How to Survive the Wild West

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxLWZBXBOBs

Resumen

TLDRThis video presents a comedic take on the Wild West, contrasting the romanticized Hollywood version with the grim realities of frontier life. It discusses the various professions available, such as cowboy, miner, and prostitute, and highlights the harsh working conditions and societal issues, including alcohol consumption and poor hygiene. The content pokes fun at stereotypes while providing historical insight into the diverse ecosystems, cultural practices, and deadly challenges faced during this transformative period in American history.

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  • 🏞️ The Wild West's geography was diverse, from plains to deserts.
  • 🔫 Cowboys worked long and exhausting hours for low pay.
  • 💰 Mining was hazardous, with many dangers lurking underground.
  • 🙋‍♀️ Prostitution existed but wasn't as widespread as folklore suggests.
  • 🚫 Living conditions were often cramped and unsanitary.
  • 🍻 Alcohol was a significant part of social life, mixed with dangerous substances.
  • 🎭 Entertainment included medicine shows and minstrel acts, often misleading.
  • 🧼 Hygiene standards were low, leading to widespread disease and discomfort.

Cronología

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with a satirical take on the misconceptions of the Wild West, contrasting romanticized pop culture portrayals with the harsh realities of frontier life. The narrator humorously discusses a time travel scenario involving a physicist stranded in 1885 and offers a guide on surviving in this challenging era.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    A vivid description of the American frontier's geography and resources follows, highlighting the misunderstanding of the Wild West's timeline. The video captures the enjoyment of the landscapes while revealing the dark history of Native American displacement and the decimation of the buffalo population by settlers and railroads, questioning the idealized vision of freedom and independence during that time.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The video shifts to explore several careers available in the Wild West, starting with cowboys. It humorously depicts the realities of cattle driving, the dangers of stampedes, and the grueling hours of manual labor that are far from the glamorous image of cowboys portrayed in films. Following this, it touches on the mining profession, detailing the high risks and low rewards that miners faced in pursuit of fortune.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:23:30

    Lastly, the video discusses the role of women in the Wild West, including prostitution and saloon culture, punctuating the bleak opportunities available. It accurately debunks myths surrounding these professions while also showcasing the realities of extreme working conditions, the development of frontier towns, and the search for comfort in an unforgiving landscape.

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  • What time period does the Wild West refer to?

    It generally refers to the time between the end of the Civil War to the 1890 census or early 1900s.

  • What was the diversity of ecosystems in the Wild West?

    It ranged from grassy plains and rugged mountains to arid deserts, providing various resources.

  • What were common professions available in the Wild West?

    Options included cowboy, miner, and prostitute.

  • What was life like for a cowboy?

    Cowboys worked long hours, faced dangers like stampedes, and earned low pay.

  • What are the hazards of mining in the Wild West?

    Miners faced explosions, electrocutions, asphyxiation, and exposure to harmful substances.

  • How were prostitutes in the Wild West portrayed?

    Contrary to popular belief, they often emerged in more developed communities and varied in their roles.

  • What were living conditions like in the Wild West?

    Most homes were small and made from materials like sod or logs, often resulting in cramped and uncomfortable living situations.

  • How did alcohol play a role in Wild West culture?

    Alcohol was widely consumed, often mixed with harmful substances, reflecting a culture of heavy drinking.

  • What role did entertainment play during the Wild West?

    Medicine shows and minstrel performances provided entertainment while promoting dubious health cures.

  • What was the lifestyle of settlers in terms of hygiene?

    Hygiene standards were low, with many settlers living in isolated and unsanitary conditions.

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    ah here we are Alex the wild west the
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    area of the United States that's vaguely
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    this this is beautiful you're right this
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    is not how I pictured the wild west at
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    all so did I just like get my resume to
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    Dances with Wolves quite yet Alex this
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    piece of junk took us too far back just
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    okay good to go hop in
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    Ah that's more like it welcome to the
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    wild west despite its long-standing
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    spanking new American territory baby
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    which was taken from Mexico and France
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    who took it from Spain
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    who partially took it from France
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    who took it from the natives we just met
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    but still pretty new go on taking a deep
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    breath of Freedom
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    what happened to them you happened Alex
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    me but I just got here you sure did and
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    Transit perfect for manifesting
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    but what about all the Bison
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    well Alex surely we can't have all those
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    2 000 pound hunks of meat Waltzing
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    around on train tracks think about
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    dangerous that would be
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    to our schedules so those numbers were
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    things up a bit but only after we
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    well that into forced Native Americans
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    today when Starbucks stopped selling our
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    much
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    what did the Buffalo
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    is it bye son no no no no he didn't say
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    anything because it doesn't have a son
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    because he's dead
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    I killed him
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    I killed all the Bison Tahoma to the
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    American settlers the West symbolized
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    Independence and freedom from government
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    a proposition so tempting that people
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    were willing to uproot their lives and
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    travel hundreds of miles over land made
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    traversable by state-sponsored railroads
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    to homesteads made possible by federal
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    legislation on land made open by
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    government ammunition
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    ah you smell that Ezekiel that's Freedom
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    right there no big brother here
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    okay this sucks you win please take me
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    back to my Playstation oh great you just
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    converter I thought this was the Wild
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    West not North Philly well at least now
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    we can get past the eight minute Mark
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    and Daddy needs his minerals so lessons
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    back on Alex seeing as how you're here
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    to stay we're gonna need to hook you up
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    with a career now there were a ton of
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    options and with how expansive and
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    really shouldn't generalize life in the
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    Wild West
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    anyway let's have a pick between a
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    classic Choice Alex let me just keep the
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    at 13 minutes past the 13th Hour on the
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    13th day of the 13th month the McCormick
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    County rabbit puncher James H Wallace
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    strode into the small town of amadillo
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    baldeep looking for rabbits as he turned
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    the corner of Baba's skanky shank and
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    dank Barbershop he spotted little cindy
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    Clan with her beloved bunny sir hops a
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    lot enjoying a scoop of radish ice cream
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    and amadillo Ball Deep staple Wallace
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    grabbed for Cindy's bouncy rodent and
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    hoisted him in the dusty air Fizz
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    clinched in zealous anticipation to
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    spread his rabbit punching Vendetta to
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    bus ball County it was then that the
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    heretofore unnoticed Cowboy two Stone
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    filbert cheese steak the sandwich hate
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    and Gunslinger stepped forward from the
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    shadow of the Balloon Saloon to
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    challenge The Outsider to a duel
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    legendary on neither side of the
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    Mississippi filled but Cheesesteak stood
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    in the dirt road across from his mammal
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    Fist and adversary hand over and over
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    his sick shooter the bell rang and
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    Wallace was shot down losing on the draw
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    after remembering he didn't own a
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    firearm seeing the rabbit puncher slowly
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    bleed out on the street the cowboy
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    approached him and in a show of Mercy
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    proceeded to stab him 37 times in the
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    knee until he died from old age two
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    minutes later Cowboy Phil but cheese
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    steak the bunny Defender then rode off
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    into the sunset forever to be remembered
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    for his heroic defense of Cindy Cline's
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    Honor by shooting and stabbing an
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    unarmed Foreigner well Alex what'd you
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    think that's awesome I'd love to be a
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    heroic gunslinging
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    Cowboys oh no that's just a teaser for a
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    western film I'm making that's not what
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    a Cowboy is well he just Witnesses the
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    modern interpretation of an old west
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    Cowboy made Popular by Hollywood and
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    dime novels a valiant and mysterious
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    gunslinging Nomad who traveled from town
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    to town to bring Justice often while
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    fabulously dressed but in reality all
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    this need to understand Cowboy does is
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    the name itself you heard cows
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    well this sucks don't speak too soon
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    this is probably the most chill part of
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    your entire work day which is about 15
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    to 20 hours by the way your day of
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    cattle driving horse wiping and repair
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    providing was lonely and dull which
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    might sound like a dream at first to you
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    introverts I know my audience until you
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    take into account the pay of 25 to 40 a
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    month exhausting manual labor and
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    feeling almost as disgusted with
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    yourself as I hope KFC's head chef feels
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    he'll get six hours of sleep at most and
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    unlike your working life you won't be
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    lonely in your bedroll your horse is
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    your best friend until one wrong move
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    turns you into its best training wheel
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    and of course there's the Cowboys worst
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    nightmare the Stampede thousands of
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    pounds of moon meat charging at top
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    speed crushing everything in their path
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    and all it took was one small spook to
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    set one off
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    Craig they hit the Pentagon while
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    overall pretty mundane there were a
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    handful of exciting aspects of a Cowboys
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    career for example you've probably been
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    sitting there thinking but they play
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    with cool swingy ropes that's right
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    sport they did in fact use lassos to
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    Wrangle cattle however it's often left
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    out why they had to do this I like this
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    game so what now
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    you busted my balls Jesse
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    wait one of the biggest events in the
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    Cowboys career was the long drive where
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    they drove large herds of cattle to
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    Railroad stations to be sold off while
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    this is finally starting to sound like
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    some cool cow puncher stuff a cow
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    puncher is another name for cowboy
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    riding on Horseback for thousands of
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    miles is not as easy as it seems
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    something horse jockeys Aiden Ross or
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    others used to ride and get a test too
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    and sure it might not be an adventurous
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    Fantastical as Clint Eastwood's riding
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    off with a beautiful woman of
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    questionable age who you wooed from a
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    small town after two conversations with
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    we've still got hundreds of open miles
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    to roam with beautiful young Bessie here
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    oh she is sweet she sure is now load her
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    up Alex where are we taking her to I
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    think the better question is what are we
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    making her into
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    a cheeseburger Alex what beautiful
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    Bessie is too precious to make it to a
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    burger hmm you're right maybe a filet
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    mignon I don't want to be a cowboy all
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    right then what's next uh
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    I I guess minor brilliant choice no
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    you're later trailing off the tail end
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    of the California Gold Rush mining was a
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    tantalizing proposition for men
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    desperate to make their Fortune it was
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    such a popular draw that many U.S states
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    were initially settled by Prospectors
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    and miners hoping to strike gold or
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    silver how to partner there was gold in
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    these parts sure what's with the pickaxe
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    what am I my fortune of course
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    all right man if that's what you're into
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    go on in well thank you kindly partner
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    little damp in here well a few minutes
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    to strike it rich the unfortunate
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    reality was that you were far more
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    likely to find yourself working for poor
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    wages and terrifying conditions keep in
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    mind these were the times where
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    industrial safety was more of a punch
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    line than a guideline so you had a lot
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    to worry about being an old west Miner
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    such as the three E's explosions
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    electrocutions and asphyxiations
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    asphyxiation starts with an a some mines
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    would utilize a long series of ladders
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    to descend hundreds of feet into the
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    Earth which meant if you were too tired
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    at the end of the day you might not
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    reach the top successfully so hopefully
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    you haven't been spending 12 hours
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    punching rocks or something silica
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    exposure was also a problem and miners
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    would often inhale large amounts of it
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    on the job which would tickle their
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    lungs a little bit and by tickle I mean
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    silicosis which became tuberculosis
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    which they died from in 10 times the
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    national average you'd also be exposed
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    to carbon monoxide poor ventilation
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    dirty drinking water mercury poisoning
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    lead poisoning arsenic poisoning alcohol
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    poisoning throw it dart at the periodic
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    table and it's probably in your blood
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    have to go there's plenty of room need
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    to count why don't you use your fingers
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    just kidding in a lot of ways Frontier
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    mining was like a casino you go in
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    hoping to strike it rich but inside you
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    find flashing lights bodily fluids and
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    in the end The House Always Wins okay
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    okay never mind I'll do anything but
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    mining all right then
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    what's your next pick
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    now hold on the world's oldest
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    profession is a common Trope in western
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    films but the prevalence and impact
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    tends to be a bit overstated for example
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    the popular idea that prostitutes for
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    the first people to arrive and develop
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    the West is more folklore than fact in
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    reality they often waited until
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    Community was more developed before uh
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    setting up shop if you will most women
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    in the west pursued a variety of
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    Enterprises to make money but don't you
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    worry Alex hooker certainly did exist
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    and while I wasn't most women's
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    profession less competition means more
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    clientele but why choose the scandalous
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    life well maybe you're a widow in need
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    of cash or a Savvy entrepreneur looking
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    to score big after crypto Ranch didn't
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    pan out by the way you came to the wild
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    west for the same reason as everyone
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    else opportunity and Glory
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    holes for work you've got quite a few
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    options you could be a residence
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    prostitute where on the upside you get
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    to work from home but on the downside
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    you get to work from home
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    where your children live if permanent
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    psychological trauma isn't your
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    parenting style you could always join a
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    brothel these establishments were as
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    traditional as it gets just an empty
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    room and a bunch of bedrooms to learn
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    about the birds and the bees uh oh here
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    comes the boss lady with her Home Depot
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    paint card don't mind her she's just
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    checking your skin color too much
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    melanin puts you in the special room
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    maybe you'd rather be a saloon girl who
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    a lot of the time were not literal
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    prostitutes but rather woman who would
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    charm and Revitalize the clientele of a
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    saloon but this was still considered
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    pretty taboo merely having a woman in a
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    saloon at all was already unheard of
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    Back East where they treasured their
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    masculinity so much that they couldn't
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    have anyone around who liked men that
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    would be gay often called Painted Ladies
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    as the harlots had the audacity to wear
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    makeup saloon girls were often paid in
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    alcohol sales so you'll need to keep
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    them binge drinking for as long as
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    possible you gotta charm them talk them
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    up a bit form a one-sided emotional
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    relationship trust me I'm a YouTuber
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    while your clients are catching feelings
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    you'll be catching diseases like their
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    Pokemon look you've even got a few
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    legendaries look it's nothing a little
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    visit from the Mercury fairy can't fix
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    getting stressed not to worry many
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    prostitutes perfected the art of
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    relaxation to help them deal with the
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    woes of the trade she does look calm
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    yeah opiates will do that what they just
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    abused painkillers come now that wasn't
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    their only method
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    there's also codeine chloroform laudnam
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    tonics and of course good old-fashioned
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    alcohol
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    but most importantly you got to ensure
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    your social class in the red light
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    Community is well received you want to
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    be like Marianne over there a widowed
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    mother taking all the business she can
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    get to support her kids disgusting you
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    want to be like ash over here who worked
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    your way up the social ladder to
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    eventually take on better Ventures like
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    owning prostitutes freedom is the
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    ultimate goal of all red light women
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    after all and all it takes is a little
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    elbow grease business savvy and not
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    being Chinese assuming you secure a job
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    you now gotta find a place to live your
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    options of course will depend on the
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    region and if you're far out in the
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    frontier you'll need to get your hands
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    dirty and build your own house if you
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    got trees around you can build yourself
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    a log cabin it's pretty simple really
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    all you need to do is gather up several
  • 00:13:55
    tons of stone for a foundation chop down
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    dozens of trees by hand and lift 500
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    pound logs into place all by your
  • 00:14:01
    lonesome but in the end you'll have a
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    roughly 10 by 20 foot cabin which is
  • 00:14:05
    plenty of room for you and your wife and
  • 00:14:08
    your 10 kids recycling stuff from your
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    journey out west will also save you a
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    lot of time Empty Barrel that's a
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    rocking chair storage trunk how about a
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    dresser dead kid you mean fertilizer all
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    in all your log cabin will be cramped
  • 00:14:20
    cold and pretty much just block the wind
  • 00:14:22
    a little but hey if the Unabomber could
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    live in one so can you but out on the
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    planes you don't have any trees just a
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    bunch of grass really so the settlers
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    had to coordinate an intricate supply
  • 00:14:32
    chain effort to Source materials now to
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    just use the grass introducing the sod
  • 00:14:37
    house which is one letter off from sad
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    much like your first time playing
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    Minecraft a thought house had a pretty
  • 00:14:42
    creative design your floors were made
  • 00:14:44
    out of dirt now for your walls let's use
  • 00:14:46
    some dirt as for your ceiling better go
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    with the classic dirt you could
  • 00:14:51
    practically already see the smile on the
  • 00:14:52
    wife's face when she sees this here we
  • 00:14:54
    are dear our new home this what is this
  • 00:14:57
    a sod house made out of high quality
  • 00:15:00
    dirt imported all the way from the
  • 00:15:02
    backyard this is disgusting why on Earth
  • 00:15:04
    would you drag our family out here to
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    live like pigs this is what you wanted
  • 00:15:08
    you always said you wish we were dirtier
  • 00:15:10
    in bed despite the near total isolation
  • 00:15:12
    you will get some visitors from time to
  • 00:15:13
    time as one settler vote every afternoon
  • 00:15:16
    the rattlesnakes would come out of their
  • 00:15:18
    hidden dens in the walls and roof and
  • 00:15:21
    Sun themselves on the western windowsill
  • 00:15:23
    to have fun Cinderella as you can
  • 00:15:26
    imagine even the best of sod houses
  • 00:15:27
    would leak when it rained but at least
  • 00:15:29
    that means you'll have a fun little
  • 00:15:30
    indoor water park you know as long as
  • 00:15:32
    the roof doesn't decide to join in your
  • 00:15:34
    journey out west was quite the
  • 00:15:35
    environment change from the big city to
  • 00:15:37
    the back rooms and with all this space
  • 00:15:39
    the kits had plenty to do running in a
  • 00:15:42
    circle running in a square developing
  • 00:15:44
    Prairie Madness you know the life
  • 00:15:46
    despite the lackluster conditions
  • 00:15:47
    frontiersmen did do their best to
  • 00:15:49
    introduce some comfort to the home for
  • 00:15:51
    example as a substitute for wallpaper
  • 00:15:53
    some families just plastered their walls
  • 00:15:55
    with newspapers to help keep out drafts
  • 00:15:57
    so now you can add reading the wall to
  • 00:15:59
    your list of fun home activities but at
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    this point we're pretty much just one
  • 00:16:02
    straight jacket away from an insane
  • 00:16:04
    asylum while the wild west was a rather
  • 00:16:06
    violent place with high murder rates it
  • 00:16:08
    wasn't as if you had a Dodge bullets
  • 00:16:09
    every day like Hollywood would make you
  • 00:16:11
    believe unless you're a native in fact
  • 00:16:13
    many wild west towns would have you
  • 00:16:14
    turning in any guns you had upon entry
  • 00:16:16
    so don't fret too much about Bandits no
  • 00:16:19
    need to worry over Gunslingers in fact
  • 00:16:21
    the only gun you really need to be
  • 00:16:22
    worried about is your own because life
  • 00:16:24
    in the wild west was boring as
  • 00:16:25
    there were still a few Hobbies you could
  • 00:16:27
    pursue like alcoholism drinking was very
  • 00:16:30
    popular in the wild west so much so that
  • 00:16:32
    doctors poured almost as much liquor as
  • 00:16:33
    bar keeps which was fantastic for people
  • 00:16:36
    like priests who couldn't be seen
  • 00:16:37
    entering the ladder and luckily for you
  • 00:16:39
    the wild west was home to many creative
  • 00:16:41
    individuals who came up with some rather
  • 00:16:42
    interesting concoctions take Nicholas
  • 00:16:45
    Ambrose for instance who was drinking
  • 00:16:47
    liquor when he thought to himself
  • 00:16:50
    yeah not enough spiders introducing
  • 00:16:52
    tarantula juice a cocktail famous for
  • 00:16:55
    having a strong bite in causing muscle
  • 00:16:57
    spasms that felt like having dozens of
  • 00:16:59
    baby tarantulas crawling on your skin go
  • 00:17:01
    on take a sip Alex
  • 00:17:04
    muscle spasms huh sounds like something
  • 00:17:06
    a sugar rush would do no it sounds like
  • 00:17:09
    something a neurotoxin would do and
  • 00:17:10
    that's because this fun little potion
  • 00:17:12
    was made up of wood grain alcohol rosin
  • 00:17:15
    tobacco juice sulfuric acid hydrogen
  • 00:17:18
    cyanide and everyone's favorite rat
  • 00:17:20
    poison strick9 which was making its
  • 00:17:22
    third appearance on this channel with
  • 00:17:24
    all those flavors tarantula juice was
  • 00:17:26
    said to produce effects similar to
  • 00:17:27
    methamphetamine now if you are in the
  • 00:17:29
    mood for lockjaw you could always go for
  • 00:17:31
    a classic drink but be careful ordering
  • 00:17:33
    liquor out here was kind of like playing
  • 00:17:34
    Minesweeper uh-oh looks like someone hit
  • 00:17:37
    a mine don't worry you're not gonna
  • 00:17:39
    explode I think I mean you did just
  • 00:17:42
    drink gunpowder I ordered whiskey that
  • 00:17:45
    you did however many wild west saloons
  • 00:17:47
    would cut their whiskey with things like
  • 00:17:48
    gunpowder Cayenne or even ammonia to
  • 00:17:51
    save on liquor costs here you go hey
  • 00:17:53
    Keith this whiskey smelled funny to you
  • 00:17:55
    oh yeah keep it quiet but I've been
  • 00:17:57
    cutting the whiskey with this cheap
  • 00:17:59
    almond juice to save money almond
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    this is ammonia
  • 00:18:04
    like to unclog a sink you can't be
  • 00:18:06
    serving this to customers my cells hurt
  • 00:18:09
    let me see that
  • 00:18:10
    Oh I thought I said almond juice how
  • 00:18:12
    could you possibly think that are you
  • 00:18:13
    just celexic severely what Keith you
  • 00:18:15
    know our policy
  • 00:18:17
    sir I still haven't seen any dangerous
  • 00:18:19
    accordions gee Alex you're not looking
  • 00:18:21
    too good well fortunately we'll be able
  • 00:18:23
    to fix you up at our next stop the local
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    Medicine Show combining Healthcare and
  • 00:18:27
    Showbiz these exhibitions featured a
  • 00:18:29
    traveling salesman who would use
  • 00:18:31
    entertainment to draw a crowd and peddle
  • 00:18:33
    whatever poppycock Miracle medicines
  • 00:18:34
    they had on hand this entertainment
  • 00:18:36
    could include everything from
  • 00:18:37
    storytelling to magic shows to freak
  • 00:18:39
    shows which I covered already in this
  • 00:18:41
    little guy these acts would continue
  • 00:18:42
    until the salesman sold off all their
  • 00:18:44
    patent medicine which weren't actually
  • 00:18:46
    patented but the word sounded cool so
  • 00:18:49
    they used it anyway to help prove the
  • 00:18:50
    effectiveness of their tonics they would
  • 00:18:52
    often insert paid actors into the
  • 00:18:54
    audience who they could then pretend to
  • 00:18:55
    pick out at random to miraculously cure
  • 00:18:57
    of all their ailments gather round folks
  • 00:19:00
    and feast your eyes frive got tonics
  • 00:19:02
    treatments and dyes as for your ailments
  • 00:19:05
    do not fret nor cry for I have arrived
  • 00:19:07
    Mr Dr Delight what in tarnation did he
  • 00:19:11
    say oh oh Kansas
  • 00:19:14
    me have medicine oh he got them killed
  • 00:19:17
    wow them be some fancy time I got that
  • 00:19:20
    chlamydia do they work though I love
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    drinking fluids now to demonstrate the
  • 00:19:24
    healing abilities of my patent medicine
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    I shall request the assistance of an
  • 00:19:29
    audience member me yes you sir come on
  • 00:19:32
    up and tell us what else you I've got
  • 00:19:35
    this really bad cough wow sounds genuine
  • 00:19:41
    no worries stranger I've got this cure
  • 00:19:44
    for you my gluten-free snake oil Mercury
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    Miracle shall wash away all coughs pains
  • 00:19:50
    and Kinks whilst invigorating the body
  • 00:19:52
    oh my gosh my my cough is gone as you
  • 00:19:56
    can see he is now cure my vision Jesus I
  • 00:20:00
    Can See For Miles yes another perk your
  • 00:20:04
    vision shall be sharpened holy I
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    understand differential calculus the
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    in an Italian Mamma Mia spaghetti all
  • 00:20:16
    right that's enough now stranger oh my
  • 00:20:18
    God my bean is so big jeez they fell for
  • 00:20:20
    that crazy right getting their health
  • 00:20:22
    care advice through performative
  • 00:20:23
    entertainment that's ridiculous the
  • 00:20:25
    people of the past were clearly way
  • 00:20:27
    stupider than we are today however those
  • 00:20:29
    weren't the only shows in town you could
  • 00:20:31
    also go see a Minstrel show a form of
  • 00:20:33
    theater consisting of various skits and
  • 00:20:35
    acts which also quite inclusive look not
  • 00:20:37
    only did they have white people but also
  • 00:20:39
    black people played by white people
  • 00:20:41
    don't worry Alex these shows eventually
  • 00:20:43
    died out but some say their legacy lives
  • 00:20:46
    on in the form of Canadian Prime
  • 00:20:47
    Ministers you could also go to a rodeo
  • 00:20:49
    and watch men simulate a battle against
  • 00:20:51
    animals on the frontier by mildly
  • 00:20:53
    annoying them or you to go explore it
  • 00:20:54
    yourself just look out for everything
  • 00:20:56
    want more Thrills how about you go see a
  • 00:20:58
    dead body or maybe watch them get made
  • 00:21:00
    feeling vice-like why don't you try your
  • 00:21:01
    hand at gambling uh-oh looks like we got
  • 00:21:04
    a sore loser where's the sheriff when
  • 00:21:06
    you need him no there he is all in all
  • 00:21:08
    the Hobbies weren't numerous but at the
  • 00:21:10
    end of the day you're just looking for
  • 00:21:11
    something that dull the pain before you
  • 00:21:13
    get back to work the next day now let's
  • 00:21:15
    talk about the hygiene oh hey is that
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    Alex oh doc looks like someone could use
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