Cruise Ships: How Boomers Destroyed the World

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Boomers, Cruise Ships, and The End of The World
Cruise ships might make you think of margaritas, relaxed boomers, and visions of tropical paradise. But is there a dark underbelly to an industry that’s seemingly all fun in the sun? And are the boomers taking these cruises secretly doing it at our expense?? We’ll explain in this video on Cruise Ships: How Boomers Destroyed the World.
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Written by Amanda Scherker
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Mark Potts
Produced by Olivia Redden
Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
#cruise #boomer #culture
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@oopsididamaterialism8113 Месяц назад

Boomers will say 15 minute cities are the most terrifying thing they can imagine, then pay five grand to visit one in the middle of the ocean.

@johnascialpi5247 29 дней назад

Do boomers say that about 15 minute cities? Is it becuase they love cars?

@Window4503 29 дней назад

@@johnascialpi5247yes. Boomers tend to leave critical comments on 15 minute city videos and articles. A notable number think that it’s a method of control to limit people’s resources and mobility. They tend to assume that wanting less car dependency is equivalent to being forced to be carless.

@birdiewolf3497 29 дней назад

@@Window4503 Well honestly screw them and their dumb ass needs for cars. The infrastructure is crazy expensive. They don’t want to pay for it or maintain it.

@themeanhornet1070 28 дней назад

There is a huge difference between a city and being on the ocean with others with our same mindset, tax bracket, and pay grade.

@oldcowbb 28 дней назад

"not with the poor"

@tysonasaurus6392 Месяц назад

Ho Chi Minh was a cruise chef as young man for a French cruiseline which naturally was alienating enough for him to want to start a revolution in Vietnam

@TheArtist808 Месяц назад

😮😮😮

@artemismoonbow2475 29 дней назад

Bingo

@chimchim2_ 27 дней назад

Is this true? If so 🤯

@jebeda 27 дней назад

@@chimchim2_ Wikipedia talks about jobs as a cook's assistant on a "merchant steamer" and a "ship" and there is reference to a potential pasty chef job in England and on a ferry, but no explicit mention of a "cruiseline" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh

@dietwald 16 дней назад

@@chimchim2_ I think op was being cheeky.

@LonkinPork Месяц назад

so basically for the passengers, a Caribbean cruise is a way to microdose imperialism, but the cruiseline is taking a Heroic dose

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

well put.

@K1ng1995 Месяц назад

It's easy to say that when most people who take cruises are just your average John or Jane doe with limited funds or PTO and want to see the world in a limited amount of time

@toppedtop5787 Месяц назад

What if a cruise around stricly western nations?@@WisecrackEDU

@soonny002 Месяц назад

@@K1ng1995Two wrongs don't make a right. The average Joe needs to strive to be above average. We all need to do better, or else we won't have a future.

@LonkinPork Месяц назад

@@K1ng1995 idk what you want from me man. maybe impoverished nations deserve better than to hinge their economies on providing Service Industry comfort to the worst kinds of people.

@alexxx4434 Месяц назад

The space ship in Wall-E was very much a cruise liner.

@leandrojavier4106 Месяц назад

"A is for Axiom, your home sweet home. B is for Buy N Large, your very best friend."😅😅😅

@lexa_power 29 дней назад

I agree to an extent but there’s many type of cruisers. I met people on each cruise I’ve taken who take advantage of the gym classes offered on the ship and swim and take advantage of the open smoothie bar and the healthy food options. So there’s many muscular and fit people on cruises as well.

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

@@lexa_powerTrue, I def think Wall-E has a dystopian view of human beings, and also a semi ableist one, assuming we would all just become large/fat and unable to walk through our own actions over time. And to also be fair, most people on reg cruises IRL aren’t there for life to escape earth for years at a time.

@mysticking16 7 дней назад

For a family movie WALL-E is insanely dark

@des_antilles Месяц назад

As a Caribbean person trapped here with little opportunity (except in hospitality) listening to this feels like a bad dream. They're building a hotel close to me that's going to rely on the already limited water resources. Not to mention we're already feeling the consequences of global warming 💀

@milkdrinker7 Месяц назад

Have you considered pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? Get a small loan of a million dollars from your father and start a company. Get that bread!

@des_antilles Месяц назад

@@milkdrinker7 yes lol

@RemnantCult Месяц назад

Regular people in the US got your back. We will all make it, somehow and some way.

@DictatorDraco 29 дней назад

How is your internet infrastructure there? I know it's not a systemic solution, but maybe it can help one or a few people. You or any of your friends want to learn to code? I'll tutor and mentor you at no cost to try and help out. Would need to figure out how often, for how much time, and till when, but it's the best way I can think of to help out. Other suggestions appreciated

@des_antilles 29 дней назад

@@DictatorDraco Our connection here is fairly good. I'm actually doing Harvard's CS50 course atm but I'm definitely open to more conversation. You'll let me know how to contact you

@deathlytree434 Месяц назад

Theres no homeless people to see on a cruiseline. my mothers affluent friend she made on the cruiseline laughed and said " not a homeless person in site" before my mom let her know we used to sleep on the streets and we arent rich

@lesslycarthan956 29 дней назад

She didn't go to level 3

@williambrasky3891 21 день назад

Look, if there’s one positive about a cruise, it’s the ease with which ppl seem to fall off their balconies in the middle of the night, never to be seen again.

@luisalejandro2335 21 день назад

I would’ve told you mom “my point still stands”. I mean, I feel bad y’all were homeless but nobody likes to see homelessness while on vacation.

@laurenm3148 18 дней назад

Great point - houselessness can be disappared

@larryfoster8820 18 дней назад

Most people who work on ships don't have a home

@jeremybridge9296 Месяц назад

I was a bartender on a cruise ship 10 years ago and I've been wishing someone would make a video essay like this for quite some time. You guys nailed it.

@johnchedsey1306 Месяц назад

I hope you made enough money to deal with the PTSD (I was a bartender in a regular sports bar for a few years and that still gives me nightmares)

@JanaeSmith Месяц назад

Working for the rich is traumatizing

@domhuckle Месяц назад

There's so much more to go into - they're such floating prisons of dispair that I'm not even sure it's good for the passengers - it's bond villain stuff

@johncasey1020 5 дней назад

So, did you get laid alot ?

@user-vy1kk4ug8o 19 дней назад

i’ve been on a few cruises and actually always hated the experience of the ports. they were obviously catered to cruise tourism and i tried really hard to venture out a bit to eat and shop at local businesses. when we got to st. maarten, i asked someone where i could get a good local meal, and they pointed me to a restaurant on the pier. i said “no, literally local, like something you would make.” he looked at me like i was a strange creature, talked me through the walk i should take, and i ended up at a little house with a home cooked meal for $3. everyone seemed incredibly grateful that i ventured out the tourist trap to support them instead. that day opened my eyes a bit.

@davemccage7918 19 часов назад

Yeah, but was all that diarrhea really worth it?

@bobtaylor170 6 часов назад

I'm 72, and can't imagine wanting to go on a cruise. Now, a boat, not luxurious, but a little better than Motel 6, which took me straight to the nice Caribbean islands, let me hang around each for a few days, then took me right back to America, would be very nice.

@Dethmaster64 Месяц назад

Bill Burr should’ve gotten a screenwriting credit for inspiring Triangle of Sadness with his bit about cruises

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

My favorite Bill Burr bit is functional psychos and punching muffins.

@makhalid1999 Месяц назад

Micheal outside of his office?? He finally touching gras- oh wait that's a green screen 😞

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

Touching green screen.

@Blue2x2x Месяц назад

Meh, if he was actually on a cruise. The grass would be artificial regardless... Just like the culture on the cruise itself.

@narutofan08nd12 Месяц назад

Well at least they're both green

@vazzaroth Месяц назад

@@WisecrackEDU IT'S JUST AS GOOD! (this message paid for by the green screen manufacturers guild)

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

@@WisecrackEDUA green screen can be anything. It's like the Willy Wonka of backgrounds. It could be grass... or it could be the distressing and traumatic tunnel scene that that majority of actors were not aware of and is in no way fitting the tone of the movie or original book. "Pure imagination"

@been3954 Месяц назад

"The person that avoids reality by listening to podcasts." I feel called out. I don't know if I keep watching.

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

This is me so I get it.

@lexa_power 29 дней назад

I don’t avoid reality - but after my most recent self deletion attempt I’ve been focusing on podcasts to keep the bad thoughts away. When my ex husband walked out on me and i tried to self delete, the only thing that made me forget about my shitty life is was podcasts 24/7. Got me through some rough times. Now that I’ve discovered cruising I’m doing much better. Cruising genuinely saved my life. Wouldn’t be here without it as i love travel but can’t afford hotels or restaurants. Did an MSC 11 day cruise recently for $600 out the door all inclusive. Versus a hotel is at least $200-300 a night anywhere in a big city.

@gordonmills2748 Месяц назад

I went to the Bahamas (but not on a cruise) and the seething resentment towards tourists underneath the smiles was palpable from the locals. But I got out of the bubble and went to a restaurant far beyond the tourist areas. Fantastic meal.

@steve19811 16 дней назад

and the resentment is the problem and why the "local" will be the losers of history.....

@watamatafoyu 14 дней назад

Ironically the tourist areas are being bought up and cordoned off so the tourists generally just see themselves.

@michaels.starnes194 13 дней назад

So what do the locals have on their own to attract any one to see?

@aspiring... 5 дней назад

Tourism is a necessary evil. Many Caribbean islands depend on them. I just wish it was somehow less exploitative and tourists weren't as insufferable.

@domhuckle Месяц назад

Former cruise ship worker - nailed it! Next time talk about the modern form of slavery in service with 3rd world populations at the whim of rich tourists and the inherent racism that and the tier based class system of shiplife

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

Idk if you’d like it, but there is kind of a show that talks about this. It’s called “White Lotus”, and basically follows rich tourists in various areas, and the workers, especially natives, who have to deal with them. The richies are clearly not good people, and it has Jennifer Coolage in it.

@carlosrivas1629 20 дней назад

go away moron, it sounds like a tough job but dam, how spoiled are we that this is a bad problem. socialism sucks and so do you.

@carlosrivas1629 20 дней назад

your a moron, absolutely, the cruise lines probably barely get by. yes costa concordial would have been better off hiring crew only from Italy who speak the language. everything is about nor breaking the bank or staying int he red, you had to see that while on that ship. economies of scale, trust, let Joe Biden and the economy shift and those evil cruisers will forking vanish like a fart in the wind. everything is delicate, everyone was a stolen land of someone else, get the fork over it.

@olgasaenzc Месяц назад

As a traveler, I think cruiseships are sort of a travel-wannabe. Not daring to take an inch out of the comfort zone or their country, but 'traveling'. I did and enjoyed a cruise ship once (invited by a friend) and I absolutely loved all the 'enchanted world" feeling, but 'traveling' is something else, opening the mind, learning, and way more than walking a fake town. I wish cruiseship passengers wouldn't replace (or confuse) traveling with going on a cruiseship. Thank you Wisecrack! Brilliant as usual!

@jchris333 Месяц назад

I do both. Please get off you high horse.

@snowangelnc Месяц назад

@@jchris333 She also said that she's done both, and is encouraging people that only cruise to do both. If you have a problem with that and feel the need to try to shame her for stating a valid opinion, then it looks like you're the one up there on that horse.

@jhonshephard921 Месяц назад

Yep, traveling like Ibn Batuta or Marco Polo is very different than what people do today, especially a cruise. Edit: Actually, Ibn Batuta might be kind of a counter example because in many cases he did stick close to wealthy Muslims even when going to China or Africa.

@joseayala2940 Месяц назад

Exactly!!, I've been to 3 cruise ships but to me that isn't an Authentic Traveling Experience.

@tiffanyferguson829 Месяц назад

You know most people get on cruise ships because it's affordable. I would have never been able to afford going to go to three different locations in one trip any other way.

@christianhall5533 Месяц назад

I’ve done a few cruises in the past, and I’ve got to say, i agree with a lot of this video. It quickly became clear that any time we spent on the islands was “scripted”. I actually made notes of some of the islands that I’d like to fly back to and spend more time on, so I could see more of the actual culture but then, ya know, I had to make sure i could afford groceries. Another thing that shows the influence of the cruise lines on the islands is that the “locally made” items like bracelets and necklaces just so happen to be on every excursion. Cruises are fun, but man there’s a ton of negative aspects that just make it hard to be comfortable with.

@K1ng1995 Месяц назад

I'm going on the 7000 Tons of Metal Cruise its a heavy metal cruise gonna see some of my favorite bands 🤟🤘

@christianhall5533 Месяц назад

@@K1ng1995man that sounds awesome

@steve19811 16 дней назад

The locals have horrific mindsets, it's not the cruisers fault.....

@pooplole 8 дней назад

@@steve19811 What does this even mean?

@josephde-haan1074 Месяц назад

These floating cities have always been the symbol I point to of our dystopian, consumerist, capitalist societies. There has been nothing historically from the most powerful dynasties that have even come close to matching it. It's absolutely nuts.

@davemccage7918 19 часов назад

Are you just mad because you can’t even afford an interior stateroom on the cheapest carnival 2 day cruise? It’s ok, just keep complaining about capitalism enough and you’ll be rich too someday! 🤗

@josephde-haan1074 18 часов назад

@@davemccage7918 How did you guess?

@davemccage7918 18 часов назад

@@josephde-haan1074 Because 99% of people that complain about capitalism lack there own capital (ie. are broke) and the remaining 1% are grifters and politicians that want to increase their own wealth and power by pandering sad boy commie ideals.

@patgriffith9176 Месяц назад

You need to do a part 2 that talks about the cruise lines hiring practices. Like how they recruit housekeeping staff from the Philippines- only. Or how the entertainment staff are hired from the US and UK - only. There is an entire caste system below decks.

@4BYSSALTEETH 20 дней назад

i once saw someone talk about a similar pseudo-caste system in hospitals. the doctors skew white, the doctors' assistants skew east asian, the janitorial staff skews latino, and the culinary staff skews black. emphasis was placed on how often each group was seen by patients

@carlosrivas1629 20 дней назад

No the singers have to speak llanguage of the passengers, wow your reachhing around so far giving yourself a reach around, this is retarded logic.

@davemccage7918 19 часов назад

Umm, that’s probably because being an entertainer for English speaking guests is kinda hard when you don’t speak English. Meanwhile folding sheets doesn’t require it.

@patgriffith9176 10 часов назад

True, but a large majority of the entertainment staff don't speak. They are dancing or playing instruments.

@carlosrivas1629 9 часов назад

@@patgriffith9176 cool. and reminder the pandemic nearly killed the cruise liner industry,

@carlgreen8972 Месяц назад

"Pave paradise and put up a parking lot"

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

*Jay of Kevin Smith Films takes up permanent residence in each parking lot, constantly doing the Buffalo Bill thing*

@sandythemaster6898 Месяц назад

"They took all the trees put 'em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em"

@axdillingham6658 Месяц назад

@@sandythemaster6898 Sadly, that's relatively cheap for a museum

@Jasondurgen 27 дней назад

@@axdillingham6658relatively cheap??? All museums I’ve been to in my life have had an entry fee of about $40-$60 per person. A dollar and a half is crazy

@TheCalmack 26 дней назад

@@Jasondurgen museums are free in England, come and see all the shit that our overlords got us to steal

@holyfool343 Месяц назад

This dichotomy was really brought home for me way back in 1999, when I traveled to Istanbul with my brother, and an elderly couple we knew well were on a Mediterranean cruise that happened to dock in Istanbul during our stay. Whereas my brother and I went as local as we could, e.g. taking the commuter tram and eating at restaurants favored by locals, our friends were stuck in a little enclave of sorts in which every employee spoke perfect English, restaurants served familiar American food, and everything was pristine and spotless. Of course, the enclave was surrounded by prison-level high fences and barbed wire, and cruise travelers were discouraged from stepping foot outside. Aside from a day trip we took them on through the city, they experienced nothing that was unfamiliar to them. It was essentially the equivalent of just staying home in the USA, watching a documentary on Istanbul, and ordering takeout.

@kavehafshar1092 Месяц назад

From now on, Michael should do all Wisecrack videos with a Hawaiian shirt, a hat, and a margarita glass in his and.

@vazzaroth Месяц назад

Weird how everytime the question is "But how are they racking in so much money?", the phrase "avoids paying their taxes in the US" comes up. Anyway, on an unrelated note, I sure wish we could do UBI here in the US, too bad we'll NEVER figure out how to fund that!

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

Starving is cheaper. Even if it cost like 2 bucks to make insulin, if it isn't sold for $200, it wouldn't be capitalism

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

For real, we need UBI. Tho I think it should be based more on equity, since some people need more money to survive than others, especially the disabled who require assistance tools, meds, etc. And personally I love taxes, tho I hate paying them in the US because they fund war mostly. I know there are always gonna be things people, don’t always agree on their taxes being paid for, duh, but when we pay taxes and see basically little to no quality of life brought back through those funds, it’s gross.

@anthonydelfino6171 28 дней назад

its crazy how we handwring about how to fund anything that might benefit Americans, but can call emergency sessions of congress to pass another bill to send a couple billion dollars to Israel

@alexanderwerewitch 26 дней назад

Abolish inheritance, personal wealth caps under 10 mil, astronomically higher fines for creating public hazards (eg corporate/industrial waste, more automated traffic behavior registering, etc)...defundinf the military can finance most other reforms (eg education spending)

@ErutaniaRose 26 дней назад

@@alexanderwerewitch True.

@jeantoussaint9818 Месяц назад

Last Resorts: The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean. This is a great accompanying read for this subject. It's by the aforementioned Polly Patullo.

@Bartholomule01 Месяц назад

The U.S. simply improving healthcare could aid in making this industry less significant. My Dad says he might live on a cruise if it ever gets to a point that he would consider a retirement home because it would be way more enjoyable on a cruise than a retirement home and also CHEAPER because the U.S. is so sadastic with healthcare/adjacent services

@wwaitkus Месяц назад

I took a cruise last year with a group of friends, and I noticed quite a bit of the grey hair set camping out on board. They didn't do excursions, they didn't do shopping or most of the entertainment, and they were there because unlike a US "assisted living" community, the cruise ship was affordable. The cruise offered meals, laundry, room cleaning, and minor medical services with the price of a cabin. They talked about how cruise ships were a better bargain than assisted living on land and the staff was much friendlier. I don't blame them, but cruises take a hell of an environmental toll just to house people that could easily be helped on land if only the US population would wake the hell up to how much of their money goes toward wars and death and NOT actual quality of living.

@lexa_power 29 дней назад

@@wwaitkusthis is my retirement plan as well. I agree it’s not ideal but neither is rotting in a nursing home. I don’t really have any close friends or family and don’t want to be alone in my elder years.

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

Yaaaaaa.

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

@@wwaitkusExactly. The US needs to actually start caring for citizens instead of forcing them into environmentally damaging options and acting all fascist. Spending more money on bombs than any social service is so fucked. Edit: No I’m not saying pushing citizens into cruises is fascist. I’m saying in addition to it, there are systems built to fail us because they focus more on funding and supporting more fascist projects like the prison industrial complex, like imperial force through our military, like pushing nationalism, like so many things. People having to choose this option and not having good social systems is a byproduct of the US focusing on doing other things, many of which have fascist tendencies. Just look at our military, just look at Trump, just look at how we exploit other countries and still rely on slavery.

@TheCatvolador 27 дней назад

@@ErutaniaRoseI dont think you know the meaning of the words youre using, search what fascism means.

@cassiusdhami9215 Месяц назад

We've become such a boring, lazy, oblivious, empty society.

@cassiusdhami9215 Месяц назад

Thanks Boomers.

@BaconDragon Месяц назад

@@cassiusdhami9215remember to learn. Not to blame, we'll have our time but if we don't learn ourselves we fail

@bobtaylor170 6 часов назад

@@cassiusdhami9215look, you cannot generalize. A minority of Boomers control a lot of wealth. Most of us do not. I sure as Hell don't. I've been severely disabled since I was seven, and if you think a life lived on disability payments is plush, you don't understand.

@patrickabu3271 Месяц назад

I found this especially funny cause I just booked an Afro cruise from Sweden to Estonia…the irony is not lost on me (I’m Nigerian and more than 80% of the passengers are of African descent)

@Shaddowkhan Месяц назад

I'm from the Caribbean, while my entire island is relatively safe this is only because it pretty small. That said this is 100% on point.

@snowangelnc Месяц назад

I understand the reasoning that a ship would wait for a large group but not a few people that don't make it back to port. At the same time, it feels like another twist of the knife on the local economies that on almost every list of important things to remember about going on a cruise, there's always "Do not book anything locally or you'll risk being left behind if you get a flat tire or get caught in traffic. ONLY go on the official excursions offered by the cruise line."

@alannothnagle 27 дней назад

Just wondering: Do cruise ship crews keep precise tabs on who leaves and returns to the ship? If not, I could imagine that quite a few people simply disappear, one way or another.

@luclin92 26 дней назад

@alannothnagle pretty much its a quick like check using the tickets. Since they would at a bare minimum know who is supposed to be on the ship. Modern day technology makes that part pretty easy at least

@MmKayUltra1 Месяц назад

Consumption as identity: you are what you eat

@yautl1 Месяц назад

So if I start eating the rich, will that make me rich?

@murnshaw Месяц назад

The way Michael says "STUFF" made me lol IRL.🤣

@87morpheus11 Месяц назад

My coworker who loves cruises was telling me how she was yelling at a store clerk who didn't know what a bra was. I just politely nodded and kept my mouth shut even though I wanted to tell her she should be more considerate of their situation

@kikiTHEalien 21 день назад

What is their situation?

@Onodera1980 10 дней назад

I've never understood people who want to travel, but still be surrounded by everything familiar.

@lessthangio Месяц назад

Finally, I can spend hundreds of dollars to catch the flu on my way to different Rainforest Cafes.

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

😂

@robbriner9575 Месяц назад

As a late Boomer I went on 3 Caribbean cruises in the 1910s and this all looks accurate. I eventually learned that all shore excursions were a racket, one time going on a 2-hour drive to a fucking gift shop that had an okay view from a balcony -- that you had to walk through the giftshop to get to (followed by another 2-hour drive back to the ship). Shopping, poolside, eating, and drinking -- all excessive and manipulative only to find out that the crew typically works 12-hour days and depend on gratuities from departing passengers to earn barely decent wages. I would never do it again.

@LisaAnn777 Месяц назад

In the 1910s? So over a century ago? Lol

@Jasondurgen 27 дней назад

@@LisaAnn777lmao dude is a BOOMER’S boomer

@harri673 15 дней назад

So how was the titanic?

@RemnantCult Месяц назад

I was able to go to a carnival cruise with my old man when I was younger and it was quite the experience. My first time in such an environment full of endless pleasure, where I could eat, drink, and be merry without a single care. True excess. I can see how it can make someone addicted. I can also see how rich folks get addicted to it and this was only 1/100 of the experience. The destinations trump the on ship experience though, yet I did feel that we were sheltered. Me and my dad made it a point to leave the boundaries of the touristy areas and explore and that made the trip much better. I could then finally say that I've been to another country, especially one I had roots in. I'm glad I experienced a cruise but I'd rather a trip that's fulfilling spiritually and emotionally, not just in unrestrained pleasure. You can do better without participating in such a destructive system of tourism.

@mrjades4764 Месяц назад

Wow, this is eerily appropriate. My parents just got back from a cruise they took in Japan. They were going on about all the negative things they experienced like the limited amount of info about the places they stopped to check out coz they wanted you to do their paid tour and everything on the boat you had to pay extra “even tho it said it was all meant to be included, but apparently that was the premium package” and the quality of the staff and historians, etc.,, I wanted to say that’s because this is late stage capitalism and going on cruises and tours without even learning anything about the local cultures is so colonialist. Then I see your video just hours later and I feel so emboldened of my opinions!

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

Lol that's a bit "Yugen" good for you :)

@JanaeSmith Месяц назад

I think this might be your best video yet. It covers so many topics that are all encompassing and concentrated in this. I wish the people with their heads in the sand could see it. I'm only 42 and I've already mostly given up on changing anything ... (this fight has been my whole life...I even hated the Reagans when I was a kid) ... so God knows the boomers have totally given up on caring. I'm so sorry to the kids. That's part of why I didn't have any. So much destruction in so little time. There's going to be a massive layer of plastic in our brief history for future alien archaeologist to find. It's so embarrassing

@RichardServello Месяц назад

This is a good accompanying essay to Hassan Minhaj’s episode of Patriot Act. Probably could have mentioned him.

@MahoganyBlack Месяц назад

@25:45 That last bit really hit home. Just surviving these days is hard.

@grantponciano9386 11 дней назад

The irony being that the ONE cruise ship that's flag of convince is the U.S. therefore following the U.S. labor laws, ended up being one of the least popular cruise ships...

@edwardgolden2496 Месяц назад

My friends also got mad at me for saying that I had hoped the Irish antagonist of the Downton Abbey movie would have succeeded in killing the king.

@Jedidiah_McCain Месяц назад

No shot! This video showed up literally an hour after I was planning a cruise for my Family Reunion!

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

Have fun!!!

@bushies27 Месяц назад

Lol same for family members 50th wedding anniversary

@JanaeSmith Месяц назад

@tiffanyfinley4834 29 дней назад

That's how data sharing works

@IHaveAName1824 29 дней назад

i never realized till today how affordable cruises were, i think i might save for one next summer, it looks fun

@deadhead4077 Месяц назад

killer topic! and look at that runtime! excited to watch

@alannothnagle 27 дней назад

Regarding the pollution factor, when these massive cruise ships pull into a port, they keep their engines running during the entire stay and literally gas the local population. A few years back, there was a big lawsuit over the cruise companies' liability for a massive increase in cancer cases in Marseille, a major port of call.

@AlexaSmith 19 дней назад

God this is horrifying

@albertssrblx 14 дней назад

they reallly have no other options as none of the ports are capable of shore power yet all it carnivals ships are 10 years behind the curve when it comes to shore power capabilities

@swray2112 Месяц назад

I'm a Gen Xer that had absolutely no desire to ever go on a cruise, in fact it was never on my radar period. But in 2016 the family put a lot of pressure to do a first whole (but small) family vacation ever, and with my mother in a wheelchair, most thought a cruise would be ideal. I insisted that I didn't want to go to anywhere hot, so we settled on Alaska. Wife & I loved it so much more than expected, that we did a new England/Canada cruise on our own in 2018. Of course, the same problems of the impact of ships is probably close to the same, although my perception is that Holland America, which we took both cruises seem to be more sustainable being much smaller ships without crazy stuff like roller coasters, etc. That, combined with the ports all being US & Canadian, isn't that quite a bit better? I really would love to know.

@Adbgdry Месяц назад

Great video guys! Had lots of fun 🤍🥰

@caseyfortman4354 Месяц назад

loved this topic! Well put together and very entertaining as usual. Been loving your guy's stuff for years.

@aryaastark9201 13 дней назад

Very nice episode. First time seeing a video from this channel and I'm impressed.

@tommasoquartani620 Месяц назад

Great video! I'd love to see more about different industries. Keep up the good work 👏

@daemoneko Месяц назад

The Crown is just a villain origin story for a big part of the world which hates The British Empire and English Royals

@warren1078 Месяц назад

I think big part is an understatement...like 94% of existing countries hate the British empire😂 they weren't good at making friends of the locals during colonialization

@TheCalmack 26 дней назад

@@warren1078 I'm not arguing that it's right, but a lot of "normal" people I've met seem to think of the British empire as quaint and vaguely silly, outside of countries like Ireland with current or recent anti-imperialist struggles against the British empire. Even Afghani and Indian people I've met will be like "cup of tea sir? hehehe" and I'll be like ??? - I'm thinking of people with both middle class and working class backgrounds

@warren1078 26 дней назад

@@TheCalmack Yeah, I'd say that's a fair assessment. Before I got super into history that was more or less my mental image of them

@rickwrites2612 14 дней назад

@@TheCalmackyea there's a difference between hating what the empire did and hating the current UK population or the contemporary frivolous tourist-identity Royalty.

@TheCalmack 14 дней назад

@@rickwrites2612 that's true!

@xarbinchaoticneutral1785 10 дней назад

"On no!... anyway" sips Mai Tai on the boat deck.

@jessesteeltown Месяц назад

literally so happy you release this video to your 3mill followers. cruise prices have been getting hella expensive recently.

@KauanFonseca Месяц назад

one of the bests wisecracks videos

@jjjdilla Месяц назад

As bad as I wanna go on a cruise… Imma watch

@joshspoon Месяц назад

I cruise 2x a decade to unplug, sleep in total darkness, and be a blob. But I get in random people's cars and see the real city tho. The "safe" piers are for scaredy cats. But I'm a cis male, so no shade to those who identify as women. It's a tough world out there be safe.

@jacksonbrown8019 Месяц назад

Cruises are weird ….assuming you’re not taking a super small but also extremely expensive boat… it’s just a shitload of brown ppl who you know aren’t getting paid well waiting on you hand n foot. Like if you can get over THAT then idk how much the micro imperialism once u dock is gonna matter. (Also all that see the actual island shit is for the birds lol….like get some of the local food but ain’t nobody go on vacation to see real Jamaica/Barbados/DR/insert island here lol)

@Neddoest Месяц назад

They are a lot of fun… a seriously guilty pleasure.

@232Gecko Месяц назад

Great video guys!

@MikeNolanNolski Месяц назад

Mike is getting increasingly revolutionary and I'm here for it

@ariadgaia5932 Месяц назад

Hedonistic individuals and generations give us younger ones perfect examples of how not to be. Hopefully we all learn the proper lessons to change things. The one thing that gives me hope is that no one lives forever. As long as we younger souls learn how terrible it is to be that way? We can look forward to eventually having a better and fairer world one day. Keh, it just hit me that I'm not the only one having to clean up after my parents... A great number of us are stuck cleaning up the disgusting messes of those who came before us. Guess it's time to roll up or sleeves, right everyone!? Let's do this! 💪

@LonkinPork Месяц назад

Groundbreaking idea: A freewheeling environment like a cruise, where you can spend most of your time engaged in leisure activities and personal pursuits, but on land, in one place. And maybe everyone pitches in on a rotating schedule to do a little bit of work to keep things running smoothly. But everyone's food and shelter needs are guaranteed, like an "all inclusive" sort of thing. What could I call this idea? I'd want it to feel like a big community, so maybe Community-ism? Idk, we can workshop it.

@Tehstampede Месяц назад

That would never work because eventually some people would figure out how to work the system and propel themselves to the top. The fundamental flaw of Communism is that it completely ignores human nature.

@nyanuwu4209 Месяц назад

Communism?!?

@LonkinPork Месяц назад

@@nyanuwu4209 Never heard of 'em

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Месяц назад

So, how much religion and sex is going on? Thaaaaats how I know if it's a cult 😅

@nottheone582 Месяц назад

its called burning man, but don't come - it's terrible

@MackenzieHamilton_ Месяц назад

I thought that this video was going to be about cruising. Boy, was I surprised.

@AcesAndNates Месяц назад

Great stuff, as always

@classical421 15 дней назад

This was exceptionally well-researched and written. Great work, Amanda!!

@jasonradford8042 15 дней назад

Yayyyy thank you for putting this on spotify! I usually use an ad blocker and feel bad about it but I pay for spotify so this is good! I can be legit supporting you a bit. 😂

@Cincyboy56 Месяц назад

Michael, I just can’t tell you how much I enjoy your weekly pieces. They are so interesting, so well-researched, and you, young man. You just have a terrific on-air presence. You’re extremely funny, very self-deprecating in a likable way… but also, when the subject calls for it, very angry. Do you know how hard it is, even all these years later, to find a smart person who says way out loud that Ronald Reagan was a borderline evil, dumb as a post, corrupt asshole who screwed over the regular folk every chance he got? (Uh-oh… there I go again) I look forward to Wisecrack uploads every week. Keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t let the suits hold you and your team down.

@Bob-fj7lr 17 дней назад

There is nothing to be enjoyed in this world lol

@hunterkissam Месяц назад

Love your content!

@RayThaBassist Месяц назад

Dude, I literally just got off a cruise. I was feeling odd all along and even thought a couple of things that this video talks about. Also, keep an eye out for Puerto Rico, please.

@OverTheEdgeBooks Месяц назад

Well done, I've always thought cruise ships were the epitome of evil, but I learned even more horrific stuff in this video.... Thx a lot :)

@davemccage7918 19 часов назад

Epitome of evil? You’ve never experienced a single hardship in your life have you?

@camdencapps6894 Месяц назад

14:56 Thanks for the shoutout!

@MRHashesha 29 дней назад

The situation you're describing applies to almost every tourist destination in developing countries, especially in Africa and North Africa. Tourists are often encouraged to avoid interacting with locals and to stay within a stress-free bubble. However, it's not all negative - this situation also creates indirect economic opportunities and jobs. The economy is fragile, but that's the reality.

@c0m4ndo45 17 дней назад

I recently went on a cruise as "not a boomer", thinking I'd try it out before judging it. I visited towns which looked staged, places where you could not find a "regular" grocery store or things locals actually would use. I saw stores dangling mostly made-in-china goods which had arrived there on similarly large ships. I kept thinking of how poorly paid and/or overworked the staff probably is (considering how almost the entire crew was from Philippines or Vietnam), and how little I had spent on each port, on the local economies I passed through. Sitting on a hot tub with a cold beer in hand, as I watched the slightly dark haze of the engine smoke over my head, I could not shake the thought of how much pollution this week long endeavor had created. I usually like to travel by backpacking, spending my money on the least tourist-trap looking locations, restaurants and shops, buying local everywhere I go. I had no incentive to buy local on the ports of my cruise, as nothing anywhere near the ports was actually local. I felt like I was indulging in luxurious meals and drinks while spitting on the world, and as I chatted with others who said this was their ##th cruise I wondered just how much would you have to ignore, or how little you had to care about the world to actually enjoy "cruise life". Cruising is the epitome of giving the world the middle finger.

@FacterinoCommenterino Месяц назад

Today's Fact: The world's largest turtle is the leatherback sea turtle, which can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and measure over 7 feet in length.

@interstellarsurfer Месяц назад

Quality content. 👍

@fromeveryting29 18 дней назад

My town in western norway get tons of cruise ships. I think many local buisnesses here depend on it, because the town is so small already. We have a lot of germans, brits, some americans and french people mostly. They flock the streets and don’t seem to actually buy much here. A few suvenirs, some museum visits and maybe a vitis to a cafe. Norway is affluent. It’s not like this costs us a lot that we don’t have ourselves. But it’s devastating for the local environment. I won’t put it high on the «bad for the environment» list though. There aren’t many cruise ships and animal agriculture is THE overlooked monster destroyer for environment (and basic moral decency).

@SyncopatedLied 11 дней назад

Can't even afford Margaritaville anymore. I hate it here.

@andrewturner1354 Месяц назад

There was a great jam band music festival called Wanee I used to go to. The old timers would come in early and put up fold out chair all over the the lawn in front of the stage. Of course they can afford to get there early and grab all the good spots before most of the young working folks. Always irked me that they were "reserving" spots to sit in the front row where I would like to stand and watch. Your cruise ship chair story just reminded me of that.

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

Oh I hate those people at jam band shows.

@michaellangwaller 29 дней назад

I am a Boomer and I have never had a desire to go on a cruise ship. I have always considered them exploitive floating death factories full of people with too much money and not enough sense.

@PixxieHaxx Месяц назад

You guys should do a crossover with Abi Thorn from Philosophy Tube... just an idea but I would watch the hell outta that collaboration

@WisecrackEDU Месяц назад

She's amazing and we'd obviously love that.

@boudewijnkerkwijk4695 Месяц назад

I once took a train trip across Europe (I'm from the Netherlands) with the southern most destination being infamous cruise destination Dubrovnik, my hotel was next to the harbor. Somehow I enjoyed sitting on my hotel balcony watching 2 cruiseships a day dock/undock(?) with all the hustle and bustle that went with it.

@jimt6498 Месяц назад

This is brilliant.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 Месяц назад

Algorithm bump for engagement❤

@DankoStojanovic Месяц назад

Kudos for watching Prof G

@Swamp_Hound 3 дня назад

Amazing video

@eduardomarques91 Месяц назад

I never understood the appeal of cruises. You're stuck in a boat with limited people and options of entertainment, paying extra because of it.

@brycicle8744 Месяц назад

love the green screen bit!

@timfriday9106 Месяц назад

I was totally going to mention that recent scott galloway ted talk. was EPIC

@ooperblownup Месяц назад

I dont think I would ever go on a cruise. Ever since I heard about that one that sank because of an accident and people were trapped in the elevator as it was filled with water and were found there after having drowned... That is about the scariest most horrifying thing I could ever imagine

@viiranen Месяц назад

Hate how i can think of at least 2 different ships where that happened

@ooperblownup Месяц назад

@@viiranen yeah I can't think of something more horrible. Imagine dying with strangers in an elevator that slowly fills with water... Hell no

@randybaumery-cp7tf Месяц назад

I'm not going to drive either because several of my family and friends died in car and truck crashes

@ooperblownup Месяц назад

@@randybaumery-cp7tf lol it's not about that, you just associate it with bad stuff, and there are better options imo. For the price and everything being crowded with a bunch of strangers on a ship sounds less than ideal to me, in a way it feels kinda gross too. I have vacationed in different places throughout my life

@Dangic23 Месяц назад

Americans fear leaving their bubbles so they stay in the cruise controlled areas. Real cruisers hop on local transportation and enjoy the country

@somniatic Месяц назад

Wowowow. As someone who grew up in Miami Dade, this puts a lot into perspective…

@SL89999 Месяц назад

I have sailed a yacht loaded with friends from one side of the Mediterranean to the other. I am going on a Mediterranean cruise in July so I don’t have to worry about everyone having a nice time. And to feel superior to all the other passengers who are seeing the ports for the first time, which of course are not the best ports, but I can over explain this during the course of 7 days. The cruise is cheaper than chartering and provisioning a yacht and saves the time and stress associated with trying to dock while drunk.

@celestwaker7848 12 дней назад

On my first and only cruise in 2023 Grand Turk was the only destination that allowed passengers to see the rest of the island. It had been severely damaged by hurricane Fiona and our taxi driver talked about the swath of destroyed buildings essentially being left to rot because there was nothing they could do. Decaying buildings just out of the view of the pristine Margaritaville and Starbucks. The Turks and Caicos national museum is fantastic, by the way. Stop by it if you’re in the area.

@PadreDePato Месяц назад

I used to work on RC and in the ‘safety’ training they told us to not worry too much about trying to save the passengers [in event of emergency] 😳

@AarmOZ84 5 дней назад

In the US Navy, we had port liberty in Alaska near a cruise port. The town around the docks of the cruise ships and the town near the docks for fishermen and the US Coast Guard was a night/day difference.

@williamschlotterer9802 9 дней назад

Just a tad bit of ageism here. It can't be that Boomers ruined the environment alone. They've had some assistance from the younger and older generations.

@blondbraid7986 8 дней назад

Sephora kids and their parents who enable them comes to mind.

@ErutaniaRose 29 дней назад

Oh and Cruises are also super spreaders on the sea. They were talked about a lot during the start of Covid.

@jf752 3 дня назад

covid was pre planned and people were infected on purpose. for medical stocks to go up for the politicians who had already invested in them

@youbetyourwrasse 17 дней назад

Cruise to Ensanada, Mexico in 2000 and HATED IT. Loved getting to land and riding horses, but hated being seasick, hated being confined, hated never being away from people unless I was in my tiny cabin, hated the dumb entertainment, hated the creeps on deck after dark, hated hated hated it