищ

  • @betaplain297
    @betaplain297 4 года назад +171

    "You are most certainly male, probably an adult"
    Well at least you got the first part right.

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 4 года назад +19

      Based Zoomer

    • @estebanvasquez2307
      @estebanvasquez2307 4 года назад +17

      I mean, i AM both things but that doesn't mean that i feel like an adult.

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 3 года назад +1

      @@estebanvasquez2307 too real

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 3 года назад +3

      Got neither of them right :(

    • @user-jc2in3cp3g
      @user-jc2in3cp3g 3 года назад

      Male 15 yo but RUclips account is like 200 yo years old

  • @iamchillydogg
    @iamchillydogg 4 года назад +9

    My dad was a company commander in Vietnam and he said the lieutenants and platoon sergeants did most of the fighting while the privates mostly provided cover fire.

  • @aric7726
    @aric7726 5 лет назад +149

    Lloyd, PLEASE do a podcast
    Or just upload the audio from your videos as podcasts

    • @antediluvianatheist5262
      @antediluvianatheist5262 5 лет назад +2

      Download and listen.

    • @whitephillip6997
      @whitephillip6997 5 лет назад +6

      RUclips to MP3 converter my friend 😬

    • @heitorkovalescki6613
      @heitorkovalescki6613 5 лет назад +4

      @@antediluvianatheist5262 Podcast and video are completely different things, they are different media, if you just convert a loyd video to MP3 you inevitably lose some of the content, which is visually encoded.
      Before a book becomes a movie it has to be adapted to fit a new format.
      Sometimes things are not that simple

    • @amerykanskipierdolic6346
      @amerykanskipierdolic6346 4 года назад +1

      I've been using this for 2 years and had no problems
      www.snaptubeapp.com/

    • @thisthing4697
      @thisthing4697 4 года назад

      @@amerykanskipierdolic6346 interesting, i have used y2mate for the last 6+ months

  • @jonwashburn7999
    @jonwashburn7999 5 лет назад +143

    Thanks Lloyd. My U.S. marines friends have talked about this.
    Just wanted to add that I never served. Just have a lot of retired military friends.

    • @darthfader733
      @darthfader733 5 лет назад +7

      You have real friends, Semper Fi

    • @yaboybouttaturnisraelintoi7329
      @yaboybouttaturnisraelintoi7329 5 лет назад +35

      do they get obsessed with sorting their crayons when they're under fire?

    • @hihu7200
      @hihu7200 5 лет назад +3

      Thanks for your service.

    • @BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et
      @BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et 5 лет назад +7

      Hi Hu dude he says his friends, he didn’t explicitly say he served either. You just thanked someone for serving who might not actually serve.

    • @Buford-kz7ky
      @Buford-kz7ky 5 лет назад +3

      JonWashburn A lot of my family were Marines. Semper Fi

  • @_Matsimus_
    @_Matsimus_ 5 лет назад +623

    Cognitive wink 😉

    • @Tokmurok
      @Tokmurok 4 года назад +18

      More like cognitive ejaculation guilt.

    • @jamesatherton1853
      @jamesatherton1853 4 года назад +7

      @Vodoo Child celestial nut

    • @ScoopDogg
      @ScoopDogg 4 года назад +3

      @@Tokmurok funny comment : )

    • @goreobsessed2308
      @goreobsessed2308 3 года назад

      I got 8 but some of them were partial covers

    • @fatpenguin0089
      @fatpenguin0089 3 года назад

      I feel like that could actually be a term to refer to acting out of instinct, like a blink would be completely stopping and a wink would be acting unconsciously.

  • @AlienRelics
    @AlienRelics 4 года назад +11

    In Phoenix, AZ in the summer, daytime, excellent visibility. I was walking up a sidestreet towards a busy main road. I saw a big biker on a huge Harley stop and wait to make a left turn. Traffic was heavy, so he was there for a while.
    I watched as a lady pulled up from the other side of the main road (and so facing me). She looked left, right, looked right at the bike, and hit the gas. Slammed right into him.
    I hung around as a witness. Police showed up, she kept repeating what she'd said when she first got out of the car. Said the bike came out of nowhere.
    I've seen this even more up close and personal, riding my 10 speed. Numerous times I'd be riding on the main road, someone would pull up a side road, look left, right, look right at me and hit the gas. So many times I was nearly hit and probably killed, but I was paying attention and barely got out of the way. Many would speed away. The few that stopped all said the same thing, that I came out of nowhere. Somehow, on a sunny day with little traffic, they did not see me because they are looking for cars.
    I've had it happen when on foot, too. I look very closely at cars coming up sidestreets to see if they see me. I've had a number of times where I've ended up jumping on someone's hood to avoid getting run over.
    And I'd often see them look right at me before hitting the gas, then claim that I must have come running from behind a building.

  • @KrizpyKilla
    @KrizpyKilla 4 года назад +301

    "what color was the snakes"
    Me: EIGHT IT WAS EIGHT TIMES wait what the hell

    • @Seelenschmiede
      @Seelenschmiede 4 года назад +42

      It was nine times. And it was a greenish brown. But the heck, I had bet there was no tongue and if there was one it was bright red.
      The brain mixes colours all the time, especially the opposit colour. Black goes white, green goes red, etc. etc. This is a strange habit of our brain.

    • @defiant4eva
      @defiant4eva 4 года назад +8

      @@Seelenschmiede The next battle you lead. I will join another platoon!
      It was also 11 times and there was no snake!

    • @thelurkingpanda3605
      @thelurkingpanda3605 4 года назад +8

      @@Seelenschmiede I got 10 but i think i missed 1

    • @javiermercado1996
      @javiermercado1996 4 года назад +7

      THE COLOR ITS TEN! TEEEENN!!!! oh god there was a snake?

    • @Oberonjames
      @Oberonjames 4 года назад +4

      So I had this video in the background and when I looked over at the screen, all I could look at was the snake. Yes, I noticed the circles, but I wasn't paying attention, to I don't know what was up with them, or what you guys are talking about.

  • @pakane24
    @pakane24 5 лет назад +73

    Fussing is when you have to study for a test or exam but instead you are doing something completely different.

    • @ddandymann
      @ddandymann 5 лет назад +12

      It's relevant in all walks of life really, when people choose to do things that arguably are useful while ignoring the obvious priority.

    • @BY-bj6ic
      @BY-bj6ic 5 лет назад

      @@ddandymann I just noticed myself doing it in the shop today.

  • @dwightk.schrute8696
    @dwightk.schrute8696 5 лет назад +34

    Fussing / being stuck in a loop is quite easily observable when you are overstimulated (think amphetamines/adrenaline) and haven't slept for at least a day. The longer you go without sleep the shorter the loop becomes. I can imagine that on the battlefront you'll push both of these aspects to an extreme.

    • @usainvanrudisha1649
      @usainvanrudisha1649 5 лет назад +4

      Dwight K. Schrute yup, today I took ritalin to do a uni assignment and ended up fussing over getting as many sources, and as much information as possible. Now I have an absolute surplus of information on the Mongol Empire, I think I know even more than the lecturer, and somehow I have to figure out what’s the most important information and how to put it into 1200 words. I’ve cursed myself with too much knowledge. The problem is that without Ritalin I get nothing done, but with Ritalin I do too much.

    • @usainvanrudisha1649
      @usainvanrudisha1649 5 лет назад +3

      It’s also 1:00am and I’m watching lindybeige while commenting and watching blue and orange circles and eating chocolate when I should be sleeping... and fuck there was a snake but I wasn’t wearing my glasses because I’m also taking out my contact lenses so that doesn’t count, i definitely woulda seen it.
      Welcome to the mind of an ADHD master procrastinator uni student on amphétamines at 1am in the morning.

    • @mad3arber
      @mad3arber 5 лет назад +1

      @@usainvanrudisha1649 good luck bro. :)

    • @thumper8684
      @thumper8684 5 лет назад

      @@usainvanrudisha1649 How were you prescribed these? You should be taking them little and often. I don't know what happens if you take too much, but it sounds like a bad idea. I have double-dosed in the past, and it was fine, possibly because I was underprescribed (Long story but imagine you had superhuman kidneys). How much did you take? The effect should be to calm you down and to help you to reflect on what you are doing.

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 5 лет назад +1

      @@usainvanrudisha1649 : Here's a secret that (not taking into account ADHD _or_ Ritalin) tends to _help_ - Just start with something, and throw it away and start again in 15 or 30 minutes. The second version will be better _because_ the first one sucked- the suckitide will also serve to make the good bits more obvious, so you'll put those in the next version, change up the bad bits, and maybe none of them will actually make it to the final version, but they were only there to get you moving, so it's fine.
      Similar sort of thing gets done by artists- they just smear some paint on the canvas at first with no regard to _what_ they're painting, because it's easier to do painting after they already put down paint than while the canvas is still "bare".

  • @howardross3872
    @howardross3872 3 года назад +1

    I respectfully disagree with Lindy about forces carrying too many radios. The biggest problem in combat is trying to figure out what your guys are doing and what the enemy is doing. Radios solve that problem. The other problem is that radios get shot to pieces. I have seen them come back from Afghanistan with bullets in them at work. So having an extra radio on hand is mighty useful.
    Another reason to have extra radios is that you will split off a part of your squad to say look at what's over a hill. So you give them one of the extra radios in the section so that they can tell you what they see or yell for help.
    I still really enjoy him getting into the psychology of combat. Thumbs up mate.

  • @Isewein
    @Isewein 4 года назад +1570

    "If you're watching this you're almost certainly male." I say!

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 4 года назад +110

      Im not sure about that. (Id say most are male)
      I believe that most females hide their ID on youtube, but not on other forums.
      Its a very aggressive forum, and the biggest challenge I get is "WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM ?"
      If the person cant attack what you say, they,ll attack youre country.
      I believe the same people would attack your gender

    • @ahmadtarek7763
      @ahmadtarek7763 4 года назад +186

      @@olliephelan that's cool , but what country are you from ?

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 4 года назад +112

      @@ahmadtarek7763
      Me ? Im male.

    • @LaFlaneuse0
      @LaFlaneuse0 4 года назад +321

      @@olliephelan ah yes. The country of male

    • @bnipmnaa
      @bnipmnaa 4 года назад +37

      @@LaFlaneuse0 Maybe he/she means Mali? lol

  • @MichaelGoughuk
    @MichaelGoughuk 5 лет назад +94

    I have never been in the military, but I am an ex-nurse.
    Within a hospital environment, every nurse has basic life support skills, some have further training and are expected to run a cardiac arrest event until the crash team arrive (in the absence of a Doctor). If a Doctor is present they are usually expected to act as an officer and run the event.
    The following is a broad-brush statement and does not apply to every situation: It was my experience that in the event of a crash (code in the USA) the person finding the crash sets off the ward crash call alarm.
    9 times out of 10, the ward nurses would have run to the patient, assessed the patient, put out the request for the crash team, got the crash trolley to the situation, pulled the bed away from the wall, removed the headboards, flattened the mattress, applied high flow oxygen , begun compressions, deployed staff to flag in the crash team, obtained the medical notes, maintained privacy, ensured other patients were safe and cared for, etc, etc. Only then would a Doctor, who had been present on the ward when the alarm went off (and perhaps more qualified to deliver life-saving care) arrive at the bedside and begin to asses the patient, mostly they vacillate and fail to give themselves permission to take charge.
    I have even been at an event where the crash team arrived on the ward, asked who was running the event, the nurses (who had done everything) deferred to the Doctor and the Doctor did not even realise it was supposed to be them in charge and were unable to quickly give a clear handover of information.
    It is the ability to quickly recognise the nature of the event, evaluate the local staff and resources, realise that you must properly be the prime leader of the event and act quickly that is important. This is why frequently updated training is needed, and, it must be said, most nurses encounter crash calls more frequently than most doctors and are therefore more used to defining roles quickly and giving themselves permission to act.
    I suppose what all of the above is trying to say, is, in a rapidly developing situation, moving from a passive to an active role takes more than just training, it takes familiarity to be effective.

    • @bobbybobster3576
      @bobbybobster3576 5 лет назад +1

      Ah yes length

    • @BY-bj6ic
      @BY-bj6ic 5 лет назад +3

      Great story. Thanks. For what it's worth--while in the hospital for one reason or another, I've seen nurses roll their eyes and humor doctors on more than one occasion.

  • @gromit8023
    @gromit8023 5 лет назад +37

    An elderly lady fell of in a pub a couple of days ago. Everyone had that congnative click moment trying to process what had happened . Should you help will it get in the way? Till a random dog came and snuffled her. that broke the moment

    • @Vamooso
      @Vamooso 5 лет назад +10

      God bless that dog, he's quite the maverick

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 5 лет назад +2

      perhaps this is how the bystander effect actually starts in more urgent situations. everyone watches the same event, blinks, and then you hope someone didnt freeze. when the bystander effect is inherited and people are walking past the problem, its an entirely different cause

  • @andrewfinn1386
    @andrewfinn1386 8 месяцев назад +2

    You should turn that orange and blue dot part into a short. It would be great for educators or trainers as a quick example of the focus and pressure concept.

  • @BaronvonMoorland
    @BaronvonMoorland 5 лет назад +5

    Great conversation and video.
    I wasn’t sure I was going to watch the whole 47 mins, but it didn’t even seem like it was 10 mins. Really fun to hear your conversation.
    You’re a swell fellow and really happy for what you share. Thanks for making my Tuesday better.

  • @Hriuke
    @Hriuke 5 лет назад +109

    Did Soldiers end up homeless & destitute in previous era's? What happened to these Napoleonic vetrans who recovered from grevous wounds?

    • @PaddyInf
      @PaddyInf 5 лет назад +77

      Soldiers in Napoleonic times ended up on the street in massive rates. Wounded soldiers would typically end up begging. No welfare state. Society generally took little to do with veterans at the time.

    • @Philistine47
      @Philistine47 5 лет назад +17

      Sometimes. I don't know how homelessness specifically played out in earlier, more tightly-knit societies, but destitute certainly.
      Also, see Kipling's "Tommy."

    • @joeampolo42
      @joeampolo42 5 лет назад +4

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Light_(fairy_tale) for a fairy tale that treats this very subject. Have to wonder what the hero was smoking.

    • @BaronSamedi1959
      @BaronSamedi1959 5 лет назад +7

      A few lucky ones could live at "Les Invalides" in Paris.

    • @lytalo
      @lytalo 5 лет назад +33

      Yes they did. Soldiers have unfortunately always been used up and tossed away. Read about the WW1 vets march on Washington asking for their promised pay and the “humane” treatment they received for MacArthur when he ordered troops to disperse them.

  • @lastword8783
    @lastword8783 4 года назад +74

    when I am playing some strategy games, sometimes I place a unit on guard duty and they don't really do anything the whole game. Reminds me of it 😁

    • @roblaquiere8220
      @roblaquiere8220 4 года назад +23

      That moment in Civ when you find your scouting spearman in the year 2035.

    • @lastword8783
      @lastword8783 4 года назад +4

      @@roblaquiere8220 lol basically the swiss guard of the pope.

    • @mandalortemaan7510
      @mandalortemaan7510 3 года назад

      Whenever you play NTW:

  • @pastor3271
    @pastor3271 3 года назад +68

    The "fussing" can be also observed in video games players... I can't give an example but I KNOW that I've experienced that, probably in some kind of competetive multiplayer game

    • @idontcare93211
      @idontcare93211 3 года назад +9

      Check out Foxhole (on steam). 1 hour plus where commander assembles forces. 1-2 hours forces waiting for orders. 30 min actual combat. Seems realistic in that sense.

    • @andrealopresti2885
      @andrealopresti2885 3 года назад +3

      In battlefield 5 you can dig trenches, I died many time for a enemy while I was digging for cover ☺️

    • @SwagbobKushpants
      @SwagbobKushpants 3 года назад +2

      I can definitely see this, I play rust occasionally which is a very stressful life or death kind of game, and I tend to sit around inside of my base doing basically nothing instead of going outside to progress where it's dangerous.

    • @fungifactory8925
      @fungifactory8925 2 года назад

      A good example would be when you're playing a battle royale style game and spend all your time collecting an excessive amount of resources, when a better use of your time strategically would be to go find other players. I know I do that all the time lol, and usually end up not even noticing when someone comes behind me because hey, a rare gun!!

    • @thebenevolentsun6575
      @thebenevolentsun6575 6 месяцев назад

      Sports too. The old headless chicken syndrome

  • @lambmadeproductions
    @lambmadeproductions 5 лет назад +54

    "there's a sharp crap"
    Lloyd 2019

    • @ollieb9875
      @ollieb9875 5 лет назад +3

      I certainly was party to a sharp crap after eating MOD rations for 3 days... I saw stars.. is that tunnel vision 😂🙃

  • @joshcottrell8939
    @joshcottrell8939 4 года назад +29

    That snake bit had me like "what! You crack pot old fool, there wasn't a sna-.... Oh yeah, there was a snake...Whoa!"

  • @jonathanmcintyrephotography
    @jonathanmcintyrephotography 5 лет назад +25

    Loyd, It's amazing how many of these "reactions" you talk about happen in everyday life, job, marriage, etc.

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. 5 лет назад +2

      That's sort of the point, the problem in military environments arises from a normal human behavior

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 5 лет назад +1

      yep this one time i was on the toilet and I saw a big spider crawling on the ceiling. couldnt do anything but stare at it for 10 minutes. my life was never the same after that

  • @firstname-gq5yr
    @firstname-gq5yr 2 года назад

    I love how your advert breaks aren't soulless plugs, but a genuine review. it's refreshing on youtube.

  • @MantrovK
    @MantrovK 4 года назад +42

    Oh, so that's why my units get stuck during the sieges in M&B Bannerlord...

  • @iangrau-fay592
    @iangrau-fay592 5 лет назад +42

    I've seen this happen over the course of my career more often than I'd like. It does seem to happen less in units that are familiar with each other and more often in reserve units (17 years active currently in reserves). Example: In my second tour in Afghanistan our FOB was attacked. I was in the maintenance team of the battalion and the troops I was with, mechanics, weapons techs, night vision repair, and me a PLL clerk, reacted instantly taking cover, securing a section of the FOB, and myself and another troop immediately heading out to secure one of our team. That was done within about two minutes of the first shots.
    Compare that to my Guard unit that needed me to take command of several senior NCO and officers who were staring at an incoming storm and several of the camo nets and shelters that were not secured for the windstorm that was about to hit. So I have to disagree with the concept that cohesion can lead to inaction. Rather it MIGHT, however based on my experience (which is my only data set) the opposite is true far more often.

    • @Seelenschmiede
      @Seelenschmiede 4 года назад +2

      But IF it leads to confusion / pausing the action it will be worse. As he said too.

    • @orion8981
      @orion8981 4 года назад +4

      Immediate action drills, SOPs, TTPs. They work, they're also highly predictable.
      Just an example of something where positive unit cohesion can lead to issues, which has become a challenge with secondary IEDs, ambushes, etc. There's always a fine balance between controlling the chaos and letting it happen around you.

  • @platinumcurrent456
    @platinumcurrent456 5 лет назад +76

    They're AFK

  • @johngalt969
    @johngalt969 3 года назад +19

    They're called Simunition. They hurt like a mother. You will only flub about and get hit ONCE max, then you'll know why you need to take the training deadly seriously.

  • @ashpalmaxe
    @ashpalmaxe 5 лет назад +57

    When I used to work at Dudley council, about 75% of the workforce was on permanent cognitive blink.
    True story
    Kipper tie anyone?

    • @bostedtap8399
      @bostedtap8399 5 лет назад +1

      Don't neck it down chap.😀

    • @ashpalmaxe
      @ashpalmaxe 5 лет назад

      @@bostedtap8399 Bostin arrr!! Lovely Kipper tie :-)

    • @aluckyshot
      @aluckyshot 5 лет назад +1

      That is government employees the world over. Useless parasite class.

    • @billbolton
      @billbolton 5 лет назад +3

      @@aluckyshot to be fair to the employees laziness and inaction at work is not restricted to public employees. Poor management and lack of incentive (or the wrong incentives) can cause the same in private business. I think often output or efficiency is difficult to measure in some jobs, especially outside of simple manufacturing type jobs making management and motivation more complex.

    • @public.public
      @public.public 5 лет назад

      yeah... brexit was funded to crash the pound.... oh look a squirrel !

  • @shigunmentionable6142
    @shigunmentionable6142 5 лет назад +20

    Yup, I’m in the half (and I hope it’s at least half) that would have been attacked by the snake.
    Sock puppets are absolutely a threat, if they’ve just come from inside the boot of a marching troop.

  • @johannesdolch
    @johannesdolch 5 лет назад +89

    Bottom Line: That's why you train combat behavior so you don't need to think.

  • @Tonitzki
    @Tonitzki 4 года назад +13

    I really enjoyed how illustrative and captivating these explanations were. You have a great ability to hammer down the point and make sense of all these theories with examples!

  • @Neil-jm6om
    @Neil-jm6om 5 лет назад +70

    36:35
    To be honest if I heard a shot ring out, there would also be a sharp crap.