This is a Video About Bricks

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[@RealEngineering]

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

[@likebot.]

Let's rise up in protest? LOL

[@100dounuts]

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

[@gordoawesome8590]

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

[@rubenvasquez2590]

The insane engineering of the brick

[@Trinity_Minehan]

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

[@erik-001-]

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

[@SahilFR]

Those fools

[@hallowizer440]

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

[@RandomThingsForFun16]

god dammit he got us again!

[@DanksterPaws]

lmaoo

[@robertk1701]

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.

[@chillarneyman8490]

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]

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

[@meljaxb]

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

[@thehackerassasinogamer2154]

Bro tis sooo long paragraph

[@klexosia]

I read the whole thing. Was totally worth it!

[@daphnereagle1910]

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

[@flopdoodle8056]

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]

Lol awesome

[@nicreven]

can someone explain

[@flopdoodle8056]

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

[@nicreven]

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

[@MegaBlack077]

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

[@SexyTechSupport]

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

[@wojtekpolska1013]

and the other 66% die

[@wojtekpolska1013]

the missing 1% is the wolf

[@callmeclover6512]

Nooo your sample size is skewed

[@tr4shpanda]

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

[@RGC_animation]

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

[@johnladuke6475]

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

[@CosRacecar]

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]

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

[@arams2810]

I loved the Hamilton references-

[@jacobgreengas7121]

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]

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

[@maabena_]

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

[@gandalf_thegrey]

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

[@joeym5243]

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

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@AxxLAfriku]

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]

Same

[@tigerfun8644]

@@hughlevantjames905 nobody cares

[@hughlevantjames905]

@@tigerfun8644 :(

[@archangelvanny1816]

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

[@michael-fisher]

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

[@box_cannot_car]

'How bricks transport bricks around the world'

[@charliescene786]

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

[@alive1691]

The logistics behind bricks.

[@retf8977]

@Stella Hohenheim in minecrap

[@kirstengolnaz7327]

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

[@shawneeg214]

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

[@NoName-cu2qc]

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

[@Calslock]

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.

[@_IHateHandles_]

Why even bother?

[@UCK0OuOylVSOPMPuiq-U2jow]

@@226phil9 ...what?

[@stylinsandwich]

Lol

[@Mavrik9000]

I'd guess several people at that company have had some meetings about phone calls.

[@taliesinriver]

It's not even a real company though

[@josebetacourt5108]

The fake ad was the biggest troll humanity has ever seen

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@CactusCarrot]

@@hughlevantjames905 peter griffin?

[@CactusCarrot]

@Moth The Last yeah, i’m aware.

[@lonestarr1490]

It. was. glorious.

[@btsarmyjungkook7142]

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

[@Stolastheowl]

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

[@ravens4096]

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

[@Joltzis]

Incredibly confusing. I smashed the dislike button

[@CiDK]

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

[@EliteGeeks]

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]

I know yeah...

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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]

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

[@CiDK]

@@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

[@joermnyc]

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

[@matthewdeangelo9764]

Oh my gosh your right

[@Lyrandar]

came to say this too

[@milesc8945]

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

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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

[@Bookworm2380]

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.

[@user-fn1xm3pq6t]

Sam: We'll play their ad KZbin: Plays ad Legend.

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

What? I don't have ads

[@thecat0767]

Same thing happen to me lmao

[@Arkanthrall]

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

[@coloradorocks8962]

Whoa you have an old account

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

Reminds me of the song bricks "Bricks, all white bricks, just hit a lick for 50 more bricks, bricks."

[@zachos-un6py]

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

[@ilikemoviesandmore]

Hmm what makes you say that?

[@DugrozReports]

Not a real company.

[@protektor2399]

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

[@besserwizard]

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

[@JoshuaPTFan]

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

[@sebastiand152]

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

[@zarinaromanets7290]

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

[@seneca983]

The secret ingredient is actually California rather than calcium.

[@willythemailboy2]

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

[@gtsiam]

So it involves Certificate Authorities? Good to know.

[@nacl4299]

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

[@lonyaidaniel]

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

[@zachbrenner9959]

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

[@lukito6460]

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]

Same!

[@M33f3r]

@@Drecon84 Double same!

[@Ar-pz4cp]

@@M33f3r Triple same!

[@connorhortonverrall4804]

@@Ar-pz4cp Quadruple same!

[@boothbyaw]

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

[@jaredkennedy6576]

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

[@Hillers62]

Concrete bricks are are brick posers!!!!!

[@toffeeapplepie6415]

Free the bricks! Free the bricks!

[@crayon4486]

#FreeTheBricks

[@RicardoCristofRemmertFontes]

+1 😁

[@OrangeCreamsicle]

You're right! This was clearly a cover up by the concrete to make the bricks look bad!

[@_PickleProductions]

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

[@loveseal990]

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

[@tyger5645]

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

[@YY-qx7xt]

Fax

[@Pablo_BW]

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]

WE DID IT BOYS

[@mine_crafting]

Tax’s bricks

[@eustache_dauger]

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

[@TheJumiFilm]

A brickfilm.

[@djstudios6594]

BRICKSSSSSSSS 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

[@cathylin6140]

🧱

[@amistrophy]

Blocked.

[@amistrophy]

@@valentinandres7009 oof

[@amistrophy]

@@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*

[@brick2926]

You’ve finally decided to speak out about me

[@paytonpryor]

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.

[@60secondfinance81]

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

[@maximum988]

So the Space Shuttle?

[@musman9853]

For a brick, he flew pretty well

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@Iridomoon]

@@hughlevantjames905 nice troll, bot

[@conorstapleton3183]

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

[@Nova3482]

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

[@Maruf_Husaini]

*BRICK*

[@juanc.9735]

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!

[@xscitobor1233]

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

[@theonewhowill4903]

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

[@mkkvc]

No no, not all...

[@raphner2759]

Are you Shure?

[@lonyaidaniel]

What lead you to that conclusion, pray tell?

[@arnefines2356]

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

[@Humanized_Muffin]

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

[@deep.space.12]

Then Sam talked about concrete...

[@JJAB91]

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]

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

[@exintrovert6803]

@@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]

@@exintrovert6803 LOL gotcha, thx for explaining!

[@WolvarkUnknown]

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

[@TheJacksmith500]

The production quality in this video is highly underrated

[@levi-br5os]

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]

Timestamp 0:28.

[@refriedrhys]

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

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@codywebb3610]

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]

Because eating concrete IS fun, and safe too!

[@iluapJ]

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

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Well, the Yugoslavian grandma said it was fine.

[@kwanlinus6999]

Our society today basically

[@mbergstrommedia]

Ben should get credits in subtitles. Hilarious 😂

[@murpledeer]

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

[@Blancinnoir]

We finally bullied him into making this, yes.

[@n01928]

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

[@Henry-hd3iu]

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

[@davidroddini1512]

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

[@kyleterry5190]

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

[@sleeptyper]

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

[@brickbot2.038]

"So we figured we'd just play their ad." KZbin: *Plays ad*

[@imtiredtoday]

Also happened to me...

[@vanKarsie]

Exactly

[@sijube9806]

Good, I'm not the only one

[@jan8851]

They showed me an ad about buying a house

[@gtPacheko]

tfw you have premium

[@thegamer1234f]

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.

[@danielwilliam9646]

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.

[@mb-ss7be]

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]

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

[@kellykerr5225]

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]

Right? lol

[@joeygenna4801]

It’s a good video

[@sleepykrono6859]

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

[@wingsauce2428]

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

[@DoABarrelRol1l]

Was originally going to be on Wendover. Rip

[@Nathandelange]

@@DoABarrelRol1l woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow slow clap, slow clap.

[@paulwalsh5974]

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

[@jackfreeman1776]

0:46 I absolutely love that there’s a goofy voice and Sam has this “trying to be serious” voice.

[@charliemarsh6801]

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

[@StrangeTerror]

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]

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]

shame on capturecrete!

[@kadenk.3760]

"This advertisement was paid for by money."

[@renderproductions1032]

|-O-|

[@mysticondeflamme]

Not to be confused with Honey.

[@patrickm.4469]

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

[@SailorSaturn69]

As a teen I toured a local brick factory at Hebron, ND. Their school sports team is even called the Hebron Brick-makers.

[@riku3716]

"We just play their ad" KZbin: "me first"

[@Tim3.14]

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

[@SlackActionBumble]

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

[@luuk_twister2068]

@@SlackActionBumble get of your high horse

[@crazeelazee7524]

This feels like an Internet Historian ad.

[@auhsojacosta1672]

Yup checks out

[@joshhouse6857]

Crossover when?

[@unripetomato4312]

2 favorite channels on yt tied with exerb1a

[@rossfleming225]

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

[@airworks7809]

This guys makes the most educational advertisements ever.

[@ommurg5059]

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

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@ronanhill5335]

@@hughlevantjames905 you ok bro

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Sam has a genuine talent for these voiceovers.

[@Aamiller312]

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 KZbin video- I wasn't expecting that.

[@jacobhosterman5573]

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

[@Farimira]

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

[@pingwingugu5]

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

[@monticore1626]

When will we get a video on actual bricks?

[@seneca983]

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

[@gage2189]

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

[@lemerbrix1375]

I've been waiting 3 years for this

[@OhThatEdit]

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

[@QuarioQuario54321]

What do you mean you need a VPN?

[@jur4x]

that's what THEY want you to think

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

When someone says that avengers endgame is the best crossover ever

[@samuelw15]

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

[@EveIyn29]

it was sponsored by bill gates though lol

[@DankRedditMemes]

Or when its a 13 minute HAI video

[@wiktorszymczak4760]

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

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

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.

[@Coyotek4]

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

[@camelopardalis84]

Are you familiar with his original Brick video?

[@StarmashVT]

This was the most informative shitpost video ever.

[@troler7147]

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

[@Xanderqwerty123]

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

[@gimmethegepgun]

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

[@partiallywhole]

This sounds like a dihydrogen monoxide awareness campaign.

[@mohammednajl5950]

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

[@pepre7594]

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

[@yrbigfan]

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

[@sirBrouwer]

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

[@davidroddini1512]

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

[@Nordern]

*solid* video 👀

[@commentor5479]

liquid video

[@thomasi.4981]

Why yes, bricks are indeed solid

[@Nobe_Oddy]

as solid as a brick?

[@commentor5479]

Guys, the video is solid, liquid, gas-like, and plasma-like as a brick.

[@ivanchristophersaldana119]

wait nordern what hell

[@Hygix_]

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

[@BrydenWayne]

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

[@harrymullin]

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

[@lonestarr1490]

The scale might be logarithmic.

[@renderproductions1032]

It means that this video is 100000000000times as interesting.

[@ChefLuisFayad]

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]

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

[@RDaneelOliwav]

@@ChefLuisFayad *therefore

[@TheBaegislash]

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

[@schentler]

almost 1 year later i still watch this stuff

[@rparl]

Urea was also in many toothpastes. It was the first organic compound synthesized.

[@lukeonuke]

"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]

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

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

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

[@bretthorting9400]

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

[@TheSheiban]

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]

@@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.

[@jackmchenry9305]

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

[@randompersson]

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

[@hughlevantjames905]

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

[@bodybuilderslave7125]

Jack - it's actually about pushing Gates' book

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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

[@mohammedraihanhussain1438]

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

[@Imm_Maddix]

How have I gone a year WITHOUT seeing this?!

[@benjamino.7475]

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

[@chiefhydropolis]

amogux funny imposter

[@vimic9507]

@@chiefhydropolis 😳😳😳😳😳

[@Kanton-4853]

@@chiefhydropolis amogux?!?!? 😳😳😳😳😳

[@yeetyeet7070]

@@chiefhydropolis what are you doing step imposter!?

[@chiefsam5749]

AMONG US

[@lavaknight3682]

That’s it, the channel’s over, this is the finale, it’s over

[@Xillios]

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

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

"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. 🤪🤪🤪

[@jaggysmf1860]

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

[@Hillers62]

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

[@sciblastofficial9833]

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

[@kumbaya69421]

@@sciblastofficial9833 BA DUM TSK

[@Oh_the_humanity]

@@sciblastofficial9833 ayooooo

[@crimsonnn]

wait you play GD?

[@sovietunionsmostnotoriousk5031]

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

[@AManOnline.]

For three years!

[@zyansheep]

Hallelujah!

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

Timestamp 0:28.

[@Riglen.]

Yes

[@iku_k]

Oh how long we have waited

[@iamsushi1056]

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

[@kellykerr5225]

My grandfather was a judge but wanted to be an architect. He taught me to lay bricks to make a brick patio. I painted a picture of him and was trying to decide what to put in the background. I decided on bricks.

[@iecatdog]

When I clicked on this video I was only 80% sure it was about bricks.

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

I’m not sure how I ended up here but yeah

[@yinyang1217]

same tbh

[@mlungisimokhethi6958]

I always end up here. I don't know this place.

[@alex1885]

Same

[@ztoney13]

Oh shit suh dude I love your tiktok

[@keeg1]

None of us rlly do honestly

[@captainkite]

After going through most videos on this channel and listening to Sam denying to produce a brick video, I eagerly searched for it. I am not disappointed.

[@seabeejb]

This video reminds me of one of my papers. Just a bunch of random information thrown in the beginning. Then then spend the second half tying it all together.

[@andrewrichards5187]

Whoever made that ad was genuinely hurt after they didn’t respond to their phone call

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

This is the work of a Sam who has gone through the suffering of not having his phone calls answered.

[@61rampy65]

Maybe it's because Sam made that call on a Rotary Dial phone? And would Bill Gates even talk to someone using a Rotary Dial phone?????

[@h-Films]

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

[@jetfan925]

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

[@jamisongillespie3524]

I think its Carbon Cure that he called

[@azreave9075]

@@jamisongillespie3524 its carbicrete i think

[@h-Films]

@@azreave9075 on the logo it was capturecrete

[@AgentOrange96]

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

[@marcberm]

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

[@johnwyman6126]

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.