Do You Need Friends? (Dunbar's Number)

[@EHyde-ir9gb]

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

[@bones1123]

Steelhunter777 lmfao

[@brokenbeakers621]

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

[@swoluigi3828]

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

[@cgamin6921]

What about Chuck Norris

[@summer-wb2ps]

what about zucc

[@CMunkMunk]

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

[@SirKaji]

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

[@remytherat6603]

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

[@user-ox7id9he5v]

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

[@warhammer8230]

Ashton Minden you mean zipf's law?

[@hardanson]

Hey, look how many likes.

[@mynameismud8596]

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

[@kindlin]

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

[@mynameismud8596]

kindlin still too much still too, tooooo *much*

[@megamcee]

ikr

[@Devilyaki]

can't even image having one...

[@ericsaul9306]

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

[@Zopdoz]

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

[@MrBusrunner]

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

[@FPSUNO]

MrBusrunner that's one thing

[@HuntersReject97]

Different kinds but potato potato

[@shinji5217]

@@HuntersReject97 potato potato

[@SilverVolo]

Tmi

[@themuxican]

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

[@rawb]

How many Pokemon in Red and Blue? 150 baaammmm ibf4mew

[@SmashyPlays]

BruceWillakers wtf

[@OriginalPiMan]

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

[@lance4842]

SmashyPlays b-but it's 151

[@RussellSubedi]

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

[@okovermekeamglight4563]

Ym 151

[@tdain21]

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

[@interycreeper1152]

Tyler Dain i

[@Notmyname1593]

now get rid of those 30 likes

[@whitherwhence]

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

[@singulocity]

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

[@thiagojesus962]

ujowcooq o OE plqjclxjbd

[@godbearxd]

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

[@whitherwhence]

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

[@daisyviluck7932]

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

[@incendere244]

ahahahahah 150 lol I have like 2 on a good day

[@williamjames4031]

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

[@melstar926]

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

[@williamjames4031]

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

[@catnium]

2 ? teach me senpai!!!!!

[@SkyLordPanglot]

Its the max not the min. :D

[@ThreeLetters3]

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

[@frank_calvert]

RIP, I didnt want him to *leaf* us Too soon?

[@ARTUROLOPEZEQUIPMENT]

o

[@godnotavailable2094]

F

[@lemonice]

lea *F*

[@vmckenzie3160]

Tygr Asijsky ha

[@d_wang9836]

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

[@advice-13]

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

[@Garblegox]

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

[@LiefTheBeef]

I've been seeing you a lot everywhere

[@MrFlyingdonut]

we ignored your username

[@Galaxia53]

What does it matter

[@Lightnings]

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

[@Toastmaster_5000]

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

[@jeefpeef5983]

Peter, was that necessary?

[@kingkasper4950]

ditto

[@joshbray5036]

Lol, Peter's comment is so relatable

[@itsOZone]

mee too thanks

[@Stillcage]

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

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

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

[@tungstendioxide5845]

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

[@WizzKidxKOx]

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

[@tungstendioxide5845]

+SbaerO I do sorta agree with this.

[@amaanvzer6923]

Wholesome.

[@chrisrus1965]

Recently, Vsauce2 has been the best VSauce.

[@Eefit]

Yush

[@somerandomguy___]

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

[@thelonespeaker]

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

[@abailumlerrad1037]

Vsauce 2: 3:08

[@MelindaGreen]

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

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

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

[@squishykotetsu]

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

[@sebastianstan9655]

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

[@demonbot6617]

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

[@theswagger3231]

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

[@luongmaihunggia]

Shade X yeah! Please be nice to everyone

[@lelcat8414]

Bananas are radioactive. U trying to give me cancer?

[@RessG]

Dj Slimdick lol, I expect you prefer slimmer banana

[@alvin_row]

Rude! This is a nice comment section.

[@skullcrushers1000]

Buckets? You mean circles? Google Plus was correct?

[@johnsjohnson]

Rhett Having a Vietnam Flashback illumination comforting

[@Broken_robot1986]

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

[@JoyJulianGomes]

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

[@FedJimSmith]

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

[@lattice.d]

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

[@rodrigoteresa7944]

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

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

No, I tried it already...

[@supernerb6938]

Worked for me

[@absalomdraconis]

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

[@epsilonep2068]

yes

[@matthighlifeful]

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

[@KefkaJr]

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

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

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

[@ghostlyninja125]

i can hardly maintain one friend :/

[@schoggistangeli4839]

Aladdin Wanna be friends? :)

[@vladolkhovetsky1070]

151 original Pokémon , just saying

[@Chartreugz]

152 Missingno #foreveralone

[@dorf7219]

Maxim Kruglov but thats not an official pokemon

[@mohamedmahmoud4045]

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

[@MaryJMajesty]

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

[@dorf7219]

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

[@RaZ0r898]

2 is the minimum? damn

[@discordant8543]

K J Aravind I'm here for you buddy

[@AstroRoxy]

Yea me too (:

[@xXRealXx]

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

[@y__h]

Death 😂

[@thejurassicwarewolf3300]

memememememememememememememememes

[@ezra6094]

150 friends? That's 150 too many.

[@cworkman8142]

Im fine then because i have 0 :(

[@kellyhofer]

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

[@fmlAllthetime]

What do you miss and what do you not miss?

[@egg9709]

Egg

[@p.boscardin]

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

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

Pedro Boscardin smartass

[@shershahdrimighdelih]

Vsauce made a video about that too. Just saying.

[@treylanclos351]

I get it, nobody else does but I gotchu

[@simdude1001]

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

[@poeticjystice]

*Loneliness intensifies *

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700]

Lmao

[@higuerap1975]

Same

[@1O3683e]

Fell ya

[@RAyLV17]

Want a Banana?

[@flappybird5067]

The like of this coment is 150 coincidence??

[@Wyattporter]

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

[@NETkoholik]

doesn't facebook have the friends listing option?

[@Wyattporter]

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

[@interycreeper1152]

Wyatt f

[@MATTW3R]

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

[@nikhilalbert3084]

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

[@thebigbluenerd]

wow, my neocortex must be super small.

[@y__h]

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

[@jackquillen9120]

I must not have one :,)

[@josiahklein70]

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

[@Gordon_Freeman_PhD]

*que Vsauce music*

[@howeslife2718]

Grammatically, "up" is a preposition

[@danochy5522]

marinlini queue*

[@Gordon_Freeman_PhD]

Ah... dammit! I always mess it up!

[@mestizomaymona]

Hahaha So true.

[@troyramsier9248]

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

[@spinakker14]

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

[@soinelle85]

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

[@abibnoor]

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

[@igt3928]

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

[@peterdvornik]

Aleatorio A fantastic book!

[@stinkiestman398]

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

[@celinak5062]

Aleatorio oh cracked right?

[@thesacredchurro9058]

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

[@MuadDib1402]

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

[@jay_hot]

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

[@thesacredchurro9058]

Goopsta precisely

[@joshuahales7551]

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

[@misadventurousguy3859]

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

[@josephvictory9536]

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

[@misadventurousguy3859]

Potato is a TV

[@melissayes3161]

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

[@misadventurousguy3859]

Our brain is just....thinkable tofu.

[@misadventurousguy3859]

strontiumXnitrate , Ai em sowee !

[@nosteinnogate7305]

150..haha..yeah....

[@aikslf]

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

[@emilsgosko5217]

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

[@_neep]

Florian Klein IBM 5100

[@noa_1104]

Emīls Goško You definitely did.

[@nosteinnogate7305]

I like your response.

[@Zormac]

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

[@chaitanyagupta7786]

That PhillyD cameo though.

[@TheDefault42069]

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

[@Destro7000]

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

[@Mizerka_]

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

[@Pinekiwi]

150 Friends ?! Wish I had just one ;(

[@Jamie-tx7pn]

What is your profile pic from?

[@SkylordDuck]

Let's be friends (=

[@nicklaurindo1916]

Wanna be my buddy ?

[@quartzy412]

Same here

[@Jamie-tx7pn]

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

[@Carpatouille]

Jokes on you, I have no friends.

[@yinyang1217]

or do you?

[@xavierc12343]

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

[@ProfessorArt1]

@@yinyang1217 go on....

[@glenallan6279]

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

[@dead_kennedys7870]

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

[@carton_of_eggs]

I cried watching this because i have no friends

[@y__h]

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

[@dorian6667]

give a banana to a stranger and make a friend

[@haico1992]

Want a banana?

[@javierescontrias]

Carson Simmons you got me budy.

[@RandomGuy-hh4dk]

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

[@HeviErkka]

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

[@TheRiquelmeONE]

that came out wrong

[@felivanz]

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

[@Cpt.PickHard]

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

[@macksii]

Achmed Tangiev we don't need ditto

[@joshuahales7551]

Macks we don't need you

[@leoaguilar8684]

Even though you only use like 6

[@yonigolombek3335]

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

[@hotpotato1898]

151 likes ;D

[@321blastoff6]

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

[@DramaticFlora]

congrats on the rewind :D

[@Freakybugeyedweirdo]

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

[@aikslf]

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

[@jonyturbo1]

want a nanner?

[@BothHands1]

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

[@EMMIGREYART]

for some reason 'nanner' just cracked me up

[@davidbasil1535]

150 likes

[@badsuperhero6943]

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

[@makinghey]

BadSuperhero too many

[@CimmerianBlue]

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

[@jozzerful2]

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

[@samickill9730]

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

[@Gocast2]

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

[@harryellis9571]

mannequin

[@jonaschristensen1082]

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

[@okay2439]

In Soviet Union everyone friend

[@bluemamba5317]

Be union friend or it be your end

[@joshuanorman2]

True utopia

[@jimaile5936]

Lie

[@vladimirsukmeovf1211]

Abrahim Stalin every one commerade

[@Lizard-813]

In Russia, friends make you.

[@albevanhanoy]

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

[@ErikRoberts1981]

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

[@Kindrick]

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

Sure thing, bro.

[@TheoneandonlyEETFUK]

Are you still there?

[@Scotian280]

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

[@paradoxplains9704]

lol i dont even know 150 people

[@learvinguy5632]

just do what i do and make them up using *Imagination*

[@liamsweeney4754]

you likely do

[@MrRT1010]

'bout one fiddy

[@camdenmccombs3947]

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

[@SeaBassVEVO]

Camden McCombs :/

[@testingaccount6138]

Hasa diga eebowai

[@yinyang1217]

hey, put a 0 to 15' end to make it 150

[@whmozart]

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

[@AuGrrr]

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

[@cynthiaholland13]

🤣😂🤣

[@JingleJoe]

who else had the impulse to catch the banana?

[@KowjjaMusic]

I think i have about 10 real friends total even if i include my close family, I'd have space for Kevin Lieber 🤗

[@erisbob]

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

[@t1mor29]

Just V-Sauce-2, no ketchup

[@alevel100onix5]

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

[@leonardoalfonso7080]

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

[@joseloera5849]

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

[@the_kraken6549]

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

[@BRegan-sx7sl]

Banana?

[@marinanicole5693]

That's me

[@epsilonep2068]

hey

[@aerion111]

Yeah, figure this video is good for introverts.

[@shinji7754f]

Correct

[@ChaosTheSalamander]

I forgot where I heard this, but I've heard that 50 was the maximum number of people early humans could take for group hunting before it became hard to command. this number is the same exact number of League of Legends players that can group together on average before it becomes uncontrolled

[@TheOfficialCzex]

What if I have no friends?

[@arwa9803]

TheOfficialCzex I'll be your friend

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

You don't have a neocortex then

[@LaposStudio]

poor guy

[@JonMascar]

xD

[@shantanusrivastava6131]

dingdingdingdiiiiing well he couldn't have typed that out then

[@6Twisted]

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

[@Anklejbiter]

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

[@shmekeldorf7523]

I have like 167 but only 13 consider me a freind

[@dolecrash5802]

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

[@dak9592]

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

[@rickking464]

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

[@askpat13]

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

[@jmanj3917]

3:45 Nice. I was just thinking of the size of an Infantry company and the common saying (adjusted for our training) that, "You can know a person by the company they keep".

[@sciblastofficial9833]

1:36 The music is from “Travelling Light” by Vsauce3 and the visuals 80s style is from “What if the World Ended?” by Vsauce3

[@Number16BusShelter]

i would give my banana to a stranger...

[@Moonkiller25]

pliz don't

[@mwperk02]

its just a fruit don't worry.

[@Moonkiller25]

Mathew Perkins thats what, she said.

[@warwickthekingmaker7281]

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

[@mwperk02]

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

[@silkrswift2488]

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

[@spectraphantom9374]

Read the title thinking they nailed the friend zone down to a science lmaoooo

[@MadGammon]

Spectra Phantom Ahahaha me toooo! I thought: "Is Kevin really going to tell me how to stay out of the friend-zone quicksand? Awesome!!"

[@Daan87423]

I think Vsauce already did a video on that

[@Crimsaur]

Nah, it's called not being desperate, and being good at at least one (real world) thing. Also have some friends you can hang out with and do things with off the internet.

[@aquamarinedream8304]

Women are bothered by men constantly from mid puberty until menopause. They will reject 99% of you. It's plain evolutionary psychology, so up your mate value as there is no other answer. Who would date a C when they can date an A+? pfft.

[@MadGammon]

Crimsaur -- I hope my Outlook on life is never as dull as yours...

[@eltigre4419]

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

[@trainwreck1285]

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

[@ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008]

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

[@alkatron768]

I don't even have more than 10 People in my "Friendzone" if you don't include family. And not a single person I'd considder a close friend

[@danhjnny]

Alkatron it’s gonna be okay my dude. Quality over quantity.

[@alkatron768]

what did I just say. Not even a single close friend. There is no quality

[@okeithrae1483]

Alkatron dude, they mean that they’re just ‘placeholders’ as soon as you find a real friend you’ll most likely forget they exist

[@Lizard-813]

Even if you include my family I only have one. And that's including myself in the list.

[@devonsteny8711]

12 to 15 people who would care if I died? Hahahhahaha funny joke 😂

[@sahajsin7847]

Dev Steny I would care

[@psherman5252]

As soon as I heard that I started counting lol 😂😂😂

[@Private27281]

For younger kids It may be more. When I was in 1st-5th grade. Over 50 would have cared

[@Nillowo]

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

[@kronicali24]

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

[@chrisgunstone77]

Quality over quantity bruh.

[@frozty9643]

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

[@ConcaCon]

Sharing your banana with a stranger, huh.

[@aikslf]

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

[@xicedreams7625]

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

[@astrellxvoide]

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

[@RetroSnoop]

Time really is a huge factor. Getting older, ihave lost touch with friends and I avoid making new ones.

[@JingleJoe]

myspace had the ability to divide your friends into groups.

[@neviemdopice]

My limit is five. I can't know more people because I'm simply not a social person. Also the 5 people I know I feel I don't know much about them. But at the same time I feel like I know everything I want to know about them. Wtf life? Honestly, if I knew 150 people I would have probably shot myself, that idea feels horrible. It's probably because I generally don't like people. Or to refine, I don't mind people, but I like not to talk with anyone or be around anyone or have any social interactions for more than ~3 hours a day at most, then my "social buffer" overflows and I just want to be alone, entertaining myself with creative work, or watching youtube and slacking off for that matter.

[@rev.davemoorman3883]

An Introvert - psychically charged by alone space. The Extrovert actually gets more charged as the party goes on. Tough for me - I am an introverted pastor. My wife is extroverted. At a gathering, I am READY TO GO!! and she is just getting started. But the 150 does ring true. I have pastored a dozen congregations. The main circle is maybe 150 each. When I move on, I forget most of them in order to deal with the next 150. So, I would guess I have less than 10 "friends' at each church.

[@darkjacker]

Hey I feel ya man I'm basically the same way. Although I do have ~5 very close friends, I would try to make yourself have other friends that you might not spend time with outside of your job/school, but you can hang out with at lunch, break, etc.

[@svenwillett1750]

3:03 I accidentally clicked forward to this... what

[@42_10_]

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

[@neurophilosophers994]

At University of Michigan I’m literally learning about this and Selection Theory. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to know for the past 21 years of my life as an INTP. It’s wonderful.