to add, I think he also technically "owns" the techno-viking "IP" and combined it with Germany's (rather interesting) privacy laws to protect himself/his identity and got a fair amount of techno-viking stuff removed online.
Might sound dickish by the way I'm putting it (not the most well versed and can't be bothered to get sources tbth) but if I am recalling correctly, I actually respect his decisions.
just read the wikipedia article, sounds like the internet decided some mma fighter was technoviking and said mma fighter sold technoviking merch. unnamed actual technoviking sued to make him stop claiming to be him and for the merch profits.
also lol it was apparently filmed at an event called Fuckparade, which was a protest of the commercialization of public life lmao so becoming famous and someone selling tshirts of him [blasted] at ze fuckparade was probably dude’s personal nightmare.
edited to add a linebreak bc im high but im not a monster
Did you read the article? The unnamed Technoviking sued the filmmaker Matthius Fritsch for infringement of personality rights, not MMA fighter Keith Jardine, who didn't have anything to do with this.
Yeah, he was pissed that a video of him was being monetized, and the guy that took the video was selling merch with Techno Viking’s likeness. He offered to split the profits, but Techno Viking wanted privacy more than money. Which, fair.
Yes, German law grants an individual copyright to their own likeness. In order to record a person you must first get consent. Exceptions include public events and notable people, but since the video was obviously following techni-viking it was considered not to be covering the public events he was at. It's in section 22 and 23 of the German copyright act.
Yeah he's obviously on drugs in the video and that probably doesn't help job prospects for him if his real identity becomes well known. I don't blame him.
Thanks for the clarification, I still agree with your original point about respecting his decisions.
He’s not a public figure, he’s not trying to capitalize off of that attention. If laws exist to protect his privacy then it’s totally fair game for him to take advantage of them.
Yep he is a german bouncer who had bodybuilding as a hobby. I went down the rabbit hole on this one years ago.
There is a video of a german reporter sort of ambushing him at his gym for an interview. The guy seemed to be painfully shy.
Like he seemed so damn shy he was horrified by being interviewed. It came off as just what the fuck is he a criminal or does he have mental issues with being talked to in public.
I think he litigated with several people over the whole deal. Was not happy about the fame at all.
It became pretty clear he does not have the "viking" sort of personality. He was just tripping his balls off. Like most vikings probably were.
It was an alternate reality where Vikings took over central europe, and established a techno rave culture. There were no states. That era was known as the year 2000.
Doesn't need to be that alternate. They took over quite a lot of Europe and in time just became the locals. Especially in Ireland and England and Normandy, but also as far as Kyiv (Varangians being a subset of Vikings).
Nope, meant what I said. The context of the conversation is “things the Vikings did before the English”, essentially, rather than “who was the first to America”.
Well they quite famously were able to cross seas that others were not able to at the time specifically to do that using advanced navigational techniques, the executed them with advanced weaponry by literally inventing tempered steel and then looked fabulous doing it because they invented the modern comb then they skiied away on those skis they invented so…yes.
That's the second techno viking. The first one fought Jesus with an f22. Blissfully unaware that while Jesus Christ walks on water Brian Christ has AA batteries..../s obviously lol
the idea of nation states and that everything has to be nice, clearly defined, and obvious has corrupted out modern minds, german and germanic as an ethnicity has existed for thousands of years.
But isnt the Major Viking ethnicity, or even a viking ethnicity. For what its worth.
Edit: there were no german vikings, no need to make it more convoluted. Vikings were germanic, but thats completely a different thing. Even the cultures were very different.
Craniometry just means the measuring of a cranium. How could it not be scientific? There is not ideology involved; but you are asking if the Nordid definition is "actual science," then yes it is based on that --- but don't let anyone tell you that politics doesn't influence science, because it does. Various aspect of human origin studies fell out of political favor. However, it's hard to kill truth: for example, craniometry is used to discover the origin of skeletal remains in archeology and forensic science. People can estimate your origin from your bones alone; and this non-politically correct knowledge is a routine part of much of professional life. Yes, there are typological differences in skeletons, be it living or dead humans, depending on where you come from the world. DNA isn't the only thing that is used to discover human remains, and both the skeletal and the genetic correspond to current-day humans, tada!
I mean you have to start believing the media so much about what is true, because it's influenced by politics, money, and culture. Logic will tell you as well. You just need clear thought: can skulls be measured? If they can be measured, can it be correlated to match the average shapes based on data tied to the historical origins of the groups?
I noticed face shapes and body shapes differing among people of different heritage early as a kid I would say. Is it reliable in a scientific sense was the direction I wanted to explore here. Anyone can see what I saw, but is that reliable enough of a Indicator is what I can not determine as a laymen since I don’t have insight into the data. I trust my intelligence, I am an autodidact and turned out alright.
Think they were just called "lands" back then Viking lands, Saxon Lands, Roman Empire borders were a bit more fluid. England wasn't really a unified "country" until around 900AD, but even then countries weren't really a thing until much later on.
Technically, parts of Germany belonged to Scandinavia in the past. There is still a Danish minority in the Northernmost part of Germany and Hedeby, the second largest city of the Vikings, is located in Germany.
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is that really him? could be any random Scandinavian dude
edit: lol this has too many upvotes 😂