A Solid 30 Minutes of Me Explaining My State's Ridiculous Fence Laws 

I hated every moment of making this video.

Finally he addressed Missouri fence laws. His silence on this has been deafening

this doesnt even feel like an april fools video considering how diverse your content can be

"Hey man, what'd you do on your day off work?" "Oh the usual. Listening to a man spend 30 minutes explaining fence law for a state I don't live in."

30 minutes?! I'm not sure if I want to watch this in full, I'm still on the fence about it.

As a resident of MO, I can't wait to make 25 bucks off two idiots arguing over a fence.

As a Swedish person, living in Sweden, I did not need to watch this, at all. None of this information will ever be useful to me. But I can now say that I've watched it, I know more about Missouri's fencing laws than I do about my current place, and I'm absolutely fine with all that. Thank you, Austin, well done!

I think the lesson of this video is if you are nice to your neighbors and decide to work with them with your problems you won’t have to deal with stupid laws.

This is actually not useless information.

I didn’t even realize this was an April fools video until I looked at the comments. I watched every second of this and thought it was a normal Austin McConnell video.

As a Missouri citizen who is planning to build a fence soon, thank you for this.

The title said 30 minutes of discussing fences. I clicked on it, and that’s what I got. 10/10

New d&d alignment unlocked: lawful fence

The 3 person committee is so funny to imagine. You're just minding your farming buisness and some judge rolls up and tells you to determine who's fence fault it was. I'm imagine secret bribes and deals to lie in court. Id watch the hell out of this

I live in a Missouri suburb. Once the HOA tried to prohibit us from extending our 4ft fence into a 6ft fence because they claimed the yard on the other side of our backyard was not in fact our neighbors yard, but actually our second front yard behind our backyard. It was a headache but we got the fence up months later.

In Ontario, Canada, and I know in some US States, instead of a committee of residents, there is a whole job title called "Fence Viewers" employed by local governments, whos entire job is to arbitrate fencing disputes and keep it out of the courts.

An easy fix my ex-FIL taught to avoid all this BS... Build the fence 6" inside your property line. No one can attach to it and you maintain your own fence.

Thankyou so much, my neighbor tommy was raising chickens on my property, and I husbanding carrots on his. We were in a big fight, with pitchforks, and torches, and then we found your video. You have saved lives.

"Do you want to participate in arbitration over your neighbor's property?" "No." "PERFECT! Come with me. "

It makes me wonder when Farmer Bill and Farmer Ted are going to finally end this childish routine and admit their love for each other.

I didn’t think I would be learning about Missouri fencing laws today

Sounds like it could be a movie with a neighbor who moves from California to buy a small farm in Missouri but gets roped into paying for a new fence and has to jump through a litany of obstacles just to not over pay for it and constantly getting dragged into court by his neighbor. It includes a cast of three "uninterested" and unintelligent locals who only serve to make the process longer and more complicated as they extend the process to receive those lucrative 5 dollar checks. He finally completes his task of jumping through as much beurocratic red tape as possible only to be sued by the neighbor on the other side of his property, starting the whole process all over again.

As a German citizen living in Germany, this was probably the best video I watched all day. I love these long niche videos about topics that are completely unrelated to anything in my life.

I know this is a joke, but this is the kind of random, mundane, highly specific, but somehow oddly compelling stuff I live for

This video feels like an ASMR video someone in a movie or TV show would watch, only for the episode to end with them getting the bad guy of the week on a fencing-related technicality.

I didn't need 5 seconds, I clicked so fast after reading the title. Weird fence laws are exactly what my ADHD brain craves.

when you're trying to take a break from law school by watching an austin mcconnell video during lunch, and then he talks about fence law for 30 mins

I’ve literally been spending the entire day writing an essay about the social implications of fences and you post this video

22:00 Holy shit the level of absolute done with your shit anger on "... for *_FARMERS"_* is so funny

As a Missourian, I can guarantee you, it is essential for us to know all these rules by heart.

"No person may take up as a stray any unbroken animal between the first day of April and the first day of November" I'm sure there is a very simple, tedious, and completely reasonable reason behind the time range, but this is hilarious. Reminds me of how it's illegal to hitch a giraffe to a lamppost or keep a donkey in a bathtub in New York, shoot a whale from a movie vehicle in California, hunt whales at all in Ohio, or ride a donkey down Main Street in Galveston Texas in the month of August, _unless_ said donkey is wearing a straw hat.

I haven't even started watching the video but I saw the title and immediately thought "Yes." I'm ALWAYS down for an "Austin McConnell rants about something niche that has no bearing on my life" video.

I wasn't sure why I was so excited about this and then I remembered I have autism and then it all made sense.

I just love the stare he has, its so mesmerizing every time he does one of these that i just cant stop watching. It makes me laugh every time. Great concept, really love it.

You can hear the histories of everyday problems in these laws. Fences are no joke -- disputes over a single fence destroyed the social fabric of my neighborhood when I was a kid. Like, people who used to be friends and a community who put on events together stopped talking to each other for years and became hostile as a direct consequence of a fence being erected by one individual. The legal and social consequences cascaded from there but the problems with property, trust, and community are really embodied with the fence; it's purpose and what it represents.

This is exactly the kind of content I signed up for

What a breathtaking view of how local laws work. As a practicing Canadian I have often pondered the dilemma that people of Missouri face on a daily basis. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for such a great report on this obviously very important issue. Have a great day.

This really is a 30min video about fence laws in Missouri. And I watched the whole thing…

Can’t tell if this is an April Fools prank or just a regular video. I’m here for it

I don't think I've ever watched your videos before, but when 30 minutes of fencing law pops up, I'm watching it.

I was way more excited about this before I realized it was an April Fools video. You made my favorite kind of content, for April Fools. As a joke. Ouch. Enjoying the video! Slightly sad this isn't a series, I really want a tree law video next

You might think this is all excessive for fence law but having lived in rural Anatolia where not just fence law but property law itself is, to put it lightly, lax having all this legally written down saves a lot of headaches later on.

a riveting watch. thanks, austin.

Some people might pronounce it as 'misery' but I pronounce it 'well that was a delightfully spent half an hour'

"And that, in so many words, is an explanation of Missouri's fencing laws..." Huh, is 30 minutes up already? For some reason that felt shor- "...FOR FARMERS?!!" Ohhhhhhh. :D Let the fence law summary continue!

This is the most exciting Bill & Ted fanfic docu farm fencing film, that I've ever seen. I love this.

This is my first video of yours I've seen. I choose to believe you have a special interest in farming litigation and have a channel full of videos about arcane farming regulations across the US.

for that 5 seconds at the start i thought it was gonna be a 30 minutes of silence it was way, way better than that

The best video on the internet. Well done. There is a comedy screenplay in this somewhere. Two farmers going to war over a fence and the county judge that hears them every time.

You present all this as if it's some bizarre thing, but in my mind this all makes sense - practically speaking, these aren't actually rules that apply or are followed **all the time**, they're rules that apply ONLY if someone pisses off someone else enough to bother the government to do something about it.

As a Missourian I didn't know our fence laws are insanely complicated and somehow I'm not surprised.

This is probably the most Austin McConnell video ever made.

"...for FARMERS--" 😑 Oh, I burst out laughing at that part! 😂

This feels like a very pointed response to an extremely petty and protracted fence dispute and I love it

"...causing problems." *shotgun slide sound with intense zoom in on the farmer's face* Austin, you had me cackling 🤣

I’m get away with so many fence related crimes once I find all the loopholes

this is the type of content I subscribed for no really I mean it

Austin: *posts half an hour talking about specific laws on a country I dont live in, on a dtate I'm not even planning to visit anytime soon. Me: "Interesting..."

The worst part was the fact my thing fritzed out and paused without me telling it to after you said “and you’re going to be spending the next five seconds deciding if you want to be a part of that” I got a double dose of the gag because of technology

The subtle social commentary about how absurd everything is in this legal nightmare about the most ridiculous and hilariously mundane things is the cherry on top. Managing to make a point as a joke is quite a feat I say.

AustinMcConnell: "this video is so dumb nobody will watch it" my home office neurodivergent ass: "HOLD MY FENCE!"

I get the feeling Austin has had some very unfriendly exchanges with his neighbors over this topic.

The fact that you used Bill & Ted for this makes it so much better. I want a "Bill & Ted: Bogus Fence" movie.

What if your fence is on a county boundary?? Does it have to meet 3 (at least) different sets of laws?

this is an offenceively high-effort april fools video. exactly what i subscribed for.

Dude, more of this. Amazing.

I genuinely can’t tell if this is an April Fools joke or not. Which if you think about it is the best kind of April Fools joke.

So if you can get $5 in additional fees for an open gate, does that mean if livestock gets through, even if no damage is done to your property, you can sue for $5?

My man is definitely a homeowner

Well I can categorically state that that's the only worthwhile video posted in effort to April fools day. What a ride!

I'm an old Missourian. I can remember "open range" down here in the Southern Ozarks. That made doing 60 MPH on two-lane roads very interesting. On one of my farms, the guy next door was always having problems with his cattle knocking down the fence. We took care of it like gentlemen. I went and helped him fix the fence. The cattle didn't do anything but eat some grass and leave a few cowpies. BTW, trespass laws are not synonymous with fence laws. If it ain't your land, stay off of it if you don't have permission to be on it. There are various levels of trespass. My boundaries are distinctly marked by fences, ditches, purple paint, or purple tape. People may think fence laws are insignificant, but they aren't. Good fences, make good neighbors.

God i love channels that post whatever they want. I could get a video about how to fight a bear or i could get a video on fences. There's no guessing what coming next.

Good old Missouri am I right? The firefighters got called on us because we were burning sticks in our backyard, and then like a week later, our neighbors did it and didn't get in trouble! HOW IS THAT FAIR?!

This is one of your best videos just for being so entertaining and interesting.

Ha, jokes on you! I'm a relatively recently new Missouri homeowner who is considering replacing a fence, so this video is actually relevant to me!

This is the type of mundane shit I subscribed for.

Wasn't there a movie "Bill and Ted's excellent fence legal adventure" ?

Mr McConnell, we appreciate these videos more than you truly know. It is literally so monotony-breaking and entertaining on a long car drive. Love all your work and encourage you to please keep going when possible.

"for farmers" caught me way off guard

This feels like a classic Austin McConnell video

It took me 26 minutes to realize that this was an april fools video. I was invested the whole time.

This is awesome. We live in DFW, around age 50, aiming to retire in 3-5 years and move to Southern Missouri. Stuff like this is great!

Now I'm waiting for the followup video showing this video being used as expert testimony in court.

So... is this your subtle way of telling us that this is going to be the big baddie in the BBCU finale in SuperZeroes right? I can see it now, the Sensational Cat-Man vs Missouri Fence Law.

I actually am needing to build a fence here within the next few months, and so this April Fool's video is going to prove very helpful for me!

Fascinating. Surely, this information will save my life one day, when I find myself involved in a fence-related kerfuffle within the great state of Missouri.

just finished watching this video, it was worth every second

April fools is always a gift on RU-vid every series we thought ended now has a continuation!

Is it weird that I, a Swedish woman (that's living in Norway), listened to this with *way* more interest than anything I ever learned in school?

This is the most Austin video Austin has ever videoed.

I had to stop at min 13, when you said "increasingly annoyed judge", and take a break 🤣 I would hope that in school, the "orienter" (the person that helps kids choose a profession), would tell the kid that his life as a judge will revolve around this law ! 🤣

I didn't know SquareSpace was in Missouri law

I thought this was an April Fool's joke, but I looked up the statutes and they're real.

It would appear that the jokes on you, I not only live in Missouri, but I’ve also built a couple fences with my dad, this topic not only peeks my interest, but is even somewhat relevant!

As a city planner in Missouri, this was fascinating. I am so bound up working with local regs I had never stopped to think about state/unincorporated areas dealt with it.

This is glorious

Remember, every law is the result of someone being petty, angry, or evil

Lmao, I forgot it was April 1st. Even so, video was actually very interesting. My dad has built and taken down fences willy nilly. Luckily he doesn't have neighbors and is just surrounded by fields. So no one has complained or stopped him lmao. My bf also said that some person dug up a big ditch back in his home town and put pigs in it. I asked him if there were any fences, and apparently not! Them pigs could get out whenever and cause mayhem. Nonetheless, the person has not been caught and is free out there somewhere 😂😂

Austin, between you and Adam Ragusea, i feel like I've shifted to coming along for the ride, regardless of the actual topic . Thank you for being you.

Any Austin McConnell video that is titled "a solid X minutes of" is a must watch if for no other reason than it incentives Austin McConnell to make further "a solid X minutes of" videos, and I thrive off of your minor annoyance.