The Real Life BEARD TAX | Tales From the Bottle
The Brits are invading (typical)! Plainly Difficult has ousted Qxir as the host of ‘Tales From the Bottle’ in an episode detailing Peter the Great’s beard tax. Qxir has mounted a counter-attack on Plainly Difficult’s channel by similarly taking over a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6H_FWFi3A
Thanks to Plainly Difficult for collaborating with me, please check out his channel, it’s great!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0MyY46T9ZYOzDHkYnIoXg
“In 1698, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to bring Russian society in line with Western European models. To enforce the ban on beards, the tsar empowered police to forcibly and publicly shave those who refused to pay the tax. Resistance to going clean shaven was widespread with many believing that it was a religious requirement for a man to wear a beard. The tax levied depended upon the status of the bearded man: Those associated with the Imperial Court, military, or government were charged 60 rubles annually; wealthy merchants were charged 100 rubles per year while other merchants and townsfolk were charged 60 rubles per year; Muscovites were charged 30 rubles per year; and peasants were charged two half-kopeks every time they entered a city.”
More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax#Russia
@Qxir
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
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@pw5074
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
This is not Qxir👎🐂💩 AI BULLSHIT
@PGORILLA
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
British jumpscare
@Neko-The-Furry
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
0:46 like the new voice
@Sinisterchristopher1967
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Don't like the c,nty voice
@tuti5811
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
12
@oldredeyes7816
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Terrible go at an Irish accent….:)
@bubblessmith-ty3tz
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Fuckin hell knew this wasn’t quxir off the bat
@LobsterDado
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
who is this and what did he do to the alcoholic
@Jamie_van_Brewen
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Narrating a video about the… "eau riot"? "Ew riot"? "E O riot"? 🤔
@NicolasChiribelo
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Hahaha I love both John and Qxir. Their humor and dodgy cartoons liven up my day even if they narrate some of the worst things that humans are capable of. Hats off to both of you lads!
@Manx123
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Don't care for this limey's common-ass accent.
@robertaviles8451
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Wait, there's no "Subscribing Tax" ?
@NewWorldJacobite
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I knew I recognised that voice! 😛
@nineofnine
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Please don't give up doing these guys.
Your the best thing
@LexProntera
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
The "dirty console peasants" had me rolling on the floor. 🤣Suddenly seeing these kinds of references so far from their natural habitat makes you laugh the hardest. 🤣I could barely breathe.
@sigifredozepeda
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Can you redo this with your voice?
@VerveQuest-zc4ri
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Then a couple centuries later, Rasputin came to reinforce the "barbaric Russian bearded man" trope
@Thors.hammer69420
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
There multiple qxir voices??
@pauleatshotdogs
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Worse episode ever.
@MyLifeIsAFrickingMess_MRPOLSKA
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I actually thought i was going mad dude
0:27 WYAT THE FUCK DUDE
@mousermind
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Mate makes us go 27 seconds in being all confused before we get the explanation.
@JMcCoy1492
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Okay ik this vid is 4 yo but i was so confused to the intro
@bushratbeachbum
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Bloody hell, the irritating cadence and intonation gimp has spread.
Hopefully this is a one off.
@VerveQuest-zc4ri
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
::::: insert witty neck beard joke here:::::
@Hide.the.Salami
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
oh my god I thought I was having a stroke hearing plainly difficults voice
@Wulfjager
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I checked the channel i was watching wondering if i accidentally clicked a plainly difficult video. The voice swap really theough me for a loop lol
@9delta988
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
It's not Olland but The Netherlands.
@adorableanimals4868
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I didn't even notice the voice change because all I've been watching is Plainly Difficult and you
@zedtap4528
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Whats with your voice?
@HilarityBreedsContempt
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
FYI toilet paper and tampons are still taxed. How is that not exploiting human rights? 🤔
Let's do bloody shits in the streets en masse as an act of protest. We'll show em! 😎
@hegatinekul8196
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
0:37 dat footwork
@rogerszmodis
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I think you’re both the same person and one of the accents is fake.
@pigeon3332
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
For a second there I thought If lost the plot
@johnwaffleson
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
When I heard John's familiar voice, I looked around to see if I was on the right channel and briefly considered I might have lost my senses.
@battlegoodvsevil
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Worst voice ever
@sparrow-does-stuff
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Who the hell is QXR
@Pawzeez92
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Awww my two favourite voices on YouTube teamed up!
@pplepi
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Did Qxir get neutered?
2 min later : oooooh
@VoltasP
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
It feels incomplete without the London weather update from Mr. Difficult's window. How else am I supposed to know what the weather was like at time of recording?? Google it like a savage???
@michaelpipkin9942
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I was so confused at first….
@SyndicateSuperman
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
01:42 squatting gopniks. Blyatfiful. Very cheeki breeki.
@lorenmax2.013
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
I knew something was wrong but I knew the voice and accent, I was about to loose my shit. You should probably have told the change in the end heh
@coyoteartist
April 12, 2026 at 3:06 am
Another reason I've heard given for the displeasure in shaving their beards was Russian Winter Cold. Meaning it helped keep you warm.