As a history graduate (bachelor and partly masters). Norths point on judging people on standards of the time. It's such an important aspect of history and helps you to appreciate the mindset of our ancestors without stigmatizing them. Well done north. It would be great if you did a history episode one day or podcast.

Listening to Commodore's story is seriously eerie. The guy just described my whole life to date almost. I've been there. Part of me is still there, but damn am I starting to get there. I quit drinking, got therapy, got medication (because at times I was closer to self-deletion than Commodore sounds to have been, and while it's not for everyone it has worked wonders for me). I wanted to do the whole KZfaq thing, but I recently realised that right now at least it's not right for me to do it. I don't have my own voice yet. But I need a hobby, so I've saved what I can, I'm going into 3d printing and restarting painting, because that always made me feel at peace and genuinely happy. So Commodore, I'm right there with you, a lot more than youight expect. If I can get to a place where I'm starting to feel better, you can too. North is dead on the money with this one... Just not about football. All football sucks regardless of who is playing it!

Just stay. Don't give up. You can outlast them. They lack will. It's my hobby, I'm not going anywhere.

As a huge history nerd myself i literally cant stop myself from correcting someone who is wrong or is misrepresenting history

As someone with a Bachelor's in history I feel somewhat qualified to talk about the issue of morality in history. My opinion is that the practice of history is separate from moral judgement. It's neither about judging people on modern standards or the standards of the time. Such a topic is not only rarely relevant to the topic at hand, but will often skew one's ability to do history successfully. Trying to fit historical figures and cultures into moral boxes is what causes so much of popular history to surround useless pissing matches like what happened with you and the wife over the "did Britain start the slave trade?" nonsense. The real subtext happening there was likely, as it usually is, more about attacking or defending a particular culture than it is about what actually happened. Doing history is half about asking good questions and half about investigating the answers, and it's extremely rare that questions of who was morally in the right and who was in the wrong lead to any productive avenues of inquiry. Leave the moralizing to your personal feelings on the matter and you will learn a lot more useful information when doing history.

To the gentleman trying to got the IT job, working out is a great way to deal with the remainder of your depression. And when you get some extra money, Rock climbing!

I was gonna say there's one misconception you have about most of America. If i tell someone to leave my property, and you don't, i ain't calling no fkn police... but then you covered it!😂

Regarding slavery, one in three people in the Roman Empire were slaves. Remember that if anyone brings up the woke version.

Man, this last guy is basically where I'm at right now. Not that I want anyone else to go through this shit, but it's nice to know that other folks are going through the same shit I am. Thanks for the kick in the ass, North!! Cheers from Canada eh!

Speaking from experience in STEM, women will get a job right now just cause they're women. Not always, of course, but more frequently qualifications (aside from a degree) don't mean anything cause the political climate is so eager to sue.

Hey North thanks for reading my submission out its appreciated. Sorry if my email was a bit hard to read. I'll have a crack at following your suggestions and send another hopefully better written email to update you. Its not a good sign that the guy who wants to be a screenwriter/ filmmaker can't write a tale very clearly. myself deprecating joke aside hope your doing well and thanks for the advice.

Also it should be noted that when they went to court in the US, it turned out that womens football (soccer) player were better paid than the men both in dollars and as portion of overall revenue

I do wonder about the "floating" state. In the Wu Wei, effortless effort is a desirable state. Being free to pursue your life any way you want, even by non-pursuit, is a sometimes oppressive freedom. "I could do more, be happier, be more productive." But who sets these standards? Who sets the "minimum happiness"? For whom do I perform and create a legacy, when I can't experience it once I am gone? In Germany, for example, you only get a street named after you after your death. For a monk, an ascetic life in meditation might be perfection, although they might neither travel nor create any kind of legacy. So, a few thoughts on that matter, which (as per usual) come back to the question of "Why do I want to do things"? Personally, I am quite content with painting tiny plastic soldiers and meeting other people on 4'x6' battlefields. At least for now.

When you welcome EVERYONE to your hobby....

Your whole rant about history and about politics in nonpolitical meetings made you pretty nice, as I wholly agree. Thank you for standing your ground.

Ban RL political discussions in hobby places period, it never leads to anything good and destroys communities. People go to these places for escapism and enjoying their hobby, not to have a friggin debate club where you are browbeaten by simps clapping like trained seals for any 5/10 that has self esteem issues and for some reason thirsts for validation from people that she finds revolting....

Man literally said "if you like womans football, more power to you" in one sentence, then in the next said, "if you like it, you're either brain damaged or simping"

Nah fam. You’re wrong on Rapinoe. American womens soccer is paid less because that’s the contract they chose. Our mens team chose a contract that was high risk high reward. They don’t get paid if they don’t play and they get paid less when they play less than their best. The womens team chose a contract that ALWAYS pays every player regardless if they even play a single game (100k per player). They chose this then blamed men for what they did to themselves. In other words typical “I am woman hear me roar and can you go check what that noise in the kitchen was while I stay here equal and powerful in the bedroom?”

An interesting note to the womens football part. I think this interview was in an aussie tv show, but if you look at the other way, man earn less in football. They earn merely 2-3% of the revenue they generate, they dont get health insurence (this is for the USA) and their salary is contractually tied to how the perform in tournaments and placements. Now contrast this to womens who earn somewhere between 20-25% of the revenue, they get better coverage, and their salary is not tied to their performance in any way what so ever. Talk about priviliges!

So, here in the USA, there is absolutely a pay gap between men and women, but the ladies in the story don't understand how it happens... In the US, A large number of companies pull a trick where they tell employees not to discuss their pay or salary period this this is how the pay gap happens; Because each employee negotiates their own salary. And in these negotiations, women most often get less than the men. What the women in the story do not understand is that this happens with corporations and big companies comma not small time locally owned businesses.

Recently lost my LGS as well, no crazy story the owner simply was ready to retire. Luckily we had pretty tight knit circle and a active store discord so we been able to make it work since. If you have a local scene I definitely recommend some sort of group chat just in case you need to move the scene somewhere else

Definately my biggest gripe now is people putting their moral compass over historical events/people saying they were evil... You see it alot in modern documentaries, like in the news instead of just reading the facts, they add in commentary on how you should think about it...

For someone claiming to not having time reading essays, he sure likes writing them...

Accidently learning about fixing womens football while listening to hobby nightmares. Is it Wednesday already?

Im left leaning too, hell, i live near Noam Chomsky and I've had political discussions with him at his house. Those discussions DO NOT belong in a hobby store. Cramming the woke agenda in peoples faces is maddening.

As for not trying to change 90 year olds' minds, I respectfully disagree. Being old doesn't give you a pass on being ignorant. Maybe I've been spoiled because I had the pleasure of having open minded grandparents though lol. I hope to keep learning things into my 90s, and not be given a free pass out of pity! A lot of it is guilt I think--many genuinely wonderful elderly folks don't want to admit that X or Y was a horrible stain on our country's history because they feel defensive. They want to think that if truly atrocious things are happening, they'd have known about or tried to stop it. And the past is a different country. But outside of academia, if we want to be proud of our country's achievements, we should be ashamed of its mistakes. Why should I be proud of [a famous historical battle], yet when it comes to [a crime against humanity that ended uncomfortably recently] be told "well you can't judge them, it was a different time." (Tried to make it non-country specific, fill in your own country's moments of pride and shame as appropriate :P) And there's a limit, too. You said you can't judge Julius Caesar for killing a million Gauls because he didn't think they were human... but then you mentioned it was good we judged and executed Nazis (which I agree with, we should have killed more imo! Nazis, that is, not Gauls). But that isn't consistent, is it? Julius Caesar had a different world view than us, and didn't view his victims as humans... well I'd hope we don't share the same world view as Nazis, and the Nazis didn't think of their victims as humans either. As a history Grad, we should understand why people did things without agreeing with them. Julius Caesar committed genocide, and he obviously didn't view himself as a war criminal (ok, maybe the senate, but not in the same way we view a "war criminal"), but we can understand that and still acknowledge the horror of his actions. I wrote essays on how the Nazis rose to power, and learned about their world views and motivations. That understanding made me hate them more, even. I think people take the "we can't judge people using modern morals" thing too literally.

In America we got "castle doctrine"

This first story about the independent store closing sounds exactly like the independent store that I used to visit that closed

If someone told me I'd pay a woman less then a man for the same job if i hired them for my store they'd be banned from my store on the spot. State lines are the literal border, towns on, split or near them have a particular culture that's noticeably different then that deeper in said state. Exceptions are places like Nevada where Primm is a miniature Vegas and places that are extensions of a city like the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.

Some time follower. First time commenter. I just wanted to hear some horror stories but then I was sucked in. I really like to hear your intelligent and grounded takes on so many issues revolving around the life of (young) people. It really helps me too with some confidence issues and I am 41 😄 I wish I had someone like this when I was going to the worst times. Great work. Like with the women football issue, I often catch myself thinking "Yea but there is an underlining issue..." and then you go a bit on a tangent and explain the issue. I really like it. I just started to return to the hobby after not doing it since 3rd edition. And it has been hard. Being on and off for few years now. Starting and getting frustrated and disappointed and dropping it. But now I finally organized my painting spot. Bought some new miniatures and got first games in. Maybe I write about it at some time. But this channel really helps. Thanks

20:38 there are many reasons for a gender pay gap - for those interested I think Jordan Peterson has a compelling arguments eg men work outside, prepared to travel, work more dangerous jobs, work jobs where the pay is scalable etc and yes women hit their 30's and have choices to make: a family or career for example. This is not to say the career is better than a family. But if we are talking about gender pay gap, these are some of the reasons for it, not just the fact that someone has an XY chromosome. Only recently found your channel and have been enjoying the stories, thanks so much!

I wish American law worked that way. If it did Jack the baker, and apparently the only cake baker in all of Colorado wouldn’t have had to spend several fortunes defending himself in state and federal court over the years for “discrimination”. Over the apparent crime of having activist march into his shop knowingly targeting him, and demanding that he no just sell them a cake, which he happily would. But, specifically make a cake and use his talents and business to promote and celebrate a behavior that his religious convictions directly for it him from promoting or celebrating. He even keeps a list of other reputable bakers who he trusts and are willing to perform the service. When those alternatives are offered, the only response is a law suit. American rights are no longer protected. We have devolved into a class system where you are afforded greater or lesser access to legal protection based upon belief system. The best I’ve ever heard it presented is: The US is not a nation of laws and never has been, it’s a nation of political will and always will be. This shop owner is not safe from legal reprisal if he posts a sign or asks these disruptive people to leave, he is opening himself up to weaponized activism.

IT is a good path for someone without a clear passion. Working out might be something for the guy to try. Sometimes things that get you out of your head and into your physical body is what someone needs.

As a devout nationalist I'd like to chip in. If I was the store owner, I'd make it forbidden for political meetings to be held. That's how I'd bar them entry. Let them cancel me, they would otherwise be "upsetting" my other customers with their controversial opinions. I'd tell them: you're bad for my business, sod off. I'm sure if I do so once and word spreads, all the based dudes and dudettes will come shop with me. Besides, if you don't earn enough like a man, how can you even afford to buy my hobby stuff 🤡 Now I know I'll get shit for this but I've seen all the patterns discussed in your video before but in video games. Women activists will infiltrate, be nice at first but then start demanding more inclusion and spreading their neo-marxist ideologies. These people are actually a tiny minority, but they're efficient at being very loud and vocal. Only fear of how they might ruin your reputation is giving them any actual powers. The first step to break them is to take a stand and stop caring if they call you racist, homophobic, mysoginist or whatever. Just tell them: "thanks for noticing". Don't try to change their minds or explain yourself. I know I treat people fair, and I have nothing to prove to anyone. And you're not responsible for the thoughts of others.

It has been said, *_"Brevity......is the root of Wit."_* (e.g. quotes) "For all the good it does: *_W0KE-ness_* is tantamount to *_Brain C@ncer."_* (or) *"True Wisdom* comes from knowing just how much _we _*_Don't Know."_* (or) *"History* is a *_LlE_*_ agreed upon."_ (or) *"History* has been written by those who have _hanged _*_Heroes."_* (or) "The *Truth* is so precious a thing, it must be _protected_ by a _Bodyguard of _*_LlES."_* ~ Winston Churchill

I really relate to the guy about the woke takeover. Im an old-school union boy. I believe in a lot of these leftist ideas and ideals. But part of that is learning to live and love people that aren't like me. Im here for human interaction, not to preach. For all i know, im the idiot, after all. Part of wanting freedom and acceptance is accepting that people have their autonomy.

It's always the pretty girls. That's why I don't think we should recruit girls to the game. The right ones will find the hobby. Protect your passion.

The comment about people writing essays in the comments made me laugh since I write long comments wether I agree or disagree haha. Eh I don’t care if anyone reads or likes my comment Your videos just make me think is all and I just want to put down my thoughts lol

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Simps all, stick by your values, and don't bother debating SJWs they are ruled by emotions, not logic.

Came for the Warhammer 40k, stayed for the football rant 😛

There is a time and place for any political speakings. In the privacy of your own home. At least in the case of when it comes to our hobby (Mtg, warhammer, ttrpgs, etc.). From what I have found: politics in general, when not asked for ruins the hobby for everyone. Everyone (at my store at least), are very much mixed political beliefs, and any time politics start worming into convos that isn’t money related (the ever so common “man, taxes suck… LoL” type stuff), we all have this unspoken rule of “if politics start coming up, stop us.” Politics, extreme right, extreme left, they’re the thing thats ruining the hobby. It’s why I disagree with the idea to get rid of the far right (starts with a N, has a Z in there, and ends with a I!!) people is to make 40K more far Left (I recognize that 40K already is left, specifically older editions. ((I say personally that it’s more centered than ever, and it should be there.))), but all that would do is inject unnecessary politics from our modern era into a setting that is not really made for it? Not anymore at least. And that second story is a perfect example of WHY any political speak is just a cancer. Because as soon as someone says anything that doesn’t line up with someone else’s political standing, that’s it. Its over. We saw it with those girls going onto the net, and basically cancel culturing the store owner as soon as he said for them to chill.

I can never remember what STEM stands for... Science Technology... uh... Egg sandwiches and Monster hunting

“I get paid less at my job than you at your job” my sister in Christ you chose the job

The store owner getting libeled annonymously and having his customers bullied and peaceful shop used as a political recruitment lair can look at getting the bad people in court for tortious interference.

Here come the feminists geez run

Even women don’t watch women’s football. Mostly because most women don’t like football very much.

24:20 I worked on FIFA, from 17 till 19. Here's a fact that few people know: the women's teams had to be boosted by 25 percent to even come closer to the mid tier men teams, because playing in the WWC would've felt sluggish AF otherwise. Realistically, you can't have Rapinoe have the same stats as Trippier for example. 50:38 I disagree. Men strive to get better for one simple reason: better chances of a more suitable mating partner and automatically a better chance to pass on their genes. This is why at first we used to believe that competitivity is an essential male trait without really understanding why. If you were to remove procreation from the equation, men in general would lose their motivation for competition.

The ol’ Trojan horse method. Stay strong brothers

It's messed up how some use the hobby as a soapbox for their politics. All that kind of thing should be left at the door. Maybe then some people would realise it's ok to find common ground with somebody who you might not see eye to eye with on other matters. One thing i always enjoyed about when i was hobbying back in the day (1st and 2nd edition era) was that you'd go into a store and be meeting and getting along with people from completely different backgrounds. True diversity.

"Enough about the NHS, let's talk about slavery." LOL! What's next, religion?

Anyone who trivializes the hobby as "little toy soldiers" can't be surprised when Games Workshop doesnt pay the people working on those "Little toy soldiers" a decent wage. People who say that make it sound like its not a serious job yet expect a serious wage? I dont see other art forms making light of themselves by saying all any illustrator is doing is doodling on little bits of paper. If you say stuff like that the company will treat you like your job is a paper round. They'll say lighten up bud, its only toy solders Here have a beer in Bugmans Bar to dull your wits. You think too much. Here's a staff discount on Space Marines.

So, I don't particularly like football. I find watching it really boring and the fake injuries always get on my tits. However, women's football I find a bit more entertaining. A lot less fakery and they seem to go for it a lot more than the men teams do. In terms of pay, I don't think either gender should be earning thousands if not millions of £s for playing sports of all things.

North taking no prisoners 😂👌🏻 in the face of woke "go nuclear" 😂 amen

Having had a friend who worked with GW, and then went on to run his own hobby shop, the primary concern is that they’ll mess with your allocations, and hurt your ability to sell as a business. It’s not really about freebies or invites. Or at least that was the perception communicated to me.

In League Of Legends when Lucian first came out I greatly enjoyed accusing the champ that first killed him of being racist, insisting he didnt mean any harm, and using the hashtag 'justiceforLucian'. It was just a good larf.

I’m regards to the state line comment, it’s referring to the borders between states. I thought it would be worth mentioning for future understanding. Sorry if I came off as long winded

27:21 it’s like “bitch, be happy you ain’t working at Tescos and a lot of you are a bit rough looking to be ‘bobbing for promotions’ at an office” (I had to look up a Walmart equivalent in the UK)

The level of passion ❤ Also some home truths i had to hear today, following you ❤

Fun Fact, Women's football players get paid a higher percent of the income of the sport compared to men's football.

I wish i would've found your content years ago

I've agreed with you about many things, but never more so than women's football sucks. This may be extreme but I'd say it's even gayer than normal football, if you can believe such a thing. Joking aside though, women's football is a psyop.

I got into a vaccine debate that resulted in me getting kicked out of a hobby store and eventually charged with harassment. How do I send you my hobby nightmare? This one is a banger.

Mate as someone who's read Julius Caesar you are completely wrong. He didn't view them as sub-human, that wasn't a thing. He simply viewed the actions of the tribes as unjustified and against the intererests of the people of Rome. At least from what I read in the Gallic Wars, he definitely didn't view them as sub human.

For the first story, I think the people who "Glared" at you may have just been surprised to see a new face. TTG Gamers are notoriously shy and awkward, Id say give them a chance to surprise you.

Why is this guy going on a 20 minute tangent about women's sports? I thought this was a warhammer show

I encounter these woke people all the time going to clubs/bars. They're nice enough but they slip this shit in constantly. They want someone to challenge them because they don't get to preach to their like minded friends. The dance you have to learn is not to bite. To nod and smile and change the subject to normal stuff. I go out a lot with a younger friend and he has not learned this he takes the bait all the time. And it ruins his night he's stuck there debating a girl all night who wont let him leave but also isn't going to go home with him. I just leave him and pick him up at the end of the night now. His sad trapped face as i walk away with normal girls is a little funny haha.

30:00 MY MAN JUST SAID YOU BROKE OMERTA dude I just discovered this channel and this patrice o neal reborn brit is my new fucking hero.

Dude I love you, the woke story and the football comments made me laugh my ass off.

As an American I was like “there is women’s football??” Oh wait he means soccer 😂😂😂

38:10 new viewer, first time seeing your channel and I subbed instantly after that! Loving your videos in the background as I paint.

This is why gatekeeping is a good thing.

This is the most based episode.

Mr north. I think saying Cesar didnt see the gauls as human might be ideology. His commentaries are political in nature, he is trying to sell himself. That is to say your reasoning right i think your example is shakey.

The idea that we should invest in women's football for children is feminist. Not in a bad way, just wanted to let you know.

These ppl were probably attracted originally by GW's "Get out" letter.

How much did i miss

Listen to North. He knows bad football - he is a Liverpool fan after all :)

24:51 counter insurgency can be fun.

I don't watch football. But women's professional basketball is like watching a decent high school team with good fundamentals. They are SOOOOO slow and extremely awkward.

Hey man, what's the video game you're playing as you record? It looks epic.

If anyone brings up politics in an environment totally unconnected with political topics my immediate and strong response is to say: "If you want to talk politics, go join your local political party. We are not here to discuss politics, leave it at the door or don't walk through it."

Mates before muff!

ROFL bruh. I live in murica, and my healthcare is objectively better than yours.

16:20 I agree with you, as I get older, I find myself caring less and less about the opinions of other people. So much so, in fact, that 9 times out of 10, I won't even read replies on the internet.

I think you might have gotten stoic wrong.

Woke hobbiest ruin hobby store? This is why gate keeping is so important. Garantee if someone has pronouns in their bio, they will be a woke nightmare!

They also get beaten out by teenage boys, I rather watch the teenage boys then the major league women's team if they are that bad.

53:07 Did you mean the prequels? Because Disney threw out his treatment for the sequel trilogy.

I disagree and thus the reasons are...

Mate, your perspective on how and why the gender pay gap exists is spectacularly bad. You come so close to getting it but then swing round and try to blame individual choice for systemic problems. It's pretty close to old man shouts at clouds territory

I know this has probably been asked a million times but, What game is this? I've gotten into 40k and it looks ace. (It doesn't look like Space hulk 1995 that is tagged)

24:10 ive heard once that Australian women's national football team did match against team of 15 year old boys and lost 7-0

I hate people who are overly zealous and misguided in it, but I truly look at anti-woke crusaders as less than what I scrape off my shoe.

Nursing is a lower paid job? I feel the wage gap can occur higher up in the corporate world or something. Amongst the common folk we get paid the same. The only thing I found egregious about all this football talk is you clearly meant soccer but kept referring to it as football. I feel like you can recognize a despot no matter what time period. You just need to think pragmatically and put aside personal feelings and bias if you want to understand history. Alos, look into mantic games. Its way better game system and like two thirds cheaper.

Imo women's football is shit because they try to play like the men and not push to their strong points like women would be better at skill than physicality so they should lean towards the flair aspect idk I'm waffling at this point

The ruination of friendly, collegial, and fun spaces always starts with women. I know people hate to hear it but if you have a space that you can just enjoy with your bros keep women away at all costs. Sex segregated spaces need to make a comeback.

If you back someone up, even if they are wrong...YOU ARE SHYTE. You literally judge others in a hypocritical way. Complain about them supporting wrong people because of reasons you disagree with. Then expect the same for yourself. And, I doubt you'd even do anything for your bro. You sound like a bully.

Homie wrote a novel when a note would have worked!

Why are jobs that are considered 'womens jobs' paid less? Think there is a argument for historical inequality still affecting current pay.

24:11 double to those wimpering quims in the wnba.