This is a Video About Bricks

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  • Опубліковано 9 бер 2021
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @erik-001-
    @erik-001- 3 роки тому +4149

    The FBI: He ain’t fooling us this time fellas, let’s watch the entire thing.

    • @SahilFR
      @SahilFR 3 роки тому +91

      Those fools

    • @hallowizer440
      @hallowizer440 3 роки тому +119

      Why would they watch the whole thing? HAI has never covered up any leaked information with bricks??

    • @RandomThingsForFun16
      @RandomThingsForFun16 3 роки тому +26

      god dammit he got us again!

    • @DanksterPaws
      @DanksterPaws 3 роки тому +9

      lmaoo

    • @robertk1701
      @robertk1701 3 роки тому +48

      It's actually a clever code. If you take the first letter from each of the first 19 words you get "tisvabniybetcfaymka." If you take the secret code "h spfyfvtuuuqy cbdj" and add each letter to the letters in the coded message, you get "billgateswroteabook." So there, let's get him.

  • @RealEngineering
    @RealEngineering 3 роки тому +14685

    I'm not a fan of the strong anti-brick sentiment in this video.

    • @likebot.
      @likebot. 3 роки тому +162

      Let's rise up in protest? LOL

    • @100dounuts
      @100dounuts 3 роки тому +106

      I'm entirely convinced that you and this guy are somehow the same voice but different

    • @gordoawesome8590
      @gordoawesome8590 3 роки тому +42

      The strong anti-brick sentiment isn’t a fan of you...

    • @rubenvasquez2590
      @rubenvasquez2590 3 роки тому +67

      The insane engineering of the brick

    • @Trinity_Minehan
      @Trinity_Minehan 3 роки тому +32

      Tell us how to engineer a brick please. Btw love both your guys videos

  • @flopdoodle8056
    @flopdoodle8056 3 роки тому +2154

    Y'all can imagine how I felt discovering this channel with this video then having to spend a week binging this guy just to understand the joke

    • @exintrovert6803
      @exintrovert6803 2 роки тому +39

      Lol awesome

    • @nicreven
      @nicreven 2 роки тому +15

      can
      someone explain

    • @flopdoodle8056
      @flopdoodle8056 2 роки тому +169

      @@nicreven before this video, they kept getting comments asking for a video about bricks. Now they have a video about bricks

    • @nicreven
      @nicreven 2 роки тому +19

      @@flopdoodle8056 I...
      why not
      thank you for answerin

    • @MegaBlack077
      @MegaBlack077 2 роки тому +28

      @@flopdoodle8056 why did people collectively ask for specifically brick content tho?

  • @chillarneyman8490
    @chillarneyman8490 2 роки тому +750

    For those who don’t know:
    The term brick refers to small units of building material, often made from fired clay and secured with mortar, a bonding agent comprising of cement, sand, and water. Long a popular material, brick retains heat, with-stands corrosion, and resists fire. Because each unit is small-usually four inches wide and twice as long, brick is an ideal material for structures in confined spaces, as well as for curved designs. Moreover, with minimal upkeep, brick buildings generally last a long time.
    For the above-cited practical reasons and because it is also an aesthetically pleasing medium, brick has been used as a building material for at least 5,000 years. The first brick was probably made in the Middle East, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. Lacking the stone their contemporaries in other regions used for permanent structures, early builders here relied on the abundant natural materials to make their sun-baked bricks. These, however, were of limited use because they lacked durability and could not be used outdoors; exposure to the elements caused them to disintegrate. The Babylonians, who later dominated Mesopotamia, were the first to fire bricks, from which many of their tower-temples were constructed.
    From the Middle East the art of brickmaking spread west to what is now Egypt and east to Persia and India. Although the Greeks, having a plentiful supply of stone, did not use much brick, evidence of brick kilns and structures remains throughout the Roman Empire. However, with the decline and fall of Rome, brickmaking in Europe soon diminished. It did not resume until the 1200s, when the Dutch made bricks that they seem to have exported to England. In the Americas, people began to use brick during the sixteenth century. It was the Dutch, however, who were considered expert craftsmen.
    Prior to the mid-1800s, people made bricks in small batches, relying on relatively inefficient firing methods. One of the most widely used was an open clamp, in which bricks were placed on a fire beneath a layer of dirt and used bricks. As the fire died down over the course of several weeks, the bricks fired. Such methods gradually became obsolete after 1865, when the Hoffmann kiln was invented in Germany. Better suited to the manufacture of large numbers of bricks, this kiln contained a series of compartments through which stacked bricks were transferred for pre-heating, burning, and cooling.
    Brickmaking improvements have continued into the twentieth century. Improvements include rendering brick shape absolutely uniform, lessening weight, and speeding up the firing process. For example, modern bricks are seldom solid. Some are pressed into shape, which leaves a frog, or depression, on their top surface. Others are extruded with holes that will later expedite the firing process by exposing a larger amount of surface area to heat. Both techniques lessen weight without reducing strength.
    However, while the production process has definitely improved, the market for brick has not. Brick does have the largest share of the opaque materials market for commercial building, and it continues to be used as a siding material in the housing industry. However, other siding materials such wood, stucco, aluminum, plaster, and vinyl are strong competitors because they cost up to 50 percent less, and some (notably stucco and plaster) offer built-in insulation. Yet these systems can cost up to 1.75 times that of brick, which also requires less maintenance. Other materials that compete with brick despite their usually higher cost include precast concrete panels, glass, stone, artificial stone, concrete masonry, and combinations of these materials, because advances in manufacturing and design have made such materials more attractive to the builder. According to the U.S. Industrial Outlook, the use of brick as a siding material for single-family homes dropped from 26 percent in 1984 to 17 percent in 1989.
    Natural clay minerals, including kaolin and shale, make up the main body of brick. Small amounts of manganese, barium, and other additives are blended with the clay to produce different shades, and barium carbonate is used to improve brick's chemical resistance to the elements. Many other additives have been used in brick, including byproducts from papermaking, ammonium compounds, wetting agents, flocculents (which cause particles to form loose clusters) and deflocculents (which disperse such clusters). Some clays require the addition of sand or grog (pre-ground, pre-fired material such as scrap brick).
    A wide variety of coating materials and methods are used to produce brick of a certain color or surface texture. To create a typical coating, sand (the main component) is mechanically mixed with some type of colorant. Sometimes a flux or frit (a glass containing colorants) is added to produce surface textures. The flux lowers the melting temperature of the sand so it can bond to the brick surface.
    To conclude, brick is bad

    • @thefrogggy100
      @thefrogggy100 2 роки тому +29

      this comment XD it doesn't have a "show more" or "show less" option

    • @meljaxb
      @meljaxb 2 роки тому +21

      thanks. was searching for the facts of bricks. liked the frog part 👍

    • @thehackerassasinogamer2154
      @thehackerassasinogamer2154 2 роки тому +4

      Bro tis sooo long paragraph

    • @klexosia
      @klexosia 2 роки тому +17

      I read the whole thing. Was totally worth it!

    • @daphnereagle1910
      @daphnereagle1910 2 роки тому +11

      That took me like 10 minutes to read. YOU must be the one behind spamming bricks into the suggestions box

  • @joeym5243
    @joeym5243 3 роки тому +4648

    "This video is about bricks"
    Me: "I still don't believe it"

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому +25

      I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. I WAS ABUSED BY MY UNCLE PETER. HE WAS A COMMUNIST.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +3

      SUPRISE! I am the funniest YTer evah!!!! Just kidding, it was no surprise. Everybody knew already. HAHAHHAHA!!!! That was an amazing joke (it was real talk though). WAWAWAWAWA!!!! Good afternoon, dear jo

    • @tigerfun8644
      @tigerfun8644 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @tigerfun8644
      @tigerfun8644 3 роки тому

      @@hughlevantjames905 nobody cares

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому +2

      @@tigerfun8644 :(

  • @johnladuke6475
    @johnladuke6475 3 роки тому +2391

    So then, about that brick tax? That sounded half interesting.

    • @CosRacecar
      @CosRacecar 3 роки тому +205

      I know, right? I wanted to learn how the tax and upsized bricks played into our modern standards for brick size, and if you could date buildings by the size of their bricks. Guess I'll never know any of that now :(

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 3 роки тому +75

      @@CosRacecar Seriously! This isn't the brick video we wanted!

    • @arams2810
      @arams2810 3 роки тому +8

      I loved the Hamilton references-

    • @jacobgreengas7121
      @jacobgreengas7121 3 роки тому +23

      Well for starters England has never used cents, so that just goes to show the George IIIs mental decline started much earlier than we realized!

    • @frogz
      @frogz 3 роки тому +1

      ............ok now you got me interested
      i cant for wait part 2 after that tease!!

  • @maabena_
    @maabena_ 2 роки тому +218

    'We care about the environment but NOT about Sam's feelings.' Best quote in the whole video I swear.

  • @kirstengolnaz7327
    @kirstengolnaz7327 2 роки тому +105

    The Capture-Crete ad had me dying with laughter 🤣
    Especially when the lady started screaming: "FREE PUBLICITY?? NO THANKS!!"

  • @josebetacourt5108
    @josebetacourt5108 3 роки тому +3279

    The fake ad was the biggest troll humanity has ever seen

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому +41

      I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. I WAS ABUSED BY MY UNCLE PETER. HE WAS A COMMUNIST.

    • @CactusCarrot
      @CactusCarrot 3 роки тому +36

      @@hughlevantjames905 peter griffin?

    • @CactusCarrot
      @CactusCarrot 3 роки тому +3

      @Moth The Last yeah, i’m aware.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 роки тому +2

      It. was. glorious.

    • @btsarmyjungkook7142
      @btsarmyjungkook7142 3 роки тому +2

      @Moth The Last WZhat is the point of the bot?

  • @archangelvanny1816
    @archangelvanny1816 3 роки тому +2232

    Meanwhile, at Wendover production:
    'How planes transport bricks around the world.'

    • @michael-fisher
      @michael-fisher 3 роки тому +19

      Or if planes are grounded:
      'How trains transport bricks around the world'

    • @box_cannot_car
      @box_cannot_car 3 роки тому +6

      'How bricks transport bricks around the world'

    • @charliescene786
      @charliescene786 3 роки тому

      That Wendover guy is just a copy cat. I swear /s

    • @alive1691
      @alive1691 3 роки тому +6

      The logistics behind bricks.

    • @retf8977
      @retf8977 3 роки тому +1

      @Stella Hohenheim in minecrap

  • @gandalf_thegrey
    @gandalf_thegrey 2 роки тому +58

    I must say... You dealt with the rejection by CaptureCrete like an adult.
    Big props

  • @Stolastheowl
    @Stolastheowl 3 роки тому +97

    I fully expected you to say your Grandmother was a Brick.

  • @CiDK
    @CiDK 3 роки тому +4472

    I like how this unironically looks like it took the most effort to make than any other video in this channel

    • @EliteGeeks
      @EliteGeeks 3 роки тому +70

      yet, it only contained a reply to bills book and 2 calls and only 1 responded... that is all... maybe he hired a guy to make the jokes?

    • @TankerMan3000
      @TankerMan3000 3 роки тому +1

      I know yeah...

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +49

      It makes sense that the video that people will genuinely be excited for is the one that uses Bill Gates's money to be designed to look like an absolute fever dream.

    • @enzomonti3625
      @enzomonti3625 3 роки тому +3

      @@EliteGeeks maybe Gates wrote the jokes? And the companies to talk sh$t about?

    • @CiDK
      @CiDK 3 роки тому +50

      @@EliteGeeks I mean the standard information density of this channel was already pretty low, it's basically just a few fact sandwiched between 1 billion jokes. What I meant was the production value of it as in the better than usual editing and the fact that they actually hired a different voice actor other than sam etc

  • @SexyTechSupport
    @SexyTechSupport 3 роки тому +5794

    You missed a fact Sam, 33% of pigs build houses out bricks.

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 3 роки тому +308

      and the other 66% die

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 3 роки тому +239

      the missing 1% is the wolf

    • @callmeclover6512
      @callmeclover6512 3 роки тому +57

      Nooo your sample size is skewed

    • @tr4shpanda
      @tr4shpanda 3 роки тому +180

      Hello vegans, if PIGS are so SMART, then why do 66% OF THEM BUILD HOUSES OUT OF INNEFECTIVE MATERIALS?

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation 3 роки тому +16

      In the original Story, the 2 other pigs were eaten by the wolf, ur welcome.

  • @shawneeg214
    @shawneeg214 3 роки тому +414

    The fact this is one of his most popular videos recently means everything is right in the world

    • @NoName-cu2qc
      @NoName-cu2qc Рік тому +5

      He had 202 videos with more views than this. At thursday january 12 2023

  • @user-fn1xm3pq6t
    @user-fn1xm3pq6t 2 роки тому +122

    Sam: We'll play their ad
    UA-cam: Plays ad
    Legend.

  • @sebastiand152
    @sebastiand152 3 роки тому +1356

    The interns wrote calcium as "CA" instead of "Ca". Time to throw a bio brick on them.

    • @zarinaromanets7290
      @zarinaromanets7290 3 роки тому +31

      Right after he/she geta back from that unscheduled bathroom break.

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 3 роки тому +69

      The secret ingredient is actually California rather than calcium.

    • @willythemailboy2
      @willythemailboy2 3 роки тому +6

      @@seneca983 Nah, the secret ingredient is actually itty bitty heavy cruisers.

    • @gtsiam
      @gtsiam 3 роки тому +6

      So it involves Certificate Authorities? Good to know.

    • @nacl4299
      @nacl4299 3 роки тому +1

      I'm fairly sure this is because in cement jargon, they don't use chemical symbols. Calcium is C, silicate is S, sulphate is $ (i think) etc. and the rest is assumed to be oxygen. Maybe they got it mixed up somewhere in their sources or maybe i'm just wrong lol

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 3 роки тому +737

    “They made a bricks video.”
    No, you made a concrete video, bricks are fired from clay, not limestone.

    • @matthewdeangelo9764
      @matthewdeangelo9764 3 роки тому +53

      Oh my gosh your right

    • @Lyrandar
      @Lyrandar 3 роки тому +7

      came to say this too

    • @milesc8945
      @milesc8945 3 роки тому +29

      The significance of mixing clay with limestone was not discussed either, and I'd like the hear about that

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +26

      Unless that's all part of the bricks' conspiracy!

    • @Bookworm2380
      @Bookworm2380 3 роки тому +12

      Yeah, I am honestly disappointed. It was interesting, but I have seen about three videos about concrete recently that covered all these points. This was about concrete not bricks.

  • @Arkanthrall
    @Arkanthrall 3 роки тому +135

    "Guys literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting"
    HAI: understood!

  • @ravens4096
    @ravens4096 3 роки тому +205

    This is the most chaotic yet informative video I’ve ever seen

    • @Joltzis
      @Joltzis 2 роки тому +4

      Incredibly confusing. I smashed the dislike button

  • @zachos-un6py
    @zachos-un6py 3 роки тому +6692

    I get the feeling that Sam took it personally that the concrete people didn't call him back

    • @ilikemoviesandmore
      @ilikemoviesandmore 3 роки тому +191

      Hmm what makes you say that?

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports 3 роки тому +37

      Not a real company.

    • @protektor2399
      @protektor2399 3 роки тому +165

      @@DugrozReports Yes but it is based on a company they tried to talk to it seems

    • @besserwizard
      @besserwizard 3 роки тому +24

      I get the feeling, that they let a five year old write that part of the script 🤔

    • @JoshuaPTFan
      @JoshuaPTFan 3 роки тому +40

      That joke overstayed its welcome, and then some. And then it was bitterly screamed at you. 10:52 So cringey.

  • @Calslock
    @Calslock 3 роки тому +2714

    So basically Sam just wanted to roast random company who didn't answer the phone, so he made 13-minute video about bricks. And even got that Wendover guy to bore the feds! Absolute legend.

  • @lonyaidaniel
    @lonyaidaniel 3 роки тому +176

    Dear Sam,
    You know what is better than a video about bricks?
    Two videos about bricks!
    And I appreciate you!

  • @_PickleProductions
    @_PickleProductions 3 роки тому +50

    I just witnessed Half as Interesting history unfold in front of my eyes...

  • @jaredkennedy6576
    @jaredkennedy6576 3 роки тому +5616

    Nah, this isn't about bricks, it's about concrete. Can't fool us like that, we still demand a brick video!

  • @lukito6460
    @lukito6460 3 роки тому +2418

    I dont want to be that guy, but I do kind of want to hear the rest of the story in the beginning about the brick taxes...

    • @Drecon84
      @Drecon84 3 роки тому +55

      Same!

    • @M33f3r
      @M33f3r 3 роки тому +35

      @@Drecon84 Double same!

    • @Ar-pz4cp
      @Ar-pz4cp 3 роки тому +30

      @@M33f3r Triple same!

    • @connorhortonverrall4804
      @connorhortonverrall4804 3 роки тому +27

      @@Ar-pz4cp Quadruple same!

    • @boothbyaw
      @boothbyaw 3 роки тому +39

      He must be saving that story for the brick sequel video.

  • @loveseal990
    @loveseal990 3 роки тому +185

    *Nobody:*
    *Sam every time “U.S. Government” is in the title:* haha brick go brrrrr 🧱

  • @zachbrenner9959
    @zachbrenner9959 2 роки тому +49

    I was looking forward to finding out the reprucussions of making bricks larger to avoid taxation

  • @tyger5645
    @tyger5645 3 роки тому +13379

    HE DID IT. FINALLY. THIS IS THE PEAK. NOTHING WILL EVER SURPASS THIS

    • @YY-qx7xt
      @YY-qx7xt 3 роки тому +38

      Fax

    • @Pablo_BW
      @Pablo_BW 3 роки тому +88

      Indeed,
      HAI has peaked today, and I am glad to say, I was one of the first thousand to see the best video in the Channel's history

    • @Talifax
      @Talifax 3 роки тому +18

      WE DID IT BOYS

    • @mine_crafting
      @mine_crafting 3 роки тому +6

      Tax’s bricks

    • @eustache_dauger
      @eustache_dauger 3 роки тому +9

      Now I have faith in Half-Life 3 again.. Its coming!!!

  • @60secondfinance81
    @60secondfinance81 3 роки тому +1495

    Next video on Wendover Productions:
    The logistics of flying concrete bricks

    • @maximum988
      @maximum988 3 роки тому +27

      So the Space Shuttle?

    • @musman9853
      @musman9853 3 роки тому +8

      For a brick, he flew pretty well

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому

      I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. I WAS ABUSED BY MY UNCLE PETER. HE WAS A COMMUNIST.

    • @CobaltBlood
      @CobaltBlood 3 роки тому +12

      @@hughlevantjames905 nice troll, bot

    • @conorstapleton3183
      @conorstapleton3183 3 роки тому +1

      I am pretty sure, the interns are not looking forward to that :/

  • @paytonpryor
    @paytonpryor 3 роки тому +16

    This is the craziest but most interesting video you've ever made. You kept my attention on bricks for way longer than I thought possible.

  • @mbergstrommedia
    @mbergstrommedia Рік тому +3

    Ben should get credits in subtitles. Hilarious 😂

  • @TheJumiFilm
    @TheJumiFilm 3 роки тому +3130

    A brickfilm.

    • @djstudios6594
      @djstudios6594 3 роки тому +2

      BRICKSSSSSSSS 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

    • @cathylin6140
      @cathylin6140 3 роки тому +2

      🧱

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy 3 роки тому +8

      Blocked.

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy 3 роки тому +3

      @@valentinandres7009 oof

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy 3 роки тому +7

      @@bert8819 I’m gonna have to *roadblock* your idea right there. It’s good and rhymes and I kinda like it but that’s not a *concrete* reason for acceptance; it doesn’t have that *brick* ass shot of nostalgia behind it.
      *Lego* of those dreams of innovation in the brick films industry, for sentimentality reigns supreme here.
      that idea, as I see it, has been *bricked*

  • @Nova3482
    @Nova3482 3 роки тому +883

    Marvel: Avengers Endgame is the biggest cinematic event ever.
    HAI: Hold my brick

  • @WolvarkUnknown
    @WolvarkUnknown Рік тому +2

    "As an act of goodwill, we decided to play their ad" *UA-cam plays a random ad*

  • @xscitobor1233
    @xscitobor1233 3 роки тому +4

    This was like a mix of The Internet Historian and Mojangs snarky animated videos about Minecraft updates

  • @Humanized_Muffin
    @Humanized_Muffin 3 роки тому +1070

    "This is a Video About Bricks"
    I don't think I've ever clicked on a video faster in my life.

    • @deep.space.12
      @deep.space.12 3 роки тому +24

      Then Sam talked about concrete...

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 3 роки тому +7

      All jokes aside its really not. This is a video about climate change and him being pissed off at some company, it has nothing to do with bricks themselves.

    • @SyenPie
      @SyenPie 2 роки тому +1

      New viewer here, can you explain this inside-joke about bricks on this channel?

    • @exintrovert6803
      @exintrovert6803 2 роки тому +3

      @@SyenPie the gag is that in any HAI video that has info that, supposedly, needs to be obscured from the Government, it is prefaced by the same intro “This is a video about bricks...” then the segue (paraphrasing) “OK the CIA isn’t watching anymore”
      And, predictably, half of the comment section responds insisting that HAI left us all hanging on the brick video.

    • @SyenPie
      @SyenPie 2 роки тому

      @@exintrovert6803 LOL gotcha, thx for explaining!

  • @StarmashVT
    @StarmashVT 3 роки тому +283

    This was the most informative shitpost video ever.

    • @troler7147
      @troler7147 3 роки тому

      I would say
      This was the most informative bio-brick video ever.

  • @thegamer1234f
    @thegamer1234f 2 роки тому +3

    Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, I appreciate you.

  • @murpledeer
    @murpledeer Рік тому +3

    4:04 that (if I did the calculations correctly) is around 2642 degrees fahrenheit

  • @brickbot2.038
    @brickbot2.038 3 роки тому +875

    "So we figured we'd just play their ad."
    UA-cam: *Plays ad*

    • @imtiredtoday
      @imtiredtoday 3 роки тому +19

      Also happened to me...

    • @vanKarsie
      @vanKarsie 3 роки тому +12

      Exactly

    • @sijube9806
      @sijube9806 3 роки тому +4

      Good, I'm not the only one

    • @jan8851
      @jan8851 3 роки тому +5

      They showed me an ad about buying a house

    • @gtPacheko
      @gtPacheko 3 роки тому +2

      tfw you have premium

  • @levi-br5os
    @levi-br5os 3 роки тому +796

    Finally bricks actually bricks
    0:35 never mind
    1:19 never mind the never mind
    When you’re the first person to actually watch a HAI video about bricks

    • @ScottRothsroth0616
      @ScottRothsroth0616 3 роки тому +7

      Timestamp 0:28.

    • @refriedrhys
      @refriedrhys 3 роки тому +8

      @@ScottRothsroth0616 Every comment I go to... I see your face

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому +1

      I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. I WAS ABUSED BY MY UNCLE PETER. HE WAS A COMMUNIST.

  • @juanc.9735
    @juanc.9735 2 роки тому +5

    The way you’re making the marketing team and really all the white collar employees feel at the “ACME” brick company is just priceless. Pure fukin genius man! That by itself earned my SUB!

  • @patrickm.4469
    @patrickm.4469 3 роки тому +4

    The chemical explanation at 4:30 sounds like BMO from adventure time!

  • @theonewhowill4903
    @theonewhowill4903 3 роки тому +655

    I think he's pissed that they didn't return his calls

    • @mkkvc
      @mkkvc 3 роки тому +33

      No no, not all...

    • @raphner2759
      @raphner2759 3 роки тому +10

      Are you Shure?

    • @lonyaidaniel
      @lonyaidaniel 3 роки тому +16

      What lead you to that conclusion, pray tell?

    • @arnefines2356
      @arnefines2356 3 роки тому +7

      @@lonyaidaniel i would guess the woman sounding almost like Heather Oh at BRCC. But I might have misjudged the situation.

  • @Blancinnoir
    @Blancinnoir 3 роки тому +727

    We finally bullied him into making this, yes.

    • @n01928
      @n01928 3 роки тому +23

      It's a very passive aggressive video. Not sure what I expected but I should've seen it coming.

    • @Henry-hd3iu
      @Henry-hd3iu 3 роки тому +9

      @@n01928 it’s a very passive aggressive video. Not sure what I expected but I should’ve seen it coming..

    • @davidroddini1512
      @davidroddini1512 3 роки тому +8

      We really had nothing to do with it. It was actually all Bill Gates’ idea. 🤣

    • @kyleterry5190
      @kyleterry5190 3 роки тому +6

      He actually evaded it still, this is not about actual bricks, but concrete and cinder blocks (CMU)

    • @sleeptyper
      @sleeptyper 3 роки тому +1

      @@seanm4964 it’s a very passive aggressive video. Not sure what I expected but I should’ve seen it coming...

  • @danielwilliam9646
    @danielwilliam9646 2 роки тому +2

    I punder on how my retirement experience would generally feel like because I've not yet been able to save enough money and according to my spreadsheet I'm 9 years closer to my retirement schedule.

  • @Super_Pandas
    @Super_Pandas 3 роки тому +1

    Video: *DRAMATIC MUSIC* HALF AS INTERESTING PRESENTS
    Advert: I kissed the world's most famous rockstar
    Me: 😲😂

  • @kadenk.3760
    @kadenk.3760 3 роки тому +277

    "This advertisement was paid for by money."

  • @codywebb3610
    @codywebb3610 3 роки тому +304

    I love that there was a disclaimer for “Putting CO2 in the atmosphere is fine” being wrong but not for “eating concrete is fun.”

    • @impy695
      @impy695 3 роки тому +27

      Because eating concrete IS fun, and safe too!

    • @iluapJ
      @iluapJ 3 роки тому +35

      It's calcium and oxygen so it's good for the bones AND the lungs

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +2

      Well, the Yugoslavian grandma said it was fine.

    • @kwanlinus6999
      @kwanlinus6999 3 роки тому +1

      Our society today basically

  • @rossfleming225
    @rossfleming225 2 роки тому +2

    "You probably have a brick in your own home!!!!"
    Actually 2 thirds of pigs would disagree

  • @brick2926
    @brick2926 Рік тому +4

    You’ve finally decided to speak out about me

  • @mb-ss7be
    @mb-ss7be 3 роки тому +3096

    isn’t it weird how all our decisions in life have lead us to this moment and we’re.... excited about a video about bricks. huh.

    • @Couldnt_let_J.Marston_die
      @Couldnt_let_J.Marston_die 3 роки тому +50

      Only the half as interesting decisions I've made in my life have lead me to this moment

    • @kellykerr5225
      @kellykerr5225 3 роки тому +24

      I was thinking you know you’re a nerd when you want to watch a video about bricks or blocks. But I’m also a property manager so the more I know, I’m still only half as Interesting lol

    • @wesleymercer4536
      @wesleymercer4536 2 роки тому +1

      Right? lol

    • @joeygenna4801
      @joeygenna4801 2 роки тому +1

      It’s a good video

    • @sleepykrono6859
      @sleepykrono6859 2 роки тому

      If only it was actually a brick, its jut fake bricks, concrete shaped into brick in the outer layer

  • @charliemarsh6801
    @charliemarsh6801 3 роки тому +499

    The story starts out with sam answering a call. Demonstrating that even sam has the common courtesy to answer the phone to someone.

    • @StrangeTerror
      @StrangeTerror 3 роки тому +1

      Just read that out loud to my ex gf and had to explain it to her.... and she knows why the brick video is important.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +3

      Of course, he knows what it feels like to not have his calls answered, so he makes sure not to hurt anyone the way CaptureCrete hurt him.

    • @scythal
      @scythal 3 роки тому +1

      shame on capturecrete!

  • @Hygix_
    @Hygix_ 3 роки тому +1

    Lmao the rage about not answering the call at the end tho, I wonder how do they react when they watch this video lol

  • @paulwalsh5974
    @paulwalsh5974 2 роки тому +3

    That ad had me laughing out loud. That was absolute gold!

  • @riku3716
    @riku3716 3 роки тому +593

    "We just play their ad" UA-cam: "me first"

    • @Tim3.14
      @Tim3.14 3 роки тому +27

      I was genuinely confused for a minute on how the anti-vaping ad I got was supposed to be promoting carbon capture.

    • @SlackActionBumble
      @SlackActionBumble 3 роки тому

      Ads on UA-cam? Is this some kind of a non-premium subscribing peasant joke I'm supposed to understand

    • @luuk_twister2068
      @luuk_twister2068 3 роки тому +2

      @@SlackActionBumble get of your high horse

  • @ommurg5059
    @ommurg5059 3 роки тому +347

    Weird how such a little change in voice makes me want to fall asleep instantly.

  • @GameTesterBootCamp
    @GameTesterBootCamp Рік тому +1

    With the recent discovery of the Roman Concrete formula, I celebrate with our Brick Overlords. Before, our only saving grace is that their concrete lifespan was slightly shorter than ours. But now that they've figured out the "One secret Bricklayers don't want you to know!" we are screwed.

  • @TheJacksmith500
    @TheJacksmith500 3 роки тому +3

    The production quality in this video is highly underrated

  • @wingsauce2428
    @wingsauce2428 3 роки тому +204

    The fact that they didn’t answer the phone made this video half as interesting.

    • @DoABarrelRol1l
      @DoABarrelRol1l 3 роки тому +1

      Was originally going to be on Wendover. Rip

    • @Nathandelange
      @Nathandelange 3 роки тому +1

      @@DoABarrelRol1l woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow slow clap, slow clap.

  • @crazeelazee7524
    @crazeelazee7524 3 роки тому +440

    This feels like an Internet Historian ad.

  • @AllAmericanGuyExpert
    @AllAmericanGuyExpert 2 роки тому

    For those of you who #hated this *Brick Video* I have a better one about actual bricks: ua-cam.com/video/OWwzQyXAvXI/v-deo.html

  • @Xanderqwerty123
    @Xanderqwerty123 2 роки тому +1

    Auntie Emina's recipe is an absolute life saver in the kitchen

  • @samuelw15
    @samuelw15 3 роки тому +973

    When there are no jokes and no sponsor at the start you know this isn’t a normal HAI video ;)

    • @EveIyn29
      @EveIyn29 3 роки тому +46

      it was sponsored by bill gates though lol

    • @DankRedditMemes
      @DankRedditMemes 2 роки тому +2

      Or when its a 13 minute HAI video

  • @harrymullin
    @harrymullin 3 роки тому +207

    When a Half as Interesting video is twice as long, does that mean that it is actually interesting?

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 роки тому +8

      The scale might be logarithmic.

    • @renderproductions1032
      @renderproductions1032 3 роки тому +2

      It means that this video is 100000000000times as interesting.

    • @ChefLuisFayad
      @ChefLuisFayad 3 роки тому +8

      It's actually a quarter as interesting as it contains the same amount of interesting content as a regular length video but spread out over a much greater amount of time thus lowering the interesting info-per-minute ratio

    • @TheBreaded
      @TheBreaded 3 роки тому

      Yeah, but not because of the length... but because bricks.

    • @RDaneelOliwav
      @RDaneelOliwav 3 роки тому

      @@ChefLuisFayad *therefore

  • @marcberm
    @marcberm Рік тому +2

    Okay, so at the start I could legit not reconcile the OG Sam monotone with the more fecent date of this video. 😀

  • @MrLeeleeeeeeee
    @MrLeeleeeeeeee 3 роки тому +1

    Every time you go into a room you are surrounded by bricks....

  • @Coyotek4
    @Coyotek4 3 роки тому +223

    April Fools Day is still 3 weeks away. This feels a bit early.

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 3 роки тому +1

      Are you familiar with his original Brick video?

  • @Aamiller312
    @Aamiller312 3 роки тому +2923

    I hate to be that guy, but so far it seems like this video is about concrete masonry units (or CMUs), not bricks. Bricks are made from clay. It seems pedantic, but as a civil engineer, there's actually a difference.
    Edited to add: Finished the video. Yeah, that had almost nothing to with bricks, or even CMUs for that matter. This was mostly about concrete as a material. Still waiting on an actual video about bricks
    Still, it was fun seeing ACI 301 referenced in a UA-cam video- I wasn't expecting that.

    • @jacobhosterman5573
      @jacobhosterman5573 3 роки тому +186

      And his instruction video of how to make "concrete" was more like "how to make portland cement"

    • @Farimira
      @Farimira 3 роки тому +111

      Thank you for being that guy. This video was lacking.

    • @pingwingugu5
      @pingwingugu5 3 роки тому +105

      Yeah I was really disappointed that this is a video about concrete and not about bricks :-(

    • @monticore1626
      @monticore1626 3 роки тому +68

      When will we get a video on actual bricks?

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 3 роки тому +20

      @@jacobhosterman5573 No, the instructions included aggregate (sand and gravel) so it's concrete.

  • @FrAlgodoo
    @FrAlgodoo 2 роки тому +1

    Google be like: did you mean: *BRICS*

  • @iamsushi1056
    @iamsushi1056 2 роки тому

    “Ok there’s no way the feds would actually sit through all that” I about lost it.

  • @partiallywhole
    @partiallywhole 3 роки тому +601

    This sounds like a dihydrogen monoxide awareness campaign.

    • @mohammednajl5950
      @mohammednajl5950 3 роки тому +66

      Dihydrogen monoxide is ridiculously dangerous. Everything that ingests it dies.

    • @pepre7594
      @pepre7594 3 роки тому +43

      @@mohammednajl5950 it's a major component in acid rain!!!

    • @yrbigfan
      @yrbigfan 3 роки тому +26

      so true once a foolish perosn who ingested dihydrogen monoxide in 1800 is now dead😢😢

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 роки тому +9

      @@mohammednajl5950 I can't live without it. I need my fix of it every day.

    • @davidroddini1512
      @davidroddini1512 3 роки тому +6

      You think that’s bad? Check out Hydrohydroxic acid.

  • @benjamino.7475
    @benjamino.7475 3 роки тому +645

    Yes, every Grandma be like: “kind of sus but actually really slaps”

    • @chiefhydropolis
      @chiefhydropolis 3 роки тому +5

      amogux funny imposter

    • @vimic9507
      @vimic9507 3 роки тому

      @@chiefhydropolis 😳😳😳😳😳

    • @Kanton-4853
      @Kanton-4853 3 роки тому

      @@chiefhydropolis amogux?!?!? 😳😳😳😳😳

    • @yeetyeet7070
      @yeetyeet7070 3 роки тому +2

      @@chiefhydropolis what are you doing step imposter!?

    • @chiefsam5749
      @chiefsam5749 3 роки тому

      AMONG US

  • @jackgibsxxx0750
    @jackgibsxxx0750 2 роки тому

    "so we will just play there ad".
    And an unrelated ad pops up at that exact moment.
    And then we go back to the in story ad.
    🤪🤪🤪

  • @airworks7809
    @airworks7809 2 роки тому

    This guys makes the most educational advertisements ever.

  • @jaggysmf1860
    @jaggysmf1860 3 роки тому +514

    I was like "is he okay?, he sounds kinda sad" and then the video actually started lmao

    • @Hillers62
      @Hillers62 3 роки тому +40

      He sounded very disinterested at the beginning...but then the joke started...

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 3 роки тому +73

      @@Hillers62 You could say, he was *half as interested.*

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 3 роки тому +9

      @@sciblastofficial9833 BA DUM TSK

    • @Oh_the_humanity
      @Oh_the_humanity 3 роки тому +2

      @@sciblastofficial9833 ayooooo

    • @crimsonnn
      @crimsonnn 3 роки тому

      wait you play GD?

  • @pranavsarang168
    @pranavsarang168 3 роки тому +507

    In the first part, Sam sounds like a boy who just woke up from sleep and was pushed into the recording studio lol

    • @girlsocksfinder
      @girlsocksfinder 3 роки тому +4

      Sounds wendover in the first part

    • @edwinhuang9244
      @edwinhuang9244 3 роки тому +6

      @@girlsocksfinder That wendover guy's name is Sam?

    • @Tzar1
      @Tzar1 3 роки тому +2

      @@edwinhuang9244 yes

    • @edwinhuang9244
      @edwinhuang9244 3 роки тому +2

      @@Tzar1 Woah. Weird coincidence.

    • @dvmas
      @dvmas 2 роки тому +3

      @@girlsocksfinder they’re the same person

  • @gage2189
    @gage2189 2 роки тому +1

    So that’s why my neighborhood has bricks in cages. No, literally.

  • @gimmethegepgun
    @gimmethegepgun 4 місяці тому +1

    Okay, but I actually wanted to hear the rest of that opening bit about the results of the brick tax.

  • @lukeonuke
    @lukeonuke 3 роки тому +428

    "I dont know what that is in farenheight, Im in frikin Yugoslavia", is the most depictive description of me and my friends watching youtube videos with only fahrenheight

    • @bretthorting9400
      @bretthorting9400 3 роки тому +7

      The auntie´s voice sounds like another YTer I follow, who is from Slovenia, former Yugoslavian country, weird...

    • @maldivirdragonwitch
      @maldivirdragonwitch 3 роки тому +1

      @@bretthorting9400 , she's definitely Slavic. :)

    • @bretthorting9400
      @bretthorting9400 3 роки тому +1

      @@maldivirdragonwitch I live in Prague, so I am sure she's of Slavic decent.

    • @TheSheiban
      @TheSheiban 3 роки тому +2

      I went to school right around the time that my country went from imperial to metric so the way I learned was that F --> C = (x-32)/1.8 and from C-->F = (1.8*x)+32 where x is your temperature...

    • @maldivirdragonwitch
      @maldivirdragonwitch 3 роки тому +1

      @@bretthorting9400, I'm from Serbia, so yeah, I can hear it too. :)
      Also, sorry, I mistakenly understood your previous comment as not being fully certain of her origin.

  • @OhThatEdit
    @OhThatEdit 3 роки тому +747

    Yes finally a video I can watch without a VPN. Nothing suspicious here

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 3 роки тому +5

      What do you mean you need a VPN?

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 3 роки тому +18

      that's what THEY want you to think

    • @user-te7rf8ik7z
      @user-te7rf8ik7z 3 роки тому +4

      When someone says that avengers endgame is the best crossover ever

  • @aswinganji7870
    @aswinganji7870 3 роки тому +1

    Me in 0:23 - Hey, why is Sam Talking so dull?
    Me in 0:29 - Sam, you gave me a heart attack.

  • @Xillios
    @Xillios 2 роки тому

    Nobody's gonna mention the Sam and Max reference at 0:45? That was just awesome 😂

  • @TheBaegislash
    @TheBaegislash 3 роки тому +151

    Absolutely lost it at "The content of this advertisement was paid for by money"

  • @sovietunionsmostnotoriousk5031
    @sovietunionsmostnotoriousk5031 3 роки тому +440

    This is the day we’ve all been waiting for.

  • @wiktorszymczak4760
    @wiktorszymczak4760 2 роки тому +1

    WoW. Thats so fascinating how differently my grandma made made concrete. Oh those classic slavic recipes! Im gonna make both versions and compare

  • @johnwyman6126
    @johnwyman6126 2 роки тому +1

    If I understand the lime cycle properly, then the same amount of carbon dioxide driven off during the heating of the limestone is then reabsorbed during the curing phase of the concrete.
    Of course the fuel used to heat the limestone in the rotary kiln may also emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
    I haven't been to a concrete plant much, but I often go to many asphalt plants that use rotary Kilns and they use either used engine oil, diesel fuel, or natural gas.

  • @breakerdawn8429
    @breakerdawn8429 3 роки тому +163

    This is concrete not Bricks!!! Bricks are made out of clay!!! As such i still expects a new video about brick soon.

    • @joseville
      @joseville 3 роки тому +23

      We got click baited
      We got brick baited

  • @jackmchenry9305
    @jackmchenry9305 3 роки тому +229

    I have a Sneaking Suspicion that this video is actually about Bricks

    • @randompersson
      @randompersson 3 роки тому +4

      _Whaaaaat?_ Nah. That's crazy. You're crazy.

    • @hughlevantjames905
      @hughlevantjames905 3 роки тому

      I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. I WAS ABUSED BY MY UNCLE PETER. HE WAS A COMMUNIST.

    • @bodybuilderslave7125
      @bodybuilderslave7125 3 роки тому +2

      Jack - it's actually about pushing Gates' book

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому

      That's what the George Washington Obelisk deniers want you to think!

  • @mohammedraihanhussain1438
    @mohammedraihanhussain1438 Рік тому

    Lesson learned - I am definitely answering Sam's call no matter what I am busy with if he calls.

  • @prvashisht
    @prvashisht Місяць тому

    Jet Lag tells us that the employee, in the beginning, is clearly Adam!

  • @Nordern
    @Nordern 3 роки тому +1498

    *solid* video 👀

  • @h-Films
    @h-Films 3 роки тому +256

    BioMASON exists, but Capturecrete doesn't, just to let you guys know.
    edit: i didn't notice the fictional company disclaimer

    • @jetfan925
      @jetfan925 3 роки тому +22

      STOP SPOILING THE VIDEO, GO BACK TO NEWARK, NJ.

    • @jamisongillespie3524
      @jamisongillespie3524 3 роки тому +18

      I think its Carbon Cure that he called

    • @azreave9075
      @azreave9075 3 роки тому +10

      @@jamisongillespie3524 its carbicrete i think

    • @h-Films
      @h-Films 3 роки тому

      @@azreave9075 on the logo it was capturecrete

    • @AgentOrange96
      @AgentOrange96 3 роки тому

      @@azreave9075 I think you're right. Their site looks the part for sure.

  • @BrydenWayne
    @BrydenWayne Рік тому +2

    Your perspective and smart-assery is genius. I laugh my ass off every time. You and your writers deserve a raise. Rock in!!

  • @keelan270
    @keelan270 2 роки тому

    When you said you’d play their ad, the monetized ad played for me. I was so confused 😂

  • @sssaaammmd
    @sssaaammmd 3 роки тому +445

    "So we figured we would just play their ad" UA-cam:plays a local ad about bricks
    Me: they didn't mention this was a new Zealand company, oh its an actual ad.

    • @303elliott
      @303elliott 3 роки тому +7

      I got an ad about menopause :(

    • @GollumBeetus
      @GollumBeetus 3 роки тому +4

      I got an add for candy... I’m diabetic

    • @jttg
      @jttg 3 роки тому +2

      As a fellow kiwi, I got a high brightness video of some real estate agent trying to sell a house while it was windy and bright out.

    • @Kieran_Martin
      @Kieran_Martin 3 роки тому

      I got no ad :(

    • @fustigate314159
      @fustigate314159 3 роки тому

      I got a Kebler cookie ad which included footage of batter and icing, which I now associate with cement...

  • @ecpgieicg
    @ecpgieicg 3 роки тому +262

    "Common courtesy of calling someone back" .... as someone who doesnt know what that is, I feel personally attacked.

    • @agata6337
      @agata6337 3 роки тому +7

      so... do you work on brick company incorporated?

    • @quuaaarrrk8056
      @quuaaarrrk8056 3 роки тому +1

      @@agata6337 Nah, he works on CaptureCrete Inc.

    • @SheaStevenson
      @SheaStevenson 3 роки тому

      Yeah, who the heck even does phone calls these days?

  • @CreepyfishBOY
    @CreepyfishBOY 3 роки тому +1

    If there was an airplane made out of bricks, then Wendover Productions would make a video about bricks as well.

  • @andreworders7305
    @andreworders7305 2 роки тому +1

    I do know about the brick tax of 1784. Thank you “The Great Ace Attorney”!