Hexagons are the Bestagons

[@CGPGrey]

Behind the Scenes of making this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOWf2SlmrCVe5Y

[@thebookworm5048]

I love how Grey is so obviously excited. I can only imagine him smiling all while recording this

[@emberswords]

I can imagine

[@isapu1948]

With lightning and thunder in the background

[@survivalextraordinaire3572]

perhaps he is excited because the initiation to the hex-a-cult is dunking into cold but fluffy snow for a bit of honeycomb much like a college attendee at a party is almost religiously compelled to dunk their head in water for what may or may not be an apple.

[@john-paulgies4313]

Can you really imagine him smiling... if you've never seen him?

[@isapu1948]

@@john-paulgies4313 I almost know it comes of a little creepy XD I have a vague idea

[@jarrodfreeburg979]

When he said “the humble bumble” and it had the bee with a hard hat and blueprints, I thought that was the cutest thing I ever saw.

[@miniskitproductions6955]

Very yes

[@Xelaria]

With the music too

[@someoneidkyeahok]

Except bumblebees don’t make honey :^)

[@simonbadura2265]

@@someoneidkyeahok *w h a t*

[@thisnotmynamebro7656]

Yes, yes they are

[@SovietWomble]

This video pleasures my eye hexagons.

[@jonavanderpal]

As did it for me.

[@SigmastormBeheHunter]

Tell Cyanide he has square ass.

[@ajinkyaghule2198]

i love your content about csgo bulshittery

[@tensorflow5777]

Now that was r/unexpected

[@styrofoamcow6996]

wth ur in this cult too?

[@xaviermakesthings]

5:28 I’m actually surprised he didn’t talk about the wood on the pencil being shaped as a hexagon

[@kaiwilliams2181]

**Grey intensifies**

[@thereinthetrees_5626]

That’s what he was teasing. It was a bait and switch

[@BatataJoey]

Too predictable probably

[@GameristicForce]

This guy has more popularity on this comment (in 13 days) than my best did in like 8 months

[@BatataJoey]

@@GameristicForce i got more

[@veritasium]

I mean hexagons are pretty good... but have you seen Penrose tilings?

[@ShirinRose]

I thought of your video while watching this

[@Fightre_Flighte]

Not this again....

[@CheesyMac]

That video was hella confusing don’t remind me...

[@jaicii]

Aperiodic tiling is the best tiling

[@powandwow750]

hey it's the physics man, what's up

[@unevenox]

I adore how this video really covers all the bases from literal atomic structure to "6 is more than 4 which is better"

[@hallowillkommengutenmorgen5175]

yes!

[@azteka9692]

Don't forget "squares are boring"

[@wonjaechoi4714]

@@azteka9692 square’s aren’t boring

[@wuberkz1692]

@@wonjaechoi4714 square is are not boring

[@Shyguy5104]

@@wuberkz1692 Maybe they meant that the square possesses the aren't boring

[@MarkRober]

This was delightful. I got a shirt to join the order.

[@jamescord2226]

agreed

[@milkman9412]

OH NO HE'S ALSO A HEXAGON

[@sports4eva115]

collab time??????

[@ivory7525]

Your lightbulb to is a hexagon Mark

[@CGPGrey]

What a nice new logo you've got for yourself there, Mark. Glitterbomb shirt ordered: markrober.store/collections/tees/products/glitter-bomb-wireframe-tee

[@blokcy8805]

Organic chemistry teachers: *visible happiness*

[@jadentonkin466]

He should of said michael faradays best invention benzene

[@brebeeb]

I love that grey has slowly transitioned to slam poetry and none of us have questioned it

[@SweetSweetVideoBoom]

It’s awful. He needs to stop the rhyming

[@Skystrid3r]

@@SweetSweetVideoBoom Absolutely not

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

It's interesting how he uses the rhyming to easily interact with the tone of the video

[@degummybear]

@@SweetSweetVideoBoom Booooooo!!! 👎👎👎

[@sprucemaroose]

He should never stop!

[@DPadGamer]

I... I think I just joined a hexagon-based cult...

[@MiguelPereira-yw8rg]

your dpad reminds me of squares.... grrrrrrrrr.....

[@423adriana]

HEXAGON CULT

[@The_Murder_Party]

WHAT WAS THIS FANTABULOUS FEAVER DREAM!

[@Voltorb1993]

I mean, I already joined a cult of lobster god on facebook this year. Might as well...

[@LinkEX]

It's not a cult if you have science to back up your grand claims °U°

[@flavvsdasilver6442]

Glucose is a hexagon. Your body literally runs on hexagons as a fuel source.

[@SkyTheGuy8]

The nitrogenous bases that make up your DNA are also at least partially hexagons.. the arrangement of different types of hexagons decide all of your genetic traits!

[@hallowillkommengutenmorgen5175]

oh interesting

[@Mossmuncher]

@@hallowillkommengutenmorgen5175 THEN IS IT THE BESTAGON

[@abox1942]

I *w h a t*

[@thejellyguy]

Interesting

[@HimboVegan]

And thus one of my biggest neurodivergent hyper-fixations was born. Now I look for hexagons everywhere I go, every day. You would be shocked how common they are once you start keeping an eye open for them. Every time I see one I get a little happy boost of dopamine. Thank you CGP grey, thank you Hexagons :)

[@thepjup4507]

hexagons are just multiple triangles put together. sorry.

[@caramelldansen2204]

@@thepjup4507 Triangles are just cowards who don't want to admit they need to be hexagons to function efficiently. Did you not watch the video?

[@HappyGardenOfLife]

Dopamine is made of hexagons, so you get a boost of hexagons every time you see a hexagon.

[@theeclipsemaster]

This vid did the same for me

[@iamme2739]

@@caramelldansen2204 Triangles as hexagons are better than hexagons because they leave clean edges and you dont have to get the saw out to cleanly and efficiently fit them to something else.

[@Jombo1]

Now I'm confident that I can win an argument that I will probably never have.

[@troll3332]

Just start an argument

[@bmulholland98]

Oh damn, its Jumbo. The man who holds the world record for fastest pet of a living animal.

[@NicGarner]

@@troll3332 That's an option but it's a whole lot more impressive when you win an argument you didn't start deliberately because you knew you could win it. Organic ftw.

[@chieuleyang6768]

I disagree with this video. The most efficient way decrease the surface area to volume ratio is to increase the size of the shape rather than change it to a hexagon. For shapes of the same size, however, the hexagon would be the best shape to use, but I do not see why the bees don’t just make their holes bigger

[@NicGarner]

@@chieuleyang6768 Each hexagonal cell contains an egg which develops into larvae, which in turn spins a cocoon and pupates into a bee, all within the cell. So making the cells any bigger than necessary for that purpose would be wasteful.

[@aidenzorn8322]

"because bees." Ladies and gentlemen, this is what your english teacher means when they say to begin your essay with a strong hook

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I'ma use that next time

[@maxtonlevine7111]

This is the most passionate I have ever seen someone about shapes since my kindergarten's squares-versus-triangles debate

[@gustavokaski]

Where triangles obviously won becuase they're closer to the hexagon of course

[@TheArmyKnifeNut]

I hope you see now why both sides were wrong.

[@PlagueMoo]

did squares lose?

[@FeatherWait]

@@TheArmyKnifeNut Heh, sides.

[@TheFifthJack9709]

@@PlagueMoo yes, by a lot

[@maskofmany9208]

In diamonds, their molecular structure is based on squares, which causes it to be extremely hard, even to the point that it is considered the hardest material ever, but there was actually a material found from a meteorite called Q-carbon that, while extremely similar to diamond, is actually even harder than diamond. Why? Because instead of having their molecular structure based on squares, Q-carbon’s molecular structure based on, you guessed it, *hexagons* *Hexagons are the Bestagons*

[@JPerm]

I've wasted so many years thinking about cubes and squares 😭

[@campfiredude9940]

Wait what are you doing here?

[@flausseur]

@CampfireDudeシ you don't know that jperm watches veritasium and cgp? I'm thoroughly disappointed.

[@campfiredude9940]

@@flausseur im disapointed in myself for not knowing this

[@RedCLR]

Shame! Shame!

[@campfiredude9940]

Oh ples sotp

[@asimo3089]

Me: I wonder if Grey will post an Election Day video. Grey: HEXAGONS

[@TheBetterGame]

As a non american who's already getting sick of hearing all about the president who literally wore clown makeup for 4 years, AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED GOOD, This was better.....

[@Luxuriantsama]

@@TheBetterGame same

[@shivmishra1372]

God i haven’t seen asimo3089 in years lmao

[@Laittth]

Can't wait for another update to the part of the electoral college video about losing the popular vote but winning the electoral college! Ok hopefully that doesn't happen again but there's a real chance it will.

[@gregthorne4292]

HEXAGON 2020

[@iNoToRiOuS]

"Sir, this is a Wendy's"

[@picklecookieniblets799]

OH MY GOD THIS IS GOLD

[@bcunningham3718]

omg INUT is alive

[@wesleyjones4036]

wot

[@RSD_Knight]

Perfect

[@RoomInArles]

Fix your upload schedule

[@liamfoxy]

Apparently the 'No, don't touch that' when Grey was talking about the Ice9 is a reference to the book Cat's Cradle. From what I found online.. "In Kurt Vonnegut’s 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle, a central plot element is called ice-nine. The substance, created in a lab, was made up of familiar H2O molecules, but they were locked in a novel crystalline structure that froze solid at room temperature. Because ice-nine crystals could spontaneously convert normal water into more ice-nine, the material was dangerous-just licking it would cause all the water in a person’s body to freeze solid. At the end of the book, a piece of ice-nine is accidentally knocked into the ocean, causing all of the Earth’s water to freeze and ending nearly all life on the planet in an instant."

[@rowenaquebral5567]

Woah"0

[@Racoonma392]

From what I read (about 5 minutes of google/wikipedia reading), Ice 9 (or Ice IX) is a real ice structure, but in real life it's nothing like the novel and is pretty similar to regular ice. Feel free to correct me

[@andrewquintal1251]

@@Racoonma392 I figured it was a reference to the metal band Ice Nine Kills

[@Racoonma392]

@@andrewquintal1251 Maybe? We'll never know

[@hyzmarie]

Oh I thought it was radioactive

[@JustinY.]

Everyone: _Posts about the US elections_ *CGP Grey:*

[@hebl47]

And that's why he's the best!

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

You have good tastes Justin Y

[@simonbirrer958]

Hexagons for President

[@accuratejaney8140]

4 minutes to a Justin Y. comment, neat

[@migut]

hexagons are bestagons

[@Markstrosity]

I just realized that the reason Grey uses a few French phrases is because France is, famously, a hexagon.

[@raymondvargas9783]

Lmaooooooooooo!!

[@rudibarre8684]

L’hexagone mon ami 👌

[@miroslavbulldosex]

exact

[@ballerbalgruuf]

Idk, looks pretty pentagonal to me.

[@artilire]

Yes but he could have made those English because Sierra Leone is also a hexagon

[@wabboss4192]

This feels like the monologue of a hexagon themed super villain, before they pull out their mathematically indestructible hexagonal super weapon.

[@saleemdhamna3937]

You could start a web series

[@richardbullick7827]

it's only strong when it has the inner structure, aka triangles

[@tlbcanine3748]

“The weapon will eradicate all square life threatening our universe for the strongest life possible, does that not make it the bestagon?

[@saleemdhamna3937]

And the wise old man says you will need the almighty tridestroyer

[@sprinkleman8103]

Isnt a hexagon just 6 triangles?

[@ActivelyMike]

I absolutely love your content! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@Raz337]

@@yfua Because it's no hexagon :(

[@watchmychannelorelse]

thank you for giving to our glorious hexagon leader

[@birutologo]

Why is your comment pink

[@birutologo]

@@_rd_5043 i don't remember why i said that but i think it was a joke.

[@UTKC_Officer_Smiles]

Hexagons :D

[@_-insertname-_]

Didn’t expect to see the story of a stickman getting lured into joining a cult for a geometrical shape when I clicked on this, but I‘m not complaining

[@Qaptyl]

Hexagonism

[@OrangeC7]

Wait, isn't that just Pythagoras?

[@Qaptyl]

@@OrangeC7 right triangles are the best triangles

[@youzhou3001]

I think we all got enlightened by the hexagon. Hexagons are the bestagons. Hexagons are the bestagons. Hexagons are the bestagons. Hexagons are the bestagons.

[@jamesonrouchbach2853]

You got 666 likes. Is that ironic?

[@hrithik6323]

The passive aggressiveness to squares is amazing

[@henryschulz9940]

Something a square would say

[@ikeilledaguy4349]

@Ggnkrsfkoqxbk sounds like a square pretending to be a hexagon to call out another hexagon

[@emotionalavocado2336]

@@ikeilledaguy4349 sounds like a hexagon pretending to be a square to call out a square pretending to be a hexagon

[@abcdefg5686]

@@emotionalavocado2336 Sounds like a square calling out a hexagon pretending to be a square to call out a square pretending to be a hexagon

[@wolfremus2521]

because square is the best. Hexagon completely distort horizontal and vertical axis, which is worst than the diagonal problem in square grid.

[@joshmiddlebrook239]

Definitely one of the best cults I've been in, 10/10 would worship again.

[@reginaanderson6733]

and how many cults have you been in? this is my third.

[@joshmiddlebrook239]

@@reginaanderson6733 Pretty sure it's my fourth.

[@GaneshKumar-bv2td]

@@joshmiddlebrook239 now we need to know the other cults

[@barryscott627]

@@joshmiddlebrook239 Ametures, this is my eight

[@joeyebert5300]

Have you guys checked out The Human Movie Cult it literally about the bee blockbuster The Human Movie

[@Ultrevolous]

Me at the start of the video: Oho, how cute, the bees make hexagons Me at the endagon of the video: MY GODAGON, THE BESTAGON HEXAGON CAN NEVER BE GONEAGON

[@Tay10rd]

Thought you said “Ohio, How cute”💀

[@jungle003]

Niceagon itagon happenedagon toagon meagon toagon

[@hrishikeshharitas2456]

@@jungle003 *meagon tooagon

[@cwinship2]

As a hexagon myself, I approve of this message.

[@cwinship2]

@Hexelectron ay a fellow hexagon, nice!

[@thatoctahedronfan8]

As a person who’s Sona is basically a bunch of hexagons, I also approve of this message

[@moonchild8477]

Hexagons are the bestagon

[@ommsterlitz1805]

That's why France is called the most beautiful country on earth, damn smart hexagoners.

[@maxgaming5209]

As a circle i need to destroy you

[@silentwolfarena9935]

I am genuinely surprised he didn’t mention that the pencil itself is a hexagonal prism

[@yungyosef]

Probably because a lot of them aren’t.

[@andrewgreenberg1862]

I thought it was a missed opportunity too.

[@Fummy007]

It's a bait and switch

[@gnorung7769]

Yeah that's... kind of the humour in that scene.

[@yousorooo]

That’s the joke

[@nwahally]

"The humble bumble has an engineering problem to solve. She makes two things - honey and wax. The former to eat and the latter to contain the former." There's poetry in this.

[@sharkbitesback2749]

HUMBLE BUMBLE

[@pepperpoop7729]

i agree, the way he delivers this line is indeed beautiful

[@50shadesof_jamesgray]

"you can make a religion out this!"

[@LilCheesyBean]

Bees don’t actually make the wax in hexagons in the first place, it just melts into that shape because that’s how maths works, you can do this with bubbles as he said in the video, if you blow several bubbles around each other they form roughly 120 degree angles, forming hexagons

[@MrBattlecharge]

This is actually just an audio clip of Grey ranting to Civilizations 4 about how they should use hexagonal tiles instead of square tiles so Grey can get the most nearby resources per city. They listened and Civ 5 has hexagonal tiles. Years later, Grey decides to animate it.

[@altruistic_eagle3709]

source, please.

[@MrBattlecharge]

@@altruistic_eagle3709 it was merely a joke, friend. There is no truth to my comment.

[@ameremortal]

“Circles only work when you need just one.” For some reason, I have a feeling that’s an important insight.

[@BrUh-km6il]

I build houses. So when he says "Hexagons provide maximum area for minimum wall" I feel like thats important. Maybe if I build a house for myself Ill make it a hexagon instead of a square.

[@danielm5535]

I should have a hexagon of friends?

[@ameremortal]

@@danielm5535 Or one complete one.

[@Lynesque]

Ditch two eyes, only need one.

[@falinestixiaolong9691]

Anyone who's tried to store big amounts of beer in their fridge knows that.

[@bacn_]

Imagine you're just playing a game of chess and this man just breaks out in a nine minute rant on why hexagons are cool

[@letsmessup648]

Lol I play hexonia

[@rathernotsay8157]

You don't know why I got this like

[@tiredcoffee9801]

Not just cool but; _snaps fingers into finger guns_ *the bestagon*

[@eos5273]

All while,he's beating you

[@Caw5050]

@@eos5273 lol

[@bonzoguy8016]

note: Never play chess with CGP grey or he'll go on a rant about how the chess board should be hexagonal and throw a box of bees on the board

[@lucianite0]

I'm trying to find the part where anything there is a flaw...

[@timtams_6]

@@lucianite0 hexagons have no flaws...

[@Matthi_-wq3hl]

Gex: "This is like playing chess with CGP Grey!"

[@fazdoll]

@@lucianite0 Flaw: The chessboard is wrong. The bottom right corners (facing the players) should be a white square, queen takes her own color. Grey's chessboard has black in the bottom right corners.

[@baertheblader9402]

“This chess board is causing a distortion in the very nature of time and space. It must be destroyed. Can’t you see that the bishop travels farther than the rook, even though they go the same number of spaces? This is madness, madness I tell you! [curls up into the fetal position, muttering] Hexagons are the bestagons, hexagons are the bestagons…”

[@thunderflare59]

Now I want to make a hexagon cult for a DND campaign.

[@kathleenlestrange6932]

Do it would be fun

[@hiepdoshin7846]

After the End Fan Fork, a mod for Crusader Kings 3, feature a Hexagonal religion.

[@pippen1001]

make the dungeon map with squares

[@thunderflare59]

@@pippen1001 blasphemy!

[@Jedidaily]

Gosh, that would be the best, but I already have this thing with flying pickles for my characters

[@meghanquinn6383]

I love that you can hear the sheer delight in his voice when talking about our lord and savior hexagon

[@deanspanos8210]

Buzz light year green aliens: Ahhhhh!

[@JCDavis314]

Hexagons are the hexagods.

[@cobalius]

*Hexagod

[@JCDavis314]

@@cobalius let’s not get into semantics.

[@andrewsantos4801]

Grey is one tragic event away from becoming a super villain that claims that humans must go extinct because of their imperfections.

[@akivabarrett8428]

I only have one like to give but it is yours use it well

[@andrewsantos4801]

@@akivabarrett8428 Thank you I won't spend it all at one place

[@gyro2846]

Sounds like a Pokemon game villain.

[@intelhell1712]

@@gyro2846 I mean, that’s literally Lysandre

[@demosth3nes870]

Less than even that

[@thecobe-lee9674]

It's cool recently that Grey has been putting these catchy, repeated phrases in. "Shenanigans beget shenanigans" has entered my everyday vocabulary.

[@lars_larsen]

It's called brainwashing... or memorization techniques... the distinction is in the motivation behind the repeating of the phrase.

[@thecobe-lee9674]

@@lars_larsen True, true. What is teaching but positive brainwashing.

[@lupvirga]

@@thecobe-lee9674 or nagitive, like Blue no matter who with Dems

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@lupvirga Keep your politics out of my bestagons!

[@mariacaliman1592]

ßs@ac

[@berserker1340]

You can make a religion out of this.

[@Gimp.The_Imp_Pimp]

Grey had _WAY_ too much fun doing this. I approve.

[@Play_solosongs]

Same

[@yqiu2848]

how does this only have one reply? Well.... now it has 2

[@Play_solosongs]

@@yqiu2848 Wdym only 2? there's 3

[@yqiu2848]

@@Play_solosongs you mean 4

[@andrewallender9846]

@@yqiu2848 5 now

[@smitchip]

The more he says “bestagons” the more it sounds like a cult

[@lgmmy5612]

He was trying to say it in a cult-way in order to make it sound funny.

[@isaacbriefer193]

@4 and 9 and more! Waise the woof!

[@leoleo6301]

Yes

[@xyzzyx7812]

cult of hexagons is the best cult ever

[@advika8681]

It was a cult the moment you clicked on the video

[@A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs]

It feels like this rant on hexagons is to distract from the chess game Grey's losing. White is down a piece, can't castle, and has some serious king safety issues should black decide to control the c file.

[@ChrisNinjaEagle]

This is my headcanon now.

[@pepebeezon772]

It's meaningless as the chessboard is misplaced 90 degrees

[@jayakpatel5006]

I think both sides don't have very developed pieces, since all the rooks are in their starting spaces, although white does seem to have the most vulnerable pieces.

[@yeenmachine206]

Probably lost his queen, too

[@Generlc_Human]

*w h a t d o t h i s m e a n* *e d u c a t e m e a s i a m a m o r t a l*

[@fredthepenguin6539]

He spent 9 minutes converting us to a hexagonal cult

[@nandiewolmarans3919]

I now go through life quietly whispering "Hexagons are the bestagons" whenever I see one.

[@corvid_commerce]

It was snowing and I looked out the window with such amazement (I live where it doesn't usually snow), and my friend was like "I know its cool but jesus" and I just whisper "hexagons are the bestagons..." they were very confused

[@AntoineHorns]

I just call them bestagons. Nobody gets it but hey it's their loss.

[@tristanbrewer4523]

@@AntoineHorns I call them bestagons as well. No one seems to care . . . or notice.

[@AmandaPlaysMinecraft]

Omg me too

[@EranBZD]

I just say that randomly. So catchy...

[@mgmionly4whath]

This is as close we will ever get to the Catan video

[@mrvinnilapieman6910]

Lol

[@finneganflaherty2699]

This is part 0 of the Catan series

[@mkfivesix]

This is him setting up for it watch, he'll post all the points in separate videos

[@Epinardscaramel]

A story for another time. 😉

[@hockeater]

@@mkfivesix Six videos! Six LINES! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXES!

[@ghtoasty4068]

Love the presentation of a lot of these videos where CGP Grey is just aggressively explaining things to people

[@aqwafyy]

CGP grey in a nutshell

[@natia-krew3951]

Yup 😁

[@AlexSargo]

tisti

[@AustinMullinsTech]

Aggressive explaining "I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY HEXAGONS ARE AWESOME AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME"

[@Ihaveagasmask]

I Think its just one guy as in the new video for airways at the beginning he trys to change seat away from him like hes tired of him

[@specialkali]

This never gets old and I get excited every time KZbin recommends it.

[@pezvonpez]

hehe, same

[@seahawkzsk3461]

Carbon is also the 6th element of the periodic table, and a hexagon has 6 sides.

[@NPCrash]

It is the 6th element because it has 6 protons. That allows for 4 electrons in the 2nd orbital, which allows stable bonds without too many ions, thus hexagonal shapes in their more stable forms.

[@edotensei8241]

@@NPCrash no its because hexagons are bestagons!!!

[@demonking1101]

dice too has 6 faces.......but it's not hexagon,,,,screw hexagon I'mma be cubic now

[@demonking1101]

@@NPCrash nope man strongest bond that carbon makes are tetrahedral.....carbon nanotubes and diamond....hexagonal symmetry is weak on third dimension...

[@mikagami69]

OH SHIIIII

[@PurpleFire18]

"You could make a religion out of this" -CGP Grey's thoughts, clearly. For real tho, loved this. I learned a lot. Hexagons are bestagons. Edit: Wah, so many likes. Why is this my crowning achievement on the internet? Have I been blessed by the hexagons?

[@TheMasterBlaze]

Actually they did make religions using hexagons. See Metatron's Cube and The Tree of Life. Hexagons are the best-agons

[@anaghshetty]

Bill wurtz fan detected

[@lacoulas5556]

Cue bill wurtz

[@rrobucksthehuman9186]

The sunnn is a deadly laser.

[@nishatqamar4799]

Hexagons are the Bestagons

[@jreigha]

Missed an opportunity at the bit about the flexible honeycomb layers to say that Hexagons are the most Flexagon

[@galeksrus]

I know! I was thinking that the whole time. Hexagons are flexagons.

[@gonderage]

and dont forget about hexaflexagons

[@galeksrus]

@@gonderage Hexaflexagons? How is that different from Flexagons?

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Flygon

[@galeksrus]

@@TheSpiritombsableye What's that supposed to mean?

[@Goatman_Gamer]

I make sure to watch this video every two months to remind myself why Hexagons are indeed the Bestagons.

[@benblakemore745]

Bees actually do arrange their honeycomb into circles. The heat produced by their movement heats the honeycomb and softens it. It then hardens in the most energetically-favourable position - the hexagon.

[@PergiZoltan]

Please upvote so CPG can see it. I was about to post it. But, still, hexagons are the bestagons

[@TheThomSirveaux]

Came here to find this comment. Yup! I just learned that bees make circles which "melt" into hexagons, so, come on Grey! Get it right!

[@vampirina33]

I literally just learned this last week and came to say the same thing! Kinda disappointed that Grey didn't get that one little detail right lol

[@PergiZoltan]

@@vampirina33 same! Was this on Reddit recently or another science KZbinr? Wonder where we seen it

[@JDSByrne]

@@PergiZoltan I think it was a TIL reddit post

[@besmart]

You earned my like at ice-9, Grey. Welcome to the granfalloon

[@mattgolman]

*No, don't touch that!*

[@strider_hiryu850]

It's okay to be a hexagon.

[@AmandaPlaysMinecraft]

Oh wow its okay to be smart watched?!

[@AmandaPlaysMinecraft]

Love your gecko video

[@miladdilmaghani]

Your logo is a hexagon!

[@RubenBror]

bees actually make circles, but they automatically turn into hexagons to make them stronger. Hexagons are the Bestagons, but cirkles is the path to Bestagons. Like bubbles, just as you said

[@paulweakley3440]

Came here to say this... but you be faster. Nice jarb

[@theunreadyone]

The circle is the most stable individual shape, but the hexagon is the most stable shape when combined with other shapes

[@typemasters2871]

Hexagons are just circles that fill up the gaps they create

[@Alexa-iv7kr]

Did I watch a man explain how hexagons are the bestagons for 9 and a half minutes? Yes. Was it worth it? Double yes.

[@RandomDucc-sj8pd]

2:43 Fun fact: Bees actually use circles, however when the wax is still soft, nature forms them into hexagons.

[@sillygoosetaur]

so nature literally forces circles out of the way in order to make room for the bestagons

[@rosibalisong4403]

yeah, and if you take a circles diameter, you can mark 6 marks around that circle, then connect those points, and you get a hexagon. Im not sure, but im pretty sure its also the same length as a circle, just more compact, that could be wrong though.

[@DannleChannel]

@@rosibalisong4403 Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean, but you can do that with any polygonal shape… if you evenly space four marks around the outside of a circle and connect them, for example, you have a square, and the diagonal length of that square is the diameter of the circle. You can make three marks anywhere on the perimeter of the circle and draw a triangle, and you can use that triangle to recreate the circle. Etc.

[@Bob12v]

Even is that true how the hell is been hexa why hexa?

[@ILoveTinfoilHats]

Came here to say this. Biology doesn't prefer hexagons, energy optimization does. It's all physics. (If you look at a picture of a bee hive cut open you'll see there's an occasional 5 or 7+ sided polygon)

[@kmart1396]

CGP Grey: square boards for games suck, hexagon boards for games better Me: this is just secretly about Settlers of Catan isn't it

[@BrianOrEric]

And then he makes a hexagonal chess game. I was waiting for Catan to get a shout out lol

[@vasarat1]

Tigris and Eufrates is a great game and it's in squares.

[@dabambino1861]

@@BrianOrEric and colonist!

[@garthor]

Enter the bad opinion zone: Catan is boring, overrated, and absolute garbage, and the endless expansions for it are completely meaningless... Hexagons are superior its true, but they can't save Catan... >_>

[@vasarat1]

@@garthor You got Twilight imperium, that's in hexagons and really good :D

[@hm77]

I've been enjoying these for a while, but my 6yo daughter recently discovered this video and is repeatedly telling the whole family "hexagons are the bestagons". This morning she related the carbon structure of pencil lead to me. Explaining something complex quickly and clearly to a 1st grader is some sort of major Achievement Unlocked in my book!

[@ShoulderMonster]

That's so cute! 🐝✨

[@CaptainShadowRogue7]

Achievement Unlock: Enlightened Teacher

[@bernardosantos8020]

Imagine being that smart. Grey gives more grey... matter

[@thedyslexicdemon9307]

OMG THIS IS AMAZING! I’m sorry but I was once that 6yo talking about carbon structures I learned from a KZbin video to anyone who would listen. Please if you would, tell your daughter to never stop learning and having fun doing so. There is an infinite amount of knowledge at your fingertips, just dig a little, and one day everything talked about in these videos will come to being and you will get to see it happen, or even participate yourself! Goodluck in your journey ^^

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

@@thedyslexicdemon9307 but this came out 2 months ago

[@SmokesKwazukii]

I hope Grey is aware of Boards of Canada. the scottish electronic music duo obsessed completely with hexagons. From their song “Turquoise Hexagon Sun” to their label simply named Hexagon Sun.

[@hammerhand9449]

These distinct hexagonal shapes aswell as Grey's history leads me to the conclusion that this is the long awaited settlers of catan video

[@karelprochazka2709]

We can only hope.

[@Iron-Jupiter]

:o

[@pablox1406]

or just bees

[@ognjenjankovic3388]

You don't know to what lenghts I would go to see the Catan video.

[@TheRealDoctorBonkus]

No, surely it cannot be? No, he would never...!

[@jamesbaum3001]

How to Start a Cult in Less Than 10 Minutes: The Hexagon

[@iamssmrt5298]

Over 300 likes and no comments Me: *its free real estate*

[@figshwg]

@@iamssmrt5298 Hexagon

[@CarrotAndCo]

Will McDaniel taught me to support the church of the 8 sides.

[@sockchen2707]

hexagon is the bestagon

[@rbarua3368]

I think that the honor should go to the triangle for the long game. Somehow the triangle has been integrated so much into our math systems, that for how much we rave about hexagons, we know more about triangles.

[@bsams2436]

"I promise to give the people not only what they want, but what they need Hexagons"

[@Apricot_418]

Vote for Ken Candidate!

[@arinmiller9903]

I’m ken kandidate and I approve this message

[@lexterslife]

i didn’t understand this video, but the fact that this guy has so much fun talking about shapes fulfills my faith in himanity

[@GeneralEverywhen]

Fun thing to nitpick on, since it doesn't so much denounce the claim as reframe it, bees actually DO make their honeycombs as circles to start with. The raw wax forming in circular patterns as the bees work. It's just that, as the force of gravity acts on this half-shifted grid of circles while it hardens, the combs naturally coalesce into the most structurally stable, least chaotic tiling shape they can. Which, surprise surprise for all the reasons listed, happens to be hexagons! Bees may not be following the true path, but that's fine. Because *physics itself* steps in to subtly correct them. Double fun fact, hexagons being the most energetically stable state correlates to why basalt breaks in hexagons. As the structural stress the rocks are under while cooling seeks the most energy-releasing shape to break into by virtue of thermodynamic laws. And, thus, because they have the most surface area upon which to break into repeating patterns, these columns thus break into hexagons. Neat, right?

[@qwertyTRiG]

Hence the Giant's Causeway.

[@KnowledgePerformance7]

This fact makes this vid hurt a bit

[@sarahp6512]

+

[@CantWords]

Woah

[@MuscarV2]

I only just started the video and had a quick peek at the comments to see if he somehow missed that huge detail... I was hoping that was part of the video. This is the worst oversight CGP has ever done as far as I'm aware. Makes this all deeply cringey.

[@thomasking49]

Grey 2019: Yup- stay tuned for a **huge** video on Indian reservations Grey 2020: *TUMBLEWEED = WORSTWEED, HEXAGONS = BESTAGONS*

[@jaysonburke799]

“Hexagons are the bestagons” The rectangular screen that let me see this:

[@Xanthelei]

This is my fourth or so time watching this video 2 years later and I think it's still my favorite video Grey has ever done.

[@JakobKiellandYT]

I actually cannot believe you didn't say the word Flexagon.

[@RestoreSanityFear]

same!

[@KowboyUSA]

Perplexagoned

[@ALNYTheGreatScientist]

Ah, good ol' hexaflexagons.

[@rivengle]

_vihart has joined the chat_

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Bill Wurtz: You could make a religion out of this. CGP Grey: I already have.

[@zeezFPS]

underrated comment xD

[@Sairin13]

Pythagoras wants to know your location

[@dmitrypatuk]

Actually there are some apps that actively use hexagons For example, I use Typewise keyboard, which has hexagon keys instead of regular qwerty - and it's really cool!

[@AkiNoTsuki]

always has been

[@carykh]

8:33 YESSS I LOVE HEX CHESS (although, hexagonal grids do still have diagonals that are a gross 2sqrt(3) long, so not perfect)

[@toppatblue]

oh hey cary! explain yourself. that profile picture is a CUBE! edit: you guys need to understand, the highlighted part of the cube is a square, ok? it's quite obvious he's a squarist. and i am completely ok with that.

[@davidhong1934]

@@toppatblue Drawing a 2-D interpretation of a cube creates a hexagon

[@Haskell-Curry]

But hexagon is much closer to ideal.

[@joobels2712]

I was gonna say "Surprised to see you here" but I guess you do seem like the kind of person to like this type of video lol. love the vids btw.

[@chirongodemperorof4127]

We all know that Octagons are the truth. Prove me wrong, Grey, prove me wrong.

[@TheRealColt45]

"And a little bit of ice nine. Don't touch that." AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!! Dying now. I'm re reading Cat's Cradle now. I laughed way too hard at that. I'm a nerd. Well done.

[@justinsommerfeld7027]

That was a great touch!!

[@orange158]

Could you explain that part to me

[@TheRealColt45]

@@orange158 so yeah, don't touch it or you would instantly freeze as a human being. :-)

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

The real ice 9 isn't as cool as the fictional one.

[@felinecontrolled]

I get the impression Grey might like hexagons. I don't know, he seems a bit vague.

[@pooyataleb2514]

Nah I'm pretty sure he loves floret pentagonals more

[@thomasvlaskampiii6850]

@@pooyataleb2514 One things for sure. Squares and triangles can go fly a kite in Grey's opinion

[@dhananjaysawant4646]

2:44 bees actually make circles but when the wax is still wet it turns circles into hexagons. It isn’t the bees(who use circles), it is physics that uses the hexagon

[@meixing0789]

The universe blesses stability in her physics

[@sparda1295]

But i dont realy get why they dont use squares

[@emeraldofdoom3188]

@@sparda1295 Because squares tile tightly by basically cheating did you watch the video

[@sparda1295]

@@emeraldofdoom3188 yeah but i didnt get it. sory i m not a native speaker. in which way cheating?

[@emeraldofdoom3188]

@@sparda1295 No dont worry I was just joking around, that was a quote from the video saying how squares just infinitely repeat in a plane.

[@GeldarionTFS]

Years of organic chemistry has prepared me to learn this.

[@Gluteus.Maximus]

All that benzene ring junk makes total sense now

[@Xerathiel]

Laughs in crystallography and solid state physics.

[@bimyouna]

AKA the Six Billion Secret Names of Carbon

[@Neojhun]

Years of organic chemistry also made me fear Hexagons. Benzenoid s are the sledge hammer of the organic chem.

[@anthi-markellatsiadi2281]

I can’t believe that cyclohexane wasn’t mentioned.

[@Occultist_Anonymous]

I love how happy with himself he sounds whenever he comes up with another reason hexagons are amazing

[@MsCharlotteAnna]

When I was a math camp counselor I inspired my campers to start a hexagon fan club. This speaks to my soul.

[@McClungMusic]

Now we know the *real* reason Grey hates tumbleweeds....

[@McClungMusic]

"because tumbleshapes are humbleshapes..."

[@McClungMusic]

..."because circlegons are the worselgons..."

[@matthewgeschke5378]

but even tumble weeds grow with hexagonal patterns. Hexagons are super closely related to Phi.

[@Averymoasycreek]

@@matthewgeschke5378 and the golden ratio

[@killjoy3373]

@@Averymoasycreek phi is the golden ratio

[@nikodenwietrzykowski2736]

Hexagon: exists Grey: we can make a religion out of this.

[@theeclipsemaster]

Welcome to the hexagonal order!

[@mastersonogashira1796]

That would be a great crossover

[@gajendrayadav8791]

Starting of a hexagon world order. Oh it's already everywhere 😂. Let us all unite & become a part of this cult

[@melancholyflow2956]

no, don't

[@ayoutubechannelname]

Hexagrams are the Bestagrams.

[@Matthatguy119]

Thanks you inspired me to mathematically prove the efficient perimeter to volume ratio of the hexagon

[@joepercy9103]

I was really waiting for the term “flexagon” to show up when discussing the honeycomb for use in aircraft

[@pyglik2296]

And of course hexahexaflexagons are the bestaflexagons!

[@saber1epee0]

@@pyglik2296 BRB Gotta ViHart!!!

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

Yes

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

WOOHOO

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

HEXAHEXAFLEXAGON!

[@kartikkudale721]

5 yo kid: What is your favourite shape? Grey: **cracks knuckles** **cracks neck**

[@peaklongshot7205]

breaks leg

[@user-emily394]

@audwee dismembers body

[@zacharykoplin6543]

And turns him into a hexagon cake

[@courier6402]

@Hand Grabbing Fruits The true ending is to give the cake to the kids family.

[@playdoughmaster808]

The hexagon cake turns everyone into hexagons

[@intrestedinallthings]

This is so wholesome and cute. I've never seen Grey have as much fun with a video as this one (but the pirates ones, a close second)

[@stargacha2453]

yah

[@KmiiVC]

i discovered your channel today and it's become one of my favorites. it's a treasure

[@manuapplejuice]

Alternate title: Man express his insane love for hexagons for almost 10 minutes

[@JeepnHeel]

Alternate title: Man expresses his sane love for bestagons for almost 100 hexaseconds

[@nilsscheltwort8307]

@@JeepnHeel oh how true that ist :D

[@pokesouls8258]

@@nilsscheltwort8307 ich hasse dich weil du schön bist

[@nilsscheltwort8307]

@@pokesouls8258 :(

[@Qaptyl]

@@JeepnHeel a hexahectosecond almost

[@JohnLewis-old]

I was a developer on Blood Bowl. As we updated the game I was thinking about how to redesign the board from squares to hexagons and I found a very interesting thing; There's grain in hexagon patterns. When translating a game to hexagon from squares, you have to choose to retain either the North-South movement or the East-West movement... and the same for alignments. For example, you can allow players a straight path from endzone to endzone as makes aesthetic sense, but you sacrifice alignment for the Line of Scrimmage. The reverse happens if you rotate the board. While Hexagons are great, it's not as easy to aesthetically implement them in games as suggested.

[@gabemerritt3139]

Yeah, was having a similar thought when he showed the chess board. How would a rook move?

[@Nen_niN]

I'd sacrifice straight movement in one direction to gain in two. I don't know anything about making games though

[@Ceaseless_Thoughts]

Cool!

[@SIStefanov]

A great point! I wondrer if you could layer a North-South grain on an East-West and have the player move in a sort of bubble that comprises both grids. If the player moves north his location is recorded and approximated relative to the north grid and if the players moves west his position is relative to the East-West grid. He could be able to interact with and be interacted with a circle of six hexes on both grids. Hmm. This might be viable for a small map. As for largers ones the two grids might shift out too much, but then again hexes have the same sides, so maybe it is not too much of a problem...? I dunno I might try and see what happens.

[@caseykoons]

I had a weird idea that I'm pretty sure CPYGrey would hate. (I sort of hate it, being a devotee of hexagons myself). Use the Octogon and little squares grid, but warp you mind to not count the little squares as space traveled. You get N, E, S, W, with NE, SE, etc. All directions, just weird and abstract. But as Grey points out, we already do this with the grid of squares. Treating longer diagonals as 'the same distance' so it shouldn't be too hard.

[@varvaramir]

we all have that one nerdy friend that starts randomly ranting about how perfect a geometric shape is when all you wanted to do was play chess...

[@turtle4415]

Oh don’t worry, it’s just a hologram.

[@thegamingmachine4963]

yh i have one too

[@ancientbaltoy8769]

That's me

[@gigachad36490]

HEXAGIN IS THE BESTAGON

[@FrozenBusChannel]

I wanna play that hexagonal chess.

[@IssekOfTheJug]

1:57 The way Grey says "deltoid... tri... hexanoggles" gets stuck in my head like a catchy song

[@yert16571]

People on election day: Anyone: *politics* CGP Grey: HEXAGONS!

[@aarya1467]

Vote for Hexagons!! Because Hexagons are the bestagons

[@JontyLevine]

In the UK (where Grey lives) it is quite common to see electoral maps made out of hexagons where regions are scaled by their voting power, not by land area.

[@tnk4me4]

I squares vs hexagons is extremely political. Right up there with Goku vs Superman.

[@Rabbit-the-One]

So original.

[@rambo64bit82]

but what if politics is based on hexagons

[@Ravenomics]

"6 is bigger than 4 therefore it is better." That sounds like 2 kids fighting over their ages.

[@aoaoaaoaoao889]

Håhå

[@MyUncleWorksForNintendo]

6 - 4 = 2.... 🤔🤔🤔 COINCIDENCE??? I THINK NOT!!

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@Jim Jewers AE AE BANANA

[@decades5125]

plot twist: it was a coincidence *(not canon)*

[@thatweirdo2960]

@Anon *don’t*

[@TrickshotMusic]

i love the attention to detail on the chess board. The realistic opening, the check with the bishop that was then blocked by the knight along with a early queen trade. this is already amazinf

[@csongorkiss630]

Yeah, it is, but the chessboard is rotated by 90 degree, that's strange. In that orientation, queen never can be on her color at the start in the right order.

[@aniusers]

@@csongorkiss630 it is solely because the chessboard was using the terrible, hideous and deceitful square tiles that corrupt the laws of piece movement in chess, had the tiles been hexagons which are inarguably the bestagons, everything would've made perfect sense.

[@NKY5223]

the kings moved edit: nvm the corners dont match

[@minimike1541]

@@aniusers i 100% had to scroll up to make sure you wern't the video poster as that comment was too top notch for a square like me

[@minimike1541]

amazing. i love to play chess but i only even learn from my own games i don't practice or learn about it any other time. but i can tell your a vivid chess lover. its a pleasure to see this

[@zankanotachi_]

The way he is super exited about hexagons gets me everytime 😅😄

[@federicovallejo7004]

Part 1 of: why settlers of catan is the best board game?

[@eylonshachmon6500]

What else can it be?

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

Finally here after 12 years

[@ni1ix]

and civilizations is the best videogame

[@julianschondorf304]

Such a great comment

[@anirudhsinghi4037]

and Windows XP is the best OS

[@robbydecola9952]

When he said "If you are a game based on squares I'm so sorry" I thought for sure the chess board was going to change into a Catan board

[@muhwyndham]

I believe this is just the intro for Catan video lol

[@hi-pb4ww]

I had to google what that is bcz I'm an adolcent little 12 yr old and ur definetly right on that 1 honestly Yh it is # so funy

[@somedude1502]

I thought he would show the jump between Civilization 4 and 5 where they finally switched to hexagons. That one has been bugging me for years and I was so glad when the developers finally switched it.

[@sam-psonsmith9951]

Catan is the best board game i know, so maybe he is on to something.

[@wyattsunkel1048]

I switched to hexboards for RPGs. They take some getting used to, but they are worth it

[@thomasfieschi-rose3705]

A note on the "bees making hexagons" thing. The initial shape of the comb would actually be circular, but because of the body heat of the bees, the wax melts into a hexagonal formation, further proving that hexagons are the bestagons.

[@killerbee.13]

There are so many comments bringing up this exact thing, but somehow arriving at the opposite conclusion. As if the fact that the hexagons take two steps to form invalidates the whole idea.

[@thomasfieschi-rose3705]

@@killerbee.13 I know, It's kinda weird. I'm pretty sure I read it in a book called "Animal Architecture", which attributed the shift in form to sunlight as well, but I don't know how accurate that is. Also, wouldn't the fact that they naturally form hexagons be MORE conclusive?

[@Hideyoshi1991]

@@killerbee.13 the heretics MUST be purged

[@thomasmcelroy5785]

nature sees circles and says "let me fix that for you"

[@thomasmcelroy5785]

any time circles group up, the bestagon is inevitable

[@mattemactics1280]

"Oh cool a new CGP Grey Video" "Wait, why am I in a cult?"

[@carolinejohnston_59]

Cultagon

[@FluffyOrionlol]

Ikr

[@foxelfire]

_Hexagons are the bestagons..._ Wait, what was I saying? Guess I'm still partially in the grasp of the hexagons... But anyways, if you'd be brave enough to plan on getting out, you should consider that squares are easier to mathematically organize and calculate overall, not to mention that hexagons are the definition of inefficient when attempting to convert into and using as a 3d polygon, as opposed to cubes. But the members of the hexagon order are probably going to see this and do unthinkable things to me for telling you this. I've already said too much...

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@foxelfire Pfah squares are infinitely divisible and the repitition of the pattern is exactly it's weakness. The lines are the source of strength but the square pattern aligns the weakest lines alternating with the strongest lines. The square pattern also propagate forces along the lines, never dampening the forces until the squares bend enough to cease to be squares, unlike the hexagon that divides the forces in two again and again.

[@stevena105]

@@bramvanduijn8086 Somehow your answer sounds just like Grey. Like, seriously, I read it in his voice and cadence.

[@danielberry3625]

So bees actually make their combs in circles but as they dry the “warp” into hexagons because of the stability of the shape. Literally physics knows that hexagons are the bestagons.

[@AdamRudd3R]

This... Glad to find the comment!

[@chrisg3030]

"Two possible explanations exist as to why honeycomb is composed of hexagons, rather than any other shape. First, the hexagonal tiling creates a partition with equal-sized cells, while minimizing the total perimeter of the cells. Known in geometry as the honeycomb conjecture, this was given by Jan Brożek and proved much later by Thomas Hales. Thus, a hexagonal structure uses the least material to create a lattice of cells within a given volume. A second reason, given by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, is that the shape simply results from the process of individual bees putting cells together: somewhat analogous to the boundary shapes created in a field of soap bubbles. In support of this, he notes that queen cells, which are constructed singly, are irregular and lumpy with no apparent attempt at efficiency." (Wikipedia) I guess yours is more like the second of these explanations, and Grey's the first. But it's interesting that Grey later talks about the hexagonal way bubbles squash together, even though he doesn't suggest this is also what happens to bees' cells.

[@default632]

@@chrisg3030 Very informative. Thanks

[@hailonyourparade]

I was about to make this comment! You said it much better than I was gonna, thank you!

[@thatotherguy8138]

Glad I looked through the comments first - I was going to post the same thing.

[@lohema7827]

CGP Grey: Human tribalism is incredibly damaging for our society... Also CGP Grey: *HEXAGONS ARE THE BESTAGONS*

[@davidbrodecki154]

Is he wrong though?

[@sofivear]

Ok but this is tribalism that I can stand for

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

@Henry Grant "Purge the nonbelievers! They aren't even human." ~ someguy somewhere

[@marekwygnany924]

SIIIIMPS

[@Electric0eye]

I'll let it slide..

[@yrburd]

I loved the shape "hexagon" about a year after I learnt the shape. And there's a community about it, making memes too. There is Hexagon (the bestagon), octogan, pentagon and patient-gon (flatline).

[@hyzmarie]

I died inside a little

[@otheturtle4028]

“Hexagons are the bestagons” The rectangular screen that let me see this:

[@Guztav1337]

We should invest in hexagonal processors

[@22oreos]

Me using a hexagonal monitor:

[@thatweirdo2960]

Hexagon pixels:

[@gapetheapegod7976]

@@thatweirdo2960 are they?

[@dearrobloxiscool]

Lol