Do You Need Friends? (Dunbar's Number)

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  • @EHyde-ir9gb
    @EHyde-ir9gb 7 років тому +1479

    The only man in the world who can be taken seriously sitting in a ball pit.

    • @bones1123
      @bones1123 6 років тому +5

      Steelhunter777 lmfao

    • @brokenbeakers621
      @brokenbeakers621 6 років тому +27

      I'm pretty sure you wouldn't just stop listening to someone like Elon Musk if he sat in a ball pit.

    • @swoluigi3828
      @swoluigi3828 6 років тому +2

      Broken Beakers i’d laugh, hard.
      i’ll pass out

    • @cgamin6921
      @cgamin6921 6 років тому +5

      What about Chuck Norris

    • @summer-wb2ps
      @summer-wb2ps 6 років тому +5

      what about zucc

  • @CMunkMunk
    @CMunkMunk 7 років тому +715

    Those four people must be really tired of receiving 80 % of all phone calls...

    • @SirKaji
      @SirKaji 6 років тому +25

      By logic, those 4 people make up 20% of ones friend

    • @remytherat6603
      @remytherat6603 6 років тому +10

      yes except the people calling them are likely in THEIR own main 4 people as well so it mostly works out

    • @user-ox7id9he5v
      @user-ox7id9he5v 6 років тому +20

      @@SirKaji then it fulfills the 80/20 rule or whatever, cool

    • @warhammer8230
      @warhammer8230 6 років тому +2

      Ashton Minden you mean zipf's law?

    • @hardanson
      @hardanson 6 років тому

      Hey, look how many likes.

  • @mynameismud8596
    @mynameismud8596 7 років тому +2327

    *imagines having 150 friends*
    too... much..... social........ interaction...........

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 7 років тому +41

      I don't think they mean friend in the same way most of us think of as friends. They say '50 meaningful relationships' which would be my estimation of a real friend. And, to me, that seams reasonable; 10-15 family (maybe a lot more), 10 coworkers you actually know, 10 people that are into the same hobbies as you, that's already 30+.
      The other 100 people are more like the other coworkers you know see in their cubicle each day, or that uncle that never comes to thanksgiving. Your old friends from high school or your last job. And then you have all of their extended families, some of which you may know better than others.

    • @mynameismud8596
      @mynameismud8596 7 років тому +46

      kindlin still too much
      still too, tooooo *much*

    • @megamcee
      @megamcee 7 років тому +2

      ikr

    • @Devilyaki
      @Devilyaki 7 років тому +22

      can't even image having one...

    • @ericsaul9306
      @ericsaul9306 7 років тому +2

      So... Do you want to expand your social interaction? Hahahaha

  • @Zopdoz
    @Zopdoz 7 років тому +102

    Weirdly enough, about 2 years ago after a short defriend spree on FB, i managed to end up with 152 friends in total out of the 600+ i once had lol

  • @MrBusrunner
    @MrBusrunner 7 років тому +472

    My grandma and college friends have a lot in common, they all rely heavily on drugs.

    • @FPSUNO
      @FPSUNO 6 років тому +2

      MrBusrunner that's one thing

    • @bradhuff5131
      @bradhuff5131 6 років тому +17

      Different kinds but potato potato

    • @shinji5217
      @shinji5217 6 років тому +9

      @@bradhuff5131 potato potato

    • @SilverVolo
      @SilverVolo 5 років тому

      Tmi

    • @themuxican
      @themuxican 5 років тому

      I did not click this video to listen to YOU. i clicked it to learn about dunbars number. Although i do enjoy vsauce i wasnt aware this video was vsauce till you said vsauce.

  • @tdain21
    @tdain21 7 років тому +322

    New excuse to get rid of bad friends in my life: "sorry I reached my 150 friend limit, we can never talk again"

  • @whitherwhence
    @whitherwhence 7 років тому +277

    Do people really maintain friendships with three digit numbers of people? I hardly manage to routinely care about 6 family members and 4 or 5 friends
    Edit: eyyyyy I graduated highschool and went down to 3 friends

    • @singulocity
      @singulocity 7 років тому +13

      No, he was just saying that Dunbar's number is the maximum. It would be difficult to maintain any more than 150 meaningful relationships.

    • @thiagojesus962
      @thiagojesus962 7 років тому

      ujowcooq o OE plqjclxjbd

    • @godbearxd
      @godbearxd 7 років тому +2

      The Doctor. simply The Doctor.
      I thought about all the people I talk to at least once a week outside of work and school and it's only 2 people. : (

    • @whitherwhence
      @whitherwhence 7 років тому

      God Bear I think I'm south of 10 if you DO count school :/

    • @daisyviluck7932
      @daisyviluck7932 Рік тому

      Meaningful relationships, with meaningful purpose, not just people you hangout with for fun. Think - all your relatives and classmates and club members and coworkers and church members and teammates and neighbors…

  • @rawb
    @rawb 7 років тому +1279

    How many Pokemon in Red and Blue? 150 baaammmm ibf4mew

    • @SmashyPlays
      @SmashyPlays 7 років тому +2

      BruceWillakers wtf

    • @OriginalPiMan
      @OriginalPiMan 7 років тому +47

      There are 151 Pokemon in Red/Blue/Yellow, but you can't hold that many in the PC. It is the amount you can hold in the PC that would be Red/Blue/Ash/Gary's personal Dunbar number.

    • @lance4842
      @lance4842 7 років тому +5

      SmashyPlays b-but it's 151

    • @RussellSubedi
      @RussellSubedi 7 років тому +7

      actually, you can have 20x12+6=246 Pokémons with you. Try getting them all to level 100.

    • @okovermekeamglight4563
      @okovermekeamglight4563 6 років тому +1

      Ym 151

  • @incendere244
    @incendere244 7 років тому +1284

    ahahahahah 150
    lol I have like 2 on a good day

    • @williamjames4031
      @williamjames4031 7 років тому +34

      Incendere Nope, 150 people also includes your Parents, immediate family members like siblings,extended relatives such as your cousins, acquintances, classmates as well as acquintances you have not seen in a long time.

    • @melstar926
      @melstar926 7 років тому +55

      It doesn't have to though. Personally I don't include extended family and acquaintances as friends because I have no real interest in most of them.

    • @williamjames4031
      @williamjames4031 7 років тому +14

      Penguin 101 Wrong, do you hangout with more than 1000 people annually. Stop lying, humans are only able to expreince relationship with 150-250 people. Good luck with your lies

    • @catnium
      @catnium 6 років тому +17

      2 ? teach me senpai!!!!!

    • @SkyLordPanglot
      @SkyLordPanglot 6 років тому +8

      Its the max not the min. :D

  • @chrisrus1965
    @chrisrus1965 7 років тому +131

    Recently, Vsauce2 has been the best VSauce.

    • @Eefit
      @Eefit 6 років тому

      Yush

    • @somerandomguy___
      @somerandomguy___ 4 роки тому

      chrisrus1965 that’s only because he’s actually making content

    • @thelonespeaker
      @thelonespeaker 4 роки тому +2

      @@somerandomguy___ Yeah but now it's just board game stuff :( production value has declined

    • @abailumlerrad1037
      @abailumlerrad1037 4 роки тому

      Vsauce 2: 3:08

  • @demonbot6617
    @demonbot6617 7 років тому +336

    Did you just toss a banana at my face? Rude...

    • @theswagger3231
      @theswagger3231 7 років тому +15

      Dj Slimdick Hey Kevin, you wont be hitting your 150 if you behave like that. >:(

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 7 років тому

      Shade X yeah! Please be nice to everyone

    • @lelcat8414
      @lelcat8414 7 років тому +6

      Bananas are radioactive. U trying to give me cancer?

    • @RessG
      @RessG 7 років тому +1

      Dj Slimdick lol, I expect you prefer slimmer banana

    • @alvin_row
      @alvin_row 7 років тому

      Rude! This is a nice comment section.

  • @vladolkhovetsky1070
    @vladolkhovetsky1070 7 років тому +605

    151 original Pokémon , just saying

    • @Chartreugz
      @Chartreugz 7 років тому +23

      152 Missingno #foreveralone

    • @dorf7219
      @dorf7219 7 років тому +4

      Maxim Kruglov but thats not an official pokemon

    • @mohamedmahmoud4045
      @mohamedmahmoud4045 7 років тому +2

      Nerdy Gamer it exists as a Pokemon in official games, therefore it is an official pokemon

    • @MaryJMajesty
      @MaryJMajesty 7 років тому +9

      There are myriads of glitch Pokemon. You can't count all of them as actual Pokemon.

    • @dorf7219
      @dorf7219 7 років тому +5

      Project Legend is it in the pokedex? no? then its not official, its just a glitch

  • @Stillcage
    @Stillcage 7 років тому +1542

    This is an awesome video. I can't get over the way you phrase sentences and the pauses it's really dramatic and it really cool ways to do your video.

    • @NochSoEinKaddiFan
      @NochSoEinKaddiFan 7 років тому +26

      I agree, the pacing feels very ununsal to me, almost intentionally off. I could listen to that for a really long time :)

    • @tungstendioxide5845
      @tungstendioxide5845 7 років тому +18

      It's like this in the other Vsauce channels too.

    • @WizzKidxKOx
      @WizzKidxKOx 7 років тому +8

      Its good until its formulaic and used unnecessarily. It's a sign that I've been on the internet for too long.

    • @tungstendioxide5845
      @tungstendioxide5845 7 років тому +2

      +SbaerO I do sorta agree with this.

    • @amaanvzer6923
      @amaanvzer6923 7 років тому +2

      Wholesome.

  • @ThreeLetters3
    @ThreeLetters3 6 років тому +504

    3:00 A Leaf just committed suicide behind you :(

  • @KefkaJr
    @KefkaJr 7 років тому +13

    This is wild. The biggest realization I had about social media's effect on social circles this wasn't just about making friends, but ending friendships, or being unable to.
    When I was in high school, I was in a group of friends who had a huge hangout session every week. It was basically a given. Toward the end of high school, some of us, including me, just started opting out. And then eventually, I stopped seeing them altogether. There we no hard feelings about it - we were the right friends at the right time, then our needs changed. We stopped seeing each other, we stopped thinking about each other.
    Facebook has made that gradual fadeout basically impossible. People who I don't really need to be friends with anymore, people who keep me stuck on an old phase of my life, emotionally, are still present. We keep feigning interest in each other's activities, we keep saying "we should hang out", and it never happens, but since now we can stay in touch potentially forever, the expectation is always there. An endless drain with no gain on either side.

    • @adrianafamilymember6427
      @adrianafamilymember6427 11 місяців тому

      Touché or that might be the wrong word but it’s still better left to be understood.

  • @ProLaytonxPhoenix
    @ProLaytonxPhoenix 7 років тому +109

    Kevin, we're not friends but I appreciate your work and would shed tears if anything bad to you or Micheal or Jake. The knowledge you three give to us for free is priceless. Oh and, as always, thanks for the video!

    • @squishykotetsu
      @squishykotetsu 5 років тому +2

      *trying not to cry* Yes, yes Kevin, I'd really like a banana
      I really should stop watching these so late, I just get way to emotional everytime ^^

    • @sebastianstan9655
      @sebastianstan9655 5 років тому +2

      _"_ knowledge you three give to us *FOR FREE* _"_
      Is Vsauce a joke to you?

  • @Lightnings
    @Lightnings 7 років тому +1569

    8:13 "You can have 2 and that's totally fine", well that calmed me
    Edit: Don't watch my latest video please

    • @Toastmaster_5000
      @Toastmaster_5000 7 років тому +207

      Yup you've just got 2 more to go. Shouldn't be too hard, right?

    • @jeefpeef5983
      @jeefpeef5983 7 років тому +62

      Peter, was that necessary?

    • @kingkasper4950
      @kingkasper4950 7 років тому +1

      ditto

    • @joshbray5036
      @joshbray5036 7 років тому +27

      Lol, Peter's comment is so relatable

    • @itsOZone
      @itsOZone 7 років тому +1

      mee too thanks

  • @ghostlyninja125
    @ghostlyninja125 7 років тому +137

    i can hardly maintain one friend :/

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen 7 років тому +122

    The most fascinating consequence to me is what happens when a company grows beyond 150. Until that point everyone really can know everyone else. After that point they simply can not. A lot of subtle things change at that point and it's always difficult. Many or even most companies do not survive it.

  • @ezra6094
    @ezra6094 7 років тому +94

    150 friends? That's 150 too many.

    • @cworkman8142
      @cworkman8142 4 роки тому +6

      Im fine then because i have 0 :(

  • @thebigbluenerd
    @thebigbluenerd 7 років тому +29

    wow, my neocortex must be super small.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 років тому

      Brennan The Nerd Or occupied with a lot of things, some of which you only know.

    • @jackquillen9120
      @jackquillen9120 7 років тому

      I must not have one :,)

  • @josiahklein70
    @josiahklein70 7 років тому +479

    What's up?
    ...
    What is "up?"
    Gash darnit, Vsauce!

  • @poeticjystice
    @poeticjystice 7 років тому +276

    *Loneliness intensifies *

  • @MATTW3R
    @MATTW3R 7 років тому +22

    I checked my facebook to see how many friends I have, and it's exactly "150"... wow that's amazing.

  • @rodrigoteresa7944
    @rodrigoteresa7944 7 років тому +432

    Can I get girls if I routinely groom them for ticks?

    • @Gam3B0y23r0
      @Gam3B0y23r0 6 років тому +38

      No, I tried it already...

    • @supernerb6938
      @supernerb6938 6 років тому +23

      Worked for me

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 6 років тому +23

      No, but if they let you groom them for ticks you can probably get with them.

    • @epsilonep2068
      @epsilonep2068 6 років тому +3

      yes

    • @matthighlifeful
      @matthighlifeful 6 років тому +13

      Rodrigo Teresa may not be the kind of girl you would want to spend time with

  • @skullcrushers1000
    @skullcrushers1000 7 років тому +341

    Buckets? You mean circles? Google Plus was correct?

    • @johnsjohnson
      @johnsjohnson 7 років тому +5

      Rhett Having a Vietnam Flashback illumination comforting

    • @Broken_robot1986
      @Broken_robot1986 7 років тому +14

      G+ wasn't very good, but I liked that feature.

    • @JoyJulianGomes
      @JoyJulianGomes 7 років тому +3

      similar to g+, facebook also has a feature to create friend lists. But facebook does not show that option as prominently as g+ which is sad.

    • @FedJimSmith
      @FedJimSmith 7 років тому +2

      yeah, google is more forward thinking and realistic in terms of social interaction.. too bad it didn''t succeed as they hoped it to be

    • @dread69420
      @dread69420 7 років тому +4

      Guys, you're still using G+ when commenting over here.

  • @RaZ0r898
    @RaZ0r898 7 років тому +132

    2 is the minimum? damn

    • @discordant8543
      @discordant8543 7 років тому +15

      K J Aravind I'm here for you buddy

    • @AstroRoxy
      @AstroRoxy 7 років тому +6

      Yea me too (:

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 7 років тому +12

      It's nice to have 2 friends at the minimum. If 1 dies, you can go and cry to the other one.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 років тому +3

      Death 😂

    • @thejurassicwarewolf3300
      @thejurassicwarewolf3300 7 років тому

      memememememememememememememememes

  • @p.boscardin
    @p.boscardin 7 років тому +69

    By the way, the term "friendzone" was popularized by a 1994 episode of the American sitcom Friends entitled "The One with the Blackout", where the character Ross Geller, who was lovesick for Rachel Green, was described by character Joey Tribbiani as being the "mayor of the friend zone".

    • @IkkezzUsedEmber
      @IkkezzUsedEmber 7 років тому +1

      Pedro Boscardin smartass

    • @shershahdrimighdelih
      @shershahdrimighdelih 6 років тому +3

      Vsauce made a video about that too. Just saying.

    • @treylanclos351
      @treylanclos351 6 років тому +1

      I get it, nobody else does but I gotchu

    • @simdude1001
      @simdude1001 6 років тому +1

      Yes, we understand what friends is
      We understand what American is
      You can say called instead of entitled
      We all know when that episode was
      We understand
      So go back to Wikipedia where you got that

  • @kellyhofer
    @kellyhofer 7 років тому +148

    I was going to suggest Hutterites, (having grown up in a hutterite colony) but you actually did your research and listed them! I am impressed.

    • @fmlAllthetime
      @fmlAllthetime 7 років тому +8

      What do you miss and what do you not miss?

    • @egg9709
      @egg9709 4 роки тому +1

      Egg

  • @abibnoor
    @abibnoor 7 років тому +22

    Michael in V1 has changed to some weird math like Napkins and octagon Hexagon. This is good stuff

  • @d_wang9836
    @d_wang9836 7 років тому +2379

    So we are just gonna ignore the fact he recorded the whole video in a Kids Ball Pit in his backyard?

    • @advice-13
      @advice-13 7 років тому +66

      Yes, I'm sure you're the only one who noticed such an odd place to do a video. You must be a detective.

    • @Garblegox
      @Garblegox 7 років тому +12

      Yes, but did you ignore him while he was in your backyard?

    • @LiefTheBeef
      @LiefTheBeef 7 років тому +2

      I've been seeing you a lot everywhere

    • @MrFlyingdonut
      @MrFlyingdonut 7 років тому +1

      we ignored your username

    • @Galaxia53
      @Galaxia53 7 років тому +1

      What does it matter

  • @Wyattporter
    @Wyattporter 7 років тому +30

    1:43 that’s why the only thing Google+ has over any other social media is the Circles system.

    • @NETkoholik
      @NETkoholik 7 років тому

      doesn't facebook have the friends listing option?

    • @Wyattporter
      @Wyattporter 7 років тому +2

      Yes, but they’re all just Friends. By default, Google+ comes with Friends, Family, Following, Acquaintances, and Other, and you can add more.

    • @interycreeper1152
      @interycreeper1152 7 років тому

      Wyatt f

  • @troyramsier9248
    @troyramsier9248 7 років тому +43

    I'm a old man and come to realize that if you have 1 true friend on this trek of life you have been truly blessed ! Use caution on who you surrounded yourself with LIFE is short, make the right choice. Troy in Ohio !!!

    • @spinakker14
      @spinakker14 7 років тому +1

      Troy Ramsier I'm not old yet, but I already agree with that

    • @soinelle85
      @soinelle85 6 років тому

      Same here. Trust has to be built and being true to yourself and them and that person to reciprocate a bonding friendship that takes time.

  • @Zormac
    @Zormac 7 років тому +10

    I've been trimming my Facebook friends down little by little, but after watching this video I noticed I hadn't done it in a while. I went check how many I had... you guessed it. Exactly 150.

  • @nikhilalbert3084
    @nikhilalbert3084 Рік тому +4

    100-230 is the range that has been seen while 150 is the average. Some might have 10-50, while others can have 200-300. It peaks at 150 while the maximum bell falls at 100-230.

  • @Mizerka_
    @Mizerka_ 7 років тому +8

    and here i am with 2 friends, one of which is co worker i sit next to

  • @Destro7000
    @Destro7000 7 років тому +44

    I think a lot of people already know this stuff, deep down. The more 'friends' you have, the less time in the day, week, or your life you have available to divide between spending time with them. Small friend circles are best because you can devote time to people and still have free time to yourself. Large friend circles get more shallow the more people there are, and you lose any sense of closeness and cannot fully give of yourself to any person you know. Whatever this amount is changes from person to person....for me 40 people is around the maximum number of faces & personalities I can memorise and if the number rises harder than that I start not being able to recall things about them, or put names/facts to faces unless they are exceptionally distinctive/characterful personalities. I try to keep my close friends below 5. My numbers are lower as an introvert, but I imagine super social people can manage higher numbers before they forget who people are, or develop behavioural rules for shallow engagements without remembering people.

  • @misadventurousguy3859
    @misadventurousguy3859 7 років тому +290

    I love a good cup of Existential Crisis in the morning, so delicious and full of life disappointments.

    • @josephvictory9536
      @josephvictory9536 7 років тому +2

      Life is great, thats why its dissapointing. If you believed it was suffering, you'd only feel the joy of pleasant surprise

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 років тому +3

      Potato is a TV

    • @melissayes3161
      @melissayes3161 7 років тому +1

      The Travel Guy the future is here: Potatoes
      no more smart tvs; the patato is all the smarts u need!

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 років тому +6

      Our brain is just....thinkable tofu.

    • @misadventurousguy3859
      @misadventurousguy3859 7 років тому +1

      strontiumXnitrate , Ai em sowee !

  • @chaitanyagupta7786
    @chaitanyagupta7786 7 років тому +55

    That PhillyD cameo though.

    • @TheDefault42069
      @TheDefault42069 6 років тому +3

      Chaitanya Gupta looking for this comment because its the only reason im in the comments. #hination

  • @igt3928
    @igt3928 7 років тому +61

    Read "This Book Is Full of Spiders" by David Wong. A lot of Dunbar's number there

    • @peterdvornik
      @peterdvornik 7 років тому +1

      Aleatorio A fantastic book!

    • @stinkiestman398
      @stinkiestman398 6 років тому +13

      EWWW NO! I'm not gunna read something that as soon as I flip open, a bunch of creepy crawlies come out! They're so spooky!

    • @celinak5062
      @celinak5062 6 років тому +1

      Aleatorio oh cracked right?

  • @nosteinnogate7305
    @nosteinnogate7305 7 років тому +511

    150..haha..yeah....

    • @aikslf
      @aikslf 7 років тому +20

      more like the minimum number of people you'd get friendzoned by

    • @emilsgosko5217
      @emilsgosko5217 7 років тому +41

      I've not even spoken to 150 people in my life.

    • @_neep
      @_neep 7 років тому +2

      Florian Klein IBM 5100

    • @noa_1104
      @noa_1104 7 років тому +3

      Emīls Goško You definitely did.

    • @nosteinnogate7305
      @nosteinnogate7305 7 років тому +1

      I like your response.

  • @Freakybugeyedweirdo
    @Freakybugeyedweirdo 7 років тому +307

    Well then, I guess I don't have a neocortex...

    • @aikslf
      @aikslf 7 років тому +31

      @jonyturbo1 no, you gotta share your bananas with him first

    • @jonyturbo1
      @jonyturbo1 7 років тому +5

      want a nanner?

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 7 років тому +8

      lol, for real xD I must have melted mine when I went through a substance abuse phase..

    • @EMMIGREYART
      @EMMIGREYART 7 років тому +2

      for some reason 'nanner' just cracked me up

    • @davidbasil1535
      @davidbasil1535 7 років тому +2

      150 likes

  • @okay2439
    @okay2439 7 років тому +816

    In Soviet Union everyone friend

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy 7 років тому +3

    "While there might be such a thing as unconditional love, there is no such thing as unconditional friendship." - Tomodachi Game

  • @321blastoff6
    @321blastoff6 5 років тому +2

    2:20 Five closest friends huh? Well, there’s my Mom, Dad, brother, dog, and cat. *Two seconds later* oh, hmm, this is a hard one... well, I get five for free from the previous group, uhhh, my pet rabbit might notice if I died. Maybe my teachers? Except Mrs- you know what, I give up.

  • @jonaschristensen1082
    @jonaschristensen1082 7 років тому +4

    Over time you have become my favorite Vsauce channel Kevin, thanks for all your inspiring videos!

  • @Pinekiwi
    @Pinekiwi 7 років тому +75

    150 Friends ?! Wish I had just one ;(

    • @Jamie-tx7pn
      @Jamie-tx7pn 7 років тому

      What is your profile pic from?

    • @SkylordDuck
      @SkylordDuck 7 років тому +2

      Let's be friends (=

    • @nicklaurindo1916
      @nicklaurindo1916 7 років тому +2

      Wanna be my buddy ?

    • @quartzy412
      @quartzy412 7 років тому +1

      Same here

    • @Jamie-tx7pn
      @Jamie-tx7pn 7 років тому +3

      We have 5 people here. Let's all be best buds. It's a start, lol.

  • @CimmerianBlue
    @CimmerianBlue 7 років тому +24

    Another fantastic work by Vsauce2. Thanks for making the world a more knowing place.

  • @DramaticFlora
    @DramaticFlora 7 років тому +19

    congrats on the rewind :D

  • @samickill9730
    @samickill9730 4 роки тому +2

    i felt that when he said "the time needed to keep a relationship going is what can tell a best friend into someone that you used to know. couple months less than half a decade turned my best friend into an acquaintance.💀

  • @HeviErkka
    @HeviErkka 7 років тому +42

    This made me want to share my banana with a stranger.

    • @TheRiquelmeONE
      @TheRiquelmeONE 7 років тому +1

      that came out wrong

    • @felivanz
      @felivanz 7 років тому +3

      or right, it depends really.( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @Scotian280
    @Scotian280 7 років тому +30

    Excellent presentation. Loved every minute of it. you are in danger of becoming my favourite VSauce guy.

  • @carton_of_eggs
    @carton_of_eggs 7 років тому +106

    I cried watching this because i have no friends

    • @y__h
      @y__h 7 років тому +8

      Here have a like and a comment. May we meet in another comment sections, whether we'll remind each other or not.

    • @dorian6667
      @dorian6667 7 років тому +14

      give a banana to a stranger and make a friend

    • @haico1992
      @haico1992 7 років тому +11

      Want a banana?

    • @javierescontrias
      @javierescontrias 7 років тому +1

      Carson Simmons you got me budy.

    • @RandomGuy-hh4dk
      @RandomGuy-hh4dk 7 років тому +1

      first share things with someone and then thoughts that you both find interest in. And then you will be able to make connection that is known as friendship.

  • @ErikRoberts1981
    @ErikRoberts1981 7 років тому +10

    Dude! I'd totally pick you up from the airport!

  • @MrRT1010
    @MrRT1010 7 років тому +16

    'bout one fiddy

  • @t1mor29
    @t1mor29 7 років тому +36

    Just V-Sauce-2, no ketchup

  • @Gocast2
    @Gocast2 7 років тому +88

    I've got a more serious question, why do all my friends look like those little wooden people from IKEA?!? 1:30

  • @thesacredchurro9058
    @thesacredchurro9058 7 років тому +80

    *insert unoriginal joke about how I don’t have any friends here*

    • @MuadDib1402
      @MuadDib1402 7 років тому +23

      But what if... it's not a joke.

    • @jay_hot
      @jay_hot 7 років тому +15

      Catch 22 because the “insert joke” joke itself is unoriginal

    • @thesacredchurro9058
      @thesacredchurro9058 7 років тому +3

      Goopsta precisely

    • @joshuahales7551
      @joshuahales7551 7 років тому +2

      If you did have any real friends, one of them would have told you this joke wasn't a good idea.

  • @Carpatouille
    @Carpatouille 7 років тому +56

    Jokes on you, I have no friends.

    • @yinyang1217
      @yinyang1217 5 років тому +2

      or do you?

    • @xavierc12343
      @xavierc12343 5 років тому +3

      @@yinyang1217 I don't think this is necessary since this is the comments thread in a v sauce video but-
      V-sauce music plays

    • @ProfessorArt1
      @ProfessorArt1 4 роки тому +1

      @@yinyang1217 go on....

  • @AuGrrr
    @AuGrrr 4 роки тому +3

    "80% of phone calls are to the same four people"
    Those four people: Jesus Christ why are so many people calling us!

  • @badsuperhero6943
    @badsuperhero6943 7 років тому +26

    I wonder how many takes it took for him to hit the camera with the banana

    • @makinghey
      @makinghey 7 років тому

      BadSuperhero too many

  • @paradoxplains9704
    @paradoxplains9704 7 років тому +66

    lol i dont even know 150 people

  • @glenallan6279
    @glenallan6279 7 років тому +38

    Slightly disappointed that you didn't get into how within Dunbar's number, you actually eliminate the need for policing, government, and external authority in general. It's a social structure that doesn't require governance, especially if those 150 people ae all interdependently connected.

    • @dead_kennedys7870
      @dead_kennedys7870 6 років тому

      It also seems like it would drastically diminish innovativeness and quality of life (at least from a purely superficial standpoint)

  • @jozzerful2
    @jozzerful2 7 років тому +6

    i do not think it is the quantity of the people, it is the quality of the friendship you have ..

  • @camdenmccombs3947
    @camdenmccombs3947 7 років тому +14

    After I left the Mormon church I lost most of my friends, so now I have about 3 that I talk to regularly out of about 15 that I had.

  • @Kindrick
    @Kindrick 7 років тому +25

    So, dude, would you pick me up from the airport?

    •  7 років тому +2

      Sure thing, bro.

    • @TheoneandonlyEETFUK
      @TheoneandonlyEETFUK 7 років тому +2

      Are you still there?

  • @whmozart
    @whmozart 7 років тому +7

    I have 3 friends and that's enough. I don't see them for years at a time but when I do it's as if not 2 days had passed. Then there are other people I hang out with everyday and they have never ceased to be acquaintances.
    Bonding becomes more difficult with age. It's not whether you got a banana from someone or not. I know damn well who I can count on in prosperity and adversity alike.

  • @JingleJoe
    @JingleJoe 7 років тому +30

    who else had the impulse to catch the banana?

  • @trainwreck1285
    @trainwreck1285 7 років тому

    this is by far one of your most interesting videos yet! awesome job and can't wait for the next! Awesome Defranco plug too!

  • @the_kraken6549
    @the_kraken6549 7 років тому +292

    I love how all the top comments are made by fellow introverts! Uh hi. 👋

  • @alevel100onix5
    @alevel100onix5 7 років тому +7

    "Until you realise how awesome it is, to share your banana with a stranger...'' I dont really know if i wanna share my banana with a stranger.......

  • @Cpt.PickHard
    @Cpt.PickHard 7 років тому +314

    that's why there are 151 pokemons in the first generation so you will never be able to relate to them all

    • @macksii
      @macksii 7 років тому +21

      Achmed Tangiev we don't need ditto

    • @joshuahales7551
      @joshuahales7551 7 років тому +23

      Macks we don't need you

    • @leoaguilar8684
      @leoaguilar8684 7 років тому +7

      Even though you only use like 6

    • @yonigolombek3335
      @yonigolombek3335 7 років тому +3

      Leo Aguilar personally I try to use 0 of my friends.

    • @hotpotato1898
      @hotpotato1898 7 років тому

      151 likes ;D

  • @6Twisted
    @6Twisted 7 років тому +24

    I have Aspergers so my limit's probably more like 15.

    • @Anklejbiter
      @Anklejbiter 7 років тому +1

      Same. Aspergers, Autism... I seem to KNOW a lot of people, but now that I think about it I'm probably only "friends" with about 10 or 15 of them. Interesting.

    • @shmekeldorf7523
      @shmekeldorf7523 6 років тому +2

      I have like 167 but only 13 consider me a freind

    • @dolecrash5802
      @dolecrash5802 6 років тому +2

      I have 8 friends but literally none of them would say that I was one of there friends.

    • @dak9592
      @dak9592 6 років тому

      I am also on the autistic spectrum. I have 0 friends and like it just fine that way.

  • @tipsofsmyth
    @tipsofsmyth 11 місяців тому +1

    i'm gonna share my banana, but there is where the friendship ends ...

  • @astrellxvoide
    @astrellxvoide 4 роки тому +1

    So basically I have only have wasted 0.3% of my friendship space.

  • @leonardoalfonso7080
    @leonardoalfonso7080 7 років тому +15

    This is actually good and not pretentious. Keep up the good work.

    • @joseloera5849
      @joseloera5849 3 роки тому

      @Penguin 101 Maybe it's too late but i do want a banana

  • @Number16BusShelter
    @Number16BusShelter 7 років тому +76

    i would give my banana to a stranger...

    • @Moonkiller25
      @Moonkiller25 7 років тому

      pliz don't

    • @mwperk02
      @mwperk02 7 років тому

      its just a fruit don't worry.

    • @Moonkiller25
      @Moonkiller25 7 років тому +1

      Mathew Perkins thats what, she said.

    • @warwickthekingmaker7281
      @warwickthekingmaker7281 7 років тому

      Please don´t. I don´t think people appreciate if you go and randomly put your banana in their mouths.

    • @mwperk02
      @mwperk02 7 років тому

      no one said they would force the banana in their mouth in this conversation just that they would give one to them.

  • @chrisgunstone77
    @chrisgunstone77 7 років тому +5

    Quality over quantity bruh.

  • @jackgooodman
    @jackgooodman 7 років тому

    He came and spoke at my school the other day, lovely old chap ngl

  • @Void-rj3sq
    @Void-rj3sq 4 роки тому +1

    I can maintain 3 active friendship. I can't have more. I tried, but I can't

  • @rickking464
    @rickking464 7 років тому +8

    3:05 ...mean of clan groups 153, maximum of christmas cards 153.5 (how is a decimal the maximum of cards we send?), average wedding guest total of 148, maniple of 130-140, modern military companies top out at 150. Neolithic villages "usually" topped out at 120-150. 11th century 150 residents, 18th century 160 residents....... estimated. Hutterites (btw, look into their beliefs, it's... wow..) and the Amish "split if their community exceeds 150". I love me some Vsauce, and I think we may be on to something here.... but.... keep in mind that this is some cherry-picked data (mean, then max, then average, then other historical examples).
    To be clear, I think Dunbar's Number is a thing which exists in all of us, but it's different for everyone and constantly changes for everyone. I'm merely voicing my objection of the choice of data points this video uses. I agree with its conclusion, I disagree with its methods... but I forgive it because that was a stylistic choice they made to make the video entertaining. So why am I commenting? To warn you critical thinkers to question other critical thinkers like Vsauce producers. It's okay to doubt Vsauce, it's okay to doubt me. Now, go out and find your own proof.

    • @askpat13
      @askpat13 5 років тому

      Mean and average are the same thing. Most of those data points are avg values for a population or grouping of humans, but yes cherry picking for what fit

  • @TheOfficialCzex
    @TheOfficialCzex 7 років тому +75

    What if I have no friends?

  • @frozty9643
    @frozty9643 7 років тому +4

    I don’t need to be worried about my brain being full at least... :(

  • @erisbob
    @erisbob 6 місяців тому +1

    Another great video. I remember socialization is one 1 of Maslow's higher needs. However, I, like others, am a reclusive introvert & have apparently self-isolated from 99% of my family and friends. Perhaps my socializing is my online teaching? With modern tech, could someone remain mentally/psychologically healthy with only online connections?

  • @Nillowo
    @Nillowo 6 років тому +1

    This is inspiring, and almost tear jerking towards the end :) beautiful

  • @EMMIGREYART
    @EMMIGREYART 7 років тому +8

    INTROVERTS UNITE WITH OUR WHOPPING 1-20 ACTIVE FRIENDSHIPS!

    • @Oxcarthor26
      @Oxcarthor26 7 років тому

      Emma Rey
      Reppin’ that one friend minimum 👌

  • @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008
    @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008 7 років тому +4

    150 active friendships?! I have a hard time keeping one friend. Jeez

  • @silkrswift2488
    @silkrswift2488 7 років тому +9

    Wtf how did I get jumpscared at the start!!???? 😂😂

  • @mst4309
    @mst4309 4 роки тому +1

    Invention of something I desperately want to get but am relentlessly afraid of getting.

  • @eltigre4419
    @eltigre4419 5 років тому +2

    Hmmm... I only have about 7 people I really know and already forgot to hold contact with them...

  • @imarkhorpk4139
    @imarkhorpk4139 7 років тому +6

    I love this guy

  • @ObjectsInMotion
    @ObjectsInMotion 7 років тому +5

    Friendship is Magic

  • @Jonathan-zj6to
    @Jonathan-zj6to 7 років тому +55

    *Can you PLEASE bring back BiDiPi, there was always amazing stuff in those from some amazing people*

    • @The_NSeven
      @The_NSeven 7 років тому

      lol wut Yeah, it was my favorite series of his!

  • @kronicali24
    @kronicali24 7 років тому

    Pausing in between phrases and sentences really helps me momentarily contemplate how true this is while still being engaged. I agree the number maybe linked to one major factor being time. I have 200 friends on facebook I only ever talk to maximum 10 per month, juggling hobbies and side jobs and a full time leaves me little time to maintain a higher interaction. Great video.

  • @zramirez5471
    @zramirez5471 6 років тому

    Really good content, VS. I like your videos, but this one goes above and beyond. Well done, bro.

  • @dillonqaphsiel7977
    @dillonqaphsiel7977 7 років тому +260

    I don't have any friends.

    • @nick1237811
      @nick1237811 7 років тому +47

      welcome to the club, pal.

    • @Zahlenteufel1
      @Zahlenteufel1 7 років тому +34

      I wish I had friends but I don't like any humans. We are made of contradictions...

    • @prestonjd04
      @prestonjd04 7 років тому +3

      Same

    • @nick1237811
      @nick1237811 7 років тому +32

      Anyone want a banana?

    • @MrMCKlebeband
      @MrMCKlebeband 7 років тому +4

      same

  • @ConcaCon
    @ConcaCon 7 років тому +11

    Sharing your banana with a stranger, huh.

    • @aikslf
      @aikslf 7 років тому

      no it works, trust me. I shared an actual banana with a stranger and we became friends. I ate the banana myself in the end :( (he didn't want to eat it)

    • @xicedreams7625
      @xicedreams7625 7 років тому +1

      well, I dont thinks its the best Idea to ask people if they want your banana ^^

  • @reidfeldmonkey5078
    @reidfeldmonkey5078 6 років тому +3

    So if I have 150 kids can I not like all of them

  • @42_10_
    @42_10_ 6 років тому

    " In prosperity our friends know us, in adversity we know our friends" .. these meaning is so DEEP!

  • @masterhawk88
    @masterhawk88 7 років тому +1

    2. My social circle is 2. 150?!?!?!?!? I don't even know the names of that many people.