Net Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 май 2014
  • Cable companies are trying to create an unequal playing field for internet speeds, but they're doing it so boringly that most news outlets aren't covering it.
    John Oliver explains the controversy and lets viewers know how they can voice their displeasure to the FCC.
    (www.fcc.gov/comments, for any interested parties)
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Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @ErasedSinger
    @ErasedSinger 8 лет назад +3056

    My computer knows it's comedic timing.
    "Our top story tonight concerns the internet[...]"
    *Buffering*

    • @DaveWhoa
      @DaveWhoa 8 лет назад +2

      hey there Fredrik! :)

    • @ssj1260
      @ssj1260 8 лет назад +6

      1,000,000x more comedic timing than John Oliver then i see

    • @batfleckforever3594
      @batfleckforever3594 8 лет назад +8

      Your computer knows it is comedic timing?

    • @jammeybee1146
      @jammeybee1146 8 лет назад +1

      Possesive apostrophy.

    • @ErasedSinger
      @ErasedSinger 8 лет назад +1

      Jammeykill Gaming oooooh, wait! It could still work! If I had said it like -"My internet knows it is comedic timing"- it would kinda work! It doesn't make sense, but it works! :D

  • @Wolf_._
    @Wolf_._ 8 лет назад +2296

    Holy shit, after that speech I would follow this man to Valhalla.

    • @zaphodbeeblebrox7893
      @zaphodbeeblebrox7893 8 лет назад +72

      Well yeah, Valhalla was basically heaven, I'd follow anyone there.

    • @cheekypasta55
      @cheekypasta55 8 лет назад +51

      WHAT A HOST....WHAT A LOVELY HOST

    • @KaosFireMaker
      @KaosFireMaker 8 лет назад +17

      +Zaphod Beeblebrox well you get to it by dieing in combat, soooo...

    • @Ryvieous
      @Ryvieous 8 лет назад +12

      +KaosFireMaker I dunno. Beats dying of heart disease or car accident.

    • @spartanhawk7637
      @spartanhawk7637 8 лет назад +21

      +Jesse TO VICTORY MY SITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!

  • @dend1
    @dend1 6 лет назад +2431

    I like how its 3 years later and this video is completely relevant

    • @RondaMurphyRSM
      @RondaMurphyRSM 6 лет назад +22

      Sad that it is again.

    • @superleipoman
      @superleipoman 6 лет назад +4

      "like"

    • @byter1052
      @byter1052 6 лет назад +4

      Even with the 'World is Flat' stuff

    • @macroshaft5517
      @macroshaft5517 6 лет назад +11

      The US government has been trying for a solid decade or so to remove the biggest danger to their ruling corporate oligarchs, unfiltered mass communication. Given the increasingly blatant disregard for constituents and recent "election" of a literal member of the ruling 1%, their long-awaited success against freedom of information is suspiciously timed.

    • @marvintablada4402
      @marvintablada4402 5 лет назад +1

      Funny cuz that discussion is still going on. But men had i know at that time what was happening in the US. I would had loaded my caps lock with a pouch of Numb Pad.

  • @ulf___
    @ulf___ 6 лет назад +2198

    3 years ago. WTF

    • @mrrage151
      @mrrage151 6 лет назад +6

      ulfurfenrir you saw that to right?

    • @CalciumChief
      @CalciumChief 6 лет назад +14

      Damn time travelers.

    • @terr1592
      @terr1592 6 лет назад +30

      no this is the second attack on the internet

    • @MrPersistent16
      @MrPersistent16 6 лет назад +2

      wait what... dafuq :o

    • @valeriaaaa9029
      @valeriaaaa9029 6 лет назад +8

      Relevant af tho

  • @vince1987
    @vince1987 8 лет назад +6303

    im from Estonia and i find this offensive. Shrek attacks is a serious issue.

    • @Dan-hr2lm
      @Dan-hr2lm 8 лет назад +60

      Cry me a river

    • @MajorKs7
      @MajorKs7 8 лет назад +29

      I only know Estonia from Fifa XD

    • @MajorKs7
      @MajorKs7 8 лет назад +18

      +Jonathan Dyer how am I retarded because of that

    • @sai-codes
      @sai-codes 8 лет назад +17

      it's a joke bro chill...

    • @MartinWasTaken
      @MartinWasTaken 8 лет назад +89

      Nobody got OP's joke lmao

  • @thesterndragoon9159
    @thesterndragoon9159 8 лет назад +1487

    Within about 3 hours of this video being posted, the FCC commentary page experienced total bandwidth overdraw, which took down the front facing servers of their organization, effectively inducing a DDoS attack that destroyed the entire FCC.gov domain.
    John Oliver has done the unthinkable. He harnessed the terrible, awesome raw power of Internet trolling!!

    • @1967sluggy
      @1967sluggy 8 лет назад +71

      Wow, that's amazing. We need to do this more.

    • @ShiftyMcGoggles
      @ShiftyMcGoggles 8 лет назад +9

      +Bazingaman 117 and we shall call it, the Tr011C4nn0n6969mlgnoscoper

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 8 лет назад +39

      +Women's Studies Textbook That must have been the most, Deplorable, unholy, vile, Disgusting, Hope for humanity killing, soul crushingly depressing, seething pit of absolute human trash and toxic bile in the history of all existence.

    • @sontypohnenamen5161
      @sontypohnenamen5161 8 лет назад +27

      +Danny Caracciolo Word is on the data streams that the servers actually killed themselves because they couldn't take the cumulated amount of hatred and frustration.

    • @KaosFireMaker
      @KaosFireMaker 8 лет назад +9

      +SonTyp OhneNamen Nah, spontaneous combustion from the flame wars.

  • @skipperino2677
    @skipperino2677 3 года назад +420

    "do you remember physically having friends" is weirdly accurate in 2020 huh

  • @metin5408
    @metin5408 4 года назад +331

    "please don't eat my bouby" John Olivers Australian accent is perfect

    • @captainnemo3
      @captainnemo3 4 года назад +7

      No, it’s really not. The only Australians who sound like that are actors who exaggerate it for effect. Have you ever even met an Australian?

    • @metin5408
      @metin5408 4 года назад +26

      Owen Simpson r/woooosh

    • @BenjaHancock
      @BenjaHancock 4 года назад

      It's not.

    • @jacobdaniels3246
      @jacobdaniels3246 4 года назад +10

      Ben Hancock its a fucking joke

    • @saraa.4295
      @saraa.4295 3 года назад +2

      Oh, that's australian? I thought it was a texas accent...

  • @Bionistar
    @Bionistar 8 лет назад +2210

    10:15 - "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America: if you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring."

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes 8 лет назад +35

      So true.

    • @Ben-dr9kh
      @Ben-dr9kh 7 лет назад +14

      So basically John Oliver being pregnant with Hitler? I hope there isn't a Fanfic about that.

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes 7 лет назад +3

      Golden Bird
      hahahaha, he needs to read your comment in the next fan mail section.

    • @Ben-dr9kh
      @Ben-dr9kh 7 лет назад +1

      AmethystEyes I'm going to take that as a compliment. xD

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes 7 лет назад +2

      Golden Bird
      Yes, you should sir.

  • @tigerfanfrv
    @tigerfanfrv 8 лет назад +913

    has anyone tried to cancel service with Time Warner? i got called every day for weeks begging for me to go back, like a needy boyfriend i had broken up with.

    • @iluvugoldenblue
      @iluvugoldenblue 8 лет назад +128

      was this needy boyfriend named Tim E. Warner?

    • @matiche
      @matiche 8 лет назад +75

      well atleast you can threaten them your going to leave and they lower your bill XD i've done it a few times

    • @Left4Coragem
      @Left4Coragem 7 лет назад +20

      Come on Stephanie...i know that Dingo chewed on the shoes your grandmother gave you before dying...and that i used your credit card to buy gold tophats for my gold fish...and that your car is still missing from that night...but surely we can make it work!

    • @KevinHarper3DArtist
      @KevinHarper3DArtist 7 лет назад +46

      Yea happened to me, I canceled over a year ago and still get at least 1 letter per week trying to get me back. If they put as much effort at not being shitty when you are a customer than they do it trying to get you back, they would not lose the costumer in the first place.

    • @christophercranor2437
      @christophercranor2437 7 лет назад +6

      every company does that though, doesn't make up for garbage service.

  • @ashlei315
    @ashlei315 6 лет назад +402

    “TURN ON CAPS LOCK AND FLY MY PRETTIES!” February is too long of a wait.

  • @THFC23
    @THFC23 6 лет назад +161

    “Good evening monsters”
    Me: “yessss”

  • @Yhsanave_
    @Yhsanave_ 8 лет назад +1874

    That was the single greatest speech I have ever heard. 10/10 -IGN

    • @candyman8924
      @candyman8924 8 лет назад +6

      +Yhsanave fuckn g8 m8 8/8

    • @kingradovidv4524
      @kingradovidv4524 8 лет назад +16

      Like skyrim but with john oliver

    • @meratrix9967
      @meratrix9967 8 лет назад +22

      8/10, to much water

    • @theonlyrealjohn2110
      @theonlyrealjohn2110 8 лет назад +9

      +Yhsanave I just want to let you know that you don't get the whole IGN rating joke. The joke is that their ratings never match the reviews. Example: Generation defining shooter. 7/10 - IGN.
      Anyway...

    • @Biotear
      @Biotear 8 лет назад +1

      +Icicle Jr you mean dovahkiin oliver. Lol

  • @ShadyRedSniper
    @ShadyRedSniper 9 лет назад +3573

    It has been almost 1 year since John Oliver helped save the internet.

    • @TheSonyman101
      @TheSonyman101 9 лет назад +17

      ***** We lose we only caused a delay. :(

    • @jasonmartin4775
      @jasonmartin4775 9 лет назад +163

      Zach Sylvester Then we'll delay it again and again. Simple as that.

    • @derrickgilliam6281
      @derrickgilliam6281 9 лет назад +53

      Jason Martin the internet is the wild west. you cant tame it. it only evolves with society.

    • @roadrunner2021
      @roadrunner2021 9 лет назад +31

      Derrick Ford It's true for its content, but not for its access...

    • @plumlogan
      @plumlogan 9 лет назад +4

      Jason Martin it already passed

  • @RinRin_c
    @RinRin_c 4 года назад +108

    Goddamn.. I will never get enough of this beautiful British parrot man's energy..

  • @myhops
    @myhops 6 лет назад +813

    I just realized this video is 3 years old.

    • @Bboyrex8
      @Bboyrex8 6 лет назад +4

      legit. i finished the whole video and realise it. and im like.... fuck

    • @albanian2408
      @albanian2408 6 лет назад

      Bboywizard me too lmao

    • @rudy4111
      @rudy4111 6 лет назад

      Hari same 😂

    • @vuka74
      @vuka74 6 лет назад

      My friend said something on Instagram so now I'm watching this

    • @joshr.9187
      @joshr.9187 6 лет назад +4

      3 years old..... and still extremely relevant =)

  • @Iusethis4comments
    @Iusethis4comments 8 лет назад +1426

    This was the moment I was made for

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes 8 лет назад +297

      Fly! Fly! Fly!

    • @rpproductions9189
      @rpproductions9189 8 лет назад +48

      +Pook the Glitcher HEY WOAH FRIENDLY FIRE FRIENDLY FIRE

    • @otter2206
      @otter2206 8 лет назад +2

      +RP Productions blue on blue

    • @Nargiz23
      @Nargiz23 7 лет назад +4

      Lool this is f*cking hillarious

    • @herbtobias8726
      @herbtobias8726 7 лет назад +3

      Cry me a a Fuckin RIVER you you FUKIN fruit. If you dont know what I mean, you are a crazy little BITCH!

  • @nathanbandstra6390
    @nathanbandstra6390 7 лет назад +122

    that ending was the best speech I have ever heard

    • @roid1510
      @roid1510 7 лет назад +4

      Sorry had to downvote to keep this comment at 69

    • @nathanbandstra6390
      @nathanbandstra6390 7 лет назад +14

      TheBadBear you did what people expected you to do

  • @_EvilKam
    @_EvilKam 6 лет назад +383

    The tragedy here is that this battle is back again, and a 3 and a half year old sketch from a comedy news show is blisteringly relevant. Internet service providers are upset that Netflix is allowing customers to actually use that bandwidth that we pay for. "Those damned customers, how dare they use their ENTIRE internet package! We never thought we'd have to DELIVER on our promises! Such infuriating audacity!"

    • @degenerateweeb7283
      @degenerateweeb7283 6 лет назад +2

      It's like they can't make money off their customers so that they can access Netflix

    • @totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547
      @totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547 4 года назад

      Wait I don’t know about this, what is going on? Is it possible that we can get it back?

    • @totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547
      @totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547 3 года назад

      dar'man beskar Ordo I didn’t notice because I’m 12 and hadn’t heard of it yet

    • @ian9622
      @ian9622 3 года назад

      how dare they use Starz

    • @tommyfletcher1357
      @tommyfletcher1357 3 года назад

      Remember this next time you try to play an online game and keep getting booted from the lobby or have a terrible connection because your whole neighborhood is using Netflix at the same time. Cable companies want to charge companies like Google, youtube, and netflix more, not you. There's a reason companies like Google supported net neutrality.

  • @Blazieth
    @Blazieth 6 лет назад +191

    The fact that this video is three years old is terrifying.

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 4 года назад +1

      Little did we know the more terrifying sequel was awaiting us...2020 sends their regards!

    • @metin5408
      @metin5408 2 года назад +4

      The fact that this comment is three years old is terrifying.

    • @ImGoingSupersonic
      @ImGoingSupersonic 2 года назад

      Now 7

  • @StephenLynx8492
    @StephenLynx8492 8 лет назад +737

    National motto of Estonia:
    "Check yourself before you Shrek yourself!"

    • @midnightreading8617
      @midnightreading8617 8 лет назад +1

      true haha

    • @anomalocaris2593
      @anomalocaris2593 8 лет назад +1

      actually its more like give to others and take from your

    • @teemujuhola9048
      @teemujuhola9048 8 лет назад +12

      +Stev Hussar National motto of Finland:"Go to Tallinn and buy alcohol"

    • @StephenLynx8492
      @StephenLynx8492 8 лет назад

      +Pook the Glitcher
      ...

    • @SebastiaAntoni
      @SebastiaAntoni 8 лет назад

      +Stev Hussar Been there some times and it's an amazing (and cheap alcohol) country

  • @jessecox
    @jessecox 10 лет назад +1579

    I tried to comment on the FCC site, but the comment section is...down?

    • @Di3dz
      @Di3dz 10 лет назад +13

      no it's not

    • @Jepson3000
      @Jepson3000 10 лет назад +117

      God bless you Jesse. Try it now, it's up, but slow.

    • @brianwesselhoft3725
      @brianwesselhoft3725 10 лет назад +31

      It's picky about browser compatibility. Try Internet Explorer if it isn't loading properly for you.

    • @Lobod287
      @Lobod287 10 лет назад +7

      it's /comments not /comment
      I had the same problem.

    • @MuddinNYC
      @MuddinNYC 10 лет назад +27

      The site doesnt support chrome,could be that. I was forced to open IE for the first time is forever just to use that site

  • @PorpoiseInATent
    @PorpoiseInATent 5 лет назад +63

    what are you talking about my friends always go away when i tap them in the face

    • @hereticpariah6_66
      @hereticpariah6_66 5 лет назад +8

      ...even faster if ya tap 'em *Real Hard* in the face.

  • @misterkingdom3571
    @misterkingdom3571 4 года назад +44

    "Good evening monsters."

  • @randomtopics1839
    @randomtopics1839 8 лет назад +317

    "Good evening monsters." I love it! I love this show! And I love John! But, but not in a creepy, stalker, sort of way XD

  • @Vladimir_Tod
    @Vladimir_Tod 8 лет назад +364

    I fucking love John Oliver, spider fingers and all.

    • @tristanneal9552
      @tristanneal9552 8 лет назад +13

      +Vladimir Tod
      Better than Drumpf's baby hands XD

    • @jarmoksvk
      @jarmoksvk 8 лет назад +1

      +Tristan Neal and sausage fingers

    • @Bourinos02
      @Bourinos02 8 лет назад +1

      +Vladimir Tod What about salad fingers?

    • @Vladimir_Tod
      @Vladimir_Tod 8 лет назад

      Nettles and red water? Yeah, he's cool too, I guess.

  • @Dmsvdmoss2739
    @Dmsvdmoss2739 4 года назад +8

    The best thing about this show is that if you search some confused but important issues, this channel really come up with some great knowledge, and it remains same even years after it was made.

  • @Chiannachan
    @Chiannachan 5 лет назад +18

    This never gets old. And it's still freaking important. Thank you, John Oliver.

    • @SS-dm5iy
      @SS-dm5iy 4 года назад +1

      How is it "still freaking important"? Ajit Pai killed that piece of shit Net Neutrality and nothing bad happened. My ISP has never censored me once. Now....the big tech companies that pushed this....they have. RUclips, Facebook, Twitter....they have censored me. My ISP NEVER has.
      It blows my mind how dumb people are and how easily they fall for propaganda if a british guy in a suit tells you something.

    • @aidenstammler4618
      @aidenstammler4618 4 года назад

      @@SS-dm5iy haven't you thought of anyone but yourself for once? I'm glad to hear you are listening to what you like, but what happens when someone else, let's just say your neighbor get hit with this censorship stuff, what then? Do you consider yourself wrong at that point, or still believe that your right because it hasn't happened to you? When people say "be your own independent self," they didn't mean for you to disregard others and their person. Be an individual in a community. It's a balancing action, too much into your community and you lose your self of individuality. However, too much individual into self leave you isolated from what is happening. Insulting people doesn't help anyone's case: their side or your side; even if it was deserving or not. To insult the other side (i.e. on the grounds of their mental capacity) proves to the audience that the insulter doesn't have evidence to use against, if you can't win by facts and reasoning, hey, let's insult them.

    • @SS-dm5iy
      @SS-dm5iy 4 года назад

      @@aidenstammler4618 It's not insulting, it is just a fact. My neighbor has never been censored by the ISP either. That is the point. ISP censorship is not and will not be a problem.
      A government takeover and the rules being made by facebook, youtube, and netflix IS a HUGE FUCKING problem.....as they are the ones that do censor.
      How can you not see how completely backwards you are on the issue blows my mind. You are demanding ISPs lose control over their property (who DO NOT censor) and that power and control is given to governments and companies that DO censor.
      You people are batshit fucking insane.....or stupid. It is only one or the other. If you can't use basic common sense to figure this out, I'm not worried about "bringing you to my side". You already willingly choose to be subject yourself to propaganda and believe it. There is no help.

    • @atomicman1556
      @atomicman1556 4 года назад

      S S listen up do you understand anything or are you some kindergarten drop out because clearly you seem to have the mind of a lobotomized donkey

  • @StudioAnnLe
    @StudioAnnLe 10 лет назад +447

    It's pretty bad when a comedy show has a better explanation of net neutrality then the main stream news.

    • @vincentdolente7053
      @vincentdolente7053 2 года назад

      It worked tho? Not a fucking soul knows wtf net neutrality is.

    • @lsh7098
      @lsh7098 2 года назад +1

      @@vincentdolente7053 Either you were too young in 2014-2017, or you are just ignorant.

    • @MrLeapfrog123
      @MrLeapfrog123 2 года назад +2

      A:\yup

    • @TC-jm7fu
      @TC-jm7fu 2 года назад

      Than*** you fucking idiot. That’s so embarrassing lol wow lol holy shit omg

    • @TranJack123
      @TranJack123 3 месяца назад

      And hilarious how wrong Tim Wu came out to be!

  • @Ben-rz9cf
    @Ben-rz9cf 8 лет назад +316

    I left LA a couple months ago, and what started out as the best day of my entire life because i got to finally leave that insidious monopoly time warner cable behind, ended with them openly refusing to cancel my account, and then continue to charge me for service i wasn't receiving at an address i no longer lived. Now i'm getting calls from debtors, who lie openly about their intentions, trying to collect on money i don't owe, who now shamelessly threaten my credit for a service i still can't cancel. How the f*ck is any of this even legal?

    • @bigbadbob7070
      @bigbadbob7070 8 лет назад +23

      That is just bullshit, U should get a lawyer and bring those extorting bastards 2 court
      If U already did that or can't 4 some fucked law or reason, sorry, I don't know the law that well

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf 7 лет назад +18

      i have a lawyer and he's currently busy suing other corporations for kidnapping, false imprisonment, and human slavery. companies just do whatever they want now because they got teams of lawyers and judges in their pocket. We've already spent 5 years suing these companies for an unconscionable recreation of nazi germany that any sane jury would convict... (if we ever finally get to go to trial) i know people who have been hurt by those companies who still haven't found recourse after ten years. How the hell is going up against a monopoly like time warner over unfair charges and practices going to fare any better?

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf 7 лет назад +5

      you're not talking about that fine brothers thing, are you? 2014 called, it wants its low hanging fruit back

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf 7 лет назад +3

      i don't know what you're talking about.

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf 7 лет назад

      you don't know what low hanging fruit is?

  • @tilaNmanx
    @tilaNmanx 4 года назад +18

    "Good evening, monsters."
    Hi John!

  • @marchaustein1429
    @marchaustein1429 3 года назад +6

    john:good evening monsters...
    me: finally he talks to me *tears of happines*

  • @incharaprakash
    @incharaprakash 8 лет назад +378

    Dear John Oliver and Last Week Tonight. Thank you for introducing Net Neutrality to us. Thanks to you, we have successfully fought against Facebook and telecom companies in India and we have banned Differential Pricing services which was against Net neutrality. Without you and your team, this would have gone unnoticed.

    • @zahra148
      @zahra148 8 лет назад +24

      wow I'm glad this video helped a nation

    • @Maddy-ht8pg
      @Maddy-ht8pg 6 лет назад +6

      Exactly ! We won the war against Facebook coz of these videos along with the later version of the same by AIB. Many people understood what is Net neutrality and how to fight back against these corporations. The Apex authority on Internet (TRAI) actually sided with net neutrality and framed rules for fair playing field.

    • @unknownwolf4046
      @unknownwolf4046 Год назад +1

      @@zahra148 my old internet provider Bravado Wireless wasn't following the Net Neutrality 😒 they had Xbox live blocked

  • @WrathClub
    @WrathClub 10 лет назад +492

    I don't know how meaningful our comments, petitions, etc. will be, but its better than letting net neutrality go down without a fight.

    • @ChrisRayGun
      @ChrisRayGun 10 лет назад +10

      Super glad you've seen this. I thought he was pretty obscure given how seldom the people I follow mention him or the show

    • @bobizemo
      @bobizemo 10 лет назад +2

      Chris Ray Yea, we all know you like caillou you don't have to be ashamed.

    • @wveagle83
      @wveagle83 10 лет назад +4

      Comment Warriors and Keyboard Gangsters... to the FCC!

    • @karicorynn8628
      @karicorynn8628 10 лет назад

      So, does this mean that Rip Snorting, Sanity Not Included, stupid overused memes, and disturbing fan art pictures are all as important as, say, the State of the Union address or a digital copy of the Constitution? Is it weird that I find that somewhat comforting?

    • @Rudy2k5
      @Rudy2k5 6 лет назад +1

      So... What about now eh? :p

  • @gretatoth8759
    @gretatoth8759 3 года назад +15

    "Do you remember physically having friends?" No John, I don't.

  • @kenshi6693
    @kenshi6693 6 лет назад +60

    Holy hell, how did I not notice this video is 3 years old??? I saw this net neutrality thing on the news yesterday and watched this like it was posted the same day. My god, things never change XD

    • @davee1233
      @davee1233 4 года назад +2

      1 year later. Still true.

  • @BloodfelX
    @BloodfelX 7 лет назад +64

    10:24 "Apple could put the entire text of Mein Kampf in the user agreement and you'd just go 'Agree'."
    So painfully true.

  • @CordovanSplotchVT
    @CordovanSplotchVT 7 лет назад +322

    Hitting caps lock is not a worthy showing of rage.
    If you're really furious, you put in the fucking effort to hold down shift like a real man.

  • @bijan9116
    @bijan9116 Год назад +14

    "The cable companies will say we 'support net neutrality protections.'"
    "or, they remain 'committed to the open internet.'"
    "or, 'JUST THE TIP.'"
    That line absolutely slayed me when I first watched this episode lmao

  • @ballerbalgruuf
    @ballerbalgruuf 6 лет назад +57

    *Sigh* It's that time of year again.

    • @uwuman7447
      @uwuman7447 6 лет назад

      www.battleforthenet.com/

  • @EllaAngeli
    @EllaAngeli 8 лет назад +184

    I love that speech so much

  • @OtterSam
    @OtterSam 9 лет назад +355

    Don't mess with Estonia, they co-invented Skype.

    • @seanobryan3281
      @seanobryan3281 9 лет назад +19

      Otter Sam Pretty weak claim to fame for a country

    • @objay27
      @objay27 8 лет назад +5

      Otter Sam Pretty weak compared to the UK, who invented the internet

    • @Th0rMan
      @Th0rMan 8 лет назад

      +Oliver Bentley-Jones pretty weak to america who built the first computers

    • @KissShotAcerolaOrion
      @KissShotAcerolaOrion 8 лет назад +31

      Chuck Norris That would be Germany, actually.

    • @deucekaboose8164
      @deucekaboose8164 8 лет назад +2

      +Sean O'Bryan They only have 2 million people and they are ex-soviet so its actually kinda impressive for such a dinky poor country

  • @samk7470
    @samk7470 5 лет назад +65

    “Driving a metal car” I don’t know how to break this to you, John....

    • @herbsandmagick4532
      @herbsandmagick4532 4 года назад +4

      I think he meant ALL metal, like metal tires and whatnot

    • @mattjamison484
      @mattjamison484 3 года назад +5

      The car in the board game "Monopoly" is an all metal car. All the game pieces are metal. He was making the point that this was a clear monopoly. He also said "Metal Top Hat".

  • @hrgrhrhhr
    @hrgrhrhhr 6 лет назад +30

    John Oliver: defend net neutrality
    me: ok, done that
    me (a year later): good thing that worked.
    Ajit Pai: OI BRUV IM HERE NOW
    me: this shit again?

  • @planetfall5056
    @planetfall5056 7 лет назад +104

    "Turn on caps lock and fly my pretties" I think that's my favorite John Oliver quote

  • @nommy210
    @nommy210 9 лет назад +373

    I love John Oliver... like... as more than a friend....

    • @davidjames4097
      @davidjames4097 9 лет назад +31

      I know exactly how you feel.

    • @kai0fdathomir534
      @kai0fdathomir534 8 лет назад +31

      I'm not gay, but I love him, and I want him to love me back.

    • @omarabuaita3858
      @omarabuaita3858 8 лет назад +1

      +Christopher Flores Your weird.

    • @TheCodingDuck
      @TheCodingDuck 8 лет назад +10

      Omar Abuaita
      no, he's beautiful.

    • @nommy210
      @nommy210 8 лет назад +8

      Omar Abuaita *you're*

  • @bobolob
    @bobolob 6 лет назад +17

    I can't believe this was over 3 years ago and we're still having to fight this.

  • @seanhamilton4169
    @seanhamilton4169 3 года назад +3

    1:46 "F**k you, Caillou! Grow some hair, and leave the house! Find about what the world's about!"

  • @wlee55
    @wlee55 8 лет назад +1179

    John Oliver, you are one of America's great unnatural resources. Welcome. Live long and prosper here.

    • @domhuckle
      @domhuckle 8 лет назад +42

      +wlee55 The irony of his Englishness has not gone un-noted.

    • @TheEpicFish
      @TheEpicFish 8 лет назад +9

      Merica

    • @cartersmith6628
      @cartersmith6628 7 лет назад +8

      HUGS FOR JOHN!

    • @mrodrenzo
      @mrodrenzo 7 лет назад +10

      Journalism has never been so sexy ;)

    • @anonymousfriend1286
      @anonymousfriend1286 7 лет назад +2

      God save the oliver. Long live the Oliver! Conduct us to victory!

  • @ilvanezzo
    @ilvanezzo 8 лет назад +342

    "Estonia" LOL
    Yeah, we in the Baltic states have it pretty good regarding communications. There's a lot of competition here, that drives prices down.
    I have an unlimited 250 Mbps connection at home and I'm paying 16 EUR (pretty much $16 right now) a month.

    • @MartaEzis
      @MartaEzis 8 лет назад +5

      +ilvanezzo Yep, I used to live in Latvia and still miss the great telecommunications services. They're not perfect but they keep it simple and cheap, which is more than I can say for the services in my country.

    • @ilvanezzo
      @ilvanezzo 8 лет назад +11

      MoldyTomat0 The kicker is, this month I got a flyer from a competitor ISP offering "up to 800 Mbps" for about the same price.

    • @HashamWajih619
      @HashamWajih619 8 лет назад +3

      +ilvanezzo Wow! Here in Pakistan I'm using an unlimited 8Mps connection and paying ~$30 for it.

    • @ilvanezzo
      @ilvanezzo 8 лет назад +2

      ***** BTW those 16 EUR do include digital TV (about 40 channels, additional 10 EUR adds all theme packs which doubles the channel count).

    • @mrwu516
      @mrwu516 8 лет назад +3

      +ilvanezzo actually 16 EUR is pretty close to 21-22$. You guys still got more gold than we do =D in USA

  • @jacksputrid
    @jacksputrid 5 лет назад +10

    Yo it’s 2019 I thought this was weeks old this dudes a prophet

  • @SnoozingtonnMusic
    @SnoozingtonnMusic 4 года назад +14

    The funny thing is Apple does put jokes inside the iTunes user agreement

  • @ayelosyundox2264
    @ayelosyundox2264 7 лет назад +54

    That ending had me like: "Send me the fucking link..."

  • @HatsunThePidgeon1
    @HatsunThePidgeon1 8 лет назад +191

    This honestly is my favorite one

    • @robbieclark7828
      @robbieclark7828 8 лет назад +3

      I'm so glad John Oliver is doing this show, because it gives me my fake news fix. I haven't been crazy about the guys who took over for Stewart and Colbert.

    • @ClinicalDecisionYikesYT
      @ClinicalDecisionYikesYT 8 лет назад

      Try Samantha Bee. She should have replaced Stewart instead.

    • @waynejohnson1786
      @waynejohnson1786 8 лет назад +9

      I agree, I've watched this like 100 times and I always laugh at the Dingo joke
      "Please don't eat my baabby"

  • @Hellschwarz
    @Hellschwarz 6 лет назад +113

    wait, this is from 2014... I thought it was from this week, 2017

    • @garystinten9339
      @garystinten9339 6 лет назад +1

      He needs to do a new one.

    • @valencianaadan
      @valencianaadan 6 лет назад

      Hellschwarz, this is why, we are Fu£€ now lol

    • @ImRojaa
      @ImRojaa 6 лет назад

      Hellschwarz it failed in 2015

    • @Ashfer2
      @Ashfer2 5 лет назад

      He did more than one video on it, it's called Net Neutrality II when it came up in talks again.

    • @New777World
      @New777World 5 лет назад

      You mean! 2019!

  • @stoicspartan01
    @stoicspartan01 3 года назад +8

    The foundation of all problems on a global scale:
    2:24 " The internet in its current form is not broken _and the FCC is currently taking steps to fix that_ "
    [mic drops]
    [people chattering]
    [footsteps departing]
    [crickets chirping]

  • @PositivelyKush
    @PositivelyKush 6 лет назад +1862

    We need to stop this

    • @laxdances9732
      @laxdances9732 6 лет назад +6

      what do you mean again?

    • @bptboy2
      @bptboy2 6 лет назад +60

      Net neutrality is being brought up again... Think there is going to be a vote in december.

    • @laxdances9732
      @laxdances9732 6 лет назад +36

      well let's hope. just hope and VOTE that this will not happen. Us people deserve the freedom!

    • @boxman9033
      @boxman9033 6 лет назад

      ;-;

    • @benedict6897
      @benedict6897 6 лет назад

      Lax Dances just America?

  • @ramjb
    @ramjb 9 лет назад +12

    "good evening, monsters"
    I just lost it so bad my chest's about to burst XDD

  • @m.k.6669
    @m.k.6669 3 года назад +4

    2:20 "Do you remember physically having friends? It was aweful, you couldn't tap people's faces to make them go away."

  • @FloatingSunfish
    @FloatingSunfish Год назад +5

    This show helped save the internet from greedy cable companies and we can't thank John, his crew, and HBO enough for that.

  • @bloodySunday77
    @bloodySunday77 9 лет назад +228

    Can someone explain to me why 824 people have voted this down??!?

    • @shannonbowles5290
      @shannonbowles5290 9 лет назад +75

      Some people think the government is bad period and we shouldn't allow them to regulate anything. Its a dumb thought process but look Ted Cruz said it was a bad thing so it must be? Right guys? Right? *crickets*

    • @scoob101
      @scoob101 9 лет назад +28

      Rainbow Gardens So regulators=bad? I dont think you would be happy about an unregulated pharmaceutical industry.

    • @RainbowGardens
      @RainbowGardens 9 лет назад +10

      scoob10111 Apparently you are unfamiliar with how drugs are approved. Those with the most $$$$ and political connections get their drug approved, regardless of it's safety. I would rather a doctor and a patient decide which drug is safe, NOT the FDA. Why is the cancer treatment of Dr. Burzynski NOT approved by the FDA? Yes, I would rather not have the FDA involved in personal health decisions.

    • @hughmiller1423
      @hughmiller1423 9 лет назад +12

      Rainbow Gardens
      Well normally the FDA does try but then the corrupted politicians higher up take over, it's like the vitamin industry and it's ongoing war with the FDA.

    • @ppapdddar6159
      @ppapdddar6159 9 лет назад +3

      Rainbow Gardens I LOVE YOU WOMAN. Marry me!!!!
      Preach it brother, 100% correct.

  • @PeterBarnes2
    @PeterBarnes2 8 лет назад +226

    Where was I when this was a new video? I could've helped with the commenting for net neutrality!

    • @MintMovies
      @MintMovies 8 лет назад +12

      Stay posted because they're at it again! It's called "zero rating" and is effectively the same.

    • @a_Lemming
      @a_Lemming 8 лет назад +7

      No need. The commenters crashed the site, I think.

    • @DaveWhoa
      @DaveWhoa 8 лет назад +1

      hey Peter! im Dave :)

    • @PeterBarnes2
      @PeterBarnes2 8 лет назад +1

      Dave Smith Hi?

    • @slaughtz
      @slaughtz 8 лет назад +1

      +MintMovies I don't see anyone in gaming or with the most subscribers on RUclips keeping up with threats to Net Neutrality any more. It's like they don't care. There's also no dedicated YT channel to keeping us updated. Not by the EFF or anyone, that I know of.

  • @charliemorales5682
    @charliemorales5682 4 года назад +6

    Awe man I’m on the late train 🚂 3 years still a good show

  • @Maddy-ht8pg
    @Maddy-ht8pg 5 лет назад +4

    This is the greatest ever news segment ! 4 years on, this is still the best.

  • @xehanort6
    @xehanort6 8 лет назад +55

    Oligopoly, John Oliver! Oligopoly! That's the term you're looking for.

    • @lolipedofin
      @lolipedofin 8 лет назад +29

      +Avid Fan Oligopoly in term of the whole USA, state by state, it has reached monopoly.

    • @FeyTheBin
      @FeyTheBin 7 лет назад +6

      Well there are two companies dominating the market so that would be called a duopoly.

  • @baltoflyer7503
    @baltoflyer7503 7 лет назад +465

    I really want to see someone hack apple now and put Mein Kampf in the user agreement (10:30)

    • @Absorr
      @Absorr 7 лет назад +153

      The best part is that no one would notice. Until that one dude in law school who thinks he's better than his classmates decides to read it.

    • @PoliticalSocks
      @PoliticalSocks 6 лет назад

      lol

    • @KaiokenLuffy
      @KaiokenLuffy 6 лет назад +2

      Balto Flyer Agreeing to mein Kampf would actually be good for your rights for once

  • @lordofweirdness4714
    @lordofweirdness4714 4 года назад +12

    I feel very weird knowing these people who commented are from a time isolating yourself is not normal.

  • @monokl2876
    @monokl2876 6 лет назад +8

    Well here in Europe we hope you'll do your part! Stay strong.

  • @ChrisRayGun
    @ChrisRayGun 10 лет назад +40

    The delivery on the Shrek line kills me every time.

    • @mrtannzr
      @mrtannzr 6 лет назад

      Chris Ray Gun I've found a wild Chris hidding in the comments section.
      What is my prize?

  • @ThanksHermione
    @ThanksHermione 7 лет назад +122

    You know it's bad when you're asking internet trolls for help.

    • @marvintablada4402
      @marvintablada4402 5 лет назад +11

      No. You know its funny as shit when they actually answer the call. They actually brought down their server with too much traffic.

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 11 месяцев назад +4

    And we still don’t have Nutflix dammit!

  • @masonwhite4262
    @masonwhite4262 2 года назад +2

    1:46 my favorite part

  • @Amyante
    @Amyante 6 лет назад +756

    That moment when you watch a three year old vid and think it's recent...

    • @WilliamJohnson-je5dn
      @WilliamJohnson-je5dn 5 лет назад

      Don't

    • @marvintablada4402
      @marvintablada4402 5 лет назад +1

      The moment you realized a dude tells you to put caps lock, calls you his pretty and tells you to fly to flood a comment section. I am sure we just learned of this video ñast year or this year.

    • @philippeverhoosel2740
      @philippeverhoosel2740 5 лет назад +2

      5 years old now

    • @finncedar7388
      @finncedar7388 4 года назад +2

      Philippe Verhoosel at the time it was 3 years, a year and a bit ago, at the time the comment was made it probably said 3 years, you know, cause that’s how time works

    • @QuinnActually
      @QuinnActually 3 года назад +1

      mmm, if only 2014 was still "recent"...
      i miss the early 2010s.

  • @ScottBrio
    @ScottBrio 8 лет назад +43

    This was the performance of a lifetime from John Oliver. Incredibly important issue and he nailed the delivery %100.

  • @kevinc6971
    @kevinc6971 6 лет назад +5

    Commenting and liking will make this trending. It's worth a shot

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 3 года назад +3

    It’s strange going back and watching Last Week Tonight with a live audience now.

  • @TheSparkyBoy24
    @TheSparkyBoy24 6 лет назад +695

    Well, this is heating up.

    • @ethan-ps9pm
      @ethan-ps9pm 6 лет назад

      It heated up before

    • @benjirabbe1205
      @benjirabbe1205 3 года назад

      im from the year 2020. net neutrality bed wetters were bamboozled. big tech never needed laws

  • @Hacker559CoD
    @Hacker559CoD 8 лет назад +34

    **TURNS ON CAPS LOCK** **FLİES AWAY**

  • @Kat-PM
    @Kat-PM 8 месяцев назад +3

    Welcome back, everyone

  • @bhoovis
    @bhoovis 2 года назад +4

    This is almost as good as going back and looking at Al Gore's predictions about global warming.

  • @EllaAngeli
    @EllaAngeli 7 лет назад +201

    No you can tap someone's face to make them go away

  • @Barnacules
    @Barnacules 10 лет назад +31

    Thank you for calling this out publicly!

    • @JonathanLittleGAMER
      @JonathanLittleGAMER 10 лет назад

      Just hope this don't happen in the UK

    • @HornbyCrazy
      @HornbyCrazy 10 лет назад

      dam, your everywhere on the internet. cant i go somewhere without seeing a comment from you :D lol

  • @hallebay2743
    @hallebay2743 4 года назад +1

    😂😂😂😂😂😂 I was not prepared for the Caillou bashing

  • @swizzlyswallows8250
    @swizzlyswallows8250 2 месяца назад +4

    Ehhhhhh, took 6 years but we got it back babyyyy!

  • @AmiBorg87
    @AmiBorg87 7 лет назад +765

    WHY are we here again in 2017?

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 6 лет назад +23

      because ISP want their green machine?

    • @Nomzi
      @Nomzi 6 лет назад +21

      We'll be here *at least* every year as long as the internet exists. The government needs to put their hands in every facet of this country... just kidding, the world. They're like a scummy growth, and the only thing stopping them from spreading is our votes... repeatedly. Fun!

    • @shp3270
      @shp3270 6 лет назад +26

      Because Republicans are all about letting their corporate donors have the power to charge us more for less as corporations are legally mandated to do. Never vote for people who don't believe in government. Those are the ones who sabotage it and cost us our money, families, and lives. Corporations are vampires. Everyone of them yet we have to depend on them for our food, healthcare, and basic necessities. This is what happens when you remove the last of the light from each government agency that was holding them back from overfeeding. Going to be a lot big fat vampires around. I don't have TV service because its too expensive. Haven't for years and it looks like the internet service is the next drop for me.

    • @jemcm123spy9
      @jemcm123spy9 6 лет назад +4

      Because we can't do it right the first time, or the second, or the third, ... and so fourth prepare for an endless roller coaster of bitting your finger nails because someone decided to attack net neutrality, again.

    • @Kallen50000
      @Kallen50000 6 лет назад

      #45

  • @Wawagirl17
    @Wawagirl17 8 лет назад +36

    That may be the best ending to a youtube video I have ever seen.

  • @aashaynandoskar6862
    @aashaynandoskar6862 4 года назад +23

    This video was posted exactly 6 years ago and its so shocking to see how far we have come and how John Oliver was one of the key figures in saving our internet as we know it today.

    • @evanrolfe9374
      @evanrolfe9374 4 года назад +3

      I can’t believe it’s been 6 years I remember watching this when it first came out

    • @georgedise1768
      @georgedise1768 3 года назад +3

      Didn't they implement the exact opposite of all the policies he recommended?

  • @oversizedpotato2850
    @oversizedpotato2850 6 лет назад +14

    R.I.P US Net Neutrality ~ 14th Dec. 2017

    • @wyattbooth9918
      @wyattbooth9918 5 лет назад

      didn't a bunch of states make private net neutrality laws to replace it?

  • @nixsommers2203
    @nixsommers2203 7 лет назад +22

    Oh my God, that ending was beautiful.

    • @codexix8582
      @codexix8582 7 лет назад +7

      I think the ending alone makes this my fav LWT episode of all time

  • @nostalgiakid100
    @nostalgiakid100 8 лет назад +48

    as someone who lived in Estonia, I can say that we do, in fact, still worry about shrek attacks.

    • @PennyAfNorberg
      @PennyAfNorberg 8 лет назад +13

      +Adam Goldstein and shrek kinda look likes putin?

    • @nostalgiakid100
      @nostalgiakid100 8 лет назад +7

      +PennyAfNorberg the resemblance is scary

  • @mask938
    @mask938 Год назад +2

    I’d actually love to see a cartoon about a dingo being a babysitter.

  • @Thatguy-xs6yq
    @Thatguy-xs6yq 6 лет назад +3

    "Turn on Caps lock and fly my pretties!" Consider it done

    • @uwuman7447
      @uwuman7447 6 лет назад

      www.battleforthenet.com/

  • @notoyaarthur1990
    @notoyaarthur1990 7 лет назад +14

    "turn on caps lock and fly my pretties, fly! muah ha ha ha" lmao I love this guy. he gives me stitches

  • @knightshade2654
    @knightshade2654 7 лет назад +253

    It is time, my brothers.

    • @knottyorchid1212
      @knottyorchid1212 6 лет назад +15

      American Ronin L They may take ours Saturday Morning Cartoons but they will never take our Internet browsing history!!!

    • @laurazakhiamagalhaes3651
      @laurazakhiamagalhaes3651 6 лет назад +2

      American Ronin you're aware that this video is from 2014, and that net neutrality already was threatened before, right?

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese 6 лет назад +1

      You mark a target. We will wipe it out.

    • @haloman12300
      @haloman12300 6 лет назад

      It was time 3 years ago but 🤷‍♂️

    • @toxiccommenter6540
      @toxiccommenter6540 6 лет назад +3

      American Ronin we don't always use this mighty forbidden weapon but now is the time
      * war anthem intensifies* SEND IN THE 4CHAN USERS

  • @finncaine3802
    @finncaine3802 5 лет назад +4

    I need John Oliver screaming "FLY, MY PRETTIES!" as my new ringtone.

  • @whilan
    @whilan 8 лет назад +55

    That end bit where he brings up the comments, shows everyone trying to criticize him in the comment section is actually just giving him more fuel for his show.

    • @mohammadfahad3385
      @mohammadfahad3385 8 лет назад +3

      +whilan , that sawan arora got trolled on awhole new level

  • @user-io7xe3nx3b
    @user-io7xe3nx3b 7 лет назад +233

    Who is watching this after seeing Net Neutrality II in 2017?

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 6 лет назад +2

      me. this fuckery! should the US net people make their own underground LAN like the Cubans?. FCC just wont let us be huh?

    • @therealbobmayo5065
      @therealbobmayo5065 5 лет назад

      Pranshu Mishra not me!

    • @lesiqajeni3273
      @lesiqajeni3273 3 года назад

      That moment when you watch a three year old vid and think it's recent...

  • @teutonfox1614
    @teutonfox1614 6 лет назад +5

    Time to get this to trending!

  • @jjbenavidez6
    @jjbenavidez6 5 лет назад +1

    This is one of John Oliver's best monologues

  • @Crooked_Mantis
    @Crooked_Mantis 8 лет назад +40

    Never a more beautiful speech will be spoken to member of the Internet. Thank you John.