Taken from JRE #1957 w/Shane Gillis:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/01vldk4GsCQMoGmUvr7x5p?si=93457dd8057241d5

The Joe Rogan Experience You have such a knowledge of history and you're so interested in so many different things that like it It layers your comedy in a really cool way.

It's like like that George Washington thing I don't wanna say anything this is so good.

I don't want to sound I don't fuck it up, but it's so good I love that bit, and it's but it's also historically accurate.

It's fucking fun It's fun because it's like it's in it's engaging me, and it's entertaining me.

was it never worked and I remember it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Like 1 of the open mics where I started Amish country There was a joke I always used to try my the guy who was running the mic would always be like, dude, do it, do the Civil War joke.

It was just about dudes walking to shoot each other.

It was something about like, you know how racist you had to be to like Be in the South and wake up 1 day and be like, wait, they freed who?

I'm going up there and walking, walking the whole way.

You had to sleep at night and wake up and go like, son of a bitch.

And they walked from Alabama to Maryland.

Who had that great joke about that you know where they'll tell you the Civil War wasn't about slavery it was about economics like yeah you didn't want to pay the help.

I don't know people try to act like the Civil War

was it Bill Maher Maybe it might be Bill Maher It's someone good,

but I always wanted to do a joke about Because they the book like your company whatever your group was because they're all from the same Town yeah, so they would your division or fucking your brigade would be from your town All right, so you never left your town so you bring your brigade back Then was everybody you grew up with every dude your son your brother your uncle and your dad you're all fucking Together mmm you You're marching shoulder-to-shoulder And you watch your fucking dad get his head ripped off by a cannonball.

You just got to keep me like oh Yeah, yeah, you knew you knew dad get ahead you knew who was getting shot

funny imagine Yeah, How about the trench warfare of World War I?

Yeah, they say the Civil War in America was like the first modern war This is the revolutionary

Horrible look at this walking towards each other like the stupidest way to do it ever can you imagine that people did this for some

now that's that the Patriots roughly based off of I think his name is Francis Marion the Swamp Fox and he was a he was kind of an originator of guerrilla warfare, because they were like, we can't stand and fight the British.

Just gonna come over here and start marching.

Red and white is what you use for archery targets.

Once rifling took over, they had to be like, all right, we gotta switch our uniforms.

Isn't that amazing, though, that that was, that you had to think of how much the British Army conquered in the world?

Everybody everybody and imagine that their decision to fight was this way.

How did you get from like the Mongols to that?

How does that happen in a thousand years?

They would they would starve people out lock them in their cities Yeah, they would wait them out slowly

you get artillery and guns you can just especially that's

That's just running it down your throat dude.

but I Just can't imagine that someone wouldn't say hey isn't there a fucking better way to fight these people

Yeah, what are we doing get behind a tree?

I can't believe people Did that that's what's so crazy.

It's like how did they survive to become that silly?

Like that's a silly way to fight a war right so how did they survive with those strategies?

How were they dominant with those strategies

Well Most of them are colonies where the other guys are, they have fucking cow hide shields and spears like the Zulu.

And so they were the only ones with muskets?

So the British were the only ones with guns?

Well, when it came to like their colonies on a in a land war they would lose a lot to like France Prussia Those like major continental powers, but England always had a Navy they always dominated through naval warfare and then They had to team up with everyone to stop Napoleon

dude once they started shooting cannonballs off boats It's a problem that must have been a game-changer Problem did they start doing that when they start doing cannonballs from boats because that's bro that is a motherfucker

Yeah, you got a cannon on a boat Shooting people without cannons boom.

times did they have to shoot that cannon before they figured out how hard they have to bolt it into the floor?

You got a floating yeah wouldn't thing with this giant iron tube on it that has explosions go off on it.

And just 4 poor guys from Manchester, operating it.


Speaker 0: The Joe Rogan Experience You have such a knowledge of history and you're so interested in so many different things that like it It layers your comedy in a really cool way.

Speaker 1: Thanks.

Speaker 0: It's good. It's like like that George Washington thing I don't wanna say anything this is so good. I don't want to sound I don't fuck it up, but it's so good I love that bit, and it's but it's also historically accurate. It's fucking fun It's fun because it's like it's in it's engaging me, and it's entertaining me. Yeah, I guess engaging me.

It's interesting. I was and it's also very funny I

Speaker 1: was it never worked and I remember it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Like 1 of the open mics where I started Amish country There was a joke I always used to try my the guy who was running the mic would always be like, dude, do it, do the Civil War joke. It never worked. It was just about dudes walking to shoot each other. Like you had to walk. It was something about like, you know how racist you had to be to like Be in the South and wake up 1 day and be like, wait, they freed who?

What the fuck? I'm going up there and walking, walking the whole way. You had to sleep at night and wake up and go like, son of a bitch. And they walked from Alabama to Maryland. You got shot in the head right away.

Speaker 0: Who had that great joke about that you know where they'll tell you the Civil War wasn't about slavery it was about economics like yeah you didn't want to pay the help. Yeah yeah yeah. Whose joke is that?

Speaker 1: I don't know.

Speaker 0: Somebody has that joke.

Speaker 1: I don't know people try to act like the Civil War

Speaker 0: was it Bill Maher Maybe it might be Bill Maher It's someone good,

Speaker 1: but I always wanted to do a joke about Because they the book like your company whatever your group was because they're all from the same Town yeah, so they would your division or fucking your brigade would be from your town All right, so you never left your town so you bring your brigade back Then was everybody you grew up with every dude your son your brother your uncle and your dad you're all fucking Together mmm you You're marching shoulder-to-shoulder And you watch your fucking dad get his head ripped off by a cannonball. You just got to keep me like oh Yeah, yeah, you knew you knew dad get ahead you knew who was getting shot

Speaker 0: oh my god.

Speaker 1: Yeah, dude Yeah, I don't know why that's

Speaker 0: funny imagine Yeah, How about the trench warfare of World War I?

Speaker 1: Started in Civil War. Siege of Vicksburg, I think.

Speaker 0: That's when they started trench warfare?

Speaker 1: Yeah, they say the Civil War in America was like the first modern war This is the revolutionary

Speaker 0: Horrible look at this walking towards each other like the stupidest way to do it ever can you imagine that people did this for some

Speaker 1: oh god

Speaker 0: hit in the face with a cannonball

Speaker 1: now that's that the Patriots roughly based off of I think his name is Francis Marion the Swamp Fox and he was a he was kind of an originator of guerrilla warfare, because they were like, we can't stand and fight the British.

Speaker 0: God damn.

Speaker 1: We're gonna have to shoot them and run. Which is pretty funny.

Speaker 0: How crazy are the British? Just gonna come over here and start marching.

Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna walk right at you. With a

Speaker 0: big white stripe on your chest. Red jackets. It's 100% a target. Yeah. Red and white is what you use for archery targets.

Yeah.

Speaker 1: They had to change. They had to change.

Speaker 0: That's so dumb.

Speaker 1: That's so dumb. Once rifling took over, they had to be like, all right, we gotta switch our uniforms.

Speaker 0: Isn't that amazing, though, that that was, that you had to think of how much the British Army conquered in the world? Everybody everybody and imagine that their decision to fight was this way. Like how? How did you get from like the Mongols to that? How does that happen in a thousand years?

The Mongols had all these crazy tactics. They would they would starve people out lock them in their cities Yeah, they would wait them out slowly

Speaker 1: you get artillery and guns you can just especially that's

Speaker 0: just crazy

Speaker 1: That's just running it down your throat dude. It's like we're gonna walk at you,

Speaker 0: but I Just can't imagine that someone wouldn't say hey isn't there a fucking better way to fight these people

Speaker 1: Yeah, what are we doing get behind a tree?

Speaker 0: I can't believe people Did that that's what's so crazy. It's like how did they survive to become that silly? Like that's a silly way to fight a war right so how did they survive with those strategies? How were they dominant with those strategies

Speaker 1: are the only ones with? Well Most of them are colonies where the other guys are, they have fucking cow hide shields and spears like the Zulu.

Speaker 0: And so they were the only ones with muskets? Yeah, you

Speaker 1: have fucking guns. You just, yeah, you're going to win. You're the only ones with guns.

Speaker 0: So the British were the only ones with guns?

Speaker 1: Well, when it came to like their colonies on a in a land war they would lose a lot to like France Prussia Those like major continental powers, but England always had a Navy they always dominated through naval warfare and then They had to team up with everyone to stop Napoleon

Speaker 0: dude once they started shooting cannonballs off boats It's a problem that must have been a game-changer Problem did they start doing that when they start doing cannonballs from boats because that's bro that is a motherfucker

Speaker 1: Yeah, you got a cannon on a boat Shooting people without cannons boom.

Speaker 0: Yeah, you just do this all day

Speaker 1: How many

Speaker 0: times did they have to shoot that cannon before they figured out how hard they have to bolt it into the floor? You got a floating yeah wouldn't thing with this giant iron tube on it that has explosions go off on it.

Speaker 1: And just 4 poor guys from Manchester, operating it.

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