Why monks had that haircut

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  5 років тому +532

    If you haven't heard, we launched a membership program on UA-cam! And of course we made a video explaining it: ua-cam.com/video/q0cvGRUbusQ/v-deo.html

  • @save_bandit
    @save_bandit 5 років тому +9033

    Only 4th century kids will remember this trend

  • @singergrl1998
    @singergrl1998 5 років тому +879

    I had a friend in middle school who shaved his head like that for extra credit in our world history class. He got the credit.

  • @selenebrown8380
    @selenebrown8380 4 роки тому +5014

    Day 8 of quarantine: learning about monk haircuts

  • @bentheben
    @bentheben 5 років тому +4403

    And so, why did monks have that haircut?

    • @Freedom34176
      @Freedom34176 5 років тому +289

      @Blake Hunt amen

    • @chicawhappa
      @chicawhappa 5 років тому +468

      Shows membership in a particular club. Other cultures also have special hairstyles and beard styles to set priests of different levels / types apart, and also nobility from the plebiscite.

    • @AlexS-oj8qf
      @AlexS-oj8qf 5 років тому +277

      It's a symbolism of Crown of Thorns

    • @fairlysleepy
      @fairlysleepy 5 років тому +41

      bc they followed the jesus

    • @maximinoalejandro8168
      @maximinoalejandro8168 5 років тому +34

      It’s a halo

  • @partlyironic
    @partlyironic 5 років тому +2440

    FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANTED THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHY DO MONKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT?”:
    (This is a very quick answer to sum up a lot of historical discussion)
    - Hair = riches, power, vanity and sexuality etc. In cutting off their hair, monks were showing their willingness to forgo worldly concerns, principally wealth and sexual relationships - for the same reason, Christian nuns cover their hair.
    - alongside this, short hair mimicked those who had become slaves, showing them to be servants to christ
    - it is thought that the original disciples of jesus similarly cut their hair
    - there was also a strong element of group identity; those of a religious order were instantly recognisable
    - it showed discipline; keeping hair in this style required maintenance and not doing so was often seen as abandoning the religious way of life
    PS most believe, I think, that the Celtic tonsure was shaved in front of a line running from ear to ear. The Roman = crown of thorns, The Celtic = indicative of slavery

    • @DarkKnightTrinity
      @DarkKnightTrinity 4 роки тому +110

      @Chad MacDonald I can't believe he titled his video with "why" and never said why ...

    • @lumossk3657
      @lumossk3657 4 роки тому +16

      The real question remains tho, why leaving out the side part

    • @tobiasreiersen7397
      @tobiasreiersen7397 4 роки тому +13

      Helen. Thank you, people like you deserve an exclusive sky in heaven

    • @maryfaqih9403
      @maryfaqih9403 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you🙏🏻

    • @paulmbuthia8689
      @paulmbuthia8689 4 роки тому +2

      Thanks.

  • @mohdsaif5539
    @mohdsaif5539 5 років тому +4383

    Barber: How may I help you?
    Monk: I like Saturn
    Barber: Say no more

    • @antoniogriffin7135
      @antoniogriffin7135 5 років тому +29

      😢😂😂😂

    • @vishalpanwar9914
      @vishalpanwar9914 5 років тому +19

      Lol... Funny 😂😂

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka 5 років тому +15

      Lo, Saturnalia!

    • @tatyanawong
      @tatyanawong 5 років тому +13

      underrated comment 💀💀

    • @ninjafruitchilled
      @ninjafruitchilled 5 років тому +47

      Saying that you like Saturn would have meant something rather different in the 5th century ;). Something possibly dangerous for a Catholic monk to say.

  • @nickeman132
    @nickeman132 5 років тому +2969

    My heart pounded hard when that skype sound appeared.

    • @TheCowSaidOink
      @TheCowSaidOink 5 років тому +28

      LOL same

    • @jumbie4972
      @jumbie4972 5 років тому +34

      Facts I was shook 💀

    • @HanaMaeVA
      @HanaMaeVA 5 років тому +125

      I haven’t used Skype in years, and it still gave me a heart attack

    • @ajg8600
      @ajg8600 5 років тому +4

      Same... i dont even have skype anymore lmao

    • @georgethakur
      @georgethakur 5 років тому +1

      Oh, I was thinking it was something different.

  • @davidfabella1
    @davidfabella1 5 років тому +2216

    the "reverse bowlcut" basically

    • @poluki
      @poluki 5 років тому +62

      The opposite of the undercut?

    • @piadylan1207
      @piadylan1207 5 років тому +51

      @OctieBoopTurtle an overcut ?

    • @poluki
      @poluki 5 років тому

      @@piadylan1207 perhaps

    • @kshitijmahajan1058
      @kshitijmahajan1058 5 років тому

      Oh nice 😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing

    • @user-yz8wn3of7o
      @user-yz8wn3of7o 5 років тому +3

      When your parents forgot to use the bowl ._.

  • @AvenWildsmith
    @AvenWildsmith 4 роки тому +1431

    Next time I see a skinhead, I'll be sure to tell him I like his pauline tonsure.

    • @swiggitysk8
      @swiggitysk8 4 роки тому +71

      please do. or next time you see someone touting an inverted cross as “satanic” tell them you like their petrine cross.

    • @thecurtle
      @thecurtle 4 роки тому +14

      @ when I worked at Target there was this very tall guy that I saw every couple of weeks, always wore black, studded leather, sometimes a trench coat. He had a shaved head but there was also a very large, distinguishable scar across the entire top of his head. I never ended up talking to him.
      Not really that relevant to your question, but they're probably still around in some parts.

    • @oliverhardman3513
      @oliverhardman3513 4 роки тому +19

      @@thecurtle dude likely had a tumor.
      This is a classic video on yt of a guy calling someone a shinhead, only for him to reveal he had chemo hahaha

    • @sparkl3s229
      @sparkl3s229 4 роки тому +5

      i like ya cut g

    • @davidreed9849
      @davidreed9849 4 роки тому +3

      Haha he might think you’re hitting on him

  • @gvillxtine2773
    @gvillxtine2773 5 років тому +2612

    okay but like am i going crazy or was the title question was never answered

    • @partlyironic
      @partlyironic 5 років тому +27

      Tbh the best thing to do is google it

    • @SaintJenny929
      @SaintJenny929 5 років тому +229

      Sub groups of Catholicism people (Celtic catholic vs Roman catholic) used them as gang signs lol

    • @fangofsilver5537
      @fangofsilver5537 5 років тому +21

      Nope. You´re not alone on that one.

    • @gvillxtine2773
      @gvillxtine2773 5 років тому +19

      @@partlyironic yeah I ended up reading some articles instead

    • @Vampirefreak2282
      @Vampirefreak2282 5 років тому +187

      They said it very fast and briefly in the beginning of the video. A shaved head normally means englightment and Buddhist munks often shave their heads for that purpose. The tonture loosely resembles Jesus's crown of thorns around this head. Which is why it looks like that.

  • @univ1776
    @univ1776 5 років тому +2579

    They had that haircut to ensure a celibate life.

  • @danielnator
    @danielnator 5 років тому +696

    3:52 Those 7th century computer graphics

    • @lolha4544
      @lolha4544 4 роки тому +3

      The Danielnator HAHA.

    • @samayah7949
      @samayah7949 4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣👍🏼

    • @BlueblueN
      @BlueblueN 3 роки тому +9

      I like how this Celtic monk looks chinese

    • @j_respect5948
      @j_respect5948 3 роки тому +5

      That helped them build the pyramid

    • @sandomingue
      @sandomingue 3 роки тому +2

      Bro got the iFig 😭😭😂

  • @jamescharles4050
    @jamescharles4050 5 років тому +2435

    *Barber:* What you want fam?
    *Monk:* that 4th century tonsure cut.
    *Barber:* ...
    *Monk:* ...You ever watch the three stooges?
    *Barber:* I got you fam.

    • @Jesse__H
      @Jesse__H 5 років тому +68

      *Barber:* Tonsure?! You're gonna have to be more specific, bro!

    • @hahaha7834
      @hahaha7834 5 років тому +2

      stoogies

    • @Kolslov
      @Kolslov 5 років тому +3

      This needs to be top comment

    • @saharajason3731
      @saharajason3731 5 років тому +1

      Chris Jays 😂😂🤣😂😂😂👌🏾

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 5 років тому +5

      Say no mo

  • @mechanicalfruit9659
    @mechanicalfruit9659 5 років тому +804

    Pick your fighter
    *MONK HAIRCUT*
    or
    *BOWL CUT*
    or
    *MULLET*

  • @wilfredomartinez575
    @wilfredomartinez575 5 років тому +247

    Barber:what do you want today
    Monks:you've seen a halo
    Barber:say nomore

    • @MondoMan
      @MondoMan 5 років тому

      give up the fight

    • @npc6817
      @npc6817 3 роки тому +1

      gives hairdo in the shape of master chief's helmet

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 років тому +544

    It’s circumcision for the head.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 років тому +1

      Napoleon I Bonaparte 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 років тому +22

      The other head 😅😅

    • @oltedders
      @oltedders 5 років тому +15

      At least one thing grows back.

    • @Xuepreme69
      @Xuepreme69 5 років тому

      oltedders trust me, skin can grow back.

    • @oltedders
      @oltedders 5 років тому +11

      @@Xuepreme69
      Not where it counts. A foreskin isn't anymore replaceable than a missing ear.

  • @TheDrummingWarrior
    @TheDrummingWarrior 5 років тому +516

    Vox, answering all the questions you never asked

    • @andyisdead
      @andyisdead 5 років тому

      lmao

    • @KipVaughan
      @KipVaughan 5 років тому +14

      I have wondered this question.

    • @docholliday4672
      @docholliday4672 5 років тому

      Rotfl

    • @Carltoncurtis1
      @Carltoncurtis1 5 років тому +6

      Vox, masters of getting utterly useless information nobody was thinking about on trending.

    • @thewalkingmic5
      @thewalkingmic5 5 років тому +8

      ... but always makes you want to know the answer

  • @blitzwaffe
    @blitzwaffe 5 років тому +893

    Monk's haircut: What I studied for on the exam
    Bald spot: What's on the exam

    • @anthonysmith1228
      @anthonysmith1228 5 років тому +12

      Have my internet points!

    • @thewalkingmic5
      @thewalkingmic5 5 років тому +14

      I like this meme format

    • @metuks7324
      @metuks7324 5 років тому +5

      Thats too real for me

    • @bimmer3997
      @bimmer3997 5 років тому +2

      Copy..
      Paste...

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 5 років тому

      blitzwaffe ua-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/v-deo.html this video was completely amazing tho

  • @ChaseWulff
    @ChaseWulff 5 років тому +64

    “Damn. I’m losing my hair. How can I keep people from knowing? I guess I could shave it just a little more and say it’s a religious thing.”

  • @cameronrudolph5919
    @cameronrudolph5919 5 років тому +505

    The very reason that this was ever used as a haircut is because that's exactly how guys lose their hair when they age...
    the haircut is kind of like a "well there's already a spot there let's make it uniform and say we did it on purpose"

    • @Meofalulu
      @Meofalulu 5 років тому +47

      This is my hypothesis as to why the samurai haircut has the top of the head shaved

    • @redginger4224
      @redginger4224 5 років тому +7

      Hahahahahahaahah i thought of it too

    • @nonprogrediestregredi1711
      @nonprogrediestregredi1711 4 роки тому +8

      And monks couldn't afford Rogaine.

    • @benvoliothefirst
      @benvoliothefirst 4 роки тому +9

      Same reason balding guys shave their head these days: "Bald is a choice, balding is not."

    • @lfidarraga
      @lfidarraga 4 роки тому

      More than uniform. Id say it conveys wisdom.

  • @Ycyjames
    @Ycyjames 5 років тому +1428

    1:45 I thought someone was calling me on skype loll

    • @monarass
      @monarass 5 років тому +20

      I also got trolled

    • @nojamguy7561
      @nojamguy7561 5 років тому +3

      same here 😔✊🏼

    • @annoorange123
      @annoorange123 5 років тому +63

      I don't even have skype, but it trolled me

    • @helicopter_traffic
      @helicopter_traffic 5 років тому +6

      It’s impressive sound design for sure
      I knew it was Skype and not a traditional on-site interview by the sound/video quality, sure, but immediately by the ringtone

    • @sanchirkh6019
      @sanchirkh6019 5 років тому +2

      bruh i actually spotted the vid for sec

  • @vandanacasm
    @vandanacasm 5 років тому +1138

    How DO you come up with these ridiculously curious topic? Great video.

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 5 років тому +45

      Religion, dec 25th... It's on topic somehow ..

    • @thanhavictus
      @thanhavictus 5 років тому +12

      Stay curious

    • @zweij
      @zweij 5 років тому

      It isnt extremely ridiculous. Or maybe I am just a typical European

    • @brigranger2119
      @brigranger2119 5 років тому +17

      @@zweij they didn't say ridiculous they said "ridiculously curious" as in unique or uncommon I assume. not trying to start something I just feel like the OP wasnt trying to be rude

    • @arjuhama
      @arjuhama 5 років тому +21

      (sitting in the office, staring at the ceiling)
      Vox content creator: Gee, why did priests have those weird hairstyles back then? (taps pen to the lips)

  • @arvaborelius7269
    @arvaborelius7269 5 років тому +145

    Fun fact: in Sweden doughnuts are called monks because they look like their hair.

    • @funkymonkey7202
      @funkymonkey7202 5 років тому

      where did u learn this?

    • @arvaborelius7269
      @arvaborelius7269 5 років тому +1

      @@funkymonkey7202 Jag lärde mig det från att bo i Sverige hela mitt liv.

    • @funkymonkey7202
      @funkymonkey7202 5 років тому

      @@arvaborelius7269
      Jag trodde du såg den på en artikel eller något. Men det är coolt.

  • @ArtemKotenev-m2t
    @ArtemKotenev-m2t 3 роки тому +19

    i love how the question "why" they had their haircuts and for what reason is not answered

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 2 роки тому +1

      they did mention it at least: "possibly modelled after Jesus' crown of thorns"

  • @ultimatedumbass3779
    @ultimatedumbass3779 5 років тому +42

    Back then, they thought it was trendy, so imagine in 100 years that our now trendy hairstyles will be considered weird in the future

  • @pogi09282805724
    @pogi09282805724 5 років тому +141

    Im naturally inclined to have a tonsure! Thanks dad!

    • @rparl
      @rparl 5 років тому +8

      Tends to skip a generation, so thank your grandfathers.

    • @swedishfeeish
      @swedishfeeish 5 років тому +15

      actually the gene for hair loss comes from the chromosome you got from your mother

    • @travis_redfern6771
      @travis_redfern6771 5 років тому +14

      You were born to be a monk

  • @Trxpamvs
    @Trxpamvs 5 років тому +301

    Barber : what u want?
    Me: let me get that 35 before Christ fade
    Barber: amen my guy say no more.

    • @achingwoody4306
      @achingwoody4306 5 років тому +2

      Sewa Kevin Lassey you need more likes

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 5 років тому

      Sewa Kevin Lassey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ua-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/v-deo.html my reaction to it

    • @matthewschwend2643
      @matthewschwend2643 5 років тому +5

      35 BCE?????

    • @sikid4000
      @sikid4000 5 років тому +2

      *AD
      Obviously

    • @matthewschwend2643
      @matthewschwend2643 5 років тому +3

      sikid4000 even 35 AD is way off

  • @dantoxism8538
    @dantoxism8538 5 років тому +1455

    That ain't hair mate, that's a ring! A head-ring

  • @bcubed72
    @bcubed72 4 роки тому +56

    Pious up front,
    Party in the back.

  • @thijsdeboer389
    @thijsdeboer389 5 років тому +67

    Me: has a test tomorrow
    UA-cam: HEY WANNA WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT MONK HAIRCUTS?

  • @KepticYT
    @KepticYT 5 років тому +460

    *_Because god liked it so he put a ring on it_*

  • @phototristan
    @phototristan 5 років тому +1832

    I have a nice fade, does that mean I'm super holy?

  • @mohammedsufyan4011
    @mohammedsufyan4011 5 років тому +522

    Always thought they were just bald...

    • @riflemanm16a2
      @riflemanm16a2 5 років тому +47

      Did you think they went bald because they were monks or they were monks because they'd gone bald?

    • @lessemo
      @lessemo 5 років тому +13

      @@riflemanm16a2 omg is the chicken and egg question

    • @brendanjohnson4931
      @brendanjohnson4931 5 років тому +23

      I always thought they were young men trying to look like old men with male pattern baldness.

    • @FilosSofo
      @FilosSofo 5 років тому +1

      Brendan Johnson that is Japan you thinking of.

    • @mattbobst1977
      @mattbobst1977 5 років тому

      Cartoon for kids

  • @jasondaniel918
    @jasondaniel918 5 років тому +43

    As I approach 70-years of age, nature and nature's God are solving the tonsure issue for me. It is called pattern baldness. It does in fact resemble a tonsure, so now I can B.S. my way around my baldness. Thanks, Vox.

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane 5 років тому +2

      Yeah, a 70 year old grandpa on UA-cam writing like a Millennial, anything is possible I guess. You need to spare your knuckles grandpa. :)

  • @peempit4406
    @peempit4406 5 років тому +92

    UA-cam is scary. This video is recommended right exact on the same day I learned about European monks at school

    • @lolha4544
      @lolha4544 4 роки тому +3

      Joe Ligmama I played a roblox game today and i watched flamingo and in the roblox game i was building a boat and added a ladder and i climbed it and then i fell from the ladder and the youtuber said ”no im falling!!!” something like that

    • @antoniasalinas513
      @antoniasalinas513 4 роки тому +9

      Every breath you take,
      Every step you make,
      Every vow you break
      Every move you take
      They'll be watching you.

    • @CrazyAsianDude
      @CrazyAsianDude 4 роки тому +2

      This was recommended to me after I shaved my head........weird.

    • @da_yanti.f.6363
      @da_yanti.f.6363 3 роки тому

      Holy grail
      But
      You probably search for it on Google earlier that day

    • @thirstiestvillager9233
      @thirstiestvillager9233 3 роки тому

      Not scary at all

  • @Spiegelgeist
    @Spiegelgeist 5 років тому +176

    I always appreciate it in character creators when they let me give my character a tonsure for a hairstyle.

    • @charlesbannon6909
      @charlesbannon6909 5 років тому +6

      We got to get them to adopt the triangular tonsure now.

    • @virionspiral
      @virionspiral 5 років тому +4

      I plan to add that alternative for a character in my game. Though, this video was weird. The guy didn't give (at least in the video) any evidence of this triangular tonsure. He just said, so I assumed it had to be simple, and some modelers I knew did this design, so this is how it was.

    • @legendofman12
      @legendofman12 5 років тому +2

      Mount and blade anybody?

  • @toad1694
    @toad1694 5 років тому +125

    I always thought they were just balding, so they would cut it that way.

    • @lauracordero9944
      @lauracordero9944 5 років тому

      @@russiaprivjet iim

    • @lauracordero9944
      @lauracordero9944 5 років тому

      @@russiaprivjet lll

    • @homebodytiger
      @homebodytiger 5 років тому

      Could be true. Maybe they were just hiding that fact. Like how back then, those men used to wear powdered wigs because of some disease or illness (can't remember).

  • @rea8585
    @rea8585 5 років тому +3504

    Being a good person and believing in God is not enough. You have to have the perfect haircut too 😜 Early fashionistas! 😂

    • @LeethLee1
      @LeethLee1 5 років тому +25

      "Fabulous for god!" :D

    • @kashkirby
      @kashkirby 5 років тому +1

      omfg

    • @MyiaLaShaun
      @MyiaLaShaun 5 років тому +13

      None of this is in the Bible.

    • @mofuker199
      @mofuker199 5 років тому +32

      @@anunayasingh3621 no one said they're the same thing

    • @hangarud
      @hangarud 5 років тому +2

      @@MyiaLaShaun even laws are non in the bible.

  • @SSchithFoo
    @SSchithFoo 5 років тому +12

    Buddhist monks shaved their heads as a sign of letting go of attachment because back in the day, in the region having long hair was a sign of manliness and men were pretty attached to it.

  • @joes.949
    @joes.949 5 років тому +91

    Ok, now explain Trump's.....

    • @futileclips1012
      @futileclips1012 4 роки тому +12

      trump:french fries please
      Barber:I gotchu

  • @HerbalAssailant
    @HerbalAssailant 5 років тому +113

    I want to see someone pull this look off though.
    I bet there is SOMEONE out there rocking this haircut.

    • @fionaslittlecorner
      @fionaslittlecorner 5 років тому +18

      Middle aged men?

    • @HerbalAssailant
      @HerbalAssailant 5 років тому +4

      @@fionaslittlecorner I mean someone who cut their hair like that on purpose. 😂

    • @HerbalAssailant
      @HerbalAssailant 5 років тому

      @Marion Delgado Well... I guess I wouldn't.

    • @caremyu
      @caremyu 5 років тому +8

      Faith usually new born babies and toddler can rock this style😂 I’ve seen it before on a few babies

    • @sjuvanet
      @sjuvanet 5 років тому +1

      i am here, well being.

  • @toastiie4595
    @toastiie4595 5 років тому +61

    *Monk: I like onion rings*
    *Barber: Ah, I gotchu*

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H 5 років тому +139

    Tonsure? I hardly knew her!
    sorry. very interesting vid, btw!

    • @wutaeworld
      @wutaeworld 5 років тому

      Jesse H. Very interesting!!! ua-cam.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/v-deo.html

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken 5 років тому

      You sly dog!

  • @steves4945
    @steves4945 4 роки тому +18

    The triangle would make sense as a symbol of the "Holy Trinity "

  • @xyhmo
    @xyhmo 5 років тому +31

    Real reason: bunch of old dudes wanting to level the playing field by sabotaging hair of young dudes.

  • @MovieHypeSA
    @MovieHypeSA 5 років тому +80

    A triangle? Illuminati confirmed

    • @hunterrosier4426
      @hunterrosier4426 5 років тому +1

      *BECOME ONE OF US FOLLOW THE LIGHT AND YOULL SEE THE PATH*

    • @NeoJiNeTiK
      @NeoJiNeTiK 5 років тому

      Annunaki confirmed...
      It’s a Ziggurat, They are followers of Enki’s son Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus and his Ancient School of Mysteries. To the Sumerians he was Ningizzida; he may have been Enoch to the Jews, Odin to the Scandinavians, Wotan to the Teutons, and some even suggest Buddha. We might know him now as Mr. Wednesday.
      “Do you have faith, Shadow? Do you know me? Do you know what I am? Do you want to know my name? This is what I am called. I am called Glad-O-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds. As many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn. Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri. My horse is the gallowed. I am Odin!”

    • @ameliagordon6945
      @ameliagordon6945 5 років тому

      Your profile pic fit that perfectly

  • @ryat3856
    @ryat3856 5 років тому +68

    Time for bed..
    *WHY DO MUNKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT*
    well damn

  • @oliverkeely4767
    @oliverkeely4767 5 років тому +92

    They just balding innit

  • @trek2k409
    @trek2k409 5 років тому +22

    To make sure they won’t get laid

  • @mordredoforkney6185
    @mordredoforkney6185 4 роки тому +7

    As a stylist and a history nerd, this gives me a braingasm.

  • @paradox...
    @paradox... 5 років тому +134

    Those computer graphics are from the 7th century lol

  • @3p1cand3rs0n
    @3p1cand3rs0n 5 років тому +160

    In my religion, we mostly had our tonsures removed as children or teens, to represent the removal of the evils of strep throat. We usually celebrated with ice cream.

    • @mahteef
      @mahteef 5 років тому +3

      I want join. How I join?

    • @emc9487
      @emc9487 5 років тому +5

      Mathuín Ó mhuire wooosh

    • @dedewx9550
      @dedewx9550 5 років тому +4

      @Mathuín Ó mhuire r/wooosh

    • @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
      @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 5 років тому +4

      I guess much like a razor would on a monk...
      That one went over his head

    • @lawrencetchen
      @lawrencetchen 5 років тому +5

      The Church of Otolaryngology 🙏🏽

  • @angelashahbaz
    @angelashahbaz 5 років тому +92

    1:51
    C O N T R O V E R S I E S

  • @Sunset-Sam
    @Sunset-Sam 5 років тому +4

    I love how the music in their videos always suits the time period of the topic and the pictures are even synced with it as well. Such attention to detail.

  • @MINTBERRYCRRUNCH
    @MINTBERRYCRRUNCH 5 років тому +15

    3:45 omg i laughed so hard at that "computer graphic" from 20 years ago, i can see all 12 polygons that make up the human face lol

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 3 роки тому

      Hey, don't be mean, back then they had to use basicpy calculators to make that image.

  • @rw7371
    @rw7371 5 років тому +226

    Me: I know a pretty good amount of information, I am content.
    Me: *sees this video*
    Nevermind, I definitely need to know this. I didn’t know I needed to know this until just now.

    • @zaybo1930
      @zaybo1930 5 років тому +4

      Same! Now I’m just biding my time until someone says anything about a monk!! I’m pulling this bad boy right out

    • @rolak5053
      @rolak5053 4 роки тому +4

      No one ever has ENOUGH knowledge, you did good my dude. You did good.

  • @dmdgama6079
    @dmdgama6079 5 років тому +29

    Monks: can I get a onion ring
    Barber: I got you fam

  • @Witchy-Wonderland
    @Witchy-Wonderland 5 років тому +152

    It’s 4:30 in the morning... what am I doing with my life? 🤨

  • @lilelly16
    @lilelly16 4 роки тому +2

    I love the parallel that was drawn between the monks' tonsure and today's style of shaving the sides of the head!

    • @ademes889
      @ademes889 4 роки тому

      Elena Lenkova got to hide the greyiez

  • @consumemilk8005
    @consumemilk8005 5 років тому +13

    "You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard." Leviticus 19:27

    • @huydo1930
      @huydo1930 5 років тому +7

      That's in the old testament, those ceremonial laws have been fulfilled in Christ, now we are under the new covenant

    • @Angelo-rj5er
      @Angelo-rj5er 5 років тому +2

      Consume Milk that law only applied to Jews from the nation of Israel not new covenant Jews and gentile Christians

    • @MasterSkySparklez
      @MasterSkySparklez 4 роки тому

      @@huydo1930 uh huh okay

    • @harddamn
      @harddamn 4 роки тому

      @@huydo1930 u can't nit pick your testament. either follow the bible or not...or only the parts that suit u ?

  • @robertoguevara1400
    @robertoguevara1400 5 років тому +31

    So is this going to become trendy? Tonsure Challenge? Monking? Triangle Hair Style?
    At this point it wouldn't surprise me.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 5 років тому +154

    I was sure for a second that he said 'The Ramen Church' at 2:02, and I was like 'Dude.. THAT'S my kinda religion!"
    * slurps in reverence *
    🍜

  • @nayibm1773
    @nayibm1773 5 років тому +410

    Haha my haircut is better

  • @karvald
    @karvald 5 років тому +2

    This was super interesting and really well produced.

  • @cyxx414
    @cyxx414 5 років тому +1

    the videos of you guys are just phenomenal

  • @ZeEzZuEn
    @ZeEzZuEn 5 років тому +70

    FaZe Banks has this haircut

  • @nerissaalmeida4473
    @nerissaalmeida4473 5 років тому +5

    Amazing video as always. I love all the research and effort put into every one of your videos

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon 5 років тому +61

    Another hypothesis: it’s actually a bald head monk who didn’t want people laughing at him and so told everyone that it’s to be closer to god

  • @Koel_Hellion
    @Koel_Hellion 4 роки тому +3

    I dunno why but I always enjoy watching stuff like this like just some random facts that explain little things I didn't cared about until now lol

  • @enteblu6799
    @enteblu6799 5 років тому +1

    I swear I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

  • @mrdabss
    @mrdabss 5 років тому +39

    Answer: They copied the villagers from Minecraft.

    • @DxvinderSingh1699
      @DxvinderSingh1699 5 років тому +1

      Can we get 1000 subs for Kermit to survive oh yes, minecraft the oldest of religions with servers so high in class that the words “heck” and “frick” are taboo best religion 👌👏

  • @gasIighter
    @gasIighter 5 років тому +16

    Barber: How may I help you?
    Monk: gimmi dat inverse bowlcut
    Barber: Say no more

  • @BaBlisstic
    @BaBlisstic 5 років тому +32

    Music is way too loud.

  • @AnimMusicTM
    @AnimMusicTM 5 років тому +8

    1:45 that skype pranked me even i know i dont have skype

  • @shardhanamorgan
    @shardhanamorgan 5 років тому +6

    I'm shocked. They had to cut their hair like that?? I thought it was just early onset male pattern baldness!

  • @SatorGrin
    @SatorGrin 5 років тому +28

    Barber: Whatchu gettin'?
    Monk: The Humble Rim👌
    Barber: Say no more. Infinite roast on the way my guy.

  • @RatherA
    @RatherA 5 років тому +11

    Ah now I know why Faze Banks have this hairstyle. God bless father faze banks.

  • @urnotjustin
    @urnotjustin 5 років тому +16

    Brother Banks

  • @b.c4440
    @b.c4440 2 роки тому

    The idea that the fade is just reverse monk style at the end just tickles me to death. 💀

  • @tamastimar9511
    @tamastimar9511 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the interesting video and thank you that you give subtitle too, because so it is easier to understand and follow the content.

  • @trayvu
    @trayvu 5 років тому +42

    Earlier in McDonald's I was high af. A worker comes up to me and asked me "Do you want a tray sir". I stand there and look at him for about 5 seconds and say"...I'm already Tracer"

    • @midwayhhs
      @midwayhhs 5 років тому +5

      r/thathappened

  • @yorusuyasoul69420
    @yorusuyasoul69420 5 років тому +5

    Back in the day it was a big trend among the monks

  • @charlesnoonan5543
    @charlesnoonan5543 5 років тому +7

    Who else got bored half way through and started to read the comments like me? 🧐

    • @Slekejkwls-1819
      @Slekejkwls-1819 4 роки тому +1

      Not sure but I think just you and 4 people

    • @da_yanti.f.6363
      @da_yanti.f.6363 3 роки тому

      I don't even watch the video, just sliding trough the comments

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 4 роки тому +1

    Vox answered a lot of questions in this video ..... except the title itself.

  • @allninelivez7631
    @allninelivez7631 2 роки тому +1

    4th Century monks really saw this cut and said “YOOOOOO!!!!!”

  • @faysus
    @faysus 5 років тому +13

    They just had a drunk barber. You didn't need to research much on this. Just drunk barbers

  • @heatherracho666
    @heatherracho666 5 років тому +11

    I've always wanted to know..... I feel like a five-year-old child asking my mother stupid questions and getting answers !!!🤭

  • @morris7626
    @morris7626 5 років тому +3

    Funny thing is I could see all of these haircuts as completely normal

  • @princetamrac1180
    @princetamrac1180 4 роки тому +1

    The thumbnail already answered the question

  • @bobdonda
    @bobdonda 5 років тому +3

    There's no way that you can convince me that this wasn't started by some guys who were embarrassed about their bald spots, and decided to make the bald spot a fashion trend that everyone else had to follow.
    It's "I'm part of a cool trend, I'm not going bald!" and it ended up lasting for centuries because other balding men like the idea too.

    • @thepatrusnostor5794
      @thepatrusnostor5794 Рік тому

      Tambien penso es, pero tambien en que querian representar a los santos con el circulo en su cabeza, pero la verdad sigo sin saberlo

  • @hongpingmike
    @hongpingmike 5 років тому +5

    I'll head to my barber tonight and ask for the tonsure

  • @swayamsahu8078
    @swayamsahu8078 5 років тому +14

    Will this trend in 2019?

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn 5 років тому +1

      Will school kids still be picking their nose all the time?

    • @swayamsahu8078
      @swayamsahu8078 5 років тому

      @@Robert-yf1kn teacher says being hygienic is good. So yes they will.

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn 5 років тому +1

      @@swayamsahu8078 Kids pick there nose with their fingers and thats not good hygienic and they eat the boogers.

    • @swayamsahu8078
      @swayamsahu8078 5 років тому

      @@Robert-yf1kn omg, so whenever you saw anyone who do, please stop them.

  • @styxthistle497
    @styxthistle497 5 років тому +3

    And I worked all this out just from looking at pictures of Thomas Aquinas

  • @sutats
    @sutats 3 роки тому +1

    Monk mode: On

  • @MultilinguaBlog
    @MultilinguaBlog 4 роки тому

    This is awesome! Thank very much!

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 5 років тому +44

    Imagine being so fragile you're enraged by a haircut.

    • @annmarie1365
      @annmarie1365 5 років тому +8

      Wobbles and Bean As a hairdresser, I reserve the right to be enraged by haircuts.

    • @bromptondevice7685
      @bromptondevice7685 5 років тому +2

      Why not? Plenty of people in UA-cam comments sections are enraged about far less.

  • @Xxmeca421xX
    @Xxmeca421xX 5 років тому +15

    Brother banks

  • @mango_tgo8361
    @mango_tgo8361 5 років тому +8

    Merry Christmas

  • @williamfox2149
    @williamfox2149 5 років тому

    Thank you for explaining something that's vaguely confused me for roughly 2 decades.