When free lollipops are win-win

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
  • Marques Browlee, Wren Weichman and Hayley Loren discuss questions about cheap but effective candy.
    LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit www.lateralcas...
    GUESTS:
    Marques Brownlee: ‪@mkbhd‬, / mkbhd
    Hayley Loren: ‪@HayleyLoren‬, / thehayleyloren
    Wren Weichman: ‪@Corridor‬, / wrenweichman
    HOST: Tom Scott.
    QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.
    RECORDED AT & EDITED BY: The Podcast Studios, Dublin.
    EDITOR: Julie Hassett.
    GRAPHICS SYSTEM & DESIGN: Chris Hanel at Support Class.
    GRAPHICS ASSISTANCE: Dillon Pentz.
    MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com).
    ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Josh Halbur, Ben Justice, Lewis Tough, Arun Uttamchandani, Eglė Vaškevičiūtė.
    FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd.
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott.
    © Pad 26 Limited (www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2022.

Комментарии • 79

  • @MelvinGundlach
    @MelvinGundlach Год назад +161

    Can we quickly appreciate that Tom used color coding in the subtitles to distinguish the speakers? Love it!

    • @lateralcast
      @lateralcast  Год назад +117

      The clever sausages at twitter.com/caption_plus do that magic for us.

    • @terranovarubacha5473
      @terranovarubacha5473 Год назад +21

      ​@@lateralcastClever sausages, is this a thing people are saying in Britain of late?

    • @stevesmith2044
      @stevesmith2044 Год назад +29

      @@terranovarubacha5473 opposite of silly sausages

    • @harrodharrod5239
      @harrodharrod5239 Год назад +10

      I'mma fix that one for you: Tom paid professionals to color code the captions. He does this for all of his videos with multiple speakers.

    • @snuffysam
      @snuffysam 10 месяцев назад

      @@harrodharrod5239”’Oh look at me, I’ve bought a Lamborghini-‘ buy some damn subtitles!” - Tom Scott

  • @MrDannyDetail
    @MrDannyDetail Год назад +63

    I went clubbing one night, and woke the next day to find myself in posession of a unwrapped lollipop that I didn't recall gaining, so I was worried I had drunkenly robbed it from someone or somewhere. Now it becomes clear that either the club or a police support officer in the street outside the club probably gave it to me to shut me up, only for me to pocket it instead of consuming it right away.

  • @1draigon
    @1draigon Год назад +105

    Honestly this podcast is so good for us people that really would like Tom to colab with more people, and now he can do things with marquess and wren!

  • @FoxDren
    @FoxDren 11 месяцев назад +14

    The thing about the 'could have nicked your laptop' stickers reminds me of something the police actually did. They had officers who were putting cards in open bags saying "a pickpocket could steal your stuff"

  • @nadamuchu
    @nadamuchu Год назад +87

    I would love to see the full episodes please. If there are other perks, I would even pay for it on Patreon or something

    • @David_K_Booth
      @David_K_Booth Год назад +2

      The description says exactly where you can see them.

    • @Eclyptical
      @Eclyptical Год назад +16

      @@David_K_Booth You mean where you can HEAR them.

    • @joshuacheung6518
      @joshuacheung6518 Год назад +1

      ​@@David_K_Boothdid the description get edited, because i don't see that information there.

  • @JoeBleasdaleReal
    @JoeBleasdaleReal Год назад +28

    When I started clubbing in South London in my late teens I genuinely thought those lollies had acid in them or something. I had no idea they were from the police 😂😂😂😂

  • @peperoni_pepino
    @peperoni_pepino Год назад +10

    I was thinking of smoking.
    I vaguely recall that maybe my local police did that once, but I'm not a smoker so not sure. I think there was some space where smoking was forbidden while it used to be allowed, and the first few months the police would force people to stop smoking or leave, but if they stopped they got a lollipop.
    But I might be making this up in a mixture of some other action and the fact that there was a large campaign to switch from smoking to lollipops. That campaign was before vapes came around.

  • @TasieDJ
    @TasieDJ Год назад +3

    This was my immediate thought. The night club I used to go to did this. Not sure how many people realised the reason but I literally used to call them shush pops! This was definitely before 2011.

  • @colour_bloo
    @colour_bloo Год назад +13

    MKBHD x Corridor x Tom Scott is by NO means the collab I expected to see, and most certainly NOT one I am disappointed by!

  • @markusklyver6277
    @markusklyver6277 Год назад +8

    Full episodes, Tom! You're teasing us.

  • @WillFealey
    @WillFealey Год назад +13

    Full episodes on somewhere please Tom.

  • @TheOnlyBobE
    @TheOnlyBobE Год назад +33

    Full episodes on RUclips please. I'll keep bothering.

  • @x9x9x9x9x9
    @x9x9x9x9x9 Год назад +12

    Wren is such a funny guy. I love him

  • @IceMetalPunk
    @IceMetalPunk 7 месяцев назад +3

    "Is that a bubblegum lollipop?" "No, it's a shuthefuckup-a-pop."

  • @DonPaliPalacios
    @DonPaliPalacios Год назад +8

    We'd all love to see Tom's extremely frustrated face during the Metallica segment 🤪

  • @radovansvarc1927
    @radovansvarc1927 Год назад +5

    Great episode!!

  • @SamuraiGuy
    @SamuraiGuy Год назад +9

    I've heard of kids getting ice cream cone coupons from cops for wearing helmets while biking, so I assumed that was the reason.

  • @emeraldbonsai
    @emeraldbonsai Год назад +42

    Could you guys at least upload the full version with no video to RUclips. Since you guys seem stuck on not uploading the full video

    • @alexrowaan7326
      @alexrowaan7326 Год назад +11

      Why not just listen to it on a podcast platform?

    • @emeraldbonsai
      @emeraldbonsai Год назад +16

      @@alexrowaan7326 youTube is a podcast platform…… it’s where I listen to trashtaste, hello internet, cortex, safety third, simply podlogical. Why would I use a separate app for just 1 of the many podcasts I listen to

    • @alexrowaan7326
      @alexrowaan7326 Год назад +8

      @@emeraldbonsai I'd argue that RUclips is a video platform and podcasts are an audio medium, and that some podcasts just happen to have a video component as well. But I do see your point

    • @Budsport_TV
      @Budsport_TV Год назад +1

      @@emeraldbonsai how hard is it to open up a podcast app and search for the show vs opening up the RUclips app and searching for the show? Takes the Same amount of effort.

    • @SeralyneYT
      @SeralyneYT Год назад +1

      @@Budsport_TV I get ads in a podcast platform. I don't here.
      Also I don't see why I should leave this app for one podcast in general.

  • @ShadowDrakken
    @ShadowDrakken Год назад +1

    40C is 104F, and I'm here in Nebraska still just thinking that's a Summer Tuesday, not a heat wave.

  • @subinmdr
    @subinmdr Год назад +4

    I hope we get the previous (Hayley's) question on video as well.

  • @Brainreaver79
    @Brainreaver79 Год назад +2

    it wasnt the police handing them out, but in the nightclubs i went to in the 90s when you would pay your bill while leaving, there was always free lollipops at the door you could take, and most did take them

  • @kavyavijay4953
    @kavyavijay4953 Год назад +3

    Video clip for the car one would be nice

  • @undeniablySomeGuy
    @undeniablySomeGuy Год назад +23

    wait there's a way to make people do what you want them to without threatening them with martial force? as a US citizen, I think this is simply Preposterous

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 Год назад +1

      Sugar and stick

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim Год назад

      well it helps that the other party complies with it

  • @DemonPete
    @DemonPete Год назад +2

    I remember a Kebab van had the same effect 😀

  • @TomOConnor-BlobOpera
    @TomOConnor-BlobOpera Год назад +14

    My mind immediately said "Did those lollipops contain lidocaine?"

  • @CheyenneRose
    @CheyenneRose Год назад +8

    Spoiler....
    Can we have lollipops in more places for people to be quiet? 🤣😂

  • @darklajid
    @darklajid Год назад +2

    MKBHD is so fun to watch. Seeing well rehearsed tech videos is one thing, but guessing about random stuff? So much more relatable and nice! Now I want an episode with MKBHD and Legal Eagle please! :)

  • @guitar1790
    @guitar1790 Год назад

    Wren!!! Love to see him haha

  • @abracadabra8501
    @abracadabra8501 9 дней назад

    I knew this right away as my godmother is a street pastor

  • @OntarioTrafficMan
    @OntarioTrafficMan Год назад

    I got this one quickly because I once lived in the bar district of Hamilton. I could hear from my bed when it turned 2am because all the bars closed and everyone started shouting in the street.

  • @bonelesswatermelon420
    @bonelesswatermelon420 Год назад +1

    I thought it was some unorthodox investigation technique where they'd give out lollipops and try to obtain DNA from the saliva on discarded sticks in order find a match on an ongoing investigation.

    • @edwardlees4585
      @edwardlees4585 11 месяцев назад +1

      So did I and think it would be a superb method. You could nick them if they drop the stick on the ground too!

  • @lucbloom
    @lucbloom Год назад +1

    It’s also a great public image booster. Police here to keep the peace and assist when in need. This is the way.

  • @George_vv
    @George_vv Год назад +1

    I'm just trying to imagine Tom with his long hair matching Penn Juliette, going to a nightclub in 2011.

  • @Zelmel
    @Zelmel Год назад +4

    Oh hey, it's Wren!

  • @PVempati
    @PVempati Месяц назад

    I remember something similar i heard about like a nightclub in canada or something where they had a horse outside the nightclub and told the srunkpeople that they had to be quiet to pet tthe horse so they wouldnt spook it or somethjing like that

  • @Slikx666
    @Slikx666 Год назад +1

    Only a baseball bat would work here in Plymouth. As soon as someone sniffs alcohol they're all shouty. 😆👍

    • @MercenaryPen
      @MercenaryPen Год назад

      Clearly you mean that a baseball bat is the minimum that would work- I guarantee that if you used a flamethrower they would only be "all shouty" the once, and then never again

  • @an3ssh
    @an3ssh Год назад

    Free Donuts then

  • @RobFerrer
    @RobFerrer Год назад

    I'm fairly sure I experienced this from nightclub staff around the year 2001. Maybe I imagined it!

  • @ecchikitty1395
    @ecchikitty1395 Год назад

    My guess had been to lure kids towards police officers. In the best of ways. Kids get told 'be good or the police will get you!' and so are scared of the police. That's not a good situation when a kid is lost and alone, you want them to be willing to approach a police officer. Well if the police are the guys handy out candy, no hesitation going to one when you've got a problem.

  • @lforlight
    @lforlight Год назад +3

    I listened to the full episode. It was oddly easy, compared to the others. I would have sat out for half the questions. And given how Tom, Marques and Wren all had the chance to sit out questions, it feels like I did as well.
    3 weekend days starting with T was really a non-brainer. At the level of a grade school riddle.

  • @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
    @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug 6 месяцев назад

    4:00 Surely it must be to make drunk people yelling in the streets late at night shut up?

  • @b1646717
    @b1646717 Год назад +7

    US cops would have used pepper spray.

  • @WakarimasenKa
    @WakarimasenKa Год назад

    I thought this was going to be about handing out equipment for "school patrols" or "X-ing guards", also known as lollipop men/ladies

  • @knowmatter5503
    @knowmatter5503 Год назад +11

    It's been kind of fun watching the view counts on these tank as Tom stubbornly argues against uploading full episodes.

  • @still_guns
    @still_guns Год назад

    I thought this would have been to give to children who got lost or were in car accidents or soemthing.

  • @mitchellbarnow1709
    @mitchellbarnow1709 Год назад

    When did Continental Europe adopt the metric system and why didn’t England also adopt the Metric System at that time?

    • @korakys
      @korakys Год назад +3

      Napoleon spread the metric system around with his conquests, but of course he never conquered Britain. A lot of countries rejected the metric system as soon as Napoleon was defeated but by then they already had a taste for it and soon readopted it. Napoleon didn't take control of every country on the continent but it was enough for a critical mass to get the others to switch. Britain was also already far more standardised at the time while other countries still had very wonky systems that absolutely had to be tightened up, may as well just switch to metric instead as it was a ready-made system.
      He also spread the modernised French legal code style at the same time, much of the continent uses it as a base to this day.

  • @cannot-handle-handles
    @cannot-handle-handles 5 месяцев назад

    Spoilers:

    And here I thought they were giving out signs like the ones used by crossing guards (because they are lollipop ladies/men/people in the UK).

    Well, the real solution was better and they should start doing this here.

  • @sophiamarchildon3998
    @sophiamarchildon3998 Год назад

    Initial thoughts: either had drug detection in them (that licker got a blue tongue from a red lollipop, thus drugged), or a "free ticket to superbowl" scam thing (could be simple as people parking illegally just to get that free-ness, and be scolded about). But in a more current way, they could have to give up some freedom/privacy, just for a treat.

    • @sophiamarchildon3998
      @sophiamarchildon3998 Год назад

      Hayley's guess at 1:45 is so good.

    • @sophiamarchildon3998
      @sophiamarchildon3998 Год назад

      After the "to shut-up" revelation of 2:35: it was a protest against the police. And they wanted to calm down (silence?) the protesters. So they paid dealers to freely hand lollipops out. And they got a moment of quiet for a public/recorded presence.

    • @sophiamarchildon3998
      @sophiamarchildon3998 Год назад

      Results: my first guess was too optimistic on the cunning ability of the police. My second one, I was too stuck on police "police" aspect of it, but still very on track for the reason. And then a miss.

  • @avsgriffy
    @avsgriffy Год назад

    In 2012 when texting and driving became illegal in my area, there were stories of cops rewarding drivers who pulled over on the highway with free pizza.
    I honestly thought that's where the lollipop thing was going.

  • @teeje8205
    @teeje8205 Год назад

    can you make that question that got solved within one minute as a highlight? xD

  • @BrianHurry
    @BrianHurry Год назад

    Or they were trying to collect dna

  • @123tobiiboii123
    @123tobiiboii123 Год назад +12

    Can you stop uploading these clips, I want it to be a purely audio experience only

    • @fullfungo
      @fullfungo Год назад +12

      ?

    • @mistknight2243
      @mistknight2243 Год назад +14

      It can be just don't watch the highlights this is just for people who like watching it too.

    • @JusticePreyHDM
      @JusticePreyHDM Год назад +1

      Listen to it on their website